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Getting enough? What-you don't eat can hurt you.
Too much sugar. Too much salt. Too much saturated fat. We eat too much of all three. And we eat too much, period.
Yet we also eat too little.
Many Americans fall short of the recommended intakes of a handful of nutrients. Several key players--potassium, magnesium, vitamin D, and vitamin B-12--may make or break your risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, and brittle bones. For some of those nutrients, only foods--not pills--can make up the shortfall. For others, only a pill will do.
Here's why and how to get the nutrients you may be missing.
Here are four key nutrients you may lack--and where to get them.
The numbers are staggering:
* One in three adults in the United States has high blood pressure, or hypertension. Among those over 65, it's two out of three. And another one out of four adults has pre-hypertension.
* Of the 74.5 million Americans with hypertension, 56 percent don't have it under control. That includes 22 percent who don't even know they have it.
* Roughly three out of four people who suffer a stroke, a heart attack, or congestive heart failure have hypertension.
Too much salt, too much weight, too little exercise, too much alcohol, and other risk factors can raise blood pressure. Potassium can trim it.
"It's absolutely clear that potassium can lower blood pressure," says Frank Sacks, professor of cardiovascular disease prevention at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.
In 1988, the INTERSALT study of 52 large populations reported that people with higher potassium intakes had lower blood pressures. (1) By 1997, a meta-analysis of 33 studies found that potassium supplements (2,300 milligrams a day) lowered systolic blood pressure by an average of 3.3 points. (2) (Systolic pressure is the higher of the two blood pressure numbers.)
"That meta-analysis conclusively showed that potassium supplements reduce blood pressure," says Lydia Bazzano, assistant professor of epidemiology at the Tulane School of Public Health in New Orleans.
In animal studies, potassium protects rats from stroke. (3) "And in human population studies, low potassium is a predictor for stroke," adds Sacks.
For example, in a study that tracked 43,000 men for eight years, those who consumed the most potassium (4,300 mg a day) were 38 percent less likely to suffer a stroke than those who consumed the least (2,400 mg a day). (4)
Potassium matters because it seems to counter the damage caused by sodium. "If people are eating high amounts of sodium, potassium will lower blood pressure more," explains Sacks. "The higher the sodium, the more potassium helps."
And when researchers tracked 2,275 participants in the Trials of Hypertension Prevention for 10 to 15 years, they found that the risk of heart attack or stroke depended more on potassium and sodium than on either one alone. (5)
Scientists aren't sure exactly how potassium lowers blood pressure. Among the possibilities: it makes the larger blood vessels more flexible. (6)
"The flexibility of the big arteries like the aorta or carotid arteries is very important in maintaining a nice, lower, youthful blood pressure," explains Sacks. "In older people, arteries are less elastic." And that boosts blood pressure.
Potassium may also lower blood pressure by dilating the small blood vessels. (6) "You don't want the tiny vessels clenched," says Sacks. "Resistance to blood flow will increase blood pressure."
What's clear is that a healthy, potassium-rich diet can revitalize arteries, big or small. "Conditions we thought were permanent with age can be reversed in four weeks," says Sacks. "Four weeks of a lower-sodium, potassium-rich DASH diet completely reverses the effect of age on blood pressure."
A DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet is rich in potassium, thanks to 11 (modest) servings a day of fruits and vegetables, with two servings of low-fat dairy foods, and with low levels of saturated fat, added sugars, and refined flour (see p. 7).
"Potassium may account for half of the effect of the overall DASH diet," says Sacks.
The citrate that's usually bound to the potassium in fruits and vegetables could also help. Potassium citrate lowers blood pressure more than the potassium chloride that is in some salt substitutes, supplements, and potassium-fortified foods. (7)
Another reason to get potassium from food: high-dose potassium supplements--far more than the amounts that occur naturally in food--can be hazardous.
"If you have kidney disease and don't know it, you could potentially end up with too much potassium in your blood, and that's life-threatening," explains Bazzano. "It can stop your heart."
Bonus: getting potassium citrate from fruits and vegetables may prevent kidney stones.
In the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study of more than 45,000 men, those who consumed the most potassium (about 4,300 mg a day) had roughly half the risk of kidney stones over 14 years of those who ate the least (roughly 2,700 mg). (8)
"If you eat more fruits and vegetables, your urine citrate goes up, and that should reduce the risk of kidney stones," says study coauthor Gary Curhan, associate professor of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.
"But it's probably the citrate or some other alkali, not the potassium."
How does citrate prevent kidney stones?
"It forms soluble complexes with calcium, so it keeps the calcium from sticking to oxalate or phosphate," says Curhan. "So it's less likely that oxalate or phosphate crystals will form."
Preventing calcium oxalate crystals is key. "More than 80 percent of kidney stones are made of calcium oxalate," says Curhan.
And there may be a bonus for bones, he adds. "Citrate should reduce urine calcium excretion as well."
Scientists used to think that potassium could lower the risk of osteoporosis, but no longer.
"Potassium isn't the key to bone health," says Bess Dawson-Hughes, director of the Bone Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston. "It's the alkaline accompaniment of potassium that's good."
The Bottom Line
Whether it's blood pressure, stones, or bones you're worried about, the message is clear: "Eat potassium-rich fruits and vegetables like you'd get in a DASH diet," says Tulane's Lydia Bazzano.
Osteoporosis, or brittle bones, takes a huge toll on the public's health:
* One in two women and one in four men over age 50 will break a bone because of osteoporosis. (9)
* Osteoporosis caused more than 2 million fractures in 2005, including roughly 297,000 hip fractures, 547,000 spine fractures, 397,000 wrist fractures, 135,000 pelvic fractures, and 675,000 fractures at other sites.
