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Helpful Halloween HintsBy Shirley Kadoura, RD, CDE For most people, Halloween brings to mind thoughts of costumes, spooky decorations, and, of course, candy! For a person with diabetes, the fun may be overshadowed by worry about how to control blood sugar and still enjoy the season. While there are no forbidden foods for people with diabetes, planning to include healthy foods along with a few favorite treats can help manage blood sugars and make the holiday enjoyable again. Tip #1: Eat a balanced meal, including lean protein and non-starchy vegetables before diving into Halloween fun. Eat fewer carbs at your meal to allow for additional carbs you want to consume in treats later. Also, offering nuts and a veggie tray in addition to sweets at parties gives alternative choices for guests who count carbohydrates. Tip #2: Fun-size it! Enjoy your favorite candy in moderation. Many fun-sized (smaller) candy bars contain only 10-15 grams of carbohydrate and can be included as part of a meal or snack. Tip #3: Don't buy your favorite candy to hand out to trick-or-treaters. Instead, buy candies you do not like (don't worry, they are someone's favorite!). This way, you can enjoy the costumes without getting distracted by the treats in your bowl. Tip #4: Beware of "sugar-free" candy. "Sugar-free" does not mean "carbohydrate-free," and it is the total carbohydrates that raise blood sugar. Also, many sugar-free foods contain sugar alcohols, like Sorbitol, which can cause diarrhea when eaten in large amounts. Read labels and count the total carbohydrates for all food, including candy. Tip #5: Give it away! Once the fun is over, it may be tempting to keep leftover candy until it is gone. But if you struggle to control yourself around sweets, you may want to consider donating your wrapped candy to a deserving charity like a children's hospital, or sending it to our military in active duty. Living with diabetes does not mean missing out on Halloween fun. By planning ahead, everyone can enjoy making memories with family and friends. The closest thing to Vegas! Attend the Rugiero Casino Royale Fundraiser on November 3Have you ever dreamt of playing Texas Hold'Em poker live? Or envisioned yourself at a blackjack table surrounded by cheering onlookers as you place your winning bet? What about feeling like a celebrity at a high-profile charity event, getting dressed up and mingling with other philanthropists? Well, all these dreams can come true if you attend the 3rd Annual Rugiero Casino Royale Night, a fundraiser for the U-M Antonio Rugiero Diabetes Research Fund at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Diabetes Center. The Rugiero Casino Royale starts at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 3 with a strolling supper, full bar, and gaming on authentic gaming tables with professional dealers. You don't have to pay for a plane ticket or a hotel room to enjoy this event's Las Vegas atmosphere! It takes place at the Italian American Club at 39200 Five Mile Road in Livonia, MI 48154. The cost is $75, which includes entertainment, silent auction, prizes, and $100 in gaming chips. The Texas Hold'Em Poker Tournament begins at 7:00 p.m. and requires a separate $100 ticket (along with the $75 event fee). For the third year in a row, the Rugiero Family — owners of the popular Antonio's Cucina Italiana restaurants in Dearborn Heights, Farmington Hills, and Canton, as well as the Roman Village Cucina Italiana in Dearborn — generously give of their time and resources to host this fundraiser for diabetes research. The reason this topic is so close to their hearts is because the family's father and restaurant co-founder, Antonio Rugiero, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes when he was 32 years old. He passed away in 2008 from complications associated with diabetes. Soon after, Antonio's widow, Rita, and her four sons (Patrick, Anthony, Mark, and Robert) established the U-M Antonio Rugiero Diabetes Research Fund in his memory. Anthony Rugiero said, "We wanted to keep our father's memory alive, and one way to do that is to support causes that our father believed in. We have a lot of respect for the University of Michgian and so did my father. He received wonderful care there late in his life and now we are giving back. The new University of Michigan diabetes research facility and what they are doing there is amazing. We are glad we can help, and I know my father would be, too." Along with purchasing tickets to attend the event, playing Texas Hold'Em Poker, and bidding on silent auction items, supporters of diabetes research can also take advantage of sponsorship and advertising opportunities. The family's hope is "to donate maximum funds to the University of Michigan and do all we can to find a cure for this disease." Would-be gamblers and philanthropists may purchase advance event tickets for $75 and optional $100 tickets for the Texas Hold'Em Poker Tourney through PayPal from the links on our event web page. For more information, call (734) 981-9805, email email@example.com or visit www.antoniosrestaurants.com and click on "Events." Three lectures, longer hours for the 6th Annual U-M World Diabetes Day Health Fair on November 10For the past six years, the U-M Comprehensive Diabetes Center has hosted a Diabetes Health Fair to commemorate the United Nations' World Diabetes Day (WDD) and the American Diabetes Association's Diabetes Awareness Month. Each year, the event gets larger and more features are added. The 2012 U-M WDD Health Fair, which takes place on Saturday, November 10 at the Sheraton Ann Arbor Hotel, is continuing that trend!Once again, the University of Michigan's MedEquip division is our main sponsor. Patients can order their diabetes supplies, wheelchairs, and much more from MedEquip by calling toll-free: 800-530-0714. In a response to attendees' requests on last year's surveys, this year's WDD Health Fair will be four hours long (9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) — giving attendees an extra hour to visit exhibit booths and get free health screenings. Along with the screenings for kidney function (urine), Hb A1c and blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol (non-fasting LDL and total cholesterol), obesity risk (waist/hip ratios and height & weight for Body Mass Index), and foot checks (for people with diabetes only), we will add a special eye screenings for diabetic retinopathy (for people with diabetes only). 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Instead, I balanced the camera on my old wooden treasure box and Liberty's music stand. I balanced it over my head in my right hand while I bent my body far over to the left so that the camera would not be pictured.
