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Public Health Feature – May 2011
Tex Med. 2011;107(5):55-61.
By Crystal CondeAssociate Editor
Teen mothers arrive at San Antonio's Seton Home scared and alone. Many of them are runaways and have been in foster care, juvenile detention, homeless shelters, or on the street. They've often escaped chaotic family situations and desperately need secure shelter and prenatal care.
These vulnerable young mothers who lack family and community support find a structured environment at Seton Home that helps them succeed in life. Kate Todd-Thompson, a third-year medical student at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, became involved with the organization in 2009 when she started a project there to improve the residents' breastfeeding rate. In its first year, Breastfeeding Education and Support for Teens (BEST) increased the number of mothers who breastfeed and the length of time they breastfeed.
Ms. Todd-Thompson says the young mothers responded positively to the program. Participants attend meetings every other week to learn more about the health benefits of breastfeeding and what to expect once their babies are born.
Breastfeeding decreases rates of ear infections, incidences of asthma later in life, and risks of obesity in children. Ms. Todd-Thompson says mothers benefit from breastfeeding by reducing their risk of breast cancer and accelerating weight loss after pregnancy.
"BEST also enables the new moms who are breastfeeding to learn from the older moms. It's a wonderful, supportive environment," she said.
When Ms. Todd-Thompson started her demanding third-year clinical rotations in July, medical students Lara Gross and Jenny Saenz took over leadership of BEST. They continue to hold meetings every other week.
Seton Home is a licensed residential facility to help young women deliver healthy babies. It provides education to help mothers earn a high school diploma or GED, as well as parenting instruction, counseling and therapy, an onsite health clinic, and access to prenatal and postnatal care, mental health services, dental and vision care, annual exams, and emergency services. The residents' age at admission must be between 12 and 17, but the mothers can stay until they're 19. The campus has 32 efficiency apartments and eight dorm-style rooms to house 40 mothers and their children.
Alice Gong, MD, a neonatologist and member of the TMA Committee on Maternal and Perinatal Health, supervised Ms. Todd-Thompson's project. She also volunteered at the facility's clinic a few times last fall.
"I'm happy these girls have found Seton Home. They have a nurturing environment where they can have their babies and learn to care for them," Dr. Gong said.
Seton Home is one of many efforts throughout Texas aimed at connecting teen mothers with vital resources. Many physicians work in state and local programs to promote effective, proven interventions for preventing pregnancy in adolescents. In the legislature, the Texas Medical Association endorses the agenda of the San Antonio-based Healthy Futures Alliance, a community coalition to reduce teen and unplanned pregnancy.
Physicians' and medical professionals' involvement in teen pregnancy prevention efforts at any level is valuable, Ms. Todd-Thompson says.
"It's one thing to say that teen pregnancy is a problem, but it's another to dedicate your time and effort to working with pregnant teens and to see the struggles they face. To find solutions to public health problems like teen pregnancy, we have to experience it on an intimate level," she said.
TMA Supports Legislative Agenda
Texas has grappled with the cost and consequences of teen pregnancy for years.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Vital Statistics Report [PDF] (vol. 59, no. 1), Texas was third in the nation in 2008 for rate of births to teenagers at 63.4 per 1,000. Mississippi was first at 65, and New Mexico was second at 64.1.
Between 1991and 2004, teenage girls in Texas gave birth to more than 745,000 babies, costing taxpayers $15.1 billion, according to By the Numbers: The Public Costs of Teen Childbearing, a 2006 report of The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Those costs were for Medicaid, welfare, foster care, and incarceration related to teen childbearing.
When examining annual taxpayer costs associated with the children of teen mothers, the report estimates:
In Texas in 2004 alone, the report says, teen pregnancy cost taxpayers an estimated $1 billion in federal, state, and local taxes, of which $552 million were federal costs and $450 million were state and local costs.
TMA member Janet Realini, MD, MPH, president of Healthy Futures of Texas, the nonprofit arm of Healthy Futures Alliance, stresses the $1 billion price tag of teen births is a bare minimum and doesn't take into account the many other social, indirect, and opportunity costs of teen childbearing.