* Half of all women and 30 percent of all men over 50 have osteopenia (low bone mass) in their hips, which often leads to osteoporosis. (10)
* Six months after a hip fracture, only 15 percent of patients can walk across a room without help.
If you ask people how to strengthen bones, the nutrient they're most likely to mention is calcium. But, in fact, average calcium intakes are now close to the recommended levels, in part because 43 percent of Americans get some calcium from a supplement. (11)
What many people don't know is that calcium may not prevent fractures if you don't get enough vitamin D, which helps the body absorb calcium.
"It's looking like the combination of calcium and vitamin D is effective," says Tufts' Bess Dawson-Hughes.
In a 2007 meta-analysis, calcium supplements alone didn't lower the risk of fractures. (12)
"But when you look at calcium plus vitamin D, the risk reduction was significant," says Dawson-Hughes. "So we should absolutely aim for the recommended levels of both."
Calcium plus D could also protect young bones. In a study of 3,700 young female U.S. Navy recruits, those who were given calcium (2,000 mg a day) and vitamin D (800 IU a day) were 20 percent less likely to be diagnosed with stress fractures during eight weeks of training than those who got a placebo. (13)
How much vitamin D is enough?
"My interpretation of current evidence is that our blood levels should not be lower than 30 nanograms per milliliter," says Dawson-Hughes. "If you look at data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, about 70 percent of older adult men and women were lower than that."
To reach adequate blood levels, most older people need more vitamin D than is now recommended (400 IU a day from age 51 to 70, and 600 IU over 70).
"The vast majority of the older global population would need 800 to 1,000 units of vitamin D a day," from food or a supplement, explains Dawson-Hughes. She led a group of experts who came up with new guidelines for the International Osteoporosis Foundation. (14)
"And high-risk older people--those who have no effective sun exposure or don't absorb vitamin D well or who have very dark skin or osteoporosis--would need more than 800 to 1,000 units a day to get to desired serum levels," she adds.
It's tough to get even 800 IU of vitamin D from foods. A cup of milk is fortified with only 100 IU, and a tablespoon of fortified margarine has 60 IU. Unless you eat fish like red salmon (800 IU per 3 oz. of cooked fish) almost every day, you won't reach those levels.
Getting enough vitamin D may protect more than bones. Evidence suggests that it may lower the risk of colon cancer, heart attacks, stroke, Type 2 diabetes, falls, and some autoimmune diseases (see cover story, Nov. 2009).
And a 2007 meta-analysis of 18 trials found a 7 percent lower risk of dying over six months to seven years when people were given vita min D (usually to reduce the risk of bone fractures). (15)
However, a recent study raised the possibility that high blood levels of vitamin D could increase the risk of pancreatic cancer. (16) The higher risk was only seen in people from states with low sun exposure (Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, in this study), and it wasn't linked to how much vitamin D people were getting from supplements, so it's somewhat of a mystery.
"The government has funded a huge vitamin D intervention trial giving people 2,000 IU a day or a placebo," says Dawson-Hughes. "So that will give us more information."
(Most women over 65 or men over 60 are eligible to join the VITAL trial, which is also testing fish oil. If you're interested, call 1-800-388-3963 or go to vitalstudy.org.)
"We're looking at cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure, vision, bone density, memory loss, depression, and autoimmune outcomes," says JoAnn Manson, a professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School who is leading the trial.
Too much calcium without vitamin D may also pose a risk. In July, British researchers reported that high doses of calcium from supplements--l,000 mg a day in most cases--without vitamin D raised the risk of heart attacks, but only in people who were already getting more than 800 mg of calcium from food. (17) (The average adult gets 1,000 to 1,200 mg of calcium a day from foods and supplements combined. (11))
"I would not go a whole lot above the recommended intake because it adds no value and could be adding risk," says Dawson-Hughes. (The researchers didn't look at people who were given calcium plus vitamin D, citing evidence that vitamin D would lower death rates.)
The Bottom Line
Shoot for 800 to 1,000 IU of vitamin D a day from foods and supplements if you're over 60, and 400 IU a day if you're younger. Shoot for 1,200 mg of calcium a day from food and supplements if you're over 50, and 1,000 mg a day if you're a younger adult.
An estimated 23.6 million Americans--including one out of four people aged 60 or older--have Type 2 diabetes. Roughly 5.7 million of them don't know it. And 57 million others have pre-diabetes.
The disease takes a heavy toll:
* Adults with diabetes are two to four times more likely than others to have a stroke or to die of heart disease.
* Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness among people 20 to 74 and the leading cause of kidney failure.
* More than 60 percent of people with diabetes have nervous system damage.
* Each year, about 70,000 Americans with diabetes have a foot or leg amputated. (18)
Type I diabetes, which typically strikes in childhood, occurs when the body's immune system destroys beta-cells in the pancreas that make insulin, the hormone that controls blood sugar levels. Type 1 accounts for 5 to 10 percent of diabetes cases.
In Type 2 diabetes (which this article will refer to simply as "diabetes"), the body's cells don't use insulin properly. As the need for insulin rises, the pancreas gradually loses its ability to make enough, and blood sugar levels climb.
What causes diabetes?
Extra pounds are by far the biggest risk factor. Genes, lack of exercise, and diet also play a role. Whole grains, fiber-rich foods, and coffee (decal or regular) seem to lower the risk. Sugar-sweetened beverages, processed meats, and white potatoes seem to raise it.
One nutrient that often gets overlooked: magnesium.
