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|Hello and welcome to our News archives. In this section you will find
a wide variety of newspaper clippings and note-worthy items regarding the visionary mushrooms Use and sales
in Japan
They are arranged Chronologically by dates.
"Cosmic" email@example.com
To: email@example.com
Subject: ensightful
Date: Thursday Apr 6, 2000 04:21:30 +0900
Yes, We would love to make a connection. We just got 10,000 in mushroom grow equipment from America. We have the drive and desire but limited to our experience. Plenty of space at our small town in southern Japan. We looked for your web sight without avail. We will be here soon. there is something there but not much. Will we up very soon.
We consumed the best shrooms last summer direct import from Holland. The pro growers have left Holland and the quality has reach lows un felt before. If a country would be on the top of the list for Shroom consumption Japan would reach new levels. We went through 7 kilos+ of Copelandia this summer, this is the cause for cultivation. We are interested in your spores but at the moment we are limited by our capital. Dove in deep this year with future projects.
Link ofcourse! Your advise is appreciated. We would like to open a message board. Ready but need topic and Bowman to spear the conversation. Any ideas?
We could sell your spores on our page, credit card processing will be available in a few weeks, awaiting paperwork processing.My name is Tenaya Roshay
Keiko Tokonami is a partner in a great adventure.
Shrooming began at the University of Southern Cal last year. When Tenaya found out Shrooms are very legal in Japan. Psychedelic mushrooms are classified as "beautiful objects", something like looking at a rare flower. Hay, Japanese can get some things right. A life in the American world left little to desire. Got a 7 year Visa for Japan and don't plan on returning anytime soon.
Hay let us sell and purchase some of your written material. We are new to the Shroom world but at the focal point with most Japanese retails. If u consumed Mushrooms in Japan, They most likely came through us. University taught Tenaya some things.Please send your web page. Thanks Tenaya Cosmicshrooms
"Cosmic" firstname.lastname@example.com
To: email@example.com
Subject: Cosmic here!
Date: Mon, April 17, 2000 07:52:12 +0900
Hay we aren't finished with sight but was wondering if u have any items in finished product could connect us to that world. Buying from Holland usually In need of Copelandia, Hawaiian. 100 grams of best quality looking but the cost is around 1000 for 100 grams.
We just came down with a great mix. We put a little wild grass in with a mix in tea of tampanesis, wish I would of measured better but ride was wonderful. Very light but steady. Haven't shroomed for 4 months.
We sat under a almost full moon with the Japanese cherry blossoms blooming overhead. The moon's shadow penetrates us. Difficult day with a wonderful night of shoomin. Spent the mourning picking the weeds out of the rye grain growing on out plot. The energy came from the earth.
leave the world a message.
For some reason, this news item is dated 5-6-2003.
This seems not to be the corerect date since the News Items
posted below predate this particular item.
TOKYO (Reuters) - In a country known for some of the Western world's
toughest drug laws, dealers of hallucinogenic ''magic'' mushrooms
brazenly tout their wares in Japan.
Sidewalk vendors hawk mind-altering fungi on the streets of Shibuya,
Tokyo's hip center of fashion, while magazines run advertisements for
Hawaiian toadstools and Peyote cacti.
Thanks to a bizarre legal loophole, psychedelic substances have
mushroomed into a major money-spinner and stores, known as ''head
shops,'' with names such as Herb on Air, Whoopee! and Psychedelic
Garden are sprouting up all over the capital.
``You can't be punished for possession. Magic mushrooms are not
listed in the drug law,'' a Justice Ministry official said.
A Tokyo customs official confirmed the loophole that lets dealers
import vegetable matter that would be considered Class A narcotics in
many countries. ``The plants themselves aren't illegal. There's no
law prohibiting their import.''
In a society not known for recreational drug use, such laxity is the
exception to the rule. Even some over-the-counter cold medicines such
as Sudafed are routinely seized by Japanese customs officers because
of the stimulants they contain.
``Japan is no paradise for druggies, that's for sure,'' said a user
of magic mushrooms, who declined to be identified. The 26-year-old
office worker described how she painstakingly raised her own magic
mushrooms at home using a spore-growing kit imported from Amsterdam.
Zapped With Hair Dryer
``My mushrooms were 10 times better than the stuff you can buy in
Shibuya,'' she said. ``That's mostly because the dealers dry them
with a hair dryer that effectively zaps most of the psilocybin out.''
Psilocybin, the chemical that gives magic mushrooms their
hallucinogenic properties, is specifically outlawed under drug laws,
as is mescaline from Mexico's peyote cactus. But unlike hemp, the
fungi and cacti themselves get off scot-free.
``If you know it's a magic mushroom and eat it, that's illegal. If
you don't know what it is and eat it, that's fine,'' said the branch
manager of a head-shop chain who identified himself only as Mr. A.
``It's all right to show and sell them, just not to encourage people
to ingest.''
He said about 20 people a day, from junior high school students to
retiress, buy mushrooms imported from Europe and Hawaii at his
basement bazaar in Tokyo's Shinjuku district. The shop also stocks
pipes and books on alternative culture.
Dealers know they walk a fine legal line. Police made their first
fungus-related arrest in 1998, nabbing a man in the western city of
Osaka for selling 2,000 bottles of capsules containing powdered magic
mushrooms, worth about $80,000.
But putting him in handcuffs took some wrangling. The man was
arrested not for hawking hallucinogens but for flouting a law
requiring people who sell pharmaceutical products to have a license,
said a police spokesman. He had taken out magazine advertisements
saying his mushrooms had ``a great effect on sex,'' the spokesman
The same year, a 19-year-old employee of a Tokyo magic mushroom
dealer died of a drug overdose, although it was not clear exactly
what drug she had taken.
``Magic mushrooms are essentially poisonous mushrooms,'' said Katsumi
Kinoshita, chief of the Health Ministry's Pharmaceutical and Medical
Safety Bureau. He declined to say whether the ministry was
considering making them illegal.
Last month Japanese pop idol and TV star Hideaki Ito, 25, was rushed
to a hospital after police found him babbling incoherently in a
store, local media said. Ito said he had been given magic mushrooms
by a friend without his knowledge.
Unwelcome Publicity
The incident drew unwelcome publicity for a fledgling industry eager
to distance itself from illegal trafficking.
