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And he has the type of players that he'll savor for a lifetime.
"There was a stretch (Saturday) where we were down and I thought, 'I don't know if we'll be able to pull this out,' " Eggold said. "It began to sit on my heart a little bit that I could be in the last minutes with these guys. I don't know if fear is the right word, but I don't want this to end."
Concordia came back from a nine-point second half deficit to beat Andrean 68-63 in overtime and win the Class 3A semistate Saturday at Huntington North.
Concordia (23-4) is in the boys state final for the first time in school history and will play Greensburg (25-1) at 6 p.m. Saturday in Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis.
Eggold will probably deliver a variation of his pregame speech from Saturday, right before the team gathered and shouted what they've been shouting at the ends of practice since conditioning: "State!"
"We don't yell 'Semistate' we yell 'State' " Eggold reminded the players. "That's what our goal is. We've not accomplished what we've come to do until this thing's over."
Eggold would love to coach a state champion, especially with this team, one with seven seniors who have more or less been playing together since fifth grade. But that's only part of what drives him to push this team.
This Cadets team provides what he needs to prepare for games and matchups, including a starting five as skilled as any in point guard Ryan Gross (seven points, three assists vs. Andrean), shooting guard D.J. McCall (20 points, eight rebounds), versatile guard/forward Marq Rogers (15 points), forward Thomas Starks (10 points) and center Brian Gremaux (13 points, seven rebounds).
They also display the type of togetherness and camaraderie that's rare at all levels of sports.
"Going into (the semistate), one thing we wanted to focus on was handling adversity," McCall said. "We knew we would get runs and they would get runs. I was about how we would respond. I think we responded very well."
It takes more than talent to handle adversity in a basketball game. It takes inner determination and belief in each other. It takes patience, especially when a team has opened a nine-point lead with momentum and a raucous crowd spurring them on.
"We had our heads down a little bit, but we had to stay strong and come together," Starks said. "We had to stay composed and think, 'This won't be our last time playing together.' "
Part of the key is trust in teammates. All five Concordia starters, as well as regular players of the bench in Austin Harris and Brandon Webb, are capable of big plays. So when Starks fouled out in the fourth quarter, Harris was ready to step in and Gremaux (seven points, three rebounds in overtime) stepped up.
"If one of us is in foul trouble, somebody else has to step up," Starks said. "Everybody surrounds each other as one and that's how we did it."
Eggold said the semistate comeback did not ride on any "magic play" or set, but in grinding it out and getting in position to make plays.
A great example of resilience and a true team attitude: Gremaux missed a layup that would have won the game in regulation. He went to the bench and put his head down. His teammate surrounded him and figuratively lifted his head up. He scored inside with the bucket that gave Concordia the lead for good in overtime.
"My teammates are so supportive," Gremaux said. "They said, 'You've got it next time, next play.' That's what we are, we're a brotherhood."
Eggold savors the uniqueness of this team, too.
"They've been part of my life for six or seven years," Eggold said. "Whether we win (state) or lose, it'll be sad to say goodbye to a great class."
Eggold knows a special team when he coaches one. The rest of us now see it, too.

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family reunion t-shirts
I used a photo of the flour sack to make the family t-shirts. With a bit of editing in Picnik, I was able to get a nice, bright text on a solid white background. Then I set up a quick shop at CafePress (it's free!), and the shirts were ready to purchase for whoever wanted one. So easy!
One thing I love about CafePress is there is something for everyone. You can upload your designs onto all kinds of products, so if grandma isn't a big t-shirt wearer, she can get a tote bag or an apron or something. The onesies and kids tees are my personal favorite. Oscar and Ruby are perfection, after all (to me).
Need more family t-shirt ideas? Jordan at Oh Happy Day posted about Angela Hardison's collection of family reunion t-shirts, and I think they are all brilliant. Wouldn't it be nice to have a graphic designer in the family?
22 comments:
- Landry said...
Oh, no!! I am a devoted reader (first time commenter), but you broke my heart by using CafePress! :)
My husband started Zazzle.com, a direct competitor to CafePress and, in my completely biased opinion, Zazzle's products are much higher quality and they have an easier interface and more options for setting up a storefront. Will you check them out and see what you think?
Thanks, Jill!
- July 30, 2010 4:17 PM
- Landry said...
P.S. Love the family reunion shirt design though! They turned out great!
- July 30, 2010 4:18 PM
- Jill said...
Sorry Landry! I will absolutely check out Zassle. :)
- July 30, 2010 4:25 PM
- Kami @ Everyday Heaven said...
I am so in LOVE! My Great Grandfather owned and ran the mill in Teton, ID. I about died when I saw Driggs, not many people in the world know where Driggs, Idaho is. Actually my Aunt and her family lived in Felt and worked in Driggs, what a small world. I haven't seen a logo from our mill since I was a little girl, but I will find one and next year it will totally be on a t-shirt.
- July 30, 2010 4:36 PM
- vanessa said...
Great idea for the shirt! And the other shirts on that link are cool too. Love your blog!
- July 30, 2010 5:19 PM
- Gwen said...
Wow! I LOVE these shirts. This is a fabulous idea. I've been reading your blog for two years, and I love everything that you do, but for some reason this just blew me away. I loved your post about Picnik (which I am now using all the time), and this is another great use for that site. I also really love the way the framed flour sack looks.
I know exactly what you mean about having a family heirloom that everyone wants. I have a sign that was painted in the early 1900s by the man who owned my grandparents' dairy farm before my grandparents did. Several people in my family want it, but my grandmother gave it to me before she passed away. There must be a reason she wanted me to have it!
- July 30, 2010 7:52 PM
- Jill said...
Perfect timing! My family's reunion is this weekend, but we had mugs made up instead of tees and other things. I don't think most of the people there own, let alone know how to use computers. lol We're also having a silent auction with things people bring. There's a lot of crafts which is great to see!! Too bad you weren't able to make your reunion.
