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New York - As Conn. Story Unfolds, Media Struggle With Facts
New York - The scope and senselessness of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting challenged journalists' ability to do much more than lend, or impose, their presence on the scene.
Pressed with the awful urgency of the story, television, along with other media, fell prey to reporting "facts" that were often in conflict or wrong.
How many people were killed? Which Lanza brother was the shooter: Adam or Ryan? Was their mother, who was among the slain, a teacher at the school?
Like the rest of the news media, television outlets were faced with intense competitive pressures and an audience ravenous for details in an age when the best-available information was seldom as reliable as the networks' high-tech delivery systems.
Here was the normal gestation of an unfolding story. But with wall-to-wall cable coverage and second-by-second Twitter postings, the process of updating and correcting it was visible to every onlooker. And as facts were gathered by authorities, then shared with reporters (often on background), a seemingly higher-than-usual number of points failed to pan out:
— The number of dead was initially reported as anywhere from the high teens to nearly 30. The final count was established Friday afternoon: 20 children and six adults, as well as Lanza's mother and the shooter himself.
— For hours on Friday, the shooter was identified as Ryan Lanza, with his age alternatively reported as 24 or 20. The confusion seemed explainable when a person who had spoken with Ryan Lanza said that 20-year-old Adam Lanza, the shooter who had then killed himself, could have been carrying identification belonging to his 24-year-old sibling.
This case of mistaken identity was painfully reminiscent of the Atlanta Olympics bombing case in 1996, when authorities fingered an innocent man, and the news media ran with it, destroying his life. Such damage was averted in Ryan Lanza's case largely by his public protestations on social media, repeatedly declaring "It wasn't me."
— Initial reports differed as to whether Lanza's mother, Nancy, was shot at the school, where she was said to be a teacher, or at the home she shared with Adam Lanza. By Friday afternoon, it was determined that she had been shot at their home.
Then doubts arose about whether Nancy Lanza had any link to Sandy Hook Elementary. At least one parent said she was a substitute teacher, but by early Saturday, an official said investigators had been unable to establish any connection with the school.
That seemed to make the massacre even more confusing. Early on, the attack was said to have taken place in her own classroom and was interpreted by more than one on-air analyst as possibly a way for Adam Lanza to strike back at children with whom he felt rivalry for his mother's affection.
— At first, authorities said Lanza had used two pistols (a Glock and a Sig Sauer) in the attack and left a .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle in the trunk of a vehicle. But by Saturday afternoon, the latest information was that all the victims had been shot with the rifle at close range.
— There were numerous versions of what Lanza was wearing, including camouflage attire and black paramilitary garb.
With so many unanswered questions, TV correspondents were left to set the scene and to convey the impact in words that continually failed them.
However apt, the phrase "parents' worst nightmare" became an instant cliche.
And the word "unimaginable" was used countless times. But "imagine" was exactly what the horrified audience was helpless not to do.
The screen was mostly occupied by grim or tearful faces, sparing everybody besides law enforcement officials the most chilling sight: the death scene in the school, where — as viewers were reminded over and over — the bodies remained while evidence was gathered. But who could keep from imagining it?
Ironically, perhaps the most powerful video came from 300 miles away, in Washington, where President Barack Obama delivered brief remarks about the tragedy. His somber face, the flat tone of his voice, the tears he daubed from his eyes, and his long, tormented pauses said as much as his heartfelt words. He seemed to speak for everyone who heard them.
The Associated Press was also caught in the swirl of imprecise information. When key elements of the story changed, the AP issued two advisories — one to correct that Adam Lanza, not his brother, was the gunman, and another that called into question the original report that Lanza's mother taught at the school.
But TV had hours to fill.
Children from the school were interviewed. It was a questionable decision for which the networks took heat from media critics and viewers alike. But the decision lay more in the hands of the willing parents (who were present), and there was value in hearing what these tiny witnesses had to say.
"We had to lock our doors so the animal couldn't get in," said one little boy, his words painting a haunting picture.
In the absence of hard facts, speculation was a regular fallback. Correspondents and other "experts" persisted in diagnosing the shooter, a man none of them had ever met or even heard of until hours earlier.
CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" scored an interview with a former classmate of Lanza's — with an emphasis on "former."
"I really only knew him closely when we were very, very young, in elementary school together," she said.
Determined to unlock Lanza's personality, Morgan asked the woman if she "could have ever predicted that he would one day flip and do something as monstrous as this?"
"I don't know if I could have predicted it," she replied, struggling to give Morgan what he wanted. "I mean, there was something 'off' about him."
The larger implications of the tragedy were broached throughout the coverage — not least by Obama.
"We're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics," he said, which may have gladdened proponents of stricter gun laws.
But CBS correspondent Nancy Cordes noted, "There's often an assumption that after a horrific event like this, it will spark a fierce debate on the issue. But in recent years, that hasn't been the case."
Appearing on "The O'Reilly Factor" Friday night, Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera voiced his own solution.
"I want an armed cop at every school," he said.
More of today's headlines"New York, NY - Not long after Friday's shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school, media outlets began reporting the gunman's identity as 24-year-old Ryan Lanza..." New York, NY - Brother Of Conn. Gunman Wrongly Cited As Shooter "Newtown, CT - The father of the gunman in the Connecticut school rampage says his family is saddened and struggling to make sense of what happened. Peter Lanza says..." Newtown, CT - Gunman's Father Speaks Of Sympathy, Heartbreak
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Dec 15, 2012 at 10:17 PM
at least now we know what "experts" the media is when they cover us.
Dec 16, 2012 at 12:26 AM
Probably not a bad idea to have a policeman at every school. But guessing in NYC there could be 1,000 schools, counting every nursery school group. Is there money for 1,000 new policemen?
Dec 16, 2012 at 10:59 AM
I know it's virtually impossible to do these days, but there should have been some sort of media lockdown on this. There is no excuse for the media-driven rumors that were flying around. The one thing that really angers me & that the article above neglects to mention is that a reporter was the person who broke the news to the assailant's father. There is no excuse for that behavior, period. Unfortunately, I am fairly certain that not only will the reporter not be reprimanded or punished, she will probably get a raise & praise for the "scoop".


