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The World Health Organization (WHO) is in the process of establishing a new global database on the growth of school children and adolescents. Limited national data exist from Asian children, notably those living in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This study aimed to generate the growth chart of a nationally representative sample of Iranian children aged 10–19years, and to explore how well these anthropometric data match with international growth references.
In this nationwide study, the anthropometric data were recorded from Iranian students, aged 10–19years, who were selected by multistage random cluster sampling from urban and rural areas. Prior to the analysis, outliers were excluded from the features height-for-age and body mass index (BMI)-for-age using the NCHS/WHO cut-offs. The Box-Cox power exponential (BCPE) method was used to calculate height-for-age and BMI-for-age Z-scores for our study participants. Then, children with overweight, obesity, thinness, and severe thinness were identified using the BMI-for-age z-scores. Moreover, stunted children were detected using the height-for-age z-scores. The growth curve of the Iranian children was then generated from the z-scores, smoothed by cubic S-plines.
The study population comprised 5430 school students consisting of 2312 (44%) participants aged 10–14years , and 3118 (58%) with 15–19years of age. Eight percent of the participants had low BMI (thinness: 6% and severe thinness: 2%), 20% had high BMI (overweight: 14% and obesity: 6%), and 7% were stunted. The prevalence rates of low and high BMI were greater in boys than in girls (P<0.001). The mean BMI-for-age, and the average height-for-age of Iranian children aged 10–19years were lower than the WHO 2007 and United states Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 (USCDC2000) references.
The current growth curves generated from a national dataset may be included for establishing WHO global database on children's growth. Similar to most low-and middle income populations, Iranian children aged 10–19years are facing a double burden of weight disorders, notably under- and over- nutrition, which should be considered in public health policy-making.
Growth curves are used for screening, surveillance and monitoring of children and adolescents' health; and are cost-effective in detecting nutritional disorders [1]. These references serve as a tool for static and dynamic diagnosis of growth disorders, tracking the growth in surveillance systems and analysis and reporting growth data and trends in various populations [2].
Adolescence, a stage of transition between childhood and adulthood, is a critical period characterized by a growth spurt with physiological changes until reaching approximate adult status [3]. However, in comparison with the period of early childhood, there is much more individual variation in the growth velocity, which is important in terms of crucial normality. Although growth pattern is mainly determined by genetic factors, it also reflects the nutritional status. Therefore, evaluation of nutritional disorders such as stunting (a measure of chronic under-nutrition), thinness (under-nutrition) and overweight (over-nutrition) are of essential importance.
It is well-documented that overweight has many lifelong health hazards, notably on chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) [4,5]. Stunting and thinness on the other hand as under-nutrition indicators are attributable to many factors such as low birth weight [6], lack of care [7], insufficient nutrition and other environmental parameters. They capture the multiple dimensions of children's health, environment, nutritional status and development of their living place [8]. Poor growth in early life is associated with long-term impact on morbidity and mortality in later life [9]. This is of special concern among adolescent girls, as future mothers, and the fetal programming of CNCDs for the next generation [8,10,11].
Two growth references of the World Health Organization (WHO 2006/2007) [12,13] and the US Centers for Disease (USCDC2000) [14] have been widely used to calculate the anthropometric indicators. While WHO references were based on the Multi-center Growth Reference Study (MGRS) from six cities in different countries, USCDC2000 is based on the US national surveys of children aged 0–20years that might not be appropriate for use in other populations, in particular, developing countries [15].
In April 2006 the WHO released the standards for assessing the growth and development of children from birth to 5years of age, known as "WHO reference 2006" [12,16]. Also, WHO provided the new curves for school-aged children and adolescents in 2007 to fill the gap in growth curves and provide an appropriate reference for the 5 to 19years age group, entitled as "WHO reference 2007" [13].
Both the WHO 2007 and USCDC2000 growth references were based mainly on cross-sectional samples with sparse longitudinal data [13,14]. They have been developed based on different principles and data sets and have provided different cut-points for the same anthropometric measures; they could, thus, provide different results. For instance, WHO 2007 recommendation is mainly based on Z-scores, while USCDC2000 prefers percentile of anthropometric measures.
The WHO Department of Nutrition is in the process of establishing a new global database on the growth of school children and adolescents by using national data from various countries. Limited national data exist from Asian children, notably from those living in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Although some growth references have been established in Iran in recent years, sampling was restricted to the small populations of major cities [17,18] whereas, in some cases, sampling was not random or limited as to report the percentage of every abnormal categories without constructing the references comparing to growth references and standards [19,20]. Therefore, this study aimed to generate the growth chart of a nationally- representative sample of Iranian children, and to assess how well these growth references match with, or diverge from, international growth charts.
The national survey of school student high risk behavior (2009–2010) was conducted as the third survey of the school-based surveillance system entitled Childhood &Adolescence Surveillance and Prevention of Iranian Adult Non communicable disease (CASPIAN-III) a*Study [21]. We have previously reported the details of data collection and sampling of the current survey [22]; thus herein we present it in brief. This school-based nationwide health survey was conducted in Iran with corporation of the Ministry of Health and Medical education, Ministry of Education and Training, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, and Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The study was conducted according to the declaration of Helsinki [23] and approved by the institutional review boards of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education and the Ministry of Education and Training, as well as the collaborating universities at provincial level.
