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SAN FRANCISCO -- Seeking their third trips to the Midsummer Classic, catcher Buster Posey, third baseman Pablo Sandoval and right fielder Hunter Pence lead a contingent of Giants named on Friday to the 2014 National League All-Star Game ballot.
Based on early-season performance, however, the most intriguing All-Star bid among the Giants could be launched by first baseman Brandon Belt.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Seeking their third trips to the Midsummer Classic, catcher Buster Posey, third baseman Pablo Sandoval and right fielder Hunter Pence lead a contingent of Giants named on Friday to the 2014 National League All-Star Game ballot.
Based on early-season performance, however, the most intriguing All-Star bid among the Giants could be launched by first baseman Brandon Belt.
Belt entered Friday with seven home runs, tying him for the NL lead. "He has some tough competition," Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford said. "But he deserves recognition."
Posey not only played in the previous two All-Star Games, but he also established a record among NL players by receiving 7,621,370 votes in 2012. Posey was the first Giants catcher chosen for the team since Benito Santiago in '02 and the first to start since Ed Bailey in 1963.
Sandoval has the distinction of owning a two-game All-Star hitting streak. He doubled in Arizona in 2011 and tripled with the bases loaded at Kansas City in '12.
Pence was selected to his first All-Star team in 2009, but he did not appear in the game in St. Louis. He stroked a single and scored a run in '11. Both times, Pence represented the Houston Astros.
Pence also was a Final Vote candidate last year, but he did not win the NL team's extra berth.
Other Giants position players appearing on the ballot are Crawford, second baseman Marco Scutaro, left fielder Michael Morse and center fielder Angel Pagan. Among them, the lone All-Star veteran is Scutaro, who was selected to last year's NL squad, though Belt, Crawford and Pagan have received strong support from fans in previous years.
Belt finished second with 3,912,945 votes in 2012, though he finished more than 3 million votes behind Reds first baseman Joey Votto. Crawford has placed second for two years in a row, finishing only about 300,000 votes behind St. Louis' Rafael Furcal in 2012 with 3,666,897 votes before receiving 3,036,479 votes last year, about 2.4 million fewer than Colorado's Troy Tulowitzki.
"I think it's more a case of our fans being more supportive or tech-savvy," Crawford said modestly.
Scutaro currently is sidelined by a bad back. The Giants have replaced him at second base with a trio consisting of Brandon Hicks, Joaquin Arias and Ehire Adrianza.
The Giants have had larger-than-average representations, including pitchers, at the past three All-Star Games. They had five players at the 2011 game and four apiece in '12 and '13.
In-stadium balloting at AT&T Park will begin May 12 and conclude June 15.
Fans can cast their votes for starters at MLB.com and all 30 club sites -- online or on a mobile device -- using the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot Sponsored by Experian until Thursday, July 3, at 8:59 p.m. PT. The 2014 All-Star Game will be played at Target Field on Tuesday, July 15.
Fans may submit up to 25 online ballots, but they can also earn a one-time bonus of 10 additional online ballots. To access these additional online ballots, you must be logged into your MLB.com account when you submit any online ballot. If you do not have an MLB.com account, register on the site in accordance with the enrollment instructions for a free MLB.com account.
Fans this year once again can participate in the Home Run Derby Fan Poll. Fans will have the opportunity to select three players in each league who they would most like to see participate in the Home Run Derby. The 2014 Home Run Derby will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN HD, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio in the United States beginning at 5 p.m. PT on Monday, July 14.
The 2014 American League and National League All-Star teams will be unveiled on the 2014 MLB All-Star Game Selection Show during the weekend of July 5-6, with further details to follow on MLB.com. Immediately following the announcement of the AL and NL All-Star rosters, fans can begin voting to select the final player for each league's 34-man roster via the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Experian. Fans will cast their votes from a list of five players from each league over the balloting period.
And the voting doesn't end there. The final phase of All-Star Game voting will again have fans participating in the voting for the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet. During the Midsummer Classic, fans will vote exclusively online at MLB.com via the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com MVP Vote Sponsored by Pepsi, and their voice will represent 20 percent of the overall vote that determines the recipient of the Arch Ward Trophy.
MLB.com will provide extensive online coverage of the All-Star Week festivities.
The 85th All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS, and worldwide by partners in more than 200 countries via MLB International's independent feed. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB Network and SiriusXM will also provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit allstargame.com.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat.


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Friday Newsletter and Follow News: 18 February 2011
How can you use Findagrave, let us count the ways
At Blood and Frogs, Philip Tauring shows us through some of the ins and outs of Findagrave in "Using Findagrave.com. to..."
Another "What she said" post
This time from Denise Olson at Moultrie Creek Gazette: "Why Blogs Matter."
One of the best portraits of a relative I have ever read
is Susan's reminiscences of her grandmother Anna at Nolichucky Roots: "Anna's Story - Memories and Reflections."
The most devastating stories are told in plain words
At My Ancestor's Name, Angela Walton-Raji related the heartbreaking story told by her great-great grandmother in the deposition for her Union Soldier's Widow's and Mother's pension in "I Ain't Seed Them No More." Angela is having a great week: at The African-Native American Genealogy Blog, she follows this up with "Following the Paper Trail of Our Ancestors," in which she relates her experience in finding documents on her ancestors in the Indian Territory (which is a challenging area for research at the very least) and the story that these documents tell.
Good companion pieces to Lisa Swanson Ellam's post
entitled "Another Google Alert Makes My Jaw Drop" (which is up to Part 4 now; you must read this series!) a while back are two of Marian Pierre-Louis' posts this week. The first is "An Easy Way to Find Gravestones Online" at The Symbolic Past. Marian walks us through the steps for entering the information for a Google Alert that would bring up this information. The second is over at Roots and Rambles: "How Do You Use Google Alerts?"
An idea whose time has come
Read about Denise Olson's thoughts on "Is It Time for a Virtual Genealogy Society?" at Moultrie Creek Gazette.
Read about some interesting "mind-mapping" tools
at Tami Glatz's relatively curious about genealogy in "Approaching Your Genealogy Problems Creatively." When you need a visual approach to projects and problem-solving, these applications could be just what you are looking for.
Tell us about it!
In "Happiness Is: The Family History Library in Salt Lake City," Lorine McGinnis Shulze of the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog writes about her recent visit to the Library and provides pictures and a step by step description of accessing, scanning, and saving images from microfilm - very useful information for anyone who has not visited the Library.
Old and new
Check out Valerie Craft's old/new photograph juxtaposition technique in "Tombstone Tuesday: Looking Into the Past" at Begin with Craft.
How many types?
Randy Seaver has an interesting division of genealogy types in "Three (or more!) Genealogy Worlds?" at Genea-Musings. This has generated a good bit of discussion.
One of the responses to Randy's post is "More 'Genealogy Worlds'" at Deb's Delvings in Genealogy, where Debbie Parker Wayne adds a fourth world, "traditional but experienced."
There have been several posts this week in response to the Roots Tech Conference or very much in tune with some of the issues highlighted by that conference, both by bloggers who attended Roots Tech and those who didn't. As a matter of fact, I hope to post some reflections on these issues, if my so-called "real life" doesn't keep interfering. Some of the notable posts (but not all - there were many!):
Kerry Scott's "Warning: Contents May Have Shifted During Flight" and "What Was Different About RootsTech?" at Clue Wagon.
Marian Pierre-Louis' "What Genealogists Want! Conference Organizers Take Note" at Roots and Rambles.
Amy Coffin's "Why RootsTech is the Bees Knees" at We Tree Genealogy Blog.
Angela Walton Raji's "Future Genealogy Conferences" at My Ancestor's Name.
And, one of the most interesting at all, because it presented some suggestions for improvement, was Dear Myrtle's "RootsTech 2011: My Report to Management" at Dear Myrtle's Genealogy Blog.
