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A Randomized, Open, Comparative Multicenter Study of Initial Treatment With Intravenous Itraconazole Versus Amphotericin B Followed by Consolidation Treatment With Itraconazole Capsules in Patients With Blastomycosis or Histoplasmosis
This study has been completed.
Janssen, LP
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First received: November 2, 1999
Last updated: June 23, 2005
Last verified: December 1997
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To assess the safety of intravenous itraconazole compared to amphotericin B in HIV positive or negative persons with blastomycosis or histoplasmosis.
|HIV Infections Histoplasmosis Blastomycosis
|Drug: Itraconazole Drug: Amphotericin B
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Open, Comparative Multicenter Study of Initial Treatment With Intravenous Itraconazole Versus Amphotericin B Followed by Consolidation Treatment With Itraconazole Capsules in Patients With Blastomycosis or Histoplasmosis
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MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS Histoplasmosis
Drug Information available for: Amphotericin B Itraconazole Liposomal Amphotericin BU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|13 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
Patients must have:
- HIV positive or negative status.
- Blastomycosis or histoplasmosis.
- Life expectancy of at least 1 week.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:
- Liver disease.
- Self-limiting fungal disease.
- Very severe fungal disease such as meningeal involvement.
- Acute respiratory disease.
Concurrent Medication:
Excluded at any time:
- Terfenadine.
- Astemizole.
- Oral midazolam.
- Triazolam.
- Cisapride.
- Phenytoin.
- Phenobarbital.
- Rifampin.
- Rifabutin.
Excluded during oral consolidation:
- H2 blockers.
- Chronic antacids.
- Omeprazole.
- Lansoprazole.
Patients with the following prior condition are excluded:
Hypersensitivity to azole antifungals.
Prior Medication:
Excluded at any time:
More than 3 days of amphotericin B, fluconazole, or ketoconazole.
Excluded within 2 weeks prior to study entry:
- Phenytoin.
- Phenobarbital.
- Rifampin.
- Rifabutin.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00002159
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00002159
|United States, Alabama
|UAB Station / Infectious Division
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
|United States, Arkansas
|Univ of Arkansas for Med Sciences
|Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205
|United States, Georgia
|Division of Infectious Diseases
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30303
|United States, Indiana
|Division of Inf Diseases/ Indiana Univ Hosp
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
|Community Hosp
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46218
|United States, Louisiana
|LSU Med Ctr / Div of Pulmonary & Critical Care Med
|Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, 71130
|United States, Michigan
|Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Med Ctr
|Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48105
|United States, Missouri
|Univ of Missouri / Division of Infectious Diseases
|Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 641082792
|Infectious Diseases Association / Research Med Ctr
|Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64132
Sponsors and Collaborators
Janssen, LP
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00002159 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 2, 1999
|Last Updated:
|June 23, 2005
Keywords provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:
Antifungal Agents
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Amphotericin B
AIDS-Related Complex
Antibiotics, Antifungal
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Skin Diseases, Infectious
Lung Diseases, Fungal
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections
Skin Diseases
Amphotericin B
Liposomal amphotericin B
Antifungal Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
14-alpha Demethylase Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


text: Some of our sponsored cyclocross racers got together to make this awesome video. Don't they look great in their Bob's Red Mill kits? Here we have Joe Czerwonka, Mo Bruno-Roy and Marne Smiley showing you how easy it is to make Quinoa Salad. You can find the full recipe here.

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I have been pondering that line ever since. Bob Dylan and I are the same age, from the same part of the country, and we both have tried to elevate the race a notch. There is a difference: He is a gigantic success; I am a lowly failure.
But that doesn't mean I can't relate to what I think is the power of his artistry, why he's still going strong, not just as a singer but as a cultural force. I'll start with James Grant's glowing review in The News-Sentinel in which he called Dylan's songs timeless and thought-provoking.
It's not just his lyrics. In a recent interview he said the stigma of slavery ruined America, and he doubts the country can get rid of the shame because it was "founded on the backs of slaves" and adds, "It will hold any nation back." And that if slavery had been settled in a less violent way the country would not be mired in blatant injustice and endless wars.
I added that last part. U.S. incomes have dropped to the 1989 level. Millions of Americans live in poverty. Children go hungry. Americans continue to be obsessed with the Civil War. The war in Afghanistan is now the longest in U.S. history. More wars for profit and power are always around the corner.
Challenging my students to think cost me my teaching career. Generally speaking, the last thing an American wants is to think. It's why we have religion and schools and elections and wars. To avoid thinking at all costs. Thinking will get you to the reality of our existence, and who wants to think about that? That we're all passengers on the Titanic, and you have to wonder if any of the journeys along the way makes any sense.
"No reason to get excited,
the thief he kindly spoke.
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke."
— "All Along the Watchtower."
Timeless? What is timeless is his reflection on human nature:
"Preacher was a talkin'
there's a sermon he gave,
He said every man's conscience
is vile and depraved."
— "Man in the Long Black Coat."
But what Dylan did is, he went beyond the words. He puts the words to music, and then performs the music, playing guitar, piano and harmonica in his totally unique way. And he shares it with us. He tours constantly. And that's what I love about him.
I think of a man with all the money and acclaim a human being can accumulate sitting down and writing "Gonna sleep down in the parlor and relive my dreams, I close my eyes and I wonder If everything is as hollow as it seems."
We fill the hollowness with nonsense, the more nonsensical, the better the distraction from thinking. We take it out on each other, our fear and our hate, on little countries that have done nothing to us, on our neighbor, watching him and his family sitting on the sidewalk, their home foreclosed, with nowhere to go.
Or the person on the other side of town who lies dying, unable to afford to go to the doctor, the people who can save her, loaded with health insurance we provide, refusing to help her.
In between right here in the All-American City, Americans stand at shopping malls with signs begging for help. A friend in a Dylan-like moment told me, "They (the rulers) don't want us to have nothing." And we go along with it. The candidate says, "We will take away your health insurance in your own old age," and we don't storm his house with pitchforks and torches. We cheer.
"Now, he's hell-bent for destruction
He's afraid and confused
and his brain has been
Mismanaged with great skill.
All he believes are his eyes
And his eyes, they just tell him lies"
— From "License to Kill," in which he also says, "Now he worships at an altar of a stagnant pool and when he sees his reflection he's fulfilled; Oh, man is opposed to fair play. He wants it all and he wants it his way."
Dylan knows we are too "vile and depraved" to live up to any ideals of fairness: On his album "Infidels" he snarls, "Steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and they make you a king." and "Democracy don't rule the world, you better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence but I guess that's better left unsaid."
Has anyone ever summed up America better? So why I go to Dylan is to be reminded, to know, that in a country run by the worst among us, humans named Romney, Ryan, Obama, Clinton, Bush, who worship war and celebrate injustice, that that there is also among us someone with not just the talent and the artistry but the courage to explore the truth.
I end with Dylan's encore that evening, in which he poses the timeless question: "Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind."
Dylan has no answers. No one does. But he dares to ask the questions that come to this: Why, when we could be helping each other, do we instead climb all over each other to see who can get the best seat on the ship?


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Producing a balanced budget despite state financial cutbacks, continuing to provide high quality education for transfer students and those working for career certificates, and settling negotiations with bargaining groups are among the goals of the West Valley-Mission Community College District board of trustees this year.
The seven-member board is in the midst of an election year and come November there will be a few shake-ups as three trustees are up for re-election. Buck Polk and Chad Walsh have not yet announced their election plans, but longtime trustee Jack Lucas, who begins another term as the board president this year, said he intends to run for a fourth term.
"I enjoy being on the board. The interactions with people … it's very satisfying," Lucas said. "And I cut my teeth on education."
Lucas was elected to the board in November 2002 after a 57-year career as a high school teacher and principal and serving in various capacities in the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District. He took over for outgoing president Nick Heimlich, who remains on the board as a trustee.
Lucas, a longtime Monte Sereno resident, has also served five terms as mayor on the Monte Sereno City Council. "I've got a lot of government behind me," Lucas said. "Some guys play golf, I do government."
Aside from government, Lucas has been in education nearly his entire life. He received his bachelor of arts and master's degrees from San Jose State University and holds a doctorate degree in education from the University of Oregon. Lucas currently works as an independent contractor for the district.
Board vice president Robert Owens was elected as a trustee in 2000. A resident of Santa Clara, Owens is a retired attorney who served as a deputy Santa Clara county counsel for 19 years. He graduated from Santa Clara University with degrees in law and civil engineering.
Trustees Karl Watanabe, Adrienne Grey and Heimlich will reach the end of their terms in 2016.
The West Valley-Mission Community College District Board of Trustees serves West Valley College in Saratoga and Mission College in Santa Clara.
For more information about the district and the board of trustees, visitwvm.edu/.


