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a good Christian life.
Honored to have had the privilege of delivering this message to a group of women at a Brunch this past Saturday morning. This video will give you a preview of the book I'm writing. If you've got 8 minutes and 27 seconds, check it out.
I need Mr. Miyagi.
Back to yoga class this morning. I'm paying for taking the summer off.
PinkGirl: "WHAT is that SMELL?"
FavoriteHusband, working on my shoulder: "your mom calls it 'stinky hot' but it's really called BENGAY."
PinkGirl: "it's GROSS!"
A few minutes later:
FavoriteSon: "Why do I smell Pepto-Bismol?"
Me: "It's stinky hot."
FavoriteSon: "Smells like Pepto."
Mr. Miyagi could fix my shoulder without stinkin up the place.
the hard is what makes it great.
"If it was easy, everyone would do it" is one of my mantras.
I say it to my kids when they struggle with ANYthing and I see discouragement or frustration start to set in. I say it to my husband, friends, clients and sometimes, even strangers.
I say it to myself.
A lot.
When I'm supposed to be writing and find myself staring at the screen, fingers atrophied over the keyboard.
When I spend two hours writing, proofread what I've written and immediately want to start over.
When I'm trying to curl a 15 pound dumbbell for the 12th time in my second set.
When I'm 2 minutes and 20 seconds into my 2 minute, 30 second forearm plank.
When I'm trying not to fly off the back of the treadmill during my HIIT walking program.
When I drag myself off the couch to pick up that stupid dumbbell or put on my walking shoes.
When I'm 3 seconds short of an 18 second note I've been trying to hold out. For the 100th time.
When my voice breaks on that high note I'm trying to hit in full voice. After two years of voice lessons.
When I'm vocalizing for the third time in a day in an attempt to get the "right" technique to become second nature.
Just a few weeks ago, during a break in a recording session, I mentioned something about needing to work on something with my voice teacher. The sound technician said, "YOU have a voice teacher!?" I responded with a big "Heck, YEAH!" He paused for a moment and then said, "It just seems more like you would teach voice lessons, not take them." I quickly and firmly told him that I will never be too good for voice lessons.
But that exchange emphasized a very common misconception: The things people are good at just come naturally to them.
SO not true.
And the persistence of that mindset devalues the accomplishment, no matter what it is. The persistence of that mindset liberates other people from trying. It turns a potential mentor into someone to be resented and berated. Instead of being viewed as someone who met a goal as a result of hard work, they are instead viewed as "lucky." Rather than inspiring someone else to take their own steps toward better and stronger, they become a discouragement to others. Because the perception is that whatever the goal, it's not achievable by anyone but the lucky ones.
The book, Talent Is Overrated claimed, "One factor, and only one factor, predicted how musically accomplished the students were, and that was how much they practiced."
The fact is that excellence isn't easy. It doesn't happen without work. Usually hard work. Developing a skill takes time. and repetition.
and repetition.
and repetition.
Experience is a teacher in and of itself.
What most people don't realize is that mediocrity is only one short day of slackin away. Just because I do something well, doesn't mean I've finished learning or practicing.
The fact that I was in a writing zone yesterday doesn't insure against writer's block tomorrow.
Being satisfied with today's writing doesn't mean I won't be filled with doubt and repulsion about tomorrow's.
The ability to lift a 15 pound dumbbell today doesn't mean I won't have to opt for 10 pounds tomorrow.
Making it through a 2 minute, 30 second plank today doesn't mean I won't collapse at 2 minutes the next day.
Finishing the 30 minute HIIT treadmill program today is no guarantee that I won't wimp out the next time.
The fact that extracted myself from the couch today doesn't mean won't stay curled up on it tomorrow.
As I've discovered, holding a note for 18 seconds one time, does NOT mean I can now do it any time I want.
The same is true for that high note – once does not mean always.
Even after spending hundreds of hours practicing the "right" way to sing, I still drift into old habits . . .
For me, excellence isn't a destination I'll ever arrive at and rest comfortably. Because of my relentless determination to be a good steward of all that God has blessed me with, the striving for excellence is a lifetime journey.
To find out why I'm so obsessed with striving for excellence, check out this post: I. Want. More.
Ab workout AND entertainment.
Shoulder Devil: "It's late. You did the HIIT training. Skip the rest."
Shoulder Angel: "There's still an hour and a half left in the day. Don't listen to him. If it wasn't for me, your body fat percentage would still be 51%"
Shoulder Devil:: "hhhhhh. okay, fine. then just do the plank. Skip the strength training. You're tired. You can do strength training tomorrow."
Shoulder Angel:: "He's right."
Shoulder Devil:: "I am?"
Shoulder Angel:: You should do strength training tomorrow. You should do tomorrow's strength training tomorrow. Do today's strength training today."
Shoulder Devil:: "no, that's not what I meant…"
Shoulder Angel:: You don't have to do the Power Half Hour, just do one of the 10 Minute DVDs" ."
Shoulder Devil:: "Don't listen to him, he's a fanatic. He's talking about 10 Minutes. What's the big deal about 10 lousy minutes?"
Shoulder Angel:: "EXACTLY my point."
Shoulder Devil:: "NO! That's not what I meant…"
Shoulder Angel:: "HEY! remember that FIRM 5 Day Ab workout from the 90s? Do that! Day one is only 6 minutes!"
And that's how I ended up with this video in the DVD player tonight.
(and you're welcome. this video clip is so blurry you can't see that the shorts on the guys in this video are WAY too short. T. M. I. and ewww. and again. ewww. and who says "supine? My whole life I've never said the word "supine.")
I. Want. More.
I've described my mother as a "defiant non-compliant diabetic." She ate what she wanted, when she wanted, blood sugar be damned. After decades of neglect, her body began to deteriorate and finally shut down completely. I found a receipt in her wallet dated just days before her death. She had driven through Burger King on the way home from dialysis and ordered a BK Stacker (22 grams of fat, 700 mg of sodium.). She was suffering from congestive heart failure, taking 14 different medications and on dialysis 3 days a week, but she wanted a BK Stacker, so she got one. There were more fast food receipts in the pockets of her clothing and on her desk.
Time and time and time again she chose immediate personal gratification and a comfort zone, over long term goals, discomfort and inconvenience – and not just with food.
She bought what she wanted when she wanted it, even if she didn't have the money.
She wanted a warm, inviting home, but she focused on the house and its contents more than the people who lived in it.
She wanted passionate relationships, but was controlling and plagued with pride.
She wanted to travel and experience new things. But instead, she booked the same vacation for years.
She loved to play the piano. But she didn't make time for it.
She loved to sing. But she only sang in the house. And rarely.
She wanted to write. But she didn't.
She wanted so much, but she settled for so little.
Her desire for the things she wanted made it challenging and sometimes impossible for her to recognize, much less appreciate, the blessings she had. Her inability to see that she had power to change her circumstances if she stayed true to her long-term goals kept her firmly rooted in mediocrity and the status quo.
