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The most significant change to the human species in millennia spells disaster for the environment, health care, and education. It could even mean the end of sports. The reason is that thin and normal weight Americans are headed for extinction, according to the projections of scientists studying obesity rates in the United States.
If obesity trends continue, almost nine out of every ten Americans will be overweight or obese by 2030, and there will be no more thin or normal weight people at all by 2048, according to a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health published in the July issue of Obesity:
National survey data show that the prevalence of overweight and obese adults in the U.S. has increased steadily over the past three decades," said Youfa Wang, MD, PhD, lead author of the study and associate professor with the Bloomberg School's Center for Human Nutrition. "If these trends continue, more than 86 percent of adults will be overweight or obese by 2030 with approximately 96 percent of non-Hispanic black women and 91 percent of Mexican-American men affected. This would result in 1 of every 6 health care dollars spent in total direct health care costs paying for overweight and obesity-related costs."
By 2048, all American adults would become overweight or obese, while black women will reach that state by 2034. In children, the prevalence of overweight (BMI 95th percentile, 30%) will nearly double by 2030."
The related health-care costs will add up to almost a trillion dollars, accounting for 16 to 18 percent of all health care expenditures.
The result will not only be a public health catastrophe. if these trends continue, there is a strong likelihood that there will be a significant drop in scholastic achievement across the U.S., as research shows a significant association between being overweight and decreased cognitive functioning. Additionally, scientists have found decreased scholastic performance among middle schoolers who were overweight:
Overweight students demonstrated a 0.4 letter grade lower GPA (on a 4.00 scale) and 11% lower national percentile reading scores than their nonoverweight peers."
Researchers have also found a strong correlation between lower math proficiency and increased weight, although this doesn't signal causality.
A nation composed entirely of overweight people will adversely effect the environment, according to recent research by scientists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. They argue that obesity is linked to higher carbon emissions, as overweight and obese people are more likely to resort to driving and other physical labor saving devices.
According to their research, obese people consume 18 percent more food energy than lean people – 2960 calories compared with 2,500 calories for people with body mass indexes of 29 versus 24.5
The increased demand for food will result in additional energy costs, as it requires almost six tons of vegetable protein to create one ton of meat protein. And this in turn will result in increased greenhouse gas emissions, as the livestock industry alone accounts for 37-percent of all anthropogenic methane emissions, and accounts for significant deforestation.
According to the the age, an Australian newspaper, the combination of increased use of carbon-powered transportation and methane emissions from livestock and people will lead to more and stronger hurricanes.
There are notable caveats with the research findings and hypotheses: there is at present no data showing a causal link between increased enteric fermentation, human farting and hurricane incidence and strength.
Additionally, as the trend data is based on body mass index, athletes with significant muscle mass are likely to have been counted as being obese or overweight. It is thus possible that a small proportion of the U.S. population – NBA players, for example – will not be overweight as judged by the actual fat content of their bodies. The key determining factor for major league and amateur sports is whether any children will be inclined to exercise at all by the middle of this century, as there is, at present, a significant correlation between low participation in school athletics, poor physical performance and being overweight and obese.
The final caveat is that trends which appear to be increasing upwards are not bound to keep ascending by logical necessity. We can't predict what impact knowledge will have on human agency and physiology. Even so, it is highly, highly unlikely, given education, lifestyle choices, increasing awareness of the importance of diet, and genetic factors that everyone in the U.S. is going to be overweight or obese. Public health researchers are hoping, in effect, to rule out the possibility by declaring it inevitable, even though there's nothing inevitable about it at all. Whether implausibility proves to be an effective public health stratagem remains to be seen.


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Saturday was quite a day for UFC fans. In the morning, UFC Fight Night 48 went down in Macau with a headliner featuring Michael Bisping against Cung Le in a middleweight matchup.
The co-main event was a welterweight tilt between two young contenders in the division, as former Strikeforce welterweight standout Tyron Woodley faced Dong Hyun Kim.
Then, on Saturday night, UFC Fight Night 49 happened in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with a lightweight matchup between former champ Benson Henderson and Rafael dos Anjos.
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Home Business Scam
Home business scams have existed for a long time and have taken a new form with opportunities through the internet. Some of the classic home business scams include envelope stuffing, chain letters, pyramid schemes, multilevel marketing, etc. All of these are now done online by email and scam websites. Most of these scams are get rich immediately schemes which ask the victim to pay money to get started.
One of the most common scams seen on the internet in the recent days is "Drop shipment scam".
What is drop shipment?
Drop shipment or drop shipping is a type of retailing where the retailer does not keep goods in stock, but instead passes the customer's order and shipment details to the wholesaler, who then dispatches the goods to the customer directly. The retailer makes their profit on the difference between the wholesale and retail price.
The drop shipment scam
Con artists sell whole sale drop shipper lists on the internet through websites and online auctions. The list gives names of companies which drop ship and many of the companies could be the same company in different names or just an individual with a phone without any actual product who uses another drop shipper list to ship products (a victim of the scam).
Victims after paying for the drop shipper list need to do a lot of work and do not make the money they were promised and in fact are helping the actual drop shippers make huge profits. The drop shippers price their items extremely high with very little or no profit for the retailer. Also most drop shippers charge a membership fee to access their price list. Victims need to try to sell these products in various online auctions or advertise on the internet at their own expense, eventually losing money. The whole idea is that drop shippers can sell their poor products without any advertising, make huge profits, not be held responsible for their bad products and get money from victims as membership fees (and some have yearly membership contracts too). Not all drop shippers are scammers, so choose your drop shippers carefully!
Guidelines to protect yourself from home business scams
Don't pay money to get a job. Never pay money to any company which promises to employ you to work at home.
Don't believe in immediate big profits the easy way. Home-based business is just like any other business; it requires hard work, skill, advertising, good products or services, and time to make a profit.
Avoid responding to unsolicited emails promising work at home opportunities. Many unsolicited emails are fraudulent and promise easy money only to trap you.
Research and decide. Find out everything you need to know about work at home. Research on companies you will be dealing with and find out about their agreement. Take your own time to decide.
Ask other people who work at home. Ask them if the company kept its promises.
Know the refund policy. If you have to buy equipment or supplies, ask whether and under what circumstances you can return them for a refund.