To help reduce the teen pregnancy burden, TMA supports the Healthy Futures Alliance legislative agenda. Dr. Realini says the group focused on two priorities in this year's legislative session: maximizing access to birth control and preventive care and requiring evidence-based sex education in public schools.
At press time, the organization supported several bills to renew and strengthen the Women's Health Program (WHP), which provides checkups, screenings, and birth control – not abortion – to women aged 18 to 44 whom Medicaid would cover if they become pregnant.
During a five-year demonstration project, WHP reached about 15 percent of eligible women. In just its first two years, WHP saved Texas more than $37.6 million, according to Dr. Realini. In fact, she says, Texas saved $10 for every dollar invested in the program.
She says the alliance asked the state to continue the program and to expand its reach to serve more women and save even more money. The demonstration project will end this year if lawmakers don't renew the program.
"Contraceptive access is an essential part of preventing unplanned pregnancy, whether in adults or sexually active adolescents younger than 18," Dr. Realini said.
The Healthy Futures Alliance also asked the legislature to maintain or increase funding levels for family planning programs designed to:
Due to insufficient funds, Dr. Realini says, the programs serve fewer than 20 percent of the 1.8 million Texas women in need. The alliance asked the legislature to restore $11.9 million to family planning funding and to expand the number of contractors available to serve women who need care.
"Failure to restore funding to family planning programs is penny-wise and pound-foolish. These programs help prevent unplanned pregnancy among low-income men and women, saving the state money," Dr. Realini said.
At press time, state budget constraints made passage of the alliance's agenda challenging.
Agenda Calls for Abstinence-Plus
To improve sex education instruction in schools, the alliance also backs legislation to require public school districts to use evidence‐based programs if they offer sex education. Dr. Realini says most Texas students receive ineffective and incomplete instruction about human sexuality.
According to a 2009 Texas Freedom Network Education Fund report, 41 percent of school districts use programs with inaccurate information. The report, Just Say Don't Know: Sexuality Education in Texas Public Schools, asserts that Texas schools most commonly provide inaccurate information about condoms in sex education materials. The report says most examples of inaccurate information about condoms discourage their use by exaggerating their failure rates or engaging in "condom-bashing."
The report cites the following from a student exercise used by a Central Texas school district:
Giving a condom to a teen is just like saying, "Well, if you insist on killing yourself by jumping off the bridge, at least wear these elbow pads – they may protect you some."
The Austin-based Texas Freedom Network says on its website that it was founded in 1995 and "is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization of more than 45,000 religious and community leaders" that "acts as the state's watchdog, monitoring far-right issues, organizations, money and leaders."
The Healthy Futures Alliance encouraged legislators to urge Gov. Rick Perry and Health and Human Services Commissioner Tom Suehs to request federal Personal Responsibility Education Program funds. The federal health system reform bill includes $55.25 million in funding for evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention. Texas can ask for its $4.4 million share of these funds to support programs in communities and schools demonstrated to affect teen behavior, according to Dr. Realini. At press time, they hadn't requested the funds.
"Ninety-four percent of Texas school districts offer abstinence-only and non-evidence-based sex education programs. The alliance doesn't want to rule out scientifically sound, evidence-based abstinence education. We want to encourage use of evidence-based programs with an abstinence-plus approach," she said.
Abstinence-plus program curricula promote abstinence as the healthiest choice for teens and use of contraception for sexually active teens.
Kimberly Carter, MD, MPP, an Austin obstetrician-gynecologist and assistant professor at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, routinely cares for pregnant teenagers in her private practice.
She says giving adolescents access to birth control and equipping them with evidence-based abstinence-plus sex education curricula will help make a difference in the state's teen pregnancy rate.
"There's a myth that if we talk to teens about sex, we're giving them permission to be sexually active. That's not the case. The more accurate information about sex you give teens, the less likely they are to engage in high-risk sexual behavior. If we don't educate them accurately about sex, they're more likely to be irresponsible and to have unprotected sex," said Dr. Carter, a member of the TMA Council on Science and Public Health.
