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China's Zhang advances in Olympic table tennis
BEIJING (AP) Defending gold medalist Zhang Yining of China advanced easily in the women's table tennis singles competition Wednesday, needing only 25 minutes to beat Belarus' Viktoria Pavlovich in straight games.
Zhang, the top-ranked player in the world, was simply too fast for her 34th-ranked opponent. Just like she had done during the team competition, in which China won the gold, Zhang dominated with speedy returns and near-flawless execution.
"When she chops at the ball, the shots are long and have a lot of spin and she doesn't hit them high. It's difficult to hit them hard," Zhang said after the 11-7, 11-2, 11-7, 11-5 win. "It's like picking the bones out of a piece of fish, you have to be patient until you get the chance to attack."
No other country threatened China's path to the team gold, but Zhang said the singles event - where the loser of every match is eliminated - would be a challenge.
"The team competition was only a good beginning," she said. "This singles competition will be very tough. We'll definitely face some difficulties. So we can only take it one match at a time."
Zhang faces No. 12 Ai Fukuhara of Japan in the Round of 16 on Thursday. Fukuhara advanced by beating Hu Melek of Turkey 11-6, 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-5.
"I have known her since I was a kid," Fukuhara said of Hu, adding they trained together on the Liaoning provincial team in China. "We are actually good friends."
The Netherlands' Li Jie and Singapore's Feng Tianwei also advanced and will face off Thursday.


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- Date: 08/14/2019 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Location: Superior Town Hall
124 E. Coal Creek Drive
Superior, Colorado 80027
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Perinatal health issues are a major concern for the City of Hartford. Significant disparities in infant mortality, preterm birth, low birth weight, and teen pregnancy rates exist between different socio-demographic groups residing in the City of Hartford, as well as in comparison to neighboring cities and the State as a whole.
Based on perinatal health surveillance data collected at the local and state level, HHS has expanded its maternal and child health (MCH) services since 1980 to create an entire division that comprehensively deals with MCH issues. With the goal of promoting and improving the health of mothers and children in the City of Hartford, the MCH division offers services to women, children and their families through a variety of coordinated programs. All services are free of charge and include the following:
Maternal and Infant Outreach Program (MIOP)
This program works to eliminate or minimize factors that contribute to infant mortality, preterm birth, low birth weight, and vaccine-preventable morbidity among families who may be at high risk clinically and/or socially.. Through individualized plans developed in partnership with the client, the MIOP case manager, and any other involved clinical partners, the program supports women and their families through a combination of prenatal and postpartum visits up until the baby's first birthday.
Nurturing Families Network (NFN)
This family-centered program is designed to partner with first-time parents to help them build nurturing parenting skills. Services are provided through regular home visits by trained professionals who utilize the nationally-recognized, evidence-based Parents As Teachers curriculum. Women can enroll prenatally as well as postpartum as long as their child is six months old or younger. Families typically stay enrolled for the first five years of the child's life.
CT & Federal Healthy Start
This is an initiative designed to reduce infant mortality rates among the local African-American population, through coordinated care and outreach efforts. Federal Healthy Start is a systems effort in partnership with CT Department of Public Health, Charter Oak Health Center, Community Health Services, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford Hospital, and Hispanic Health Council.
While not a direct provider of health care services, this program provides care coordination and case management services to ensure that women and their children receive adequate medical care and appropriate medical insurance coverage when eligible. This program serves 38 towns in the Greater Hartford area.
Immunization Action Plan Program
This initiative is focused on increasing immunization rates and reducing vaccine-preventable diseases for children under 3. Outreach efforts are carried out through partner agencies as well as directly with families.
Teen Pregnancy Prevention
A CDC-funded initiative, this collaborative program started in 2010 and is aimed at reducing teen pregnancy rates among Hartford teens by 10% within the next 5 years.
Women, Infant and Children (WIC)
WIC is a supplemental nutrition program that serves to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk; WIC provides nutritional assessment and education, breastfeeding education and support, referrals to health care and nutritious foods to supplement diets.
In addition to the services listed above, it is the goal of the MCH Division to address the root causes of reproductive health inequities by working in partnership with organizations and policy makers to change the trend of current social determinants such as inadequate access to contraceptives and sexual and reproductive health education and sexual behavioral determinants such as lack of knowledge, contraceptive use and gender norms. It is the division's goal to works toward the development of a comprehensive and integrated health system to optimize family, reproductive, and maternal and child health outcomes.
For further information on any of these programs, please call us at (860) 757-4820.


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March 27, 2019
Phew!! We finally did our taxes yesterday. It just feels so good to be done with them but, damn, did the prices go up or what? How annoying that the easier, cheaper forms were eliminated.
Our appointment was at 6 PM and we still haven't gotten our car fixed so we didn't trust that it would make it all the way to our tax lady's house. We woke up around 1 PM. We both showered and hung out until around 5:15 PM then, we called an Uber to take us where we needed to go. Everything went nice and smoothly!
We called another Uber when we finished up. Since we hate driving to The Strip on our own, we took the opportunity and got dropped off at the Bellagio. I wanted to check out the new Japanese Garden setup and we had never been to their buffet before.
When we got there, there was a small line but, it went pretty quickly. I was most excited for the hot crab legs and I didn't even know they were going to be served!!
I really hate how they slit each leg, for "easy" cracking. They don't even put them at good spots! Cracking them on my own always turns out so much better. They were really meaty, perfectly salty, and delicious though!! I had two plates. ❤ But, I got cut up on my left palm by the pokers. It hurts so bad in the shower/under water even if they are small scratches.
I was really disappointed with the desserts. None of them were any good. 😛 I did like that there was a self-service drink station so we didn't have to wait around for a server to get us our coffees that tasted more like hot dishwater.
On our way to the Uber pick-up zone, we stopped to walk through and photograph the Japanese Garden. Bellagio changes this little setup every season. My dad saw a video on Facebook and sent it to me when they first put this all up. I admit, I thought it would be bigger and a little more detailed but, that's not to say, it wasn't incredibly beautiful and romantic. Because it was.
It was hard to believe that every single flower/plant is real. They are all so luscious and full of life, boyfriend had to actually touch one when I told him they weren't fake.
We were especially impressed with the big flowers made out of tons of small flowers ^. There were a couple of them around! Whoever tends this garden has got to have one heck of a green thumb!!!
Boyfriend's favorite part were the big birds (below). They continuously opened and closed their beaks!!
I wouldn't have even spotted the ones hanging from the ceiling if he didn't point them out. I was too focused on everything else around me that was eye-level, y'know? I'm so glad he didn't let me miss them!!!
We had to ask a few employees where the pick-up zone was but, we eventually found it. We relaxed on a bench, waiting for our ride. We hopped in right when we saw her and accidentally left my freakin' water bottle there!! That's the second one I've forgotten somewhere in just this month. 😦
We made it home around 10 PM. I wrote up my Boxycharm post and published it quite late. I know it was past midnight when it went live. I watched the rest of the newest Good Girls episode and the newest The Act episode before bed. I was pretty tuckered out so I didn't read at all.
Today, we both woke up around 1 PM. We thought we wouldn't have to do anything but, we needed to go to Target for some Drano again. My hair is always clogging that shit up.
I took a shower then, watched some random episodes of Guy's Grocery Games on Hulu while boyfriend made dinner. We continued watching Guy while we ate our yummy food.
When we finished eating, we let our tums rest a little, smoked a blunt, then headed out to run a couple errands.
Our first stop was Target. I only bought a couple extra things that weren't on the list so I'd say our trip was successful. 😉
On our list was: Tide Pods, Drano, paper towels, hand soap, a new water bottle, and cat litter. Buying the Pods and paper towels qualified us for a $5 gift card. We didn't even know it but, the checkout machine was like "grab a giftcard and scan it" so of course, I did but, I didn't know how to use it right away because the access code needed to be scratched-off which I didn't realize until after we paid… but, oh well! There's always next time, isn't there?!
A couple things I spotted that weren't on our list…
Fish Tacos with catnip and a scrunchy sound inside for my kitty cats and two This Bar Saves Lives from the implanted Starbucks.
AND three of the CUTEST mugs ever, ever. The white one says "Grumpy but gorgeous," the gray one says "Cozy Queen," and the animal is a girly sloth. 😀 I couldn't choose between the three and they were all under $3 so I just got them all.
My cats were loving their new tacos for a minute but, then got bored, ate, and fell asleep. I'm using my sloth mug for some hot black coffee at this very moment and it's SUPER lightweight. I'm scared it's going to break easily but, the heat isn't unbearable when you touch the cup so maybe it's stronger than I suspect.
I'll show you my new water bottle and hand soap in my upcoming April Currentlys… 😉
I quickly snapped those photos (above) of my Target buys, got a little sidetracked, smoked a blunt while resizing all the photos for this post, then started typing this.
I'm finally about to watch The Dirt now!!! Then, I'll start on Season 02 of On My Block. It was just released on Netflix today, I think… or is it the 29th? Ugh I don't remember. I'll have to see after this… either way, I am so excited for both!!!
My Aunt wants to meet up for dinner tomorrow at around 6:40 PM. If it's not too late afterwards and I'm not feeling like a big balloon, I may head into work.
I hope you've all had a wonderful week so far. ❤