Understand your legal requirements. Some types of work cannot be done at home under federal law. Look for the nearest U.S. Department of Labor in the government listings of your phone book and get information.
Too good to be true. If something appears to be too good to be true, then it probably is.


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Two dozen former employees of a nationwide chain of popular yoga studios have filed a federal lawsuit claiming financial and emotional distress caused by the leader's "psychological manipulation and indoctrination."
In the 53-page lawsuit, filed May 20, the former exployees detail a litany of allegations, from fraud and labor code violations to sexual assault and "thought reform" against Dahn Yoga and Health Centers Inc., and its founder, Ilchi Lee.
Dahn Yoga - which utilizes mind and body training methods - has scores of studios around the country, including locations in Reseda, Valencia and West Los Angeles.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona, claims that the plaintiffs were coerced into taking out student and personal loans and incurring credit card debt to pay for Dahn Yoga programs, workshops and retreats and to "donate all the money they possess or can borrow."
The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, also claims the plaintiffs were forced to undergo arduous physical exercises, such as performing 3,000 bows, and had to drink toilet water. Their indoctrination also required them to repeat they would "die for Ilchi Lee and his `Vision"' to disseminate Dahn Yoga practices worldwide.
A Dahn spokesman dismissed the lawsuit as "lies from the pit of hell," saying the former employees filed the suit to denigrate Dahn and for their own monetary gain.
"They're adults and make their own choices," said Mike Paul of Dahn Yoga. "Saying they were `coerced' is ridiculous. Their lawsuit is frivolous and unethical."
Bay Area attorney Ryan Kent, who represents all 24 plaintiffs, said Dahn derailed the lives of his clients, some of whom are now more than $50,000 in debt.
"These are mostly college students, kids, that don't have any money and they've maxed out their student loans. Dahn takes money out of you until they can't get any more."
Kent said the plaintiffs enrolled as students in Dahn Yoga centers and later went to work for the company. While some of the fees they paid went toward training, he said, those sessions were used to entice students into paying for more and more classes.
"Dahn Masters will accompany you to the bank to watch you open new credit cards, or sit next to you at the computer while you fill out Fannie Mae forms," Kent said. "They laugh at the law and take horrible advantage of young kids."
The plaintiffs include Alana Lee of Sherman Oaks. Neither she nor any of the other plaintiffs were available for comment, Kent said.
But Paul disputed the allegations, saying they simply demonstrate a lack of financial responsibility on the part of the plaintiffs, including one whom Paul said embezzled from the company.
"They were asked or told to give personal money? That's ridiculous," he said. "These people are on the verge of bankruptcy because of the idiocy of their money mismanagement."
The lawsuit claims that plaintiffs had to work "excessive hours... without reasonable or lawful compensation." Kent said some of them worked up to 100 hours a week without reporting their hours.
But Paul said enthusiasm for Ilchi Lee's "Vision" simply encouraged employees to work hard.
"Just like if you worked for IBM, no one makes you stay until 7:30, but if the average worker isn't leaving at 5:01 you will stay," Paul said. "And the majority of Dahn employees are very passionate."
Paul said disputed allegations that Ilchi Lee sexually assaulted one of the plaintiffs.
"These things are there to damage the reputation of Dahn Yoga and, quite frankly, to get money," Paul said.
Dahn Yoga has become a controversial practice, with some critics equating it with a cult. Paul denied that the company is anything other than a legitimate business.
"We consider `cult' a very toxic term that immediately causes people to have fear," Paul said. "We are a health and yoga facility."
However, Steve Hassan an author who has studied cults, said the followers of Dahn Yoga displays eerie similarities to the "moonies" who followed Sun Myung Moo, founder of the Unification Church back in the 1970s.


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Florida's CREASE have enlisted Grammy-winning producer/engineer/mixer Charles Dye (i.e. RICKY MARTIN, AEROSMITH, JON BON JOVI, SAMMY HAGAR) to produce the group's next studio record, due out in the summer.
CREASE To Work With Grammy Winner On Next CD
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East Prairie City Administrator Lonnie Thurmond accepts a certificate from Janie Dunning, Missouri director for USDA Rural Development, Tuesday at the Mississippi County Ambulance District as Christy Mercer (far right), who attended on behalf of Sen. Claire McCaskill, and East Prairie Police Chief Danny Lafferty (far left) look on.
(Photo by Leonna Heuring, Staff)
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Entities receive over $415,000 in aid
CHARLESTON -- Several Mississippi County entities were recognized Tuesday as recipients of over $415,000 in grant funding to acquire needed vehicles and equipment.
Janie Dunning, Missouri director for United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development, hosted the event at the Mississippi County Ambulance District in Charleston.
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Episode #187: Top 10 Two-Player Games
November 02, 2010 8:23 AM
In this episode, we talk about several new games that we've been playing, and Ryan tells us something else he's been learning from gaming. We answer a pile of questions, go back to the vault to look at Web of Power, and discuss our top ten two-player games.
This week's show is available in two formats:
Regular (mp3): Episode 187 (mp3 - audio only)
Enhanced (m4a): Episode 187 (m4a - audio with pictures)
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November 09, 2010 4:43 AM
You are pushing the enhanced version on the mp3 feed. My feed grabbing mgmt software (Zune) grabbed the same old feed but it is unplayable being a different than expected format.
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Online Learning
Welcome to Continuing Education's E-Learning Programs. The Continuing Education Department at Bucks County Community College now offers a variety of programs in this flexible and convenient learning format. Join the fast growing number of students who are taking advantage of online classes. Gain new skills to help advance your career by completing a certificate program, meet required ACT 48 hours; learn to paint or learn a new language.
E-learning provides a convenient, standardized and economical approach for students to learn. Students attend class from anywhere - in the office, at home, at school, or on the road, and study at a pace that's right for them. With courses that are either instructor-led or self-paced, with or without a live chat or web conferencing component, Bucks can assist you with your educational needs.
Online Learning Partners
Bucks partners with the best online providers so that we can bring you the best programs! For a complete listing of our noncredit online opportunities, visit the websites below:
For more information, contact the continuing education office at 215-968-8409 (Option #1)
Skills for the 21st Century
Get skills for the 21st century. Demonstrate your knowledge. Boost your productivity and your organization's bottom line.
