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It took a long time for the X-Men's Danger room to be revealed as being sentient. Shi'ar technology enslaved by Professor Xavier to create artificial worlds to test and train his students to become soldiers, the X-Men. It/She later broke free of those restraints and rebelled, but once it one its freedom, it relented and… Read more »
Dan Abnett is a British comic book writer. He is mostly known these days for writing American comic books for American comic book publishers, though he knows I'll always love his first Knights Of Pendragon series for Marvel UK for being the comic equivalent of Edge Of Darkness. Indeed, he usually doesn't wear his Britishness… Read more »
DC Comics PR has provided CBR with a preview of Wonder Woman #1 by Greg Rucka and Liam Sharp, out this week. There will be always someone on a message board complaining that continuity in a comic book just doesn't make sense. But it's not normally the lead character. But she did quite a bit… Read more »
From Amazing Spider-Man #14. No one coughs blood on panel without reason. Unless of course, Aunt May is a mutant and this is a terrigenesis cloud… Of course, if she does die (again), there's always the Jackal… Send in the clone Mays.
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Park City's dozens of galleries often debut cool and unusual exhibitions on Park City Gallery Stroll Fridays. This unusual piece, "Can't Get It Out of My Mind" by Deveren Farley and will be on display beginning July 26 at Kimball Art Center.
Newpark, Kimball Junction, Quarry Village, Silver Creek Junction and Prospector are just a few of the commercial areas in and around Park City. And while all offer an array of shops, restaurants and even concert venues deepening Park City's community status, when it comes down to it, they all play second fiddle to this charming berg's literal and figurative heart, Main Street.
One of my favorite times to visit Old Town (as it is also known) is on the last Friday of every month for the Park City Gallery Association's Gallery Stroll. This free event has a definitively neighborly feel, but is also a great way to check out works and exhibitions of local, unusual and emerging art not on display elsewhere in the state.
For example, on Friday, July 26, Kimball Art Center debuts SRAM pART Project/Park City. The exhibit features work from 25 artists who transformed a box of 100 SRAM bike components into original sculptures. The sculptures will be auctioned on eBay with proceeds going toward World Bicycle Relief, Kimball Art Center and the artists. "Merging the art world with bike culture is something that we are eager to do here at the Kimball and in Park City," says Robin Marrouche, Executive Director of Kimball Art Center. "Also, thanks to eBay's participation, anyone can bid on these wildly creative works," she adds.
"Velo-Rapter" by Jim Hoffmeister will be on display beginning July 26 at the Kimball Art Center as part of the SRAM pART Project/Park City exhibition.
Other exhibitions of note opening during Park City's July Gallery Stroll include Gallery MAR's "FIVE" Anniversary Celebration and Group Exhibition, featuring a diverse group of the gallery's current artists including Bridgette Meinhold, Maura Allen, Nina Tichava, Matt Flint, George Bodine, Ron Russon, Joe Norman, Ronald Ray Rogers, Warren Neary, Brian McGuffey, Adam Winegar, and Charles Keiger, many of whom will be on hand during the Gallery Stroll. And Park City local Carole Wade opens her one-woman show at the J-GO Gallery on July 26 as well.
If you go: Call earlier in the week, prior to the Gallery Stroll, to make a dinner reservation. Most of the gallery association's 25 or so galleries serve light refreshments during the stroll (enough to hold you over until 8:30 or 9 p.m.), but because some Main Street restaurants are not as open as late in summer as in the winter, it's a good idea to plan ahead.
For more information, visit parkcitygalleryassociation.com.
Melissa Fields is a Utah-based freelance writer. Her blog about Utah things to do, see and eat is utahvagabond.com.


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TV Shows on the Bubble 2012
'Fringe' is renewed, but what of 'Community,' 'Nikita,' 'Cougar Town' and many more?
BubbleWatch: ABC's 'GCB'
IN ITS FAVOR: Since premiering in March, "GCB" has delivered steady-ish ratings and has improved on the later performances from "Pan Am." The show has some pockets of critical support, though maybe not loud or passionate pockets.
AGAINST IT: Probably ABC doesn't care about the "Is 'GCB' anti-Southern?" or the "Is 'GCB' anti-Christian?" complaints, but they don't help matters. Also not helping? Merely being better than "Pan Am" in the ratings isn't saying much. ABC has had a number of successes this year, which makes it hard to spin the low numbers for "GCB" as anything other than disappointing. With "Scandal" holding up well on Thursdays, the tepid performance for "GCB" looks even less impressive.
OUR TOTALLY UNINFORMED GUESS: On the scale of ABC midseason offerings, "GCB" has done better than "The River," worse than "Scandal" and "Missing" is a whole different conversation about performance-relative-to-time-period and demographics and, perhaps most importantly, international value. "GCB" is unlikely to have much international clout. Barring an uptick in the next couple weeks, it seems like a weird show to renew.
VERDICT: Cancelled!


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Nov. 21, 2002
On Sunday, November 3, over 700 fans joined the Bruins for Noah's Bagels and Krispy Kreme donuts before catching a glimpse of the 2002-03 UCLA women's basketball team. The team displayed their enthusiasm for the upcoming season as they ran through a series of practice drills and an intra-squad scrimmage. Head Coach Kathy Olivier fielded questions and handed out prizes to the fans who later lined up to gather autographs from the team members.
The Bruins begin the season on November 9 vs. Love and Basketball in Pauley Pavilion.


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Strike first
· The Sun Devils are now 12-5 under head coach Todd Graham when scoring first
· ASU has now scored first in 17 of 21 games under head coach Todd Graham
· ASU has now outscored opponents 73-27 in the first quarter this season
· Fifth game this season the Sun Devils did not allow a point in the first quarter
· Are 11-1 under coach Graham when shutting out the opponent in the first quarter and 13-0 when leading at halftime. ASU has shut out an opponent in four of the team's six wins this season
Against the Cougars
· ASU moved to 25-13-2 all-time against the Cougars and has won 9 of its past 10, including four of last five in Pullman.
· 55 points in 1990 is most points scored by ASU against the Cougars
Saturday not Game Day
ASU is 10-2 when playing on Thursdays and 18-5 when not playing on Saturday in past 15 seasons.
Hold 'Em Back
ASU forced four three-and-outs to start the game and forced nine total. Entering the game, ASU was forcing opponents to an average of 6.7 three-and-outs per game, a total that ranked in the top-five nationally
No Rush
ASU has held its last three opponents to under 100 yards rushing (Colorado, Washington and Washington State) after holding WSU to just two total yards. The last time ASU accomplished that in three straight games was in 2009.