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IN the heart of Rosehill, Burnley, a group of enthusiastic volunteers have begun work creating a community garden.
A team from The Prince's Trust have cleared 15 feet of overgrown trees and shrubs, with the aim of creating a community space where young and old can plant fruit and vegetables.
The half-acre site, at Rosehill Baptist Church, has been organised by The Basement Project Ltd, a not-for-profit company that works with local people to deliver a range of community activities.
It is hoped the garden will be completed by spring, and will feature a woodland area, from which they can run therapeutic workshops, ranging from community gardening, healthy lifestyles, and budgeting, to basic cooking of grown produce.
Sections of the garden are being offered to residents in the Rosehill area to use, and it is hoped schools will also be able to use the facility.
Adrian Heys, Basement Project manager, said: "Before the garden was cleared, the trees and undergrowth were 15ft high, and the land was totally unmanageable.
"Once The Prince's Trust cleared the site, they found what looks like the remains of a formal garden underneath.
"We are hoping the garden will become a valuable facility for the community. In the long term, we would like to get schools to come and use the garden, as well as growing fruit and vegetables which the luncheon club at the church can use."
The Basement Project was started in 2002 and became a not-for-profit limited company, with charitable objectives, in 2013. The project, which relies on grants and donations, moved from central Burnley to Healey Grange in 2013.
Since moving to the site, it now has an office, a music recording studio, multi-function rooms, youth rooms, and a small kitchen area.
It also provides IT support, and an open youth club for children aged 11 and above, as well as a mentoring service.
He added: "In June 2013 we moved premises. The move enabled us to develop new initiatives, so we can serve more local people, bringing people together and sharing experiences.
"We want people to make lasting friendships, learn new skills, participate and achieve small smart goals through informal education and sharing information."
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Restaurant Security Glad That Customer Needed A Handgun To Buy A Cheeseburger
South Bay Open Carry member and former US Marine, Christopher Hacopian, shows Assemblyman Anthony Portantino why a common, law-abiding Californian might need a handgun to buy a cheeseburger. The Assemblymember's empty, anti-gun rhetoric holds no water when challenged with reality.
Restaurant Security Glad That Customer Needed A Handgun To Buy A Cheeseburger - Oakland Gun Rights | Examiner.com
The state of gunlaws in California is a sad one indeed.
Another good piece...keep them comming
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Thanks yih!! That is a truly inspiring article.
This seems to go against a lot of what I have read about carry on this board. One of the examples was a guy who tags along with a security guard from Denny's to detain a person for allegedly leaving without paying. From the posts I have read the consensus among CCW carriers is that they are not the police and only carrying for self defense, which is clearly not the case in the example in the article.
Are the reasons for open carry different than those for concealed?
If you do carry, do you consider yourself to be sudo police authorized to use your weapon to assist in detaining people who are clearly not a direct and immediate threat?
The actions of Hacopian are questionable. Borderline vigilante. Would have been much different if the suspect was carrying a weapon, but you can't go playing 'cops and robbers' especially for some guy trying to bail on a $10 bill. This situation is not one that would require defensive use of a firearm.
What the heck kind of Denny's needs to hire security? :confused:
The guy asked the security guard if he needed assistance in the apprehension of the perps. not tagged along hoping for action. When the security guard said yes then he retrieved his handgun and gave assistance but not until then.
As far as it being vigilantly stuff, you need to think about if you are carrying and you come across a rape in progress, Will you walk on by or try and stop the crime in progress? Even at the point of drawing your handgun to stop it. What if it is a child abduction is in progress at a school bus stop? Will you let it happen or try and stop it?
Is that vigilantism or is that a citizen stopping crime?
Fail to pay a bill or simple assault are a max of 90 days, a misdemeanor, which in no way should a gun have been involved. Other than being bullied and pushed around there was no indication of serious harm to anyone. This was a police matter to handle.
Crime is still crime. Should the young lady in Texas who just yesterday jumped on top of a car to try and stop 3 men from getting away after they walked out of walmart steeling cases of beer be considered a vigilantly?
I think he should of only used only the force to equal the force being applied but he must of felt the need to use more force.
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Interesting thing in a lot of pre-season analysis is the either the excitement of the coaches in Peek's potential, his description as the most athletic LB on the squad and the reports that he has come in much more focused. Don't know how much is repitition between the internet sources, but Peek coming into his own as a starter would be a tremendous boost to the D, allowing much more speed/athleticism at ROLB than Wong will ever have (and I actually like Wong although his price tag is high) and possibly allowing Wong to upgrade Foreman sooner rather than later. Rookies are always interesting to watch and obviously will be watching Babin, but Peek's performance is certainly intriguing as well with tremendous upside.
I like how alot of these reporters try to ride the fence while predicting a playoff spot for us. "While postseason is likely a year away, the Texans will make a positivie push in 2004.
I don't think they are riding the fence. I think they are telling it like it is (positive push in '04 with postseason likely a year away).
How else would you ride it? You are talking about a team that has never ever had a winning streak. A team that hasn't won move than 5 games in one season. It's not like this is Conference USA. It is a tough road. There are 31 other teams with the same level of talent out there.
I just believe they should either say we are going or not like they do with other teams that haven't had good records that made positive additions to their team. But after reading it again I can kinda see that he really isn't riding a fence. His prediction is saying we will make it next year. But there are alot of reporters that do say, Oh they will make the playoffs but could fall off at the end of the season.
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The Whole 30 has officially come to a close, leaving many of you with a "now what?" sort of feeling! You have all come very far with your relationships to food and exercise, setting proper and attainable goals, and honoring commitments to yourself! I have been very pleasantly surprised at how many of you gave your all to this challenge, and appreciate the support and positive energy that each of you bring to our fitness community.
Since many of you did so well, after all of the final measurements are in and all baseline workouts are completed, I will be pooling the names of everyone that entered the pot that stayed on-plan for the Whole 30 days, submitted a statement, and also had positive results and improved baseline times. From there, I will draw a winner for the pot, as well as a second winner for the facial and hair treatment prize (donated by Victoria!)
Thank you to everyone that came out to the potluck and got together to read some of our awesome testimonials from our participants. A summary of the results you have experienced during this challenge from the statements I have received so far:
And this is just the beginning! All of these great improvements might leave you scared or unwilling to go back to the way you were eating before, which is great! However, we don't want fear to be the motivation for you to continue eating in a healthy manner. The good news is that your Whole 30 does not end here. The habits you have built and relationship with food that you have found will be the foundation for how you maintain a sustainable way of eating that will benefit your health, fat-loss, or fitness goals (or all three!).
This is where the part I emphasized that Whole 30 is NOT A DIET will come in. Diets incite our old feelings of restriction, calorie counting, and fixation on the scale. What you don't want to do (many of you have expressed how you don't feel the desire to do this, which is a great testament to how powerful this challenge is) is throw the towel to the wind, yell "woo-hoo!" and go binge on any and all of the foods you might have missed during this challenge. What a terrible way to reward yourself for your hard work, by feeling awful reintroducing so many inflammatory and sugar-laden foods at once! What this challenge did for you was free you from the "diet jail" (which is a multi-billion dollar failed industry preying off of desperate, instant-gratification driven individuals).
This challenge has shown you a new way of eating that will be a long term lifestyle change, one in which eating will become almost second nature, healthy, and easy to maintain. Eating should be enjoyable, but also first and foremost a way to fuel your body! Sometimes events come up where you will enjoy a treat, but always come back to your Whole 30. The idea is to be aware of this balance, and always be aware of how the foods you put in your body are affecting your wellness.
In some ways, the reintroduction period will be the most difficult, because there is no set rules or daily schedule. Each of you will have your own experiment and paths to take from here that will lead you on an easily sustainable road that coincides with your goals.
Many of you ask what I eat. The truth is, I have done multiple Whole 30 and Paleo challenges. Through these, I have found exactly what foods do and do not work for my body, and have an almost effortless maintained way of eating that coincides with my goals. The key is to be mindful, realistic, and be very aware after reintroducing foods what the effects on your body are. For instance, I know through my previous challenges that grains in general (note: not carbs or gluten) are extremely detrimental to my body, cause a lot of inflammation (my weight will fluctuate up to 5lbs), and cause me to be lethargic and have cravings for multiple days. Being aware of this, that does not mean that I never eat grains. Once in a while, if the situation arises and I truly want to eat such a food (usually it is unappetizing to me), I will do so, and then return again to my usual way of eating. Eating something "off plan" should never be a reason to "spiral out of control". Simply take account of how it affected you, brush it off, and move on. One sandwich, bowl of ice cream, or margarita (;-)) will not affect your LONG TERM results from the food you take in.
Another food that I eat almost daily is greek yogurt. I know that, through multiple experiments with myself, that eating greek yogurt and a piece of fruit first thing in the morning does not negatively affect my body, and is a good way for me to get protein that will fuel me until the afternoon. During Whole 30, I ate eggs or leftover meat instead (which is hard to prepare and eat at 5:00am!) and often have to eat some fats such as avocado or nuts as well as fruit to get me through to lunch. Eating greek yogurt in the morning, I do not need any "fast fuel" to get me to lunch.
You will fluctuate between reintroducing foods, having setbacks, and resetting. Again, when I stress that Whole 30 is not a diet, this is the most important part for you to understand. Through these challenges, you reset your body into knowing what is optimally healthy for you. From there, you can reroute and adjust, but in time and practice you will always know what "home base" is for you.
"You'll reintroduce "less healthy" foods back into your diet one group at a time, while keeping the rest of your diet as Whole30-clean as possible. Think about it like a scientific trial, where your Whole30 is the control and the one food group you are trying to evaluate is the experimental group.
