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Truthfully, most Americans are carrying some form of debt or another, whether it's a mortgage, medical debt, student loans or simply credit card debt. If you are feeling like your debt makes you foolish and alone, it is time to set those feelings aside.
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For many people, while they have a constant awareness of their lingering debt, they do not actually know the extent of their debts. Although it may be emotionally difficult, sit down and get all of your debts in front of you. Write them down, from largest to smallest, to get a real understanding of exactly how much you owe to every creditor.
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It's also possible that you are in a situation that cannot be solved by pinching pennies and selling a few household items. If this is the case, then a bankruptcy procedure can offer you the freedom you need to start over.
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If you are considering a bankruptcy, it is wise to enlist the guidance of an experienced attorney who can help you navigate this complicated legal procedure and emerge truly free to pursue a new season of life with a fresh start.
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Viral Traffic through Social Media
We have seen from the past few years that social media is playing a great role as a traffic driver and website prompter. The Internet is the platform for it. Whatever we have known so far about viral marketing is the contribution of social media and Internet. The social media is being used with viral marketing to reach the ultimate goal. But the question is "What is viral marketing?" I will discuss it before we enter into the details.
In short, you can take it as spreading a word by the visitors according to their own will. Let's take a look at how it is done. Social media websites give you the opportunity to make your own group with the facility of sending and receiving messages among members. The marketing goes on with the help of written facilities provided by social media. Any member can post an e-book or any sort of digital product, he can also post his own words with it which is actually the advertisement the user wants to spread. Now, when you are downloading the product and sharing it, the advertisement is spreading with the product.
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Why you should outsource social media optimization services?
Human Networking: This is the modern concept of Internet era. Internet has become a great arena of web marketing. Social Media Optimization along with the social media website provides better market strategies. It has become a part of SEO service providing major contribution in web search rankings. Therefore outsourcing of SMO has got various reasons backing it such as:
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Students in the RD training program complete 1200+ hours of supervised practice; 7 weeks of which are spent in their concentration rotation. MPH students complete their concentration in Public Health (PH), while MS students complete their concentration in Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT), typically a clinical setting. The concentration rotation culminates in a poster that represents the area of practice from the 7 weeks. Note that for MPH students in the RD training program, the Public Health concentration also serves as their MPH Practicum.
For a sampling of past projects from the two different concentrations, see the catalogs below of Public Health and Medical Nutrition Therapy posters.
Past PH Concentration/Practicum Posters (MPH)
Past MNT Concentration Clinical Posters (MS)
During the program experience, students have many opportunities to create and complete projects. For more student projects, see the Student Projects in the Graduate Study section.


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Tomato Caper Bruschetta
Smoked Salmon
Kitchen Garden
What's growing:
- Lavender - Lady variety
- Summer Squash Fordhook
- Beet Detroit Dark Red
- Bell Pepper - California Wonder
- Lemon Balm
- Basil - Fineleaf Dwarf Bush and Sweet varieties
- Spearmint
- Pea - Little Marvel and Thomas Laxton
- Eggplant
- Cilantro
- Radish - French Breakfast
Coming soon:
- Seedlings for 9 tomato varieties from Verrill farms
- Pickling cucumber seedlings courtesy of husband
Chocolat and Hot Chocolate
Stuffed Cabbage with a Tomato Cream Sauce
Frenched Rack of Lamb with Wild Rice Pilaf and Roasted Vegetables
- 3 carrots
- 1 purple carrot
- 3 parsnips
- 6 cloves of garlic
- salt
- pepper
- olive oil
Peel and cut carrots and parsnips in have and into wedges. As much as possible make the pieces similar sizes which will assure they cook evenly. Dry them well, this will guarantee caramelization. Salt and pepper to taste and drizzle with olive oil. Add cleaned garlic cloves. Mix to coat well and place into the oven at 400F for 30 minutes.
- Lamb: Trader Joe's meat freezer (25 minutes at 350F)
Gnocchi with Langoustine Tails in Beurre Blanc
Beurre Blanc
Adapted from Foodista, hold the water, minus 2tbsp of butter...
Steamed Langoustine Tails combined with Gnocchi
2 very large russet potatoes
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 egg, extra large
white pepper
1/4 cup canola oil
Boil peeled, quartered potatoes, until soft. Run through a fine food mill. Invert the potato onto a board and make a well in the middle. Mix in 1 cup of the flour, salt, pepper and 1 egg. Mix in the egg and start kneading gently until a ball starts forming. As needed add in more flour just to prevent sticking (less flour = lighter gnocchi). Roll into 3/4 inch thick dowels and cut into 3/4 inch pieces. If you prefer, check out google for the different ways of "finishing" gnocchi. These usually help hold the sauce. I however, left them in the pillow shapes I cut them into. Throw gnocchi into salted water with canola oil on rolling boil for 1 minute, or until they float to the top. Remove with a slotted spoon and plate.
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I received my Lekue Makisu mat in the mail today and had to celebrate the occasion by making maki. I still need to try out my new french food mill...stay tuned.
Glad we have a place around the corner where on a whim I can pick up fresh yellow tail that made the maki worth having. I am a little rusty at rolling but I think by my third roll I was back in the swing of things. Husband took the pictures, fishy hands and all. The mat is great, but not essential. I would say it's not as rigid as a bamboo mat, however allows to get the rolls tight enough.Above: Yellow tail maki with wasabi tobiko, daikon and shiso leaf
Below: Maki in progress, unagi (fresh water eel), mango, sesame seeds and daikon atop the Lekue mat
Happy Purim!
I don't have a recipe to post along with these, but I intend to find out and report back, if she'll agree to sharing the family secret.
Mango pea rissotto with Butterflied Coconut Shrimp
Mango Risotto with Peas
- 1/2 mango, sliced
1/4 cup, shelled peas
- 1/4 cup, snow peas in pods
- 1 cup of short grain rice
- 2 cups of stock (I used chicken)
- 1 tbsp butter
Butterflied coconut shrimp
Melt butter in a pot / large saucepan. Throw in the dry rice and mix with a wooden spoon to coat it in butter. Toast while mixing for about 1 minute. Add in 1 cup of the stock and mango pieces ( I added these at this point because my mango wasn't very ripe, I would wait until you start adding the rest of the stock, if you have a ripe mango). Continue to mix the rice on medium heat until most of the liquid is evaporated and add a little of the remaining stock as a time allowing each time for the stock to evaporate. This is a slow process but is really worth it for the creamy risotto. When the rice is "al dente" add in the peas and snow peas and continue to cook until soft and creamy. If you find that your rice isn't done and you've used all of your stock, have some on reserve to keep adding more until the rice is well cooked.