I paid attention. And I learned quite a bit about what I want for my life by watching her choices.
I still pay attention. And I look for consequences – good and bad – so I can learn from other people's choices. I learn a LOT about what I want as a result of my OWN choices and their consequences.
My mother had a stroke and blamed her doctors and her medication. She had a stroke and I got a personal trainer. Before and after her stroke, she relied on medications to make herself feel better and to lengthen her life. Before her stroke, I was following in her footsteps. After her stroke, I began relying on exercise and lifestyle changes to make myself feel better and to lengthen my life.
I had a choice. I could continue to go with the flow and eventually find myself at risk for a stroke or I could intentionally and consistently walk backwards against the current. If you know me, it shouldn't surprise you that when I'm floating in a lazy river, I will at some point, become bored and walk backward against the current. It's a metaphor for my life. I intentionally choose to view every experience God has allowed in my life – good AND bad – as a blessing. Together, these blessings fuel me with determination.
I'm a big believer in benchmarking. When I want to learn how to do something, I find people who do it well and I copy them. But I also learn what not to do by watching the things that people, myself included, do poorly. I pay attention to choices and consequences – good and bad. I call it opportunistic learning and it helps me discover what I want in my life.
I want more than immediate gratification and a well worn spot in my comfort zone.
I want MORE than the comfort of air conditioning, dry, pleasant smelling clothing, a good hair day, less laundry and an extra hour every day. I don't consider a handicapped sticker on my car to be a well deserved ticket to a great parking space and the inability to walk up a flight of stairs without getting winded scares me more than a hurricane warning. The inability to walk up a flight of stairs at all scares me more than an actual hurricane.
I want a stronger body, even if it needs two showers in one day, generates smelly, wet laundry, "wastes" 30 minutes or more of my day and requires a longer walk from the parking lot. I want to get stronger as I get older, not weaker. I want to be a good steward of this body God has blessed me with. I've experienced the limitations of a body that won't do what I want it to do and I hated it so much I NEVER want to experience it again. I'll do anything I can to make sure that my body doesn't deteriorate due to neglect.
I want MORE than a 6 inch high plate of nachos with a phenomenal cheese sauce or the most decadent, melt in your mouth chocolate lava cake in the world. I want MORE than the thousands of milligrams of sodium and double digit grams of fat in the restaurant food that saves me from cooking dinner when I don't feel like it. I want MORE than a bedtime snack of ice cream or a Grand Slam breakfast from Denny's. I want MORE than a BK Stacker.
I want unblocked arteries, normal blood pressure and stable blood sugar. I want my 7 day pill case to be filled with vitamins and supplements instead medications. I want to model good nutritional choices for my children, especially my daughter. I want to live a longer, healthier life than my mother did. I'm not swayed by spoonfuls being shoved in my face along with an exasperated voice telling me to "just taste it." It's not that I secretly want it and am just denying myself. I really don't want it. I'll never be convinced to abandon my long term nutrition goals just because someone belittles me for not eating something they want to eat. I'll never belittle them while I watch them eat – but I also won't sanction their choice or cave to middle school level peer pressure by picking up a fork and joining them.
I want MORE than a good marriage. I want MORE than candy and flowers and jewelry on Valentines Day and my birthday. I want MORE than a husband who handles car maintenance, toilet repair, heavy lifting, jar opening and high shelf reaching. I want MORE than a "good" sex life and a husband who does what I want in order to get it. I want MORE than a husband who agrees with me to avoid conflict and who spends time with me because he's supposed to.
I want a GREAT marriage to a man I can't go a day without talking to. I want to be the person who respects my husband more than anyone else in the world and I want him to know it beyond a shadow of a doubt. I want to come to the end of my day and be confident I didn't say a bad word about him to ANYone. I want to be the kind of wife he wants to come home to and I want to be genuinely happy that he's home when he walks in the door. I want a partner – a LIFE LONG partner – who tells me the truth in a gracious tone of voice, motivated by love. I want us to share EVERYthing without holding back: our thoughts, our ideas, our weaknesses, our fears, our passions and our bodies. I want to share household and parenting duties and I'm thankful that I figured out early in our marriage that different isn't wrong. I want us to be able speak in idioms and always understand each other. I want us to be able to communicate with facial expressions and eye contact. I want to stay married to my best friend for the rest of my life and I'm thankful that we are both willing to run to a marriage counselor the minute our relationship can be described as "fine."
I want MORE than compliant children who make good grades, keep their room clean and behave appropriately at all times. I want MORE than happy, safe children. I don't want my children to do what they're told because I say so.
I want to hear about everything that interests them, because I know that if I don't listen with interest, they will stop telling me. I want to be challenged by their mind, fascinated by their discoveries, respectful of their ideas, convinced by their reasoning, inspired by their passion and exasperated by our differences. I want to always strive to respect them as individuals instead viewing them as extensions of myself. I want to be comfortable with their potential to embarrass me for the sake of their (and my) learning curve. I want my children to learn life lessons from remorse and disappointment as well as from pride and achievement. I want to equip them, not protect them. I want them to do the right thing because it's the right thing, even when nobody is looking.
I want MORE than the ability to pay my monthly bills. I want more than a nice car and a big house with a screened pool. I want more than great vacation destinations. I want more than stuff.
I want to be debt-free. I want to own my home, not hold a mortgage. I want my car to start every time I turn the key, and if it does, I don't care how many miles are on it. I want to be a good steward of my financial blessings. I want to save and pay cash for the things I want. I don't want to pay interest. I want to teach my children the value of a wise financial choice. I want to teach them that delayed gratification ultimately makes them happier and more secure than an impulse or convenient purchase. I want to give God MORE than 10% of what he entrusts to me and I want my kids to want to do the same.
I want MORE than to help lead a "good" praise set on Sunday morning. Lukewarm makes me restless. Holding back makes me unsettled. Trying to please everyone is deeply discouraging. Settling for fine wears me down. I don't want to give God less than my very best. No one is drawn to mediocrity.
I want to work my butt off to prepare and when Sunday morning comes, I want to block out all the logistics and make myself open and available for God to equip me for service. I want to respond to the prompting of the Holy Spirit, not the body language of someone in the congregation who is missing His presence because they are preoccupied with what someone else thinks. I want to allow myself to be saturated with the Holy Spirit, so much so that Satan doesn't stand a snowball's chance in Hell of distracting me from my goal of bringing as many people with me as I possibly can while I abandon myself to authentic, consuming praise. I want to go all out and see what God will do with my all.
I want to use everything God has given me – the good and the bad – to serve Him. When I write, I have no idea if the result is a cathartic purge or if someone will identify with something I say and be encouraged or changed by it. It's just as possible that what I've written will alienate or discourage someone. I have no idea if God will use it to reach someone, but I pray He will. I don't want the words I write to be in a vacuum.