This means you'll have to plan carefully, and not combine major food groups during your reintroduction period. For example, don't eat a slice of toast with peanut butter, because how will you know whether it was the peanuts or the bread that made your joints ache? Do your best to reintroduce each designated food group (as outlined below) alone on your reintroduction day.
Yes, you'll likely get some added sugar in many of your "experimental" foods—that's really hard to avoid. If you do choose a reintroduction food with lots of sugar—say, a Starbucks grande Caramel Frappuccino with whole milk—you'll have to deal with the dairy + sugar consequences all at once. Chances are, however, you'll know intuitively what to attribute to which ingredient—digestive issues are generally dairy-driven, while energy fluctuations, cravings, and mood swings are probably sugar-related. However, some side effects, like skin breakouts, may be the result of the sugar, or the dairy, or the combination of both.
We encourage you to continue to increase your awareness of how the foods you eat are affecting you even after your Whole30 and reintroduction are over. By paying attention every time you eat a non-Whole30 food in the months to come, you can learn even more about how your body reacts to certain foods or ingredients—and continue to make more informed decisions about which foods you deem are truly "worth it."
Reminder: If you don't miss a particular food or drink that you know makes you less healthy, don't bother to reintroduce it. Not missing tofu, black beans, cottage cheese, or brown rice? With evidence pointing towards these foods making you less healthy, there's no reason whatsoever to add them back into your diet. Only reintroduce those foods that you suspect you'll really want to include back into your diet once in a while, and leave the rest happily behind.
Next, you're going to follow the general reintroduction schedule and order, but you're not going to eat things you don't really, really want to eat. Just because it's Day 31 doesn't mean you have to have a legume-filled day. If you wake up and don't feel like eating beans, tofu, or peanut butter, then don't! If your "relaxed Whole30" is working great for you and nothing is calling your name, then there is no reason to change anything.
However, the day will come when the idea of something bean-y sounds really delicious. When that happens, you reintroduce. Enjoy the soy sauce at sushi, slather some peanut butter on your celery, or add some black beans to your deconstructed taco salad. (Or do all three!) The point is that you decided this could be worth it—not that our reintroduction schedule said you had to.
There's nothing that says you have to do your reintroduction in just 10 days. If your legume experiment went horribly wrong and you feel like you really need extra time to get your Tiger Blood back online, take it! Five days, a week, ten days… what's important is that you only reintroduce one food group at a time, and that you allow yourself enough time between food groups to be able to effectively evaluate each of the independently.
Finally, an important point, and something that trips up many Whole30'ers during their reintroduction. If at any point, you start to feel out of control (like what you've reintroduced woke up your Sugar Dragon), get back on the Whole30 for as long as it takes to stabilize. This is most common with the reintroduction of sugary foods or gluten grains—eating muffins, chocolate, "dessert," or bread again can make some people rabid with desire for processed carbs and sugar again. So be on the lookout for cravings rearing their ugly heads, and halt that process before it takes over your brain by returning to a strict Whole30.
Does this advice sound a little… extreme? Like, really, will I feel out of control after just a day of off-plan food? Yeah, you might. And we take sugar and carb-addiction very seriously around here so please, listen to us, and don't feel like a failure if you have to jump back on the Whole30 for a few days to calm things down. You're actually succeeding, because you're not afraid to do the best thing for you, your long-term health, and relationship with food. Winning!
Sample Schedule
Here is a sample 10-day reintroduction schedule. Feel free to alter your particular food choices to suit your needs.
Day 1: Evaluate legumes, while keeping the rest of your diet Whole30 compliant. Try some peanut butter on your green apple with breakfast, a bowl of miso soup at lunch, and a side of black beans with dinner, while paying attention to how you feel. Then, go back to the Whole30 for the next two days, and see how things go. Pay attention, evaluate and decide how, how often and how much to incorporate legumes into your regular diet—if at all.
Day 4: Evaluate non-gluten grains*, while keeping the rest of your diet Whole30 compliant. Eat a serving of white rice, some corn tortilla chips, and a slice of gluten-free bread, while paying attention to how you feel. Then, return to the Whole30 for the next two days, and see how things go. Pay attention, evaluate and decide how, how often and how much to incorporate non-gluten grains into your regular diet—if at all. *Corn, rice, certified gluten-free oats, quinoa, etc.
Day 7: Evaluate dairy, while keeping the rest of your diet Whole30 compliant. Have yogurt in the morning, some cheese in the afternoon, and ice cream after dinner, while paying attention to how you feel. Then, return to the Whole30 for the next two days, and see how things go. Pay attention, evaluate and decide how, how often and how much to incorporate dairy into your regular diet—if at all.
Day 10: Evaluate gluten-containing grains*, while keeping the rest of your diet Whole30 compliant. Gluten is such nasty stuff that we want to break it out from the other grains, so you can evaluate it all by itself. Over the course of your day, eat a muffin, two slices of whole wheat bread, and a side of whole wheat pasta, while paying attention to how you feel. Then, return to the Whole30 for the next two days, and see how things go. Pay attention, evaluate and decide how, how often and how much to incorporate gluten grains into your regular diet—if at all. *Anything made from wheat, rye, or barley.
Note, there's a difference between being afraid to change anything, and not feeling the need to change anything. The former (being afraid) is not our intention. The Whole30 is designed to teach you how foods interact with your unique body and brain, so you can take that information out into the real world and apply it in a fully sustainable fashion—riding your own bike, as we call it. To stay on the Whole30 indefinitely out of fear is missing the whole point of our program. Is the idea of eating a small piece of your Mom's once-a-year holiday dessert (your favorite food ever) giving you anxiety? Do you really want to reintroduce something you've been missing (cream in your coffee, hot buttered popcorn on movie night, or a glass of wine on date night) but you just won't let yourself? Do you feel lost, without a sustainable plan for eating in the real world, because you're not really on the Whole30, but you won't really come off it, either? If this is your story, then hold on the rest of this advice and read the above-referenced Ride Your Own Bike article first. You need to get over that fear, because it's holding up your progress! You'll never find a healthy, balanced, sustainable way to eat—a way that works for you—if you blindly follow our rules for the rest of your life." (Whole30.com)
Again, thanks to each and every one of the 16 of you that agreed to take on what might have seemed like a crazy challenge! Also, thanks to everyone reading this for supporting Foothills Fitness, which has been growing with your help to improve health and fitness for our community in an affordable, safe, and effective way for exactly 6 months now! I am so excited to see your enthusiasm and loved to share your triumphs and further progress with you as time goes on.
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Whole 30 Reset Warm-Up and Proper/Attainable Goal Setting
The holidays are in full swing and January, along with our Whole 30 Reset, is just around the corner! I would like to focus this month on getting our minds and bodies ready in a sustainable way to take on the challenge of January by "easing into" what may be a drastic dietary change for some of you.
We are all familiar with the old diet adage "I will start tomorrow". In reality, habits (whether they be exercise, diet, or related to other things), do not sustainably start and continue when there is an ultimatum placed upon it. This "I'll just have one more bad day" mindset is especially detrimental when you look to the upcoming change as a negative or inhibitory thing. Instead, look to the upcoming change as beginning to incorporate more and more good choices into your life.
Lasting, healthy change to your body is not attained by a single day, month, or even year of strict or crash dieting or exercise. It is attained through balanced, mindful steps to change your lifestyle. Adding stairs to your commute, walking more, drinking more water, making good meal choices %50 of the time more, this will all ease the body into maintaining change. Although it might be slower (many like quick, rapid easy results, the hard truth is that it takes time and balance) to see the results you are looking for, time and maintenance are far more rewarding long term.
This upcoming challenge is not meant to be a "crash" or "inhibitory" diet. It is instead about "resetting" your body by consciously choosing to make good, whole food choices for 30 days (and also teaching you what these choices are). After that, you will have renewed power to make these good choices more often as you ease into a balanced lifestyle that will foster long term and lasting change to your health and well-being. It is not a restrictive diet. Rules of what not to eat are in place to help you understand what the good choices are. You are encouraged to eat often, and a lot, until you are full! You will find that more of these whole food options will fill you up with less empty calories than what you might have been eating before.
To warm-up for this, I ask each of you to make a few conscious changes in your daily lives this month (yes, even with the holidays!) that will help you understand this concept of gradual and sustainable life change and proper/realistic goal setting.
Change #1: Drink more water. When you are training and exercising, you should be drinking any where between .5 to 1 ounce of water per pound of body weight per day. So, if you weight 150 lbs, that would be anywhere between 75 to 150 ounces. Since there are 128 oz in one gallon, that gives you a rough idea of how much to be drinking each day. Try buying a gallon of water and carrying it with you throughout the day (but don't refill it multiple times). If this works for you in terms of monitoring your water intake, consider buying a BPA free or glass/metal gallon sized water jug that you can refill each day.
Change #2: Start replacing refined carbohydrates and grains with vegetables. Start being conscious of the amounts of each you presently have in your diet. Make a checklist and try to make a deliberate choice to eat vegetables in place of grains in at least 3 different meals each week this month.
Change #3: Eat when you are hungry. Stop eating when you are full. Get friendly with leftovers. Nutrient timing is responsible for a very small percentage of body composition changes. The largest percentage of what is responsible for body composition change is consistency and long term good choices, the majority of the time, even if not always. If you were told as a child to always clean your plate, go against the grain! Eat with intention, appreciation, and slowly, until you become full. Do not try to eat less, eat more of good foods, but do not overeat!
Change #4: Get at least 7 hours of sleep. This one is self-explanatory. Set yourself a "bedtime" alarm along with your "wakeup" alarm. At this time, start unwinding and dim down the lights in your home, put away your phones and computers, and prepare for bed. If you have work to do, put it away and leave it for tomorrow. With proper rest, you will be much more productive in a shorter amount of time.
And that's it! These simple steps are all that I ask each of you to be mindful of this month to gear up for the challenge. Having these habits already in place when we start the reset will be an extremely beneficial foundation that will make your January and life changing reset much more enjoyable!
On Goal Setting:
December is often the month that people start to think about their New Years Resolutions. How often does this arbitrary goal tend to be the same each year? Eat better, lose weight, get in shape… these are very common, broad goals that people make each year. The reason why these goals are not attained because there is rarely a plan put in place to reach them.
Many people also have the wrong idea about weight loss goals. It is extremely important for your progress to understand that the weight that you see on the scale, or your BMI, is not an accurate representation of your body composition or health. "Losing 10 lbs " is really a very unrealistic and immeasurable goal. "Weight loss" is actually a misnomer, and weight is only a measure of gravity acting on the mass of your body. What you are actually aiming for is fat loss. Also, added muscle mass and strength contribute to increased basal caloric expenditure to support these tissues. It is pretty commonly known that "muscle weighs more than fat". As you work out and adjust your diet, it is common to see the scale say one thing but measurements and body fat to tell a very drastically different story. If you are so focused on the scale that you do not see the positive changes in your measurements or body fat analysis, please see me!
Take this month to sincerely think about what goals are important to you. What goals are worth your time, effort, and dedication to reach? Which of these are you willing to put forth your energy to gain? Make a list, and pick one or two of these goals that will placed on our goals wall for 2016.
For the goals that you pick, start thinking about short term (1 month) and long term (6 months) ways to measure your progress on these goals. As we draw closer, do not hesitate to ask me for help with creating measurable goals.
As far as our reset challenge for January, the goal is the same and simple for everyone: Make only good food choices for 30 days. 30 days of your life, and 1 month of your year to see what a lifetime of good this can do for you, your body, attitude, and relationship with food. Please refrain from making goals for this challenge that have to do with body composition. Start your goals from within, with energy, vibrancy, and health. Your physical body will eventually be a representation of the positive changes within, focus on that!
Be on the lookout for the announcement of our Whole 30 information session, where we will be collecting $10 entry fees for the pot (optional) and giving additional specific information about our challenge as well as assigning buddies and answering any questions. We will also be planning a potluck for the end of the challenge!
To Health and Fitness this Holiday and in the New Year,
Krista Yazzolino
The Holiday Season is in full swing! I am very grateful to be spending it with each of you, who are continually dedicated to your health and fitness in our first year here in Grass Valley!
We will be sending out a regular monthly newsletter in the near future, but I just wanted to send out some important information soon after our first snow and now that Thanksgiving has come and gone! We will be open the majority of the month (hours as follows) to best serve you and help you stay motivated and dedicated during the holidays, which can be trying for some, but rewarding come the new year when you haven't "set yourself back".
I am so happy to serve each of you as Foothills Fitness' veteran members as we move into January and a rush of "New Years' Resolution" members!
In addition to the holiday hours, I am including a friendly reminder of the studio policies, many of which have been included in past newsletters or in your trainer/client contract upon signup. Please review these policies as we move into the unpredictable weather and into the new year. I really appreciate each of your understanding and dedication to the success of our gym and the community we are building at Foothills Fitness. You each support a passion to provide affordable functional fitness and training to this area.
If you wish to make up sessions for the two days that we will be closed, please contact me directly to schedule. Thank you to all of you that have made a holiday commitment so far this month!
Holiday Schedule:
Thursday 12/24 (Christmas Eve)
Thursday 12/31 (New Years' Eve)
Friday 12/25 (Christmas Day)
Friday 12/31 (New Years' Day)
No Free Saturday Community Class 12/26
Scheduling, Cancellation, Tardiness, Inclement Weather Policy
Scheduling Private Training: It is important that you schedule and pay in advance for your monthly sessions at the first visit of each month. If you have a regular appointment time each month, your spot will be saved as long as you maintain continuous membership. You are not guaranteed the same spots every week if you do not confirm your appointments. If you do not have a regular schedule of appointments, please keep in mind that unused monthly sessions do not "roll-over" and must be used within that month. This policy allows the trainer to properly administer your programming, and fosters your adherence and commitment to ensure the results that you are looking for, as well as ensures that our prices remain low.
Signing Up for Small Group Class Online: We encourage everyone to sign-up online for classes they would like to attend. If you do not sign-up online and come to take class and it is full (6 person cap) you are not guaranteed a spot in the class. This is for your own safety – if the class is too full the trainer will not be able to give each participant the attention they deserve. Also, please cancel your RSVP (or send us an e-mail or text) if you cannot make it, to let other potential clients know that there is space.
Inclement weather: Please call and leave a voicemail or send us an e-mail if you cannot make your appointment due to bad weather. We will return your call or email as soon as possible to reschedule your appointment. If we are closing in case of power loss or emergency, each client will be contacted directly for rescheduling and we will post the closing on Facebook, as well as post any class cancelations on the online scheduler (zenplanner). As always, if you do not call, email, or show up for your personal appointment we will consider this a no show and you will not be able to reschedule your missed appointment. Please be considerate and refrain from using the weather as an excuse for days you might not "feel like it" as a free reschedule pass. Our schedule is very tight at times and rescheduling is not always possible. We are here for your results!
24 Hour Cancellation Policy: Although we understand emergencies arise, we do require for 24 hour cancellation in order to reschedule your appointment. If you do not cancel with more than 24 hour notice you will not be able to reschedule your session. If you do cancel within 24 hours, we will do our best to find a time to reschedule within that membership month. Again, please help keep our service prices low.
Tardiness: We ask that you are present, properly outfitted, and prepared to work out within 10 minutes of your appointment start time. Should you arrive late to your session, please be aware that your session will still end at its scheduled time, and both you and the trainer will have limited/not enough time to complete your programmed workout, which will result in lessened results!
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me directly. Again, I am very appreciative of each and every one of you!
Wishing you a healthy, happy, and fit holiday and prosperous new year!
I am so happy to see so many of you loving the workouts, programming, and results that you have gotten since our opening! (it has only been 3 months, and many of you have been with us an even shorter time than that, and made some significant progress!) I always had a plan of beginning challenges once we had a solid client base to get involved, and many of you have already made a plan of starting our Whole 30 challenge in January. So exciting!
I also have had a plan of providing periodic blog posts pertaining to current events, issues, or even skills that we are working on here in our community, along with health and fitness tips and information. With the recent growth of our group, I figured we could start right away!
Searching for a good topic in the back of my mind the past couple of days, this idea of positive self talk and encouragement has come to me in many different avenues. I have had the fortune of having great clients make the suggestion, that was reinforced by an article I stumbled across last night.
A common thing that newcomers to exercise, or those that have been out a while, practice (often unknowingly) is negative self-talk. This can be very debilitating to progress as well as perceived and real accomplishments, and can really happen without knowing it. I love that our studio is such a welcoming and non-intimidating place that so many of you have chosen to really build your self-confidence as well as your strength and cardiorespiratory fitness! However, I would like to aim towards expanding this positivity through improving the quality of our self-motivation and perception of exercise and fitness. This is something that can internally change your outlook and is necessary for all of us even in the toughest of workouts or health and exercise journeys (myself included!) if we are to benefit to our fullest extent.
Many people look to personal trainers as a cure-all pill to their weight struggles or health problems. The problem is, that the personal trainer is a facilitator to changing your exercise habits yourself. The trainer offers you space, equipment, programming, coaching, guidance, accountability, and motivation, but ultimately it is up to the individual to internally subscribe fully to approaching and accepting this valuable service and receiving all that the trainer is offering them. Each client has to truly ask themselves if they are willing to put in effort and hard work, because those two things, coupled with a positive can-do attitude to receive and trust in the trainer's expertise will really change their lives.
It is important to remember how the climate of personal training and exercise is dramatically changing. Health care administration is rapidly beginning to recognize exercise as a vital part of your medical needs, and the rest of the country is responding in kind, by considering stricter standards and education for Personal Trainers in the future (we support this wholeheartedly!), as well as beginning to include exercise training in certain insurance plans. Exercise is the best preventative care for a myriad of issues, the largest and most prevalent being heart disease, osteoporosis, metabolic diseases, obesity, and falls. Too many times clients view personal training and exercise as merely a cosmetic means to an end, to lose those 10lbs or fit in your jeans. What is more important, however, is the investment you are making to your mental and physical well being and health.
So Prove It, you say?
In This Study, researchers found that positive and motivational self-talk significantly decreased time to exhaustion (TTE) and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) when compared to a control group in endurance exercise. This is one among many studies that support this idea of positive self-talk being a significant influence on performance in conjunction to exercise efforts.
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Whilst on a game drive last week, the heavens opened and within seconds we were totally wet. I shoved my camera up my shirt with a jumper over it but it still got a little wet.
On the whole it works but the view finder is dead, I rang the Insurance company and they dont cover rain damage.
We have read their booklet through twice and no where is this mentioned, I'm posting this to warn people that perhaps that's a question to ask.
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Whilst on a game drive last week, the heavens opened and within seconds we were totally wet. I shoved my camera up my shirt with a jumper over it but it still got a little wet.
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Sally, you raise an interesting point. I think most travel insurance will have coverage of 'Baggage & Personal Items Loss' which I believe means 'luggage, personal possessions and travel documents.' The 'personal possessions' part is pretty vague. I think most companies will have a list of exclusions that includes cameras, phones, laptops, glasses, among others. I believe the policies probably exclude loss from things like rain, misuse, damage caused by animals and the like.
An alternative to trying to find a comprehensive travel package that would cover certain items is to contact your home insurer to see if you can add a rider to cover high-end items while on travel.