- 1 lb raw shrimp, deveined butterflied with tails on
- 1 egg white + 2 tbsp water
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup of fine shredded coconut
- salt
- white pepper
Wordless Tuesday: Seared Scallop
Brussel Sprouts and Bacon
1 quart of Brussels sprouts
5 slices of bacon
1 sprig of savory
1 tbsp of olive oil
Roast chopped bacon on medium heat with a whole sprig of savory. In the meantime boil Brussels sprouts in salted water for 6 minutes. Drain well. Add the sprouts to the bacon in the pan, add olive oil and discard the savory. Cook until slightly caramelized.
Chillean Sea Bass
2 Chilean bass steaks, skin on
1 tbsp butter + some olive oil
1/2 cup of white wine
white pepper
Salt and pepper the steaks. Melt butter in the pan and add olive oil. On medium-high heat, position the steaks skin down (with tongs) to caramelize all the way around. Place flesh side down for about 1 minute on each side. Place the steaks on paper towel to drain off the oil. Rinse the oil from the pan. Return to heat and add white wine. Place the steaks back on the pan and cover with a lid for 1 minute. This create enough steam to cook the fish inside, but will depend on the thickness of your steaks.


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Date added: February 9 2011
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August Burns Red are currently streaming an instrumental cover of the Christmas classic "Last Christmas." You can listen to it below.
The band's latest release was album Phantom Anthem, which was released on October 6th, 2017, and serves as a follow up to the band's 2015 album, Found in Far Away Places.
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Culture Watch: Is The US Military A "Hostile Work Environment" For Christians?
A US congressman is concerned that the armed forces have become "a hostile work environment" for people of faith.
In response, Louisiana Republican John Fleming has introduced an amendment that would protect religious expression in the military.
Congressman Fleming says his amendment is needed because chaplains feel restricted in how they can pray and preach, and officers are being warned to avoid open displays of their faith.
The White House says it "strongly objects" to the amendment, saying it could adversely affect military morale and discipline.
But at a news conference Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert says the military's perceived hostility toward religion risks driving away people of faith.
Retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin added that young Americans who take their faith seriously may be deterred from joining the military.
And here's an interesting twist on a Sunday sermon. Hemant Mehta, known as the "friendly atheist," was a special guest at a Texas megachurch last week.
Oak Hills Church in San Antonio is known as the home of author and speaker Max Lucado.
The church's executive pastor, Randy Frazee took part in a conversation with Mr. Mehta over four services in front of about 8-thousand congregants.
Pastor Frazee believes some of the deep questions Metha wrestled with are the same question many Christians are struggling with.
He told the congregation "if your home, or this church, is a place where we don't allow that to happen, we're going to lose our kids."
By the way, if you'd like to become more confident in expressing your faith to atheists and agnostics, I'd recommend the book "Ten Answers for Atheists," by apologist Alex McFarland.
I'm Bill Maier for Shine.FM.
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Pet owners can choose from 4 main types of cover: accident only, 'per situation with a time limit'; 'per condition'; and lifetime protection.
Accident only: simple cover
This insurance plan includes a pet if they need vet treatment after an accident, but not if they have a disease. Some guidelines may also have a time period restrict for the treatment and there is a sum of money for each injury to pay for the treatment.
Per condition with a time limit: primary cover
The protection is one of the most affordable. It will pay vets' charges for injuries and diseases, but only for only 12 several weeks after your pet has been clinically diagnosed.
Insurers of this type of protection will often encourage a highest possible payment, so, if the cost of a treatment gets to the restriction.
An insurance provider may provide an insurance plan, for example, with a highest possible vet fee of £2,000 and a time period restrict of 12 several weeks. So, if marketplace is more than £2,000 or you go after 12 several weeks, you will have to pay the extra.
Per condition, short amount of time limit: mid-level cover
With per condition cover, pet insurance policy providers give protection for a set fee restrict, but do not encourage a time limit for treatment continues. The protection will continue for any treatment when you replenish the plan after 12 months. Re-occurring illness or injury will not be covered by this kind of plan.
Lifetime: high-level cover
Lifetime cover is the most extensive kind of insurance policy for your pet, but also the most expensive. Insurers will set a maximum amount per year – say, £10,000 – but you will still have to replenish the plan annually, and some insurance policy providers can do not replenish it.
The plan will sometimes protect accessories like dental fees or funeral expenses.
For all types of protection, owners must pay the excess, or first part of any claim themselves. You can choose to lower your premium amount by increasing your unwanted, or the other way around. Usually, there will be an initial flat-rate unwanted charge of around £50.
Peter Jones, president of the British Vet Association, said that all pet plans had some exceptions. The most common being pre-existing conditions, anything relevant to birth or pregnancy, and any routine, precautionary or planned treatments such as vaccines and neutering.


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With the promised emergence of Dracula coming to NBC this fall, this vampire fan is once again wildly excited about vampire media. I couldn't get into the Vampire Diaries (but I wasn't all that crazy about the books, so no surprise there). I'm sure there are other shows out there with vampires, but sadly I don't know what they are. So I've had little contact with vampires on TV outside of my Buffy and Angel seasons on DVD and the short lived CBS show MOONLIGHT starring the awesome Alex O'Loughlin. Take note True Blood…this is what a mainstream modern day vampire is supposed to look like.
|This guy made a great vampire!
Not that I don't like True Blood…well, I don't after last season, but that said, even when I liked the show, I found it disgusting. So much so that it literally made me metaphorically nauseous at times. Yes, I discovered I have a rather low tolerance for bloody violence.
To commemorate the return of True Blood, here's a quick list of things I don't like about that show:
There's too much blood. The vampires are gross. They're pasty. Their teeth are in the wrong spot!!! (Russell Edgington is GONE!) And the Vampire Authority? Ugh.
