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Relationship math has different rules than algebra. The less work you show, the more points you get. So when my second husband, Dan*, said his 11-year-old daughter, Cassie, wanted to move out of her mom's house and come live with us, I aimed for maximum credit with an enthusiastic "Yes, let's do it!"
I knew "it" wouldn't be that simple. A blended family is a tangle of this-for-that calculations, but I've never dared name them all to Dan. Only with my girlfriends do I strip down to my emotional cellulite, the vulnerability of loving him so much that I'd do almost anything to make this marriage work.
Almost anything, including stepping up to being the go-to adult for Cassie—and Roxy, her dog. Because I work from home, I'd be spending more time with Cassie than either of her parents would—more than with my own kids, ages seven and nine, who live half time with their dad.
Still, with Dan meeting his obligations as part-time stepfather, I figured I had to take on the challenge as cheerfully as he did, even though our contributions wouldn't be exactly equal. To prepare, I even spoke with a counselor about how to help Cassie transition from being the center of an only-child universe to one of three children.
"It's age appropriate for Cassie to reject her mother. Or mother figure," explained the counselor, Magda, clinking her chunky carnelian bracelets. "The thing is, the girl is trying to break the bond, but she and the mom feel secure because of the loving years they've had together." She smiled, soothing me. "She'll gain some freedom and then come to a new appreciation of her mom."
"What about the mother figure—that would be me—dealing with the bond-breaking attitude but without the benefit of those loving years?" I asked.
Magda stopped smiling. "Good luck with that."
It didn't matterwhat she said. I would simply make it work. Yet a feeling of dread simmered below the surface. I couldn't name it, to myself or anyone else, because I was afraid any hesitation to take on responsibility for Cassie would sound like selfishness. Instead, I told Dan I was reluctant to have Cassie's dog, Roxy, come live with us. I could admit that much.
"Of course Roxy comes with her," Dan said, surprised I'd even question it.
"How long do Tibetan terriers tend to live?" I asked.
"About 10 years," said Dan. "Roxy's two now," he added, knowing where I was headed.
"You do know I have terrible cat allergies," I reminded him.
"Roxy's a hair dog," explained Dan. "Even people with dog allergies typically have no problems with hair dogs."
Sure enough, I couldn't even work up a wet-sounding sniffle. So as I began revving up to be the best-ever stepmom, I thought about what both Cassie and Roxy would need and how I could provide it. There were books that gave me some guidance about Cassie. They didn't cover stepdogs.
I didn't know much about dogs, but I believed that an 11-year-old girl who claims a dog as her own needs to be responsible for feeding it.I'd never seen Cassie do that when she and Roxy came for their weekend visits. I also believed that a dog needs to be walked, whenever possible by her owner. I'd never seen Cas-sie do that either.
Dan and Cassie agreed to these principles. But after she'd unpackedher suitcases and boxes of stuffed toys, implementation proved to be another matter, one that turned into a fight most nights.
"Have you fed Roxy yet, Cassie?"
"No, I'll feed her later."
Half an hour, an hour or even two hours would pass. Dan would wait as long as he could before saying, apologetically, "Cassie, Roxy must be hungry by now. You really need to feed her."
"I'll do it! Just stop reminding me!"
That was only the warm-up to the nightly argument. Cassie didn't like opening the can of dog food, glopping it into Roxy's bowl and adding dry food. It took too long. It smelled bad.
"Why do I have to give her wet food, too? Can't she just have the dry food?"
Dan would go into his explanation again. And again. And again. After several months, I could stand no more.
"Do you know you two have this discussion every night?" I said. "Could the two of you listen to each other, just this once?" I couldn't control the shaking in my voice, so I stalked out. I heard Cassie say to Dan in a small voice, "What's the reason for the wet food again?"
That was the end of that particular argument, but anything could trigger the daily power struggle.
As for dog walking,Cassie was always too busy. In fact, as she informed me, she was the busiest person in the household. I had obviously forgotten how demanding fifth grade was.
Choosing my battles, I backed off and let Roxy go unwalked. I didn't have to take on that responsibility, but I couldn't refuse other dropped obligations. Cassie's mom, Susan, wassupposed to take her for the summer, but when Susan said she had too many evening appointments and would have to leave Cassie with a sitter most nights, Dan asked if Cassie could spend the summer with us—with me. I said yes, choosing to ignore the tightening in the pit of my stomach, because I didn't want to know what might happen if I said no. Every weekend that summer, I would explain to the kids the plan for the day, and Cassie would say, "No, we're not doing that." I longed for school to put an end to the argument, but autumn brought little relief: Susan informed us that she was going to Mexico for several months.
Cassie, unstrung by fears of abandonment, demanded even more attention. I joined in the chorus of concern, but I was beginning to worry about myself.
Panic attacks had started washing over me, leaving my heart racing and palms sweating. When I attended client meetings, I tensed, dreading the moment when the office door would shut, closing me in. Whenever Dan and Cassie were home and my children were away, I made excuses to flee the house. I began running more miles, more often. I could never run far enough: Every night when I closed my eyes, I saw a control panel, with red lights flashing an urgent message I chose not to decipher.
Because I could not set limits on my responsibility for Cassie, I clung to my right to say no to Roxy. I told myself I had done more than enough, and I was perfectly justified in taking a walk and leaving Roxy watching out the window.
But it felt wrong to go off on my own, playing a self-righteous story in my head while Roxy whined inside, her paws up on the sill. I loved to get out of the house, to check out the neighbors' gardens, to feel the temperature and moisture of the day and to plunge into the pools of damp, cooler air at the foot of each hill. I could understand that Roxy might feel the same way. I began taking her with me. While she spent more time sniffing telephone poles and less time admiring plant combinations than I did, we seemed in complete agreement about the pleasure of a walk.
"Who's a lucky doggy?" I would croon as I approached the garage, where her leash hung. Soon those words alone would send her skittering across the kitchen to pant excitedly by the door.
Roxy and Idid have our moments of conflict. I shouted at her when she ruined two of my rugs with poop, though when I saw her cower at my anger, I softened my tone to a grumble and even offered a pat. I told her to be quiet when she whined outside my home--office door, and stuck out my knee when she tried to jump up on me.
But any tension between us blew over quickly. I could complain freely about her misbehavior, and sooner or later I would sit down, call her to me and say goofy dog things to her as I scratched her curly chin and shoulders until she quivered with happiness.
Conflict with Cassie was different. Several afternoons a week, she would shut herself in her room to phone Dan and report my shortcomings as a mother and a person. I imagined her watching, judging and savaging me behind my back, and the thought tightened the knot forming in my stomach. Some days the entire front of my body, from rib cage to hip, burned as though I'd done too many sit-ups.
