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Hougaard to wing it for Boks
4 Sep 2012
Heyneke Meyer is set to pick Ruan Pienaar at scrumhalf and shift Francois Hougaard to the wing for Saturday's clash against the Wallabies.
Hougaard has failed to improve as both a distributor and a tactical kicker, and it would appear that Meyer has finally decided to move the talented player into a position where his other skills would be better utilised.
Starting Pienaar at No 9 will also give the Boks a stronger kicking option, and alleviate the pressure on struggling flyhalf Morné Steyn.
'I've always said that we will have a horses-for-courses attitude,' Meyer told the media in Perth. 'Hougaard gives you something different on the wing while Ruan is a little bit more experienced and he has a brilliant kicking game so he can take some of the pressure off of Morne Steyn. It is not a definite thing but we are looking at that option.'
That being said, a strong showing by Pienaar could force Meyer to consider a permanent change in personnel. The same could be said of Francois Louw, who joined the side on Monday after playing for Bath over the weekend. Louw is likely to feature at openside flank and will be looking to change the mindset of Meyer who initially felt Louw surplus to requirements.
'I want the option of a specialist openside, maybe on the bench,' said the Bok coach. 'Northern hemisphere refs are normally a bit more lenient at the breakdown and I want us to be covered there. But I've said before that the whole team needs to be able to compete on the ground and at the breakdown.
'Our problem against Argentina was not just taking the opposition's ball at the breakdown, it was protecting our own ball at the breakdown and that is not just the openside's role that is the whole team's responsibility. We need to be more effective at the breakdown, our body height should be lower and we should clean out more effectively.'
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4 Sep 2012, 19:00 pm@nama1-97:
The main reason why the proteas did not win the last 2 odi's was because the best cricketer in the history of SA's cricket (not batsman but player) did not play. That is Mr Kallis of course.
ps.. I have to admit that the best batsman in the history of RBHS also contributed quite a bit towards England's victories – I know Gary also attended that school The fact that he is not available for the last game due to the hand injury will give the Proteas a better chance.
4 Sep 2012, 19:15 pm@Robzim-101:
True. Kallis was sorely missed.Trott is indispensable in the English setup at the moment.
But, whatever the outcome in the last match, England will stay at no. 1 in ODI's till January, I think. Gary seems to be working towards a combination that could win the CWC in 2015 so I'm not bothered too much about us not being no.1 for now. To tell you the truth, I did not even know that the no. 1 spot was up for grabs in this series.
Natalie busy winning gold for SA at the moment.
You go girl.
4 Sep 2012, 19:16 pm@Transformation-14: @Transformation-17: Hilarious, thanks for that. Even poor Ryan probably cringes when he reads those articles now
4 Sep 2012, 19:17 pmThis is the biggest chickenshit cop out capitulation arsewipe cringing move I ever seen.. I hope Aussie wipe this f'ng hopeless coach and his chicken arsed coward capitulation right off the richter scale lie another 49-0 or worse.. and maybe this moron hangs his head in shame and does himself and the Boks a favor and chucks the job up before he fck's up any further than he has already..
Never seen such a chicken with no idea about rugby tenacity or rugby strategic ability and now he starting to second guess his own doubts.. starting to make decisions based on panic knee jerk reactions..
BIG fckup this and its only going to bring more tears…
F'ng cowards NEVER win they ALWAYS lose
4 Sep 2012, 19:17 pmA four year plan until the WC?
Where have I heard that before?
4 Sep 2012, 19:23 pmPlay him at 15 Oom Heyneke.
4 Sep 2012, 19:30 pmWaar's ou extraball nou
4 Sep 2012, 19:31 pmRemember Gary saying after the loss to Zim: If I wanted to win the tournament, I would've gone there with different players.
An indication that he is working towards a specific goal. The CWC in 2015 is my own interpretation of his goal. Maybe his is something totally different.
4 Sep 2012, 19:37 pmPlay Hougie off the bench if you don't want him as your starter 9. He went into the squad as 1st choice SH.
That's where he should play or from the bench. Finnish and klaar.
4 Sep 2012, 19:46 pmwhere are all these Heyneke Meyer sing song singers disappeared to..
This schmuck is becoming an incredible embarrassment and they all thought PdV was bad.. this moron is downright bewildered beyond any semblance of rationality .. he going down I fear and all his singalong cheerleaders are absent without leave while the Bismark is busy sinking.
4 Sep 2012, 19:48 pmHougaard must play at NINE up front .. nowhere else
Play Pienaar and you going DOWN Mnr.. this straw gonna break your already very fragile back.. klaar kaput VREK.!!!
