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Panting and Drawings, Model Design, Animation Design, Illustration, Advertising For The Web, Album Design , Logo Creation. Painting in Photoshop.
About James
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I worked for Eddie Van Halen for five years in the 1990's in the Beverly Hills area of Los Angeles and was instrumental in providing help with development of the Peavey Wolfgang and Wolfgang Special Guitar by providing feedback on the prototypes Eddie was designing at the time. I learned a lot from Eddie and his brother Alex about music and the music industry. (All you have to do is pay attention! ) I have played in bands from Hollywood to Toronto and back both as a singer songwriter and guitarist. I bring the Musicians Institute way to the table and get things up and ru
I believe in sharing the happiness of making music with anyone who loves music and the guitar in particular. I do my very best to get you playing the songs you love in Pop, Rock, Jazz and Folk Music of your choice. Today's modern new guitars are easy to play and you will enjoy learning Guitar right away. That is how it should be.
When you study there is a basic understanding of Guitar to be learned that allows an ease of use for anyone for years to come. This will help you reach your goal and improve each week. My students learn to practice in a way that feels comfortable and makes sense. This takes all the stress out of learning and gives everyone something to smile about and look forward to each week.
The good feeling of playing along with friends and taking a solo is within every students grasp. I will show you the way there. And with a solid and straightforward approach to the theory as it applies directly to the guitar you will feel confident and unafraid of any music endeavor. We'll cover harmony and fingerboard theory and give you a road map of the guitar neck that makes it a pleasure to play. You learn the basics and much more than you thought possible retaining 90 percent of what you learn!
Having been a student myself I was deeply involved in music since age 12 and played in bands and duos for over 15 years . I can help you to be a well rounded player and performer with a smile, a laugh and a joy for music whether your in a band or a budding solo artist.
*** Lesson Details ***
Most students want to play the Guitar to play their favorite songs and I'm the same way. Music is something we carry with us in our hearts and minds. Students will learn what they wish to learn and work at a pace that is comfortable to them. Whether you are a student, "weekend warrior" or a parent whose child has expressed an interest in Guitar anyone can learn all there is to know about Harmony and Theory for the Guitar and how to play their favorite songs.
We cover theory in an easy and straightforward no nonsense way in the first half of each lesson and then apply it to the song you wish to learn. This creates an atmosphere where you understand and feel at home with the Guitar. You get an understanding right away and because it is immediately fun it allows you to feel comfortable at any level. Music is fun, and songs are the creative expression of what we feel. Combining theory and the freedom to play and sing songs allows us to express ourselves through music.
After 6 months students will have a solid foundation in theory, and a road map of the guitar fretboard enabling them to advance to an intermediate level if they are ready to do so. Students will know enough that music as it relates to the Guitar, which is the world's most popular instrument in contemporary music, is not a mystery but is a welcome friend. And they will be able to play songs by popular artists and advance at a pace that is satisfying and enjoyable.
Student Comments:
What Students Are Saying About ~ James Teaching Style
"James' patience, knowledge and under-standing made learning guitar fun. I like the lessons. He cares."
--Rebecca L., guitar
student, Venice Beach, CA 2003
"James taught me to
play pop and rock, and
introduced me to
fingerstyle guitar. I love it!"
--Joseph E., guitar student, Vancouver, BC 2006
"I studied guitar privately with James in 2010. His style of teaching helped me to get
past my blocks. He opened new doors for me. Thanks!"
--Daniel S., guitar
student, Los Angeles, CA 2010
""James is a trustworthy man, great with answering back right away. Always ready to help with new members. I would definitely recommend him." ~ PJ Stover of PJ Stover Voices; Independent Film & Recording voice-over artist
What James spouse says about working on songwriting with him:
"James is my husband for over 10 years now. Over the years, I have seen James give guidance and counsel to many hopeful musicians of all ages, and inspire others about how music influences and benefits our lives. I would highly recommend James to anyone who wants to learn guitar, voice, music theory, and acting. James is a great talent, and study with him would benefit anyone with the sincere desire to grow as an artist. When we married, I had fallen in love with James' conversational style, and his vast knowledge of music. When I heard him play guitar, I knew that I wanted to write songs with him, and we released our first album, in 2012 on iTunes."
Keri W.
*** Studio Equipment ***
Ovation Glen Campbell Artist Acoustic Electric Guitar, Ovation Pacemaker 12 string Guitar, Ibanez PF 5 Acoustic Electric Guitar, Fender Telecaster 6 string Electric Guitar. Korg Mini Pandora III Amplifier/Studio EFX, Toshiba Laptop Satelite Pro with PreSonus Studio One Artist Software, PreSonusUSB Audiobox, HD7 Studio Monitor Headphones, M7 Condenser Mic, PreSonus Studio Producer software with SoundCloud integration, iBook G4 with Garageband 3 and iLife Studio. Godin Summit CT Electric Guitar is the guitar I now endorse exclusively !
*** Travel Equipment ***
Lesson Plans, Godin Summit CT Guitar, Fender and Ovation Guitars, Tuner, Android Smartphone and apps, iPads, Korg Mini Pandora Amp, Toshiba Satelite Pro Laptop. Android LG Smartphone with Tuners, Voice Recorder, and Metronome and Chord Reference Guide, and Guitar Tuner, iPod Touch Pro Studio.
*** Specialties ***
Songs in the following styles: Pop, Rock and Modern Country Music. Also Composition Analysis while learning the song.
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· Singing · In home
· Acting · In home
James W.
James W.
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About Deron
Along with my painting career, I have created children's book and magazine illustrations, done graphic design work, and taught others how to express themselves creatively through art. I have been creating curricula for children's art programs and teaching them. I also have been te
Through my decade of teaching painting, I have honed a teaching style that encourages students to balance creativity and imagination with technique and skill. I strive to help students discover a process in which they are able to express themselves creatively while also teaching paint application techniques, color theory and the Elements and Principles of design. I am often in front of 50+ people at a time presenting my painting techniques within a limited amount of time.
I look forward to coaching you whether you're someone who hasn't painted since you were a kid or you're a seasoned painter who just needs a little help, encouragement or direction.
*** Lesson Details ***
Subjects may include, but are not limited to:
-Color theory
-The Elements & Principles of Design and how to use them
-The Creative Process
-Creating a Composition When You Don't Know What to Paint
-Creating a Painting Using a Photo as a Reference
-Oil vs. Acrylic Paints
-Advice for Artists with Works-In-Process
I am happy to teach a student anything s/he wants to explore within the realm of painting.
· Painting · In studio
· Drawing · In studio
· Oil Painting · In home
Deron C.
Deron C.
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About Diza
I have an Associate in Graphic Design and Architectural Technology, I am going to be receiving a Bachelor's degree in Architectural Technology in June 2015 from CUNY'S NYC College of Technology, so I can continue towards seeking a Master's degree in the same field.
I try to make learning and teaching fun and interest
Thank you for reading,
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· French · Online
Diza D.
Diza D.
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I am currently a freelance Illustrator/Designer. During my lessons, you will learn story-telling techniques as well as both drawing and painting techniques. We will practice the steps in executing an illustration and focus on personal voice.
About Tayra
I've been working as a private tutor for about 5 years. I have experience tutoring in English language, grammar, math, history, science, and literature with a specialty in creative writing, essay writing, and visual arts. My students range from ages 5-18. I even have experience preparing high schoolers for college admission exams and procedures. I believe that there are multiple ways to learn and, therefore, I believe each of my students has unique needs and interests.
To make learning more exciting, I enjoy creating lesson plans that may be in a game form or involve interactive or conversational forms, if it means that the student can understand better.
Above all, I love literature, design, illustration, and writing and incorporate it into my everyday life. It really is
Besides my love for design and literature, I love teaching. My proudest moments have involved my students accomplishing their personal goals, including becoming more proficient and confident in speaking English and getting into the college of their dreams with an amazing essay! Getting to know a new student is just as important to me as designing and preparing lesson plans.