``It's shop policy not to talk to the media,'' said the manager of a
Shibuya magic mushroom emporium, declining to answer questions.
``They always paint us in such a bad light.''
Japan's ``yakuza'' organized crime syndicates control the vast
majority of narcotics trafficking, and their most lucrative product
is amphetamines, popular as a pick-me-up for those with fast-paced
lifestyles, police say.
``Rave'' drugs have also become popular. The Osaka customs office
reported this year that seizures of ecstasy, a controversial
stimulant and mild hallucinogen sometimes called the ``love drug,''
increased almost ninefold in 2000.
Perhaps Japan's most high-profile drug bust was in 1980, when former
Beatle Paul McCartney was arrested at Tokyo International Airport for
possession of 219 grams of marijuana. Held in jail for nine days
before being released and deported, he could have faced seven years
in prison.
``Japan's drug laws are the way they are because they were forced on
us willy-nilly by America after the war,'' said a magic mushroom
street dealer. The long-haired vendor said the occupation authorities
who gave Japan its new constitution and legal code lumped hard and
soft drugs together as dangerous and ''evil'' substances -- although
magic mushrooms slipped through.
``In Japan, the people who make the rules don't have a clue,'' Mr. A
said. ``To them, it's just fungus.'
Magic mushrooms banned from June 6
Friday, April 26, 2002 at 09:30 JST
TOKYO: The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Thursday it will ban from June 6 the sale and possession of so-called magic mushrooms, which sofar have been used as a legal drug, especially among young people. The ministry said it will designate any mushroom containing psilocybin or psilocin, a small dose of which is known to cause hallucination, as illegal.
Magic mushrooms are known to contain small amounts of these ingredients but until now there have been no rules on them.
The ban will be made official at a cabinet meeting Friday, the ministry said. It will ban the import, manufacture, sale, transfer, possession and advertisement of the mushrooms. A violation may result in imprisonment, the ministry said. (Kyodo News)
'Magic' Mushrooms to Be Outlawed
Fri Apr 26, 8:26 AM ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Health Ministry said on Friday it would outlaw hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from June, plugging a legal loophole that has allowed the mind-altering fungi to be openly sold without penalty.
Sales and possession of mushrooms containing hallucinogenic elements will be prohibited from June 6, a ministry official said.
"There have been concerns of abuse," he said. "Cases of young people doing harm to their health have been on the rise."
Due to a bizarre legal twist, psilocybin -- the chemical that gives the fungi their "magic" properties -- is illegal in Japan, but the mushrooms themselves are not.
This has allowed vendors to hawk them from sidewalk stands and via the Internet. Magazines can also run advertisements for such exotica as Hawaiian toadstools without facing trouble.
In recent years, chains of "head shops" with names like Herb on Air and Whoopee! have spouted up in big cities, offering substances that would be considered Class A narcotics in many countries.
In a society known for some of the toughest drug laws in the industrialized world, such laxity is the exception to the norm.
Drug control is so strict in Japan that even some over-the-counter foreign cold medicines are routinely seized by customs officers because of the stimulants they contain.
The Health Ministry will issue an official notification on May 7 to inform stores and the public of the ban, the official said.
"That gives them about a month for disposal."
The branch manager of Psychedelic Garden, a head shop in Tokyo's Nishi-Shinjuku district, said the ban came as little surprise.
"There's been talk of this for some time," he said. "We'll end sales on May 20. It's disappointing but it can't be helped."
In addition to mushrooms imported from Europe and Hawaii, the basement bazaar stocks pipes, bongs, T-shirts and books on alternative culture.
Vendors currently walk a fine legal line. Although they cannot be arrested for dealing of the mushrooms themselves, they are sometimes nabbed for other violations, such as selling pharmaceuticals without a license.
Japan's most high-profile drug bust was the 1980 arrest of former Beatle Paul McCartney at Tokyo international airport for possession of 219 grams (7.7 ounces) of marijuana.
He was held in jail for nine days before being released and deported. If convicted, he could have faced seven years in prison.
TOKYO - Enthusiasts admit it's not the taste that keeps them gobbling the shriveled, brown mushrooms. They're so bitter that many can only choke them down with orange juice or yogurt.
The allure is the hallucinogen within, so potent that the fungi are outlawed in most countries with the likes of cocaine and heroin.
"It doesn't taste good, but I like to get high," 19-year-old student Wataru Kanbe said after eating a handful of "magic mushrooms" at a recent family open-air concert. Best of all, he added with a glassy-eyed stare, doing so is completely legal.
Not much longer.
Alarmed by the soaring popularity of hallucinogenic mushrooms and sometimes toxic side effects, Japan's Health Ministry is finally plugging the legal loophole that has allowed them to be sold openly and lawfully by trendy shops, street vendors and mail-order companies advertising in magazines.
The crackdown - which takes effect June 6 - will slap a maximum seven-year prison term on magic mushroom possession, putting it on par with the penalty for cocaine possession.
While the appeal of the mushrooms reflects changing Japanese attitudes toward drugs, it also highlights the government's increasingly desperate battle against them.
Japan has carefully nurtured its hard-line reputation, from leveling life sentences on heroin traffickers to arresting former Beatle Paul McCartney in 1980 when he stepped off the plane in Tokyo with a bag of marijuana.
But a 1990 overhaul of the drug law overlooked one point. It banned the psychoactive drugs psilocybin and psilocin, but not the mushrooms that naturally produce them.
It didn't take long for entrepreneurs to start hawking the psychedelic fungi to curious teens and rebellious hipsters in search of a "legal high." So-called head shops mushroomed overnight in trendy Tokyo entertainment districts, selling packs for 1,800 to 3,000 yen ($13 to $23) a pop. They're all laid out in fancy glass display cases.
Most are imported from the Netherlands, where they are grown on farms. But even hand-picked, wild "liberty cap" toadstools from Scotland turn up for $20 a gram.
"You can find them anywhere," said Hideo Eno at the Health Ministry's narcotics division. The ministry said there were at least 11 species of magic mushrooms - technically classified as poisonous plants and not drugs - being sold in Japan. As long as they were not labeled as food, that was permitted.