Abstinence-only programs haven't demonstrated an ability to change teens' behavior on a large scale.
A 2007 Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., report on the impact of abstinence education programs examined four classroom-based and after-school abstinence programs in Florida, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Mississippi. Research found that adolescents in the programs were no more likely to abstain from sex than were their control group counterparts who hadn't taken part.
Additional findings indicated that program participants and the control group had similar numbers of sexual partners and had initiated sex at the same mean age. Participation in the abstinence education programs hhad no bearing on likelihood of engaging in unprotected sex.
And there were no differences in pregnancies, births, and reported sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among the two groups. The report concluded that both groups do not understand the consequences of STDs and that more research is necessary to reduce teen sexual activity and its negative consequences.
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy also compared abstinence programs with abstinence-plus curriculum. Emerging Answers 2007: Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases [PDF], a study by Douglas Kirby, PhD, asserts that studies of abstinence programs haven't produced sufficient evidence to support their widespread dissemination. They haven't been shown to delay the initiation of sex, hasten the return to abstinence, or reduce an adolescent's number of sexual partners. Continued development and evaluation of abstinence programs are necessary.
The report says a study of 48 abstinence-plus programs showed that more than 40 percent of the programs delayed the initiation of sex, reduced the number of sexual partners, and increased the use of condoms or contraceptives. Close to 30 percent of the programs reduced the frequency of sex, and more than 60 percent reduced instances of unprotected sex.
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Dr. Realini says it's important to approach teen pregnancy prevention from a community, school, and family standpoint with a scientific, evidence-based platform.
"Physicians are comfortable using scientific principles to promote healthy behaviors. When it comes to teen and unplanned pregnancy, physicians need to take those practices beyond the exam room and into the community. Physicians can help overcome misinformation and myths among parents, teachers, adolescents, and others," she said.
Physician involvement in teen pregnancy prevention matters, she says.
"It's important for physicians to be involved in community discussions about teen pregnancy. Physicians can volunteer with programs, promote evidence-based interventions, talk to their state representatives and senators, and serve on their local school district's student health advisory council [SHAC]," she said.
TMA member Manuel Ángel Oscós-Sánchez, MD, is busy as a faculty member of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Department of Family and Community Medicine, but he's devoting time to help make a difference in local schools. He and Janna Lesser, PhD, RN, are directors of the Harlandale Independent School District Familias en Acción Community Collaborative Council for the Texas Healthy Adolescent Initiative.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Texas Healthy Adolescent Initiative aims to improve the overall health and well-being of Texas adolescents aged 10 to 18 by focusing on comprehensive, evidence-based youth development approaches to increase healthy behaviors and decision making among adolescents.
DSHS awarded grants to several Texas communities, including Longview, San Antonio, Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, and Lubbock.
The health science center received a five-year grant for the initiative at the Harlandale Independent School District. The Familias en Acción Community Collaborative Council developed a fiscal year 2011-12 strategic plan for the initiative and submitted it to DSHS in December.
The plan includes results of a community survey of 200 students and 200 of their parents and guardians. It reveals that respondents consider teen pregnancy the biggest barrier to the positive development of youth in Harlandale. Drug and alcohol abuse and violence followed closely behind on the list.
Based on the information gathered from the community survey, Familias en Acción set two primary goals for the Texas Healthy Adolescent Initiative:
The initiative identified existing programs and events that could be modified or enhanced, while addressing multiple adolescent health issues such as teen pregnancy, violence, nutrition, exercise, and substance use. Programs and events include college fairs, teen health camps, art functions, and more.
At press time, the council was implementing interventions to augment the effects of the programs. Interventions the council has identified include a focus on preparing students for college and providing them with access to tutoring.
"The council is focused on positive youth development. When students don't have easy access to positive life options, that's when they get pregnant. We need to focus on students' aspirations and provide support so they can achieve them," Dr. Oscós-Sánchez said.
Reaching Teen Dads
To reduce the teen pregnancy rate, it's pivotal to focus educational and preventive interventions on men, says Peggy Smith, PhD, director of the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) Teen Health Clinics. She says young minority men often are undereducated, with a history of incarceration, and may have trouble finding a job. In some cases, they lack a positive role model and are ignorant of the basics of reproduction and child development.
