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Alternately titled: "My 30 Day Shred Results"
Yesterday I hit 30 days straight with the lovely Jillian Michaels as my trainer (via her DVD of course). I have to say I am really glad I stuck with it. I have real muscles. I don't feel like I'm 90 years old after walking up 5 flights of stairs. My asthma is more under control. I'm not winded after a long bike ride (or marathon sex). I could take Jillian Michaels in a fight. OK, maybe not that last one.
I took pictures at the beginning thinking maybe I would post them with after photos. I debated last night and said to myself "Really? Do you really want to post a picture of yourself in a sports bra ON THE INTERNET?!"
But I really, truly believe in this workout plan. I may not have knock-you-out-of-your-seats results. But I have results. After only 30 days. And to me, that's saying something.
-4 lbs.
-1.5" around waist
-1.25" around hips
-.5" around upper thighs
::I can button a pair of capris I couldn't even fit into last summer
::Yes, I've been "fake and baking" for my upcoming Florida trip
::Yes, that is the same outfit, 30 days later :)
Along with the 30 Day Shred workout, I followed a healthier meal plan: ate a lot of fruits and vegetables, whole grains and organic foods; no fried or fast food; cut down on dairy, enriched flour and processed sugar; increased my protein and fiber intake; and drank lots of water.
[Not saying that there wasn't one Saturday I may have indulged in a large scoop of peanut butter, caramel and chocolate ice cream, but let's just keep that between us.]
So, if you're looking for a workout that you can fit into your day and get results, I would definitely recommend it. I plan on continuing it for another 30 days in fact! Except today. Today, I'm taking a day off in celebration :)
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
I Can't Believe I'm Posting This On The Internet
Alternately titled: "My 30 Day Shred Results"
Posted by Michelle and the City at 4/29/2009
Labels: a picture's worth 1000 words, daily, exercising to stay sexy
61 comments:
- Emma said...
You look great! And I see a definite change in your back.
Congrats :)
- April 29, 2009 at 7:09 PM
- swaaaan said...
KICK ASS! Good job. :)
- April 29, 2009 at 7:09 PM
- thecasualperfectionist.com said...
YAY! Congratulations!!
- April 29, 2009 at 7:16 PM
- k said...
you totally rock! that is awesome!
i have been doing strength training/toning for a couple of years now and i absolutely love the results - not at all bulky but totally defined and strong looking.
- April 29, 2009 at 7:46 PM
- Katelin said...
yay nice job michelle! it's always refreshing to see results, woo woo!
- April 29, 2009 at 7:56 PM
- Andrea said...
You're f*cking awesome.
- April 29, 2009 at 8:00 PM
- Katyn said...
congrats!! but keep lean dairy in your diet, it helps with weight loss and strong bones and muscles!
- April 29, 2009 at 8:04 PM
- Rach said...
looks great!! I may need to snag a copy and try it out too, those are some great results.
- April 29, 2009 at 8:11 PM
- PomJob said...
Congrats! I started the Shred a couple months ago, but only did it like 7 times. After seeing your results, I'm inspired to start it again. Your abs are awesome!
The former dairy princess in me agrees with Katyn... don't ditch dairy! :)
- April 29, 2009 at 9:05 PM
- Mel said...
I ordered the video off of amazon. lets see where it gets me
- April 29, 2009 at 9:27 PM
- Julie said...
You intrigued me when you started.
And now you've got me.
I'm headed to amazon to buy the DVD.
- April 29, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Look at you hot stuff! You look great! I hope my after pictures look as good...
...yeah they won't :)
- April 29, 2009 at 9:29 PM
- alexa - cleveland's a plum said...
michelle you just made me want to go buy the shred. you look amazing!
- April 29, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Awesome job!!! Your stomache looks so toned!! Congrats :)
- April 29, 2009 at 10:21 PM
You can totally tell how much more toned you are. Especially in your back and abs. Way to go hot stuff!
- April 30, 2009 at 12:35 AM
- michellewoo said...
WOW, total visible difference! Way to go! They should seriously pay you for all the great advertising you've been doing.
- April 30, 2009 at 2:06 AM
- S said...
Congrats on the progress! I've been "shredding" for a few months now but only a few times a week. I went through all the levels once and have started over with heavier weights. I can notice a huge difference. I love the last (or second to last) ab exercise on level 3, I think it's called the superman, maybe. Anyway, I think that is the reason we've seen our love handles disappearing!
- April 30, 2009 at 7:46 AM
- Deutlich said...
that? is freaking AWESOME!
- April 30, 2009 at 7:56 AM
- j*amy said...
that's awesome! i really need to do something with myself. ugh i'm so unmotivated! but your 30 days with results is motivating! :)
- April 30, 2009 at 8:27 AM
- SoMi's Nilsa said...
Now *that* is awesome! If only I didn't have to move lots of furniture and if only our floors didn't shake when I jump, I'd most certainly have stuck with Jillian for more than a week. You look fab, girl!
- April 30, 2009 at 9:01 AM
- pinksundrops said...
You look amazing!
- April 30, 2009 at 9:14 AM
- Maxie said...
you look great, michelle!
- April 30, 2009 at 9:20 AM
- Bill said...
You look great! Another "graduated" shredhead, hooray!
- April 30, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- Passionista said...
That is awesome! Your results are great, so glad you posted the pics :) I think you're not obvious on appearance results are also great, because boy does your stamina benefit from some exercise. Jillian kicks my butt, hope I have some good results to show as well :)
- April 30, 2009 at 9:23 AM
- La Petite Chic said...
Wow, way to go!! I'm a firm believer in the 30 Day Shred too...it really works! You look great :)
- April 30, 2009 at 9:24 AM
- Virginia said...
YAY congrats! I think I need to check out this DVD. It obviously works!
And speaking of peanut butter...if you are a fellow pb addict, there is an amazing product called Better N Peanut Butter that you can get at Trader Joe's or Giant Eagle. It's a little sweeter than normal pb but it only has 2 grams of fat per serving.
- April 30, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- each of the two said...
OMG im doing the same thing!
except no pictures....
(maybe pictures, id have to be convinced)
- April 30, 2009 at 10:20 AM
- Jess said...
This is great! You look awesome.
- April 30, 2009 at 10:27 AM
- the girl with the golden phone. said...
DUDE! you are ripped! way to go!
- April 30, 2009 at 11:16 AM
- heidikins said...
My Shred is in the mail....I'm scared. But this is encouraging. You look great!
- April 30, 2009 at 11:30 AM
- Jodi Bluebird said...
Yay You!! I've been teetering between shredhead and other things but now I'm convinced. Come on River Trip hot Bod! Did you do it every day?
- April 30, 2009 at 1:01 PM
- Tigerlily said...
Wow! You are right visible results in 30days....maybe I can get in shape in time for bikini season!
- April 30, 2009 at 1:22 PM
- brookem said...
woo! good job lady!
(is this the same thing you can get on demand for free? or are the ones you buy different- like, a different workout each day?)
- April 30, 2009 at 1:34 PM
- graffiti.girl.designs said...
awesome work - woohoo for exercise and eating healthy and muscles!
reading your post made me stop shoveling tortilla chips into my mouth lol, i was having such a good diet day up until that point.
- April 30, 2009 at 2:13 PM
- graffiti.girl.designs said...
also way to use the font from your corporate identity project :)
- April 30, 2009 at 2:15 PM
- Larissa said...
Your commitment and discipline really paid off. Go you!
- April 30, 2009 at 5:47 PM
- Lacey Bean said...
I know I tweeted to you about this, but you look great!! I've skipped one day so far, but I'm trying to be super diligent other than that!
- April 30, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Yay!!! You look fabulous and absolutely inspired me to continue shredding. Even though my thighs are on FIRE.
- April 30, 2009 at 9:37 PM
- TudorCity Girl said...
Congrats!! Nice work.
Thanks for the tip. I am now finally trying to work hard at losing the comfort food winter weight gain!