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Great ideas aren't always recognised as such at first. But when Tim Berners-Lee submitted to his boss the first proposal for what would become the web, everyone knew that something special was in the making.
Berners-Lee submitted the document to his boss at CERN, Mike Sendall, in the March of 1989. A hard copy of it still exists, and on the front page, Sendall has scrawled the words:
"Vague, but exciting..."
Which, in many ways, is how the internet remains today. You can read a full copy of Berners-Lee's original proposal here. [CERN via TechDirt]


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After two books on the supernatural in succession, I had the taste for something more grounded, more real. Ironically, Exile was in my list for the Fall To Reading Challenge. It's a novel that can't be anything but so painfully present— a fictitious story but one wholly based on current world events, dealing in particular with the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Author : Richard North Patterson
Publication Date : January 9, 2007 (Hardcover – 1st edition)
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
No. of pages : 576
The Story:
The hopes for a beginning toward peace between Israel and its Palestinian inhabitants are dashed when Jewish Prime Minister Amos Ben-Aron is assassinated by a Palestinian suicide bomber on American soil.
A brilliant Jewish lawyer and promising politician, David, witnesses the horrifying murder of the man whom he admires and believes to be the catalyst for peace in the Middle East. Suddenly he gets a call from a woman whom he had allowed himself to forget. Hana Arif, the Palestinian law student he had been helplessly in love with thirteen years ago, suddenly calls and says she has been accused of being instrumental to the crime. Would David help her?
Against the certainty of becoming a pariah in his Jewish community, of irredeemably breaking his engagement with his Jewish fiance, and of wiping out the brilliant political career path he had been so ambitious of, David with his ideals and buried passion, takes up the cudgels of a seemingly impossible case to exonerate Hana.
The case impels him to take a closer look at his culture and at the long-standing enmity between Palestinians and Jews, by going through their histories and understanding both sides' perspectives. David follows a dangerous trail for information which takes him to Israel, the West Bank, and Lebanon as he chases the elusive truth to save his client.
The Review :
I am writing this review just after I have turned the last page of this book. I've been so riveted by it, turning page after page well into the night, as I came to understand much more about the volatile Palestinian-Israeli crisis.
Patterson has written a rare combination of a page-turner and an educational read which explains the present complex issues in the Middle East conflict. Although couched in fiction, this book is a definite eye-opener to those who do not understand or had been indifferent to the crisis that presently is, I believe, the greatest and most urgent threat to world peace.
Exile is the type of fiction novel that through its entertainment value, compels you to know more beyond it. I am inspired to research more on the subject of the ongoing war between the Jews, Palestinians, and the Arab world at large. It is scary in its magnitude of hatred and seemingly hopeless for its dearth of solution as each side believes so absolutely in the right of its cause. Basically a war of land rights and sovereignty, it draws its complexities from bringing religion, racial history and culture, internal factions, and international politics into the fray, a tangle of elements that cannot be extricated singly to make solutions.
Patterson's courtroom scenes are energetic, intense, and a good read. There is a lot going for this book as a suspense-crime-courtroom-thriller. But the true merit of this book comes from the extensively researched issues backgounding this novel and the humane and impartial way the author represents the conflict for both sides that one cannot help but be emotionally moved at the plight of both Palestinians and Jews.
The novel never takes sides. It simply presents the conflict from both perspectives and leaves it up to you to decide who is right. Since it is impossible for one to make such an opinion with this book alone, Exile goads you to delve and learn more about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with an open and unbiased mind. Current events will never seem so one-dimensional and so distant after this.
To Read Or Not To Read:
Indeed, an important read! To those, like me, who have been partially oblivious to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, this book should constitute the top of your TBR pile. This novel is a good starter to point our way toward informing ourselves of a current volatile dilemma facing the world today. Muslim, Christian, Jew, atheist…whatever your leanings, we still cannot ignore that we are all inextricably connected and therefore will be involved, one way or another, in this war.
It's a thick novel but once you're in it, you'd never feel its length. In fact, you may end up wanting to know much more.
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Exile has successfully given an impartial yet emotional account of the Mid-East crisis. It is not a finger-pointer ; no side is singled out to blame for starting this whole mess. As it is, it is everyone and no one and but really the sordid side of human nature that has foisted this problem on us all. As the author aptly writes:
"…The Promised Land, which many of each side believed was promised to them alone, might be consumed not merely by hatred and violence but also by the most banal of human faults—a failure to imagine the life of another. The only common denominator of occupation was that it degraded everyone." —- p. 401
"You know what amazes me, Zev? it's that so many Jews and Palestinians don't give a damn about one another's stories. Too many Palestinians don't grasp why three thousand years of death and persecution make Jews want their own homeland, or how suicide bombings alienate Jews and extend the occupation. Too many Jews refuse to acknowledge their role in the misery of Palestinians since 1948, or that the daily toll of occupation helps fuel more hatred and violence. So both become cliches: Jews are victims and oppressors; Palestinians are victims and terrorists. And the cycle of death rolls on… In three short weeks I've seen all kinds of suffering, from the families in Haifa to the misery of Hana's parents. But they live in different worlds…" — p. 407
Please pick up this book and be aware. It's a superb read, a must-read, and will be well worth your time.
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BFS-TI Accredited by Institute of Credit Management
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Leading institutes team up to offer specialist credit courses to clients
Manama, Bahrain 08 August, 2010: The BFX Training Institute (BFX-TI), an internationally accredited training institute providing world class conventional and Islamic financial training and education courses, today announced that it has achieved accreditation as an official provider of tuition for the Institute of Credit Management (ICM) qualifications. The BFX-TI is the first and only organization in Bahrain to receive this prestigious endorsement.
Commenting on the announcement, Arshad Khan, Managing Director and CEO of the BFX and BCDC, hailed the partnership as yet another significant milestone for the BFX-TI in its mission to provide outstanding training services to the financial and non financial sector in Bahrain. "We are firmly committed to empowering our clients by providing the highest level of quality training and qualifications at the BFX-TI," he noted, "and the Institute of Credit Management is an ideal partner to further strengthen the BFX's position in Bahrain and the region as a whole."
The ICM boasts 70 years experience in the field of credit management and is Europe's largest organisation of its kind, focusing on trade, consumer, export credit and all credit-related services. Its course offerings will further augment the BFX-TI's comprehensive choices of specialized curricula. The ICM's list of courses include credit application processing, credit risk assessment, credit management, cash collections, debt recovery, negotiation and influencing, customer relations, amongst others.
Philip King, CEO of ICM, also welcomed the affiliation with the BFX-TI, saying, "The BFX-TI shares our belief that sound credit management policies are vital to business survival and growth. Organisations with well-trained credit professionals not only enjoy shorter working capital cycles, reduced risks of bad debts, and timely collection of receivables, but also benefit from enhanced relations with their customers."
According to Mr. King, businesses are constantly faced with decisions on how much credit to extend to clients. This requires a systematic and all-inclusive approach that covers everything from vetting new customer applications to collecting outstanding receivables from existing clients.
In recent months, the BFX-TI, which is owned and operated by the Bahrain Financial Exchange (BFX), the MENA region's first multi-class exchange, secured a number of similar partnerships with other high-calibre international leading educational and accreditation bodies such as Financial Technologies Knowledge Company (FTKMC), Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).
The BFX-TI's wide range of courses include leadership, management, sales, financial markets, banking and treasury Instruments, global securities operations, securities and investment, wealth management, Islamic finance, exchange-traded derivatives, operational risk, corporate governance and principles of financial regulation, all of which are taught by a select group of leading industry professionals and practitioners.