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Full-figured women rely on Womens Black Skinny Jeans jeans as an essential part of their casual attire. There are many varieties and colors of jeans that are available for this group. If you are a plus size lady you can find jeans that are made for your specific body type whether you are tall or short, pear-shaped or well-rounded. There is a jean available that will emphasize your best attributes and camouflage your flaws. The right fitting jean is a great addition to any wardrobe.
It is important to accept the shape and size of your body, and get over the fact that you are not a size 6 or 8, before you go shopping for a pair of jeans. When you do not accept yourself, they are negative thoughts, and they will make you have a negative image about yourself. Focus on the fact that you are a healthy woman. This will make it easier to find a pair of jeans that is so you!
It depends upon the manufacturer, of course, but larger size jeans usually come in sizes 14 to 28. Size 14 in a plus size garment generally corresponds to a 16 regular. Larger size dungarees are offered with "Misses" measurements and with "Junior" measurements. The former term means that the legs are looser, the hip section is wider, and the waistband sits higher than it does in the Juniors.
Jeans in a "junior" cut fit snugly in the leg and sit low on the waist. They are rather form-fitting, and full-figured shoppers should try on both jean cuts, taking into consideration their comfort and style, as well as the look. Model the different cuts in a full-length mirror, or, better yet, a three-way mirror, so that you can evaluate the fit from a number of perspectives. Make sure you are completely satisfied in every way before you buy. There is no best cut-it is a personal choice.
Full figured women who have a "pear" shape prefer boot cut jeans. A pear shaped body can be described as being biggest in the middle section (from the lower part of the stomach to the upper thighs).
Boot cut jeans are popular because they de-emphasize the longer part of the body, which is a slimming look. Boot cut jeans generally look better with shoes with a heel or even platform shoes instead of shoes with a flat heel.
Tapered jeans usually do not look good on a plus size woman and should be avoided, unless you really want to draw attention to the least liked parts of your body. Tapered style bottoms should really be reserved for the very thin girls.
Though there may be many reasons why you may be thin, the most apparent reason is because of your genetics. If your parents are naturally thin or have a small body frame, then you will most likely have the same small body type.
To some degree, your size can also be controlled by your metabolism. If you have a difficult time gaining weight of any kind (fat or muscle) then you most likely have a fast metabolism. That simply means that your body burns calories at a faster than normal rate. You must take this into account whenever you are considering a particular diet or training program. Is it geared towards someone with your metabolism and goal?
Now as you know, there are many ways to train. Hundreds, thousands even. Some work and some do not, but for the specific goal of gaining weight, there are a few UNIVERSAL things that all skinny guys must do.
Though much of the information I cover here is not as "magical" as you may like, I consider these rules to be the basics with regard to weight gain. These are not all of the answers, but they are definite elements that MUST be addressed in any successful weight gain program.
You should be able to easily integrate these rules into your current program to make it more suitable for your particular body and goals.
1.Get the proper information that pertains to your SPECIFIC condition and goals.
The first big problem I find in most people is the lack of correct information. Yes you are motivated and doing things, but your effort is wasted on incorrect dieting and training information. Basically, skinny guys are taking advice from people who have never had a weight gain problem. Want to know how to gain weight? Then find someone who has walked your shoes. Someone who has been where you are.
2.Set a specific goal and create a plan of attack.
If you were to drive cross country to another city, would you just start driving randomly, or would you plan a route that would get you quickly and efficiently?
Think of your plan as a road map and your goal as your destination. Without a plan and a specific goal you will be without focus and can easily get lost or side tracked. This happens more often than you know. I see many people in the gym just doing whatever, or just eating whatever -- no plan or specific goal. They wonder why they don't make progress. They have no focus.
Having a specific program to follow allows you to take action each day. This action is focused on specifically getting you to your destination quickly. There is no thinking, debating or guessing. You just do it. A specific plan provides necessary daily structure that not only keeps you on the road moving forward, it also helps to develop good eating and training habits that will benefit you long after you have reached your destination.
3.Have confidence in yourself and belief in what you are doing.
Let's face it; we live in a cruel world. Hate and jealously is everywhere. For most people who begin a fitness program to improve themselves, getting started will be half the battle. The other half will be staying motivated throughout the constant onslaught of negativity from others. A few negative words can do serious damage if you allow it.
The most insulting things you hear may be from friends, co-workers and acquaintances at the gym. People hate change. It makes them insecure, because they suddenly discover there's more to you than they were probably willing to admit. They fear that you may actually achieve your goal. It makes them look less "superior".
Once you have begun your plan, you must have faith and believe in what you are doing. Stay focused and avoid overly critical or negative people. If you have to, keep your business to yourself. When I first began my program, I stopped talking about what I was doing because I got tired of hearing things like "you can't do that", "that's impossible", "you're wasting your time and money". Funny thing is, now those people are constantly bugging me for advice.
It's your life. It's your body. It's your dream. Don't allow your success or failure to rest in the hands of others.
4. Stop listening to every ridiculous piece of advice you hear in the gym or read on a message board.
Recently a client of mine informed me that someone in the gym stated that he was training all wrong and he needed to train 5-6 days a week, and aim for more reps during his workout. Somewhere in the range of 15-20 reps per set.
The person giving the advice was quite confident about his recommendations, and he had an impressive physique that typically elevates him to the elusive "listen to me if you want to look like me" level in the gym. He was bigger than my client, so even though my client's "intellectual" mind knows that advice is absurd; his "unrealistic dreamer" mind took this information very seriously. So seriously that he changed his program and didn't inform me until a week or so later. This particular person had been making great progress on his current program, yet he allowed this one person's comment to overshadow that progress and convince him that his program was inadequate. This is a mistake and it showed in his lack of further progress.
In addition, don't judge the validity of what a person says by how they look. Just because the guy is huge doesn't mean he is spewing pertinent advice for you. Many people that have big physiques are big despite of their training, not because of it. I know some huge guys that know very little about training and dieting correctly. They can do whatever and still gain muscle; unfortunately we are not that way, so we much approach things in a more intelligent way.
5.Workout Infrequently
This is the most difficult concept for many to grasp simply because it involves less action, instead of more. When we get motivated and start a new program, it's natural to want to do something. We want to train and train and train. Thinking all along that the more you train, the more muscle you will build. Unfortunately, this could not be farther from the truth.
More training does not equal more muscle growth. Understand that the purpose of weight training is to stimulate muscle growth. That takes very little time. Once that has been done, the muscle needs to be repaired and new muscle needs to be built. That only happens when you are resting. You do not build muscle in the gym, you build muscle when resting! If you never give your body any essential "non active" time, when will it have a chance to build muscle? Think about that.
Now, add in the fact that you have a difficult time gaining weight and the importance of rest increases. Individuals who are naturally thin and have difficulty building muscle tend to require less training and more rest.
6. Focus on Multi-Jointed Lifts
Multi-jointed exercises are those that stimulate the most amounts of muscle fibers. Unlike isolation exercises which only work individual muscles, multi-jointed lifts work many different muscle groups simultaneously. For those needing to gain weight, this is ideal because these lifts put your body under the most amount of stress. This is the stress that will shock your nervous system and cause the greatest release of muscle building hormones. This results in increased muscle gain all over the body.
You can still do some isolation work; however it should not be the focus of your workouts, and should only come after your multi-jointed lifting is complete.
7. Focus on Using Free Weights
Free weights are preferred over machines for many reasons, but most importantly because they allow the stimulation of certain supporting muscle groups when training. Stimulating these stabilizer and synergistic muscles will allow you go get stronger, and ultimately build more muscle faster. Yes, some can most likely still build large amounts of muscle using machines, but why make it more difficult if you already have a difficult time gaining weight?
8. Lift a weight that is challenging for you
Building mass involves lifting relatively heavy weight. This is necessary because the muscle fibers that cause the most amount of muscle size growth (called Type IIB) are best stimulated by the lifting of heavy weight. A heavy weight as one that only allows you to perform 4-8 reps before your muscles fail.
Using a lighter weight and doing more reps can stimulate some Type IIB fibers, but again if you have a difficult time gaining weight, why make it more difficult? You need to try and stimulate as many as you can with the use of heavy weights.
9. Focus more on the eccentric portion of the exercise.
When you lift a weight, it can be divided into three distinct periods. The positive, the negative and midpoint. The concentric or "positive" motion usually involves the initial push or effort when you begin the rep. The midpoint is signaled by a short pause before reversing and returning to the starting position. The eccentric, or "negative" portion of each lift is characterized by your resistance against then natural pull of the weight.
For example, when doing push-ups, the positive motion is the actual pushing up motion. Once you have pushed all the way up, you hit the mid point. The negative motion begins when you start to lower yourself back down. Most would simply lower themselves as fast as they pushed up, but I recommend extending and slowing down this portion. Slowing down the eccentric part of the lift will help to stimulate more muscle growth. It actually activates more of the Type IIB fibers mentioned about in Rule 7.
10. Keep your workout short but intense.
Your goal should be to get in, stimulate your muscles and then get out as quickly as possible. It is not necessary to do large amounts of exercisers per body part trying to target every muscle and hit every "angle". This should only be a concern of someone with an already developed, mature physique who is trying to improve weak areas.
If you have no pec, don't concern yourself with trying to target inner, outer, upper, lower or whatever. Just work your chest. You should do no more than 2-3 exercises per body part. That's it. Doing more than that won't build more muscle, faster. In fact it could possibly lead to muscle loss. Long training sessions cause catabolic hormone levels to rise dramatically. Catabolic hormones are responsible for breaking down muscle tissue resulting in MUSCLE LOSS. While at the same time, long training sessions suppress the hormones that actually build muscle.
If you don't want to lose muscle during your workouts, I suggest limiting your sessions to no more than 60-75 minutes MAXIMUM. Less if you can.
11. Limit your aerobic activity and training
Honestly, I do not do any aerobic activity when I am trying to gain weight. This is mainly because it interferes with the important "non-active" time my body needs for muscle building and recovery. I do understand that people have lives and other activities that they don't want to give up, so it must be kept to a minimum. It won't hurt your progress as long as you don't over do it. If you find that you are doing more aerobic activity weight training, that's overdoing it.
I also don't recommend it because people tend do it for the wrong reasons. Many start aerobic activity because they believe it will help them to lose fat. While that is true, it won't do so on a high calorie mass diet. To lose fat, you need to be eating fewer calories.
12. Don't program hop
Here's how it usually happens. You've just read about a new exercise or workout that is supposed to pack on the mass. Now, even though you had already started another training program a few weeks ago, you are tired of it and really want to start this routine instead because it sounds better.
I call these people, "program hoppers". They are very enthusiastic when starting a new program, but they never follow it long enough to actually see any results. They are easily distracted and love to drop whatever they may be doing to follow the latest "hot" workout or exercise.
My advice is don't do it. This is a bad habit that never leads to a positive outcome. Understand that it takes time for any program to work. To be successful, you must follow your program consistently. Yes, there are many different training methods and interesting routines out there, but you can't do them all at the same time and jumping around won't allow enough time for any of them to actually be effective for you. Pick one that is focused on your current goal and stick with it. There will be plenty of time to try the others later, but NOT NOW.
13. Eat more
This rule is pretty simple, but usually the one that is not done correctly. If weight gain is your goal, then you will need to eat more food. Period. In most cases, you will need to eat more than you are normally accustomed to.
One large problem that I had when starting out is I just had no appetite. I knew I needed to eat more, but I just did not want to. I had to force myself to eat at each meal. Thankfully, after about 2 weeks, my appetite grew. I was becoming hungry before each meal, and if I didn't eat my meal at the normal time, my body knew it.
If you have this problem, you still must eat something, no matter how much. Start off making yourself eat something small like fruit every few hours. Then, as your appetite becomes more active, gradually move into more real food.
What this will do is gradually get your body accustomed eating at regular intervals. Eventually you will be hungry before each meal time.
When eating more, you will need to make sure that you are getting plenty of good quality protein. Protein is a nutrient that is essential for building muscle. Every meal that you eat should contain some form of protein. Meal Replacement Powders like Myoplex are excellent for this purpose. They enable you to eat large amounts of good quality protein in a very convenient manner.
14. Eat more often
In addition to eating more calories, you should also strive to eat more often throughout the day. Eating infrequently, or going long periods without eating, will cause your body to breakdown muscle tissue for the calories it needs. This is especially true for those with fast metabolisms.
Spreading your meals throughout the day will give you more manageable meal sizes, improve nutrient assimilation, and make sure that your body always has the calories it needs for muscle building and repair. I recommend eating a high protein meal every 3 hours. During normal waking hours, that usually equals about 6 meals.
Now, I know what you are saying, "I'm too busy to do this", or "how can I do that with a full time job and school?" Don't let the thought of this being too difficult keep you from doing it. It may seem very inconvenient at first, but once you get in the habit of doing it, it becomes second nature and you don't have to give it much thought. Trust me, I've been doing it for years and do not feel that it's limiting or time consuming.
15. Use Nutritional Supplements.
Before you buy any product, remember that supplements are not magic. Too many people think that just because you buy the latest product, it guarantees that you will automatically begin to pack on the pounds. The truth is that supplements are only there to enhance an already solid diet and workout program.
They can give you the extra edge by:
* Adding More Convenience: Using food supplements like Myoplex or Designer Protein help to eliminate the common problem of 'not enough time', by providing you with a quick, efficient way to get your required nutrients each day. They make eating large amounts of calories and protein easier for people with low appetites.
* Increasing Strength Levels: Products that contain Creatine, like Phosphagen HP or Cell-Tech enable you to swing the odds of gaining more weight in your favor by increasing your strength output. Creatine enables you to lift heavier weights, which will stimulate more muscle fibers and cause more muscle growth.
* Decreasing Recovery Time: Vitamin C is essential to prevent free radical damage, which is accelerated after the heavy trauma of weight training. It is also essential is helping to repair connective tissue. All of this helps decrease the amount of time you are sore.
* Enhancing Your Immune System: Weight training increases the body's need for many minerals like magnesium and selenium. I always use a good multi-vitamin ensures that I am not deficient in any major essential vitamin or mineral. Deficiency symptoms include muscle weakness and suppression of the immune system, muscle cramping and fatigue.
I can honestly say that I could not have built the body I have today without the convenience and enhancements supplements provide. I simply don't have the time or desire to do it any other way. This is a choice that you must decide for yourself. You will be spending your money on these products, so make sure that you know their place in your program.
Yes, but I have to be honest and say that from my experience, gaining weight is much more difficult than losing fat. Even if you are doing everything right, it will still be difficult because you are fighting against what your body naturally prefers. If you are naturally thin, building an impressive physique involves persistence and determination, but no matter what anyone says, it is well within your ability. Good luck and for more information on how to gain weight, be sure to check out my website at http://www.fastmusclegain.com
The right pair of denim jeans may be the single most important piece of clothing in your wardrobe and will without a doubt be the most versatile piece in your collection. Plus size denim lines are ever increasing and the trend focused options available in standard sizing are rapidly becoming available for the plus size community. From your favorite tee to a kimono top, your entire look can be changed without ever taking off your denim. However, what looks stylish and sexy on one woman, makes another one look frumpy or outdated. So, how do you know what's right for you? Below are some basic guidelines to follow when shopping for the perfect piece of denim.
The golden rule is: Know what thyself is workin with! If you got it flaunt it, accentuate the positives. Booty like J Lo? Mile long legs? These are the features you want to accentuate. Work with different washes and of the minute denim shapes like boot-cut and wide leg that enhance your favorite features.
What is your body style? Wide Hips, avoid the temptation of drowning yourself in relaxed fit jeans, they will only add inches where you're trying to lose them. Instead draw the eye down and balance the body with a pair of slight flare boot-cut jeans in a mid rise that's fitted throughout the hips. If you have short legs, make sure you pay attention to the length; this is one of the most important aspects when choosing a pair of jeans. Denim should be about a half of an inch above the ground when wearing heels or flats. Darker washes, with a front crease from the knee to the hem, also elongate your legs. A new option re-emerging is the higher waist trouser jean, which not only slims, but creates the illusion of mile long legs. Girls with a boyish figure or a body style considered to be rectangular will want to opt for a cut that will add the illusion of having curves, such as a mid-rise flare leg jean, where the denim is fitted through the hips and thigh, with the flare beginning above the knee.
The devil is in the details; you will want to consider different details of the jean itself. A fan of distressing and aged denim? Make sure not to go overboard. Extreme fading or jeans that appear to be destroyed may be popular with 15 year old pop tarts, but in reality can look tacky and dated. Dark denim in a crisp shape is always chic, as is a medium wash with well placed whiskering. Pay attention to pocket shape and angle. Hexagonal shapes that angle in towards the center tend to work best in creating a heart shaped booty for any body. Pockets placed slightly higher on the tush tend to make a flat booty look perkier and higher. Flap, or cargo pockets, also add some oomph to a small tush. Long pockets that pass the bottom of the tush are fantastic for shaping and lifting an ample booty. Avoid excess fading on the butt and the thighs, as they will make these areas look larger. Also pay attention to a lot of whiskering around the zipper area, which can also accentuate the hips. When considering rise, most women will be best served by a mid rise (a few inches below your belly button).
When choosing the right pair of plus size denim know your body type first and foremost, it is the basis of your search. Know which styles will work with your type and most importantly, what makes you feel fabulous.
It's important to have the right garments on underneath your clothes, if you want to wear them to their best advantage.
When you wear a bra that sags, underwear that's too tight or too loose, have panty lines or are showing unattractive rolls of skin, it's time to take a careful look at yourself in the mirror.
Rule One: Toss Out all Underwear Over Two Years Old.
Ladies underwear gets old, like our skin as it ages, the elastic loses its bounce and firmness. Whilst you may get used to them, the reality is that what you wear underneath your clothes has an effect on your confidence , self esteem and simply how sexy you feel as a woman.
So, if you haven't bought anything new for a while, now may be the time to take a good look at your lingerie drawer and throw out those items that you never wear - or that you really shouldn't be wearing!
When buying new, take advantage of tummy panels and other smoothing fabrics and supports available to give you the prettiest body and smoothest shape under your clothing. Even investing in just one supporting item can be great if you choose to wear it for parties and special occasions.
Rule Two: Buy a Bra that Actually Fits!
Curvy girls with a full figure can have a love/hate relationship with their underwire. It's a necessary evil, the only thing that can properly hold the structure of our bras together, fits us best, yet it can be uncomfortable and every once in a while likes to poke out of the lining and jab you hard in the chest or ribs.
It's important to find the proper fit, know how to buy the best style for you, but it is such an individual experience that it's different for every woman, that the best advice is to go for a professional fitting.
Many department stores and others have specially trained staff who know how to size you and will help you dig through all the choices to find a selection for you to try.
It really makes a huge difference wearing the correct bra, so do yourself this favor and get it right!
Rule Three: Wear Nylons When Appropriate.
Weddings, funerals, job interviews, other formal occasions demand appropriate attire. When you need to look like a lady in every sense of the word, don't pass on the stockings. They offer terrific benefits like toning and smoothing, so your dress or pants skim nicely rather than bunch up. A neutral or darker hose color helps co-ordinate your outfit and gives the illusion of longer legs. If you buy a brand like Spanx that really lock you in place, you can also appear to have trimmer thighs and legs.
Bonus: you'll extend the life of your shoes by wearing hosiery rather than bare feet.
Rule Four: Wear Pajamas You Don't Mind the Firemen Seeing!
Sleepwear is a personal choice, and optional, too! Whether it's flannel or satin, as long you are cozy and comfortable, then by all means wear it to bed. If your bed mate doesn't object to that hideous, stained oversized tee shirt, then wear it. Just remember, lots of emergency situations can pop up at night, and you should think twice about what you wear to bed in case you ever have to rush out of it in a hurry.
Rule Five: Curvy Girls Can Be Sexy, Too.
Don't be inhibited by all the sexy lingerie the skinny chicks wear. You have a gorgeous body, with fabulous curves and soft skin.
When it comes time to show off your sultry side, plus size women have many options, including a number of designer ranges just created for plus sizes. From elegant night gowns to pretty, detailed bridal corsets right down to fantasy or Hallowe'en costumes and really racy 'for-his-eyes-only' kind of stuff... the choices are almost endless.
The joy of online lingerie shopping is that you can pick and choose without judgment, have it shipped and if you don't like it, you can usually return it to the store, within a certain period. It's worth a look, and you will thank yourself every time you look at your own reflection in the mirror.
So, don't be afraid to pick yourself a few daring and colorful styles and designs - expressing your fashion personality in your lingerie, will help you to be big, bold and daring in your life.
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DETROIT - He works in a ring, but Carlos Sweeny, or Coach Kali as he's known, isn't trying for a crown: He's trying to save lives.
"I grew up on the east side (where) there was no lights and gas at times, and no food," said Kali. "If you can't fight, you know you were going to be that kid that got picked on."
Kali a bullet to his shoulder, which ended his boxing dreams. A high school dropout, he was often in trouble and dangling by a thread.
"My older brother one day...he said, 'All of your friends are dead or in jail, my brother," said Kali.
Khali didn't want to be one of them. He decided to change his life -- and others -- by opening the Downtown Boxing Gym for youth. He knew kids would try it.
"Can you imagine this? I am going to an after-school program, you know, kids might laugh at you but if you say I am going to a boxing gym, kids like, 'Oh, that is cool. I want to come down there with you,'" said Khali.
Once they arrive, it's books before boxing. The gym provides computers, volunteer teachers and an emphasis on discipline for the brain as well as the brawn.
"We have people like Teach for America. We have very educated tech people come down and work with the kids," said Khali. "So when you want to know about calculus, you go in there and talk to the math teacher, but if you want to know about life lessons, you come to Khali."
Khali has enrolled more than 300 kids in the past eight years, most of them graduating high school. Despite the demands for academics and community service, there's now a waiting list of more than 100, which has him searching for a new building.
"What moves me the most is when I see a kid walk across the stage on graduation day," said Khali. "That is the biggest thrill."
It's something he never experienced, but what he tries to provide others every day, Coach Khali is someone willing top go the distance for the heart of Detroit.Heart of Detroit
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At first, a cookbook called "Clean Plates" may sound like a trendy new diet book or radical way of eating.
Though the recipe and eating guide promises a healthier lifestyle, it is full of advice for anyone looking to eat better without sacrificing taste.
"The Clean Plates Cookbook: Sustainable, Delicious and Healthier Eating for Everybody," by Jared Koch, a health coach and nutritional consultant, with Jill Silverman Hough a cookbook author, food and wine writer, is somewhat of a sequel to Koch's Clean Plates restaurant guides to New York City's and Los Angeles' healthy and sustainable restaurants.
While working as a one-on-one nutritional consultant with clients, Koch came up with the "Clean Plates" philosophy.
"I started to realize that while educating and supporting [my clients] was very important, the thing that was working the most consistently to get them to change was to provide them with well-curated recommendations of restaurants and products, and to make it simple for them."
His previous Clean Plates books not only included a restaurant guide, buts also Koch's nutrition and healthy eating beliefs.
"We were getting a lot of great feedback [on the Clean Plates philosophy], so we wanted to expand on that and get it out to a much larger audience," said Koch.
"[We also wanted to] give people the tools and resources to take that philosophy and implement it at home," he added.
In addition to 120 recipes from chefs, such as Jamie Oliver and Iron Chef Marc Forgione, sample menus and resources for a healthier lifestyle, in the cookbook Koch breaks down his Clean Plates way of eating into five aspects.
The first one is eating as a bio-individual, which is the idea that "the right foods for my body are going to be diff erent than the right foods for your body," said Koch.
We are conditioned to think of food as either good or bad, he further explains, but it should be about what's best for each person.
The second aspect is "don't count your food, make your food count," and emphasizes eating betterquality food that is organic, locally grown and has fewer chemicals.
Koch also believes everyone should have a diet with a plant-based foundation, but isn't saying that everyone needs to go vegetarian or vegan.
For those that do eat meat, Koch's fourth aspect is about eating meat in the most responsible way—hormone and antibiotic free, preferably pasture-raised and in moderation.
Finally, Koch believes in reducing the intake of processed, chemical foods, especially those with refi ned sugars and poor quality oil.
"We try to take an approach that is very reasonable. It's not about reaching some ideal, it's about making progress and improving," said Koch. "When you start to make changes in that direction, the body really responds."
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I was thinking about a smaller deal surrounding us getting Thompson.
SAC gets:
N. Mohammed
L. Stephenson
2011 Indiana Second Rounder
Cash $3M from Indiana to pay toward Nazr's salary
CHA gets:
TJ Ford
D. Jackson
IND gets:
J. Thomspon
We incorporate CHA in a deal surrounding J. Thomspon with SAC. Charlotte gets TJ Ford and Darnell Jackson would help fill in their two biggest needs at PG and PF. Charlotte takes on a little salary this year by giving up Nazr's expiring.
Sacramento has their clear cut starters this year in Cousins and Delmbert, with Landry the first off the bench. They give up Thompson for Stephenson and a second rounder basically. They fill out their backup spot with Nazr who is expiring. They take on a little salary in this deal, but I think Stephenson will fit well with Tyreke long term. Both are players that can handle the ball well and score proficiently. You could take advantage of matchups better in that regard and minimize weaknesses defensively in those rotations. Thompson seems like the odd man out in their front court anyway.
We get Thompson who provides us with a PF/C who is young, tough and rebounds well. Defensively, he could use some work, but I think a lot of that is just inexperience. We give them Lance, who is extremely talented, but we have no leniency for him. We give them a high second next year, plus they pick up some salary from Nazr's expiring that can bolster their depth at C for a year. We basically pay for half of Nazr's contract.
You could just as interchangably insert Carl Landry for Jason Thompson. I prefer Thompson who is bigger and can play some backup center minutes. I think the Kings prefer Landry to Thompson and therefore would be more inclined to trade Thompson.


