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Ok anyone in BC, on the island grown this and if so what do you do to in order to have a sucessful crop?
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I'm not from BC, but I have seen it grown here in Sk. I take it you mean gai lan? It is related to cabbage and will attract the same cabbage worms, so you'll need to watch for that and dust accordingly. It also likes cooler weather, because hot weather will cause it to bolt (go to seed) that much quicker. You can harvest the top portion of the plant (along with some of the stem) and leave the rest of the plant to produce offshoots. The gai lan that is sold in grocery stores have immature flowers...plants with mature flowers are bitter. Also, they come true to seed, so let one or two plants develop seed heads and you won't need to buy it new year. Also, don't let it get too dry, since that will cause bitterness. Hope that helps, I'm not sure what kind of growing conditions you are faced with in BC.
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posted at 1/11/2012 5:21 PM ESTI've moved over to these boards...exciting but nerve-wracking. I apologize in advance for redundant, perhaps sometimes foolish, questions :-)
What advice can anyone give about preparing for TTC? I'm getting ready to get off BC (I was advised to give it 6 months since I've been on it for 14 years and I was irregular a few years before I started so my doc assumes it'll take awhile for me to get a regular cycle going) but besides Folic Acid, what did, if anything, everyone do? I'd like to hear it all, from the rational to the crazy.
Also, any other women out there work with ionizing radiation? I'm in a position where I can't avoid it without quitting my job, and I'm the primmary operator so I'm exposed directly to scatter radiation, so I'm wondering if anyone is/was in the same situation and what did you do besides doubling up on lead?
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posted at 1/11/2012 6:38 PM ESTkinga9--I don't think there is much to do to prepare to TTC beyond what you already mentioned. If you want, you could try charting (taking your temperature in the AM and/or using OPKs) to get a sense of when you ovulate, so that you are familiar with your own patterns and fertile window before you start TTC. But I don't think anyone would suggest that this was a requirement. I am just now beginning to chart (as of today), but have been TTC (and previously was pg) w/o it. If your cycles are irregular though, it might be even more valuable for you.General health/wellness can be helpful, so if you have any diet or exercise goals, this might be a good time to put them into action. Financial planning or saving might also be helpful, as you think about how your budget would need to adapt to the potential new expenses.If you take any medications regularly (over the counter or prescription) it would be a good time to ask your doctor if they are safe while TTC. I don't think you need to change most regimes in advance--unless they require a taper or something--but you might want to figure out how you can manage your life without them. (I can no longer use the same topical acne treatments or OTC painkillers per my doctor's recommendation, at least during the times when I do not know if I am pregnant.)
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posted at 1/11/2012 8:04 PM ESTThanks Siena. Btw, one of favorite spots in Italy. I'm currently taking onmemprazole which I'll have to stop once we are actively trying. There are no good alternatives (if anyone has one, please share) that I can find, and my reflux is significant to begin with. I've tried aloe juice, but I couldn't stomach the taste. I have a great exercise regime (I run 2-3 marathons a year) but I was recently diagnosed with lactose intolerance so I'm currently figuring out a transition in diet. I'm seeing a nutritionist next week. My GI doc is concerned with adequate nutrition to support my marathons...and impending pregnancies. I like the idea of taking my temp especially since I'll be all over the charts when I first get off BC.
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posted at 1/11/2012 8:29 PM ESTI can't help you on the radiation issue, but as far as TTC goes, I was on the pill for about 10 years. I stopped taking it, and got PG my second cycle. As in, I had 1 period after stopping it, and the following month got my BFP. I have PCOS so I was irregular before also, and was prepared for it to take many months and possibly need fertility meds...I feel so lucky that it took us 2 months! I guess the moral there is to be ready for anything, at any time.
I'd definitely start taking prenatal vitamins. If you really want to be on top of things, you can use OPKs too. I used these also- both for the PCOS reason and having just stopped taking the pill. If medical intervention was needed, I wanted to be totally prepared and knowledgeable of what my body was doing/not doing.
Good luck!
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posted at 1/11/2012 9:01 PM ESTI don't have reflux, so I can't help with that, but I am lactose intolerant. I have been lactose intolerant for a long time though, so I no longer find it very difficult. I'm a huge fan of soy milk, and it is quite nutritionally rich and higher in protein that pretty much any other nondairy milk. I'm buying the Earth Balance brand these days. I would suggest shopping around and trying a few different products before coming to a conclusion about it, because the flavor and texture can vary a lot from brand to brand. I also like soy yogurt a lot (Silk or Wildwood or Whole Soy brands).I know cheese doesn't bother all people who are lactose intolerant, but it does bother me. I don't cook with cheese very often, but when I want to sprinkle something on a lasagna or enchiladas or whatever, my favorite is the Daiya brand "cheese" shreds. It is not very nutritious, so it is more for flavor than anything else, and I don't tend to use it as the main ingredient anywhere....good luck with your transition! I think most of the emphasis on dairy as a nutritional miracle is due to heavy lobbying by the dairy industry and not due to any actual irreplaceable health role, so with a little effort I hope you find you can adapt your diet around this without too much trouble. Pretty much all commercial soy milks are supplemented to provide at least as much calcium as milk.As for tracking temperatures, I've seen the website fertilityfriend.com recommended, so I'm going to try that. Maybe it will be helpful for you too. It basically lets you enter your temperature (and other fertility) data and it makes charts and estimates when you ovulate--at least as I understand it so far.
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posted at 1/12/2012 7:00 AM ESTStart taking folic acid now.
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posted at 1/12/2012 7:25 AM ESTCheck with your doctor about the reflux. I took Prilosec during my first pregnancy with no problems.
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posted at 1/12/2012 8:41 AM ESTGood luck, kinga! I'm sorry but I don't really have much advice that was not already mentioned. I agree with others on the folic acid and temping/opk's. Also, have you checked with your doctor about the radiation? I know on all the pre-ttc checklists I've seen, one item is to make sure your home and workplace are safe from chemicals, etc.
I was also irregular before BC and it took me a while to get my cycles regulated and to start ovulating but once that happened, I didn't have a problem getting pg. Other people get pg right after coming off BC too, so just be prepared for that as well.
In any case, best of luck and I hope you get a bfp soon!
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posted at 1/12/2012 8:44 AM ESTMy DH is severly lactose intolerant. We use Lactaid milk with no problem. He can also eat "hard cheese" like swiss, parmiggiano, gruyere, cheddar. No soft or "fresh" cheese like fresh mozzarella or ricotta.
Take your pre-natal vitamins and buy a few cute nighties!
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posted at 1/12/2012 8:54 AM ESTSummer, that's great that you got pregnant so quickly, especially with PCOS...I have a few co-workers who haven't had the same luck and their emotional pain is so heart-breaking. Any particular brand of prenatals that you like in particular?
Siena, I'll have to try that cheese. I switched over to Soy years ago (I've had a suspicion I was intolerant but refused to give up my cheese) and I recently started on Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze which is so delicious. The brand makes a great almond milk ice cream nugget dessert too. After having the Hydrogen breath test, it's confirmed so I have to cut everything out. I'll check out the fertility tracking website, too. Thank you!
Rama, I'll have to ask once we get closer. I've been trying to find a suitable replacement, as I don't think long-term use of PPI's has been studied adequately, but for now the benefits outweigh the risks for me.
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posted at 1/12/2012 9:22 AM ESTHi kinga- Welcome! I was on BC for 16 years and have been TTC for the last 5 months. I found that the Taking Charge of your Fertility book was really awesome to understand how everything works. She is great at explaining all the 'signs' of 'O'ing. Honestly, I never really needed to know, so I didn't!