Also check out Thomas MacEntee's "Open Thread Thursay - The Rootstech Effect" at Genea-Bloggers for a list of posts.
For more suggested blog reading ...
Check out "Follow Friday: Around the Blogosphere" at Susan Petersen's Long Lost Relatives.net and "Best of the Genea-Blogs" at Randy Seaver's Genea-Musings.
Happy Blogoversary to Nick Gombash at Nick Gombash's Genealogy Blog!
Happy First Blogoversary to Donna Jane at Hanging from the Family Tree!
Happy Second Blogoversary to Robin at Where I Come From!
Happy First Blogoversary to Deborah Andrew at The Sum of All My Research!
Happy Fourth Blogoversary to Granny Pam at Granny's Genealogy!
Happy First Blogoversary to Lisa Swanson Ellam at The Faces of My Family!
Happy First Blogoversary to Elizabeth at Genealogy Geek!
Happy Blogoversary to Consanguinity!
This week I started following these blogs:
A Few Nuts from the Tree
Barking Up Our Family Tree
Curbow-Montoya Family
For All My Relations
Journey to Recite the Kaddish in Uzlyany
Kentucky Genealogy
Le Maison Duchamp
Our Creative Souls
Search for Family
The Ginger Jewish Genealogist
Amy's Genealogy, etc. Blog
My Research Week
Quiet but steady. Hope to use the long weekend for research and writing.
I really enjoyed last week's "Who Do You Think You Are?" Tim McGraw's background - the kinds of ancestors he had, where they lived, and their experiences - was the closest to my ancestors of any of the celebrities featured so far. And I am familiar with that "Aw, shucks" reserve - I think the discoveries really made an impression on him.
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Thank you for including the Gazette in your newsletter this week, but even more thanks for including Tami's article on mind-mapping. I've always thought mind-mapping was some sort of new age thing but her article showed me the value of this kind of exercise. I'm inspired!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for your kind words, Greta. And ditto to MC's comment above.ReplyDelete
Several bloggers have commented recently about the difficulty in following all the blog posts. Your efforts, and those of the other bloggers who regularly post "best of" lists are so helpful. Thank you!!!!!
Thanks for the shout out, Greta! Let's hear it for Google Alerts, haha! Part 5 is on it's way!ReplyDelete
Thank you for the link to my FindAGrave.com article.ReplyDelete
Denise - I'm glad you enjoyed it! And I am so grateful to you for so many helpful posts - as I plan out what technology I am going to need to use and how to use it, I check in with your blog first.ReplyDelete
NR - Glad to help - it is getting harder, not just because there are more blogs, but because there are a lot of noteworthy posts.ReplyDelete
Lisa - I am actually spending part of today preparing a list of Google Alerts I want to put out - and hoping I get the kind of results you have!ReplyDelete
Philip - Glad to do so - you've got some great hints and "how-tos" on your blog!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing. Great new sites, some I still have to visit.ReplyDelete
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Wait, you can't just plop a newborn on a toilet and save yourself a lot of diaper-changing? No, says the momosphere!
There have always been a few cranks who subscribed to this controversial - but awesome, and ecological-sounding! - theory of potty-training, "EC." (which apparently refers not to the European Commission nor to Emergency Contraception, but rather "Elimination Communication!" The more you know!) The more militant talk about the psychological harm of letting a child stew in his own, ahem, juices. The official medical line, however, has it that the toilet approach can itself be damaging - the pressure to perform leading to a host of long-term troubles - and, in any case, prolong the toilet-training process. And I guess we can see how being suspended over a pit of water for hours at a time on the off-chance of doing one's business could be somewhat traumatic. Still, one mom, Ronda Kaysen, wanted to try it.
I hate changing dirty diapers. They're messy and gross and throwing human waste in a landfill is disgusting. So when my son was eight months old, despite warnings from experts about the dire effects my efforts might have on his psyche, I put him on the potty. To my surprise, he pooped and peed. He did this nearly every morning with astonishing regularity. His willingness left me with two options: either these experts don't know what they're talking about or I am unwittingly causing irrevocable harm to my child's core.
At one year, they dispense with the diaper. The results?
My son stands before a puddle of pee on the living room floor. "Pee pee, yay!" he cheers....The word regression comes to mind. For days, he'll pee in the potty enthusiastically and then, without warning or reason, reject the whole business for a week. His wavering makes me wonder if the experts have a point: maybe we rushed into this whole bathroom business.
Kaysen, not shockingly, gets conflicting advice from different experts. One says not to pressure her son. Another says to stand firm, practically chaining him to the toilet if need be. Kaysen ultimately decides to take the relaxed approach: either way, she concludes, he'll turn out okay. Ah, but is any discussion of parenting that simple? Obviously not, say the comments, Some parents applaud the author. Many boast that their kids were out of diapers by "13 months" and cite American puritanism. A few are defensive and angry. Various people cite human development and "developing nations," which seems to have exactly nothing to say to the discussion save that all forms of "toilet training" are essentially "unnatural." Says one mom, sensibly, "Expert advice can be helpful, but should be taken with a big grain of salt, and without the extra helping of shame." But the impression we get is that, whatever choices moms make, shame is the one constant! Well, that and the certainty of "accidents."
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One of the instruments on the Apollo Telescope Mount attached to Skylab was a telescope designed to photograph the solar disk in x-ray light (wavelength 5 to 60 Angstroms). This imaging x-ray mirror is an engineering prototype fabricated at the Marshall Space Flight Center in 1967. It was built to refine machining techniques for producing the required optical characteristics for the two-element, double reflecting grazing incidence x-ray telescope (SO56), which was built at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The mirror was transferred to NASM in May 1971 and loaned to the Deutsches Roentgen Museum in Remscheid, Germany. The artifact was on display there until the end of 1981. It was returned to NASM in February 1982 and restored by the Optics Division at GSFC. Following that it was on display in the Stars Gallery until October 1997.
The mirror consists of an open cylinder fabricated from aluminum (6061T6), nickel plated to a depth of approximately 0.7 mm (0.03 inches). The interior of the tube, the optical surface itself, is machined to form paraboloid and hyperboloid surfaces designed to focus incoming x-rays onto the film plane. The reflecting surfaces are polished to 1/2 wavelength of visible light on the front paraboloid surface and to 1-1/2 wavelengths of visible light on the hyperboloid surface. The parabolic and hyperbolic co-axial surfaces are in tandem and consitute the two optical surfaces of a classical Cassegrain reflecting telescope; they are designed for reflection beyond the critical angle so that x-rays will be deflected and not absorbed.
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The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp is undergoing major renovation. The work is due to start in September 2011 and will take until 2018. Here you can keep up to speed with work at the construction site and find out more about the master plan for the conversion of the old building into a state-of-the-art museum.
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Prior to November 10th, my only experience with opera was watching a telecast in a rainy park while I was visiting a friend in Philadelphia. Truth be told, we were more interested in our sandwiches and the dog on a neighboring blanket than we were in Carmen's treachery.
French and German officers defy their superiors and negotiate a
Christmas Eve truce. I certainly did not anticipate getting so wrapped up in the story what I would actually clutch at my armrests when the main character crept out of the trenches and started singing a Christmas carol. Weep!
If you, too, are new to opera, here are a few things I discovered:
1) You don't have a wear a vintage cape-let to fit in
In fact, you could probably just wear a cute dress and boots. Or dress pants and a sweater. Or a cute red vintage dress with blue tights and a fake fur coat. It doesn't really matter.
2) It doesn't matter if you don't speak Italian/French/German
That's why there's a screen with captions above the stage.
3) Wear a good 'sitting' outfit
Because that business is looooong. Now is not the time for control-top tights and that super fitted vintage dress.
4) Yes, they really do sing that high. And yes, it is crazy impressive
Would it have shattered a crystal glass? Perhaps I should have smuggled one in and found out!