- April 30, 2009 at 9:46 PM
- rachel said...
you look amazing michelle!!! i'm so proud of you!
- May 1, 2009 at 8:56 AM
- 3carnations said...
Yay for you! Less back fat is awesome (as is 4 pounds, but I'm all about visible results)! :-)
- May 1, 2009 at 12:19 PM
You look awesome!!! I have been hearing a lot about this workout. It looks like it works. Good job girl, keep it up! :)
- May 1, 2009 at 12:35 PM
- rex said...
I don't normally notice these things, but even I can see the difference. Hard work pays off. Keep it up.
- May 1, 2009 at 5:22 PM
- Princess Pointful said...
All that in 30 days?!?!
- May 2, 2009 at 8:04 PM
- Paula said...
You look fab!!! And I'm impressed you stuck to it.
- May 3, 2009 at 1:40 PM
- Sara said...
I'm so proud of you! Yay!!
- May 3, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- The Smarter Princess said...
Holy crap you look great!
You have definitely motivated me to shred!
- May 6, 2009 at 10:50 AM
you're ripped! you're really ripped! man, i shoudl have taken a before shot.
but nah, i don't have the guts to post it...
i missed a couple of days in my first week b/c i went home unexpectedly....but i hope i can keep the momentum going!!!
did you alternate between levels 1-3? how did you structure the workout?
- May 6, 2009 at 9:43 PM
- Julie Q said...
you are my hero for posting these pix. congrats on doing the shred!
you look awesome!
- May 11, 2009 at 7:23 PM
- Kt said...
Wow I am really impressed! I have this DVD sitting here so hubby and I are starting it tonight!
- May 18, 2009 at 4:53 PM
- TKTC said...
I JUST bought 5 lb weights on Sunday so I could do this. Was thinking about starting tonight, now I know I will. Thanks...and looking gooood!
- May 19, 2009 at 5:39 PM
that's so amazing! i need that dvd...like NOW!
- June 1, 2009 at 7:59 PM
- Therapeutic Ramblings said...
Great job!!
- June 9, 2009 at 5:19 PM
This is awesome. I have heard from several friends that 30 Day Shred is incredible - but hadn't been around when they started/finished it and couldn't see the dramatic results. Your pics are great! I am definitely going to look into getting started with this! Thanks for the inspiration!
- June 30, 2009 at 10:02 AM
- Liz said...
Way to go! You look great! I bought the 30day shred, but haven't committed to doing it 30 days straight, but your results might motivate me to pick up the slack!
- January 19, 2010 at 11:01 AM
- Sugar&Spice said...
heyyyy ... im new to your blog, i actually found it via google whilst searching for real life results from the 30 day shred ... im considering starting it and after seeing your results its a massive boost! also im ashtmatic so i hope it will help out with that too! xxx
- March 22, 2010 at 4:16 PM
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- April 5, 2010 at 1:28 PM
- Jessica said...
Wow you look great - and you are very brave for posting the before and afters...but who cares, you look great! ;) Love your blog. I'm also a mid-West girl but I live in AUstralia now. I look forward to following your blog.
- April 21, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- santi said...
Seeing this is so encoraging. Im on level 2. did u do each level for 30 days. i know some people do it different but ive been doing it for 10 days each level and level 2 is hard i can just imagine level 3. but so far ive seen results. ive dropped 9lbs n 1 pants size. I feel stonger n healthier. Way to go u look awesome!
- February 3, 2011 at 1:59 AM
- Khal said...
thanks for the inspiration. now i can't wait to try 30-day shred too. :)
- February 21, 2011 at 12:23 AM
I am new to your blog, I saw it on 20 something bloggers and I love this! I always wondered if these programs truly work!
Congrats on your first 30 days and good luck on your next 30 days!
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In January 1998, as I prepared for my second legislative session as a New Mexico state representative, my wife Cynthia asked me to fly her to Arkansas to visit our daughter.
The weather briefer reported a fast-moving cold front that might necessitate an instrument approach. With 10,000 hours as a professional and military pilot, and a thousand in our Mooney 231, I was comfortable with the three-hour IFR flight.
As we crossed Oklahoma, the cold front pushed across our route, bringing a report of possible icing in northwest Arkansas.
Ceilings and visibility at Springdale Municipal Airport were lowering but considerably above minimums. There was no icing on the approach, but now I was in a hurry to deliver Cynthia and depart. A quick weather briefing disclosed that icing on the route home was at higher altitudes, so I filed an IFR flight plan and took off, leveling at 14,000 feet and +5 OAT. I had been alone, in the dark, and in weather like this many times.
Between layers and having experienced little precipitation and no icing during climbout, I closed the alternate air valve—a decision that would later cause much grief.
My route took me over Lawton, Oklahoma; Lubbock, Texas; then to Hobbs, New Mexico. I was the only small aircraft on the night frequencies. After Lawton, the airliners began to deviate, usually indicating a thunderstorm on the route.
Seventy miles from Lubbock I asked the controller if there was weather ahead.
"Negative, the radar is clear."
I was back in clouds, but there still was no icing. Then the alternator warning light flashed and went out. Minutes later, the blink occurred again. This time, the gauge showed erratic voltage that abruptly dropped to zero.
"Fort Worth, this is Eight-Eight-Six," I said, trying to remain calm. "I've lost my alternator and need to get on the ground ASAP. Still no radar returns ahead?"
"Negative. It looks good," he replied.
The loss of the alternator was serious, but I felt confident and was contemplating my course of action. Childress Municipal Airport, the closest lighted airport with an instrument approach, had no control tower or emergency equipment. Even though it was 35 miles farther, I preferred Lubbock Preston Smith International because it had multiple approaches, a tower, and emergency equipment.
Suddenly, lightning, thunder, and turbulence hit with a vengeance, throwing the airplane around like a ping-pong ball in a bingo tumbler. The storm the controller knew nothing about was suddenly all over me. I snapped off the autopilot and broke a cardinal rule of instrument flight, rolling into a 60-degree bank turn to get out of the storm.
"Fort Worth, Eight-Eight-Six, I just got into severe turbulence; request deviation."
"Roger, that's approved."
It took all my focus to stay under control as the storm slammed me against the roof before smashing me back into the seat, rolling the aircraft violently—nearly inverted—one direction then the other. A harmless orb of St. Elmo's fire fed the panic, pushing its way up my throat. Then, the airspeed fell to zero.
All my training told me to push the nose over to regain airspeed to avert a stall. Closer to panic than ever before, I had only seconds to react. At that moment, I uttered the most desperate prayer of my life. God, I don't know if I have the skills to get out of this. I need help.
Some of the most perplexing accident reports are those of small airplanes flying straight down so fast that the wings are ripped off. It never made sense until that moment. They had plenty of airspeed—it was not displaying.
The realization saved my life. I struggled against ingrained training to lower the nose. In those few seconds, I experienced complete sensory overload and faced the growing prospect of losing self-control. If I could control my emotions, the aircraft could fly.
An airliner began to relay radio calls because my transmissions were getting weaker. And then the engine sputtered. I jammed the mixture full rich. It didn't help, and the engine quit.
"Fort Worth, Eight-Eight-Six, I've lost my engine." My voice revealed that I was fraying at the edges.
I could hear the discussion about me; it seemed the controller, the airline pilot—and maybe even I—did not believe I would survive.
My voice was shaking and uncertain, "American uhhh," I could not remember his number, "American, can you have ummm…Fort Worth give me a vector to Childress…and I am declaring an emergency."
Thoughts began to crowd my mind—that I would not get to see our grandkids grow up; I would not get to spend my golden years with Cynthia.
I shouted commands to myself. "Snap out of this. Trust God. Just fly the airplane, stupid."
The airline captain relayed that the sheriff had been notified; I was too despondent to answer. I didn't want my aircraft wreckage to be found by a Texas county sheriff.
