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The cost of milk alone has gone up some $700 a day in Bridgeport schools, it's one of many districts coming to terms with higher prices.
In Bridgeport, where 90% of students get free or reduced price meals, rising food costs means a big economic hit to the district. In other towns, it means more expensive lunches for kids who can pay, putting a further strain on family budgets.
Meanwhile, food isn't the only thing getting more expensive, as schools get ready for a new year, they're looking squarely at budget increases that might not cover the costs of heat in the winter, and the cost of fuel for the buses.
Today, where we live, a conversation about the impact of higher prices on our schools what it might mean for educational programs, and steps districts are taking to conserve.
You can join the conversation - are you worried about high prices affecting your school district?
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Traditional Farming
Depending on the type and suitability of the available land, two common methods of yabby farming have developed.
These methods are:
This type of farming is the easiest as it utilises pre-existing farm dams and watercourses. Although being the easiest, it is the most fickle when it comes to consistent yield, size, weight and cleanliness of product farmed.
"The yabby is susceptible to insecticides and herbicides, crop runoff sometimes carries pesticides into a farm dam, making it uninhabitable to crayfish. Runoff from roads may kill whole populations in dams…In a natural population, with limits to space and food, only a few of the 500 to 1000 young produced by each mature female during a breeding season can survive to 2 or 3 years of age to replace the parents. Therefore, a juvenile has only one chance in a thousand of surviving to old age. Studies of wild populations show that mortality is highest (perhaps 95 to 99 per cent) during the first year of life, but as a yabby ages and grows its chances of survival to old age increase. Mortality during the second year is somewhat lower (perhaps 50 to 80 per cent), and lower still during the third year. Survival could be kept much higher in tanks or ponds where predators could be removed or controlled, sizes graded, shelter provided, diseases treated, sufficient food and additives supplied, and water quality monitored…In farm dams the density of yabbies can be as high as 5 per square metre, and standing stocks of up to 340 kilograms per hectare have been recorded". (NSW Fisheries Publication DF 10, DF.)
This method of farming requires a great deal of habitat development where five areas of environmental conditions need to be addressed (air, food, temperature, water quality and shelter). These dams are also built so they can be emptied periodically and a thorough harvest and cleanout can be done. This procedure is quite costly due to the large volume of water being emptied by the use of petrol pumps. Semi-intensive farming offers a greater yield than extensive farming. However, considering the costs involved (pond construction, predator vigilance, dam maintenance, etc) the increased yield hardly justifies the hectares required.
"In the semi-intensive ponds we produce 1,200 to 1,600 kgs/hectare per year". (Pg. 90 The Yabby Farmers Handbook Crayhaven Aquaculture Industries)
Harvesting yabbies is the same with both methods of farming. Harvesting is a dangerous time for any surviving yabbies, due to fighting within the traps for available bait. Drag-netting, wire traps, opera house and ring nets are the four most common forms of harvesting. All four have advantages and disadvantages, but it is important to note that unless great care is taken when harvesting, many yabbies can die.
A large net strung across a dam and pulled through it from end to end. This technique, while allowing maximum yield from least effort can kill quite a few yabbies.
"In summer when you drag a pond 15% of your yabbies are berried (carrying fertilised eggs). The rough handling in the net causes considerable stress and damage to these females and eggs. Also 15% are fresh moulted and soft shelled – all these become crushed and killed when drag netting. Even healthy yabbies get crushed as the weight of other yabbies builds up in the net". (Pg. 159 The Yabby Farmers Handbook Crayhaven Aquaculture Industries)
These are the main tools used by existing industry. They may hold only a kilogram or so at any time and are quite bulky and difficult to transport reasonable quantities.
Opera houses and ring nets are smaller but need more vigilance and physical work. Harvesting yabbies via manual traps labour-intensive and constant care must always be taken so that the quantity already caught does not kill or maim one another whilst awaiting transport to processing.
Throwing net in"When you haul a trap it disturbs the bottom, stirring up the black, oxygen deficient (anaerobic) mud, so the yabbies in the trap are pulled through this bacterial-laden water. As the trap is pulled out of the water, the yabbies in it stop pumping water through their gill chambers and close the chambers at the bottom to stop the water running out. As a result, their gills are surrounded by bacterial-laden water. If you now keep the yabbies out of water for some time, they become infected internally by the bacteria. Over the next few days the bacteria multiply in the yabbies, no matter how clean their subsequent tank holding conditions (purging tanks) may be, and then the yabbies die." (Fisheries Western Australia)
Processing requires the yabbies be graded via size/weight and purged (cleaned). Grading requires that yabbies be sized because differing markets require different sizes varying between 60 to 120 grams. Markets have also been identified for 40 gram yabbies as well. This process is labour-intensive and great care must be taken to ensure survival of yabbies. Purging cleans the yabby's intestinal tract and cleans the gills from the mud obtained via the harvesting procedure. This process requires yabbies to be kept in large tanks of clean aerated water for two to three days. The holding, grading and purging facilities required to generate a profit in traditional yabby farming can be quite expensive, not to mention labour-intensive.
"This is one of the most time consuming jobs… once all yabbies are sorted, we then sort each size again". (Pg. 117 The Yabby Farmers Handbook Crayhaven Aquaculture Industries)
"If you intend to start a farm then remember you need lots of land. A viable farm needs at least three hectares of water and preferably ten. You need good quality water holding soils and access to large amounts of good quality water, as well as closeness to markets or freight routes." (Pg. 22 The Yabby Farmers Handbook Crayhaven Aquaculture Industries)
We thought there must be a better way. That is why we developed the EDU system of aquaculture providing extreme density farming.


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Young Nicaraguan dancers hitting Spaulding High Raising money for community back home
Monday, September 30, 2013
ROCHESTER — It's not every day you can enjoy a live, international folk dancing troop for $3, but Spaulding High School students and staff are making it happen.
