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Although Kris was thrilled about the baby news, a source tells Hollywoodlife.com EXCLUSIVELY that she was 'disappointed' Kim & Kanye missed their opportunity to make money off of the announcement.
Instead of selling their baby announcement to the media, Kanye West chose to announce Kim Kardashian's pregnancy during his Atlantic City concert Dec. 31 — and Kim's momager Kris Jenner was not happy about it.
"As ecstatic as the family and Kris is over Kim's pregnancy, Kris Jenner still has her business mind running as she was disappointed that they didn't sell the news of the pregnancy," a source tells Hollywoodlife.com exclusively.
Although Kim and Kanye announced their baby news the way they wanted, it sounds like Kris is going to be taking the reins from now on.
The source adds, "She loves how Kayne promotes himself, but after the announcement she thinks he should learn how to monetize it more."
Kim Kardashian Speaks For The First Time About Her Pregnancy
After Kanye made the announcement at his concert, Kim joined in on the fun and gushed about her baby news on her official website.
"It's true!!" she wrote Dec. 31. "Kanye and I are expecting a baby. We feel so blessed and lucky and wish that in addition to both of our families, his mom and my dad could be here to celebrate this special time with us. Looking forward to great new beginnings in 2013 and to starting a family. Happy New Year!!! Xo."
HollywoodLifers, do YOU think Kim should have sold her baby announcement? Vote below!
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KJ is disgusting for being angry at how KK and KW shair THEIR baby news. That's in poor taste on her part. She is already trying to control this relationship and child. I wonder how she will effect KK and KW's relationship. She doesn't seem to run Khloe and Kourtney's life like that.
Posted at 12:43 AM on January 4, 2013
I recall a few months ago hearing a comment /blog about how Kris wanted Kim to get pregnant so she can cause some sort of media drama/ show drama between Kim and Khloe ( Since Kloe is not pregnant and has been trying to get pregnant. I feel bad for Khloe, she's probably a bit sad that she's not the one who's actually pregnant. I also wonder if Kris will also give the same grief to Kim and Kanye as she has to Kourtney and Scott about not being married. We will have to see how Kris treats her fav money making child aka Kim.
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Posted at 5:49 PM on January 4, 2013
No she won't do the same to Kim and Kanye. Kanye is not going to take that from her the way Scott does even if she tries. Besides, she has more respect for him I guarantee you than she does for Scott because Kanye actually works and didn't need to use their name to get job opportunities or start businesses.
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Kris Jenner husband helped a murderer get off for money! Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
And she is making a vast fortune for all the negative publicity on the Kardashians, she is a smart agent for her family cause she knows garbage sells and the stinker the better,I wonder if she realizes eventually the garbage will need to be burned and buried.
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Buick LaCrosse: Real World MPG
I have a new 2006 La Crosse with 2500 miles. The gas mileage is awful. 24 and 1/2 miles per gallon on a freeway and 14 miles per gallon in city driving - no traffic jams. My previous car was a 1997 Olds 88. It got 29 miles per gallon on the freeway - often more. The Lacrosse seems to run well. However, the tachometer goes up to 3,000 RPMs in city driving with a light touch on the gas pedal and then drops back down to 1,000 RPM s. Is this normal?
With the very low gas mileage,it seems to me that something must be wrong. Any suggestions on what I should as a dealer's service department to check out.
Thank you.
With the very low gas mileage,it seems to me that something must be wrong. Any suggestions on what I should as a dealer's service department to check out.
Thank you.
sscott3 Posts: 6How does it feel to get screwed by GM? My 05 LaCrosse CXS gets 19.4 mpg with 75% highway driving. I just had it into the dealer today with 12000 miles for an oil change and for poor mileage. They don't have a clue what is wrong. From your description we may have a similar problem. I noticed that this car does not coast nearly as far as my old 99 Regal with the SC3800. This car coasts about 1/4 mile less distance from 70 mph to 45. Too much rolling resistance might cause the RPM to jump up to overcome. My car slows down coasting downhill in neutral. The dealer says the brakes show no sign of heat. The car tracks and stops straight. I don't know what could be causing the mileage problem. I have owned eight new GM cars in my sixty years, but if this is not resolved this one will be my last! I'll buy a Honda or Toyota like everyone else. Please let the rest of us know if you discover the problem.
gorphil Posts: 27The poor fuel economy may be due to an incorrectly adjusted parking brake pedal. In other words, the parking brakes are slightly engaged even when they are supposed to be off.
This condition can be easily identified if the parking brake pedal has a very short travel when applied.
My 2005 Allure had this problem. -
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hjw1 Posts: 17The 3800 models come with a 2.86 axle ratio, the 3.6 models come with a 3.69 axle ratio. The difference makes sense because the 3.6 develops its increased horsepower at a fairly high RPM. The result is that the 3.6 will have better performance, but at the expense of fuel economy.
My experience is with the Series II 3800. I would like to hear more feedback from Series III owners, regarding their fuel ecomomy. -
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hjw1 Posts: 17My wife and I are considering buying a LaCrosse or Lucerne next spring. I would like one last 3800 because of the engine's reliability and efficiency. I'm counting on the Series III being everything the Series II was, or better, but I'm very interested in what owners are experiencing.
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62vetteefp Posts: 6,048Actually it is new on the LaCrosse but has been used before. I see the LaCrosse in the top 3 for quality when the June IQS2 comes out. Last year it was beat by the Century/Impala/Grand Prix. With the Century gone it should move up.
Yea, the LaCrosse will be the last to use the 3800. Time for it to fade into history. -
bluecxs Posts: 5I suggest, before buying a LaCrosse, test drive a used LaCrosse or get a rental for a few days.
My interior is very noisy, the drive train is noisy, I have severe wind noise when there is a cross wind and almost all interior panels squeak. My console squeaks when I hit the brakes or gas. The door panels squeak when I turn during the first drive of the day.
Buick can't fix anything because they cannot hear anything. -
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jmw4 Posts: 67I think I know what you are referring to by the creaking console. It's all plastic and in cold weather over rough road I can hear it also in my CXS. Now that the weather is warm, it is fine. Everything else is as tight and rattle free after 14,000 miles as the day I bought it. Aside from that occasional console creak, I find it one of the quietest cars I have ever driven, little if any road and engine noise. Quieter than my past lexus or acura cars I have had.
kevo Posts: 6I posted to this forum (I think) way back around Feb 05 saying how pleased I was with my CXS. I would like to take it all back now. I would like to chime in on the poor fuel mileage and squeaks and rattles. The car has never gotten better than 17 mpg 50/50 highway/city. The car has 12,500 miles and I have squeaks all of the time, hot or cold. Too bad the rest of the car is quiet because it makes the squeaks all the more noticeable. I'm going to take it in the shorts when I trade this heap on a foreign car. As a comparison, my mother bought a Lexus ES330 one month before I bought mine. She now has 40,000 and the car is as nice today as the day she got it and even gets good mileage.