- Online learning is easy. It's fun!
- Participate anytime day or evening, from any computer.
- Most courses are offered 4 times a year.
- Classes start the first Monday of the month.
Technical requirements:
- Internet access with Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari web browser.
- Audio software such as Windows Media, Real, Quicktime, or Flash.
- Speakers to listen to audio.
Our instructor-facilitated online courses are informative, fun, convenient, and highly interactive. Our instructors are famous for their ability to create warm and supportive communities of learners. It's no wonder that many long-lasting friendships have formed in our lively and intelligent discussion areas. All courses run for six weeks (with a two-week grace period at the end). Courses are project-oriented and include lessons, quizzes, hands-on assignments, discussion areas, supplementary links, and more. You can complete any of these courses entirely from your home or office and at any time of the day or night.
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Bucks County Community College, in partnership with Gatlin Education Online Career Training Courses, offers online, open enrollment, self-paced programs designed to provide the skills necessary to acquire professional level positions for many in-demand occupations.
Our programs are designed by a team of professionals from each respective field, who work to provide the most effective web-based learning experience available today. Instructors/mentors are actively involved in your online learning experience. They respond to any questions or concerns, as well as encouraging and motivating you to succeed.
Each program includes a set of lessons and evaluations; grades are a combination of the instructor/mentor's evaluation of students' work and computer graded tests. We know you'll appreciate the quality as well as the convenience of anytime, anywhere.
• Open enrollment - register at any time.
• Financing available for students who need assistance.
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• All materials are shipped directly to you upon registration.
• Most courses designed to be completed in 90-180 days.
• BCCC certificate of completion upon successful completion of the program!
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Command Spanish®, Inc. offers innovative e-Training Spanish language programs. All programs are based on the exclusive, revolutionary Language Power-Lock System which unites seven interactive processes to provide contextualized, purposeful learning opportunities.
Online Spanish Language courses are available in the following fields:
• General Interest –Community, Workplace
• Business & Industry –Financial Institutions, Construction Supervisors, Real Estate Sales
• Medical – Hospital Nurses*, Medical Office Nurses*, Physicians, and Pharmacy Personnel
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• Law Enforcement, Corrections, and Probation: Law Enforcement Officers
Courses are $99 each, approximate time for completion is 14 hours while the course remains open for 120 days.
For more information, contact the Center for Workforce Development 215-968-8006
To register for e-Training Command Spanish® courses, visit www.CommandSpanishOnline.com
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Background: AlloDerm, a brand of acellular dermal matrix, is commonly used as an internal hammock to support the tissue expander or permanent implant in breast reconstruction. The aim of our study is to evaluate the complication rates associated with the freeze-dried (FD) AlloDerm and the ready-to-use (RTU) AlloDerm.
Methods: This institutional review board–approved retrospective study involved 103 patients who underwent immediate postmastectomy breast reconstructions from June 2011 to August 2012. The first 51 patients underwent 96 immediate breast reconstructions with FD AlloDerm. The subsequent 52 patients underwent 100 immediate breast reconstructions with RTU AlloDerm. Patient demographics, postoperative complication rates in study cohort, and complication rates stratified by body mass index (BMI) were analyzed.
Results: Multiple patient demographics in the 2 cohorts are closely matched (P > 0.05). RTU AlloDerm was associated with higher rates of seroma and cellulitis compared with FD AlloDerm (22.0% vs 18.8%, P = 0.599 and 21.0% vs 12.5%, P = 0.129, respectively). Significantly higher rates of seroma and cellulitis were found in patients with BMI ≥ 30 compared with BMI < 30 (34.5% vs 9.2%, P < 0.001 and 29.9% vs 6.4%, P < 0.001, respectively). A generalized linear mixed model shows that obesity and RTU AlloDerm are statistically significant predictors of cellulitis (adjusted odds ratio = 10.413, P < 0.001 and adjusted odds ratio = 3.712, P = 0.011, respectively).
Conclusions: Our study demonstrates a clinically higher postoperative complication rate in immediate breast reconstruction with RTU AlloDerm compared with FD AlloDerm and highlights the unfavorable risk factor correlation with significant obesity.
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text: Fred Clark has posted again about the Left Behind movie. Here is a quote: You don't need to be a seminary graduate to understand the theological problems with this story — you just need to be a human being. That's the insurmountable problem for any attempt to make a movie based on LaHaye's theological-sounding ideology. [Read More…]


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Sydney connection
Neither Warren Halloran nor his father Henry Ferdinand had any direct links with the University of Sydney. But a gentle shake of the family tree reveals a fascinating connection going back to before the University was officially founded in 1850.
Warren's great, great grandfather was Laurence Hynes Halloran, described in the Australian Dictionary of Biography as a bogus clergyman, school master and journalist.
In today's parlance he would be said to have had a chequered career. An Irishman, orphaned at an early age he entered the navy but was soon jailed for stabbing and killing a fellow midshipman. Acquitted after a year, he became insolvent, was charged with immorality and then entered the navy posing as an Anglican chaplain, eventually being posted as chaplain to the naval and military forces at the Cape of Good Hope.
After three years he was banished from the Cape for publishing in verse the first of many libels that were to be his ruination. Back in England he continued life as a curate using forged letters. Eventually he was undone by counterfeighting a tenpenny frank, and transported to Sydney, joining that other well-known counterfeiter Francis Greenway.
On arrival the Halloran charm and good luck emerged again when he was immediately granted a ticket-of-leave by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and with help of John Macarthur and others he established a private school. "Dr Halloran's establishment for liberal education" opened in 1820 and quickly secured the support of the leading emancipists in Sydney.
Despite several periods in prison for debt, by 1825 he had won support for the establishment of a public grammar school under the patronage of the governor, with L.H.Halloran as its headmaster and his son as under master. The Sydney Free Public Grammar School was later replaced by Sydney College in 1830 and then by Sydney Grammar School in College Street, where his portrait still hangs today.
The inauguration of the University and the enrolment of its first 24 students took place in the College St premises in 1852 where the first Principal Professor John Woolley spoke of the idea of the University as a "school of liberal and general knowledge."