Other Spanish Honor Society officers also jumped on board, including Ricky Heath, Madison LeClair and Sarah Starkey. "This is going to be the biggest thing we've ever done," Mann said, of the Spanish club. Assistant Principal Pam Martin had Rotary Club connections and the organization offered to donate a generous portion. The school's Interact Club donated portions of fundraisers, but still there wasn't enough. One of the biggest fundraisers is a school raffle, with prizes like Dos Amigos and Starbucks gift certificates, as well as student-aimed prizes. The eventual goal is to donate more money to Hijas del Maiz than the minimum amount. "Without the kids doing this, we, as teachers, wouldn't have the time," Mann said. "It's a really good example for the rest of the student body," Constanza added.
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Mark and Delyth were on a flying visit back to the Uk from Switzerland just for the weekend, they came straight from the airport to meet me at Tamworth Castle for a quick pre-wedding shoot. Mark and Delyth are getting married at Rowton Castle, Shrewsbury at the end of this month so we're really looking forward to filming and photographing their wedding. Here are a few of their pre-wedding photos.
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The stunning images are the result of 13 years of devotion by Canadian anthropologist Felix Pharand who uses them to show how human technologies such as data cables, aeroplanes and roads are colonising the surface of our planet. Using an ordinary home PC, Pharand input data from agencies such as the Geospatial Intelligence Agency and Atmospheric Administration to create accurate illustrations of how humans have 'domesticated' our planet - superimposing the data on images of the earth's cities lit up at night.
Mapping the origins of a masterpiece. John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine is one of the world's great cartographic treasures.
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Pickles wants to know - "HAVE YOU LOFTY-DOGGED LATELY?"
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Chronicles of Witches and Warlocks
To free her beloved, the lawyer Kathleen Wilson must carry out her own investigation
To free her beloved, the lawyer Kathleen Wilson must carry out her own investigation
Bad news! The lawyer Kathleen Wilson has discovered that her beloved Danny Reed has been accused of murder and arrested under strange circumstances. In order to free Danny, she's going to have to carry out her own investigation. Kathleen must discover the truth behind what really happened. Was he set up, or was it just some kind of misunderstanding? Is there something bigger behind all this? Right now, nothing is clear... Collect photographs, notes, slides – anything that might be useful in your investigation. Record all the facts and clues in your notebook - they could come in handy later. It isn't hard to hit a dead end in an investigation, but don't panic - you can use a hint.


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Justin's Weekend Forecast Discussion
Friday stayed fairly cloudy but mild as winds will stay southerly most of the weekend. As you might expect, that also means lots of moisture coming off the ocean brings the threat of rain back starting overnight tonight along the coast. Inland areas should stay dry with lows staying mild in the mid 40s.
Showers will be on the increase for both Saturday and Sunday as more moisture is streamed into the region. Duck fans should be prepared for some heavier rain showers with intermittent drizzle at times through gametime. The good news is highs will be warmer, generally back up in the low 60s over the weekend with an injection of warmer air aloft.
There's more wet weather coming up for most of next week but also a slight chance that we may see a break on Tuesday and/or Wednesday IF and this is a big if the east coast storm that develops from Hurricane Sandy builds a ridge over the Western US that would hold our storms offshore for a day or so. We'll see …
Have a great weekend!
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WWAY has more details Friday in the deadly construction accident on the new Oak Island Bridge.
New video released today may hold the answers to how a concrete girder fell, killing Jose Montalvo.
A town official happened to be filming a documentary on the bridge construction when the beam broke loose. Now, a number of agencies are looking to the video for clues as to what went wrong.
This video may help investigators learn why a concrete girder fell during construction of the new bridge. Jose Montalvo was killed in the accident and Ricky Bryant of Supply was critically injured.
Kyle Thomas, Oak Island Spokesman said, "The sound sounded abnormal for any kind of construction situation and immediately I just yelled out, just out of instinct I think." Thomas was behind the lens of the camera shooting video for a documentary.
Oak Island Mayor Johnie Vereen said, "I think this was surely by error that this happened, this man was tied to this beam just as he should be. But it's like a safety belt, most of the time they save your life and every once in a while, it costs you your life. There is no perfect situation for safety and I don't think that was the case here."
The video has been handed over to the North Carolina Department of Labor, the Department of Transportation, and the Oak Island Police Department. It will be a key element in closing the investigation.
A representative from the department of labor told WWAYTV3 this investigation could take weeks or even months to find out what happened and whether safety practices were violated.
Jose Montalvo is survived by his wife and three children. Ricky Bryant suffered leg injuries.
The town has established the Oak Island Bridge accident fund for the families of the men involved. If you would like to help, you can go to any BB&T bank and ask to contribute.


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Flash Back Fridays
A story by David Boulding
After I had been on bog walks with the handsome Harvard graduate, Paul Bragstad, the nebbish New Yorker, Mike Rewald and the famous flower photographer, Ian Forbes, Jim decided I was ready to do bog walks.
One frosty spring day Jim and I went off in the 16 foot aluminum boat loaded with the 070 Stihl saw, the yellow Gilchrist hand logging jack, peaveys, cables, ropes, pry bars and shovels. Some where south of the Lodge we beached and began the laborious process of borrowing large beautiful Douglas fir trees.
Most of the trees were close to the water and adroit falling by Jim would have them in the lake. Once floating, they were mine to tow home with a 25 horse power Johnson Sea Horse. However, sometimes to get them floating required hours of Egyptian slave style efforts.
Here, I was introduced to the B.C. coastal torture device: the Gilchrist hand logging jack. With this jack, I got to play Eratosthenes, the Greek mathematician who said given a lever long enough he could move the world. We rolled logs with the jack and put them in the water. Some logs were over six feet at the butt. Jim showed me how to operate the jack. From then on, he would tell me what to do as he sat there talking.
Often, he would launch into non-stop attacks on my lazy, good-for- nothing father. I heard the B.C. track championship story a hundred times. Father won the 440 yard race and was so far ahead of the others, that he elected to walk the last couple of steps. The lack of effort enraged Jim and he saw in me many of my father's character flaws. While he liked my mother, Jim believed I needed 'correction'.