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Predicting the Prop Bets for Super Bowl 48
January 27, 2014 in Superbowl 48
Here are some Super Bowl XLVIII Prop Bets & my predictions below. What are your predictions? You can answer the polls on our Super Bowl 48 page!
Will it snow during the game?
I would take the YES for sure. Its gonna snow. It's been that kind of winter.
If Renee Fleming wears gloves during the National Anthem what color will they be?
White 5/4
Black 3/2
Red 4/1
Other 3/1
Tempted to go big payout on red but thinking black here is the smart choice.
Will Knowshon Moreno cry during national anthem?
Yes 4/1
No 1/7
No way he would again? But I think he weeps like a baby! Take it at 4/1
How many times will Eli Manning be shown on TV? – Over under 3.5
Going over. 2 for being a Manning, 2 for being the QB who plays at Met Life.
How many times will the 12th man be said during the game? – Over/Under 2.5
Take under. Probably will be mentioned early once, maybe twice, but the game is not in Seattle.
Will the announcers mention Russell Wilson being drafted in MLB?
Yes +150- take this! Joe Buck does baseball and the Super Bowl is long, and plenty of time to mention.
Which song will Bruno Mars play first?
Going Locked out of Heaven at 3/1. Think it has that starter feeling.
TV Rating for the game? Over/Under Nielsen Rating of 47%
I don't know crap about the Nielsen rating but going over for sure. Best matchup + Manning + Craziness of Sherman's past 2 weeks.
Longest touchdown of the game – Over/Under 42.5
Going over- Seattle seems to get some big plays. Also I think Holliday could take one to the house for the Broncos in this game.
Shortest Touchdown of the game Over/Under 1.5
Going under! Sherman gets a PI in the end zone! Moreno or Ball in from one. Although Lynch could easily do this also.
Special Teams Touchdown - +160 or 8/5
Yes – Taking this. Seattle coverage has been great but I think Holliday or Harvin bust one.
Total Penalties in the game 12.5
Take under. Terry McAualey lets the players play
Will the Seahawks convert a 4th down? +150
Love this one and not just because of the play versus San Fran. Both teams will be nervous to use the kickers if the weather is sketchy.
Will Percy Harvin be injured in the game and announced he won't return? Can't believe this is legit.
Yes! at 2/1. Double our money! Dude is made of graham crackers
Longest rush by Marshawn Lynch- 19.5 yards
Going over. Always seems to break one at some point during the game
First Touchdown – Will take a couple here I like:
Wes Welker 9-1
Julius Thomas 12-1 – shocked he is this high
Montee Ball 16-1
Super Bowl MVP?
Have a feeling Seattle wins, even though I am personally pulling for Denver. Only person on Seattle I would be OK being MVP is Russell Wilson at 15/4.
Richard Sherman 25/1 – Odds too good to pass up. Could be a Ray Lewis type MVP pick.
Here's some more I added that would be fun:
How many times Richard Sherman's 3.9 GPA is mentioned or he graduated from Stanford?
Over/Under 3.5
Will they show the John Elway flying spin from the Broncos/ Packers Super Bowl?
I say YES.
Will any of these NY/NJ celebs be shown during game?
Donald Trump 10/1
Jay Z 5/1
Chris Christie 7/1
Bruce Springsteen 20/1
Bon Jovi 40/1
Will Richard Sherman's failed PED test be mentioned?
Speaking of PEDs will Joe Buck find a way to mention A-Rod or Bieber during the game?
