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Mrs. Fatou (seated, 5th from the left) is the group's leader. She is 42, married and the mother of 5 children. She has been selling vegetables since 1997. With this loan, she plans to buy vegetables for resale. Profit from this business will allow her to save, and to help her husband in paying for schooling for the children.
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Elle vend des légumes activité qu'elle pratique depuis 1997.
Avec ce prêt elle compte acheter des légumes pour la revente.
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Early flu season could be upon us, CDC says
Eight Oklahoma residents were reported hospitalized last week with influenza, according to state Health Department data released Thursday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports a nationwide significant increase in flu activity over the past two weeks, indicating an early flu season.
"This is the earliest regular flu season we've had in nearly a decade, since the 2003-04 flu season," Dr. Thomas Frieden, the director of the CDC, said during a news conference this week. "That was an early and severe flu year, and while flu is always unpredictable, the early nature of the cases as well as the specific strains we're seeing, suggest that this could be a bad flu year."
States south and east of Oklahoma, including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, have recently reported a high level of flu-like illnesses, according to the CDC.
Since Sept. 30, the start of Oklahoma's flu season, the state Health Department has reported 20 residents hospitalized with flu-related illness. No deaths have been reported.
Dr. Robert Welliver, an infectious disease specialist with OU Physicians, said Thursday at a news conference that vaccination is the best weapon against the flu.
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Local health departments charge $25 for regular seasonal flu vaccine for those with insurance and resources to pay. The flu shot is covered by Medicare Part B for adults 65 years of age and older. There's no fee for people who are on Medicare and do not belong to an HMO, for people on SoonerCare, and for children who are eligible for the Vaccines for Children program.
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A New Rule For The Workplace: 'Hug Sparingly'
Everyone loves hugs right? Well, no. And for those who aren't fans, things can get really awkward.
In a recent piece for TIME.com, research psychologist Peggy Drexler declared: "I am not a hugger. And I am not alone."
She calls for an end to the "hugging arms race," particularly at work.
"It's something that's in the zeitgeist, but we really haven't made any rules," she tells All Things Considered host Arun Rath. "My own rule is: I won't hug if you don't."
Drexler became acutely aware of her dislike for professional hugs after earning her Ph.D.
"I was feeling very professional and I saw a well-loved professor on the street and she was coming towards me," she recalls. "All of the sudden, I knew she was going in for the hug. It struck me, 'I don't want this, but how do I get out of it without being hurtful or graceless?' "
She thinks there are some occasions where hugging at work is acceptable: after a big win, a personal loss, or a big life event — like an engagement or wedding. In general, she says, "hug sparingly."
"If it's someone you see in your everyday life, you can become known as a serial hugger, and it's a bit creepy."
If hugging comes up, particularly at the office, here are Drexler's tips to help non-huggers break free:
- Keep something between you and the hugger until the moment passes.
- Be direct and say, "Sorry, I'm not a hugger."
- Take physical control with a stiff handshake and firm elbow that keeps personal space intact.
- Escape and find something that needs your personal attention.
- If nothing comes to mind, drop your cellphone.
As a blanket rule, Drexler says, "If you wonder if a hug is appropriate, it probably isn't."
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This sounds about right. Former Chargers and Bills linebacker Shawne Merriman, who had previously dipped his toes in the professional wrestling waters, will join WWE, according to SBNation's Testudo Times.
The announcement that the man once known as "Lights Out" would be "joining the WWE family" came on the John Layfield and Michael Cole podcast, though Merriman's role isn't yet known.
Merriman, who starred at the University of Maryland and was taken 12th overall by the Chargers in the 2005 NFL Draft, appeared on WWE's Wrestlemania pre-match show last weekend. And in November 2013, he tried out at the WWE's Performance Center but wasn't offered a contract at the time.