"It is one of our goals to provide proactive education in these areas, as well as job training, to be sure the men we serve can succeed economically," Dr. Smith said.
The clinics encourage men to participate in family planning activities and in a Centering Pregnancy program, a collective approach to prenatal care in which expectant mothers with roughly the same due dates attend appointments together. (See "Center of Attention," October 2010 Texas Medicine, pages 45-50.) An obstetrician, nurse practitioner, or certified nurse-midwife facilitates the visit in conjunction with a registered nurse, social worker, nursing assistant, or licensed vocational nurse. Both facilitators lead discussions with mothers and fathers that address the participants' pregnancy and parenting concerns.
"By working with the partners of pregnant teens, we're addressing initial and subsequent pregnancies, as well as the enhancement of parenting skills for this group of fathers. The increasing prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases and human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] makes it imperative to focus on prevention for males and females. We also know interventions that occur early among at-risk groups are more cost-effective than those that are initiated during adulthood," Dr. Smith said.
The BCM Teen Health Clinics offer free and low-cost comprehensive primary health care, family planning services, screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections and HIV, health risk reduction education, prenatal care, sports physicals, wellness exams, nutritional counseling, and case management.
Houston neighborhoods with high infant mortality and teen pregnancy rates are home to seven clinics.
The BCM Teen Health Clinics provide testing and immunizations, sports physicals, gynecological exams, health education, and medications for common health problems at two Houston Independent School District campuses. One campus clinic has a reproductive health program for young men and women and facilitates referrals to other community health agencies, including those for prenatal care. Baylor College of Medicine collaborates with Houston universities, the Harris County Hospital District, local and state leaders, and community organizations to help ensure Houston's young people have access to health care.
Mariam Chacko, MD, TMA member and BCM Teen Health Clinics medical director, says that last year, 98 percent of the clinics' patients were at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Poverty is a contributing factor to the incidence of teen pregnancy, and she says Houston is no exception to the challenges many inner cities face.
"Risk factors for teen pregnancy can be sexual and nonsexual. They can include – but aren't limited to – living in a one-parent home, smoking, using drugs, having problems in school, or lacking a church affiliation. Sexual factors can be unprotected sexual activity, multiple sexual partners, and sexual relationships with older partners," Dr. Chacko said.
Crystal Conde can be reached by telephone at (800) 880-1300, ext. 1385, or (512) 370-1385; by fax at (512) 370-1629; or by e-mail.
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In one seat was a lean girl with long dark hair. Her slightly tan skin was covered mostly by a large black robe. Her piercing gold eyes reminded Lexi of the school's Mistress. The girl's skin was covered in scars and she had a terrifying grin on her face. She was toying around with what looked like a stiletto knife.
The next seat had a small girl, maybe just an inch shorter than Lexi with long, cornsilk straight pale blond hair. Her skin tone was just as pale as Lexi's and her eyes the nearly the same shade of silvery gray.
The last chair had a man that was probably a few inches shorter than the dark haired girl. He had fair skin and sandy blond hair. He looked normal until one saw his eyes; they were a clear crystal blue with green surrounding the pupil in...what was that...? A star shaped pattern? That was weird.
Lexi didn't want to be there. She could be beside her best friend, waiting her her eyes to finally open.... If they ever did. Sighing, she took out her iPod and stuck the headphones into her ears, blaring some random Deathcore band and she sat in the chair that separated the two girls. Before ignoring the world to become absorbed in the screamed lyrics she loved, Lexi had one thought: Fuck my life.