WARNING: (mini rant) Have any self-control, much, people? Vampires don't get 40 pints of blood all over the walls when they drink. Their teeth are small…They make little puncture wounds and then they SUCK. They don't rip and gulp like they're drinking from a blood fountain. And what's up with the pastiness, anyway? Vampires of legend are pale. Pale because they have an aversion to sunlight. There's a difference. (And hello, not all vampires have to be pale either. Or dead. Or hate the sun. Dare to be cheeky. Live a little.) And what's up with the Vampire Authority? When it was mysterious, I didn't have a huge problem with this one. But last season when they blew the lid off of it and made vampires look like a batch of crazy, religious, Lillith-worshiping cult followers…Are you kidding me? Just because you're selling, doesn't mean I'm going to buy. (FYI: None of this crap was in the books. At least not the in one of the 9 that I read.) Have the creators of that show ever seen a vampire on anything in their lives? Since when are vampire teeth like snake fangs sticking out beside your two front teeth? You're not being original, it's just weird and stupid. (And I don't care what Charlaine Harris did in the books…FIX it! There's no excuse, you people crapped all over the books anyway.) Curse the season 6 trailers for lulling me into another season. (end rant)
|His teeth are in the right place!! YAY!
Vampires have always fascinated me with their power. Where it comes from depends on the legend being drawn upon. But some of the most popular powers are enhanced senses, strength, and speed, and the ability to hypnotize their victims. Others I like: mind reading, healing power in their blood, a natural agility and athleticism – able to climb high walls and jump down from them, and in some legends, shapeshifting, most popularly into a bat, of all things. I'm really looking forward to seeing how the new Dracula wields his powers this fall!
I think Johnathon Rhys Meyers is a great candidate for this role. He has naturally haunting and intense eyes that will work great for the character. Plus, he's super talented, as well. When I first heard about it, I admit, I rolled my eyes. Like, "not another one" right? But now that I've seen the promotion posters and season trailer, I can't wait. I hope the Dracula team does the story justice and has fabulous writers behind it so the show has a nice, long life. Because we vampire fans need some decent vampire crap to watch.
No offense Damon and Stefan (of Vampire Diaries) and Bill and Eric (of True Blood)…you guys are just no match for a real vampire. ^_^
There's a small chance this will send me into a vampire story writing frenzy.


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EINE and ZWEI
EINE and ZWEI are two discontinued Emacs-like text editors developed by Daniel Weinreb and Mike McMahon for Lisp machines in the 1970s and 1980s.
EINE was a text editor developed in the late 1970s[1]. In terms of features, its goal was to "do what Stallman's PDP-10 (original) Emacs does".[2] It was the first of what would become many Emacs-like text editors (each of which is also called an Emacs, so EINE can be called the second Emacs ever written). EINE's main difference was that, while Richard Stallman's original Emacs was written in TECO, EINE was the first Emacs to be written in Lisp. It used Lisp Machine Lisp. Stallman later wrote GNU Emacs, which was written in C and Emacs Lisp and extensible in Emacs Lisp. EINE also made use of the window system of the Lisp machine and was the first Emacs to have a graphical user interface.
In the 1980s, EINE was developed into ZWEI. Innovations included programmability in Lisp Machine Lisp, and a new and more flexible doubly linked list method of internally representing buffers.
ZWEI would eventually become the editor library used for Symbolics' Zmacs (Emacs-like editor), Zmail (mail client), and Converse (message client), which were integrated into the Genera operating system which Symbolics developed for their Lisp machines.
EINE is a recursive acronym for "EINE Is Not Emacs", and ZWEI follows this pattern as an acronym for "ZWEI Was Eine Initially".
With "zwei" being the German word for "two", "EINE" could be (re-)interpreted as being a reference to the German word for "one" (in the feminine adjectival form, as in "eine Implementierung", "one implementation").
Further reading[edit]
- Weinreb, Daniel L. (January 1979). A Real-Time Display-oriented Editor for the LISP Machine (Undergraduate thesis). MIT EECS Department. Lay summary (20 Oct 2018).
- Symbolics Genera 6.0 documentation, Book 3, Text Editing and Processing, March 1985
- Symbolics Genera 7.0 documentation, Book 3, Text Editing and Processing, July 1986
- MIT CADR Lisp Machine Source code
- ^ https://ml.cddddr.org/bug-eine/msg00029.html
- ^ "Comment by ZWEI's author Dan Weinreb".
I wrote the second Emacs ever: the Lisp machine implementation, whose spec was "do what Stallman's PDP-10 (original) Emacs does", and then progressed from there. There's just a whole LOT of it. It took me and Mike McMahon endless hours to implement so many commands to make ZWEI/Zmacs.
External links[edit]
- Entry at the Emacs Wiki
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Somali pirates are systematically torturing hostages and using them as human shields, the top commander of the EU Naval Force said on Tuesday.
Pirates have recently tied hostages upside down and dragged them in the sea, locked them in freezers, beaten them and used plastic ties around their genitals, Major General Buster Howes said.
"There have been regular manifestations of systematic torture," he said.
If warships approached a pirated ship too closely, the pirates would drag hostages on deck and beat them in front of naval officers until the warship went away, Howes said.
"A few years go, they were very constrained and much more respectful" to hostages, he said, but now "they've shown a willingness to use violence much more quickly and much more violence."
Howes' account of the worsening treatment of hostages was based on hostage debriefings, naval intelligence and liaison with commercial shipping companies.
There could be several reasons for the change in tactics. As ransoms have risen, the Somali fishermen who began taking ships have been edged out by more ruthless and well-organized gangs.
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Howes said there had been 21 incidents in recent months when pirates boarded, found the crew locked in a citadel and had to abandon ship.
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Whenever possible, these talks are accompanied by a beer tasting.
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Some of the organizations to which Gregg has spoken include:
ING Financial Services
True North Team Builders (corporate meeting planners)
Connecticut Historical Society (Hartford, CT)
Danish Beer Festival (Copenhagen, Denmark)
The Long Island Museum (Stony Brook, NY)
Senior Men's Association of Stamford, CT
Senior Men's Association of New Canaan, CT
Wilton Library Association (Wilton, CT)
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The Board of Directors oversees the business of Cancer Council SA, the business name of the Anti-Cancer Foundation of South Australia (the 'Company').
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- Optimise Cancer Council SA's performance and stakeholder value within a framework of appropriate risk assessment and management.
- Recognise Cancer Council SA's legal and other obligations to all legitimate stakeholders.
To achieve these objectives, the Board is committed to working towards best corporate governance practices.
Corporate governance is concerned with the way that the Directors ensure that the organisation's systems and processes are properly controlled and functioning effectively and that management is complying with the Board's policies and directives.
To assist the Board to meet their statutory and fiduciary obligations, it is supported by four board committees. The role of each committee is outlined below.
Nomination and Remuneration Committee
- Reviews and make recommendations to the Board on the structure of remuneration packages and policies applicable to the Chief Executive, senior executives and staff. The Board utilises a company-wide process for determining remuneration. The services of an external remuneration consultant are used to conduct benchmarking.