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The course has been developed with a number of partners including Developing Mountain Biking in Scotland (DMBinS) and the Forestry Commission. These partnerships have enabled the course to benefit from best practice across the mountain bike trail build sector. The course focuses on repairing mountain bike trails, which is seen as an essential role of volunteer groups. It is designed for those maintaining a broad range of trails from wild trails to trail centre trails, bike parks and urban pocket parks.
The content of the one-day course covers everything from liaising with the land owner/managers to recruiting volunteers to assist with the repair of mountain bike trails. It also ensures that volunteers understand the legal and moral obligations and that all necessary paperwork and training are up to date and that records of work carried out are kept in order.
The course includes the following units:
This course is designed to work in combination with our one-day Safe Working Practice Trail Checking course. For groups inspecting and maintaining trails, we can run this together with the VTRC as a two day private course to enable full comprehension of the process of managing trails.
Land owners and managers can then be assured of your capacity to manage trails and networks effectively.
On completion of the VTRC course, you will be able to demonstrate that you are competent to:
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JAM HOME MADE and Glenroyal got together on a small series of leather goods. Glenroyal is known for their excellent hand made leather goods, still today produced in Scotland. Together with the Japanese brand they worked on two wallets and a wallet chain. The collection will be released August 2011.
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Royals' fathers take batting practice at Comerica
DETROIT -- The Royals' dads on the annual Fathers' Trip had their turn at batting practice on Monday afternoon at Comerica Park.
Mike Gordon, who used to pitch and swing with left fielder Alex and his other sons years ago, was among those taking his hacks.
"I hit a few, but they didn't go very far," Gordon said. "I think something was wrong. . . . I thought I could do a little bit better than that."
Dan Duffy, father of pitcher Danny, said he squared up a couple of line drives and hit about 15 ground balls against batting practice pitcher Rex Hudler.
"Rex fed me a couple of cookies," Duffy said.
Papa Duffy was also the subject of a Joel Goldberg TV interview Saturday at Chicago while his son was taming the White Sox. And that will cost him.
"I work in law enforcement so whenever our faces get on TV or in the newspaper, we have to buy a dozen donuts for the crew," he said. "I'm apparently eight dozen donuts behind right now."
He'll be buying for the folks back in the sheriff's department in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Between 20 and 24 fathers of players and staff members have been with the team each day during the trip to Chicago and Detroit.
Designated hitter Billy Butler was asked to give a scouting report on the batting practice. Closer Greg Holland's father, Scott, got good marks, but Butler was largely noncommittal.
"Greg's dad had a good swing, I think he had one last year," Butler said. "It's just good to have all the dads out there and spend time with them. We did our early hitting and then they had their hitting and it was fun. We're happy to have them all. The Royals are doing a great thing to have them last year and again this year. It's a really great time and it's really thoughtful for them to do that.
And how did Billy's pop, JD, do?
"He spent all his time teaching me how to hit. He didn't hit himself," Butler said diplomatically.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Fairfax County Debris Management Plan Approved by FEMA
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Fairfax County Debris Management Plan Approved by FEMA
FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has approved the Fairfax County Debris Management Plan, making Fairfax County only the third jurisdiction in Virginia to receive FEMA approval, following the city of Chesapeake and Hanover County.
The approval is part of FEMA's Public Assistance Pilot Program, a voluntary program that recognizes plans that meet FEMA's stringent requirements and rewards those jurisdictions by allowing them access to additional federal funds for eligible disaster debris cleanup costs.
"Fairfax County is certainly not immune to the effects of natural disasters," said Joyce M. Doughty, director of Solid Waste Disposal and Resource Recovery. "In three of the last five years, Fairfax County has experienced major disasters including hurricane Isabel in 2003, a tornado in Pleasant Valley and Country Club Manor in 2004, and the flooding of our Huntington community in 2006. FEMA's approval of our debris management plan will allow us to recover more of the costs incurred as we work to efficiently and expeditiously remove debris and restore the county's infrastructure in the wake of such disasters."
Debris removal is a major component of most disaster recovery operations and can extend for months or even years past the actual disaster. Building materials and green waste, such as trees and shrubs, make up most of the volume of disaster debris. Over the past five years the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES) Solid Waste Management Program has managed more than 3,000 tons of debris left by these three major disasters.
The Solid Waste Management Program submitted the county's debris management plan for consideration under FEMA's Public Assistance Pilot Program in November 2007, and received approval in December.
The county's new plan also will support regional debris management efforts. Fairfax County has signed a Mutual Aid Agreement for emergency support in the National Capital Region (NCR), and was the first jurisdiction to agree to the plan for regional debris management assistance. The NCR also has conducted debris removal exercises involving local, state and federal governments.