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Alexander L'Estrange is a musician of outstanding skill and versatility. Widely regarded as one of Britain's most popular living choral composers, he has carved a hugely successful and career as a choral composer (Zimbe! Come sing the songs of Africa!, Ahoy! Sing for the Mary Rose...), arranger ('Great American Songbook' - latest album by the King's Singers) and song writer (Love's Philosophy is on the current ABRSM syllabus). He is also an accomplished jazz double bass player and pianist, consummate choral workshop leader, popular presenter of children's concerts, jazz examiner and trainer for the ABRSM, and passionate advocate for the importance of singing in schools. Born in Bristol in 1974, L'Estrange was educated at New College and Merton College, Oxford, graduating with a First Class Honours degree in Music.
"If you had to create from scratch the perfect 21st century musician, Alexander L'Estrange would be your template."
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We made progress on ethics reform this year, in a roundabout way.
An ethics commission is probably the single most important step. After years of weak excuses by legislative leadership of both parties, of ethics bills bottled up in committee, we finally got to the root of their reluctance: They feel a big target painted on their backs and the higher they are in the pecking order, the bigger the target.
When George W. Bush replaced Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense with Robert Gates in 2006, I was just glad that the man who didn't fire anybody after the Abu Ghraib and Blackwater scandals was gone.
But after three years of watching Gates operate in the bizarre world of the military-industrial complex, he's become my latest government hero. We need more radicals like him.
Gates has put armor on the vehicles our men and women are driving around Iraq and Afghanistan now, instead of on weapons systems for future wars that may or may not happen.
Back in college, one of my classmates (let's call him Brian) was an addict. He was hopelessly and totally addicted and there was little his parents or the doctors could do to help him. Brian couldn't function without his daily fix and before long he was spending the majority of his day searching for others similarly addicted. Each day, Brian's addiction got worse and eventually he stopped going to classes. His addiction ruled his life.
I don't live in White Rock, but like others I pay state taxes and am, thus, a shareholder in N.M. 4.
White Rock residents can do as they please off road, but not with the road and its right of ways. There are lots of non-White Rock residents that have a voice in this matter.
For laboratory employees who live off the hill, White Rock is a place in the road where they can get gas and a refreshment on the way home. Having to go around in circles to do so is not what they expect nor for why they pay taxes.
We should have a mandatory economics class for legislators – not the inputs and outputs I slogged through at UNM but a nuts-and-bolts class on how local and state economies work.
This legislative session I tried to call attention to economic engines – golden geese – because when revenues drop and budget cutters look for targets, they can hinder economic recovery if they're not careful or stoke those engines that create the jobs we need.
SANTA FE — Ever since I was a kid, I have wanted to experience an earthquake, a tornado and a hurricane. My mother always was embarrassed when I would mention it in polite company. My wife just ignores me. There are other things that bother her more.
A scientific friend I work with paid me a compliment last summer that still rings in my little head. She said the garnet earrings I had on that day looked good. It was true (I modestly admit), but that's not what impressed me. She next asked if I had found the garnets myself.
Now that's the way to make geologists really appreciate you as a human being. Give 'em credit for a good find!
Both the Democrats and Republicans would do well to listen to what the Tea Partiers are saying. They might seem like a group of angry people, but they have real issues. They are concerned about jobs, income, wars and sense that Washington doesn't care about them. They are also concerned about same sex marriage, abortion and that man in the White House.
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As part of ongoing State of the Union coverage, Esri has provided us with a news map to explore geo-tagged social media reactions to President Obama's address overlaid on state-by-state results from the 2012 presidential election. Note, the map can also be customized and manipulated by panning or zooming, and localize social content by changing the keywords or date ranges. See the map online HERE
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It's been a terrible few weeks for the black body.
It's been a terrible few weeks for the black body.
If you were harboring any notions that FIFA couldn't possibly be any more corrupt than it already is, prepare to be disabused of those notions.