- July 30, 2010 9:23 PM
I am in Driggs right now!
I've enjoyed your blog for awhile, but haven't ever commented. Our kids are about the same age (my baby's a bit older), so I can totally relate to how you're feeling right now! I have been inspired by your craftiness...so thanks!
Anyway, my husband and I live in CA during the school year (we both teach...me part time) and Driggs, Idaho during the summers! We love it here...you should come visit in a few years when you feel like taking a road trip with your kids! How fun to see Driggs on your t-shirts (which turned out great, by the way!).
- July 30, 2010 10:04 PM
- Jill said...
Amy - I am totally jealsous! Do me a favor ... go to the Corner Drug and enjoy a huckleberry milkshake for me. Yum. :)
- July 30, 2010 10:07 PM
- Ann said...
These are great! Can you tell me approximately how much the shirts were (or Landry on zazzle.com)? Would be great to do for a gathering. My husband happens to be a graphic designer too.
- July 31, 2010 4:36 AM
- Tempest Ahoy said...
These look great!!! What a nice momento.
- July 31, 2010 5:00 AM
- Dayna said...
Very cool approach to a family reunion t-shirt.
Also, tell your daughter that her ruffly pants are really awesome. What a hip chick!
- July 31, 2010 7:21 AM
- Emily said...
So cool!
- July 31, 2010 8:31 AM
- Melanie said...
I think my favorite part of our family reunions, besides the family and food, are the T-Shirts! We have some really creative people in our family and I wear our shirts year-round. I like the baseball style you've got going on, though.
- July 31, 2010 5:45 PM
- Angie said...
Love the shirts!! Add me to the Driggs, ID club. :) My grandmother grew up there, and my dad spent his summers there helping out on his grandpa's ranch. We used to visit in the summer, but I haven't been in years. I remember it being a lovely little town in some beautiful country.
I'll have to look into both of those printing sights. Looks like it could be lots of fun!
- August 01, 2010 11:48 AM
- cindi @ Tally's Place said...
Absolutely love your t-shirt idea. The graphic is retro and hip and another way of using something originally intended for a different use.
- August 01, 2010 2:56 PM
- the Smedley's said...
I love you blog page! Great ideas with little expense! Right now I am working on a quiet book with some ideas from your blog!
I, like several other readers, was exicted to see the mention of Driggs, Idaho. I am actually headed there tomorrow for a family reunion! And we love the drug store huckleberry milk shakes! I am hoping to take my almost 3 year old out huckleberry picking while we are there!
Thanks for all of the great ideas!
- August 04, 2010 10:51 AM
- Elizabeth said...
Those turned out really REALLY well. So cute!
- August 05, 2010 8:42 PM
- Tricia Lee Riggio said...
looooove the little ruffle butt...oh and your cute shirt too!!! Glad to see you back and craftin!
- August 16, 2010 1:30 PM
- Katie said...
It's funny to see all of the Driggs connections. I grew up there, its definately not the same place now though! I Love you shirt!!!
- August 21, 2010 7:42 PM
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- January 12, 2011 2:47 AM
- Alisa said...
My Great Grandfather owned and ran the mill in Teton, ID. I about died when I saw Driggs, not many people in the world know where Driggs, Idaho is.
Cool Shirts
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|February 7, 2012, 02:03 PM
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My ex-father in law, claims he killed a coyote that had an odnr tattoo on its tongue.
I generally considered him a honest man, but..... that one is kinda hard to swallow.
But the coyote population has exploded here in Ohio these last few years for sure.
Whether the odnr has anything to do with that, I do not know.
|February 7, 2012, 02:13 PM
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I have heard that fox hunters here in SC have brought yotes in as they are much cheaper than foxes.
|February 7, 2012, 03:57 PM
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thats what they did in NC they put them in the fox pins in a couple counties and thats wheir they started showing up.Now they r in all 100 counties
|February 7, 2012, 05:24 PM
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Love to shoot those coyotes.they are what kepts me sane in the off season.HOGSHOOTER
|February 7, 2012, 07:34 PM
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Population expand I think, I would'nt complain near as much if the blame things would eat pigs instead of Deer would you?
|February 8, 2012, 12:41 AM
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Populations tend to regulate themselves. The only thing that really reduced them was government trapping using cyanide traps on public land. No telling how many hunting dogs were also lost, as well as other wildlife, as well.
|February 8, 2012, 03:41 PM
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Coyotes were not shipped in. Its a response to the lack of apex predator in the area. Wolves control coyote populations. Without wolves we have massive coyote over populations. The population will continue to increase too. People whine and moan about how bad wolves are for the environment and they kill all the livestock so we need to get rid of wolves but then they dont stop and think how that will affect the ecosystem. As soon as you get rid of wolves you're going to have a coyote problem. The difference is packs of coyotes don't have the same natural fear of people that packs of wolves do. Not only that but wolves will not adapt to live in urban environments like coyotes will. Coyotes are NOT destroying deer populations. Its very rare for a coyote or even a pack of coyotes to hunt a healthy deer. They usually take sick or weak animals and most of the time they hunt small pest game. Also coyotes only live in packs the first 2 to 3 years of there life, after which they move on to either a solitary lifestyle or pair up with a mate and the two separate from the pack for good. A lot of places, especially out here in colorado, coyotes are shot as pests. Most people go out and will shoot them just for target practice. They dont eat the meat neither do they use any part of the animal. Usually they just leave them there right where they shot them. The problem with killing every possible coyote in sight is that 98% of the coyotes diet are pest animals. Rats, mice, rabbits, etc. When we see a decline in coyote populations we see an incline in rodent populations and also an incline in diseases that are associated with rodents such as hantavirus, plague, tularemia, lepto, etc.
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|February 8, 2012, 04:12 PM
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While it would be nice to be able to shoot coyotes on sight, that scenario rarely presents itself. For the most part where I live coyote shooting requires some effort.