I. want. MORE.
Do I always get it right? Not by a long shot. I do not find all this to be intuitive. These are determined choices I make, over and over and over again. And when I screw up, I start over, even if I have to start over multiple times a day. But I'm not going to stop striving. And I'm willing to wait for whatever God hasn't entrusted me with yet. I'm willing work for it.
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness,knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 5-8
"Never neglect what you've seen God do in your life. Take a careful look at these things from God's perspective, all the way from your birth to where you stand right now. They're all significant."
Experiencing the Spirit
Henry and Melvin Blackaby
everyone needs a Shoulder Coach.
treadmill. 5% incline. 3.5mph.
Shoulder Coach: "really? that's all you got?"
Me: "6% incline. are you happy?"
Shoulder Coach: "for now."
Me: "you're gonna give me shin splints."
Shoulder Coach: "your shins hurt?"
Me: "no. not yet."
Shoulder Coach: "Then quitcherbellyachin"
praying for a powerful turnaround on this.
Just pinned this on my pinterest.com board entitled "wrong" with the caption "There may very well be more than a million better ways to combat childhood obesity than these ads." (this photo is embedded – I did not upload it to this page)
Source: 5minutesformom.com via Julie on Pinterest
I became aware of the ads because Jillian Michaels shared one of the photos on her facebook page and asked for people to "weigh in."
I showed this photo to 11 year old PinkGirl and asked her what she would think if she saw them on a billboard.
"Those kids probably feel horrible and honestly, I don't see how these would change anything."
I've stuck my nose in this one.
[BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, PLEASE LET ME DISCOURAGE YOU FROM POSTING ANY COMMENTS ON THE FB PAGE OF THE ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS "CAMPAIGN." IF YOU WANT TO POST ANY COMMENTS, PLEASE DO SO ON JILLIAN MICHAELS FACEBOOK PAGE INSTEAD. THEY ARE READING THE COMMENTS ON JILLIAN'S PAGE. THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS PROMOTE THIS ORGANIZATION. IF YOU "Like" OR COMMENT ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE, I WILL CONSIDER THIS POST A FAIL.]
That said, I did comment on their page – BUT I did NOT "Like" the page. Here's my first comment:
It's clear that [stopchildhoodobesity] has good intentions. However, in communication, intention is irrelevant. The true measure of success in communicating your message is how it is being encoded and decoded (sent and received) . Are you watching what's happening on Jillian Michaels facebook page in response to this ad? Over 3100 comments before I started writing this one on your page. Up 100 more as I finish. If your intention is to be effective, don't dismiss people who aren't responding favorably to your approach by telling them to focus on solutions instead. [stopchildhoodobesity] is in a position to gain quite a bit of support here. Praying for a powerful turnaround to this.
They didn't respond to my comment and it seems they were unaware of what was happening on Jillian's page. About an hour later, they posted a status update thanking Jillian Michaels for "joining the conversation" and explained that it was "hard to judge the purpose of the ads if you are not in Atlanta seeing them first-hand." They further justified the ads by saying "The intention was to start a conversation and it worked."
really? They thanked her? Did they not read the (at that time, more than 3500) comments on her page?
Then, someone commented on their update by saying:
"I'm in full support of what [sco] is doing & to have a woman as powerful as Jillian Michaels on board, it only re-affirms [sco]'s positive campaign…"
"positive" campaign? I usually ignore ignorance, but after that comment, I just couldn't, in good conscience, just click away. Here's my comment on that update:
[to commenter] Jillian Michaels is NOT "on board" with this and I hope [stopchildhoodobesity] doesn't mislead people by allowing them to think she supports them when it isn't true.
[stopchildhoodobesity] – Atlanta does not have a culture the rest of America doesn't understand. If your intent was to start a conversation, your job is done. Once people have identified with an issue, they need direction and help to take ACTION. Jillian Michaels focuses on solutions, not conversation. And she does so with compassion and empathy.
Please consider consulting a professional PR person to protect your reputation. You are on the cusp of a big PR mistake.
They responded with this comment:
"This post was to thank Jillian Michaels for joining the conversation about childhood obesity and share the "Stop the Cycle" video to further the conversation."
They still don't get it.
This organization REALLY needs the help of a professional PR person. They are losing credibility by the minute. It's only been a few hours and the photo on Jillian's fb page has over 4000 comments – written by some of Jillian's 1,165,161 facebook fans – NOT Jillian. She did NOT join the conversation.
Praying that [stopchildhoodobesity] will ABANDON this campaign and redirect their efforts and resources in a more positive direction. One which focuses on SOLUTIONS.
I'm on a "reverse" diet.
That's what FavoriteSon is calling it.
I'm trying to consume more calories on a daily basis. Sounds crazy. I know.
But the truth is, left on my own, I forget to eat. (CLICK HERE to read why.)
Case in point? I downloaded the "myfitnesspal" app and have been tracking my calorie intake since Wednesday, February 8th. On that day, my net intake was 820 calories.
820 calories?! I know. NOT good. I had no idea.
I say "net" intake because myfitnesspal calculates the calories expended and factors them in. Since my knee is better, I'm back to exercising every day. (My treadmill readouts actually indicate I'm burning more calories than myfitnesspal says I am, but I'm sticking with myfitnesspal or these numbers would be even worse.)
How did I even discover this? I walked 30 miles in 6 days and didn't lose an OUNCE. Not ONE ounce.
myfitnesspal described it like this:
"Based on your total calories consumed for today, you are eating too few calories. Not only is it difficult to receive adequate nutrition at these calories levels, but you could also be putting your body into starvation mode. Starvation mode lowers your metabolism and makes weight loss more difficult. We suggest increasing your calorie consumption to 1200 calories per day minimum."
After I injured my knee on December 2nd, I had to cut back on my exercise and I gained a few pounds. By the end of January, my knee was feeling much better so I set a challenging fitness goal for myself. I wanted to walk an average of a mile a day for the month of January. Problem is, since I didn't set the goal until January 26th, that meant I had to walk 30 miles in 6 days.
When I didn't lose even an OUNCE, I knew what my problem was. My brother-in-law,
a fitness trainer had already explained it to me. I just hadn't been motivated to do anything about it.
Until I had to dig out my fat pants. I couldn't fit comfortably in my clothes anymore and I had to move up a size in order to breathe when I sat down.
I set that freakish 30 mile goal to jumpstart a little weight loss.
THIRTY MILES and NOTHING? That just ticked me off.
So I downloaded myfitnesspal . . . and a new reminder app. I set multiple alarms on my phone and android tablet to remind me to eat. I already had an app, but its capabilities were too limited.
Here's how my week played out:
Goal Intake: 1200
Actual Intake: 1351
Exercise: -531 [Walked 3.5 (4.5% incline) miles]
Net Calories: 820
Thursday, I did better:
Goal Intake: 1200
Actual Intake: 1397
Exercise: -289 [Walked 2 (4.5% incline) miles]
Net Calories: 1108
And yes, I did notice that the reason I did better is because I exercised less. That's not going to be my long term solution to this problem. I need to eat more.