4 Sep 2012, 19:54 pmJanee u could see this team unfolding from a million miles away – the worst thing is they should have been brave in Perth, which is their best chance of an away win and tgen could have built on that – u can see what team is – it's going to be wrong by about 7 selections – beast strauss jannie etsbeth kruger Coetzee potgieter vermeulen piennar morne frans jdv hougaard kichner – dunno what Ozzie team is like but that bok team could get smacked – totally wrong we should beat this oz team they r not strong – even with the badly selected squad on tour he's still get bok xv wrong
4 Sep 2012, 19:58 pmTake it easy, Skop. Hougaard is potentially a great scrumhalf, but he's also a great wing. Meyer thinks scrumhalves have to play like FdP, so for him Hougaard is better off on the wing – that's not a train smash. The only other change mentioned is that Francois Louw might come into the side – that should please you. So what's the problem?
4 Sep 2012, 20:01 pmThe other thing to bear in mind is that the Bok team hasn't been announced yet. Remember that the genius bloggers on this website assured us that Butch James would be PDV's flyhalf at the RWC – and that didn't happen. For all we know, Hougaard may remain at 9.
4 Sep 2012, 23:05 pm@fitz1ella-110: Who picks the people that picks the coaches…. it seems not you.
Let the guy be. This is not such a wrong move. I mean playing RP at 9. The guy has serious class. Maybe Meyer sees this and thinks he can bring out the best in him – consistently.Hougaard could be a devastating wing. Better than Mvovo or Habana currently yes. Maybe not fully proven… Picking a gameplan for players is risky, because when the player becomes injured or unavailable the thing doesn't work out. if they're so good enough, they'll be able to do what he wants, with some flair added.
And one is not neccesarily a singsonger if you do not slag off the Bok coach, any Bok coach all the time, for that matter.
The going is tough. What can you do.
4 Sep 2012, 23:07 pm@nama1-109: why finish and klaar. who is eng now?
4 Sep 2012, 23:08 pm@gunther-106: why not.
4 Sep 2012, 23:12 pm@fitz1ella-111: Apparently Andries Bekker is next up to get the boot. Although I dont say it as colorfully as you, I agree with your sentiment in general.
I am finding it hard to believe that this is the man that brought the Bulls back from their mid to late 90s obscurity. The Bulls rebuilt through perseverance and continuity and what is happening in the Boks at the moment is an antithesis of that.
To me it seems Meyer is simply playing 'Hungry Hippos' – replacing players after each game if they dont live up to his fantasy. Soon the entire country will have Springbok jerseys. Say what you will about Jake White – at least around his time, we actually brought some semblance of pride back to the Springbok brand and he stuck with players despite them having a few ups and downs. The jersey actually became worth something again.
Did you know, Meyer has already created 11 new Springboks since he started as coach ? ELEVEN ! I know some of these guys are yet to be capped, and some were good choices but wow…..talk about cheapening up the jersey.
Craig Burden (ludicrous), Pat Cilliers (ludicrous), Marcell Coetzee (little soon, but ok), Eben Etzebeth (good call), Johan Goosen (little soon in my opinion – hope he doesnt make another Gaffie Du Toir here), Dean Greyling (ok'ish), Juandre Kruger (good call), Tiaan Liebenberg (no other options), Jacques Potgieter (average player), Jano Vermaak (ludicrous), Duanne Vermeulen (ok, but Duanne looked very rusty in his first game back for WP)
ELEVEN new Springboks……
Nee wat ou Heyneke…..your days are numbered buddy. You drove a go-kart very well but when you were put behind the wheel of a F1 car….you have no clue….not the foggiest idea. Sorry because I actually really liked you and thought you would make a brilliant coach.
4 Sep 2012, 23:15 pmHougard is OK, Pinaar has never been given the oppotunity thanks to our last coach giving him God status one week, then chopping off his apendeges the next week and ******** his international career up. Typical Dumb Bok coaches.
Thats something a coach should never do or say about their players.
So now he has a chance, has he gotten over how the last coach treatment, and my Sharks team treated him poorly too?So one wonders why he doesnt pull the middle finger to SA rugby and say screw you wankers. If I was in his shoes I might just do that. Depends on what happens over the next yr. Pinaar's downfall is mostly his passing. He has made some really poor passes missing players completely and finding the dirt, but then again, his rugby brain is brillant in comparision to Hougie and perhaps these poor passes is to let the backline know where they should be intercepting it…! lol
Hougie's tactical kicking is surely the reason for the change and its time for experimentation in suck a weak Bok team, hell why not I say. This is much like a B- team anyway with regards to the amaising player retirement and all other injuries at the moment. Pinaar is game aware, tackles a bit high too often- a problem with nearly all our Boks at the moment so ,not out of key.
If he sharpens up his passing he could be world class. But then again, at this stage he should have done so already.
At the end of the day, not much of a loss when replacing Hougie, if non at all.
I'd rather have Hougie on the wing than Habanana, who should have been dropped 2yrs ago.