I had to edit the post because I forgot to write about the paint chipping. It seems to be really soft paint or something due to the chips where one doesn't expect to have chipped paint, rear bumper, rear decklid, high on the hood near the windshield.
As an aside, the service received from the dealer I bought it has been marginal at best. I just love dirty motor oil on my nice leather seats and waiting an hour for said oil to be changed. Twice.
Kevin -
jmw4 Posts: 67Too bad on the squeaks and rattles. Since the weather turned warm, even the console creak is gone on mine and I never did have any rattles. I had a lexus es300 once and it squeaked from the day I bought it till I got tired of it mostly due to the short seat bottoms. Only negative I have on the Lacrosse is the gas mileage in stop and go traffic. On the highway, I can get up to 27 mpg. You are correct on trade value, at present, one would be lucky to get about $19,000 on a trade for average miles, assuming one optimized the cost of their new car purchased.
gorphil Posts: 27If owners are using the economy indicator in the Driver Information Centre to determine mileage, reset it and see what happens. The economy indicator in my 2005 Allure was stuck on 11.4 liters per hundred kilometers and did not change. After I reset the indicator, it operated properly. It now shows 11.1 liters per hundred kilometers for combined driving. Not as good as my 2002 Regal.
I also have the creak in the console; however, I have not investigated to determine the cause. The left side appears to be up too high at the back. Perhaps there is an adjustment.
No problems with water leaks and the car is very smooth and quiet. -
kevo Posts: 6I use the economy indicator as a snapshot and reset it at each fill-up. I back that up with the good ol' math Miles/Gallon. They are always close, usually the car is more optimistic than reality. 17-18 MPG tops. The instantaneous MPG sometimes goes up around 30, but pull a slight hill and it drops to 13-14. With economy like this, I see no penalty in getting the SUV I wanted in the first place.
sscott3 Posts: 6I do consider myself screwed. I have had the car back to the dealer more than once and at first they trued to tell me it was the way I drive, giving me driving 101 type advise. Then they said that because the EPA rating is 19 to 27 and I am getting 19.4 that is normal. My 99 Regal GS with the SC3800 got 22 to 23 mpg. Same driver, same route, same everything except the car. I'm an engineer for a supplier to the auto industry and I have always been pretty avid about buying American. I got over it. GM has lost about half of their market share over the last 30 years, one customer at a time. I've worked with GM, Ford, Chrysler and Toyota developing parts and in my opinion Toyota has their act together. It's not surprising to me that they are continuing to grab more and more market share. To be fair, I like the LaCrosse, but the poor mileage is hard to take. It costs me about $300 per year in extra fuel cost at $3/gal. My current plan is to stencil "19 MPG" on the inside of each back window so others can know what they can expect from a LaCrosse.
adamc Posts: 5It's just one thing to consider, and I don't want to overstate the significance of it, but with the new ethanol standards for gasoline, everybody is getting slightly worse mileage these days.
Ethanol is less energy dense than gasoline, and many folks have reported a 5-6% drop in mileage with the new formulation.


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22 Quick Tips You Can Do Today That Can Change Your Anxious Ways Forever
You can read all the anti-anxiety advice in the world, but none of this matters unless you take action.
To feel more relaxed, to sleep soundly at night, and to put energy into things that matter, you have to stop wasting time on shit that doesn't matter.
By the end of this post, I'm going to make your life infinitely more productive and Zen-like. Your part is to commit to 15-60 minutes per day and tackle one of the following 22 anxiety busters below.
The more you commit, the better you'll feel.
You're probably familiar with some of these anxiety strategies. But if you experience racing thoughts, tightening in your chest, and shortness of breath, you haven't done all of them.
I'm not the expert on your life–YOU ARE, so please share one of your tips in the comments :).
Anxiety Buster #1: Start Deep-Breathing (15 minutes)
Why this is important: If you're not focused on how to calm your body through slow, focused belly-breathing, you're missing out. Belly-breathing is free, location independent, and easy to implement.
Start deep-breathing in 15 minutes:
1. Sit with your eyes closed and turn your attention to your breathing. Breathe naturally, preferably through the nostrils, without attempting to control your breath.
2. Be aware of the sensation of the breath as it enters and leaves the nostrils. Place one hand on your belly, and the other on your chest. Take a deep breath for a count of four. Hold your breath for a count of three. Exhale for a count of four. The hand on your belly should go in as you inhale, and move out as you exhale.
3. Concentrate on your breath and forget everything else. Your mind will be very busy, and you may even feel that the meditation is making your mind busier; but in reality you are just becoming more aware of how busy your mind actually is.
4. Resist the temptation to follow the different thoughts as they arise, and focus on the sensation of the breath. If you discover that your mind has wandered and is following your thoughts, immediately return it to the breath.
5. Repeat this as many times as necessary until your mind settles on the breath.
Don't wait to begin belly-breathing. The sooner you make this a daily habit, the quicker you'll feel relaxed.
When you implement belly-breathing, you start the day in a here-and-now state. Better yet, you're not wasting time with worry about the future, or regret for the past.
I just breathed deeply for about 90 seconds and I'm relaxed and ready to tackle the next 21 tips :).
Anxiety Buster #2: Meditate instead of Medicate (10 minutes)
Give yourself the gift of serenity. Start the day with ten minutes of solitude and focus your energy in positive ways. Think calm, measured and open, and your daily activities will correspond.
Rather than stress over the To-Do list, focus on one or two things to accomplish today. The rest can wait.
Why this is important: So much of our daily stress and aggravation originates in our minds. When you hit the bottle and the pipe to escape, the problems don't go away.
Try this: Hit up your inner-Zen, and save the money you'd spend on substances to do something nice for yourself, like…
Anxiety Buster #3: Practice Self-Care (60-90 minutes)
Get a massage, a mani-pedi, or a haircut. Nothing says polished and well-maintained like a sexy, healthy glow.
If money is tight, look for a discount salon or a training school which offers quality services for people on a budget.
So they don't serve Diet Coke on a silver tray with a delectable lemon wedge–close your eyes and imagine that five-star service while you take in the nurturance and pampering that you deserve.