The project was performed among 5570 students, aged 10–19years, selected by multistage random cluster sampling from urban and rural areas of 27 provinces of Iran. Eligible schools for our study were stratified and randomly selected according to the information bank of the Ministry of Education and Training. In the selected schools, students were also chosen randomly. Those students with the history of any chronic disease and or prolonged use of medications, as well as those on special diets or with any disability were not recruited. Eligible students were enrolled to the survey after complete explanation of the objectives and protocols. Written informed consent and oral assent were obtained from parents and students respectively.
A team of trained health care professionals recorded information and measured weight and height by using calibrated instruments under standard protocol recommended by the WHO [24]. Weight was measured to the nearest 100 grams in barefoot and in lightly dressed condition. Standing height in centimeters was marked on a stadiometer, barefoot, standing with heels together with 60 degree angle between feet and head was placed in the Frankfurt plane so that the line of vision was perpendicular to the body. Height was recorded to the nearest 0.1cm. Body mass index (BMI) was then calculated as weight (kg) divided by height squared (m2).
According to the WHO, weight-for-age is not a suitable indicator for children older than 10years [13]. Accordingly, two features height-for-age and BMI-for-age were assessed for our study participants. BMI-for-age is the recommended indicator for assessing thinness, severe thinness, overweight and obesity as critical problems in individuals aged 10–19years, while height-for-age is used as the indicator for stunting [13].
Since the results of the analysis can be quite sensitive to outliers, they were deleted based on the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics and Word Health Organization (NCHS/WHO) guideline according to fixed exclusion range, as raw height-for-age Z-scores lower than −5.0 or higher than +3.0 and raw BMI-for-age z-scores lower than −4.0 or higher than +5.0 [25]. Based on the WHO criteria, 1.5% of the data set was outlier; thus excluded from the analysis.
The Box-Cox power exponential (BCPE) distribution was fitted to the BMI-for-age and height-for-age data [13]. This was necessary to compute the BMI-for-age and height-for-age Z-scores and their comparison with those of WHO reference 2007. In fact BCPE provides a model for a dependent variable exhibiting both skewness and kurtosis [26]. The distribution has four parameters and is denoted BCPE (μ, σ, ν, τ). The parameters μ, σ, ν, and τ, may be interpreted as relating to location (median), scale (approximate coefficient of variation), skewness (transformation to symmetry) and kurtosis (power Exponential parameter), respectively. BCPE can be ultimately simplified to LMS method [27], when it is not necessary to model the kurtosis. Since the LMS method is also used to construct the USCDC2000 growth curves, the age- and sex- specific LMS values are provided on the WHO web site (http://www.who.int/growthref/). In this case, the Z-score (z) for a given height, and BMI measurement (X) can be calculated as: z=((X/M)^L-1)/L/S if L≠0 or z=log(X/M)/S if L=0 [27].
In this project, the WHO z-score cut-offs used were as follow: 1) using BMI-for-age Z-scores; overweight: >+1SD i.e. Z-score>1 (equivalent to BMI 25kg/m2 at 18years), obesity: >+2SD (equivalent to BMI 30kg/m2 at 18years), thinness:<−2SD and severe thinness: <−3SD ; 2) Stunting was defined as height-for-age<−2SD.
To produce the smooth growth curve, the smoothing cubic Spline was used [27]. In this method, the optimal number of knots, and the knots location were selected according to [28]. Furthermore, to avoid over-fitting, "wiggliness" penalty function was used which will be large if the smoothed function is very wiggly and small if it is nearly flat [29].
The normality of distributions of estimated height z-scores were assessed with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Then, the mean differences of the z-scores were analyzed with the Student's t-test for the whole age range. Differences in the prevalence of different categories between genders were tested with the Chi-square test. The analysis was performed using WHO AnthroPlus [30] and Matrix Laboratory (MATLAB) (ver. 7) softwares.
The data of 5430 students (50% boys) were complete for the current analysis, and are reported. A total of 2312 (44%) participants were in the 10-14-year- age group and 3118 (58%) in the15-19year- category. The mean weight and height of the study population were 47.73kg (2SD=14.61) and 154.90cm (2SD=13.35), respectively. The mean BMI was 19.49kg/m2 (2SD=6.78). Comparing with the WHO 2007 growth standards [13], 72% of the adolescents had a BMI in the normal range. Fourteen percent of participants were overweight (pre-obese) while 6% were obese. These prevalence rates were greater in boys than in girls (P<0.001), but the corresponding figure was not significant according to the age.
Table1 presents the gender-specific height and BMI z-score statistics summary for the study participants according to the age group.
Figure Figure11 shows the BMI-for-age smoothed z-score histogram for Iranian adolescents of both genders in comparison with that of WHO 2007 reference curve [13]. Overall, 6% and 2% of participants were categorized as thin and severely thin, respectively. These frequencies were significantly different (P<0.001) in terms of gender, with higher frequency of thinness and severe thinness among boys than girls. Table2 presents the gender-specific average BMI-for-age of the Iranian children aged 10–19years, is compared with that of WHO 2007 [13] and USCDC 2000 [14]. Significant differences (P<0.001) were found for the BMI mean values when Iranian references were compared with the WHO 2007 [13] and USCDC2000 [14] growth charts. The mean BMI-for-age of the WHO 2007 and USCDC2000 references were greater than that of Iranian regional references. The prevalence of severe thinness (BMI z-scores<−3) and obesity (BMI z-scores >2) at different ages for Iranian adolescents are respectively depicted in Figures Figures22 and and33.