"We have a lot of evidence from observational studies that magnesium is beneficial for preventing Type 2 diabetes,"
Potassium on Tape If you're like 90 percent of men and 99 percent of women, you get less potassium than experts recommend (4,700 mg a day). Go for fruits and vegetables so you can eat bigger servings --these are small-without piling on calories. Potassium Calories % IOM * Clams (4 oz. cooked) 170 15 Beet greens (1/2 cup cooked) 20 14 Yellowfin tuna or Halibut (4 oz. cooked) 160 14 Pacific cod (4 oz. cooked) 120 12 Non-fat or Low-fat plain yogurt (8 Oz.) 135 12 Swiss chard (1/2 cup cooked) 20 10 Acorn squash (1/2 cup cooked) 55 10 Sweet potato with skin (1/2 cup cooked) 90 10 Lima beans (1/2 cup cooked) 110 10 Edamame, shelled (1/2 cup cooked) 130 10 Wild Coho salmon (4 oz. cooked) 160 10 Spinach (1/2 cup cooked) 20 9 Tomato sauce (1/2 cup) 30 9 Banana (1) 105 9 Orange juice (1 cup) 120 9 Low-fat fruit yogurt (8 oz.) 225 9 Farmed Atlantic salmon (4 oz. cooked) 235 9 Cantaloupe (1/4) 45 8 Dried apricots (1/4 cup) 80 8 Non-fat or Low-fat milk (1 cup) 90 8 Kidney beans or Lentils (1/2 cup cooked) 115 8 Avocado (1/2 cup) 120 8 Navy or Pinto beans (1/2 cup cooked) 125 8 Tomato paste (2 Tbs.) 25 7 Baked potato with skin (1/2 cup cooked) 55 7 Great Northern beans (1/2 cup cooked) 105 7 Prunes (1/4 cup) 105 7 Pistachios (1/4 cup) 180 7 Tomato (1) 20 6 Beets (1/2 cup cooked) 35 6 Butternut squash (1/2 cup cooked) 40 6 Peach or Nectarine (1) 60 6 Raisins (1 cup) 110 6 Brussels sprouts (1/2 cup cooked) 30 5 Artichoke hearts (1/2 cup cooked) 45 5 Spinach (1 cup raw) 5 4 Grapes (1 cup) 60 4 Apple (1) 95 4 Boston or Romaine lettuce (1 cup raw) 10 3 * Percent of the daily intake (4,700 milligrams) recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Sources: USDA and manufacturers. Chart compiled by Amy Ramsay, Danielle Hazard, and Melissa Pryputniewicz. A Mouthful of Magnesium A typical woman gets 250 milligrams of magnesium a day, but should get 320 mg. A typical man gets 335 mg, but should get 420 mg. The Daily Value (DV) is 400 mg. Here's how to get more magnesium without overdoing the calories. Magnesium Calories % DV * Pumpkin seed kernels 1/4 cup) 170 41 Brazil nuts (1/4 cup) 220 31 Halibut (4 oz. cooked) 160 30 Kellogg's Original All-Bran cereal (1/2 cup) 80 25 Almonds (1/4 cup) 205 25 Cashews (1/4 cup) 195 22 Spinach (1/2 cup cooked) 20 20 Swiss chard (1/2 cup cooked) 20 19 Soybeans (1/2 cup cooked) 150 19 Yellowfin tuna (4 oz. cooked) 160 18 Lima beans (1/2 cup cooked) 105 16 Quinoa (1/2 cup cooked) 110 15 Black beans (1/2 cup cooked) 115 15 Dark chocolate (1.4 oz.) 220 15 Haddock (4 oz. cooked) 125 14 Peanuts (1/4 cup) or Peanut butter (2 Tbs.) 195 14 Hazelnuts (1/4 cup) 210 14 Beet greens (1/2 cup cooked) 20 12 Okra (1/2 cup cooked) 25 12 Black-eyed peas (1/2 cup cooked) 100 12 Navy beans (1/2 cup cooked) 125 12 Semisweet chocolate (1.4 oz.) 190 12 Walnuts (1/2 cup) 195 12 Oat bran (1/2 cup cooked) 45 11 Great Northern beans (1/2 cup cooked) 105 11 Kidney or Pinto beans (1/2 cup cooked) 115 11 Non-fat plain yogurt (8 oz.) 125 11 Brown rice or Lentils (1/4 cup cooked) 110 10 Garbanzo beans (1/4 cup cooked) 135 10 Low-fat plain yogurt (8 oz.) 145 10 Sunflower seed kernels (1/4 cup) 190 10 Tofu (1/2 cup raw) 95 9 Pistachios (V4 cup) 175 9 Oatmeal (1/2 cup cooked) 85 8 Post Original Shredded Wheat (1/2 cup) 85 8 Canned light tuna in water (4 oz.) 130 8 Low-fat fruit yogurt (8 oz.) 225 8 Bulgur (1/2 cup cooked) 75 7 Non-fat milk (1 cup) 85 7 Spinach (1 cup raw) 5 6 Whole wheat bread (1 slice, 1 oz.) 70 6 * Percent of the Daily Value (400 milligrams). Sources: USDA and manufacturers. Chart compiled by Amy Ramsay, Danielle Hazard, and Melissa Pryputniewicz.
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It's almost time for John Celia's birds to fly the coop.
The Silver Spring man houses, trains and races his homing pigeons, which he keeps in two large lofts in the backyard of his one-acre property. Come late April, it will be time for the strongest 15 birds of the 50 to 60 he bred for the season to compete against other members of the Capital City Club and the Washington Metro Racing Pigeon Concourse.
Celia, 73, said he began racing pigeons when he was 16. He was living in Southeast Washington, D.C., and walking home from the library that was only a few blocks away. In an alley he walked through, he noticed 14 or 15 pigeons flying around. When he stopped to look, a man stepped outside his house, whistled and — within minutes — the birds gathered themselves into a little building.