Anxiety Buster #4: Eliminate Soda (10 minutes–if the tea aisle is foreign to you)
That morning jolt of joe can jumpstart your day and provide warmth and comfort, but anything with high fructose corn syrup and 177 other ingredients will not.
If you're accustomed to that 3:00 p.m. Dr. Pepper, switch it out for a soothing green tea.
Not only does the caffeine jack up your central nervous system, soda depletes vitamins and minerals from your diet and wreaks havoc on your smile. Teeth become susceptible to cavities when the acid level of your saliva falls below a certain point.
If you drink soda all day, the outer layers of your teeth begin to lose minerals and cavities form. Many dental plans do not cover root canals + you'll end with a huge bill.
Speaking of which:
Anxiety Buster #5: Trim the Fat from Your Budget (20 minutes)
Financial stress is a common reason people contact me for psychotherapy. Debt keeps you up at night and contributes to feelings of low self-worth and hopelessness.
Take charge of your finances and stop spending on non-essentials.
Track your daily expenses for a week or two and decide where you can cut back. Notice the crap you accumulate mindlessly.
Possible eliminators:
- Switch out your cable TV for Netflix online
- Contact your car insurance carrier, your mobile device company, or your credit card company and ask if they can reduce your bill
- Cancel your newspaper delivery during the week and opt for the Sunday paper, or an online service, instead
Anxiety Buster #6: Get Rid of the Clutter (30 minutes weekly)
Do you ever wonder how much time is lost when you can't find the spare house key, or that package of Epson 400 color ink?
Chances are you've got too much stuff clogging up your living space.
Check out what Alison's doing here to fight clutter. I guarantee after you read one or two posts you'll be motivated to get rid of something…
How to commit to decluttering:
1. Choose a drawer, cabinet or closet
2. Categorize the stuff you don't use
3. Make three piles for a) Items to throw away, b) Items to donate, and c) Items to sell
Hold a yard sale and use the money to…
Anxiety Buster #7: Plan a Day Trip (45 minutes)
When you spend time in nature, you give your mind and body a much needed break from the daily hustle and bustle which causes you to Google things like "How to get rid of anxiety" in the first place.
I'm glad you're here, though :).
Chances are no matter where you live, there's a serene, interesting and charming place within a couple hours.
Anxiety Buster #8: Go to Bed Early (30 seconds)
This may sound impossible if you're accustomed to staying up late to catch up on the To-Do list.
But this one's a MUST.
Sleep deprivation is a huge anxiety culprit.
Inadequate shuteye can amplify the brain's anticipatory reactions, upping overall anxiety levels, according to new research.
"We all have anticipatory anxiety," explains Fugen Neziroglu. "Having moderate levels of anxiety about doing well is important. But it can be destructive when it begins to interfere with your life."
It's impossible to have healthy emotional functioning without adequate sleep. Don't burn the midnight oil in hopes of catching up on the weekends.
Unused sleep minutes don't roll over.
Anxiety Buster #9 Wake up 15 Minutes Early (2 minutes)
Like most anxious people, you're probably rushing around in the morning and yelling at everyone in your wake, "Hurry up! We're going to be late!"
Not that I know ;).
Go slowly, and set yourself up for a relaxed day ahead.
Tell yourself, "There is enough time."
Anxiety Buster #10: Get Your Lavender On! (10 minutes)
Lavender oil has many healing properties and can be used as a natural remedy to reduce anxiety and other nervous conditions. There are many ways to include lavender with your anti-anxiety tool kit:
1. Add essential lavender oil to your bath water for a calming bath. Use water infused with lavender leaves to soothe painful joints and muscles.
2. Fall asleep quicker when you add a few drops to a tissue and place under your pillow.
3. Use lavender in an oil diffuser to help with insomnia. The sweet woody smell of the lavender oil helps you to fall asleep and stay asleep.
4. For headaches, apply lavender oil to a cotton ball or your fingertips and massage slowly into your temples. The smell will relax you as the oil eases your headache.
5. Lavender is used in aromatherapy massage as a muscle relaxant. Massage the oil into the skin and unknot the muscles of the back and reduce spasms.
6. Lavender can be used as an expectorant. It breaks up the mucous from nasal and chest congestion that accompanies a cold.
7. Inhale lavender oil to help with pain management, especially after a workout, a therapy session, or surgery.
Freudian slip: Did I just compare therapy to surgery? Hmm…Don't miss #19.
Anxiety Buster #11: Reduce Caffeine, Sugar and Processed Foods From Your Diet
Yes, I'm aware that this overlaps with #4.
Caffeine can cause heart palpitations if you ingest too much. Caffeine also can trigger panic or anxiety attacks, especially if you have an anxiety disorder. Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, can also cause palpitations.
Sugar acts as an adrenal stimulant and can cause anxiety or even panic attacks. Other offensive foods include those containing refined flour products, and even wheat since this causes inflammation.
Besides caffeine, and sugar, food allergies are a big contributing factor in your overactive central nervous system.
Do this step along with #12…
Anxiety Buster #12: Become BFF with Green Juice (15 minutes)
Kris Carr is an amazing woman, and a cancer survivor. I can't thank her enough for writing Crazy Sexy Diet (among other New York Times bestsellers). I started juicing this summer and the effects are amazing.
For a different and delicious way to get your daily vegetables, blend (nasty) kale with fruit.
It's super easy. My go-to juice recipe:
One banana or green apple, a bunch of kale, sliced ginger, one lime, cucumber slices, a few ice cubes, and a cup of water. I use a standard blender and it works just fine.
For added protein, add an egg, yogurt, nuts, or protein powder.
Because diet affects anxiety, that morning glass of green juice will calm your anxious mind.
Anxiety Buster #13: Know that Feelings Are Not Facts (15-30 minutes, depending on the negativity that infiltrates your mind)
One of the hardest jobs of a psychotherapist is to convince your anxious client that the feelings of low self-worth, guilt and shame are not accurate.
Negative thoughts cause negative feelings. It's not the other way around, folks.
This one's tricky because many of our negative thoughts are rooted in the unconscious; are automatic, and deeply internalized.
Do this in tandem with #14…
Anxiety Buster #14: Challenge Negative Core Beliefs: (20 minutes)
Remember that Thoughts precede Feelings. Negative thoughts lead to negative emotions, which lead to negative behaviors.
For example:
1. Jocelyn wakes up and immediately thinks, "I hate my job. I just want to stay in bed all day."
2. She feels unmotivated, angry and sluggish.
3. She yells at her kids when they don't dress fast enough.
How to challenge your negative mood:
1. Record your thoughts periodically. Pay attention to the times when you feel stressed out.
2. Write the feelings that accompany the thoughts. Think one-word responses like angry, frustrated, worthless, defeated, and hopeless.