The average height-for-age for Iranian adolescents was lower than the standard WHO and USCDC2000 mean references (Table3).Stunting was found in 7% of Iranian adolescents, with higher prevalence among underweight males (52%) than their female counterparts (48%). The gender-specific smoothed z-score histogram of height-for-age among the studied individuals is depicted in Figure Figure44 in comparison with that of WHO2007 height reference curve [25]. The gender-specific prevalence of stunting in comparison with that of WHO2007 and USCDC2000 is shown in Figure Figure5.5. The percentage of stunted children aged 10–19years, was higher than that of WHO 2007 [13] and USCDC2000 [14] in both genders.
To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first of its kind in generating the WHO-based growth charts [13] for a nationally representative sample of children from the MENA region.
Comparison of the consistency of the growth charts of Iranian children aged 10–19years with the international growth references revealed that the density of the tale distribution of boys/ girls BMI Z-scores are higher than that of WHO2007 (Figure (Figure1),1), resulting in the existence of under- and over-weight children. This is in agreement with the findings that 8% and 21% of participants had low and high BMI respectively. Moreover, the boy/girl height smoothed Z-scores were shifted toward the left (Figure (Figure4)4) indicating that there exist children whose height is below the normal range. This supports the findings that 7% were stunted.
Urbanization and nutritional transition as two important factors of epidemiological transition in Iran, similar to many other developing countries [31], are responsible for the emerging growth disorders in terms of underweight, overweight and obesity. Consumption of fat rich in saturated and trans-fatty acids has become a very popular component of everyday life in Iran which has undergone a rapidly occurring nutritional transition. Over-nutrition (overweight and obesity) and under-nutrition (thinness, sever thinness and stunting) do exist simultaneously in different age groups and also genders (Table1; Figures2 and and3).This3).This could support that Iranian children aged 10–19years are facing a double burden of growth disorders. This finding is consistent with our previous national report from Iran, as an upper-middle-income country [32].
Overweight and obesity are serious public health problems in many countries. Overweight affects 30%–80% of adults in the European countries. About 20% of children and adolescents are overweight, and a third of these are obese [33]. BMI is a widely used body weight classification system but has known restrictions, and may need to be adjusted for sitting height in order to be useful as an indicator of health risks in special populations. The BMI may overestimate the number of individuals that are overweight and obese, and hence at risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease among the population [33]. In our study, the prevalence of overweight was 14.5% (13% for boys and 16% for girls, respectively) and the corresponding figure for obesity was 6% (8% for boys and 4% for girls, respectively). This result is considerably higher than the prevalence rate of 4% reported for China [34], but lower than 19.3% and over 20% found in Jamaica [35] and the United States of America [36], respectively. A study conducted in India [37] showed that the prevalence of obesity in affluent adolescent schoolchildren was 7.4%, and higher in males than in females similar to that of other study in Germany [38].
The maximum prevalence of obesity was found during the pubertal period ,i.e. between 10 to 12years. This study showed that obesity was higher in boys than in girls. However, there are some documents that propose a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity in Iranian girls [39]. Being overweight adolescents, particularly boys, are more likely to have high serum cholesterol and abnormal lipoproteins levels in adulthood [40]. These consequences suggest an imbalance in the food intake of the population containing high energy foods especially carbohydrates and fats [41].
In the current study, the height of Iranian boys aged 14years and above fell below references ranges. However, as much as (7%), 52% of the boys and 48% of the girls had height-for-age z-score values lower than -2SD of the WHO 2007 reference data. This disproportion in the prevalence of stunting in genders is in agreement with some other studies [42,43]. Some countries have high prevalence of stunting. For example rural Bangladesh has the highest prevalence of thinness and stunting (67% and 48% respectively) among adolescents. The 7% prevalence rate for adolescent was stunting as under- nutrition reported in this study is lower than the 18% reported for China [34] or 42.2% , 36.00% and 53.00% reported for adolescents in a Pakistani public school, Nepal and India respectively [37,43]. Twenty-five percent of the individual's achieved height is attained during adolescence, which usually marks the end of growth [44]. The inferences of nutritional disadvantage for boys are unclear. Some studies showed that this issue is related to the boys' delayed and longer growth spurt [4]. Stunting problem among girls has some important consequences in adulthood. A short woman tends to have a small pelvis and, therefore, is more likely to have hard delivery during childbirth [45].
The same trend was noticed for thinness and severe thinness as more boys than girls had z-score BMI-for-age values below -2SD and -3SD, respectively. Thinness may also limit school achievement and work productivity. Adolescents also provide a good proportion of the productive work force in such environments. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop strategies to improve the growth and nutritional status of adolescents.
The main limitation of this study is that the national survey was cross-sectional. Future longitudinal studies considering the cardio-metabolic risk factors and genetic examinations should be accomplished to better characterize the nature of the nutritional transition documented in the current study. Moreover, we could not examine the pubertal status of the study participants.
In the meanwhile, the BMI cut-off values used to detect malnutrition was based on the universal indices proposed by WHO reference 2007. Some studies e.g. [46], showed that the malnutrition cut-offs are needed to be re-defined in some Asian countries [47]. The conclusion by the WHO [48] was that WHO BMI cut-off points should be retained as international classifications. However, there are some evidences that the ethnic differences must be taken into account. For example, global comparisons of the prevalence have showed Asians have ethnic predisposition to central body fat deposition and the metabolic syndrome even in a pediatric age [49,50]. Findings of our previous national study revealed ethnic differences in the cardio-metabolic risk factors ; it showed considerably higher prevalence of dyslipidemia, in terms of low HDL-C and hypertriglyceridemia in Iranian children and adolescents compared with their German and Brazilian counterparts [49,51]. These differences might be because of genetic-environment interactions. Future longitudinal studies considering biologic and biochemical risk factors can determine the impact of such ethnic differences in cardio-metabolic risk factors and the existing differences on the growth pattern of children in various populations on the incidence of CNCDs.