I want to learn about you so that I can help you learn in whichever way you choose.
Throughout my years in school, I learned how important having the right teacher is. I believe that great presentation is the key to invigorating learning. I help my students find a fun way to reach their toughest goals.
Any questions? Don't be afraid to ask! :)
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Tayra L.
Tayra L.
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We will cover the process of conceptualizing and idea and bringing it to life using typical fine art processes with various mediums as well as explore digital process to fascilitate the workflow and process of developing an idea.
About Giuseppe
· Photography · In home
· Photography · In home
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Giuseppe B.
Giuseppe B.
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Experienced fashion designer and illustrator of 9 years available to teach eager students of all experience, levels and ages! I adjust and build my lesson structure so students learn what they are interested in and want to learn, while building strong foundations of basic sketching in different mediums such as pencil, ink, paint, charcoal and mixed media. The subject of illustration can be catered to whatever the student's interest is in.
About Sylvia
I have always had many interests and luckily I worked hard at them with great teachers to achieve great levels. I went to University of New South Wales and earned a degree in Software Engineering in 2003, and also Sydney TAFE to earn a Fashion Design degree in 2009.
I'm a friendly and understanding person and my teaching style is patient, motivating, and positive. I believe everyone
· Adobe Photoshop · In studio
· Adobe Illustrator · In studio
· Adobe Illustrator · In studio
Sylvia L.
Sylvia L.
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About Ahmed
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In a digital age, learning software, software programming, and mathematics have become as vital as learning reading, writing, and arithmetic. Learning IT is essential in pre-college education, college education, workplace, acquiring advancements in current job; searching for a better job; managing businesses; and managing one's personal life. Thinking computationally is something that every well-educated person needs to know and should know. There is a great digital divider between the Knows and Know Nots. Crossing this digital divider
I have helped people of all walks of life how to cross this digital divider. This includes professionals, business owners, college graduate students, college undergraduate students, high school students, and job applicants.
I am exceedingly-educated and I manage to close the digital gab by simplifying mathematical and computer science concepts. I do not simply repeat what has been already detailed in trillions of pages of books and lectures. Everyone's mind is different and thus everyone has a unique perception to understanding one issue or another.
I have taught programming algorithms, pseudo programming codes, programming codes in Python and other computer languages, Databases, Microsoft Office Applications (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Publisher, MS Access, MS Outlook), and other IT areas for different levels: beginning, intermediate, and advanced.
I am a programmer analyst. I have an IT sole proprietary business that deals with the design of computer software including programming analysis, databases, and data analysis. My sole proprietary business applies mathematical modeling that relates to computer software. This includes One-Dimensional Databases; Multi-Dimensional Databases; Data Science; Data Structuring; Data Management; Data Compression; Data Arranging; Data Search; Extracting Data; Big Data; Spatial Data, Data Integrity; Data Anomaly; Utilizing SQL in Data Science; Data Correction; Applications of the Theory of Probability to Data; Application of Monty Hall Paradox to Raw Data; Data Storage; Data Control; Blocking Bad Data; Importing & Exporting Data; Creating Live Data; Complex Data Problems; Mutually Inclusive & Mutually Exclusive Data; Data Wrangling; Data Pattern Identification; Descriptive & Predictive Data; Data Security; Data Visualization; Structured & Unstructured & Semi-Structured Data; Data-Driven Products & Services; Data Theory & Application; Machine Learning in Data.
My sole proprietary business also covers software programming in computer languages that span from earlier languages such as BASIC, FORTRAN PASCAL, DBASE, COBOL to languages that continued and expanded such as C. And newer languages such as PYTHON with its extended libraries that managed to combine other tools and programming languages and became in its 3.x version an object-oriented language that runs linearly. Computer languages that include Weakly-Typed language, Strongly-Typed Language, High-Level Language, Low-Level Language, Interpreted Language, Compiled Language, General-Use Language, and Target-Use Language. My sole proprietary covers software design that combine code quality with efficient use of mathematics, logic, syntax, time, memory, and processing power. I have designed algorithms in various fields including Business; E-Commerce; Office Management; Real Estate; Legal; Demography; Technology; Architecture; Structural Engineering; Solid Mechanics; Analysis of Internal Forces (Normal; Shear; Bending Moment); Beams (Simple; Extended; Cantilevered); Frames; Trusses; Statically-Determinate & Statically- Indeterminate Structures; Virtual work; Deflection; Properties of Materials; Reinforced Concrete; Traffic & Transportation Engineering; Fluid Mechanics; Irrigation Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering; Computer-Aided Design & Manufacturing; Matrices & Determinants; Thermodynamics.
My computer skills include the following:
Operating Systems & Microsoft Applications & Corel Applications including: Android; Linux; Microsoft Disk Operating System; Microsoft Windows (MS Windows 10, MS Windows 8.1, MS Windows 8, MS Windows 7, MS Windows Vista, MS Windows ME, MS Windows XP, MS Windows Mobile); Bash Shell Command-Line Tools; DDL; CPU Testing; Maximizing CPU Performance; Files Integrity; Stochastic Optimization; Microsoft Office; Microsoft Utilities; Excel; Access; Word; Publisher; Powerpoint; OneNote; Outlook; Dashboards; Microsoft Works; Works Spreadsheets; Works Database; Works Word; Corel Office; Word Perfect; Corel Spreadsheets; Corel Presentation; Windows File Explorer; Disk Partition; Disk Formatting (NTFS, exFAT, FAT32); Disk Defragmenting; Digital Cleanup; System Restore; System Information; Registry; Macros; Merging Documents; Master Documents; Templates; VBA Programming; Pivot Tables; Error Trapping; Logical Functions; Financial Formulas; Mathematical Functions; Statistical Functions; Navigation Systems; Crosstab Queries; Advanced Reports; Smart Tables; Record Sheets; Web-Based Presentations; Web-Based Applications; Interactions Between Different Applications; Smart Art Diagrams; Virtual Memory; Data Macros in Web Applications; Python Tools For Visual Studio; Multi-Booting; Virtualization Software; Utilizing Python in MS Window Automation; Utilizing Python in Power Point Data Visualization; Python Scripting in Excel.
Graphic Design & Multimedia including: Layering; Projection (Isometric, Oblique, Prospective); In-Depth Framings; Analytical Databases that query some 16,777,216 colors that are defined by Hex Triplet, RGB, Hue, Saturation, Tint, Shade, Depth; Color Calibration; Patterns; Sizing; Cropping; Utilizing Permutations & Combinations in Colors Integrations; Typography Effects (Shadow, Reflection, Glow, Bevel, 3-D Rotation); Design & Layout; Print and Digital Publishing; Illustration; Digital Processing & Editing; BMP; BNG; FPX; GIF; JPEG; PCX; RGB; TIFF; Compressed TIFF; File TIFF; EPS; Pixel-Based Imaging; Vector-Based Imaging; Integrating Graphics with Trigonometry and Geometry (Plane, Solid, Analytical, Descriptive, Fractal, Differential); Applications of Chaos Theory to Graphics; Incorporating Graphics with Computer-Aided Design (AutoCad, ViaCad, Turbo Cad); Graphic Calibration; Soft Proofing; Enhancing Pixel Quality; Motion Graphics & Animations; Virtual Reality; Augmented Reality; Polygon Graphics (Simple, Complex, Concave, Convex, Regular, Irregular, N-Gon); Polyhedra & Non-Polyhedra Graphics; Applications of the Theory of Numbers to Graphic Design; Clip Art; Smart Art; Image Compressing; Resolution Reduction; Hierarchy Graphic Structure; Raster Graphics; Graphic Representations of Irrational Numbers; Edge Detection; Audio and Video Software; Window Media Player; Real Player; UM Player; VLC Media Player; QuickTime; Roxio; Nero; Corel; Paint; Panorama Maker; Wavepad; Mort Player; EXPStudio; Dragon; MP3; WAV; GSM; 3GP; M4A; WMV; AVI; FLV; MPEG-1; MPEG-2; MIDI; MOV; WEBM; MKV; Audio Fading; Audio Delaying.