Takahito Watanabe, manager of PsychoPompos, a closet-sized head shop brazenly advertising itself with a marijuana-leaf signboard, said his desiccated mushrooms were for display purposes only. "Or use as good luck charms," he said. The Health Ministry has no statistics on the size of the magic mushroom market or how many Japanese use them. But their popularity is hinted at by sales at a chain of three stores owned by mushroom magnate Muneo Ogishi. He claims more than 3,000 people stock up every month, mostly people in their 20s.
The increase in use is also underlined by the increase in the number of people hospitalized for overdosing, from one person in 1997 to 38 in 2000 - not huge numbers but enough to demand action, Eno said. "Young people are curious. They say it's fun and safe. But really it contains a dangerous narcotic," he said. Users say the effect of magic mushrooms is like being sealed in a cocoon of euphoria where street lights look like prisms and neon blurs into rainbows. But the mushrooms can also trigger nausea and sudden fits of paranoia or panjic.
Mushrooms are not considered addictive, but government officials view them as a gateway to experimentation with other drugs.
Narcotics use in Japan peaked during the economic boom of the 1980s, but has been on the rise again. Except for a dip in 1998, arrests for drug offenses rose consistently from 1995 to 2000. Last year, police took in a record haul of recreational drugs, seizing 1,753 pounds of marijuana and confiscating 118,000 tablets of Ecstasy, a 40 percent increase from the year before.
The changing mores were underlined in a recent government poll that said nearly 20 percent of high school students nationwide think it should be legal for them to use drugs if they wish. "Drug abuse is on the rise and legalized magic mushrooms aren't helping," said Chikashi Okutsu, director of Asia Pacific Addiction Institute, a Tokyo drug abuse treatment center. He said mushrooms are particularly dangerous for inexperienced users don't know what they're doing."
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Hi Mushroom John
if i remember you like to keep track of this kinda thing.
i don't know the exact date of this clipping but would assume early july 2002.
Mushroom Bust
Police in yokohama said yesterday they had made the first arrest under the new laws banning the possession of magic mushrooms.
Ryoichi t\Tsuzuki, 23, was found in possession of 2138gm of magic mushrooms on tuesday. before the ban, 11 species of mushrooms containing the hallucinogenic chemicals psylocybin and psylocin were traded widely in trendy urban districts and on the internet, because while the chemicals were illegal, the mushrooms were not.
I think this is from the Daily Yomiuiri, a friend handed it to me with no other info.
Since the ban many headshops have closed, which maybe indicates how large the profits were. others have moved into aggressively promoting amanita muscaria, i rec'd a flyer in the mail last week offerring me a special deal.
Other shops have gone the research chem route and have everything from 2ct7 to stp on display and sale.
Some sites that no longer sell shrooms!
Hope some of this is useful
mr c
12. Errata: Different Kinds of Mushrooms
The Week Online with DRCNet
Issue #238, 5/24/02
A newsbrief published in Issue #235 of The Week Online, "Japan to Outlaw Magic Mushrooms, Loophole Slams Shut," incorrectly cited Amanita muscaria as an example of an hallucinogenic fungus in which psilocybin is the active ingredient. The active ingredient in Amanita muscaria is ibotenic acid, which is converted by the body into muscimol.
Spore Sales Shut Down by Dana Larsen-3-30-2003-Japan
Japan bans mushrooms
Last year, Japan moved to shut down once-legal mushroom dealers. As of June 2002, possession of psychoactive mushrooms in Japan can get a maximum seven year sentence, equivalent to that for heroin and cocaine.
The psychoactive drugs psilocybin and psilocin were banned in 1990, but not the mushrooms that naturally produce them. Many Japanese headshops had long been selling a variety of imported and locally grown psychoactive mushrooms for up to $23 US per gram.
Japanese officials told the media that at least 11 varieties of psychoactive mushrooms were being sold in Tokyo. Since they were classified as poisonous plants and not a drug, they were permitted for sale so long as they were not labelled as food. Under the new law, the mushrooms are classified as a drug in any form, and their cultivation, sale and use is prohibited.
Stars and Stripes
February 9, 2007
By Chiyomi Sumida
Starts and Stripes, Pacific Edition.
NAHA, Okinawa A 20-year-old sailor assigned to Camp Hansen was charged Wednesday with smuggling hallucinatory magic mushrooms, an Okinawa Customs Office spokesman said.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Trent Matthew James Riley is accused of mail-ordering via the Internet the illegal substance, which was sent through Japanese postal services to his off-base home in Okinawa citys Murokawa district, according to an Okinawa Prefectural Police report.
On Jan. 10, a parcel containing the illegal substance and addressed to Riley arrived at Naha Central Post Office from the Netherlands, said Kiyotaka Kubashima, a customs office spokesman. Five days later, under supervision of police and customs offices, the package was delivered to Rileys off-base home, Kubashima said.
Riley was arrested the moment he received the package, which contained 51 grams of mushrooms, Kubashima said.
The Okinawa District Public Prosecutors Office charged Riley with violating Japans Narcotic and Psychotropic Drug Control Law, Kubashima said.
In June 2002, Japan listed hallucinogenic mushrooms as a controlled substance. Using, possessing, growing, transferring or advertising them is strictly banned.
If convicted, Riley, who remains under Okinawa police custody, faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and/or a maximum fine of 30 million yen (about $250,000), according to a joint statement released by the Okinawa District Customs Office and Okinawa Prefectural Police.
A Marine Corps Base Camp Butler spokesman said discussing details of an ongoing investigation would be inappropriate but added: The Marine Corps takes this incident very seriously and is working in close cooperation with local authorities in the investigation.
Stars and Stripes reporter Cindy Fisher contributed to this report.
Sailor admits to mail purchase of illegal mushrooms
By David Allen, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Thursday, March 22, 2007
NAHA, Okinawa A 20-year-old sailor pleaded guilty Tuesday in Naha General District Court to smuggling hallucinatory mushrooms into Japan through the mail.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Trent Riley, a corpsman assigned to Camp Hansen, was arrested by Okinawa police on Jan. 15 as a package containing 50.5 grams of mushrooms containing psilocybin, a psychoactive compound, was delivered to his home in the Murokawa district of Okinawa city.
Riley admitted during a two-hour session that he ordered the mushrooms from the Netherlands over the Internet.
