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Today, I am presenting the work I gathered for the Del Mar Fairgrounds Cancer Fighting Foods Class, Part II. If I would give you all my research, this would be a 2,600 word blog. Maybe I should write a book, but for the moment I'm giving you highlights, a 'starter' kit you can use to then do your own research.
As always, you are never going to take what I say or what others say in place of your own good common sense, and what a doctor may be advising you. As a former radio broadcaster I will also say that I am giving you research that 3-4 reputable sources said because when I see the same independent work said over and over I think we have a better chance of it being true.
So let's start here: It's not just about what you eat, but how it works, how it is processed in the body.
Great topic? Enhancing Absorbtion of vitamins in food. So here's the advice I've heard from from the Consumer Lab:
Take vitamin D with iron
Pair vitamin C with Calcium
(A, D, E, and K) are likely to be better absorbed if taken with a meal that contains fats
Let's jump to sugar. As you may know, I am writing/have written a 4 week series about sugar on Sugar Sobriety. And I always say: Sugar is sugar is sugar. Everything spikes your glycemic index and causes inflammation. But here's something we also know: Maple syrup is lower in fructose than both honey and agave. Not that sweet syrupy stuff, but real maple sugar. Maybe that's what you should pull out to sweeten things up, when you want to!
During these hot summer months some of us get rashes. We sweat more, maybe our legs rub together. Right? Some people have regular rashes and discoloration of the skin. Well according to many sources, Malic Acid is a lifesaver.
Here's what Lifestrong recommend you eat to cure rashes: Apples, especially green apples, watermelon, apricots, bananas, rapes, blackberries, kiwi … oranges, peaches, pears and strawberries……They say that: Broccoli, beans, carrots, peas, potatoes, tomatoes and rhubarb are high in Malic Acid. Here's a little drink you can mix up suggested to help with healing: 8 oz water, 1/2 Tspn Cinnamon, 1 Tblspn Apple Cider Vinegar, 1 tblspn Raw Honey. Although I know I said Maple Syrup is a better sugar to use, in some cases like this, it is being used as a homeopathic medicine, and personally I would not mess with the recipe.
I always want you to know they say you can be allergic to Malic Acid. Common symptoms that develop within minutes of ingesting malic acid are nasal congestion, sinus headaches, sneezing, wheezing, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, chest tightness, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, skin rashes, hives and eczema.
So there you go. Proceed with caution!
There's a list of things to eat to prevent and help cure cervical cancer. I think the best info is on Everyday Health. After you've read my article, you can go back through and click on all the underlined links to read some of my research!
Do you think that chocolate can help slow cancer growth? If you said yes you're right. Read on……
Chocolates containing over 70% cocoa provide antioxidants. In fact, a square of dark chocolate contains twice as many as a glass of red wine and almost as many as a cup of green tea properly steeped. These molecules slow the growth of cancer cells and limit the blood vessels that feed them.
Did you know that dairy cancels out the cancer protection of chocolate? That's why you should be looking at dark not milk chocolate.
Fresh ginger, or gingerroot, is a powerful anti-inflammatory that combats certain cancer cells and helps slow tumor growth. A ginger infusion can also alleviate nausea from chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
Turmeric found in curry powder, this spice is the most powerful natural anti-inflammatory available today. It encourages cancer cell death, inhibits tumor growth, and even enhances the effectiveness of chemotherapy.
Prevention Magazine's Editor Susan Berg continues with this advice and agrees in her book about women's problems and self healing:
Green tea is rich in compounds called polyphenols, including catechins (and particularly EGCG), which reduce the growth of new blood vessels that feed tumors. It's also a powerful antioxidant and detoxifier (activating enzymes in the liver that eliminate toxins from the body), and it encourages cancer cell death.
Pomegranate Juice This juice, which tastes like raspberries, has been used in Persian medicine for thousands of years. Its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties are well confirmed; studies show it can substantially reduce the development of even the most aggressive prostate cancers (among others). In addition, drinking it daily slows the spread of an established prostate cancer by more than 50%. But please remember, she's not talking about anything with sugar. Just straight, tart Pomegranate Juice.
Grapefruits, like oranges and other citrus fruits, contain monoterpenes, believed to help prevent cancer by sweeping carcinogens out of the body. Some studies show that grapefruit may inhibit the proliferation of breast-cancer cells in vitro. They also contains vitamin C, beta-carotene, and folic acid.
Studies show that consumption of green and yellow leafy vegetables has been associated with lower levels of stomach cancer.
Phytochemicals found in kale, are thought to suppress tumor growth and block cancer-causing substances from reaching their targets.
Mushrooms – There are a number of mushrooms that appear to help the body fight cancer and build the immune system – Shiitake, maitake, reishi …. attacks cancerous cells and prevents them from multiplying.
Nuts contain the antioxidants quercetin and campferol that may suppress the growth of cancers. Brazil nut contains 80 micrograms of selenium, which is important for those with prostate cancer.
I created a Vegan Potato Leek Soup on stage and told all my secrets about how to make it and make it good. That recipe is coming as a separate blog, along as well as (additionally) some great restaurant reviews of places I have eaten at recently.
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Accused killer pleads guilty to drug charges
RED BLUFF, Calif. - Quentin Bealer, the man accused of killing 14-year-old Maryssa Nichols in Red Bluff was in court Monday morning. It's been a long process leading up to Quentin Bealer's murder trial.
Monday evening Bealer pleaded guilty to two unrelated drug charges. One charge was possession of a smoking device and the other being under the influence of a controlled substance, both misdemeanors.
Bealer's attorney, Shon Northam, said he will be filing a change of venue motion for the murder trail.
"There's some people who believe he's absolutely innocent and think he can't get a fair trial here or there's jurors who think why even bother with jury trial let's just disregard the constitution and go out and hang him," said Northam. "It cuts both ways, both for the people and defense, both sides want a fair impartial jury. We want jurors to hear the evidence in case and then make their decision without any biases or preconceived notions about the evidence."
"There's some people who believe he's absolutely innocent." - Bealer's attorney
The judge set an April 4, deadline for filing the change of venue request. Arguments related to that request will be on April 22.


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Building our house in the Philippines. Buying our construction equipment in Iloilo. Delivered, premixed concrete is rarely used in residential construction in the Philippine provinces. In fact, many houses are built without even a cement mixer. The concrete is mixed on the ground by workers with shovels. When we were considering a two story house, we were certain a gas powered mixer would be a good investment in the quality of the concrete and the safety of our house and ourselves. This is earthquake country and recent events in Haiti can't help but focus the mind on structural design and construction quality. Although we finally decided to build a one story house, we decided to buy a gas powered mixer for the project. After all, we're building a house which is almost entirely concrete — not to mention driveways and carport. The mixer will allow us to control and properly mix the concrete we use. The cost of the mixer is a very small percentage of total construction cost and it will be sold once the project is done.
We looked at mixers at several locations. The best we saw was at "New OK Marketing" on Ledesma Street in Iloilo City. New OK impresses as one of those frantically busy businesses which move a large volume of product out of a small storefront. They seem to know their product, have a good stock of spare parts and can service what they sell. So far, we are impressed with "New OK". They sell and repair all sorts of gas and diesel equipment including generators, brush cutters, chain saws, agricultural and construction equipment.
We also bought a more exotic bit of equipment, a gas powered internal concrete vibrator. One of the challenges of building with reinforced concrete columns, is getting the concrete to flow around all the rebar in the relatively small column forms and thoroughly fill all the voids without making the concrete so soupy that it is weak.
We decided to buy a Chinese-made gas powered internal concrete vibrator to ensure the quality of the columns. This consists of a Robin 5 HP gas engine with a coupling for a six meter long flexible shaft. At the end of the shaft is the vibrator mechanism. It bears a frightening resemblance to the equipment used in a colonoscopy! The vibrator is inserted into the wet concrete filled column to ensure that the concrete fills every void.
A word of caution. The proper use of a concrete vibrator can definitely produce better concrete. However, it's likely that your crew will not know how to use the vibrator and may produce worse concrete. Unless you educate yourself beforehand so that you can properly train and supervise your crew, you may be better off without the vibrator. There are some instructions on vibration and lots of other information in this PDF from the Australian Concrete Association.