The growth curves generated in this national study may be considered for establishing the new WHO global database on children's growth. Based on the WHO reference 2007, over- and under-nutrition were found simultaneously in different age and gender categories. This nutritional transition must be considered in public health policy-making. The individual and public health effects of the differences in the growth charts of children in various populations should be determined in future longitudinal studies.
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WHO: World Health Organization; BCPE: Box-Cox power exponential; CNCDs: Chronic non-communicable diseases; MGRS: Multi-centre Growth Reference Study; BMI: Body mass index; CASPIAN: Childhood &Adolescence Surveillance and Prevention of Iranian Adult Non communicable disease; MATLAB: Matrix Laboratory; US: United states; CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; SD: Standard deviation; NCHS: National Center for Health Statistics; BP: Blood pressure; HDL: High-density lipoprotein; HDL-C: The amount of cholesterol contained in High-density lipoprotein particles.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
MM contributed to the study design, conducting the statistical analysis, and preparing the manuscript. HRM contributed to the study design, data analysis and editing the manuscript. RK contributed to design and conducting the study, interpretation of findings, and preparing the manuscript. MEM, TA, MT, RH, GA, and PP, contributed to the study design, conducting the study, and approving the manuscript. RM contributed to the study design, conducting the study, confirming the statistical analysis, and editing the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript. Kelishadi R is the guarantor.
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The authors are grateful to Ms Monika Blössner from Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland for her insightful comments and collaborations on the data analysis.
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Anyone have a idea how to make this? It's delicious. They have other chilled fruit soups that are also good.
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I've found a shortcut, and can barely taste the difference. Don't laugh,No reason to laugh about a shortcut. I use them too when I find one, and sometimes I find one that is BETTER than the hard version. Ice cream, for example...I serve a homemade ice cream each afternoon, different flavor each day, and rather than cooking a custard base, I use sweetened condensed milk for the base. I found it to be better, and a lot easier, than the "cooked and cooled" version. I'll have to try your strawberry bisque recipe. I served that dish just this past Sunday evening - did it with freshly whipped cream, though and then folded the confectioner's sugar-sweetened, pureed berries into the whipped cream. It was delish!
Strawberry soup.
1 pint (150G) Fresh Raspberries (gently washed)
1 pint (150g) Fresh Strawberries (gently washed and trimmed)
2 cups (500ml) sour cream
1 cup (250ml) whole milk
1 cup (250ml) Ginger ale
1/4 cup (60g) Granulated Sugar
2 tablespoons triple sec ( Triple Sec is an alcohol... It is a very refined, white Curacao and tends to be very sweet.)
2 tablespoons Fresh lemon juice
Fresh Mint leaves (for Garnish)
1. Reserve 6 of the strawberries and 12 of the raspberries for garnish. In a blender or food processor combine the remaining berries and puree until smooth. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve over a nonreactive bowl, pushing through as much of the pulp as you can, leaving the seeds behind.
2. Whisk the remaining ingredients, except the reserved berries and mint, into a puree. Cover and refrigerate until cold. To serve, divide the soup among chilled soup bowls and garnish with the reserved berried and mint leaves.
We made it one time and while it was not exactly perfect it was really good. Can't wait to sail again just to have it.


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Shortbread crust:
- 3/4 cup (1 and 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 and 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 and 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
- 3 large eggs
- 2 large egg yolks
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon finely grated Meyer lemon zest
- 2/3 cup fresh Meyer lemon juice (3 large)
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch springform pan with nonstick spray or butter.
- Add the butter and powdered sugar to a food processor. Pulse until the mixture is smooth.
- Whisk together 1 and 3/4 cup flour, 2 teaspoons cornstarch, and 1 and 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt. Add it to the food processor (save the bowl) and pulse until the mixture resembles small pebbles. Don't over do it, but do make sure that the flour is incorporated.
- Dump the mixture into the prepared pan. Grease your hands well, and press the crust into the pan about 1 and 1/2 inches up the sides. If you encounter a particularly sticky section, sprinkle it with flour and pat it in. A glass or measuring cup may be useful in pressing the crust into the corners.
- (At this point you can cover the crust and refrigerate for 24 hours. I mean, if you're a planner. Not me.)
- Bake at 325 for about 24 minutes, or until the edges are beginning to brown and the center is firm to the touch. When the crust is done, turn the oven down to 300 degrees F.
- While the crust is baking, make the filling: In a large bowl or stand mixer, whisk together the 3 eggs and 2 egg yolks. Whisk in sugar, honey, lemon juice, and lemon zest.
- In the same bowl that you combined the flour for the crust, add 1/4 cup flour, 2 teaspoons cornstarch, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add to the egg mixture. Whisk it well. If there are lumps of flour, there will be lumps of flour in your tart, so try to get them all out.
- Pour the filling into the hot crust. Carefully transfer it to the 300 degree oven (the filling is quite liquid-y). Bake for 30 minutes or more, until the center is not longer wiggly.
- Let cool on a wire rack. Cover and chill for 3+ hours. (I also think it tastes great room-temp)
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Life is a Journey not a Destination… Don't Stop Believing!
Posted on August 18th, 2010
By Mary Jo Wolf, cancer survivor and Cancer Services client
My cancer journey began in November 2008, when I discovered a lump in my right breast. I didn't panic and went about my evening as scheduled, but the thought of that strange mass lingered in my mind. I had been through an unwanted divorce in April, my family lived 6 hours away, and suddenly, I felt alone.