He would hold forth on issues of the day, politics, who was sleeping with whom on the property, and how my romance with Heidi was wrong. He had not been pleased when Heidi left her husband. Her ex, the architect, was one of Jim's best friends. Not infrequently he would engage in soliloquies. Often he wanted to mull over a decision he had to make and he talked to himself aloud. My job was to grunt or say "yes" every so often and follow his instructions on where to put the jack. I was not involved in the conversation. These moments in the woods were like periods of convalescence for a soldier, away from the wars with logging companies, school boards and heartless Ministers in Victoria. In the woods, hand logging, Jim was calm.
Moving a log often took hours. We had to lay smaller roller logs in front, perpendicular to the bigger log, like small ramps. He had all manner of tricks to water the wood. With no warning, after I had exhausted myself trying to move a big fir, Jim said, "Give me your bog talk." "No…go stand over there," indicating about 30 feet away, "and start talking."
I stood by a log and began. Four words in Jim bellowed, "I can't hear you…"
So I began again… "Don't yell at me," he said. Jim was concerned with the quality of my voice and what message the tone carried. He advocated a strong positive posture. Slouching was a sin. "Stand up tall." He wanted me to have my shoulders back and my eyes looking directly at him, the audience. He was trying to get me to be aware of my diaphragm and breathing while I spoke. He said, "If you want to be heard, speak up. No need to yell."
His philosophy was clear: if you want to command attention, demand attention. Everyone has stories about Jim merely walking into a room and the room becoming silent. This commanding attention habit of Jim's was best demonstrated in the Sayward Hall in 1973. The logging company wanted to log the Sitika Schoen Lake area. Others like Jim wanted it as the park it is now. Sayward folks were told by MacMillan and Bloedel (M & B) that unless they got the valley to log, jobs in Sayward would be lost. There was a public meeting in Sayward to air these issues. Jim was the lone speaker against the logging. He brought his entire family with him. He did not speak right away. After some time, when there was a lull, he stood up, completely up and began to speak. He was not yelling. He was not loud. His posture and voice said listen to me.
The meeting did not go well. The loggers and their wives started attacking Jim instead of the slick little men in suits from M & B. Jim spoke as a fishing guide and talked about the lies M & B were telling. He described what made the area special. No one in Sayward that night agreed with Jim. Now many from Sayward fish and visit the lake because it is special and it was saved from the M & B saws. He was a lone voice. The Sayward people thought they would lose their jobs and then their houses. The lesson for me, the lesson he was trying to teach me, while stealing logs from the multinational logging corporation was: if you want to be heard, the content of what you want to say is not as important as your rhetorical stance. This is sophisticated stuff. Jim spoke with his whole fullback body. Each word was accompanied with a physical gesture. His gestures were not large flagrant flapping of his arms. He was subtle and moved around to look each person in the eye. "Like a moving target in a rifle range," was how he described how he felt that night. We left in a hurry, as tempers got hot and things looked like they were going to get ugly. We were followed out the door of the hall to the truck.
Again, Jim did not run out as if being chased, as he certainly was. He moved promptly. "Pick your battles," was another favorite saying Jim often repeated. I think this one was from his UBC football coach. Jim was a great one for using others ideas and words effectively. His famous phrase, 'generosity of spirit' was from George Clutesi, the Native Elder from Clayoquot, one of Jim's dear friends. When he was instructing me how to do a bog walk, he was not interested in my content. He believed that Bragstad, Rewald, and Forbes could handle that part. He wanted me to have the kids taste things, to listen, to feel the breeze and to take the time to look carefully and closely at the sundews. The point was to notice small things, small changes. When you notice small things, you have better information. If you have good information, you make better decisions.
He wanted the kids to have a physical experience in the woods. This physicality is apparent in his insistence that kids learn about pitch sticks. He made sure kids tasted the pitch stick, smelt the burning pitch, heard the popping and crackling as it burnt, saw the black smoke and felt the waxy surface of the pitch wood. He would walk through the woods pointing out pitch stumps and then have the kids find them on their own, get a piece and keep it in their pockets in case of emergency. He had learned about pitch sticks from Roderick Haig-Brown.
Sometimes, when I was taking a break from slinging and pumping on the Gilchrist jack, he would stand beside me and manhandle my body like I was some recalcitrant stack of clay: pulling back on my shoulders, yanking my head while pushing on the small of my back. "Stand tall; don't catch the tall man's disease." That affliction, 'tall man's disease', was a collection of character deficits that began with stooping, slouching, bending as you walked and ended with whispering, and not being conscious of where your feet were placed.
He would often say feet were the most important body part while using a chain saw. The Stihl 070 with the 48-inch bar was a true sword of Conan the Barbarian. Jim meant that if I was not anchored with a secure base and was stable on my feet, I could slip and run the saw through my leg. To drive this point home, he would sometimes throw small sticks at me while I was bucking some log, or reach over and whack the side of my head. I learned to have stable feet placement when using a saw, and have never had a chainsaw accident.
He thought my voice should carry in such a way as to indicate I was in charge of the bog walk. So I practiced. He would check without warning, "Give me your bog talk!" was for a couple of weeks, a constant theme.
He talked about presence as if it was a necessary skill and something that most men did not have. Jim said women have it naturally and he frequently mentioned Marcy Wolter who he described as the best leader ever. It is no surprise that for 30 years, Marcy has been a physical therapist/healer on Quadra Island.
She has presence. To develop my presence, Jim would listen to my bog talk and say nothing for sometimes 10-15 minutes. Doubts would creep in as the silence lengthened. I had to learn to believe in myself. People like Bragstad and Rewald had presence and each was as different as chalk and cheese. Presence, I learned, was who you were when you communicated with authority to others. So when Jim was in Sayward or on the phone to Ministers in Victoria, all agreed he had presence. He knew who he was and used his sense of himself with authority.


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It's true the snow is still flying – really flying here in Illinois- but this is still the perfect time to start wishful thoughts for warm weather and the summer reading programming that comes with it. Illinois has a rich tradition of supporting summer reading through the ILA iRead program, but you can still warm up your summer reading program with a creative spark from the resources and ideas listed in this edition of "What's New @ WJIL."
