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as usual...you might want to grab a dr pepper or a caffeinated beverage of your choice. because this will not be brief. i don't want it to be. and for EK's sake, it shouldn't be. there's a potential for a lot of pictures as well. if i get my act together tonight. though that's up in the air at this point.
i'm sitting here on a friday night, listening to buz play playstation in the background. and my THREE kids are asleep at the same time. and i don't know how to let that soak in.
i just checked in on big h's room, and there he was, asleep in his ironman2 jammies with his two build-a-bears next to him. he looked so big and yet so small.
i checked on goo on the monitor. (because we still have a monitor in her room. we're sneaky and nosy like that.) and there she was, asleep in her tinkerbell jammie top and ariel jammie bottom. heaven forbid if her jammies actually, you know, matched. and in her bed was...honestly, i don't know what WASN'T in her bed. her purple and pink unicorn pillow pet. her three build-a-bears that are all either wearing princess dresses or ballerina tutus. and every. last. stuffed. thing. that she owns. but...alas, she is asleep.
and then. i looked on ANOTHER monitor where sweet EK sleeps. all swaddled as tightly as possible. with her head to one side like her older brother used to sleep.
and my heart is full. and i can't believe my life is so rich.
i want "doodle" to know her birth story. and this is the only place i'll actually record it.
i had so many things planned before her arrival. it was almost like christmas season. we had play dates with people we hadn't seen in ages. i had text after text from people wanting to know how i was feeling and if there was anything i needed. we went swimming a lot. we went and saw movies at the movie theater. just because we could. i took pictures of my belly in relation to wherever we were. at dinner. at the computer. sitting with goo. writing thank you notes. you name it, my belly was with it. i had started going to the OB every week, and i loved it. love my OB so much. i had so much fun being pregnant. wearing maternity clothes. feeling the baby move inside. watching the baby move. talking to H and G about the baby coming.
my delivery date was scheduled for thursday, july 29 in the afternoon but was rescheduled at the last minute for friday, july 30 in the morning.
thursday, we had lunch with bigH's kindergarten teacher, mrs. b. originally, we were going to eat at purple cow because it's yummy. but her response to that was, "hmmm...i would've thought we would've eaten at chipotle because it's bigH's favorite restaurant." have i mentioned just. how. much. i LOVE mrs. b? no? because i freaking LOVE mrs. b. so we ate at chipotle. and to my surprise, my kids were TOTAL HELLIONS. i was mortified. but i just repeatedly used the line, "we don't get out much." and that seemed to do the trick for a couple of minutes. we left and headed straight for the movie theater to meet dad to see despicable me. i got to sit with goo on my "lap" most of the movie, which was sheer joy. when the movie was over, buz took them home, and i headed to my ultra fancy pregnancy massage and pedicure. oh my word, talk about luxury. i should do that more often. if only i had unlimited funds. it was incredible. then, i met up with buz at one of my favorite restaurants, and we had a SIT DOWN dinner. we did NOT know what to do with ourselves. we talked and laughed, and i just stared at him. man, my husband is the cat's meow and is SO NICE TO LOOK AT. wow. then, we walked around the mall for a little bit. we had gotten a hotel room for that night for several reasons. my parents were staying at my house in our room, so technically we didn't have anywhere to sleep anyway. :) but also, we had to be at the hospital at 530 in the morning, and we wanted to be able to get up and get ready without tiptoeing.
we could hardly sleep. buz could more than me. but i slept at 30 minute intervals. again...christmas eve for me. and for the record, we were still discussing boy names. at 1030 that night. we couldn't decide if that meant we were definitely having a boy because we didn't have anything ready. or if we were definitely having a girl because clearly, we were ready for her. ???
we woke up friday morning at 4. i took my shower and dried my hair and had a lot of energy. a LOT for ME at 4 in the morning. we got there (not surprisingly) too early. we checked in, got my hospital band, filled out 1438 forms, signing my life away. and she took us to our little observation room C. i got changed into my rockin hospital gown and we were introduced to our labor and delivery nurse, who would only be with us until 7. little did we know how rad she'd be. we had a great morning with her. (um, we're facebook friends with her now. love social media.)
we were later introduced to the nurse who would actually be in delivery with us. she was hand-picked. one of the benefits of working at a hospital and knowing people...i've known all my L&D nurses or had them hand-picked for me. she was incredible. sweet, gentle, kind. we then met my anesthesiologist (who, by the way, was easy on the eyes. i'm just sayin.) and our anesthesia nurse, anesthesia ann. anesthesia ann has been around the block a time or two. she was hard core, and i LOVED her. finally, i got ready to be wheeled back to the OR.
and funny side note: the nurse who had to get my IV in was my early morning L&D nurse when i had goo. so fun.
it was when we actually got IN the OR that i finally got scared/nervous. very bright lights. a lot of people working to get things ready for me. a lot of instruments that would be used on me. a lot of people behind masks. the very definite smell of alcohol. music. and i saw my anesthesiologist and anesthesiology nurse. and then i saw my OB. who looks a LOT different in scrubs than he does on a regular 'ol tuesday afternoon in the office. and we were ready for the epidural/spinal. i had two back surgeries as a kid, so regular epidurals don't work for/with me. so i have something different, and i always have to tell my surgery "story" so they know exactly what to do. i made sure i told everyone that i was officially nervous.
and everyone talked about someone specific on so you think you can dance. and the OB assisting my OB with the surgery apparently watches it. and so does the anesthesiologist. but he is a closet fan. and my nurse watches it. but i talked to my OB who does NOT watch it. and neither do i. useless information.
and then i was ready. for the spinal. to put my legs on one side of the gurney. to hug the pillow. to lean forward into my cute little nurse (who by the way is 4'11). and to breathe deeply. wow, it hurt. a lot. and it seemed to take a long time. i don't think it did. but it felt like it took a sweet forever. and i was supposed to tell him each time i could feel any pressure. which was a lot. i could've sworn i was going to fall on top of my 4'11 cute nurse and pummel her to the ground. which, i think, would've started the surgery off on the wrong foot.