3. Challenge reality. I know this is hard because we tend not to be objective with our reality. Is there proof that you don't deserve that job promotion? Were you written up because of shoddy work performance?
If you commit to recording your daily thoughts and feelings, along with reality testing, you'll see that many of your negative feelings are created in your mind, and not based in reality.
The good news is you created the negative thought, and you can uncreate it :).
And I'll put my state license on the line with that one.
Anxiety Buster #15: Practice Gratitude (15 minutes)
As bad as your situation is, there's always someone in a worse predicament.
Read a chapter of Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, or check out the headline of the daily newspaper. Be thankful your life is not the feature story.
Make a mental note of the positive things in your life. Know that everything in life is temporary–the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Anxiety Buster #16: Get Some Accountability (20 minutes)
If you're BFF with Nervous Nellie or Anxious Allen, put your keyed-up energy to good use.
Vow to work on healthier ways to cope when feeling stressed.
How to get your accountability on:
- Share this resource with a friend
- Pick a few strategies that resonate with both of you
- Make a plan to call each other out when you stray
- Give praise when you make positive changes
- Start a Facebook group and post regular tips to decrease stress and anxiety
Speaking of Facebook, I'd be eternally grateful if you'd share this post on Facebook right now by clicking that icon in your left sidebar.
Anxiety Buster #17: Attend a Social Gathering Even If You Don't Feel Like It (15-45 minutes)
If you're prone to social anxiety, it's important to make time for socialization. It's cool to be shy, but know that we live in a universe that revolves around connecting with others.
Just get out, already.
Anxiety Buster #18: Schedule a Physical Exam to Rule Out a Medical Condition for Your Anxiety (15 minutes)
Why this is important: If your anxiety has spiked recently, or if you were previously able to cope with life, and now not so much, your doctor can determine if there's a medical condition responsible for your anxiety. Ask for a blood panel, and be honest about your symptoms.
Anxiety Buster #19: Schedule a Visit with a Therapist (10-45 minutes)
Why this is a mental health imperative: Nobody deserves to feel bad. A qualified mental health professional is your best bet if your anxiety is unbearable.
Ask a trusted friend or colleague for a referral, or research online therapy directories for a therapist in your area.
Anxiety Buster #20: Exercise, Exercise, Exercise! (30-60 minutes)
Exercise is nature's anti-anxiety remedy. Besides clearing the mind, firing up the endorphins, and helping you sleep soundly at night, researchers have found that individuals who exercise vigorously and regularly were 25 percent less likely to develop an anxiety disorder within five years.
Anxiety Buster #21: Accept Your Anxiety
Whether you inherited the "anxiety gene" from your parents, or your lifestyle, or both, accept your anxiety rather than fight it.
It's not about rolling over and giving up.
Understand that you have to work hard every day to bring calm to your environment.
Remember there's always options in life, and there's worse fates than being anxious.
When push comes to shove–at the end of the (stressed out) day, the anxious peeps get the job done, baby!
Anxiety Buster #22: Check Out These Free Online Resources (22 minutes)
I've created a few freebies for you. All resources are downloadable and portable. Just click on the page links:
1. Free 7-minute mp3: Stress Relief
2. Free 12-minute mp3: Body Image
3. Youtube relaxation tips: Caveat–the production end could use some work, but hey, the content's solid ;).
The key to making the majority of the actions above work is consistency. Change is difficult, but the more you make some of these strategies habits, the more you'll experience maximum benefits.
You're the expert on your life. Choose the ones that will work best for you, and give 'em a shot.
The key is to take action today!
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Thank you to Corbett Barr and Adam Baker for the inspiration to tackle this format. I borrowed the idea from Corbett's 21 Quick Actions You Can Do Today To Set Up Your Blog for Massive Success. Corbett was inspired by Adam's amazing post titled 24 Quick Actions You Can Do Today That Change Your Financial Life Forever.
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Podiatry Running InjuriesPodiatry.careWhen foot pain and tenderness occurs under the second metatarsal head in the ball of the foot with walking or running, usually either a metatarsal stress fracture is present, a nerve is being entrapped or a painful callous is present. A callous is usually the cause of the ball of the foot pain if the bone does not hurt with compression from top and bottom but the skin is tender. A nerve problem is present if the pain is between the metatarsal bones in he ball of the foot and the skin and metatarsal heads do not hurt with squeezing the bones. Review the Corn and Callous Page or the Neuroma Page if you think your problem is a painful callus or a neuroma and not a stress fracture. Many metatarsal stress fractures are associated with a callous formation under the metatarsal head that is being heavily pressured. A metatarsal stress fracture is a condition that occurs from repetitive pressure to the second metatarsal head. The second metatarsal head is the most common of the lesser metatarsal heads to become injured. The second metatarsal will take up most of the weight of the body if the foot is flattening or pronating during gait or standing. The big toe joint is pushed out of the way from the rotation that occurs as the foot pronates during standing and gait and exposes the second metatarsal to excessive pressure. The pain is typically a deep aching type pain that increases with more weight bearing and decreases with rest. One of the examination findings that is helpful is that the foot hurts with squeezing the bones directed from top to bottom. Besides the foot flattening out, the other cause is poor short absorption in the shoes that are used for long walks or athletics. Rarely poor bone density is the cause of stress fractures as well as the first metatarsal becoming too short from a bunion procedure. If the first metatarsal becomes too short, the second metatarsal will take on too much weight and many times a stress fracture will result. Treatment is first aimed at making the diagnosis and then moving forward with a plan of treatment based on the severity of the stress fracture. Initial intervention for a mild to moderate stress fracture is to off load the second metatarsal head by changing the padding in the shoe or by wearing a padded post-operative shoe. Custom molded foot orthotics are also routinely prescribed along with motion control athletic shoes. Anti-inflammatory medication such as Celebrex will help with the pain but until the pressure is off the foot, the pain will continue. The key is that the body is trying to stop further injury to the bone from further ground pressure. As soon as the bone has no pressure on it from standing and walking, the pain and related disability will diminish quickly. A cast is required for moderate to severe stress fractures and the decision is on a case-by-case basis. Beside x-ray, sometimes a bone scan is performed to make the diagnosis because the stress fracture only is seen on the x-ray after bone healing has occurred. Most of the time, the clinical examination and the history of the patient are the primary factors for making the diagnosis. In certain sports injury situations, a bone growth stimulator
is used to speed the time it takes for the body to lay down bone
at the stress fracture site. Typically, a stress fracture healed
in six weeks before all of the pain is resolved. In using a bone
growth stimulator, the stress fracture can be healed in about
two to three weeks to allow the athlete to return to full activities.