Celia began talking to the man, who offered him a pigeon to take home. He convinced his father to let him keep the bird, and his interest in racing homing pigeons took flight.
"It's kind of a family sport if you like animals," said Celia, a retired U.S. Navy petty officer whose kids have followed in his pigeon fancier footsteps.
Deone Roberts, sport development manager for the American Racing Pigeon Union in Oklahoma City, said the U.S. started in pigeon racing in the 1800s. The organization has close to 10,000 members throughout the country in 600 to 700 racing clubs. Pigeon fanciers — people who race pigeons — range in age, Roberts said.
"It is a sought-after outdoor hobby that the whole family can take part in," Roberts said. Participants like animals, camaraderie with like-minded people and the friendly competition.
Roberts said there are more than 300 different breeds of pigeons. Aside from the homing pigeon, which is used for racing, there are show breeds and performance breeds that can tumble in the air and on the floor.
All of Celia's birds are registered through his club, which is a part of a larger concourse, or a collection of clubs. All of the concourses are registered under the American Racing Pigeon Union.
Celia has two lofts — one for his younger racing pigeons and another for pigeons that are retired and used for breeding. He said he has about 18 pairs of breeders, which have about three rounds of two babies per nest, yielding about 50 or 60 birds.
He said he first teaches the birds to go from the landing board outside the loft to the section inside the loft, where they will live.
The lofts, which Celia built, resemble uniquely designed wooden sheds. There are different sections, with perches and nest boxes.
Celia said he lets the birds sprawl and start flying around the yard to gain strength. When they are strong enough to stay in the air, Celia said, he lets them fly as a flock.
At about six to eight weeks old, the birds are let out in the morning. When they build up muscles and can fly around the house well, he trains them to enter the loft after he calls them, which he said can take a few weeks.
"They are pretty intelligent and catch on pretty quickly," Celia said.
Once the birds respond to his call, they are ready to start finding their way home. He then takes the birds in crates about a mile away and releases them.
"The first time, it takes a little while to come home," Celia said. Later, it will take about 15 to 20 minutes.
Week after week, he will go farther away, allowing them to eventually fly from 100 miles away, which takes about an hour. He said during training season, he works with the birds for about two-and-a-half hours each day.
"I'm not teaching them how to come home. That's naturally born with the bird," Celia said. "You can take them in any direction, and then they will always come home. A pigeon will always come to the original home it is born in."
Celia said there are 10 to 12 races every Saturday starting in April. The birds do not race during the hot summer months, but race again from late September through the middle of October.
He said pigeon fanciers are allowed to enter up to 20 birds in a race. He typically enters about 15 birds.
On Friday night, the club takes the birds to a destination that is equidistant from each of the homes. On Saturday morning, they are released.
As they arrive home, each bird is electronically clocked, so there's a registry of when the bird came home. The clocks are taken to the clubhouse and put through a computer, which calculates the speed of each bird to determine the winner — the bird that returns home the fastest.
"It's very accurate, and the races are won by seconds at a time," Celia said. "As races get further and longer, birds are not so close together — maybe minutes apart."
As the birds are shown more and continue winning, they garner more points, which is determined by a number of factors, including distance and number of competitors. Once a bird collects 100 points, the record is recognized and certified by the American Pigeon Racing Union, he said.
Celia said he has been fortunate to have two national champion birds. The homing pigeons have a racing career of five or six years, he said. It takes about three or four years to get enough points for a national champion bird.
Celia said pigeons get a bad reputation because of the wild pigeons seen on the street. That is why he does science fairs, such as Rockville Science Day, which is scheduled for April 28 at Montgomery College. He said the fairs give him a chance to educate others on homing pigeons and their use in history as messenger birds.
Racing homing pigeons has been a diversion for Celia, a retired master electrician. He said he would often come home frustrated after a day of work, finding solace in his birds.
"I find them just an individual, interesting species of nature," Celia said. "Never have I ever had a regret all these years of the time and expenses I spent on them. It's just rewarding to me."
Celia said his homing pigeons give him peace of mind.
"It gives me a reason to get up in the morning," Celia said.


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Melbourne Victory's Vargas frustrated with poor defending
Melbourne Victory defender Rodrigo Vargas admits he is frustrated with how the team has defended so far this season.
The Victory again conceded 'soft' goals against Central Coast Mariners in their 2-0 loss on Friday night and Vargas is keen to fix the leaky area as soon as possible.
"It's been pretty frustrating," Vargas said yesterday.
"There's been occasions where (goalkeeper Michael Petkovic has) had not much to do and we're still conceding goals.
"We've got to fix it and fix it quickly because teams are taking a look at that and trying to hit us on the set pieces."
The Victory now have a record of one win, two draws and two losses from their opening five matches and find themselves sitting 7th on the league table.
Vargas is aware of the importance that each player has to do their job for the team to come together and produce positive results.
"A lot of times it comes down to the individual doing his job," Vargas added.
"It's a mental thing for me. It's about having a job and marking someone and not letting him get the ball before you. We're just slackening off in that area and it's been pretty costly."


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Maya Angelou
Woman Work - Poem by Maya Angelou
I've got the children to tend
The clothes to mend
The floor to mop
The food to shop
Then the chicken to fry
The baby to dry
I got company to feed
The garden to weed
I've got shirts to press
The tots to dress
The can to be cut
I gotta clean up this hut
Then see about the sick
And the cotton to pick.
Shine on me, sunshine
Rain on me, rain
Fall softly, dewdrops
And cool my brow again.
Storm, blow me from here
With your fiercest wind
Let me float across the sky
'Til I can rest again.
Fall gently, snowflakes
Cover me with white
Cold icy kisses and
Let me rest tonight.