I went to my doctor on Monday. She examined me and immediately set an appointment for me at the Breast Diagnostic Center. On Tuesday, I had a mammogram, followed by an ultrasound. There was fluid around the mass that needed to be drained, but unfortunately, the radiologist couldn't get it to drain. I had a total of five biopsies that day, and then made an appointment with a surgeon who would give me the biopsy results. I went to each of these appointments alone, hoping it was nothing. I didn't believe that I might have cancer and I didn't want to alarm anyone.
When I met with the surgeon for the biopsy results, my friend Becki came with me. She was diagnosed with breast cancer the previous year and knew I needed support. The diagnosis was DCIS (Ductile Carcinoma in Situ – noninvasive breast cancer). Becki started to cry and I was in shock. A million questions went through my mind. The surgeon recommended a lumpectomy. He would remove the lump and send it to the lab to get the exact diagnosis. He was fairly certain that no more treatment would be needed. My surgery was scheduled for Monday, November 24. My only child's 21st birthday would be the next day. How was I going to tell her that I had cancer? Surgery went as scheduled and my wonderful daughter gave up her birthday celebration to take care of me.
Unfortunately, at my follow-up appointment , the surgeon reluctantly informed me that another surgery would be necessary because cancer cells were still present, and the mass tested positive for triple negative invasive breast cancer.
A week later, I had a second surgery, followed by complications. The incision would not heal; there was infection and a lot of pain. I met with my oncologist and she explained that I needed 20 weeks of chemo. Although my cancer didn't spread to the lymph nodes, they had to treat it aggressively as if it did.
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Lauren Says:
August 19th, 2010 at 2:10 am
Mary Jo,
Your a wonderful person! Don't stop believing!
Love You Forever,
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June 18th, 2011 at 1:56 pm
Indeed a great post ! A friend of mine referred me to this breast cancer surgeon in Dallas . Could you point me to another good source on the topic. Thanks, Tosh.
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Unfortunately there remains a dark side to the question of engaging the homosexual community in the love of Christ.
I was revolted not long ago watching a Q&A session of Australia's Federal Parliament.
The government is attempting to keep a campaign promise to hold a national plebiscite on same-sex marriage. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is an outspoken supporter of same-sex marriage. He is also a man of integrity who promised a people's vote while seeking his office. Opposition parties successfully allied to deny that vote in favor of a vote in Parliament alone — which they cannot enforce — leaving a parliamentary stalemate.
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But that is not what revolted me.
It was the little boy.
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Deputy Leader Tanya Pilbersek directed the prime minister's attention to Eddie, seated in the gallery, with the statement Eddie wanted to ask him why he would not permit Eddie's same-sex parents to marry.
Does anyone seriously imagine 7-year-old Eddie spontaneously popped that question at the dinner table? The LGBT lobby has no scruples about shutting down debate by using a little boy as its pawn in Australia — or anywhere else — as it seeks the power to throttle speech it finds offensive. This is the same strategy of aggression these advocates employ when their leader, Labor Party boss Bill Shorten, predicts gay suicides if the issue becomes a national debate. It is the same when they threaten violence if a Sydney hotel (the Mercure) hosts Christian groups planning their campaign for the plebiscite; the hotel canceled the event to protect its staff members.
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The same groups make the (doubtful) claim that a strong majority of Australians now favor legalizing same-sex marriage. One can only wonder why they so stoutly avoid a fight they feel guaranteed to win.
The narrative is to blame it all on right-wing Christians who — the narrators claim — will bully innocent gays through hate speech and homophobic crimes until irrevocable damage is done. The record is clear that these indicted groups are content to let their ideas rise and fall in the marketplace of political realities. There may have been a different story in the 1950s, but for the past generation it has been the left that has consistently shouted down free speech.
The narrative versus the reality is no different in America.
I recall the Castro District crowd throwing hot coffee on Christian young people who came to pray and serve them in San Francisco.
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There were those outed by gay activists for the "crime" of contributing money to the traditional marriage initiative on California's ballot a few years back. The president of Mozilla was one of those hounded from office along with other corporate execs who expressed their values.
Miss America pageant finalists have been persecuted for practicing their faith as they respond to questions.
I have personally received multiple harassing, abusive and threatening calls from anonymous bullies after writing or speaking on these issues.
Each time a new measure of scope is sought for LGBT rights — from the right to marry to the right to cross genders in locker and shower facilities — the argument is always made that no one will be forced to comply against conscience or faith. It is inevitably a short time before the lawsuits and administrative penalties begin to flow. In the U.S., professionals from bakers to photographers to pharmacy owners have been fined or simply run out of business for inflicting so-called emotional harm when they decline to work for people whose orders contravene their religious values.
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These coercive acts are not limited to gay rights. Two decades ago a high school classmate of mine who practiced medical obstetrics was successfully sued in California for declining to perform an abortion. Today the state of California is forcing pregnancy care centers to refer clients for abortion and church charities to provide abortion coverage for employees despite Supreme Court rulings that this cannot be legally done. Wherever the Left demands rights for those it identifies as abused, it destroys others' rights.
I remember well the invitation I received to be interviewed on public radio during the campaign to amend California's Constitution to uphold traditional marriage as the legal norm in my state. When I arrived in the studio I found four gay rights activists ready to pounce on me. Warned of the intended ambush by my God, I brought a doctor friend who was well versed in the medical aspects of same-sex relationships. We were prayed up in advance and what we asked of God was that our God-given compassion would be visible. I was contacted by multiple people who heard the broadcast and said they changed their minds about how they planned to vote after hearing the love in our presentation.