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I am thinking about buying this but before i make an offer I wanted to do some research. After hours of research ive yet to find even a like one with a pedestal. The feet are solid wood carved and very large. I cant find any marks on the piece except for the underside of one drawer. The mark is V1 cut into the wood. Anyone have any ideas? I love this piece but dont want to pay way too much for it! |
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It's an American Empire, probably mahogany vanity table. Looks to be all original and in good condition and if so....ought to cost a pretty bundle of cash. |
Thanks for the information! So what do you think is a good price range? |
Linda's spot on. Looks to be in much better than anticipated condition. A little difficult to see details (coulda dusted the pedestal ;-)), but looks to be mainly graded solids. Bet it had a wonderful little stool to go with it. Anticipating similar quality in the overall construction points, and without even knowing the maker, I wouldn't be shocked if it was into 4 digits. "good price range?"... anything under 4 digits...? lol |
Thanks Mikk I appreciate your imput! It may have once went with a chair, but it would have to been a tall chair. I should have taken measurements but main top is approx 40+ inches high. Im 5'4" and it was chest level. I also had to tilt the mirror down just to see myself. I found the height strange for a vanity, I thought maybe a mens dressing table or bureau? but then again im barely a novice in antique furniture. |
40+ inches??? Holy shenola on a stick!! That's a monster! The photo is deceiving. You're probably right then. A men's dressing table/valet, or an entryway valet (last bit of "spruce" before heading out the door), and I would imagine no chair/stool, which would kind of fit seeing that the base would be entirely cumbersome at that size. I would have guesstimated more around a 30-32" by 36". In that event, it's a bit of a oddity for my frame of reference. I have to say that I've never seen anything like that in that size before... especially in solids in those proportions. In a formal entry, it would be QUITE an impressive piece. Now I'm dying to know what they are asking for it! :-) Around 6 and I would love to have it just for bragging rights. lol |
Well Im a happy camper! I just bought this piece! I cant wait until I can bring it home next week!!!!!!! Thanks for your help! |
Ohh I forgot, I purchased this for the amazing price of 750.00 |
I've never seen anything quite like it and also wondered about where one would place a stool or their feet because I also assumed it was some sort of vanity. It certainly makes a statement. |
Awwwwww.. you DOG! (no offense intended) lol Others may have a different perspective on this piece, but if it is as represented, that's not too shabby a deal. Not a "steal" or as a resell piece, but as a future family heirloom it's really quite a prize, IMHO. With those dimensions, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a commissioned piece. Lovely!! I hope you might share some additional photos once you get it home. (salivating) |
Ha Ha ... No Offense taken! Well I share your perspective, I feel in love with this when I first saw it... someone would have to pry it from my dead hands before i let it go... ha ha! Although I live in a 1920's arts and craft type home.. I have a large hall with stairs.. this will fit perfectly! I will be sure to take some pics and post them once it is home :) |
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You are going to like this: http://www.newel.com/PreviewImage.aspx?ItemID=9521 It could have been a man's dressing table. they habitually stood up to get groomed, while women sat down. |
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I just paid $22.87 for an iPad2-64GB and my girlfriend loves her Panasonic Lumix GF 1 Camera that we got for $38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UPS. I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $675 which only cost me $62.81 to buy. Here is the website we use to get it all from, BidsGet.com |
Holy moley. $18k for a dressing table. No wonder I've never seen anything like it. LOLOL |
That dressing table is beautiful! I love the carving. I wish i'd have found that .... but I will settle for its not as attractive 2nd cousin....lol ! |
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And how do you like my Bottled Blonde Vintage dress? When I saw the gingham and the deep pockets, I knew I just had to have it. And to make it a little less '50s housewife, I paired it with some neon sandals I nabbed on the clearance rack at Urban Outfitters. But I've run into a pickle with this dress- I have no idea how to layer it! It's really pretty on it's own (which is maybe the reason why I didn't want to cover it up), but if you have any ideas to get my creativity going, leave me a comment!
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SB 254 would create mattress recycling program in California
Berkeley senator speaks against dumping mattresses
At the corner of Madison and East Belle Terrace the scene is a familiar one. A coffee cup here, a bag of trash there and next to a disrespected no dumping sign you will find a torn up couch that at least has a nice view of the train tracks.
It's furniture, specifically mattresses, that California State Senator Lori Hancock, D-Berkeley, has taken issue with.
Illegally disposed of mattresses - it's a problem that Bakersfield Solid Waste has noticed.
"It's a significant problem," Bakersfield Solid Waste Director Kevin Barnes said. "We probably spend three or four hours a week, of a persons time dealing with that problem. Any help that we can get to prevent that would be great."
To help with the problem Sen. Hancock introduced SB 254 this week, which would establish recycling programs for disposing of mattresses using existing infrastructure.
Sen. Hancock doesn't see illegally disposing of mattresses or other furniture as a small problem. She says in California's 10 largest cities 470,000 mattresses are illegally disposed of each year, costing local governments $20 annually.