He said he had planned to take the mushrooms with his wife to have fun before his scheduled deployment to Iraq in April.
I was worried about spending a year away from my wife and possibly not coming back, he told the three-judge panel hearing the case. He had been married just more than six months when he was arrested.
His wife testified that she had no knowledge her husband had ordered the psychedelic fungi.
Riley, from Florida, said that despite briefings from his command that using the mushrooms was illegal, he had heard from friends that they were not prohibited and were sold openly in Japan. He said he did not realize the Japanese law had changed in 2002.
He added that he did not become suspicious when the Netherlands company that sold him the mushrooms for $329 sent him an e-mail stating that because the Japanese customs agency was strict the package would be labeled as a T-shirt.
Prosecutor Daisuke Tabuchi did not accept Rileys ignorance of the law, calling the sailors statements illogical.
He was going to spread this evil drug in our country, he said. Therefore, his act was vicious. Its difficult to accept that he did not know magic mushrooms were illegal.
He asked for a sentence of two years and six months in prison at hard labor.
Defense attorney Satoshi Kawamitsu asked that any prison time be suspended and Riley, who faces discharge from the Navy upon release from custody, be allowed to return to the United States to finish his education. He said Riley has no prior criminal record.
Riley, who remains in custody in the Naha Detention Center, faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of up to 30 million yen (about $250,000). He will be sentenced April 17.
According to prosecution evidence, the mushrooms were discovered when the package arrived at Narita International Airport on Jan. 8. Customs agents then alerted Okinawa police and arranged the bust as the package was delivered to Riley.
In June 2002, Japan listed hallucinogenic mushrooms, popularly known by users as shrooms or magic mushrooms, as a controlled substance, making the use, sale, possession, growing and advertising of the mushrooms illegal under the countrys Narcotic and Psychotropic Drug Control Law. There are more than 180 species of mushrooms that contain varying traces of psychedelics.


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2013 Project365 (Day 365)
So, we stagger to the end of the this year and the completion of my second year of the 365Project. I uhmed and ahed for about 30 seconds before deciding to do it again for a third year.
Choosing my final photo of the year was pretty easy, even though it wasn't taken today. It has become, what is probably the most important photo of our year. Taken in June, a few months before Mum died it is a snapshot of our family as it was this year. This photo means such a lot to me and I am delighted that I badgered my cousin Tim who was the official photographer at the wedding to take it for us.
The 365project has meant that I have taken loads of photos and uploaded some of them. We have so many photos of Mum partly because of this project and I think it is important to continue and carry on the record of what will hopefully be another exciting and more joyful and happy year. As my brother-in-law said a while ago "I will punch anyone in the face who says this family takes too many photos".
This picture says everything. My family is everything. End of.
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Will Sylvester Stallone win an Oscar for playing the iconic character of boxer Rocky Balboa in "Creed," nearly four decades after first contending for "Rocky" (1976)? He's now the sixth performer to reap multiple Oscar bids for the same role in different films, though Stallone now holds the record of the most years (39) between noms. Scroll through our gallery by clicking here or the photo above.
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I wish I could remember the exact date that I found out. I am constantly having to go back through my photos to find the date. However, I do remember the experience, which in my opinion is more important then the date. Every new mom is going to have a different experience because no two pregnancies are the same (this is a true fact that). And mine was no different.
The first time I saw two tiny lines on that stick I was terrified. Just a few short weeks ago, I had a mental breakdown and almost ended up in the hospital. And now, here I was staring down at a positive pregnancy test. Don't get me wrong, my fiance and I wanted kids. In fact, for the last few months we had been trying to conceive with little luck. Only now, the timing was off.
Before I keep going, I want to take a second to explain this breakdown so you have a better understanding of how I was feeling the moment I found out I would be a mom. In high school I suffered heavily from depression and anxiety, something that most teenagers experience. As high school ended and I slowly started to figure out who I was, my depression disappeared. The anxiety stuck around but with a few coping mechanisms, I was able to control the panic.
However, the last few weeks before my positive test, had been rough. Work was busy, home life was hectic, and for some reason old memories floated around in my mind. One night, to relax, I decided to invite a girlfriend over for a glass of wine. The only problem is that one glass of wine equals one whole bottle…on a empty stomach…during a warm spring evening. Needless to say, I set myself up for a meltdown because to top it all off, the two of us had some deep conversations. All of these combined created the perfect storm and that storm hit me hard. My poor fiance was pulled from work by a terrifying call from me. The days following were some of my darkest days. I spent hours laying in bed: sleeping, crying, and hyperventilating. There were times I felt alone. The air would become thin and the walls of my room started to close in on me. Half the time, I had no idea why I was crying. My family was worried, my fiance was worried, and I was scared. But with the love and support of those around me, I came out of the darkness. The next few weeks were rough as I tried to rebuild myself and there are still times today that I find myself having to rethink my situation and breath deeply.
So, the night before I took my test, I was laying in bed, scrolling through my phone. I found myself looking at the calendar and thinking, "Is it really the end of the month…" followed by, "Wait a minute…" and then the counting started. My math wasn't adding up. There must be days missing. Every muscle in my stomach sunk at the thought of a missed period. As I mentioned earlier, we wanted a kid but I still wasn't over my meltdown. I was still slowly piecing myself back together and the thought of having a child scared me to death. Because if I wasn't my best self, how was I going to raise a tiny person.
The next morning I dug out an old pregnancy test and peed on the stick. In just a few short minutes, the test came back positive. Now what? Well, the smart thing would be to check and make sure the test isn't expired (because an expired test can come back as a false positive). I skipped that step and went straight to papa.
There are things about this part that I wished I'd done differently. In my mind, I always thought I would share the news in a cute and fun way with the papa. However, due to the circumstance, surprising him was the last thing on my mind. Instead, I let my mind fill with "what if's" and "what not's." Thoughts of being emotional unstable took over any thoughts of a happy baby.
If I could change one thing about those first few weeks, it would be the announcement for papa. Because instead of giving him a cute onesies wrapped up in baby gift wrap, I tiptoed into the bedroom and slowly shook him awake.
"We might be pregnant…" I whispered. Slowly I held up the pink stick that backed up my claim. The worst part of it all, my fiance was half asleep when I told him. So instead of the happy dance I was expecting, I got a half smile and "That's amazing." The super excited papa wouldn't come till the second test when he was wide awake.