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There are many reasons, believe it or not, to come to the "Southernmost City in the Americas," Ushuaia, Argentina (with a nod to neighboring Puerto Williams, Chile, which shares that tourism tagline). Though most people are here en route to an Antarctic tour, or hike Tierra del Fuego National Park, they may find themselves charmed by Ushuaia's activities and attractions.
Between the incredible, outdoorsy offerings, from hiking and kayaking to glacier cruises and catamaran tours, and a handful of quirky city sites such as the "Museum at the End of the World," you could easily keep yourself busy for a week in this small city of some 60,000 people. But save a little bit of time (and luggage space) for the truly outstanding tax-free shopping in Ushuaia.
Of course, you'll find the usual coterie of craftspeople selling the region's fine woolen textiles and other Argentine souvenirs in the tourist quarter and around the docks. For the best deals, skip the fabulous Feria Artesanal de Ushuaia (Ushuaia Handicrafts Festival), selling beautiful artisanal products close to the cruise ship corridor and find smaller shops hidden all around town. But that's not the kind of shopping we're talking about.
Here on one of the world's most storied trade routes, named for Magellan himself after he successfully circumnavigated the world, you'll find a tax-free, duty-free shopping paradise and plenty of stores that take full advantage of the loophole. The widest selection of international clothing brands, excellent wine and liquor, cheap cigarettes, gourmet groceries, fine cosmetics, perfumes, electronics, and much more from all over the world are located on Avenida San Martin.
The biggest, best, and most famous store on the strip is the Atlantico Sur Duty Free Shop, and if you only have time for one quick shopping trip, make a beeline for this behemoth. Serious bargain hunters, however, should set aside a full day for wandering Avenida San Martin and checking out all the shops. If you're a savvy shopper, you could save enough to pay for your excursion to see the penguins (or even plane tickets to Argentina).
Note that there are some restrictions on duty-free shopping, depending on your country of origin and current regulations. You may also need to make a minimum purchase to take advantage of the tax-free status, which shouldn't be difficult. Ask at the shop, and check your own country's customs regulations, to learn more about local and international restrictions before committing to too many cameras and bottles of fancy vodka.


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On Thursday, March 27, 2014 from 2:00pm – 4:00pm, the New York City Bar Justice Center is offering a free legal clinic for individuals needing assistance in filing claims under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF). Clinics will be facilitated by volunteer lawyers who will provide free counsel and advice to people who would like to file a claim under the VCF without an attorney. Attendees will be able to meet with an attorney who will provide information on the eligibility process and assist in filling out the application form.
Pre-registration is required; space is limited. To register or to request more information, please call 855-885-1555.
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The New York Knicks were pretty good last season, but Carmelo Anthony says they are better heading into this season. The Knicks superstar believes that with the Knicks talent and the Brooklyn Nets rise, those two teams will have the best rivalry in the NBA.
According to Marc Berman of the New York Post, Anthony will have even more of a scorer's mentality heading into this season. As if his desire to have the ball on every possession was not enough, Melo intends to try to score more. If that works for them, Anthony could be right with his prediction. However, such a scoring mentality does not always translate to success. Of course, Anthony did not say his scoring mentality was the only reason the Knicks would be better, but he didn't get into more specifics.
"We were the top two seed last year,'' Anthony said. "I think nobody expected that. This year we expect to do the same thing. I actually see this team be better than last year's team. I won't get into all the details [why]. But we feel that. We feel we have improved as a unit."
Anthony was hampered by injuries at times last season - including an injury that occurred after he trip while running down the court untouched - so it's possible that if healthy, this upcoming season can be even better for the Knicks. However, they will likely need more help than Anthony can provide alone.
For example, the Knicks struggled with their big man presence. If they can overcome that this season, they have a real shot at improving. They will also have to stay a lot more healthy. That's always difficult during the grind of an 82-game season.
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Genome evolution
Dr. Lawrence received his Ph.D. in 1991 with Daniel L. Hartl at Washington University, St. Louis, performed his postdoctoral studies with John Roth at the University of Utah, and joined the Department in 1996.
Our research is directed toward elucidating the evolution of bacterial genomes, including their size, composition, variability and organization. In other words, why do genomes have the genes that they do? An understanding of the evolutionary process that leads to differences in genomes will shed light on how species themselves differentiate. We take computations, theoretical and experimental approaches to understanding how genomes evolve.
Speciation. Bacterial speciation - the process by which lineages become genetically and ecologically distinct from one another - is quite different from its eukaryotic counterpart. The differences arise from both the manner by which bacteria adapt (by gene acquisition, rather than gene modification) and the constraints on their gene exchange. Our work has supported a "fragmented" model of speciation, whereby lineages become genetically isolated on a gene-by-gene basis over a period of tens of millions of years.
Ecological adaptation. Which are the first genes to become genetically isolated in nascent species? Among the earliest diverging genes in the Salmonella chromosome are those that encode the O-antigen biosynthetic machinery. We have been investigating the role of protozoan predation in driving this diversification. Here, different antigens allow the newly-diverging Salmonella to escape protozoan predators in different environments.
Recent Publications
Lawrence, J.G., K. Butela, A. Atzinger (2013) A likelihood approach to classifying fluorescent events collected by multicolor flow cytometry. J. Microbiol. Methods In Press.
Butela, K., and J.G. Lawrence (2012) Genetic manipulation of pathogenicity loci in non-Typhimurium Salmonella. J. Microbiol. Methods 91(3):477-482
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Banqueting scene. Basalt stele, 83 cm wide, 72 cm in height, 42½ cm thick.Two personages (a man on the right, a woman on the left) sit on either side of a three-legged table. On the table lie seven slices of bread; above it: the motif of a palm branch with two leaves and two buds.Neo-Hittite sculpture in Aramean style. Dated to 730-700 BC. Similar in style to stelae from Sakçagözü.Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.Sources: Website of 'anadolumedeniyetlerimuzesi.gov.tr' – Annual report 1999 .
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It probably seemed like a good idea at the time but... (see above). Now, wait a minute, coming down from the sky (light), like in the previous clip, could have been magical, but WHAT is the point in watching Santa climb his fat ass over the 3rd floor balcony just to shimmy down a rope??? And where the heck is GI Joe?