The solution for people motivated by service to the God Who serves is simple but requires both courage and compassion. It is to resolutely resist threats to the practice of our faith — including its values and its call to care for all without discrimination — at the same time we seek to love as God loves. That means standing tall for legitimate rights such as the filing of joint tax returns where appropriate, hospital visitation and rights of inheritance and so forth while resisting efforts to redefine social norms to suit a tiny but aggressive minority. Jesus provides the model for us in John 4 when He confronts the adulterous woman at the well of Sychar with such love she brings her entire village to Him. They respond to His message — hearing Him in person — just as she does.
We are embroiled in a culture war right enough, and it is a raging fire. But unless we learn quickly to fight fire with water — the water of His life — the war is over and we, gay and straight alike, are the big losers.
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At Wonderwool there were hundred of thousands of beautiful yarns and fibre related products to wipe out our bank balance on. Fortunately I didn't buy enough to wipe out the bank balance so the things I chose were all carefully considered and so, I think, worth writing about.
I didn't buy anything until about 2pm having arrived around 11.30am. I wanted to buy circumspectly and to adore the things I chose and I'm feeling like that was a great philosophy to go with. I definitely worked for me. I didn't buy loads, mainly because my stash is fairly full, and fairly full of some really nice stuff that I want to use within the next year. And also because the spinning wheel has been on the horizon for a while and I knew that that would detract from my knitting time and also that I would need to waste some fibre getting the hang of it. I'm expecting lots of over twisted squiggly stuff that probably won't ever get knit with. And the first thing I bought when we got buying at Wonderwool was a spinning wheel.
I bought it from Ann Fisher Rhodes. I had already figured out by reading blogs and forums that I wanted to get a wheel with a double treadle and had identified Kromski as a make that gets talked about for both it's quality and it's good value. My husband and I had talked about it quite a bit and felt that we didn't want to go for something cheap if it compromised on how nice it was to use or how long it would last, but we also didn't want to pay for a name or to assume that the most expensive available is the best. I hunted through the list of stall holders on the Wonderwool website and found Ann and emailed her. When she was so helpful in her response and on the day, I felt like this was a great place to purchase my wheel.
Having made such a big purchase I was quite aware of not getting tempted by every stall carrying yarn. Quite quickly though there was a stall that really stood out for me. The yarns were really lustrous, beautiful colours. Vibrancy and brilliance shone out from every strand of yarn with some gorgeous colours. And small dye lots. This really looked like yarn that had been loved in creation and it was back to this stall that I headed once I had had a good look round. The yarn is from Juno Fibre Arts and I chose a fingering weight had dyed yarn, 50% silk 50% merino wool.
On making my purchase the feel I had about the stall was reinforced. The lady selling the yarn seemed so pleased that I liked it so much and had chosen to buy it. I don't know, but I suspect she was the dyer. As you can imagine I was fairly effusive about the whole thing which made her beam which made me beam too. That thing again, of noticing the bit of soul inside..
I made one other purchase (see, I really was restrained!) at a fibre stall that Sam the Inspiration recommended to me. I wanted to buy a reasonable quantity of a couple of different types of fibre to begin spinning with. I didn't want anything too special as I'm aware that the fate of at least some of this will be to become tangle but I also wanted something that I would enjoy working with. And something fairly flexible. Which is to say, undyed so that I can ply it together in various combinations, do some experimenting without feeling that I'm going to get something at the end that I wouldn't really want to to knit with anyway. Like a mixture of blue and yellow or something. So I bought 400g of white merino wool and two 200g plaits of Shetland. we have yet to see what becomes of it but I'm sure next year at Wonderwool I'll be heading to various fibre sellers looking for something special to spin. I'll have got the hang of it by then. I hope…


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One of my best friends gets married today. She's a true romantic at heart, and believes in fairy tales. So, I couldn't help but share this sweet piece from i am blessed.
congratulations katie and pat. i could not be more happy for the two of you, and am beyond thrilled that i get to celebrate with you on this special day. happy wedding!
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I just got teary – have SUCH an amazing time! I can't wait to hear all about it.
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Chanced upon this artist literally drawing on the sidewalk near Chancery Lane. Loads of people were just milling around admiring his work. Well, call in the police, was this Singaporean's first reaction. Then I noticed that he's actually using chalk and sand to colour his creation.
That's a neat idea, isn't it? All will be washed away once the rain comes! Hmm... an idea that can be imported into SIngapore... a country with tropical weather. That's if you can convince the men in blue.


text: So I started with 3 lbs of 50/50 ground pork and ground beef. Placed 1.5 lbs in 2 gallon zip locs. Hit them with a rolling pin and closed the bags once all the air was out. Placed them into the fridge to stay cold. Then I halved some serranos, and red, yellow, and orange sweet peppers and roasted them under the broiler, peeled the skins best I could and chilled While the peppers were roasting, I sautéed some mushrooms in half a stick of butter then chilled in fridge. Next up was the stove top cornbread stuffing. Forgot to take a pic but made per directions and chilled. Next i covered the table in saran wrap, which I'll make the bacon weave on and use the saran wrap to help roll it up when the time comes Now that everything has chilled, time to start the construction. First was the bacon weave Then I cut the zip locs open and connect the 2 pieces to make one long piece of meat. Leave the ziplocs underneath to help when it's time to roll. First layer was 15 pieces of thin sliced Swiss cheese Then the cornbread stuffing Then the pepper/mushroom mixture Then the most important part, getting a nice tight roll, after rolling I pinch the ends shut Then used the saran wrap to roll the bacon on and wrap up tight and into fridge Then I fired up the yoder ys480 to 220, It was a balmy 10° outside with windchill in the negatives Off to work I go, monitoring with tappecue Once it got to 150, I headed home from work. Was at 155 when I got home Slathered it with a little sauce, then under the broiler til I liked the color Rested for 20 minutes. Then sliced it up Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk


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My friend and I are looking at heading to the Mara this summer to see the migration. Does anyone think the end of july or the end of august would be better? Also I heard CC Safari's is a good company... anyone have any advice on them or advice for a different company we should use? We are looking for about a 5-6 day safari in Kenya and I dont mind roughing it if need be.