I also use the corresponding website tcoyf.com to chart everything. I started using the cheapie OPK strips the last 2 months and they have been helpful as I think I've been 'O'ing a couple days earlier than I thought.
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posted at 1/12/2012 9:34 AM ESTThanks cici! I'm trying to do as many ultrasound guided procedures as I can to decrease the radiation, but unfortnuately I can't avoid it altogether. I'm not in a position where I can read films all day like the other females in my department who are pregnant/trying, so I plan to double up on lead (20+lbs!) and reduce my doses as much as possible. I've been reading about others' experiences with coming off of Nuvaring and most haven't had a problem getting their regular cycles back so here's hoping!
Misslilly, good to know! There's so much conflicting info about cheeses so good to hear that hard ones are ok. Mozzarella is a hard one to give up, I love pizza. Love the nightie advice...I was gifted with quite a few for our wedding/honeymoon!
Misswolff, I'll check all those out, thank you!
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posted at 1/12/2012 9:46 AM ESTGood luck, Kinga. Ditto to what others said, especially the prenatals. I've heard some studies that women who take prenatals for 3 most before getting pg have decreased risk of a child with autism, as well as some other benefits. I have NO idea if that's conclusive, but it was enough to make me start early.
Can't help you on your job, unfortunately, but definitely ask your doc.
FWIW, I know everyone's different, but next time I am not going to take what I now think an overcautious approach to TTC from the beginning. I basically treated every 2 week wait after ovulation as if I were pregnant -- no forbidden foods, being careful with exercise, not a drop of alcohol. I think I drove myself more crazy than I needed to, because I was aware of every second during the 2ww. Lucky for me, I only took 4 months. Of course if it takes longer or you have trouble, there are reasons to be more deliberate, but it would have been a much more pleasant process for me if I'd started a bit more chilled out.
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posted at 1/12/2012 10:38 AM ESTKinga - Look in to life insurance and get on a plan. Your life insurance is less expensive before you get pregnant, and before you give birth than afterwards.
It sounds like whatever your job is, you should have someone on staff who can give you very specific, very confidential information about your environment and precautions you need to take. My SIL works in the lab at Merck (developing the HPV vaccine!) and had her space evaluated pre-TTC and she's now on her third pregnancy at that lab.
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posted at 1/12/2012 10:49 AM ESTIn Response to Re: Pre-TTC advice & questions:Kinga - Look in to life insurance and get on a plan. Your life insurance is less expensive before you get pregnant, and before you give birth than afterwards.Posted by ml2620-2
This, for you and your DH.
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posted at 1/12/2012 10:56 AM ESTI think what everyone else has said -- pre-natals, good diet, good exercise, evaluate home/work for anything out-of-band risky -- is great advice. That's basic, solid good health for any woman of child-bearing years. And a big "Yeah, do that" on the life insurance. Trust me, it's easier to have these conversations now then when you're pregnant and emotional.
I would echo Arcain, though, in not treating yourself like you're PG during every 2WW, and I'd go so far as to suggest lots of date nights with DH, take a trip that would be tough to take with a baby, and focus on the fun parts of TTC (BDing!) rather than the clinical. Not saying it's not important, but these next few months are probably/hopefully the last that you and DH will just be you & DH for ... well, forever. So enjoy that time!
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posted at 1/12/2012 11:20 AM ESTWelcome Kinga!I was on Nuvaring too. I didn't have any problems getting a regular schedule back once I stopped using it. My cycles fluctuated by a few days here and there at first, but nothing too crazy. I did have EVERY PMS symptom in the first few months. I didn't realize that could happen. Things got back to normal after the first two or three months though.I take the CVS brand of prenatals with the DHA supplement. I like that brand because the DHA is plant-based and I'm a little nervous about fish oil. It's also a lot cheaper and every so often CVS will run a BOGO sale on vitamins. I take mine after lunch and I very rarely get an upset stomach with them. (Prenatals are also FSA elligible if you have that type of plan.)Otherwise, have fun! I really worried about getting my body ready as well. We just started actively trying, so we'll see how it goes. Good luck!
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posted at 1/12/2012 11:40 AM ESTHave lots of date nights with your DH, schedule a romantic getaway... enjoy girls nights out and girls weekends...
It won't be impossible to do these things once you have kids, but it will be harder and more expensive if you need to pay for babysitters!!
And good luck :)
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posted at 1/12/2012 12:11 PM ESTDitto what Arcain and GC said - The first 2 months of TTC, I cut back on caffeine, but then decided it was silly to do it before it was necessary. (That being said, I didn't drink a ridiculous amount of caffeine to begin with - just a medium coffee every morning, which I cut to a small once I was pregnant.)
Personally, I would advise taking it easy for the first few months. Do some reading to learn about when you're likely to ovulate and make sure to try around that time. I waited until the 3rd month to buy ovulation strips and TCOYF... and was pregnant before I could read more than a few pages :o)
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posted at 1/12/2012 1:32 PM ESTHi Kinga - I was on the pill 10+ years when I stopped. It took me 6 months to get pregnant with DD. It was all DH and I thought of, it was like our job, making sure we BD when we were supposed to. It was weighing us down and making it no fun, especially since we were newlyweds. The month I got pregnant with #1, it was begining of summer, we were really busy and did not think about it and it happened. When we were ready for #2 I got off the pill to get ready and got pregnant, right away, first month off, never had a period. We were not trying and it happened. A fun night, just the two of us, after a halloween party and our DD was sleeping out for the night!
I would just say, try and have fun and enjoy this time with DH before you start getting so crazy into trying to get pregnant. Of course, if it does not happen, you should look more into it but I would say just go with it in the beginning and enjoy your time.
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posted at 1/12/2012 2:52 PM ESTHi Kinga - I'm totally with quadgirl and others who've said not to stress too much, or focus on it too much right out of the gate. If you're not in a big rush (and given that your doc told you to allow 6 months for your cycle to regulate before "really trying," it sounds like you're not), I personally wouldn't start temping and using OPKs for awhile. Especially if you're expecting your cycles to be irregular for awhile after getting off the pill...it might drive you a little nuts. I found temping to be stressful, personally...by design, it has to be the first thing you think of every morning, which for me, didn't always mean a great start to the day.
I should say that I was TTC for a year before getting pg, and have ovulation issues (I ovulate rarely or never), which was the reason for my irregular periods and problems getting pg. I'm sure you won't have the same issues, but do know that just in case you don't get your period for 60 days after stopping the pill (I think...it's getting fuzzy now), you can go to your doctor and get medication that will bring on a period. I think that can help to jump-start things for some women.
Aside from all that, I'd echo the others about enjoying being a couple, traveling, all that fun stuff. DH and I crammed in a couple of international trips over the past year, knowing full-well that such things would be exponentially more complicated once we had a baby. Despite the $$ spent (a lot!), I think we'll always look back and feel grateful that we were able to do things like that before baby.
Good luck to you! The ladies here are an amazing wealth of support and knowledge. Looking forward to hearing about your TTC journey!
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posted at 1/12/2012 3:21 PM ESTWelcome Kinga! I can't add a thing to all the wonderful advice you've already gotten except to remind you that sex is still for you and DH, not just to make a baby. Totally switching gears from love making to baby making is a mistake. It's easy to get caught up in the timing and mechanics of getting pregnant and suddenly forget all about the closeness and physical connection that regular sex brings your marriage.The fact is, actually, that if you have sex 3 - 4 times a week all the time, you're covered to possibly conceive every month because eggs live 12 - 24 hours and sperm up to 5 days. So, it doesn't have to be too complicated. ;)
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posted at 1/12/2012 5:06 PM ESTAll of this information is wonderful, thank you all so much. I feel extremely comfortable, despite being a virtual stranger, and that makes all of this so much easier.