It probably seemed like a brilliant idea at the time but guys in big baggy clothes with loads of cotton stuck to their faces and heads, are not usually the most... dexterous. If any kids lost their faith in Santa that day at least it was reaffirmed in GI Joe. Santa had to have known there'd be down sides to that laissez faire approach he takes to facial hair grooming.
When practicing physically-demanding breakdance techniques, make sure your buddies don't hate your face.
Summer is in full swing so make sure you know what every barbeque master needs to know – how to cook the perfect hamburger.
What happens when you insert metal pins through your taint and attach them to a rope, all in order to pull a car for your friends? A wicked awesome time, that's what!
Wax On Radio are a collective from Logan Square, an area on the West side of Chicago that is quickly becoming a hotbed for new and emerging indie acts. They were kind enough to swing by our studio while they were on tour and we always welcome bands from the Midwest through our doors. Plus anyone that plays the guitar upside down is pretty awesome in our book!


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Category: Campus News Published on Wednesday, 04 May 2011 23:15 Written by KRISTEN HALL - Staff Writer
Instead of sleeping in on Sunday, April 30, many students chose instead to lace up their running sneakers and attempt a 5K to raise money for two important charities.
The Class of 2011 chose to sponsor this 5K as a means of attracting attention and donating funds to Lucy's Love Bus and the DJ Dream Fund.
Lucy's Love Bus was founded in memoriam of Lucy Grogan, a twelve year old who lost her battle with Leukemia in 2006.
According to the charity's website, "Lucy's Love Bus eases the suffering of pediatric cancer patients by providing free integrative therapies, such as massage, acupuncture, and therapeutic horseback riding to children with cancer and children coping with late effects of prior cancer treatment."
The other charity that is being assisted through this race is the DJ Dream Fund, a cause close to the heart of senior Corey Arenz.
The organization was created in memory of Danroy "DJ" Henry, a football player at Pace University who was tragically shot and killed by police in a controversial scene outside of a bar in New York on October 17, 2010. The details of his untimely demise are still being assessed because heavy debate surrounds the use of deadly force by a policeman under these uncertain circumstances.
Arenz had been best friends with Henry since childhood-neighbors who became family. Despite the physical distance due to their attending different universities, the pair's bond remained extremely close.
According to Arenz, "[Henry] was an outstanding individual with great character. He was a man of faith who put family first…DJ had a genuine concern for everyone he met and would give you the shirt off his back. He had all the aspects of a good friend, son, and brother."
In honor of Henry's life, the DJ Dream Fund was established to share DJ's love of sports by providing resources to underprivileged children and young adults in Massachusetts so that have the opportunity to get involved in athletics and wellness programs.
When the race began at 10 a.m., approximately twenty students showed up to run the course, which consisted of 1.75 laps around Ring Road, beginning at Dell Road and ending at the observatory field.
The cost for students was $10, while non-students were $20. T-shirts and bracelets were also available for a cost for the DJ Dream Fund, and love bracelets were on hand for Lucy's Love Bus.
Senior class president Ashlee Mastrangelo believes that the small number of runners was due to the lengthy preparation for the event and the lack of advertising. However, she believes that the 5K was a great way of raising money for charities such as these.
"A 5k is a great fundraiser," explained Mastrangelo. "It gets people outside enjoying the outdoors, getting good exercise and giving back. I think it has so more value than just a bar night, though they are fun, this is something so different."
Mastrangelo also hopes to make this a yearly event since it should be no hassle to plan in the future and it will be a great opportunity for students and future graduating classes to give back.
For those interested in donating to either of these worth causes, please visit lucyslovebus.org or http://www.djdreamfund.org.


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Indian telco Bharti Airtel and the Zain Group of Kuwait have signed a definite agreement for purchase of Zain's African assets.
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To create Vergara's flowing waves, Gabriel blew out her hair with Oribe Volumizing Mist and then set it with Rene Furterer Styling Spray, using an inch-and-a-half curling iron. To do this yourself, use the curling iron to set each section like you would with a hot roller and then pin each section in with a bobby pin. Finish by brushing your fingers through your hair for a soft, natural look!
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The PSRDF objective is to promote square dancing in Pennsylvania.
We promote an Annual State Convention and are also involved in other promotional projects including PA Square Dance License Plates and attempting to get our State Legislature to put Square Dancing as the PA State Folk Dance. This Web Site is also to aide in finding Square Dance Clubs, Federations and Square Dancers in Pennsylvania.
Next PSRDF Delegate meeting: Next meeting Sunday October 2, 2016 at 1pm. Location to be determined.
Meeting begins at 1:00 pm. Executive meeting at 11:00 am.
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How did you learn to use dpn's?
Part of my knitting "things to learn" list is making a pair of socks. I don't know how to begin using dpn's and was curious how others learned.
For me, desperation. Seriously the only way to learn is to do it. There are suggestions for making it easier that others can offer, I defer to them. My main experience with dpns was ribbing for the top of toe-up socks on U.S. size 000 but I just transferred the stitches from circs to dpn.
It helped that I already knew how to knit in the round on fixed circulars. After that, I learned how to knit socks using the 4 DPN method (three needles holding stitches and one working needle), because it seemed less overwhelming and I used Silver's Sock Class. and sport weight yarn. I got it right on the first try.
If DPNs aren't really your thing, you could learn Magic Loop, which uses only one pair of long (32" or longer) circular needles. Once I learned ML, I never used DPNs again.
I actually really like using DPNs. I've used ML (or some variation thereof), but I go back to my DPNs time and time again. DPNs are awkward on the first round to be sure, but once you get past that, things get much easier.
At first DPNs scared me--how do I hold all four or five needles at once. Then I realized that you don't hold any more needles with this method than you do in normal (flat knitting). In fact, you can ignore all the other needles most of the time cause you're just working with two of them. The only time I pay attention to the other needles is to make sure my stitches aren't sneaking (i.e., slipping) off. I use bamboo DPNs a lot, so this doesn't happen that often.
Yeah, I'd say watch a few videos with yarn and DPNs in hand. The best way to learn is to jump in and do it. If you get stuck or are having a specific problem, come here and ask; you're sure to get some help.