ASU is 10-1 under coach Graham when rushing for more yards than the opponent
Don't Leave Points on The Board
ASU has now scored touchdowns on 44 of 107 drives this season (41 percent) and was ranked eighth nationally in the category entering the game.
Dropping half a hundred
· ASU has now scored 50+ points five times this season, including four in Pac-12 Conference play
· 52 points tonight is the most in a Pac-12 road game since the Sun Devils scored 56 against Arizona in 1996. It was the third highest total in a Pac-12 road game in school history.
Gold Zone
With exception of mercy kneel vs. CU, ASU now scored on 42-straight red zone drives. The team only scored 76.1% of red zone drives against FBS teams in '12 (ranked 93rd nationally)
Take it Away and Capitalize
Through eight games this season, Arizona State is outscoring its opponents 81-35 (+46) on points off turnovers while posting a +6 takeaway number. ASU has nine touchdowns off 18 opponent turnovers this season.
Climbing the record books
· With three catches, tight end Chris Coyle moved into sole possession of fourth place on the school's list for career receptions by a tight end with 84. He trails Ken Dyer for third all-time by five catches.
· Coyle secured his ninth career touchdown reception to move into a tie with Jamal Lewis (2003-06) for fourth on the school's career touchdown receptions by a tight end list.
Career longs
· Career-long 14-yard catch by wide receiver Frederick Gammage on the first drive of the first quarter
· Career-long 51-yard catch by wide receiver Richard Smith in the second quarter
· Carl Bradford ran for 21 yards on a fake punt in the third quarter on his first career carry
· Alex Garoutte ran for 19 yards on a fake punt in the third quarter on his first career carry
Throwing Up a Five Spot
Kelly threw five touchdown passes for the second time this season and the third time in his career. Andrew Walter holds the record for five or more touchdown passes in a career with four.
Putting Points on the Board
Kelly was responsible for 42 points against the Cougars (five passing touchdowns, two rushing. Entering the game he was 14th nationally in points responsible for (116). He now has accounted for 66 points in the last two games.
Career Night for Foster
With two receiving touchdowns, running DJ Foster recorded his first-ever multi-touchdown game of his career. He has three receiving touchdowns this season and seven in his career.
#HighOctane Offense
ASU's 557 yards marked the third-best offensive output of the season and the fifth time this season ASU has recorded more than 500 yards of total offense – including the third straight game
Not Just a Quarterback
Kelly dropped a season-high 40-yard punt to the WSU 3-yard line on the second drive of the first quarter
· 10 of 12 career punts by Kelly have now been downed inside the 20-yard line
Winning By Way of TKO (Taylor Kelly Offense)
Taylor Kelly has now thrown for 26 touchdowns this season with eight interceptions. He moved just out of the top-10 for all-time single season throwing yards with 2,511 this season with at least four games remaining.
Defensive Notables
· Linebacker Carl Bradford recorded a 16-yard sack and two forced fumbles to push his season total to 5.5 sacks this season and three forced fumbles. Bradford also added three quarterback hurries
· Safety Alden Darby recorded three pass breakups and a forced fumble
· Defensive end Marcus Hardison recorded his first career sack and tackle for loss
Explosive Play Counter
ASU didn't require many big plays to do their damage on Thursday, having just 10 explosive plays (rush of 12+ yards, pass of 16+ yards) on 88 plays from scrimmage. ASU now has 96 such plays this season.
Strike Fast
ASU had three scoring drives that took less than four plays and now have 16 total this season. The Sun Devils had four scoring drives coming in three minutes or less and now have 42 such drives this season.
In-Zane In The Membrane
Zane Gonzalez has now connected on 13 consecutive field goals following his 2-for-2 effort against Wazzu. He entered the game second in the season in scoring, averaging 11.4 points per game. He had 13 points in today's contest and now has 17 field goals this season, good for a tie for 10th all-time in a single season at ASU.


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As part of New York City's free meals program, several outlets are participating in the weekday serving of breakfast and lunch, including Queens Library Branches. The Far Rockaway branch, gives out lunches, not breakfast, to children 18 and under. Serving begins around noon, which typically coincides with special programs they may have like movie and story time. But the real question is, how are these lunches.
The meal is reminiscent of those served at public schools or those given during hurricane Sandy relief efforts. Lunch is served in a plain paper bag and includes a sandwich or a wrap, a side order of fruit, a small salad and chocolate milk. The side order can change but the chocolate milk seems constant.
Diners are not given a choice in the type of meal to select and are asked to register their name in exchange for a meal.
Although the meals have little fanfare, they can be quite satisfying. Diners can embellish their sandwich with components of the salad and dressing and upgrade their sandwich. The fruit side is fresh.
The lunches are a healthier option than fast food. They are enough for one sitting. The library provides a suitable and pleasant environment to consume the lunch. At the Far Rockaway branch, the librarians are very cordial and are kind in their distribution to those in need. The ambiance was nice, no crowds, no waiting.
"It's a good program. You're giving people the opportunity to come into a safe space and eat good food," said Vivanne Smith a teen onsite for the day.
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
Giacomo Agostini back on track at Assen for the 80th Dutch TT
This weekend, on the 26th of June, the legendary Assen circuit will witness the 80th edition of the Dutch TT. To celebrate the event, the Yamaha Classic Racing Team will be present on the track and will display various Yamaha race bikes from the past. And not just that – in homage to the Assen TT, Giacomo Agostini himself will ride his 1975 Yamaha YZR500 OW23 racebike on the circuit!
Agostini will ride the original OW23, which he rode to win his last 500cc motorcycle GP racing world championship in 1975. This is also the same machine that Ago rode to victory on at the Assen TT in 1975. The bike is being flown over from Japan by Yamaha, and for fans, this will be a rare opportunity to see and hear it being ridden by Agostini on track as he did 35 years ago.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R preview
When they first launched the ZX-10R Ninja back in 2004, it was lean, mean, fit and a bit scary. Over the years, however, it seems that Kawasaki lost a bit of steam with the ZX-10. The pace of development slowed down apparently and the competition – litre-class superbikes from Honda, Yamaha, Aprilia and BMW blasted past the Ninja.
However, Kawasaki might be back in the hunt with the 2011 ZX-10R, for which they recently released a preview sketch on the official Kawasaki Challenge website. With its sharp, edgy styling, carbonfibre bodywork and huge ram-air intake, the next-generation Ninja sure looks exciting. What would we like to see in the 2011 ZX-10R? A 200bhp inline-four, traction control, ABS, fully adjustable suspension and a properly sorted chassis.