You can occasionally have a gun in your hand and a coyote crosses your path.
I have long advocated the fact that coyotes are not the most damaging animals out there, they do have to be dealt with.
When you find an animal that you reared from birth with its guts strewn about the place, you tend to wanna have someone deal with it. You can keep problem animals excluded from certain areas just by killing a few of them.
|February 8, 2012, 04:27 PM
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No, the yotes won't jump on that mature trophy buck but they will kill fawns that can turn into those trophy bucks. Let the yotes over populate and the deer herd will thin out affecting deer herd down the road. They will also tag-team a full grown healthy doe, running her to exhaustion.
Too, if not controlled, they can/will devastate a turkey population.
Yotes do kill rodents, the weak and sick but they are predators/opportunity killers and will kill healthy animals as well when given the opportunity. Just ask any farmer with livestock.
Fact is, here in Ohio, there are no natural predators for them and they are affecting game animals in this state. They are over-populated and running in larger and larger packs making them bolder and bolder...to the point they are often seen in the suburbs. I understand the yotes roll in the wild but I also know what they can do if there's no check and balance for controlling them.
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Well, lets cut the talkin, and get with the squakkin. jd
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|February 8, 2012, 05:59 PM
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|February 8, 2012, 07:29 PM
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Early in the bow season, it was just barely light enough to see, I was walking to my stand. Heard a hell of a racket coming down the ravine to my right. Flew down the hill, crossed the crick, and started coming up the other side straight at me.
A nice buck ran past me at about 15 feet:O The coyote chasing it stopped about 5 feet from me lol. When I tried to get an arrow out of my hip quiver, it saw me and bolted
First time I ever saw a coyote chasing a mature buck. It was much more intense than I can bescribe here.
I killed that coyote about a month later while sitting in my stand. Big female with the dirtiest, matted up pelt I ever saw.
Old girl had some kahunas lol.
|February 10, 2012, 02:15 AM
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I have seen 'yotes running fawns, often, especially early in bow season.
Hunting in bunches, some running the fawn, others flanking and circling, hoping to blindside bambi.
I have run up on fawns recently killed, that almost had to have been takenmoments before, that I attribute to 'yotes.
And I have seen more than one family bunch of deer skidaddle right back into the thick stuff at dusk, upon hearing 'yotes in the distance.
I've killed several coming into turkey calls, and bumped another as it manuevered on a gobbling tom (I was doing same!) An acquaintance has had 'yotes roll his turkey decoys.
On a prime night, w/ 2-3 or more bunches howlng, I wonder, "Just how many am I hearing.?"
Heck of a predator, and now very common.
Heck of a predator.
|February 12, 2012, 01:42 PM
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Here in Maine the theory is that they came from Canada, and cross-bred with wolves during that migration. That's why Eastern Coyotes are bigger than those you find out west. I've seen a couple that could have, in terms of size, passed for German Shepherds here in Maine. The ones that I've seen out west were smaller.
Personally I think that they filled a gap that was created by the elimination of apex predators on the East Coast. I think that they spread in areas south of Maine by moving south, and by moving east. And I suspect that in twenty years we'll be able to track the very same behavior in cougars, without the wolf cross-breeding. I really don't want to be an old man facing a Crowlf in the back yard.
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We have them in Alaska and their range has been constantly expanding. Two have been seen down here on the AKPEN since 2005. One I saw myself.
Our learned biologist monkeys at ADF&G speculate that they basically started migrating up through Canada during construction of the ALCAN Hwy back in the early 40s. Others speculate that they crossed over the border from Canada pre-ALCAN along the SE panhandle and expanded north.
Considering they don't recognize lines on a map or the AK-Canada border and just go wherever they wish, either theory is possible and likely.
ADF&G manages them as furbearers so we don't have open seasons on them like a lot of L48 states do.
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In SW Oklahoma coyotes kill at least one third of the fawns born every year. Kill those coyotes.
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The coyote was orginally a marginal desert predator. They operated in the area were the wolf was not present.
When we eliminated the wolf they moved in to fill the void. For years the Miss. River served as a barrier to their expansion. When they learned to use the bridges, expanded dramatically.
To understand the impact on the deer population one must look at the effect they have had on the antelope population in AZ and Idaho.
Their hunting technique is to identify a Doe who is ready to drop her calf. They follow her and have been video taped by Idaho game management biologist literally pulling the calf out of the Doe. This hunting practice is devastating on the Antelope population.
The Antelope herd in the area were I live is about 50 animals. My neighbors and I counted only 2 fawns from the 2011 crop. AZ Fish and game has opened coyotes to night hunting in certain Antelope Management areas in order to increase the Antelope population.
Additionally, they are scavangers and have learned to live in close quarters with humans. In addition to the garbage and handouts generated by humans, they found that domestic animals, cats and dogs, are tasty.
I apologize if I used improper terms for Antelope. I still have not learned the correct terminology.
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Yotes also regularly use this technique on cows, sheep and other domestic livestock. To the point that if there's a herd of cows in the pasture and a birthing cow is down, the herd has learned if yotes show up, the other cows will form a circle around the birthing cow trying to protect her.
Some times it works...sometimes not.
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Speaking of which, if the cows are accustomed to your presence pay attention when you call, they are pretty good at knowing where they are. Donkeys even better, with those radar dish ears
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Coyotes have no natural predators in most of the country which is why they are such a problem.