"Could you and Cassie agree to talk about me only when I'm there?" I asked, struggling to keep my words from weeping at the edges. I knew they spent hours discussing me. I didn't know what Cassie was saying. I was afraid Dan was agreeing with her.
"No. She wouldn't feel comfortable. She needs me to listen," he explained, "to validate her feelings."
I did not flinch, though I'd just smacked up against the hard truth of stepfamily algebra: While a daughter is irreplaceable, an absolute value in any calculation, a wife is a variable. A first wife can be replaced by a second wife, and a second wife by a third.
So I leaned on my girlfriends for my own "validation" while trying to prove to Dan that I was a low--maintenance good sport. Every morning I recommitted myself to remaining cheerful with Cassie, to making something she might like for dinner, to asking questions about her day. When my children were with their dad, I often repressed my urge to flee and made time for Cassie: for example, steering her from multiple disasters to the successful completion of an angel food cake for Father's Day.
"I did it all myself," she announced proudly to Dan, and he couldn't say enough about how beautiful the cake was, how wonderful it tasted and how much he loved her.
Wednesdays, when Susan visited with Cassie, I busied myself in the garden, telling them to feel free in my kitchen. Even when the outside air turned my nose and cheeks bright pink with cold, I preferred to be out under the sky rather than in the house with them. Still, I wasn't allowed to escape. On one visit, Cassie even made a special trip out to the backyard where I was putting in bedding plants to announce, "I love baking projects with my mom!"
After a secondsummer of living with us, Cassie decided to move back with Susan. Dan loaded up the minivan, and Cassie and I gave each other an awkward hug.
As the minivan doors clicked shut, I was so relieved that the judging had come to a stop that I no longer cared about the final damning verdict. Yes, I'd failed. I was just glad that she had chosen to move out first. I had begun to be afraid of what I might do or say.
But when I walked back into the kitchen and saw Dan unhook Roxy's leash from its place on the garage wall, I realized I would miss that dog.
She had accepted every walk, scratching session and gentle word as an act of kindness and had shown her appreciation in grunts, nudges with her damp nose and tail-wagging welcomes. She didn't understand relationship math, never seemed to run the calculations and, as far as I could tell, compared me with no one. All that mattered to her was that I looked after her and treated her in a loving way.
I squattedandscratched Roxy's chin one more time, and she lifted her head up and trembled as her front paws slid forward, collapsing into the rapture of a perfect scratch. Dan was waiting in the doorway, so I moved from scratch to allover rub until she shook her curly hair into place and trotted out the door after Dan in a casual and friendly farewell. We didn't even check the math to see whether we'd given as much as we'd received. We were both content with what we'd had.
ANNE-CHRISTINE STRUGNELL has mostly recovered from the experience and now wants to take some credit for how "Cassie," 18, has turned out.
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Now in Beta: Amazon's Platform for Selling Fine-Art Prints
Amazon, the online retailer, has launched the beta version of its new online marketplace for photographic prints. You can take a look here.
Amazon is currently offering over 5,000 photographic prints on the site. Like other goods that are advertised on the Amazon marketplace, fulfillment is handled by another retailer — in this case, art galleries. If you've ever shopped for a hairdryer or a wristwatch on Amazon, you know how it works: A breakdown of categories and prices appears on the left. Click on "Photographs" and Amazon lets you sort them by medium (C-prints, silver gelatin photographs, archival digital photographs), subject (architecture, nature, fashion, people) and "style," which Amazon defines by terms such as Art Photography, Digital Art, Modern Art, Postmodern & Contemporary Styles. You can also set the price range you would like to browse.
The highest priced print on the site is a one-of-a-kind print by Dieter Blum; it's $120,000. The site also offers a set of four images, the 32nd in an edition of 35, by Ed Ruscha; it's offered for $80,000, and is sold through the Richard Levy Gallery (which is selling 43 images on the site by many photographers including Gregory Crewdson). A $75,000 Julius Shulman on the site and a $50,000 print of Sebastiao Salgado's image "Bombay, India, (Churchgate Station), 1995" are being sold through Fahey/Klein Gallery, which has 171 images on Amazon. The edition sizes of the Shulman and the Salgado are not listed. The least expensive prints on the site sell for under $30.
Other photographers whose prints are sold through Amazon include Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mark Laita, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Vik Muniz, Michael Kenna, Julie Blackmon, Harry Benson, William Abranowicz, Camille Seaman and Jennifer Shaw. Among the participating galleries are Modernbook Gallery, Oxenberg Fine Art, Holden Luntz Gallery, RoGallery, Afterimage Gallery and Soulcatcher Studio.
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Resource: Archived MyMoon Webcast Featuring Moon Storyteller
A recent MyMoon webcast featured a professional storyteller, Barbara Wong, who provided cultural and programming information that may be of interest. Barbara shared details about the annual Mid-Autumn Festival (which was held this year on September 30), a celebration has a history of over 3,000 years, dating back to the Moon worship in ancient times. The webcast is archived at http://connect.arc.nasa.gov/p60kxk4043a/.
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A Pap test (sometimes called a Pap smear) is a way to examine cells collected from the cervix, or the "mouth" of the womb (located at the top of the vagina), for the presence of:
A Pap test, along with a pelvic exam, is an important part of a woman's routine health care because it may detect abnormalities that can lead to invasive cancer. Most invasive cancers of the cervix can be detected early if women have Pap tests and pelvic examinations regularly. As with many types of cancer, cancer of the cervix is more likely to be successfully treated if it is detected early.
The Pap test is useful for detecting not only cancerous cells, but also other cervical and vaginal abnormalities including dysplasia (precancerous cells) and inflammation. Inflammation may be caused by:
According to the National Cancer Institute, when the Pap test shows an ambiguous or minor abnormality, the test is usually repeated to ensure accuracy.
If the test shows a significant abnormality, a colposcopy may be performed (using an instrument called a colposcope) to examine the vagina and the cervix.
A Schiller test may also be performed, in which the cervix is coated with an iodine solution. The iodine stains healthy cells brown, while abnormal cells maintain their typical white or yellow color.
A biopsy may be performed in which the physician removes a small amount of cervical tissue for examination by a pathologist. This is the only sure way to determine whether the abnormal cells indicate cancer.
A woman should always consult with her physician about when and how often a Pap test and pelvic examination should be performed.
According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the American Cancer Society (ACS), and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), general guidelines include:
In the past few years, a newer way of testing cervical cells for abnormalities has gained acceptance in the medical community. This procedure is called liquid-based cytology. Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the test is a liquid-based procedure in which cells from the cervix are put into a vial of liquid instead of being "smeared" onto a slide. The liquid is then filtered and only the cervical cells are placed onto a slide for examination. Though the cost of the procedure, called Thinprep, AutoCyte, or SurePath, is double what a Pap test costs, studies show that these tests may require fewer repeat tests and detect more early-stage lesions. Consult your physician for more information.