The controller told me to continue the turn. I was exiting the storm but was IFR without power at 13,000 feet. Landing without power, without a runway, is harrowing in daytime. At night, survival is rare. Don't panic. Just fly the aircraft. All my thoughts had been distilled to those two simple commands.
After almost 7,000 feet in a controlled descent, I broke out at 5,100 feet above ground level. I could see the lights of Childress and the flashing lights of the sheriff's car.
The airspeed indicator began to bounce, and the engine coughed. Ice had restricted the pitot tube and engine inlet in the storm. It was now melting, bringing a bit of hope. The engine, firing on partial cylinders, shook the entire airframe. I was getting closer to the field, but very low and battling another pilot instinct—a tendency to stretch the glide.
My time flying crop dusters was paying off; I had the Mooney tickling right at the edge of a stall. Experience tells you when you can do no more.
"Just fly the aircraft," now quietly coaxing a little more out of the airplane—and out of myself. "Touch down out here if necessary. Wings level. Don't stall and cartwheel."
The glide continued to extend. And, finally, somehow, the wheels touched on the pavement.
I was still on the runway when the battery gave up and the airplane went dark. I shut the engine down and sat unmoving. My knees were shaking, but what kept me sitting in the dark was the recognition that many had failed to survive the situation I had just faced. Without an answered prayer, I would have fared no better.
The sheriff's flashing lights turned into the airport and parked beside me. Finally, he got out and knocked on my window. I turned, looking absently at him for many seconds. Finally, I unlatched the door.
"Evening," I said, my voice still trembling. "Pretty cold out here."
The deputy had seen fear up close before. "Yep, pretty cold. You need a lift?"
Life, like flying, has a rather mundane quality to it, with repetitive tasks making up the bulk of both. But at any moment, the ride in either can become harrowing.
Discipline in the boring and everyday prepares us for the sudden and unexpected.
Rep. Stevan Pearce (R-N.M.) lives in Hobbs, New Mexico. This story is excerpted from his forthcoming book, Just Fly the Plane, Stupid.

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This has been a truly amazing year with this project. From day one I knew when I was organizing my studio and seeing how many small collections of things I kept and really loved, to Allison Sommers first post on January 2nd 2011, and in early November when all weeks had been assigned, and now when everything is all said and done that the concept of this project was something people really enjoy. We love our stuff and other peoples as well.
I can't thank the Guest Editor's enough for making this what it is. It takes courage to expose the things we hold onto. The Guest Editor's did it and the internet has found out a little more about each of them.
I encourage everyone to keep checking back to find out what is next for this little project. My hope is a bound book and art exhibition. But I am open to other possibilites.
My humble thank you to everyone who made this possible and the collectors around the world, past, present, and future.
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Bundy brothers' bond runs deep
BALTIMORE -- Sometime during Dylan and Bobby Bundy's childhood, it became clear that the two Orioles' pitching prospects had a chance to put together some sort of future in baseball. With their father Denver, who pitched in high school, there to teach them, their chances were even better.
Bobby, 24, and Dylan, 21, found quality competition in leagues in Oklahoma. But for two months each year, they needed a way to stay sharp during the offseason. So Denver used his tractor to create a baseball diamond for his sons in the family's pasture.
BALTIMORE -- Sometime during Dylan and Bobby Bundy's childhood, it became clear that the two Orioles' pitching prospects had a chance to put together some sort of future in baseball. With their father Denver, who pitched in high school, there to teach them, their chances were even better.
Bobby, 24, and Dylan, 21, found quality competition in leagues in Oklahoma. But for two months each year, they needed a way to stay sharp during the offseason. So Denver used his tractor to create a baseball diamond for his sons in the family's pasture.
"It wasn't level at all. Don't let him fool you," Dylan said. "I'd take one off the mouth every day taking ground balls. Get hit in the eye, tough it out. But it worked."
When Dylan was in elementary school, the family diamond is where his father instilled in him an appreciation for baseball. The O's 2011 first-round Draft pick would spend time in his backyard doing extra work in the field before and after his youth team practices.
"That's how I learned to love the game of baseball," Dylan said, "playing with my brother and my dad."
More than a decade later, Dylan would return to the pasture with his father to begin relearning how to compete in the game he loves.
After finshing the 2012 season with a Major League callup from Double-A Bowie, Dylan began experiencing right elbow pain in late March '13. The Orioles exhausted every option to try to get him healthy before suggesting Tommy John surgery. They tried rest and rehabilitation. They tried a platelet-rich plasma injection. Eventually, on June 28, the No. 2 prospect in all of baseball underwent Tommy John surgery.
Less than three months later on Sept. 24, Bobby -- the O's eighth-round Draft pick in 2008 who ended his '12 season at Bowie -- needed it, too. He was relegated to days in front of the TV with his brother.
Under the Orioles' typical rehab plan for recovery from Tommy John surgery, pitchers don't begin throwing for about five months. It had been Dylan's plan to return to Sarasota, Fla., for three weeks in December to begin his rehab. On Dec. 5, though, everything suddenly changed when Dylan and Bobby's mother, Lori, died.
"You need to do what you need to do," Dave Walker, the O's coordinator of medical services, told Dylan. "That's what's more important."
Baseball was a respite. Dylan stayed in Oklahoma for most of the month playing catch with his father.
Denver, who now works with the Owasso High School baseball team, helped Dylan learn the basics when he was a child. He gave Dylan and Bobby pointers on their mechanics. He threw batting practice on that backyard diamond as Lori shagged fly balls.
The earliest stages of rehab aren't much different -- it's back to the fundamentals. "Light tossing" is how it's described in the throwing program, so Dylan and Denver simply played catch from about 60 feet apart.
By the start of 2014, Dylan was in Florida pushing on with his rehab. On the last day of March, he threw off a mound for the first time, and by the beginning of June, he was back to pitching in games for Class A Aberdeen. Dylan moved to Class A Advanced Frederick in July, but he was placed on the seven-day disabled list with a right lat muscle strain on Thursday.
Dylan's brother, meanwhile, was just a few months behind. Bobby began tossing at the end of February, and on Saturday, he made his first appearance for the Gulf Coast League Orioles.
Bobby's rehab was never going to be as straightforward as his brother's. Elbow injuries had nagged him throughout 2013. In July, he had bone spurs removed from his right elbow.
"Sometimes as older players, they start contemplating whether to move on or push forward in baseball," Walker said. "I think Dylan helped [Bobby] out quite a bit."
Bobby was discouraged, but he could look to his brother's progress and the prospect of getting to go through the rehabilitation process together.
Despite being only three years apart, they didn't have many chances to play side by side. They learned the game together on that diamond in the backyard, but they didn't play on the same team until Dylan's freshman year of high school. Even then, Bobby, a senior, was sidelined for the first eight games with a right ACL injury. The day Bobby returned, Dylan hit his first home run. Bobby added another later in the game.
"Pretty close to the same spot," Bobby said.
In 2012, Dylan was promoted to Double-A after Bobby's arm trouble started.
When Bobby did finally make it to Sarasota in March to rehab, the brothers lived together. They cooked together. They threw on the same days. They ran into town and worked out together.
"That was nice," Dylan said. "We hadn't been able to do that since high school."
"It was very vital," Bobby said. "Going through the surgery together and getting to spend time with each other kind of kept our minds in the right direction."
And once every few weeks, they'd be reunited with their first coach.
After Lori's death, Denver spent some time remodeling his home -- a project he and his wife began together. When that was finished, he started making more trips to Sarasota. Treks to see his sons throw a bullpen session or play catch became a regular occurrence.
The visits were a return to Dylan and Bobby's youth and a time before a series of complications changed everything for the Bundys.
Just before Dylan left Sarasota for Aberdeen, Md., where he'd join the O's Class A Short-Season affiliate, Bobby was finally able to throw at 150 feet. They had a chance to long toss together, and Denver was there.
Denver watched the boys as they showed off the smooth mechanics he taught them in their backyard, each with a glove on his left hand and a scar on his right elbow.