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I spent my youth in rural areas near Toronto Canada and 40 years ago if someone said they saw a Coyote they were laughed at and told to learn the difference between a Coyote and a Shepard. There were no real Coyote sighting for almost 100 years in our area. Today they are every where. They became a problem in the late 1990's but a mange wiped out the majority of them and now they are back again with a vengeance and right in the middle of town. My old hunting grounds are now all developed into expensive housing and there are miles of wooded ravines and hiking and biking trails that run right behind million $$ homes. A young girl was bitten here recently by a Coyote on a trail. He was tracked and shot. That was the first bite recorded but there are many reporting of small dogs taken right of of leashes and posters of missing cats are common near the ravines. They no longer fear humans here and I have seen a Coyote crossing a busy 4lane road and carefully watching for traffic then wander up to a bus shelter, stick his head in to look at the 3 people inside then wander away in to the bush trails. He had no fear of people at all. Dogs are not always that smart. Coyotes are often solitary hunters but also pack up for hunting bigger game and they are precision pack hunters that can bring down much bigger game than you would expect due to the precision and perfectly coordinated attacks. Where did they come from after disappearing for a 100 years ?? Damned if I know.
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A previous post mentioned donkeys!! In western Canada many farmers with sheep have bought Donkeys because for some strange reason, Donkeys have a natural hatred of Coyotes and attack them on site. Strange but true. Donkeys are the watch dogs for the sheep.
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I believe Llama's are also a natural hater of yotes and are used by many farmers to protect their livestock.
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Llamas will sometimes open a can of whoop @** on humans and pets for no apparent reason. So I steer clear of llamas.
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Contributed to protecting the Antelope population in Apache County today.
Popped a Coyote at 75 yds with my wifes 9mm. Am going to start carrying a long gun in the PU. Miss my rifle rack of yesterday.
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Further to our maternity hospital 'disgusting-looking' food post.
Lisa @mama.ie writes:
Nice to see nothing has improved. This is a photo of my "tea" that I took in the Rotunda in Oct 2009.
Earlier: Meanwhile, At The Coombe
Further to our maternity hospital 'disgusting-looking' food post.
Lisa @mama.ie writes:
Nice to see nothing has improved. This is a photo of my "tea" that I took in the Rotunda in Oct 2009.
Earlier: Meanwhile, At The Coombe
Chips look alright. Not sure about the other … stuff.
what's the 'thing' with the chips?
Some sort of chicken drumstick?
It's the Rotunda so it's obviously a kids meal
They had to scrimp on the canteen in order to fund that necessary massive smoking area for pregnant women
Well, they are smoking for two!
Depressing that even the places which are supposed to help your health feed you stuff that makes it very much worse, why is nobody taking charge on this like the smoking agenda. Simply because fried foods = profit?
Sure people will "prefer" the crap meals but they should be nudged in the right direction especially in a hospital.
I just pray/hope there isn't an Irish version of, 'Maggot Pete' supplying the food.. [shudder]
A women who has just given birth would eat anything. They'd probably punch you for giving them a salad.
Says a grumpy old man ….with experience of these feelings of post natal hunger pangs.
Sure isn't that what the placenta is for!
I was at Holles street last year for 4 days, the food was not only disgusting but the most unhealthy food I have ever eaten. Most nights we got two greasy sausage rolls for our "tea"….. I thought hospital food was supposed to be gross cause it was too healthy and boring….. this was like eating your dinner from the Spar every night.
Also all they offered to drink was tea, you had to make a special request for water, which they would have to go away and get for you, if they rememebered.
I had the same experience in Holles St. sausages and rashers, everything deep fried.
Was the same for me 3 years ago. After being put in the room I asked for plain water and they said all they can offer is either black tea or orange juice…my boyfriend had to go out to get me bottles of water…Here you go…basics! And meals were awful, I am not a fussy eater but I couldnt touch most of the things they offered…so my boyfriend went out again to bring back me fresh fruit, salad and stew..
Same for me in the Coombe when I had my little girl. One of the meals one day was an incredibly overcooked steak, another day it was an incredibly overcooked pork chop. I had to get my partner to bring in fruit for me as they didn't give us any. It's bad enough that any patient is given unhealthy food, but giving birth really messes with your digestive system and the diet should be high in fibre to help with that.
Need Jamie Oliver on the case. It is ironic that hospitals are doling out this crap. Would it kill them to give a couple of baby potatoes, plain chicken breast and some veg?
The title is .. "inverted"? Coombe looked savage compare to this.
Having just eaten lunch, I feel even sicker then I normally would looking at this. No wonder there are so many fat kids about the place
Probably cost about 25euro to make….
Oddly enough, there was a headline a few months back about how some hospital meals were costing about €40 per head in some cases. And here it is: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/hse-sharpening-its-scalpel-as-hospital-meal-costs-hit-40-3161611.html
I hope enough people formalise their complaints to the hospital / HSE. I waged a war with restaurants over a period of time because of their exclusive 'kiddies' menu of fried crap. Admittedly it is easier to generate change in the commercial sector – as a customer – as opposed to the Goliath that is the public sector. But if you feel strongly enough, get some nutritional experts onboard and crack away at it. Probably far more constructive than posting phone pics.
Needs more spag-hoops on that plate! Job done :)
Whinge, moan, righteous indignation and random comment laughing at working class people (even though our parents were working class and raised us so well that we all became middle class professionals).
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Jesus you're a tool. It is clear, if you had anything by the way of reading comprehension, that the issue here is the fact that Maternity hospitals are serving food without nutritional merit to patients who need sustenance. The deep fried crap served in both examples today raise awareness about the need for greater nutrition.
I most likely have far better reading comprehension than you do. I just don't happen to think that the food served to patients who are only in for a few days is that important.
Well, it is. Moreover, it indicates a carelessness about care that doesn't bode well for the rest of the hospital – if they're willing to feed crap to patients, will they wash their hands often enough? Will they be careful enough about paperwork? Laziness creeps through institutions like that.
My parents were very middle class, I'll have you know. I, however, am an oik.
Meh – most people unfortunate enough to be admitted to public hospital are not there for long enough for a few fried dinners to have any real impact on their health.
Obviously it would be great if the catering was up to private hospital standard but there's a reason why it isn't: cost.
The health budget is being cut again. I would rather that the food stay shite than some other area get cut any further.
If Jaime Oliver proved anything in his better school dinners movement is that good food does NOT have to be costly. Educate yourself.