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2013 Productions
July 6 - August 24
The 2013 Festival features three opera productions, a great American musical, and a full slate of special concerts and Meet Me at the Pavilion performances from some of opera's brightest stars.
We think you'll agree that The Glimmerglass Festival is a one-of-a-kind summer destination, blending world-class opera with a relaxed, casual atmosphere and a beautiful lakeside setting in the heart of Central New York. We look forward to seeing you in 2013 and encourage you to begin planning your Glimmerglass experience today.
The Flying Dutchman
Inspired in part by a harrowing ocean voyage, Wagner based his fourth opera on the story of a ghostly vessel doomed to traverse the seas for eternity. In The Flying Dutchman the ship's captain finds redemption when a young woman proves her love by abandoning her life for him. [More Information]
Passions and chivalry rule King Arthur's court in Lerner & Loewe's popular and tuneful musical version of "The Once and Future King." Starring 2013 Artist in Residence Nathan Gunn. [More Information]
King for a Day
Acting as a decoy for the king, a royal stand-in unites two young lovers and secures a bride of his own in Verdi's rarely seen Comic opera. [More Information]
Love and loss echo through two powerful one-acts in this exciting juxtaposition of the 18th- and 21st-century musical masterpieces: David Lang's "the little match girl passion" and Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater." [More Information]
"The ideals and ideas of the American Romantics underscore our 2013 season." Francesca Zambello, Artistic & General Director