As I mentioned not too long ago, before anyone takes a pregnancy test, double check to make sure the test isn't expired. Because mine was and after some long internet reading I found out that an expired test can come back as a false positive. (Is it awful that part of me hoped that it was a false positive?) So off to Walgreens we went to get a new test. Which also came back positive…and so did the third one.
After three tests I had to accept the fact that I might be pregnant and after a day or two I started to feel excited. I couldn't stop thinking about being a mama. Everyday my excitement grew and all my worry melted away. I was going to be a mama! Before long I was picking out names and dreaming up an ocean themed nursery.
Everything I learned over the next nine months changed my life and they will change your life too. There is an extraordinary amount of information that you are flooded with once you step into the pool of pregnancy. At first, things might seem overwhelming but as the months tick by, that crazy stressed feeling is washed away and replaced with excitement. Sure, there might be days when things seem stressful but you have to remember that soon, you will have a tiny bundle of love.
I am no expert or professional. I am just a mother with some great experiences and a few funny stories. Being pregnant and a mother is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Rather you are a mother of your own children or another's, there will be moments that you cherish forever. There will be moments that you will want to forget (like childbirth) but no matter what, you will never regret motherhood.
So you peed on a stick and it came back positive, now what do you do? You celebrate. Tell family and friends. Scream it from the rooftops. Surprise the father. And then you go out and buy a prenatal. The next nine months will be a roller coaster of emotions but you don't have to do it alone. Remember, this is only the beginning of your greatest journey.


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I do love my skinny jeans but during the week when I'm up and down off the floor with my toddler, stealing a 20minute nap on the couch with my newborn or running around town having coffee and play dates, they aren't always the most comfortable or practical option. Given that it is still arctic in Melbourne however, pants, jumpers and scarfs are still required so I've been searching for a happy medium. Items that look as polished as skinny jeans but feel like my pyjamas.
Today I've put together 2 complete looks that feel (and look) just as good on the couch as they do in a cafe. Outfits that you can lounge around in at home (or drink wine in your bed in) and not be caught off guard if someone pops over unexpectedly or if you have to quickly run out (to get more wine ;)).
You could go down the 'Sports Luxe' path and achieve the same outcome but today I'm avoiding the spandex and going for more of the chunky knits, leather accents, cotton harem pants and soft denim. We want flattering but not fitted, comfortable but not sloppy, and simple but not boring. Pair the basic elements with your socks and uggs at home then throw on some easy accessories and cool shoes to head out the door. Easy.


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Anyone have one of these necklaces? Which is best rose gold or silver. Where did you buy?
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I got mine for 8euro on aliexpress
Dh bought me the silver one for our anniversary this year. I might drop hints about another coin for Christmas!
I'm getting the rose gold one for Xmas. I tend to always wear long chains so I'm going for a long one. Just prefer the look of the rose gold.
I got a pressie last Christmas , I chose rose gold. Simply because I have a lot of yellow gold and silver, so it's a nice change.
Having said that I find the chain is to long as in it "swings" which annoys me.
Might ask for a shorter chain this Christmas. ;-))
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March 11, 2009
Sheela Backen is responsible for coordinating trash and recyclable materials removal for the campus community each and every day, 365 days a year.
Sheela Backen
Program Assistant II
Facilities Management
Backen was nominated by Jonathan Peterson, a Materials Handler II at Facilities Management. She has been in her present position since the year of the flood in 1997. What a way to start your new position. Backen began with CSU fourteen years ago. "I wanted to find a job where I could take care of my kids, work daylight hours, and have weekends off."
This is what Peterson had to say about Backen in his nomination:
I would like to nominate Sheela Backen for your Everyday Hero award. She is the ISW (Integrated Solid Waste) Recycle Departments supervisor for Facilities Management. She is responsible for coordinating trash and recyclable materials removal for the campus community each and every day, 365 days a year. It is a huge undertaking, especially when school in session. She also takes care of hazardous materials if and when the need arises
She has also organized the Great Sofa Roundup each fall, which is held in the Z parking lot at Lake St. and College Ave. People can bring their old used sofa's to Recycle (way better than leaving them on the front yard with a Free sign on them) and browse through several good used sofa's to take home for at no charge. The event is open to the public, so it not only impacts our institution but the surrounding community as well.
Last year she was involved with the D.N.C. in Denver and volunteered our services for help with the clean up during and after that event as well.
Backen has a big hand in keeping our campus and community a great place to live.
Backen is involved with the Live Green Team, the Colorado Association for Recycling, and is in her 9th year of the Great Sofa Roundup. She also belongs to the National Recycling Coalition and her plans for the future include expanding the recycling at CSU.
What does Backen want her fellow employees to know about her? "That I care."
She thinks being nominated for Everyday Hero is 'great.'
"It's nice somebody notices you do something extra every once in awhile."
Do you have a colleague who deserves recognition, a co-worker who makes the workplace better or someone who just "made your day?"
Everyday Hero is a special recognition program sponsored by the Classified Personnel Council for recognizing outstanding employees within the CSU community. All Colorado State University state classified staff, administrative professionals, and faculty members are eligible to receive the award.
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LEGO Ideas of the Week: The Muppeteers
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Go on a behind-the-scenes look at the Muppets with four of the original puppeteers behind the groundbreaking, television phenomenon known as The Muppet Show! This LEGO set celebrates the art, the music, the comedy and the magic of the Muppeteers, featuring Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz and Jerry Nelson.
Each Muppeteer includes a mini figure of their most iconic puppet creation, as well as a theater stage backdrop illustrating their expertise.
Muppet creator Jim Henson comes with a mini Kermit the Frog puppet, a banjo, a Rainbow Connection backdrop, a bicycle (inspired by The Muppet Movie), and a television set with The Muppet Show logo.
Director Frank Oz comes with a mini Fozzie Bear puppet, a banana, a Manhattan Melodies poster and a television camera. His backdrop is split between a stage curtain and a backstage area, highlighting his career as both a puppeteer and a film director.
Dave Goelz comes with a Gonzo the Great puppet, a plunger, a cannon and a Muppet chicken. His backdrop features a Muppet Workshop supplies cabinet (based on The Art of the Muppets exhibit), to showcase his early career as a Muppet designer and builder.