PDF software and Adobe Applications: PDFILL; PDFREDIRECT; Adobe; Turbo PDF; Power PDF; Handling PDF files (Merging, Splitting, Reordering, Rotating, Reformatting, Text Watermarks, Picture Watermarks, Converting PDF to Images, Converting Images to PDF, Bookmarks, Hypertexts); InDesign; Illustrator; Adobe Acrobat DC; Premiere Elements; Premiere Pro; Acrobat; Stock; Lightroom; Muse; Acrobat Pro; After Effects; Project Felix; Dreamweaver; Animate; Audition; Bridge; Media Encoder; Flash Builder; InCopy; Prelude; Spark; Scout; StoryPlus; PhoneGap Build; Creative Cloud; Gaming SDK; Extension Manager; ExtendScript Toolkit; Photoshop; Creative Suite; Digital Editions.
Mapping & Navigation & GPS software including: Programming Longitudes & Latitudes; Spherical Trigonometry; Topography; Delmorme; Navaman; Pharos; Google Earth; Street & Trips; Google-Based Navigation; Map Matching; Green Wave Algorithms.
File Compressing & Backup & Digital security including: Winzip; Cloud Backup; Cloud Architecture Patterns; Carbonite; Google Drive; Drop Box; Firewalls; Anti malicious software (Viruses, Warms, Trojans, Rootkits, Spyware); Digital Security Against Phishing & Spamming & Hacking; Mcfee; Norton; ZoneAlarm; AVG; MS Defender; Kasparsky; VPN; SSL; SSH; Port Forwarding; Dynamic Port Forwarding.
Solid knowledge of computer hardware including: Computers; Monitors; Microprocessors; Motherboards; Wifi Cards; RAM; SDRAM; DDR SDRAM; ROM; CD/DVD/Disk Drives; Hard Drives; Flash Drives; Memory Cards (Secure Digital, Micro Secure Digital, Compact Flash, SmartMedia); Scanners; Faxes; Copiers; Printers (Inkjet; Laser, Multi-Purpose, Cloud-Based; 3-D); Printer's Cartridges & Toners; Printing Media; Keyboard (Wired & Wireless); Mice (Wired & Wireless) & Touchpads; Projectors; Wired and Bluetooth Head Phones & Headsets; Digital Cameras; PC Cameras; Smart Phones; Modems; Routers; Lightscribe; Specifications Comparison; BIOS; Wireless LAN; IEEE 1394 Devices; Graphics Cards.
Integrating E-Commerce with Social Media & Online Communications & Internet Browsers & Search Engines. Business Planning; Business Venturing; Business Modeling; Market Research; Worldwide Market Analysis; U.S. Market Analysis; Variance Analysis; B2B; SIC-Based Databases.
Very strong communication skills including solid oral and written communications and technical writings in both English and Arabic.
My mathematical skills include the following:
Algebra; Geometry; Trigonometry; Analysis (Calculus); Statistics; Permutations & Combinations; Theory of Probabilities; Engineering (Civil, Structural, Geotechnical, Surveying, Traffic, Transportation); Architecture; Solid mechanics; Fluid Mechanics; Soil Mechanics; Hydraulics; Theory Of Structures; Trusses, Frames, and Beams (Simple, Extended, Cantilevered); Properties of Materials; Thermodynamics; Concepts of Forces, Work, Momentum, Energy, and Work; Numbers Theory (Natural, Real, Imaginary, Rational, Irrational, Special, Large, Whole, Fraction, Simple, Complex, One-Dimensional, Multi-Dimensional (Matrices & Determinates)); Modulus; Decimal/ Hexadecimal/ Binary/ Octal Systems; Modulus Functions; Equations; Sequences (Finite, Infinite, Fibonacci, Arithmetic, Geometric, Harmonic, Cauchy, Power, and Triangular); Algorithms; Plane Geometry; Solid Geometry; Analytical Geometry; Descriptive Geometry; Fractal Geometry, Differential Geometry; Projection; Differential Equations; Databased Unit Conversions; Discrete Mathematics including Computer Science; Algorithms including: Constant Algorithms; Logarithmic Algorithms; Linear Algorithms; Quadratic Algorithms; Exponential Algorithms, Searching Algorithms (Linear/Brute Force; Bi-Sectional; etc.); Sorting Algorithms (Comparison Sorts; Non-Comparison Sorts; Slow Sorts; Comparison Sorts (Quick Sort; Merge Sort; Heap Sort; Insertion Sort; Intro Sort; Selection Sort; Tim Sort; Cube Sort; Shell Sort; Bubble Sort; Binary Tree Sort; Cycle Sort; Library Sort; Patience Sort; Smooth Sort; Strand Sort; Tournament Sort; Cocktail Sort; Comb Sort; Gnome Sort; Block Sort; Odd-Even Sort); Non-Comparison Sorts (Pigeonhole Sort; Bucket Sort; Bucket Sort; Counting Sort; LSD Radix Sort; MSD Radix Sort; MSD Radix Sort (in-place); Spread Sort; Burst Sort; Flash Sort; Postman Sort; Slow Sorts (Bead Sort; Simple Pancake Sort; Spaghetti (Poll) Sort; Sorting Network; Bitonic Sort; Bogo Sort; Stooge Sort).
· Python · Online
· Python · Online
· Python · Online
I am very pleased that I have met Ahmed and that I am taking lessons with him. He has helped me with computational skills and learning what programming is and why and how it works. Ahmed has patiently helped me with the debugging of my programs. I have been able to design programs that are mathematically eloquent, logically sound, and that are free of syntax errors. Without hesitation, I would recommend Ahmed for anyone that requires help in IT.
Ahmed has been helping me design efficient programs that include understanding of variables, lists, conditional statements, loops, functions, and theory of probability. I like the fact that Ahmed merges the curricular of universities that include Harvard, Yale, MIT, and Stanford. Ahmed's presentations use videos, audio, graphics, and PowerPoint, all of which have been very helpful.
Ahmed has a strong command of the English language as well as the computer languages. Ahmed combines an impressive knowledge of mathematics, history, politics, and sociology. Learning Python opens numerous opportunities in one's academics, professional and personal life. Python can be incorporated into Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, and other software. I am looking forward to future training in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Thanks.
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I can show you everything from the basics, to color theory, to light and shadow, to line work, to how to set up a strong composition!
About Amber
I specialize in photo realism, and 90% of the private commissions I get are portraits. However, I work in a broad range of styles and mediums, from line work to abstract to sketch, with charcoal to paint to clay. I love expanding my knowledge and trying new things, but above all I love creating!! I feel that imagination and expression through art/music/literature are crucial to a person's development, and this is something I pass on to my daughters, and frequently fundraise for, in an attempt to keep art programs in our schools.
I love meeting new people and sharing my knowledg
Art is my passion and so important in our world, with proven benefits! I'd like to think with teaching, I'm helping to keep it alive, even if just in my small way.
· Drawing · Online
· Drawing · Online
· Drawing · Online
Amber R.
Amber R.
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Colby Salerno, who has been blogging from Hartford Hospital about his need for a new heart, received one Tuesday.
Salerno, 24, from Cheshire, has been blogging for more than five months from the 10th floor of Hartford Hospital about his need for a heart transplant. That moment came Tuesday, his 166th day in the hospital, when one of his nurses told Salerno that they had found a "perfect heart" for him.
"Next came the waterfall that overcame my bottom eyelids and just let loose," Salerno wrote on his blog. "So long have I waited to hear those words."