Good to note about the life insurance...I wasn't aware of the rates going up after you got pregnant. Everyone just says to wait until after you have kids to get additional coverage other than what you're employer provides.
We mapped out some trips coming up over the next few months so we have lots to look forward to. I couldn't agree more with what everyone is saying about not stressing too much about TTC. I'm an "enjoy the journey" type of person, so I'm trying to set the stage for DH to make this a wonderful, not stressful, time in our lives. In the same token, I hope to be as prepared as possible for the journey when that time arrives.
Kar, great advice. I've seen friends of mine during this time of their lives and you can just feel the tension between them. Yes, having children is important to us, but I don't want to lose "us" in the process.
Thanks again everyone!
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posted at 1/12/2012 5:51 PM ESTYes, because if you lose "us" in the process (which could take years) and God forbid you never do get pregnant, what will you have when you stop trying to have a baby? And, if you do have a child it will be harder than ever to connect with DH after he or she is born so a good "base" of emotional and physical connection will carry you through a dryer spell. I was far too high strung about it with DH that first year, and, like your friends found, it was very stressful for both of us and didn't do our marriage (or TTC endeavors) any favors.Good luck! Glad to see you here - have enjoyed getting to know you in Pets.
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posted at 1/12/2012 9:10 PM ESTI'd also add that you could start educating your DH on the process too (I mean, what he cares to know!). My DH knows *nothing* about this topic--window of getting pg, why you would temp, that there are certain foods to avoid during pregnancy, etc--and I found talking about these things helps us connect and think about how our lives will change afterward. Good luck with everything!


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UK Software Chart: Thief sneaks into No. 1, Castlevania disappoints during week of March 1stWritten by: / / 10 Comments
Last week was full of new releases to challenge the old guard on Chart Track's UK Software Sales listing, and one of the new games even managed to steal the top spot on the chart as Thief sneaks to No. 1 this week.
Chart Track says that Thief was able to achieve the second highest sales numbers for a game at this position, behind FIFA 14, with 75% of the game's sales seen on Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
The LEGO Movie Videogame (sales down 33%) meanwhile drops one place to No. 2, FIFA 14 (sales down 15%) is down a single position to No. 3, debut title Plants VS Zombies: Garden Warfare appears at No. 4, and Call of Duty: Ghosts (sales down 36%) slips two places to No. 5.
Battlefield 4 (sales down 17%) is also down two slots, but to No. 6, while both LEGO Marvel Super Heroes and Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition are both down two places to No. 7 and No. 8 respectively, followed by Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag at No. 9, down from No. 8. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 debuts at No. 10, while Tales of Symphonia: Chronicles appears at No. 13 during its first week on sale.
The Top Twenty All Format UK Software Sales Chart follows below:
- 1.) Thief (Square Enix) [New]
- 2.) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)
- 4.) Plants VS Zombies: Garden Warfare (EA) [New]
- 5.) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
- 6.) Battlefield 4 (EA)
- 7.) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros. Interactive)
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You can use Windows to burn a data disc, which is useful for storing, archiving, and sharing files among different computers. If you want to make a disc that will play in a music or video player, you should burn the disc using a music or video program.
Insert a writeable CD or DVD into your computer's CD or DVD recorder.
In the dialog box that appears, click Burn files to data disc.
In the Burn a Disc dialog box, type a name for this disc, and then click Next.
It might take several minutes for the disc to be formatted in the default Live File System format. When the formatting is complete, an empty disc folder opens.
Open the folder that contains the files you want to burn, and then drag the files into the empty disc folder.
As you drag files into the disc folder, they are copied automatically to the disc.
Choose the Mastered format when you need a highly compatible disc that will play in computers with an older version of Windows or in media devices such as CD and DVD players that can read digital music and video files. For more information about choosing a disc format, see Which CD or DVD format should I use?
Insert a writeable CD or DVD into your computer's CD or DVD recorder.
In the Burn a Disc dialog box, type a name for this disc, and then click Show formatting options.
Click Mastered, and then click Next.
An empty disc folder opens.
On the toolbar, click Burn to disc.
The selected files are copied to the disc. When the disc burning is complete, the disc burner tray will open and you can remove the disc. You can now use the disc in another computer or media device. This type of disc does not need to be closed.
To burn a Mastered disc, you need free space on your hard disk equal to the capacity of the disc. For a typical CD, this is about 650 megabytes (MB).
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A waning gibbous moon sails over the eastern horizon in the hours between sunset and midnight.
The moon is past full now. Once again, it appears less than full but more than half lighted.
What can I say about a waning gibbous moon? Only that it can surprise you if you happen to be out late in the evening. It rises eerily some hours after sunset, glowing red like a full moon when it's near the horizon. Sometimes it looks like a misshapen clone of a full moon.
Because it comes up late at night, the waning gibbous moon prompts people to start asking, "Where is the moon? I looked for it last night and couldn't find it."
The waning gibbous moon also initiates a rash of questions about seeing the moon during the day. If it rises late at night, you know the waning gibbous moon must set after sunrise.
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During the past couple of years there has been rising concern among health professionals about MRSA, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and the increase in cases among high school athletes across the country.
MRSA is a staph infection that does not respond to traditional antibiotics, such as penicillin. That makes MRSA more dangerous than your normal staph infection, more difficult to treat, and has given it the status of being a superbug.
School outbreaks of MRSA have caused everything from district-wide school closures to severe illness, hospitalizations and even death among high school students. It is spread from person to person through direct skin contact or contact with shared items or surfaces that have touched a person's infection.
This puts athletes of contact sports, particularly wrestling and football, at an increased risk of transmission. It also means that locker rooms, where personal items are sometimes shared among athletes and the moist, humid environment is ideal for bacteria, are a prime breading place for staph infections to spread.
Inadequate hygiene has been named as the culprit in previous outbreaks among team members. This can be everything from not showering after every game or practice, not removing sweat-soaked clothing after practices, not washing gym bags, not washing hands, sharing towels or other personal items and equipment, not cleaning equipment between uses, etc.
The spread of MRSA can be prevented, it just takes a little effort on the part of the athletes and coaches.
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—Keep your hands clean by washing frequently with soap and water or using an alcohol-based hand rub.
—Shower immediately after exercise. Do not share bar soap and towels.
—Wash your uniform and clothing after each use. Follow the clothing label's instructions for washing and drying. Drying clothes completely in a dryer is preferred. Take care of your skin.
—Wear protective clothing or gear designed to prevent skin abrasions or cuts.
—Cover skin abrasions and cuts with clean dry bandages or other dressings recommended by your team's healthcare provider (e.g., athletic trainer, team doctor) until healed.
Do not share items that come into contact with your skin
—Avoid sharing personal items such as towels and razors that contact your bare skin.
—Do not share ointments that are applied by placing your hands into an open-container.
—Use a barrier (such as clothing or a towel) between your skin and shared equipment like weight-training, sauna and steam-room benches.
Most MRSA infections are minor skin infections that first appear as a sore or boil that may look red, swollen, painful, or have pus or other drainage. It might start at the site of a break in the skin such as a cut or abrasion, and areas of the body covered by hair. Almost all MRSA skin infections can be treated by a family physician by draining the pus and with or without the use of antibiotics.
The threat of transmission becomes a serious concern when these skin infections are ignored or overlooked by athletes or coaches. If you think you or someone on your team or in your school has a skin infection, speak up. One player that has to sit the bench for a game or two is much better than a team that is sidelined with serious illness.


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WASHINGTON (ELFIN'S END ZONE) -- Coach Flip Saunders got fired today by the Wizards, but he's still one of the more fortunate people in Washington sports. Not only does Saunders get paid through the end of next season, but he has been extricated from the misery that is the 2-15 Wizards.