that part was finally over. they laid me down, and everything started to progress. and all of the sudden, i couldn't breathe. i yelled the name of anesthesia ann and the anesthesiologist (who requested i call him by his first name). i told them i couldn't breathe. something was pressing on my chest and i couldn't get a good deep breath. i was so scared. really scared. buz wasn't in the OR yet. honestly, i don't remember the last time i was that fearful. they continued to tell me that my levels were perfect and that i WAS breathing and doing a great job at it. they told me this over and over again while placing oxygen on my face. and then...all of the sudden, i felt like i could breathe again. and then anesthesia ann started having fun conversations with me. like where she wanted to go shopping after her shift was over. and what mall was closest. and what time did it open. and what was my favorite store at that mall.
and who knew??? when i get scared/nervous, i start talking. a lot. i know you can't believe it. but i do. i mean, i started talking. a LOT.
finally, i heard buz come in, and he sat right next to my face. my OB and his partner (who i've come to really like a LOT) were there and said they were going to get started.
things seemed to start. and i could tell we were going to have a baby any minute. that fun anxiety.
mind you -- we didn't know the gender of our baby.
i finally felt like something was different. like baby was out. and they called a time. 808. i thought to myself, "how cute. 808. what a fun time. easy to remember."
and then i didn't hear anything else. and i heard very faintly 809, 810, 811, 812.
and i knew this wasn't good.
and then, the revealing of my baby's gender came by way of "she's just floppy. we're going to bag her and get her breathing."
i tried not to freak out. and enter my FREAKING AWESOME RAD HUSBAND. who basically just told me things (white lies) like "they're just cleaning her" and "they're just getting her all warm" and "you did so great and i am so proud of you."
but i knew.
i knew something wasn't right.
and then...
i heard her. HER. my DAUGHTER. i heard my daughter cry. and i started to cry. because she was ok. and i didn't care about the fact that no one declared in glory "IT'S A GIRL." because i cared more that someone said, "there. now she's breathing."
and buz went over to see her and kept coming over to me, reporting how great she looked and how cute she was. i was elated.
for those of you in health care, her apgars were 2/7.
i know.
and then the NICU doctor came over to introduce herself to us. SCARY. to let us know that EK had experienced a substantial amount of trouble breathing on her own at first. and that if she experienced anything like that again, she would be transferred to the NICU.
but everyone kept telling me how great she was doing. and how great she looked. and one of the nurses even brought her over to buz and me to let me look at her. and oh...her beauty. i wanted to touch her and hold her. but i kissed her and knew she needed to be taken care of. by medical professionals. i would have my time with her.
they finished sewing me up, and i continued to talk. seriously...someone make me stop talking. like i know these people personally or something. i talked to anesthesia ann about going to the local mall and the fact that she was wearing a university of texas lanyard holding her name badge and that i was sorry that i made a comment about it since i'm an OU fan. and i thanked the anesthesiologist for letting me call him by his first name. and yes, i may have let him in on the secret that i thought he was nice looking. nice. i'm classy like that. and i talked to my OB about who knows what? have i mentioned how much i continued to talk? oh my goodness.
the NICU doc came to talk to us again. about EK. and how she was doing. it looked like she didn't breathe for the first four and a half minutes. apparently, she was very high up and comfortable inside mama. so she took a while to get used to the idea of being on the outside. the NICU doc said she looked much better, had a great color, was breathing well, and would not need to go to the NICU unless something changed with her breathing. she congratulated me and congratulated buz on the birth of our daughter. she was the first person to say the word daughter. ten minutes before, i was afraid of that woman. now, ten minutes later, i loved her. i thanked her for all of her help taking care of my daughter. honestly, i didn't know what she did to help EK, but i know she did everything she knew to help her.
buz went with EK up the nursery to watch her take her first bath and for them to do all the testing they needed to do with her. i stayed with my sweet nurse. all of the people in the OR helped me transfer from the operating table back to my gurney. i'll be honest...i felt like a farm animal at a vet's office. i couldn't feel a single thing and they all literally just rolled me onto a different bed. very, VERY humbling. but they did so with grace and dignity. which i very much appreciated.
and in true fashion, i thanked everyone for a good time and that i had appreciated all that they had done. and i told dr. b to have a good day and that i would see him later. and to tell his wife hi? um, i've never met his wife. ahem.
i got wheeled back to my observation room C. where i talked to my cute nurse and anesthesiology nurse for a while. i was SO RELAXED. i couldn't feel my legs. and my arms were dead weight. and it all felt surprisingly good. like it was over. she was ok. she was with people she knew. buz had gone to the waiting room where my mom, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, niece and nephew were. he was going to tell them baby was here. but he was going to bring them into my room, so i could tell them the gender and name and how everything went. apparently, when he got to the waiting room, he said, "mom and baby are fine" and then started tearing up. in the twelve years i've known buz, i've seen him cry twice. this being the third time. he came back into my room to let me know he had told them, and the first thing i noticed were his red eyes. i thought surely something was wrong. he told me that everything had finally hit him when he said the words, "mom and baby are fine." then, he mentioned something about how cute EK's toes were. i kept asking, "what's wrong" over and over again because why would he be crying. he assured me nothing was wrong but that the moment caught up with him.
my mom came into the room. i told her it was a girl and what her name was, and i started crying. guess the same thing happened to me.
then, my BIL and SIL came in, and i told them about how the morning had gone and finally told them the gender and name.
both conversations were sweet. and very meaningful to me. and then everyone went upstairs to the nursery to watch her and look at her.
and all of the sudden, my cell phone rang, and it was my brother and his family who were vacationing in wyoming. i told them and i could hear my two nieces in the back say, "we KNEW it was a girl." it was fun to talk to him for a minute. man, i love him. a LOT.