The price of the mixer was P48,000 with a 6.5 HP Briggs and Stratton engine. A Robin or Honda engine would have added P7,000. Once proud Briggs and Stratton is now the economy option. We had a choice of a light duty mixer with a Robin or Honda engine or a heavy duty mixer with a Briggs and Stratton engine. The heavy duty mixer looked 100% better than the cheaper model so we opted for it. The price of the vibrator was P17,000. As it turns out, both the mixer and the vibrator required repair. The Robin engine had a defective ignition and had to be returned for repair. Both times a problem getting repairs would have been caused vexing delays in the project, but were delighted to report that New OK has really stood behind the equipment they sold us. The Robin engine on the concrete vibrator was fixed while we waited under warranty, at no charge. We ran the cement mixer for one day and our foreman sensed that all was not well. He removed the mixer bucket and found that the main bearing roller bearing was frozen. He hopped on a jeepney to Iloilo City and later the same day a technician from New OK appeared at our job site in a New OK truck with all the tools and replacement parts needed to replace the faulty roller bearing — and the new bearing was a USA-made Timken. The entire repair was done so promptly and at no charge, so we happily recommend New OK if you need power equipment including generators, brush cutters, pumps, compressors, welders and similar equipment. New OK, 29 Ledesma Street, Iloilo City. 033-337-1023, 335-0509, 337-6931.
Based on the first two weeks on the project, we can't imagine not having the mixer. It makes better concrete much, much faster.
This is a reinforcing bar "rebar" cutter. Cutting and forming rebar is a big part of building in the Philippines. On our fence project all rebar was cut with hacksaws. For the house we invested in this rebar cutter. It speeds up the work at little incremental cost. I can't say the number of "Lenox" hacksaw blades we bought on the fence project but it was dozens. This cutter cost P4,300 and will be sold at the end of the project. We bought our at Far Eastern hardware in Iloilo City. Far Eastern is nirvana for the builder with every type of tool you can imagine on display.
Update. At the end of the project we had no trouble selling the equipment. We sold the mixer for P38,000 and the vibrator for P13,000.
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Art critic and historian William Peterson continues his retrospective of Albuquerque art and explores how movements in the art world manifested and flourished in the high desert.
May 07, 2015
Art critic and historian William Peterson continues his retrospective of Albuquerque art and explores how movements in the art world manifested and flourished in the high desert.
May 04, 2015
V.B. Price's weekly collection of observations and appreciations.
April 30, 2015
Margaret Randall explores Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter's architectural wonder.
April 30, 2015
Joan Gibson talks about the importance of advanced care planning at various stages of our lives and her initiative to involve a Health Care Companion to that process.
April 24, 2015
Margaret Randall explores one of the premiere art viewing experiences in the country.
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May 09, 2015
With two wildfires in the past couple of weeks, the East Mountain Area has already entered the heart of the long fire season. It will not end until the onset of the summer monsoon rains, usually in early July.
The early fires, at the Doc Long Picnic Area on the lower mountain and near Placitas on the west side, were both in the Sandias, both small and both quickly brought under control. But even such minor events were enough to frighten residents and firefighters alike. The U.S. Forest Service says the Sandias have not had a major wildfire in a century and has a buildup of vegetation that could ignite at any time...
May 09, 2015
Hundreds of refugees from Africa dying as they attempt to cross into Italy, Spain and other parts of southern Europe. Tens of thousands of displaced Syrians searching for safety. Kids fleeing the violence in Central America and ending up in detention centers in places like Dilley, Texas.
The dominant issue of our times will be the movement of people. Not voluntary movement as we know it but movement that is forced, desperate and dangerous. No country knows how to deal with it...
May 01, 2015
The top soil on my land in the Manzanita Mountains is thin. It is so thin that when I dig up the roots of a dead tree, they are more rock than fiber. The tentacles that feed growth are desperately wrapped around stones in their striving to find nourishment. The top soil is so shallow that when the high winds of spring whistle through the forest, roots pull from the ground and big trees, some of them a century or two old, topple to the earth.
When I moved to the East Mountains many a moon ago, it took me a few months to understand how thin the top soil was. But it's taken all these years for me to discover how thin my own top soil is...
April 28, 2015
April is National Poetry Month, and I am touched to be the one reintroducing this lost art form to the masses. This includes people like you and me! Because odds are, we don't understand poetry.
Poetry has lain dormant since history days, murking its modern-time meanings. What I can tell you with authority is that poetry used to be a noble calling, largely because humans had not yet invented doctors. Once we could compare it to medical science, we got the notion that poetry was HARD and did not earn actual money. Plus, with doctors on hand, people weren't all dying by the age of twelve. With all that extra time to challenge our brains, build our vocabularies, and deepen our understanding of human nature, we as a species chose to browse pictures of puppies jumping into swimming pools after tennis balls....
April 28, 2015
Adam Sandler, the famous comedian, is making a movie called Ridiculous Six, but Native American actors got all upset because Native American women characters in the movie were given names like "Beaver Breath" and "Wears No Bra." I couldn't stop laughing at these very clever, very funny names that most certainly would have maximum impact after six or so Buds.
Very famous, very funny person Adam Sandler, I hear, actually plays an "Indian" in the movie. Here's an uproarious thing the very funny man said when people started to confront him about disrespecting Native American ways. Basically Adam Sandler said the movie was a satire, so get over it already...
April 28, 2015
If you are planning to read a book this year I strongly suggest Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything. Climate change and global warming are real, tangible, and undeniable, the evidence is concrete, and it is planet-wide. The only serious question remaining is whether or not something can be done to slow or otherwise mitigate it in the face of powerful political opposition. This book reminds me of Ralph Nader's Unsafe At Any Speed. The sounding of an alarm reflexively resisted by vested interests but of vital interest and value to everyone else...
What did you have for breakfast this morning? Who cares! It was not more amazing that what I ate. Not even if you ate nachos and beer, which would otherwise be the coolest breakfast since leftover pizza. I win, because I ate real… genuine… dinosaur eggs!
I'm not bragging. YOU have eaten dinosaur eggs, too! Come to that, unless you are one of those vegans who doesn't believe in eating, you have probably chowed down on an actual dinosaur!
These claims are not fabrications made up by me in my boyhood when I breathed, drank, and—without knowing it—ate dinosaurs. This is the real world, people. Dinosaurs are not extinct. They live among us, only most of you call them "birds"...
Semolina is a nearly 14,000 acre new proposed community in Southwest Bernco named for coarse, purified wheat middlings, a very romantic association, if I do say so.
If approved by the Bernco Commission, Semolina could maybe possibly potentially bring in 38,000 imaginary residents for 75,000 existentially deficient invisible jobs. Good deal and just in time. These ghosts will bring their own water from wherever, so not to worry. The water thing is just a Trojan horse anyway, or a horse of another color, so back up your hard drive and get over it...
Two new Albuquerque theater productions, Mother Road's The Penelopiad and Fusion's The New Electric Ballroom, share a common theme: women who are overwhelmed because they are unable to cope with the demands that society and they themselves impose on their lives. What is more, the demands, and the failures, are due to the fact that they are women.
Aside from this theme, the two productions are about as different as is imaginable, once again reflecting the startling diversity of our small regional theater companies...
April 16, 2015
April 16, 2015 is National Health Care Decisions Day. It is a day when we are invited to take stock of our health status, ponder what matters to us medically, and discuss this with those who need to know.
On its website this grass roots initiative describes the problem it aims to solve:
"Despite recent gains in public awareness of the need for advance care planning, studies indicate that most Americans have not exercised their right to make decisions about their healthcare in the event that they cannot speak for themselves."...


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Luke began playing professionally at 16 and started teaching 3 years later while still studying. Luke has performed live over 1500 times since 1993 with a variety of acts including P Plan 9, DTOX and Jester. He still works with Jester today. In addition to teaching and live performance Luke has released 5 CD's of his own work with one, DTOX (1999), seeing an international release. He has also played on many other recordings as a session player throughout his career.
Luke is also an accomplished Live and Studio sound tech, a role he fills at the GRC for our live concert events and as the head tech at the Rock Con Studios. He has engineered and mixed dozens of recordings for release and has a regular client list for live engineering work including some of Australia's most popular Rock and Country National touring acts.
Luke plays and teaches Guitar, Drum Kit and Electric Bass. He believes that each of these instruments are still in their infancy, as relatively new tools, and that with creativity, the possibilities are infinite. This is something he tries to impart upon his students along with a deep love for creating music.