Thanks so much!
Not sure about time but if you check any of the game reserve lodges' sites in Masai Mara,there'll be information on when you can see the great migration.Also,the seasonal update will be there.
We had taken Big Five in Tanzania.It was really very good.I forget their Kenyan counterpart that took us across the border from Kenya into Tanzania.And that was just as good.
A last piece of unasked for advice...If I had to choose b/w the two,I'd go to Tanzania's Serengeti ,any day over Masai Mara.Been to both and feel Serengeti is 10 times better than Masai Mara.More animals to see,breathtaking landscape...go to Ngorongoro crater from there...beautiful!
hi-your going july-august-you go the mara! thats where you belong. spend the whole time there-not including your flying days.seeing its only 5/6 days. dont sweat thinking its too long a time- it isnt. now if you said jan or feb-then you go the seren.of course park fees are going through the roof there in the seren these days.
if you would like the company i used 6x's now, and request my regular masai driver-email me.
so great your going.
cheers, d
I would go in August, you have a better chance of seeing the Migration. The if the rains don't come until late you might not see the migration in July. The wildebeest usually hang about until late October/November. My advice is to do it your self. Check out my tips if that interests you. It certainly roughing it, but an extraordinary exprience.
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Unanswered: Slow Bulk Loading problem
Hi, I have a raw fragmented table with 10 indexes, I want to load many files of approx 50 million row each file with external tables, the table now contain 163 Million row, but I remark that it begin loading very fast 8000 row/sec or more and after hours, the loding become too slow it step by 100 row/sec or 500 row/sec sometimes, how could I analyse this behaviour I have to load 1 billion row in this table and I want to kill the process and repeat from bigening each time, should I load a small numerous files of 5 million maybe each??? Help plz
If I kill the process and restart the database, the initial load would be vers fast and after that it start to go very slow, help plz.
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You are using the right method: RAW tables and external tables.
Typically, this behaviour happens when you have "complex" indexes on your table. When I say complex, I mean globally many columns in the indexes. You are saying that the table has 10 indexes, which is for me a sufficient reason to get the exactly problems you have.
I would say that getting temporarily rid of non indispensable indexes and rebuild them after. this may be long to rebuild, but at the end it is probably profitable.
Check also whether all those indexes are efficient. Seing for very far, it may be not the case.
The cause of this phenomenon is that periodically during the load, the engine takes time to split b-tree nodes and typically slows the whole process down more and more, like if it were bleeding more and more.
You may want to check a presentation I did in the IIUG 2013 Conference about Indexes, which may give you pertinent ideas about indexing.
Go either to the International Informix Users Group website, click on "member area" (you can register for free and become an IIUG member, which gives you many advantages if you are not yet a member).
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First half goals by Pereira da Silva Everson and Lilian Laslandes gave Nice a 2-0 half time lead.
Habib Bamogo scored a penalty with four minutes remaining in the match to give the visitors a consolation goal but it was not enough in the end, as Montpellier stay in the bottom half of the table.
In the other match on Sunday, Le Mans moved level on points with fellow strugglers Guingamp after a 2-0 victory at the Stade Leon-Bollee.
The home side earned three valuable points with goals from Daniel Cousin and Philipe Celdran.
The result still leaves both sides in the relegation zone and tied with 14 points each - a point off safety in the French League table.
Click below for a detailed match summary:
Le Championnat
Le Mans 2-0 Guingamp
Nice 2-1 Montpellier
Click here for an updated Championnat table.


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|| Hari Sarvothama Vayu Jivothama ||
Sri Vâdirâja Tîrtha — a short sketch
Sri Vâdirâja Tîrtha is the second highest saint in the Mâdhva hierarchy, being next only to Srimad Ananda Tîrtha himself, in the târatamya. He is widely regarded as being the incarnation of Lâtavya, a rju-tâtvika-yogi has a two-year spell "in office" at the and the successor to Mukhya PrâNa.
Therefore, even though he nominally had Sri Vyâsa Tîrtha as a guru, he acknowledges only Srimad Ananda Tîrtha himself, as his preceptor. He is an outstanding poet, a very pugnacious opponent, and a most ardent devotee. He is also responsible for creating the paryâya system of rotation, according to which each of the eight Udupi ashhTa-MaTha-sKrishna temple in Udupi, with each getting a turn sometime during a sixteen-year cycle. By instituting this system, Sri Vâdirâja Tîrtha changed the previous one of each MaTha getting a two-month term of administration, which had been started by Srimad Ananda Tîrtha himself, and that had started to degenerate.