finally, i was wheeled upstairs to look at her in the nursery. she looked beautiful. beautiful hair. beautiful body. beautiful face. beautiful features. and i just looked at her. and marveled at how the Lord can create such an intimate and detailed and complicated being who is such a gorgeous masterpiece. then, they wheeled me to my postpartum room.
once again, i got moved like a farm animal from my gurney to my postpartum bed.
soon after, i heard that my dad and kids were here. my dad hadn't wanted me to tell him anything about the baby, other than "it" was here. he wanted to hear the gender and name along with bigH and goo.
i heard them outside the door. i heard bigH say, "i see the baby! i see mommy holding the baby!!!!" they came in, and bigH immediately said, "so, is it a boy?"
i had no idea how to handle that question. so i did the best i could and said, "it's a girl! are you excited?!" and he responded with, "oh mama, look at her cute fingernails!" and i knew everything would be ok with him.
i was worried about goo's response, no matter the gender. all she said was, "oh what a cute yittle bandaid." (EK had a little laceration on the side of her head, and they had used a little steristrip on it.) and then she just wanted to color. figured.
and that was their reaction to her. and surprisingly, it had gone better than i had expected. so i was happy. and so we all sat/stood/laid in my postpartum room looking at her and enjoying the moment.
my BIL and SIL and niece and nephew headed out, along with my mom, dad, bigH, and goo. and all of the sudden, it was just EK, buz, and me. and i couldn't believe it. here was our third child. who was here. who was safe. who was breathtaking.
i met my day mom nurse and my day baby nurse. and it was so fun because i recognized my baby nurse from when i used to work there. and she remembered me. and it felt like i was among friends. and literally, all i remember about the rest of friday was texting people and calling people and having the phone in my hand constantly and being elated at the news i was getting to share. i was tired because i hadn't slept the night before but oh my, the adrenaline.
that night, two of my buddies came to visit. one was a friend from bigH and goo's preschool. and one was one of our closest friends, and the whole family came.
over the the next several days, we had visitors and wonderful nurses. wonderful day nurses for EK and for me and wonderful night nurses for EK and for me. some were new to us, and some we remembered from either when i worked there or when i had bigH or goo. we had great lactation nurses who were willing to help us feed EK, who by the way, is the best eater out of our three kids.
my OB was off for several days after our delivery, but we saw the other OBs in his practice. and he also personally called me everyday to check on me. please, PLEASE tell me i've mentioned once or 672 times how fabulous my OB is. (by the way, now he's just my gynecologist. sad.)
monday was a tough day. we had a tough day with EK losing some of her birth weight. she also failed her hearing screen three different times, which meant we'd have to bring her in as an outpatient. we just had several different things that were frustrating. so if you called or came by that day, we're/i'm really sorry. i was not very pleasant. BUT...the Lord knows exactly what we need when we need it. in the course of about two hours, i had my bff just drop in bringing jersey mike's for buz and me. homegirl speaks my love language. i had one of my good buddies who's become even closer lately stop by (with her mom -- sorry jenny's mom for my uncontrollable tears) just to see EK and bring some freaking fabulous hand-me-downs and hang out. AND i got to meet a twitter friend of a friend who i'd been dying to meet for some time. AND she brought Sonic DPs for buz and me. and a freaking awesome babyGap outfit for EK. did i mention we had never met? and she came to the hospital. and we hugged. and she gave EK baby love. and got to see me looking ultra fabulous (insert sarcasm). and that was monday. remember when i said monday was our worst day? i love when God works like that. He knew what we needed. and when we had no visitors, buz, EK, and i got to be together. and enjoy our quiet time together.
tuesday was going home day. i was nervous. excited, but nervous. i know there are plenty of people who don't share my view, but everything seems safe in the hospital. easy. if you have a question, you push a button, and someone comes to your aid. if your stomach hurts, you push a button, and medicine comes through an IV. the first time you get out of bed, and you're lightheaded, and you're afraid you're going to slip and fall, you...wait for it...PUSH A BUTTON. and miraculously, a patient care tech comes to your room and helps you up AND to your first shower. (and you SO don't care that someone you don't know is seeing you in ALL YOUR GLORY).
and guess what happens when you go home? there is no button. and the two other kids who've been taken care of and treated to days of neverending entertainment by nana and papa? yeah, they're at your house. waiting to hear what fun things you're going to come up with. and nana and papa? they go home to sleep. for days. because they're 60+ and not used to taking care of a 4yo and almost 7yo nonstop.
more to come re: life at home.
but for now?
EK, we can't imagine you not being with us. we can't imagine life with only two kids. we can't imagine not knowing what it's like to see your brother and sister fall madly in love with you in a matter of seconds.
we love you more than you will ever know. and we are so excited to be your mommy and daddy. welcome to the world, EK.
daddy asking your brother and sister if they were ready to come meet you.
my cute twitter friend i had just met about forty-five minutes before this was taken. (thought: wow, i look like a HOUSE standing next to my new, cute little petite friend.)
buz and i were strongly entertaining moving shortly after EK was born but the Lord kept us here. while we were entertaining this idea, i had decided to invite some of my closest friends to the hospital for a pajama pizza party. once we decided to stay in dallas, i decided that the pajama pizza party needed to happen anyway. some girls were missing. but OH MY WORD, it was the best night. so incredibly blessed to have such amazing women in my life. (bff, why were you not in this picture?)
this stuff was the BOMB.COM while i was on my clear liquids diet. oh my word, DELICIOUS. (except they don't carry the watermelon flavor i remember from having bigH or goo. still.) along with the hospital beef broth. yummy.
my last picture of us together before i met you. notice daddy's shoes. those are his birthing shoes. he has worn them for the birth of all three of his kids. love him.
you started sucking your fingers right from the get go.