Goal Intake: 1200
Actual Intake: 1588
Exercise: -651 [1 Hour Yoga, Walked 3 (4.5% incline) miles]
Net Calories: 937
Goal Intake: 1200
Actual Intake: 1085
Exercise: -437 [Walked 3 incline miles (2 @ 4.5% incline 1 @ 5% incline]
Net Calories: 648
Goal Intake: 1200
Actual Intake: 1152
Exercise: -367 [Walked 2.5 (4.5% incline) miles]
Net Calories: 785
Goal Intake: 1200
Actual Intake: 1439
Exercise: -123 [1 Hour Yoga]
Net Calories: 1316
Goal Intake: 1200
Actual Intake: 1784
Exercise: -286 [Walked 2 (4.5% incline) miles]
Net Calories: 1498
Goal Intake: 1200
Actual Intake: 1425
Exercise: -593 [1 Hour Yoga, Walked 3 (5% incline) miles]
Net Calories: 832
So how's it working out? I started a week ago today and I've lost 3 pounds.
I realize my days have been pretty inconsistent, but I'm much more aware of my nutrition, so that's progress! And although I HATE counting calories, myfitnesspal makes it pretty easy. FirstHusband joined too, so we're tracking together. And the phone alarms are really helping. Hopefully, this new routine will develop into a habit and I won't have to pay so much attention to all this.
I'm DETERMINED to be a good steward of this body God has blessed me with!
10am alarm just went off. I'm supposed to eat a snack now. bleh. I'll do it, but bleh.
I didn't shave my legs for nothin.
Yesterday, I went back to yoga for the first time since tearing my MCL on December 2nd. My knee has been feeling pretty good, so I intentionally put on yoga shorts that morning. As the time to leave the house got closer, I debated. I was on a writing roll. If I stopped, I would lose momentum. and the coffee was so good. (Joffrey's Jamaican Me Crazy)
LazyMe: "I don't wanna go. I'm comfortable."
AnnoyingMe: "Come on. After class is over, you'll be glad you did it."
LazyMe: "ehhh."
AnnoyingMe: "What is it you always say? That you're 'striving to be a good steward of the body God has blessed you with?'"
LazyMe: " It's early. I've got all day. I can be a good steward later."
AnnoyingMe: "Did you shave your legs for nothing?"
LazyMe: (sigh) "alright. I'm goin."
Last night, I was really feeling the after-effects of this pose (below).
My whole body hurt – from holding it perfectly still for a total of just a few minutes.
Source: cookinglight.com via Julie on Pinterest
Tonight, I'm feeling it even more.
There's only one thing to do. Go back tomorrow.
I've decided I'm tenacious. and I'm not budging on that.
Two days ago, I asked if I was tenacious or just stubborn.
You decide.
I got my miles in yesterday.
Treadmill readout showed:
6.01 miles,
4% incline,
1023 calories burned in
115 minutes and 34 seconds.
In case you are new or catching up and are wondering why anyone in their right mind would do that when they're not training for a marathon or running from a bear, I've decided it's because I'm tenacious.
Six days before the month was over, I decided I wanted to average walking 1 mile for each day of the month. Just because I can't set reasonable goals doesn't mean I can't do math. That meant walking 30 miles in 6 days.
You'd think that I would walk 5 miles a day. You'd think that I would realize what taking Saturday off would to do my brilliant plan.
I walked 5 miles the first day, 5 miles the second day and ZERO miles the third day. That left 20 miles for the last three days of the month.
Here's how it went:
Sunday: 7 Miles., 4% incline (didn't keep track of the rest)
Monday: 7.02 miles, 4% incline, 1213 calories burned in a total of 131 minutes and 28 seconds.
Tuesday: 6.01 miles, 4% incline, 1023 calories burned in 115 minutes and 34 seconds.
I won't lie. It was hard. I didn't want to do it. I put it off all day. All three days.
I intentionally put my goal out on the internet – on my blog and on my facebook page, because accountability makes me stronger. Not because my prideful nature wouldn't let me fail in front of everybody who thought my goals were crazy unreasonable. I'm tenacious, not stubborn, remember?
And for those of you who know I tore my MCL and strained my ACL on December 2nd, the knee is feeling good. I walked over 20 miles in December, now over 30 in January.
February is a new month. I need a new goal.
How about 2 miles a day? 58 miles it is. That should take me less than 40 minutes a day. Reasonable. Sustainable. Easier to make up if I want to take a Sunday off.
I'm also going to continue increasing the time on my forearm plank. I'm up to 2 minutes, 10 seconds. And I need to add some Supermans. because my back hurts. That means it's not strong enough.
I'm DETERMINED to be a good steward of the body God has blessed me with!
Am I tenacious or just stubborn? (FirstHusband – don't answer that)
(If you're new to Compendium, he's my FirstHusband, my LastHusband, my OnlyHusband. It's a joke. He gets it.)
If anyone is wondering whether I got my miles in today, that would be YES.
Treadmill readout showed:
7.02 miles,
4% incline,
1213 calories burned,
in a total of 131 minutes and 28 seconds.
The knee is feeling good. The calves however, were burnin. I took two 20 minute breaks to do some laundry and to tuck PinkGirl in bed and pray with her.
If I can log 6 miles tomorrow, I'll meet my goal of walking 30 miles in the last 6 days of the month to "average" a mile a day for the month.
If you're new or just catching up, you may be wondering why, if I wanted to average a mile a day for the month, didn't I just actually walk a mile a day instead of cramming 30 miles into the last 6 days? I'd like to say it's because I tore my MCL and strained my ACL on December 2nd and my knee hasn't been ready . . .
I'd like to say that. But it would be a lie. I walked over 20 miles in December. And I think I did actually walk some in the beginning of January, but it was inconsistent and since I didn't record any of it on my fitness log, I would have been making stuff up. So I gave myself one mile and, with 6 days left in the month of January, decided to walk the remaining 30.
I needed a kick-start anyway. I was getting too comfortable. And my clothes were getting a little UNcomfortable.
I'm DETERMINED to be a good steward of the body God has blessed me with!
I wonder what kind of goals I'm going to set for myself for February.
It's Monday. Did you tell yourself you would start eating right and exercising today?
I always did.
Monday was the mother of all starting lines. THE day to begin.
Everybody knows it's better to start a new fitness plan on a Monday.
Even experts agree:
"We think of Monday as the January of the week. It's a call to action built into every calendar, giving you 52 chances for success." says Sid Lerner, founder and chairman of The Monday Campaigns, a nonprofit initiative in association with Johns Hopkins, Columbia and Syracuse Universities.
I know what I always told myself on Friday nights:
"It was a long, hard week and I deserve to take the night (and day, and night again) off."
"It's too hard to start on a weekend, too many other (presumably fun) things to do."
"We're going out and it's too hard to eat right when we eat out."
"I deserve this glass (or three) of wine."
"I deserve this plate of nachos."
"I deserve to chill out at watch TV."