As of late Tuesday, Kelly Salerno said she didn't know the identity of the donor of her son's new heart, but expressed her gratitude.
"I want to say thank you to whoever gave us this heart," Kelly Salerno said. "They lost someone they love dearly, and he will make them proud."
The hospital's policy doesn't allow officials to release the name of the donor without the family's permission.
However, Brittany Vega of Bristol said Tuesday that, based on general information she was given by medical personnel about the recipient, she believes her brother's heart went to Salerno.
Jesus Vega, 18, also of Bristol, died Monday atSt. Francis Hospital and Medical Centerof injuries sustained last week during a basketball game.
Brittany Vega said she was not given the name of the transplant recipient, but she said she took comfort knowing that some good came of her brother's death. She said her family specifically requested that her brother's organs be used for younger patients. His organs went to five other people, she said, including patients who needed lungs, kidneys and a liver. Tearing up, Vega said that Salerno's receiving her brother's heart is "a wonderful story."
"He's young, he deserves his life, too," she said of Salerno. "My brother, he can't be here, but that boy will live through my brother."
Brittany Vega said her brother died of injuries after he was beaten up at a basketball court. Police have not confirmed that and said they were investigating.
Colby Salerno was diagnosed 12 years ago with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition that is usually detected during the teenage years. It is a congenital defect in which heart muscle thickens in the heart's left ventricle, which interferes with blood flow. That forces the heart to work harder to pump blood, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. A transplant was deemed the best option for Salerno.
The condition occurs in 1 of every 500 people and, according to the American Heart Association, is the most common inherited cardiac disease. It's a difficult condition to detect because the symptoms are often mild, or there are no symptoms at all.
Salerno has been in the hospital's cardiac intensive care unit since the operation, where doctors will make sure that he is stable and there aren't any problems with bleeding, according to hospital spokeswoman Rebecca Stewart.
Kelly Salerno said doctors hoped that he would become stable late Tuesday or sometime Wednesday, and then they would allow him to awaken and breathe on his own. If all goes well, Salerno should be out of the ICU by the end of the week.
After that, Salerno will take anti-rejection drugs to help his body accept the new heart. Those drugs are usually part of a lifelong regimen. At first, he will take 32 types of medication, his mother said, which will gradually decrease. The patient and doctors must keep the dosage at exact levels, because taking too much of the drugs can severely compromise the immune system.
Kelly Salerno said they learned of Salerno's condition — originally diagnosed as exercise-induced asthma — when he was 12 during a routine physical. The physician didn't like the sound of his heart beat and had a cardiologist take a closer look. Salerno was told that he couldn't play any sports — a tough thing to hear for a kid who was on three soccer teams at the same time.
His condition worsened during college.
"We realized that if he ate a big meal, he couldn't breathe," his mother said. "His heart needed more energy just to digest the food."
They hoped that he would be eligible for an operation in which part of the heart's muscle is cut to improve blood flow. But his doctors eventually decided that only a heart transplant would work. For his 166 days in the hospital, he wasn't allowed to leave because he needed to be monitored 24 hours a day.
"We knew they could keep him going on those drugs, but we didn't know how long we could wait emotionally, knowing that he was stuck in this one room," Kelly Salerno said.
She said doctors didn't offer an estimate of how long he could live without a transplant, but made it clear that he was going to need one soon.
Salerno began his blog, "Tales from the 10th Floor," shortly after arriving at the hospital in December. The blog — which often mixed humor into his stories of living at the hospital — gained an avid following and was voted the area's best health blog. Often it was about the day-to-day happenings of living in a hospital, from his lack of enthusiasm for the hospital food to how much he liked his team of nurses. Salerno wrote often about his hope to become a cardiologist. Other entries grappled directly with his condition.
In one post, written in April, he addressed an open letter to "John Doe" — his future heart donor.
"I really hope you will have the ability to stare down from some sort of heaven and see what good you have done and those you have saved by being an organ donor," he wrote. "So although you will never read this (unless by some crazy coincidence you're a fan of "Tales from the 10th Floor"), I hope somewhere in your subconscious you feel and hear the thanks being sent from me to you."
Kelly Salerno said he has the same upbeat tone in life.
"He's made so many friends, lifelong friends on the 10th floor," she said. "They were all crying today."
Exhausted, Salerno said she didn't plan on going home for a while.
"When I see his eyes open, I'll get some sleep," she said.
About 6,000 people die of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, HCM, each year. According to the American Heart Association, though, many people with HCM can live to normal longevity. People with HCM should not take part in intense physical sports; about a third of young athletes who die suddenly are suspected of having HCM. Several professional athletes, including Reggie Lewis and Jason Collier of the NBA and Thomas Herrion and Mitch Frerotte of the NFL have died of HCM.

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Beautiful Tablecloths For Entertaining
I used to think that tablecloths were outdated and never would have thought about actually using one in my own home. However, my opinions are changing — especially after finding these beautiful tablecloths for entertaining!
Sure tablecloths can be expensive and holiday specific but there are actually quite a few that don't fall in either of those categories. A red tablecloth can be used year round and white is a no-brainer.
Find a tablecloth in a fabric that isn't high maintenance for easy clean up and longevity. That way you won't be upset if someone spills a drink and you won't need to buy a different tablecloth for each holiday or each year.
• Natural Black Striped Provence, $91.99 at Etsy
• Marimekko Taikamylly Tablecloth, $24.99 at Crate and Barrel
• Metallic Thread Runner, $19.00 at West Elm
• SNÖBOLL Tablecloth, $19.99 at IKEA
• White Flower-Like Tablecloth, $75.00 at Etsy
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You could best characterize 2010 as a year of wide variations for U.S. peanut producers, says Marshall Lamb, research director for the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga., and advisor for the Farm Press Peanut Profitability Awards.
"This year, above any other, we've seen the widest range in peanut yields, and this includes the entire country, from Texas to Florida, up to the Carolinas and Virginia," says Lamb.
Some areas, like southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia, had extensive drought and record-high temperatures, and growers in those areas had a total loss situation in some of their fields, he says. But in some areas, where the showers were timely, non-irrigated peanut fields did fairly well. It just depends on where you were located, says Lamb.
In inconsistent years such as the one growers experienced in 2010, improved peanut varieties continue to show their worth, he adds.
"Since we've had a pretty good couple of years from the standpoint of weather, the big question was whether or not these new varieties could withstand adverse conditions, and they certainly did. But like former University of Georgia Peanut Agronomist John Baldwin always said, 'If it don't rain, it don't matter,' and many growers can attest to that this year," says Lamb.
The quality of the 2010 crop is definitely off from previous years, says Lamb. "We're seeing a lot of Seg. 2's and Seg. 3's, and a lot of aflatoxin, and this is requiring that some of the peanuts be re-milled. This, or course, will affect the bottom line of growers, as will the fact that for many, this has been a high-input crop, requiring a lot of irrigation," he says.
Intense competition for acreage
Looking ahead to the 2011 crop Lamb sees intense competition for crop acreage, especially considering the current price of cotton, corn and soybeans. "Right now, we have an excess supply of farmer stock peanuts, but with the quality problems experienced this year, we don't know how that'll translate into edible supply for products such as peanuts. I'm not sure at this point we'll have an over-supply of edible peanuts. The fact that peanuts are a food ingredient makes it more difficult to judge strictly on supply and demand numbers at this point in the year."
Based on what he has seen from this past year, Lamb says the winning nominees for the 2011 Peanut Profitability Award definitely will come from irrigated production. "I would expect the nominees to be irrigated producers who made exceptionally high yields, yields that would set them apart from others," he says.
Lamb, who has been advisor for the awards program since its inception, says it's a great honor for growers to be nominated for and then to win the Peanut Profitability Award. "One of the components of the Peanut Profitability Program is to educate growers, and I see this as an ideal year for doing that. Our winners should be able to help other growers by telling them how they survived and prospered in some of the most adverse weather conditions we've seen in recent memory."