Sun, rain, curving sky
Mountain, oceans, leaf and stone
Star shine, moon glow
You're all that I can call my own.
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Lopamudra Mishra (4/18/2015 11:21:00 AM)
description of awoman 's mood swing n rescue frm it well projected. (Report) Reply
Cynthia Buhain-baello (8/4/2014 7:32:00 AM)
Amazing write on the many and almost endless chores of a woman at home. Perfectly worded and rhymed with remarkable rhythm. (Report) Reply
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This speaks for all the hardworking mothers and women out there! God bless you all. (Report) Reply
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Renu Kakkar (9/14/2011 6:49:00 AM)
this is a beautiful poem...women would naturally identify with it...doing lots of things effortlessly comes naturally to us..if the woman is working then a few more add on jobs are there... (Report) Reply
Renu Kakkar (9/14/2011 6:45:00 AM)
this is a beautiful poem... women would naturally identify themselves with this poem as it is what we do effortlessly...working women have additional responsibilities (Report) Reply
Luis Estable (9/7/2011 11:09:00 PM)
The title of this poem is quite fitting. Yes, the so many things that a woman does and many times they go without notice and the beauty of it is that women do it what it at times seems without effort.
Men work, too, but they usually attend one job at a time. If they are cooks, that is what they mainly do and so on with different kinds of works. A woman has to be a jack of all trades and often without the glory.
I thought that this poem was wel-writen. I admire it at many levels. The rhyme scheme which is 1,1; 2,2,3,3 and so one is flawless. The subject matter starts well and finishes well also and the end of the poem severs as a decoration to all the lines that come before it.
Mayo Angelou has a gift for writing this type of poetry that no critic with a sense of honesty can deny.
It has been my honor and joy to have gone through this wonderful verse and have given my humble and imperfect opinion.
Keep on living, Angelou, and the best to you at all time. I have been a poet for some twenty years and still learning from those like you who came before me. You know what they say, 'Learn or try to learn from the best, and you are one of the best amarican poets, male or female of our times and has been for quite some time now.
The best to you now and ever.
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Richa Luchmun (5/2/2010 1:50:00 PM)
this is a very inspiring poem. its tells us about how hard is a woman's life! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! every stanza is very captivating.............. (Report) Reply
Mizz. Ghetto Gansta (4/7/2010 3:59:00 PM)
your a true in spiration to me and others keep on doing wat you do because your amking this world a betta place for me ands my family. ily (Report) Reply
Stacy Parris (3/4/2010 6:25:00 PM)
This poem is truly a strong piece of work by Maya Angelou (Report) Reply
A Anne (10/26/2009 4:22:00 AM)
I was reminded of my mother while reading this poem. Her toil, hard work, sincerity and unadulterated, pure, unconditional love for my brother and I leaves me wondering if I can ever be such a mother and hoping that I would. This poem brought alive the drudgery undergone by women everyday, in such a realistic manner, that I was almost tired just reading it. Oh, how much women need rest from all this, and how important it is for them. (Report) Reply
Jasbir Chatterjee (9/20/2009 10:27:00 PM)
this is a poem that all women, and in particular working women who have to work hard both in office and at home, can identify with; Fantastic poem! (Report) Reply
Connie Leigh Lindsay (5/23/2009 9:43:00 PM)
I have three kids of my own.I am always busy with everyone and everything else that there isn't much time for me.However I can just go outside for a few minutes and feel at peace again.I love her poetry.She seems to be able to say volumes with a few well placed words. (Report) Reply
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My daughter says, 'I liked this poem a lot and I wish more people would enjoy it as much as I did. I like the way it sounded and I know that it is true for some people.'
Thank you to poemhunter.com for providing me with this 'pause' in time to share such a precious moment with my daughter. (Report) Reply
Roshini Samuel (11/2/2008 6:31:00 PM)
Brilliant! !
Rarely does a poem move me so much.
Thank you for this peice.
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You've just hit a snail on its head. Very beautiful piece. So profound and inevitable. Thanks for the beautiful read. (Report) Reply
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I didn't come up with this idea…. I got it from Cameron Fuller who got it from Rory McCaw's session at MMS last year. So credit goes to both of them for the idea and initially spreading it. As I was talking to many of my colleagues, I found out this is not a commonly known practice. So, maybe this is a good topic to write about to spread the information.
The default management pack is the first MP that shows up in the list when creating an override. However, it is a best practice to NEVER save anything to this. Admins will often forget this best practice, and accidentally save items here. Then – a cleanup of this MP is often required, as documented here: Clean up the Default MP This problem has even prompted some customers to monitor when changes are made to their default MP.
There is no supportable way to make this MP "read only" or sealed. However – we CAN rename this MP to provide a visual warning that might help you or your customer remember not to save things here. While we cannot rename the ID of an MP, we can rename the Display Name of any unsealed MP.
In the console, Administration pane, Management Packs, find you default MP. Bring up the properties – and you can rename this:
To something like this:
This will hopefully remind you or your customer not to save overrides to this MP. Below is what you will see when creating an override:
Thanks. Very Informative...
Great tip!
Good idea! Thank you!
Even with changing the display name of the MP you will still have "quickies" that accidently get placed into the default management pack. We have changed the name of this MP since the implementation of scom and every now and then I need to recreated an override in the correct MP since someone didn't pay enough attention when he created the override/group. This is because that even though you change the display name it will always be the default selection when you create a new object.
I have always wondered why this mp is even selectable. Why is this MP not filtered from the drop-down list and even better, why is the drop-down list not "empty" when you create an object like an override or group? By making it empty (no default selection) you will need to select a MP (and thus think about which one) before you can save the object and greatly reduce these kinds of errors.