On Wednesday we wrote about the Trinidad & Tobago women's soccer team, which arrived in the U.S. for World Cup qualifying with just about $500 to its name. That wasn't nearly enough to cover the food, travel, and equipment needed for the next three weeks. But fans and colleagues have stepped up to help, perhaps none…
You might've missed the Haiti-El Salvador Gold Cup match last night. Now you've seen all you need to see.
You remember Paul Shirley. We once described him as a "onetime baller, sometime music critic and all-around man of letters." At the time we were discussing his controversial freelance piece on post-earthquake Haiti, and certain points like asking them to "use a condom once in a while."
In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like the little man on Roy Williams's shoulder, who prevailed upon the coach to say he's very, very sorry.
A dilemma has struck the publishing world this week. How do you make that little tail thingy on the C in Pierre Garçon's name? More importantly, if we can't figure it out does that make us worse than Paul Shirley?
Here's the thing about saying something controversial: people are then going to look back through everything you've ever said to find more. Paul Shirley's got a few nuggets in his past.
Premature, unused Vikings (and Jets) conference championship gear is on its way to Haiti. So the Brett Favre coverage continues, in Port-au-Prince at least. [RandBall]
Here's their entire statement: "He was a part-time freelance contributor. The views he expressed on another site of course do not at all reflect our company's views on the Haiti relief efforts. He will no longer contribute to ESPN."
Onetime baller, sometime music critic and all-around man of letters Paul Shirley has published his thoughts on the stricken Haitian people. Namely, that they put themselves in this mess, so he's not about to help. This may not end well.
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1.) Where is koromon obtainable from?
2.) Which of the royal knights are available currently?
3.) Hack looks pretty sweet from what i can tell so far, except there are random pokemon lol.
4.) i found hagurumon is it safe to assume he will digivolve into hiandromon? (got him from beating the karate master).
1. You can get Koromon from Digivolving Jyarimon if Attack = Defence. I think that's the only way at the moment. (Correct me if I'm wrong Epi)
2.Omnimon (DNA digivolving MetalGarurumon with WarGreymon), Magnamon (Sun stone to Veemon, I don't think it's been replaced with the Golden digiegg yet).
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4.As of yet, Hagurumon has no digivolutions. I'm sure that'll change soon enough
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Epitaph was just using him for testing purposes, thanks for reporting that though!
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If I recall correctly, it is Omnimon. (Again, correct me if I'm wrong Epitaph!)
Hit us up with an email when you get the chance Epitaph, haven't heard from you in a while.
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Long ago, I went for a walk and my wife says, "Doesn't do any good if you only do it once a month!"
Then I got started hiking regularly, lost a lot of weight, wife says, "Do you have to go EVERY day?"
Moral is that some people can't be satisfied.
So I've lost quite a bit of weight bicycling. A while back, my wife is talking and says, "I know you've lost some weight and look great but yada yada yada.." That was the first time she'd ever said anything positive about my cycling and losing weight, and it was part of a criticism. She couldn't just tell me "By the way, you look great!"
I don't take myself too seriously, and don't get too concerned whether other people do. When you get to riding with other people, the results pretty well speak for themselves, for better or worse.
"be careful this rando stuff is addictive and dan's the 'pusher'."
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Then your final statement is exactly what I said "proper training" which includes "hard training".
My response was to your statement, "can't be done", yes it can, you just choose not to do the training at this moment. Like me, I suck right now but it's cause I don't train hard. But I don't blame my weight. If I want to climb fast, I train hard, right now, I'm having fun.
This is your original statement, had nothing to do with same skill level and training plan. FTR, I know one of the riders you mention in your post and she is totally cool. She is the type of rider that is Strong but never has she shown a mean competitive bone in her body. She's the type that will stick by your side on the toughest of climbs to help you up. A good motivational rider that I'm sure was encouraging her friend up the hill. So if she told you "good job, awesome", I'm sure she meant it in a good way. If you had to do the secret stink eye, I'm pretty sure she didn't mean any harm other than trying to motivate you. Just as I have with several riders. I've been last up the climbs with riders while encouraging them up the mountains. Being last means nothing to me vs helping out another rider. She shares the same attitude and principles so if you took it the wrong way, that's a misunderstanding on your part.