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- Monitors and reviews the composition of the Board, recommends nominations to the Board, and manages the Director and Board performance evaluation process.
Audit and Risk Committee
The primary responsibility of the Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its responsibilities in relation to the identification of areas of significant business risks and the monitoring of:
- Effective management of financial business risks
- Reliable management reporting
- Compliance with laws and regulations in respect to financial reporting
- Maintenance of an effective and efficient audit
- Related party transactions
- The protection of physical and financial assets.
Cancer Council SA operates within its Audit and risk policy and High level risk policy.
Investment Committee
The role of the Investment Committee is to recommend investment policy, review the appointment and performance of fund managers, monitor compliance with investment policy and monitor risk control limits.
Management of Investments
Cancer Council SA maintains a diversified portfolio in accordance with its Investment policy. Available for sales assets are held with Macquarie Private Wealth, Warakirri Asset Management, Nikko Asset Management Limited and Maple Brown Abbott Limited, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited and Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Cancer Research Committee
The role of the Cancer Research Committee is to support the strategic research targets of Cancer Council SA by monitoring and assessing investments in cancer research and making recommendations to the Board on funding options.
Conflict of interest
There is an expectation in the community that the Boards of organisations like Cancer Council SA will operate in a transparent manner using best practice standards for corporate governance.
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Therefore the Board has implemented a systematic and transparent process for dealing appropriately with each case. The Board recognises that it is not possible to eliminate every possible conflict of interest that may arise and have affect on Board and Board committee members.
Risk management
The Cancer Council SA's Risk Management philosophy is as much about grasping opportunities and creating successes as it is about minimising losses. Risk is therefore as much about something good not happening as something bad happening. The goal is not to eliminate all risk but rather to ensure that risk is maintained at an acceptable level in a cost effective manner.
Risk Management requires:
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- achieving a balance between the costs of managing risk and the anticipated benefits and
- using a formal systematic approach of identifying, analysing, evaluating, treating, monitoring and communicating risks associated with any activity, function or process.
This will facilitate decision making, ensure good governance through the performance and accountability of all employees and will also assist to ensure resources are properly allocated to manage those risks.
Cancer Council SA is committed to the management of all types of risks within its operations to assist in the achievement of its goals, programs, targets and its vision as outlined in the Strategic Management Plan.
Cancer Council SA will maintain risk management practices that provide it with a consistent, systematic view of the risk it faces in the course of its activities. These practices will be consistent with the guidelines and principles of risk management as set out in the Australian Risk Management Standard ISO 31000:2009 and business best practice.
Cancer Council SA's Risk Management Framework and Methodology supports this Policy and will provide a formal, systematic approach to risk management which is consistent with the guidelines and principles of the Risk Management Standard.
Please view our Board of Director profiles below.
Rear Admiral The Honourable Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR Rtd
- Appointed
- 1 November 2014
- Role
- Chairman
Committee memberships:
Chairman, Nomination and Remuneration
Committee Member, Investment Committee
Chairman Kevin Scarce was born in Adelaide, educated at Elizabeth East Primary School and Elizabeth High School, before joining the Royal Australian Navy in 1968.
One of Kevin's first postings at sea was on HMAS Sydney in Vietnam. In between his many and increasingly senior postings, Kevin completed a Bachelor of Financial Administration Degree (1998), a Master of Management Economics Degree at the University of NSW, ADFA campus (1990) and a Master's Degree in National Security Strategy at the War College, US National Defense University in Washington DC (1994). In his last appointment in the Australian Defence Force, Kevin temporarily led the Defence Materiel Organisation.
Following retirement, Kevin formed and led the South Australian Government team charged with expanding the State's defence business opportunities. One of the team's first initiatives, to build air warfare destroyers in Adelaide, was successfully achieved in May 2005 when the Federal Government awarded the contract to a locally-based company. In 2006 Kevin became an advisor and Board member of the Port Adelaide Maritime Corporation, formed to establish the state's shipbuilding infrastructure and associated skills base. He was also Chairman of the Board of Foundation Daw Park, which generates funding for medical research for veterans and older Australians.
Kevin is also the Chair of the Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority. Kevin was sworn in as the 34th Governor of South Australia on 8 August 2007, serving more than seven years in the Vice-Regal role. Kevin was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross in 1994 and appointed an Officer in the Military Division of the Order of Australia in 2004 and a Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia in 2008 for his service to Australia's defence industry and to the people of South Australia. In December 2009, Flinders University and the University of New England have both bestowed an Honorary Doctorate in recognition of his distinguished service to the nation and to the public of South Australia.
Mr Jim Birch AM, BHA, FACHSM, AAICA
- Appointed
- 30 November 2012
- Role
- Director
Committee memberships
Chairman, Cancer Research Committee
Member, Strategic Fundraising Committee
Member, Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Director Jim Birch is currently an independent consultant and Non Executive Director of a number of Boards. He was formerly Ernst & Young's Global Health Leader and Government and Public Sector Leader, Oceania. Jim has been Chief Executive of the Human Services and Health Department (South Australia), Deputy Chief Executive of Justice, and Chief Executive of major health service delivery organisations, including teaching hospitals. Jim is currently Deputy Chair of the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Chair of the Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Chair of the Australian Digital Health Agency, a member of the Board of the Australian Red Cross Society, Chair of Clevertar Pty Ltd, a member of the Board of the Little Company of Mary Health Care and Chair of the Women and Children's Local Health Network (SA) Taskforce.
Mr Greg Boulton AM BA (Accountancy) FCA, FCPA, FAICD
- Appointed
- 13 February 2015
- Role
- Deputy Chairman - appointed 19 February 2018
Committee memberships
Chairman, Audit and Risk Committee
Chairman, Strategic Fundraising Committee
Member, Nomination and Remuneration Committee (appointed 19/2/2018)
Deputy Chairman Greg Boulton is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, CPA Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Greg was Managing Director of IPEC Transport for seven years. After 20 years' experience in senior management roles, he consulted on change management implementation, strategic planning, best practice programs and transport. He is on the Board of a number of private and public companies and has broad experience in capital raising, acquisitions and commercial negotiations and management. Greg is also on the Boards of Statewide Superannuation Fund, Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers Limited and Southern Gold Ltd. He was also President of the Port Adelaide Football Club from 1992 to 2008.