I'd rather they got rid of the excess managers who are draining the system and did their own in-house catering like they used to 30 years ago – then you got healthy food or starved.
I'd love to see the statistics of what the mothers would choose to have if given the choice between Exhibit A or a Salad. If it was the fried food spectacular, sure isn't better that they're having something to eat rather than leaving the salad.
Why does it have to be either or? Simple potatoes, meat and veg would be better than what's served above. Given women who have recently given birth are likely to suffer crippling constipation the fact that there's nary a bit of fibre in the reported meals is cause alone for concern.
Most people in hospitals are sick or in recovery.
In these scenarios the body needs lots of energy to fuel the immune system. Simple carbohydrates provided by chips and other fried foods are great for this.
They're also cheap and it also happens that lots of people like them. Bonus.
In the case of new mothers, they'll be needing ~675 extra calories per day if breastfeeding and will have expended a huge amount of energy giving birth.
There are highly trained professionals in our hospitals overseeing these meals. They know what they're doing.
They won't really get a lot of other nutrients out of chips and that battered.. something.. though.
No, but this is just the evening meal. I'm sure there would have been some form of veg with the main meal of the day.
Can't really comment further without more details of the specific case, but on it's own there's nothing necessarily wrong with some chips and fried *something* as an evening meal for a recovering new mother.
Reaction in this and the other thread seems largely based on misconceptions, ill-informed and way over the top.
That's a f**king ridiculous statement, you evidently know nothing about nutrition.
I've never had Irish hospital food myself, but I'm quite shocked at the sight of these 'meals', stuff like that just shouldn't be served in a hospital. Things like vegetables, rice, noodles, etc. are cheap, esp. if bought in bulk, so I can't see how it would be so much more expensive to serve food that hasn't been fried.
Unfortunately, food safety is another reason for the overcooked food. Hospitals are terrified of a food poisoning outbreak so all food is over-boiled/fried/roasted to obliteration to prevent this. A food poisoning outbreak would be disasterous for patients whose immune system is compromised.
why are people making the assumption that salad = healthy
there are many more alternatives to this muck!
we don't need to go to a salad
what about a proper fillet of chicken with baby potatoes and veg.
or a shepherds pie made with veg and topped with mash
even a tomato based curry with vegetables in would be amazingly healthy compared to these pictures
and all will provide the necessary carbs, calories and nutrients that someone who is sick or breastfeeding
Nobody's mentioning that they kept a photo of a crappy dinner for over 3 years? Nobody??
I had that 2weeks ago in rotunda. I've had all 3 boys in rotunda and defo noticed the quality this time.. Ihad chips with all meals, for lunch I had fish and chips with a small amount of peas.. For tea I had above chicken drumstick and chips, and next day had cereal and slice of toast with 1/3 glass of orange and for lunch was chicken and mushroom volovant with cips.. No veg other than peas and mushroom (and orange juice)
With my boys I had veg and mash and was a lot nicer..that was only 2.5 years ago and 4yrs ago..
Go private. Or give up Sky Sports.
What in Christ's name does Sky have to do with it. It cost €4000 to go private, you'd want Rupert Murdoch giving you a blow job while you watch football for that price. Fool.
Private is not much better and really only makes people feel smug among their peers.
My sisters went private for their first kids and then all went public after that because the care was better and more consultants on call in one place.
I was in Holles St recently and found the food surprisingly decent…pretty varied and plentiful. It wasnt overcooked chips for every meal (and the fish that came with them was very good) but usually once a day the option was chicken with a load of veg and salads and a slice of brown bread on the side.
I was in Holles Street in 2008 and 2011 and I thought the food was ok with a good choice. i had no problems getting water, there was even a water machine in the room.


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FOREIGN rugby raiders are once again circling the NRL's elite ranks - and the ambush is set to begin with Knights flyer Aku Uate.
The NSW Origin excitement machine is among a host of representative players off contract this year; joining Johnathan Thurston, Jarryd Hayne, Robbie Farah, Mitchell Pearce, Jamie Lyon, Matt Scott and Todd Carney on a star-studded list.
Having grown up playing rugby in Fiji and as a schoolboy on the Central Coast, Uate was offered big money from the ACT Brumbies and NSW Waratahs to switch back when he was last available, three years ago.
But Japanese and European franchises have since expanded their outlooks, and rugby union sources have confirmed Uate will be in their sights over the coming months.
Uate's agent, Darryl Mather, last night revealed the Dally M Award winner was open-minded about moving overseas, where he would be able to earn almost double what NRL teams are prepared to offer wingers.
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Despite his speed and appeal to fans, Uate's NRL value would be capped at $500,000 a season because influential playmakers such as Thurston and Farah will always command the biggest slice of the pie.
Conversely, Uate could earn about $800,000 a season in Japan or France. That much was confirmed recently when bullocking Panthers winger Josh Mansour - who debuted only midway through last year - was offered about $500,000 to make a Japanese defection.
"There's been strong interest in Aku from rugby each time he's come off contract and we're expecting that to be the case again this year," Mather said. "There has been contact from rugby and, whilst Aku is very happy at the Knights, he has an open mind to look at rugby union locally and internationally."
Mansour's manager Sam Ayoub said the 22-year-old last week decided to knock back the lucrative Japanese offer and spend the next stage of his career in the NRL. Panthers boss Phil Gould is determined to keep Mansour after his impressive rookie season.
"I can confirm we had a very healthy offer from a Japanese rugby club, but Josh has decided to continue in the NRL at this stage," Ayoub said. "He's still young and there's plenty of time for him to make the switch if it appeals later in his career."
Ayoub's future conversations with Gould will have an impact upon the entire 2013 player market - he is also handling negotiations for Thurston.
Seeking to rebuild his club around the game's No.1 half, Gould is preparing a multi-million dollar package that would also secure Thurston's post-football career and make him the face of rugby league in Sydney's west.