In a press release Hancock said, "They not only deface a neighborhood but they can become a health hazard and a breeding ground for mold and pests. Cash-strapped cities are forced to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars collecting and disposing of abandoned mattresses."
Currently in Bakersfield without a mattress recycling program they often end up on the side of the road or in the landfill Bakersfield Solid Waste says.
"There are plenty of mattresses that go to landfills," Barnes said. "Some places in the county have the means to recycle them. Here in Bakersfield we don't have much mattress recycling right now."
Solid Waste admits that it isn't widely known, but people that live inside the Bakersfield city limits can call to have a mattress or other bulky furniture picked up as part of basic trash service. That furniture is then hauled to the landfill.
If SB 254 passes, there would also be a recycling alternative in Bakersfield and the rest of California.


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Breakfast Topic: What are you just not that excited about in Mists? {WoW}
Mar 28th 2012 6:01PM What are all these comments I'm seeing about farming, I haven't read anything about that? Is there a link someone can point me to for info?
Hi, Doris from HR, I write about dragons on the internet {WoW}
Feb 25th 2012 7:30PM I feel exactly the same Tai! I'm a female gamer in my 30s and I can't talk about it with work colleagues or non gamer friends. Whenever I have opened up in the past I have ended up sorry I did.
Like you, I feel like people don't know the real me either. I have plenty of other interests and I talk about those, but there is this chunk of my life that I skirt around.
This comic sums up how I feel very nicely. I was like 'OMG it's not just me!'
Hi, Doris from HR, I write about dragons on the internet {WoW}
Feb 25th 2012 7:12PM I'm the same, I hide it from my work colleagues and non gamer friends. Too many negative reactions in the past have put me off, plus I think there is extra stigma to being a girl gamer.
The negative reactions have not been outright condemnation, but more a subtle disdain from then on. Like if I mention I'm tired, I get 'up all night playing huh?' when I don't even play late on weeknights. Or constant comments about how they wouldn't have time to play games (the tone clearly implying that I am wasting my time on something stupid and childish). Yeah but they will spend 3 hours in front of the TV a night no problem!
I even get it from gamer friends that don't play WoW. Apparently other games are fine but WoW is the crack of games and if I play it I must be addicted. When I told a friend I took a 6 month break from WoW, he assumed it was as some kind of intervention! Umm no, I was bored.
Addons that you wish were still around {WoW}
Feb 8th 2012 9:21PM Any suggestions for what to replace it with? Or is the default UI good enough so you can just use that now?
Should there be a hide option for RealID? {WoW}
Feb 7th 2012 10:30PM Totally agree with this. I find all these arguments about how it shouldn't be a feature because 'we should just be honest with people' or 'we should behave like adults' quite bizarre. What, we want a useful feature not to be implemented because it's more character building to go without it? Since when is that the role of a game?
Secondly, if you don't want to talk to people because you have had a stressful or exhausting day and are feeling burnt out, it is actually even more exhausting to then have to explain that to multiple people. Then, being your friends, they get all concerned about what is wrong. It is not a problem I am having at the moment, but I have certainly experienced it in the past.
Breakfast Topic: How did you get started? {WoW}
Feb 3rd 2012 9:10AM About 3 months after release, some of the guys I worked with got it for me as a birthday present. I was a long time PC gamer, whereas they were mainly console gamers so none of them played WoW. But they thought it was something I would like and they were right.
I used to come into work and report to them on all the cool things I'd discovered. I remember telling them how I was finally level 20 and them joking about how I must be the Queen of WoW. Seems so funny now. But just remembering the sense of wonder I felt at it all, it was amazing.
Took me until BC to convince my husband to give it a go. He is now way more addicted to it than me.
4 steps for dealing with Raid Finder harassment {WoW}
Jan 30th 2012 8:16PM Clundgren, I do agree with you about the archetypal bully having high self esteem. This would probably align with the 'elitist' group. However the first type referred to here definitely does exist in my experience - the 'aggression as a form of defence' type person.
For instance, in my job I implement IT systems. Most of the time, the person who will be the most aggressively critical of the system, the implementation etc will be the one with poor computer skills who is in fact scared that they won't be able to use the new system.
Another example is the kid at the fringes of the 'cool group' will often be the one who makes fun of the 'uncool' kids, to make it clear which side of the divide he is on.
Not your textbook bullies, but definitely a pattern of behavior I have observed.
4 steps for dealing with Raid Finder harassment {WoW}
Jan 30th 2012 7:53PM So far, every single bit of abuse I have experienced in LFR, or seen friends experience, has been loot related.