Musician Jerry Nelson comes with a Floyd Pepper puppet, an electric guitar, a speaker and a microphone. His backdrop features a stage lighting set-up inspired by the Electric Mayhem band, as well as a theater poster featuring popular songs performed by many of his characters.
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An 'Engineer in the East' - 16
Joe's Blogs; The latest updates from our colleague in Japan.
Visit to Fukuoka.
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In retrospect, it may seem like my time spent in Japan is spent wholly on blissful holiday, that would be an incorrect assumption, but what is it with Japan and so many public holidays!? I am in fact writing this on a holiday, so by the way happy national school sports day from Japan.
So, as it occurred, on one of Japans more weighty holidays (in fact an almost Asian wide holiday), golden week, myself and Natsumi took a trip to Fukuoka (city/prefecture) on the Japanese island of Kyushyu. The reasons for this were two-fold, firstly to meet all of Natsumi's family, it is after all her home town and secondly, meh, it's just over a week long holiday, what am I going to do? Sit at home in my pants? Not this this closet hermit! No!
For those who aren't on friendly terms with google maps, Kyushyu Island is the Southernmost of Japan's for main Islands and as I discovered during my visit, it is somewhat of a laidback paradise, giving off wonderful pacific island vibes, which maybe just because I live in the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan sprawl and can't accurately remember what the colour green looks like (joking, seriously Tokyo parks are just the greenest).
We stayed at Natsumi's mothers house for three nights, eating dinner together with the whole family on the first night and I am happy to report that Natsumi's mother is a world class feeder, stratospheric. She and the rest of the family graciously hosted us whilst we explored Natsumi's home town and surrounding area.
Located just 1 hour out of Fukuoka city limits it was incredibly, wonderfully rural, for which Natsumi apologized profusely, but for which I was incredibly happy. I am a country boy at heart, give me some maps, water, provisions a sleeping bag and a tent, drop me in the wild and I will be very happy. Until I die of pneumonia, starvation or am attacked by wolves, whichever comes first.
Over the next few days I had the good fortune to meet Natsumi's close circle of childhood friends for lunch and we enjoyed a smashing bbq on a river nestled between some mountains with Natsumi's family.
Following on from this we left the rural idyll for the neighboring prefecture of Saga to stay at a marvelous onsen ryokan for the night. After all the eating it was nice to bob around in some hot water for a while, contemplating the stars and heavens, nature and humanity, dinner.
After a refreshing night soak and sleep we headed back to Fukuoka City proper, to get a taste of the local culture and re-integrate ourselves back in to city living. Fukuoka is, by comparison a much more relaxed city than Tokyo. Whilst not wanting to cast a negative light on Tokyo, Fukuoka people seem to have a more healthy work life balance and regularly stop to smell the flowers. They also specialize in a fantastic variety of barbequed (kebab style, aka on a stick), salted, crispy chicken skin that is just… heart clogging.


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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Yippee...I've got mail!
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Congrats on the guest designing gig!!ReplyDelete
Love love the layout!!
I owe you an email............... and I will send you one of the purse/wallet/printer that C3 intends to invent to reduce poverty!!hahahaha
wow big congrats to you Sandi and so well deserved with your unique style and use of whimsical elements .... always such funky and cool creations from you ..love them all .. hugz xReplyDelete
Congrats! I love my mail as well! Not sure if the postman likes me - unbrushed woman is waiting for him every morning, hee! hee! Love this page, Sandi! You inspire me!ReplyDelete
Packages at the door sure do make me happy! Great idea for a layout! Love what you did with the paint!!!ReplyDelete
YES YES YES i so love packages too!!! LOLReplyDelete
So love you layout here Sandi!!!Love what you did with the paint in this layout wow
Take Care
I love when I pull up to the house and see a package at the door. I know it's probably something fun!! Love the movement in your page.ReplyDelete
CONGRATS on the GDT!! That is AWESOME!! And I loveeeeeeee your lo!! LOVING the colors and that PAINT! :):):):):):):):):):):)ReplyDelete
loving all the paint work!ReplyDelete
Congrats on your guest DT spot Sandi. Love what you have done with this kit. Love your fabulously unique style.Love that pic. Love your entire spin on the whole layout. X X XReplyDelete
Cheers Di xx
Congrats on the guest design team. Love your page!ReplyDelete
What a cute layout & a really great thing to scrap about!!ReplyDelete
Ohhh.... just LOVE this page!!! What an eyecatcher!!! Love the splatters and paint combined with the colorful pattern paper!ReplyDelete
I love this layout... its beautiful... and you know I heart your style....ReplyDelete
Congrats on the guest designing stint!!...hugs...xoxo
Congrats!!! Your paint work is awesome and the pp backdrop looks fantastic. Love your style!!!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on the Guest Design Team.ReplyDelete
I´m in love with that page just a great work!! You are a very talented girl and I feel so honored to work with you!!
Thanks for always coming to my blog and leave so many nice and sweet comments.
You make me a very happy person.
I wish a wonderful weekend.
Kisses and huges from Brazil
You always have the FUN thing here!!!! : )ReplyDelete
I totally agree, there is nothing better than a package of scrapbook supply in the mail ( well almost nothing ;-) )) I totally love the picture of all the mailboxes, They all look colorful and happy ( if you could say that about mailboxes ) I love the background paper and the use of paint. Awsome!! HugsReplyDelete
Wow, i love this page♥. Awesome:)ReplyDelete
Hugs Marita
Have fun with your package, take care, Doreen xReplyDelete
What a fun LO! Love the splash of black!ReplyDelete
How fun is this! Love that title! :)ReplyDelete
wow this LO is amazing, you certainly can make the ordinary (mail boxes) seem extraordinary! Hey Sandi what PP did you use in this page....I LOOOVE IT! ;)ReplyDelete
enjoy your new goodies. I like scrapping the everyday tooReplyDelete


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The HBS: What's The Correct Perception?
By: Mike Asti and George Gerbo
We are officially in the best sports time of year. The NFL has started, college football is underway, and the Major League Baseball playoff picture is coming together. Mike "the Buzz-saw" Asti and George "the Howitzer" Gerbo cover all the asinine fun of the fall sports calendar.