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Floyd M. Bontrager, 82, Topeka, died Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at Parkview LaGrange Hospital.
He was born June 18, 1931, in LaGrange County, to Mahlon N. and Rosa (Lambright) Bontrager.
He was the owner/operator of Honeyville Furniture and worked at local area trailer factories. He was a member of the Old Order Amish Church, where he served as a minister.
He was married November 20, 1951 to Wilma Miller. She survives.
Also surviving are one daughter, LeAnna Yutzy, Nottawa, Mich.; four grandchildren, Marcus Yutzy, Julie Yutzy, Darin Yutzy, and Bethany Yutzy; a son-in-law, Eli Yutzy; two sisters, Katie Knepp, Topeka, and Susie (Freeman) Lehman, Shipshewana; and two brothers, Elmer (Katie) Bontrager, Topeka, and Menno (Marilyn) Bontrager, Middlebury.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Clara Bontrager.
Visitation is after 1 p.m. Thursday, December 19, and all day Friday, December 20, at the family residence.
Funeral services will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday, December 21, at the family residence with Bishop Ervin Yoder and home ministers officiating.
Burial will be in Honeyville Cemetery, Topeka.
Online condolences may be sent at millerstewartfuneral home.com.
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I had these wonderful people in my studio for two day last weekend. We had the best time, but we always do when this group comes to play. Thanks you guys for everything.
We took both days to experiment and give permission to ourselves to explore canes and designs in different ways. To let go of preconceived notions of how thing are SUPPOSE to look and let imaginations run wild.
On day two I we explored my Cane Mapping technique and how to cover something, make giant hollow beads or make a beautiful piece to frame. Everyone created very individual pieces. How fun are these?
Each person had their own colors and style making the day and the finished pieces so interesting.
Some of these were clip art and some were drawn by Tyra, who is very talented, and some were done without a drawing. And if you look close, I'm sure you'll see a Stroppel Cane or two. *g*


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Retailer J.C. Penney said Tuesday that sales during the critical holiday period grew 3.1 percent, the first increase for the company in three years.
The rise is significant in the face of a slow holiday season that hit most retailers' sales and J.C. Penney's own struggle to revive its fortunes. Big-box stores such as Wal-Mart and Target have warned of lower profits, while some department stores such as Sears have already posted weak holiday sales numbers.
"In spite of the significant headwinds facing all retailers this season, [...] we delivered on our promise to generate positive comparable store sales growth in the fourth quarter," Myron 'Mike' Ullman, chief executive of J.C. Penney, said in a statement.
Last month, the Texas-based store said it would close 33 stores, eliminating 2,000 jobs. The retailer spent most of 2013 trying to rebuild its brand, bringing back in-house labels and reinstating its discount strategy. In Tuesday's statement, J.C. Penney reported increased sales in the categories of beauty, apparel and luggage, among others.
The retailer posted a fourth-quarter growth rate of 2 percent and said online sales grew 26.3 percent from 2012.
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I'm not going to be able to have anything staged by the 15th. I thought we were aiming to publish at the end of this month, not publish on the 15th. I'm currently traveling in Europe and will have very little time free until the week of the 24th to do any work on prepping my own docs for publication or for staging up the other editors docs. So I think at this point we actually need to target October 2nd as the publication date -- unless Robin has time to get them staged up for a publication date earlier than that (e.g., the 27th). For my own docs, you can do a CFC using the URLs for the current editor's drafts, because I don't plan to make any substantive changes to them -- only editorial ones and formatting tweaks for stuff like having the WD style and the dates and such. For the other drafts, if the editors simply change the styles from the ED style to the WD style and regenerate their drafts, we can just use the current dev.w3.org URLs for the CfC. We don't typically move the drafts over to the dated TR URLs until the day before they are actually published as WDs. In the past as far as I can recall, we've always done the CfCs just using the ED URLs. --Mike Paul Cotton <email@example.com>, 2012-09-12 15:11 +0000: > > We would like to know from each of the editors/editorial teams listed below if they can prepare the requisite heartbeat Working Drafts by Sep 15 so that we can have them ready to do a WG Call for Consensus on the publication by that date. > > Those in the To: field have agreed to deliver one or more candidate heartbeat WGDs by Sep 15 which is in 72 hours. > > Due to previous complaints from WG members about doing CfC on "changing documents" the Chairs would strongly prefer to have these candidate WGDs staged at locations(s) where they will not be subject to further changes especially during the WG CfC on publication of the heartbeat documents. > > Mike: Can you please let me know the URL of each of the staged stable candidate WGDs so that I can start building the CfC email? Can you also give the WG Chairs a progress report on the process to prep these documents and when you expect to have ALL the documents ready? > > /paulc > > Paul Cotton, Microsoft Canada > 17 Eleanor Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K2E 6A3 > Tel: (425) 705-9596 Fax: (425) 936-7329 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael[tm] Smith [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 9:35 AM > To: Paul Cotton > Cc: Sam Ruby (firstname.lastname@example.com; Maciej Stachowiak (firstname.lastname@example.com; Philippe Le Hegaret (email@example.com; email@example.com; Travis Leithead; Erika Doyle Navara; Edward O'Connor; Silvia Pfeiffer; Rik Cabanier; Eliot Graff; Jay Munro; Tom Wiltzius (email@example.com); Manu Sporny (firstname.lastname@example.com); firstname.lastname@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com; Simon Pieters; Cynthia Shelly; firstname.lastname@example.com > Subject: Re: [html-chairs] Publish ten heartbeat drafts as WDs > > Paul Cotton <firstname.lastname@example.com>, 2012-09-02 19:29 +0000: > > > Status check is given below. > > > > Mike Smith: Can you please confirm your two documents will be available? > > Yes, they'll be available > > --Mike > > -- > Michael[tm] Smith http://people.w3.org/mike > > > > -- Michael[tm] Smith http://people.w3.org/mikeReceived on Wednesday, 12 September 2012 15:28:00 UTC
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QMy husband and I have had trouble keeping our 21 / 2-year-old in her bedroom at nap time and bedtime, a problem that began when we moved her out of her crib and into a toddler bed three weeks ago.
We know that the move went well because our daughter loves her bed and her room, and she is really proud of herself for sleeping in a Big Girl bed. Her vocabulary is still quite small, however, so we don't know why she won't stay in this bed or whether we are expecting too much of her too soon.
Because we didn't want her to be scared, feel isolated or think of her room as a prison, we left her door open at first, but that simply made it easier for her to leave. We then shut the door, but she quickly learned to open it. When we gave her a sticker for staying in her bed, she wanted another sticker even though she had gotten out of it again. And when we put her back to bed, she thought it was a game and giggled the entire time!
As a last resort, we placed a child-proof cover on her doorknob, then put her to bed and closed the door. She now tries the handle and fusses for about 5 to 10 seconds, then realizes that she can't get out so she plays around in her room for 5 to 20 minutes and falls asleep in her new bed.
Is this the best way to handle the situation? Will our daughter lose interest in the door handle in time? Or should we put her back in the crib until she is old enough to stay in her toddler bed?
ADon't fret. You're teaching your child to discipline herself. You're teaching her well, and you're doing it at just the right time.
Despite your qualms, you know that your little girl is old enough to fall asleep in her own bed because she already does it, nap after nap and night after night. She has to assert her independence at this age, however, so she tries to open the door and plays with her toys, but then she toddles into her toddler bed and falls asleep. Bedtime doesn't get any better than that, especially with a 2-year-old. In another six months, you can probably take off the doorknob cover and even leave the door open because she won't need to prove her independence as much as she does now.
You're not only teaching your daughter to fall asleep like a pro, you're also teaching her a skill that is, for you, non-negotiable. Another parent might insist that her toddler eat everything on his plate or that she be toilet-trained as soon as possible, but you need for your little girl to have firm rules at nap time and bedtime, and she's doing her best to comply.
This is one of the minor miracles of parenthood. Children instinctively know which goals their mother or father values most, and as long as they feel loved and respected, they'll try to reach them.
And so it is with discipline. Although you and your husband may not discipline in the same way, your child will accept your differences because she can read your cues so well.
No matter how well the two of you read your daughter's cues, however, you're bound to question your judgment and tinker with your own rules. Parents react to their child's behavior far more than the child reacts to theirs.