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16 Simple Ways To Eat Less
How to get a grip on autopilot noshing and be more mindful when you eat
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Curb distracted eating for good
You're eating healthy foods—but still weigh more than you'd like. If that's you, consider this tidbit of edible math: When Cornell University researchers asked volunteers to estimate the number of eating decisions they make everyday, most said 15. In fact, they really made about 221 decisions about what to eat—as well as how, when, where and with whom they'd eat.
"So many food decisions are made on mindless autopilot," says researcher and food psychologist Brian Wansink, PhD, author of Mindless Eating—Why We Eat More Than We Think."It's really easier than we think to let small things around us—plate size, package size, people around us, distractions—influence these 200-plus decisions, because we are not aware of them in the first place."
From taste-testing globs of cookie dough to taking second helpings of mac 'n' cheese to settling in for this week's episode of The Voice with a bag of chips, autopilot noshing can pad your diet with hundreds of undocumented calories every day. Getting a grip on "amnesia eating" could close hidden diet loopholes so that you can reach your healthy-weight goals—and cut unwanted fat and sugar out. Here, strategies to help you identify situations where you consume excess calories and how to set yourself up for success.
Eat 400-calorie meals to lose weight without feeling hungry. Get your copy of the 400-Calorie Fix!Plate your main course in the kitchen
Keep your entrée, starches, and high-fat foods in the kitchen. Keeping them off the table allows you to linger over conversation without temptation. Do put plain veggies, salad, or the fruit you're having for dessert out on the table—few of us get the 5-12 produce servings a day nutritionists recommend. Wansink says this advice could cut meal-time calories by 15-20%.Don't jump up to clear the dishes
In one study, volunteers ate 30% more chicken wings when the bones were whisked off the table than when the evidence was left to pile up in plain view. If you're having muffins baked in muffin papers, cookies from a box, ice cream, or any other high-cal food that creates trash, leave the debris out while you nosh so you'll be aware of how much you ate.Use smaller plates and tall, skinny glasses
Buck the trend toward dinnerware fit for a giant. A normal-sized portion looks ample on a slightly smaller plate. And several studies show that everyone from kids to long-time bartenders pour less when they're using tall, skinny glasses than wide, squat ones.
More from Prevention: 9 Signs Your Kitchen Is Making You FatSave wine for dessert
Alcohol often makes for uninhibited eating. If you enjoy a glass of wine or beer with your meal, have it at the end. Offset the calories by choosing fruit for dessert—how about a bowl of berries with a glass of Merlot, or a rich Chardonnay paired with slices of ripe plums or peaches, or a sparkling white wine with clementines or strawberries?Stop, look, and listen while you eat
Don't talk with your mouth full. Cultivate the art of conversation and prolong your meal by putting your fork down between bites and focusing on table talk. Some couples and families make a point to share positive experiences from their day with each other at meal time. (And turn off the TV during meals!)Divide the food on your plate
Sometimes, the classic restaurant-eating advice to get a to-go container right away and pack half your meal before you begin to eat seems out of place—especially if you're out for a fancy meal or dining with new friends. To avoid overeating, simply mark off what you'll eat and what you'll save for later—i.e., cut off the portion of meat you'll have now, then cut it into bite-size pieces as the meal progresses. Divide that giant mountain of rice into a little "now" pile and a bigger "take home" pile. You can do this without fanfare, with a few sweeps of your knife or fork. Once you've eaten your 'now' portions, fold your napkin and put your silverware on your plate.
More from Prevention: Take Our Portion Control Quiz!Chew gum while baking
Usually, there's no culinary reason to taste cookie dough or cake batter, so keeping your mouth busy with strong, mint-flavored gum, and your taste buds busy with an assertive flavor such as spearmint could do the trick. Bonus: Choose a sugar-free gum sweetened with xylitol—it may help fight cavity-causing bacteria.
More from Prevention: 5 Weird Tricks To Feel FullKeep baby carrots nearby while cooking
Allow yourself only tiny tastes of your stove-top or oven-ready creations, then crunch on baby carrots when you feel the need to chew on something. Or, have a glass of ice water on hand.Serve your kids smaller portions
Children, especially preschoolers, tend to take only what they'll eat—and helping them learn to dish out only enough food to satisfy their hunger is a life lesson worth learning (and worth your patience and guidance).Teach the kids to clear their own plates
Even a 4-year-old can walk a plate into the kitchen. If you get out the trash can, they'll love dumping uneaten food in, too. Give their uneaten food to Fido if you feel bad throwing it out, just don't let yourself pick at it!Don't miss meals
Skipping needed food during the day can leave you authentically hungry at night, when your resistance is lower because you're tired. If you're having trouble finding time for breakfast, settle on one or two morning meals that you can eat on the run or set up the night before. If you find yourself skipping an afternoon snack, try bringing one from home so that it becomes a no-brainer.
More from Prevention: Overate? How To Get Back On TrackDe-stress by taking care of yourself
Instead of abusing the Chunky Monkey ice cream when you're agitated, soothe your mind and body with a short yoga routine or a few minutes of progressive relaxation: Breathe slowly, then focus on one area of your body at a time. As you exhale, feel tension in that area melt away. Start with your feet, end with your neck, shoulders, head, and face (relax your eyes and even your tongue—you may be surprised by how much tension you're holding in those spots!). Twenty minutes of relaxation could lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which can trigger food cravings. Or, call a friend, write a letter, read a good book, walk outside and admire the moon and stars, pet your dog, or go hug your spouse. Humans are meant to be together—reconnecting is relaxing.Close the kitchen two hours before bedtime
We promise—you'll get used to it in a day or two. If your house has an office nook in the kitchen (as many new homes and condos do), use it for cookbooks only—keep your office in another part of your home to keep yourself out of the kitchen at off-hours.Keep snacks out of sight
Wrap them, pack them, stick them in tough-to-reach, hard-to-see spots in the cupboard, fridge or freezer. In one famous study, office workers ate 23% less candy from a covered, opaque candy dish than from a see-through container.
More from Prevention: 22 Snacks To Crush CravingsBrush your teeth after dinner
This can send a powerful "eating time's over" message that your brain automatically obeys.Make TV a food-free activity
Most TV shows are punctuated by junk-food and fast-food commercials featuring big, luscious, gooey, cheese-y, chocolate-y images...the kind of "food porn" that bypasses logic and appeals directly to your ever-hungry inner Labrador Retriever: See food, want food. Small wonder, then, that in a Harvard study of kids eating habits and TV, researchers found that kids ate an extra 167 calories for every hour of TV they watched. We bet the numbers are similar for adults. The best fix—make a no-food-in-front-of-the-TV rule.
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If that's true then why doesn't ascended items have the same stats as exotics?
Oddly enough this is the one point I can't get anyone to explain to me logically.
I get "this is only going to happen once, they'll never do it again." If they associate the gear's introduction with increased cash for gold sales, you bet your ass they will.
Some people think that Legendaries have higher stats than Exotics.
Some at least admit its for the treadmill locusts, but still remain entirely convinced ArenaNet's not going to turn the game into a treadmill.
The issue is, even people get on board with this, if it generates revenue, then all it will do is shape future development of the game.
"Why are the cash shop sales so low? What's this spike here in the data?"
"That's when we introduced the Ascended gear."
"Well, can't you do that again? Numbers for next quarter have to look good."