Through one week of NFL action, we've already seen major upsets and some intrigue. Despite a close win over the Giants, the Cowboys lost superstar receiver Dez Bryant. How much will not having Bryant hurt Dallas? Mike uses another 4th quarter comeback victory for Tony Romo to support why the narrative on the quarterback is completely wrong. Buffalo shocked the AFC favored Colts. St. Louis beat the Seahawks in overtime. Who is more likely to contend this season?
Tied after week one, Mike and George look ahead to week two in the annual HBS NFL Pick'em Challenge.
Over on the college ranks, Florida head coach Jim McElwain was caught giving Kelvin Taylor a tongue-lashing on the sidelines. Did McElwain go too far or is much being made about absolutely nothing? Can Notre Dame continue to fight for a birth in the college football playoff, even with all the key injuries?
As the MLB pennant races are closing and the landscape of the postseason shaping up, who are the MVP frontrunners? Can Yoenis Cespedes claim the NL Most Valuable Player Award over Bryce Harper with only half a season actually in the National League?
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Back to Work…..?
Such a strange workout week. Dealing with two completely distinct issues:
- My back/sciatica. I posted twice this week already about my back, so I won't go into detail about it again here. The pain is still there in my lower back area, though it is getting less and Advil seems to handle the worst of the pain. I'm doing physio exercises to strengthen the area and am hopeful that I have good, quick results. Not being in Aero is hell, and I can't believe I'm saying that. But worst of all is that due to the sciatic nerve pain behind my left knee I'm on orders not to run until it has cleared up.
- THE POOL IS CLOSED AGAIN! Rage face. Closed 3 of the last 5 weekends, and an addition bonus two days through this week. I've managed to swim both nights the pool was open this week. Yes, that's right, it was open for TWO days this week for my usual time slot. Ragingest Rage Face that ever Raged.
I like my routines. I like working hard. Both of these issues are minor, and one individually is really no big deal. But both together mean I'm suck in one discipline for almost a full week. If I wasn't riding like crazy right now I'd miss this week's TSS target. But it also helps that I really only had to cancel a few workouts this week due to #1 and #2 – I made it Monday to half of Friday without needing to change plans and racked up 722 TSS along the way. It is only a run Friday evening, Swim Saturday or Sunday (maybe both, was undecided), and a run Saturday or Sunday that I had to cancel. Oh and a swim Thursday due to closure, so I guess I lied a bit there. My bad.
I've looked around at other pools and am not a fan of scheduling, plus I don't want to pay more than I already am… and it is too cold out to swim in the nearby lake. Soon… May long weekend is next weekend, and I'm sure I'll try (and chicken out of) swimming in Lake Huron. Wetsuit time is upon us.
My last run was Tuesday morning. I managed to complete that run – 1:15 in a slow pace. Tomorrow I will try a short run, no more than 30 minutes, slow pace, and quit as soon as the sciatic pain starts up, if it does. I am hopeful that what is there is less than what I had on Tuesday. This pain hasn't been an issue for me on the bike, thankfully. I'm not feeling any sciatic pain there at all. It's only in the back that bugs me a bit on the bike. The order not to be in Aero is surprisingly difficult, especially on harder rides. It hurts my hands – my bike is not designed for that kind of riding. It wants aero all the time.
The good news is that the Dr is pleased with my progress so far, and I'm being diligent about my exercises. Hoping to have this little back problem squared away asap.


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Romantic Road Trip Movies: Forces of Nature Review
At the conclusion of the 20th century, before Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck were Oscar pets, they briefly converged for a cross-country whirlwind from the director of Harriet the Spy. Affleck is miscast as a nervous, uptight writer and Bullock is miscast as a free-spirited seductress in a pessimistic, tonally-confused film attempting to undermine romantic comedy stereotypes. Although the finale of this lengthy road trip might not park itself where you'd expect, is that a good thing?
The Plot
After their flight is grounded, soon-to-be-groom Ben Holmes (Affleck) and manic pixie dream girl Sarah Lewis (Bullock) travel to Savannah together, despite their differences in both behavior and life perspectives. Ben is intent on making it to his wedding to Bridget (Maura Tierney), but along the way, he begins to doubt if he's marrying the right person. Predictable rom-com setup, right?
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Over the course of their trek, the main characters hitch rides on a variety of vehicles: a copper 1995 Chevrolet Geo Metro owned by a fellow traveler, a 1970 GM PD 4108 tour bus, a passenger train, and a burnt red 1968 Pontiac Bonneville (which Ben is able to purchase after performing at a gay strip club). The majority of these vehicles, while featured briefly, are not just meant for transportation. Rather, each shared ride confronts Ben with an unceasing barrage of cynical viewpoints on marriage. Through these interactions, Ben is forcefully driven to grapple with his own doubts about commitment.
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What could have been a mature, touching drama is too interested in wacky situations and product placement to exhibit genuine human uncertainty. However, the biggest issue is the spasmodic tone. The lighting and camerawork undermine any humor in the script (mute the sound and I doubt I'd peg this as a comedy), but the conversations are rarely dramatic. While the majority of the running time is devoted to emphasizing a grim perspective on matrimony, the conclusion flips all expectations into an abruptly-sappy resolution.
Those who like the film won't care for the conclusion, while those who enjoy the conclusion will find the rest unpleasant.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Here and gone
And as always, some higher power insists on turning everything fun into a learning experience. When the heat index approaches triple digits wearing short pants seems like a bright idea until a bird goes down in the trees and weeds. Teeth clench as the briars pick at bare skin, etching red lines that sting when the sweat finds them. About ten feet into the thick stuff that thought about poison ivy materializes. Remind me again why I think this is fun?
Date #2 came the birds stood us up. Never seen them disappear so early in the year, seemingly without a reason although that's never the case. Weather, lack of food, and hunting pressure are just about the only things that will move them out and other than a frog strangler of a thunderstorm none of these were in play. I'm still waiting for the "It's not you" phone call. Or text.
Some guys can't take a hint. Back at it again on Sunday..