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In the course of his work for the charitable organization Salem, Thom Hartmann personally witnessed famine in Uganda, chaos in Russia, and genocide in Colombia--all signs that modern cultures have lost the connection to the sacred, both within and without, that was emblematic of older cultures. To truly flourish, the human spirit needs to be present in its surroundings and attuned to the Now. It needs to act on what it knows is possible and to experience how the smallest actions can have massive consequences. This is the reality of the Prophet's Way, a path--both literal and figurative--that the author walked with his spiritual mentor Herr Muller that skirts the edge of the precipice, where one can experience a truly spontaneous life under seemingly overwhelming and impossible circumstances. In The Prophet's Way, Thom Hartmann shares his intense spiritual journey, a story that melds recent discoveries in science with ancient truths. Through insightful and engaging vignettes Hartmann teaches that accepting the challenge to have faith means living on the edge--remaining in the moment--because it is here that the material and spiritual worlds meet. He offers readers a unique view into his experiences of expanded consciousness, providing a powerful example of how we can re-create our future by reconnecting to the sacred heartbeat of the world.
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This is not the first time we have seen a modified M157 Mercedes AMG beat a Lamborghini Aventador. A Benzboost member who has an E63 AMG S 4Matic with Renntech upgraded turbos has been beating up on just about everything including the Aventador. This CLS63 is not the 4Matic all wheel drive variant however but the pre-facelift rear wheel drive model which is lighter. It does however feature the same basic M157 twin turbo 5.5 liter V8 AMG motor. ...


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Fantastic Farmington Split Level with Open Concept Floor Plan! Vaulted Great Room with Adjacent Formal Dining and Walkout to Amazing Deck! Bright and Sunny Kitchen has Dinette, Snack Bar, and Updated Stainless Steel Appliances, Large Lower Level has Walkout to Yard, 3rd Bedroom, Full Bath & Plenty of space to create a 4th Bedroom! Enjoy Vaulted Ceilings, New Furnace & AC, Fully Fenced Yard, Composite Deck & Walk-in Closets! Located in Quiet Neighborhood near Walking Trails of Lake Julia Park. See this one Today.
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Property Details for 18741 Easton Avenue, Farmington, MN 55024
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2 Full
Lot Size: 0.23 Acres
Lot Dimensions: 135x75
Year Built: 1997
Garage Dimensions: 2 car
Garage: Attached Garage
Style: (SF) Split Entry (Bi-Level)
Neighborhood: Prairie Creek 4th Add
Water: City Water/Connected
Sewer: City Sewer/Connected
Square Feet: 2080
Above Ground Sq Ft: 1120
Below Ground Sq Ft: 960 (approx)
Room Information for 18741 Easton Avenue, Farmington, MN 55024
Main Floor
Living Room: 20x12
Dining Room: 10x9
Kitchen: 18x12
Bedroom 1: 12x11
Bedroom 2: 11x10
Lower Floor
Family Room: 22x15
Bedroom 3: 15x11
Game Room: 12x15
Dining Room Description: Separate/Formal Dining Room, Informal Dining Room, Breakfast Area, Kitchen/Dining Room, Living/Dining Room
Family Room Characteristics: Lower Level, Family Room
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School District: Farmington
School District Phone: 651-463-5000
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Appliances: Range, Microwave, Dishwasher, Refrigerator, Washer, Dryer, Disposal
Air Cond: Central
Heating: Forced Air
Fireplaces: No
Basement: (960 sq Finished) Walkout, Full, Finished (Livable), Drain Tiled, Sump Pump, Day/Lookout Windows
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Lot Description: Tree Coverage - Medium
Lot Dimensions: 135x75
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Tax Year: 2016
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Stones in kidneys are formed because of crystallization of minerals and waste materials in urine. The stone can be in the size of a pinhead and it can be so small that it can pass away through urine, even without the individual noticing it. Even, it can be large up to the size of a grapefruit. When this happens, the stone might obstruct the urinary path, thereby causing pain and bleeding. In ayurveda, this condition is referred to as vrukka ashmari, wherein vrukka means kidney and ashmari means stones.
What causes kidney stones?
Ayurvedic experts state the following reasons for formation of stones in kidneys:
• Sedentary lifestyle combined with inappropriate diet.