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Hello guys.
I have a question for anyone that is willing to answer it for me. So, i have been throwing some Valkyries as my distance driver lately and i have been getting pretty good distance with it... at least im happy with it. But im starting to get them to turn over and they're going straight left(im a righty). I first thought that mayeb i was goofing up on my technique or something but now i dont really think so. Could you guys make any suggestions on what may be a good alternative to that. Thanks a lot.
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There was a time, before ATMs and the Internet, when monetary transactions required a visit to the bank. But even in that bygone era, it was the rare financial institution that offered patrons an awe-inspiring architectural experience along with check-writing privileges. The Merchants National Bank in Winona, designed in 1911-1912 by the Minneapolis firm of Purcell, Feick and Elmslie, was one such edifice.
It was in small Midwestern towns in the early twentieth century that conventional wisdom about bank architecture was handsomely challenged. Until then, America's civic institutions looked to European antecedents for architectural models. As a result, neoclassical columns and pediments not only predominated but also served as billboards proclaiming the security and gravitas of these establishments. The Merchants National Bank departed from this tradition by taking its inspiration from native sources—the uniquely American architecture of Louis Sullivan and the Prairie School tenets of Frank Lloyd Wright. It was Sullivan who four years earlier and 100 miles away, in Owatonna, first demonstrated how successful the marriage of American style and banking needs could be.
The Winona bank was unusual for its time and place. In the prosperous river town where Victorian commercial blocks prevailed, the bank's cube-like geometry was arrestingly different. Botanically inspired (and decidedly nonclassical) terra cotta ornamentation crept across its façades. Stained glass, generally reserved for religious structures, was used liberally in expansive windows and a sky lit ceiling, transforming daylight into a multi-hued glow.
Yet the building was also firmly rooted in the Minnesota landscape. Earthy brick and terra cotta referenced the town's history of brick manufacturing. Large wall murals, depicting river scenes and the Wisconsin bluffs, spoke of the natural beauty that first lured settlers to the area. In its singularity and sense of place, the remarkable American-bred structure evoked a sense of pride among Winonans and Minnesotans alike that neither time nor the Internet has rendered obsolete.
In 1911–1912, noted Minnesota architectural firm Purcell, Feick and Elmslie designs a unique building for the Merchants National Bank in Winona.
The Purcell, Feick and Elmslie-designed Merchants National Bank opens in Winona.
The bank draws up plans to demolish the building to build a larger one but decides to expand the existing building instead.
The architectural firm of Dykins and Handford completes the expansion of the original building to the north and east.
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Vital medical equipment for children with heart conditions has been presented to a health charity by the parents of Warminster boy Sean Turner.
The equipment was bought following a successful £5,700 fundraiser held in Sean's memory on what would have been his sixth birthday.
Sean, the son of Yolanda and Steve Turner, died aged four in March 2012, six weeks after undergoing corrective surgery for a complex congenital heart condition at Bristol Children's Hospital.
On Friday the Turners presented a suction machine, four pulse oximeters and ten fingertip pulse oximeters to the community nursing and psychology service Lifetime, which helped the family cope with Sean's illness.
Mrs Turner said: "It's lovely to see what all the money has gone to and to know that some of it has already been put to use is great. Sean had one of the portable pulse oximeters, so we know how useful they are.
"If he was running about and I was concerned that he was struggling, I was able to use it to check his oxygen levels and then I could tell him to sit down and have a rest if necessary.
"It's brilliant to provide this equipment to children who need it and we never expected to be able to get this much. It was a difficult day on Sean's birthday, but it was a special event and it was fantastic to be able to raise money for valuable equipment.
"The charity is important to us and Sean was heavily involved in Lifetime from birth. We had nurses visiting us regularly to give us help and they also provided support after we lost Sean. It's great to give something back to them."
The Turners raised the money by organising the Forever in our Hearts event at Warminster Civic Centre on August 31 last year, with the charity auction held on the night raising an impressive £5,700 for the Lifetime Children's Trust, which supports the Lifetime Service.
As well as buying the equipment, the couple gave the remaining £1,000 to Lifetime Children's Trust to be used for some of the other services it provides.
The Lifetime Children's Trust was set up by a group of parents of children with life limiting illnesses to raise funds to support families who receive a service from Lifetime.
The service, operated by health care provider Sirona, helps children with long-term conditions who have a nursing need and children who have very complex, technology- dependent health needs.
Head of Lifetime Brenda Yorston said: "It's absolutely fantastic to get all this new equipment, which we can provide to children long-term and we are very grateful for all the hard work the Turners put into the event."