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2009-2010: Maria posted a 25-7 singles overall record in 2009-10 and an 18-5 record in the spring season, playing at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots the entire season. She earned second team all-WAC honors in singles, and first-team all- WAC honors in doubles with partner Gabriela Niculescu. In the fall Perevoshchikova went 6-3 in singles and 7-1 in doubles with Alexandra Ulesanu. She was a semifinalist at the Cougar Classic Tournament and a finalist in the Gonzaga/Eastern Washington Invite. Perevoshchikova and Ulesanu claimed the Gonzaga/Eastern Washington Invite doubles championship. She was named WAC player of the month for the month of September and WAC player of the week for the week of February 8-14 for going undefeated against University of the Pacific and Seattle University in singles and doubles.
2008-2009: Perevoshchikova had a very successful first season at Idaho, going 19-7 at the 1 position in singles. Perevoshchikova paired with Daniela Cohen to go 9-9 during the spring season, also at the 1 position.
Previous School: Perevoschikova completed her freshman season at nationally ranked Kansas State University. She had a record of 18-12 in singles playing at the first, second and third spot for the Wildcats.
Junior Tennis: Perevoschikova was ranked No. 289 in doubles and No. 315 in singles while playing on the international circuit.
Personal: She is the daughter of Sergey and Elena. She was born April 14, 1988 at Izhevsk, Russia. He major at Idaho is General Studies


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Before you begin, map out a 1-mile flat route or walk four loops around a quarter-mile track. Warm up with some easy walking for 5 to 10 minutes, then walk your 1-mile route as quickly as possible. Aim to maintain a consistent pace. You should be breathing hard but not gasping for air. Note your time at the end of the mile, and then walk at an easy pace for 5 minutes to cool down.
Here's a summary of the 4-Week Fast Walking Plan, developed by Toronto walking coach Lee Scott. Each week involves four days of training. Click on the links for descriptions of the various types of sessions. Click here for an explanation of the 1-10 rating of perceived effort (RPE, your perception of your workout intensity).
WEEK 1: 30-minute Brisk Walk; 40-minute Interval Walk 1; 40-minute Interval Walk 2; 60-minute Endurance Walk
WEEK 2: 30-minute Brisk Walk; 40-minute Interval Walk 1; 40-minute Interval Walk 2; 60-minute Endurance Walk with 10-minute burst
WEEK 3: 30-minute Brisk Walk; 40-minute Hill Walk; 40-minute Interval Walk 2; 60-minute Endurance Walk with 10-minute burst
WEEK 4: 30-minute Brisk Walk; 40-minute Hill Walk; 40-minute Interval Walk 2; 60-minute Endurance Walk with 15-minute burst
You can do the walks on any day of the week. They do not need to be done on consecutive days. In fact, to give your body time to recover from the higher intensity workout, you should allow a rest day between Interval Walks. But it's fine to do a Brisk or Endurance Walk on the day after an Intensity Walk. You can do alternate workouts such as cycling, swimming, Pilates, yoga, Zumba on days you're not walking. Just keep the intensity low to moderate.
After you've completed the plan, repeat the 1-mile walk test to see how much faster you've gotten!
Intensity Levels
Intensity is measured on a 1 to 10 scale of your rate of perceived exertion (RPE).
Here are guidelines on how each level feels.
Brisk Walk
This walk maintains a pace that is challenging yet doable for 20 minutes.
Interval Walk 1
By pushing yourself to walk as fast as you possibly can for 20-second intervals, you will condition your body to go faster without increasing your risk of injury.
Interval Walk 2
This walk challenges your body a little more than Interval Walk 1 by increasing the fast walking interval while decreasing the recovery interval.
Hill Intervals
Climbing hills strengthens key walking muscles in your legs and butt so it will be easier for you to pick up your pace on level ground. Take shorter steps, land on your heel, and maintain an upright posture when going uphill. On the downhill, slow down.
You shouldn't walk much further downhill than uphill. Aim to keep your front leg as straight as possible to avoid bobbing up and down as you walk downhill.
Endurance Walk
Duration, not speed, is the focus of this workout during the first week. In weeks 2 and 3, you speed up to a brisk pace (7 RPE) for 10 minutes. And in week 4, you'll increase the brisk bout to 15 minutes. You can do these brisk bouts at any point during the workout after you've warmed up.
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LINGO IS KEY Do you know the difference between a blizzard and a winter storm? What about an advisory, a watch and a warning? (Hint: A warning is the one to take most seriously.) Before you race out to stock up on canned tuna and Mallomars, learn what the terms used on TV mean (Noaa.gov explains all), and you'll know when you're in real danger.
OPT FOR MITTENS "Trapped air insulates, so mittens, which are snug at the wrist, keep you warmer than gloves," says Schneider.
PROTECT PETS They're also at risk in winter. Assemble a portable pet disaster kit with water and food, plus any special needs. And make sure your pup's ID tag is secure. According to the ASPCA, more pets go missing during winter than in any other season, perhaps because snow interferes with their sense of smell.


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There is no one quite like Omar. Knowing this, the UK's Tru Thoughts will be re-releasing his masterful Sing (If You Want It) album on July 18th. Featuring collaborations with Stevie Wonder, Angie Stone, Estelle, and Common, the re-release also comes with two new tracks: "Dancing" with Omar and Zed Bias, another infectious tune featured in the video above, and a remix of "It's So" by Bob Sinclair. "Dancing" will be officially released on June 27th. Also check back for details on Omar's 2011 US tour!
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Height: 6-0 Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: March 9, 1939 in Houston, TX
High School: George Washington Carver
College: USC (school history) (Wilson college stats)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 5th round (68th overall) of the 1962 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 28th round (224th overall) of the 1962 AFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 16 (5629th overall since 1950)
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There's so much to choose when it comes to the wide selection of food and beverages at Citizens Bank Park! Fans can enjoy traditional ballpark fare, as well as plenty of foods with Philadelphia flavor. Plus, there's also a variety of healthier and gluten-free food options - just another reason why the home of the Phillies has been rated one of the best ballparks in the country!
Food and beverages are available throughout Citizens Bank Park at permanent locations, numerous portable stands and two restaurants. All concession areas are wheelchair accessible. The concessionaire is a joint venture involving ARAMARK, the Phillies and World Wide Concessions. Please see below for a complete listing of foods available at Citizens Bank Park.
Voted the No. 1 vegetarian ballpark three years in a row, Citizens Bank Park offers plenty of healthy fare.
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Sept. 21, 2012
TEMPE - The Arizona State University men's cross country team ran their "A" squad for the first time on the season and the results were impressive as the team took third at the Pac-12 Preview in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Friday.