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Lexus' Flagship SUV Goes Green
We just returned from a day in northern California testdriving the new Lexus RX 450h, and as you might expect, it's a rolling encyclopedia of new-car tech. We'll do our best to explain it all in thumbnails, but suffice to say, it's a capable and civilized alternative to your run-of-the-mill crossover rigs.
The heart of the RX is the time-proven Toyota 2GR 3.5L V-6 (a variant of which Lotus will be using next year on its GT4 Supersport race cars), which has been refined for this application with the addition of an EGR system for improved emissions and cooling, and an exhaust heat recovery system to aid in quicker heat-up times (i.e., cold-start conditions). The motor also runs an Atkinson-style combustion cycle (the power stroke is longer than the compression stroke), which helps to achieve greater fuel economy and thermal efficiencies at the expense of horsepower. How to remedy? In the RX's case, two ways.
First, the gas engine works in concert with Lexus Hybrid Drive, a battery-actuated hybrid system similar to Toyota's (Prius) Hybrid Synergy Drive. The Lexus system can be run for brief periods at high speeds as well as at idle (and during braking) to provide an extra power boost as needed, such as on steep inclines or for passing. In the new RX application, the battery can provide an extra 50 horses to the V-6's 245, resulting in 295 peak hp at 6,200 rpm. Second, the engine is mated to an electronic CVT transmission. We're not too keen on these "pointless" gearboxes, but we do know that they have fewer internals to break, are less expensive than a conventional slushbox, and can keep an engine revving in its "sweet spot" longer than fixed-gear transmissions. Add everything up and you arrive at an EPA-estimated 26 mpg on the highway, 28 city, from a V-6 powertrain that is amply powerful, frugal, and super-clean (SULEV-rated) in operation.
The heart of the RX's all-wheel-drive system is "Active Torque Control," which utilizes a pair of electric motors--one to power the front wheels, the other the rears, each housed in a gear-driven transaxle--to provide front-to-rear torque bias. The RX operates under normal conditions as a conventional front-drive. When wheel slippage is detected, the system activates an electromagnetic clutch-drive coupling device bolted to the rear differential to transfer power, front to rear, at splits of up to 55/45. (A third electric motor under the hood acts as a starter to power the batteries, and can recharge the other motors as needed.) An onboard power inverter boosts battery voltage to 600-plus, and converts the juice from DC to AC to drive the electric motors. Have we lost you yet?
The RX's suspension is independent at both ends--the rear double-wishbone configuration a new feature for 2010--with two-mode onboard shock tuning for sport/touring functions, and standard wheels are 18-inch alloys, with 19s optional. Ground clearance, at under 7 inches, is less than optimal, and our tester's 55-series Michelins, while sure-footed on pavement, don't lend much sidewall for dirt duties. Thankfully, the Lexus' interior is what you'd expect from this marque, with its trademark wooden steering wheel and leather everywhere. Shucks, this thing's nicer inside than my house! (It's probably worth more than my house is by now, too, but that's another story.)
What's Hot:
Fuel-efficient powertrain, high-lux interior, great as-advertised mileage.
What's Not:
Ground clearance? What ground clearance? We're still getting used to CVT trannies.
Our Take:
A civilized and capable alternative to your run-of-the-mill crossovers. Just stay away from the rock trails.
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Vehicle/model: 2010 Lexus RX 450h
Base price: N/A
Engine: 2GR-FE 3.5L DOHC V-6
Max hp & torque (lb-ft): 295 (engine + electric)/234 (engine only)
Transmission(s): P313 electronic CVT
Transfer case(s): Nope
Low-range ratio: Don't ask
Frame type: Steel unitbody
Suspension, f/r: MacPherson strut, coil springs/double wishbone, coil springs
Max crawl ratio: N/A
Steering: Electric power rack-and-pinion
Brakes, f/r: 12.9x1.1 vented disc/12.2x0.4 solid disc
Wheels (tested): 19x7.5 alloy
Tires (tested): 235/55R19
Wheelbase (in): 107.9
Length (in): 187.8
Height (in): 66.5
Base curb weight (lb): 4,810
Max approach/departure angles (deg): 29/25
Minimum ground clearance (in): 6.9
GVWR (lb): 5,980
Max cargo volume (cu. ft.): N/A
Max towing capacity (lb): 3,500
EPA mileage figures, city/hwy (mpg): 28/26
Fuel capacity (gal): 19.2


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North Dakotans will be following with interest today the Senate's confirmation hearing of former Governor Ed Schafer for the post of Secretary of Agriculture in the Bush administration.
North Dakotans will be following with interest today the Senate's confirmation hearing of former Governor Ed Schafer for the post of Secretary of Agriculture in the Bush administration.
Coming from an agriculturally oriented state, Schafer will head a Cabinet department of more than 100,000 employees. He will be relied upon to provide sound advice on issues ranging from the nation's farm economy and food supply to international trade and conservation programs.
Those who know him are confident he'll be up for the challenge.
"I think he was a terrific governor and I think he'll be a terrific Secretary of Agriculture,'' said Dan Traynor of Devils Lake, who worked for the Republicans in 1992 when Schafer was elected governor and was the State Republican Chairman from 2001-2002.
"He was very approachable, unlike a lot of people in Washington - anyone could talk to him. I remember him at some banquets walking into the kitchen and thanking the people who prepared the food.''
Schafer brings some strong credentials to his new job.
He effectively directed state response to eight statewide disasters, including drought, flood and fire, including the historic Grand Forks flood of 1997 that resulted in mass evacuations.
He launched a successful pilot project to revive rural communities by using technology to deliver education, health care and economic development.
He gained extensive experience in dealing with grain and livestock import issues. He led an agricultural trade mission from North Dakota to China in 2000 to help open new markets for North Dakota farm products.