I know people who feel the same way about using DPNs that I do about ML. That's what they learned, and it works so why reinvent the wheel? Which is a perfectly legitimate thing to do. And perhaps one day when there's no more plastic to be had because all the petrochemicals on Earth have been depleted we'll be forced to use DPNs because there won't be anything to make circulars out of. But until then...
I learned when I was working the top of a hat. I started on a 16" circular and had to switch for the decreases. Now I rarely use them preferring magic loop for seamless projects. I prefer 32" for socks and 40" for hats because I don't like modified ml.
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Let's see last weekend it was 800 plus for the MSU Marching Band Concert in the yard. Got through that with flying colors-- we made $75,000 and now have cleared nearly half a million over ten years. Keep it going. This weekend Notre Dame is in town. That means more than 30 staying at house including 25 ND students. They've been here before but not nearly that many. Always polite never any problems but I only remember one win here and that was the 40-37 stunner in the rain in 2007.
Eastern Michigan weekend not much going on but can sleep in Saturday because the Tailgate show won't start until noon because it's a 3:30 kick for whatever reason. Hallejujah. Septembere 29th Ohio State in town and that means four guests but all are very elderly-- they love their Buckeyes and come when OSU is in town-- can't get tickets in Columbus. Wouldn't have it any other way though.


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Fresh Fig and Almond Breakfast Cake
Sometimes, life hands you lemons. Other times, though, it hands you figs.
So check it out: I go to this greasy spoon diner called Rae's every weekend. I'm a regular. I have a "usual," and I get slightly annoyed when someone else is sitting in my spot on the bar. (I'm short, and my favorite chair is a little bit taller than all the rest.)
But it wasn't until a couple of weeks ago that I realized that the big tree growing just to the left of the building is, in fact, a fig tree. A fact I learned by stepping (and almost slipping) on an overripe fig on the ground. I took a few photos, then a nice old lady came out to tell me that I could take some of the ripe ones if I wanted, since they would just go to waste anyway. So I did! Because despite figs being the sexiest fruit, beautiful just torn apart and eaten raw, I had a recipe I wanted to try up my sleeve.
I love a snacking cake. The kind of cake that you feel like you can eat for breakfast, or with a cup of tea, or as dessert. This cake is rustic and sturdy, requiring no creaming of butter or careful folding-in of ingredients. Just a quick mix of dry and wet ingredients, some pretty figs plopped on top, and half an hour in the oven. What a simple way to be happy.
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract)
- 8- 10 fresh figs (depending on the size), sliced in half
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- 3 tablespoons turbinado (or granulated) sugar for topping
- Heat your oven to 375°F (190°C). Butter and flour a 10-inch cast iron skillet.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and sugar. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together Greek yogurt, milk, lemon juice, eggs, butter, and vanilla paste.
- Add the liquid mixture all at once to the dry ingredients. Stir until just combined and no lumps remain, then spoon batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Top batter with fresh figs, face-up, gently pressing the figs part-way into the batter. Sprinkle with sliced almonds and then sprinkle generously with turbinado (or granulated) sugar.
- Bake in the center of the oven for 25-30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow cake to cool to room temperature before slicing to serve.
- Cake will last, well wrapped in the refrigerator, for up to 3 days.
Adapted from Joy the Baker.
Music to cook by: Food in Bed [James Alan // Sheltered EP]
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Who Is the Best Restaurateur in America?
By Arthur Lubow
Published: March 10, 1996
Entering TriBakery, his first stop of the day, Drew Nieporent pauses to shift the wicker baskets of the biggest loaves of bread to the top shelf, where they're easier for the customers to grab. He asks the cashier to push a tray of lemon squares to the front of the display case (easier for the customers to see) and points out that the pastries are end to end in one part of the case, sparse in another. A few words with the manager, and then, snatching a croissant on the way out, he walks next door to TriBeCa Grill, his highest-volume restaurant, where he picks up a sheet of telephone messages. Although he is the head of a restaurant empire that does nearly $30 million a year in business, Nieporent has yet to hire a secretary. He checks calls (most are from friends or friends of friends, hoping for a table at one of his restaurants), then studies the reservations list. Celebrities, friends, regular customers, food professionals: all will require some acknowledgment -- a little schmooze from the owner himself, a little something from the kitchen or both.
At night the small skylight room at the back of TriBeCa Grill accommodates diners, but during the less busy lunch period it serves as Nieporent's makeshift office. From here he can develop strategies for his expanding restaurant empire. Five of the six restaurants that he co-owns are within a five-minute walk of TriBeCa Grill. (The sixth, Rubicon, is in San Francisco.) There is Montrachet, his maiden venture, a French restaurant that is going strong in its 11th year; Nobu, an innovative Japanese restaurant that is, at this moment, the hardest reservation to score in New York; Layla, the Middle Eastern place that is Nieporent's newest entry, and TriBakery, a lunch spot and bakery. TriBeCa Grill serves as Nieporent's headquarters because, as his largest restaurant, it allows him a little space to spread out. It's his symbolic base as well. When he opened TriBeCa Grill in 1990 with Robert De Niro as his high-profile partner (and 22 other investors, many of them in the movie business), Nieporent arrived on the New York restaurant scene. TriBeCa Grill introduced the Nieporent custom blend: professional service, dependable food, sharp-focused restaurant identity and high-octane glitz.
In the skylight room today, Nieporent has scheduled a noon meeting with David Rockwell, the interior designer whose credits (besides Planet Hollywood) include Nobu. When he opened TriBeCa Grill, Nieporent was too rushed to care that it was ugly. Now he has decided it could use a brush-up by Rockwell.
At the center of TriBeCa Grill is an enormous mahogany bar, which Nieporent bought at auction for $7,500 and then spent $45,000 restoring. "It was in splinters," he says -- the heritage is what he was after. The bar once dominated Maxwell's Plum, which was the trendiest restaurant in New York in the late 1960's. "There is a certain continuity of experience there," acknowledges Warner LeRoy, who founded Maxwell's and now owns Tavern on the Green. For Nieporent, the legacy was personal. After he graduated from Cornell University, his first full-time job was conveying food from the back of the house to the front (that is, from the kitchen to the dining room) at Maxwell's Plum.