Great tip to the right time! Thank's, Kevin!
Now get rid of the "disable" rule which automatically saves to the default and we'd really be happy (i'm hoping this is picked up in vnext),
As VincentK points out it's still being selected as default and if you're not careful you just press the save button, but at least it's hopefully another trigger to select a different mp.
Yes, a very good suggestion indeed. Thanks for passing this tip along!
Never even thought of that approach Kevin. I've simply created customized MPs for all other imported/created MPs - great WARNING suggestion for the eyes before clicking the mouse.
Good Idea! Thanks Kevin.
@Rob - keep your eyes peeled. I think you will be happy.
So I have to ask this question, can you just rename any of the custom management packs or do you need to delete and do a clean creation with the proper naming convention? I'm asking this because we just had a reorg and they want the naming convention to fit the newly named groups.
@Brian - yes - you can easily rename ANY unsealed MP easily in the console.. as that only modifies the displayname of the MP - it does not change the ID of the MP or any of the workflows.


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• The Glory Hallelujah Triumphant Pentecostal Church at 495 Hodges Mill Road in Dobson will hold several yard sales this summer, starting at 8 a.m., on Aug. 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, and 23. Proceeds to go to the church outreach ministry. For more information, call 648-1951.
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• The Fountain Food Ministry hours have changed. Families in need of clothing or food may come every Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. The ministry will be open weekly on Thursdays to assist those in need of food. In case of an emergency at any other times, call the church office at 789-0400 for an appointment.
• Bible Study — Love in Action Ministries with Pastor George Hiett — will be held at 2037 Rockford St. in Mount Airy (right beside Walgreen in the New Century Church Building) every Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This is an ongoing event. For more information, call 407-4907 for further information.
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Thirteen years of hard work, dedication and persistence in the same band are three qualifications One Night Rodeo believed made them a solid threat for the Next GAC Star competition. Composed of band members Duane Allison, Mike Elrod, Cory Hildreth and Jack Tamburin, this band loves performing for their hometown crowd in Bradenton, Florida. All four men come from musical families, are in their thirties, have families of their own and wanted to become famous singers as kids. They call their fashion style "contemporary and a little country," practically the perfect words to describe their musical influences: Eagles and Rascal Flatts.
Great American Country (GAC) and Music Nation selected the six finalists in GACs first-ever nationwide talent competition, "The Next GAC Star," a search for the next country music star. Finalists J.C. Andersen, Tyler Barham, Angela Engelman, Megan Conner, One Night Rodeo and Lane Turner were chosen out of thousands of independent country artists around the U.S. who uploaded videos, MP3s and photos online, on GACTV.com/star.
America voted to determine The Next GAC Star during the two-part televised finale on September 3 and 10, with the winner crowned during a live elimination in the second show. One Night Rodeo, the grand prize winner, receives a record deal with Original Signal Recordings, a Gibson Hummingbird Guitar, and a music video, which will air on GAC and GACTV.com.
Moments after winning, One Night Rodeo's lead singer Cory Hildreth said, "I can't even describe the joy we have. It hasn't even sunk in yet. It's incredible."
Cory joked that to prepare for the competition, they all bought "thousand dollar outfits." But in the end, it was their vocal blend that held the key to the win. Each of the male finalists learned the song "Alive And Living" and Cory explained how One Night Rodeo put their unique stamp on it. "Our harmonies," he said simply. "We're a harmony band, so we focused everything on our vocals."
The group will be spending September 11 in the studio recording "Alive And Living" with producers Child and Shaw, two of the Next GAC Star judges. "It's an incredible song," said Cory. "I can't wait to get in the studio and actually work with Desmond Child and Victoria Shaw and see them put their stamp on that song. It's going to be totally different than what we did on the show, I'm sure."
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and delivery of hydrogen; in addition, there is recent attention on the interface between the nation's electricity delivery system and the charging of EVs (e.g., plug-in hybrid electric vehicles [PHEVs] or battery electric vehicles [BEVs]). There are annual DOE program reviews, in addition to many DOE-sponsored conferences and workshops, as well as their considerable participation in professional society conferences, to help keep all participants on the Partnership technical teams well informed. To these teams are added a vehicle systems and analysis technical team (VSATT) and a fuel pathway integration technical team (FPITT) that is focused on hydrogen. This organizational structure (shown in Figure 1-2 in Chapter 1) is based on project activities that focus on individual technical issues, as well as on total vehicle system integration and the total fuel chain. In addition, there is a need in the Partnership for a broader strategic perspective, which ostensibly the Executive Steering Group (ESG) provides. The system integration and performance issues require a systems analysis approach on several levels, necessitating a variety of systems analysis tools.
Systems Analysis
In its previous reports, the NRC recommended substantial activity to develop systems analysis tools to help the Partnership meet its goals. For example, in the NRC Phase 1 report, it was recommended that "an ongoing, integrated, well-to-wheels assessment be made of the Partnership's progress toward its overall objectives" (NRC, 2005, p. 9). In the NRC Phase 2 report, it was recommended that "the DOE should accelerate the development and validation of modeling tools that can be used to assess the roles of various propulsion systems and vehicle technologies and fuels, and utilize them to determine the impact of the various opportunities on the overall Partnership goals of reducing petroleum use and air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions" (NRC, 2008, p. 13).
