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June 1, 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 UPDATE:
The long vacant ND opening at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles has been filled with news that TODD MOKHTARI will return to Burbank as ND. Todd is currently ND for KIRO-TV, the Cox-owned CBS affiliate in Seattle.
He began his career at KCRA-TV in Sacramento, then moved to Seattle for the first time as the first ND for Fox affiliate KCPQ-TV. He spent five years at KCPQ, four years as the Assistant ND for NBC's KNTV in San Jose/San Francisco before moving to KNBC as Managing Editor, a job he held for one year before returning to Seattle as ND for KIRO more than five years ago.
He'll be the fourth ND at KNBC in four years, replacing VICKIE BURNS who resigned in March, saying she wanted to return east of the Mississippi.
More on this move and all the week's developments in our regular weekly edition this weekend.
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Lots of activity this week, much of it involving longtime news directors, some in top five markets.
In all, we have FOUR new ND openings, with just ONE newly named news director in our report. That brings our count of open ND jobs to 28.
We also have three paid help wanted ads: one for an EP in New York state, one for an Assistant ND in North Carolina, and we're repeating last week's ad for a position at Penn State University.
There are two obituaries: one for a 50 year veteran of the Philadelphia market, the other for a GM who spent 31 years at McGraw-Hill before retiring last year.
And Names in the News brings news of a retirement of a longtime Los Angeles newsman.
All that, and more, after this week's changes:
New News Director Openings:
WABC-TV, New York, NY…we first reported in a mid-week UPDATE that KENNY PLOTNIK was leaving this ABC o-and-o today. He emailed his staff that his wife's retirement from nursing "sparked my interest in looking elsewhere for career challenges." Kenny worked for 25 years at WABC, the last ten as ND. He previously worked for the company at WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, and began his career in Buffalo.
WCAU-TV, Philadelphia, PA…in another story we told you about earlier, longtime NBC employee CHRIS BLACKMAN is leaving this o-and-o later this month. He told the staff that he and new GM ERIC LERNER agreed that it was time for new leadership, new ideas, and a new perspective. Chris joined WCAU in 2001 as assistant ND, and was promoted to ND early in 2002. He spent 25 years working for NBC in a variety of roles.
WKOW-TV, Madison, WI…PERRY BOXX is leaving this Quincy owned ABC affiliate to take a new job which he tells me should be announced next week. He's been the ND here since 2008, and previously was a ND in Charleston, SC, Savannah, Oklahoma City, Kalamazoo-Grand Rapids, Birmingham, Nashville, Corpus Christi, and Las Vegas. He's also worked in Little Rock and St. Louis.
WGXA-TV, Macon, GA…GEORGE JOBIN is leaving this FOX affiliate on August 1st. He's been ND here for the last two years in his second stint at WGXA. George earlier worked there from 1992-2001, first in sports, then as Assignment Editor and EP, and eventually Station Manager. He also was GM for WMGT-TV in Macon. WGXA is owned by Frontier Radio Management.
Newly Named News Director:
WBIR-TV, Knoxville, TN…CHRISTY MORENO has been named ND for this Gannett-owned NBC affiliate. She's spent the last five years as the Assistant ND for KENS-TV in San Antonio. Christy earlier worked for KRIV-TV in Houston as a producer and EP, and also worked for KPRC-TV in Houston and in Wichita Falls.. At WBIR, she replaces BILL SHORY who left the station in March after eight years as ND.
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Qualifications: Four-year degree in journalism or communications preferred and a minimum of 6 years related experience. Strong writing skills and attention to detail a must with a proven track record for getting results on initiatives. Great leadership and people skills with an emphasis on coaching and motivating, and multi-media news experience are preferred.
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or via email to: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Assistant News Director, WCTI-TV, Greenville-New Bern, NC:
Newschannel 12 & FOX Eastern Carolina is looking for an Assistant News Director to help lead a dynamic newsroom. We just won the AP Outstanding News Operation in North Carolina.
Here is a great opportunity to earn those senior manager stripes. You will work closely with the news director in all aspects of running this ABC and FOX High Definition News Department.