In particular, as an Ele Shammy, I regularly get abused when I win an item with spirit on it. It starts out with someone whispering me demanding the item because anything with spirit on it is a healer item' and when that doesn't work, ends up with them telling me how fail I am etc (apparently anything but #1 dps = fail).
I am normally the sort of person who takes this sort of stuff personally but I am working on not letting it get to me. At least the regularity of it is having a desensitizing effect!
WoW Moviewatch: LFR Summed Up in 30 seconds {WoW}
Jan 25th 2012 6:02PM Agreed about the loot issues. A friend was in an LFR recently and a guy rolls on 2 items and wins them both. Immediately says WTS items because he already has them. When told you can't trade gold in LFR he leaves group, without at least giving them to someone who could use them. No doubt they were vendored.
I don't know why Blizzard can't at least make it so you can't roll on items you already own. Seems to happen a lot.
WoW Moviewatch: LFR Summed Up in 30 seconds {WoW}
Jan 25th 2012 4:25AM Did my first LFR the other night (back from a long break) with the hubby. He was on an alt who had only just gotten geared enough to get into LFR and so was near bottom of the dps, but only by a small margin. He wins an item, immediately 3 people start sending him abusive whispers about how he doesn't deserve it because his dps was low. Much name calling etc.
How are you meant to improve dps if you aren't allowed to get gear? Meanwhile I won loot without abuse, must have been less desirable items. It confirmed my fears about raid finder unfortunately.


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What is Yoga Calm?
How was Yoga Calm developed?
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Do many schools use yoga with children?
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What research supports your approach?
Isn't yoga a religion?
Is Yoga Calm approved for continuing education?
Can I teach Yoga Calm if I have no experience in yoga and am not physically
able to do strenuous physical activities?
Do you have a certification program?
How do I get started with Yoga Calm?
Yoga Calm is an innovative child education method that melds
the traditional yoga practices of mindfulness, physical activity and nervous system
regulation with social skills games and counseling techniques. Integrating fitness,
social/emotional and cognitive learning into 5 to 40 minute processes, the program
includes more than 60 activities specially designed for use in school and therapeutic
settings. They include yoga-based movement and breathing, social/emotional games,
relaxation activities and storytelling.
Yoga Calm gives children a way to
In 2002, prompted by dramatic increases in children's stress-related health and behavior issues, school counselor Lynea Gillen
started blending yoga with social and emotional skills-building training. Together, with her husband
Jim Gillen, their 30 years of classroom, counseling and yoga experience sparked the development of many innovative processes.They soon began teaching Yoga Calm processes to adults seeking a way to support, nurture and educate the whole child. Since then, hundreds of teachers, counselors and occupational therapists from more than a dozen states have been trained in this integrative approach to learning.
Notably, the program has also been adapted for settings other than the classroom. One of these is the Children's Program in Portland, Oregon, which has successfully collaborated with Yoga Calm in working with children and teens coping with ADHD, anxiety and other mental health concerns.
The short answer: because it works!
Educators using Yoga Calm have seen their students improve
their focus, learning readiness, behavioral skills, physical health and emotional
stability. Administrators have found yoga programs to be a cross-curricular asset:
they boost staff and student morale and achievement, and reduce reports of behavior
In an era of scarce resources and competing mandates, Yoga Calm has proven a cost-effective investment in school wellness. It requires little or no equipment and modest amounts of staff time.
In the 1990s, Western medicine began to recognize yoga as
an effective wellness practice. Since then, its use has skyrocketed. An estimated
16.5 million Americans now practice yoga regularly.
Paralleling this growth, an estimated 10,000 teachers have
attended school yoga program trainings during this time, and hundreds of US schools
have brought yoga into their curricula.
Yoga Calm uniquely addresses the needs of both children and the adults who work with them in three ways:
Teachers and counselors report seeing more and more children
coming to school with high stress levels, behavior issues and a lack of effective
social/emotional skills. Not only do these factors create a more stressful school
environment; they also inhibit learning. Yoga Calm addresses these barriers by meeting
children's basic needs of community, safety, structure, discipline, health and self-control.
Through a highly experiential process that engages both the body and mind for optimum
learning, Yoga Calm helps children develop skills in identifying and expressing
emotions, communication, trust, empathy, teamwork and leadership.
Five principles lie at the heart of Yoga Calm: Stillness, Listening, Grounding, Strength and Community. Guided by these rather than procedures to be followed, Yoga Calm empowers teachers to creatively adapt its processes to their students' specific needs. Thus, Yoga Calm can be used with a broad range of ages, populations and abilities, and in a wide variety of learning environments. It also provides the flexibility to take advantage of the "teachable moments" that arise.
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Sensory integration issues are addressed through the various
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also help children with ADHD develop self-awareness and concentration. Breathing
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Three key research areas inform Yoga Calm: stress management,
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most important work in these areas is available on our References page.