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Saturday night brought one of the events that, in my youth, I anticipated as anxiously as the winter holidays: The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Lots of celebs! Lots of slime! Jack Black hosted the frenetically-paced activities and lots of celebrities brought the pretty. See: America Ferrera, left. Does she ever look bad? I also like how she played the pretty dress all casual with the wooden wedges, but that's neither here nor there. Also in attendance: Abigail Breslin, Cameron Diaz, Jordin Sparks, Jodie Foster, Amy Poehler, Ashlee Simpson, Hayden Panettiere, Rihanna and Miley Cyrus, who is looking less like a tween of late and more and more like a 50-something who's spent too much time in the tanning booth. Miley, and the other Good, Bad and Ugly, after the jump.
The Good:
Yay for Abigail Breslin: She looks age appropriate and looks like she dressed herself. In other words, nothing really matches, but I'm totally down with it.
Cameron Diaz might be sporting a silly Samantha Jones haircut, but her dress is, like, cute.
Aw, Jordin Sparks turned Chloe orange into Nickelodeon orange!
The Bad:
Oh Amy Poehler, the contrived irony is killing me.
Ashlee Simpson wins herself a "bad" award for appearing totally unrecognizable. (And wearing Chanel accessories.)
I'm convinced that Hayden Panettiere owns 12 of the exact same dress in different colors. Sadly, none of them are tailored quite right.
Go ahead and hate on me: I just prefer Jodie Foster looking a little more polished. And not in a bootcut jean.
The Ugly:
Miley Cyrus? Or one of the Real Housewives?
Rihanna had her fucking legs insured: Why must she hide them in such unflattering pants?!
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TUSCALOOSA | Terry Cook has a busy softball weekend planned.
He will be inducted into the West Alabama Softball Hall of Fame tonight. On Saturday, he will be overseeing the Amateur Softball Association District 8 AllStar/Rec Tournament in Brookwood.
TUSCALOOSA | Terry Cook has a busy softball weekend planned.
He will be inducted into the West Alabama Softball Hall of Fame tonight. On Saturday, he will be overseeing the Amateur Softball Association District 8 AllStar/Rec Tournament in Brookwood.
"I'm going to be able to go to the banquet and then be out at the tournament the next day," Cook said.
That kind of devotion is what led to his induction into the Hall of Fame. He will join Charles Herron, Jimmy Mills, Karen "Puff" Crawford, Samuel E. "Bubba" Conyers and Bill Gaulden in the class that will be inducted at the Belk Center in Bowers Park at 5:30 p.m. today.
The ASA District 8 commissioner since 2002, Cook is best known as an umpire. He started officiating games in 1988 and called the first of his 15 national championship tournaments in 1991. He also umpired games in high school and for three years in the Southeastern Conference.
"I've umpired in about seven or eight states," Cook said. "I did one national championship in Amherst, N.Y. I've called in Baton Rouge, La., I've called in LaGrange, Ga., I've called some in Tennessee, mostly right here in the South. I called the inaugural 50-over men's championship in Gadsden and that was a great tournament."
Being enshrined in the West Alabama Hall of Fame, Cook said, is an honor.
"It's the ultimate thing," he said. "You set out to do this more or less as a hobby and it turns into something you really love and you go into the hall of fame, it's an achievement that should be everybody's goal. To reach that pinnacle in your life that your peers think enough of you to elect you to the hall of fame, it's special."
Herron started playing at age 16 with the Pepsi Cola team and was part of six championship teams in 10 years. He played another 25 years with the Cottondale Methodist Church slowpitch team.
Mills started playing with BF Goodrich in 1952 and was on a state championship team two years later that boasted nine future hall-of-famers. He moved to slowpitch in 1958 with St. Mark Methodist and won three straight city league championships.
Crawford started playing for Rosedale Baptist at age 14 and after high school played independent league ball with Sansing, OPI, Tuscaloosa Connection and Home Charm, winning two state championships with Home Charm and being named MVP in 1986. She later coached the Valley View ladies team to a state championship.
Conyers started playing for the First Baptist boys teams that won league championships in six out of seven years. He moved to the men's division in 1975, playing for WOod Construction, The Green Thumb and Bama Machine Don's. He returned to First Baptist to finish his career in the men's league in 1985.
Gaulden, from Montevallo, played fastpitch in Birmingham before managing the John Plott team in Tuscaloosa for several years, winning a state championship.


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The Bethlehem Christian Academy baseball team made the trek back home Saturday evening with another GISA Class A state baseball title in its possession.
The Knights defeated Crisp Academy 7-1 in a third and deciding game of the finals played in Cordele. BCA rebounded after losing game one Friday to stay alive with a 7-6 victory later that day. On Saturday, the teams met again with the Knights never trailing. Luke Allen had a key homer in the contest.
BCA is moving to Class AAA in the GISA for the 2014-2015 school year. The Knights do return their entire roster, however.
See the June 4 print edition of the Barrow Journal for complete coverage of BCA's second consecutive state baseball title and a recap of their championship season.
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May 10, 1962
Band director named
Lynn Looper, 27-year-old director of the Greenville High School Band, has been appointed to lead the new Marion County High School's band that will be organized this fall. Mrs. Ralph Abner, former director of the local band and now vocal music instructor in the county schools, will assist in the preliminary organization this summer of the new band.
45 years ago
May 15, 1967
Football coach
45 years ago
April 13, 1967
Tigers fall 6-1
The St. Charles High School varsity boys' baseball team lost its season opener to Greensburg 6-1.
SCHS Coach Ben Browning will lead his charges against St. Augustine Monday.
Legion honors chief
80 years ago
April 8, 1932
Plane badly damaged
130 years ago
March 1, 1882
Sells whiskey
Messrs. Purdy & Co., Bradfordsville, have sold to Davy & Co., Paris, Ky., 754 barrels of whiskey, product of 1881 at forty-five cents per gallon.
A big calf
50 years ago
Feb. 1, 1962
16 cases hepatitis
Sixteen cases of infectious hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver known as jaundice, have been reported in Marion County since January 1, it was learned last week from officials of the Marion County Health Department.
However, physicians report most cases of the ailment as "mild."
40 years ago
Feb. 3, 1972
Rabies cases
50 years ago
Jan. 25, 1963
Enters monastery
Arch S. O'Daniel III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arch S. O'Daniel, Lebanon, has entered Our Lady of Gethsemani monastery in Nelson County to become a lay brother. O'Daniel, who is 21 years old, entered the Trappist monastery Jan. 1.
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Jan. 27, 1972
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75 years ago
Dec. 25, 1936
Church damaged
A conflagration attributed to spontaneous combustion caused damage estimated at $75 to St. Augustine's Catholic Church in this city last Friday afternoon.
The blaze, discovered among oily rags, mops and dust cloths in a closet just off the vestibule in the entrance to the church, had gained but slight headway when the fire department arrived.
Octet heard
25 years ago
Dec. 24, 1986
Farming out prisoners
Marion County Fiscal Court granted County Judge-Executive Abell Thomas the authority on Saturday to check into contracting with another county for the housing of Marion County's prisoners.
The court gave the authority to Thomas in light of recent discussions about the possibility of closing the Marion County Jail. Thomas was instructed by the court to gather figures on how much it would cost the county to have prisoners in some other jail and to determine if facilities are available to hold them.
75 years ago
Dec. 18, 1936
100,000th barrel rolled out
A celebration among officials and employees alike was held at the John A. Wathen Distillery Company here last week when the 100,000th barrel of whiskey, made since the repeal of the 18 Amendment, was capped. The barrel, numbered 100, 000, was sealed in the presence of the group and for photographic purposes was then rolled to the outdoors where it was placed alongside the first barrel of liquor manufactured in the local plant, almost three years ago.
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Phoenix Coyotes have owners—now, do they have fans?