Next year, will the Ninja give the BMW S1000RR a run for its money? We damn well hope so!
...and this first video of the 2011 Ninja ZX-10R being tested at the Autopolis circuit provides a glimpse of the excitement that could be in store for Kawasaki fans next year!
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Ruffin McNeill
April 26, 2013
After wrapping up spring drills last week, fourth-year East Carolina Head Football Coach Ruffin McNeill sat down with ECUPirates.com to discuss a myriad of topics regarding the current state of his program, including a review of the practice period, coaching philosophies, personnel, positional overviews and X's and O's:
ECUPirates.com: Three years ago, you inherited a program that lost 34 lettermen from the previous season, which ranked among the most in the nation. This spring you arguably had your deepest and most experienced team, mostly with players you have brought into the program. Please talk about the difference and how that changed your approach during the spring.
Ruffin McNeill: It all starts with recruiting and making sure we have plenty of depth. In addition to enabling us to survive the nicks and bruises that come during the course of a season, depth provides competition which I think is the key to being a good football team and a good program. Each position knows they have to perform at a high level. So, going into the spring, we knew we had guys that have been around our program, have been through the off-season with (strength & conditioning coach) Jeff (Connors) and understand what we demand. What made this spring so enjoyable and fun was that we were able to focus more on fundamental things and I was able to focus on intangible things - attacking the process, winning the day and those types of things. The development of team chemistry through the off-season has been so important too, so it was great to see that continue to bond.
EP: Coming into the spring, what were your primary objectives?
RM: On special teams, we wanted to make sure that (coordinator) Kirk (Doll) had the speed he needed to make those units weapons for us. We have some young players who can really run and are ready to contribute, so making sure Kirk got his schematic things in and personnel in order on punt, punt return, kickoff and kickoff return teams was big.
Offensively, with a lot of guys returning, (coordinator) Lincoln (Riley) was able to run, speed up and "NASCAR" things even more than we have in the past. Seeing fundamental improvement, things like footwork and body position, on the offensive line, where cohesiveness is needed, was important. Lincoln emphasized footwork and balance with the quarterbacks in the offseason and I saw that play out in practice. Donnie (Kirkpatrick) and Dave (Nichol) did a great job with the receivers. I think everyone saw Danny Webster's progress. Justin Hardy is Justin Hardy thankfully, and in fact, I thought both Justin's (Jones) did a super job. Lance Ray's spring was a good sight to see, as was the one Reese Wiggins had. I think we're pretty deep and talented in that area heading into the fall.
Defensively, with (coordinator) Rick (Smith) coming and installing his personality into the team, I knew that it would be an overall transformation of sorts and I thought it went very well. Seeing what schemes he would add, coverage wise, which is an area he excels in and vital to what we're going to do, and watching guys learning and adjusting was another process. Observing the staff work together with a new guy in charge, which I thought was seamless, was another thing I was looking for overall. As a staff, we have a group of great teachers and I loved watching that part coming together on defense.
EP: Offensively you return a 3,000-yard passer and a 1,000-yard rusher? What does that mean for Lincoln's unit and the scheme in general?
RM: It adds balance and confidence that we can move the football in a variety of different ways. We have to be able to run the football to win games, so being able to do successfully is important. There's no substitute for Shane (Carden) having game and war reps under his belt obviously, and that's a critical element of this offense. We have to have the ability to stretch defenses vertically and horizontally, and then be able to run the football as the third part of that. This offense has been designed that way for years and I feel like we're in a position to be successful doing that now.
EP: Talk about Shane Carden and what he brings to the team, both on and off the field? What are some things you and Lincoln feel he can do to take his game to a higher level?
RM: I think of leadership and toughness when I see Shane - two things I'd like our program to be known for. He does a great job extending plays, so I know he'll continue that strength of his. I saw continued improvement on his footwork this spring, as I did with his trust in the pocket, letting the routes develop. I thought he made a lot of progress towards the end of last season when he stayed patient in the pocket, giving guys maybe half a second longer to get open. He continues to get better with that and there's nothing that ever slows him down from getting extra reps and staying focused in the learning process.
EP: It's still hard to believe with the numbers he's put up in just two years that Justin Hardy arrived as a walk-on. Please talk about his progress and what has made him successful? How is he similar and different than Dwayne Harris?
RM: Justin's a competitor, catches the ball extremely well, continues to improve understanding the game, gotten stronger and is back to full health after getting nicked up a little bit last year. He'll really benefit from going through Coach Connors' entire summer program this year. He and Dwayne are similar in the fact that both have a high competitive spirit about them. They're both quiet on the field, don't say much to opponents, but they just beat you. They want the ball in their hands in clutch times. They're different in some ways on the field in their mannerisms, but they're much more similar than different.
EP: Please provide an overview of the offensive line, which during your first three years here probably received more criticism than any other group in the program.
RM: I think what's happened is that (coach) Brandon Jones finally has depth there now. We lost a lot of lettermen when we first got here and now he doesn't only have players, but quality depth as well. They understand the physicality we need up front to run the football, but also the athleticism we need to protect Shane and our quarterbacks. They've made fundamental progress and work together as a unit. I always say five pennies are one nickel, and we're at the point where anyone that Brandon puts in there understands the value of working together as one nickel. I think we've upgraded our talent level over the past three years and I've enjoyed watching that group really grow. I also believe Jeff Connors deserves so much credit for developing this group, making them stronger, bigger and quicker.
EP: Defensively, how was the adjustment with new coordinator Rick Smith this spring?
RM: As I mentioned when Rick joined our staff back in January, he more than met every criteria I had put in place during the search - he's a great secondary coach, has successful experience as a coordinator, is a tireless and extremely well-connected recruiter, and understands ECU and our program. Rick is demanding and honest with our players and he's an excellent teacher who can present the total package both individually and to his entire group. In the staff room, he does a great job of delegating with a level of accountability, but also understands that he is the coordinator - it's a fine line at times.
EP: Coach Smith said late during spring drills that he believes the front seven on this team doesn't have to take a back seat to any in the past, including the group that played a key role in ECU's two C-USA championships (which includes three guys who recently won Super Bowls).
RM: I certainly wouldn't turn away guys like Linval Joseph, C.J. Wilson or Jay Ross who are Super Bowl Champions (laugh), but I really like our overall depth there. I feel good about the quantity and quality of the guys we have up front, which gives me a lot of confidence that we can develop a nice rotation. I like our speed and athleticism at linebacker, all of whom are a specific type of player that we recruit to fit what we do. Our current personnel fits the 3-4 scheme, things like height, size, speed and length. Rick and I also want to bring some 4-3 looks back into it and that type of athlete works for both.