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In 2002, as a first-year medical student, Damon Francis, MD, witnessed economic and ethnic inequities in the health professions that he wanted to change for the better. To give medical students a way to inspire and support high school students from communities underrepresented in the health professions, Francis helped found MedLink, a mentorship and science education partnership between UCSF medical students and community organizations.
Later in his medical training, Francis found support for his desire to expand the scope of MedLink through UCSF's Pathway to Discovery in Health and Society (H&S). Francis crafted an H&S project to better define MedLink's mission and activities, strengthen its community partnerships and ensure that it would survive beyond his own medical school tenure. His H&S project allowed him to "connect the dots between the passion to create change and the reality of how change actually happens", he says.
Naomi Wortis, MD, Associate Clinical Professor in UCSF's Department of Family & Community Medicine, co-founded the H&S Pathway in 2008 to help UCSF learners undertake "big vision" projects that improve the systems which impact the health of populations. "The Pathway was formed in recognition of the many learners at UCSF interested in building skills to impact population-level health, beyond the care of individual patients in clinical settings," Wortis says.
"The Pathway enabled me to make much more informed choices about how to pair clinical work with other activities that can create an impact," says Francis, who continues to be involved with the MedLink program, first as a liaison to community partners throughout his residency at UCSF and now as a member of the volunteer faculty. Thanks to his efforts, MedLink continues to thrive in its 12th year, with more than 80 high school students and 40 medical students involved each year. "I participated in tangible activities that deepened my understanding of research, policy and program administration," he says. The knowledge and skills he acquired are used every day in his current position as the Medical Director of Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless.
H&S Pathway alumni are having impact in a number of arenas: going into consulting roles, health policy, community engagement and hospital management; tackling systems change within the healthcare system and beyond, from local to global. "One thing all of us Pathway learners have in common is that we want to take whatever system we are in and make it better for patients in the end," says Chelsea Bowman, MD.
Bowman entered the H&S Pathway after being inspired in her third year of medical school by her observations of how the hospital environment could improve its efficiency and patient care. "I went out looking for ways that I could get involved in quality improvement in the healthcare system," she says. "The H&S Pathway was the most natural fit."
She first undertook a novel survey of medical students on safety culture in the hospital setting. Today, as an internal medicine resident at UCSF, she is continuing to participate in the H&S Pathway program and consults for San Francisco General Hospital about subspecialty care access, which is especially challenging with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
"In this Pathway program, we learn to become leaders in any part of the healthcare system that we find ourselves in, and how to make that area best for all members, most importantly patients," says Bowman. Taking her experience and passion one step further, Bowman hopes to continue her training with a fellowship in research and implementation of systems change.
A fellow H&S alumnus says that his interest in systems improvement as a first-year medical student was unusual at the time. "Making big systems better was not a topic on the radar screen of many students 10-15 years ago," says Read Pierce, MD, who found himself intrigued by the nuts and bolts of how health care is delivered on a large scale, but was not sure how to learn more about applying that interest to his career goals.
The H&S Pathway helped Pierce discover a framework to clarify and refine his passions, and explore career options. "This program provided a supportive environment that allowed me to take a deep dive into my emerging interests," he says.
After an internship with a hospital CEO, Pierce then worked on several projects assessing health care technologies and their clinical benefit versus costs and risks, publishing results while still a medical student. During his residency in internal medicine at UCSF, he further explored how to make clinical care systems function better through an H&S project focused on improving the safety of high-risk anticoagulants used in the hospital.
Currently, Pierce holds several leadership positions related to quality improvement, patient safety, and health system performance initiatives as an assistant professor at the Anschutz Medical Campus at the University of Colorado in Denver. "What I do now has all the elements of my previous experience with the Pathway program, such as how to identify targets for improvement, how to prioritize those, and how to embed the changes in organization so they stick," he says.
Preparation for leadership roles in systems change sums up what the H&S Pathway program provides for its learners. "We love to see our learners equipped with the skills that they need and the inspiration to go off into the world and take leadership roles in improving our health system, the health of a whole population, and even the whole world," says Wortis.


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David Oliver Relin, Co-Author of Three Cups of Tea, Commits Suicide at 49
His family said the journalist "suffered from depression," the New York Times reports
David Oliver Relin, a journalist who co-authored the controversial best-selling book Three Cups of Tea, has committed suicide, the New York Times reports. He was 49.
Relin, who co-wrote the 2006 book with Greg Mortenson about how Mortenson, a former mountain climber, started building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan, "suffered emotionally and financially as basic facts in the book were called into question," the Times says.
His family said Relin "suffered from depression" but would not give further details surrounding his death.
As a journalist during the '90s, Relin focused on telling humanitarian stories including articles about child soldiers and traveling to Vietnam. This work was what led Viking Books to pair him with Mortenson.
Three Cups of Tea sold over four million copies, but in 2011 60 Minutes and author Jon Krakauer – who released an E-book titled Three Cups of Deceit – both questioned the validity of major points in the book.
Relin did not speak publicly about the accusations, but hired a lawyer to defend him in a federal lawsuit that claimed he and Mortenson defrauded readers. The suit was dismissed earlier this year.
Relin is survived by his wife, Dawn; his mother, Marjorie; his stepfather Cary Ratcliff; and his sisters Rachel Relin and Jennifer Cherelin.


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DETROIT – Wednesday morning will be another cold one for Motor City area residents. Use space heaters with caution as lows start in the middle 20s. Sunrise will be just before 8 a.m. with fair skies. The afternoon will be mostly sunny with highs near 40 degrees.
Wednesday night will be clear and cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Thursday and Friday will be mostly sunny with slightly higher temperatures. Afternoon temps will be in the low 40s.
The weekend will have a chance of showers. Saturday will have increasing clouds, highs in the 40s and rain late in the day. Sunday will be colder with temps in the 30s all day and a chance of rain and snow showers.
The Local 4Casters have your latest weather forecast at JustWeather.com and on Local 4 News.


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"This item is intended for use with legal tobacco products only." Hah. Of course it is.
This glass piranha plant pipe sells for $85, and is made by Etsy seller Hedcraft, a purveyor of "High Quality Custom Glass Smokeware".
Glass Pipe - Monster Plant- MADE TO ORDER- Hedcraft Glassworks [etsy, via topless robot]


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Latest MedicineNet News
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FRIDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- The near death of a German teenager who consumed huge amounts of energy drinks mixed with vodka highlights the largely unrecognized danger of such beverage combinations, researchers report.
The 17-year-old boy suffered acute kidney failure and was hospitalized for 10 days following the incident, when he drank one liter of vodka combined with three liters of energy drinks. He told authorities he was trying to improve the outcome of two 100-meter races he ran at school, after which he experienced vomiting and dizziness and was rushed by ambulance to the hospital.
The case study is published in the July print issue of Pediatrics.
"This is another classic case of teenage binge drinking and another warning for parents that . . . it can go to extremes and be fatal or near-fatal," said Cecile Marczinski, whose similar research on alcohol's interaction with energy drinks is published online and in the July 2011 print issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. "You have no idea how intoxicated you really are, so you drink far more than you would ever consume had you not combined them. This case is a perfect example of that."
Study author Dr. Isabelle Schoffl said the boy ingested 380 grams of alcohol, 780 milligrams of caffeine and 4,600 milligrams of taurine in the four-liter combination. Taurine is an amino acid that helps regulate water and mineral salt levels in the blood. The taurine seemed to overwhelm the patient's kidneys, necessitating temporary dialysis treatments.
The fact that he was able to buy one-liter bottles of energy drinks -- which are normally sold in smaller cans in Europe and the United States -- suggested there was no harm to drinking such large amounts, she wrote in the study.
The American Academy of Pediatrics issued a statement last month that children and teens should avoid energy drinks, the hazards of which are being increasingly scrutinized. Ready-made alcoholic beverages with added caffeine were banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in November 2010 after a year-long review of scientific literature.
Marczinski noted that energy drink containers are becoming larger, with the popular Red Bull brand now available in a nearly 17-ounce can, about twice its original size. The German boy probably did not realize he was also consuming about 22 shots' worth of vodka, Marczinski said, which she calculated a one-liter bottle contains.
"I don't think he would have done 22 shots of vodka without the [influence of] the energy drinks," said Marczinski, also an assistant professor in the psychology department at Northern Kentucky University.
Bruce Goldman, director of substance abuse services at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, N.Y., said he thinks the boy's massive alcohol consumption posed greater risk than the energy drinks, but the combination is doubly dangerous.
"Bottom line, anything that makes it easier for kids or young people to consume large quantities of alcohol is very dangerous," Goldman said. "To me, the danger is in the alcohol. The kids don't realize they're putting themselves at grave risk."
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The Crooked Road, Virginia's Heritage Music Trail, winds over 300 miles through the mountains of Southwest Virginia. Connecting major music venues, music jams, and festivals in communities all along the way, The Crooked Road helps share and preserve the history of American music. As the region's story teller, Blue Ridge PBS presents On the Crooked Road to capture the flavor of what this unique trail offers our region's residents and visitors.
More information on the Crooked Road can be found at myswva.org/tcr
Special thanks to everyone who helped us along this musical journey.