Washington, which was a miserable 23-59 last season as it began to rebuild around No. 1 overall draft pick John Wall, is threatening to break the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers' record for the lowest winning percentage in NBA history.
And now the 56-year-old Saunders, a nice man and a proven coach, no longer has to be part of this mess. He guided the Timberwolves to the playoffs in seven of his eight full seasons in Minnesota before leading the Detroit Pistons to the Eastern Conference finals three years running.
Saunders arrived in Washington in 2009, inheriting a team still built around All-Star veterans Gilbert Arenas, Antwan Jamison and Caron Butler but which had crashed and burned the year before after making the playoffs the three previous seasons.
During Saunders' first season, Arenas and fellow guard Jarvis Crittenton drew guns on each other in the locker room on Christmas Eve. If the season wasn't over already, it was after that low point. The Wizards, then 10-17, went 16-39 the rest of the way. Jamison and Butler were soon dealt away in salary-friendly moves. Arenas followed them out the door during last season.
So now after enduring the lockout which shaved 16 games off the schedule and pushed the season's start back by two months, the Wizards are all finally officially on notice that everyone's job is in jeopardy from general manager Ernie Grunfeld on down to the equipment staff. Well, maybe not the latter. Only Redskins owner Dan Snyder would stretch his axe quite so far down the totem pole.
And that's as it should be. Guard Nick "Pass Me The Ball" Young and forward Andray "Lapdance Tuesday" Blatche are the only holdovers from the 2008 playoff team, but they and center JaVale "Watch This Dunk" McGee have done enough to add to the knucklehead culture of losing that has enveloped this franchise so that they need to be sent packing for whatever they might bring in return.
Grunfeld made more than his share of smart moves during his GM tenures with the New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks and the Wizards, for whom he began working in June 2003, but three straight ugly seasons have poisoned his legacy.
Second-year owner Ted Leonsis needs to assert control of the Wizards as he did when his Capitals went south in 2003-04 as stars Jaromir Jagr, Peter Bondra, Sergei Gonchar and Robert Lang were all traded. While this season is already lost, the sooner Leonsis cleans house the better.
Saunders' head should only be the first to roll. Grunfeld's should follow. Then the new GM and coach, who ever they might be, need to find a bunch of unselfish players who'll constantly hustle like second-year forward Trevor Booker, but with more ability.
That's easier said than done, but as the cliché goes, the first step in fixing a problem is recognizing that it exists. Saunders' dismissal has started the process.
WUSA-9's Sports Insider, David Elfin, has covered sports since he was a junior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in 1975. He is the Washington representative on the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee and is the author of five books on the Redskins including the new "Washington Redskins: The Complete Illustrated History."


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Congress, struggling to avert a government shutdown next week, was warned by the Obama administration on Wednesday that the Treasury was quickly running out of funds to pay government bills and could soon face a damaging debt default.
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew pleaded with Congress to raise the $16.7 trillion debt limit and said the government would not be able to borrow funds past October 17.
After that date, only $30 billion would be left in the Treasury's checking account, putting the country on course to miss crucial debt payments, Lew said.
Amid Treasury's dire default warning, lawmakers grappled with another potential crisis: federal agency shutdowns that could begin with the new fiscal year next Tuesday unless Congress comes up with emergency funds.
The money would be used to pay U.S. troops, operate border patrols, provide free school lunches for poor children and thousands of other activities.
The Democratic-led Senate is on track to vote on Saturday for legislation to avert government agency shutdowns. But the Republican-led House of Representatives was set for tough fights over the next few days.
Both the debt ceiling and government funding measures were complicated by Republican attempts to use the must-do bills to gut President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, known as "Obamacare."
At a private meeting with House Democrats on Wednesday night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reassured lawmakers they would not allow Republicans to include provisions to delay or defund Obamacare in the spending bill.
"We are not going to accept anything damaging on Obamacare," Reid told Democrats, according to an aide at the meeting.
Earlier, disheveled Republican Senator Ted Cruz finished a 21-hour, 19-minute marathon of standing and speaking on the Senate floor, arguing for defunding Obamacare as part of the government-funding bill.
Sporting a beard stubble and his blue tie sagging, the first-term Texas senator, believed to have presidential aspirations, compared the healthcare law to the villain in the "Friday the 13th" horror films.
"Obamacare is the biggest job-killer in this country and when Jason put on his hockey mask and swung that machete, boy there was carnage like nothing else," Cruz said.
Cruz later voted to advance the temporary spending bill after saying anybody who voted to cut off debate was voting for Obamacare.
The White House and Democrats in Congress say Obamacare will provide millions of Americans with health insurance that they otherwise could not afford, while potentially pushing down healthcare costs.
With his talk that began at 2:41 p.m. on Tuesday, Cruz approached the 1957 record of 24 hours, 18 minutes, held by late Senator Strom Thurmond, for the longest Senate talk marathon.
Reid called Cruz's effort "a big waste of time," saying it delayed passage of the legislation to keep the government running.
Representative Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the second-ranking House Democrat, told reporters that the chamber's Republican leaders had not yet reached out to Democrats to discuss keeping the government running and raising the debt limit.
House Democratic votes could end up being crucial to passing either bill if House Speaker John Boehner loses too many of his own Republicans.
Hoyer fretted about the possibility of a government shutdown, saying, "This is the highest risk I have seen because I see the least willingness to do what is absolutely essential in democracy and that is to work together."
Republican leaders in the House notified members that a vote on raising the debt limit could come as early as Friday.
One Republican congressional aide said the first debt limit bill from conservatives would go nowhere. But the aide said moderate Republicans were hoping for a debt limit deal that would get rid of the automatic budget cuts and use the savings for retirement and health insurance entitlement programs for the elderly.
House Republicans are due to huddle early on Thursday to try to plan their next moves on the spending and debt limit bills.
It is unclear what the House would do with the Senate's product. "We'll deal with whatever the Senate passes when they pass it. There's no point in speculating before that," said Michael Steel, a spokesman for Boehner.
There have been several trial balloons floated in recent days, including speculation that House Republicans could attach to the Senate bill measures to repeal a medical device tax that collects revenues for operating the healthcare law, a one-year delay in letting individuals sign up for the program and other ideas.
As House Republican leaders plotted out strategy in private, Republican and Democratic senators bickered over the "Affordable Health Care Act," as they have done for nearly five years.
A New York Times/CBS News poll released on Wednesday underscored that Americans have little tolerance for government shutdowns. Eight in 10 people, according to the survey, said it would be unacceptable for Obama or lawmakers to threaten shutdowns during budget negotiations to achieve their goals.
Elected in November 2012, Cruz, a firebrand backed by the conservative Tea Party movement, sometimes strides through the Capitol in cowboy boots. But by Wednesday morning, his feet were clad in tennis shoes that gave him added support as he stood at his lectern or paced the Senate floor for hours. In black, they matched his suit.
"Obamacare isn't working," Cruz said in between stories about his Cuban immigrant father and reciting Doctor Seuss verse.
After Cruz ended his talk marathon, he drew a rebuke from senior Republican Senator John McCain, who complained that Cruz had compared those unwilling to embrace his methods to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and others who were willing to appease Nazi Germany before World War Two.
Several Republicans have noted that with Democrats controlling the Senate and White House, there was no way they could prevail in gutting Obamacare.


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This is the type of insight Melanie Shankle offers in this quirky memoir of motherhood.
Written in the familiar, stream-of-consciousness style of her blog, Big Mama, Sparkly Green Earrings is a heartwarming and hilarious look at motherhood from someone who is still trying to figure it all out. Filled with personal storiesfrom the decision to become a mother to the heartbreak of miscarriage and ultimately, to the joy of raising a baby and living to tell about itSparkly Green Earrings will make you feel like youre sitting across the table from your best friend. A must-read for anyone whos ever had a child or even thought about it.