"I deserve to …
What a load of hooey. Yes, I said "hooey."
I did NOT deserve to weigh 210 pounds. I did NOT deserve to get winded trying to play with my kids. Well. Actually, the way I was eating and taking care of my body, I did deserve it.
Because those are the lousy excuses and rationalizations I used when I had the mentality that says fitness is a goal to be achieved. Something I did for a period of time until I got to a certain weight or size. When I was finished, I could go back to my "normal" life of thoughtless eating and neglecting my body.
But if I'm striving to be a good steward of the body God has blessed me with, THERE IS NO FINISH LINE.
I've gone through different stages since I began incorporating fitness into daily life. Sometimes I focus on strength training – I've gone to a gym, I've gone to local fitness trails and now I work out at home. For a few years I worked with a personal trainer two to three times per week. Before I tore my MCL and strained my ACL in December, I was doing yoga and I loved it so much I know I'm going back. But my constant -through injury and weather and lapses in motivation – has always been walking, sometimes outside, sometimes on a treadmill with an incline.
How do YOU incorporate fitness into your everyday life? If you currently don't, here's the thing. You don't need to buy a gym membership. You don't have to buy the PX90 or Shred DVDs and spend every minute "hating it" as I read on another blog last week. You don't need to buy a BowFlex or turn your extra bedroom or garage into a home gym.
Before you spend a lot of money on the accoutrements needed to accommodate your latest exercise plan, I'll give you the same advice I gave my sister: "Find out if you are ready for the commitment. Tests have shown it takes 21 days to make a habit. Do 10 pushups a day for 21 days. You don't have to do them all in a row, break them up if you can't get through the full 10. Do modified pushups on your knees if you're a beginner. IF, after three weeks, you've discovered that you made it, THEN think about throwing money at this problem.
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Here's the deal. I don't have to exercise every day for the rest of my life. I need to do it TODAY.
And tomorrow, I'm going to tell myself the same thing.
One day at a time. One step at a time.
sometimes, tired is a state of mind.
I'm sure I walked more than a mile during the first few weeks of January, but since I didn't log any fitness, it wasn't fair to count more than I could be sure of. Then, despite my goal to log 30 miles by walking 5 miles a day in the last 6 days of the month to "average" a mile a day for the month, I found everything to do yesterday except get on the treadmill.
Today, I put off the treadmill all. day.
Until now.
And let me tell you, I did NOT want to put on my walking shoes. I did NOT want to get on this treadmill. I would rather be sitting in the sauna RIGHT NOW. But I made a commitment to God to be a good steward of the body He has blessed me with. I would rather walk outside at leisurely pace on the flat ground than 3mph at a 4% incline, but I made commitment to myself to average at least a mile a day and if I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna increase my heart rate and SWEAT. I put my goal out there on the internet because accountability makes me stronger.
So I'm faced with a decision. How many miles am I going to walk today, tomorrow and Tuesday?
We'll find out in three days, but I'll tell you this, the decision is NOT going to be influenced by how tired I am. I'm still on the treadmill as I type this and so far, I've walked 4.25 miles. I'm tired, but I'm not hurting, so I'm not quitting.
The day's not over.
Source: facebook.com via Denise on Pinterest
I think I've decided to walk my 5 miles today.
What does this little guy inspire YOU to do?
Be a good steward of the body God has blessed you with today!!
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long overdue fitness update: 1/26/12
It's been a while since I updated my fitness log. Tomorrow marks EIGHT weeks since my partial MCL tear and ACL strain! Recommended healing for my injury was 6 to 8 weeks!
YEAH! I'm HEALED! (yes. this is how I think)
First day back to the incline treadmill walking (at an incline of 4 and a speed of 3 mph). I think I'll take it slow and only walk a mile or two. Unless I decide to walk 5 miles a day till the end of the month to get to an average of a mile a day for the entire month. (yes. this is how I think.)
On another note, I was doing my two minute forearm plank a few weeks ago and FirstHusband said, "Ya know, I'm kind of surprised you're still satisfied with a two minute plank. That's not like you."
seriously? He had to plant that thought in my freakishly self-competitive head?
So, I'm up to two minutes, ten seconds. The new goal is to be able to do a three minute plank by the end of the year.
stupid husband.
the knee chronicles.
Today, an hour ago:
FirstHusband went to our doc for his annual check-up this morning.
Me: "Did you ask him about my knee?"
FirstHubs: "uh, YEAH. I said, 'Julie wants to go back to yoga and I said she had to wait until you cleared her.'"
Doc: "no. No. (pause) NO!"
well. that's irritating. Now FirstHubs has ammo. and an ally.
If you need catching up….
Definitions and Diagrams:
MCL – medial collateral ligament
ACL – anterior cruciate ligament
December 1 @ 11:19am (still don't understand how I didn't know anything was wrong at this point)
Done: 1 HIIT mile and 1 yoga class.
But I'm still in my workout clothes…still wearing shoes. If I can just stop myself from taking off my shoes, there's the possibility of another mile or two.
3:32pm (and so it begins)
right knee. ice. heat. ice. heat. ice. heat. anti-inflammatories. don't know if I twisted it in yoga or stressed it jogging. I didn't move it for an hour this afternoon and it started to stiffen up. Gotta MOVE it! FavoriteHusband…will you please fix my bike?
FirstHusband: "Sit down. I don't want you walking around. You're limping."
Me: "I'm not limping. I'm just walking without bending my knee."
FirstHusband: "How is that different from limping?"
Me: "It doesn't hurt to walk if I don't bend my knee."
FirstHusband: "Have you ever seen Chester on Gunsmoke?"
Me: "Yeh. so?"
FirstHusband: "If you don't sit down I'm going to start calling you Chester."
December 11
After 8 days of rest, ice, anti-inflamatories and wearing a compression knee brace, walked three miles (wearing the knee brace).
December 12 @ 11:39am
Had the doctor look at my knee today when I took PinkGirl (her brother gave her strep). Turns out, I have a partially torn medial collateral ligament and a strained anterior cruciate ligament. Switching from Aleve to the cortisone prescription he gave me and continuing with ice and a brace. It's MUCH better than when I hurt it 10 days ago. No problem during or after the 3 miles I walked yesterday. I just can't fully straighten my leg or bend it all the way (strained ACL). Also can't do fire log pose (torn MCL) or cross my right leg over my left. Yet.
Just picked up my prescription for my knee. Dang. That's a LOT of cortisone. 6 pills today, 5 tomorrow, 4 on Wednesday, 3, 2, and finally 1 on Saturday. Supposedly, it will make me more susceptible to infection. and StrepThroatGirl is watching TV in my bed. On the bright side, my arthritis and psoriasis symptoms should be non-existent this week.
December 13 @ 10:37am
6 cortisone pills down, 15 more to go. My knee feels SO much better. I know that just means the inflammation is down, not that the ligaments are healed. Wearing a brace today to prevent myself from moving in a way that, while doesn't cause pain, might be counter-productive to healing. Back to walking the last two days to keep my knee from stiffening up. So far, so good.