Analysis of such studies, along with years of reports from teachers, parents and
students, has shown us that an integrated curriculum like Yoga Calm's benefits students,
teachers and parents alike.
No, yoga is not a religion.
Though no one knows exactly when yoga began, it certainly
predates written history. Stone carvings of human figures in yoga positions found
in the Indus Valley date back 3500 years or more - well before the beginnings of
Hinduism. This fact alone puts to rest the common misconception that yoga is rooted
in that religion! But to avoid any confusion, Yoga Calm does not use any Sanskrit
or religious terminology, imagery or concepts.
Since Hinduism's incorporation of some yogic practices into
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suit. Today, yoga is practiced in health clubs, businesses, churches, physical therapy
offices, hospitals and schools around the world.
Yes, Yoga Calm workshops are approved for Continuing Education
Graduate level credit at six colleges and universities, including Portland State University. Workshops also
qualify for CEUs, CECs and CE points through other professional accreditation programs
including the National Board of Certified Counselors, the American
Council on Exercise and Yoga Alliance.
Occupational therapy boards and other organizations also offer continuing education
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You can read more about professional development opportunities with Yoga Calm on our Accreditations page.
You don't need to be physically "in shape" to teach Yoga
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can be taught by anyone. And the physical yoga and balance poses are safe and accessible
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in the philosophy, principles and tools of Yoga Calm.
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We don't mean that in the Charlie Sheen sense either, because to our knowledge John Elway hasn't watched Megan Fox clean windows recently. But if that happened, the Broncos would definitely be winning March.
After signing some dude named Manning who's pretty good at throwing a spiral, the Broncos significantly upgraded their secondary by signing Tracy Porter last night, and he'll now play opposite Champ Bailey. Then wide receiver Andre Caldwell was signed to provide a veteran presence to replace Eddie Royal, and guide Eric Decker and Demaryius Thomas.
The flurry of signings is motivated by the need to get as much value as possible from a substantial investment in Manning, and that continued today when tight end Joel Dreessen was signed to replace Daniel Fells. A consistent contributor for the Texans both behind Owen Daniels as his backup, and when Daniels missed 18 games over the past three seasons with various injuries, Dreessen now becomes the Dallas Clark in Manning's offense.
In limited opportunities he's posted solid numbers, with 518 receiving yards in 2010 on 14.4 yards per catch, and a career-high six touchdown catches last year. The swift signing of fresh targets for Manning likely won't end at Dreessen either, with Jason La Canfora reporting that the Broncos are still negotiating with Jacob Tamme.
A fear for Manning and his health in Denver was the lack of an experienced supporting cast among his receiving targets. With Caldwell and Dreessen signed and Tamme likely on the way, that concern is quickly evaporating.
UPDATE: The Broncos have now made Tamme's signing official, lining up a solid tight end tandem for Manning. Tamme signed a three-year deal worth $9 million, while Dreessen also signed on for three years, and his contract is worth $8.5 million. Two bargain signings for great value in the second tier of free agency.


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Posted onCapt. Steve Little, owner of TowBoatUS Charleston (S.C.), opened a new port on Bohicket Creek on Seabrook Island.
The new TowBoatUS port is about 40 water miles south of Charleston, where Little has operated a port for five years.
"We serviced the area before," he said in a statement, "but the average run time to get there from Charleston was two hours by water and we wanted to provide faster service."
Bohicket Creek is an active boating area about halfway between Charleston and Beaufort, five miles from the Atlantic Ocean and seven miles from the ICW. The region is a popular stopping point for cruisers headed north or south and is busy with local boaters.
Little has seven boats in Charleston and a 25-foot C-Hawk on Bohicket Creek that cruises at 20 knots and tops out at about 30.
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Quoted from Seraffa Then you're forced to eat "it comes in a bag, and it comes in a can."Is that what you want?I never worked with any recepies from here.Food is food.
Quoted from Spring Marjorie, you simply need more practice! When I was not much more than a baby I was sitting on the counter while my mother cooked and sneaking all the butter I could get my hands on! And I was watching everything she did! But I really liked butter!! I don't remember my mother spending a whole lot of time specifically teaching us to cook. We simply learned from watching her. Learning to use spices will help you get over the longing for seared, blackened (unhealthy) foods! I always did think that cooking beef was the easiest thing under the sun to help make a delicious dish. I assume you can have beef. My grocery has the most beautiful, organic beef I have ever seen! I would have been piling it into my cart if I could eat it!! Half a plate of good veggies and a serving of beef - yummy!!I think the more you get into cooking, the better you will enjoy your food.