The Phoenix Coyotes, officially, are getting their shot. They have five years to make it count.
The NHL's Board of Governors on Monday approved the team's sale to IceArizona, the group formerly known as Renaissance Sports and Entertainment, for $170 million. The biggest piece of the puzzle slid into place last month, when the City of Glendaleâ€"faced with serious financial problems of its ownâ€"approved a lease that pays IceArizona $15 million a year for 10 years to operate the city-owned Jobing.com Arena.
MORE: Max Domi's deal | Gilbert Brule gets invite from Coyotes | Steve Sullivan may retire
Part of that deal: IceArizona can move the team after five years if it loses $50 million. So, no matter what anyone says, this is not over. The point to the whole exercise, though, is that a major obstacleâ€"or excuse forâ€"the region's general disinterest in the team is gone. The Coyotes' attendance is annually among the league's worst, regardless of how good the on-ice product actually is. TV ratings are in the same boat. Corporate sponsorship lags behind.
For now, though, that doesn't matter.
"The National Hockey League believes in Arizona as an NHL market and that these new owners can provide the Coyotes the opportunity to secure a stable, long-term future in Glendale," commissioner Gary Bettman said in a released statement.
He went on to thank, among others, GM Don Maloney, coach Dave Tippett and captain Shane Doan "for consistently going 'above and beyond' on behalf of the franchise during this long and complex process."
Maloney, Tippett and Doan deserve credit; the fact that they all signed long-term deals despite the circus surrounding the franchiseâ€"Doan, remember, thought he was going to wind up playing for Greg Jamisonâ€"is admirable. So, sure. "Above and beyond." But the league, for better or worse, has done that, too. So has Glendale, which might be more attached to the arena development than the actual team.
And all the work, no matter how high above or how far beyond it goes, isn't going to matter if people won't bother to watch Doan and Mike Ribeiro and Mike Smith play over the next few years. If they don't, it should be over. For good.
After all, by then there could be arenas and fans and ownership groups in Seattle, Portland, Quebec City and Southern Ontario, at minimum. If all Arizona could offer, through all that, is two of those three, it'd be time to pull the plug with extreme prejudice.
Nobody's saying there aren't any Coyotes fans. If you're curious, read Five for Howling. They exist. There just might not not be enough of themâ€"and sometimes, those are the breaks. Plenty of awesome bands have called it quits because they can't find a way to make money. It's reality, and it's harshâ€"sometimes not enough people love the things you love to make them financially viable.
Still, though, Monday is a good day, because it gives the Coyotes and their fans an honest opportunityâ€"probably their first. The 10-person ownership group headed by George Gosbee and Anthony LeBlanc released their own statements.
"The Coyotes are here to stay and we will continue to work hard on and off the ice and have a strong presence in our community," LeBlanc said. "Our ultimate goal is to bring a Stanley Cup championship to our tremendously resilient, passionate and dedicated fan base here in the Valley. We have a lot of work to do and we can't wait to get started.â€
Good moveâ€"Summer 2018 is closer than you think.


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Dr. Zadeh is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Director of Cardiac Computed Tomography in the Division of Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. After attending medical school in Germany and completing internships in medicine and surgery in Germany and Britain, he spent several years in cardiovascular research at the University of California at San Diego to study coronary artery disease using intravascular ultrasound. He then completed his postgraduate training in Philadelphia and Dallas to join the cardiology faculty at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a CT imaging fellowship in 2005.
Dr. Zadeh directs the CT coronary angiography core laboratory for the CorE-320 multicenter trial and is member of its steering committee. He is also co-director of the SCCT Board Review Course and editor of the SCCT Board Review Preparation Book.
Dr. Zadeh's particular clinical and investigational focus is the pursuit of strategies to better identify patients at risk for future cardiac events using cardiac imaging. Dr. Zadeh is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, and cardiovascular CT. He reviews manucripts for numerous scientific journals, including JACC, JACCimaging, JCCT, AJR, Heart, AJC, and is an author of articles in Circulation, New England Journal of Medicine, JACC, AHJ, and others.
- Director, Cardiac Computed Tomography
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Departments / Divisions
- Medicine - Cardiology
- Medicine - Cardiovascular
Centers & Institutes
- MD; Internal Medicine, Heinrich Heine University (1992)
- Glasgow Royal Infirmary / Emergency Medicine (1995)
- Graduate Hospital / Internal Medicine (2001)
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas / Cardiology (2005)
Research & Publications
Clinical Trial KeywordsCoronary Atherosclerosis, Coronary Artery Disease, Cardiac Computed Tomography
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Arbab-Zadeh A, Dijk E, Prasad A, Torres P, Fu Q, Zhang R, Thomas J, Palmer DM, Levine BD. Effect of aging and physical activity on left ventricular compliance. Circulation 2004;10:1799-1805.
Miller JM, Rochitte C, Dewey M, Arbab-Zadeh A, Niinuma H, Gottlieb I, Paul N, Clouse M, Shapiro E, Hoe J, Lardo AC, Bush D, de Roos A, Cox C, Brinker J, Lima JAC.Coronary artery evaluation using 64-row multidetector computed tomography angiography (CORE-64): results of a multicenter, international trial to assess diagnostic accuracy compared with conventional coronary angiography. New England Journal of Medicine 2008;359:2324-2336.
Arbab-Zadeh A, Texter J, Ostbye KM, Kitagawa K, Brinker J, George RT, Miller JH, Trost JC, Lange RA, Lima JAC, Lardo AC. Quantification of lumen stenoses with known dimensions by conventional angiography and computed tomography: implications for the use of angiography as a gold standard. Heart 2010;96:1358-1363.
Arbab-Zadeh A and Hoe J. Quantification of coronary arterial stenoses by multi-detector computed tomography and correlation with conventional angiography: methods, caveats, and implications. Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging 2011;4:191-202.
Godoy G, Vavere AL, Miller JM, Niinuma H, Lemos P, Paul N, Hoe J, Clouse ME, Ramos CD, Lima JAC, Arbab-Zadeh A. Quantitative coronary arterial stenosis assessment by Multidetector Computed Tomography and Invasive Coronary Angiography for Identifying Patients with Myocardial Perfusion Abnormalities. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2012;19:922-30.
Arbab-Zadeh A, Miller JM, Rochitte C, Dewey M, Niinuma H, Gottlieb I, Paul N, Clouse M, Shapiro E, Hoe J, Lardo AC, Bush D, de Roos A, Cox C, Brinker J, Lima JAC.Diagnostic accuracy of CT coronary angiography according to coronary arterial calcification and pretest probability of coronary artery disease:The CORE-64 International, Multicenter Study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2012;59:379-87.
Sharma A and Arbab-Zadeh A. Assessment of coronary heart disease by CT angiography: Current and evolving applications. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2012;19:796-806.
Arbab-Zadeh A. Stress testing and noninvasive coronary angiography in patients with suspected coronary artery disease: time for a new paradigm. Heart International 2012;7(1) e2:4-13.
Arbab-Zadeh A, Nakano M, Virmani R, Fuster V. Acute coronary events. Circulation 2012;125(9):1147-56.
Yan R, Miller JM, Rochitte C, Dewey M, Niinuma H, Clouse ME, Vavere AL, Brinker J, Lima JAC, Arbab-Zadeh A. Predictors of inaccurate coronary arterial stenosis assessment by CT angiography. Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging 2013 Sep;6(9):963-72.
Tanami Y, Miller JM, Vavere AL, Rochitte C, Dewey M, Niinuma H, Clouse ME, Cox C, Brinker J, Lima J, Arbab-Zadeh A. Nuclear stress perfusion imaging vs. ct coronary angiography for identifying patients with obstructive coronary artery disease as defined by conventional angiography: insights from the core-64 multicenter study. Heart International 2014; 9(1): 1 – 6.