Duties include: Supervising newscast producers, reporters and photographers. You'll be instrumental in building and executing a successful strategic plan. The qualified candidate will be a fantastic coach of energetic producers, reporters and photographers. Three Years producing or Assignment Desk experience required along with a college degree.
Send resume and newscast DVD or link to: firstname.lastname@example.com.
or via mail to:
Shane Moreland
News Director
225 Glenburnie Dr.
New Bern, NC 28560
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Director of Student TV and Online Operations, Penn St.:
Penn State's College of Communications is seeking a Director of Student Television and Online Operations beginning in August 2012.
Primary responsibilities include teaching at least one course in television news reporting and producing each semester, serving as executive producer of a weekly, student-staffed television news magazine program, and overseeing the College's website for student media. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of professional media experience, including managerial experience as an executive producer, associate news director, or news director. Teaching experience would be considered a plus. All candidates must have at least a Bachelor's degree.
Learn more about Penn State and the College of Communications by clicking here. And see the College's website for student-produced work here.
Send a letter describing qualifications, a resume detailing relevant experience and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of three to five references to:
Search Committee-TV/Online Director
College of Communications
Penn State
201 Carnegie Building
University Park PA 16802
Screening of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce.
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Other News Management Openings:
KRIV-TV, Houston, TX (relisted 4/20/12)
WXIN-TV, Indianapolis, IN (listed 5/12/12)
KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 5/12/12)
WITI-TV, Milwaukee, WI (relisted 4/27/12)
WXMI-TV, Grand Rapids, MI (listed 5/26/11)
WMC-TV, Memphis, TN (relisted 3/3/12)
WREG-TV, Memphis, TN (relisted 4/20/12)
WEYI-TV, Flint, MI (listed 4/20/12)
WCTI-TV, New Bern, NC (relisted this week, see ad above!)
KVLY/KXJB-TV, Fargo, ND (listed 5/4/11)
KDFW-TV, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX (Morning EP, relisted 4/20/12)
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (listing revised 5/4/11)
WKMG-TV, Orlando, FL (listed 5/4/11)
KOIN-TV, Portland OR (PM EP, listed 4/7/12)
WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh, PA (Dayside EP, relisted 4/20/12)
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC (listed 3/24/12)
WRTV, Indianapolis, IN (AM EP, listed 3/31/12)
WTVF-TV, Nashville, TN (AM EP, listed 5/18/12)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (listed 5/12/12)
WITI-TV, Milwaukee, WI (listed 4/27/12)
WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee, WI (listed 4/20/12)
WPTV, West Palm Beach, FL (PM EP, 3/17/12)
WJXT-TV, Jacksonville, FL (PM EP, listing revised 3/10/12)
WINK-TV, Fort Myers, FL (Dayside EP, relisted 3/10/12)
WROC-TV, Rochester, NY (new listing this week, see ad above!)
KBAK/KBFX-TV, Bakersfield, CA (AM EP, listed 5/26/12)
WCYB-TV, Bristol, VA (relisted 4/20/12)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (relisted 4/27/12)
WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee, WI (listed 4/20/12)
Longtime Philadelphia news manager DAVE NEAL (real name: Dave Gomberg) died earlier this week. He was 86 and had suffered from congestive heart failure and kidney failure. Dave began his 50 year career at KYW Radio in Philadelphia, moved to KYW-TV, worked briefly at WPVI-TV, before spending most of his career at WCAU-TV. He worked as an assignment manager and producer and served as a mentor to many. After he retired from WCAU, he consulted with WTXF-TV there. He's survived by his wife and three children.
DON LUNDY died suddenly yesterday at the age of 67. He spent 31 years working for McGraw-Hill in a variety of roles, including nine as GM of the company's WRTV in Indianapolis. He began his career in Tulsa, worked in Toledo before coming to WRTV for his first of two stints there. Don later worked for McGraw-Hill's KGTV in San Diego and then was promoted to GM for KERO-TV in Bakersfield. He retired from WRTV about 18 months ago, and he and his wife moved to California to be closer to their children.