I love Melanie Shankle. She is a beautiful conglomeration of so
many things I appreciate, and each of them is obvious in these
pages. She's profoundly insightful, witty, relatable, wide open, and
passionate about Jesus. She likes people, and I like that in a person.
In this book, Melanie lives her life with us and invites us to live our
lives with her. Relish this ride, sister! You won't be sorry you took it.
--Beth Moore, New York Times bestselling author and Bible study teacher
What happens when you read a book that's one part Blue Like Jazz,
one part Anita Renfroe, and two parts Big Mama? You laugh too loud, nod till your neck hurts, and throw your hands up with a relieved yes! Simply put: I love Melanie Shankle, and every page of this book shimmers with her fabulous voice, honest hilarity, and the light of a Savior that makes even the wackiest, hardest days of motherhood somehow glimmer with something grand. Sparkly Green Earrings - the perfect accessory to be dazzled by grace and more than a glint of God.
--Ann Voskamp, New York Times bestselling author of the One Thousand Gifts
Melanie has the rare gift of making you embarrass yourself laughing
while considering the deeper undertones of each story. I don't
know a mama who would say that parenting is exactly what she
thought it would be all the time. It's a delicate dance we do, this
balancing of the ordinary and the holy, and often we get it wrong.
The ability to pull the humanity out and examine it in the wake
of what really matters is not an easy task, but it's one Melanie has
done exquisitely. As writers, we pray our words string together in a
way that connects our flesh to the Storyteller, and I'm so honored
to have my endorsement on a book that does that as well as this
one does. I dare you to read it without laughing, without seeing
your own life embedded in its corners. You're in for a journey with
a beautiful woman who, in my estimation, has a lot more light
catching to do around a million more turns. Her wit, humility, and
true writing ability will make you want to chase her as she goes.
--Angie Smith, Author of I Will Carry You and What Women Fear
In her memoir, Melanie uses an irresistible combination of dab the-corner-of-your-eye emotion and laugh-so-loud-you-scare-the-cat humor. Every chapter of Sparkly Green Earrings - actually, every page - is a splendid journey through sudden, side-splitting laughter and utterly relatable tears...and back to laughter again. She captures every fear, crazy notion, nervous breakdown, and
desperate moment of new motherhood so expertly and hilariously that I actually wondered if she'd tapped into my memory of having my first child. And all throughout the book, as Caroline grows and starts school (and has a very short stint in Brownies), Melanie establishes just how much her faith has guided and propelled her through this miraculous privilege known as motherhood. Her
memoir is nothing short of a delight.
--Ree Drummond, New York Times bestselling author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks
Melanies writing is insightful, hilarious, and full of encouragement for the journey. Sparkly Green Earrings is refreshment for the soul. For all the reasons thousands of people love her blog, you will be smitten with her book. Mostly because you will fall in love with Melanie through its pages, and more important, with the God she serves.
--Kelly Minter, Bible study author, writer, and speaker
Meet the Author
Melanie Shankle was in fourth grade when her teacher asked her to read a story she had written to the entire class. Even though that story now seems a little silly and simplistic, it made the students in Mrs. Rice's homeroom laugh out loud, and a little dream began in Melanie's heart - a dream to use words to make people laugh. more
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ShaiNorfolk, NEAge: 35-44Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5A Giggle on Every PageSeptember 26, 2013ShaiNorfolk, NEAge: 35-44Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Sparkly Green Earrings is a tremendous book! The writing will make you seriously laugh out loud, cry and then laugh again. Melanie Shankle has an incredible way of making the everyday life of a mom extraordinary. This is a book I'd buy for every mom-to-be, new mom, and experienced mom from this time forward. It's a joyful journey into motherhood. There were many times I had to read entire chapters to my husband because he wanted to know what was making me laugh so hard! She always brings her analogies back to the heart of God and makes each story applicable to every women longing to live for Jesus. I absolutely loved it!
Jessica BatesAge: 25-34Gender: female4 Stars Out Of 5Fun easy read for Moms in the midst of chaosAugust 30, 2013Jessica BatesAge: 25-34Gender: femaleQuality: 4Value: 4Meets Expectations: 4Sparkly Green Earrings is a wonderful memoir by Melanie Shankle, author of the Big Mama blog and a regular contributor to ThePioneerWoman.com. She is fun and witty as she recounts her experiences with getting pregnant and having her first child. She talks about the infant years, preschool, expectations of other parents, and how becoming a mom changed her. She has a wonderful sense of humor and is candid and honest about her journey as a mom.
Chapter titles include "I Wanted My Epidural in the First Trimester", "That Time I Didn't Sleep for Four Years" and "Potty Training:Bringing People to Their Knees Since Forever". She recalls incidents where she went crazy and to great expense creating a shoebox float for a yearly celebration for her daughter's preschool and it ended up being paled in comparison to other parents crazy creations. This is a great, fun, easy read that will have you laughing right along with her. I really enjoyed how honest she was and how much I could relate to her stories. As a mom, I really liked this book.
mduncanAge: 25-34Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Fun readAugust 22, 2013mduncanAge: 25-34Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This book was written much like a blog, but it was very good. It was a light, easy, fun read that had me laughing pretty much the whole way through. The book was very relatable. I loved this book and will be recommending it to others.
i blog 4 books5 Stars Out Of 5A Charming MemoirAugust 3, 2013i blog 4 booksI'm not a mother, and I don't know if or when I ever will be. However, Sparkly Green Earrings still resonated with me. Yes, it's a book about "motherhood," but it's so much more than that. It's really about relationships and friendships and trusting God when we don't know why things happen like they do. It's about growing up and growing out of our selfish tendencies so that we become more like Christ each and every day.
Melanie has a special gift for writing about her personal life experiences in a way that still strikes a chord with readers. I found my eyes misting over as she talked about her miscarriage, and then mere paragraphs later (not even the next chapter!) I was guffawing loudly enough for Hubs to roll over and ask what was wrong. (I have GOT to stop reading in bed after my husband has already fallen asleep!!!)
This is an incredibly charming book, one I am happy to recommend! [5 stars]
luvs to cookVirginia Beach, VAAge: Over 65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Hilarious book on raising a daughterJuly 27, 2013luvs to cookVirginia Beach, VAAge: Over 65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5If you are feeling overwhelmed by life or need a lift, this book is for you. Melanie Shankle pokes fun at everything from using eight pregnancy tests to verify her pregnancy to a year later going to the dentist hoping she'd have a cavity so she could get some sleep while he was filling her tooth. When Caroline was two, Melanie sat on a swing with a little dried bird poop on it. When Caroline wanted to switch swings and she saw the swing Melanie had been on, she said in her loudest voice, "Mama! Did you poop in your swing?" And then there was the Thanksgiving Caroline had the stomach flu and managed to cover Melanie not once but about a dozen times. As you laugh through each situation and there were numerous, Melanie pointed to Jesus, the one who loves us unconditionally and doesn't make mistakes. It truly is a fun book to read.
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St. Louis (KSDK) -- A 14-year-old boy drove a stolen car, crashed and died Monday, according to St. Louis police spokesperson David Marzullo.
St. Louis police said county officers pursued a Chevrolet Malibu and a Dodger Charger suspected of being involved in a recent carjacking.
Police said they determined that the Malibu and been stolen earlier in the evening in the 3100 block of Norwood. It crashed near West Florissant and Mimika killing Beion Womack.
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(WUSA 9)-- Although women still outlive men in the U.S., a new study found that the lifespan for some American women is becoming shorter. The frightening aspect of the study: some experts don't know why this is happening.