The Hon Catherine Branson AC QC BA LLB (Adel) Hon LLD (Flin) Hon D Litt (Macq)
- Appointed
- 25 March 2015
- Role
- Director
Director Catherine Branson is a former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia and a past President of the Australian Human Rights Commission. Earlier in her career she held the positions of Crown Solicitor of South Australia and CEO of the Attorney-General's Department (SA) before leaving public employment to practise as a Barrister. Catherine is presently Deputy Chancellor of The University of Adelaide, an Adjunct Professor of the Adelaide Law School and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. She Chairs the Board of the Human Rights Law Centre. Throughout her career she has served in a voluntary capacity on the governance or advisory bodies of a significant number of organisations and charities involved with the arts, health, education or human rights.
Mr Con Michalakis BSc(Ma) MSc
- Appointed
- 24 March 2011
- Role
- Director
Committee memberships
Chairman, Investment Committee
Director Con Michalakis is responsible for managing Statewide Super's $8 billion in funds under management. Prior to joining Statewide, Con was Director of Marketing and Client Services for Manhattan-based boutique investment firm Pzena Investment Management, where he was responsible for marketing the
firm's products and services in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore. He was previously the Director, Head of Institutional Business, for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers based in Sydney. Con has also worked in London with Alliance Capital Management and was the first Australian practice leader of investment consulting for Watson Wyatt. Con has a Bachelor of Mathematical Science from the University of Adelaide, a Masters of Science from the University of London and a Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Strategy from Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford.
Professor David Watson MBBS, MD, FRACS, FAHMS
- Appointed
- 14 October 2015
- Role
- Director
Committee memberships
Member, Cancer Research Committee
Member, Strategic Fundraising Committee
Since 2002, Director Professor David Watson has been Head of the Flinders University Department of Surgery and is an Oesophageal and Gastric Surgeon at Flinders Medical Centre. Before joining Flinders University, he worked as a Consultant Surgeon at the Royal Adelaide Hospital for nine years. He also leads research groups at Flinders University to improve early detection and prevention of gastrointestinal cancer, has published more than 400 research papers and textbook chapters, and has held continuous funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council for more than 20 years. He led the development of clinical guidelines for the management and prevention of oesophageal cancer for Cancer Council Australia.
David is a Senior Editor of the ANZ Journal of Surgery, and Associate Editor of the World Journal of Surgery, and a member of the Editorial Boards for many other leading international journals including the British Journal of Surgery and the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. In 2006, David led the establishment of the Australia and New Zealand Gastric and Oesophageal Surgery Association, and he served as the foundation President until 2010. He currently serves as the Vice-President for the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus, and serves on the National Council for the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. He is a recipient of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons'John Mitchell Crouch Fellowship, a James IV Travelling Fellowship, was elected to Fellowship
of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, and appointed to a Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professorship at Flinders University.
Jennifer Richter, GAICD, FACHSM, FACN, MBA, GradDipHAdmin, BA(Comms)
- Appointed
- 16 October 2019
- Role
- Director
Committee memberships
Member, Audit and Risk Committee
Member, Investment Committee
Jenny Richter is currently an independent consultant and a Non-Executive Director on a number of Boards.
Jenny's previous executive roles include Deputy Chief Executive for SA Health, a position she held for five years and more recently as CEO of Central Adelaide Local Health Network.
Jenny's experience in the health sector commenced as a Registered Nurse. Throughout her careers she has gained significant leadership experience as an administrator and executive in the public and private hospital sectors, within community nursing, in the private financing sector through public private partnership projects and within the SA public health system.
Before joining SA Health, Jenny was an Executive Director with the Plenary Group advising on health service planning and infrastructure projects. This included working with Plenary Group on the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre. Jenny also has significant experience in areas of hospital and health service and facility planning and health service performance, both in Australia and the UK.
Jenny is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow of the Australasian College of Heath Service Management and a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Australia. She has a Master of Business Administration, a Grad Dip in Health Administration and a Bachelor of Arts.
Jenny currently holds directorships with the South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute and the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network where she also chairs the Clinical Governance Board Sub-Committee.


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It would be really good to have another rally for 2019, so if anyone has any land that could be used, then let me know asap. Time soon flies and the earlier the better that we start preparng.
Ideal time would be in September, can be a one or two day event, all monies to charity, land can be any sort, though cultivated is most popular.
We have been in Norfolk, Leics, Poole, Leics again, Norfolk again .. anyone with land around Berwick? Good viking area, have read all the Bernard Cornwell books! Yorkshire? Cumbria? Cambridgeshire? Sussex?
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ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) - John McCain insisted Tuesday his vice presidential vetting process was thorough, as his campaign tried to calm concern that more surprises about Sarah Palin were coming.
To that end, a source intimately involved in McCain's VP vetting process called CNN to give an account of her background check.
This official said a 25-person team, led by Washington attorney A.B. Culvahouse, started by compiling reports on 20 top VP contenders, using only public documents like disclosure forms, public records, newspaper articles, and interview transcripts.
That information was eventually presented to McCain, and to top campaign advisers Mark Salter, Steve Schmidt, Charlie Black and Rick Davis, the only four aides involved in the highly secretive process.
Once McCain and those aides narrowed the choices to a short list, Palin and other contenders were contacted and asked for documents a credit check, a call for tax returns, and additional financial disclosure forms.
The official tells CNN that all of those on the short list – including Palin – were asked to answer 70 "intrusive" questions, including: Have you ever paid for sex? Have you ever been fairly or unfairly accused of sexual harassment? The questions were also described as some basic queries now asked of presidential nominees, like whether or not they ever hired illegal workers or neglected to pay taxes for nannies.
In one of her answers, Palin told McCain aides about her husbands DUI arrest 22 years ago.
Then, Culvahouse himself, along with a few associates, interviewed Palin for three hours. During that interview, she revealed her teenage daughter's pregnancy - and was warned it would become public if she were picked. "She said she'd have those conversations with her daughter," the official familiar with the conversation tells CNN.
From the start of the vetting process, one red flag was a state investigation into whether Palin improperly dismissed Alaska's Public Safety Commissioner for not firing her ex-brother-in-law.
CNN has been told McCain investigators spent considerable time looking into the so-called "Troopergate" affair - interviewing Palin's lawyer, and quietly talking to others involved - and decided the facts were on her side.
This source, who was intimately involved in vetting Palin, admitted that aside from interviewing some of the figures involved in Troopergate, they did not talk to character witnesses in Alaska, and did not look at clips about her from the newspaper in her hometown of Wasilla, because it is kept on microfilm and was hard to view without compromising their secrecy.