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ILA iRead: A Midsummer Knight's Read
- The 2011 iREAD Summer Reading Program theme is A Midsummer Knight's Read, with David Catrow as one of the featured illustrators. Order your 2011 Summer Reading products online or find out more about the Resources and Research related to Summer Reading Programs on the ILA web site.
Summer Reading Program ideas from around the nation
On January 20, 2011 several WJ community partners gathered to share ideas and discuss their approach to summer reading programs. Find out what some other states are doing by browsing these links…
- Collaborative Summer Library Program. CSLP began in 1987 when ten Minnesota regional library systems developed a summer library program for children, choosing a theme, creating artwork and selecting incentives that public libraries in the regions could purchase and use. State libraries and systems continue to join and CSLP continues to evolve, but its guiding principle remains the same, librarians sharing ideas, expertise and costs to produce a high-quality summer reading program for children.
- Ohio Summer Reading Program and Resources. Links include resources for supporting ELL/ESOL children through summer reading programs.
- Ohio Ready to Read Program: The State Library of Ohio and the Ohio Library Council have created Ohio Ready To Read to help address the early literacy needs of Ohio's youngest citizens. Ohio Ready To Read is a major ongoing statewide initiative to disseminate early literacy information to public library staff and trustees, early child care providers, educators, children's advocates, parents, and political decision makers.
Links to blogs, reports, briefs, handouts, and programmatic resources on the subject of reading initiatives and summer reading in particular. Highlights include…
- Summer Reading Programs Boost Student Achievement - Dominican University SLIS
- Summer Reading Programs in Action – links to New York, Ohio, Idaho and Virginia Summer Reading Programs
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Angelique Kerber, Petra Kvitova and Sara Errani have all booked their slots in the season-ending WTA Championships.
Results at this week's China Open mean the trio cannot be caught in the race to finish in the top eight.
Defending champion Kvitova said: "I'm so happy to have qualified again for the WTA Championships - it's always an honour to defend a title, and to do so in Istanbul makes it extra special.
"It has been a challenging year, so to finish among the top eight is really rewarding. I had a great time in Istanbul last year and I look forward to returning and trying to play my best for the fans in Turkey."
Wimbledon semi-finalist Kerber has won two WTA titles in 2012, while Errani has four and also made her first Grand Slam final appearance at the French Open, losing to Maria Sharapova.
Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka, Serena Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska had already qualified.
Li Na, Samantha Stosur, Marion Bartoli and Caroline Wozniacki will now battle it out for the final place in the field.
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Title: Short term response of LDH activity to hypoxia in Fundulus heteroclitus
Student Author(s): Morton, John
Faculty Advisor(s): Schulte, Trish
Pages: 27
Location: Final Papers Biology 175H
Date: June 1995
Abstract: Previous studies have shown that the activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in liver of the killifish Fundulus heteroclitus increases approximately two-fold after two weeks of hypoxia. However, nothing is known about the early response of LDH activity to hypoxia. In this study the effects of shorter durations of hypoxia on LDH activities in Fundulus heteroclitus were examined. Hypoxia was induced in aquaria by gassing with an air/nitrogen mixture. After 1, 2, 4, and 7 days of hypoxia fish were killed and livers prepared for LDH assays. LDH activity in liver of Fundulus heteroclitus increased two-fold after two days of hypoxia. This finding demonstrates that the response to hypoxia in Fundulus heteroclitus is much faster than previous research has suggested. These results in F. heteroclitus are consistent with previous findings that mRNA encoding LDH increases after 16 hours of hypoxia in human cell cultures. Possible molecular mechanisms underlying the hypoxia-induced increase in LDH activity are discussed.


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I applaud your husband's thoughtful questions, even if he's just deploying them to avoid shelling out money for a new fridge. Fortunately, you can tell him to chill. The average refrigerator today uses a third less energy than those of 15 years ago, thanks to federal regulations mandating greater efficiency. (Take that, you folks who whine about "burdensome regulations.") Because of this improvement, the energy used to dispose of a fridge as old as yours and to make a new one is recovered in just a few years' operation. Plus about 80 percent of the material in old refrigerators gets recycled. Before you buy, take a look at models bearing the EPA's Energy Star rating (energystar.gov), because they use at least 15 percent less energy than federal regulations require. (The refrigerator retirement calculator on the Web site will show you how much you can save.) Some utilities will even offer you a rebate on 'em.
One more thought: Like so many other things in the United States, from Big Gulps to trophy homes, refrigerators have developed a deplorable tendency toward gigantism and superfluous gadgetry. About all that's missing from the most Hummer-esque fridges is a robot to open your beer and chirp "Cheers" in one of a thousand programmable languages. You can easily end up paying four to five times more for space and features you'll never use. If you buy a modest 15-cubic-footer, you'll recoup its purchase price during its lifetime because of its miserly power demands.
The campfire is part of Americana, with cowboy actors staring into the flames and feeling lonely, philosophical, horny, or homicidal while wolves howl in the distance. But you are not John Wayne or Clint Eastwood or even Roy Rogers, and you should not rely on campfires for cooking--especially in dry areas or regions that are heavily used. Deadwood plays an important role in an ecosystem's life cycle, providing nutrients to the land as well as habitats for small animals, insects, and microorganisms. In many cases, land managers forbid fires, so check with the officials first. Take that Coleman or other stove along, and be sure you know how to use it properly.
If there's plenty of fuel, an occasional campfire is OK, as long as it complies with the cardinal rule of outdoor activity: Leave no trace. That means no carbon scars on the ground, no way for anybody but the shrewdest Old West marshal to know you were there. You can learn how from a Colorado-based organization called Leave No Trace or (800) 332-4100, or get advice from the affiliated National Outdoor Leadership School, at www.nols.edu or (800) 710-6657, ext. 3.