Senior Darius Terry picked up where he left off last year before being sidelined with injury, clocking a third-place finish in 24:35 over the 8,000-meter course at the Robinson Ranch Golf Course - the site of this year's Pac-12 Championship.
Terry was just five seconds shy of No. 18 Northern Arizona's Brian Shrader and Fatsum Zienasellassie, who both finished in 24:30 for the eventually team champion Lumberjacks.
ASU got its first glimpse of graduate transfer Zach Zarda and it was an exceptional one as the former Kansas Jayhawk clocked a time of 24:43 to finish sixth overall in his first race with the Sun Devils.
The next Sun Devil across the line was 2011 NCAA All-West Region runner senior Nick Happe, who finished in 25:07 in 14th-place. He was followed by redshirt sophomore Garrett Baker-Slama in 21st place in 25:28 while redshirt freshman Ryan Herson continued his strong early-season running with a 22nd-place finish in 25:30 to round out the scoring for ASU.
The Sun Devils finished with 66 points overall to take third behind NAU (23 points) and host UCLA, who finished with 58 points. It was a notable performance for ASU in that three of those who scored for the Sun Devils on Friday were not among the team's tip five runners in 2011, showing the amount of depth this team brings to the table this season.
The ASU men will return to action in two weeks as they take part in the Grand Canyon Invitational in Goodyear, Ariz., though the majority of the "A" team likely won't return to competition until October 12 at the Wisconsin Invitational in Madison, Wis.


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I was asked this question on Formspring by @jwhouk the other day, and I decided it was worthy of a better answer than a few lines on Twitter. Actually, the way he phrased it was
Deep down in your heart of hearts (or whatever you want to call it) — do you believe/think there will ever be a cure for CFS? Or at least an understanding of causes for it?
which I like because I feel more comfortable talking about my beliefs and speculations than the hard science. And then the timing was funny as this story came out yesterday. It's a report on a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), detailing a replication study seeking XMRV in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. The PNAS paper had been held for some time, frustrating and angering patients, and now that it's out, the results are interesting. Although the researchers did not find XMRV, they did find a related family of retroviruses. This isn't going to end the controversy over XMRV anytime soon — there are many questions remaining about the selection of patient cohorts, why other studies were unable to find XMRV, and so forth — but more information is always good.
This is part of my answer to the question, this fact that right now there is more interest in CFS research than there has been in years. For one thing, this is obviously directly good news for people who want a cure. Even if XMRV or MLV turn out to be complete red herrings, who knows what else may be discovered along the way. And a major side benefit of this research is that more people — physicians and otherwise — learn that CFS is a true somatic problem that warrants research. The disease and the people who have it receive validation, which may lead to better care and further research as well. So these are all positive signs even if there are some very questionable aspects, such as patients starting dangerous treatments for things they don't even know they have yet.
The problem with CFS is that, although we patients tend to insist on it being treated as a disease, it is not one. It is a syndrome — an association of related symptoms — and those symptoms and their severity differ enormously from person to person. (It's important to note this does not mean that anyone with a few fatigue-related symptoms has CFS. There are several sets of different but related diagnostic criteria.) Some patients have mostly neurological symptoms, and tend to identify as having ME (myalgic encephalopathy), while others like me exhibit almost exclusively post-viral symptoms. There are endless debates over the name of the syndrome, and whether it should or shouldn't be lumped together, as it often is, as ME/CFS. This is why I remain skeptical about XMRV: does it really seem possible that a single retrovirus, or even a family of them, could cause such an enormous disparity in etiologies, disease progression, symptoms, and so forth? Possibly in one particular set of patients, but what about everyone else?
So I don't really envision a vaccine or gene therapy anytime soon or ever that will wipe out CFS, although I do expect better therapies and treatments. I think what is more likely to happen is that as we increase our understanding of various illnesses, especially autoimmune ones, patients formerly diagnosed with CFS will be found to have something else. This happens frequently enough now (although sometimes in the other direction, as in patients with depression who are later found to have CFS as a somatic cause), and there's no reason to think it won't continue. As medical science becomes more knowledgeable about autoimmune disorders, demyelinating disorders, and many other related areas, I think CFS patients will continue to be rediagnosed with more specific — and hopefully treatable! — illnesses. In this sense, medicine will "cure" CFS by redefining patients into other categories, and with luck, having no more use for this "garbage can" of a diagnosis.


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When his name appears on a mysterious list that falls into the wrong hands, he will have no choice but to run. Will he escape from the relentless pursuit of his enemies? Will he ever see the woman he has madly fallen in love with, again? Will he find the gates that could save him and lead him to the Kingdom? Or will the cruel war destroy his lifelong aspirations?
This is the third book in the series Gates of the Kingdom, featuring Eric Latour, a young French adventurer who is searching for a hidden Kingdom. A great treasure lies at the end of his quest. But in order to find it he must go through twelve gates located across the world. In the first book, Eric is entrusted with a manuscript describing the journey. In the second volume, Eric meets the guardians of Mucul'cah, a lost city where the Great Treasure of the King is hidden. The lost Mayan tribe reveals a prophecy about the dangers that lie ahead. In this third installment, Eric sees the prophecy fulfilled, as the long road to the Kingdom becomes a threatening mine field fraught with daunting obstacles and deadly traps. Only the wise advice of the citizens of the Kingdom can help him find his way. But what is he to do when he ends up alone and surrounded by blood-thirsty enemies who want him dead?
Born in Mexico of French parents, I grew up between North America and Europe, learning to love and understand diverse cultures. I now oversee relief and development projects in Africa and Latin America and have had the privilege to travel extensively, experiencing life-changing situations and profound realities. Some of the unique places, people and experiences that I encounter serve as an inspiration for this series.
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I can't remember where or when it was that I first heard of the Kinda Surprise Egg. My best guess is that it was during college, and one of my friends introduced me to them. What I was immediately stuck by was how great the idea of it was and how silly it is that they're not available in the United States (and now sadly, other countries are following suit.) due to a supposed choking hazard of the toy. I find that silly and disappointing, since the Kinder Surprise is such a fun and unique candy. It'd be a shame to have it disappear in this over-protective modern world we live in.
The Kinder Egg (kinder meaning "child" in German) is made by Ferrero and is about double the size of a real egg. I've seen them sold as is or in a box or three or more. It's construction sonsists of the chocolate egg surrounding that iconic bright yellow capsule that holds the toy. The chocolate has two layers: the outside is milk chocolate and the inside white "lining"...aka mockolate. The egg is easily broken open since the chocolate is soft, and it tastes very sweet with that European dry milk powder flavor. I find that it gives me a small throat burn, but it doesn't bother me too much.
The yellow capsule pops open under firm pressure revealing the instructions and pieces of the toy, which almost always require assembly. There's also usually a paper that has the website and a coupon code printed on it for a chance to win prizes. I admit I never bothered with that, though.