EP: Speaking of schemes, do you have any concerns getting away from what many people thought was an exclusive 3-4 alignment to what Coach Smith calls a "multiple" look?
RM: None whatsoever, in fact, I invite it. To the kids, it's not as multiple, but to the opponent, it'll be multiple if that makes sense? The way we presented it to the defense was that the different looks will be like tools in a toolbox. You have to be able to have answers for the offenses today, which are so extreme moving the football. It's not like the old days where it was three yards and a cloud of dust, you have to have answers to make adjustments. So, the multiplicity Rick is looking for isn't only welcomed by everyone, it's needed.
EP: If there's any position or unit on the team that's listed as a possible concern heading into the spring, it'd be the secondary. You should get FS Damon Magazu back this summer, return Chip Thompson at SS and one of your corners in Adonis Armstrong - that's three of four starters. Why the concern? Lack of depth perhaps?
RM: There's no question about that. The reason I like our front seven is because of the depth and competition. We know we can rest guys and the productivity won't fall off up front, and in the secondary, we need to get to a point where we feel the same way. We need to know that we have 10 guys we can go with on the back end - that's the number in my head I feel comfortable with - that can participate in different pass defense packages and on special teams as well. On one end, it's a depth thing, but not in a back-up sense, but as a situation where guys continually compete to play on the first team. Quality depth to me means that a second team guy can beat a first team guy, and that's what we need back there.
EP: Many people have talked optimistically about the return of 16 position players and that's great. Yet, you also return every single member of your kicking game. How important is that?
RM: When we started this conversation, my first topic was special teams. That's how important it is to me, especially being a former special teams coordinator. One of the greatest coaches in the history of the game, Eddie Robinson, told me a long time ago to make sure your special teams are up to par. Having Warren (Harvey), Trent (Tignor), Charlie (Coggins) and C.J. (Struyk) in line is a bonus for us and they are a key to our success. Every time Warren goes on the field it's for points or we just scored a touchdown and he's kicking off. Punting is a defensive weapon where we need to change field position. You need good snaps with both of those, so Charlie and C.J., and Trent as the holder, are critical to our success. Having those guys back is as important as having any of the skill guys back.
EP: If you were writing a 2014 NFL Draft preview guide, who would you include as a sleeper from ECU?
RM: Everybody has told Damon Magazu from Day 1 that he couldn't do this or couldn't do that, so I would include him just based on that. He's made a believer out of me.
EP: People talk about the greatest learning curve for a coach being between Year 1 and Year 2. For you, this is Year 4 - what types of things are you still picking up and learning as a head coach?
RM: It's always about learning to communicate effectively. The ability to communicate is the biggest item, weapon and teaching tool we have - player-to-player, coach-to-player, coach-to-coach - so continuing to improve that always remains a goal. Finding different ways to motivate our players and coaches, and the teaching part, both off and on the field are the other two. I think those three things for me are always in developmental mode and I'm always looking to better myself personally in those areas.


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Junior midfielder Sam Mewis will be blogging for UCLABruins.com during the 2013 season. Mewis is a regular with the U.S. Women's Youth National Team and a two-time all-conference selection who has scored 28 points on nine goals and 10 assists in her two years as a Bruin.
These past few days have been packed full of activities, so I have more than enough to talk about in this post! Last Thursday we all went to Cassie Sternbach's house in Calabasas to swim and have a barbecue. The Sternbachs served us amazing food and were so welcoming. Having 32 girls take over your backyard must be pretty stressful, so a huge Thank You to Mr. and Mrs. Sternbach!
We had an intrasquad scrimmage on Friday, followed by a social where we were again served some awesome food and got to meet families, alumni, and donors. On Saturday, we went to the LA Galaxy game and got quite a kick out of the "Robbie Keane" chant that the announcer would prompt the crowd to yell. On Monday, Caprice Dydasco celebrated her 20th birthday, so a big group of us went to the Cheesecake Factory to celebrate.
The social activities have given all of us a better opportunity to get to know the freshmen, so this week is finally time to introduce them! I asked them all to share one of the funniest and most typical "freshman" stories that has happened to them since they have been here at UCLA.
Darian Jenkins is from Salt Lake City, Utah, where she is one of the few non-Mormons. Lauren Rodriguez is from Lake Forest, California. This past summer, Lauren backpacked 120 miles in 12 days on the John Miur Trail. Lauren and Darian are roommates, and they told me about how Darian walked into their room with a facial mask on during double days. Since Lauren was half-asleep, she freaked out and hyperventilated as Darian walked toward her. Learning how to live with someone you don't know very well can be challenging and, speaking form experience, sometimes scary.
Claire Winter is from Lafayette, California and says that if she was good enough she would want to be a professional wake boarder. On Sunday, some of us had some running to do after practice. It was pretty hard running - full field suicides - and as we were walking back to the locker room Claire asked me how the running was. I was still out of breath and close to passing out, so I snapped, "How did it look?", referring to the way I crawled over the line on the last sprint. This little exchange definitely broke the ice in my relationship with Claire.
Alyssa Alarab is from Danville, California. She sings and plays guitar (I might have to take her up on lessons - I've had a guitar for a year and can successfully play either a C or a G chord; I'm not sure which it is.) Alyssa secretly intends on becoming a country music sensation. On the first day of training, she forgot her locker combination, so she sat on her stool in the locker room panicking. As everyone else was changing, she was silently imagining the punishments that she would receive for not dressing for practice. Thankfully, our equipment manager, Sean, showed up and gave her the code.
Lauren Kaskie is from Las Vegas, Nevada and has a secret obsession with Lauren Conrad. Lauren said that one of the funniest things that has happened so far was when she and the rest of the freshmen tricked Claire into believing that we were going to walk the Galaxy players out onto the field. Claire got all excited and called her mother, only to have Lauren admit that it was all a joke. Unfortunately, we might be a little too old for that.
Gabbi Miranda is from Highlands Ranch, Colorado and played competitive volleyball for four years. On our first day of weights, we went to the weight room right after practice, but Gabbi forgot her running shoes (typical freshman move.) Kodi had to rescue her and lend a pair to use during weights.
Annie Alvarado is from Newport Beach, California. If she's not playing soccer, Annie is usually at the beach either surfing or playing beach volleyball. Before the Galaxy game, we had a team meal at Pitfire Pizza. Annie, the only freshman with a car, drove to the wrong Pitfire and assumed that they had just arrived before everyone else. All of the freshmen were seated in a reserved section where they waited for 10 minutes before realizing that they were still in Westwood and, thus, at the wrong restaurant.