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Education Tax Bill Expected from Senate Finance Committee
October 2, 2007
For several months, Senate Finance Committee (SFC) staff have been working on a higher education tax bill that, among other things, would consolidate the Lifetime Learning tax credit and the above-the-line tuition deduction into a single credit. The intent is to simplify and increase the higher education tax benefits for students and their families. While details are still under development, the committee is considering variables such as the maximum value of the credit; eligible college expenses; income caps for eligibility; and the extent to which credit should be refundable. These items will greatly influence the cost of the bill; and, given congressional budget rules, the bill's final price tag must be fully offset.
Other provisions under consideration include:
- expansion of the definition of "qualified tuition and related expenses" to include room and board;
- extension of the IRA charitable rollover provision (set to expire at the end of this year) for an additional two years;
- extension of tax-free, employer-provided tuition benefits (set to expire at the end of 2010); and
- expansion of the student loan interest deduction.
A great deal of the offsets will come from sources outside of higher education, but the committee may propose revenue-raising or policy initiatives directly involving colleges and universities. Whether or not it generates part of the offset, one item in particular will be extremely problematic for the many institutions with endowments of more than $500 million. The SFC members, like those on the education committees, are feeling the public pressure to do something proactively to address rising college costs.
Witnesses at a recent SFC hearing discussed the "hoarding of wealth" by higher education institutions with the largest endowments. Contrasting multi-billion dollar endowments with ever-rising tuition prices, several committee members indicated an interest in addressing what is perceived as inadequate spending from endowments in comparison to historically high rates of return from endowment investments. They are considering a proposal that would require colleges and universities with endowments of more than $500 million to spend a minimum of 5 percent of their endowment funds annually. This is similar to the 5 percent pay-out rule currently in place for private foundations. Also, committee staff are examining endowment provisions that would apply to colleges and universities that raise tuition above certain benchmarks.
The committee currently hopes to mark up a bill later this month, but the schedule remains fluid. Given limited room left on the congressional calendar this year, it is unclear whether full consideration of a committee bill will take place prior to adjournment in November or early December.
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She stirs a finger through her Laurier, uncertain whether it's only soda.
"I remember when I was their age," she giggles. "I swear, if I did half the stuff people said I did, I'd have hepatitis C."
She pauses, stares off into the distance, a sudden worried look in her eye.
ON MY LAST NIGHT with them, the girls offer to take me out in their limo for a Tuesday night of club-hopping.
"Where do you live?" asks Dallas. "We'll come pick you up."
"The East Village," I say.
"Ew," she says, apparently disgusted by my address.
"I could meet you somewhere," I offer.
"Why don't you take a cab to our limo."
I do, and when I arrive outside the Grand Marriot on 65th Street, Eddie, their driver, ushers me into the back of the car, where Tigre sits, staring at me grimly. We wait forty-five minutes—me watching the comings and goings of the grand old hotel, Tigre staring directly at my cheek. Eventually, the girls walk out from their own private entrance, two cocktails in their hands, tottering down the sidewalk like slutty Cinderellas—Dallas in a Hole T-shirt and gold lamé short shorts, Frenchie in a waist sarong and studded jacket, no bra. They look...edible.
They jump in, climbing over Tigre's knees. "Where do you want to go?" Frenchie asks me, cracking open the fridge and handing me a split of champagne. "Dallas and I decided we'll go wherever you want tonight."
"Let's go to Spa," I suggest.
They look at me like I'm retarded.
"On a Tuesday?" they say simultaneously.
"You guys pick," I say.
Frenchie tells Eddie we're going to Lint, and as we head over to Ninth Avenue I ask them about their plans for the future.
Dallas says the two of them have more offers than they can deal with and are always "exploring their options," but eventually she would like to move to the Paris Marriot. "Ah, Paris," she sighs, looking out the window wistfully. "I totally love that property."
Frenchie's acting career is starting to heat up. She'll be playing an anorexic nurse in the forthcoming Fox series Bedside Manors, about a former pornographer who tries to go clean by opening a massage clinic. (Early reviews have been poor, though Tom Shales did call her performance "revelatory.")
"Sooner or later, I'd like to do something with Roman Coppola," she says vaguely.
The scene at Lint is hopping, with a line around the block, but the squad of seven doormen wave us through, one of them patting Dallas on the ass as she passes, eliciting a squeal of recognition. "Hey, Cletus," she says. Inside we take over a corner of the club. Stephen Dorff hangs out for a drink, Hayden Christensen stops by. Suddenly, Salman Rushdie comes up from behind Dallas and wraps his arms around her waist. "Guess who?" he whispers, nuzzling her ear. She shoots Tigre a Help! look and in a flash Rushdie is gone.
Much later in the night, Dallas, Frenchie and I are sitting in a VIP corner, kicking back on a pair of plush couches, half drunk out of our minds. Dallas is jabbering away, though Frenchie seems smitten with the rapper Toe Up, who has the lit end of a joint in his mouth and is shotgunning smoke across her lips.
Dallas decides she wants to tell me a secret. "Frenchie, should we tell him?" she says.
"About our great idea."
"Oh, the great one. Sure, if you want." She and Toe Up are now rolling across the couch.
"Well, you asked us what we want to do in the future," Dallas says, "and, well, Frenchie has this really great idea for a line of gourmet-coffee enemas."
"Really? Gourmet enemas?"
"Yeah, well, everyone we know takes enemas these days. You know: They go out to We Share Colonics in Desert Hot Springs or the Clean and Whole in Palm Beach, and they come back really juiced and totally cleaned out—their skin looks amazing. And we were just thinking: Why not make it really special? Why not treat yourself to something totally unique? We would have flavored coffees and, like, the best beans. Hazelnut-coffee enemas. Mocha-java enemas. French roast, that sort of thing."
"Well, that's great," I say. "I think it's a great idea. The only problem I foresee—I mean, don't take my word on it, but—when you're having an enema, you don't really...taste the coffee."
Dallas stops for a minute, thinks about it, then scrunches her nose. Her face turns toward me with a look of absolute revulsion.