Canterbury, Newcastle and New Zealand have also expressed their interest in the Cowboys ace, assuring him of a $1 million-plus salary.
With all their best players off contract, North Queensland appear destined to lose at least one genuine star. At present that looks most likely to be prop and co-captain Matt Scott, who is being chased hard by Parramatta and South Sydney.
With plenty of space under this year's $5.8 million salary cap and the capacity to secure marquee player sponsorships, the Eels will be aggressive bidders.
The financial burden of re-signing Hayne and accommodating Will Hopoate is not expected to stem Parramatta's enthusiasm, with the club earmarking prop and five-eighth as the two key recruitment positions.
Last year's wooden spooners have also been heavily linked to Tigers skipper Farah.
Wests recently made an offer to the NSW Origin rake, but their cause is not being helped by outstanding marquee player payments. The Tigers also have their young halfback Jacob Miller off contract - one of a dozen available playmakers.
Clubs with inexperienced or unsettled halves combinations - Penrith, St George Illawarra and Gold Coast - will surely look to beef up their depth.
Threadbare at the scrum base following Ben Hornby's retirement and Kyle Stanley's season-ending knee injury, the Dragons have made unsuccessful inquiries about Sam Williams, Robert Lui and Daniel Mortimer for 2013.
Their own pivot, Jamie Soward, is also off contract and has previously attracted interest from foreign rugby clubs.
Soward, 28, has confirmed he would be prepared to move overseas at the end of this season.
No formal negotiations can begin until the ARLC and players union conclude their long-winded collective bargaining agreement (CBA).
The Daily Telegraph understands three quarters of the 16 clubs have now returned their votes on the draft agreement, which will see the salary cap rise from $5.8 to $7 million over the next five years.
However, 75 percent of the vote is needed for the draft to be approved.
Yesterday's meeting between player agent representatives and NRL salary cap auditor Ian Schubert even raised the prospect of the entire process having to start over, with one club - believed to be New Zealand - unsupportive of the proposals.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe has been revered for nearly five centuries in Mexico. As the story goes, in 1531 at the hill of Tepeyac in Tenochtitlan (Mexico City), a vision of a young woman surrounded by light appeared to the Indian peasant Juan Diego. She spoke to him in Nahuatl, his language, asking that a church be built in her honor. Juan Diego recognized her as the Virgin Mary, and she rewarded him with miraculous signs.
One of these involved sending Juan Diego to gather flowers from the top of Tepeyac Hill in December, when nothing would have been in bloom. Juan Diego came back with Castilian roses from the barren hilltop. The Virgin arranged these flowers in his cloak, and when Juan Diego opened his cloak before the bishop, the flowers fell to the floor. In their place was imprinted the image of the Virgin.
When Guadalupe Reyes was growing up in Oaxaca, this was one of her favorite stories told by her grandmother. Both were named for the Virgin of Guadalupe. Reyes' abuela would take her to the Our Lady Of Guadalupe celebration every December 12 – also the grandmother's birthday – and tell her the story of Juan Diego and the Virgin. "She took us to places where the appearances of the Virgin occurred," recounts Reyes. "I loved listening to those stories. I am Catholic and I believe in the Virgin of Guadalupe. Every time I worry, I pray to her and I feel she listens to me."
Reyes is putting the finishing touches on "Cubreme con tu Manto" ("Cover Me with your Mantle"). At the center of the enormous, lushly painted canvas is a young woman encircled with a large green cloak. The figure is holding a rosary symbolizing the artist's faith. Her face is painted white, with blue circles around her eyes and nose. Red twigs grow from a green tree trunk, and a mystical butterfly looms overhead. Behind a brick wall is a large industrial city.
"The mantle is from the Virgin of Guadalupe," said Reyes. "So 'Cover Me with Your Mantle' means I want the Virgin of Guadalupe to protect us."
Reyes used a Mexican immigrant to model the central figure "who symbolizes every Mexican who sees in herself the desire to immigrate to this country because she wants to have a better life."
Reyes' paintings are filled with stories, symbolism, fantasy and dreams. The butterfly in "Cubreme con tu Manto" signifies rebirth and liberty. The red branches are full of blood, said Reyes, representing the connection between faith and life, and the Virgin's cloak is attached to the tree and the tree is attached to the heart. A little dress hangs from the tree, an homage to the artist's muse, Frida Kahlo. Reyes quotes Kahlo: "I may be in America but only my dress hangs there...my life is in Mexico."
Reyes' first solo exhibition, Arte de mi Corazon (Art of My Heart), is at the Pennington School's Silva Gallery through Nov. 22, with a reception Nov. 1, 5 to 7 p.m. There is a Day of the Dead theme throughout the works, in conjunction with Mexico's Dia de los Muertos celebration.
"Skulls – known as calaveras or calacas in Mexico – are an essential part of the symbolism of Dia de los Muertos in Mexico," writes Reyes. "They are used not only as the basis for painting faces, but also are the shape of candy such as sugar skulls and for many skeleton-inspired decorations. The Day of the Dead is a fascinating mixture of Spanish Catholic and native Aztec traditions and beliefs. People in Mexico wear skull masks, and the tradition of painting faces to look like a skull has grown up as a variation to this. The wearing of masks has been a powerful symbol throughout traditional cultures, of the ability of humans to get in touch with their darker, chaotic side."
Reyes is unabashedly influenced by Kahlo. Her Hightstown High School art teacher Bill Plank first introduced her to Mexico's cultural icon. Intrigued by Kahlo's volatile marriage to Diego Rivera, her political activities and relationships with Isamu Noguchi and Leon Trotsky, Reyes did a presentation on Kahlo for English class.
"One night I had a dream," recounts Reyes. "I was lying in bed and she was in her wheelchair next to me, and when I greeted her I saw her soul coming out and entering into my body. She said 'Don't you want to be like me,' and I said 'Yeah but I don't want to be crazy like you.' When I woke up, that's what happened to me. Sometimes I think I'm crazy."