"It was kind of like we were throwing in a game, when we were really just playing catch in the outfield," Dylan said.
"I know [Denver] really cherishes those moments," Bobby said, "and probably even more so now."
David Wilson is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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John Harris needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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We need a logo for our not-for-profit Microvolunteerism Project, that promotes the Crowdsourcing of Volunteer Work.
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We are looking for an attractive logo that conveys the core ideas behind our project: global volunteerism, crowdsourcing, (distribution and co-creation of project work), and many small contributions coming together to form a unified whole.
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1. Geno Smith, QB; WVU: 6'3", 225 lbs.
- Big arm with excellent ball placement. Prototype size. Superb pocket presence and accuracy. Exceptionally quick release with a high release point. Smart with excellent field vision. Smith has all the tools one looks for in a NFL franchise quarterback. WVU has lost three in a row and has the worst defense in D1 college football, but Geno is still the same guy he's been the past two and a half years as the Mountaineers starting QB.
2. David Amerson, CB; NC State: 6'2", 195 lbs.
- Many considered Amerson as the top cornerback prospect entering the 2012 season. He had a couple bad games early and has dropped a bit. However, he's still tied for fourth nationally in interceptions and has superb size with excellent ball skills.
3. Robert Lester, SS; Alabama: 6'2", 215 lbs.
- Second team Walter Camp in 2010, Honorable Mention AA in 2011, Lester is a big, strong safety adapt at playing the run while also possessing very good ball skills. Three year starter for the Tide.
3. Shane Skov, ILB; Stanford: 6'3", 251 lbs.
- Could functionally play any of the linebacking positions in either a 34 or 43. Stanford's leading tackler for two straight years. A former five star prep recruit with a nose for the ball. A blown ACL in 2011 and a DUI arrrest in 2012 as well as MLB position will drop him in the draft. If he's there with this pick, it's would be a nice little coup for the Chiefs.
4. Ryan Nassib, QB; Syracuse: 6'2", 228 lbs.
- Thickly built with a powerful arm, Nassib has very good mechanics and will use the whole pocket in the passing game. Has played well against good competition and was the best QB on the field in the Syracuse/USC game earlier this year. Three year starter with numerous school passing records who has improved every year statistically.
5. Cornelius Washington, OLB; Georgia: 6'4", 268 lbs.
- Washington is a player with an immense upside. Incredibly athletic for a guy his size, he's got excellent burst and change of direction. Long and muscular - this is what a guy would look like if you were building the perfect 34 OLB. Huge potential but is raw as sushi in terms of football skills and is a one down/third down rush end as it stands right now. Has every tool to be an All-Pro level player if he gets good coaching at the next level.
6. Michael Williams, TE; Alabama: 6'5", 278 lbs.
- A huge tight end with soft hands. Punishing in the run game. Will be interesting to see where he ends up in the draft. Could go high, but most likely will be available in the later rounds as he doesn't have the speed and versatility to be more than a blocker and red zone threat - but he should excel at both of those chores.
7. Nigel Malone, CB; Kansas State: 5'10", 180 lbs.
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As a part of my ongoing series featuring guest authors' reviews of genealogical institute courses, my good friend Debra Hoffman shares her experiences at last June's Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research.
By Debra Hoffman
The new year is approaching fast and with it registration for the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research (IGHR) held each year at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. With ten courses to choose from, there is something to appeal to everyone. I was lucky enough to be one of the first to register last year for Course 3, Research in the South, Part 1. J. Mark Lowe was the coordinator of this redesigned course and it was a great educational opportunity. With his teaching team of Michael Hait, Linda Geiger, and Deborah Abbott, this course provided an unparalleled week of learning.
With an emphasis on the records rather than methodology, the course covered overall topics pertinent to southern research such as migrations and slavery. As noted in the title, this course is broken up into two parts in order to provide comprehensive coverage of the southern states. This first part covered North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and Maryland. (The running joke in the course was that yes, Maryland is a southern state; however, not everyone agreed with that.) Coverage of the states included repositories and notable sources. Overall coverage of the south included discussions on Federal records, colonial and territorial records, military records, land and agricultural records, religious records, manuscripts and oral histories, and online resources. Although the emphasis was on the records, methodology was included in some of the lectures as well to guide researchers in strategies for researching southern families.
The knowledge and experience of the teaching team was evident in their extensive and informational handouts as well as their engaging and informative lectures. In fact, I'm still processing all the information I learned that week. One of the most interesting discoveries for me was the Digital Library on American Slavery located at http://library.uncg.edu. The description from Deborah Abbott's handout described it as the "[p]ublic interface to data collected by the Race and Slavery Petitions Project at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. It is designed to provide detailed personal information about slaves, slaveholders, and free people of color. The documents span from the end of the American Revolution to the end of the Civil War and represent fifteen slave holding states and the District of Columbia." These petitions include a wealth of information and can provide insight into family situations. For instance, one woman petitioned to protect her slaves from being sold by her husband who had run off with another woman and was living nearby. At least one classmate located his family in these petitions. Coverage of these types of unique record sources is one thing that makes this course invaluable.
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SOURCE: Medistem Inc.
November 19, 2012 15:26 ET
Endometrial Stem Cell Company Expands Clinical Applications of Its Universal Donor Stem Cell Product
Endometrial Stem Cell Company Expands Clinical Applications of Its Universal Donor Stem Cell Product
SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - Nov 19, 2012) - Medistem (PINKSHEETS: MEDS) announced today appointment of Alexander Gershman, MD, Ph.D to the company's Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Gershman is an internationally-renowned opinion leader in urological surgery having pioneered numerous minimally invasive procedures using laparoscopic techniques.
"The future of regenerative medicine lies not only in having the best stem cell product, but also being able to practically deliver it in a manner that can be integrated into existing medical practice," said Dr. Alan Lewis, CEO of Medistem. "Through working with respected physicians such as Dr. Gershman, our aim is to develop novel delivery methods so that our cellular product can be utilized in numerous disciplines."
Medistem is currently running a Phase II clinical trial in heart failure patients using its Endometrial Regenerative Cell (ERC) product delivered through a 30-minute minimally invasive patent pending procedure. The company seeks to develop similar minimally invasive procedures for the field of urology in collaboration with Dr. Gershman.
"It is obvious that stem cell medicine is the future of medicine. Although great strides have occurred in clinical entry of stem cells, a major hurdle to commercialization is practical implementation," said Dr. Gershman. "I commend Medistem for having discovered what appears to be the most potent blood vessel generating stem cell, the ERC, as well as having the foresight to think practically about optimum methods of delivery."
Dr. Gershman is one of the first surgeons in the world to apply the method of laparoscopic surgery and robotic-assisted surgery to urology. He currently holds numerous hospital appointments, including the following: Director of Institute of Advanced Urology at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Director of Urologic Laparoscopy in the Division of Urology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; Head of Endourology Division, Department of Surgery, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System; Attending Surgeon, Laparoscopic Renal Transplant Surgery, St. Mary Medical Center; Attending Surgeon at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; and Attending Surgeon at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
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Medistem Inc. is focused on the development of the Endometrial Regenerative Cell (ERC), a universal donor adult stem cell product. ERCs possess specialized abilities to stimulate new blood vessel growth and can differentiate into lung, liver, heart, brain, bone, cartilage, fat and pancreatic tissue. These unique properties have applications for treatment of critical limb ischemia (CLI), congestive heart failure (CHF), neurodegenerative diseases, liver failure, kidney failure, and diabetes. ERCs have been cleared by the FDA to begin studies in the United States.
ERCs have several distinguishing advantages to other stem cell therapies: a) Non-invasive method of collection; b) Unlimited supply of cells; isolated from menstrual blood of young healthy donors; c) Economical and scalable to manufacture; d) Exert higher therapeutic activity compared to other stem cells; and e) demonstrated safe in animal and pilot human studies.