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Demi Lovato has broken her silence for the first time since her biological father Patrick passed away Saturday and has thanked her fans for their support.
"I feel so humbled to have had so much support from my fans, friends, family and complete strangers. God bless you all, thank you so much," Lovato tweeted on Sunday.
The 20-year-old singer and "X Factor" judge missed the show's auditions over the weekend as she mourned her father, 53, who had been battling cancer for many years, according to Us Weekly.
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Show creator and fellow judge Simon Cowell took to Twitter to show his support. "My thoughts are with you, Demi," he wrote.
Demi Lovato had had a rocky relationship with her father, from whom she had been estranged for many years. He and her mother had split when she was a toddler.
"The last time I talked to him was two years ago," Lovato had told the New York Daily News in 2009. "You try to have faith in somebody, even when you're the last person that believes in him. But when somebody lets you down after you've been the only one there for them, and so many times, you don't know what else to do."


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text: Incorporated in 1902 on what was formerly part of a large plantation, early Kaplan was a tent city until the Southern Pacific Railroad connected it to Gueydan and Abbeville. The original settlement was located in Cossinade. Kaplan's present location places it in a pivotal spot, guiding people east and west on LA 14, north to the Interstate on LA 35 and south to the Gulf of Mexico along the same route. It is also the home of country music's national superstar Sammy Kershaw. Cedric Benoit, another homegrown talent, does well in Branson, Missouri. Located on a neatly kept Main Street with home town stores lining both sides, you'll find a museum filled with history on the local Mardi Gras celebration hosted by the Krewe of Chic à la Pie as well as area families and places. Head south to Suire's on the corner of LA 35 and LA 335, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. You'll soon find out why this small restaurant received favorable food reviews in the New York Times and other periodicals. Pull up a chair and have a can of 'pop' while you wait for lunch and read the history on the walls. You can even take home frozen entrées like Turtle Sauce Picante or Shrimp Pistolettes for your next dinner party.


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Here you will find all the information on how to claim the prize money won in tournaments hosted by PGL.
The following rules apply to all contestants and are non-negotiable.
General rules
- The recipient of the prize money is the individual person who played at the event (via personal bank account), or the company/association/non-profit organization of which he or she is a part of (via invoice).
- The winner/s must be present at:
- The Prize Ceremony.
- Media interviews and connected photo-shoot.
Payout policy
- Prizes must be claimed within 60 days after the conclusion of the event. After 30 days, unclaimed prizes will be considered forfeited by the players / teams.
- Prize money will be paid within 60 days after receiving the required payment information from the players or organizations, detailed below.
- Private individuals will receive the prize money in their own bank account, out of which a 16% tax will automatically be deducted, in accordance with art. 77 of the Romanian Fiscal Code.
- No tax will be deducted if the prize value is lower than 600 RON, in accordance with art. 77 of the Romanian Fiscal Code.
- No tax will be deducted if a winning team is organized as / is part of a company that can issue an invoice with a valid European VAT id.
Necessary payment information
For receiving the prizes in their own bank account, players need to send the following information to [email protected]:
- Photocopy of passport or national ID Card
- Bank name
- Bank account in both IBAN and SWIFT/BIC format
- The currencies in which the bank account can accept international transfers
Companies/associations /non-profit organizations need to contact the organizers via e-mail – [email protected] – for the invoice details.
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Yesterday I finally found the time to shoot an outfit! My boyfriend usually helps me out and shoots all the pictures outside, but was a little busy with his new job. I'm so proud of him! He's been thinking of a career change for a while, and decided to take the plunge back in december. He started taking classes and studied at home. He has worked so hard, and started his new job as a software developer only two weeks ago.
In the meantime, I've been enjoying a few days off from teaching, working on my blog, writing new music and updating my closet. Take a look at my new Topshop items!
I'm wearing:
Dress // Topshop
Jeans // H&M
Denim Jacket // Topshop
Bag // River Island
Boots // River Island
Sunglasses // Monki