He oversaw initial development of North Dakota's biofuel industries and led the way in developing value-added products for agriculture.
"This is really going to be good for North Dakota,'' former Devils Lake legislator Richard Kunkel said. "This is about as important position a North Dakotan could get in the administration. He has lived here and knows so well how important agriculture is.''
Kunkel added that he's confident Schafer will do what is right and what is good for North Dakota farmers and those nationwide. Schafer was North Dakota's governor when Kunkel was in the legislature.
Schafer has management experience in the private sector, serving as president of a family-owned business his father started. And he has launched a number of entrepreneurial ventures of his own.
His passion for agriculture has deep roots. His maternal grandparents were Danish immigrants who worked as farmers on the plains of North Dakota.
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Four out of every five doctors trained in Haiti leave shortly after graduation to practice abroad, but with a new training hospital, some are staying to stop the brain drain and help out at home.
A cholera epidemic, one of the highest malnutrition and maternal mortality rates in Latin America and an ill-equipped health sector are not putting off a new generation of Haitian doctors born and trained in the Caribbean nation.
Dr Mariline Menager is one of 14 people selected from 238 who applied for a place on the medical residency programme at Haiti's new Mirebalais University Hospital.
She belongs to a new crop of doctors hoping to fill the acute shortage of doctors in Haiti and take the lead in reviving a health sector still struggling to recover from the massive earthquake that flattened the capital Port-au-Prince in January 2010.
"I prefer to be in Haiti than anywhere else in the world. Haiti has more needs and we don't have enough doctors to cover the health needs of the population," Dr Menager, a first-year medical resident at the Mirebalais University Hospital, told Thomson Reuters Foundation in a telephone interview.
"We are rebuilding the country, and I can contribute to that. Part of rebuilding is the construction of a health system. Haiti is a country that needs to rebuild in every sense of the word, in terms of education, health," said Dr Menager from the Mirebalais University Hospital, 30 miles (50 km) north of Port-au-Prince.
With few resources, career options and low salaries, Haiti grapples to attract and retain doctors in its public hospitals. Around 80 percent of all doctors trained in Haiti leave within five years of graduation to practice abroad, often in the United States and Canada, in search of better pay and working conditions and career development opportunities, according to the Boston-based medical charity Partners in Health (PIH).
A survey conducted by PIH on Haitian residency programmes found that 55 percent of residents don't have Internet access at the hospitals where they work. And most of those doctors who stay in Haiti end up working in Port-au-Prince in private clinics.
Dr Menager, 29, is bucking the trend and doing her bit to reverse Haiti's brain drain. She and other medical residents at the Mirebalais teaching hospital receive specialised training in pediatrics, internal medicine, and general surgery from Haitian and foreign doctors.
In Haiti, there are only 0.25 doctors for every 1,000 Haitians, while in neighbouring Dominican Republic there are 1.88 doctors per 1,000 people.
The acute shortage of skilled and specialised nurses and doctors in Haiti means the country struggles to deliver even basic healthcare to its population of 10 million.
"In Haiti there's a lack of nurses and doctors in rural areas and a problem of access to healthcare for people living in rural and remote areas," said Dr Menager, an internist, who has three years left to complete her residency.
"Haiti also has the problem of infectious diseases, such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, and high levels of maternal mortality."
The 300-bed teaching hospital, with more than 30 outpatient consulting rooms, and six operating rooms, is a joint project involving PIH and its sister group, Zanmi Lasante, with a $5.5 million donation from the American Red Cross and other NGOs and private donors.
The hospital opened in March and is billed as the biggest reconstruction project in Haiti's health sector since the January 2010 earthquake, which damaged or destroyed many hospitals, three universities, the country's main nursing school and midwifery school.
Mirebalais University Hospital aims to provide healthcare to around 185,000 people in the town of Mirebalais and two nearby communities, and offer HIV/AIDS care, prenatal and emergency obstetric care, treatment for malnutrition, vaccines and family planning services, while providing jobs for around 1,000 people. The hospital also serves as a site for clinical rotations for Haiti's national nursing schools.
It's also billed as the largest hospital in the world to be powered by solar energy. On most sunny days, its 1,800 solar panels generate more electricity than the hospital needs, allowing the surplus energy to be fed back into the electricity grid. On the roof, reflective white coating keeps the building cooler and makes the solar panels up to 15 percent more efficient, PIH says.
For many, Mirebalais University Hospital represents one of the most tangible improvements since the earthquake, where reconstruction efforts are being led by Haitians.
"The hospital and the training we get there is about Haitians helping their own people, the most vulnerable, and giving them the best care possible and better quality of life," said Dr Menager.
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There is a lot of talk these days about putting together some sort of bug-out pack. I agree it is a good
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There are some good reasons to bug out and the bag should be planned for a particular reason. Still,
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Some sort of fire starter is paramount especially in cooler weather. It stays cold for a long time up here
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come and plan to get more on the fly. You'll need enough food to get you by until you can find more. A
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compass, flashlight (and batteries) and some method of purifying water. Some sort of firearm would
make me feel better if I was stranded in the woods. If I was building a bag for the unlikely event of
dealing with civil unrest, I would elevate the weaponry on the priority list.
But the reality is that you'll be grabbing your bug-out bag to help you get out of the way of a violent
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in a serious situation, reach a gathering station displaced people.
Your location and community will play a big part in planning what to have in the bag. How long might
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What time of the year will you be moving and how? Will there be obstacles along the way? (Bridges
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possibilities; so a bag that covers as many of the necessities for an estimated period of time to get to
the next stage of safety is a good place to start. If your location leaves you with the possibility of being
stranded for longer periods, you need to take this into consideration.
A situation involving a long stretch without power or road blockages thanks to storms could cause
long delays in supplies getting to your area. Your bug-out bag may be better used to wait out the
situation in your home. Hopefully, you have some emergency supplies for this situation but the bug-out
bag still needs to be ready should some reason force you from the shelter.