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Sarah Palin still seems a bit resentful toward Saturday Night Live when it comes to its backwater beauty queen depiction of her during the lead-up to the 2008 election.
In an excerpt from the new edition of SNL tell-all "Live From New York,"printed in the Hollywood Reporter, Palin had this to say about her decision to be a guest on the show: "I know that they portrayed me as an idiot, and I hated that, and I wanted to come on the show and counter some of that."
This isn't the first time she's voiced displeasure with Tina Fey and her epic impression. Back in 2009, Sarah Palin said it was "perplexing" that the comedian was named entertainer of the year, and that "it also says a great deal about our society."
Of course, she was a bit on the defensive, considering the lampooning she had endured. Five years later, Palin hasn't forgotten.
If given the chance, she'd tell Fey: "You need to at least pay for my kids' braces or something from all the money that you made off of pretending that you're me! My goodness, you capitalized on that! Can't you contribute a little bit? Jeez!"
Palin also blew off what the show did to her career trajectory.
"SNL is egotistical if they believe that it was truly an effect on maybe the public debate about who should lead the country in the next four years," she said.
On the other hand, Horatio Sanz, a cast member at the time, had no doubt of its impact, or the impact of Will Ferrell's George W. Bush.
"As funny as Will's impression was, the audience, the whole country, would probably see that as, 'Oh, I like Bush. Because he's Will,' he said. "You know, if Will hadn't done that impression, or at least made him likable, it may have tipped it the other way. I honestly think so. We made up for it. I think Tina's impression basically killed Sarah Palin." A stretch? Well, at least one study at the time supported Sanz.
Just how much Palin's doppleganger hurt the candidate's chances in the political arena is debatable, especially considering the missteps she had of her own doing. What isn't up for debate is that Fey absolutely nailed it with "And I can see Russia from my house" and global warming is "just God hugging us a little bit closer."
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I'm not sure what you mean by "update TZ info of the site". The time is set automatically by the board software when you choose your local time zone.
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September 22, 2010 - There are three business models a foreign company can adopt if it wants to have a presence in Singapore: a subsidiary company, branch office, or representative office which is ideal for companies wanting to explore the viability of their business before plunging into a full-blown operation.
"A representative office is usually popular among foreign companies that are operating in a speculative market and want to know if they have a high success rate in the country," business solutions provider AsiaBiz Services said.
In legal terms, a representative office is an extension of a foreign parent company. With this arrangement, the main headquarter is directly liable for the acts, losses, and debts of its Singapore representative office.
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"It is important to note that a representative office is not really a legal business entity per se since its activities are very limited," AsiaBiz said.
According to the business registration firm, these are the only activities a representative office can be engaged to: oversee the activities of its foreign parent company; provide customer assistance that will not involve repair or technical services; and perform market research to determine the viability of its parent company's nature of business.
Foreign companies and businessmen should only see a representative as a short-term arrangement since the government does not allow anyone to operate this for more than three years.
To legally operate a representative office, a chief agent from the main headquarter must be relocated in Singapore to supervise the activities of this office. Aside from this requirement, foreign companies are only allowed to hire a limited number of staff, both local and foreign, who will run the operation and activities of its Singapore-based auxiliary office.
Because foreign companies and businessmen are prohibited to register their own business in Singapore, it is a legal requirement to appoint a professional registration firm that will act on their behalf during the application process.
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So, how do we not benefit as citizens by a National Public Health Emergency? Well, lets talk about the powers granted during a state of National Public Health Emergency:
More of our, the citizens, money is freed for an already over-spending administration to spend, further increasing our national debt, and the risk to our future economy;
Unapproved tests may be, and were, rushed to market without adequate testing for accuracy (www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5837a1.htm?s_cid=mm5837a1_e), and drugs may be given to children, pregnant women, and others in high risk groups which otherwise are considered not okay for those groups due to risks with the vaccine components, an example of which would be the recent override of the no thimerosal in vaccines thimerosal is a mercury-containing organic compound used as a preservative in vaccines (mercury is toxic to humans in small doses) (www.cdc.gov/Flu/about/qa/thimerosal.htm);
Potential travel bans may occur, which has the potential to harm US businesses which rely on travel abroad, further undermining the faltering economy;
More people will go to the doc's office or emergency rooms for flu-like symptoms and possibly be isolated and quarantined, resulting in higher costs of healthcare and loss of work-time, and over-treated - there is a very real risk to citizens to the effects of antiviral drugs such as Tamiflu, not to mention the problem of increasing resistance of some flu strains to anti-virals ( given indiscriminately to everyone for fear they might have H1N1 and might be one of those who have serious complications (www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5835a1.htm?s_cid=mm5835a1_e);
Citizens could be forced to have a vaccine they do not choose to have and one that is already showing very real risks to the citizenry. Informed consent? Not an issue during public health emergencies, at least not a problem for those with the power to make you take it;
Citizens could be forced to stay home from work in areas of outbreak, potentially undermining family solvency and thus the overall economy. Now, Ive long been an advocate (see post below) of staying home when youre ill. But, lets see, if the public were made aware they need to stay home while ill, or until an exposure period has been exhausted, thered be a way to lessen spread without resorting to mass quarantine of the well in addition to the sick.
These are just a few things that pop into my mind, and I have not even watched the Mercola clip.
I share the public health advocates belief that fear-mongering is a problem even when it comes from an administration with its own ends to achieve. This administration has an extremely high stake (the push for universal healthcare) in making the public confident in the governments ability to handle its citizens healthcare effectively and with rapid response. Rapid response to a perceived threat, I grant. A safe, effective, and informed response, utilizing real numbers rather than guesstimates, appears lacking.
Transparency is vital in public health to achieve citizens confidence with public health measures. The problem at this juncture is the CDC's abrupt cessation of tracking of swine flu cases (novel H1N1), the continued reporting of "swine flu" cases/deaths now that swine flu is not being tracked apart from all other strains of flu and in fact, reporting now includes influenza-like illnesses, rather than confirmed influenza of any type. This has the appearance of generalized fear-mongering with the numbers not adding up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcHdmnTbH9Q
For several good reasons, it is not illegitimate for the citizens to have - and voice - concerns over the President's response to swine flu and concerns regarding a state of National Public Health Emergency declared as a means to an end of what is essentially an extension of governmental powers, complete with more government funding. Sure, Dr. Mercola and others may achieve some form of monetary or influence benefit from raising their concerns from citizens who are interested and offer up their money to be used by these folks. The difference here is an important one: A President declaring a National Public Health Emergency is not informing the citizens and asking for those who are interested to give their money; the state of emergency allows the administration to take citizens' money (tax monies) without their consent.
Do I, as a citizen, have a right to voice my concern? Sure, I just did. Am I fear-mongering? Nope, dont think so. I dont get paid to say this, and I dont have a goal in mind other than to encourage folks to become informed rather than simply rush out for a vaccine that may, or may not, be safe and effective; to consider prevention measures; and to voluntarily stay home while ill with a flu-like illness unless symptoms become severe or a secondary infection requires a doctor visit. Do my friends who post links to Dr. Mercola get to be labeled fear-mongering? Nope, they pretty much just want another side to be shown to the unsubstantiated fear-mongering going on with inflated numbers.
Lets see, the definition of fear-mongering is the use of fear to influence the opinions and actions of others towards some specific end. Why is reporting on the real numbers being called fear-mongering so citizens can make an informed decision about what interventions they will or will not choose to access, while using guesstimates to achieve mass vaccination without a proven safety and efficacy history and to have people to assume swine flu if they have an influenza-like illness, rush for additional doctor/ER visits, and use anti-virals is called being responsible in caring for the public health?
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Reports that this particular strain of flu, called both "swine flu" and novel H1N1, is susceptible to the antiviral drugs oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza) but not amantadine (Symmetrel) and rimantadine (Flumadine) are causing most people with any flu-like symptoms at all to visit their doctor or emergency room. At the same time, centers for public policy, such as The Hastings Center, are urging Non-Pharmaceutical Intervention (NPI) as well. For The Hastings Center, this translates to encouraging the individuals and communities to voluntarily isolate and quarantine oneself and family if ill, school and work officials to voluntarily close schools or workplaces if an outbreak occurs, and all to engage in social distancing measures such as canceling gatherings and events and closing public transportation.