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Similar experience here on the East Coast in Delaware. It was hotteren' Hell and the birds were scare. I only bagged 3 opening day. Then 4 on the following Friday and a few more Saturday...and they seem to be gone. I have bear speculation that the hard winter was difficult for breeding pairs and hatches.ReplyDeleteReplies
If true it doesn't bode well for our second and third seasons. That's when we usually see the birds from up your way.Delete
The Brits have the Glorious Twelfth. We in Georgia have The Glorious First Saturday in September, Not One Minute Before Noon. Our first day was a barn burner or more accurately for me, a shell burner of a day. Got in and out fast, but, oh, boy, was it hot. Good thing the humidity was high or I would have burst into flames. I carry my own shade into the field, a camo umbrella on a length of light conduit. It helps. I've worn shorts the last three hunts, but snake boots are on me as well. We have a lot of birds this year. We go back to the first field Friday afternoon and the birds are still thick in numbers. We'll see.ReplyDeleteReplies
Well I guess I know where our birds went. Weather should be a lot more in the hunter's favor this week, hope you guys have a good shoot.Delete


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Google and Red Bull Join Forces to Host a BARBECURE
This month, teams from two of the world's most iconic brands came together to host a BARBECURE.
A sunny Friday afternoon played host to the inaugural GooBull BARBECURE at Pyrmont's Metcalfe Park, which saw teams from two stand out global brands - Google and Red Bull – come together to host a BARBECURE and raise money for Cure Cancer Australia.
Staff from both companies got stuck in to the Red Bull Google Naymar Soccer Challenge, with five teams from each company fighting it out in a series of five-minute futsal matches to see which brand would reign victorious!
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The Naymar Soccer Challenge proved to be a close tournament with lots of great moments from either side, but in the end, the guys at Google came out on top. Nevertheless, the GooBull BARBECURE was a huge success all round, with Red Bull promising to come back next year and steal the futsal crown!
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Blogging elsewhere: Bagman
On our IT PRO blog a review with a difference: conference bags.
You can tell I'm a technology journalist. It's not the perpetually dishevelled look, the scrawled notebook, the geeky t-shirts, or the laptop covered in stickers, though I'm sure they're clues.
No, it's the regularly changing collection of backpacks that really gives things away. Nearly every big event you go to, there's a new bag to take away. Some people might be satisfied with that, but I'm always on the lookout for the bag that I can use every day. Most I try for a while, but then go back to one of the old standbys. In my case those are a battered old Intel IDF back pack and a Microsoft PDC shoulder bag.
I'm sure our local Oxfam dreads our arrival with a car load of conference bags from all over the world. However, if we didn't pass them on to charity our office would quickly fill with unwanted bags. So how do we decide what to keep, especially in these days of ever decreasing baggage allowances. I tend to classify them as good (worth trying for a while), bad (straight out the door – sometimes into the fabric recycling bins), and indifferent (which wait for the next charity shop run).
Read on to find out why I'm using the bag I'm using, and just where it came from (and why is using the bag she's recently picked up).
So what's your favourite conference bag?
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Interesting review. 😀
My favourite is a rather anonymous-looking laptop-type shoulderbag from Networkshop-26 [Aberdeen] at which I was an invited speaker talking about SPAM.
My favourite is a bag from the UK Stroke Forum 2006. looks flimsy, but survived carrying a 15kg motorcycle lock back from the office the other night without popping a seam.


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If you've got it, flaunt it! And Khloe Kardashian most definitely has got it. Making an appearance in Vegas over the weekend, Khloe killed it in a sequined jumpsuit. Not killed it. Killed it. Khloe's never looked hotter!
Showing off her gorgeous curves and enviable bob, Khloe rocked a skintight catsuit that was bedazzled in sparkles. She looked incredible, and it goes without saying that a bedazzled (turtlenecked!) catsuit isn't an easy look to pull off. Check out the hotness:
Stunning! And so glad Khloe decided to go back to the shorter hair. It looks great on her and sets her apart from the rest of the fam.
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When you have a body like Khloe's, you can obviously wear whatever you want and totally slay -- mini dresses, wide-leg pants, maxi skirts, etc. But the super tight bodysuit is definitely one of Khloe's best looks. She kind of looks like a cross between a sexy spy, a dominatrix, and an ice skater -- in a good way.
Work it, KoKo. You look incredible and clearly you know it. If anyone deserves a fun, cocktail-filled night out in Vegas, it's you. The gym will always be there in the morning.
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The Importance Of Podiatry And Having A Podiatrist
You should know that podiatry is one of the branch of medicine that specifically focuses on taking charge of the detection and management of ankle and foot ailments. You need to specialize in this field of medicine in order for you to be called a podiatrist or a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine. For doctors with specialization in podiatric medicine, they will have to handle a lot of ailments that range from the fractures of the corn to all of that in between.
One thing that you should know is that the doctors that practices podiatry can either do it by themselves or may be one of a member of a medical group. There are even some doctors that choose to work in a medical group that consists of doctors that share the medical specialty related to podiatry. An example for this is when a doctor or a group of doctor will work hand in hand with a surgeon that is specializing in orthopedics or is within a medical group that deals with the podiatry needs of a diabetic patient.
One thing that you also need to be aware about is that the limitations and restrictions with regards to podiatric medicine are identified in all the states of the United States. You should know that most of the practices will limit podiatry cure to the various diseases that involves the ankle and feet but there are also some that will extend the management even to surgeries that deal with other leg conditions. And also one thing that you need to know is that there are some practices that will include both surgical and medical treatment.
There are relatively minor ailments that are usually referred to as podiatric consultation which includes corns and calluses. The several ailments that are mentioned above will feature a skin that is thick and hard which may also be dry and flaky. What the podiatrist will do is to get rid of the excess tissue especially if there is persistent ulceration or the presence of disease is detected. The knowledge and awareness needed by the patient will be provided by the podiatrist in order to avoid much more serious injury to the tissue.
One thing that you also need to be aware of is that you can go see a podiatrist if you feel that you are having a case of athlete's foot or a fungal infection in your nails which are both caused by a certain kind of fungi. These types of fungal conditions may require an oral anti fungal medication or a topical medication which may need several months for the fungal infection to be totally eliminated from the affected part of the body.
The bony protrusions that can be found at the base of large toes are called bunions and they are very hard to deal with. This condition will happen if the big toe will go inward the second toe which is commonly called as the hammer to or in medical terms referred to as hallux valgus.
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Soul Force
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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