There would be a ton of chatter if we started the discussion on which firearm to bug out with. I can
already hear the gears turning. We all have a variety of firearms available and some are favorites we
take everywhere we go. I would leave the firearm selection until I was running out the door. The
situation or reason I was bugging out may play a big role in what type of firearm would be the better
choice. I always have a handgun on me so I would imagine it would be coming along just because.
Will the bug out gun fill a defensive role or will it be used for food gathering? I realize that the roles
are interchangeable but some guns are better for some purposes. More important is to consider what
would be the best for a variety of situations and which one you will grab without too much thought as
the disaster happens.
As important as a defensive firearm is, the risk of starving to death or succumbing to exposure is
probably more of a threat than getting into a firefight with a panic-stricken mob, especially if you use
some evasive tactics in your bug out.
The ASAP Bag has plenty of extra room to add things to tailor to specific purposes. I like to throw in a
couple extra MRE's and dry gloves and socks and whatever I think I might need for the time of the year
I need to bug-out. Around here is might be winter and a sled is the best bug-out choice. Pack light and
include things that serve dual purpose.
Planning with the Rule of Threes in mind will help you prioritize. You can live three minutes without
air, three hours without shelter, three days without water, three weeks without food, and three months
without sex. I am living proof you can stretch the three months out much longer.
I believe the minimum bug-out pack should have at least three days or 72 hours of supplies for each
member of the family. I would also put my areas of importance based on the Rule of Threes, even
though that's more of a survival priority, it puts things in perspective. When the situation
deteriorates, like situations often do, three days of water will get you farther than all the food in the
You can put your bug-out bag together from scratch in a quality pack or you can buy the ready-made
bag. Another option is to buy the ready bag and add to it. The problem with buying the ready bag is
you don't really know if the gear will be adequate until it is too late and if you use the ready bag to test
it out you will have to replace the contents before you need them.
The pre-made bag is not a bad place to start and you can always tailor it to more closely fit your
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was a 72-hour, two-person bag. It comes with a lot of necessities but also includes a book and CD
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Matt Mayer of the Heritage Foundation gives an idea of what a Republican plan for the agency would like.
Hurricane Sandy has focused attention on Mitt Romney's comment that we should shrink the Federal Emergency Management Agency and give states more responsibility for dealing with natural disasters. Is he right? Could conservative reforms actually save FEMA -- and save lives? To get a sense of what a thoughtful Republican plan for the agency might look like, I called Matt Mayer, a former Bush administration official in the Department of Homeland Security and visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
What did you make of Romney's comments about FEMA?
He didn't artfully state the point I think he was trying to make.
I think his thrust was that there is an appropriate role for states and local governments, and there is an appropriate role for the federal government. And we've kind of lost sight of that in terms of disaster response. We've nationalized so many of the events over the last few decades that the federal government is involved in virtually every disaster that happens. And that's not the way it's supposed to be. It stresses FEMA unnecessarily. And it allows states to shift costs from themselves to other states, while defunding their own emergency management because Uncle Sam is going to pay. That's not good for anyone.
When FEMA's operational tempo is 100-plus disasters a year, it's always having to do stuff. There's not enough time to truly prepare for a catastrophic event. Time is a finite quantity. And when you're spending time and money on 100-plus declarations, or over 200 last year, that taxes the system. It takes away time you could be spending getting ready for the big stuff.
Why do you think Washington has assumed so much responsibility for dealing with disasters?
I think the first real change was when James Lee Witt was put in charge of FEMA during the Clinton administration, and for the first time it wasn't a Washington Bureaucrat or a former military person. For the first time, it was someone who came from the states and spent most of their career in the states. And so he brought a very state-centric position. And it was also the first time a former politician was put in charge of FEMA. He ran for office seven times in Arkansas, and he brought a very political mindset to FEMA. One of his famous quotes was: "Disasters are inherently political events." And I think that created the opportunity to start using FEMA as an entity that could get involved in things in a way that would have political outcomes. And I think you saw that in 1996, when FEMA eclipsed any record it had previously set and issued 158 declarations in an election year. It was just unprecedented. And it's not like there was just some flurry of activity. They just got involved in lots and lots of different disasters.


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For the third year in a row, Waterford at Fair Oaks is joining with the Fairfax County Corps of the Salvation Army to provide a Thanksgiving for local needy families.
It won't be just any meal — it's an elegant and sumptuous feast with everything from turkey and stuffing to pumpkin pie and petit fours, prepared by Waterford's chef and his staff and served by volunteers.
"It's our way of giving back," said Keith Clark, Waterford owner, president and CEO. "To me, it's the most fun part of the holiday."
People apply for the dinner through the Salvation Army, and the ones attending are those who use that organization throughout the year for assistance. Clark expects 250 people to have their Thanksgiving meal at his facility, this Thursday.
"The word has gotten around that this is a great way to spend Thanksgiving, so this is a 'hot ticket,'" he said. "People really look forward to it. It's a family thing; they put on their best outfits and come here for dinner."
At Waterford, they're welcome guests, seated in the ballroom at tables replete with lovely china, silverware, Waterford crystal and tablecloths. Clark believes all these elements add to their overall experience, and he wouldn't have it any other way.
"We get immigrant families and families having a tough time making ends meet," said Clark. "Surprisingly, in this county of affluence, for many of them this is the first time they've eaten off fine china or seen crystal chandeliers."
He said their plight is "hidden" from most people but, "sadly, the need is there. And these are the people who fill the jobs the others don't want to take. They're hardworking people, but it's tough to live on a minimum wage in this county."
Clark said he's proud of his staff members for volunteering their time to help during the event. Many of Waterford's suppliers do their part by donating the produce, vegetables and pies. "They're really very generous in helping us out, so it's a group effort," he said.