Cerci R, VavereAL, Miller JM, Yoneyama K, Ninuma H, Dewey M, Rochitte C, Clouse ME, Laham R, Hoe J, Lardo AC, Cox C, Lima JA, Arbab-Zadeh A. Patterns of coronary arterial lesion calcification by a novel, cross-sectional CT angiographic assessment. International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging 2013 Oct;29(7):1619-27.
Rochitte CE, George RT, Chen MY, Arbab-Zadeh A, Dewey M, Miller JM, Niinuma H, Yoshioka K, Kitagawa K, Nakamori S, Laham R, Vavere AL, Cerci R, Mehra V, Nomura C, Kofoed KF, Jinzaki M, Kuribayashi S, De Roos A, Laule M, Swee Yaw T, Hoe J, Paul N, Rybicki FJ, Brinker J, Arai A, Cox C, Clouse ME, Di Carli MF, Lima JA. Computed tomography angiography and perfusion to assess coronary artery stenosis causing perfusion defects by SPECT: The CORE320 Study. European Heart Journal 2014;35:1120-30.
Arbab-Zadeh A, Perhonen M, Howden E, Peshock RM, Zhang R, Adams-Huet B, Haykowsky MJ, Levine BD. Cardiac Remodeling in Response to 1 Year of Intensive Endurance Training. Circulation. 2014 Dec 9;130(24):2152-61.
Arbab-Zadeh A and Fuster V. The Myth of the Vulnerable Plaque.Transitioning from a focus on individual lesions to atherosclerotic plaque burden for coronary artery disease management. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2015;65:846-55.
Tanami Y, Jinzaki M, Kishi S, Matheson M, Vavere AL, Rochitte CE, Dewey M, Chen MY, Clouse ME, Cox C, Kuribayashi S, Lima JA, Arbab-Zadeh A. Lack of association between epicardial fat volume and extent of coronary artery calcification, severity of coronary artery disease, or presence of myocardial perfusion abnormalities in a diverse, symptomatic patient population: results from the CORE320 multicenter study. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 2015 Mar;8(3):e002676.
Arbab-Zadeh A. What imaging characteristics determine risk of myocardial infarction and cardiac death? Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2015 Feb;8(2):e003081.
Rahsepar AA and Arbab-Zadeh A. Stress Testing vs. CT Coronary Angiography for Evaluating Patients with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: Review and Expert Recommendations. Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports 2015.
Arbab-Zadeh A, Carli MF, Cerci R, George RT, Chen MY, Dewey M, Niinuma H, Vavere AL, Betoko A, Plotkin M, Cox C, Clouse ME, Arai AE, Rochitte CE, Lima JA, Brinker J, Miller JM. Accuracy of CT Angiography and SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2015.
Arbab-Zadeh A. What does it take to retire invasive angiography. Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging 2016.
Achenbach S, Arbab-Zadeh A, Cury R, Poon M, Weigold WG, editors. Cardiovascular CT Board Preparation by the SCCT. Society of Cardiovascular CT; 2012.
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Cardiac CT Practicum - The Total Experience
Classroom Course; oral instructions
Activities & Honors
- Fellow, American College of Cardiology
- Clinician Scientist Award, Johns Hopkins University
- Finalist, National Cardiology Fellow Forum of Excellence
- Young Investigator Award, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- American College of Cardiology
- American Heart Association,
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- American Society of Internal Medicine
- Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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- Co-Director, Society of Cardiovascular CT
- Director, The CorE-320 Multicenter Study
- Guideline Writing Committee, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
- Steering Committee, The CorE-320 Multicenter Study
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They're NASA, and they know it.
This only seems like an official video, which just makes it that much more awesome:
Produced by a group known appropriately as Satire, the video plays off of LMFAO's hit, " Sexy and I Know It ," purporting to show the NASA Mars Curiosity team showing their stuff. And whoever made the video really has done their homework about NASA operations -- and succeeded in making the agency relevant in a way no form of official communication could hope to do.
The best part, to me, is when the NASA "employees" specifically call out their counterparts in the private space exploration business: "We're better than SpaceX and we ain't afraid to show it!" That may be a YouTube first: pro-government trash-talking.
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Zsuzsanna Hortobagyi McMahan, M.D., M.H.S.
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Dr. Zsuzsanna McMahan is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include rheumatology and scleroderma.
Dr. McMahan received her M.D. degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. She completed her internship and residency training in internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and a post-doctoral fellowship in rheumatology at Johns Hopkins. During her rheumatology fellowship, she earned her master of health science in clinical investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Upon completing her fellowship in June 2012, Dr. McMahan joined the Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center as full-time faculty. Supported by the Rheumatology Research Foundation Scientist Development Award and the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund, she currently focuses 80 percent of her time on conducting translational research under the mentorship of Drs. Antony Rosen, Livia-Casciola-Rosen and Fredrick Wigley.
Dr. McMahan's research focuses specifically on novel antigen identification in scleroderma and defining the target tissue in this disease. The remainder of her academic time is allocated toward patient care and education.
Dr. McMahan is a member of the American College of Rheumatology and has served on numerous committees within that organization, including the fellow's subcommittee and the committee on workforce and training. She was a member of the ACR board of directors in 2014.
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- MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2006)
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas / Internal Medicine (2009)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Rheumatology (2012)
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- American Board of Internal Medicine / Internal Medicine (2009)
- American Board of Internal Medicine / Rheumatology (2012)
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Research Summary
Dr. McMahan is involved in translational research, and her research focuses on blood vessel development and rheumatic diseases with a special interest in scleroderma.
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Nagaraja V, McMahan ZH, Getzug T, Khanna D. "Management of gastrointestinal involvement in scleroderma." Curr Treatm Opt Rheumatol. 2015 Mar 1;1(1):82-105.
McMahan ZH, Bingham CO 3rd. "Effects of biological and non-biological immunomodulatory therapies on the immunogenicity of vaccines in patients with rheumatic diseases." Arthritis Res Ther. 2014 Dec 23;16(6):506. doi: 10.1186/s13075-014-0506-0.
McMahan ZH, Wigley FM. "Novel investigational agents for the treatment of scleroderma." Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2014 Feb;23(2):183-98. doi: 10.1517/13543784.2014.848852. Epub 2013 Nov 22.
Nadal R, McMahan ZH, Antonarakis ES. "Paraneoplastic palmar fasciitis and polyarthritis syndrome in a patient with advanced prostate cancer." Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2013 Dec;11(4):e15-23. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2013.05.008. Epub 2013 Jun 29.
McMahan ZH, Hummers LK. "Systemic sclerosis--challenges for clinical practice." Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2013 Feb;9(2):90-100. doi: 10.1038/nrrheum.2012.191. Epub 2012 Nov 13.
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Courses and Syllabi
Clinical Epidemiology Journal Club, Instructor, JH Bayview
Genes to Society, Small group instructor, Johns Hopkins Medical School
Clinical Research Methods Journal Club, instructor to fellows, JH Bayview
Rheumatology Summer Lectures for First Year Fellows, Instructor, JH Bayview
Genes to Society, Small group instructor, Johns Hopkins Medical School
Clinical Epidemiology Journal Club, Instructor, JH Bayview
Rheumatology Summer Lectures for First Year Fellows, Instructor, JH Bayview
Genes to Society, Team based learning instructor, Johns Hopkins Medical School
Genes to Society, Team based learning instructor, Johns Hopkins Medical School
Activities & Honors
- University of Texas Academic Honors Award, The University of Texas at Austin, 2000
- Chi Omega Eleusinian Community Service Award, The University of Texas at Austin, 2000
- Gianotti Scholarship, UT Houston Medical School, 2000
- Merck Award, UT Houston Medical School, 2002
- Distinguished Fellow Award, American College of Rheumatology, 2012
- Scientist Development Award, Rheumatology Research Foundation, 2012
- American College of Rheumatology
Dr. McMahan has been actively involved in the ACR since 2009. She served on the ACR Fellow's Subcommittee (FSC) from 2009-2011, during which time she was the Fellow Representative on the Annual Meeting Planning Committee (AMPC) and developed the ACR Knowledge Bowl. She was invited to return as a full member of the AMPC for 2012-2014. Dr. McMahan was also chair of the FSC from 2011-2012. During her time in this position she served on the ACR Committee on Workforce and Training. Dr. McMahan was also an active participant on the ACR 2020 Task Force (2011) and participated in the development of the ACR Strategic Plan (2013). She was subsequently invited to join the ACR Board of Directors in 2013 as the young member representative.