Wow! Look, I got a spy kit! I now can use my belt-clipping mirror to spy on my roommate!
A few of the more memorable toys I've gotten from are a German gingerbread-styled house (to line up with other houses, oh yay!), a whale-shaped car meant for driving on the moon (say what?) and a figurine of a "handsome" prince which was actually rather terrifying. You can see many other toys in the Flickr Kinder Surprise Pool.
I find myself buying these whenever I see them because I love the cheesy toy so much. It never fails to make me laugh. Regardless if I keep it for myself or give it to a friend, it's fun embodied in a chocolate candy egg.
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Getting back to things I missed this past week and a half while I was away, I have good news to report on the infamous "big rifts" front. In my original post for Atheism+ I included what appeared to be the grossly callous behavior of leading skeptic Harriet Hall (although without naming her), which really shocked me and led me to conclude she must be rather heartless. I had then linked to a description of that and other actions against Surly Amy and the Skepchicks at the same event, and made these general remarks of outrage (though of the behavior of numerous people as a whole, not Hall specifically):
[A]s the Surly Amy story shows, there are clearly many of us who disregard the happiness of others just to hurt them, mocking or insulting (or even threatening) them merely to please one's own vanity or self-righteousness, in complete disregard of the pointless misery it causes another human being. That is fucking cruel. And if you are complicit in that, or don't even see what's wrong with it, or worse, plan to engage in Christian-style apologetics for it, defending it with the same bullshit fallacies and tactics the Christians use to defend their own immorality or that of their fictional god, then I don't want anything to do with you. You are despicable. You are an awful person. You disgust me. You are not my people.
Even the most rudimentary application of The Golden Rule would have caused any of the people who treated Amy as they did, or Rebecca Watson, or any of the many women and men who have been targeted by this shit, to stop themselves well beforehand. "Wait. Would I want people to treat me this way?" No, you fucking wouldn't. So alas, you are a hypocrite.
Well, I am now glad to report I can (and will) add a retraction regarding Dr. Hall. I was quite wrong in her case. She has since apologized and explained that she didn't realize the context of what she had done and how it had been misconstrued. She and Surly Amy have had an excellent correspondence over this, and Hall comes across as a great person and very concerned and on board with our goals and values (and not, as she had erroneously given the impression of, mocking and deriding them). Indeed her image is fully redeemed for me. She says she had no idea the harm she had caused, and would have behaved otherwise if she knew. That's the behavior Atheism+ wants to promote and wants to see more of: recognition of moral responsibility, learning, and improving ourselves and our movement. And above all, listening and communicating in a reasonable fashion.
Surly Amy has written an excellent post on their reconciliation, with quotations of their correspondence, which is all very well worth reading: Chicks, Tough Old Hens and Roosters. Oh, and T-shirts at TAM. It explains a lot, and dispels a lot of myths, especially the notion that Hall has any sympathy for the people who were using her t-shirt protest as proof she was on their side. She quite clearly explains she was not then and is not now.


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To do this, you need to format the partition containing Windows 7, or delete it entirely. This allows the earlier operating system to reclaim the disk space.
Before you begin, you should back up your programs, files, and settings. Formatting or deleting a partition deletes all of the data on the partition. For more information about backing up data, search Help and Support for "back up." For more information about multibooting, see Can I have more than one operating system on my computer (multiboot)?
Don't format or delete the earlier version of Windows in a multiboot configuration. Doing so could render your computer inoperable. This is because the computer uses the startup files from the earliest version of Windows that is installed on the computer. For more information, see Install more than one operating system (multiboot).
If the earlier version of Windows was somehow installed after Windows 7 was installed on the computer, deleting Windows 7 in this case could render the computer inoperable.
To format or delete the Windows 7 partition, you need to start (boot) your computer using the earlier version of Windows.
Formatting a partition deletes the data on the partition but keeps the partition on your computer's hard disk. Deleting a partition results in unallocated disk space on the hard disk. You can create additional partitions from this space, or expand an existing partition so that it can make use of the space.
Quick format is a formatting option that creates a new file table, but does not fully overwrite or erase the volume. A quick format is much faster than a normal format, which fully erases any existing data on the volume.
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Short Poverty Film Wins Top Multimedia Prize at BOP Competition
Photographer and director Alan Spearman of the Memphis Commercial Appeal has won the Best Use of Multimedia prize at the NPPA Best of Photojournalism contest, judges announced yesterday.
Spearman won the prize for his short film called As I Am, a rich, poetic film about the hard edges of poverty, from the viewpoint of an insider struggling to pull himself out. Spearman entered the film in the NPPA contest under the title, "Memphis Poverty: What Obama Didn't See."
The subject of the film, Christopher Dean, had a moment in the YouTube spotlight in 2011 for his charming introduction of Barack Obama at a high school graduation, where Obama spoke. Community leaders in Memphis rallied around Dean afterwards to help him pay for college. During the summer of 2012, Dean was an intern at the Memphis Commercial Appeal, where he worked with Spearman on the "As I Am" film.
"Memphis Poverty masterfully tells an important American story in a non-traditional way, bypassing the literal translation of poverty to strike the soul," Best of Photojournalism jurors said in an announcement posted on the NPPA web site. "The artful blend of documentary moments, poetry, music, cinematic shooting and editing craftsmanship moves our art of storytelling forward in a dramatic way."
The jury, which included Nancy Andrews, Zach Wise, and Jonathan Quilter, gave special recognition to "Dying for Relief," a multimedia story about the overuse and abuse of prescription drugs, produced by Liz O. Baylen of the Los Angeles Times.
Spearman also won the first place prize in the Feature Multimedia category for the "As I Am" project. First place winners in other BOP multimedia categories included Albert Lee of the Los Angeles Times, who won both the Multimedia Package category and Visual Column/Recurring Series category for his photo and video blog called Framework; MediaStorm in the Documentary Multimedia story category for "A Shadow Remains" (an extension of Philip Toledano's "Days with My Father" project); Chris Zuppa of the Tampa Bay Times in the New Multimedia/48 Hours category for "RNC 2012, Inside and Out;" Misha Domozhilov for "Motoball Monsters" in the Sports Multimedia Story category; and Reuters for "The Wider Image" in the Tablet/Mobile Delivery Project category.
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I am an MS student and I also have a part time job. I am facing the same producticity problem that has bothered me during my Bsc.
As to organization, I have a calendar on my desktop showing important events like exam\homework and the rest of the studies related tasks I keep in my head because there are not too many of them (although they are very time consuming e.g. reading chapters XYZ from book W)
Getting a degree in general is quite a burden and demands mastering complex concepts daily. This may be enhancing my productivity problem. What happens can be descriped in the following steps:
- I have a set of tasks to complete with various deadlines (homework, study material etc.).