When one factors in the increasing resistance of the novel H1N1 virus to Tamiflu and the fact that almost 50% of our population has concerns regarding a rushed-to-market vaccine that includes thimerosal (49.6% mercury by weight), prevention and home treatment options become even more important.
For our family, our non-pharmaceutical intervention will go a couple steps further by:
Building body system health to decrease illness risk;
Re-stocking our home herbal medicine chest to include remedies appropriate for flu prevention and treatment; and
Gathering items needed in our home should we need to keep to ourselves for a few days.
What is the flu?
Influenza is a viral infection caused by Orthomyxoviruses. They are divided into three different types: A, B and C. Influenza, types A and B, are the primary causes of epidemic disease. Type C is more of a sporadic cause of mostly upper respiratory tract illness. Influenza, types A and B, are further divided into distinct strains that appear to be prevalent and circulating on a yearly basis throughout the population.
Influenza, type A, involves animal hosts that serve as a reservoir for human disease. In the instance of novel H1N1, pigs (swine) were the hosts. Bird hosts may be responsible for significant spread of disease throughout the country, and for novel H1N1, we now know turkeys have contracted the disease and are aiding in the spread. Influenza type B has no identified animal reservoir.
Children have fewer influenza antibodies to circulating strains, which makes their infection rate higher than the general population. In addition, they have a much higher and prolonged shedding of the virus than adults, making them very effective transmitters of the disease.
Influenza is transmitted through aerosolized respiratory droplets, meaning all you have to do is breathe where someone is sneezing, coughing, or otherwise expelling their droplets into the air and onto surfaces to be picked up by other unsuspecting hands to contract the disease. Hand-washing and avoidance of folks with expelling symptoms is a primary means of avoiding the flu. The CDC states you should consider yourself exposed to the flu if you have stood within 6 feet of someone with flu-like symptoms.
Since influenza type A strains with the H1N1 and H3N2 serotypes and type B strains are circulating together in any given year, vaccination with a specific type predicted to be dominant is not a fool-proof way to avoid influenza infection. Variants of these serotypes are possible in different geographic areas, making the flu shot a gamble most years without a known type.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms of flu typically come on suddenly, making the sufferer feel as though theyve been hit by a freight train: extreme fatigue, headache, fever, body aches, possibly sore throat and a cough. This particular swine flu appears to also cause possible diarrhea and vomiting symptoms as well.
The best way to tell the flu apart from the common cold is that cold symptoms tend to arrive one per day over a several day period (the scratchy throat leads to sneezing which leads to stuffy nose and sniffles which lead to coughing until all the symptoms are mixed in, coming and going for a 7-10 day period without any self-care). The flu, on the other hand, hits a person who feels fine, perhaps a little more tired than normal at 8:00 a.m., then at 10:00 or 11:00 a.m., Whammo!, their throat is terribly sore, they have chills and fever, theyre head feels like its going to explode off a body that is so achy and tired, they cant imagine feeling well enough to lift themselves out of their office chair to get home to crawl into bed.
When exposed to influenza virus, the incubation period can be as short as 48-72 hours, with viral replication in the body (the virus keeps growing and shedding) occurring for 10-14 days. Primary symptoms of influenza types A and B are in order of relative frequency of reported symptoms:
Dry cough
Sore throat
Prostration (have to lie down due to overwhelming fatigue)
Nasal stuffiness
Eye irritation or pain
Myalgia (body aches).
Signs of flu include:
Sore throat
Conjunctivitis (mild)
Runny nose
Lymph node enlargement in neck
Lung rales, wheezes or rattles.
These symptoms may develop into croup, bronchiolitis and pneumonia. In 77 specimens sent to the CDC from pandemic H1N1 fatal cases, pneumonia co-infection has been responsible for 22 (29%) of those 77 novel H1N1 fatal cases during the period from May to August 2009. The total number of fatal cases during mid-April to August 2009 of pandemic H1N1 virus was 593 of an estimated 1 million cases. As of July 24th, 2009, the CDC ceased documenting novel H1N1 flu as an individual strain to be reported and opted to include for the remainder of the season all circulating flu types in their reporting in the Weekly Morbidity/Mortality Reports.
The duration of the fever illness is generally 2-4 days, although the cough and small airway dysfunction can persist for weeks later. Children and pregnant moms may appear more toxic, with vomiting and more severe illness manifestation, while adults generally do not have nausea and vomiting with influenza though this strain does appear to cause these symptoms in some. Influenza is usually diagnosed during an epidemic by the symptoms of fever, fatigue and respiratory symptoms, though the CDC recommends physicians only diagnose novel H1N1 infections via real time reverse transcriptase--polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) testing rather than rapid-testing for pandemic H1N1 which do not have a reliability factor that can be trusted for accuracy.
Whats the difference in influenza virus strains?
Type A influenza viruses usually cause more significant symptoms and complications than Type B influenza viruses. This strain of swine flu has been identified as a Influenza Type A, novel H1N1 virus, though there are now other strains circulating as well. Since August 30, 2009, the CDC reporting on flu cases now includes all strains, not just the novel H1N1. In this gal's opinion, this will provide some significant lack of being able to know the true death rate for novel H1N1.
The Public Health Risk from Flu
There is no question that this swine flu pandemic is a public health threat. In the past few years, deaths from the flu have increased from around 20,000 each year to close to 36,000 each year. People do die from the flu.
We have had deaths in the US and internationally from novel H1N1 infections. Generally, around 92 children die each year from influenza. Between April 26 and August 29, 2009, 47 pediatric fatalities were associated with novel H1N1 virus infection. Identified swine flu fatalities in the U.S. are pretty evenly divided among males and females. The 593 fatalities in the U.S., associated with pandemic H1N1 infection, reported as of August 20, 2009 out of the estimate of 1 million cases reflects a fatality rate of 0.06%.
Whatever the numbers, as a responsible parent, I must take this years flu seriously and consider ways to reduce my familys risk of contracting the disease.
A Real Public Health Message
The best prevention is reduced interaction or exposure. Yes, this is not the one we like to hear. Its not a shot or a pill; its a lifestyle change. Because it depends upon personal responsibility, you wont be seeing news coverage focused on lessening exposure rather than the easier route for compliance of vaccinations (odd that wed rather have needles jabbed into us rather than stay home more), anymore than youll suddenly see a national public health campaign for abstinence rather than the false security campaign of so-called safe sex.
Why can we connect the dots of exposure leads to possible health consequences where sex is concerned and we cannot when its just a respiratory bug or stomach bug (the just is jest as what is not a big deal in illness to one person could be deadly in the person sitting next to them on the schoolbus, restaurant, department store, office, pew, etc.).
There are a number of strategies we can employ to reduce our risk of serious illness, and the following are a few of our methods.
Active Prevention Strategy #1
Unless it is necessary for you to be out, stay home. Carefully evaluate the activity and the risk of illness to both your family and those who may be affected if you become ill.
This requires a careful evaluation of activities. Rather than simply say, Well, the holiday barbeque is this weekend and Im supposed to bring pickles, maybe we need to say, Is the risk to our family and those who will be affected by our becoming ill worth this event? A number of years ago, our oldest daughter Emily was about to be in her first Nutcracker production in Fort Worth, Texas. I was early pregnant with Zeb and already threatening miscarriage. I took her to the dress rehearsal due to a feeling of The show must go on.
All the other little angels were being medicated with fever reducers, cough medications, because, as one mother put it, shes got the flu. I walked out of the room, thought Is being in this ballet more important than our babe-in-the-wombs life? The answer was, of course, no. We explained to the ballet director, who had plenty of angels for the show to go on, and left (and yes, we all stayed well, despite a terrible flu year where everyone else we knew became ill).