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- ACR Session Chair and co-moderator for Clinical Review Session: Immunizations and Rheumatic Diseases, 2010
- ACR Co-chair for the Thieves Market; moderator in 2010, 2010
- Annual Meeting Planning Committee (AMPC) Clinical subcommittee, member, 2011
- ACR Session Co-chair and Moderator for Medical Aspects: Anemia of Inflammatory Disease, 2011
- ACR Session Chair ACR Knowledge Bowl, 2012
- ACR Session Chair Medical Aspects: Immune-Mediated Glomerular Disease, 2012
- ACR session coordinator for Thieves Market, Curbside Consults, Medical Aspects (Thrombotic Microangiopathies), State-of-the-Art (Winning at Clue), Knowledge Bowl, Scleroderma Vasculopathy (CS), 2013
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- ACR State-of-the-Art (SOTA), Planning Committee, 2014
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When Ryan first announced his proposals in 2011, the Democratic response was swift and vicious. Since then attacking Ryan's budget — and specifically his proposals to overhaul Medicare— has been a remarkably successful strategy for Democrats, who argue that Ryan's plan would "end Medicare as we know it," or simply "end Medicare."
The charges are overblown, but also effective. And now that the presidential race is at stake, the Medicare messaging battle is bound to get a lot more brutal.
Perhaps the most illustrative example of these attacks is the infamous "granny-over-a-cliff" ad, from the liberal outside interest group The Agenda Project. The ad features a young man — who doesn't look unlike Paul Ryan— pushing an elderly woman in a wheelchair along a wooded path to the tune of "America The Beautiful." After a brief stroll, he pushes her off a cliff.
It ends with the tagline: "Is America beautiful without Medicare? Ask Paul Ryan and his friends in Congress."
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Recovery at home may create anxiety and fear for you and family members/caretakers.
To help decrease this anxiety, we begin discharge education early in your
hospital experience. Your cardiac liaison nurse will assist you throughout
your hospitalization and will also provide a majority of the education
on going home. The education will be given through various methods including
videos, booklets, pamphlets and this website. If you have any concerns
or questions during your recovery, please call your physician or our Cardiac
Liaison Nurse, Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at (949) 364-1400
ext. 7383.
You can expect to wait six to eight weeks until you are able to return
to your usual routine. Each person recovers differently so recovery time
may be a little shorter or longer. Just remember to be patient and take
care of yourself as you recover. If at anytime you have any questions
regarding your at home care please call Nelo Siddiqui, your cardiac liaison
nurse. She will be happy to answer your questions over the phone.
If given any other guidelines by your physician upon discharge please follow
those guidelines if they differ from the ones below.
Once you return home, it is recommended to take daily showers. Use antibacterial
soap to wash gently over your incisional areas. Do not put any oils, powders
or creams over the incisional areas. You may have Dermabond, a topical
skin adhesive on your incisions. It will naturally fall off your skin
in 10 days or so. Do not peel or scratch it off. Check your incisional
sites every day. During or after your shower is the best time. Notify
your physician if you notice any of the following:
If you went home with gauze on any of your incisions (e,g., chest tube
site or leg drain site), you may need to replace them with new gauze.
A good rule of thumb is to check for wetness on the gauze when you remove
them, which will indicate that the sites are still draining. If they are
dry, leave it open. Steri strips down your chest incision or leg incisions
should be left alone to fall off on their own. If they start to peel off
at the ends, you can trim them to avoid getting caught on your clothes.
The first thing many patients want to do when they return home is take
a shower. Since you may be tired and fatigued from your first day at home,
start taking showers your second day at home. Place a plastic chair or
stool in the shower to sit on while you bathe. Make your showers short
- between five and seven minutes. Have your clothes laid out and ready
to put on to help with fatigue. This will help with any weakness or fatigue
you may feel. Avoid tub baths until your physician says it's okay.
With your back to the showerhead, use lukewarm water and gently wash your
body and cleanse your surgical incisions. Use liquid antibacterial soap
such as Dial. This is a great time to look over all your incisional areas
for signs of possible infection. If you have gauze on any of your incisions
remove them prior to showering. This does not include steri strips, please
leave them alone and let them fall off naturally.
Wear loose comfortable clothing that doesn't place extra pressure
on your surgical sites. For men, it is better to wear boxers instead of
briefs especially if you have incisions down your leg
Walking is a very important part of the recovery process. You can follow
the following guidelines unless instructed otherwise by your doctor:
You can climb stairs once a day if you have a two-story complex or you
live on the upper level. Make sure to give yourself plenty of rest before
climbing stairs. If you have a landing on your stairway, placing a chair
there will allow you to sit and rest when needed.
Resting between activities is very important. Nap or rest for 20 to 30
minutes between each activity such as showering or taking a walk. When
you do sit down make sure to elevate your legs above hip level to help
decrease swelling. Do not cross your legs and avoid sitting or standing
in one position for too long.
Remember your sternum (breastbone) takes approximately six to eight weeks to fuse.
Do not drive for eight weeks. This time period will allow your breastbone
and sternal area to heal. If you are a passenger in the car, sit in the
back seat and take your heart pillow or another pillow from your home
and place over your sternum and then put your seatbelt on. This will protect
the area in case you make any sudden stops. If you take a trip make a
stop about every two hours so you can relieve some of the pressure on
your sternal area.
You can resume sexual activity when you feel comfortable or when you can
walk two flights of stairs without any shortness of breath. This is around
the fifth week. Remember the sternum is still healing so avoid any position
which may put strain or pressure on your chest. Often it is the spouse
or partner of the patient that may feel uncomfortable about resuming sexual
activity in fear of hurting the patient. It is important to talk it over
with your partner and resume when you both feel comfortable and ready.
Depression or mood changes are a normal part of the recovery process. You
may have some good days and bad days. Do not get discouraged. The support
of your family members or caretakers will help you in the process. If
you feel that the depression or mood changes are not getting better, contact
your physician for additional help.
Limit your visitors the first couple of weeks while you are at home to
20 minutes one time per day. You need your rest and having too many visitors
can increase fatigue during recovery.
The type of work you do will determine when you will be able to return
to work. Usually by the 3rd week, you can resume light workload. Talk
to your physician. Remember, you need time to heal so follow the physician's advice.
Do not smoke!
All current or former smokers:
Upon returning home you will need to modify your diet to avoid further
heart complications. We recommend a low-fat, low-cholesterol and low-sodium
diet. One of the best ways to help improve your diet is to start reading
labels on the back of food products.
Look at sections on fat, cholesterol and sodium. Total fat intake should
be limited to a total of 30% of your overall fat intake. Cholesterol should
be limited to 300 milligrams per day. Restrict your salt intake to 2000
to 2500 mg a day. The reduction in salt will help decrease water retention
in your body and will also help decrease the swelling in your legs. Decreased
salt intake also aids in reducing your blood pressure and any further
heart complications.