At age 29, Reyes – who immigrated to this country when she was 15, learning English for the first time -- not only is having her first solo show, but has exhibited in California, New York and New Jersey. She has a website as lush in design as her paintings, well organized and up to date, a blog, and is savvy about marketing herself on social media – she credits classes at Mercer County Community College for teaching her to develop a business plan.
Raised in Oaxaco by her grandmother, a ceramic artist, Reye's mother moved to the U.S. when Reyes was 3. Although she drew and used crayons as a child, copying cartoons from the newspaper, Reyes first began taking art classes in high school. At Mercer County Community College, she earned an associate's degree in management and works as a quality control inspector at Coregistics in Cranbury, but returned for a second associate's degree in art at MCCC.
"My grandmother said I'd be a painter one day," said Reyes. Two years after Reyes came to the U.S., her abuela died. By painting her culture, Reyes is bringing back her grandmother. "When I'm painting, doing what I like, she's with me." She hopes to return to Mexico some day to teach art. "My dream is to be able to help poor children. I want to be a recognized artist, but first I want to help kids in Mexico."
"I can still close my eyes today and smell the flavors of that food, the land and the flowers," Reyes writes of her homeland. "I can see my grandmother cooking and laughing with us still. These are some of the feelings and impressions that I hope to share in my work."
The Artful Blogger is written by Ilene Dube and offers a look inside the art world of the greater Princeton area. Ilene Dube is an award-winning arts writer and editor, as well as an artist, curator and activist for the arts.
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Hyderabad: Imam of Kabah, Sheikh Saleh Bin Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Aal Talib inaugurated Masjid Maulana Akhil Hussami at Jamia Islamia Darul Uloom Hyderabad. He led Magrib prayer. Present on this occasion were Dy. CM of Telangana State, Mr. Mohammed Mahmood Ali, Leader of Opposition of Congress in Telangana Legislative Assembly, Mr. Mohammed Ali Shabbir, MP of Hyderabad, Mr. Asaduddin Owaisi, Director of ACB, Mr. A.K. Khan, Ameer of Jamat-e-Islami, Mr. Hamid Mohammed Khan, Hafiz Peer Shabbir Ahmed, Mr. Mohammed Saleem, MLC, Maulana Mohammed Raheemuddin Ansari, Director of Jamia Islamia Darul Uloom and others.
Imam of Kabah told that he has brought the peace message of King Salman bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia for the citizens of India and the people of Deccan. He offered best wishes of the Islamic scholars of Saudi Arabia to the citizens of India. He prayed to Allah (SWT) that He should make us assemble on the Doom Day as we have gathered today. In his speech, he told that the world needs the light of instructions. The religion of Islam is a blessing for the entire world. The world is in a disadvantageous position by going astray from the Quran and the Prophet (PBUH). Muslims are incurring greater loss. He also told that the most powerful countries are helpless to make the world peaceful. The reality is peace could be obtained under the umbrella of Islam only. He appealed to the Muslims to set aside their sectarian differences and get united. He also told them to keep distance from the forces which are disturbing peace. He advised the Muslims to keep away all the rituals which are unislamic. All those who are went upon tarnishing the Islam are away from Quran and Hadith. He also advised them to mould their lives on the models of the life of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and his companions. He told them to gain the knowledge of Hadith.
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The Mississippi Department of Transportation plans to spend between US$55 million and US$60 million on road overlays in fiscal 2009, up about USUS$10 million past few years, according to the Jackson, Miss. Clarion-Ledger.
But Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) chief engineer Harry Lee James said that will cover fewer miles.
"Obviously, with crude oil going up, there's a fairly close correlation to what a ton of asphalt costs. Five years ago it was US$35 to US$40 a ton. Now it's US$75 to US$80, and I think we're likely to see US$90 to US$100 a ton," James said.
The agency is considering downsizing some road projects, including widening to four lanes sections of Mississippi 25 and 15 in northeast Mississippi.
"It's just like your personal finances. You have to put off some purchases," he said.
Less asphalt purchased puts another strain on manufacturers hit by higher energy costs and increased transportation costs for raw material and the finished product.
Dwayne Boyd, president of APAC-Mississippi Inc., oversees production at multiple asphalt plants. Liquid asphalt, which uses crude oil, represents the largest-cost ingredient in hot mix, a finished asphalt used for street overlays. By volume, it's five per cent to six per cent. By cost, it's 50 per cent. Trucking is more expensive, too. APAC has to ship in gravel and other aggregate for its asphalt and truck out the finished product. The cost of drying the aggregate with a natural gas burner has increased, too.
"There's definitely less paving. In the private sector you've got the mortgage problems affecting things. The new subdivisions aren't being built. In the municipal division, you're spending the same amount of money, but it's not going as far," Boyd said.
Concrete road-building faces many of the same issues; the energy for manufacturing, transportation and steel reinforcing bars have all increased in cost.
Central District Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall said the dirt used in road construction used to cost US$1 per cubic yard.
"Now it's US$6 to US$10 a cubic yard. It's not the cost of the dirt, it's the cost of the gasoline and diesel to haul it from the pit to the work site," Hall said.
Asphalt prices started climbing after Hurricane Katrina, he said. The August 2005 storm temporarily knocked out oil production in the Gulf of Mexico, which contributed to a shortage nationwide, and gas price spikes.
"It's to the point now where it's really difficult to estimate the cost of a job," Hall said.
MDOT contracts include fuel-price adjustments so the contractor doesn't take the fluctuations on the nose.
"In just over 12 months we've spent US$27 million on fuel adjustments. That's taxpayer money that's just gone. It didn't buy anything. That money went to Shell or Exxon or whomever," he said.
Next year's budget includes more than US$500 million in road building and resurfacing contracts but there's no telling the toll oil prices will take.
"We have to identify the funding before letting the contract. We'll just build as much as we can afford," he said.