In the Phase 3 report, it was recognized that the Partnership had made substantial progress on the development and application of these systems analysis tools, that "well-to-wheels" (or "source-to-wheels") analysis was now routinely used across the Partnership, and that modeling and simulation tools were widely used within the technical teams (NRC, 2010, p. 34). In the current review, the committee found continued widespread use of systems analysis tools, including the migration to using the Autonomie model developed under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and General Motors (GM), with architecture based on the Systems Analysis Toolkit (PSAT) model described in the Phase 3 report. Overall, the development and deployment of systems analysis tools and models at the vehicle and fuel pathway level continue to be impressive and fully responsive to the committee's specific prior recommendations. However, the VSATT and FPITT systems analysis teams operate in a reactive support role to the individual technical teams: indeed, in the transition from the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership


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Hi Moms, With all of us getting close to having our LOs. How is the nursery going?
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Volume 11, Number 3 (June) • APATITE: A MINERAL FOR ALL SEASONS
At the intersection of the biological, geological, and materials science realms, the topic of apatite is highly diverse and interdisciplinary. Apatite-group minerals are the dominant phosphates in the geosphere and biosphere. They are found in virtually all rock types as the principal sink for phosphorus and fluorine, and in many cases yttrium and the rare-earth elements. They form the major mineral component in vertebrate bones and are the base of the global phosphorus cycle. The isotope chemistry of U, Th, and Pb in apatite has led to their broad application in geochronology. Last, the physical and chemical properties of apatite-group minerals make them ideal for many technological applications, including phosphors, lasers, prosthetics, ceramics, metal sequestration agents, and potential solid nuclear waste forms. This issue of Elements presents cutting-edge research on apatite with regard to (1) geochemical investigations on crustal and mantle processes on Earth, (2) biological processes, (3) practical applications in industry, and (4) geochemical processes in extraterrestrial environments.
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Reports on research providing evidence that teaching aggressive youngsters social coping skills reduces their chances of becoming substance abusers.
Highlights trends from a 2008 survey of teenage substance abuse, cigarette smoking and alcohol use and discusses the implications of these changing data.
Highlights NIDA's second annual Chat Day where NIDA scientists and staff responded to drug abuse and addiction questions from teachers and students.
Describes research revealing that for up to 6 weeks after smokers quit, their brain cells have more nicotine-binding receptors than nonsmokers, which may explain the struggle to quit.
Describes research showing that cocaine abusers appear to have a rapid neural response to reward cues outside of their awareness, possibly signifying vulnerability to relapse.
Reports on an animal study suggesting that the manic stage of bipolar disorder promotes signs of drug abuse vulnerability by enhancing sensitivity to rewards, both natural and drug-related.
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Grim search for dead after Nigerian plane crash
LAGOS, Nigeria Emergency crews wearing masks to protect them from the acrid smoke and the stench of the dead searched for bodies in a smoldering, shattered neighborhood near the Lagos airport Monday after the crash of an airliner killed all 153 people on board and an unknown number on the ground.
Apartment buildings, small businesses and roadside shops were smashed to bricks and rubble Sunday when the Dana Air MD-83 plowed into the area about five miles (nine kilometers) short of Lagos' Murtala Muhammed International Airport.
Pilots on the flight from Nigeria's capital Abuja to its largest city of Lagos radioed the tower that they had engine trouble shortly before the crash, but the exact cause remained unclear. The weather was clear at the time.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan wept as he visited the Iju-Ishaga neighborhood, where emergency workers wore masks. A backhoe clawed at the debris looking for the dead.
Jonathan pledged to make air travel safer, but the crash called into question the government's ability to protect its citizens and enforce regulations in a nation with a history of aviation disasters.
By nightfall, searchers with police dogs recovered 137 bodies, including those of a mother cradling an infant, according to Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency. Rescuers acknowledged they still didn't know how many people died in the wrecked apartments and smaller tin-roofed buildings along the narrow streets of Iju-Ishaga.
"The fear is that since it happened in a residential area, there may have been many people killed," said Yushau Shuaib, a federal emergency management spokesman.
Lagos state, home to 17.5 million people, has grown rapidly in recent years and soon will be home to the most populous city in all of Africa. Massive migration and urban sprawl have brought residential neighborhoods to the boundaries of the airport.
Some U.S. citizens were aboard the flight, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said, but he could not provide a firm number. Others killed in the crash included at least four Chinese citizens, two Lebanese nationals and one French citizen, officials said.
Boeing said in a statement on its website that the company is ready to provide technical assistance to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority through the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. Dana Air said an investigation was under way with U.S. officials assisting the Nigerian government.
On April 19, 2010, the same plane made an emergency landing in Lagos because of a loss of engine power after a bird strike following takeoff, according to the Aviation Safety Network.
The plane was exported to Nigeria in early 2009. It was first delivered in 1990 with the U.S. registration number N944AS to Alaska Airlines and had two minor incidents while in the Seattle-based airline's service, according to databases of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Aviation Safety Network. On Nov. 2, 2002, the plane made an emergency diversion because of smoke and an electrical smell in the cabin. On Aug. 20, 2006, the plane was evacuated after landing at Long Beach, California, because of smoke in the cabin.


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With a history of encouraging workers to emigrate to relieve unemployment at home, Tunisia now has 11 percent of its population living abroad. The factors underlying the 2011 revolution that sparked the Arab Spring have also fueled emigration desires for many Tunisians. This country profile explores historical and current trends in Tunisia from colonial settlement to the aftermath of the Arab Spring, and the new focus on migrant rights at home and abroad.
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Mexico has lost its long-held status as the top source country of new immigrants to the United States, dropping to third place behind China and India. This historic shift is remarkable for the rapid decline in Mexican inflows combined with a steady rise in Asian immigration, largely through high-skilled visa programs. This Policy Beat explores the reasons behind these trends and their potential impact on U.S. demographics.
Though relatively unexplored, there are myriad links between migration and corruption. This article offers ten connections between migration and corruption, from the facilitation of illegal migration and humanitarian protection to impediments to development benefits. The migration-corruption nexus is examined in three case studies: human trafficking in Nigeria, police extortion in Latin America, and a Norwegian return scheme for Iraqi asylum seekers.