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You want a world-class conversation about the future of global health, the vanguard of philanthropy, and the divide between ignorance and data-driven knowledge? Bring in the Bills. Gates and Clinton, that is.
They share much more than a first name. Both pivoted from spectacular first acts to second careers devoted to tackling some of the biggest problems on the planet. To do this, they have capitalized on their previous roles, their connections, and their brainpower. In Clinton's case, it turned out that the attributes that make for the ultimate politician work equally well in the service of philanthropy.
As founder of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the former president is a forceful explainer in chief, elucidating what needs to be done to alleviate poverty and treat AIDS. And to the surprise of many who followed Gates as a full-tilt techie devoted to preserving Microsoft's dominance, he has pursued philanthropy with the same passion he once channeled into software. At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he approaches problem-solving—particularly the scientific arcana of health and agriculture—with an appreciation of scale honed by years of living under Moore's law.
Both organizations have made a staggering impact. The Clinton Global Initiative, part of the former president's foundation, claims to have improved the lives of more than 430 million people in 180 countries. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has by some estimates saved some 6 million lives and delivered a higher-quality existence to many, many more.
The foundations are at the forefront of a new era in philanthropy, in which decisions—often referred to as investments—are made with the strategic precision demanded of business and government, then painstakingly tracked to gauge their success. The Gates Foundation shot to philanthropic heights instantly after its launch in 2000, with the world's richest man pledging the bulk of his fortune—$28.7 billion so far—and, after 2008, the bulk of his attention. (Gates has challenged other rich industrialists to follow his altruistic lead, most notably his pal Warren Buffet.) Making use of a mind so precise and logical that it once crunched the entire Basic computer language into 4 kilobytes of memory, Gates demands metrics to show that his investments are getting results. "I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition," he wrote in this year's annual progress report. One current priority: Gates is pursuing the world's remaining cases of polio with the zeal of a Javert. His foundation's activities include expanding the role of libraries as digital centers, revamping teacher evaluations, promoting genetically redesigned seeds, and devising improved condoms and toilets.
The Clinton Foundation is less a funder than a launching pad for projects benefiting the global good. It organizes its interests in nine separate tracks, encompassing achievable goals that range from improving AIDS treatment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These are often in sync with the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, benchmarks to improve conditions in eight key areas, including combatting poverty and disease. The Clinton Global Initiative encourages its deep-pocketed members to take action, requiring them to make commitments once they figure out what projects to undertake. Each commitment must be original, specific, and measurable. CGI facilitates the projects, often by tapping its extensive networks.
Gates and Clinton have long bonded over their shared mission. They have traveled together to neglected corners of the world—fodder for a buddy movie that Hollywood has so far missed. "I knew him before he was president, I knew him when he was president, and I know him now that he's not president," Gates remarks with a smile while waiting for his friend to arrive. He talks fondly of their forays into developing regions and cites the close partnership between their organizations. (Not mentioned: whether, on some long bus ride to a South African village, Gates asked his traveling partner about that antitrust thing that Clinton's Justice Department waged against him.)
This interview took place on September 23 at the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting, a kind of wonk Woodstock occurring in conjunction with the opening of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The 42nd president was ubiquitous at his event, moderating a panel that included Bono, Sheryl Sandberg, and Christine Lagarde. Gates himself bounced between the conference and the UN, appearing on a CGI panel ("'Big Bets' Philanthropy") and meeting with the leaders of Chad, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Japan, and Canada. After warmly greeting each other, the two Bills jumped into conversation, edited here for space and clarity.
Both of you are embarked on your next careers, helping to change the world. How do you decide what to focus on?
Clinton: When I left the White House, I decided to focus on things that I had cared about when I was there, where I could still make a difference. One is our Health Access Initiative, thanks largely to funding from the Gates Foundation. Building health systems is important. We've been able to drive down the price of AIDS and malaria drugs, and we're now distributing millions of [antidiarrheal] oral rehydration therapy and zinc packages a year. Another is the Clinton Global Initiative, where I try to build a global network of people to do their own thing. And then we have a huge effort against childhood obesity in America. We got the soft drink and juice companies to agree to reduce by 90 percent the total calories in the drinks they ship to schools.
Gates: Melinda and I always knew we'd have the responsibility and the enjoyment of giving resources away, and so it was an exploration process, traveling throughout the world. When we saw the poorest, it became the thing to go after. It's been exciting that the kind of work I've done at Microsoft—backing scientists and seeing how work can actually get delivered—is pretty similar.
You and President Clinton have traveled together. How does a famous pair like you escape the celebrity bubble to connect with the people you want to help?
Clinton: We go to a lot of places where people have no television, so we're not all that famous. You just have to go to these places and ask questions. When Bill and I went to Africa [in 2006], Melinda was with us, and she asked better questions than we did on some of these HIV/AIDS prevention efforts.
I understand that one situation put you face-to-face with an African couple to discuss their use of a microbicide to protect the woman from getting HIV.
Gates: We were trying to understand what the experience was like for her and her partner—but neither Bill nor I were willing to ask that in a very direct way. We were sort of hinting at it. But Melinda was able to ask both the man and the woman very directly. This was in South Africa, and then we went to Lesotho. Nobody knew us there. You know, if you want to get away from that kind of [celebrity] craziness, working in Africa is great for it.
Clinton: All they knew was that we were showing up trying to help them. I was just in Malawi at one of our farm projects, and the woman that we were helping there had been farming an acre with a hoe, and she had learned new planting techniques. She looked at me and said, "You think you could do this? Well, do it, then." And I got a hoe and we were planting together. She said, "How'd you learn to do this?" And I explained that when I was 6, I lived on a little farm like this. Helping them live their lives is much more important than who we used to be. Do you agree with that?
Gates: Sure.
Both of you contend that spending on infrastructure and basic research is really important, yet we're not investing at the pace we should. And while scientists agree that global warming is real, a lot of people doubt it, and we're not making as much progress on that as we should. How do we as a society deal with denial? How can we make decisions based on fact rather than fiction or fantasy?
Gates: In terms of funding science, both of us agree that we need to do more. The budget growth for the National Institutes of Health during President Clinton's time was fantastic—I think it doubled. Now the question is whether it will level off or even perhaps go down. The US should do more, but relative to others we've done more in the basic sciences, and the world has been a huge beneficiary. The US pays more for drugs, and therefore funds more R&D, than any other country. Hopefully there will be more understanding of science as the world gets richer and more people are educated. So despite some things we all think shouldn't be controversial—like GMO foods or climate change—I think the trend is in the right direction. Awareness and understanding will increase.
Clinton: I was lucky, because when Newt Gingrich was Speaker of the House, he and I fought over everything except science. We spent a half billion dollars on nanotechnology research. In this current budget climate, they need to work out some bipartisan deal to keep our future in good shape. That's the one thing I'm really worried about long-term. As far as climate change, it's still a big battle in America, but I think the key there is to prove that it's good economics to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
No one in the US wants anything like the political system in China, but sometimes I hear people wistfully compare our situation to one in which a totally empowered engineer like President Xi Jinping can make a huge difference. Meanwhile, by some metrics, the United States is losing ground as a global technology leader. Is the era of American exceptionalism coming to an end?
Gates: Nation-state competition is not zero-sum competition. It was not good for the world for the United States to be so far ahead, for 5 percent of the global population to generate 30 percent of the economic activity and 60 percent of the scientific R&D. The way China runs its economy today is far better than it was, and we're all better for it. It's OK for China to invent cancer drugs that cure patients in the United States. We want them to catch up. But as the leader, we want to keep setting a very, very high standard. We don't want them to catch up because we're slowing down or, even worse, going into reverse.
Clinton: I agree. We should never want to hold anybody else back. America needs to stop majoring in the minors. That is, we need to look more at what other countries are now doing better than we are and learn from it instead of being in denial about it. We have laboratories of innovation all over the world: How much do we spend on health care compared to what the two highest-rated systems—Germany and France—spend? What are the Chinese really good at? Answer: aggregating capital and investing in technology and infrastructure. What's their weakness? They tend to see a big engineering solution for every problem, so in trying to run water from the Yangtze River down to the Yellow River, they may dry them both up. What are the Indians really good at? They're good at technology and entrepreneurialism, but not good at aggregating capital. Is there a way we can help each do the other? We need to be working on these things together. Nobody's got an interest in massive drought. If you believe we're living in an interdependent world, then we should be trying to build a future of shared success and responsibility.
In a recent interview, Bill Gates mocked Google's attempt to use balloons that deliver the Internet to connect the two-thirds of the world still without it. On the other hand, some innovators are on a crusade to provide universal connectivity. What is the value of connecting all the world, and is it worth the effort?
Clinton: Connectivity can be incredibly empowering to people at the bottom of the economic pyramid. When the tsunami hit South Asia, along with new boats we gave all the fishing families a cell phone. Once people could know what the price of fish was 30 miles down the way, the average income went up 30 percent. After the Haiti earthquake, we realized that 85 percent or more of the people had no access to banking services. The six big banks there made easy money by just charging a fee to convert all the remittances from Haitians working around the world into local currency. Then the bankers could spend the rest of the day reading the newspaper. So we got a Canadian bank to partner with the biggest cell phone company to offer basic consumer banking services over the Internet. If you don't have connectivity, you can't do that stuff.
Gates: Connectivity is an amazing thing, like connecting up a health center so we can get advice to a health worker who may not be trained as a doctor. And getting connectivity to schoolrooms is a fantastic thing. Connectivity enables transparency for better government, education, and health. It's one of the many things that will help us do a better job. But there are other important things—government, measles vaccines. We have to prioritize those things.
When it comes to privacy, connectivity is another matter. Microsoft, with Bill Gates at the helm, fought to build encryption into the company's products—technology that would protect customers' information. The Clinton administration, meanwhile, tried to reconcile the spread of cryptography with national security. We seemed to have reached a balance, but the Snowden leaks revealed that data collection by the NSA was far more widespread than assumed. What is the proper balance of surveillance and security, and where do we go from here?
Gates: Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital cameras or satellites or just what you click on, we need to have more explicit rules—not just for governments but for private companies. There are legitimate reasons for the government to watch what's going on, particularly with nuclear and biological weapons. So it'd be nice if there was a way that some part of the government that we really trusted was looking at that information. Right now, people are going, "Oh my gosh!" and you wonder—did they not think anything was going on? But it's probably good there is now an explicit conversation.
Clinton: In a funny way, while our handling of Big Data has made the erosion of personal liberty more likely, it has also made more likely the loss of legitimate national security secrets. I started calling around to friends of mine who are in this business, and they believe there are technological fixes to protect national security secrets. Why do 5 million people have security clearances? And why are they able to go all across an information landscape instead of being more tightly siloed? And why was the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court unable to pick up when the National Security Agency gathered more data than they approved? Did the NSA make an honest mistake? It appears that maybe they did. But we need to be transparent about the issues. We all need to be non-Luddite civil libertarians, a phrase that a friend of mine coined. If there are terrorist groups operating in America and we can tell by patterns of calls made or emails sent, I'd like for somebody who's trying to protect our future to know that. I'd also like to know with greater certainty than I now do that the ordinary telephone calls and other communications of citizens can't be penetrated. This is more or less a permanent challenge, and I think it's a little out of balance now on both sides.
Our guest editor Bill Gates has a question for President Clinton.
Gates: With all the distractions, domestic disagreements, and crises in places like Syria, how do we keep the basics of childhood and maternal survival on the agenda? There are so many other things that always take our attention and resources elsewhere.
Clinton: I guess the short answer is, I'm not sure we can. I would like to see the United States continue to do more in this space, because we're not quite on track to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. But there has been nearly a 50 percent reduction in mortality among children under 5. That's a huge deal. I think what we need to show people is that if we invest money wisely, we can actually save a lot of aid money and it won't cost as much as you think. We could argue that this is good economics, that conservative Republicans should support it just like liberal Democrats, because nobody wants a baby to die. Washington should just keep looking for issues like this. They're bound to find some things they agree on, and it gets to be a habit. Once you establish trust on two or three things, no matter how small they may seem, you can make good things happen.
Clearly, both of you are optimists. In the past few years, when it's been tough politically and economically, has that optimism been challenged?
Gates: If you spend too many days in Washington, DC, you can have brief moments where you wonder if this system that's worked so well for hundreds of years somehow has hit a rut. But in general, I'm very optimistic. We've got innovation—whether it's new vaccines, new seeds, new ways of delivering things, connectivity. Even in education. We've got people in Rwanda trying out MOOCs [massive open online courses]. The pace of innovation is faster today than ever. You can be impatient about getting it out there, but nothing's really taken away my optimism.
Clinton: Unless some extra-system threat like global warming turns out to be worse than we thought, or there is a breakdown in our defenses against biological and chemical weapons, we're going to be OK. The whole history of humanity is just one long battle between conflict and cooperation and between us and them. Bill Gates made the money that enabled him to do this magnificent work today, because we kept expanding the definition of us, whoever the us was, and shrinking the definition of them. Yeah, this is tough, and there are a lot of complex psychological identity questions in American politics today, aggravated by this long-stagnant economy for most people. But we've had a lot of periods of bitter conflict. We're going to get through it. The trajectory is still good."