Quoted from ABJoe I'm pretty sure that you'll use a hot pad under the glass baking dish from now on...One other thing to keep in mind when using a glass dish is that you make sure the bottom is covered with liquid if the food may drip on the dish while in the oven... One drip of water in the hot dish is enough to shatter the dish in the oven.Each person has different desire for flavors, mixed foods in dishes, etc. If you prefer to eat basic meat and vegetables, there is nothing wrong with that. Spices add variety to eating, but not everyone desires variety.
Quoted from marjorie I do not even own a hot pad nor would I even think of this.
Quoted from marjorie I have no interest in adding spices or herbs ( I prefer everything plain or maybe a little ghee) .... George Foreman may have to come back into my life.... is this really a bad tool?
Quoted from 18545 I once loved browning things until I learned (on this forum) that is not a healthy way to cook.
Quoted from Chloe Not disagreeing with this statement. I 'm just curious how cavemen who cooked over an openfire ever helped to perpetuate the human race. Their meat was not only brown, it was charred.
Quoted from 18545 They didn't have to live very long to have kids.
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Synopses & ReviewsPlease note that used books may not include additional media (study guides, CDs, DVDs, solutions manuals, etc.) as described in the publisher comments. Publisher Comments:Winner of the Nebula Award for Best SF Novel of the Year The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future. The first event takes place on Mercury, on the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. It is an unexpected death, but one that might have been foreseen. For Swan Er Hong, it is an event that will change her life. Swan was once a woman who designed worlds. Now she will be led into a plot to destroy them. Review:"Robinson (Galileo's Dream) delivers a challenging, compelling masterpiece of science fiction. In a spectacularly depicted future of interplanetary colonization, humanity has spread across the entire solar system, from miniature biomes in hollowed-out asteroids to a moving city racing the fatal rays of the sun on Mercury. Mercurian artist and biome designer Swan Er Hong is struggling to cope with her grandmother's death and an unexpected meteor strike when she gets caught up in a scientific conspiracy that touches on both the political and economic schemes of space-based humans, including Saturn's ring-surfing moon dwellers and the secretive factions controlling slowly terraforming Venus, as well as the quasi-independent quantum computers called qubes. As Swan, the saturnine diplomat Fitz Wahram, and interplanetary investigator Jean Genette delve into the possible connections among a series of mysterious incidents, Robinson's extraordinary completeness of vision results in a magnificently realized, meticulously detailed future in which social and biological changes keep pace with technological developments. Agent: Ralph Vincinanza, Ralph Vincinanza Agency (author now represented by Christopher Schelling, Selectric Artists)." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Anxiety is a pervasive and chronic problem for millions of people. Anxiety does not discriminate among sectors of the population. It affects all ages, ethnic groups, socioeconomic brackets, and both men and women.
Anxiety can range from extremely disabling (where a person cannot leave the house or be around other people) to a persistent nuisance that detracts from quality of life and the range of activities that a person can enjoy. Many people suffer from simple phobias (fears of certain stimuli, such as heights, driving, flying, public speaking, meetings or presentations, tests, doctor visits, diseases or germs, closed or tight spaces, bugs, etc.). Others have periodic panic attacks, leaving them stricken with fear, confusion, physical symptoms (such as heart palpitations and shortness of breath), and the terrible burden of wondering when the next panic attack will strike.
Many people (including quite a few of my patients) have been taken to hospital emergency rooms, fearing they were having heart attacks, only to discover that they had a panic attack. Such experiences are traumatic, leaving patients embarrassed, confused, and told that they must take (habit-forming) medicines indefinitely.
Anxiety is a terrible emotion to experience and is worsened when there is no apparent cause for it. The anxious person not only feels bad due to the anxiety, but he also feels silly for feeling bad, because he knows that the emotion makes no sense. If an anxious person can take something or do something that blocks awareness of the anxiety, he feels tremendous relief—temporarily.
The triggers and causes of anxiety are multiple. It is easiest to understand anxiety as a basic nervous system response that helps survival under certain conditions. The adrenal response that elicits fight-or-flight mode is a biological instinct that prepares us to deal with threat or danger. However, this arousal response gets out of hand when the nervous system perceives threat or danger repeatedly in situations where they do not exist; an anxiety disorder is a condition in which this happens continually, relegating its victims to a lifestyle decimated by tension, anxiety, fear, panic, physical symptoms, sleeplessness, impaired social relations, poor concentration, and diminished performance—often without conscious awareness of what is making them feel so uncomfortable.
The acceleration and seeming "mutation" arousal of the nervous system that constitutes persistent anxiety can be seen as a nervous system habit caused by various traumas (including experiences, perceptions, illnesses, foods), genetic predisposition, and "perturbations"—disturbances in the coding processes of the nervous system—triggered to the point where the person cannot calm it down. Persistent anxiety is a condition in which the normal self-soothing mechanisms have become ineffective.