Rockwell has no designs on the Maxwell's bar. In the main room, he is simply recovering the banquettes, repainting the green wood trim maroon and hanging seven Mission-style chandeliers of oxidized bronze with glass inlays. "If it ain't broke," Nieporent says, "don't fix it." Rockwell has more ambitious plans for another site -- Minton's Playhouse in Harlem. At Minton's, Nieporent hopes to restore the playhouse, which was a hallowed jazz club half a century ago, and to convert the vacant dry cleaner next door into a restaurant; but that project is on hold until he can find some minority investors. (He doesn't want to be seen as an outsider.) In the more immediate future, Nieporent would like Rockwell to design a stylish noodle shop adjacent to Nobu, where an empty gallery now sits. He already has a name for the joint: Nobu's Noodles. "We're turning away 200 people a day at Nobu," he explains. The project is a little delicate because Nobuyuki Matsuhisa -- the Los Angeles-based chef and Nieporent's partner -- hasn't yet agreed to it. "We have to defer to Nobu in terms of the back of the house and the menu," Nieporent says, "but we're goosing him a little." He is also fielding offers to open Nobus in London and Las Vegas.
THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE FRONT AND BACK of the house is the fault line of the restaurant business. Nieporent straddles it like a colossus -- which, when you consider that his weight is 280 pounds and rising, is more than an idle figure of speech. He has a politician's memory for names and faces, and, although not trained as a chef, he is a gourmand with strong ideas about his menus. Other restaurant owners may serve more distinguished food: in New York, as in most cities, the critics favor the temples of cuisine (Bouley, Daniel, Lespinasse, Aureole) that are run by chef-proprietors. Other upscale restaurateurs do a higher volume: in New York, the steakhouse and seafood czar Alan Stillman (Smith & Wollensky, Cite) does more than twice Nieporent's business. But this is Nieporent's moment. At 40, the oversize, ebullient, bearded man, in his trademark buttoned-up collarless shirts and scuffed black shoes, is the most dynamic restaurateur in the country. His bulky form is familiar to television viewers from his frequent appearances on the Television Food Network. His restaurants last year won four James Beard Awards (the foodies' Oscars). And hefty as his achievements are, they're dwarfed by his ambitions. "I don't think anyone has ever grown so many excellent restaurants in such a short period of time as Drew," says Danny Meyer, the owner of Union Square Cafe and Gramercy Tavern in New York. "There are a lot of us who look at Drew and say, 'My God, how does he do it?' "


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However, how would they fare vs. the male instructor standing with them (or a Taliban operative)? Slaughtered.
Women in combat is a terrible idea — both for the country's protection and for the sake of the ladies in question.
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Regling Says Europe Rescue Fund Offers No 'Free Lunch'
Assistance from Europe's bailout funds isn't a "free lunch" for any country, said Klaus Regling, chief executive officer of Europe's temporary rescue fund.
"All new instruments are linked to appropriate conditions," Regling, who heads the Luxembourg-based European Financial Stability Facility, said in a speech in Kokkola, Finland today. "There's no free lunch for any beneficiary country."
Europe, using its rescue funds, has the capacity to offer financial help "through precautionary credit lines, before problems hit the markets," Regling said.
Spain may today move closer to becoming the fourth euro-area nation to receive aid, as the International Monetary Fund said the country's banks need at least 37 billion euros ($46 billion) to bear a weaker economy. The yield on 10-year Spanish sovereign debt has risen to 6.22 percent, near the levels at which Greece, Ireland and Portugal asked for international assistance after being shut out from market funding.
Euro-area finance ministers will hold a conference call today at 4 p.m. central European time, two European officials said. Regling declined to comment on Spain's possible aid request.
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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is resisting pressure from European officials to accelerate any request for help as Greek elections loom and Spain's access to markets narrows. He said June 7 he won't take any decisions about how to shore up lenders until seeing the results of the IMF analysis and similar tests by two international consultants due this month.
Spain's government and European Commission President Jose Barroso have proposed using the permanent rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism, to recapitalize Spanish banks directly to avoid burdening the state's balance sheet with more debt. Germany and Finland oppose the plan, which isn't possible under the ESM rules currently being ratified by member states.
"It's important that no aid is given directly to a country's banks," Finnish Finance Minister Jutta Urpilainen said in a speech. "Aid should go through the government."
Urpilainen gave the speech in her home town of Kokkola, at the same seminar where Regling also spoke. The town of 46,000 is on Finland's west coast, 480 kilometers (300 miles) from the capital Helsinki.
Of the euro area's 17 members, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands have top AAA rating on their debt. The other countries in the monetary union are Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.
"Europe's bank crisis is hampering the movement of money," Urpilainen said. "The condition of banks must be assessed in a transparent and candid way and the crisis handled with determination and strict terms."


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There are four general principles behind Motivational Interviewing.