Jeez, give me the bok coaching job, I'd have Margret Thatches "Iron Balls"…
and do things how they should be done…lol
Pinaar hopefully you grab this oppo with two hands boy! Gd Luck -
4 Sep 2012, 23:17 pm@shooter-116: Playing Hougaard at 11 brings another kicking dimension to our backline so that is all I can imagine Heyneke must be thinking.
Ruan Pienaar ? Confidence ******. When he loses it – he loses it big time. If he is on song – he is excellent. My feeling is that rugby as competitive as test matches vs. Australia and New Zealand are always going to freak Pienaar out.
I know there aren't a lot of options and of all the options, probably Pienaar and Hougaard are the best.
4 Sep 2012, 23:22 pm@Greenies-119: The coach that r@ped Pienaar and destroyed his spirit was Pieter De Villiers.
Ruan Pienaar wasn't even the Sharks 3rd choice goal kicker at the time yet De Villiers insisted on Pienaar performing those duties in a test vs. the British Lions at Loftus where the entire crowd were just looking for a reason to get him off and Morne'tjie on.
And before anyone starts about how Pienaar wore about every number on his back for the Sharks – that is entirely inaccurate. It was Jake White who first played Pienaar at flyhalf, fullback and even wing. After that, yes – the Sharks used him when there were no other options to fill in at 10.
4 Sep 2012, 23:23 pm@Dusky-120: What we not allowed to say
m o n k e y ? Serious ? How feeble.
5 Sep 2012, 01:35 amI am guessing what has caused HM to delay this switch as well is that he does not have 100% confidence in Pienaar as a starter. Each time when given the 9 jersey he has an average game, as if the pressure to constantly deliver is too much. If Pienaar was consistent enough in HM's mind this switch would have been made ages ago.
5 Sep 2012, 01:52 amI have to say that HM's selection and game plan does not show an appreciation for the philosophy of rugby. It requires ALL types – not just big heavy ball carriers. Some players need to be big and difficult to stop (8th man, blindsiders, locks). Some need to have speed. Some need certain other skills like kicking. But some need speed AND size/strength – this speed and size combo is a critical feature of an opensider. He needs to attend rucks FIRST. Not a half second later. e also needs to be big enough to rip opposing players hands off the ball, or smash the oppsoiong player off.
It truly is a game for all size and speeds, and HM's gameplan just doesn't seem to get this…
5 Sep 2012, 05:12 amWhen in doubt go big? Don't agree but JW did it, PDivvie did it and now the Meyer is doing it. Difference is that the Meyer is new, had little time and may welll improve on this simple formula given time. It is not all doom and gloom…
5 Sep 2012, 06:28 amWithin the context of Meyer's gameplan this selection would make sense.
If it happens you'd have to think it's the last opportunity for Pienaar to take the shirt on a more permanent basis.
5 Sep 2012, 06:35 amNot just the context of the gameplan BH, Hougaard lost all confidence at #9 and had to make room for the next person. You are right about Pienaar though, he has not shined that much in a Bok jumper with teh opportunities he had to date.
7 Sep 2012, 09:36 am@fitz1ella-104: Wow now I see a man that has zilch for Rugby brains.and I am sure never really represented any decent level of Rugby in his life as your comments are as low down as probably your life is as well .Meyer is doing the best with what he has available.And make your comments after the game .And if you think that you are that good ,start coaching and refereeing and you may have a chance of improve South African Rugby .But take a lesson from the other commentators like Dusky,Shambok and shooter.They make plausible comments.
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Damn, I loved the stuff RPS did on this day. Or maybe not having anything on this day is the joke?
Damn, I loved the stuff RPS did on this day. Or maybe not having anything on this day is the joke?
Personally I despise it, when people pre date April's fools messages so they look a week old and never point out they are pretending to afterwards? Sometimes a stupid lie is a stupid lie.
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Well, I liked them. To each their own I guess *shrugs*
No, absolutely. I just laughed out loud at the April first skit for Rock of Ages (Block of Ages today) let's just say cubes are not ideal battering boulders, but so much of it is pretty pathetic. I can tolerate the actually funny stuff.
I'm failing to writing a blog, specifically about playing games the wrong way
I liked the Google Maps thing a lot more when I stumbled into it this morning and thought it was an actual fun mode they'd added on a whim rather than a mandatory april foolio. Well I suppose it's still quite fun.
I guess there's nothing today because it's Sunday.
I'm in the angry old man category, so the less there is of this, the better.
Plus it's an excuse for your jokes to be completely terrible. It's an offense to comedy, it is.
For me,
April first as an excuse for jokes: great! They still need to be good jokes, though.
April first as an excuse for lying or being mean: rubbish.
RPS' was more an excuse for silliness than the LOLZ WE FOOLZ'D YOU bullshit, wasn't it?
A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, manling.