- Before time pressures me I tend to lose focus. Then I end up doing something more attractive like watch a movie\series.
- Once I've had one "portion" of fun (say an episode of some series), I can't force myself to make the shift towards studying. The task at hand seems so complex or even scary, especially compared to the immediate satisfaction received by watching the episode.
- I end up having more portions of fun with little or no studying at all.
- Time begins to pressure as I've wasted days that were initially planned for task completion.
- Deadlines get very close. I am then forced to engage the tasks.
- I work under a lot of pressure, with little sleep and the outcome is not as good as I would've liked in the best case. (low exam score, pulled an all-nighter to manage the h.w. deadline etc.)
This has happend to me over and over again for as long as I remember myself. Even when the outcome is destructive(and it often is) it does not prevent the situation from happening the next time. Juggling studies with a job makes deadlines much shorter so I feel pressured much sooner but the whole process still happens.
I would love some advice.


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- 1 each medium green, sweet red and yellow peppers, cut into 1/2-inch strips
- 1 sweet onion, cut into 1/2-inch strips
- 2 pounds beef top sirloin steaks, cut into thin strips
- 3/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 8 flour tortillas (8 inches), warmed
- 1/2 cup salsa
- 1/2 cup shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese
- 8 teaspoons minced fresh cilantro
- Place peppers and onion in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Top with beef. Combine the water, vinegar, lime juice and seasonings; pour over meat. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat is tender.
- Using a slotted spoon, place about 3/4 cup meat mixture down the center of each tortilla. Top with salsa,cheese and cilantro; roll up. Yield: 8 servings.
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"When you remove the meat and peppers from the broth at the end of cooking, it had no favor. All the season was in the unusable liquid at the bottom of the crock pot. I removed all meat and veggies to a bowl and liberally seasoned again with cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper. They were tasty, but sloppy. I'd make it again. Next time I would probably reduce the water by half."
"I make my own salsa, and using it instead of water is much better in this recipe. I had to adjust seasonings to our taste and put the veges on top of the meat instead of under. Pretty good"
"Way too much liquid and way too little taste....veggies were mush. I wanted to like it just because of the ease of cooking it. Still in search of a great fajita recipe...I hoped this would be it."
"Once the cook time was completed, there was too much liquid in the slow cooker for my liking. Flavor a bit bland. Oh well!~ Theresa"
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (January 27, 2007) - The ETSU track & field squad continued the momentum from a solid opening day of competition at the Niswonger Invitational, and ended the meet with one title and another school record.
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Other ETSU competitors also fared well in Saturday's action. On the men's side, sophomore Michael Deren (
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As Jeff Sabatino gets up there in years, he's doing his best to contain his emotions.
There's always a little wiggle room, evidently.
After watching his Purple Riders turn in a lackluster first half of Wednesday's game against Wheeling Central inside the Tolbert Gymnasium, which resulted in a 12-point Knights' upperhand, Sabatino "blew a gasket" in the lockerroom at intermission.
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MARTINS FERRY'S Cody Schau goes up for a shot in traffic during Wednesday's game against Wheeling Central inside the Tolbert Gymnasium at Martins Ferry High School. Schau scored 24 points and the Purple Riders rallied past the Knights for a 58-49 victory. Additional images may be found at cu.timesleaderonline.com
"I wanted us to compete a lot more and a lot better than we did in the first half," Sabatino said. "I know we're sick, tired, hurt, but our guys looked older than me. I just wanted them to leave it on all on the court and feel like they needed to die at the end of the game."
The message got across loud and clear.
The Purple Riders turned up the energy on both ends of the floor and eventually pulled away for a 58-49 victory, evening their record at 3-3 with a Friday date against Bellaire looming.
"I asked them after the game and every guy said he felt like he was going to die, which is how you should feel," Sabatino confirmed. "I am really proud of the second-half effort. It was really special."
The Maroon Knights, who hit six treys in the opening half, mustered only 18 second-half points all told, while the Purple Riders - using a strong balance of inside and outside - struck for 39 points.
"Right now, we're at the point where we just have to learn to win games," said Central head coach Mel Stephens. "We struggled last year and were never really in the position very much where we had leads. I thought (Ferry's) all-out hustle was the key. They got every rebound and every loose ball. Plus, they out-toughed us."
Like most teams do when they line up against the Riders, Central decided to work hard on the defensive end to limit the touches for senior standout Cody Schau, who is the area's leading scorer.
With that happening with regularity in the first half, Sabatino challenged diminutive sophomore point guard Jake Barritt.
"We knew they were going to double Cody, so we told Jake we were going to kick him the ball," Sabatino said. "I told him I didn't care if they all fell down, he was going to shoot it right away."
Barritt followed his coach's instructions and buried a pair of bonus baskets, which ignited the third-quarter spurt. Those buckets forced the Central defense to respect him from deep, which created space for Schau, junior post Robert Vargo and senior Tyler Strama.
"After those shots, we were back in the game and it was just a matter of slugging it out," Sabatino said.
Ferry trailed, 39-38, at the final break, but kept the momentum by scoring 10 of the first 14 in the fourth. A Schau leaner with just under five minutes to play put Ferry on top for good at 44-43.
"I thought we guarded better in the second half," Sabatino said. "We switched who was guarding whom and I guess our matchups suited us a little better."
The Knights got as close as three on three different occassions, but a strong 10-of-11 effort from the line in the fourth held the Knights off.
"I don't know what it is," Stephens said. "I think we played a little looser in the first half, but in the second half, we have to be able to play with the lead. We kind of bogged down and (Martins Ferry) made all of the plays."
Schau led all scorers with 24 points. Barritt and Vargo each went for 11, while Strama finished with 10.
Justin Hammers led the Knights with 15 points, which came from five triples. Junior David Park finished with 14. Senior Brandon Wallace added nine and talented frosh Chase Harler came off the bench to score six.
Wheeling Central's road gets no easier. The Knights will next take part in the sixth annual Cancer Research Classic against Mercersburg at 6 p.m. Friday. They then take on Wheeling Park on Tuesday.
The Riders made it a sweep with a victory in the reserve game.
WHEELING CENTRAL (49) - Hammers 5, 0-0 15; Park 6, 1-2 14; Stanley 0, 0-0 0; Harler 3, 0-0 6; Ingram 1, 0-0 2; Felton 0, 0-0 0; Manns 0, 1-2 1; Wallace 4, 1-4 9; Siebieda 1, 0-1 2; Totals: 20, 3-9 49. MARTINS FERRY (58) - Barritt 4, 1-2 11; Sears 0, 0-0 0; Burress 0, 0-0 0; Vargo 4, 3-3 11; Schau 8, 8-12 24; Appolloni 1, 0-0 2; Strama 2, 6-7 10; Totals: 19, 18-24 58.