Your daughter, you see, is a work in progress, changing from one month to the next. Just when you're sure that you know how to guide her best, her brain will start thinking in a more mature way, or her body will handle a new hormone badly, or she will fall in love with astronomy or soccer or that new kid down the street. Every change your daughter makes will encourage you to tweak your opinions, your attitude and maybe your discipline, too, which can often be a good idea.
Slight changes can make your family stronger and more functional, but only if you talk with your daughter about the world and about herself, and if you listen to her woes with empathy and say no to her with kindness, even at 21 / 2. The need for respect starts early, and it never stops.
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Tejano musicians, scholars to visit UHV for de Len Symposium
Aug. 30, 2014 at 9:27 a.m.
KQQK was Houston's leading Spanish-language radio station during the 1990s. The station played strictly Tejano music, a particular form of music developed by Texans of Mexican descent in the early 20th century.
"Tejano Music: A Texas History" is the theme of the 28th annual Martin de Leon Symposium on the Humanities at the University of Houston-Victoria. This year's event will feature two musicians and two music scholars. The free public event will be from 8:30 a.m. to noon Sept. 13 in the UHV University Center Multi-Purpose Room, 3007 N. Ben Wilson St.
The closing speaker of the event, Guadalupe San Miguel, wrote a paper in 2008 about why KQQK quit playing Tejano music in 1999 and tried to return to the format soon thereafter.
San Miguel, an associate professor of history at University of Houston, said for more than a century and a half, Tejanos experienced a daily barrage of institutional and personal assaults regarding their cultural heritage, language and traditions. San Miguel is the author of five books, including "Tejano Proud: Tex Mex Music in the 20th Century."
"Anglo American institutions and officials, for instance, consistently repressed, distorted, dismissed or ignored the rich cultural heritage of the Mexican origin population born and raised in Texas," San Miguel wrote in his paper. "KQQK contested these historical policies and practices by publicly recognizing the cultural heritage and musical tastes of Tejanos on the radio. For Tejanos then, KQQK was culture; it reflected, legitimized and affirmed the rich cultural and musical heritage that had developed under oppressive socio-economic and political conditions."
The vibrant history of Tejano music and its cultural influences were among the reasons the topic was chosen for this year's symposium, said Beverly Tomek, a UHV assistant professor of history and chair of the 2014 Symposium Advisory Committee.
"Music is power in a lot of ways," she said. "Whether it's Tejano music or hip-hop, music helps people tell their stories by recounting the struggles and the push for social justice."
The event is presented by the UHV School of Arts and Sciences and the de Len Club of Victoria. Named after Victoria founder Martin de Len, the de Leon Club is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting business and encouraging civic participation to improve the quality of life in Victoria.
The symposium is usually held in the spring, but the committee decided to move this year's event to the fall.
"Having the event in September allows us to tie in with other Hispanic Heritage Month events happening around campus," Tomek said. "We felt it was a good fit for the symposium, and we hope it enhances the other celebrations of Hispanic heritage at UHV."
A light breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m., and the program will begin at 9 a.m. with a presentation by Juan Tejeda, a San Antonio musician, writer, arts administrator, educator, editor and publisher.
Tejeda is an instructor of music and Mexican American studies at Palo Alto College in San Antonio. He spent 18 years as the xicano music program director for the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, where he created the internationally renowned Tejano Conjunto Festival. He has written books of poems, short stories and songs. Tejeda and his wife, Anisa Onofre, are co-publishers and editors of Aztlan Libre Press, an independent publishing house dedicated to the promotion, publication and free expression of xicano literature and art.
"Mr. Tejeda has such a wide range of expertise that he will be able to approach the presentation like he's telling a story," Tomek said. "He will give us a good overview of the music scene."
Jeffrey Di Leo, dean of the UHV School of Arts and Sciences, said another highlight of the event will be an informal panel with two musicians - Robert Ojeda and Linda Escobar.
Ojeda is a vocalist and plays the trumpet, guitar and bass. He has performed, recorded and toured with such notables as Big Lu y Los Muchachos, Little Joe y La Familia, La Orquesta de Roberto Sustaita and The Crystals. He founded Musica Chicana ensemble Bronze. He co-founded Calhoun County's annual Ancestors Parade and developed the monthly Tejano Cantantes Music Series at Faye Sterling Park in Port Lavaca.
Escobar has a five-decade career, starting with her childhood hit record, "Frijolitos Pintos." Natives of Alice, Linda and her father, Eligio Escobar, were a father and daughter team that toured nationwide with a caravan of stars. Escobar later formed her own band, ZAMEN. In memory of her father and all veterans, Linda founded the El Veterano Conjunto Festival in San Antonio. On July 13, Escobar was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the South Texas Conjunto Music Awards.
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Tribe Happenings: Indians have come a long way in two years
Some news, notes and thoughts from my Indians notebook…
Then and Now
I know the popular approach in Cleveland these days is to ridicule the Indians for their lack of activity in the offseason, but if you step back and look where this team is now compared to two years ago at this time it is amazing the turnaround they have enjoyed. In fact, with all the changes implemented over the last two seasons and this past July, it did not leave the Indians with a lot to do this offseason as far as improving for 2015.
Anyway, two years ago the Indians were coming off a horrific second half collapse where they went 5-24 in August, 24-53 in the second half and 68-94 overall in 2012. They fired Manny Acta and the pitching staff was a complete mess. There was little to build around on the roster as a whole. Since then, check out some key moves and arrivals which have sparked their turnaround:
Key moves: Terry Francona, Mickey Callaway, Yan Gomes, Trevor Bauer, Bryan Shaw
Francona was the first to come onto the scene and he immediately changed the culture of the organization. He brought in a new way of thinking and a ton of leadership and has two 85+ win seasons since to show for it. With all due respect to the rest of the coaching staff, the hiring of Callaway as the pitching coach dramatically changed the success on their arms as he continues to work his magic getting the best out of almost everyone. While Francona and Callaway were the big additions in the dugout and off the field, Gomes has been the biggest addition on the field. He has been the linchpin to their success as been a top notch defender, excellent leader and an All Star performer at the plate. Shaw and Bauer have helped stabilize the backend of the bullpen and rotation.
Key surprises: Michael Brantley, Corey Kluber
Brantley had a breakthrough showing last season and has become one of the top star position players in the American League. Coming out of the minors everyone felt he would have a long, solid career, but no one expected what he did last season. The future is bright with #23 in the middle of the Indians lineup. Kluber always had the talent in the minors but never quite put it all together and was often overlooked as a result. Then, at the tail end of 2012 at Triple-A Columbus it all clicked and his emergence over the past two seasons speaks for itself. It is of no coincidence that success came after Callaway worked with Kluber a lot in 2012 when he was the organization's pitching coordinator in the minors.
Key arrivals: Cody Allen, Jose Ramirez, T.J. House, Danny Salazar, Trevor Bauer, Carlos Carrasco
Allen had just a half a season in the Cleveland pen before the arrival of Francona, and in the last two seasons has established himself as one of the game's best late inning relievers. Ramirez is a versatile bundle of energy who has the potential to fill so many different roles for the Indians and his arrival at shortstop last season helped bring stability to the infield defense. The emergence of Carrasco, Salazar, Bauer and House in the second half of the season as key complements in the rotation to Kluber and one of the best rotations in baseball has a lot of people excited about what they can ultimately become as a unit.
Even though they have had some disappointments or inconsistent showings from the likes of Lonnie Chisenhall, Asdrubal Cabrera, Nick Swisher and Michael Bourn, overall, the Indians have seen some growth from within on their roster that really sets the stage for a potential two or three year run with the current group of players if they remain relatively healthy.
Considering where they were two years ago it is amazing to see how they have rebuilt the roster and it has come together over the past two seasons. There has been some luck along the way for sure, but with some shrewd roster moves and the development of players from within it is all coming together. In two years Indians fans have gone from an all-time low to a feeling of hope and belief that this team can compete and win a World Series in the very near future.
Managing expectations with Ramirez
The IBI's Jim Piascik wrote a piece last week on Jose Ramirez's value to the Indians, a piece that elicited a pretty strong response. I happen to agree for the most part that Ramirez likely ends up as an average Major League player. He certainly has the potential to be more and wouldn't be surprised if he does, but I think an average label is a pretty safe bet at this point. And that kind of label is actually a good thing as average is actually a good thing in this case.