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Magazine July Issue Plumbs Depths of Texas Rivers
AUSTIN, Texas — A special issue of Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine titled The State of Rivers will hit newsstands and reader mailboxes late this month, the third in an award-winning annual series of July issues covering water resource challenges facing all regions of the state.
"Water is the single most important factor for the future of people and wildlife in Texas, period," said Robert L. Cook, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department executive director. "Water is a finite resource that will only get stretched farther as our human population expands. There is still time now to plan for a future with enough water for people and wildlife."
The first special water issue, titled The State of Water, debuted in July 2002. At 116 pages, it was the largest issue in the magazine's history. This set the stage for the series, introducing a broad range of topics about springs, rivers, aquifers and bays. It also launched a multi-year, multi-media communication effort of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department under the name Texas: The State of Water. This effort enlists some of the state's finest writers, photographers and broadcast producers to inform the public about water as a defining resource for Texas' economic and ecological future.
The State of Bays special issue came next in July 2003, covering freshwater inflows into Texas bays and profiling Sabine Lake, Galveston Bay, San Antonio Bay, Nueces Bay and Laguna Madre.
In the July 2004 issue, Gary Cartwright explores the uses and abuses of the Trinity River. Joe Nick Patoski celebrates the recreational uses of the Guadalupe and the threats to its future. Veteran environmental reporter Bill Dawson of Houston explains the threats to hardwood bottomlands that are vital to the lives of millions of migratory birds. Biologist Wendee Holtcamp writes about the specialized adaptations of river creatures. Dallas reporter John H. Ostdick explores the origins of the Brazos River in West Texas. And E. Dan Klepper of Marathon offers a personal essay on the Rio Grande. Agency experts Larry McKinney and Kevin Mays explain the latest science and policy on rivers.
"Rivers are important ecosystems in their own right and they are a vital link between the land and the sea," said Larry McKinney, Ph.D., TPWD coastal fisheries director.
"We would hope everyone understands the basic point that a river must have water to keep it flowing; magazine issues like this one help show the choices and decisions needed to make that happen. They also illustrate the less obvious concept that what happens at one end of the state affects the other end, especially how activity at the upper end of inland watersheds can affect our coastal estuaries."
Texas has 191,000 miles of rivers and streams in 15 major river systems, which serve watershed ecosystems the way veins and arteries sustain the human body. Rivers provide invaluable water supplies, energy to drive the state economy, settings for recreation, and are an age-old means of transportation.
The 15 major river basins in Texas provide crucial freshwater inflows to coastal estuaries. These rivers and their many tributaries transport life-giving nutrients to the coast. Estuaries, where river freshwater meets saltwater, are ecologically and economically important because they are the breeding grounds for shrimp, crabs, and many of the fish species that form the foundation of multi-billion dollar sport and commercial fisheries. Without adequate freshwater inflows, estuaries become too saline to support these important species.
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Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Skin Care and Diseases
Birth control and acne
Three months ago I was put on Ortho Tricylen Lo birth control pills. Before starting the pill, I had been on Doryx for acne, but once my skin cleared up I was told to get off of it. My skin was fine until just recently. Now, it has gotten really bad again so I went back on Doryx (so far with no effect). Is it possible that the birth control is making my skin worse? Also, once I get off the Doryx when will the pill be fully effective again? Should I change birth control pills?
This is complex and requires a full evaluation by a board certified dermatologist experienced in caring for adult women with acne.
First, a question to ask is why you were put on the birth control pills. It can make a difference if you were put on them for contraceptive reasons only, vs. due to irregular periods or heavy periods (which imply a slight hormonal imbalance). Also, it depends on when you were on Doryx and under what situations (what other medications you were using, what your hormonal status was, any other medical problems that you have, etc).
Oral antibiotics such as Doryx (doxycycline) can be effective for controlling inflammatory acne in many but not all patients. If one has a hormonal nature to their acne, antibiotics tend to be less effective. Also, all oral therapies can take an average of 3 months to work, even if you've had them before and they worked quicker last time. It has been noticed that some people respond to some therapies initially at a certain stage, and don't respond to them as well at a later stage.
To answer your questions in order:
- It is possible that some birth control pills can make your acne worse, although in general, many of them improve acne in women with hormonally aggravated acne.
- It can take up to three months to get a good effect from Doryx. If you don't improve, your MD will need to evaluate you further and consider other or additional therapies.
- You should follow up with your board certified dermatologist to decide if you need other therapies or stop current therapies.
Pranav Sheth, MD
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One of my all time favorite soups is this butternut squash soup with barley and split peas. I learned how to make this recipe from my friend Lynne when we were in school together. She'd put up a pot of soup, and we'd study until the soup was ready. I have good memories of our camaraderie which made the studying more enjoyable. Having a friend make me this hearty soup felt so nourishing. I love the combination of textures in the soup. The butternut squash gets smooth and creamy whereas the barley/split pea mix is chewy. The vegetables remain chunky (rather than mushy), if you add them incrementally based on the density of the vegetable. The recipe is flexible, and you can add in whatever vegetables you have on hand. The soup is a satisfying meal by itself, or sometimes I serve it with bread or a salad.
I had one problem with my friend's recipe. She made the soup with a different soup packet that contains MSG and other artificial ingredients that I don't eat. Well, now I am happy that I found Bob's Red Mill Vegi Soup Mix because I can use it to make Lynne's soup without any preservatives. This mix contains green and yellow split peas, barley, lentils, and semolina wheat pasta.
Recipe for Butternut Squash Soup with Bob Red Mill's Vegi Soup Mix
Makes about 12 cups of soup (12 servings)
- 1 medium-sized Butternut Squash, weighing about 3 pounds.
- 1 cup Bob's Red Mill Vegi Soup Mix
- 1 large Onion, diced small.
- 1 Leek, white and light green part only, cut in half lengthwise and thinly sliced.
- 1 clove finely minced Garlic
- 7 to 8 cups of Chicken or Vegetable broth (buy 2 boxes of broth– 32 ounces each).
- 2 Carrots, cut in half lengthwise and sliced fairly thin.
- 1 small Rutabaga, peeled and diced small.
- 1/2 tsp chopped dried Rosemary
- 1/2 tsp chopped dried Thyme
- 2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
- 1 Yellow Squash, diced small.
- 2 medium sized Zucchinis, cut in half lengthwise and sliced fairly thin.
- Optional: grated Parmesan Cheese for serving
1. Prepare the butternut squash: rinse the outside of the squash, and cut in half lengthwise by using a large, sharp knife and some muscle. Be careful that the squash doesn't roll as you cut. Scoop out and discard the inner seeds and strings with a spoon or melon baller. Keep the skin on. Place the two pieces of squash skin-side down in a microwave safe baking dish. Add about a 1/4 cup of water and cover well with wax paper. Microwave on full power for about 10 to 12 minutes. Take care because the squash will be hot and steamy. Use a fork to test the squash for doneness; the flesh should be soft. Microwave a couple minutes more if necessary– cooking time depends on the thickness of the squash and the power of the microwave. Let the squash cool slightly. Use a spoon to scoop out all the flesh, and place it in a large soup pot. Discard the skin.
2. While the butternut squash is cooking, slice all the vegetables. Sort and rinse the Vegi Soup Mix.
3. Place the large soup pot with the butternut squash on the stove. Add the Vegi Soup Mix, onion, leek, garlic, and 7 cups of broth. Cover the pot with the lid slightly askew, and bring to a boil. Then reduce the flame so that the soup simmers. Once the broth boils, the total cooking time will be 45 minutes. Set a timer for 15 minutes for the next addition of vegetables.
4. When the timer goes off, stir in the carrots, rutabaga, rosemary, thyme, salt, and pepper. Now set the timer for 20 minutes. Continue simmering the soup with the lid mostly covering the pot.
5. When the timer goes off again, add in the yellow squash and zucchini and stir. Set the timer for the final 10 minutes. Check the thickness of the soup. Add up to 1 cup more broth if needed for desired consistency. When the timer goes off, taste the soup for doneness and seasoning. If needed, add a little more salt, pepper or herbs. Turn off flame. Soup will continue cooking a little more in the pot.
6. Optional: let the soup cool a little and blend half of the soup with a stick immersion blender right in the pot. Leave the soup partially chunky. Or alternatively, take half of the soup out in batches to blend in a regular blender; return to the pot to combine with the remaining chunky part of the soup.
7. Serve warm. Optional: sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese.
Dana of FoodieGoesHealthy.com is an experienced home cook on a quest for recipes that are both healthy and tasty. She blogs about recipes that she makes for family dinners and get togethers with friends. She loves cooking with her kids, going on adventures at farmers' markets, and sharing good food with others. She hopes you'll stop by her virtual kitchen table to chat and get inspired.