Mike Rogers is the executive chef and COO, and even his family from out of town comes in to help with the dinner. "His father, from Pittsburgh, greets people at the door, and my kids come home from college and help out," said Clark. "It's really neat."
Organizations like the Salvation Army help the needy all year, he said, so he's happy to have this opportunity to lend a hand. "It makes you feel good," he said. "This is a real high for me, personally, that we have the facility and the wherewithal to do this. And my chef is an absolute genius — the food is fantastic."
For the big meal, which would normally cost more than $30 a plate, Rogers will serve 190 pounds of turkey, 50 pounds of stuffing, 5 gallons of gravy, 180 pounds of potatoes — both mashed and sweet, 100 heads of broccoli and 3 gallons of cranberry sauce, along with coffee, tea, milk, soda, water and juice.
Then will come an array of desserts: apple, pumpkin and pecan pies, fruits of the forest (berries) pies, pumpkin cheesecake and a dazzling Viennese table laden with Chocolate Revenge cake, Strawberry Roganoff cake, fruit flans, mini eclairs and petit fours.
Clark has been on the Salvation Army's board of directors for three years, and he offered to host the meal. Salvation Army Capt. Joe Burton calls it a "neat thing" for the community. "For people who wouldn't otherwise be able to have a Thanksgiving dinner, this affords them the opportunity to do so," he explained.
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The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. What I want is so simple I almost can't say it: elementary kindness. Enough to eat, enough to go around. The possibility that kids might one day grow up to be neither the destroyers nor the destroyed. That's about it. Right now I'm living in that hope, running down its hallway and touching the walls on both sides.
– Barbara Kingsolver
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3. People who are nice, even when they don't need to be. I had a funny, silly exchange with the voice at the Starbucks drive thru last week. As I drove away, I noticed he had written me a message on my iced latte. I never met him, I never saw him, I only heard his voice, but his small gesture made my day.
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In an effort designed to bolster the state budget with speeding fines, California drivers who race through intersections might soon be caught on camera.
The cameras in question already exist, but right now they're being used to nab red light runners. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to retrofit those lights with a system to also snap the license plates of speeders.
Local news from across Southern California
Fines for speeding would range from $225 to $325.
If drivers run a red light and speed through the intersection they would be in double trouble and hit with fines for both violations.
The state would collect 85 percent of the money, using the projected $338 million to help pay for courts and court security as it scrapes for money to close a $20 billion deficit.
The state estimates each of the 500 cameras would catch 4,800 speeders annually -- 2.4 million tickets a year statewide.
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I agree with Guy and disagree with Guy. His first post is spot on. If you want to reduce weight, the Fuji XE-1 is an amazing camera and likely my next photographic purchase. Guy's last post is correct too, sort of. You can buy a D800e with a small wide angle lens and an 85/1.8 and have pretty flexible kit that weighs about 6 lb. or so, but realistically that probably isn't what you are going to do. If you go with the Fuji, you can have a few lenses and still be light and portable. Add a couple zooms to the Nikon kit and you are pretty close in weight to the Hassy.The D800e is a great way to go if you are trying to buy quality on a budget, but since you already have the Hassy, add a kit that will be truly light and portable. If you want to shoot with long lenses, you can't beat a DSLR, but for anything else there are better options. The combination of MF and a small mirrorless camera is tough to beat.
Eric,Tripod I have is very light and my wife can handle that easily.She is in great shape and can handle a tripod, my light meter and a lens or two.I used to have the Cambo with several lenses - must admit I didn't care much for it. Too much to fiddle with.I'm thinking I'd carry a camera body with a prime wide angle on it - my norm - and wife can handle one short tele prime lens, light meter and tripod.My eye gravitates to an image that has high dmax and smooth gradations (love the work of Brett Weston and Cole Thompson). Look of images I like is with a lot of contrast BUT with details in the shadows and highlight. Need lots of dmax to accomplish that or mild use of HDR - HDR with a tech camera is no fun as far as I'm concerned. Jack
Eric,My eye gravitates to an image that has high dmax and smooth gradations (love the work of Brett Weston and Cole Thompson). Look of images I like is with a lot of contrast BUT with details in the shadows and highlight. Need lots of dmax to accomplish that or mild use of HDR - HDR with a tech camera is no fun as far as I'm concerned. Jack
For this aspect of your photography the D800E has the best sensor for you in a relatively light camera.Shadow and highlight detail is excellent as is shadow and highlight recovery.Here are two examples:Shadow detail recovery:http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8105/8633809552_a0a67ee815_b.jpgHighlight detail recovery:http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5340/7412274614_0ab5f4bf2f_c.jpgThe new Adobe Camera Raw process does a very nice job in handling blacks and shadows as well as whites and highlights.
Both images shot on the D800?What lens?Quite impressive!Jack
OK, so let's say I go with the D800E as I'm obsessed with sharp landscape details.I noted on the link above to the Phase/D800 comparison that he was using a Leica 50Cron lens on the D800.Search shows there are several Adapters for the Leica to Nikon lenses. Any favorite brands?Has anyone compared the Leica lenses with an adapter to the Nikkor ED or like lenses?In short, what I'm hoping to define is what wide angle (I live with the 28 Hassie as my main lens) and shot tele lenses, regardless of price, would be considered the optimum to mate with a D800E shooting landscapes.Jack
Having been sooo pleased with the images I have been getting from my Hassie, I expect it will be impossible to find anything to equal the files that I'm used to working on, but I'll learn to adjust - I just want what as close to what I've had without all of the weight issues.


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I used to play regularly, in tournaments, etc. but stopped playing for an extended period and now have to shake off the rust. I'm down in Palm Springs for at least the next month, hope to play as much as possible during that time, and should be available most days at any point between 4 - 10 pm. I'm staying at Indian Palms (border of La Quinta/Indio near the polo clubs) which has decent lit courts and I can also drive elsewhere if it's more convenient. Are you up for a game?