However, some experts do offer an explanation. They believe the cause is higher smoking rates, obesity and less education. The study found the main regions where women are not living as long are rural areas and the South and West.
Similarly, two years ago, a study found that women especially in the South, were experiencing shorter lifespans. In his study, Dr. Christopher Murray addressed the shorter lifespans of women in the South, which could be linked to higher rates of smoking and higher rates of women who don't finish school in some parts of the region.
AP reports, "Some also think the statistics could reflect a migration of healthier women out of rural areas, leaving behind others who are too poor and unhealthy to relocate. That would change the rate, and make life expectancy in a county look worse," explained Bob Anderson of the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
The latest research released by the journal, Health Affairs, found that in 43 percent of the nation's counties, women who are 75 and younger are experiencing declining lifespans. Although a girl born in the U.S. today has an average lifespan of 81 years, and a boy born in the U.S. today has an average lifespan of 76 years, men's lifespans have remained the same or even improved.
Yet some experts still cannot explain the decrease in life expectancy of some U.S. women. Furthermore, researchers cannot exactly calculate the number of women affected by the trend. A Harvard School of Public Health sociologist, Jennifer Karas Montez, estimates it at 12 percent.
But there is some positive news for women. AP reports that educated and wealthier women in the U.S. seem to be experiencing the opposite effect: an increase in life expectancy.
Late last year, the New York Times reported a study that found life expectancy is rising around the world, but mostly due to leaps in developing countries. While the World Health Organization notes the disparities in life expectancy between countries, in 2010, the average life expectancy of women worldwide rose to 70 years.
So while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that U.S. women's life expectancy is more stagnant than men's, American women are still outliving their counterparts around the world by about an average of 10 years.


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Your Mexican Beach Vacation: The People and their Family-Centered Lifestyle
When you book a Mexico vacation villa in Troncones for your next getaway, you get a lot more than a place to enjoy a luxury getaway. Because Troncones is a small village that has retained much of its charm and values, you also get a closer look at the culture and people of "real" Mexico. And with a focus on family, community, and making the most out of time spent with those you love, the Mexican culture is one that many people can never get enough of.
Family in Mexico
The Mexican culture is often synonymous with family. Although family plays a role in life just about everywhere, traditional Mexico takes it to the extreme. Mexico enjoys the lowest divorce rate in the world, and most children remain with their families until they marry (and even then, they may continue on to raise their own young families under the same roof). Family loyalty and taking care of the older generations are ingrained into the everyday lifestyle, and many of the businesses here are part of a long line of family-owned and -operated traditions. Much of this has to do with the strong Roman Catholic influence here, though just as much is influenced by the culture itself, which puts family before material gain.
In a small, traditional fishing village like Troncones, this family-centered lifestyle is even more prevalent. You'll find restaurants and shops that have been part of the same family for generations, and the slower pace to life in general means that people take more time to appreciate the things that really matter.
For tourists and other visitors to Troncones, this type of environment does come with a few trade-offs. While you can expect a warm welcome to our fishing village and plenty of time to sit and chat with locals, you'll also be asked to respect families in return. This might mean limited hours of operation for family-run businesses, a more trust-based payment system than might exist back home, and a real respect for Sundays and holidays.
Getting the Most Out of Your Mexican Beach Vacation
Here at Casa de la Sirena, we work hard to strike a balance between traditional Mexican family values and the type of luxury experience our guests expect. We also do our best to ensure that your entire family enjoys every minute here.
We're happy to help you navigate the local culture in a way that best suits your idea of the perfect beach vacation. If that means immersing yourself in the local culture through festivals, religious ceremonies, and patronizing family-owned businesses, we can put you in contact with all the right resources. But if you are just as happy enjoying your family's own experience on the beach and in your luxury accommodations, we can help with that, too.
Your definition of family time is the most important thing. The Mexican culture is all about enjoying what you have and making the kinds of personal connections that matter—and we bring that to life every day in our vacation villas along Mexico's Costa Grande.


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Omaha, NE (KMTV) - "Clean the bathroom, the kitchen, living room, dining room, vacuum, dust."
From top to bottom, Cathy Tichy and her Molly Maid cleaning crew make homes like this one, sparkle.
"If your house is not clean and you aren't feeling well and you're stuck in the house, it's very stressful for the whole family."
These women are cleaning for a reason.
"I had always done everything in our house. Along with running a daycare I'd cleaned and cooked and done everything for my family so this is actually the first time in my life that I've been unable to do things."
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"I have no energy. Right now my heart races all the time so just being able to walk up the stairs and walk down the stairs, it's very hard for me so most of my days are spent up in my room."
Donna can't do what she used to, so she's getting a little help. Once a month, through the Cleaning for a Reason non-profit, Donna gets her home cleaned, for free.
"If your house is clean I think you get better faster. I really believe that if you, if your house is clean, organized and it's not chaotic you feel better and you can heal better. So that's what we're doing. We're just trying to help women heal ."
"It's hard to look around the house and see that everything is not in place, and you want to clean, but I don't have the energy and I'm too sick. I just can't do it right now, so this, what they've done, to come in and clean our house is amazing for me and helps out so much."


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Leaving Footprints in the world
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Madison United Methodist Church in Boone County recently announced its new charity foundation: MJ's Footprints.
This foundation is run by a youth group called the Cross Trainers. The Cross Trainers are a group of students from Scott High School who meet each Wednesday with church member Vicki Cottrell, a Madison Middle School teacher who is also their volunteer supervisor.
After conferring with each other about ways to help the community, the group decided to form a foundation that specializes in aiding the less fortunate and victims of disaster and abuse. From this idea, MJ's Footprints was formed.
The name is rather significant to the group. The letters MJ refer to longtime church members Marvagene and Jack Dickson. They were chosen because they are loyal members of the church that the youth look up to and are thankful to have in their congregation.
When the Cross Trainers presented their foundation to the church, Marvagene was shocked and most honored. The church was proud; many people were impressed.
Hannah Sayre, a senior at Scott High School, said of Marvagene's reaction, "She was surprised that we decided to name our organization after her. It was very touching. I definitely think we chose the right person as our inspiration."
After their presentation, they received a letter from Dickson. "It was such an honor and a surprise to be selected as the name of your first footprint mission," it says.
The participants have declared that they will make many attempts throughout their existence to help all who are in need.
In order to achieve their goals, they will design a series of missions. Each mission will single out an issue around the community and take action to help improve it in even the smallest ways. The Cross Trainers believe that every little effort makes a difference.
The Cross Trainers first mission is currently in progress. It is titled One Size Fits All and is a part of an ongoing charity called God's Closet, run by the Cross Trainers.
"As an organization, God's Closet is our first service project. We've gotten a strong response from the community, which is evident in our donations. We've taken the first step to make a difference in our community," said Zach Paitsel, a Scott High School senior.
One Size Fits All began Oct. 23 and will end in late January. During this time, the church will be accepting both monetary and material donations. These will be collected at the church on Sundays and Wednesdays.
Clothes of all sizes will be accepted for all ages, along with blankets, bedding, pillows and other similar items. The monetary donations will be used to purchase towels and hygiene products.
Each Wednesday, during youth group meetings, the donations will be sorted. The organization filled more than six large totes with clothes within the first week.
"We're making great progress," said Scott High School sophomore Donavan Conley. "The community has really helped with all of their donations. I hope it keeps up so that we can help the people who need it."
The Cross Trainers will participate in a lot of volunteer work, along with the Pathfinders, the middle school youth group at the church, which is supervised by volunteer Chris Bias, who is also a teacher at Madison Middle School. Cottrell and Bias take pride in their children.