Check out this chart that shows the WAR values and scouting values for players:
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|Role Player
|Well Below Average
|Solid Starter
|Below Average
|Good Player
|Major League Average
|Above Average
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Many think "average" means replaceable, but that's not the case at all. Average is a solid, everyday player. As noted in the chart, on the 20-80 scouting scale an average player is a 50 and for fans of WAR an average player is a 2-3 WAR player. In other words, these are valuable players, but more of the complementary variety. Such players in this category last season were Brandon Crawford, Melky Cabrera, Nick Markakis and so on. As you can see, average is not necessarily a bad word when talking about players. That's an important distinction to make. Now, in my mind Ramirez is closer to a 60 than a 50 (probably a 55), but that still falls in the realm of average and in the list of players listed.
It is also important to have perspective on Ramirez's abilities. The Indians have said nothing but good things publicly about Ramirez since he took over at shortstop. A lot of that is the truth, but it is important to note that they will always make their players glow a little brighter than they really are so as to create value to fans and also inflate their value to other teams as well. Trust me, I've been talking to them for years about their prospects so I know full well how important it is to filter that information appropriately. Outside of what the Indians themselves are saying publicly and on the record, I have not come across a scout, publication or person in the know that has ever considered him as an above average defensive shortstop prospect.
Here are the defensive comments from Ramirez's 2014 scouting reports from national scout experts last season:
Baseball America: "He has the athleticism and versatility to play second base, third base or shortstop, but second is the only spot where he profiles as a regular. His hands work well and he has smooth actions, but he lacks the arm for shortstop or power for third."
Baseball Prospectus: "Very good glove at second; has some defensive versatility; good overall fundamentals. ... arm is fringe; not a good fit for the left side of the infield ... Realistic Role: High 4; below-average major leaguer/utility player."
John Sickels: "Solid glove but like the others he's destined for utility work or a trade in this organization."
And here is my comment about Ramirez's defense for his pre-2014 scouting report:
IBI: "Ramirez primarily played second base coming up through the system, but he has the skills to be a solid defensive shortstop in addition to a very good defensive second baseman. He uses his quickness and athleticism very well as a runner, and defensively it not only helps him get good jumps and range to balls well but also helps him make quick adjustments. He shows impressive instincts as a defender with good lateral movement to his left and right, good hands and footwork, quick feet, and a solid average arm that is accurate. As a defender he has a knack for making what he has physically work and has a good feel for the timing of the game where he has a good internal clock and knows the speed of the runners and where the ball is at. The Indians believe he is more of a second baseman at the moment, but they have played him some at shortstop to give him exposure there and all over the diamond in order to add to his versatility. One of his greatest assets is that versatility to handle a premium defensive position at shortstop and play anywhere in the infield, which only increases his value as an everyday Major League player or a utility infielder."
Now, I know full well that some players in the past have come to outdo their scouting reports. Also, for whatever reason, some players are just undervalued in the industry. Perhaps that is the case with Ramirez here. If he becomes a bona fide top shelf defensive shortstop, then bully for the Indians. He did surprise to some degree last season at shortstop and thankfully gives them an option to feel comfortable with at least at the outset of this coming season. At the very least he can be used as a bridge to Francisco Lindor rather than waste money to sign a veteran to a one year deal or go with Mike Aviles at shortstop early in the season.
That all said, it is important to consider the scouting reports on him and avoid comments from manager Terry Francona and GM Chris Antonetti when managing expectations for Ramirez going forward. Remember, he was replacing a pretty awful defender at shortstop in Asdrubal Cabrera so the results could be misleading to the eyes since the play was so bad for so long with Cabrera that even an average showing would look great.
Here's hoping that Ramirez excels and is an overachiever. He played at an above average defensively in the limited time he was at shortstop, so the question remains if that is sustainable over a full season and career. It wouldn't be the first time a player has exceeded their scouting report (I am looking at you Yan Gomes). If that happens and Lindor comes up and is all that he is expected to be, then it will be a great problem for the Indians to have considering the need for shortstops throughout all of baseball.
Managing expectations with Kipnis
Second baseman Jason Kipnis had a good showing in 2012 (.257 AVG, 14 HR, 76 RBI, .714 OPS) and All Star showing in 2013 (.284 AVG, 17 HR, 84 RBI, .818 OPS) that he parlayed into a six-year $52.5 million extension this past spring. As a 7.4 total WAR player from 2012-2013 that contract seemed like a no brainer just eight months ago, but after hitting just .240 with 6 HR, 41 RBI and .640 OPS this past season there are questions as to whether the Indians made a mistake signing him to that contract.
Was it a mistake? Possibly, but I still think it is too soon to make such a judgment.
I know people get on Kipnis for his streakiness and how his production has fallen off in each season, but if one looks at his month-to-month history since he joined the big leagues in July 2011, you see a player who has largely been an average to above average player for a majority of his career with the Indians:
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Note that a .320 on-base percentage is generally considered average, a .730 OPS is average, a .140 isolated power is average and a 100 wRC+ is average. If you think I am pounding the "average" train I am sorry, but I really think there is a bad misconception among fans that "average" is bad or what truly qualifies as average.
Anyway, knowing that, there are a few things to take out of this information. One, Kipnis has been a rather consistent player up until his oblique injury in May this past season. In each of the three seasons prior he would always have one bad month, one great month and then the other months would be about average to above average. In the end it all totaled up to an above average offensive performer at second base each season.
Secondly, there is no doubt that the oblique injury Kipnis suffered last season had an impact on his performance. He actually had an above average April, but his season fell off a cliff when he went on the disabled list on May 2nd with a strained right oblique. When he returned he was never fully 100% and was not the same player. He compensated his swing to allow him to play through the pain, but it resulted in a drop in his power and production capabilities. When projecting what he can do for the Indians going forward you still need to consider his post-April showing, but I think more weight should be placed on what he did in the seasons and months prior to the injury.
All that said, the Indians are right when they say Kipnis is a serious rebound candidate. He's not a guy who had a bad season last year and is coming off of double knee surgery like Nick Swisher or has nagging hamstring issues like Michael Bourn. Kipnis is a guy who should no longer be affected by the oblique issue when spring training opens up in two months and he is going to be hungry to prove all the doubters wrong. Expecting a season like the one he had in 2012 would be just fine if you ask me.
Hood provides some depth
The Indians made an interesting pick up over a week back when they signed free agent outfielder Destin Hood to a minor league contract with an invite to Major League spring training. To many who don't know him this is a "who cares" move, but this is an interesting layer of depth they have added to the roster with some upside potential.
Hood, who turns 25 at the start of next season, was a 2nd round draft pick by the Nationals in 2008 and spent the past seven seasons in their farm system before earning six year minor league free agent rights this offseason. Over his seven-year minor league career he is a .267 hitter with 41 HR, 337 RBI and .727 OPS. After a big 2011 season at High-A Potomac (.276 AVG, 13 HR, 83 RBI, .809 OPS) he struggled in 2012 (.242 AVG, .639 OPS) and 2013 (.224 AVG, .605 OPS) before rebounding with a nice showing this past season. In 106 games across three levels, 84 of them with Triple-A Syracuse, he combined to hit .298 with 11 HR, 42 RBI, 10 stolen bases and .808 OPS.
This is not a guy who is going to come in and potentially be an everyday starter for the Indians in Cleveland, but he adds some depth to the outfield at Triple-A Columbus. With top prospects James Ramsey, Tyler Naquin and Carlos Moncrief all left-handed, the Indians only have Tyler Holt as a right-handed hitting outfield option to call upon from the minors. With Hood in tow they now have a second.
Hood was a high end recruit to the University of Alabama to play both baseball and football for them, but was wooed to pro baseball with a big signing bonus. He is a physically gifted athlete listed at 6-feet-1 and 225 pounds who has some strength, an average arm and can handle both corner outfield positions. He has some untapped power in the bat and with a few adjustments the feeling is he could hit for average. His inability to play center field hurts from a versatility standpoint as a fourth outfielder, but like we saw last season when Ryan Raburn was hurt and they had to make a small deal for Chris Dickerson, there is still a need for this kind of player in the system.
In a lot of ways, Hood may be a right-handed version of Dickerson. These kinds of players won't make headlines and will garner little attention from most fans, but are still important when constructing depth to a roster and giving your team the best chance to handle injury and performance issues which inevitably pop up over the course of a season.