Three-Point Goals: WC - Hammers (5), Park. MF - Barritt (2).
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Deputies: Man wanting sex with ex-girlfriend gets hit in the head with a bat
Published: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 2:31 p.m.
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A DeLand man sent a text message to his ex-girlfriend telling her he wanted to have sex, but when the woman showed up at his house she brought along another man who hit him in the head with a bat, Volusia deputies said.
Shane Marshall, 20, suffered a 4-inch cut to his forehead. The blow also fractured his skull and eye socket, and Marshall had to be airlifted to a hospital in Orlando after initial treatment at Florida Hospital DeLand, an incident report shows.
The incident occurred Tuesday at Marshall's home at 850 Montgomery Ave. near DeLand at 7:32 p.m., investigating deputies said.
The ex-girlfriend, Anna Kelder, 19, of DeLeon Springs, is charged with principal to aggravated battery and Brandon Moreland, 20, of DeLand, is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
It is unclear if Moreland was Kelder's new boyfriend.
According to deputies, Marshall sent a message to Kelder expressing his sexual desires, and Kelder agreed to come over. When the woman arrived at Marshall's home, she texted him to come outside, the report said.
Marshall saw Kelder's vehicle parked outside, but as he stepped out of his garage, he saw Moreland holding a full-size baseball bat. Without saying anything, Moreland struck Marshall in the forehead and continued striking him in the side and back, deputies said.
Marshall was able to run back inside his garage and away from Moreland, the report said.
Deputies found a moaning Marshall sitting in a chair holding a bloody towel to his forehead complaining of pain to his head and back. Blood was all over his shirt and arms as well as the driveway, the report states.
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Just had a really good chat with Bryan ( Brifi) and the subject of the squeeze box came up.
Now i must confess to being a techno-phobe TBH so i have always sherked away from such talk.
But as i am starting to buy vinyl im running out of space with cd's and now Lp's "cluttering up the place" ( her words not mine )
Bryan suggested i get one and load on my collection, its not that big anyway at 300 or so, but given i have a great Cd player Bryan told me this would sound great through the Sugden using its DAC. He explained how this could be done and it was simple, but it really was over my head. So all you budding techies, how do i do this? Please, stupid as feck laymans terms only please.
Quite fancy having the conveniance without selling any of my kit on as im really happy with the system, hence the forray into a Turntable and vinyl. Just to keep my eye in, so to speak.
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – A balanced and efficient offensive output led No. 9-seed San Diego (26-3) to a 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-22) victory over Arizona (21-13) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Jenny Craig Pavilion on Saturday night. With the win, the Toreros punched their ticket to the Sweet 16 in Lincoln, Neb.
San Diego hit an incredible .377 against one of the top defensive teams in the Pac-12. The .377 hitting percentage was the highest percentage hit against the Wildcats all season. The Toreros out-dug the Wildcats 55 to 48 for the match.
The trio of Choe Ferrari, Alaysia Brown and Taylor Hollins paced the San Diego offense with each recording double-digit kills on the night. Ferrari and Brown each recorded 13 kills, while Hollins added 10. Jianna Bonomi led the Toreros with a match-high 16 digs.
Madi Kingdon led the Arizona offense with a match-high 15 kills to go along with a team-high 12 digs for her 16th double-double of the season. Kingdon finished the season with 508 kills on the season – the sixth most in Arizona single-season history. In addition, she now has 1,312 kills for her career – already sixth on the school's all-time kills list with still another season to go.
Penina Snuka finished the season as the Pac-12 leader in double-doubles with 19 on the season. Snuka dished out 28 assists with 10 digs and two kills for the night.
Meanwhile, Candace Nicholson, the Arizona all-time leader in single-season and career digs, finished with 10 digs on the night. She closed out the season with 512 digs on the season – the only player in school history to ever record 500 digs in a season. Nicholson closed out her career with 1,642 digs – over 300 more than Terry Lauchner's previous Arizona career record of 1,297.
The two teams battled back and forth for the first 12 points of the opening set. San Diego finally broke the tie with four straight points to take the 10-6 lead. Arizona pulled to within three on a few occasions but that was as close as the Wildcats would get. San Diego pulled away late to take the set 25-14. The Toreros went an incredible .536 in the set, while Arizona hit just .176.
San Diego continued its relentless offensive effort into the start of the second set as it jumped out to a 5-1 lead, forcing the Wildcats to burn a quick timeout. The Toreros started to pull away in the middle portion of the set, but Arizona put together a 5-1 run to get within two at 12-10. However, San Diego would not let it get any closer as the Toreros went on a 4-0 run to regain a six-point advantage at 16-10. The Wildcats did not give up as they pulled to within two once again at 20-18, but they could never get any closer as USD went on to take the set, 25-19. The Toreros remained efficient offensively as they hit .356 in the set.
The Toreros used a 7-1 run to jump out to a 14-7 advantage in the third set. Arizona could never dig itself out of the hole despite cutting the deficit to just two points at 24-22. San Diego went on to clinch the match with a 25-22 victory in the set. The Toreros continued to excel on the offensive end as they hit .273 in the set.
The Wildcats earned their 25th all-time berth in the NCAA Tournament and they are now 27-25 in the tournament all-time. Arizona also won its first NCAA Tournament match since the 2005 season.
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It is not just a headache. Migraine sufferers know best how debilitating it can be at times. They would agree that the pain won't let them work, and sometimes it might even be difficult for them to rest. What do you want most at such times? A painkiller may give instant relief, but you might be aware that its medicines don't just act on your brain but other parts of the body too, which don't really need it. The end result is side-effects. If you are an expecting mother, then you have all the more reason to choose not to have these medicines.
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Firstly, it is important that you know what triggers your migraine headaches. Observing your lifestyle and consulting your doctor can help you find out. The rest can then be a cakewalk for you. The good news is that most of these migraine triggers are curable, while some others can be reduced to a great extent, and there are people who have tried these methods and have reported significant improvements.
Following these nine preventive, natural, safe methods, which are a combination of self-help remedies and lifestyle changes, can help you find a permanent antidote to your migraine:
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Did you know that the Headache Centre of Atlanta has found stress to be a major migraine trigger? Around 80% of all migraineurs report stress as a troubling factor. If stress is not your trigger, then it could be hormones (65%), odors (44%), lights (38%), smoke (36%), heat (30%), food (27%), or other disruptions like magnesium or calcium deficiency
Once you find what needs to be treated or avoided, one of these nine ways we have presented can definitely help you in reducing the intensity and frequency of your migraine, and over time might even cure it completely. Never think that this is a permanent condition that cannot be treated. People from the world over who have had severe attacks of migraine reported significant improvements with these natural home-based remedies.