Another year, almost the whole family was in the Nutcracker. A terrible stomach bug was going around during production, but we performed anyway. We didnt want the bug, but none of our lives were at risk. We went, and yes, we all got sick (and stayed home until all symptoms had been gone for 5 days). Different years, different situations, different choices.
Active Prevention Strategy #2
Drink a minimum of 2 quarts of water daily. Moist mucous membranes are less likely than dry mucous membranes to allow germs to set up housekeeping. If we become infected with the flu virus, hydration becomes of utmost importance due to the typical high fever. Despite feeling like we dont want to, we must continue to drink. A dehydrated body is one that is highly susceptible to serious complications or death from any illness. Fluids are essential.
Active Prevention Strategy #3
Clean Hands for Health
Contrary to what we are told by marketing experts, antibacterial soap is not necessary for adequate cleaning of hands. Simple soap and water will do the job just fine. Soap contains surfactants that have both a water-repelling end and a water-attracting end. When mixed with water that is warm or hot (cold water doesnt dissolve the soap very easily), the soap dissolves, and the surfactant molecules lower the surface tension of the water which makes it easier to loosen particles on the object being cleaned. These same surfactant molecules combined with water hold onto the dirty particles so they can be rinsed away.
Thus, washing hands is as easy as: wet the hands, lather with soap, rub the soapy water all over the hands and fingers, cleaning underneath fingernails and in cuticle areas, for at least 20-30 seconds. Rinse and repeat.
Hand-washing should be done several times daily and certainly before eating, after using a bathroom, public or at home, and after theyve been contaminated with a cough or sneeze or after shaking hands with someone.
Ladies have things a bit easier than men in that it is we who are have the option to initiate hand-shaking or not. We can simply nod our heads, smile and utter a polite greeting rather than offering our hand for shaking. If we cannot avoid shaking hands and we cannot get to a sink to wash up, we can use the personal hand sanitizers made with alcohol* or we can simply avoid touching our face or mouth until we can politely excuse ourselves to the bathroom to wash.
In a public bathroom, hands should actually be washed prior to using the toilet if a doorknob or other surface has been touched on the way in. One way to avoid the washing first upon entering rule is to grab a paper towel on the way in if weve not had to touch a doorknob upon entering. The paper towel can then be used to open the stall door and lock it. After using the toilet, hands should be washed with soap, the faucet shut off using a towel.
And, just as important, dont touch the door on the way out. Use a towel to grab the door handle then throw the towel in the garbage on the way out. If there is no waste basket near the door and you cannot figure out a way to open the door without using your hands, open the door with the toel protecting the hands then throw the towel on the floor. Better to teach the establishment the need for a waste basket than risk becoming ill from the myriad of germs that enter that bathroom each day.
*If making use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers, please note it can take up to 10 minutes for germs on the hands to be effectively killed off, so dont touch your mouth, nose, or eyes during the 10-minute wait period.
Active Prevention Strategy #4
Cleaning Up On Money
After handling change (bills and coins) given in business establishments, wash hands or clean with hand sanitizer. This would also apply to anything else we touch in public.
Active Prevention Strategy #5
Sickies Stay Home
If you have a contagious ailment (signified by sniffling, sneezing, coughing, wheezing, fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, etc.), stay home and try to stay apart from family members as much as possible until after the acute symptoms have subsided. Again, this is the single most effective method of reducing the spread of disease in our communities.
Generally, illnesses are passed in the winter due to close contact with others in work or school environments by those who refuse or feel they simply do not have the freedom to stay home. Teach others to stay home by gently encouraging others who are out and ill to take care of their body by going home and resting. Employers would find greater job productivity if those who were ill stayed home rather than infecting co-workers thus increasing absentee rates.
Active Prevention Strategy #6
If you are ill and going out is an absolute must:
1) Wash hands frequently, following the guidelines for washing above.
2) Cover the mouth and nose with a tissue when sneezing or coughing. If the sneeze or cough hits before you can reach a tissue, direct the cough or sneeze into the crook of the elbow or down the shirt, so that only your own body is contaminated with your germs. Then wash hands as soon as possible.
3) Avoid public areas and close contact with others.
4) Consider a disposable N95 respirator for yourself and those with whom you have no choice but to come into contact.
5) After touching common surfaces with co-workers or co-transit riders, wash hands. Better yet, use some type of hand sanitizer prior to touching to prevent the spread of germs to others.
7) Use a tissue or paper towel to open and close doors. And for communitys sake, dont shake hands!
Active Prevention Strategy #7
Disinfect House Hotspots
Dont forget to disinfect all the doorknobs, all handles used, light switches, telephones and remote controls weekly to remove the germs that have taken up residence during the week. If anyone has a cold or other illness, they should avoid touching community items or surfaces unless they have washed their hands first to help keep from passing on their germs.
Also, toys should be cleaned regularly with solutions of soap and water or hydrogen peroxide. If theres been a serious infectious illness in the home, it may be necessary to clean toys with one part bleach to nine parts water. Whenever using bleach or significant germicides on children's playthings, always rinse thoroughly before allowing the children to play with them again. Another method of disinfection we have employed on bright, sunny days is to place the toys in the sunlight and let the suns sanitizing rays do their work.
Active Prevention Strategy #8
Elderberry supplements taken as daily preventive
Elderberry, Samubucus nigra
Parts used: flowers, fruit
Active Constituents: Flavonoids, rutin, quercitin, hyperoside, isoquercitin, astragalin, nicotoflorin; Glycoside, sambunigrine; Volatile oil, palmitic acid; Tannin; Mucilage; Anthocyanin; Vitamin C; Caffeic acid, chlorogenic. The mature fruit or berries do NOT contain cyanogenic glycosides; the bark, leaves, unripe/raw fruit may.
Biochemical Actions: Diaphoretic, Increased bronchial secretion, Binding to H1N1 virions and block the ability of the viruses to infect the host cells.
Medicinal Uses: Colds; antioxidant; one study showed insulin-like activity; and increased urine flow and sodium excretion. Some early studies on elderberry show a reduction in the risk of contracting the flu if given twice daily as a preventive, increasing to four times daily upon exposure. The maker of Sambucol states that elderberry reduces the flu viruss ability to penetrate our cells. The latest studies show a reduction in the duration of the flu if elderberry is taken (from 6-7 days down to 2-3 days).
Safety Issues: No known contraindications, side effects or interactions with other drugs.
General dosage: 10-15 grams of elderflower daily; 1.5-3 grams fluid extract daily; 2.5-7.5 grams of tincture daily. Use only cooked berries for syrups, teas, tinctures, or TincTracts: Syrups: 1-2 Tablespoons for adults daily; 1-2 teaspoons up to three times daily for children; Tea: 1/2 - 1 cup up to four times daily for children or adults; Tinctures or TincTracts: 2 teaspoons up to four times daily for adults or 1/2-1 teaspoon up to four times daily for children.
Our favorite for children is Yummy Yarrow and Elderberry from www.trilightherbs.com. Sambucol from your local health food store is a choice, though it is thick and not-so-great tasting.
Active Prevention Strategy #9
Echinacea supplements upon exposure or onset of symptoms
Echinacea, Echinacea angustifolia, E. pallida, E. purpurea
Parts Used: Above-ground parts harvested at flowering time; root
Active Constituents: Phenylpropenoids, echinacoside glycosides; caffaric acid; chicoric acid, aynarine; Alkylamide, tartaric acid; Alkaloids, tussilagine, isotussilagine, tetraen acid, isobutylamide; Polysaccharides, inulin, heteroxylin, arabinorhamnogalactans, fructose; Essential oils, palmitic, linolenic; Flavonoid, rutin.
Biochemical Actions: Immunomodulator; Antiinfective; Inhibits hylaluronidase, found in pathogenic organisms.