Express Empathy
Empathy involves seeing the world through the client's eyes, thinking about things as the client thinks about them, feeling things as the client feels them, sharing in the client's experiences. Expression of empathy is critical to the MI approach. When clients feel that they are understood, they are more able to open up to their own experiences and share those experiences with others. Having clients share their experiences with you in depth allows you to assess when and where they need support, and what potential pitfalls may need focused on in the change planning process. Importantly, when clients perceive empathy on a counselor's part, they become more open to gentle challenges by the counselor about lifestyle issues and beliefs about substance use. Clients become more comfortable fully examining their ambivalence about change and less likely to defend ideas like their denial of problems, reducing use vs. abstaining, etc. In short, the counselor's accurate understanding of the client's experience facilitates change.Support Self-Efficacy
As noted above, a client's belief that change is possible is an important motivator to succeeding in making a change. As clients are held responsible for choosing and carrying out actions to change in the MI approach, counselors focus their efforts on helping the clients stay motivated, and supporting clients' sense of self-efficacy is a great way to do that. One source of hope for clients using the MI approach is that there is no "right way" to change, and if a given plan for change does not work, clients are only limited by their own creativity as to the number of other plans that might be tried.Roll with Resistance
In MI, the counselor does not fight client resistance, but "rolls with it." Statements demonstrating resistance are not challenged. Instead the counselor uses the client's "momentum" to further explore the client's views. Using this approach, resistance tends to be decreased rather than increased, as clients are not reinforced for becoming argumentative and playing "devil's advocate" to the counselor's suggestions. MI encourages clients to develop their own solutions to the problems that they themselves have defined. Thus, there is no real hierarchy in the client-counselor relationship for the client to fight against. In exploring client concerns, counselors may invite clients to examine new perspectives, but counselors do not impose new ways of thinking on clients.Develop Discrepancy
"Motivation for change occurs when people perceive a discrepancy between where they are and where they want to be" (Miller, Zweben, DiClemente, & Rychtarik, 1992, p. 8). MI counselors work to develop this situation through helping clients examine the discrepancies between their current behavior and future goals. When clients perceive that their current behaviors are not leading toward some important future goal, they become more motivated to make important life changes. Of course, MI counselors do not develop discrepancy at the expense of the other MI principles, but gently and gradually help clients to see how some of their current ways of being may lead them away from, rather than toward, their eventual goals.Reference: Miller, W. R., Zweben, A., DiClemente, C. C., & Rychtarik, R. G. (1992). Motivational Enhancement Therapy manual: A clinical research guide for therapists treating individuals with alcohol abuse and dependence. Rockville, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
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Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:05 pm
Post subject: ask me anything
hello everyone,
i`m a teenage pregnancy midwife and realise that there are many teens who are too nervous to ask for help. i just want to let them know that they can ask me anything they need to, i don`t judge anybody particularly teens as i know they can be as good parents as anybody else.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:13 pm
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I just wanted to say its great you are offering this support to teenage mums, i was 16 when i had my daughter 11 yrs ago and there was no support like this, it was frowned upon by alot of people...
Im now expecting my 2nd after all this time and i know if i can make as good a job as i did as a teenager then we will be fine!
great support.
dawn x
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:35 pm
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its true! so many teens get frowned upon but its surprising of how wise and mature they are... however young they get... i was 14 years old when i first fell pregnant (sadly miscarried though) and the experience really made me grow up quick! i find its really rewarding working with them because they try so hard to make things work with their own families and many of them go on to get good jobs too. its very cheering when i know that they appreciate it. thanks.
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:15 pm
Post subject: xx
hiya im 18 and going to be a mum. but i do belive there is a age limit on sex for a reason when i was 14 i no i would of had no chance at begin a mum i was 2 imature. i do think 16 plus is fine but i would not say 14 and having a baby is healthy for the mum. but that just my view. i do think its good you surport teen mums tho. xx
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:11 am
Post subject: Re: ask me anything
puss2 wrote:
hello everyone,
i`m a teenage pregnancy midwife and realise that there are many teens who are too nervous to ask for help. i just want to let them know that they can ask me anything they need to, i don`t judge anybody particularly teens as i know they can be as good parents as anybody else.
i LOVE it and what a fab idea to do it anon' through this site!!! shows how much ur role means to u .
i eventually want to specialise in teen pregnancy! but want more experience first! and i need a postioin to apply for
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:57 pm
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hi there! staceyanne69, if your feeling faint, then you should definately notify your midwife as your iron levels may be low (anaemia). let her know she may do a blood test to check your haemoglobin (iron levels). you have alot of extra blood circulating round your body and you may get hot, making you abit dizzy/faint, so it could also be your body`s way of telling you to relax! if your iron levels are low, then your midwife will give you some iron tablets. mylillamb, i agree that there is an age limit on sex for a reason, however, many young girls don`t tend to take much notice to it. (i didn`t when i was 14, which was why i ended up pregnant!) one of my patients thought that the age limit was there just for the government to control kids more! so despite the circumstances, these young parents need the support when they do fall pregnant. and curlytots, i do feel that this is a good way to reach young mums to be as many are worried about turning to others for advice particularly intimate things. its great that you would like to specialise as there aren`t as many specialist midwives as i think there should be.
thanks for the lovely complements that i have recieved from posters i do love my job however exhausting it is!
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:07 pm
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hi im not a teenager either, im 21 and 13 weeks pregnant, i was just wondering if it was normal to get headaches? ive been getting them quite often for the last 2 weeks - every other day, sometimes every day.
Im also abosolutly nackerd which i thought wore off at 12 weeks, but i assume this is still normal to go over abit x
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:40 am
Post subject: thanks for this support
hi, im going to be a 17 year old mum and very excited about the whole experience however, i feel put off by people frowning upon teenagers. i do agree to a certain extent but still think they shouldnt feel ashamed as they probably need more support than other mums-to-be. i was careful and safe during sex but still got pregnant. i was unsure on how to feel at first but now going to do the best i can at being a good mum.
Ive been feeling very faint recently and have been making sure i am drinking plenty of water however in the last 2 weeks i have fainted 3 times. Is there any reason why this may be happening?
I also wanted to ask, i am 14 weeks pregnant and have my first midwife appointment this week at my local doctors, will i get an ultrasound at this appointment this week?
Thanks for this support, i think its great.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:24 pm
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hi rosalyn, i totally understand where your coming from. people do judge young mums because mainly the stereotypes about them (the old one about young mums benefits housing, etc). however, many young mums go on to university college and get good jobs. although we can`t change their views, we can prove them wrong. its your first time, so understandably, it can be a bit daunting. i can assure you that you will get into the swing of things and soon you`ll be expert. the first few weeks will be the most difficult but you`ll find at about 6 weeks that it will get easier as you find ways of doing things in your own way. unfortunately, contraception is not completely fail proof with about 1 in 300 women falling pregnant on the pill. you just happen to be that very one! at 14 weeks, yes, you should be due an ultrasound dating scan about now. the hospital/clinic that you have booked with will sent you a letter for it. headaches are fairly common in pregnancy, but watch out for dizzyness, fainting, visual disturbances like blurring or flashes of light before your eyes or if your headaches get severe. these are symptoms of pre eclampsia and although its not as common in earlier pregnancy, your can still get it. if you do get these signs, tell your midwife straight away and she may check your blood pressure and urine.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:47 pm
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Rosalyn dont let anyone look down on u.
u sound like a ver sensble 17 year old and this is ur life. u'll be a fantastic mum. i was a young mumtoo and got the frowns and the disappointed looks. when my son was 10 months old i went back to college and he's now 5 and im in university. im with a mixed bunch of women who had their children and then went to uni or havent got any children at all.
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