As far as I remember, yes.
e.g. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010...n-age-7%C2%BC/ (iirc, the context was that RPS had gone back in time for the day, so the other guys had been posting previews of 1995 games or whatever)
I might be making this up, but I think at least one RPSer (John?) has expressed disdain for the rubbish kind of April Fools 'joke'.
Last edited by MD!; 02-04-2012 at 10:56 PM.
Yeah, John has a good old complain every April Fools' day. I dislike the "lol im pragnent NO IM NOT APRIL FOOLS!" type of 'joke', but well-planned and well-executed ones are fun.
That Quinns piece I linked to is excellent, by the way! April first 2010 is currently here: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/page/628/ , though it'll slip further back as new stuff gets posted.
I'm for fooling people, not just jokes. Make jokes whenever you think of funny ones. April the first is for making silly people looking sillier. Spaghetti trees and all that, adverts for San Serif.
just like when takei posted that he was doing a star trek movie about Excelsior... I cried when I heard it was a joke (not really)
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As Adis Medunjanin's terror trial in Brooklyn federal court continued on Wednesday, the defense began its cross-examination of Zazi.
Zazi gave intricate details to the defense of how he traveled to Pakistan and learned how to make bombs from al-Qaeda members.
He said it was all part of a plot developed five years ago in the parking lot of a Queens mosque where he, Medunjanin and another high school classmate, Zarein Ahmedzay, worshipped.
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Times Square is often the focus as we flip from one year to the next, but this year, Washington, D.C. has taken some of the limelight as we turn the page on another calendar year. With all the fiscal cliff talk, most just want to make sure they're in good financial standing in 2013. YNN's Katie Husband was with one group of protesters Monday who wanted to make sure their Congressman heard their message loud and clear.
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3-5-8 is a trick game for exactly three players. It is a variant of Sergeant Major (8-5-3,9-5-2).
Having selected the dealer, each player is dealt 16 cards. Four cards are covered as a must for the player who is the player on the left of the dealer. On the basis of the first six cards dealt the player selects the type of game (trump, no trump, minimum tricks). In this moment the card exchange is also possible. The player uncovers the must cards, puts four redundant cards on the table and starts the game, which is about colleting the definite number of tricks.
Players are obliged to follow the suit but they do not need to beat with a higher card. There is also no obligation to beat with a trump card in case of the lack of the cards of the suit unless the trump beat option is selected in the table settings.
Card seniority from Ace to Two.
The game consists of 18 games, 6 for each player. Each player is supposed to play the following games in any sequence:
In all games except MT (no tricks) the player must take minimum 8 tricks, the dealer 3, and the third player 5 (hence the name of the game 3-5-8). As a facility the number is always displayed at the player's nick. The current number of tricks taken by the player is also displayed.
Only in a game with no tricks, the number of tricks to be taken by players is contrary, i.e. the player can take no more than three.
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It is otherwise in case of the game with no tricks (NT) only, where each trick more gives a negative point and each trick less - a positive point for the player.
The sum of points of all the players in the game is always 0.
An extra punishment or reward in the game is exchanging cards. The player who scored positive points in the previous dealing, exchanges the cards of the player who scored negative points. If positive points were scored by two players, the first to exchange cards is the player who is supposed to take more tricks in the dealing. If negative points were scored by two players in the previous dealing, the one who scored positive points exchanges cards of the other two players. The number of the exchanged cards is always equal to the number of positive points. The player who has received the card to exchange is obliged to give the most senior one of the color; if he does not have a higher card, he must return the same one.
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I came across a thread dated mid-2010 with a discussion on the combination of these three plots. I've been running them combined with a low cost Stark build with multiple epic battle events with much success. The post pre-dates my discovery of the game (mid-2011), so I'm wondering why this combination died out - my play group had never seen it before I tried it out, and I don't recall seeing any tourney decks that feature this build. It still seems very effective - is it just that the meta has moved on, or is there something in particular that squashed its use?
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Meta moved on is probably part of it. The other is that the mid-2010 thread probably pre-dates the restricted list. Use of Fear of Winter in general has dropped since it became restricted. As nice as the Fear/RBD/Blockade combo may be, there are other plots, and other restricted cards, people want to use now.
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It does predate the Restricted list - the posted deck featured both Fear of Winter and Fury of the Wolf. After a selecting a new plot, and modernizing it a bit(adding Merra, etc…) its performed pretty well - especialy against rush decks.Control decks have an easier time with it so far, but I'm still tuning it.
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depending on your own deck's gold curve, you might want to consider using First Snow of Winter as a way of slowing down other weenie decks.
Thanks for the suggestion, but this deck only has about 5 characters above 2 gold. :) I'm currently running The Grand Melee for the claim and to take advantage of the sheer number of characters I can marshall.