"Ewww," she says. "That is so gross. Ew, ew, ewww." She stands up quickly, brushes off her shorts as if a bug had landed there and bolts off. Frenchie gets up from the couch, gives me a withering look—You are so uncool—and follows on her sister's heels.
Within minutes Tigre is standing before me, arms crossed, nodding toward the exit sign. It's an expression that says "Your time is seriously up."
As I head out the door, I stumble on a champagne bottle that comes rolling down the floor out of nowhere, landing me goonishly on my ass. A last little parting gift from the Marriot sisters.


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Twitter wants Rudd versus Abbott debate
PUBLISHED: 11 Jul 2013 13:02:00 | UPDATED: 12 Jul 2013 07:11:08PUBLISHED: 12 Jul 2013 PRINT EDITION: 12 Jul 2013Edmund Tadros
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's tweeted challenge to debate Opposition Leader Tony Abbott at the National Press Club in Canberra has proved a hit with thousands of Twitter users sharing and "favouriting" the message.
Mr Rudd's July 3 message was retweeted more than 1800 times and clicked as a "favourite" tweet 950 times as of midday Thursday, the most by any federal politician so far this month.
Mr Rudd wrote: "Hi @TonyAbbottMHR we need a debate on the national economy. National Press Club next Thursday? I'll be there. Over to you . . . KRudd".
Mr Abbott has refused the invitation and is in Melbourne, not Canberra.
Mr Abbott scraped into the top ten with a "selfie" photo of actor Daniel Craig at ANZ Stadium during game three of the British and Irish Lions v Wallabies game on Saturday.
Mr Rudd has made prodigious use of social media since returning to the top job to reach out to the community ranging from his "selfie" of a shaving accident, to a post on the Chinese microblogging service Sina Weibo about his 30 minute conversation with the Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The prime minister has more than 1.27 million Twitter followers, the most of any federal politician and the second biggest Facebook following with more than 87,600.
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Obama shares a birthday and a smooch with Helen Thomas
It got pretty raucous in the White House briefing room today. Singing, eating, smooching. Pure bedlam.
Well, maybe not bedlam. But there was some singing -- as in "Happy Birthday." The eating? Of cupcakes. As for the smooching, President Obama planted a kiss on veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas' cheek.
Thomas and Obama share the same birthday, but only a few years apart. Today is the president's 48th while racks up her 89th.
Oddly, they share the same birthday wish. Well, that's if you believe Thomas' spokesperson -- President Obama. He stepped in for Thomas when questions were asked about her birthday wish.
"She and I share a common birthday wish," he announced. "She said she hopes for a real health care reform bill."
For some reason that was received with much laughter (unlike the more dour response the White House had for Matt Drudge).
Anyway, after Obama posed for a picture with Thomas and left the room, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs quipped that "We didn't tell Helen ahead of time." There has been some controversy in recent days about reporters being told in advance that they would be called on for a question at a presidential press conference.


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SUN CITY, Ariz. – A 97-year-old man was critically injured in a collision Wednesday in Sun City.
According to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, the man was driving a golf cart when he possibly ran a stop sign and was struck by an SUV near 99th Avenue and Cameo Drive.
The man was wearing his seat belt, however, he sustained life-threatening injuries, including head injuries.
He was taken to a local hospital and is currently in critical condition.


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The kids make Modern Family moments
The gang's all here: Four young
Modern Family
actors — Rico Rodriguez left, Ariel Winter, Sarah Hyland and Nolan Gould — are getting recognition from producers and fans for their contributions to the Emmy-winning hit comedy. Their characters are Manny Delgado, and Alex, Haley and Luke Dunphy
Modern Family
actors Nolan Gould and Rico Rodriguez, left and second from left, respectively, who play Luke and Manny, get scene instructions with other young actors from director Fred Savage, who knows a thing or two about being a child actor: He starred in TV's
The Wonder Years.
A crew member attaches a microphone to Nolan Gould's T-shirt before a location scene. Gould shares character Luke's love of adventure — but without the recklessness.
Director Fred Savage and writer Danny Zuker, left and second from left, set up a scene with Rodriguez and Gould, in center, in which older teens won't give back a remote-controlled helicopter Manny and Luke weren't supposed to have in the first place.
Manny, left, and Luke, center, left, try to get back a remote-controlled helicopter during a scene from an upcoming episode of ABC's
Modern Family.
Rodriguez, left, and Gould share a humorous moment between takes on the location set. The young actors enjoy a natural chemistry whether the camera is on or off.
Dunphy sisters Alex (Ariel Winter, left) and Haley (Sarah Hyland) are on the way to help pick up a van with their Uncle Cam in a scene from an upcoming episode.
Manny and Luke fly a remote-controlled helicopter meant for a boy whose house burned down during a scene from an upcoming episode. During each take, the two recite their lines with precision.
Modern Family's
modern families converge: Sofia Vergara, left, plays Gloria, mother of Manny (Rodriguez), and Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell play Claire and Phil Dunphy, parents of Luke (Gould).
Dunphy kids Haley (back to camera), Alex and Luke, and their step-uncle Manny (his mother is married to their grandfather) move boxes with goods meant for a family whose house burned down during a scene from the episode.
Savage and Winter watch as Rodriguez balances a box on his head during a break in shooting. Winter, Rodriguez and Gould (at rear), all 13, indulge in fun and games when the camera stops.
Hyland strikes a pose with a Halloween skeleton decorating a lawn near the Dunphy home during a break in shooting. The episode was not Halloween-related, but was filmed shortly before the holiday.
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I overheard my guy talking about World of Warcraft last Saturday with his friend. I wondered if he misses playing the game or he just hates the fact that I'm always using the computer. He couldn't play and he doesn't have the time now but I guess a SteelSeries keyboard could bring a smile to his face.
This special SteelSeries keyboard for World of Warcraft players is designed for the game with the extra functions, design, and all. It doesn't look ergonomic but who cares as long as the right keys are them, making WoW playing a breeze.