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If you can find NOTHING in the policy to suggest that rain-damage is not covered (I'd count this under accidental damage myself, so it may not be listed specifically as rain) I'd take it up within an arbiter and challenge their decision.
However, I have taken out separate camera/ photography equiment insurance which is priced based on exactly what cover I need and one lists each individual item with them (including serial number).
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Sally -
Yup, gotta check everything, but I do not find it unusual to find such items would not be covered by one's trip insurance.
So Steve and I are thinking alike, in that you might want to check your homeowners or renters policy. These often cover such items if you have a rider for such.
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FWIW, this is a good example, never really knowing what the insurance covers, is one reason why I do -not- buy it. The other reason is that I do not insure anything that I can afford to replace. A wet broken camera (happened to me in Feb, cost $300 to fix) I can pay for. If my house burns down, I can't pay for new a one. My cameras are not insured, my house is.
regards - tom
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For tom's reasons above, I always buy travel medical insurance. Just a reminder, Medicare does not cover you (unless you pay for an expensive part B plan that does)outside the USA.
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christabar - re Medicare, can you refer me to information about the "part B" that does cover outside USA ? Maybe you mean part "C"?. I still am trying to figure out Medicare, maybe before I die , or should it be ?
FWIW, I have a part "C" plan that does cover me for 30 days outside of USA. (Anthem Blue Cross). So the only other insurance I get for Africa is emergency medical evacuation.
regards - tom
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We mostly buy regular travel insurance to cover the med/ evacuation stuff.
Trip cancellation, most of the policies don't cover anywhere near high enough amounts to cover African safaris. Most are set really low.
And personal items, again, not worth much.
So, we pay the insurance for the med cover, which is the cheapest way to buy it for travel situations.
Camera gear, ours adds up to one heck of a lot more than $300 so we do cover that separately. Our policy also covers renting/ buying replacements on a trip if need be, though obviously in remote areas we couldn't do that if we wanted to, so we have the back up bodies.
But it would be a big outlay to buy from new all the equipment we now have, some of which we bought second hand or were given...
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Hi Kavey-
Can you clarify "Trip cancellation, most of the policies don't cover anywhere near high enough amounts to cover African safaris. Most are set really low."
Most policies I've seen will cover 100% of non-refundable fees that you've paid if you can not go on the trip due to a covered reason. (Of course you end up spending an additional amount in the 5-to-10 percent range of the entire trip cost.) Are you referring to 'cancel for any reason coverage'?
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My camera gear also is lot more than $300 (maybe $3,000?) but I still do not insure it. If it breaks on safari, like my Nikon did, it is not the insurance that is important to me but the ability to continue taking photos. So the best camera insurance is spare of everything.
Insurance (of any kind) is a gamble with the insurance companies setting the odds - in their favor. If you can loose something without undue financial hardship, don't insure it. On the other hand, insurance gives many people "piece-of-mind" - at least until they make a claim against it
regards - tom
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Steve -
Kavey is in the UK and I believe their policies are different than those available in the US where many allow travelers to insure up to the total cost of the safari. With 100% cancellation and some 150% for interruption. So like anything else, have to compare apples-to-apples.
As to Medicare "B" for which supplements are available, at discretion of the purchaser, some of these will cover for travel outside the US. If one travels often, then it makes sense to purchase such; most people don't and thus depend on their trip insurance to pick-up the medical expenses. Along with evacuation, if needed.
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Kavey is in the UK and I believe their policies are different than those available in the US where many allow travelers to insure up to the total cost of the safari. With 100% cancellation and some 150% for interruption. So like anything else, have to compare apples-to-apples.
As to Medicare "B" for which supplements are available, at discretion of the purchaser, some of these will cover for travel outside the US. If one travels often, then it makes sense to purchase such; most people don't and thus depend on their trip insurance to pick-up the medical expenses. Along with evacuation, if needed.
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sandi - sandi or anyone, re Medicare B, can you point me to -any- website that states Medicare B provides coverage outside USA? I'm concerned that I/we am confusing B with C ? You can I guess call C a supplement to B since C takes the B base and adds coverage to it. But if you have only B (and A) you do not have overseas coverage. IMHO
All of my web research finds that standard Medicare, A and B, does -not- provide insurance while out side USA (and territories). Here's a typical article re this, written in July 2010 -http://www.elderlawanswers.com/resources/article.asp?id=8229§ion=4
The article does mention Medicare "Advantage" (aka as part C) which is additional insurance you pay for.
Here is a gov site that does explain some about international travel and medical insurance - http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1470.html#coverage
It says - "The Social Security Medicare Program does not provide coverage for hospital or medical costs outside the United States."
Which is my understanding. Unless you choose to add (and pay for) Medicare part C. You buy part C from an insurance company, e.g Blue Cross.
It is the obfuscation of Medicare plans (and of insurance policies in general) that drives me NUTS !!!
regards - tom
ps - will reference again the gov site for Medicare that explains (somewhat) parts A, B, C, D - http://www.medicare.gov/navigation/medicare-basics/medicare-benefits/medicare-benefits-overview.aspx
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The original poster mentions a booklet, most insurance polices are a document setting out the individual sections covered & exclusions, under personal effects check to see if the wording states 'loss, theft or damage' then check the exclusions listed. If you tell us who the insurer is perhaps can look the policy up on-line ?
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Thanks for that clarification. I certainly agree we don't want to be comparing apples to oranges or even to quinces for that matter.
Is this of any use?
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Yeah, thanks Steve, explains it more. It also refers you to this -
And we need more "names" to add to the confusion. They also refer to "Medigap" insurance, which I believe is another name for Medicare Supplement, or part C. I think. Then there is also "Medicare Advantage". Which I believe also falls under part C. Medicare Advantage turns over Medicare payment and care responsibility to an HMO type organization, e.g. Kaiser Permanente.
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regards - tom
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tom - I have no idea. People just say "mine covers me!" whenever I say Medicare doesn't cover you outside the US (I think they have private insurance coverage, but they say it's Medicare). So I tried to clarify, but I guess I made it more confusing. I'm joining the Peace Corps at Medicare age (probably at least 67 by the time I qualify) so I don't have to deal with it for 18 months. . When we were trying to figure out parents' Medicare, I was confused, too. I don't remember how we chose.
I was out all day, sorry I did not get back to you.
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Aah yes I am in UK, so must be differences. For most travel insurance policies, there is a cap to £3000 or, for a few, £5000 per person. That won't cover some of the longer and more expensive trips we do.
We could pay a significant premium for a customised policy to cover higher trip price but to be honest, as I said, we're buying the insurance for the medical/ evacuation side (and perhaps the liability/ legal side too) so we just take it as is.
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I lost my camera on a trip about 2 years ago. I had TravelEx insurance and called them during the trip. Was told I needed to get a police report for the loss if I wanted to file a claim. If I'd waited until I got home, I would not have known this. I was out in the Canadian Rockies and it was a bit of a pain to get a piece of paper documenting the loss from the Mounties, but I did get it and the cost of replacing the camera was paid. I don't know about damage to a camera or other personal item, but a heads up on loss.... get a police report.
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A & B - these don't cover outside the US.
C = called medigap or supplemental, may cover if the policy you purchase does... not all of them do.
Medicare/Medigap... no more confusion than those who scream "Keep the government out of my life, but don't touch my Social Security or Medicare." They just don't understand, as if that's a surprise to anyone.
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sandi - !!
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Thanks for the heads up
Travel insurance with the agent is usually poor
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if you paid for your camera gear with
CC sometimes they might have cover for this
almost always for at least a year after purchase.
Some good homowners/rental insurance might also cover this.
Good luck!
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Just thought I'd let you know that I have been PAID by the insurance company, so I take back all the horrid things I said about them!
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SallySaab, can you tell us the name of the insurance company that came through for you? I am actually a little surprised that a camera damaged by rain would be covered. How nice it was!
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You're surprised, I'm stunned.
It's Covermore, but it's an Australian company, and I think it was underwritten by Munich Reinsurance.
Maybe it was the circumstances, it's not like it was left out in the rain.
And even better is that I have the camera, and apart from the view finder not working, at the moment it's working, a little better for not being fixed, weird.
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could it be that you're not using the latest version?
it could also be that the setting needs to be activated:http://cutesoft.net/doc/html/b18f7960-e868-a553-bd38-d4fe6600c25a.htm
ok, the image is approved, the image in my first post. That is the formatting text box that I am using. Do you know what setting I would need to activate within the text box?
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not seeing the image, but are you referring to any particular formatting box? like TinyMCE or CKeditor? Some of these come with a cleanup button that gets rid of these things, others can do this by default but you need to activate a setting. It's worth checking out the documentation.
I found what editor it is they are using, it is CuteEditorhttp://cutesoft.net/ASP.NET+WYSIWYG+Editor/
Im not exactly sure what editor it is that I'm using, but it gets used by everyone to update the website. I did a view source and it looks like it came from asp.net somewhere. I know the obvious is not to copy and paste from word, but others use it was well and not everyone knows HTML coding, they would rather copy and paste from word. I dont see a "cleanup" button either. Do you think it might of been something that has been taken out of the formatted text box and something that can be coded back in?
Great! Thank you very much for your help!
What editor are you using? I can't see a "cleanup" button on the image.
Of course the obvious solution is not to paste directly from Word