I'm going for a walk. Because I can – and because last week, I couldn't.
Walked 2.5 miles. I really, really hate it when I end on a half mile.
December 14 @ 9:29pm
Made it! Walked 3 Miles with NO knee pain! PRAISE GOD!!!! HE IS SO GOOD! I have two more days of cortisone pills. If the pain and inflammation come back, I have to go for an MRI. Praying there's been some significant healing this week and I can start strengthening my knee. Just read yesterday that torn MCL recovery can take 6 to 8 weeks!!! eek!
December 15 @ 12:37pm – next. slowly. but next.
Cycling is also part of my plan! My sweet husband pulled my bike out of the shed, removed the baby seat (I know, PinkGirl is ELEVEN), put a new seat on it for me and bought me two new tubes and tires. Thankful I'm already back to walking – with a knee brace.
December 16 @ 6:26pm
do. hard. things.
"Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."
James 1:4
December 18 @ 2:41pm
Wii Fit suggests my ideal body weight is 129 pounds?! My 16 year old son weighs 134 lbs. I don't think so.
Walked a 3 mile neighborhood route with FirstHusband. First day off cortisone pills. Knee still feels good. SO thankful!
blend until purple.
My daily addiction:
1 cup skim milk (90 calories)
1 cup fat free yogurt (any berry flavor) (100 calories)
2 fistfuls of frozen blueberries (1 cup = less than 85 calories)
6 frozen strawberries (about 5 calories each)
blend until purple.
An antioxidant, vitamin C loaded snack that tastes like dessert for around 300 calories!
I've spent decades of my life not eating fruit on a daily basis. I've gone weeks at a time without eating any fruit. Not because I don't like it, because I really like most fruits. It just doesn't occur to me to eat any. Multiple times per year, I make resolutions to eat just ONE fruit per day. Finally, I included it on my fitness log (see the sidebar to the right) to try and put myself in a situation where I have to be accountable.
I also have a problem getting enough calories, which causes my metabolism to drop. I tend to forget to eat.
Smoothies solve both problems. I'm actually consuming fruit on a daily basis for the first time in my life and making them is easy and takes less than 5 minutes, so eating doesn't intrude on my day. It doesn't hurt that I actually crave them now.
I stumbled upon the smoothie idea while trying to get PinkGirl to consume some sort of nourishment in the morning. Trying to get that girl to eat breakfast before school is a chore! A few friends suggested I try smoothies and since PinkGirl loves Planet Smoothie, I thought it might work. It only took about 3 or 4 months to finally hit on a recipe that I actually liked. (for ME, not her. She still wavers about what she likes. I don't know if I'll ever find a recipe she really likes.)
But I was having blender issues. If the Vitamix is the BMW of blenders, it seems my little Oster was the VW bug of blenders. It was either forming a little pocket of air at the bottom and doing nothing or it was spinning like crazy and only blending the bottom half of my smoothie. I had to add more and more milk to thin it out so the blender would actually blend the entire smoothie.
I put a new blender on my Christmas list.
Which really irritated me because I own an Oster Kitchen Center with nearly every possible attachment, similar to this one:
It transforms from a blender to a chopper to a slicer to a mixer to a juicer to a . . . it does everything but clean itself. We got one as a wedding present from my husband's parents and about 10 years ago, it died and I replaced it at our church's WHALE of a Sale. Since all Oster attachments are interchangeable with every Oster made, I even bought a newer countertop blender to switch to the chopper when I needed it:
So I was not looking forward to having a different blender on my countertop. It was going to mess up my system.
FirstHusband surprised me with an early Christmas present: An Oster Milkshake blade for my blender!
My little Oster just got tricked out!
And THIS ONE is also on its way, so we'll see which one works better.
fighting the frump, a subliminal message, a free transmission and Chester.
Here's a peek at my day…
Done: 1 HIIT mile and 1 yoga class.
But I'm still in my workout clothes…still wearing shoes. If I can just stop myself from taking off my shoes, there's the possibility of another mile or two. So…what are YOU doing to be a good steward of the body God has blessed YOU with today?
courtesy subliminal message: m&ms taste like brussel sprouts. you don't want m&ms. (you're welcome)
Looks like my van's getting a new transmission for Christmas. Second one this year. At least this one is free (warranty).
right knee. ice. heat. ice. heat. ice. heat. anti-inflammatories. don't know if I twisted it in yoga or stressed it jogging. I didn't move it for an hour this afternoon and it started to stiffen up. Gotta MOVE it! FavoriteHusband…will you please fix my bike?
I narrowed it down. It was the half bow pose in yoga today. NEVER doing that again. more ice. more heat. more anti-inflammatories. epson salt bath. aspercreme.
FirstHusband: "Sit down. I don't want you walking around. You're limping."
Me: "I'm not limping. I'm just walking without bending my knee."
FirstHusband: "How is that different from limping?"
Me: "It doesn't hurt to walk if I don't bend my knee."
FirstHusband: "Have you ever seen Chester on Gunsmoke?"
Me: "Yeh. so?"
FirstHusband: "If you don't sit down I'm going to start calling you Chester."
healthy doesn't just happen.
What I wanted to do: "Sit here curled up on the couch in front of the Christmas tree with a blanket, coffee and a book, listening to my December rehearsal CD."
What I did instead: "Walked/Jog one HITT mile before going to BodyInUnity yoga."
Because healthy doesn't just happen.
I want to be a good steward of this body God has blessed me with!
And I want to be stronger in the long run, more than I want to be comfortable in the moment.
Did I mention what I wanna do?


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In the case of our spaceship game example, we create space
environment which contains multiple planets and discussed how we
could use get
to retrieve documents
that represent the planets. In reality if we want to retrieve
more than one document, and do so efficiently, we would use one
of the forms bulk-retrieves. This enables us to send a single
request from our SDK for all the keys we want to retrieve.
Developers that are new to Couchbase Server tend to heavily rely
on get
to retrieve values, even sets of
values. However, using a form of multiple-retrieve may be a
better approach if you are doing multiple retrievals.
The major advantages of using a multiple-retrieve is that you
can make a single request to Couchbase Server from an SDK. The
alternate you could choose is to make multiple, sequential
requests and your application needs
to wait for the SDK to make each of these requests. This
approach has the performance disadvantage of creating a separate
request that Couchbase Server must then individually respond to.