The use of a bone growth stimulator is a decision between you
and your doctor and usually the cost prohibits the use of the
bone growth stimulator.
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deformity, the hammertoe may need to be surgically treated to
resolve the callous formation and excessive pressure being placed
on the metatarsal head. In some patients, a pad going around
the base of the hammertoe helps and is called a buttress pad.
However, if there is a hammertoe and the patient developed stress
fractures from the hammertoe, usually surgery to straighten out
the hammertoe is warranted. In summary, if you are having pain in the second metatarsal head that is a deep ache, hurts with direct pressure to the bone in the ball of the foot and increases with more weighty bearing, a stress fracture is likely the diagnosis. Mild to moderate stress fractures are treated with padding, foot orthotics, anti-inflammatory medications and if indicated a bone growth stimulator. Moderate to Severe stress fractures require a cast to insure that the pressure is taken off the metatarsal and to insure the bone heals fully. A Podiatrist should be consulted whenever the amount of pain becomes debilitating. Podiatrist Yorba Linda, Placentia, Fullerton, Brea


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Unlocking the Mainframe: Modernizing Legacy Systems to a Service-Oriented Architecture
In recent years, the much-reported "democratization of IT"as delivered by the PC platform and other midtier environmentshas led to a plethora of choices for users; however, the mainframe has suffered as a result. With a dwindling ecosystem and a host of siloed applications, mainframe environments are becoming an increasing source of concern to organizations worried that one day the business logic trapped within them will be inaccessible to the enterprise at large. With the average Fortune 100 company maintaining approximately 35 million lines of legacy code, you can see what a sizable problem this presents.
Enter service-oriented architecture (SOA). Functioning as both a software development environment and a delivery framework, SOA provides a mechanism for defining business services and operating modelsand in so doing provides a technological infrastructure that IT organizations can use to provide the agility and adaptability they need to meet enterprise business requirements and to modernize their legacy environments.
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My name is JACK!
Facts about JACK
- Breed: Catahoula Leopard Dog
- Color: Merle
- Age: Puppy
- Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
- Sex: Male
JACK's Info...
I am already neutered, housetrained, purebred, up to date with shots, good with kids, and good with dogs.
Please contact Bambi (email@example.com) for more information about this pet.
We've been calling him Jack because he bounces up and down like a jack-in-the-box, lol! He has one marbled eye, he's crate and house trained. He's learning "sit", "down", "no", "quiet", and "outside". He has a loving personality and is very sweet-natured> Jack likes other dogs and kids, he's about 6 months old and will be neutered before being adopted.
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Why Adoption is a Great Option
JACK, a Mims Catahoula Leopard Dog puppy was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Catahoula Leopard Dog for sale in Mims, or seeking a Catahoula Leopard Dog puppy from a breeder in Mims.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Mims already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Mims breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Catahoula Leopard Dog breeders who help with Catahoula Leopard Dog rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Mims paves the way for another one to be saved.


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There are many options for snowshoeing, Nordic and back country skiing within a 30 minute drive of Oakridge, depending on the snow and driving conditions. Gear can be rented at Willamette Mountain Mercantile in Oakridge. Back country ski trails start from the Gold Lake Sno-park and groomed Nordic trails are available at the Willamette Pass Ski Area.
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Easy access to downhill skiing and snow boarding just 27 miles away at Willamette Pass Ski Area.
$45/ adult ski pass
LIFTS: 1 six person detachable, 4 triple chair lifts, 1 Magic Carpet Lift Capacities: 10,200 skiers per hour
Summit Elevation: 6,683 feet
Base Elevation: 5,120 feet
Vertical Rise: 1,563 feet
555 acres skiable terrain
225 acres groomable terrain
20 km Nordic trails
Average Snowfall: 430 inches
Saturday bus to Willamette Pass Ski Area from Oakridge costs $15 rt, check Berg's Ski Shop web site for reservations and current ski conditions.


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Tina Fey, Amy Poehler back as Golden Globes hosts
The critically acclaimed pairing of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as hosts of the Golden Globes will be repeated two more times, with NBC, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and producers of the awards show announcing the two-year commitment Tuesday, Oct. 15.
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NEW YORK — The duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler proved such a success at hosting the Golden Globes in January that they've been signed up for the same job for the next two years.
NBC, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and producers of the Golden Globes announced the unusual two-year commitment on Tuesday (Oct. 15). Next year's Golden Globes will be held in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 12.
Allen Shapiro, CEO of Dick Clark Productions, said the former "Saturday Night Live" chums have "a truly unique chemistry making them one of the most talented and captivating pairings of all time."
They were bathed in critical love for their performance this year, with The Associated Press critic Frazier Moore calling them "the night's biggest winners." They got laughs without being polarizing, as was the case with predecessor Ricky Gervais. Poehler even poked fun during the show at the Hollywood debate over whether Gervais was too hard-edged in mocking Hollywood stars.
"We want to assure you that we have no intention of being edgy or offensive tonight," said Poehler, star of the NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation." "Because, as Ricky learned the hard way, when you run afoul of the Hollywood Foreign Press, they make you host this show two more times!"
Fey, whose NBC comedy "30 Rock" ended this year, and Poehler were both nominated for best actress in a comedy or musical but lost to Lena Dunham, star of HBO's "Girls."
More important than critical support, Fey and Poehler were good for business. The Golden Globes had their best ratings in six years for the most recent presentation, and were up 17 percent over the 2012 show.


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Brittany Lincicome talks about finding "me" time in her busy schedule
To the devoted golf fan, "off-season" means lounging on the couch counting down the days for the next golf season to start.
Or so we hope.
But for LPGA professionals it means it's time to squeeze in any and every golf outing with sponsors, participation in pro-ams and charity projects while finding the time to practice and prepare for the next season. With a schedule like this, it may not be surprising that they're more ready for tournament play than their fans.
"I always say I'm ready for the season to start because then I'm not as busy as I am when I go home for the off-season," says Brittany Lincicome. "Once I'm home I don't have a lot of down time, and when I'm on the road it's strictly golf and I feel more relaxed."
The 27-year-old says the off-season never seems long enough to accomplish everything she wants to do, but knows when to take some time off when it is needed.
"I think I have a great balance of both," Lincicome said. "Golf is obviously my job and I need to focus on that but when I feel like I need some time off and do things I want to do, I make time to do that. It's nice to be your own boss and have your own schedule."
So, what do LPGA players do during the off-season?