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It is interesting to me that the Worlds Overalll Champ was running an Epic Stark Seige deck. I haven't heard much about card/plot specifics, except that in the first melee match he spilled out 4 epic events and won in the first round. I guess this type of deck still has some punch left in it.
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Ya, siege epic battle with non-kneeling characters and Syrio's are pretty sweet. I've been real impressed with the deck for a while. (I'd really like the Baratheon version to be better than it is, but alas, tis not.)
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GALLIPOLIS — A Gallia County man who allegedly smuggled drugs into the Gallia County Jail last year was recently charged in the Gallia County Common Pleas Court.
Dustin L. Fellure, 28, Bidwell, was recently arraigned on three counts of illegal conveyance of drugs onto the grounds of a detention facility and three counts of possession after he allegedly brought two yellow tablets containing methylphenidate, one brown tablet containing morphine and 0.1 of a gram of heroin into the jail on September 7, 2012.
According to the report filed with the Gallia County Sheriff's Office, Fellure was brought into the Gallia County Jail during the early morning hours of September 7 after being arrested by a trooper with the Ohio State Highway Patrol on a Washington County warrant.
When Fellure was changing into his prison uniform, a corrections officer reportedly observed a clear plastic bag in the suspect's underwear.
The bag was confiscated and was found to contain three pills and an unknown substance in yellow cellophane.
The pills and unknown substance were later sent to the lab with the Ohio Bureau Criminal Identification and Investigation for analysis.
The unknown substance was identified as heroin, the brown pill was found to contain morphine and the two yellow pills contained methylphenidate — a medication widely prescribed to treat attention deficit disorder.
An indictment in this case was filed on October 19 and a warrant was issued for Fellure's arrest.
According to the Gallia County Sheriff's Office website, Fellure was arrested on January 7 by the sheriff's office on the warrant on indictment.
During his hearing last week, Fellure pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and was later released on a $30,000 own recognizance bond.
A plea agreement in this case may be filed by April 12. A jury trial has been scheduled for May 7.
According to the Marietta (Washington County) Municipal Court's online docket, Fellure was charged in October 2009 and later pleaded not guilty to a first-degree-misdemeanor charge of theft.
He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 45 of those days suspended with a payment of restitution in the amount of $732 to the victim.
In February 2010, a probation violation was filed in this case and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Following Fellure's arrest in Gallia County in September, the defendant appeared in the Marietta Municipal Court and pleaded not guilty to probation violations.
A hearing in this case has been scheduled for January 16.
In a previous Gallia County case, Fellure was charged in November 2009 with one count of burglary.
The defendant later pleaded guilty to this charge and was sentenced as per a plea agreement in June 2010 to two years of probation and ordered to complete the SEPTA program.
Fellure's probation was later terminated successfully in June 2012.


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The public register of Ontario's doctors including qualifications and practice information.
More physicians were licensed in 2012 than ever before. A record-breaking 4,149 certificates of registration were issued, a rise of 4% from the previous year.
January 31: The Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario today passed a by-law that allows the results of out-of-hospital premises inspections to be made public. With this new by-law, the public will now have access to the most current status of premises inspections conducted to date and every future outcome. read more | Q&As
Information provided under Doctor Search is now available under Public Register Info (see menu bar, above). All the information you are accustomed to finding under Doctor Search is still available, with the addition of a new Out-of-Hospital Premises Listing.
The College is conducting an evaluation of our registration policies and pathways to determine what, if any, differences exist in the performance of physicians who achieve Ontario registration through alternative and traditional pathways. For more information about the evaluation project, see Registration Pathways Evaluation.
We have a new policy about how to engage with us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media spaces. Read more.
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Members are required to give written notice about their practice in out-of-hospital premises. Physicians can meet this requirement by completing the online form provided on this website.
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New practice tool to help determine the equi-analgesic dose of alternative opioid when switching from one opioid to another: Opioid Manager "Switching Opioids".
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The tourism team has a programme of promotional and support activities to encourage visitors into the borough and to develop tourism as an essential and substantial part of the local economy. These include:
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In 1983, Eleanor Hinton Hoytt counted as one of 2,000 women at the first National Conference on Black Women's Health at Spellman College in Atlanta. Her involvement as an organizer was prompted by her grave concerns about the state of black women's physical and emotional health. Then, as now, she said, her trepidation was summed up in a nutshell by Fannie Lou Hamer's famous utterance of being "sick and tired of being sick and tired."
Much to her chagrin, Hoytt said black women in America are not significantly better off from a health perspective than they were more than 30 years ago.
So Hoytt, president of the Black Woman's Health Imperative, said she decided to write a book, "Health First! The Black Woman's Wellness Guide" which she describes as a step-by-step guide to better health and living. Her co-author is Hilary Beard, an award-winning health journalist who specializes in health, healthy lifestyles and personal development.