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Traditionally, when a patient sustained a rotator cuff tear that required surgical repair, an incision was made over the outside of the shoulder, usually about 6-10 centimeters in length. The muscle beneath the skin was separated to expose the rotator cuff, and the rotator cuff was then inspected and repaired. This is what surgeons call an "open rotator cuff repair."

Unfortunately, this surgical dissection causes significant pain, and can be a persistent problem even after the rotator cuff tear has healed. More recently, the incisions have become smaller, and a technique called a "mini-open rotator cuff repair" has become more common. In the "mini-open" technique, an arthroscopy is performed on the shoulder. This involves looking at the joint and the rotator cuff with a small camera inserted into the joint, and visualizing this on a television monitor. Much of the work is done with the arthroscope (camera) and small instruments, and the actual repair is done through a small incision, usually about 3-4 centimeters.

Latest Developments

Most recently, techniques have been developed to perform the entire rotator cuff repair with arthroscopic instruments; this is the "arthroscopic rotator cuff repair." Instead of making a larger incision and looking directly at the rotator cuff, the surgeon makes several small incisions (about 1 centimeter each) and works with small instruments while looking at the rotator cuff on a television monitor.

What's all the Fuss About?

Surgeons are always looking for ways to minimize the morbidity (problems) associated with an operation. With a traditional open rotator cuff repair, the surgical dissection can potentially cause pain and disability, despite a good rotator cuff repair. Furthermore, the scar that remains, and the length of rehabilitation are problems that are always the focus of potential improvements in surgical technique.

Pros

Arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs cause minimal trauma to the tissues that surround the shoulder and the rotator cuff. Because of this patients have smaller scars and less damage to these nearby structures. Most important of these surrounding structures is the large deltoid muscle over the outside of the shoulder. One potential complication of an open rotator cuff repair is detachment of the deltoid; this potential problem is avoided by the arthroscopic technique. Some surgeons also believe they can see the rotator cuff much better through an arthroscope, and can maneuver throughout the shoulder joint without the limitations of an incision.

Cons

The arthroscopic rotator cuff repair is a more recently developed technique in surgery and there are still conflicting results as to whether or not the repair of the rotator cuff is as good as it is when the surgery is done under "direct visualization." With the "mini-open" rotator cuff repairs, the size of the incision is minimal and the associated trauma is less significant than with a traditional "open" rotator cuff repair. Many surgeons believe that this "mini-open" approach allows much better visualization of the rotator cuff and the repair without the potential problems of an open rotator cuff repair. With the mini-open and open procedures, the surgeon is watching as he or she repairs the rotator cuff tissue. This so-called "direct visualization" is thought by many surgeons to be necessary to have an adequate repair.

Arthroscopic procedures also have a significant learning curve for the surgeon. Being able to perform the surgery arthroscopically is a skill that takes time to develop. Many surgeons are well qualified to perform this surgery, but you should find out how often your surgeon performs this technique.

Where It Stands

The subject, like many in medicine and surgery, is open to debate. Much of the decision is dependent on your surgeons preferred technique for repairing the rotator cuff. The advent of "mini-open" rotator cuff repairs decreased many of the problems that were seen with traditional "open" rotator cuff repairs. Exactly how much of a benefit the arthroscopic repairs have over a "mini-open" repair is unknown. Furthermore, arthroscopic techniques are not preferred for all patients, and your should discuss individual pros and cons for this surgery with your doctor.


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Bianca Butcher and Carol Jackson to make EastEnders return at Christmas
Bianca Butcher and Carol Jackson are returning to EastEnders this Christmas.
The mother and daughter pair played by Patsy Palmer and Lindsey Coulson were back on set this week after taking a six-month break from the soap.
Albert Square's feuding family are expected to be a big hit with viewers when they reappear on screen next month.
'The cast and crew are excited that the Jackson family are due to return and their storylines are as colourful as ever,' an insider told The Sun.
'Bianca's thrilled she's got out of prison in time for Christmas to be reunited with her kids and her mum. She also makes it to her uncle's wedding and along with the kids has a heavy screen presence over the festive period,' they added.
Show bosses are hoping that the return of Bianca, Carol and the family will prove a big draw for viewers in the run up to Christmas.
They were last seen on screen when Bianca was hauled back to prison after being caught shoplifting to pay off a loan shark. Her mum Carol then took the kids to the countryside to be nearer to their mum.
This year's EastEnders Christmas storyline is set to focus on Bianca's uncle, Max Branning, and his upcoming nuptials with ex-wife Tanya.