It is without a doubt that of all the saints in the Mâdhva hierarchy, only Sri Vâdirâja Tîrtha had the stature to explicitly recast a system that had been formulated by Srimad Ananda Tîrtha himself. Sri Vâdirâja Tîrtha's criticisms of countervailing philosophies and schools are carried out with a poet's flair, and always have a raw appeal even to the unschooled, because of their commonsense disguise — he often uses very simple worldly concepts and experiences to make profound points, which is in sharp contrast to the usual style of presentation that generally tends to make all metaphysics look rather otherworldly and disjointed from everyday experience and understanding.
While his poetry and prose writings in Sanskrit mark him to be an extraordinarily luminescent intellect, even in a paramparâ that boasts of many brilliant scholars, he does not make a highbrow rejection of the needs of the less scholarly, and has made significant contributions to the Hari-dâsa tradition, the vehicle to take Tattvavâda to the non-Sanskrit-literate masses, and has translated Srimad Ananda Tîrtha's Mahâbhârata-tâtparya-nirNaya into Kannada. Sri Vâdirâja Tîrtha is also well-known as the creator of many stotras, quite a few of them distinctly hortatory, that explain sophisticated concepts in relatively easy terms, and encourage the seeker to give up the bondage of material desire and seek the shelter of Vishnu.
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"The Game Has Come Full Circle" 22 October 2009 Horror, Mystery 90 mins
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.
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Great visit - Uchi was all its hyped to be - just terrific food, service, and atmosphere (but pricey, as expected).
Local recommendation of Ranch 616 for steak was a very good one - I loved my ribeye perfectly medium rare as ordered and over enchiladas (wow) ,the fried oysters are among the best gulf variety I've had, the live music was outstanding and servers Rosemary, Preston, and co. were awesome.
Bess Bistro and The Belmont were convenient and nice downtown spots for lunch - fresh, tasty salads at both and good service as well. The frites at Bess were a standout as well.
Vespaio bar was a destination in our search for pure mixology and craft cocktails - it was not that, but it was really enjoyable anyway. The Sazerac I ordered was very non-traditional (shaken instead of stirred, with Angostura rather than Peychaud's bitters, and Pernod anise flavor was poured into the mix instead of an absinthe or herbsaint rinse - and served up in a martini glass vs. neat in a rocks glass) but tasty (so I didn't complain or inquire further - as that's really the point, right) and the bartender was so friendly and engaging that it was worthwhile stop. Soco is definitely a must destination in more depth for next visit to Austin!


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Prospera's Outdoor Family Movie Night is coming to Chilliwack!
Bring your friends and family, a blanket and take in How to Train Your Dragon, FREE, on a three-storey high screen! They will be serving up free popcorn, but if that's not enough for you, the concession will be open for snacks before the show. Donations welcomed at this event for Chilliwack Minor Hockey.
Check out the details on their Facebook event page. Free family fun in Chilliwack!


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Ice-age glaciers, Native Americans, Dutch traders, British Redcoats, and the Underground Railroad have all left their mark on New York City. Their stories can be found in the names of our streets, our architecture, and our parks. Urban Park Rangers specialize in interpretation of historic turning points, both natural and man-made, in our city's long history.
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Area: 1,759,540 sq km (679,362 sq mi) Population (2005 est.): 5,853,000 Capital: Tripoli (policy-making body intermittently meets in Surt) Chief of state: (de facto) Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi; (nominal) Secretary of the General People's Congress Zentani Muhammad al-Zentani Head of government: Secretary of the General People's Committee (Prime Minister) Shukri Ghanem Libya's international relations continued to improve in 2005, especially on the African continent. The Libyan leadership cooperated with the U.S. in Africa south of the Sahara, and the leaders of African countries were frequent visitors to Tripoli and to Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi's tent in Surt. U.S. strategic goals in Africa—diversifying sources for U.S. energy needs, stabilizing the continent to create a good investment climate, and containing global terrorism—were no longer in conflict with Libya's objectives. Libya's new capacity to cultivate its old alliances was significantly reinforced by the high level of its oil...


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The Canadian government has always been difficult when it comes to allowing folks with DWI conviction on their records to gain entry. The Canadian rule about entry is pretty straightforward. A person will be denied entry into Canada if they have been convicted outside of Canada of an offense that, if convicted in Canada, would constitute an indictable offense under Canadian law.
A foreign conviction is considered indictable if there is an equivalent offense under the Canadian Criminal Code. Unfortunately, Canada usually considers any alcohol related driving offense to be equivalent to their alcohol statute. And to further complicate things, the Canadian Government considers Reckless Driving equivalent to their "Dangerous Operation of Motor Vehicle" statute. So pleading down a DWI to Reckless Driving, while it might be a great result for a particular set of facts, could make a person ineligible to enter into Canada.
There are two ways a person can become eligible to be admitted into Canada after they have been deemed inadmissible. The first way is Criminal Rehabilitation, and the other is to apply for, and receive, a Temporary Resident Permit. To be considered for Criminal Rehabilitation, a person must wait until five years has lapsed since the completion of all the conditions of their sentence. To obtain a Temporary Resident Permit, a person must show a significant reason to travel to Canada.
If, however, a person has more than one conviction on their record, they must apply for criminal rehabilitation. A person may also be considered rehabilitated if there has been more than ten years since the completion of all the conditions of their sentence, and the person has only one conviction. If a person has more than one conviction, they must be prepared to show that they have been rehabilitated. This is something that can rarely be done without the help of a lawyer.
While pleading guilty to a DWI may not seem to be a big deal to some folks, it can have far reaching consequences. Most folks from Texas don't think about going to Canada, but you just never know when a job might need you to travel there for business.


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