Indian immigrants represent the second-largest origin group in the United States, accounting for 4.7 percent of the total foreign-born population. Generally high-skilled and highly educated, more than half of Indian immigrants have arrived since 2000 and largely attain green cards through employment-based pathways. Indians account for 70 percent of H-1B petitions and are the second-largest group of international students in the United States.
The end of the Vietnam war, marked by the fall of Saigon in 1975, precipitated the mass Indochinese refugee crisis, which saw more than 2 million people flee the region, often on unseaworthy boats. Following the war, Vietnamese migration was divided between humanitarian flows to the West, and labor migrants to allied communist countries. More recently, Vietnam's rapid economic growth has prompted increased labor migration to Asia and a rise in migrant brides.
The H-2B visa allows U.S. employers to bring in foreign workers to temporarily fill low-skill nonagricultural jobs across a wide range of states and industries. A series of recent legal challenges has exposed the presence of fraud and abuse, while stripping the program of its regulations and raising uncertainty about its future. This Policy Beat examines the implications in the debate surrounding temporary worker programs.
Use this data tool—referred to as "one addictive interactive map"—to examine immigrant populations by country of origin and destination. Find out how many Americans live in Mexico, how many Ukrainians in Russia, or Filipinos in Saudi Arabia, for example.
Whether as migrant-sending or migrant-receiving locations—or both—many countries have rich, complex international and internal migration histories. MPI's online journal, the Migration Information Source, offers profiles of more than 70 nations. Written by leading scholars, these profiles delve into countries' migration histories, demographics, policymaking, and more.
The 1.0 million Korean immigrants residing in the United States in 2007 accounted for 2.7 percent of all U.S. immigrants. MPI's Aaron Terrazas examines their socioeconomic characteristics, where they live, and the size of the Korean-born unauthorized population.
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Without question, the seismic changes in the global economy will affect migration patterns, but evidence of those changes does not yet exist. Extreme caution is necessary in analyzing current statistics. For instance, Mexico's national statistical institute INEGI reported in November that emigration rates dropped from 14.6 per 1,000 in May 2006 to 8.4 per 1,000 in May 2008. We cannot know the exact role that the U.S. recession may have played in this decrease.
Gloomy economic forecasts do not seem to have slowed the hunt for highly skilled migrants or foreign students — the best near-term solution to fill shortages and enhance competitiveness.
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Multiple wives is ok in Utah...why would anyone want more than one wife. One is plenty. Can you just imagine answering to more than one. Can I go hunting? NO NO. Can I get that puppy? NO NO Can I buy that new shotgun? NO NO Some of these mormons have many more than two so it would sound more like NO NO NO NO NO.....
He's not a polygamist he doesnt think multiple wives are ok . Obama was against gay marriage until binden opened his big mouth and the pres had to come out and say its ok by him.
awe crap I am 9 kinds of confused.... i thought golddogs was saying Romney is okay with same sex marriage and polygamy.
Obamas the one that was against gay marriage than flip flopped.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Robert Gates, a former defense secretary and spymaster, is backing lawmakers' proposal to form a special court to review President Barack Obama's deadly drone strikes against Americans linked to al-Qaida.
Gates, who led the Pentagon for Presidents George W. Bush and Obama and previously served as the Central Intelligence Agency's director, said Obama's use of the unmanned drones follows tight rules. But he shares lawmakers' wariness over using the unmanned aircraft to target al-Qaida operatives and allies.
"I think that the rules and the practices that the Obama administration has followed are quite stringent and are not being abused. But who is to say about a future president?" Gates said in an interview broadcast Sunday.
The use of remote-controlled drones -- Obama's weapon of choice to strike al-Qaida with lethal missiles in places such as Pakistan and Yemen -- earned headlines last week as lawmakers contemplated just how much leeway an American president should have in going after the nation's enemies, including its own citizens.
"We are in a different kind of war. We're not sending troops. We're not sending manned bombers. We're dealing with the enemy where we find them to keep America safe. We have to strike a new constitutional balance with the challenges we face today," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
"The policy is really unfolding. Most of this has not been disclosed," the second-ranking Senate Democrat added.
The nomination of John Brennan, Obama's counterterrorism adviser who oversaw many of the drone strikes from his office in the West Wing basement, kick-started the discussion.
During Thursday's hearing, Brennan defended drone strikes only as a "last resort," but he said he had no qualms about going after Anwar al-Awlaki in September 2011. A drone strike in Yemen killed al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, both U.S. citizens. A drone strike two weeks later killed al-Awlaki's 16-year-old son, a Denver native.
Those strikes came after U.S. intelligence concluded that the elder al-Awlaki was senior operational leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula plotting attacks on the U.S., including the failed Christmas Day bombing of an airplane as it landed in Detroit in 2009.
"I think it's very unseemly that a politician gets to decide the death of an American citizen," said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. "They should answer about the 16-year-old boy, al-Awlaki's son who was killed not as collateral damage, but in a separate strike."
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"It just makes me uncomfortable that the president -- whoever it is -- is the prosecutor, the judge, the jury and the executioner, all rolled into one," said Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine.
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"But what we need to do is take the whole program out of the hand of the Central Intelligence Agency and put it into the Department of Defense, where you have adequate oversight," McCain said. "Since when is the intelligence agency supposed to be an air force of drones that goes around killing people? I believe that it's a job for the Department of Defense."
Gates, Paul and King spoke with CNN's "State of the Union." Durbin appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press." Rogers was interviewed on CBS' "Face the Nation." McCain was on "Fox News Sunday."
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