Medicinal Uses: Supportive therapy for colds, influenza, chronic infections of the respiratory and lower urinary tract. May also be used externally for poorly healing wounds and chronic ulcerations.
Safety Issues: Contraindicated in progressive systemic diseases, such as tuberculosis, leukosis, collagenosis, multiple sclerosis, AIDS, HIV infection, and other auto-immune diseases.
General dosages: Tincture (1:5) with 50% ethanol, corresponding to 900mg of herb daily. For fresh-expressed juice or equivalent preparations, 6-9ml daily. External semi-solid preparations should contain at least 15% pressed juice. TincTract: ¼ to ½ teaspoon every 2 hours upon exposure or onset of symptoms.
The Cytokine Storm Controversy
In answer to the current controversy over cytokine storms if using echinacea and elderberry during pandemic flu, I think authors Eric Yarnell, ND, Kathy Abscal, B.S. J.D., and Robert Rountree, M.D. say it best in their excellent book Clinical Botanical Medicine (a highly recommended book, by the way):
"Herbs in fact act as inflammation and immune modulators rather than as stimulants or suppressors (Yarnell, Abascal, Alt Comp Ther 2006). There is one interesting study that strongly supports our view, and shows that herbs may be capable of moderating the influenza 'cytokine storm.'"..."In the study, echinacea down-regulated, or normalized, the cytokine production in infected cells and up-regulated cytokine production in healthy cells."(Sharma M, Arnason JT, Burt A et al. Echinacea extracts modulate the pattern of chemokine and cytokine secretion in rhinovirus-infected and uninfected epithelial cells. Phytother Res 2006; 20:147-152.) Though the study was done on rhinoviruses, or colds, these authors and other herbalists feel confident in using herbs with historical benefit shown for flu due to clinical evidence of symptom reduction being the likely result of these herbs being used to quiet the cytokine storm.
Active Prevention Strategy #10
Do not take any medications that do not say Non-aspirin pain relievers during the flu. Some researchers are trying to ascertain whether the higher death rate in children could be due to encephalitis and wondering whether this may be partly due to the administration of aspirin or other pain medications such as ibuprofen during a bout with the flu. There is a rare but real risk of Reyes syndrome if anything other than non-aspirin pain-relievers are given during the flu. Just dont do it!
Active Prevention Strategy #11 and #12
Daily probiotics have a positive effect on immune health, and vitamin D at a dosage of 1,000 to 5,000 IU daily, depending on your current D status and age, supports immune system health as well.
Your greatest ally is accurate information, which is sometimes very hard to find. Be informed. Research influenza, vaccines, and self-care and medical intervention until you are able to make an informed decision for your family regarding your plan for the rest of the flu season. Even the most rational of voices can get the data wrong or be moved by personal experience to color an argument in such as way as to sway even the most discerning of readers or listeners.
We can be a pinball that merely reacts to the forces impelling us, or we can be a cue stick, directing our efforts effectively, recognizing that Providence can re-direct as He wills.
Specific Protocol for Influenza:
Nutritional Intervention:
Increase fluid intake to 8 ounces of water every hour during acute phase of illness.
Limit food to light foods: fruit, steamed vegetables, broth. Weve often fasted during the acute phase of the illness (1st 48 hours), with the exception of water and herb intake, and we usually recover completely within those 48 hours.
Physical Intervention:
Bed rest is imperative for full and quick recovery. Taking either over-the-counter pharmaceuticals or herbs to be able to keep going with the flu will only backfire on the individual with more lost time due to slower, full recovery or relapse or complication of the flu.
Botanical and Nutritional Supplement Recommendations:
Ginger root (Zingiber officinale), Cayenne fruit (Capsicum ), Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis), Licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra): Taken as a combination product capsule: 1 gram every 2-3 hours during the acute phase of the illness (may also be used during stomach viruses or for those strains of flu that involve diarrhea and vomiting).
Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea, E. pallida, E. angustifolia), three to four times daily dosages follow: dried root (or as a tea): 0.5 1 gram; freeze-dried plant: 325-650 mg; juice of aerial portion of E. purpurea stabilized in 22% ethanol: 2-3 ml; tincture (1:5): 2-4 ml; TincTract: 2-4 ml; fluid extract (1:1): 2-4 ml; solid (dry powdered) extract (6.5:1 or 3.5% echinacoside): 150-300mg.
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra): As syrup or TincTract: ½- 1 teaspoon six times daily during acute phase of illness. For prevention, take recommended dosage twice daily. Upon exposure, 3-4 times daily of recommended dosage.
For a combined echinacea/elderberry product, consider Quick Defense by Gaia Herbs for older children and adults and Yummy Yarrow and Elderberry by Trilight Herbs for young children. Another combination product we find useful for families is Esberitox by Enzymatic Therapy. The tablets are chewable, making it usable by even small children. In one mouse model of Influenza A, using Esberitox (Echinacea purpurea and E. pallida roots, Baptisia (wild indigo) root, and thuja leaf extracts) significantly prolonged survival compared to placebo.
In addition to the elderberry and echinacea, I like to add a berberine-containing herb product to our flu regimen. This year, I am prepared with Rainbow Lights Counter Attack Immuno Response or Echinacea/Goldenseal by Gaia Herbs.
Copyright © 2009 Shonda Parker. All rights reserved.
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Not so! I was eager to see these dear women I usually only see once yearly at the annual CMI conference (this year, April 22-25, in lovely Pigeon Forge, TN see www.christianmidwives.org) and was energized by the thought of the visit.
Now, it is important to note Ive been seeing a massage therapist almost weekly for a while. Someone hastily backed up smack into my drivers side door in May, and Ive had constant pain and stiffness in my neck and jaw muscles since, so much so at times I couldnt open my mouth more than the width of my thumb. Ive tried various herbs, tried mouthpieces, cervical neck rolls, cranio-sacral therapy, investigated possible problems with my teeth, driven five hours to see my favorite and superb osteopathic doc friend for osteopathic manipulative therapy (OMT), and even tried various forms of conventional medical therapy. The result of all this: with OMT and weekly massage, I can at least function, but nothing causes release of the muscles in my neck.
In roll the midwives. We laugh. We work. We laugh until we wheeze. We cry. We laugh until our stomach muscles ache. We affirm what is good in the other. We laugh because receiving those affirmations is hard. We address issues needing work in the other. We laugh because its not like those things are big secrets weve been able to hide. We eat much food, and we giggle ourselves to sleep each night.
The five days are up in no time, and two by two, the midwives departed last Monday. I had much catch-up to do at home and business. This past weeks days were busy. Then came Friday, my first massage in several weeks Ive been getting ready for midwives, remember. As Polly, my superb massage therapist at Aspirations Spa in Monroe, Louisiana, begins to work on my neck, I notice something slightly different, so I ask, Do you feel something different?
Polly says, Yes, your neck is not a piece of steel beneath my fingers. Now, things are still sore and tight, but without question to either Polly or me, Ive relaxed a little bit, perhaps allowing healing to begin on my neck and shoulders.
I drive home thinking, why now when these past couple of weeks have been full of busy days beginning earlier than I like and busy nights ending later than I like? The answer Ive decided upon: Midwives are muscle relaxants.
The very nurturing nature of their calling causes hugs and soft touches to occur when you look like youre hurting. And, these women love life; they live each day in service to God-breathed new life. These generous-hearted women resonate with joy; being near them inspires, at least in this woman, a relaxing into being the woman I am today and a contentment that God will continue His work in me until it is finished when my last breath is taken. And, when we are able to find contentment in today, who we are now without worrying over who we are not yet, laughter overflows and muscles relax.
A hearty thank you to Brandi Wood, Lori Luyten, Ireena Keeslar, and Rebekah Knapp: love that accepts heals.
And, to those of you who are birth interested or practicing, go to the CMI website now and sign up for the April conference. I'll see you there. We'll laugh. We'll hug. We'll eat. We'll affirm. We'll accept. Your muscles will relax.
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