#2 Meditate every day and chase your headache away
If you are a woman, there is a high possibility that the changing hormonal levels post adolescence triggers your migraine. Did you know that three times as many women as men suffer migraine headaches in adulthood? If you are suffering menstrual or post-partum (after childbirth) migraines, then you needn't worry any more. "A free-of-cost solution that has shown results is Hari Om meditation (a meditation guided by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar), which addresses these issues by bringing fluctuating hormone levels to normal. But you need to be consistent in your practice to see effective results over a period of time", suggests Dr. Shiksha Thakur, an Ayurvedic physician and Nadi Parikshak.
"And if you fall in the 80% category where stress is the trigger, then Shanti meditation (also a meditation guided by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar) is what you should do. The meditation will help you heal and relax. When you are deeply rested, your healing mechanism gets activated. Meditation in general is effective for everybody; however, Shanti meditation also helps reduce blood pressure, which happens to be one of the less common triggers of migraines. In fact, meditation can help you find instant relief without side-effects, and anybody can practice it regardless of age, gender, or other criteria. It relaxes your blood vessels, decreases stress, increases your pain tolerance limit, and pumps you with well-being", she adds.
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AUBURN, Wash. - Washington State University junior men's golfer Trent Sanders is in the top 10 after the first two rounds of the Kikkor Golf Husky Invitational.
Sanders is tied for fifth headed into the final round after shooting back-to-back rounds of 71 (-1) at the par-72, 7,304-yard Washington National Golf Club.
"I got some putts to go and it ended up being a pretty good day," Sanders said.
The Cougars posted a team score of 595, finishing the first day ahead of Fresno State and Gonzaga.
Freshman Kent Hagen finished tied for 40th with a 150 (+6), and is just three strokes back of the top 25.
"We played ok, we just didn't chip and putt well," WSU Head Coach Walt Williams said. "We will make the changes we need to make and tomorrow we'll move up."
Rounding out the Cougar contingent were senior Nick Ellis (151; +7), redshirt freshman Cody Robinson (154; +10) and sophomore Hank Frame (159; +15).
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On Wednesday, April 11, 2012, more than 100 guests gathered at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel for Philadelphia Weddings Sew in Love fashion showcase. The evening featured original bridal designs by students from five of Philadelphias top design schools, Cupcake wines, hors doeuvres and music. Fifty percent of all ticket proceeds benefited Wish Upon a Wedding. Photography by 217 Photography.
On Sunday, April 1, 2012, former Eagle Tra Thomas and his team at 7 Deuce Sports hosted a one-year anniversary fundraising gala at the Chophouse Restaurant. The event was held to benefit The Food Bank of South Jersey and the Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey. Among the attendees were current Eagle Jason Avant and former Eagles Ike Reese and Hugh Douglas.
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Equipment 101: Palletizing equipment
Strong, stable, secure. These are important qualities in a palletized load. While palletizing is the science of placing and securing units or containers on pallets, it can be somewhat of a materials handling art form.
"If product is going to move, it has to be in an easy to handle unit load," says Fred Hayes, director of technical services for the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI). "If it's not on a pallet, it's not going to go very far," Hayes adds.
Of course, product is moving all the time and often has to go very far before reaching its destination. But getting it there is only half the battle; the other half is getting it to the final consumer in an appealing, salable condition. Enter palletizing equipment.
From basic assist equipment that works in manual operations to sophisticated robotic technology, here's a look at a few palletizing solutions.
Manual palletizing
Manual palletizing can be done by people and without any mechanical assistance at all. However, there are simple solutions that can aid in the process.
Backboard: Since product placement on a pallet is important to the load's structure, a backboard can be used to guide the loading process. Typically about 4 feet long and 6 feet high, a backboard is made of steel and welded together in a 90 degree angle, explains Dan Johnson, product line manager for palletizing for Brenton, a division of Pro Mach. It's a simple alignment aid that means workers spend less time lining up the product as they build the load, he adds.
Lift assist and positioning: Manual palletizing can also be facilitated with assist devices like powered lift tables or work positioners that are specifically designed for palletizing functions.
Using calibrated springs or pneumatic devices, pallet positioners automatically adjust the height of the pallet load. Pallet positioners can be topped with turntables so that operators can stay in one place and rotate the load rather than waste time and steps walking around to build the pallet.
In some palletizing stations, when a pallet layer is complete, the operator lowers the work surface as required to maintain a comfortable working height.
Because positioners can hold up to 4,500 pounds, lift trucks are required for depositing and retrieving pallets.
Semi-automatic palletizers
There are physical and ergonomic challenges when you are palletizing manually. In addition, it's difficult to attract and retain enough labor to keep an operation moving smoothly. Semi-automatic or automatic palletizing, with machines or robots, can eliminate the risk of ergonomic injuries to workers and reduce operator error.
Semi-automatic palletizing equipment, which is popular in niche markets where products are heavy and difficult to palletize manually, can handle up to 20 bags or cases per minute. This equipment is well suited for low-speed operations that can't justify the cost of full automation but require a solution to help prevent worker injury.
In one style of a semi-automatic palletizer, a conveyor delivers product to an operator who arranges it into a layer on a plate. Then, with the press of a button, the plate surface retracts, allowing the layer of items to drop onto the pallet just below. The plate can be made of smooth metal, slippery polyethylene, rollers or even an air table for especially heavy products.
In another example, an operator receives product on a conveyor at an ergonomic workstation. A mixed-case pallet is built on a lift that the operator lowers as required to maintain a comfortable working height, explains Ken Ruehrdanz, warehousing and distribution market manager for Dematic.
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Published: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 3:01 p.m.
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Wilmington | Two people were injured Tuesday afternoon in a rollover accident in the 1100 block of Wooster Street involving an SUV and a convertible.
"The accident occurred when a black Mercedes heading west on Wooster Street ran a stop light," said Wilmington Police Department spokeswoman Linda Rawley. "A red Suburban headed north on 10th Street collided with the car and caused it to roll over."
The accident blocked all lanes of traffic on Wooster Street from about 2:30 to 4 p.m., Rawley said.
Krystal Newkirk said she was in her home nearby when she heard the collision and called 911. By the time she got outside the black Mercedes was upside down on the right side of the road and the Suburban with heavy damage to its front was stopped in the intersection with 10th Street.
The driver of the Mercedes, Robert George Jones Jr. and passenger, Timothy Targeoglou, were trapped in the overturned Mercedes before being cut out of the vehicle by Wilmington Fire Department and taken to New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Jones was charged with a red light violation, Rawley said.
Leroy Jerome Bunting Jr., who was driving the Tahoe, was charged with driving during revocation, and Anita Annette Moses, who owns the car and was a passenger, was charged with allowing an unlicensed driver to operate a motor vehicle.
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