CNN is told that Culvahouse, one of Washington's widely respected power lawyers, was called by McCain one last time before he officially asked Palin to join him on the Republican ticket. The presumptive Republican nominee asked Culvahouse if, based on what he unearthed, he was confident the little-known Alaska governor's background would withstand scrutiny – and was given a confident go-ahead by the attorney.
But it is unclear whether Culvahouse gave McCain any political advice on whether Palin is a qualified or wise choice, or left that to the small group of political advisers involved.
The McCain camp would not reveal precisely when this vetting process had taken place, how long they had spent on it, or who else was vetted.
However, sources close to Independent Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney tell CNN they were all put through at least the first stage of short list vetting.
McCain himself only met Palin in person once, at a National Governors Association meeting in February of 2008, and spoke with her by phone on another occasion two days before bringing her to Arizona to offer her a spot on the GOP ticket.
woman? yup; NRA member? yup; anti-abortion? yup.
Check and check!
There is no doubt in my mind that Sarah Palin is being used. That she did not see this or, seeing it, still went along, is most disturbing.
Vetting sounds minimal, shockingly so: basically, it comes down to google and self-report. That's the kind of guy more than 40% of Americans still seem to think can be trusted to keep this country safe?
If this is an example of how thorough their vetting process is, God forbid they have to make any major decisions that could affect our future.
This is a joke and beyond ridiculous!
Obama's selection of Biden was a much easier task than was McCain's. Obama just had to look for a grownup that knew MORE than Obama does about government. That narrowed Obama's choices to about, say, 100 million citizens.
I will accept the McCain campaign claim that Governor Palin was thoroughly vetted. Considering that is the case, I have no doubts that Senator McCain made a horrible choice and displayed an uncanny lack of judgement.
What was McCain thinking!
There were so many other better qualified women to choose from.
Govenor Palin has some serious baggage that is not going to go away.
Note that Barack Obama has spent less time in politics then Gov. Palin. He has never been in an office where it was necessaery to make executice decisions. Although he is a great speaker I need my President to act not just talk. Barack Obama ran for Senate and was on the foreign relations comittee purely to become president. He has had nothing else on his mind except the Oval Office. Gov. Palin has worked to better the people of her ciry and her state and ended corruption in politics. She didnt start off in politics to become famous, she joined to make a difference for people. People ask why would McCain pick a first term Govenor as VP?? What was he thinking??? Barack is a first term Senator??? What is he thinking??????
As an alaskan I am ashamed of the Rebuplicans like Rudy Giuliani trying to defend McCains selection of Sarah Palin and shame on america for saying it is Ok that Palin's seventeen year old daughter is pregnant. Americas leaders should be roll models for America. Sarah and her family are not roll models.
As an Alaaskan I say McCain can have Sarah she is a miserably poor govenor and has not been good for alaskans. She has not run government well and definetely is not ready to be a heart beat away from the presidency. It is going to be hard to find someone in the state legilature that is will to give the inside scoup on Sarah but someone is there. Just read the Alaskan newspapers and you won't find too much support for Sarah. She got where she is on her good looks and not brains.
What mom lets her daughter go through this trauma? She's now the national postergirl for unwed teen mothers. Why is Sarah Palin letting this happen to her? There are no legitimate benefits that outweigh costs – to her daughter, that is. Obviously the driving force in decision-making in the Palin family is Sarah Palin's ego.
We talk about how far we have come. What a joke!! Barack Obama is one of the greatest orators of all time dating back to Fredrick Douglas. This man was the president of the Harvard Law Review, Law degree from Harvard, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Senator, Community organizer, developed,organized and managed one of the best if not the best presidential campaigns of this century. And yet we have a problem with his experience and judgement and his ability to lead.
Let's face it–if he was a white man with a fraction of Barack's talents the media and americans would be all over him like white on rice.
This is like McCain's Iraq; he jumped and picked her and decided to clean up any mess from the decision afterwards.
Speaks volumes about his judgement.
That's even worse..so they new all these things and still went with Palin..what does it say.... its worse...
Not much thought put into this MAJOR decision, McCain? Palin is not an interchangeable substitute for Hillary Clinton. Palin is the anti- Hillary. Her views are totally the opposite of those of Hillary's. Clinton and Obama & Biden are FOR women's issues and the McCain- Palin ticket is AGAINST women's issues.
Executive experience is off the table as well.....McCain has zero. End of story. Palin is a joke to every voter in the country and the McCain camp is trying to sell us a bridge....the bridge to nowwhere. Sorry aint buying it.
Palin has caused a negative effect on polls for McCain. She was a horrible choice, he would have been better off with Pawlenty.
Its the issues people...
Billions and billions in debt..
Our young soldiers dying for a lie in Iraq, while Osama runs free..
Average Americans losing their, while the rich get tax breaks...
Our bridges are collapsing...
Our leaders getting away with unethical, illegal activities (Gonzalez)...
Open and obvious discrimination...
Tarnished foreign relations...
Financial breaks for those sending jobs overseas...
Gas prices...
Food prices...
It doesn't matter who he picks are why, they will still be a republican..and clueless about what the American people want!
Vote Dem!
McCain what a loser
So much spin my head is getting dizzy...
Obama – Biden 08
It's 3pm in the White House and the red phone rings. President John McCain is taking his afternoon nap. Who do you think can answer that call? How about the former Gov. of Alaska who never finished a single term? And NEVER made a foreign policy decision or vote in his or her life.
Good choice there John. Nice job.
The Palin pick is an insult to the office of vice president. Completely unfit.
Bad choice in a VP, simple and to the point. McCains judgement is definitely in question as we continue to properly vett his VP pick. Now whether or not family is off limits, the GOP hasn't shown us this by example, (exhibit A: Obama's half brother in Africa), so it's my guess that some entity DNC or Media is going to have a field day with Palin's family. But w/o going there i do see the importance of the issues less that of the SPIN-ZONE, McCains pick brings into question was Palin his best choice based on the issues and experience that to which his campaign has run on. I don't think it was. So i wonder how true is it that McCain goes against the grain and against the party on certain issues despite whether or not they are sound choices. I beleive he is a maverick a loose canon and we can't trust him enough that he would'nt do the same if he had to make a choice on the issues(in relation the country) as opposed to tryin to win a competition.
Do you really want 4 more years of...
Billions and billions in debt..
Our young soldiers dying for a lie in Iraq, while Osama runs free..