Names in the News:
JOSE RIOS is retiring from FOX. He's a former ND at the company's KTTV-TV in Los Angeles. Last year, after 20 years at the station, he left KTTV and was named vice president of digital news applications for the FOX owned stations. He's also spent 13 years at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles, eventually becoming news director there.
SUZANNE HAROLD is joining ABC's WORLD NEWS NOW as a broadcast producer. She's currently the EP for WRGB-TV in Albany, NY, and previously was an EP for WHTM-TV in Harrisburg, PA. Suzanne's also worked as a producer for FOX o-and-o's WFLD-TV in Chicago and WTXF-TV in Philadelphia.
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Our Full List of News Director Openings:
Here is my list of stations with open ND jobs, as of Friday, June 1, 2012.
If you know of any additions/deletions/updates, please email me at: firstname.lastname@example.com
WABC-TV 7 Lincoln Square New York, NY 10023
KNBC-TV 3000 W. Alameda Ave. Burbank CA 91523
WCAU-TV 10 Monument Road Bala Cynwyd PA 19004
WKYC-TV 1333 Lakeside Ave. Cleveland OH 44114
XETV 8253 Ronson Rd. San Diego CA 92111
KSNV-TV 1500 Foremaster Lane Las Vegas NV 89101
KXAN-TV 908 W. MLK Blvd. Austin TX 78701
WTLV/WJXX 1070 E. Adams St. Jacksonville FL 32202
KJRH-TV 3701 South Peoria Ave. Tulsa OK 74105
KSNW-TV 833 N. Main Wichita, KS 67203
KRBK-TV (apply to corporate) Springfield, MO
WACH-TV 1400 Pickens St. Columbia SC 29201
WKOW-TV 5727 Tokay Boulevard Madison WI 53719
KGAN-TV 600-2 Old Marion Rd NE Cedar Rapids IA 52402
KWQC-TV, 805 Brady Street Davenport, IA 52803
WTAJ-TV 5000 Sixth Ave. Altoona PA 16602
KHBS/KHOG-TV 2809 Ajax Ave. #200 Rogers AR 72758
KHGI-TV 13 S. Highway 44 Kearney NE 66848
WTXL-TV 1620 Commerce Blvd. Midway, FL 32343
WGXA-TV 599 MLK Blvd. Macon GA 31201
WRBL-TV 1350 13th Ave. Columbus GA 31901
KNOE-TV 1400 Oliver Rd. Monroe, LA 71211
KAAL-TV 1701 10th Place, NE Austin MN 55912
WVNS-TV 141 Old Cline Rd. Ghent WV 25843
KKCO-TV 2325 Interstate Ave. Grand Junction CO 81505
KGNS-TV 120 W. Delmar Blvd. Laredo TX 78045
KGWN-TV 2923 E. Lincolnway Cheyenne WY 82001
KSAX-TV PO Box 189 Alexandria MN 56308


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I have a Inspiron 2200 Intel Celeron M Processor 1.4 GHZ. Everytime I run the Sims 3 my computer crashes out and tells me to disable BIOS memory options such as cashing or shadowing. I don't no how to do that and I am afraid that it will mess up my computer. The game will run for about 5 minutes then crashes to this blue screen that gives me this BIOS message. Any solutions?
You cannot disable BIOS shadowing - and it's not the problem. The 2200 simply doesn't have the video horsepower to run this game; if you want to run it, you need a notebook with better video (no, yours cannot be upgraded).
My daughter's system has the same problem. It has crashed her XPS 1710 a dozen or more times since late yesterday.
She has dual core 2.0Ghz, 2GB RAM, 7950GTX video card which should be more than enough.
I have updated the Video card driver, updated DirectX. I do not know what else to do. Never had this problem with Sims 1 or 2. Anyone know of an answer? The game will have to go back if nothing can be fixed with a patch. It is a darn good laptop with good specs, OK it is 2 years old but it isn't out of date and the card is listed as compatible.
If other apps crash the system, run the Dell diagnostics. If it's just that game, on your hardware, I'd suspect the game is at fault - contact the publisher to see if they have a fix (or wait to see if there's a bug fix - it sounds like the game was released before it was ready).