• Working continuously for longer hours under direct sunlight
• Engaging in excessive physical activity
• Excessive drinking of alcoholic and caffeinated beverages
• Taking sweet, oily, heavy and indigestible foods on a regular basis, without consumption of fruits and vegetables
• Drinking little water
• Diet rich in poultry, fish and meat supplies
• Suppressing the urge to pass urine or stools can also cause kidney stones.
Patients with urinary stones may experience the following symptoms:
• Burning sensation when urinating
• Increase in the frequency or urination or urgency in urination
• Bleeding in urinary tract
• Sudden increase in body temperature or chills then and there
• Acute pain that radiates towards the urethra
• Nausea and vomiting
Ayurvedic view:
Ayurveda states that inappropriate lifestyle and diet can lead to aggravation of all three doshas and it can also impair the digestive fire, which in turn can increase the toxin level in the body. These toxins generally travel down the channels along with urine, wherein increased dosha levels combine with it, thereby causing crystallization and stone formation. In the case of patients with acute condition, the ayurvedic treatment will involve use of herbs with diuretic properties for improving the output of urine. Then, the system is cleaned and strengthened with the help of herbs with rejuvenating and toning properties. Also, the health care providers follow panchakarma therapy as the means of effective cleansing of internal organs, such that patients can regain strength.
Diet and lifestyle advice from ayurvedic experts:
Ayurvedic practitioners, suggest the following diet and lifestyle changes for patients with stones in their kidneys:
• It is important to avoid suppressing the urge to urinate or defecate
• Increasing the intake of brown or par boiled rice, ginger, horse gram and barley in the diet can help
• It is important the patient should drink plenty of water, particularly when he/she works outdoors continuously
• Not only water intake, but also intake of other liquids like juices, lime water and soup can also help.
• It is better to keep away from dry, heavy and sour foods
• It is important to avoid eatables like chocolates, spinach, meat, poultry, fish, pickles, cold drinks, alcohol and caffeinated drinks.
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Danielle claims that when her daughter Brittany was 13, she accused her father of having molested her since she was 7. According to Danielle, Brittany claimed that over the course of six years, her father sexually abused her at least 100 times.
"There's no doubt in my mind that Tim molested my daughter," Danielle says. "Brittany told me that he molested her in a lake. On another occasion, Brittany told me about him coming into her room and fondling her. Brittany also told me that he would molest her when his ex-wife would leave for work. It was clear Tim was a pedophile."
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Danielle says that she immediately reported it to the police but claims they said it was "Brittany's word against his" and they dropped the case.
"I was very furious," Danielle recalls. "I confronted Tim, and he denied it. He said, 'I can't believe you are accusing me of this. I don't know why you're doing this to me,' like, I was out to get him. It wasn't me; it was coming from my daughter."
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On a day when 73 people stood trial for their alleged roles in the deadly riots at a February soccer match in Port Said, Egypt, Bob Bradley was busy doing his part to restore the game in the African nation, guiding the national team in another match while trying to assess his squad before the games start to count in June.
Egypt played Iraq to a 0-0 draw in the United Arab Emirates Tuesday, running its unbeaten streak to eight matches (6-0-2). Egypt had beaten Nigeria, 3-2, and Mauritania, 3-0, in its other matches in the UAE over the last week.
Important matches for Egypt are on the horizon, as the Pharaohs face Mozambique and Guinea in 2014 World Cup qualifiers on June 1 and 8, respectively, followed by two 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifiers against the Central African Republic on June 15 and 30. According to reports out of Egypt, Bradley will hold another camp in Turkey prior to the qualifiers to better prepare his players, most of whom have been inactive otherwise after the remainder of the Egyptian club season was cancelled in the aftermath of the riots.
What style that Bradley implemented? You mean what Arena taught Bradley and used?
Oh you mean the formation where everyone knows their role? Yeah Bradley didn't do that. That's why we always gave up early goals. Nice try.
Last I heard, he and his wife were living in Egypt, and not in some gated foreign compound. At least back in Feb. when he was interviewed by Al Jazeera, he spoke in english and the interviewer translated to arabic. Bob did start with a greeting in arabic, so I would guess he is not fluent yet.