Parting shots
The Indians have signed outfielder/first baseman Jerry Sands to a minor league deal with an invite to Major League spring training. The 27-year old hit .268 with 9 HR and 36 RBI in 54 games for Triple-A Durham last year before a promotion to Tampa in June. In 12 games with Tampa he hit .352 with a 1.299 OPS before suffering a season ending left wrist injury. … The Indians have also signed catcher Brett Hayes to a minor league deal with an invite to Major League spring training. Last season he was the backup in Kansas City (.135 AVG, .362 OPS) before being sent to Triple-A Omaha (.310 AVG, .936 OPS) for the final month of the season. … As of this writing right-handed reliever Bryan Price is still in roster limbo. He was designated for assignment on December 8th to make room on the 40-man roster for first baseman/outfielder Brandon Moss. His roster fate should be known by this Thursday or Friday, if not sooner.
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User Comments
He was 21 last year so maybe he hasn't completely filled out yet.
What do you think, Tony?
If what you are alluding to is something like Noah Sydergaard for JRam, I make that deal. That's what I think it would take.
I think someone like the Mets will make an offer the Indians can't refuse for Ramirez.
With Raburn and Aviles being the main right handed bats off the bench, either Hood or Sands have a really good shot at getting an opportunity at some point,


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AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Ryan Smith stopped Chris Relf at the goal line on the final play to preserve Auburn's 41-34 win over No. 16 Mississippi State on Saturday.
Relf kept the ball on an option and headed for the end zone before Smith went low and brought the 240-pound quarterback down for the Tigers (2-0), who had gone from defending national champions to unranked underdog after needing a furious rally to beat Utah State.
This time they held on against the Bulldogs (1-1), who nearly pulled off a similar comeback.
They marched 66-plus yards in the final 2:52 with only one passing play. Before the game's last play, Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen raced to an official, signaled timeout, and managed to get three seconds put back on the clock.
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By Amy, mom to A (1 year 3 months) and O (3 years 9 months)
Over the Labor Day weekend, I stopped my one-year-old from pulling all the books off the bottom two shelves of the living room bookcase three times. He managed to chew up two twigs and a walnut that had fallen off the tree in our yard, and he ingested unknown quantities of dirt. In a split second in which I turned my attention elsewhere, my three-year-old pushed his little brother down the stairs.
Luckily, everyone's okay, and I think we'll safely avoid a visit from Child Protective Services. We have carpeted stairs, the books are easily replaced, and the baby won't die from any bugs he might possibly have ingested with the dirt.
In recent months Americans have been shocked by a number of incidents involving young children and guns – incidents that didn't end nearly as happily as my children's little mishaps over Labor Day. In Kentucky in early May, a five-year-old boy shot and killed his two-year-old sister. A couple of months later in the same state, a four-year-old boy shot and killed his six-year-old sister. And in New Orleans in July, a five-year-old girl killed herself with a weapon she found in a bedroom. Last month, a California SWAT officer was shot in the thigh at a children's reading event when an eight-year-old boy somehow managed to pull the trigger on the officer's holstered gun. Just this Saturday, an 11-year-old girl accidentally shot and killed her stepfather while he was showing off his new gun.
Anyone with a young child knows that the moment the kid starts really walking, all bets are off – kids are little and squirrely and can get into trouble in the blink of an eye. You're stirring a pot of oatmeal and turn away from the stove to answer the phone. Your husband interrupts you, and for a split second you forget that you were about to tell your child to climb off that table, NOW! When you have several young children, or you need to get other things done around the house, or – God forbid – you are sleep deprived and sick, it all gets that much harder. It's easy to second-guess the parents whose children fired the guns. In hindsight, maybe a parent shouldn't have stepped into the backyard for a second. Maybe the eight-year-old California boy's mom or dad shouldn't have let him get that close to the officer's gun. As a parent of two young boys, though, I tend to think this is asking parents to be superhuman. The only thing that's kept my kids from shooting themselves or someone else is that there's no gun around.
Even ammunition by itself can be dangerous. Young children may think bullets, like walnuts and twigs, look interesting to put in their mouths. Kids have died trying to tamper with bullets, or bang them on rocks, or hit them with hammer and nail.
It would be nice to think that gun safety would get easier once the kids get a little older and better at following directions. The Eddie Eagle rules are targeted at kids pre-K to third grade. They're simple, clear, and easy to memorize: "If you see a gun, 1.STOP! 2. Don't Touch. 3. Leave the Area. 4. Call an Adult." The rules are great, one of the things for which the NRA should really be commended. The trick is to get your kids to follow the rules when you're not around. Research shows that just telling kids the rules isn't enough (also see here). You need to reinforce the message frequently, using active-learning and role-playing. It's best if you practice the skills in the same kind of place where your child will encounter the gun.
Unfortunately, a study has found that even pre-teen boys whose parents talk with them about gun safety – and even ones whose parents think they're not at all interested in guns – can't really be trusted alone in a room with a gun. In a study that should send shivers down the spines of parents everywhere, medical researchers observed pairs of boys waiting in a room for 15 minutes. In a drawer in that room, the researchers had planted a handgun with a sensor on the trigger. Of the 29 groups of boys they studied, 72% found the gun. Among the kids who found the gun, three-quarters of the groups picked it up and touched it, and in half of the groups one or both kids actually pulled the trigger. The kids' behavior was totally unrelated to their parents' perceptions of how interested their kids were in guns, or to whether the kids had had gun safety instruction.
So the pre-teen years are obviously a problem. Maybe by the time my boys are teenagers they'll be better at self-control and following gun safety rules? Unfortunately, right at this point adolescent hormones spike. Surely my boys will understand the rules by this point. But this is exactly when peer pressure is worst. In fact, peer influence is, I would guess, a big part of the reason the pre-teen boys in the study I discussed above behaved in ways their parents didn't expect, and in contradiction of the gun safety rules they'd been taught.
Adolescent depression might be even worse than peer influence. Having a firearm in the home increases the risk of a teenager committing suicide – if firearms are removed from the home, some youth will commit suicide by other means, but many won't. Studies of suicide attempts show that suicide is, despite its finality, usually impulsive. Tragically, however, impulsive suicide attempt are likely to be deadly when the weapon is a gun – between 78 and 90% of gun suicide attempts are fatal.
Many parents strongly believe that having a gun in the home is the safest way to protect their kids from danger. Unfortunately, though, evidence suggests the opposite – kids who live in homes with guns are actually more likely to die by gunshot than are kids living in homes without guns. As a result of this evidence, the American Academy of Pediatrics has taken a strong position on guns and kids: "The safest home for children and teens is one without guns. If there are guns in the home, scientific evidence shows the risk of injury or death is greatly reduced when they are stored unloaded and locked, with the ammunition locked in a separate place."
So how can we keep our kids safe from themselves when it comes to guns? In a world where guns are plentiful it may be almost impossible to completely protect our children. Still, here are some general guidelines that I've picked up.
- Follow the advice of this country's flagship association of pediatricians. If possible, taking into account your family's lifestyle and needs, keep guns out of the house entirely. If that's not possible, follow their advice and keep your gun(s) stored unloaded and locked. Keep the ammunition in a different place, also locked up.
- To the extent possible, try to keep guns out of your child's environment when he or she is away from home. If your child is at a home daycare center, ask the provider if she has a gun in her house. If your child goes over to a friend's house on a play date, ask if the friend's parents have a gun in the home. At your child's public school, talk with the PTA about devising a plan to keep children from bringing guns into the school.
- You need to exercise special caution if you have a teen in the house who develops symptoms of depression. Teens are watchful and resourceful and they often know much more about how to get access to supposedly secured weapons than their parents realize. Even if the teen is well trained with firearms, intelligent and responsible, the best idea is to get the guns out of the house altogether – sell them or ask a responsible relative to store them (locked up) in another house to which your depressed teen doesn't have access.
- Build in redundancies. Well-meaning, caring adults sometimes forget and, despite the best intentions (as well as penalties for negligence in a few states), they leave weapons in places where children can find them. As your child gets older, he or she will spend less time with you and in places you can monitor. You need to think about what your child will do if or when he or she encounters a gun.