I don't mean to start a fight with you but maybe you take some of the encouragement the wrong way. The gal you mention in your post is a totally awesome person and rider. Just as many ride mistake my intentions when I invite them up to climb GMR a newb. I ride with them and never have I dumped an invited rider to keep up with the troops vs those (fill in blank) that accuse me of eating dogs and other madness etc.
BTW, I've offered several times to ride with you up GMR, you ought to take me up on it!
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About people not making nice comments about "Hey, you sure have lost weight! Looking good!" etc - I'd just as soon not hear it even if I agree with them. On the flip side, I also appreciate not hearing "Hey, you sure have gained weight! You look like ****".
I'd rather people just get to know me and enjoy my personality without keeping tabs on what size I am and judging me on it and making little remarks. I beat myself up over that enough as it is.
With other people, it usually takes about 60-80# difference before I notice they have changed weight.
Regarding riding - I'd prefer to do without the cheerleading/encouraging particularly trite comments from people who don't know me. Somehow it implies to me that without their external influences, I am incapable of achieving something on my own. Just because I'm slow doesn't mean I am novice, stupid, don't try hard or don't care. I may be struggling, but it's because I want to improve and enjoy the challenge.
One of the reasons I ride a bike is for social contact. It's just like it is in other parts of my life - sometimes enjoyable, sometimes people are a total PITB.
I only feel patronized and/or dismissed in one particular bike shop in this city. Unfortunately, it's the one closest to my house and the one which runs the club to which my better half belongs, so going in there once in a while is unavoidable.
My experience with the patronizing type is, they're all rah rah rah cheerleaders until you start keeping up with them. Then they get a little nervous. When you start passing them they get hostile and start shooting you dirty looks.
As for physical limitations, I've come to accept that I'm never going to make a 20 or 30 something with no permanent problems understand that a 50 something with permanent knee damage from a car accident is not going to be able to do certain things or will need certain equipment. They just can't visualize it. They either think that I'm just making excuses and of course I don't really need a triple crankset, or they dismiss me as being too old for cycling anyway and assume that I'm ready for a beach cruiser and very slow meanders on the MUP on Sunday mornings.
Along the lines of Beanz, Doohickey and Baturi, I don't think anyone has ever really taken me seriously. As a matter of fact, i hope they don't. I certainly don't. I am a fat guy having a ball in the dirt and rocks on my mountain bike. What is there to take serious?
Funny, we went into an LBS yesterday looking for a new helmet. I didn't need help but the shop dude walks up and asks if I need help. OK, I'm looking at helmets in white or silver" I say.
He says, "you're probably looking for entry level helmets and we don't have any in that color at this time".
I get no respect I tell ya!
Worst moment for me was last August the Friday before my Sprint Tri. It's o'dark early in the office and I'm having coffee and a B.S. session with a guy I've known for close to 15 years. He asks what our weekend plans are, and I reply that I'm going to Chicago for a Sprint Triathalon. Without missing a beat, his kneejerk response is "wow, you're in no shape for that ... are you?"
I was floored. I was already nervous about the event and wasn't sure if I was going to finish or if I was going to be the only 250lb clyde out there in a sea of stick figures. The absolute LAST thing I needed to hear was an external doubt. I cut my visit short and spent the day fretting about what he'd said.
Turns out, I did great. On Monday morning I plopped my medal on his keyboard triumphantly. He didn't even remember making the comment, but it'd stuck with me all weekend.
We had our first open water swim this morning. Getting in and out of a wetsuit is interesting. My coach took group shots of us. If he uploads them to Facebook, I'm putting itching powder in his bike shorts.