Peanut Profitability has set a standard of excellence during the past 11 years, and it has never been an easy honor to earn, but another fine group of nominees is expected for 2011," says Lamb.
The Farm Press Peanut Profitability Awards are based on production efficiency, honoring those growers who produce the highest yields at the lowest cost per acre. Awards are presented to growers from the Lower Southeast, including Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi; the Upper Southeast, including Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina; and the Southwest, including Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
The awards program has honored 11 classes of winners from throughout the U.S. Peanut Belt. Since the program's beginning in 2000, the Peanut Profitability Awards have honored 33 deserving growers. The Farm Press Peanut Profitability Awards Program began with the first-ever Southern Peanut Growers Conference in conjunction with the Southern Peanut Farmers Federation.
Winners of the 2011 awards will receive an expenses-paid trip for two to the Southern Peanut Growers Conference, set for July of 2011 in Panama City, Fla. They also will receive limited-edition signed and numbered prints from noted Southern watercolor artist Jack DeLoney.
In addition, the winners are featured in special Peanut Profitability issues of Southeast Farm Press, Southwest Farm Press and Delta Farm Press.
Lamb, who was instrumental in creating the criteria for the awards program, designed the nomination form used by growers in determining production efficiency.
"While achieving consistently high yields and grades is important, it's only part of the equation to maximizing profits. The elements of production cost and price are equally important factors," says Lamb.
The grower nomination form for the Peanut Profitability Award is very extensive, notes Lamb, and considers both fixed and variable costs.
"We've had nominees in this program with higher yields than most, but they did not correctly manage their cost structure. We're looking at per-unit costs, and how effectively farmers manage their cost structures," he says.
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The awards program, he says, is based on a producer's entire peanut operation. "We're not talking about small plots in select fields. Rather, we look at the overall management of these growers. This includes yields, costs and marketing management for the entire farm, and most of our winners come from sizable farms," says Lamb.
Assisting with the awards program is an Advisory Board comprised of Extension peanut specialists, county agents, economists and commodity group officials from the major peanut-producing states. They help to distribute nomination forms within their respective states and educate potential nominees about the program.
Farm Press editors, working with Lamb, select the regional winners from the pool of state nominees. Members of the Advisory Board, along with Lamb, are charged with periodically reviewing the awards program to insure consistency and accuracy.
Data entered on a farmer's nomination form, notes Lamb, should be based on an entire farm operation and not on individual farms or small plots. Actual per-unit costs and returns information will remain confidential to Lamb and his staff.
Growers may submit their nomination form directly to the National Peanut Research Laboratory, or they may submit it to their county Extension agent, peanut specialist or economist. The deadline for all nominations is April 15, 2011.
Growers can access the nomination form via the Internet at southeastfarmpress.com, southwestfarmpress.com, and deltafarmpress.com. In addition, it can be linked from various commodity group websites. To receive a hard copy of the form, call Farm Press headquarters at (662) 624-8503.


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The number-retirement discussion is nothing new at the Saddledome.
Just as a for-instance, there was much ado in September about the fate of Flames sweater No. 14 when the guy who vacated the garment a decade ago briefly came back to try it on for size.
Now the curious case of No. 2 has taken a nasty turn thanks to an owly opinion piece from one of the top 25 sports editors in Cape Breton. You'll forgive Mr. Dunphy if his regional bias is showing in that little smear job.
For the moment, let's leave aside the question of how meaningful an honour it truly is if it must be begged or bargained for. And let's ignore the fact this numbers racket matters way too much to the people who care about it and not nearly enough to some of the people making the calls.
The real trouble here is that thanks to some questionable rafter-decorating activity by the Colorado Avalanche (who rewarded Raymond Bourque for his long weeks of service), Washington Capitals (Dale Hunter? Yvon Labre?) and Montreal Canadiens (who were once very conservative but in recent years have gotten so number retirement-happy that some of the training camp prospects have to wear the silhouettes of Sesame Street characters on the backs) the value of this once incredibly rare honour dangerously approximates the feeling one gets when they receive their Safeway savings card. As a result, it's hard to take some of these debates seriously.
Part of the trouble is that some fans don't know when to leave well enough alone. Dive into any Flames messageboard thread rehashing the argument about the retirement of jerseys for Al MacInnis and Theoren Fleury and invariably someone will nominate Joe Mullen, Gary Roberts, Gary Suter, Hakan Loob, Doug Gilmour, Brad McCrimmon, Jim Peplinski, Stephane Yelle, etc., etc., etc. for the same honour. Hell, there's probably someone out there who with a straight face has declared that no one has looked right in No. 62 since Andrei Nazarov has left town.
Number-retirement was once reserved for the most special of players and in many cases, Hall of Fame credentials weren't enough. Now it seems like any Tom, Dick or Adam Graves can have his very own sweater-hoisting night.
And if the Flames ultimately botch the MacInnis dossier in the eyes of most of their fans, is it really that big a deal? You could argue that the Flames haven't gotten the number-retirement thing right yet. Mike Vernon, whose No. 30 from his first Calgary stint is mothballed, never won the Vezina and only once earned so much as a second all-star team nod. He isn't in the Hall yet and may never get there. You don't even have to delve into his oft-stormy relationship with his hometown to argue against his candidacy for the honour.
And Lanny McDonald, as beloved as he was in Calgary and as Hall of Fame-worthy his entire body of week was deemed, is not as iron-clad a case as many would assume. He ranks sixth in franchise history for goals, a mere 15th in points and finished 13th or lower in team scoring more often (four times) than he cracked the top three (he finished second twice and third once).
Comparatively speaking, the case for MacInnis is superb, even with of his mid-career departure to St. Louis. But while many fans have lambasted the Flames for keeping No. 2 in circulation (and issuing to the likes of Darryl Shannon, Alan Letang and Mike Commodore since MacInnis' departure) we probably shouldn't dismiss the possibility that the man himself has already politely declined the honour. Perhaps he feels a sense of loyalty to his the Blues, the club which continues to employ him. Or who knows? Maybe Ol' Chopper simply doesn't want to be part of any club that would have someone like Vernon as a member.
Besides, at the risk of getting sappy (no, not Oleg Saprykin, whose No. 19 remains in active duty), the most important place to honour the greats of the past is in the hearts and minds of longtime fans and new fans who bother to learn about the history of their favourite squad. What hangs from the rafters of a building that the current ownership is actively trying to replace, in the grand scheme of things, is pretty inconsequential.


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Alyssa Miller was in Las Vegas doing press for the SI Swimsuit Issue when I caught up with her yesterday afternoon. Miller, who turns 22 on the fourth of July, told me about the independence she enjoyed while working on her first swimsuit issue, how that job differs from her other modeling work, and why she's one of the few supermodels that actually will pose in the buff. This interview was transcribed and edited for clarity. Click on images to embiggen.
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Is the SI Swimsuit Issue the Super Bowl for models? Is there such a thing? I know this is a major achievement, but how major?
There is no other magazine like SI. It's one of a kind. It's one of the only big American magazines that really feature the girls and their personalities. You really do become a household name after being featured in SI. It's a huge, huge deal. It's such a big deal to me as an American girl. My brother and my dad read it, so for me it's especially exciting. It's a big deal. >>


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The Dolphins have signed interior offensive lineman JD Quinn and will announce the addition early next week.
Quinn is, um, interesting for a handful of reasons:
He was at the team's rookie minicamp last weekend on a tryout basis after going undrafted out of Montana. He impressed coaches and general manager Jeff Ireland enough that they tried to get to know him and his personality more so they could feel comfortable with him on the team.
And the Dolphins needed to feel comfortable with Quinn because of his past.
Quinn was arrested in May of 2008 for a DUI violation and was temporarily suspended from the Montana football team. It was Quinn's second DUI arrest in less than a year because he was similarly arrested in July 2007 in Missoula.