Many travel to their home countries to spend time with family for the holidays, some stay put and focus on golf, while others get the itch to vacation and be a tourist for once. It seems they just can't get shake the travel bug.
For Lincicome, exploring South Africa a few weeks before the season begins was just want she needed to clear her mind of all the demands of being a star on the LPGA Tour.
"The Tour has taken us to so many wonderful places but obviously we don't necessarily have the opportunity to be tourists and look around the cities we go to," she says. "People looked at me like I was crazy for going just a few weeks before the season starts. But you know I'm so happy I got to go because it was incredible. I'm young; I might as well travel while I can."
From wandering around Cape Town, to climbing mountains and seeing animals in their natural habit, she says it was the perfect vacation; however she did have a scare during her last adventure in South Africa.
"We almost got trampled on by a massive elephant while we were on a safari ride," says Lincicome. "There were 12 elephants around us and (our driver) warned us that they might be a little aggressive toward us. Well, the guy had stalled out the jeep completely, and we looked over and this giant elephant was charging us and taking down trees like they were twigs. Luckily we got the car started before he got any closer. It was intense."
Now a self-proclaimed animal lover, Lincicome says one of the reasons she's looking forward to Australia, other than getting the 2013 season started, is visiting a nearby Zoo.
"I remember a few years ago when we played in Australia, kangaroos were hoping up and down the fairway," Lincicome recalls. "I always thought it was pretty cool. Hopefully we get to see that happen again."
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'Last Vegas' Poster Is Supposed to Be 'Legendary' But Is Just Confusing
Movie News By Samantha Wilson on August 22, 2013 | 1 CommentCalling your movie Last Vegas and then juxtaposing that title against a black and white image of four older men in tuxedos laughing together makes it seem like the film could be about a couple things. Is it the dramatic but inspiring tale of four legendary Vegas crooners who transformed the strip with their velvety tunes in the town's golden age? Are they ghosts forever doomed to repeat the same New Year's Eve party in Las Vegas because they're trapped in that photograph from The Shining?
Seriously, is one of them dying or something?
But people who have seen the trailer for Jon Turteltaub's Last Vegas (oh, if you haven't, you're in for a real treat – watch it here) know that this is the story of four curmudgeonly buddies who are traveling to everyone's favorite desert oasis for Michael Douglas' impending nuptials to his thirty-year-old paramour. Once they arrive, they discover that the city is different than the last time they were there! So it's up to these four gents to take back Sin City and relive their glory days and teach the younger generation a thing or two about what Las Vegas is really about. That sounds incredibly pretentious, but I wouldn't turn down a drink with Robert De Niro if he offered, would you? It just appears the poster is representing what the men think they look like while they cruise the strip, not grumpy old men complaining about the good old days.
Last Vegas is in theaters November 1st. [ComingSoon]
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Union wins in 2OT on four-point play
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Henderson reaches LIT semifinals
LOUISVILLE — Henderson County's offense left plenty to be desired, but the Lady Colonels more than made up for it with defense as they…
Haynes, relay team post wins for swimmers
Henderson County's swim team finished third in a four-team meet Thursday in Madisonville.
St. Ann closing, new school will open in August
After more than a century of educating Unoin County's Catholic community, St. Ann Interparochial School in Morganfield is shutting its doors.
Chandler hosting Cheetah Chase 5K
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Henderson Rotary Club offering scholarships
The Rotary Club of Henderson will be awarding a total of $5,000 scholarships in April.
Cairo accepting vendors for crafts show
Cairo Elementary PTA is accepting exhibitor applications for the school's fourth annual arts and crafts show.
Greek gov't to renegotiate bailouts
The finance minister of Greece's new leftist government says the country won't cooperate with the troika of lenders managing Greece's bailout program.
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I don't usually shop at Forever 21. The large selection overwhelms me and the loud music make my head hurt. But once in a while, I'll venture in and do a quick scan (I don't walk in more than 20 feet before I usually turn around). One of these special times was when I found this top. I feel like I'm channeling my inner Elle Fanning in this black and white bow blouse, a style that can be found everywhere right now. Paired with killer black jeans and a red lip…I'm in love!
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Tonight, at 10pm, Bill Gates and other concerned people will speak on a program devoted to our deplorable education problem in this country. The problem is not just about
"education and learning" in our country. I'm sure there are pockets of success here and there in our country but I'm also sure, and that's why they are meeting, that the serious problem is wherever the small pockets do not exist. In other words, yes, our country is in trouble with the education of our youth.
I'm also sure they will come up with the same ol' same ol' solutions and I don't mean to be disrespectful to the speakers. But the real problem is never addressed. That problem is the poor use of our media, specifically, television and the
computer. It is more than just the media (although Marshall
McLuhan was on target in his thinking). It is also in the content itself and how our students misuse it. Better yet, they don't use the content for real learning.
Regarding McLuhan, yes, we have become an entertainment society; our kids are addicted to being entertained. Now who is going to tell the truth on the subject of entertainment when much of our economy is dependent upon the entertainment industry? Even some of the best on television: operas, concerts, discussion groups (like you will hold this evening) is in someway a form of entertainment. That entertainment might not be so bad were the youth to be tuned in to it.
But that's not the case; they are tuned into garbage. Even our major news stations are gradually becoming talk shows where the anchor people, people we should have high regard for, are kidding with each other, making the news itself an excuse for them to be on TV. Where are the likes of Walter Cronkite, and even he, maybe one of the best, could have and probably today would be, another form of entertainment. The industry has a way of forcing the participants into that mold; how else will the industry sell detergents etc.?
Who has the courage (politicians, educators, government people, industry leaders) to tell the public to throw out the TV sets (I misuse the set too) and substitute a shelf of books? How will reading again become a main source of entertainment? Who is going to say to the public, "Get your kids away from
television because they (and possibly your too, Mr./Mrs. Parent) are not using it properly."
And with regards to the computer, as excellent as it is as a source of information, where so much learning is possible, many, maybe most, of our youth are using it for other reasons: for games, for social communications with all the misuses of
proper English, for pornography which is rampant … making the parents responsible for monitoring the use of the computers, which in the long run is not easy or even possible.
So who is going to shout out to the public that our media, again, mostly the television and the computer, are the main source or our education problems? This is where in practice, it is more important to sell cars, detergents, and all the thousands of products advertised on both television and the computer, than
it is to educate our children. American children want to be entertained. You will find less of this with children coming here from other countries … until those children become assimilated into our society. Then they become all-American and say, "Entertain me". And the media is all to happy to pander
(that's the word, "pander") to their requests. And these requests are unfortunately becoming needs.