Thanks for that, The XPS m1710 has been brilliant, it is so stable. OK my daughter is only 13 and hasn't exactly pushed the envelope but Sims 2 NEVER had any issues.
Apparently it keeps on happening in creation of a new character and the XPS comes back with the message about "Fan overheating". Having checked around some other forums it would seem we are not the only ones and that it is a common occurence. OK I can understand it crashing some 1GB RAM or 1.5 Ghz single core laptops but it just plain shouldn't do this to a fairly well specced (if 2 years old) 2.0Ghz dual core XPS with the GO 7950 GTX video card. I think you are right EA might have rushed the game out too early with too many bugs, but as yet there are no patches. All this leads to a hugely disappointed 13 year old and a now fractious DAD.
Not Dell's fault of course, the XPS m1710 is still a beautiful machine.
If anybody else has issues with Sims 3 please make them known.
If the system is overheating and producing a fan error, replace the faulty fan.
DO NOT run the system with a faulty fan - you run the risk of destroying the hard drive or mainboard, either of which cost more than the $20 or so a replacement fan will.
We are having similar issues with my Dell inspiron 530 (dual core, 2.67Ghz, integrated graphics). Keep getting blue screen of death, but only when playing Sims 3-- anything else-- World of Warcraft, Sims 2 (with ALL the packages added on) works just fine. Very frustrating-- should I upgrade the graphics card? I hesitate to do so, since it's a relatively new computer, and still warrantied.
I am not sure about the integrated graphics, but what you say about other games working absolutely fine is the thing that stands out.
My daughter has a tip-top graphics card the NVidia GO 7950GTX which is specifically listed on the Sims3 case as being compatible.
The machine turns off everytime you try and switch from a freshly created character to the start of creating another new one. Same thing everytime, it doesn't matter whether the game has been on for 5 minutes or 30.
What worries is that the message reads that "The computer experienced higher than expected temperature readings".
I take on board that the fan might be faulty and I will ring Dell in the morning as the XPS M1710 is under extended warranty, but I find it wierd that it always happens at the same point of progress within the game. Irrespective of how long the machine has been on or the game running.
I have the exact same pc.
I went on the www.thesims3.com website and clicked on 'Help'.
You need to click yes when it comes up with do you want to install new updates.
That was the problem on my sims 3 i hadnt updated it.
Hope this helps, because it helped me!


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From the point we started our scene, we haven't tried any test renders yet to see how our underwater environment looks and I know you're all so eager to try and press that RENDER button (so am I), but let's make sure that we don't waste a second of our time by rendering something that's not worth the button press at all.
Let's prepare our background or world (as Blender world) so our recently created objects could have something to lie on, not just blank void of utter nothingness.
In our 3D Viewport, select your camera (which is in layer 5), and proceed to the Editing (F9) panel and under the Camera tab, click the Mist button. What we did was to enable our camera to view our mist distance, for use later in the next procedure. Next step, proceed to the Shading (F5) panel then to the World Buttons and under Mist/Stars/Physics tab, click the Mist button to enable it. As of this time, the Mist toggling we did doesn't do anything great yet for our scene. Under the same tab, adjust the Start and Dist values accordingly, and then you'll notice the changes take effect in your 3D Viewport via your camera. What mist does is it fades whatever objects are within its range into our world background.
Enabling Mist Display
Mist Settings
After you've set your Mist settings, proceed to the tab right next to the current one we are in now, the Amb Occ tab. Click the Ambient Occlusion button and leave the other default settings as they were except for the diffuse energy settings which we'll change to Sky Color and the type of Ambient Occlusion to use which we'll change in the dropdown menu from Raytrace to Approximate. We told Blender to render out our scene with ambient occlusion which is basically a global illumination method (or something similar to it), creating a global environmental lighting and producing soft shadows due to object occlusion. I often do this to my scenes where I start out my lighting process by turning on AO (Ambient Occlusion) as my first pass and take it from there.