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Sorry for the late response. I am teaching Tennis today from 12-2. I can hit after that if you want. If you want to meet at San Pablo Park lemme know. 510 395 1200.
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And when these millenials reach the point of considering or entering into marriages, similarly, their Outlook calendars will overflow with appointments to meet financial planners, jewelers, wedding planners and realtors in order to paint the perfect picture for their impending nuptials.
Yet, despite the incessant need to sculpt every aspect of their lives into the perfect mold, one topic of planning remains taboo: planning for divorce.
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The concept of contracting marriages is one that dates back over 2,000 years. Although "prenups," as they are best known, are commonly associated with more affluent parties or marriages in which there exists a large income disparity between the parties, in fact the benefit of contracting with regard to separate and marital property prior to marriage affects all walks of life.
With the divorce rate not only rising, but also correlating so strongly with financial climate of a marriage, taking those potential arguments off the table may in fact alleviate certain stresses that plague dual-income couples who are at the prime age for asset development and growth.
To better understand the demise of marriage, as it relates to marital finances, it is first important to understand the complexities of our ever-changing gender roles within society.
According to our most recent census, 93 percent of households in the United States are dual-income households. This means that even if these households are not considered "high net worth," their financial portfolios are likely somewhat complex. The more complex a couple's finances are the more complex (and, in turn, expensive) an eventual divorce becomes.
You see, young professionals in their twenties and thirties who steadily build financial portfolios through pensions, annuities, IRA's and 401K's, are the same individuals who may not completely comprehend the risk of loss in the event of a divorce.
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Reject environmentalism, not DDT
By Keith Lockitch
The West Nile virus deaths being reported across North America are a grim echo of a larger tragedy. Each year a million lives are taken worldwide by another mosquito-borne killer: malaria.
Though nearly eradicated decades ago, malaria has resurged with a vengeance. But the real tragedy is that its horrific death toll is largely preventable. The most effective agent of mosquito control, the pesticide DDT, has been essentially discarded -- discarded based not on scientific concerns about its safety, but on environmental dogma.
The environmental crusade against DDT began with Rachel Carson's antipesticide diatribe Silent Spring, published in 1962 at the height of the worldwide antimalaria campaign. The widespread spraying of DDT had caused a spectacular drop in malaria incidence -- Sri Lanka, for example, reported 2.8 million malaria victims in 1948, but by 1963 it had only 17. Yet Carson's book made no mention of this. It said nothing of DDT's crucial role in eradicating malaria in industrialized countries, or of the tens of millions of lives saved by its use.
Instead, Carson filled her book with misinformation -- alleging, among other claims, that DDT causes cancer. Her unsubstantiated assertion that continued DDT use would unleash a cancer epidemic generated a panicked fear of the pesticide that endures as public opinion to this day.
But the scientific case against DDT was, and still is, nonexistent. Almost 60 years have passed since the malaria-spraying campaigns began -- with hundreds of millions of people exposed to large concentrations of DDT -- yet, according to international health scholar Amir Attaran, the scientific literature "has not even one peer reviewed, independently replicated study linking exposure to DDT with any adverse health outcome." Indeed, in a 1956 study human volunteers ate DDT every day for over two years with no ill effects then or since.
Abundant scientific evidence supporting the safety and importance of DDT was presented during seven months of testimony before the newly formed EPA in 1971. The presiding judge ruled unequivocally against a ban. But the public furor against DDT -- fueled by Silent Spring and the growing environmental movement -- was so great that a ban was imposed anyway. The EPA administrator, who hadn't even bothered to attend the hearings, overruled his own judge and imposed the ban in defiance of the facts and evidence. And the 1972 ban in the United States led to an effective worldwide ban, as countries dependent on U.S.-funded aid agencies curtailed their DDT use to comply with those agencies' demands.
So if scientific facts are not what has driven the furor against DDT, what has? Estimates put today's malaria incidence worldwide at around 300 million cases, with a million deaths every year. If this enormous toll of human suffering and death is preventable, why do environmentalists -- who profess to be the defenders of life -- continue to press for a global DDT ban?
The answer is that environmental ideology values an untouched environment above human life. The root of the opposition to DDT is not science but the environmentalist moral premise that it is wrong for man to "tamper" with nature.
The large-scale eradication of disease-carrying insects epitomizes the control of nature by man. This is DDT's sin. To Carson and the environmentalists she inspired, "the 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and philosophy." Nature, they hold, is intrinsically valuable and must be kept free from human interference.
On this environmentalist premise the proper attitude to nature is not to seek to improve it for human benefit, but to show "humility" before its "vast forces" and leave it alone. We should seek, Carson wrote, not to eliminate malarial mosquitoes with pesticides, but to find instead "a reasonable accommodation between the insect hordes and ourselves." If the untouched, "natural" state is one in which millions contract deadly diseases, so be it.
Carson's current heirs agree. Earth First! founder Dave Foreman writes: "Ours is an ecological perspective that views Earth as a community and recognizes such apparent enemies as 'disease' (e.g., malaria) and 'pests' (e.g., mosquitoes) not as manifestations of evil to be overcome but rather as vital and necessary components of a complex and vibrant biosphere."
In the few minutes it has taken you to read this article, over a thousand people have contracted malaria and half a dozen have died. This is the life-or-death consequence of viewing pestilent insects as a "necessary" component of a "vibrant biosphere" and seeking a "reasonable accommodation" with them.
To stop this global health catastrophe, the ban on DDT must be rescinded. But even more important is to reject the environmental ideology on which the ban is based.
Keith Lockitch is a Ph.D. in physics and a writer for the Ayn Rand Institute in Irvine, CA. The Institute promotes Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. Copyright © 2004 Ayn Rand® Institute, 2121 Alton Parkway, Suite 250, Irvine, CA, 92606. All rights reserved.
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