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The Bleak Future
If Obama wins a second term its trajectory is already written in the history of his first:
Mr. Obama has governed from the left not because he miscalculated his priorities but because these are his priorities. His first term is best understood as a race to put himself in the pantheon of the great progressive Presidents–Wilson, FDR, LBJ–who expanded the state's control over the private economy and over the wants and needs of the American middle class.
The price of this governing choice includes a weak recovery, achievements like ObamaCare that are unpopular, the loss of the House in 2010, and a polarized electorate. Unable to run on his record, he has conducted a low-down re-election campaign based on destroying his opponent's character. If the polls are right, even if he wins re-election, he will do so as the first President since Wilson to win with a smaller margin than he did the first time.
But for Mr. Obama, this won't matter. His great progressive gamble will have paid off. His second term will be about preserving the government gains of his first term, especially ObamaCare, and using regulation to press government control wherever else he can.
This election, you're voting for your children and grandchildren as well as yourself. There is a bleak future waiting for them. For all practical purposes, you and they will become little more than serfs. Wards of the state. Your freedoms diminished and gradually withdrawn one by one.
Obama's America is not America as it was supposed to be.
I have urged people to think – hard – about what this election means. I'm asking you to think hard, again. We have this one chance to reverse course. To vote strategically to give Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan the means to carry out the changes we need to stay free.
I will pray for my country tonight. I will vote tomorrow, on the day appointed by the constitution that I love; the constitution that has given me the opportunity I have had in my life to reach higher than my parents. I will do my duty as a citizen of a country that gave the world the best chance it has ever had to rise above "the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
I will also pray there are enough patriots to change this country's course.
Vote for you and yours, as if the future depended on it.
It does.
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Who would have thought she smoked?
Posted by Babysitter's Ashtray on February 27, 2012, 12:32:20, in reply to "Children in second hand smoke"
Would LOVE to hear details!
--Previous Message--
: Hello all,
: I am Alex from germany
: and I want to share my
: recent sightings with
: you:
: 1. I just was in a
: terrific traffic jam.
: Next to me there was an
: old mazda station wagon
: and a couple, around 30.
: He drove and light up a
: fresh cigarette. The
: girl was a blonde nice
: girl who was just finish
: with her cigarillo. Just
: after that she lit the
: next one of her MOODS (I
: saw it because I was
: right next tio them.
: In the back seat, there
: were two baby seats with
: one 3-4 year old girl
: with long hairs and a
: almost new born boy. For
: sure, because it was
: cold, the windows were
: all up and when the
: mother lit up again you
: could see that the
: little girl was coughing
: a few times while the
: boy was sleeping.
: In the front seats their
: parents were just
: giggling a bit and they
: both took very hard and
: deep drags of their
: cigarette / cigarillos.
: I would be interested
: how their home look
: like?
: 2. A few weeks ago I was
: walking in the park. Not
: much people in there.
: Suddenly I saw a woman
: in her late 30ties
: smoking in front of a
: baby stroller. I slowed
: down and saw that she
: took hard drags on her
: all white cigarette and
: blowing the smoke all
: the time into the
: toddlers face.It was a
: girl around 1-2 years
: old which was hopelessly
: strapped in her baby
: stroller no way to
: escape and who had just
: to breath in mummies
: smoke. Then I saw that
: the mother, by doing
: that was feeding the
: girl with some fruits.
: At all when I reached
: her the little girl did
: not look very happy but
: did not dare to cry.....
: Suddenly when her mother
: saw me she did not feel
: comfortable and excused
: herself. I said to her
: that I am totally ok
: with the situation. She
: wondered and told me
: that she normally takes
: care that nobody sees
: her doing that. We
: talked a bit while she
: was smoking and feeding
: again and she told me
: that she likes to blow
: smoke in her babies face
: because she has the
: feeling that the baby
: will calm down a bit and
: will behave better.
: Besides she wants to
: ensure that her girl
: will be a good passive
: smoking girl who will
: never blame her parents
: smoking around her. The
: mother smoked Davidoff
: around 60 a day. We
: discussed a bit more and
: at the end she invited
: me to a coffee with her
: and her husband the next
: day.
: If anybody is interested
: I can tell more or you
: can ask some questions
: about this.
: I just stop here because
: I do not want to get you
: boring with my stuff.
: Smoky regards
: Alex
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UPDATE: AS OF 2:30 P.M. MONDAY, JAN. 21School District No. 46 said in an email to Coast Reporter that classes with resume Tuesday morning at Elphinstone Secondary School after a water main break, which closed the school Monday morning, has been repaired.
ORIGINAL STORY POSTED AT 10:30 A.M.Elphinstone Secondary School in GIbsons has been closed due to a water main break and students have been sent home until further notice.
Staff at the school saw water coming up through the sidewalk this morning (Jan. 21) at about 8:30 a.m.
Right beside the staff parking entrance the water was gushing up through the sidewalk, right where the telephone is. So the water wasn't entering the school, but we were informed that it would be a minimum of a two-hour water delay, school principal John Brisebois said, noting the lack of water would make bathrooms unavailable for use at the school.
The water flow was also heavy and was making its way across the street towards Gibsons Elementary School. The cold morning temperatures caused some of that water to freeze, creating an ice concern, Brisebois said.
Staff members were able to meet many parents and students at drop off time to let them know about the school closure, and buses were recalled to transport the rest of the students home.
Parents also received a phone call letting them know about the issue.
Repair crews are currently at the school and parents will receive another phone call once Elphi can be reopened.
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If you have diabetes, your daily routine is filled with numbers. Besides taking blood sugar measurements several times a day, you have to count calories and carbohydrates.
Add in one more figure to monitor closely: your cholesterol levels.
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People with diabetes should maintain an LDL of less than 100 mg/dl [or milligrams per deciliter] and an HDL of higher than 40 mg/dl for men and 50 mg/dl for women, advises the American Diabetes Association. Chronic elevated cholesterol levels can lead to a condition called diabetic hyperlipidemia.
Taking statins, lipid-lowering drugs that are widely prescribed, is one easy way to control cholesterol. But you can also tackle the problem by watching how much fat you eat.