The book is divided by age group and caters to women from 20 to 74, Hoytt said. For each group, the book offers facts and information and that are of benefit to adolescents, young adults, those in mid-life and the mature. It dispels myths while concentrating on the Top 10 health risks and the effects of these - violence, cancer, depression, heart diseases, obesity, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS and strokes on black women.
Rather than presenting just a snapshot of the health landscape, the authors share with readers how to beat the odds by developing and adhering to healthy lifestyles and then they focus on how black women can take care of themselves by embracing the concepts of healthy bodies, minds and spirits. Of equal importance is what they term as "self-care" – from knowing one's body and assessing one's health, to drawing a hot bath, replete with candles and soft music to keeping annual medical checkups.
One of the books most appealing features is the personal stories of women who spoke about having a heart attack or a stroke, coping with depression and dealing with other health challenges. Their stories are poignant, inspiring and illustrate the womens' triumph against the odds.
"The book delves into "who we are, how we are and what we know about ourselves, seeing ourselves differently with a new set of eyes and the potential of knowing we can be well," said Hoytt. "I want women to travel a path towards spiritual healing and emotional and physical health. We see this as life-changing. It's not a recipe. We're asking them to look at themselves and see the real truths."
"We indulge in a lot of denial, self-neglect and lack of self-love. This is a move toward tough care," said Hoytt, 68.
At the risk of sounding naïve, Hoytt said she seeks nothing less than a revolution around black women and their health.
"Women understand the interconnectedness of mind, body and spirit," she said. "We call on our spirit's help in order to be okay. But it's not enough. I truly believe that if one person does it, more can. I want a revolution. This is not enough for us. We need happiness, joy and good relationships."
"...We have to change, achieve health equity and begin changing our actions, looks, speech, attitude and language. We have to come to grips with what makes us happy."
In the book's foreword, Byllye Y. Avery, founder of the Black Women's Health Imperative, recalls the driving forces behind the conference.
"Over 2,000 black women came together to start conversations about topics previously thought unspeakable: emotional and sexual abuse, domestic violence and abortion. We talked about becoming pregnant as teenagers and how being mothers too early meant being mothers for too long. We knew we had to take the risk of talking honestly about things we'd never talked about before," wrote Avery, an activist on women's issues and winner of a MacArthur Foundation Genius Award in 1989.
"We simply knew that, in Fannie Lou Hamer's famous words, we were 'sick and tired of being sick and tired.' We knew those words described our frustrations, our anguish, and our need to connect with other black women who felt the same urgent drive to find the tools that would engage us in changing our lives."
Hoytt agrees with Avery that most black women are unaware that they are entangled "in a conspiracy of silence, keeping ourselves victims of the oppression that racism, sexism, classism and homophobia fueled."
She said black women have been abused, ignored and neglected, and though they want to be well, "no one has given us permission to take that first step." Black women often live lives of quiet desperation that is characterized by lack of access to adequate healthcare, having to raise children as single mothers, being caught up in dysfunctional and sometimes violent relationships and marriages, and grappling with a range of health and other related issues, all of which take a massive toll on their health and well-being.
Black women, Hoytt said, face some formidable challenges. She cited the fact that the median income for about 20 million black women in America is $26,000. One in four black women suffer from diabetes or its complications; too many are abused by their spouses and boyfriends; they're not making enough money; have less than perfect children; live in neighborhoods with inadequate lighting and the absence of parks and green space; and have a BMI (Body Mass Index) of 30.
The book's introduction further details the stunning array of issues black women face.
"Michelle Obama may be the our nation's first black First Lady, and Oprah Winfrey may have been crowned as the most powerful female force in the American media and among the wealthiest women in the world, but the average black woman struggles. She struggles to get a decent education, earn a living wage and sustain meaningful relationships."
"She struggles to gain the social support she needs, fights society's negative perceptions of her, and deal with her own low self-esteem. She struggles to take care of her children and loved ones, and she struggles even more to take care of her physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being."
Black women's lives "play out within a 'perfect storm' of disease, oppression and misguided optimism," Hoytt explained. The implications for black women's health – or the lack of it – have troubling ramifications for the entire black community. If black women continue to live unhealthy lifestyles and succumb to diseases as varied as high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and some cancers, communities across this country will be rocked to their core, Hoytt asserts.
"There is so much against us," she said. "We have not delved into truth and we need to. We have to say no, push the plate aside, take to walking 10 blocks away."
Despite the dire scenario, Hoytt, mother of a 37-year-old daughter, said all is not lost.
Women who fall into the 40-64 age-group represent the largest number of black women. They earn more and have a better chance of making more money. They usually have health insurance and have the greatest potential to have a partner.
Women, she said, need to recognize and understand the varied factors which influence women's decisions, shape their lives and ultimately provide a path to good health.
She said she is confident that black women can do as they have done through this country's history and overcome seemingly insurmountable odds.