The arrests were settled in court when Quinn pleaded guilty to per se drunken driving, wherein a defendant admits to driving with a blood alcohol level greater than the Montana legal limit of .08 but does not admit to driving while intoxicated. The May 2008 arrest was settled when Quinn pleaded guilty to a mudflap violation -- the reason he was stopped in the first place -- and the drunk driving charge was dropped. The court then sentenced Quinn to 10 days in jail, with all the time suspended, and ordered him to complete an alcohol dependency program.
But, believe it or not, that's not really Quinn's claim to fame, or infamy if that's how you look at things. Quinn, Oklahoma Sooners fans might recall, was dismissed from that team in August of 2006 and lost a year of eligibility for his connection in a car dealership scandal that included starting quarterback Rhett Bomar, who also was tossed from the team and transferred to Sam Houston State.
Quinn accepted $8,137 from the Norman, OK., Chevy dealership but never did any work there. That's an NCAA violation related to undue benefits and the governing body came down hard on the Sooners, forcing the the school to vacate eight victories, give up two scholarships, and also extending a previous probationary period.
Quinn became something of a villian among Oklahoma fans when he showed little regard for his old school in the taped phone conversation below.
Quinn, 6-4 and 300 pounds, will work at guard and center for the Dolphins.
[Update: Beat writer Jeff Darlington sends me this link that shows Quinn was also arrested for DUI in 2005. Quinn was 19-years-old at the time of this first arrest (assuming there weren't others earlier). The legal drinking age in Oklahoma at the time was 21 years old. So do the math, that's three DUI arrests for Quinn the last four years.]


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Kathryn Margaret (Tabor) Dowell, 92, homemaker, passed away Friday, Dec. 7, 2012.
Kathryn Margaret (Tabor) Dowell, 92, homemaker, passed away Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at Emeritus Assisted Living in Augusta.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11; funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 12, both at the Dunsford Funeral Home Chapel, Augusta.
Kathryn was born Jan. 21, 1920, to Charles Marion and Elizabeth (Mueller) Tabor in Tarkio, Mo. She married Robert Barry Dowell on Sept. 2, 1939, in El Dorado.
Survivors include: sons, Lloyd "Whitey" Dowell of Augusta, Floyd (Kathryn) Dowell of Leon, Donald (Twyla) Dowell of Leon; daughters, Kathy (Marvin) Latimer of Augusta and Judith Sharp of Derby; brother, Ray (Ann) Tabor of Clearwater, Fla.; 20 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; 14 great-great-grandchildren.
Kathryn was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, Ronald; daughter-in-law, Sondra Dowell; son-in-law, Stanley Sharp; two sisters and four brothers; grandson, Robert Burling; great-granddaughter, Cassie.
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The Town of Comox has taken the next steps in preserving green space in northeast Comox.
Residents in the Comox Valley may have noticed the advertisements in the local newspapers that indicate the Town's intent to acquire Crown land for park purposes.
Residents interested in making comments on the application or for more information may go to the province's website at http://arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp.
"This is part of the joint application process with K'ómox First Nation (KFN) that the Town has agreed to under the Memorandum of Understanding," stated Mayor Paul Ives.
In addition to the advertisements in the local newspapers, the property in question has been posted with signs to advise residents of the Town's and KFN's intent to acquire the property from the Province.
"Although the Town is taking the lead on making the application on this significant piece of green space, we could not succeed in this process without our excellent partnership with KFN and the strong support from our MLA, Don McRae," added Ives.
With the exception of any applications being managed in an environmental assessment review, it is the intent of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations to make a decision on the application within 140 days of accepting the application in December 2012.
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Designed for those who want to fit studying in around their busy working lives, Open University is perhaps an unsurprising entry. Having the largest student body in Europe at 250,000 doesn't hurt either. 1.9 per cent of all UK-based millionaires have Open University degrees, including model and actress Jerry Hall, ex-wife of Mick Jagger, who studied for a BA in Humanities.
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New Mexico State University President Garrey Carruthers announced today the reorganization of the NMSU Athletics Department. Included in the reorganization is naming Las Cruces businessman David McCollum to the newly created position of deputy athletics director. In the new position, McCollum will oversee all business affairs for the Athletics Department.
"We are going to manage the NMSU Athletics Department more like a business enterprise," Carruthers said. "That's why I've chosen to bring in a talented businessman like David McCollum, who is not only familiar with NMSU Athletics, but also has a history of managing and growing companies. We are going to grow NMSU Athletics through increased attendance, donor participation, sponsorships and marketing."
McCollum was previously the owner and chief executive officer of FIG Publications, which owned the Las Cruces Bulletin, the Rio Rancho Observer and the Kirtland Air Force Base Nucleus. Each of these newspapers was struggling financially when they were acquired by FIG, but were quickly turned around.
McCollum has also worked as group publisher for the Community Newspapers Holding Company in Birmingham, Ala., as president and publisher of the Las Cruces Publishing Company, and as a senior leader in several other companies in the areas of media, marketing and advertising. In each instance, McCollum demonstrated the ability to successfully promote growth and expansion.
"I'm thrilled to have this opportunity to join the NMSU team," McCollum said. "Athletics is crucial to the university. It's one of the primary opportunities we have to get our name out across the country. The coaches we have at NMSU are some of the best in the country."
Under the new organization plan, McCollum will oversee the department's marketing, financial and Title IX operations. He will also coordinate supervision of sports information. NMSU Athletics Director McKinley Boston will continue to oversee each of the NMSU team coaches. McCollum credited Boston for the increased focus on academics within NMSU Athletics during his time at the university.
Additionally, Carruthers announced the organizational realignment of several other university positions. The presidents of NMSU's community colleges, which include NMSU Alamogordo, NMSU Carlsbad, NMSU Grants and NMSU's Dona Ana Community College, will now report to NMSU Executive Vice President and Provost Dan Howard. Those positions previously reported directly to the NMSU president.
Similarly, the university's vice president for research and vice president for economic development will also report to the executive vice president and provost. NMSU's Human Resources Services and NMSU's Office of Institutional Equity will report to Associate Vice President and Deputy Provost Greg Fant. Previously, Human Resource Services reported to the Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance.
"In each of my past activities in both business and in government, I've become accustomed to a stand-alone human resources operation," Carruthers said. "Shifting this unit to the associate vice president and deputy provost's office will do that."
The majority of these changes came as recommendations from the transition teams Carruthers set up shortly after becoming president in an effort to find improvements to various university organizations.
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Crazy searchesJanuary 29, 2010 at 6:21 pm | Posted in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 3 Comments
There was a rash of posts a little while ago about the things people search for to stumble across our blogs. Alas, at the time I didn't have any particularly wacky searches, but now I have! These are two of my top searches in recent days: "Japanese girl" and "whether the weather be not, whether the weather be cold, whether the weather be hot, we'll weather the weather, whatever the whether, whether we like it or not… ;-)" I bet they're disappointed on looking up Japanese girl when they stumble across my embroidery of an old Japanese print! As to the other one, I love the idea that someone typed all that in as one search phrase!
I'm kind of relieved that another top search is 'RA blogs' so they're not all quite so wide of the mark. ;o)
Sick, sick, sick …January 29, 2010 at 2:45 pm | Posted in Me | 13 Comments
Tags: appetite change, appetite gain, fatigue, GP, hormones, hunger, insanity, medicine, menses, menstruation, monthlies, neck pain, norethisterone, periods, R.A., RA, rheumatoid, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), tiredness, weight gain
No I'm not actually sick, I'm just sick to death of the way hormones seem to rule my life. Until Wednesday I'd been menstruating pretty much constantly since before Christmas. By Sunday last I looked and felt like death warmed up, was bursting in to tears at the slightest provocation (or no provocation) and figured it was time I saw the doc. I knew I'd have trouble when she recommended a tablet that messes with the hormones, but heck, what else are you supposed to do stop a continuous period? So I bit the bullet and went on to Norethisterone (synthetic progesterone). I was a good girl – I didn't even look at the side effects when I started it on Tuesday. I didn't even look to see it was synthetic progesterone at the time.