PCFC you are a smart soccer man. Please don't try to reason with him. He played his club soccer in North Dakota! lol
So what? The NBA's greatest coach came from North Dakota. At least I am not afraid to hide behind some fake name.
I have tried debating with you but you can't seem to put two thoughts together to make an argument. Nor do you have any facts besides your stupid theory which obviously isn't right.
Thanks Dennis!
They are a very intelligent family. Michael learned the language at his previous spots throughout Europe, and having only been in Italy for a few months he has already started conducting interviews in Italian. Bob only uses a few Arabic words or phrases at times, but you can bet he is doing what it takes to familiarize himself with it right now, and will soon start speaking it.
Matt C in Tampa
Seems an in-depth SI story by Wahl should be in the making.
Ignorant, maybe, but xenophobic? No. He didn't say anything about the Egyptian people. Given the political instability and lack of security, post-revolution, I share dan's view. Egypt isn't a country in which I'd want to live – not right now.
English is the lingua franca of (most of) the world. I'd wager he coaches in English and his team does fine to understand him.
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When he made the WC knockout round out of a group with England — tying them — I think he had earned the right to stick around, second cycle or not. IMO what actually happened in the second cycle was what sealed his fate. That Gold Cup was awful and one could argue it related to his selections, slow team, lousy forwards other than the soon-injured Altidore.
I also don't think it helped that Gulati always seemed to have preferred Klinsi to Bradley, he just was unwilling to do what it took when we first picked the coach. And he couldn't fire him off that WC. But the Gold Cup and neighboring games were so bad, and some of the Kljestan/Bornstein choices so repetitively insane, that I think Bradley gave Gulati what he needed to make a change.
I think Klinsi is doing a better job of identifying players, particularly foreign, to infuse into the pool, my concerns are whether he will deploy defensive enough a formation to endure CONCACAF and whether he can avoid a Rogers/Kljestan Bradley tendency to occasionally rely on His Guys even when the pool has much better talent.
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I think the talent level is still borderline enough overall that the coach needs to be consistently good for us to succeed. You look at the 2006 WC and 2011 Gold Cup and I think you see where we are one coaching banana peel, and an injury or unfilled position, away from being pretty mediocre.
In that context, I actually think it's appropriate to keep the heat on the coaches. We can't afford an Eddie Lewis LB experiment, a Bornstein at LB settle, a Reyna-at-CM-at-70 button push, a 433 in Costa Rica.
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I think Bradley's strength is in tough, defensive system play, and having months to work with on-hiatus Egyptian players is probably the ideal situation for him. Kind of contrasting how I think the US youth NTs are struggling somewhat with the professionalization of their player pool. In the old days we would have months to train our youth and even senior teams because most of the players were not serious professionals, they were collegians and minor leaguers. In that sense Bradley is able to avoid the usual club-country disputes, and structural limits on time with his players, and just train and train a team. In which case I'm sure they've improved collectively……the interesting bit might be how he fares when the Egyptian league restarts and he's juggling players all around the world again like he was here. Will he start falling back on his Egyptian Kljestan equivalents?
That historical account is missing a key fact: we also lost to ***Panama***. We even got a re-match against them, and just barely got by. Bradley's seat was quite hot before we ever played Mexico.
Just as long as he is not allowed to come back to the USMNT.
I agree, his firing was completely unnecessary if the USSF had just made the proper decision in the first place not to rehire him after WC 2010 debacle.
Banal Bob Bradley got everything he deserved and should have gotten more after the WC 2010 debacle, followed by the losses to Panama and Mexico, the nepotism exhibited towards playing his son all the time (regardless of how he performed) was also a legitmate point of ire for the fanbase.
Great, maybe they'll make him into a modern-day Pharoah and they can keep him.


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The 39 year-old Australian, who is wanted by Interpol over a charge of rape and sexual assault in Sweden, said there were some references to extraterrestrial life in yet-to-be-published confidential files obtained from the American government.
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I have been sailing with winches for a while, but, I'm not sure I am doing the correct things to keep my hands safe. What exactly are my hands supposed to be doing when I wrap the winch, and when I trim?
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Use you arms to bring in the slack.