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Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Fortical and Flu-like Symtoms
My OB/GYN recently put me on Fortical for osteoporosis because I have GERD and cannot take Fosamax/Boniva. After 5 days on it I now am coughing and tired, flu like symptoms, could it be from the Fortical?
It is possible some of the symptoms are related to the medication or it could be a viral syndrome. If the symptoms do not resolve in 10 days, review your symptoms with the person who prescribed the medication.
Margery Gass, MD
Formely, Professor, Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati


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Sep 15, 2011
Likeability + Trust + Quality = Enchantment
For a marketer seeking a good time, Guy Kawasaki is a sure thing. His presentations are potent, entertaining and informative. He is, in a word, enchanting. And dovetailing on his new book titled Enchantment, Kawasaki kicked off day two of the Inbound Marketing Summit with a discussion of brands can build enchantment.
Enchantment is built upon three pillars, according to Kawasaki: likeability, trustworthiness and quality.
Developing true likeability is as important for brands as it is for people. It's probably a bit easier for us as individuals – sincere smiles, warm handshakes and careful mirroring of our peers body language and social signals are tools we use to gain acceptance – and to make people like us.
For brands to achieve this, the message was clear. We need to be paying attention to our audiences wants, needs and desires. In fact, Kawasaki's guide to social media success – being informative, providing insight and delivering assistance – provides a good map for brands to develop likeability.
In discussing how brands can build trust, Kawasaki noted that in order to gain trust, brands need to first trust their audiences. A good example he gave is Amazon's seven-day return policy for e-books. Kindle users have seven days in which they can "return" a downloaded ebook and get their money back. It would be pretty easy to game the system, but Amazon is trusting their audience to do the right thing. Another good example are companies like Nordstrom, which have a 365 day, no questions asked return policy. They are trusting their customers to do the right thing, and not return used, dirty merchandise.
A key to building trust, Kawasaki noted, is setting the company's default to "Yes."
In this age of radical transparency, great products are truly an imperative. Kawasaki offered framework for products he nicknamed "DICEE." Great products, he told the group, need to be:
- Deep: thoughtfully designed;
- Intelligent: offering a smart solution;
- Complete: the totality of the product – from marketing to user documentation to post-purchase service, and everything in between;
- Empowering: the product shouldn't fight the user, and it should make the user feel better – more creative, prettier, more productive, etc.
- Elegant: Clear design and a good user experience.
In this day and age of transparency and rapid-fire social communications, Kawasaki noted that no amount of marketing can overcome a shoddy product, and that shoddy products create the very antithesis of likeability, trust and quality.
Sarah Skerik is PR Newswire's vice president of social media.
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'Wear your guilt on your sleeve'
Each week a global thinker from the worlds of philosophy, science, psychology or the arts is given a minute to put forward a radical, inspiring or controversial idea – no matter how improbable – that they believe would change the world.
This week Jordanian writer Fadia Faquir proposes a solution to feelings of guilt.
"Having lived with guilt for large parts of my life I would like to make it visible. So, if you wake up in the morning feeling guilty you would tie a blue ribbon around your neck or vest and go out of the house.
Other people would see you were feeling guilty about something and they may ask you about what is burdening your heart instead of commenting that the weather is beautiful today. So, it might lead to a conversation about what is making you guilty.
Also you would see other people with blue ribbons and so you wouldn't feel on your own. That other people suffer from guilt. It would hopefully normalise guilt, help talk about it and ultimately exorcise it. It would be great for women – particularly in the Middle East because there are a lot of subjects that are taboo and we are not allowed to discuss them. So, to have that blue ribbon could be an opening for a conversation.
Paradise is a space free from guilt, I think."
You can listen to Fadia discuss her idea with Schindler's List autho Thomas Keneally, and Turkish historian Taner Akcam in more detail on the BBC World Service programme The Forum, where you can also download more 60-second ideas.
If you have a 60-second idea or would like to comment on this story, head over to our Facebook page or message us on Twitter.


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27 Rockers Who Died at Age 27
"Now he's gone and joined that stupid club," Kurt Cobain's mom, Wendy Fradenburg Cobain O'Connor, infamously said in April 1994 upon hearing of the Nirvana frontman's suicide death at the age of 27. "I told him not to join that stupid club." Despite Wendy's heartfelt plea, it was too late for Cobain, who had the dubious honor of being the latest member at the time of the group of rock stars who had passed away at 27 years old.
Obviously, it wasn't until rock star deaths at 27 had become a statistical anomaly — after the tragic passings of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin in the late '60s and early '70s — that the age was even considered cursed, and only after Cobain's death did the idea of a 27 Club seep its way into public perception. After that, every additional death made the club seem all-the-more real, its members truly cursed. The 2011 death of Amy Winehouse — already considered a tragic figure even before her demise — was the final nail in the coffin, so to speak. Any doubt about the connection between rock star deaths and 27 candles on a birthday cake was forever silenced. Here, along with Ultimate Classic Rock and Loudwire, we've compiled a list of artists who lost their lives at age 27.


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REDDING -- A Shasta County resident has died from the flu, county Public Health officials confirmed Tuesday.
Tim Mapes, a community education specialist for the county, said his agency got confirmation of the death on Monday.
Mapes said the victim was an adult male, but he wouldn't give his name, age or hometown. Public Health also does not specify whether a victim had been vaccinated, Mapes said.
"We just want to stress no matter the case, the public needs to know the flu is out there and there are precautions they can take to try and protect themselves," Mapes said.
The victim had the H1N1 strain of the flu, otherwise known as "Swine Flu." That's the variation that's going around the most this year, Mapes said, and affects people of all ages.
In general, symptoms of the flu include a fever of 100 degrees or higher — though not all flu victims have fevers — a cough or soar throat, a runny or stuffy nose, headaches, body aches, chills, fatigue, nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea. While cold symptoms are similar, officials say flu symptoms are usually more severe, and that people are more likely to have a stuffy or runny nose with a cold than with the flu.
Mapes said it's not too late for people to get their flu shots, though they usually take about two weeks to take effect.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend flu shots for anyone 6 months or older.
For information on vaccine availability, go to www.flu.gov/prevention-vaccination/vaccination/index.html.


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Option 1. Pacers trade the 13th pick and Troy Murphy to New Orleans for James Posey, Antonio Daniels, and the 21st pick.
Option 2. Pacers trade the 13th pick and Troy Murphy to Atlanta for Speedy Claxton, Mo Evans, Acie Law and the 19th pick. Also could work with Claxton and Horford, but I don't think the Hawks would give up Horford.
Option 3. Pacers trade both 09 picks and Troy Murphy to Philly for Reggie Evans, Louis Williams, and the 17th overall pick.
I would do any of these trades in a heartbeat. Thoughts?


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Lipscomb University's Lifelong Learning Program presents
WOW! Program (Women Only Welcome)
WOW! Bus Tour Event: A Day Out & About in Franklin
Tuesday, September 17
8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Cost: $50
Wear your hat and gloves for a ladies day of education and fellowship. The bus tour will include lunch in historic downtown Franklin, a portrayal of Confederate spy Sallie Carter Gaut by Elizabeth Coker and more Williamson County Civil War history. The day will be wrapped up with a little shopping. The bus departs from the Lipscomb Academy football field parking area at Lealand and Caldwell Lanes.
The Lifelong Learning Program offers people of retirement and semi-retirement age an opportunity to expand knowledge and explore new ideas in an informal, noncompetitive environment. Learning occurs in a pleasant social atmosphere in classes with one's peers. There are no exams and no grades or credits. There is no previous educational requirement.


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Beyond is the best way to describe this Brooklyn Blackout Cake ($6) from Sugar & Plumm. It's a welcome start to the weekend, four layers of a wicked dark and dense chocolate cake. It's both richer and more intense than devil's food cake, the usual cake employed in a Brooklyn Blackout. In the traditional version, the cake is paired with chocolate pudding and cake crumbs, but here you're treated to fudge-like filling separating the layers, a thick pour of ganache to coat the entire cake, and finally chocolate cake crumbs and a confident dust of glitter. Bring on the cold milk and two forks, please.
And if you're feeling especially over the top, don't forget about Earthquake in a Fishbowl where a petite slice of the Blackout is also included.
Sugar & Plumm
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About the author: Originally from Honolulu, Kathy YL Chan blogs at Kathy YL Chan, where she chronicles her eats and travel adventures between Hawai'i, New York and beyond. She firmly believes that there is always room for dessert.


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Monitoring reproductive success is an important service to cow-calf clients and visualizing the reproductive history of the herd can be a useful methodology to monitor progress, says Brad White, DVM, MS, Kansas State University.
Speaking at the Dr. Jack Walther 85th Annual Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas this week, White said preventing pregnancy losses and promoting optimal reproductive efficiency are critical for high beef cattle herd productivity and economic sustainability, and overall herd health can be evaluated with herd reproductive profiles.
White explained that the herd reproductive profile is a series of key indicators related to reproductive success including the pregnancy percentage, length of the calving season, and the distribution of calving dates within the season.
"Our goal for pregnancy rate after a 60 day breeding season is 95% or greater; however, we may not recommend an intervention or actions unless the pregnancy rate drops below 85%. Ideally, we will have 60-65% of cows calve in the first 21 days of the calving season. Another 25% will calve in the second 21-day period followed by 10% of the herd calving in the last 21 day period. This leaves 5% open at the end of a 60-day breeding season."
Some breeding seasons may be longer, White noted, but a rule of thumb is that in cycling females, to expect about two-thirds (66%) of eligible females to conceive during each 21-day period.
"The reproductive profile is a valuable tool for identifying specific areas for opportunity to improve reproductive efficiency, as well as highlighting potential problem areas," White said. "Assessment of changes in the reproductive profile can be a useful diagnostic tool, and a method to monitor success of disease and management interventions."
White said many factors (e.g. pathogen exposure, herd nutritional status) can negatively impact the reproductive profile, and an evaluation of the profile provides insight to refine the differential diagnosis list and prioritize specific health interventions for the herd.