Treatment options
There are several treatment options for anxiety. Unfortunately, the predominant method—drugs—is only a temporary palliative and has many untoward side effects, including addiction!
The prevailing "scientific" explanation for anxiety (and depression and many other conditions) is that chemical imbalances in the brain are responsible, thereby "requiring" a daily infusion of chemicals that help the brain bind certain receptors and facilitate uptake of other neurotransmitters in the synapses. Such explanations are technical-sounding misnomers—straw men of sorts that miss the point, which is: our entire nervous system and biochemistry runs on chemical imbalances! Fatigue, hunger, joy, irritation, sexual desire, ambition, satiation are all "imbalances" managed by a flexible brain. When these imbalances are insufficiently managed or are over- or undercorrected, symptoms such as anxiety arise beyond a threshold level. (See Steinberg & Othmer, ADD: The 20-Hour Solution, 2004, chapter 8, for a fuller explanation)
Trying to solve the anxiety problem by dousing the nervous system with toxic chemicals is a marginal solution, at best.
Other treatment approaches include cognitive behavior modification and various forms of psychotherapy (usually "talk" therapy). In cognitive behavior modification, the patient is taught to "reframe" anxious thoughts and feelings by using logic and reassurance to prove that there is no actual threat or reason to be anxious. Despite its current popularity, cognitive behavior modification is largely ineffective in maintaining anxiety reduction and for good reason: feelings do not have reason! They exist in a domain independent of reason. Although feelings and reason can be integrated (and usually are in healthy functional individuals), you can no more tell the nervous system not to be anxious by logic than you can will a stomach-ache to disappear or to reason that you should fall in love with a particular person.
An extreme and popular form of therapy for anxiety-reduction is systematic desensitization. In this "treatment" the anxious or fearful person is encouraged to gradually expose himself to the feared stimulus in order to desensitize the anxiety. Patients are assisted by cognitive behavior modification scripts and sometimes by the presence of a therapist. It is, in my opinion, a fancified yet barbaric method of toughing it out. It often leaves patients more anxious and less confident. Proving that you can withstand pain does little to resolve so-called "chemical imbalances" or to keep anxiety from returning.
I should know. I practiced these methods for decades before I discovered the newer and more effective treatment methods.
I now use a combination of Voice Technology Thought Field Therapy and EEG neurofeedback to defeat anxiety.
Thought Field Therapy (TFT) is a powerful treatment for dealing with psychological disturbances. TFT provides a code that, when applied to a psychological problem the individual is experiencing, eliminates perturbations in the thought field that are the fundamental cause of all negative emotions. (A perturbation is a disturbance in the encoding of information that connects a thought with a feeling. TFT acts upon these perturbations to collapse them and render them inactive.) Voice Technology is a very advanced form of Thought Field Therapy that uses the human voice to determine the codes that keep anxiety and other negative emotions in place.
I test the person's voice and, using the revealed information, prescribe tapping sequences that the person self-administers on his own body. In a matter of minutes, the anxiety and other negative feelings disappear! This procedure works 97% of the time and can be done over the phone.
In cases involving phobias and trauma-based anxiety, one or two treatments are often sufficient to eliminate the anxiety and keep it at bay. Some people need more treatment, and a significant percentage of these people are sensitive to toxins—foods, supplements, toiletries, materials—that they encounter regularly without knowing that these contribute to and trigger anxiety. By voice-testing for toxins, patients are empowered to identify and avoid substances that can trigger anxiety.
There are also self-help versions of Thought Field Therapy that enable many people to effectively treat their own anxiety (See Steinberg, Living Intact: Challenge and Choice in Tough Times, 2011, for a fuller description and step-by-step self-help guide).
EEG neurofeedback is a highly effective method of gradually reducing anxiety and training the brain and nervous system to remain calm, even in the face of provocation. Using this method, patients train their brainwaves using computers. This method takes advantage of the brain's natural neuroplasticity by providing feedback that subclinically alters the brain's flexibility in manipulating the timing mechanisms underlying states of arousal and feeling.
Neurofeedback is a brain exercise that has pervasive and lasting effects. It enables the brain to find, develop, and restore its own "comfort" levels for maintaining calmness and equanimity. Neurofeedback is effectively used for many conditions. Because it directly influences nervous system control, almost always enables the reduction of anxiety and exerts a calming influence on the nervous system. After a training regimen, the brain continues to exercise the control it has learned. Anxiety is rendered noninvasive because the brain learns to maintain self-regulation.
I use a combination of these treatment methods to achieve both rapid and lasting effects in the elimination of anxiety. These treatments are natural, effective, and enduring because they address the root causes of anxiety.


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