We can say that these media are becoming drugs, and the sellers have the attitude that our children be damned, we are going to sell. And nobody has the courage (that's a polite word) to change that thinking.
My sons were repeatedly left unsupervised at school and attacked, various times resulting in injury. One is now suffering from PTSD and went from the top of the class to the bottom. Not one lawyer will represent us in dealing with this gross negligence. When will justice be for all in this country?! Isn't two years of suffering enough for one family?


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- Feb 18:
- Editorial: San Quentin newspaper staff reminded who's in charge
- Feb 10:
- San Quentin's inmate-run newspaper suspended over photo controversy
- Feb 8:
- Society of Professional Journalists honors San Quentin News
- Jan 22:
- San Quentin prisoner dies after plunge from fourth-story tier
- Jan 4:
- Teen killers -- sentenced for up to life terms in San Quentin Prison -- speak out
- Dec 24:
- Donated toys at San Quentin State Prison confiscated from visiting children
- Oct 7:
- Condemned inmate at San Quentin dies in apparent suicide
- Sep 20:
- Panel discussion planned on San Quentin's Insight Prison Project
- Aug 29:
- Movers & Shakers: San Quentin State Prison chief psychiatrist given Mental Health Employee of the Year award
- Aug 3:
- Advocates for hunger strikers demonstrate outside San Quentin Prison, demand end of solitary confinement
- Jul 27:
- Former San Quentin Warden Woodford says death penalty almost dead
- Jul 23:
- Former San Quentin warden Jeanne Woodford to speak on death penalty
- Jun 28:
- San Quentin inmates graduate from Baptist seminary program; one celebrates with marriage proposal
- May 24:
- San Quentin prisoners perform Shakespeare play about mercy, revenge
- May 7:
- Inmate on San Quentin's death row dies
- Apr 15:
- San Quentin death penalty system faces another legal test in arguments over Marin judge's ruling
- Sep 7:
- Inmates perform at San Quentin
- Oct 6:
- San Quentin worker arrested in drug, bribery investigation
- Mar 23:
- San Quentin, Marin's oldest institution, boasts a colorful history
- Oct 1:
- Tennis pros play San Quentin prisoners in special match
- Sep 29:
- California calls off San Quentin execution after court setbacks
- State asks appeals court to OK San Quentin execution
- Sep 28:
- California asks federal judge to allow San Quentin execution to proceed
- Sep 21:
- Official: San Quentin death chamber ready for use
- Sep 14:
- Brad Breithaupt: When people had to worry about San Quentin's security
- Aug 30:
- San Quentin inmate found dead in cell
- Aug 28:
- San Quentin inmates see green during job fair
- Aug 24:
- San Quentin inmate in critical condition after apparent suicide attempt
- Jan 4:
- Teen killers -- sentenced for up to life terms in San Quentin Prison -- speak out
- Dec 24:
- Donated toys at San Quentin State Prison confiscated from visiting children
- Nov 16:
- Sesame Street character Elmo appears at San Quentin State Prison
- Oct 7:
- Condemned inmate at San Quentin dies in apparent suicide
- Sep 20:
- Panel discussion planned on San Quentin's Insight Prison Project
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- Movers & Shakers: San Quentin State Prison chief psychiatrist given Mental Health Employee of the Year award
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- San Quentin inmates graduate from Baptist seminary program; one celebrates with marriage proposal
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- California's death penalty on hold again
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- Inmate on San Quentin's death row dies
WHEN RAHSAAN THOMAS was sent to prison 13 years ago after being convicted of second-degree murder, the New York native had no idea he'd end up as the sports editor for San Quentin News — the inmate-produced newspaper at San Quentin State Prison in Larkspur.
Thomas, 43, said he enjoys writing about the prison's sports teams because it allows him, and the inmate athletes he writes about, the opportunity to feel successful.
"Sports gives people who could never make their mothers proud the chance to achieve," said Thomas, who is serving 55 years to life. "Writing is a way to be a success here and I can be like 'mom, you didn't waste your time.'"
Thomas is one of 15 inmates who produce a 20-page monthly newspaper from inside San Quentin's walls for the prison's more than 4,000 convicts. The paper is the only one of its kind in the state and has a total press run of 11,500, distributing papers to prison staff, newspaper supporters and 15 other state prisons.
Steve McNamara, adviser for the newspaper and former publisher of the Pacific Sun, said the prison has been printing a paper on and off since the 1920s. It was revived in 2008 after a 20-year hiatus by now-retired warden Robert Ayers Jr.
When he first began teaching prisoners how to lay out pages, McNamara said the paper was pretty ratty.
"Nobody knew anything about publishing a newspaper and the early editions definitely reflected that fact," McNamara said.
These days, he said he doesn't do much more than edit some of the headlines.
"By now, a lot of them are really pretty darn good," McNamara said. "They not only do it themselves, there is a certain amount of a butt-out feeling, which I think is wonderful."
Fellow adviser Joan Lisetor, a video storytelling production owner and former Marin Independent Journal reporter, said the inmates have come a long way.
"They've learned to be objective and to work as a team," Lisetor said.
Over the years, inmate participation has grown and the prison now has a journalism guild that meets weekly to train prospective reporters.
Kevin Sawyer, 50, of San Francisco, runs the guild and teaches its 20 to 25 participants.
"We work on how to write stories, what a lead is. Just really the basics," said Sawyer, who is serving a life sentence for multiple burglaries, assault and use of a weapon.
Every day the newspaper staffers gather in a cramped room with six old computers to work on their stories and discuss strategies to report on current events. Unable to conduct research online, the inmates have to get creative when writing about statewide issues and must rely on volunteers to bring them printed information.
In addition to reporting on California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation news, the paper writes features on retiring correctional officers, reports on sports events, writes about arts programs, includes book reviews and prints articles about events happening at the prison, such as upcoming holiday visitation days.
Arts editor Tommy Winfrey, 35, of Los Angeles County, said there's a lively arts community within the prison that outsiders aren't aware of. He said he enjoys highlighting the prison's rehabilitative arts programs.
Having personally participated in a number of programs such as creative writing classes, Winfrey said writing for the newspaper has helped him grow as a person.
"Writing has helped me look into myself and see where I went wrong," Winfrey said. "A lot of the crimes I committed were actually because I didn't know how to express myself."
Winfrey said he is serving 25 years to life for second-degree murder with a gun enhancement. He's been in prison for 17 years.
A lot of the inmates agreed the newspaper is important not only because it gives them a reason to get up every morning, but because it gives a voice to the voiceless, reminds inmates that they aren't forgotten and empowers readers by distributing knowledge.