One positive development in black women's favor is President Obama's healthcare law which provides "an institutional path that will give us access to better care and put more of us in charge of our health. We will no longer have to make co-payments for preventive services such as mammograms, PAP tests and testing for STDS," the authors explain in the book's Introduction.
"If we get sick we no longer need to worry about our policies being cancelled or unreasonable limits set on the amount of care that's covered ..."
At the end of the day, Hoytt said, there is a certain beauty of black women wresting control of every aspect of their lives.
"What would it take to be healthy, black and female?" she asked. "This is the right time, the right conditions. With health reform, this is the right time. We need to take advantage of this. This is the opportune time to take advantage of essential preventative health practices."
"Women deserve more ... we have degrees, job titles, positions, relationships and travel abroad but are we healthy? I think not. Women have a responsibility to protect themselves, love themselves and know themselves. Once they assume that responsibility, they'll really be okay."
Hoytt will be at three book signings this week in the region:
2/1/2012 – Washington, D.C.
Lecture & Book signing—12 p.m. – 2 p.m.;
National Education Association
1201 15th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
2/1/2012 - Washington, D.C.
Lecture & Book signing– 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.;
Busboys & Poets
2021 14th St NW
Washington, D.C.
2/2/2012 – Baltimore, Md.,
Lecture & Book signing– 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Enoch Pratt Free Library,
400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, Md.
In our fast paced world, stress is something we live with - day in and day out. It isn't going away. We need to learn to live with it - and get the upper hand. Or it will take its toll on our health.
Stress is defined as our reaction to the external environment as well as our inner thoughts and feelings. It isn't only what happens to us that creates stressful feelings, but it's how we feel about what happens to us. Learning to control our thoughts through meditation, yoga, and other mind quieting techniques can be very helpful in reducing stress levels. Like the Buddhists say, become the calm in the center of the storm.
No one can live without experiencing some degree of stress all the time, according to Hans Selye, M.D., the father of modern stress research. He writes in his book, The Stress of Life: "Stress is not even necessarily bad for you; it is also the spice of life, for any emotion, any activity causes stress. But, of course, your system must be prepared for it."
During times of increased stress, our body's nutrients are used more rapidly to meet these needs so we require increased amounts of many of these nutrients. The antioxidant vitamins A, E and C, the B vitamins and the mineral zinc, selenium, calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium, sulfur and molybdenum are some of the nutrients that are commonly depleted by stress.
Fortunately there are a number of ways to prepare the body for stress. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
1. Meditate, pray, or do yoga each morning. The simple technique of quieting the mind, following the breath, and relaxing the body can put you in the right frame of mind for getting through a stressful day with a positive mental attitude.
At Work. During the day the stress mounts, whether at home or at your place of work. This can result in tension, headaches, back pain or lack of focus and general unproductivity. A few simple ways to help reduce these stress symptoms is to: Change your position or take a quick walk around the office, drink some water, stretch, or do a yoga exercise. One great way to accomplish this is right on your computer, Reduce Stress at Your Desk on Holistic.com has 4 free different streaming video exercises designed to be done in your chair that target your neck, back, shoulders and upper back. They run from 4-6 minutes each and have proven to be effective.
2. Exercise. Walking 20 minutes per day can change body chemistry in a way that calms the nervous system and reduces stress levels. Aerobic exercise is especially good for producing endorphins in the body - which are natural soothing hormones released during sustained exercise.
3. Make dietary changes. Reducing sugar, carbohydrates, caffeine and alcohol in your diet can go a long way towards getting your body back into a healthful balance. It's now recognized that when we eat carbohydrates, these foods turn directly into sugar in our bodies. The more sugar we eat, the more depleted our B-vitamins become. B-vitamins are essential for a healthy nervous system.
4. Supplement with vitamins and minerals. Taking a daily multi-vitamin, mineral supplement and B-vitamin supplement can strengthen your nervous system whether you're already depleted by stress or storing up for an onslaught of stressful circumstances. The mineral calcium is especially helpful for calming the nerves and toning up the nervous system. Athletes preparing for a race understand that extreme physical activity can be stressful and boost their bodies with nutrients beforehand. Take 3,000 mg of Vitamin C per day to help maintain a healthy nervous system while under stress.
5. Use herbs in tincture and tea form to calm yourself:
The Ginsengs: Both Panax ginseng (Korean ginseng) and Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus) have been shown in numerous studies to support adrenal function and enhance resistance to stress. Both Ginsengs are adaptogens, which means they restore balance, stimulating a function when it is low, subduing it when high. Both can be used to restore vitality, increase feelings of energy and well being, increase mental and physical performance and enhance the body's response to stress.
Valerian: clinical studies have shown valerian's ability to relieve insomnia, decreasing time needed to fall asleep while increasing deep sleep.
Kava Kava: European studies have found Kava effective in the treatment of nervous anxiety, insomnia, restlessness as well as reduce heart palpitations, chest pains, headache and gastric irritation.