The American Heart Association has some great tips on reducing your fat,
cholesterol and salt intake. They also provide recipes to help you in
your new healthy diet. Visit
Depending on the type of surgery and your physician, you may be placed
on a drug called Coumadin. If you are placed on this medicine you need
to watch your intake of Vitamin K. This drug does not work like it is
supposed to when you increase your intake of Vitamin K. Vitamin K is found
in many green leafy vegetables as well as a variety of other foods. Remember
you do not have to get rid of vitamin K in your diet you just need to
eat it in moderation. Below is a site that contains foods that are high
in Vitamin K as well as some information on Coumadin and how to take the
medication at home.
A journal (simple notebook will do) will become a necessary tool in your
recovery. The journal will be used to keep track of your:
An example of how to set up your journal.
You will be placed on some medications that will lower your blood pressure.
As your heart recovers, we may need to adjust these medications. A good
way for your physician to tell if the medicines need adjustment is by
monitoring your blood pressure at home. You can get a blood pressure cuff
at your local drugstore or Costco. Get one that goes over your upper arm
NOT YOUR WRIST and one that also takes your heart rate. Take your blood
pressure once in the morning before you take your medicine and once at
night before you take your medicine. The top number is your systolic number
and the bottom number is your diastolic.
If your systolic blood pressure is <90 and you are light headed or dizzy
do not take your blood pressure medication. Wait an hour and retake your
blood pressure. If it is still <90 and you are light headed or dizzy
do not take your medication and call your physician. An adjustment in
your blood pressure medications may be needed. Make sure to write down
your blood pressure readings and the time you took it.
It will be important to take your heart rate once in the morning and once
at night when you take your blood pressure. This should be done while
you are resting. Monitor how fast your heart beats per minute. If you
feel heart palpitations or notice your heart rate goes up or down by 20
beats since you last took it call your physician.
You should also monitor your heart rate during activities like walking.
If your heart rate goes up or down by more than 20 beats per minute from
your resting heart rate, slow down or decrease your activity level. If
you continue to see an increase or decrease call your physician.
To take your pulse without a machine place your index and middle finger
- NOT YOUR THUMB - on the lower part of thumb where it meets your wrist.
Count the number of pulses you feel in a minute. Remember to write down
your heart rate in your journals and at what time you took them.
Take your temperature once a day when you first wake up. If your temp is
>100 degrees Fahrenheit call your physician and monitor your incisional
sites. An increase in temperature could be an indication of an infection
in your incisional sites or somewhere else in your body. Remember to write
down your temperature in your journal and the time you took it.
Every morning you need to weigh yourself when you first wake up. Write
your weight down in your journal and compare your weight to the previous
day. If you gain 3-5 pounds in 1-2 days and see increased swelling in
your extremities call your physician. You may need to reduce your fluid
and salt intake as well as be placed on some medication to help get rid
of excess water that may build up in your body.
If you are diabetic, it is highly recommended that you check your blood
sugars regularly for optimal control whether you are on oral medication
or insulin. Check your blood sugar as instructed and consult with your
primary care physician or endocrinologist for any concerns.
You can use your journal to keep track of other things such as lab and
test results. You may also want to use the journal to keep track of the
medications you are using and their dosages.
After your surgery you will probably be placed on some medications to help
your new heart. They do a variety of things including:
Make sure you follow your physicians' instructions and don't
increase, decrease or stop your medications unless advised by your physician.
Keep a list of your medications and take it with you to every physician's
Cardiac rehabilitation is a way for people who have had heart surgery to
get going again after surgery. You can begin the rehabilitation program
after the first six weeks at home or when your physician approves. For
further information, talk to your cardiologist.


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Friday, August 7, 2009
Shrinking From Guilt
13 comments:
- Farmer's Daughter said...
Oh my gosh! I used to LOVE shrinky dinks!
I want some #6 plastic now... uh-oh!
- August 7, 2009 at 6:53 AM
- The Mom said...
Shrinky dinks are awesome! Another thing those clamshells are good for is starting seeds. They make wonderful little mini greenhouses and can be used over and over.
- August 7, 2009 at 6:57 AM
- Lisa A. said...
Great idea! Why won't the recycler take that kind of plastic?
- August 7, 2009 at 7:58 AM
- Kelsie said...
Yep! I winter sowed several of my medicinal herbs in those clamshells, and they did GREAT. Just another idea for you. :)
- August 7, 2009 at 8:42 AM
- Green Bean said...
Abbie: Weren't shrinky dinks such fun as kids.
Mom: Oh, I love the seed starting idea! Totally using that one.
Lisa: Our recycler does not accept clamshells - even ones that are number 1 or 2 plastic which is supposed to be the best for recycling. I'm not exactly sure why.
Kelsie: Another vote for the mini greenhouses. It's a great use especially for the ones we get that are not number 6 plastic. That is, if I'm not successful in avoiding clamshells the rest of the year.
- August 7, 2009 at 10:16 AM
- Olivia said...
While our recycler takes these clamshells, I save the few that I have for picking berries at local U-Picks - they are a good size as the berries don't get squashed and the fact that they have lids means that the berries don't roll all over the car while transporting them home. I just wash them out and reuse them.
- August 7, 2009 at 1:34 PM
- Daisy said...
I know the feeling! I've used little plastic containers as seed starters, but sometimes I even use them to freeze small amounts of things like spinach or rhubarb.
- August 7, 2009 at 1:36 PM
- Erin aka Conscious Shopper said...
Funny that you wrote about this today! I picked up a children's crafts book from the library this week that had instructions for doing something like this. We were thinking about trying it. Glad to see it works!
- August 7, 2009 at 5:51 PM
- Green Bean said...
Olivia: That's another good idea. I've been reusing my strawberry baskets to hold our homegrown cherry tomatoes - before returning the baskets to the farmers market for reuse. Love being able to avoid the trash can.
Daisy: Not that's an idea! Ours all had holes. Does it not matter if there's some air that gets in when you freeze the spinach and such?
Erin: Great minds think alike! And yes, it definitely works and was a lot of fun.
- August 7, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Oh! Oh! Oh! My eyes! And nose! Make it stop! Noxious styrene! Not green! Not! Not! Not!
Okay, I'm done now. Just don't let this happen again.
- August 8, 2009 at 2:22 PM
- Green Bean said...
Beth: Oh, I knew you couldn't resist.
- August 8, 2009 at 3:11 PM
- Beany said...
Glad I'm not the only one. I got mine from the CSA whose subscription I eventually cancelled because we couldn't come to an agreement on proper packaging. I've saved all my plastic and styrofoam clamshells. I washed them and have reused some of them for charity work - making sandwiches for homeless for example.
- August 9, 2009 at 5:46 PM
It's the only way to get blueberries around here -- and we go through a lot of locally grown blueberries. Most of the clamshells are now #1 100% recycled PETE for what it's worth -- last year there were some #6 in the mix. (All the other farmer's market small fruit is in cardboard).
I use the plastic clamshells to store other produce in the fridge. And my big use is to cut off the bottoms and tops and use the bodies to cage seeds and seedlings and prevent squirrel and rabbit depravation. So right now I'm not complaining too much.
- August 10, 2009 at 7:44 AM


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He's the same weight that Kenny was when he was born but he has much more hair. He cries at night like Abbie and he likes to snuggle like both of my babies. He plays with the other two really well and craves loving from Jim and I.
Yep. It's our new dog, Harley.
I've written here before that I didn't grow up with dogs in the house and Jim did. Jim always had pets and Mimi and Pop's dog just loves him. Abbie has been begging for a dog for 2 years now and it just seemed to be time.
I checked out the sites online where I could see what kind of dog we would do well with. I checked out sites where you buy the kind we would do well with. I was prepared to spend about $300. So, yesterday Jim and I went to look at some dogs. I thought it would be good for me to just see some- maybe even hold one.
So we went to the SPCA - Rescue the Animals building almost outta of town. There were lots of dogs and the little kennels and sad expressions made me cry. There were 3 little puppies together - one black/white one, one tan, and one brown with a black nose. The tan one was all over the other 2 trying to get to us. We picked out the darker brown one that was very timid.