– Drill the Eddie Eagle rules: "If you see a gun, 1.STOP! 2. Don't Touch. 3. Leave the Area. 4. Call an Adult." Talk about them. Repeat them regularly. Make sure your children understand them. Check for comprehension. Practice them by role-playing scenarios in which you find a gun.
– Always assume that any gun around is loaded, and treat it accordingly. Even if you yourself emptied the chambers, still assume it's loaded. Mistakes happen, and people are human – tired, forgetful, rushed. Almost daily, we hear stories of accidents, often tragic ones, explained by someone who says, "I didn't know it was loaded." This rule should mostly apply to grown-ups, since kids should NOT be touching guns without adults around. Still, if there are guns in your household, it's an important rule for EVERYONE to keep in mind.
– Some people recommend teaching your child to shoot. They argue that doing so will help your child learn to handle a gun safely, and will make her less curious about touching a gun if she encounters one. This might be logical, but I can't find any research that shows whether such a strategy is effective. One study, however, did find that kids with guns in their homes were more likely to touch a gun in a risky, unsupervised situation. Gun researchers all endorse the Eddie Eagle rules as the single most important way to keep your kids safe around a gun. If you do teach your child to shoot, make sure you emphasize guidelines for gun safety – and most importantly, that you still rehearse the Eddie Eagle rules regularly.


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Nearly a year ago, I wrote a post on the previous Calvin Klein beauty line to start my "Bring It Back" series. Soon after that, I learned that it was indeed coming back. After it launched in Italy, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, the new cK Calvin Klein Beauty finally launched in the UK and US.
In the US, the line is available on the Sephora website besides other retail points. In the UK, it is available in House of Fraser on London's Oxford Street. (It will also launch in the new House of Fraser store in Belfast in May.)
The London counter was launched on March 31st, and I went over to have a good look earlier this month. The sales assistant, also the counter manager, told me that the ck Calvin Klein line is now owned by a Japanese businessman, who saw tremendous potential in Asia. I think this might be one of the reasons why it launched in Asia before the US and the UK.
The line currently features foundation and color makeup items. (The skincare products will debut later.) Whereas the previous lineup featured mostly neutral tones for the eyes, the new range has a few slightly more vibrant colors. The eyeshadow powder is quite smooth and blendable. There are three ranges of lip glosses, and I like the sparkling shimmer of the Delicious Pout Flavored Lip Gloss and the glassiness of the Fully Delicious Sheer Plumping Lip Gloss (with almost no shimmer).
However, packaging-wise, I still prefer the previous line. I know I am being fussy here, but I prefer the clean angular edges of the previous compacts to the round edges of the current products.
I decided to take home the Subliminal Purity Mineral Based Loose Powder. There are four shades available (but only one shade, Translucent, is available on the US Sephora website). At the counter, Translucent was the only one that didn't have a tester, but I was told that it was sheer and matte. It sounded like what I would like, but I didn't want to take the risk. I chose 001 Ivory, the lightest of the other three shades.
I like the container. It has clean and slick edges and the lid is quite thick and heavy.
First of all, the name of the product indicates that it is mineral-based. Looking at the ingredient list, I take "mineral based" to mean "talc-free". (Otherwise it is just like any other loose powder.) This is only based on the convention in beauty marketing, since talc itself is a mineral ingredient. (Most mineral makeup lines regard talc as a cheap filler ingredient. However, talc is a key ingredient in many foundations and other makeup products in creating the smoothness and silkiness that many mineral foundations don't have.)
However, the powder had the matteness that really appealed to me when I tested it at the counter, so I was willing to give it a go.
#001 Ivory is a pale beige shade that goes on slightly lighter than it looks in the container. It doesn't have visible shimmer and has a natural matte finish that should appeal to people with combination or oily skin.
One thing very different from some other loose powder is that it has considerably more coverage and that it adds extra coverage to the ZA Two-Way Foundation that I have been using. The two together create a medium-to-full coverage. (But if you are using a foundation that matches your skin tone perfectly, this loose powder is very likely to alter the shade of your foundation applied beforehand.) What I also like about this loose powder is that it does have a fairly good efficacy in controlling shine.
However, it only conceals pores minimally and it doesn't create an optimally smooth finish. (To me, the texture of the powder seems relatively dry.) Also, when applied with a puff (not the enclosed puff in the container, which is slightly stiff), the powder does not move or blend as well as some other loose powder I have tried.
I have to contribute these less-than-desirable qualities to the lack of ingredients like talc which add smoothness and a bit of movement during application. Using this loose power with a large powder brush will solve some of the movement issue, but this will cover pores even less effectively.
I think this loose powder will suit people with combination or oily skin who want shine control but don't need pore coverage from a loose powder. Also, since it does have a bit of coverage, it can be used simply as a foundation if you like a light coverage. (In both cases, again, do use a powder brush, not a puff, especially not the one included in the container.)
Overall, from the items I tested at the counter, I still like the new ck Calvin Klein Beauty line. Also, the prices are lower than many other high-end products. (The loose powder costs £17 and a mascara costs £10.) I will definitely be on the lookout for new items. Most important of all, I hope it stays around for much longer this time!
Now, please do head over to Beauty Anonymous for reviews of Tempting Glance Intense Eyeshadow in Sensuous Taupe and Delicious Luxury Crème Lipstick in Henna.
(Please also have a look at another joint review that Beauty Anonymous and I did on Chanel's Ombre D'Eau Eyeshadow.)
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This is the year of the bold, in-charge brow. Gone are the days of wispy, thin, over-plucked arches -- this fall's bold eyebrows are making a statement. Reema Khan, founder of s.h.a.p.e.s Brow Bar, has been shaping eyebrows using the ancient method of threading for over 20 years and has created a mini-empire. From her years of brow-based experience, Khan is on the cutting edge of how to achieve on-trend arches. She tells us that many women aren't sure what to do with their brows and more importantly, many do not know that properly arched eyebrows can literally give an instant face lift, making you look younger and more put together.
When it comes to styling your eyebrows this season, think robust and natural-looking. "For a while now people have been staying away from very thin brows and turning to more dramatic brows," Khan says. She adds that this renewed interest in bolder, get-noticed brows has likely stemmed from the spate of celebrities rocking the look. Everyone from Camilla Belle to Miranda Kerr to former supermodel extraordinaire Claudia Schiffer has been making a bold brow statement. "I think people are looking to trendsetters such as celebrities and models," Khan says.
Khan has also noticed more people coming in with either pictures or descriptions of fuller brows and asking to get the look, which can be universally flattering. "This brow can look good on anyone as long as the shaping of their brow is done properly," she says. That usually means going to a professional, who can create a look that best suits your face shape and bone structure, which ensures you avoid any potential mishaps.
Grooming is very important, Khan explains. "Just because you have full brows does not mean unkempt and bushy." To keep things neat and polished, it's important to have a brow brush and use a brow gel to keep unruly arches at bay.
As for how to make up the rest of your face when bold eyebrows take center stage, the trick is to stay balanced, Khan says. "Too much of too many things can be an overwhelming look." She suggests playing around with makeup looks to see which ones look best with fuller brows. Just like you wouldn't want to wear too much eye makeup with too much lipstick, you want to avoid going over the top with your look when brows have the spotlight: "I always think that balance is important and tell that to my clients."
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Need to jazz up your style? Easiest way is to get a new hair do! I recently stumbled upon a blog called berlinhairbaby.com and Twitter: @BerlinHairBaby. It features tips on celebrity make-up, hair & style. Berlin Baby shows us the do-it-yourself way to the most iconic and recognizable hair and makeup styles. Here are some of my favorites:
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SOHO Network Meeting - AMName: SOHO Network Meeting - AMDate: November 1, 2016Time: 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM EDTEvent Description:
Join the Chamber's Small Office Home Office (SOHO) network on Tuesday, November 1 at 8:45 to learn the best way to utilize LinkedIn to help your business.
Led by Jeff Young, this meeting is open to all and gives attendees an opportunity to mingle with other small businesses to explore strategies and best practices for utilizing LinkedIn for your business.
Jeff Young is a highly qualified Education and Performance Development executive with 30+ years of progressive experience in program design and delivery, and 35+ years of engagement and project management experience. His expertise lies in his ability to identify organizational needs and develop training programs suited to all levels of personnel. Just as significant are his contributions to improved business performance, productivity, quality and profitability.