"My kids are awesome," Cottrell said. "We've had a great response from the community and from our church. The idea came straight from the hearts of the Cross Trainers." For more information about how to help get involved or what to donate, email email@example.com or find MJ's Footprints on Facebook.


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Umble pie
Little distortions we make have a way of adding up
"Umble pie" Continued...
Remember the old saw about being careful when you point a finger at someone else-because you've still got at least three fingers pointing back at yourself?
It's not bad advice these days when we're all inclined to be pointing out those we think are responsible for the fiscal foul-up that is so changing our lives. It's easy to blame the Wall Street smart-alecks, the Capitol Hill know-it-alls, the oil company tycoons. It's a good bit harder to face up to our own role in the mess.
I am compelled, for example, to go back 40 years to the time when I bought my first house. It was a modest 1100-sq. ft. rancher, for which I had to squirm to qualify for a $9,000 mortgage on an $11,000 purchase price.
"I think I can make this work," the bank officer told me a wee bit worriedly, "if I can just confirm for them that you are a military veteran."
"But I'm not, really," I told him.
"I thought you were drafted last year," he said, coaching me along a path of half-truths.
"Yah, but my left eye was so bad that I flunked my physical. I reported for duty but was never inducted."
"No matter. We'll just put here that you were drafted for Vietnam. Do you remember what month that was?"
I am embarrassed now to confess here-in public-that I bought my first house in 1968 on the basis of a falsified (however slightly) mortgage application. I am embarrassed, except that as I discuss these issues with others, I discover how common it has been for supposedly principled people to justify moral lapses in the pursuit of what they think are worthy goals.
Professionals in the mortgage industry, of course, have become smoothly adept at easing us into those moral lapses. A number of young people have told me how they have been encouraged to state their incomes in overly optimistic terms. And who among us hasn't heard a "professional" appraiser ask with a wink, "And just where do you need this appraisal to come in?"
We've gone along with the game because we are all coveters at heart. We've wanted to enjoy something that God, in his providence, hasn't yet financially equipped us to enjoy.
Tim LeFever, a loyal WORLD reader and real estate broker from central California, stressed in a note to me recently that "the housing crisis that has now become a world economic crisis has specific roots in our changing morality. I would even argue that this economic crisis could not have come about a generation ago."
LeFever points out that thousands of the much-publicized foreclosures have not been "last resort" actions, but deliberate walk-aways and calculated trade-offs. "My house has become worth $50,000 less than I owe," someone will say. "If I give it back to the bank, I'll get a ding on my credit-but I can live with that." A generation ago, there would have been too much shame connected with losing a house. Now it's just part of a deliberate and very high-stakes game.
Nor, LeFever says, is the church insulated from such behavior. He's had Christian acquaintances who have boasted about the "good deals" they've derived from foreclosure. "Bankruptcy and foreclosure laws have roots in the biblical law of Jubilee," some have told him. LeFever responds that in the Bible, Jubilee was a scheduled event-not something someone grants to himself.
So am I suggesting that we add Tim LeFever's friends to our growing list of culprits-along with Wall Street's investment bankers, the congressmen who defended Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and the speculating crooks who helped manipulate the oil market all the way up to $4-a-gallon gasoline?
Yes, they belong on the list.
But so do I. So does everyone who has ever compromised the truth-even a little bit-to enhance his wealth. Because every single time we stretch the truth-even a little bit-we make it easier for the next fellow to stretch it even more the next time.
Ken Blackwell, who lost a race for governor of Ohio in 2006 and now serves with the Family Research Council in Washington, wrote last week that "We have become a culture addicted to instant gratification and a fixation on the material. Increasingly, concepts such as duty, self-denial, hard work, delayed gratification, and patience have been swept away."
In saying "we" rather than "they," Blackwell is suggesting that we'd best get used to the taste of umble pie. It may, after all, pretty soon be the only thing left on the table.
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Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Travis Hafner hit a three-run homer and knocked
in four runs, lifting the New York Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4, on
Vernon Wells had an RBI and scored twice for the Yankees, who have won the
first three contests of this four-game series.
CC Sabathia (4-2) continued his success against the Blue Jays, allowing four
runs -- three earned -- on nine hits over eight innings. The left-hander, who
struck out four, improved to 14-4 in 19 career starts against Toronto.
Prior to the game, New York placed catcher Francisco Cervelli and pitcher Ivan
Nova on the 15-day disabled list. Cervelli (broken right hand) and Nova (right
triceps inflammation) exited Friday's game with injuries.
Jose Bautista and Brett Lawrie hit solo homers for the Blue Jays, who got an
RBI from Rajai Davis.
Toronto starter J.A. Happ gave up three runs on eight hits while striking out
five over six innings. Esmil Rogers (1-2) allowed two runs on two hits while
recording just two outs in the seventh.
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We plan to introduce Dissenter, an Imperial India Pale Lager (IPL) brewed with a wide variety of tropical, citrus-forward hops, this August to mark the tenth installment in our Backstage Series. Like all of our Backstage Series beers, Dissenter will be sold in 750mL bottles, with a suggested retail price of $11.99 per bottle. Dissenter…Read More »


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Tuesday News, May 29
Sunday Storms Knock Out Power
HULL, Iowa (AP) - Many in northwest Iowa spent Monday cleaning up after a severe thunderstorm hit Sioux County.
The Sioux County Sheriff's Office says trees, branches and power lines were knocked down during the storm as it passed over Hull, Hawarden and Boyden on Sunday night.
Several homes were hit by downed trees but that no injuries were reported.
Officials say wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour were also reported and some residents lost power for about three hours.
Tractor Roll-over Claims Inwood Life
(Inwood) -- A weekend tractor roll-over accident has claimed the life of an Inwood man. 68 year old Gerald Van Beek was making a right-hand turn when he lost control of his tractor. The tractor's right tire left the ground and it rolled over landing on top of Van Beek. He was transported by helicopter to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Despite Recent Rains, Moisture Levels Still Short
(Le Mars) -- Northwest Iowa has been fortunate to receive some timely rains during the last couple of weeks, but an Iowa State University Crops Specialist says we are still short on moisture levels to sustain our corn crop. Joel De Jong says the recent rains have been beneficial, but more is needed to replenish subsoil moisture levels.
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The I-S-U crops specialist says the unusual warm weather has helped the crop development.
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Farmers across the nation have planted a record corn acres for this year. De Jong says that trend is evident for northwest Iowa as farmers have expanded their corn acreage.
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The U-S-D-A will have a final plantings report issued on June 30th.
Supervisors Will Not Meet
(Le Mars) -- The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors will not meet today. The next supervisor meeting is scheduled for next Tuesday, June 5th.
Iowa State Universitiy Hires To Focus On Research and Manufacturing
AMES, Iowa (AP) - The president of Iowa State University says the hiring of more than 200 faculty members will be focused on helping central Iowa become a research and manufacturing center and
expand its biotech offerings.
ISU President Steven Leath says that he wants the hires focused "so we can really make an impact in some areas."
Leath will use positions left open by retirements and those financed by private companies and grants.
The hires would help develop the corridor that runs from Ames to Des Moines, focusing on research and manufacturing in agricultural, metals and other arenas.
Le Mars Residents Urged to Complete Cultural Survey
(Le Mars) -- The Le Mars Art Center, Postal Playhouse, the Historical Museum, the Library, high school theater, the Le Mars Municipal Band, Ice Cream Days and more. These are all entities and events in Le Mars that may or may not strike your fancy- but no matter how you feel about them, the Convention and Visitors Bureau for the City of Le Mars wants to hear your opinions on the arts and other activities through a cultural assessment survey that's being done for the city.
Kathy Moore, CVB board member and Le Mars Arts Center director says the survey is easy to access and won't take long.