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Michigan First Credit Union Posts 130% Growth in Auto Loans
Despite Michigan's unemployment rate of just over 14%, Michigan First Credit Union in Lathrup Village, outside of Detroit, posted 130% growth in auto loans in the first quarter of this year. In January alone the credit union closed on 75 car loans, more than triple that expected in what is traditionally a slow month even when auto sales are brisk. In just a day and a half in May, an on-site sale at Michigan First headquarters brought in 81 loans totaling more than $1 million.
President/CEO Michael Poulos said the pace is continuing. In fact, he believes the second quarter will deliver even better results.
With real estate flat, auto loans have definitely been the star of Michigan First's loan portfolio.
Although Michigan is frequently cited as the poster child for tough economic times, delinquencies are modest at about 1.5%.
"We're used to lending across all the credit tiers," Poulos said. "So D and E paper doesn't bother us at all."
Overall, he has seen members being prudent. Michigan First's assets have grown as members have boosted their savings. In fact, Poulos said, they're saving at a rate he hasn't seen in his 20 years in the credit union movement.
How has the credit union succeeded at a time when many credit unions are seeing auto loans, a historically strong point, shrink?
"A couple things," Poulos indicated. "One is we have worked really hard to establish what we call our preferred dealer network, where we have developed strong relationships with about 19 dealers.
"It's indirect lending, but it's different in the sense we don't just take loans from any dealers who send them to us. We have actually developed special relationships with certain dealers. Our members get discounts, and we get the loan. We make sure the dealers are operating with integrity."
It probably didn't hurt that not long before the May auto sale, The Detroit News ran an article stating, "Michigan First Credit Union offers car buyers lower interest rates on loans for vehicle purchases at some Michigan dealerships."
Poulos observed, "There's a lot of volatility in the car financing market. One of things dealers have really liked about us is that we're stable, we're steady, whether times are good or not so good."
Certainly Detroit automakers' sharp cuts in the number of dealerships have made headlines. But the cuts don't seem to have hit Michigan First's dealer network. In fact, Poulos said only one dealer lost one marque.
Other dealers would like to join the credit union's program, but "We haven't allowed that-yet," he noted.
Poulos cited advertising to members as the second factor in the credit union's auto lending success.
For example, at an on-site event offering 100 cars under $10,000, the three-storey headquarters was covered with an ad wrap. All financing was handled right there.
"I'd say that two-thirds of the cars sold were, indeed, under $10,000," he said.
In addition to auto loan information on its regular Web site (www.michiganfirst.com), Michigan First members can tap into michiganfirstcars.com to learn about loan terms and identify dealers in the network. Starting in July the credit union will begin identifying specific cars for the Aug. 14-15 sale, allowing members to select a car ahead of time. Two dealerships, instead of the usual one, will participate in that on-site event.
Poulos said many people, keenly aware of volatility in the banking industry, are taking a second look at credit unions for a number of products and services, including auto loans.
"We're getting a lot of new members directly off the street for that purpose," Poulos said.
"Michigan is a unique market in the sense there's a very strong loyalty to the Big Three here. One of the nice things about living in tougher economic times is it makes you get better at what you do. If you're not a good businessperson, don't run a good business, you might be out of business. It's not going to be this way forever. Michigan is a great market and there are great people here."


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Wireless security is an important issue, but like most folks, once I plugged my wireless router in and got it working, I stopped thinking about it. We've gone hog wild installing wireless networks in our homes and businesses. But have we thought enough about the security of those wireless networks? I'll admit it, I haven't. But I'm lucky to live on a cul-du-sac in an area that's still relatively rural. If someone were to war-drive my street, looking for an open wireless connection, I'd notice them. If I happened to be home. Or awake.
Of course, If we lived on a busier street, I might not notice.
So last week, when I was in one of those "thinking about wireless security" moods, I decided to do a little research into the subject. I called a fellow geekbook author Dori Smith to chat about protecting my home network.
Dori has penned many fine geekbooks, including the best-selling JavaScript for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, which she co-authored with her husband, Tom Negrino. I wanted to talk to Dori about one of her most recent books, Mac OS X Unwired (which she also co-authored with Tom), as I run a mixed network of PCs and Macs here at Ranchero Indebto.
Dori's first wireless network security advice: turn on WEP.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is the data encryption technology built into the 802.11 standard. It is intended to keep the bad guys out of your wireless network and to prevent them from listening in and grabbing your data. The intent being that your wireless network should have a similar level of security as your wired network.
"Security junkies will put down WEP, but it takes a lot of time to crack it," said Dori. "Someone would have to site outside your house for quite some time. Is someone really going to spend all that time and effort just to get into your Quicken files?" As Dori explained it, while there is no simple 1-2-3 crack with WEP, it is not 100 percent secure. The steps you take to turn on WEP depends upon your specific computer and router. But they're steps well taken.
If you want to share your connection with your neighbors across the way, it's best to check your ISP service agreement to make sure that you are not in violation of the terms." It's amazing how many people don't lock down their networks," said Dori. "They want to provide free access to everyone. While they lock down their local machine, they leave the network open." It's important to note that although some ISPs are okay with this, some view it as a contract violation.
Open connections are commonplace. "I was visiting a friend in Manhattan and she still has dial up," said Dori. "I walked around her flat and found five different networks, three of which were open to the public. "I just sat down on her couch and suddenly had access." The big question is how many of those open networks were willingly open and how may were unwittingly open.
WEP isn't the last word in wireless security. WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) is a newer standard than WEP. It was created to improve upon the features in WEP. WPA provides a higher level of data encryption, as well as user authentication. Upgrading to WPA doesn't necessarily mean that you'll have to buy a new router … you may be able to upgrade your router to use WPA, via a software update.


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Emily Baime Michaels and Darin Michaels met in 2009 and hit it off from the start.
"She talked about cooking. I talked about beer," said Darin.
When they became a couple, Emily started thinking about an idea she had to share her passion for good cooking. She was a fan of Georgeanne Brennan, the internationally known author and cooking instructor based in Winters, and was looking to do something with food and wine pairings. She had a background in catering and wanted to take her cooking to new heights.
Darin was a beer distributor who had done many beer-pairing events at breweries. So he chimed in: Why not do it with beer?
Yeah, beer.
Emily wasn't sold right away. Like a lot of people, she may have been thinking of basic beer, not the wide, eclectic world of real beer.
That's part of the thinking behind Sacramento's Community Tap and Table, which Emily and Darin started to host cooking and beer-pairing classes. Their goal: "to elevate beer, wine and food pairing from pub grub and a pint to seasonal, fresh foods paired with American craft beer and microbrews."
There are no absolutes, but there are some things to understand and try. If Emily is making seared scallops with ample amounts of butter, Darin is thinking of a beer that will clear that richness off the palate. Maybe something crisp and effervescent like a Downtown Brown, a full-bodied, lightly hopped nut brown ale by Lost Coast Brewery.
For a rich dish such as macaroni and cheese, Darin might pair it with a hoppy India pale ale, thinking that the spicier the dish, the higher the hops in the beer.
If you're looking to do more with pairings, the couple has a book, "A Year in Beer and Food" (AltaMira Press, $28, 180 pages). On the website, https://communitytapandtable.com, Emily and Darin provide recipes and specific beer pairings. I'm already looking forward to whipping up some bacon-fried Brussels sprouts to go with a Pliny the Elder.


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(AP) - 3M Co. is offering early retirement packages to 3,600 employees in the U.S. as the maker of Post-it Notes and Scotch tape tries to cut costs amid the economic downturn.
3M isn't saying if it has a target number of employees it hopes will take the package. The number of employees being offered buyouts is abou t 11 percent of 3M's 33,600 U.S. employees.
Employees receiving offers are nonunion. Eligible 3M employees are receiving details of the packages Thursday and will have until May 31 to make a decision.
The early retirement program follows a wave of layoffs at 3M in recent months, including 2,400 jobs cut late last year, and another 1,200 in the first three months of 2009. Those included a mix of international and U.S. jobs.
Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press, http://www.twincities.com
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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I confess: I like to double click at different words in an article to mark where my eyes are going next. It happens so frequent and so quickly that my friends who've seen me do it call it a from of ADD. While their amateur diagnosis might be a applicable to some, it does not to me. I've learn to read very quickly by using my finger to trace a path for my eyes to follow. In the absence of a finger on my screen, the mouse cursor works quite well.
Or it did, until recently. I think it started with the New York Times, and now Yahoo! is doing it. When you double click on a word, it pulls up a search result. In the NYT's case it's for a dictionary definition. Yahoo's searches for related articles. I think it's a very annoying load of crock. I adblocked the NYT search script successfully, but I'm finding Yahoo's a little difficult to block.
In any event, it doesn't matter: I want to read and stick to the article I am reading, not be assaulted with an implicitly consented-to popup just because I double click on a word. It's an assault on usablity as a concept and a bane to anyone who actually reads what's in front of them.