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January 22: Meet Dennis Cunningham, Illustrator of William Stafford's The Osage Orange Tree
Wednesday, January 22, 5:30-7:30 pm at Marylhurst University, Shoen Library: Streff Gallery, 17600 Pacific Hwy #43. While best known for his block prints, Dennis Cunningham is a multi-talented artist. He started his career as a painter, and he regularly teaches classes in metal sculpture, two-dimensional design, and pastel drawing. He also coordinates the Bachelor of Fine Arts Department at Marylhurst University. He created 24 block illustrations for Stafford's short story "The Osage Orange Tree," a rare piece of Stafford's prose. The illustrations will be on display and available for purchase.
Marylhurst University, Shoen Library: Streff Gallery
17600 Pacific Hwy #43Lake Oswego, OR 97034
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January 14, 2004
Alert #04-531
The following product safety recall was conducted voluntarily by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: "Lily Pad Clacker" Instruments
Units: About 430
Manufacturer: Kindermusik International, of Browns Summit, N.C.
Hazard: The green coating on the Lily Pad Clacker instruments contain high levels of lead, posing a risk of poisoning to young children.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: The Lily Pad Clackers are wooden rhythm instruments designed for use with the Frog Went A-Dancing kit sold by Do-Re-Me & You!, a Kindermusik affiliate. The recalled instrument is 5.25 inches long, and is made of wood. It has two green "lily pads" that are connected to the base by a string. The Clackers were sold as part of a music kit.
Sold by: Do-Re-Me & You! consultants in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and Texas from October 2003 through December 2003 for about $30 for the music kit.
Manufactured In: India
Remedy: Return the Lily Pad Clackers to Kindermusik International in the postage paid box provided by the firm. Kindermusik will replace the product with a product of comparable value.
Consumer Contact: Kindermusik at (800) 628-5687 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm's Web site at www.drmy.com (note added 01/18/2005 - recall information is no longer on the firm's web site). Consumers also can e-mail the firm at email@example.com.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.
For lifesaving information:
- Visit CPSC.gov.
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It's peach season in Palisade, and last weekend I was thrilled to find myself surrounded by peach orchards and vineyards. Friday morning we packed up the car and headed west - I still didn't know where we were going - but a weekend trip to Colorado's western slopes was Jamie's birthday surprise for me.
By that afternoon, we were in the middle of wine country, vineyards and orchards in every direction we looked. Farms with roadside stores were everywhere, a tempting bounty of peaches, plums, apricots, sweet cherries and tomatoes for sale, along with hundreds of varieties of homemade jams and preserves, pickles, salsas and sauces.
I was so excited and wanted to try a sample of everything, but the cooler we brought with us ended up being a bit too small for all the fresh fruit, and we still had the whole weekend ahead of us, so I tried to restrain myself. Peaches were in such abundance, that when I bought just tomatoes from one farm, the lady handed us each a peach to eat while we were browsing, plus a full bag of peaches to take with us for free.
The western slopes of Colorado are oh-so-very-hot. The region is dry and desert-like, with the fruit and grapes thriving from the hot days and cooler nights. Near Palisade is the city of Grand Junction, where we stayed for two nights at the Los Altos B&B, situated at the top of a hill, with a panoramic view of the city below and the Colorado National Monument. At night, a cool breeze floating across the desert provided relief from our sweltering day in the sun.
After dinner, we enjoyed a glass of wine on the balcony of our room while watching a lightning storm on the National Monument, and then Jamie taught me how to play chess. I have a long ways to go in learning that game - he beat me pretty quickly.
Saturday morning after breakfast, we headed to the National Monument, an impressive landscape of red rock formations and canyons. Trails branched off of Rim Rock Road in every direction, luring adventurous hikers and rock climbers, and cyclists pedaled their way up and down the twisting road. I didn't envy them that ride in the blistering heat; every time we got out to explore and take photos, we had the welcoming chill of the car's air conditioner to look forward to.
The owner of the B&B had advised us that if we wanted to escape the heat of the valley, we should drive up the Grand Mesa, which, at about 11,000 feet, is the world's largest flat-top mountain and rises about 5,000 feet above the surrounding valley. And within the half-hour it took to drive up, the temperature miraculously dropped from 99 degrees to 70 degrees. It was amazing.
First we drove through the town of Mesa, a beautiful area full of aspen and spruce groves and horse pastures; even the horses seemed happier up there. I'm sure it's so beautiful in the fall. Then we reached Island Lake, one of over 200 clear blue lakes on the mountain, where people were camping, fishing and boating. We didn't see much wildlife, though, other than the occasional chipmunk scampering across the road.
When we left the mountain top, we were assaulted once more by the heat wave greeting us in the valley, but we didn't let that stop us from visiting a few of the wineries in Palisade. We ate dinner that evening at The Winery Restaurant in Grand Junction, which is known for its beef and lamb. The lamb chops didn't disappoint at all, and we finished dinner by sharing their signature chocolate dessert, layers of chocolate mousse with a raspberry sauce, called "The Palisade".
Sunday morning, we ate breakfast at the B&B with another couple staying there, and had the chance to visit with the owners for a while, too. It's so interesting to me to hear the stories of the people you chance to meet on these types of trips. I find that people will share details of their lives over a relaxing meal together, and you leave feeling like you've made a friend. The owner met his wife in Korea while he was serving in the military, and after he returned to the U.S., they wrote letters. Eventually, she was able to join him in the States and now they've been married for 40-some years. The romantic in me wonders how they fell in love, what their lives were like before they met each other, what cultural differences they overcame to be with each other... She does all the cooking at the B&B, and after raving about the apricot scones she'd baked that morning, spread with some of her homemade sweet cherry preserves, I was happy to find out that she has a few of her recipes available on their website.
After breakfast, we decided to take a detour through Paonia, another wine-country region not too far from Palisade. We'd stayed in Paonia for a weekend last summer, and were excited to get to re-visit a few of our favorite wineries. Although near in proximity, the outdoor views and culture of Palisade and Paonia are distinctly different, although both inviting in their own way. Paonia is certainly more scenic, with views of snow-capped mountains in the distance, and a few wineries that boast of being the highest operating wineries in the Northern hemisphere.
I love the name of Paonia, a variation of the Latin version of peony, Paeonia mascula. Samuel Wade, one of the settlers of the area in 1880, named the town for his favorite flower; the town was officially incorporated in 1902.
Azura Cellars and Gallery, owned by a couple who also sells their art pieces from the art gallery in their tasting room, is beautifully built with a stone courtyard and shaded patio where visitors are invited to linger over a glass of wine, relaxing in the shade while gazing at the beautiful view of the valley.
Next we stopped at Stone Cottage Cellars, and the owner was more than generous with information about grape growing and wine making. She explained that the grape-growing season in Colorado is much shorter than that of California, which is why Colorado vineyards are unable to produce deeper wines such as Cabernets. She also invited us to stroll through the vineyards, where we saw how small and green the grapes still are, although the red grapes will turn from green to red before harvest-time. She really seemed to love her life there with her husband, and I have to admit, listening to her talk made the life of a vineyard owner sound incredibly appealing.
Our last stop was Terror Creek Winery, which was in the Guiness Book of World Records as being the highest-altitude vineyard, until one in Chile beat the record. Terror Creek Winery, named for a snow-fed stream running alongside the property, has a beautiful view of Paonia and the mountains beyond.
A sunny apricot tree loaded with ripe fruit graced the lawn, with piles of fallen fruit scattered over the grass. The owner said she was hardly able to keep up with harvesting, and when she handed me a paper bag and asked me if I wanted to pick some apricots to take with me, I was only too happy to agree.
And then it was time to head home. We arrived back in Denver late Sunday night, with a small mountain of fruit, bottles of wine, specialty balsamic vinegars and a jar or two of salsa, piled on the kitchen counter.
The first thing I wanted to bake with some of the fruit was a mixed fruit crumble. I consider this a very healthy dessert, because I added almost no extra sugar or butter to it, but the issue of "healthy fruit" is a point where Jamie and I disagree. Sugar is sugar, he says. However, while I'm not saying it's the equivalent to a piece of baked chicken, I do think that for a dessert option it is a healthier choice than ice cream, cake or pie, which contains a lot more sugar, butter and flour.
This mixed fruit crumble is essentially just fruit and spices, with a simple oat topping. Since I think crumbles are best enjoyed warm from the oven, I portioned it out into individual serving dishes, freezing the unbaked portions, to be baked and enjoyed later.
Next I decided I should try making a gazpacho, since it's summer after all. I roasted tomatoes, peaches, nectarines and apricots with olive oil and rosemary, then pureed and strained the fruit, stirring in a touch of honey and balsamic vinegar.
The soup is delicious hot, and refreshing chilled, full of flavor from the roasted fruits, and with limitless possibilities, a few of which I listed in the recipe below...
I still have a few peaches and a bag full of apricots left, and tomorrow, I plan to make apricot peach preserves. When the cool weather comes this fall, I can't think of a better way to remember our summer trip to the peach orchards than with a buttery jam tart and a glass of wine that tastes of hot sunny days in the orchards of Palisade and Paonia...
Mixed Summer Fruit Crumble
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fruit filling:
- 4 peaches, pitted and sliced
- 4 apricots, pitted and sliced
- 1 cup strawberries, hulled and sliced
- 1 cup sweet cherries, pitted
- (other fruit, such as nectarines, blueberries and plums would be fantastic in this crumble as well)
- zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Preheat the oven to 350. Spray a 9x13 baking dish (or 8 individual ramekins) with non-stick spray. If using individual ramekins, place these on top of a cookie sheet lined with foil.
Combine all of the filling ingredients in a large bowl; let sit for 10 minutes until juicy. Spoon into baking dish/es.
In a separate bowl, combine all of the topping ingredients; use a fork or your fingers to mash the butter in until the topping is moist and crumbly. Sprinkle over the fruit.
Bake at 350 until the topping is golden brown and the fruit juices are bubbling (about 25-30 minutes for individual ramekins and 35-40 minutes for a 9x13 pan). Let cool for 30 minutes, then serve warm.
Cook's Note:
The crumble can be assembled in advance and frozen (unbaked), wrapped tightly in plastic for about 6 months. Individual portions can then be thawed in the refrigerator overnight and baked fresh.
Yields 8 servings.
Recipe from Curly Girl Kitchen
Roasted Summer Fruit Gazpacho
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- 6 tomatoes
- 4 peaches
- 4 nectarines
- 10 small apricots (5-6 medium)
- (strawberries, cherries and plums would be a delicious addition also...)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary (fresh sprigs would be better!)
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- optional garnishes: sweet clover sprouts, sliced fruit, chopped basil, mint leaves, feta cheese, sour cream, yogurt, seasoned croutons, sliced toasted bread, etc...
Preheat the oven to 400. Line a baking sheet with foil. Place all of the fruit on the baking sheet. Drizzle with the olive oil, and season with rosemary, salt and pepper. Roast for about 15-20 minutes, until the fruit is very soft and the skins have split. Let cool for about 30 minutes, until cool enough to handle.
Slide the skins off the fruit and remove the pits; don't worry about getting all the skin off since you'll be straining the soup anyway.
Place all of the fruit in a blender (work in batches if you need to), and add the water to help blend it into a smooth puree. Pour through a mesh strainer and discard any pulp left behind.
Stir the balsamic vinegar, honey and cinnamon into the soup.
Possible uses for the gazpacho:
- The soup can be eaten right away, warmed if desired, topped with any of the above garnishes.
- Chill the soup completely for a refreshing snack or starter to a meal.
- Blend with ice for a slushy drink.
- Freeze portions to use later, added to tomato-based soups, or even a pot of chili in the fall, for a fruity flavor enhancement.
- Add to loaf breads and muffins instead of butter or oil, the same as you might substitute applesauce.
Yields 8-10 servings
Recipe from Curly Girl Kitchen