Well the good news is it worked like magic – by Wednesday my seemingly never-ending period had stopped, the hot flushes hadn't come back and I had very few RA symptoms. By yesterday I felt tired but so much better than I had been feeling. Then last night I woke up at two in the morning with a gnawing hunger pang in my belly – I lay in bed fantasising about porridge with tons of Golden Syrup on it! Fortunately Middle-size Cat and Enormous Cat were both firmly on top of me, purring and being cute, so I resisted the temptation as I didn't want to disturb them. (Note, disturbing hubby didn't even enter into the equation – awful, aren't I? Then again, not much does disturb hubby once he's asleep!) It'll pass, I thought.
I woke up again at about six-thirty with a really awful gnawing hunger pang in my belly again! Hmm, I thought, this isn't good. Heck, it's Friday. Let's go wild and have some porridge (instead of the usual and rather better for me Bran Flakes). I had some porridge. The hunger pangs didn't go away. I made my lunch – beef salad. Normally when I'm making my lunch the absolute last thing I want to do there and then, straight after breakfast, is eat it. Today I could have eaten the whole damn lot. (I didn't, but I could have done.) Tiny and Middle-sized cats were lucky to get their usual rations of my lunch today!
The gnawing hunger pang in my belly has NOT gone away. I ate a mid-morning snack of soya nuts, I had another slightly later morning snack of a few grapes and some dates. I had an apple. (All this before lunch!) Still gnawing hunger pang in my belly.
I had my lunch. Gnawing hunger pang in my belly. I hate to admit this but I then went to the local bakery. I'm not going to admit to what I bought (and ate) but suffice it to say that Mrs Baker would have been quite shocked if she'd known I was off back to the office to eat it all there and then, but that's what happened. So would hubby, for that matter. He would have rather hoped I might have brought a bun home for him. (Sorry darling!)
Guess what? Gnawing hunger pang in my belly – still. My helpful friend Weeny's response was, 'You're hungry? So what's new?' (She's renowned for her sympathy skills – her hubby and I tease her regularly about their lack!) The thing is this isn't just hungry – it's like a pain, it has to be pandered to; it's constantly demanding. I can think of nothing but food. I just want to eat everything in sight. I look at my half-cup of cold coffee and picture a big hot chocolate swirling with cream and marshmallows; I look at the snow swirling around outside and think of ice cream; I don't quite look at 'the boss' and think 'roast beef' but believe me I'm not that far from it. And to add insult to injury I'm doing a transcription all about chocolate!! (I kid you not.)
You know what? I don't think I'll be taking any more Norethisterone! I looked at the side effects this morning and sure enough weight gain and appetite change were nestled amongst them. I'll put up with a constant period, I'll live with anaemia and fatigue if I have to, but I really can't cope with any more of this!
Woohoo – go Wren and Warm Socks!January 29, 2010 at 12:47 pm | Posted in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 2 Comments
Well done to Warm Socks with ∞-itis and Wren with Rhemablog for getting to the finals for Best Patient Blog at MedGadget.com. Both great blogs by fantastic, inspirational people. Now they NEED YOUR VOTE! Vote for them here. You can only do one vote per day per computer – but you could always use two computers or swap day to day if you like them both – as I do.
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Da Boys and Da Broncs……Preseason Week 2.
Week 2 of the preseason has arrived! GAMEDAY! Cowboys at Broncos. 8 pm/Central.
Tonights game should be a fun one to watch. The Fort Worth Star Telegram is reporting that all of the starters will play the entire 1st quarter. Tony Romo, MB3, Witten and TO will come out around that time with the remaining starters playing the entire 1st half. That means Brad Johnson will be in with the 1st team offensive line and he needs to prove tonight that he still has something left in the tank. If he struggles, look for the Cowboys to make a move early next week. We hopefully will see an improved Pac Man tonight too. He should get plenty of time tonight to continue to knock the rust off his game. I would like to see him get a few punt returns too. Miles Austin and Sam Hurd will continue to battle it out for that 3rd WR spot.
No major developments other than that. We all need to remember that this is preseason, the coaching staff wants to evaluate players in certain situations. They also don't want to put alot of the offensive plays and schemes on film for other teams to study. Look for a simple game plan and plenty of Felix Jones and Tashard Choice tonight.
Terrence Newman, Anthony Spencer and Kevin Burnett are all out on the defensive side due to injuries.
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Ascent of Thurston Peak on 2005-07-09
Dennis Poulin
Saturday, July 9, 2005
Ascent Type:
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Thurston Peak
9706 ft / 2958 m
Ascent Trip Report
What a great day for a hike. I stumbled trying to get to the trailhead. I planned on accessing Skyline Drive from Bountiful and then driving Skyline to the TH. Unfortunately, I found that Skyline was closed due to hazardous conditions when I got to the ridgeline. I had to drive all the way back down to Bountiful and then drive to Farmington and back up to the ridgeline through Farmington. Be careful driving on both roads because there are many ATV's, Dirt Bikers, Bicylclists, and other cars using both roads. 4WD is not required.
When the road from Farmington tops out, you are next to the 2 large radar domes that occupy Francis Pk. There is plenty of parking at this point and there is a gate blocking motorized access to Francis Pk. There is also a smaller road off to the east of Francis that traverses the east side and proceeds further along the ridgeline. This road was blocked by snow drifts on the east side of Francis, but they were easy to walk around.
I wanted to tag the summit of Francis so I walked around the gate and headed up to the summit. It is about a 250ft Elevation Gain to the top where the radar domes are located. Once on top there is a beautiful view of the ridgeline going north to Thurston. There are about 6 sub peaks along the ridge between Francis and Thurston.
I headed off the back side of Francis on a patch of snow and picked up the road that came around the east side of Francis. the road roughly follows the ridge for the first mile and a half until it ends and a trail begins. I just followed the trail up and down and around several of the sub peaks. There was a big patch of snow on the east side of the one at 9491ft and I dropped down off the snow because it was pretty steep. Other hikers this day climbed directly over the top of this point and that was the way I should have gone.
Continue along the ridge until Thurston is directly ahead of you and then pick your way crosscountry up the south ridge. It is fairly steep, but the footing is good. I made a mistake here and kept following the trail around the west side of Thurston until I got to the Northwest ridge and I climbed that ridge instead.
The views from the summit are fantastic. The Salt Lake Valley is laid out below you to the west. It was a little hazy today, but the view was still magnificent. 2 other SPers with their dogs joined me on the summit and we enjoyed a nice lunch together.
The walk back to the car was uneventful. My total hike was about 9.0 miles, gained 2,450 feet, and took 4.5 hours, with the extra excursions to climb Francis and to travel around to the NW ridge of Thurston.
Summary Total Data
Total Elevation Gain:
2447 ft / 745 m
Total Elevation Loss:
2447 ft / 745 m
Round-Trip Distance:
9 mi / 14.5 km
Route Conditions:
Maintained Trail
Ascent Statistics
Gain on way in:
2447 ft / 745 m
4.5 mi / 7.2 km
From Francis Pk
Start Trailhead:
7259 ft / 2212 m
Descent Statistics
Loss on way out:
2447 ft / 745 m
4.5 mi / 7.2 km
End Trailhead:
7259 ft / 2212 m
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As embarrassed as she was by her son's gross impropriety, the visual spoke for itself. In the same spirit, here for consideration are some hypothetical electoral maps for the 2008 Presidential election:
If adjustments are made to reflect only white state populations, McCain handily beats Obama, 325-213. Based on the contemporary electoral count, he wins 316-222. In the worst Presidential election for the GOP since Clinton's first term, and the worst election for the right since Goldwater's defeat, the Republican candidate obliterates his Democratic opponent by 100 electoral votes.