For instance if you want to retrieve 100 keys, you could do this
as a multiple-retrieve and all keys could be retrieved in 1
millisecond. If you chose to do 100 get
calls, this would take the equivalent of 100 milliseconds. In
short, if you are retrieving multiple keys, performing a
multiple-retrieve will improve application performance compared
to performing a regular get
Using a multiple-retrieve is particularly suited in cases where you have 'object-graphs' in your application. An object graph exists in your data model when you have one primary, 'root' object and that object owns or links-to several other objects. For instance, a farm can have several farm animals; or a solar system can have several planets. In the case of a solar system, you could have one JSON document represent the solar system, and that document references the planets in the solar system. You could then use a form of multiple-retrieve to construction the solar system in your application:
There are other cases where you have multiple objects related to a process and it would be better to use indexing and querying with views instead of a multiple-retrieve. These are typically cases where you do not have a relationship of ownership/possession by a root object. For instance in the case of a game leader board, individual user documents do not necessarily relate to the leader board object; only user documents with a high scores should be retrieved and displayed for a leader board. In this type of scenario, it is a better alternative to do indexing and querying with views in order to find the top score holders. For more information, see Chapter 4, Finding Data with Views.
This example demonstrates how to retrieve multiple keys, using different method overloads in Ruby:
keys = ["foo", "bar","baz"] // alternate method signatures for multiple-retrieve conn.get(keys) conn.get(["foo", "bar", "baz"]) conn.get("foo", "bar", "baz")
In this case, we can overload the standard
method signature to include several
In the case of other languages, such as Java, there is a
separate method, called getBulk
will retrieve keys provided in a string collection:
Map<String,Object> keyvalues = client.getBulk(keylist);
There are some cases where you want to perform a multiple-retrieve but you know the operation will take longer than a user will want to wait, or you want to perform the operation in the background while the application performs other tasks. In a spaceship game, for instance, you want to retrieve all the profiles of users who have a high score to display in a leader board. But in the meantime, you want players to be able to continue playing their game.
In this case, you can perform a multiple-retrieve asynchronously. When you do so, multiple-retrieve will return before the SDK sends a request to Couchbase Server. Your game application continues for the player and they can play their game. In the background, Couchbase Server retrieves all the specified keys that exist and sends these documents to the client SDK. Your application can later retrieve the documents if they exist, or perform error-handling if the documents do not exist. The following demonstrates an asynchronous multiple-retrieve in PHP:
$cb->set('int', 99); $cb->set('string', 'a simple string'); $cb->set('array', array(11, 12)); $cb->getDelayed(array('int', 'array'), true); var_dump($cb->fetchAll());
In this case getDelayed
immediately and we retrieve all the keys later by performing
The multiple-retrieve methods in Couchbase SDKs are based on
sending multiple getq
in the memcached
protocol in a single binary packet. For more information about
the memcached protocol, see
memcached protocol.
When you do a multiple-retrieve, be aware that the method will return values for the keys that exist. If a key does not exist, Couchbase Server returns a 'key not found' error which the SDK interprets. If a key is missing, SDK do not provide a placeholder in the result set for the missing key. Therefore do not assume that the order of results will be the same as the order of the keys you provide. If your application depends on all keys existing and being retrieved, you should provide application logic that iterates through the results and checks to see the number results matches the number of keys. You might also want to provide logic that sorts the results so they map to your sequence of keys.
If you expected a key to actually exist, but it does not appear in a result set, you should check your application logic to see why it does not exist. Any logic that creates that type of key, or any logic that deletes it may inadvertently cause this result. Another reason why you might get this result is that the item expired and Couchbase Server returns a 'key not found' error. So you will want to check any explicit expiration set for that key.
One option to handle this result is to create the value if it
does not already exist. After you receive this result you can
attempt a set
to create the key.
The types of errors that can occur during this operation include 1) inability to connect to a node, or 2) some error exists while attempting to format values being retrieved. If you have a connection-level error you may need to reattempt connection, and possibly check the status of the server. If you have an error with the size of your value or formatting, you need to check the value itself, and how it is encoded and see if there are any issues that make the document incompatible with Couchbase Server.
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Mutilate and sew my new clothes for masquerading.
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Dance and masturbate in night light by myself.
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No, but this brings up something that has bothered me many years now. When I was in maybe 3rd or 4th grade, circa 1974, there was some stupid kid thing we did where you'd use your fingers to pull up, down, etc. on the skin just outside your eyelids, making an exaggerated slope up or down, and chanting "Chinese, Japanese.... * something something something*...." Do any other old farts remember the rest? About once each year this question comes to my mind......
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Now see that one reminds me of the legendary "Milk, milk, lemonade, around the corner fudge is made."
Maybe it's a regional variation, but the version we did ended differently, and I'm also pretty sure the term "retarded" was in there somewhere. Please, don't make a mockery of this, I'm very serious... I bet Trawr knows it...
Change out "around the corner" with "push the button" (while literally pushing on subject's bellybutton).
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Bill belongs to: The Doxford Engine Friends Association
Bill was born in Sunderland in 1927. He served his apprenticeship at the Doxford Engine Works, starting fifth January 1942. After five years at sea he returned to Doxford's where he worked until its closure in March 1987. Bill was the last person to leave Doxford's and was given the task of switching off the power to the works.
Bill was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 26 January 2006. The interview took place at Sunderland Museum and lasted 40 minutes and 53 seconds.
First day at Doxfords
"My father already had my name down to start as Doxford's as an apprentice"
My father already had my name down to start as Doxford's as an apprentice, so it was January 5th 1942, the day I started at Doxford's. My father took me down to the engine works entrance, or the main gate which you see on the photograph there. He took me down to the main gate, took me through into Doxford's itself and we stood on the bottom of the bank and waited for the head foreman turner to come down. A Mr Wilson, Bob Wilson, huge man, he looked bigger still walking down the bank towards me, built like a proverbial. My father said, this is my son, this is the foreman Mr Wilson, and he said, it's over to you now."
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- First day at Doxfords
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- Staying until the closure of Doxford's
- The Doxford Apprentices football team
- Industrial action at Doxford's
- The Doxford Engine Friends Association
- What does the sea mean to you?
- First trip to sea
- 50th birthday card
- Workers at Doxford's
- Last day at Doxford's
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The Volkswagen Motorsport ace is on course for a sensational fifth place on the FIA World Rally Championship counter in his Super 2000-specification Skoda Fabia providing he can continue to outpace Chris Atkinson's faster MINI John Cooper Works World Rally Car.
With 5.3s between them starting the final 8.24-kilometre Gallura test, Ogier is taking no chances: "I'm pushing hard, not taking crazy risks but I'm on the limit and have another eight kilometres on the limit to conserve this place.
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Restaurants United for Sandy Help hosts fundraiser in Sunnyside
By: Mike Farragher | Published Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 2:45 PM | Updated Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 2:45 PM
A group of Sunnyside Cares Volunteers helped them
clean our their elderly parent's home in Breezy Point
On Sunday, November 18 from 4-8 p.m., R.U.S.H. (Restaurants Unite for Sandy Help) will host a fundraiser at the Sunnyside Community Center, (43-31 39th Street between Queens Boulevard and 43rd Avenue) to support neighbors affected by Sandy.
Wristbands purchased on-site for $10 and $15 will give attendees access to local restaurants such as Bar 43, Quaint, Dog & Duck, Café Marlene, Claret, Molly Blooms and Aubergine Café, among others, who will dish out local favorites to the musical backdrop of neighborhood-native bands. Raffles, trivia and other activities will offer ways for adults and children to get involved.