He was already adopted.
Guess which one came home with us. That's right. The rowdy one. He's not really that rowdy here and he's sweet as pie. He pottied outside today and we are so proud.
It's ended up costing about $300. Jim pointed out how much it would have cost to have gotten a dog from a breeder. You know how committed I am to re-cycling!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
It's A Boy!
He's the same weight that Kenny was when he was born but he has much more hair. He cries at night like Abbie and he likes to snuggle like both of my babies. He plays with the other two really well and craves loving from Jim and I.
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Friday, January 23, 2009
I Will!
Sometimes I wonder if I have anything to write about and sometimes stuff just falls into my lap.
I read this article this morning and was shocked by the information. Can it be possible that one third of my readers plan on no clothing purchases in 2009?! I can only emphatically state that I won't buy any clothes for the next week or so. I know some folks plan for months in advance for that new swimsuit or dress for a party - but an entire year!!!!
I'm not worried about Jim's job. I'm really not worried about my job. I'm more concerned about seeing retailers abandon malls. I hate to see empty stores. (I also hate to see more built - can't anybody just use the ones we already have?)
So, what about you? Will you make any clothing purchase for yourself in 2009?
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
He's Trying To Look Tough
Oops. I missed a day! I thought of it last night 11:20 so I didn't crawl out of bed and post for yall. Sorry.
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Labels: Kenny
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
For Your Sweetheart
My friend, Susan, hosted our Bunco group last night and we had pie! Four different kinds to be exact. Pie is always good........
Time for a recipe! This was a pie recipe that I got out of a Southern Living years ago - it was a Valentine's Day recipe. Very yummy!!
Sweetheart Fudge Pie
½ cup butter
¾ cup brown sugar
3 eggs
1 (12 oz) pkg. semisweet chocolate morsels, melted
2 tsp instant coffee granules
1 tsp rum extract
½ cup all-purpose flour
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans (or walnuts)
1 unbaked pastry shell
Cream the butter; gradually add brown sugar beating w/electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each egg. Add melted chocolate, coffee granules and rum extract. Mix well. Stir in flour and nuts.
Pour mixture into pastry shell. Bake at 375* for 25 min; cool completely. Chill. Garnish w/whipped cream and/or nuts.
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Eat A Black and White Cookie Today!
Yep. It's a national holiday. My kids are out of school, my office is closed and my hubby's office is closed.
We are all celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! We remember a great man who was able to lead a disenfranchised group of people to inclusion. A segment of society that had been left behind because of bad schooling and unequal opportunities. (Sounds like the Jews, huh?)
Yall, I want to encourage a change in our attitude so our children will have a different attitude. I work to get away from the way people talked and felt when I was growing up. I'm pretty sure I've written here before about Birmingham in the 1970's and the changes that entire city was going through.
I will share one thing: When I went to college (in Arkansas,) I was still using the N word without feelings of remorse. I dated a guy (from Texas, another traditionally tolerate state) that called me on it. I'll never forget. He told me that we become prejudge when we don't really know another person from the group we are prejudge against. It changed my world view.
I since have had the opportunity to work with and enjoy the company of Black (African-American, whichever) folks. Some people of color have walked into my church. My bunco game. My service project. Knowing them has helped me grow into someone who tries to sees people as individuals - not groups.
Lastly. Do we even have Black and White cookies in Abilene? We did in Birmingham and I always thought we should adopt them as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day official food. Like turkey at Thanksgiving or chocolate on Valentine's Day.
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Don't Worry Be Happy
I've been thinking a lot about happiness. Are you happy? Am I happy?
A woman that I know has (apparently) left her family. Husband and kids. Home. Why would somebody do that? What could be bad enough to just leave? I haven't talked with her so I don't know her reason but I do know what she could hear if she just listened.
You aren't happy. Change your where you are in your life. You deserve to be happy. Your kids will be happier if you're happy. You aren't the same person you were when you got married. Life is more than this.
I've been thinking that happiness isn't the same as contentment. Now the dictionary uses one to define the other but they feel different to me.
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
What Do You Need?
This proves that people will spend money on anything!
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Math Was Always Hard For Me, Too
We used to watch these movies when I was a kid. They still make me laugh.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Beauty School
My daughter has a uni-brow. We've always known this. At about 12 months, I (along with my hubby) attempted to wax it. It just drove me crazy! I had never waxed anything before and I didn't have the nerve to rip it off. I have since been told that I was a little over the top to worry about such a thing.
Let it be known here that Crawford women (my mom has 5 sisters) do not have uni-brows! I didn't pluck until I was an adult. And I've just recently discovered brow waxing - it's fine.
Now, Abbie came to me the other night wanting me to pluck her uni-brow. I have tried to pluck it in the past year but she wouldn't let me do it. She knows hers is a uni-brow and I didn't tell her. Someone else told her 2 years ago and she has seen it on TV. She even identifies one little girl at school as the "one with the uni-brow" (it is a serious uni-brow.)
I took off the offending hairs lickity split. I did not do her brows. I simply made her have 2 distinct brows.
She was happy with it.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
And Abbie Thanks You
Girl Scout Cookies have become my life. I don't like to sell all that junk from school but for some reason these cookies are fun to sell. Go figure.
We turned in some money today for our first batch of boxes! And I love all of you that are patiently waiting for more cookies or an order form.
Weird thing from today: I met a college student that had never eaten Girl Scout cookies! I didn't realize that was humanly possible!
Did anybody see that the folks that own Drug Emporium go to church with DeeAnne?! She's in Longview........ Small world.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Day 4
Kenny got headgear today. It has brought back many unpleasant memories. I imagine I'll get used to it but today it just bugging me.
I've been reading (yet another) book about Mormonism. This a fictionalized account of Ann Eliza Young one of Brigham Young's many wives. She really did write an expose of the marriage and traveled the US lecturing against polygamy. It also has a murder mystery set in present day in a Fundamentalist compound.
The book is stuck in my head and all I want to do read it. I find the Mormon faith fascinating. I know it's a cult but the question remains why do so many people believe it? Why would anybody not demand proof of golden tablets (that Joseph Smith found) only 150 years ago? How can you trust a God that can change his mind tomorrow? Like he did with Black people and polygamy.
Cult or Different Belief System?
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Good Eats
We ate at Lytle Land & Cattle and Company Saturday night and I wanted to write about the most excellent thing.
Vegetable Bobs. They are really kabobs and they were so good. I think I can skip the potato next time and have two of these.
One more thing. When will Drug Emporium join the 21st century and allow me to use my credit card?
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Cookies, Anyone?
We're selling Girl Scout cookies now! We went to pick up 10 boxes yesterday - this is the first time they've given boxes and you take orders, too. I knew that I could sell these cookies. I knew that they would be gone but how?
First, I put it on Facebook that I would have them at church. Then I intended to open up the back of my van and sell out it. (My plan did not include counterfeit watches and purses but it did tend that way.)
Yes, I grew up that selling in the church was a no-no. But, if you review the account of the moneychangers in the Bible, the moneychangers were taking advantage of the out-of-towners. We had no intention of making any money - Abbie just wants all the "incentives."
Without too much trouble, we sold 50 boxes!! It has turned into a family affair, for sure! We had a couple of people just giving money! Thanks for that - we'll put that right to our troop.
I hope we didn't offend anybody but we're having fun!
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
Genetic Quirkiness?
Kenny had a sleepover last night at the church building. A bunch of Tween boys running around the children's wing (classrooms locked) with Nerf guns.
Bless the mom and dad that was there with them while they didn't sleep a wink.
But that meant I had to pick Kenny up at 7:00 am (7 to 7, see how that works.) Of course, my weird son (like his mom) had to shower before going to sleep.
Driving at that hour also meant I saw the moon going down. The moon was super bright and huge! I was amazed by the sight of it.
This is what I found when I got home.
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