Average Americans losing their, while the rich get tax breaks...
Our bridges are collapsing...
Our leaders getting away with unethical, illegal activities (Gonzalez)...
Open and obvious discrimination...
Tarnished foreign relations...
Financial breaks for those sending jobs overseas...
Gas prices...
Food prices...
Vote Dem!
Wasn't Palin the chick on the van halen video hot for teacher?
palin will be gone by the end of the week and romney will be in. its all stagecraft attempting to show mccain as someone who can adjust is viewpoint and think critically. which he cant. the whole process is a sham and hopefully people will see it for what it is.


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Venator to Step Down as CompTIA CEO
Long-time industry veteran John Venator is retiring as CEO of industry trade group CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association. According to a report on Channel Insider, Venator will be replaced by Todd Thibodeaux, a senior vice president at the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).
The move is effective July 1, just a month before CompTIA huge Breakaway reseller conference in Orlando. Venator likely will be a main topic of discussion at that conference. He has spent more than 20 years at CompTIA, directing it from a fledgling group of computer dealers to a highly respected, politically strong channel and technology industry trade association. Venator moved up his original retirement date by about a year because of personal resasons.
Thibodeaux pledges to boost in-house research efforts, continue lobbying on industry matters and explore new partnerships. Venator will stay on as head of CompTIA's charitable educational organization.
Venator's wide-ranging industry expertise will be greatly missed. And nothing foreshadows the increasing commodization of the channel more than the fact that an expert in consumer electronics is now at the organization's helm. The channel will no doubt benefit from Thibodeaux's knowledge of the electronics industry. Good luck to both executives.
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We just announced that longtime investor and board member, Morningstar, will acquire PitchBook. PitchBook will continue to serve Customers as King, execute on our current mission and everyone will remain in their current roles, including myself – which I'm happy about, as I love my job. I am thrilled we are joining the Morningstar family and am excited for the many benefits it will deliver to our clients. As an entrepreneur and founder, I wanted to take a moment to share some thoughts.
PitchBook started nine years ago at the beginning of the Great Recession. It was both a perfect and crazy time to start a business. Crazy, in that we were launching a data company to serve a financial industry that was deeply retrenching. Perfect, because it made us "focus on focus" – solving a real problem for a real customer. We saw incredibly smart investors stymied by a lack of accurate and timely private markets data, and decided to do something about it. We defined our mission: to help build the great companies of tomorrow by providing our clients the world's most meaningful business information and resources. (I'm biased, but if you haven't seen our data, check out the PitchBook Platform for the best information on the private markets.)
I wrote a business plan to build PitchBook for $3.8 million and we did it as a team for $3.7 million...while slogging and surviving through the Great Recession. We were serious about the responsibility of taking on outside capital (other people's hard-earned money) and turning it into a real business that was built to last. In that regard, I think we take an old-fashioned approach, emphasizing the importance of being cash flow positive (we call it "bringing home the bacon") and creating a business model and great culture around it. We celebrate every client with a thoughtful internal "bacon email" that shares customer insights, provides recognition and reminds us we are here to serve and create real value for paying customers. We invest money in the things that matter – our people (PBU for example), product and service. And we economize in other areas – free coffee and beer in the kitchens but no free lunches or La Croix. Every decision has to serve our customers while making sense for the business and creating a great place to work.
As we near our 10-year anniversary with 600 PitchBook Panthers on our team, this transaction is validation of how far we have come as a team. PitchBook is all about the people – and this team is the biggest reason why we are successful. We call ourselves PitchBook Panthers…because we relentlessly pursue our work like a panther does, and I think we've done just that. I'm proud to be a Panther.
Life is too short and the work-days too long to spend it with people you don't enjoy working with. We hire good, nice, hard-working people and ask: put in a good honest day's work and then balance it out with everything that makes you happy outside of the office. One of our values is "Make it Fun" – which is really all about enjoying spending time with the people on our team. Everyone contributes to this as a cornerstone of our culture. We work hard, we play hard and enjoy each other's friendship.
As we look to the future, I am excited to partner with Morningstar and Kunal Kapoor; they have been with us since the early days and have expertise that will help us unlock and deliver new value to our customers. We have developed a close partnership over the past seven years, and we see eye-to-eye on the importance of data and providing transparency across the entire private and public investment landscape. The PitchBook Platform is the best, most comprehensive database for VC, PE and M&A and represents 2.5 million (and counting) person hours of research and is used by over 1,800 institutional clients in 24 countries. As a part of Morningstar, PitchBook will be able to deliver more in-depth and comprehensive data and research to our clients across the global public and private markets. We will continue to innovate, grow and deliver even more powerful information to our clients.
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In keeping with legislation passed in the House of Assembly in December 2016, the Provincial Government officially released a compensation disclosure list to the public on Friday, June 30. The list is posted on the Human Resource Secretariat website.
The Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act requires an annual listing of all employees in departments and a number of agencies, boards, commissions, health care bodies, educational bodies and Crown Corporations who receive total compensation of more than $100,000 a year. The list will include the name of the employee, official job title, name of the department or public body in which they are employed, and total compensation. The amount of total compensation listed will include a breakdown of base salary, overtime, shift premiums, retroactive pay, bonuses and other compensation, as well as severance where applicable. It does not include pay-in-lieu of notice (either lump sum payments or salary continuance) or leave payouts.
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The issue of roaming costs has proved contentious for mobile operators over the past few years as European Union regulators have introduced legislation to drastically reduce the cost of using a mobile phone abroad.
With some customers unwittingly racking up bills worth hundreds of pounds when using their phone on holiday, the EU has forced mobile operators to slash the cost of speaking, texting and downloading via their networks over the past two years.
However, operators such as Vodafone have long argued that prices will come down due to competition, not regulation.
From July, roaming services across Europe will be capped at 10p a text while the cost of downloading a megabyte of information will cost no more than 92p if consumers pay standard rates.
However, from June 1 Vodafone's "Passport" customers will be able to talk, text and send pictures to friends from over 35 countries for the same price they would pay at home.
Passport customers normally pay a 75p fee to have their calls and texts made abroad included in their all-inclusive packages or take advantage of the domestic rates. However, that fee has been scrapped until the end of August.
Vodafone, which has 18m customers in Britain, may extend its offer or introduce similar initiatives if it proves to be successful. The offer will also increase pressure on other mobile operators to abolish roaming surcharges.