Jeff is a former Director and Account Manager with Intellinex, an eLearning venture of Ernst & Young, LLP and has helped manage and mentor thousands of people in many different organizations. Since his retirement from OCLC, where he worked as an Enterprise Project Manager, Jeff has been deeply involved in community service by volunteering for and helping manage several local non-profit organizations.
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Rainy days suck. Walking around outside you get wet, even if you have an umbrella. Hair frizzes up and traffic is brutal. For others, like myself, there are many things to do on a rainy day – from relaxing, fun activities to getting organized and clutter-free.
While in the past, I've shared how you can write a love letter on a rainy day but there are many other things you can do.
Things To Do On A Rainy Day: Fun Stuff
These are just some of the fun things to do on a rainy day. This list is by no means extensive… be as silly as you can!
- Make Rice Krispie squares or chocolate chip cookies
- Make gourmet popcorn with fun flavourings and do a marathon with your favourite movie or TV series – Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones and 007 films are my choices
- Be a kid again: sharpen your pencil crayons, make a cup of coffee or tea and do some colouring.
- Try out a new style of makeup
- Take selfies by the window for perfect shots in soft light
- Work on a 2,000 piece puzzle
- Pamper yourself with the works: bubble bath, pedicure, manicure, face scrub etc.
- Try out new cocktail recipes or learn more about the art of making cocktails like a pro: drink in moderation
- Dig out the old game console and play video games
- Put on galoshes/Wellingtons and go for a walk. Splash in puddles like a kid.
- Using different nail polish colours, paint your nails in funky designs
- Plan your next vacation.
- Go for a walk in the woods with your camera. Waterproof it and take gloomy, moody photos. Instagram gold!
Things To Do On A Rainy Day: Get Organized
For the Martha Stewart types (me included, to some extent), rainy days the best time to get organized, feng shued… whatever you like to call it. Although gardening outside may not be possible, there's always something to do inside.
Need some inspiration? Here's my list:
- Toss out or donate old clothing and shoes that I will never fit into or wear again
- Organize the walk-in closet
- Organize and de-clutter the front closet. Make a good impression with elegant wood hangers.
- Do all the laundry, including the items that you keep putting off cleaning.
- Clean-up the mudroom/laundry room
- Take stock of all cleaning and laundry supplies: make a trip to pick-up what you need
- Dust and re-paint scuffed baseboards. Make sure to get at corners and hard to reach spots for a thorough job.
- Use a Swiffer or clean dust mop to dust the walls and remove cobwebs. They do get dusty! Trust me on this one.
- The sofa gets dusty too, so vacuum it and fluff the pillows.
- Solve the problem of too many cables all over the place.
- Clean off cloth lampshades with a sticky clothes brush (type that removes lint, hair via a sticky tape)
- Tackle cleanup of dusty, grimy blinds.
- De-clutter anything and everything. Set aside for donation or garbage any old clothing, shoes, kitchen items, CDs, books and other items. If it's broke and non-fixable, toss!
- Make of list of herbs and spices that need to be replaced… because they are as old as the Pyramids.
So Much More We Can Do On a Rainy Day
The list can go on, depending on what you have going on at your home. My husband's list would include home renovation projects, working on fixing some trims and starting our basement renovation.
Rainy days are also perfect for planning a home renovation. Create a list of what needs updating, research contractors and develop a budget. Dream a little! Flip through the Houzz app for inspiration.
Whatever you decide to do on the next rainy day, make it fun for you. If anything, you can at least learn how to swear in foreign languages.
What are your favourite things to do on a rainy day?
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Is this yet another case of nanny-state conservatives who want to step in to prevent people from making choices that they think are bad for them?
Both whites and blacks are leaving California, the poster state for the liberal, welfare-state and nanny-state philosophy.
Dave Johnson: Budget Fight: Why Are Republicans Forcing A Shutdown?
We hate big liberal nanny-state womb-to-tomb programs, intentionally designed to keep people poor and dependent upon their big government slave masters for their very existence.
Movement 'coming from the soil of America,' conservative says
Obama – immoral, unAmerican, socialist .... pandering to the deviant groups in American to secure future votes ..... well, Obama, if you don't start taking care of the country in a free market manner, and stop trying to fund a nanny-state, you won't have a country in 2012!
Actually – it's about GOVERNMENT becoming a nanny-state, Craddle to grave control.
A bloated, nanny-state government is an impediment to that self-sufficiency.
This is not some sort of nanny-state policy, said Jim Presswood of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Both point toward an ironic truth: mainstream Republicanism has rejected market economics in favor of a subsidy-loving conservative nanny-state.
According to the Washington Monthly, Buck believes the National Science Foundation and the Center for Disease Control is part of the nanny-state problem, as well.
Nancy Cronk: Ken Buck: No Science Foundation, No Disease Center
That pronouncement may strike New Yorkers, who've spent a decade complying with Mr. Bloomberg's nanny-state mandates on smoking and trans-fats, as ironic.


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Osaka Kaneyoshi Ryokan, Namba Dotombori
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Kaneyoshi Ryokan is a Japanese style hotel, located in the heart of Osaka down town area. We promise you a comfortable stay and convenience to all the travelers for both leisure and business from the world. Meet the friendly Osaka local while your stay with us and enjoy the Osaka foods that are also famous among Japanese tourists. Many shops and restaurants are nearby. Our location is only 22min from JR Shin Osaka Station and 35min from Kansai Int\'l Airport by Nankai Line.
We are in the Dotombori, the center of Osaka\'s most popular tourist area (Minami) and only 20min to Osaka Castle and 30min Universal Studios Japan. Also only 12min to Umeda (Kita) area.
Great access to other cities;
-45min to Kyoto
-40min to Nara
-60min to Kobe
Guest can avail of the following items;
Television, Video On Demand , Telephone, Tea Set, Individual Temperature Control, Hand Soap, Body Soap, Shampoo, Rinse, Toothbrush, Towel, Bath Towel, Yukata (Japanese light robe), Slippers, Safe. (We can lend Hair Dryer, Desk Lamp, Iron, Video Player.)
Public baths (one for men, one for women), Lobby, Lift
Check-In: from 3PM / Checkout: until 10AM / Curfew: Midnight
Breakfast: 7AM-8:30PM / Dinner: 6PM-8PM (If meals are ordered separately)
For security reason, we have curfew and the entrance is closed at midnight.
== Directions ==
If you use Shinkansen, get off at Shin Osaka Sta. And change to Modousuji Subway Line and get off at Namba Sta. 7min walk from Exit #14, Namba Subway Station (Midousuji Line / Sennichimae Line)
If you are from Kansai Int\'l Airport, getting of at Namba Sta., Nankai Line is recommended. We are about 10min from the station.
Or, 3min walk from Exit #2, Nippombashi Subway Station.(Sakaisuji Line / Sennichimae Line)
If you are coming from other cities such as Kyoto or Kobe, please change at JR Osaka Sta. and change to Midousuji Subway Line (Umeda Sta.).
Our building is on the Soemoncho Dori.
From Itami Airport, it is about 35 minutes by limousine bus to Namba Station.
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Victoria teen able to save five lives with organ donations
Feb. 24, 2012 at 10:05 p.m.
Updated Feb. 23, 2012 at 8:24 p.m.
Family and friends of Matthew Spann participated in a ceremony at Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital honoring him for donating his organs to help five others.
"We gathered to raise this flag in honor of Matthew Spann. The Wednesday ceremony came in the midst of great loss and grief," said Katy Kiser, communications specialist at Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi.
Matthew, 14, was shot in the head Monday during a hunting incident. The Victoria County Sheriff's Office, which is conducting the investigation, initially said the shooting was an accident, but has not issued a formal ruling.
"Matthew filled a place in the lives of those around him that can not be replaced. We know that this grief and loss will not end soon. Yet in the midst of this tragic loss, the family made a difficult and loving decision to share his life with many," she said.
Christus Spohn Health System, Southwest Transplant Alliance and others gathered Wednesday morning to support the family and thank them for the donations, Kaiser said.
Matthew, a student at Howell Middle School, was able to save the lives of five people, she said.


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In trading on Friday, shares of First Capital Realty Inc. (Toronto: FCR) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $18.40, changing hands as low as $18.38 per share. First Capital Realty Inc. shares are currently trading off about 0.6% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of FCR shares, versus its 200 day moving average:
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