Zoey Goralski is from Naperville, Illinois and played high school soccer with Megan Oyster for two years. Zoey loves sleeping, and Claire, her roommate, has had to poke her awake every morning in order to get her out of bed. Finally, Claire has learned to just leave Zoey sleeping, since she refuses to get up until the last possible minute. College is tiring, and classes haven't even started yet!
So as the freshmen continue to get the hang of things, we are doing our final preparations for our season opener this Friday! We hope to see everyone out at Drake Stadium at 6pm to watch us play Northeastern. Go Bruins!
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Nikon has issued a firmware update for the Nikon D4 professional DSLR camera. As with the Nikon D800/D800E, firmware version 1.01 resolves an issue that, on rare occasions, caused the camera to lock up; and addresses a couple of bugs related to network functions and Custom Setting F15. You can download the firmware update from the website below.
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Our strategy to reduce our CO2 emissions from energy use has two elements.
Firstly, to reduce energy consumption, recognising that the best energy is that which you don't consume. We're evaluating the latest in cooling systems and LED lighting technology, measurement & targeting systems and behavioural change. Already, our London office has achieved a four star rating ("Excellent") under the BREEAM standard, the world's leading assessment method for sustainable buildings.
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Eugene Ross, (left) pastor of the Cheney Community Church, and Donald Ross, pastor of the Christian Church, attended a Jan. 7, 1964 City Council meeting to protest a new Cheney ordinance permitting tavern and cocktail lounge dancing. Other pastors attending not in picture were the Rev. K. W. Larrison of the Methodist Church and Rev. George Allen of the Campus Christian Fellowship at Easter Washington State College. They were representing Ministerial Association of Cheney.
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How much Dimetapp medicine should I give my toddler..Please Help!!?
I tried to call the doctor and they will not page unless it's an emergency..I'm a little worried because I gave him 1 teaspoon of it, I didn't fill it to the edge, just poured a little in the center of the spoon, I figured that was alright, But my mom said it could be too much...I can't get no one to give me the correct dosage I should give him, Now I'm a lil worried..So please if anyone can give me a little information on it I'd greatly appreciate it...He weighs 33 pounds and he will be 2 in December..It says on the bottle under 6 ask physician..But they won't page him for me..Please Help!Answers:
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just one teaspoon and it will nock them out until the morning
call poison control. 1-800-222-1222
they never mind if it's something like that
what did it say for i 6 year old divied it by 3
Dont you read the instructions on the bottle
first of all you should not be using dimetapp for a toddler until it is for infants and children. Plus it's on the bottle and box
Your little one will be fine, my son was 2 in june and I just gave him a teaspoon a couple of days ago and he weights 35 lbs...don't worry he is going to be fine...but if you are still worried can't you call the emergency room and ask them about dosage...at mine you can...good luck and don't worry!!
a half teaspoon should be ok..you can call the ER and they have to give you an answer..they have whats called a help line..if they dont..and if it says "under 6 ask a doctor" usually a half teaspoon is ok..with Dimetapp, its usually every 6 hrs...no more than that
call the drug store that you bought the medicine from , better safe than sorry.RIGHT!!
well, there is an infant formula that you use for children under 2. i doubt that you gave him too much considering the infant formula is concentrated so that you don't have to give them so much liquid, and my 2 year old takes almost a teaspoon of that.
i'd imagine he's fine. if he seems extra sleepy, or gets very restless, i'd call the doctor, though.
The dosage should be on the bottle. Just a word of advice for the future never use a regular teaspoon the measurement isn't the same.
is their website
well I read a little more and found this isn't for children under two.
Call your local walgreens or cvs 24 hour pharmacy, the pharmist has the computer software right in front of them and can to acording to excat weight. They are more than happy to help
The bottle of medicine should have the dosage based on the weight. Check the back of the label. Also, call a pharmacist. I know Sav-on is more than willing to help.
Call poison control. I'm sure he's alright but they'll ease you mind about it.
Just buy stuff for young kids from now on :)
He should be fine I think. He will either sleep really well or be really hyper different kids react differently
I would call your pediatrician's office or call emergency if you even remotely suspect an overdose of meds. Anytime I am unsure about dosages I always call the pharmacy for their advice. There is a correct dosage for your child's age, weight, etc...Call someone to be sure.
He'll be fine. Just go for children's dimetapp next time. When my little girl was sick we had to call the doctor late in the night and he recommended over the counter medicine in small doses.
call your pharmacy they will give you the correct dosage
he should be fine, but next time give him some tempra instead
You should call the hospital and ask them, they usually know and can give you exact amount, Dimetapp isn't nothing to play around! Hope your baby is ok! Good Luck!! I gave my lil girl who was 2 a teaspoon and gave my 1 year old a 1/2 teaspoon! But she was ok, I only gave her it one time, because I too was also scared! Hope everything works out for you and your lil one!!!!
one teaspoon and no more i have a 2 year old and her medicine is 1 teaspoon
He'll be fine. Didnt the bottle come with a measuring device? I gave my 4 yr old 10mls of dimetap the other day instead of 2.5mls by accident. He was fine.
Are you talking about Dimetapp Elixir? I read the dosage on the bottle, it said 2-4 years old : 4ml.
What do the directions on the medicine say to give?
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Choosing cheese? Researchers study cheese to unlock secrets of how microbial communities form. If you're vegan, you can make nondairy cheese out of nuts such as almonds, soybeans, or other vegetable-based nondairy substitutions. But a new study from Harvard University looked at the bacteria and fungi that live on dairy-based cheese. the reason for studying cheese is to better understand how microbial communities form. The study, "Cheese Rind Communities Provide Tractable Systems for In Situ and In Vitro Studies of Microbial Diversity," is described in a July 17, 2104 paper in the journal Cell.
Rachel Dutton's research at Harvard University, a Bauer Fellow at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences' Center for Systems Biology, looked at the microbial communities on cheese. Dutton and her lab study cheese in order to examine the bacteria and fungi that live on cheese.
After studying 137 varieties of cheese collected in 10 different countries, Dutton has been able to identify three general types of microbial communities that live on cheese, opening the door to using each as a "model" community for the study of whether and how various microbes and fungi compete or cooperate as they form communities, what molecules may be involved in the process and what mechanisms may be involved.