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Along the lines of a TED talk (or an "idea worth spreading"), without actually being a Ted Talk (but still "an idea worth spreading"), here is a riveting You Tube presentation from a panel discussion of just two months ago at the University of Notre Dame. The topic is pornography. This talk is not done on an academic or theoretical level. These four panelists (two on the production side of the pornography industry and two on the consumption side) talk about the impact that pornography has had in their lives:
1. Donny Pauling– a successful producer of porn, eventually being offered a contract from Playboy to develop a lucrative new line- and how the industry not only ruined the lives of those he seduced into it (many young, naive 18 year old college freshmen), but also how it ruined his life.
2. Chrissy Moran– a model who earned $15,000 a month just from her pornographic website alone and was considered one of the most desired, 'successful' and beautiful porno 'actresses'. She shares how she came into the business, what it was like in the business and how and why she got out. Her testimony dispels the common myth that women who do this do so freely and happily- and the myth that porn hurts no one because the women who participate are 'consenting adults'.
3. Sam Meier– a married man who struggled with pornography for years, beginning in college. His testimony highlights the innumerable destructive consequences of simply viewing pornography. He talks about the degradation in his relationships especially with his wife (Beth)- how it almost destroyed their marriage and ruined his life. Sam now works to help other men who find themselves feeling compelled to turn to pornography
4. Beth Meier – Sam's wife. She shares how pornography affected her own self worth ("Why am I not enough?" "Why does he tune me out and not want me but wants strangers?" etc. etc.) She asked for a divorce. Her testimony banishes the theory that porn is 'harmless' and hurts no one outside the viewer.
These are real people and real stories. As the gentleman introducing the panelists states, this discussion delves deeply into the topics of intimacy, freedom, power and longing-
According to one panelist, pornography is a $14 BILLION per year revenue industry, exceeding in dollar amount that of the NFL. The frequency of use of porn is higher than the frequency of use of iTunes. The statistics show that the average age of first exposure to pornography is 11, and brain studies show that it impacts neurologically — watching porn, scientific studies have shown, actually produces male brain shrinkage.
I found this so compelling. Please watch and share-
Other links worth checking out related to this topic:
-Watching Pornography Damages Men's Brains- here.
-Jason Evert- "Love vs Lust" and The Chastity Project
Jason and Crystalina Evert (Their website, Chastity Project, here)
-Matthew Fradd's site to help you overcome pornography. Includes a "battle plan", "ask an expert" and "encouragement" – here.
Matt Fradd (His website is here)
Matthew was addicted to porn at a young age. Matthew is from southern Australia. At age eight, he found pornography in his grandfather's shed and became "hooked." By age 12, he was stealing porn from neighborhood stores, and by his teen years had acquired a vast pornography collection.
He commented, "No one had to tell me it was a bad thing. I knew it was shameful. I was hoping I'd grow out of it." Matthew's teen years were sad; he recalls how he dressed all in black and wrote suicide poems. His father discovered his porn collection, but only expressed mild disapproval.
In 2000, Matthew spent two weeks in Rome for World Youth Day, and was inspired to become Catholic. In the confessional, he admitted his addiction to pornography, and received mixed responses from the priests to whom he went. Some suggested it wasn't that serious, but he recalls one who told him, "That's a terrible preparation for marriage." Matthew said, "That's what I needed to hear. I didn't want to justify my porn addiction, but admit that it was wrong."
In fact, Matthew stressed, the first thing someone who wants to get away from pornography must do is admit that it is wrong, stop blaming others, and make a commitment to change. For Matthew, now 27, the struggle to be porn-free has been "brutal." He related, "Every day I wake up and decide what kind of man I want to be. Purity is not a destination one arrives at, but a daily battle." -From Catholic World Report, Jan. 21, 2011
-The My House Initiative: Archbishop Joseph Naumann's anti-pornography effort – here.
-US Church Helps Ex Porn Star Come Back To Christ- here
-April Garris, Ex Porn Star tells how the sex industry nearly destroyed her life. – Part one here (from Ireland's "The Morning Show") and Part two here.
"I don't think they (people who watch porn) have the whole truth. I think that they are buying into the lie that the porn industry puts out there. . . because what you see on the video isn't really what's taking place. You know, you don't see in between scenes where girls are physically sick because of the trauma … you know, you don't see the porn stars out back snorting coke ….or getting high…trying to cope with it. You know, you don't see the disgusting, gross stuff that goes on…the unhealthy conditions…what you see is just a small snippet…. on my first porn set the thought that kept going through my mind was 'this will be over soon…this will be over soon…' Once you're done, you're so relieved."
"I suppose it (watching porn) would be an easy trap to fall into.… (but) Anyone who watches porn – even just clicks on the internet site- is actually contributing to the victimization and degradation of these women."
"Drugs are a huge part of it (to numb and escape) and they drive you into a really dark, dark place."
"After leaving the industry I actually went to a psychiatric ward because of the trauma I endured."
-Christian Leader's Dire Warning About Porn, Horror Flicks and Demonic Possession- here.
-Catholics Come Home- facts and help- here
-Integrity Restored- Helping Catholic Men Break Free from Pornography here
-Reclaim Sexual Health "Brain Science of Behavior in the Light of Faith" – here
–Catechism of the Catholic Church on sexual love and dangers of pornography- here
-The Serenellians Catholic Apostolate is composed of lay and religious who dedicate themselves to combat the evils of pornography and assist those affected by it to bring hope, encouragement and strength –here.
-Helping women escape from pornography and the 'adult' film industry: The Pink Cross, Treasures, We Are Cherished
-Porn: The Marriage Wrecker from Catholic Match – here
-Strengthen Your Marriage After Porn here.
-Rebuilding Trust in Marriage After Pornography: here.
"(the) porn generation (is) people 30 and younger who sit around and watch porn with their parents- but we just call it things like "Two and a Half Men". We know what's going on. They might have their clothes on but when you're laughing about that sort of activity with your parents then it becomes easy to recruit you into porn…."
"We were very good at making it seem like it was their idea. ..Manipulation. I did that by telling them porn wasn't for them when they first came into my office (but then) they'd be around my very lavish lifestyle…I started them off doing soft core and alone- get them used to the money then slowly (get them into harder things)… It was very easy to recruit."
"I would slowly watch the lights go out (of their eyes). This isn't the part of porn we like to see. We think this is the polished video.."
"On screen it is amazing and attractive, but we don't see the girls curled up in a ball in a corner in a fetal position between takes or sucking their thumbs because their minds are so blown away by what they just had to do, or have to have surgery to repair damage done to their body." – Donny Pauling, former porn producer of photography and film
A good society is a society in which it is easy to be good. By that definition, we do not live in a good society. With porn use at an all time high, the stability of families and our culture itself is threatened. Share this link. Share the video. Share the resources available. Support someone you know who struggles with pornography. If it's you, today you can begin to a path of purity, healing and true joy in the ultimate enjoyment of sexuality that God intended. I'd like to close with a Bible quote from the Serenellian Catholic Apostolate website. More prayers can be found here. God bless you, your marriage and your family!
"When you come to serve the Lord,
prepare yourself for trials.
Be sincere of heart and steadfast,
undisturbed in times of adversity.
Cling to Him, forsake Him not;
thus, will your future be great.
Accept what befalls you;
in crushing misfortune be patient.
For, in fire gold is tested and worthy men
in the crucible of humiliation.
Trust God and He will help you.
Make straight your ways and hope in Him.
You who fear the Lord, wait for His mercy.
Turn not away, lest you fall."
– Sirach 2:1-7