Jackson hasn't finalized its list of streets to resurface this summer. Its yearly mileage has a decreasing trend from 41 miles in 1997 to 8 miles last year. At the same time, the average cost per mile has risen from US$39,000 in 1997 to US$250,000 last year.
However, not all in pavement is doom and gloom. Tone Garrett, executive director of the Mississippi Asphalt Pavement Association, said new formulations and materials are helping extend life and stretch dollars.
"When I first started in this industry, asphalt was lasting seven years. Now you can make asphalt that lasts 15 to 20 years," he said.
"But it adds cost on the front end, and you have to buy special equipment to mix it," he said. "If you do it in too small a tonnage, it's not economically feasible."
MDOT uses a program called Highway Enhancement through Local Participation, or HELP, to speed the funding process on certain interstates. Hall said each county issues construction bonds, which they can do faster than the state, and MDOT commits its own and future federal funding to retiring those bonds.
Ridgeland is accelerating its overlay program this year because it locked in a price for asphalt last September with a term bid.
Workers finished the city's US$550,000 residential-street overlay program for 2008 and last week alderman approved another US$475,000.
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all of mine are for breaking clays or live upland birds...( Browning Citori XS Skeet, in all 4 gagues, 30" barrels @ around 8.5 lbs ...is my primary gun for general shotgunning - Skeet, Sporting Clays and hunting / For Trap my primary is a Browning Citori XT Trap with 32" barrels).
I have so many ...because I wanted them and I thought I needed:
a. some extra dedicated Trap guns ( single barrels...BT-100 / XT's in 32" / etc...) / an extra XS Skeet because I didn't want to be 300 miles from home and have a gun break ( but I've never broken one )...
b. wanted a semi-auto so I picked up a couple of Benelli Super Sport models...( fractured my shoulder blade before a sporting clays season - and I couldn't handle an 8.5 lb gun all day ...so I bought the Benelli to shoot that season - liked it, and kept it) ....I don't sell anything...
c. to pick up some of the Browning Citori Lightning - field grade O/U's in
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( and things got a little out of control !! )
For Defense...I will always turn to my 1911's ( 5", Wilson Combat, .45 acp is my primary carry gun )...and I practice weekly with it.
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London - London's Olympic Stadium will remain closed until at least August 2015, the authority responsible for its future said on Wednesday, adding there was no NFL bid to make it a permanent American football team base.
Dennis Hone, chief executive of the London Legacy Development Corporation, said a 2014 re-opening of the venue in Stratford, east London, was "completely out," and that the earliest date "would be August 2015".
The stadium is scheduled to stage the 2017 World Athletics Championships.
London 2012 chief Sebastian Coe, elected chairperson of the British Olympic Association on Wednesday and a vice-president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which runs the World Athletics Championships, said he would be keeping a close eye on developments.
"I am also the client with my position in the IAAF so we will be watching that very closely," Coe said.
NFL has brought annual regular season matches to northwest London's Wembley Stadium since 2007 and will stage two such games at the 90 000-capacity venue next year.
That prompted speculation that the NFL might look to make the 80 000-seater Olympic Stadium a permanent home for an American football franchise as the sport seeks to expand its appeal beyond the United States.
But Hone confirmed there were just four bids on the table to take on a 99-year lease at the Olympic Stadium, the centrepiece of the London 2012 Games, with NFL not among them.
"We have no formal bids outside of the competition or otherwise by American football to go in to the stadium," he told the London Assembly local authority.
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He did not rule out the prospect that a stadium built to include an athletics track in legacy could also work with the winter sport of American football. The combination would be "a challenge definitely," he noted.
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Motivation or body shaming? Controversy over fitness billboard
Several mornings out of the week you can find Brandy Hasabnis at Elite Fitness in Hoover. Hasabnis says she played sports growing up and always tried to stay in shape. Then things changed. "And I was doing really, really well until child number three trying to find time to do everything," she said. {}{}{}
That's right, a mother of three. Ages seven, five and four. Five months ago she joined Elite Fitness and decided to kick up her fitness routine a notch. Fitness director and owner of Elite Fitness, Brad Bearden, was so pleased with Hasabnis' results and commitment to fitness he decided to use her in his latest advertising campaign. "She met with us one on one. We explained to her what we're about, what we could do for her. She kind of gave us a good idea of what her goals are, and what she wants to accomplish," said Bearden.
People driving along John Hawkins Parkway just may get a glimpse of what some would call a controversial billboard. The billboard for Elite Fitness features Hasabnis and her three children with the caption "What's your excuse?".
This same message caused a wave of controversy back in October when California mom, Maria Kang, posed with her three children, asking the same question. Many women accused Kang trying to shame them into getting in shape.
Hasabnis says that is not her intention. "I want the moms out there to know that you can have it all. You can still work out, you can still get all the things done that you need to get done. So that was the message behind the billboard. It's not unobtainable because I'm not some movie star out there who has somebody training them all the time. You can do this even if you live in Hoover," she said.
Not only is Hasabnis a mom. She's also a working mom. She is a critical care nurse, and she's studying at Samford University to become a nurse practitioner. "We wanted to put up something that would number one catch people's attention, but number two give them someone that they can relate to on a real level that understands what they are going through. That understands that it is tough, there are a lot of things, but it's not an excuse," said Bearden.
While Bearden and Hasabnis say their intentions are good, some people out there may not see it that way. So how do mom's in our area feel? do they think Hasabnis is body shaming?
"I think that they are just trying to motivate women to get to an exercise program, to make themselves do it, because the benefits of it outweigh any excuse you could find staying at home and it's certainly not every single day . Things are going to come up. But I really think her intentions were to help women, to help moms," said Kelly Jackson, a mother of three."I don't have problem. I think that it's great that this mother is encouraging women to be fit and she wants to be fit as well," said Janice Stoll, a mother of one.{}
"You can do it. It's just getting past that first step," said Hasabnis.
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