"We often use model organisms like E. coli or C. elegans because they can give us an understanding of the basic mechanisms and principles of how biology works," Dutton said, according to the July 17, 2014 news release, Choosing cheese. "The goal of this work was to identify something like a model organism, but for microbial communities – something we can bring into the lab and easily replicate and manipulate.
"The challenge in studying these communities is that many of the environments where they are found, such as the human body or the soil, are hard to replicate because they're so complicated," she continued, according to the news release. "Cheese seemed to offer a system…in which we knew exactly what these communities were growing on, so we thought we should be able to replicate that environment in the lab."
To understand what a model community might look like, Dutton and her lab first set out to identify dozens of naturally-occurring communities by collecting samples from the rinds of dozens of varieties of cheese around the world.
"We did some travelling in Europe and worked directly with a number of cheese-makers by having them send us samples or vising to collect samples, and in some cases we were able to collect samples from places like Formaggio Kitchen and other cheese shops," she said in the news release.
By sequencing those samples, Dutton was able to identify the type of bacteria and fungi in each, and found that while there was wide variation among different samples, the samples could be separated into one of three main types of communities.
"What we ended up finding is there are microbes which occur in all the areas where cheese is made," she said, according to the news release. "What was interesting is if you make the same type of cheese in France or in Vermont, they will have very similar communities.
What seems to be driving the type of community you find is the environment that the cheese-maker creates on the surface of the cheese, so you can make two cheeses that are very similar in two different places, or you can make two very different cheeses in the same place."
Working in the lab, Dutton and colleagues were able to isolate each species of microbe and fungi found in the samples and conduct tests aimed at reproducing the communities found on different cheeses. "In many environments, it is challenging to isolate all of the microbes, so we were surprised to find that we could culture all of the species present on cheese rinds. This gives us a great foundation for being able to study communities in the lab," says Julie Button, according to the news release. Button is a postdoctoral researcher in the Dutton lab.
"If we know a particular cheese has certain species, we can mix them together and try to recreate that community in the lab," Dutton said, according to the news release. "For example, we might try to simply put those species together at the same time in equal amounts to see if the community that forms is similar to that found in the sample."
The study was also aimed at understanding how various species of bacteria and fungi interact, and identified several instances in which certain bacteria halted fungal growth, and vice versa
"We are now working with chemists to characterize what the molecules are that different bacteria might use to kill a fungus," Dutton said. "It's also possible that there may be anti-microbials that may arise from this that are normally at play during the formation of a community."
While wider applications for understanding how bacterial communities form may eventually emerge, Dutton said, according to the news release, that there are still a number of fundamental questions to answer in the short term. "There are so many wide open questions in thinking about how microbial communities work, that future research could go in a number of different directions," she said, according to the news release. "Our goal is to understand some of these fundamental questions, such as: Are there certain principles that are operating as a community forms, and can we control those factors in the lab?
"Cheese is fascinating to me in its own right – it's somewhat surprising that, for a food that we've been eating for thousands of years, we don't have a complete understanding of the microorganisms that are present in this food." But now that Dutton has that understanding, does she still eat cheese? "I do," she said with a laugh. "But I'm very picky, because I like very good cheese now." You also may find noteworthy another work of research, "Conducting a Microbiome Study."
Pathogens also can grow in cheese
Contaminated Quargel cheese caused several deaths in 2009 and 2010. In 2009 and 2010 two different strains of the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes were found in traditional Austrian curd cheese known as 'Quargel'. Thirty-four people were infected, and a total of eight patients died. Experts from the Vetmeduni Vienna analyzed the genomes, according to other studies by different researchers.
The bacterial strains display distinct properties and entered the food chain independently. The results were published in the journal PLOS ONE, and increase the understanding of outbreaks and their prevention, explains the article published online February 26, 2014 in the journal, PLOS ONE, "Genome sequencing of Listeria monocytogenes "Quargel" listeriosis outbreak strains reveals two different strains with distinct in vitro virulence potential." Authors are Kathrin Rychli, Anneliese Müller, Andreas Zaiser, Dagmar Schoder, Franz Allerberger, Martin Wagner and Stephan Schmitz-Esser.
Pathogens in Cheese – Researchers Follow the Traces of Deadly Bacteria
If food products are not produced in a hygienic environment, consumers can face the threat of dangerous pathogens. This is exactly what happened in 2009 and 2010 when two different strains of Listeria monocytogenes were found in the traditional Austrian curd cheese known as "Quargel".
Thirty-four people were infected, and a total of 8 patients died. Experts from the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna analyzed the genomes of the outbreak strains and were able to show that the strains displayed distinct properties and entered the food chain independently. The results were published in the journal PLOS ONE and will increase the understanding of outbreaks and their prevention.
Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis
Listeria is a rod-shaped bacterium highly prevalent in the environment and generally not a threat to human health. One species however, Listeria monocytogenes, can cause listeriosis, a very dangerous disease.
This pathogen can be present in raw milk and soft cheeses, smoked fish, raw meat and ready-to-eat products. In Austria, health care providers are required to report all cases of listeriosis, which can be fatal particularly for patients with weakened immune systems. In 2009 and 2010, a dairy in Hartberg (Styria, Austria) produced Quargel cheese contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes leading to a multinational listeriosis outbreak in Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic, ultimately forcing the dairy to shut down.
Detective work: finding the source
"I'm happy to report that we see relatively few cases of listeriosis here in Austria. When an outbreak occurs though, the disease has among the highest mortality rate of all food-borne illnesses", explains lead author Kathrin Rychli from the Institute for Milk Hygiene, Milk Technology and Food Science at the University of Veterinary Medicine -- Vienna, according to the March 21, 2014 news release, "Pathogens in cheese." The Institute's involved in investigating the causes of the outbreaks back in 2009 and 2010. The culprits: two distinct bacterial strains which had not recently evolved from a common ancestor, and therefore entered the food chain independently.
Genetics reveal the pathway
In their current study, the scientists sequenced and analysed the genomes of both strains, and assessed their virulence, the ability to infect cells. The samples were taken from listeriosis patients from the outbreak.
The first contamination event from June 2009 to January 2010 was attributed to one L. monocytogenes strain very effective at infecting epithelial cells of the intestine and liver cells. It contained additional four virulence genes, making it extremely invasive, and ultimately caused 14 cases resulting in 5 deaths.
A few months later in December 2009, the second L. monocytogenes strain emerged. It was particularly successful at infecting macrophages, important immune system cells. Over time, this highly infectious second strain replaced the first and by February 2010 had infected a total of 20 people, 3 of whom died. The average age of those taken ill was 70.