For example, "limit eating out and look at labels and calories," says Elizabeth Caetano, R.D. "More than likely, if you look at calories, you'll lower your fat intake."
Also, cut back on the amount of fat you use as an added ingredient or in cooking, says Kristine Clark, R.D. and Director of Sports Nutrition at Pennsylvania State University.
For more fat-trimming tips, we spoke to Clark and some of the nation's top dietitians at the American Dietetic Association's (ADA) Food and Nutrition Conference in San Diego. Read on for their advice on how to cut fat if you have diabetes or just want to eat healthier.
Reduce Cholesterol Tip #1: Ditch fried foods.
Fried foods are "the most potent source of fat in people's diets," warns Pamela Nisevich Bede, R.D., Dayton, Ohio.
"Frying means you submerge a food in hot fat," Clark says.
So avoid most deep-fried fast foods and sides like onion rings, French fries and crackers, which are high in fat and calories.
Reduce Cholesterol Tip #2: Eat lean protein.
The easiest way to decrease fat is not to eliminate but limit the fatty meats you eat, says Brierley Wright R.D., Burlington, Vt.
Read labels on meat packages, advises Amy Galena R.D., of Weight Management and Eating Disorders, Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville Beach, Fla.
When buying meat, "look at the meat for the marbling – the white lines in the red meat," she says. "Look for cuts that have less marbling" because they have less fat.
And choose cuts like beef rounds or ends. "The top rounds are going to be the leanest," Galena says.
Other tips to lower cholesterol:
Choose white meat pork over red meat pork.
Trim fat off the meat. When you cook it, drain the fat.
Have low-fat poultry and beef and eat more fish, "which has healthy fats," says Collette Roney, R.D., Washington, D.C.
"Bake, broil, roast or grill meat and even vegetables," Clark says. "You're going to save a lot of fat calories."
Reduce Cholesterol Tip #3: Choose
low-fat dairy.
"Choose low-fat or fat-free dairy products, including cheese and milk," advises Clark.
For example, eat 2% fat, skim or non-fat milk with cereal.
That includes your morning latte.
"If you love flavored coffee drinks, ask for nonfat milk and hold off the syrups," she says. "A tablespoon of chocolate syrup is 50 calories," and some coffee drinks with chocolate contain as much as 1/4 cup (200 calories), she says.
Reduce Cholesterol Tip #4: Replace butter with plant-based or fruit spreads.
"Just put honey, jelly or apple butter on bread," Clark says. "You're getting moisture and enhancing the taste of the toast, but avoiding fat completely."
She also recommends olive oil-based spreads.
"You can use those as butter or margarine replacement, and they actually have plant esters in them that can lower cholesterol," she says.
Reduce Cholesterol Tip #5: Eat more fruits and vegetables.
"They're naturally low in fat," Wright says. "If you fill up on those, you're less likely to want desserts."
Reduce Cholesterol Tip #6: Watch out when dining out.
Restaurants are potential minefields when you're trying to cut back on fat and calories, nutritionists warn.
That's because "you just don't know what you're getting in restaurants," says Manuel Villacorta, R.D., spokesperson for ADA, San Francisco, Calif.
Even healthy entrees may be fattening, he says. So ask your server about how the food is prepared and "find out the definition of healthy."
Watch out for supersized portions too.
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Extras also can spell diet trouble.
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If you don't take the time to pack lunch in the mornings, you could be unknowingly boosting fat and calorie intake. "Stop eating processed takeout food," says Maria Pari-Keener, R.D., New York City, N.Y.
"Salads can be the worst meal," Villacorta says. "Look at the ingredients. If you have cheese, avocado, nuts, cranberries, sautéed onions, bread crumbs, seeds – all that adds up. Start making choices like, Maybe I should cut out the cheese but leave the walnuts."
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"If you eat that way, having fresh fruits and vegetables, you're probably going to hit your mark," says Stephanie Bess, R.D., Springfield, Ill.
For foods like steaks or lean beef, stick to 3 ounces.
"An extra 2-3 ounces of meat a day is a lot of extra fat," says Jim White, R.D., ADA spokesman, Virginia Beach, Va.
Reduce Cholesterol Tip #8: Be smart about desserts.
You don't have to give up all desserts. In fact, there's room for indulgences.
"Have the full-fat item but don't have it often," says Pari-Keener. "If you want to enjoy cheesecake, you can have it now and then. "But be wary of mini desserts, says Galena. They're small but deceptive.
"Even though it's a shot size or says 'mini dessert,' they pack a punch," she says. "Two mini desserts could add up to 500 calories."
Another sweet diet derailer: high-fat pastries.
"Go with the lower-fat versions," White says.
Another tip to lower cholesterol: "Have fruit for dessert or low-fat frozen yogurt," says Galena.
Reduce Cholesterol Tip #9: Don't give up fats entirely.
Don't fear fat.
"Fat tastes good," Galena says. "Don't deprive yourself; you'll be depressed by the end of the month."
Besides, "fat can really help you when you're trying to diet," she says. "If you eat enough, it satisfies you and keeps you full longer."
About 30% of your calories should come from fat," says Lea Russell, R.D., St. Petersburg, Fla.
But make sure it's healthy fat.
For example, "nuts are high in calories but they're an important fat," she says.
Also watch how much you nosh on nuts. Just 6-9 of them is a serving size.
"People like to eat nuts but they consume them by handfuls as many as two, three and four times a day," Villacorta says. "That's a high fat intake."
Reduce Cholesterol Tip #10: Heart-healthy fats are better, but don't overdo them.
Fish and plant-based foods provide important omega-3 or heart-healthy fats. You can find them in salmon, mackerel, sardines, herring, anchovies, caviar and white albacore tuna canned in water or canola oil, flaxseed oil, walnuts and dark green, leafy vegetables.
Eat monounsaturated fats found in most nuts, avocados and olive oil. But don't go bananas over your fats.
"Heart-healthy fats don't mean 'all you can eat,'" Villacorta advises. "You still need to watch your portions. A teaspoon of oil is a serving size. One-eighth slice of an avocado is a serving size."
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