I have made it a goal to lose 10 lbs by August 28th (the Chicago Tri this year) because my torso is so long, combined with being totally apple-shaped, that the wetsuit is just tight enough to shorten my torso a bit which is not a good thing.
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I said Chicago, but the one I'm doing is in Naperville to the West of downtown.
We're signed up again this year. Very well run event and I was NOT the only 250lb Clyde on the course. I finished in 1:54 and was in the bottom 30%. Hoping to improve it this year, but honestly, I'm just out for the fun of it.
"Obstacles don't like me very much. I make them look bad."
When I first started cycling, people I knew reminded me to be careful and not get killed. I would thank them for their votes of confidence and ride away.
Sometimes I'm cheered by complete strangers when I pedal up a slight incline a 3 year old on a cast iron trike would calmly ride up.
My mother begs me to get rid of my bike because she worries that psychopaths in cars will target me and mow me down.
I've come to the conclusion only 3 people on this planet have any faith in me so I regale them with my Tales of Epic Bike Adventures! Everyone else gets a smile and a nod.
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Okay..... with my once studly (decades ago) manly 5' 1" frame and weighing in at juuust over 250 pounds a month ago (when I bought my bike... HEY, exactly one month ago TODAY!)..... you and I are in the same boat. Add to this an age factor of fast approaching 57..... well, some people gotta joke, or as they say here in California, some people gotta hate."Did people make rude, but well-meaning comments when you were starting? Did they stop as you stuck with it?"
I must admit that for the most part, friends and aquaintances have been pretty good. The big thing I find annoying is the typical salesman's approach/assumption..... that I'm too old, too short, too fat, not serious enough, and not smart enough to be given the time, attention, and a straight answer to my questions. With this however, I must add that I AM guilty of attempting to understand the whys, wherefors, and details with regard to EVERYTHING that leads up to a final answer.
That being said, when I share with freinds that I bought a bicycle.... I always break the ice by telling them that I did so for the purpose of "getting out of shape". If they care, if they were actually listening, if as a freind they were particpating in the conversation..... they will respond with, "...to get OUT OF shape???" Then I tell them how I wanna trade up my round shape for something a little more aerodynamic..... I've been the one to make the joke, any smart comment on their part would pale by comparison.
Look..... my approach to this started 6 months ago when I retired. I started walking, for as much as 7 miles daily or every other day. Then I bought a recumbant stationary bike and dumbbells; riding the bike for 30 minutes daily and resistance training 4 days a week. After that, I bought a heart rate monitor and began an interval training program 3 days a week. One month ago..... I bought a new bicycle, on which I've already ridden about 260 miles.
Now, you would think that I may have lost some weight..... and looking tough-n-fine by now. NOT! I am however - FIT -, I have toned muscles, some endurance, good lab/blood work, healthy..... but I'm still fat. This is a mind-set, a life style change, something that works it's magic over time. And in an attempt not to make my freinds & family too uncomfortable, my weight loss is taking a back seat to exercise, stamina, wind, getting the blood to flowing, toning my muscles, getting some sun, breaking a sweat.... all the while not turning down that second glass of wine, greasy pizza, breakfast food at a local dive, or a burger.
Something I've noticed though..... riding the bike as much as I have this last month IS resulting in weight loss. Breaking a sweat, getting some sun, feeling vibrant, and blood coursing through my veins is resulting in ordering soup, salad, and/or vegi's when given the option over some fries. Toning my muscles has resulted in improved posture, a glow of confidence, and spring in my step.
About class warfare, "pretty people", elitists in brightly colored designer outfits and $2,000 road bikes w/drop-down bars -vs- inexpensive 'comfort' bikes..... People are gonna hate, rude people will continue to be rude, and phishing for remarks about your upcoming weekend on the bike or in an endurance race... will sometimes result in retorts. But if as a result of getting out and interacting with nature, you feel better.... about those rude folks with "well meaning" comments, joke 'em if they don't getthephuck!
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