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How do I help my dd? She is 8 and since she was at nursery has been 'best friends' with another girl. They are in the same class at school. Now, the relationship has always been a slightly tempestuous one and I have always had slight reservations about it. The other girl is very competitive and seems to need to put others down in order to boost her own esteem. However, dd is quite quiet and kind and although she has benefitted from the relationship in some ways, she lets this girl manipulate her and control her.
The problems really seem to have started though since another girl became close to the best friend and is her new 'best friend'. They now seem to leave dd out and their friendship seems to have it's foundations in putting dd down, criticising what she wears, how she has her hair etc. This wouldn't be too hard to deal with but they also seem intent on sabotaging any new friendships she tries to establish. So although they exclude her a lot of the time from playing with the pair of them, when they see her playing or talking with someone else they take them away and whisper things so she is left alone. Basically all this amounts to bullying and has been going on for about a year now.
DD is understandably upset and starting to not want to go to school. She just feels so left out all the time. I have talked to her teacher about it who has had a general chat with the class but it doesn't really seem to help. I think there needs to be a more direct approach. The problem is I don't really see how things can be made much better. They can't force these girls to be friends with dd, and it's not as easy to just make new friends at this age as the friendship groups in the class are well established. She just wants to be included and feel she belongs, not be on the edge of the groups.
Has anyone experience of a similar situation and can offer advice?
No they can't force them to be friends with DD but they CAN stop the sabotage and the put downs. Go into school and tell them everything and tell them that DD is suffering badly and you insist something is done.
If they say anything to make it sound as though "girls will be girls" ask for a copy of their bullying policy and let the governors know.
I cannot STAND this kind of thing being left to fester because of the sexist idea that "it's what girls do" because it's not! Your DD is not like that and as a matter of fact, neither are mine.
SOME girls act in this slightly sly manner...exclusion and nastiness is bullying. In the meantime, go on a playdate offensive and invite lots of other girls to play....one or two a week if you can stand it....bolster DD up constantly....tell her she's beautiful, clever etc and the "friends" are not very happy and this is how they are showing it.
If they've been friends for such a long time, you must know the other child's parents? Can you have a gentle chat with them?
Thanks for your replies, sorry not been back earlier as was at work.
I have already spoken to the teacher and hopefully they are tackling it. I think you are right though that I need to be firmer with school if things don't improve soon.
I do know mum, but have also found that since the girls stopped having playdates together she has avoided me in the playground. She's not the sort of person that I would like to approach with this really as I don't feel that she would be receptive, a case of 'like mother like daughter' really.
I have this to some extent with my DD who is 5 in year 1. Since reception her friend X has been overpowering and told her she "can't" play with A or B etc.
I went in to school about three times over it...I continued to be nice to the Mum but didn't invite X over any more. The Mum had obviously been told about Xs behaviour as she kept saying things like "Oh they've all got strong personalities in that class...they clash a lot" and I was because in actual fact, HER DD is a bossy little madam end of!
I have continued to tell DD "Play with who you like and if X bosses you, tell the teacher;...or say "NOl....I can play with who I like and if you don't want to be my friend then tough!" as X would say "I wont be your friend anymore if you play with someone else."
It's common...not nice but common.
I think it happens with lots of girls and is difficult to deal with. Also, it is behaviour which isn't easy to spot. Despite dd teling me about this quite a lot, the teachers are completely unaware. DD says they stand behind her in the line at playtimes and mutter and whisper about her, this wouldn't be picked u unless chidren are confident enough to tell. I also think that it starts younger than we think like in your dds case, but at that age children are just told to play with someone else and it is brushed off. Maybe it should be stamped out sooner and taken more seriously as now they are older the bullying pattern is well established.
Boys have a version of it too....they do the "You're not allowed to play with HIM" thing...I've discussed this with friends and they say this has happened to their DSs.
What I'd like to know is where do they get this behaviour? My DDs both had NO idea of emotional blackmail till they began school.
I can only think it's their parents. I had a child tell me (she was 5) that when she was naughty, her Mother said "You're not my best girl now."
I wish parents would THINK before they opened their dumb mouths. And if that sounds harsh it IS because they are harsh in emotionally blackmailing their children.
My dd1 had exactly the same problem last year in year 4. It got so bad I ended up taking dd1 home at lunch time and this eventually made the school take notice. However, they chose to move dd1 out of the class (2 form entry) and the bullies stayed where they were (which I thought was unfair). But dd1 has thrived in her new class ad made lots of new friends. She is much happier now.
I did speak to the bully's mother about it which turned out to be a huge mistake. She told the head that I was harassing her (I sent 2 facebook messages which were very polite) and now we just blank each other. Its all very awkward as my dd2 is best friends with her youngest dd.....
Thats why I am reluctant to speak to the other mum as it's happening at school as we have stopped seeing each other out of school and school should sort it in my opinion.
Unfortunately school is only one form entry so classes can't be moved.
I really feel for you and your dd. I know how tough it is. The school should do something but as you said they can't control friendships. They can, however, make it clear that sabotaging other friendships is bullying and come down hard on them. Our deputy head had a meeting with my dd1 on a daily basis after lunch, where she could report back any incidents and it was dealt with there and then. She also phoned me to let me know what had been said. Dd1 opened up then as she didn't have to seek out help, it was handed to her. After around a week the incidents were much less frequent, but she still met with her once a week until the end of term. Maybe that could be an option?
Hi, I'm new to Mumsnet so have only just read your problem. The same thing happened with my son in year 5/6. My son was a quiet, sensitive boy, who could be quite shy (like I was). One of his so called friends started picking on him and got others to join in. I hoped it would just stop, but it didn't. The worse thing was his mum was my friend and thought her son was perfect. Talking to her about it was just a waste of time and she was really cool towards me afterwards. I went straight to the teacher to complain. The teacher and the headteacher spoke to the boys involved and it stopped immediately. Every class in the school now has a 'worry box', where pupils can post notes if something or someone is troubling them. Parents can help the children write the notes. I would advise making notes of anything that has happened over a week or two and then showing the teacher. No child should feel excluded at school. It sounds like the other girl could be jealous of your daughter. Hope you find a solution to this. I would like to add that my son is now 15 and has been friends with the boy who bullied him for the past 2 years with no problems at all.
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Penteado, 40, was the sidekick to presenter Matt Allwright, who exposed dodgy businesses and bogus traders for the show.
He is accused of wrongly claiming benefits and council tax relief between 2008 and 2012.
The BBC star, who is also a private investigator, failed to response to letters from Bournemouth Borough Council and a warrant was issued after he failed to attend a court hearing.
He handed himself in last night and told a newspaper it was a "misunderstanding".
Earlier, Johanne McNamara, prosecuting for Bournemouth Borough Council, told magistrates: "Mr Penteado was claiming housing benefit and council tax benefit on the basis he was a full-time student with a family, he received benefit on that basis.
"Over a period of time his position has changed. He was actually employed on BBC's Rogue Traders' programme as a motorbike rider.
"There are a number of offences. Some relate to failing to disclose a bank account which his wages were paid into, others relate to failing to notify a change in his circumstances when he was hired by the BBC."
Penteado, who lives in Westbourne, Bournemouth, earned more than £16,000 from the BBC in 2008, and more than £15,000 between July 2009 and March 2012, the court heard.
He also received £18,000 between July 2010 and January 2011 as well as £6,000 between May and December last year.
Miss McNamara said he would not have received the housing and council tax benefit if he had declared his earnings.
Last night, he told the Daily Mirror: "It's all a misunderstanding that's causing a lot of grief for my family. There is no arrest warrant. I've been to the police station and I've not been arrested."
Portuguese-born Penteado started working for Rogue Traders and Watchdog in 2001.
It is understood he faces 10 charges of benefit fraud.
A spokesman for the BBC said: "There has been contact between us and Dan Penteado but because this is a private matter and a court case we are not commenting."


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