Highest level of operational hygiene essential
Listeria expert and co-author Stephan Schmitz-Esser emphasizes the importance of cleanliness in production: "It is absolutely essential that appropriate disinfectants are used properly, lots of salt, and that possible food for the bacteria be limited." Any products listeria is found in must be recalled immediately.
Recalls are very expensive for producers, and we need to do everything we can to prevent them." Austria-wide the Institute for Milk Hygiene, Milk Technology and Food Science at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna offers effective Listeria monitoring and a range of molecular and microbiological examination methods for the food industry.
What are the symptoms of listeriosis?
Listeriosis generally manifests in healthy people with diarrhoea and stomach cramps, whereas the elderly, newborns and people with weakened immune systems are more susceptible. Listeriosis can result in septicaemia and meningitis.
In pregnant women it can lead to miscarriage or stillbirth. Therefore, experts recommend pregnant women to avoid raw milk, raw meat and raw fish products.
Why you shouldn't eat cheese or deli items such as hot dogs or cold cuts when pregnant, have a compromised immune system, or if you're an older adult
Because pregnancy affects your immune system, you and your unborn baby are more susceptible to the bacteria, viruses, and parasites that cause foodborne illness. Even if you don't feel sick, some "bugs" like Listeria and Toxoplasma can infect your baby and cause serious health problems. Your baby is also sensitive to toxins from the food that you eat, such as mercury in certain kinds of fish.
Keep the government's checklist handy to help ensure that you and your unborn baby stay healthy and safe. The same rules apply to senior citizens with lowered immune systems due to advanced aging. And invest in a food thermometer to check the temperatures of cooked food.
Some foods to avoid when pregnant
Here are some foods to avoid during pregnancy, according to the Food Safety.gov site. You can look at the information at the article, "Checklist of Foods to Avoid During Pregnancy," but even if you're not pregnant, it's still a good idea to follow the same practice to lessen the chance that what you eat is contaminated with bacteria or parasites.
Don't eat these foods
Soft cheeses made from unpasteurized milk, including Brie, feta, Camembert, Roquefort, queso blanco, and queso fresco. Don't eat raw cookie dough or cake batter. The exception is if your mixing some almond milk with some oat bran, oat meal, raisins, and flaxseed bran and baking the mixture without adding any eggs. See, What are the symptoms of listeriosis?
Stay away from certain kinds of fish, such as shark, swordfish, king mackerel, and tilefish (golden or white snapper). And don't eat raw or undercooked FISH (sushi). Stay away from unpasteurized vegetable or fruit juice or cider (including fresh squeezed). Don't eat unpasteurized milk because it could contain bacteria such as Campylobacter, E. coli, Listeria, or Salmonella. If you drink milk, use the pasteurized variety.
Make your own salads. Don't eat store bought, deli, or packaged salads the restaurant has in the coolers because any salads made in a store, such as ham salad, chicken salad, and seafood salad could contain Listeria. Don't eat raw shellfish, such as oysters and clams. It could contain Vibrio bacteria.
Stay away from sprouts when pregnant
Don't eat raw or undercooked sprouts such as alfalfa, clover, mung bean, and radish. The sprouts could contain E. coli or Salmonella. This puts a damper on those who eat a lot of raw vegan foods. If you're sprouting your own indoors in special containers where you keep washing out the bacteria several times a day, it could be a different story from store-bought sprouts. But for good measure, don't eat these when you're pregnant. Eat other vegetables.
Don't eat ice cream when pregnant if the ice cream contains raw eggs
Why? There could be raw eggs in them, which is a no-no. Instead, make ice cream with a pasteurized egg product safer by adding the eggs to the amount of liquid called for in the recipe, then heating the mixture thoroughly. Don't eat undercooked fish. Cook the fish above 145 degrees F. Too many people sear the fish and leave the bacteria in the fish. So be careful when you eat fish. Not only do some fish contain excess mercury, but the fish may contain parasites or bacteria.
Don't eat hot dogs when pregnant because the hot dogs may contain Listeria
Don't eat deli items such as luncheon meats, cold cuts, fermented or dry sausage, and other deli-style meat and poultry because they, also could contain Listeria. When pregnant don't eat undercooked eggs, including pasteurized egg products. When you prepare eggs, cook the eggs until yolks are firm. Cook casseroles and other dishes containing eggs or egg products to 160° F.
Beware of eggnog made with raw eggs
Homemade eggnog may be full of uncooked eggs which, in turn could be full of Salmonella. Instead, make eggnog with a pasteurized egg product or buy pasteurized eggnog. When you make eggnog or other egg-fortified beverages, cook to 160°F. Make your own eggnog with almond milk and various spices and flavorings such as cinnamon, natural vanilla flavoring, or other natural flavors you buy yourself where you can look at the ingredients you put in any beverages. You can buy the unsweetened varieties.
If you're making homemade ice cream, don't add uncooked eggs because they could contain Salmonella
Instead, make ice cream with a pasteurized egg product safer by adding the eggs to the amount of liquid called for in the recipe, then heating the mixture thoroughly. Be careful when you eat meat such as veal, lamb, ground meat, beef, and pork. Undercooked meat could be full of E. coli bacteria.
Cook beef, veal, and lamb steaks and roasts to 145° F. Cook pork to 160° F. Cook all ground meats to 160° F. Instead of eating meat spread or pate, realize that unpasteurized refrigerated pates or meat spreads may contain Listeria. You don't want a Listeria infection when pregnant. You could eat the canned versions, which usually are safe.
Don't eat undercooked poultry stuffing that has been heated inside the bird
Stay away from undercooked meat in poultry stuffing, including ground poultry in the stuffing because it may be undercooked. And undercooked meat may contain bacteria such as Campylobacter or Salmonella.
Cook your stuffing separately instead of putting undercooked or raw meat inside poultry because it won't cook to a high enough temperature there. Instead first cook poultry to 165° F. If the poultry is stuffed, cook the stuffing to 165° F.
Any type of stuffing should be cooked separately to a high enough heat before it is put on a plate near the meat
Don't stuff anything, including vegetables with stuffing that contains meat or fish unless you cook the stuffing first. An exception might be grains such as rice that cook inside a stuffed pepper, but it's better to cook the rice first, since an uncooked grain could break someone's tooth.
Be careful with smoked seafood when your pregnant, and even when you're not pregnant. Canned versions usually are safe. If you have smoked fish, cook the fish to 165 degrees F. Beware of the smoked fish in your refrigerator. It probably isn't safe enough to eat. Refrigerated versions of smoked fish usually are not safe, unless they have been cooked to 165° F.