Newspaper staffers want to further that knowledge by putting the San Quentin News into the hands of every prisoner in the state's 34 adult prisons.
With the help of adviser Bill Drummond, a UC Berkeley journalism professor, the inmates have developed a 64-page plan with students from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business to expand the newspaper's reach. Drummond has been bringing journalism students into the prison to help mentor the incarcerated reporters since 2011. When he learned the inmates wanted to grow their publication, he contacted the Haas School of Business and Nora Silver, director of the school's Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership.
"Nora appointed a team of six MBA students who committed to 700 hours of consulting with the San Quentin News to come up with a feasibility study and business model," Drummond said.
The result is 12-year plan unveiled last week that focuses on building a strong newspaper brand and getting people to pay for subscriptions. Spreading the word on social media websites, implementing a marketing campaign and recruiting volunteer grant writers are all aspects of the plan.
Managing editor Juan Haines, 56, of San Diego, said the paper has a current price tag of about $30,000 a year, none of which is paid for by the state. Donations and grants have been sustaining the paper, but new revenue sources are needed.
"The plan itself is very possible. What the Berkeley students did as far as explaining how to expand was very easy to understand," said Haines, who is 17 years into his 55-years-to-life sentence for multiple bank robberies.
McNamara said the plan grows the paper from 11,500 copies to 120,000 copies, at a cost of $647,000 a year. Printing costs represent a large portion of that figure and the newspaper print shop at the prison was shut down during the past decade. He said it's going to take a lot of work to make the expansion dream a reality.
But editor in chief Arnulfo Garcia believes it's possible. The 61-year-old San Jose resident and former methamphetamine addict is serving 65 years to life for burglary and failure to appear. He's 13 years into his sentence.
"Each individual here is committed to the paper and we're all one team," Garcia said.
He said the newspaper typically receives about 150 letters to the editor a week from prisoners encouraging the paper to continue its work.
"We know we have the ability to reach the community," Garcia said. "We understand we dream big, but people look to us."
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San Quentin's Newspaper At A Glance
The San Quentin News is the only inmate-produced newspaper in the state.
Newspaper staff create a 20-page newspaper each month with a 11,500 circulation.
It can be viewed online at www.san quentinnews.com. A Facebook page dedicated to the paper can be found at www.facebook.com/SanQuentin News.


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It was Mother's Day last night on Desperate Housewives. Andrew got his mom flowers. The Scavo kids got their mom a turtle. Dylan got her mom a card. All nice gifts, sure. But I'll be taking those flowers from Bree; she'll get them back when she lets Orson see his own son. (And Benjamin is his son, related by blood or not, and shame on Bree for suggesting otherwise.) I'd recommend that Lynette give the turtle Kayla's room, so that Kayla can move into the turtle's home: a sealed glass cage. Dylan owes her mom more than a card for all the crap she's put Katherine through this year, even if Katherine isn't her real mother. And as for Susan, she became a mother again with the birth of some club soda, ice cubes, a lemon wedge, and a beautiful baby boy.
Mama Delfino arrived to finally meet her nude, snoring whore of a daughter-in-law, and for Susan, the tornado was less catastrophic. I guess we know who Adele blames for her son's drug habit. Someone once said that men marry their mothers, yet clearly that someone never had the opportunity to meet Adele and Susan. Hanging out with Adele seems about as much fun as sleeping on marbles and washing walls.
When Susan annoys me, I moan about it in a TV Watch. When Susan bugs Mike, he picks up the phone and whines to his mama. ''Ma, I've been craving your homemade biscuits for weeks. The missus can't cook, probably couldn't even follow the three steps on the back of a frozen dinner. Come visit as soon as you can, I'm starved!'' ''Ma, I can't talk, I'm exhausted. I've been unclogging toilets all day. I hope Susan remembered to order takeout. Somewhere not too pricey, since money's tight. Sure hope she sells one of her doodles soon.'' ''Ma, I know I shouldn't complain, but Susan's friends are always trying to kill me.'' I guess it's important for Mike to have a sounding board when his wife grates on his nerves, but during their phone conversations, how exactly did they broach the topic of Susan's nude sleeping habits? ''Ma, I know I told you I was cold at night, but Susan won't let me use the extra comforter you sent. I don't understand why she's so hot. I mean, she sleeps naked. Maybe she gets heated up from all the wild, crazy sex we have. Can't wait for you to visit! Don't forget to bring the scrapbook with the recipes!''
Sure, the mother-in-law from hell has been done a million times before, but it was still entertaining to see Susan: helpless homemaker. She'll never make biscuits from scratch, and you'd never be able to see your reflection in her bathroom tile, but that's the reason Susan has friends like Bree. Bree would happily do all of that for her, without calling her a whore. It certainly wouldn't have killed Mike to stand up to his mother and defend Susan. After all, she stuck by him through drug rehab, so you'd think Mike would be able to weather some heavy snoring.
If Susan's wood sawing was keeping Mike awake, just wait until they bring the new baby home. ''This one feels like a crier,'' exclaimed Susan, who went into fake labor to escape lunch. Fake labor became real labor, and then, wham, Susan was holding her newborn son. I had feared that one hour of next week's two-hour season finale would be a drawn-out, unrealistic birth scene. Instead, we got a beautiful shot of Susan and her newborn son. It might be the only thing to happen on Desperate Housewives that went relatively smoothly, and that was fine by me.
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A higher urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio is associated with greater risk of incident but not recurrent coronary heart disease in blacks compared with whites in a new study.
The Argus Awards give medical students the chance to honor their mentors, professors, courses and course directors for outstanding service to medical education.
Administrators and alumni welcomed the first-year class to medical school at the White Coat Ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013.
Investigators at UAB and colleagues at other universities have launched a study of a new, low-strength magnetic field as a potential therapy for depression.
Vickers, an Alabama native and former UAB faculty member, will begin his new post at UAB Oct. 15, 2013.
Four researchers, three from UAB and one from Louisiana State University, have been awarded pilot project awards to study the social determinants of obesity and related chronic diseases in the South.
A joint project of the School of Medicine at UAB and the University of Minnesota Medical School will create the National Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for African-American Men's Health.
The Clinical Skills Scholars will dedicate half a day each week to mentoring five to seven students about the intangibles.
The application deadline for pilot funds available through the AMC21 Research Strategic Plan to submit extramural, multi-investigator grants has been extended to Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013.
Barbie Randall, an administrative associate and clinical coordinator in the Division of Nephrology,was named UAB's Employee of the Month for July 2013.