All proceeds will be donated directly to licensed nonprofit organizations in the hardest-hit areas.
R.U.S.H. started (in a "rush") as a conversation between event organizer Ty Sullivan and now entertainment committee member Trevor Bowen as a way to make money for the relief. Within 12 hours of their initial conversation, Sullivan and Bowen had organized a full-fledged concert and community happening with the help of Gina Rattan of the Sunnyside Cares group and the owners of Bar 43 in Sunnyside.
"The impact of the hurricane is being felt in our community, and we felt the need to give everyone a chance to be involved in helping. Through the R.U.S.H. concert, we aim to raise $50,000 to ensure that there is an immediate result in needed items," said Sullivan.
R.U.S.H will simultaneously be conducting a social media campaign, to include a Tweetathon beginning a few days before the event through the event handle #Sunnysidecares.
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Little more than 24 hours after promising to respond to the threat of climate change President Obama has something else to respond to tonight.
Nebraska's governor has approved a new route for the controversial keystone oil pipeline putting the ball squarely.
In the president's court.
G1 -- correspondent Ed Henry tells us that's just one issue getting a second look tonight.
Prayer service today after a long night of celebrating the start of his second term.
President Obama woke up to a flood of cheerleading headlines about how he offered an aggressive liberal vision to act on major issues we -- -- respond.
Threat of climate change.
Knowing that the failure to do so -- betray our children.
-- generations while environmentalists cheered today at the White House the backpedaling began I don't have any.
The idea announcements to make about next steps on that issue the president is immediately facing pressure on whether he'll keep -- Declaration on reducing greenhouse gases.
For his campaign promise to pursue -- all of the above energy strategy that could create jobs.
After Nebraska governor Dave Heineman reveals today if he's approved a revised route for the keystone XL oil and gas pipeline.
To avoid environmentally sensitive areas of his state.
On its way from Canada down to Texas.
Significant because last year the White House repeatedly fell back on the governor's initial opposition to justify delaying the pipeline.
We only had concerns originally and delayed the process.
Because or at least in part because of concerns raised about the original pipeline route.
By the governor of Nebraska -- is concerned by.
The folks in Nebraska including Republican governor about the original -- -- after the governor's decision today the White House -- back to the State Department.
Which is still reviewing the application I don't want to get ahead of that process.
You -- -- State Department has.
There's -- doing move forward on what we'll obviously address that issue and when it does.
While the president of the American fuel and Petro chemical manufacturers association declared quote.
Now is the president's chance to prove to the nation that his all of the above energy strategy is more than just forgotten campaign rhetoric.
The executive director of the Sierra Club told Fox News radio.
This will be the first big test of the president's new commitment to deal with climate change.
-- -- -- Effectively reduce emissions and simultaneously.
Increase investment dirty oil.
Now what area where the president did not promise dramatic action is on entitlement reform all -- mentioned about Medicare and other programs is that he wants to protect them -- Jay -- to date where was the call for sacrifice.
He says the president has put entitlement plans all the table before.
It may do so again in the state of the union next month.
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Countdown To IL Constitution CarryMy biggest concern now is which gun to carry
The 9mm 1911 or my 9x18mm Mak? And in which position? I'm really used to Cross-Draw, that's how I carried my Colt Detective Special snubby for oh so many years. It's very comfortable when sitting and access is easy with either of the two guns mentioned. For sure it will be a OWB holster unless I 'go gangster' and shove down the pants, done that too.
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DIET IMPACTS DEMENTIA?: A recent report suggests overeating may greatly increase the risk of memory loss for elderly people.
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Overeating has been linked to a litany of health problems—diabetes, high blood pressure and stroke, to name a few. Memory loss, dementia and even Alzheimer's may someday be added to that list, according to the preliminary findings of a study on aging conducted by the Mayo Clinic.
Mayo researchers caution against reading too much into their work thus far correlating caloric intake in the elderly with the onset of mild cognitive impairment (MCI)—the stage between normal age-related memory loss and early Alzheimer's disease. Still, a report they plan to present in April at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans indicates that overeating may greatly increase the risk of memory loss for elderly people.
In 2006 the Mayo Clinic chose a random sample of 1,233 people in Olmsted County, Minn., ages 70 to 89 years old (none previously diagnosed with dementia) and asked them to fill out a questionnaire describing their diets over the previous year. Participants then returned the surveys to the clinic in Rochester, Minn., after which the researchers grouped the study participants into three categories: those whose daily caloric consumption was between 600 and 1,526 calories; between 1,526 and 2,143; and between 2,143 and 6,000. Each participant then underwent a series of MRI brain scans and cognitive tests.
Correlating caloric consumption with test performance, researchers concluded the odds of having MCI more than doubled for those in the highest calorie-consuming group compared with those in the lowest calorie group. There are several caveats to these findings, however. For instance, the report did not take into account the types of food and beverages consumed nor did it examine the rate at which food was eaten throughout a day.
Study author Yonas Geda acknowledges that the research to better understand the link between MCI and eating in the elderly is still preliminary, but he notes that it does create a foundation for more extensive cause-and-effect research, which he and his colleagues are currently pursuing.
Scientific American spoke with Geda, an associate professor of neurology and psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., and co-chair of the clinic's Neuroscience Discipline Oriented Group, about his team's efforts to identify the causes of memory loss in the elderly and what they plan to investigate in their ongoing research.
[An edited transcript of the interview follows.]
What is mild cognitive impairment?
With MCI, the person is not demented. The person is functioning well, but when you test them on certain memory tests they do poorly as compared to their age-, education- and sex-matched peers. We observed that a daily caloric intake in excess of 2,143 was associated with a significant chance of having MCI. If I am consuming more than 2,143 calories per day, my odds of having MCI is twice that of somebody that consumes 1,526 calories per day.
How did researchers test for MCI?
We determined whether participants had MCI based on three hours of testing when participants came to the Mayo Clinic to turn in their questionnaires. This included testing of memory, language and also sense of direction.
How was memory tested?
Participants were asked to memorize 15 different words and then asked over timed intervals to remember as many words as they could. A normal person might remember seven out of 15 words the first time they are asked, then maybe 10 words the second time and 13 words the next time. After a half hour the person might remember 12 out of 15. With Alzheimer's patients, if give them 15 words to remember, they'll remember two initially. After a half hour, they won't remember any.
Were any participants found to be suffering from MCI?
Yes, 163 people in the study were diagnosed with MCI. So then you divide the participants into two groups: The 163 with MCI, and the 1,070 who tested normal. Then you compare the caloric intake between the two groups. And then you say that caloric intake was higher in the MCI group as compared with the normal group, therefore the higher the caloric intake the higher the chance of having MCI.


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id like to come down in july, my girlfriend like contemporary dance like in so you think you can dance. is this play something along those lines. im booking from Montreal so im scared we will watch the wrong event
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