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Exercising with Osteoarthritis
Around 27 million Americans have osteoarthritis (OA), a degenerative joint disease. Ongoing loss of cartilage causes joint pain and reduced range of motion. This often leads to physical disability and reduced quality of life.
There are several risk factors for OA. They include old age (about 80 percent of adults over age 65 are affected), being female, and overweight and obesity. Previous injury, muscle weakness, and joint laxity are also risk factors. Weight-bearing joints, like knees and hips, are at greatest risk. We cannot change some risk factors, like age or gender. But we can change other factors to reduce the risk of OA.
Exercise with OA can be difficult and painful, which leads to less activity. This then causes joints to become stiffer and less flexible. Surrounding muscles become weaker. This leads to even less activity. Exercise can help. It decreases joint swelling and pain. It helps you maintain a healthy weight. As a result, this reduces pressure on your joints and improves cartilage and bone tissue health. Exercise improves overall function. The key is to stay active and choose activities you enjoy.
Evidence suggests both aerobic and strength exercise helps people with OA. So try to do both. If you are just starting out, do more aerobic exercise. This will also help you lose weight. Over time, add resistance workouts. Doing both types will bring even more benefits for your pain and joint stiffness. It will also help your overall health and fitness.
Getting Started
- Talk with your doctor before you start an exercise program. Ask about any changes to your medications or concerns in becoming more active.
- Take all medicines prescribed by your doctor.
- Select low-impact and non-impact activities. Walking, swimming, water exercise and cycling are good choices.
- A long warm-up and gradual cool down may help you avoid additional joint pain. • Divide your activity into many short sessions during the day. Try three 10-minute sessions to start. Set goals by time rather than distance.
- Start slowly. Over time, add to the intensity and length of your workouts. Take frequent breaks as needed. Adjust your workouts based on your symptoms.
- Start by exercising on your own. Begin walking or another form of activity that you can add to your daily routine.
- Invite others to join you. Exercising together is more fun and increases the chance you will continue. Dogs make great walking partners!
- Look for programs in your community. You could also contact an appropriately credentialed exercise professional* to help you. All you really need, though, is a good pair of shoes to get started walking.
- Select shoes and insoles that absorb shock. • Using a pedometer or other device to track your exercise. Slowly work toward a goal, like maybe 10,000 steps per day.
Aerobic Exercise Programs
The American College of Sports Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend at least 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity, 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity, or an equivalent combination of both for adults. They also suggest muscle strengthening twice a week. Follow the FITT principle to design and implement a safe and effective program you will enjoy. F = frequency, I = intensity, T = time, and T = type. There are no established FITT guidelines for people with OA. Use the FITT guidelines for apparently healthy adults, but adjust for your own pain, stability, and functional limits.
- Frequency – Be active on most days of the week but at least three to four days.
- Intensity – Exercise at a moderate level. Use the "talk test" to help you monitor. For example, even though you may notice a slight rise in your heart rate and breathing, you should be able to carry on a conversation while walking at a moderate pace. As you walk faster, you will begin to breathe faster and have difficulty talking. At that point, you've achieved moderate intensity or "somewhat hard." Vigorous exercise causes a large rise in heart rate and breathing. At this intensity it would become difficult to talk. Most people would rate this as "hard to very hard."
- Time – Exercise 30 to 60 minutes per day. You can do it all at once or break it up into a few sessions of at least 10 minutes each. Multiple, shorter sessions may help reduce joint pain.
- Type – Exercise in the water to reduce joint stress. It also improves cardiovascular fitness. Do activities you enjoy and will do regularly in your new, more active lifestyle. Add variety depending on the day or the season to keep your program more enjoyable.
Aerobic Exercise Cautions
- If you have been inactive for a long time, start with shorter sessions (10 to 15 minutes). Add five minutes to each session, increasing every two to four weeks. Over time, build up to being active at least 30 minutes a day on most days of the week.
- Expect some discomfort after your workouts. However, you should not be in pain. If pain is greater two hours after exercise than it was before, reduce the length and intensity of your next session.
- Total exercise time is more import than intensity. If you exercise at too high an intensity, you may not be able to exercise very long. High-intensity exercise also increases your risk of injury.
- Avoid vigorous, highly repetitive activities. This is especially true for people with unstable joints.
- Avoid overuse and repetitive stress injuries by alternating types of exercise over consecutive days.
- Drink plenty of fluids before, during, and after exercise.
Resistance Exercise Programs
Evidence suggests that light- to moderate-intensity resistance training is a good addition to your program. Muscle atrophy often accompanies OA. Resistance training helps reverse atrophy. It also strengthens the muscles surrounding the joint. This reduces the risk of injury and more joint damage. Resistance training helps in other ways, too. It increases or maintains the amount of muscle. It improves your ability to function. And it also promotes overall good health.
- Frequency – At least two to three days per week. Plan a day of rest between sessions.
- Intensity – Light to moderate. Light intensity is weight you can lift 15 to 20 times. Moderate intensity is weight you can lift 10 to 15 times.
- Time – This depends on the number of exercises you do. In general, do one to three sets of 10 to 15 repetitions.
- Type – Exercise all major muscle groups but concentrate more on muscles surrounding the affected joints first. This will help strengthen and stabilize them. Exercise in the water with light resistance to reduce stress on the joints. Water exercise conditions muscles through a full, pain-free range of motion. Exercise with a machine or with free weights. There is little difference between them. Don't belong to a gym or health club? No problem. You can do the same exercises at home with lighter weights, resistance bands, or your body as the resistance. Try push-ups or sit-ups.
Resistance Exercise Cautions • Avoid holding your breath when lifting. This can cause large changes in blood pressure. That change may increase the risk of passing out or developing abnormal heart rhythms. This is especially true if you also have high blood pressure. • Start with 10 to 15 repetitions. Build up to 15 to 20 repetitions before you add another set.
Other Types of Exercise
Stiffness and pain cause joints to be less flexible. Thus, exercise often is avoided. Maintain flexibility by using the joint. Also, do activities that stretch the muscles across the joint. Otherwise, unused muscles will shorten and limit range of motion. • Do flexibility exercises every day.
- Do dynamic flexibility exercises for all major muscle groups. This increases their range of motion.
- Avoid over stretching.
- Yoga, Pilates and tai-chi help improve strength and flexibility. They also help you relax and reduce pain.
Design your exercise program for the most benefit and the fewest risks to your health or physical condition. Contact an appropriately credential exercise professional* to work with you and your doctor. They can help you establish realistic goals. And together, you can design a safe, effective, and enjoyable program to meet your needs and goals.
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