When you can no longer use your arms; fill the winch with wraps - probably around five.
When wrapping, use ONE hand; do not use the other to loop the line over the winch. If the lines starts to run you may grab the line with your dominant hand and pull your less dominant hand into the winch. The safest method to to have your pinkies nearest the winch with your thumb up. (I do not always do this.)
If the winch is self-tailing go over the feeder and then in to the grip.
After the lines has been tensioned by hand, place the winch handle into the winch and then harden as needed.
When finished, put the winch handle away.
When easing a line on a winch cup your hand on the filled line on the winch and use it to roll the line out in a controlled fashion.
When releasing sheet when coming about, wait until the foresail backwinds slightly and then spin the sheet off the winch and let it go.
When the working sheet has been hardened, put 2 wraps of the lazy sheet around the winch and you are good to go for the next time.
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I do not like to racket winch handles back and forth.
I would not release the mainsheet with bare feet.
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Other than that , keep your body out of the sheet tail... after you trim and cleat a working sheet, gather the tail into coils (leave the figure 8 in) and lay the coils down where no on is sitting or standing. When you release the sheet, everyone needs to be clear of the coils as the sheet will play out quite fast.
Also, keep the rest of your body out of the arc of the winch handle, especially your head. Make sure all your pawls are clean (light oil not grease) and functional so a winch is not at risk of suddenly reversing under load.
I find that flaking the line presents fewer problem that coiling, even with leaving the figure 8's in.
If you need to get more oomph into the winch, stand over it with one foot on the toerail and one foot on the seat. Use your hips and your whole body weight, rather than your arms or back.
Or buy bigger winches.
Or buy longer inch handles.
Also if you are ever using an electric winch DO NOT LEAVE THE WINCH HANDLE AND HIT THE BUTTON. The handle spins at a tremendous speed. It is quite scary.
Thanks guys. This is just the description I was looking for. From the video it looks like he is using both hands to guide the line around the drum. I seem to remember an ASA instructor freaking out when my wife used both hands in manner similar to this. Other videos I have seen have the right hand lightly holding the line about 2 feet from the winch, and the left hand guiding the line around the drum. In a different J school video, it looked like they were instructing the students to rest the line in a ring formed by the thumb and first finger as it guides the line around the drum. That is what was confusing me.
My previous boat had bottom acting winches so the handles were always in there.
My new old boat has conventional self tailers and the winch handles have a little gizmo that holds them in. My only previous experience was on a race where we always left the handles in.
How bad is it to leave the handles in. I can see the danger if a pawl breaks or slips but is there something else I am missing.
When adding wraps to the winch use ONE hand, keep tension on the line at all times and ALWAYS keep the edge of your hand (pinkie side) towards the winch. NEVER pay line out through the tips of your fingers. If the sail jerks and it sucks the line in to the winch you could break a finger or if it's a big enough winch and load, lose a finger.
Yeah... essentially NEVER let any fingers get between the sheet and the drum, no matter how far from the drum it may seem at the time.
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From Mark Feinsand:The Yankees' search for a righthanded-hitting outfielder may not be over, but they took a step in the right direction Wednesday night with the signing of veteran Matt Diaz. Diaz, who has spent his 10-year career battering lefthanded pitching, inked a minor-league deal with the Bombers that includes an invitation to spring training. If Diaz makes the club, he'll earn $1.2 million. He can earn up to $800,000 more in incentives based on at-bats. "I'm healthy and I feel like I can go to camp and show what I can do," said Diaz, who played only 51 games in 2012 after undergoing midseason thumb surgery. "If I can go and do what I do, which is hit lefties and take tough at-bats against them, that's what the Yankees need and want. It will be a good fit." Diaz grew up in Lakeland, Fla., where his father used to lead team chapel services for the Tigers during spring training. Diaz became a big fan of Matt Nokes, so when the catcher was traded to the Yankees in 1990, Diaz switched allegiances and became a Yankees fan. "My dream in life as a kid was to play for the Yankees," Diaz said.In 2012, Diaz hit .222/.280/.333 in 51 games for Atlanta.
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