Here are some articles, which also are helpful: Food Safety for Pregnant Women. It's a need-to-know guide to help you reduce your risk of foodborne illness. See, Food Safety for Moms-To-Be (FDA). Foodborne illness is a serious health risk for pregnant women and their unborn babies.
You also may be interested in articles such as Before You're Pregnant. Protect your unborn baby from methylmercury and toxoplasmosis. And take folic acid supplements, the suggestions explain. Also, you may wish to read the article, While You're Pregnant. The idea is to stay away from foodborne bacteria. Protect your unborn baby from methylmercury, toxoplasmosis, listeria, and other foodborne illness.
What foods are safe if you're pregnant?
See the article, Safe Eats. It's a food-by-food guide to selecting, preparing, and handling foods safely throughout pregnancy. Also check out articles such as Protect Your Baby and Yourself From Listeriosis (USDA). If you are pregnant, you need to know what foods are safe to eat. Or take a look at the article, Highlights - Entertaining All Year. The goal is to keep yourself and your unborn baby safe from foodborne illness while entertaining.
Deli foods such as cheese and cold cuts or hot dogs may be off limits to pregnant women, according to some doctors, due to the possibility of listeria in those foods, even if the cheese and hot dogs are safe for young, healthy people who aren't pregnant or elderly
Both the pregnant and elderly as well as very young children may have weak immune systems. Are you pregnant, craving pizza, deli cold cuts, brie cheese, and worried about what foods might increase your risk of contracting listeriosis from certain cheeses or hot dogs?
Some doctors tell their patients not to eat cheese when they're pregnant, and women want to know why. It's because of the danger of contracting listeriosis, that's found in some cheeses. When you're pregnant, you're 20 times more likely to catch a bacteria or virus infection. And if you get listeria from eating certain cheeses, it could develop into a severe infection.
What's listeriosis?
Listeriosis is caused by a bacteria called "listeria monocytogenes." Most people don't even know they've contracted diarrhea from something they ate, but can't recall what it might be. It could be the cheese.
The problem is when you're pregnant your immune system is really compromised. It's just one more way your body prepares you not to fight off the foreign invader, your embryo -- you your baby can develop to full term.
When you're immune system is low, you also can easily catch the flu when pregnant
That's one reason why pregnant women are first in line to get the novel flu vaccination. But another nasty symptom for pregnant women is a listeria infection. You don't want the runs because the contractions from your colon can stimulate your uterus to go into labor.
That's why in the 1960s, most women arriving in a hospital to give birth not yet in labor were given enemas not only to clean them out before they get on the delivery table, but to induce labor contractions. So you don't want to contract listeria. See, What is listeriosis? and How does Listeria get into food?
Watch the pizza cravings. High risk groups for listeria also include older persons, cancer patients, people with diabetes, kidney disease, alcoholism, AIDS, those that are immune system compromised, or those taking corticosteroid treatments.
If you catch a bacterial or virus infection during pregnancy, the microbes will congregate and reproduce in your uterus because that's where there is the most blood pooled bringing oxygen to your developing fetus. It's not only cheeses some doctors tell pregnant women to avoid. It's also hot dogs. Here is a list of foods to avoid when pregnant because of the danger of possibly contracting listeriosis.
When you're pregnant also avoid hot dogs, luncheon meats such as bologna, salami, and deli meats or cold cuts unless you boil the deli meats until the bacteria are inactivated
Wash your hands after handling these foods for others. Wash hands often and always when touching those types of meats when preparing food for others. The specific types of cheeses to avoid are the soft cheeses such as brie, camembert, Mexican-style cheeses, and any cheeses made from raw milk.
Make sure any cheeses you eat, if you have to eat cheese when pregnant, come from pasteurized milk or are cooked and melted in a casserole that stays in a hot oven for a half hour to bake. Don't just heat up a pizza to melt the cheese.
To kill the bacteria, the casserole with the cheese on top has to bake for a long time such as more than a half hour. If you're pregnant or if you're a senior citizen with a weakened immune system, don't eat hot dogs or the juice from hot dogs or any other cold cuts, deli items, or cheese.
Don't eat hot dogs because not only the hot dog but the juice from the frank could transmit the bacteria
Wash up anything the hot dog juice spills on. Don't drink the hot-dog juice. Check the supermarkets in Sacramento to see what you can safely eat that doesn't raise your risk of contracting bacterial infections during pregnancy. Infections can spread to your newborn baby. See, Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions Under Public Health.
If you're pregnant and you contract listeriosis, it starts with the same symptoms as flu, plus nausea. You'll get headaches, fever, and lots of nausea. Then the worse happens. Your placenta gets infected, and your baby gets a brain infection or you have a miscarriage. You may wish to check out the CDC sites, Disease Listing: Listeriosis Additional Information | CDC DFBMD or Disease Listing: Listeriosis Technical Information | CDC DFBMD.
Don't take chances with food that usually carries listeria bacteria if you're pregnant or if you're a senior citizen
Read more about how to prevent this food-borne illness that really hits pregnant women hard at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There's a link on listeriosis there. Be aware if you're pregnant. It's a disease you get from eating food that looks and smells perfectly edible.
According to the CDC, in the United States, an estimated 2,500 persons become seriously ill with listeriosis each year. Of these, 500 die. At increased risk are: * Pregnant women. If you're pregnant you may be about 20 times more likely than other healthy adults to get listeriosis. About one-third of listeriosis cases happen during pregnancy. See, Preventing Foodborne Illness: Listeriosis.
Also newborns can become infected with listeriosis. Newborns rather than just the pregnant women suffer the serious effects of infection when the mother contracts listeriosis during pregnancy. To protect your newborn and yourself at any stage of pregnancy, keep away from certain cheeses and certain processed meats. See, Disease Listing: Listeriosis General Information | CDC DFBMD.
Ask your doctor for a list of what foods to avoid when pregnant to protect your baby and yourself from any risk of infection from listeria bacteria. Check out the following CDC sites that answer frequently asked questions: How do you get listeriosis?, Can listeriosis be prevented?, How can you reduce your risk for listeriosis?, How do you know if you have listeriosis?, What should you do if you've eaten a food recalled because of Listeria contamination?, Can listeriosis be treated?, or What is the government doing about listeriosis? Or check out the CDC's Prevention Guidelines Titles.


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Since last month Lenovo is touting a new tablet with performance similar to the iPad 2 -in-screen offers. A panel of 9.8 inch IPS is sufficient to meet our whims and multimedia IdeaTab S2109 Lenovo seems to be ready. Although not available right now, today we have an idea and date from when it might be available, at least in America.
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