If the US looked like Nebraska, it wouldn't necessarily follow that we'd have a two-party system consisting of a perpetual majority and an ever-defeated opposition. Instead, general election campaigns would be as competitive as they are today. But they'd look like Republican primaries do now. The demographic transformation the US is currently undergoing is driving a stake through the heart of political conservatism. Indeed, we are doomed.
So Euros are incorrigibly bigoted. Unless you stepped out of a time machine from the 1950s, this is surely not news! The truly interesting stories, of course, are found among the vibrantly diverse political ideas of the vibrantly diverse segments of our society. While white America looks straight ahead, marching along in the solidarity inherent in its groupthink, the rest of the citizenry eagerly darts this way and that, leaving no thought or idea unturned across the vast plane of modern political discourse:
Well, hope and change runs the entire gamut, doesn't it? Under the current electoral distribution, Obama wins 538-0. If population adjustments are made to exclude whites from state population counts, Obama comes out on top, uh, 538-0.
Various thinkers on the right have explored how female suffrage has steadily pushed the US leftward. Men and women vote similarly by ancestry, geographic position, and station in life, with the latter being shifted five or six points to the left. This matters in setting the parameters and deciding outcomes at the margins, but it's not nearly as determinative as race is:
Banishing the double-Xs would not have been nearly enough to keep the country's first community organizing President out of the White House. Had the 19th amendment been revoked last November, Obama would have still easily won, 325-213. If Xanth's harpies ruled the roost, with the rare males serving as cultural princes, he would've won 393-145.
What if the worst of both worlds were the only ones granted the ballot, as had been the case when the country elected slave owners to the Presidency?
And so the progress takes away what forever took to find.
* Kansas' caucus process allows representatives for each candidate to give a short speech prior to ballots being handed out to those in attendance at the designated voting locations.


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Using a credit card when you travel is easy and secure, and you can see everything you spent in one place when you get your monthly statement. But when that statement arrives, you may be shocked to see an extra 3 percent added to each purchase you made in a foreign currency.
This is the foreign transaction fee, or FTF. The FTF is usually made up of 1 percent charged by the transaction network — such as MasterCard or Visa — and 2 percent charged by the issuing bank, for a total of 3 percent.
A few years ago, only Capital One credit cards and a few premium cards, such as the American Express Centurion, waived the foreign transaction fee. Now, as card issuers seek to attract and retain low-risk cardholders who swipe their cards for everything from a daily coffee to a first-class ticket to Hong Kong, many issuers have dropped the FTF on their travel cards. In addition, they're offering multiple ways for cardholders to earn points or cash back by using these cards.
CardRatings.com recently compiled a list of 36 cards from common issuers to show you which ones take care of the FTF for you, which charge an annual fee, and some highlights of their rewards programs. Many credit unions also waive the FTF on their cards, however, those cards are not generally available to the wide public.
Capital One cards are still attractive, as none of them have the foreign transaction fee and many do not carry an annual fee. All of Discover's cards come without the FTF and only one (Escape by Discover) has an annual fee, but Discover's acceptance internationally has traditionally been limited.
Four cards on our list — the Citi ThankYou Prestige, the Chase J.P. Morgan Select, British Airways Visa Signature from Chase, and Hyatt Credit Card — are EMV-compatible. EMV credit cards, which use a security technology of embedded chips, are prominent in European cards and are slowly becoming more prevalent in the United States. These cards can be used in shops, at kiosks, and anywhere else you would normally use a credit card internationally.
Sixteen of the cards on the list have no annual fee, and 10 waive the annual fee for the first year. The annual fees range from $39 (Capital One Cash Rewards) to $450 (American Express Platinum and Business Platinum and Citi Executive/AAdvantage WorldElite MasterCard). The $450 annual fee is high, but for that you get free baggage, airport lounge access, priority screening and boarding and many other perks. If you're an international jet-setter, these benefits will be worth a lot more than $450 when your flight has been canceled and you're looking at spending the night in an airport. Or you could look at it another way: Annual single membership to the Delta Sky Club costs $450 by itself.
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|Card name
|Annual fee
|Other benefits
|Platinum Card from American Express
|$200 airline fee credit, airport club access
|Business Platinum from American Express OPEN
|$200 airline fee credit, airline club access, concierge service, 2 points with AmEx Travel, 1 point for all other purchases
|Bank of America BankAmericard Travel Rewards
|1.5 points per dollar, airline fee credit
|Bank of America Privileges with Travel Rewards
|$75 after first year
|2 points per dollar, airline fee credit
|Bank of America WorldPoints Travel Rewards for Business Visa
|1.5 points per dollar, expense tracking features
|Capital One Cash Rewards
|50% cash bonus on all cash earned annually
|Capital One Cash Rewards for Newcomers
|2% cash back on travel, 1% cash back on other purchases; for average credit
|Capital One Spark Miles Select Rewards
|50% bonus on all miles earned annually
|Capital One Venture Rewards
|$59 after first year
|2 miles per dollar, excellent credit
|Capital One VentureOne Rewards
|1.25 miles per dollar, excellent credit
|British Airways Visa Signature from Chase
|Fairmont Visa Signature from Chase
|$95 after first year
|5/2/1 point model (5 points for every dollar spent for Fairmont stays; 2 points for every dollar spent on travel; 1 point for every dollar on all other purchases)
|Hyatt Card from Chase
|EMV-chip, 3 points for every dollar spent at Hyatt, 1 point for all other purchases
|Chase Ink Bold
|$95 after first year
|5/2/1 point model (5 points for every dollar spent for Fairmont stays; 2 points for every dollar spent on travel; 1 point for every dollar on all other purchases)
|J.P. Morgan Select Card from Chase
|$95 after first year
|EMV-compatible; double points on travel purchases
|Marriott Rewards Premier from Chase
|$85 after first year
|5/2/1 point model for Marriott stays
|Priority Club Select Visa from Chase
|$49 after first year
|5/2/1 point model for Priority Club stays
|Ritz-Carlton Rewards card from Chase
|5/2/1 point model for Ritz-Carlton stays, Lounge Club access, $200 annual credit for airline fees
|Chase Sapphire Preferred
|$95 after first year
|7% dividend on all new points earned
|United Mileage Plus Club Card from Chase
|1.5 miles per dollar, 2 miles per dollar for United purchases, Premier Access priority airport services
|Citi Executive/AAdvantage WorldElite MasterCard
|Admirals Club membership, priority check-in, airport screening, boarding, first bag free
|Citi ThankYou Premier
|$125 after first year
|1 point for every dollar; annual complimentary domestic companion ticket
|Citi ThankYou Prestige
|EMV-compatible, 1.3 points per dollar
|Discover Open Road
|2% cash back on first $250 gas purchases in billing period, limited international acceptance
|Escape by Discover
|Double miles on every purchase, limited international acceptance
|Miles by Discover
|Double miles on travel and restaurants, limited international acceptance
|Discover More
|5% cash-back bonus on varying categories, limited international acceptance
|Discover Motiva
|5% cash back on interest charges for on-time payments, limited international acceptance
|Discover Student More
|5% cash-back bonus on varying categories, limited international acceptance
|Discover Student Open Road
|Cash-back bonuses, limited international acceptance
|FNBO Graphite American Express
|$99 after first year
|3% cash back on airlines, 2% cash back on gas and groceries, 1% cash back on all other qualifying purchases
PenFed Platinum Cash Rewards
|5% cash back on gas, 0.25% on other purchases
|PenFed Platinum Rewards Visa
|5 points on gas, 3 points on groceries, 1 point all other purchases
|PenFed Premium Travel Rewards American Express
|Airport club access when you spend $15,000 annually
|PenFed Promise
|No fees of any kind
|PenFed Visa Gold