Enjoy a cup of herbal tea at night. Create a bedtime ritual of drinking chamomile tea to relax. Or try an herbal liquid tincture sleep formula containing chamomile.
Homeopathic remedies are scientifically proven effective and side-effect free. Try one of the many sleep formulas on the market that contain chamomilla and other sleep inducing remedies.
As part of the American Dental Association's (ADA) 10th Annual Give Kids a Smile Day Program, Friendship Public Charter School will partner with Howard University to provide free dental care for students from Friendship's Chamberlain Elementary Campus on Friday, Feb. 3.
Give Kids a Smile Day is the ADA's program to highlight the lack of proper oral care for children nationwide.
WHAT: 10th annual "Give Kids a Smile Day"
WHO: Friendship Public Charter School, American Dental Association and the Howard University School of Dentistry
WHERE: Howard University College of Dentistry, 600 W Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20059
WHEN: Friday, Feb. 3, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
For more information contact Dan Cronin at 202-251-9549.
Believe it or not, even with a new year that began for many of us almost a month ago and even with the recent start (Jan. 23) of the Chinese or Lunar New Year, people in the Washington region continue to make—and break—resolutions about all sorts of things. Dr. Mohammed Akhter, director of the D.C. Department of Health (DOH), however, said he wishes people would make and keep just one very common New Year's resolution--be healthier.
"No amount of government intervention can make someone healthy, one needs to take responsibility for her or his own health," Akhter said.
Akhter's admonishment, and rightly so, stems from public health statistics his agency has revealed: Over 18 percent of men and 25 percent of women residing in D.C. are obese. For African-Americans in D.C., the obesity figure jumps up to a whopping 34.9 percent.
These statistics are a major concern for District health officials since obesity is a risk factor for a range of serious chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. Lack of exercise and unhealthy diets, particularly drinking sugary beverages such as sodas, are the main contributors to obesity say D.C. health experts.
To combat the District's high rate of obesity, two years ago, DOH issued a detailed report surveying obesity in all eight wards. The report also included an Obesity Action Plan for bringing down obesity as well as hypertension, and diabetes rates.
The plan includes requiring school cafeterias to serve healthy foods, banning sugary beverages from school-based vending machines and reinstituting regular periods of exercise for all public school children.
Racial and ethnic minorities in American have been hit harder than white America by the HIV/AIDS epidemic—hey make up about one-third of the population but two-thirds of all cases, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI). In 2009 American Americans made up 14 percent of the population but accounted for 44 percent of all new infections while Hispanics made up 16 percent of the population but 20 percent of new cases in 2009.
All patients infected with HIV, including racial and ethnic minorities, are benefiting from new, more effective therapies developed over the last 15 years. But as patients are living longer, the distribution of cancer has shifted dramatically. While the types of cancer that have been typically associated with AIDS progression are on the decline in the HIV/AIDS population, other types of cancer are now on the rise.
A Tale of Two Diseases
Cancer and HIV/AIDS has always been "a tale of two diseases," according to researchers at NCI. Infection with HIV not only weakens the immune system, leading to AIDS and increasing the risk of opportunistic infections, but also increases the risk of several types of cancer.
One of these cancers is Kaposi sarcoma, or KS. Before the HIV/AIDS epidemic, KS was extremely rare, but with the onset of the epidemic it became more common. Indeed, the increase in KS helped alert doctors to the epidemic in the first place. KS is now one of the three cancers, along with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and invasive cervical cancer, whose presence is part of the criteria for defining whether a per son infected with HIV has developed AIDS. In 1995, 51, 414 people died of AIDS, and 34,000 people with HIV had developed one of these signature cancers in the previous five years.
Since then, progress against HIV infection and AIDS, diagnoses once perceived as an automatic death sentence has been striking," said Dr. Robert Wiltrout, director of NCI's Center for Cancer Research. In 2005, AIDS deaths numbered about 17,000, a reduction of nearly 65 percent from a decade earlier. The incidence of "AIDS-defining" cancers also dropped over this period, form 34,000 in 1991 though 1995 down to about 10,000 between 2001 and 2005.
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LOS ANGELES - Burbank police officers serving a warrant in Sun Valley found 10 pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of about half a million dollars hidden in a baby crib, but the suspect they were looking for was gone, authorities said today.
The warrant was served on Thursday in the 8500 block of Glenoaks Boulevard by personnel assigned to the Narcotics Unit and Gang Enforcement Team, Burbank police Lt. Eduardo Ruiz said.
"The narcotics and a shotgun were found hidden in a baby crib inside the residence," Ruiz said in a statement. "Investigators believe the suspect in the case is involved with the distribution of narcotics to other drug dealers in the city of Burbank."
The identity of the suspect was not released.
The investigation was continuing.