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Having cancer does not mean that you
have to live with pain. Cancer and some of the treatments for it can cause
pain. But most people who have cancer are able to manage their pain well.1
people try to live with their pain because they believe these common
Myth #1: Pain is just part of
Myth #2: It is best to wait as long
as possible between doses of pain medicine.
Myth #3: Pain medicines work the
same for everyone.
Myth #4: Doctors are so busy. I
should not bother my doctor with my pain problems.
Myth #5: If I whine about pain, it
means I am weak. My doctor and family won't respect me if I am not tough.
Myth #6: If I take strong drugs like
morphine, I will become addicted.
Myth #7: If I take strong pain
medicine before I really need to, it might not help me when my pain gets
Opiate pain relievers are strong drugs that should be
used only as a last resort or when people are near death.
Opiate pain relievers, such as morphine, are
effective for moderate to severe cancer pain. Many people use them for months
or even years for pain relief.
It is better to hold off as long as you can before you
take your pain medicine.
Pain medicine works best when you take it as
soon as you notice any pain. If you wait until the pain gets bad, it may take some time to
get your pain back under control.
Continue to Why?
pain can lower your quality of life if it is not treated. Untreated pain may
cause you to feel:
Controlling your cancer pain can help you to:
Cancer and cancer treatment should not prevent you
from being able to enjoy food and friends.
One of the goals of cancer treatment is to
control your pain and discomfort so that you can maintain your quality of life,
including enjoyment of food and friends.
Continue to How?
doctor needs all the information you can give about what your pain feels like.
Your doctor needs to know how your treatment is working or not working. It may
be easier to give your doctor information if you write it down. Use a daily
diary to
rate your pain. Write down what drugs you are taking
and how well they are working. Write down any other methods you are using to
control your pain.
Pay attention to the details of your pain so
you can tell your doctor. Is it burning? Throbbing? Steady? How long does it
last? Take your written information and your questions with you when you see
your doctor.
Use a calendar or a
pain control diary(What is a PDF document?) to keep track of your treatment. Write down how strong your
pain is and when it comes and goes. Most doctors use a "0 to 10" scale to
measure pain. On this scale, "0" means no pain and "10" means the worst
possible pain.
It is easy to get
confused about medicines when you are in pain and are looking for something to
help you feel better. You may have prescriptions from more than one doctor.
Keeping a written
medicine record(What is a PDF document?) can help you and your doctors work together.
Your pain will be harder
to control if you let it get worse before you take your medicine. Make the most
of your pain medicines by following these rules:
Pain medicines may cause
side effects. For example, opiate pain relievers may cause drowsiness,
constipation, nausea, and vomiting. Some anti-inflammatory drugs, including
aspirin, may cause stomach upset or bleeding. Before you start taking a drug,
ask your doctor about the possible side effects.
There are things
you can do to manage some side effects.
Complementary medicine
is the term for a wide variety of health care practices that may be used along
with or in place of standard medical treatment. If you use one or more of these
practices, you may be able to take a lower dose of pain medicines.
Most of these therapies have not been subjected to the same degree of
rigorous scientific testing for safety and effectiveness that standard medical
treatments must go through before they are approved in the United States. Be
sure to talk with your doctor about which therapies might be best for
For more information on these therapies, see the
Complementary Medicine.
It's important to keep track of how the pain feels and
when it's better or worse.
Pain can be caused by many things. Telling your doctor exactly how, where, and when
your pain occurs makes it easier to control the pain.
It is important to rely on medicines to treat pain and
not to try other methods such as hypnosis.
Complementary treatments for pain, such as
hypnosis, biofeedback, and acupuncture, are accepted as helpful therapies for
people who have cancer. Some people are able to use less pain medicine by using
complementary therapies.
Continue to Where?
Discuss your pain and your feelings about having cancer with your doctor.
He or she can address your concerns and refer you, as needed, to organizations
that can offer support and information. You may also contact your
local chapter of the American Cancer Society to help you find a support group.
Talking with other people who have cancer and may have similar feelings can be
Return to topic:
CitationsNational Cancer Institute (2011). Pain PDQ—Patient Version. Available online: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/pain/Patient.National Comprehensive Cancer Network (2011). Adult cancer pain. NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology, version 1. Available online: http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pdf/pain.pdf.
Last Revised:
October 31, 2011
Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:
E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine & Michael Seth Rabin, MD - Medical Oncology
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Every one of them that I know
Let's have a toast to the jerkoffs
That'll never take work off
Baby, I got a plan
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Tobias Harris is going to be immortalized in my fantasy career as the guy who got me through some injuries and LeBron benchings to win titles in almost every league in 2013. I was on this guy at the trade deadline and continue to ride him into the sunset with a twinkle in my eye.
With LeBron yet again benched like I had a feeling he would be, Harris was a monster against his former Bucks going 13-20 (3-4 3PTM) 30 Pts 19 Rebs and 5 Asts. Harris hit a monster 3 with 1.9 seconds left to send it into OT and put the Magic on his back. That kinda sounds like a sex move. There's something kinda like that called a Houdini, but I'll let our friends at urban dictionary or something explain that one.
Here's what else went down last night across the NBA:Please, blog, may I have some more?