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Not only are Le Mars residents encouraged to share their opinions, but also those who work here and spend time here for shopping and entertainment are asked to participate. Moore says the more feedback, the better, as leaders for the various organizations need feedback to plan for the future.
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If you're someone whose saying..."Cultural activities really aren't my thing" Moore says YOU are the people whose opinions need to be heard.
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If interested in sharing your opinions, please log onto www.lemarsarts.com and click on the tab on the right that says "Take the 2012 Cultural Survey." June 1st is the designated cut off date for collecting the data.
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Lone Star Street Rod Association 34th Annual State Run - Web Exclusive!Written by on September 23, 2008
If you find yourself in central Texas during the middle of May you might want to check out the Lone Star Street Rod Association's State Run held in Fredericksburg. It's one of the largest get-togethers in that part of the state and will generally have close to 500 pre-1949 street rods filling the Lady Bird Johnson Park. Here's a sampling of the cars that showed up for the 2008 show.


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1 cup canned no salt added crushed tomatoes
2 tablespoons canned tomato paste
4 + fresh basil leaves
1/8 teaspoon dried ground oregano
1/16 teaspoon black pepper
3 cloves garlic
½ teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons water
2 cups cooked whole wheat spaghetti
8 ounces extra lean ground beef (or turkey) already cooked from last night
1. Prepare whole wheat pasta as directed on package to make 2 cups cooked pasta. Set aside.
2. While pasta is cooking, chop basil and set aside for later.
3. Add olive oil to medium-sized frying pan and heat at low to medium temperature. Add minced garlic and stir until lightly browned. Add ground beef and sauté until browned.
4. Add canned tomatoes, tomato paste, and water into frying pan containing ground beef and garlic. Simmer mixture 5 minutes on medium heat.
5. Reduce heat to low and add chopped fresh basil leaves and all spices. Stir well.
6. Place 1 cup of cooked whole wheat pasta onto a plate and pour half of sauce on top. Garnish with low-fat mozzarella cheese.


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Situation is this:
Server with backup of /opt/zimbra never actually had zimbra installed first before making a copy from the mail server w/ rsync every day.
Therefore I have data in /opt/zimbra on a backup server but no way to switch to this server if I had to, because zimbra was never properly installed.
Now, can I install zimbra to /opt/zimbra (after renaming my current data set /opt/zimbra.data), and then sync /opt/zimbra into /opt/zimbra.data, and FINALLY then sync my real mail data to /opt/zimbra.data to update all config files, etc, (and then rename zimbra.data back to just zimbra in /opt)
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real 100 mm Apo Binoculars
Posted 21 April 2011 - 08:57 AM
new real Douplet FPL Apos now in progress, straight modells, 45° modells and 90° modells.This Modells using FPL ED Glas and we required a usefull power up to 150 x and a illuminated circle of about 10 mm.
We have the first optical layout by hand and continue to work on them. It will take some more time before testsamples arrive. If they follow our designs, it will get a great new product, much more expensive then all others, but worth it. We want something in quality of the Myauchi Fluorite Apos and Kowa Highlander Fluorite as a final result, but much less expensive.
We keep you informed about our progress
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I have some good hope for the quality
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Posted 26 April 2011 - 08:28 AM
I required also new focusers
plan is to start delivery in later 2011, yes
color: I am undecited , whats your wishes ? We are free in Terms of color
Posted 26 April 2011 - 08:47 AM
Re color: mmh, white with red or blue APM logo (like the 6 inch binos)?
Or red Bordeaux to fit on a black/dark red Berlebach azimutal mount (Giro style, with L bracket) and an ash-grey/dark grey Berlebach wooden tripod?
Metallic anthracit would be nice too?
Why not decline it in several, customer choice colors like Astrotech did with their cute 66mm EDs?
Black or metallic silver is nice too but these colors may create confusion with the semi APO and the simple 100m bino that already exist (if that is really an issue?).
Some metallic green could nicely fir with Ethos/Delos eyepieces
Just a few ideas.
Posted 26 April 2011 - 08:50 AM
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... I would like to see something that disappears more when under dark conditions than my current white BT70/90. I would have preferred that in black too.
That's certainly much more of an astronomer's argument than my aesthetic ones. On the other hand, slightly brighter color could help to better be instantly aware about the exact orientation of the instrument. White scope tubes (refractors or newtonians) certainly have a reason to be so. Let's wait and see the end result.
Posted 26 April 2011 - 12:03 PM
I required as lightweight as possible housings
With all due respect, I hope that light weight will not be a trade-off for adequately solid/ruggedly built... I tend to prefer things that are built like a tank, as opposed to lightweight/not as well made... I realize there's a happy spot in there somewhere for all, but just a thought. Just hoping it will be a solid build quality!
One additional thought- how about incorporating rubber plug-covered ports of some sort- or some sort of access to lend easy access to collimation adjustments? Seems there's always a bit of tweaking required- and it's a pain to have to take a plate off with an eyepiece holder on it to give a little tweak, put it back on, and see if you went the right way or not... and to keep having to do that! Man, if you could tweak the adjustments- then look to see the immediate effect, it'd be another whole ballgame!
Posted 26 April 2011 - 04:05 PM
I believe I have more aligned than anybody else, so I am fully with you and your idea, which is a part of my wish list :-)
I do my best to build a very userfriendly model
let see how many of our wished can be fullfilled :-)
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Posted 27 April 2011 - 04:03 AM
May be there will also be an attachment base for small finder or Telrad or GLP or other aiming/pointing device.
Posted 27 April 2011 - 04:50 AM
Posted 27 April 2011 - 09:27 AM
You're making it like Christmas... writing a letter to Santa!!
Posted 28 April 2011 - 03:15 AM
Here are some suggestions as I know people want it:
1- Twist lock eyepiece holder so it will be easy to remove or inserted.
2- Collimation Screws radily available without opening the "CAN"
3- Front Objective cover can be converted as masking when needed.
4- Spacing or placement of a finder or RDF.
5- Incorporated for 3/16 -18 as well as 1/4" hole to be competible for different mounts.
6- A guide about its focal length, Number of elements, Field stop and prism type.
7- Keep the weight low but retain the quality.
8- Buffling in dewshield as well as in the barrel.
The number seven is also importent just as from number 1-6. Most users hesitate to buy heavier instrument because of the mounts they already have it. If the weight is under 13# then it can work with most of the mounts that have rated at around 15#.
For colour; it is purely business. Most attract on White, Black or a hint of red into it but you can setup a page and ask for it.
Once it available; I would love to review for it.
Thank you
Posted 28 April 2011 - 04:36 AM
1, eyepiece holders are still under design
2, is done already, design is completed , easy access now from outside while you look with 2 eyes :-), great improvement for anybody.
3, baffles : why baffles ? No binocular worldwide has baffles
4, threads 3/8" and 1/4" is standart
anything else no problem
Posted 28 April 2011 - 07:51 AM
2, is done already, design is completed , easy access now from outside while you look with 2 eyes :-), great improvement for anybody.
If this thing comes in at under $3000, under 16 lbs, and isn't champagne or silver, I'm on for sure at end of the year. Bonus would be a full or close to full aperture with no obstruction at 90°, but so many on the binocular forum have expressed liking their current 45° models, that I would settle for a quality 45° model with no problem also.
Thankfully enough US customers have expressed that buying from APM is really no problem as their are at least two options for US service. Thanks again!
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The good, the bad and the stupid. A report on PA primary election results and what's next for conservatives.
"This is our challenge; and this is why here in this hall tonight, better than we have ever done before, we have got to quit talking to each other and about each other and go out and communicate to the world that we may be fewer in numbers than we have ever been, but we carry the message they are waiting for. We must go | Read More »