Ambient Occlusion Settings
Now, the moment you have been waiting for, RENDER TIME! Probably, before you have even read this sentence here, you already pressed the F12 button or the RENDER button. If you didn't, I guess you already know what to do which leads us to this image:
First Render!
Pretty dark isn't it? By default, if we had the Ambient Occlusion's diffusion settings to Plain, which just uses a plain white occlusion color, this render would be brighter, but we would not achieve that dark blue distant color that we see right now. To fix this problem, or better said to tweak this better, we'll add in lights, which is the primary reason of this part of this article. So why don't we throw in some?
The first light we'll create is a spot lamp from directly above. We would have opted to have this step of the lighting in the last parts of our pass but we're trying as much as possible to avoid resetting some settings later on.
Add a spot lamp to our scene by moving your mouse pointer over to the 3D Window and pressing spacebar, choose Add > Lamp > Spot. Set the settings of lamp (as seen in the screenshot) such that it only affects our nearest terrain.
Adding the Spot Lamp
Top Spot Lamp Settings
Again, let's do a test render and see how everything looks like so far.
Render with Top Spot Lamp
And finally, some light and recognition, but still a little bit dark, so however you want it, throw in some lights at the sides to kill the dark shadows. Experiment with the way you light the scene. Just for reference purposes, you can take a look at the screenshot below.
Light Setup
Leading us to:
With More Lights
Just for fun and more aesthetic appeal, we'll create another light which will cast rays (popularly known as volumetric lighting) and produce caustics which we'll see in the sand. Duplicate the top lamp and move it higher than the original spot lamp we duplicated it from and adjust the settings accordingly.
Ray Spot Lamp
The key settings for this lamp are the halo and halo steps. Enabling Halo makes our spot lamp draw volumes of light and halo step enables us to block this volume to create nice looking shadows out of the volume. A halo step of 0 will not produce the shadows and non-zero values will enable us to achieve such, often, you can stay at levels of 5 which is a good compromise between the quality of shadows and speed but for this part, we'll just choose 1 to achieve the smoothest shadows.
Without anything to block out the volumetric light, it would look as though a beam from an alien spacecraft just swept through our scene. But we want smaller light streaks, so what we need to do is to create a mesh to block out the light and let the beam pass through the holes of the mesh (as seen in the screenshot). Commonly, this mesh is called the "gobo" or the pattern with which light passes through.
Render with Light Beams
Now, on to the caustics. To those of you who haven't heard about caustics before, they are the patterns you see on the floor of a pool or a shallow body of water. It is caused by the way light had been bent by the waves and distortions happening on the surface of the water.
You can skip and just move on to the other one if you don't wish to add caustics to your scene, but I highly suggest you not to since this is one of the most fun parts in creating the scene.
It had been a tedious and long journey for me to discover about this technique in creating caustics and thought I might share it to those who haven't found out a way yet. All credit goes to the Blender Artists forum and the creators of this great application that we'll use shortly to create the caustic effect.
If you'll do a quick Google search and type in "caustics generator", among the first few results you will see is the CausticsGenerator application (pretty repetitive, eh?). Or you could go directly to this site http://www.lysator.liu.se/~kand/caustics/ and find out about this wonderful application. Head over to their downloads section and grab a copy of the free version which is licensed under the GNU GPL or you could buy the commercial version. Under their readme file or about section, here's a description of caustics: "Caustics can be described as the light pattern you see at the bottom of a pool on a sunny day. This tool will let you render such caustics patterns. The rendered images can be animated and used for realtime graphics and are tileable in both space and time."
After downloading the application, extract the zip file to your preferred directory, and inside that open the file CausticsGenerator.exe. You'll be presented with lots of settings and sliders to play around it. I won't hold you back to go ahead, play around with it, and have fun.
The procedure I did to achieve the caustics effect for our scene is to just adjust the depth, resolution (width & height), supersampling, and the output file and render out an animation out of the settings I had.
Caustics Generator Settings
That's about it for our caustics and after successfully rendering out the animation, you can check the directory where you have the renders outputted and you can see a bunch of BMP images. These are what we'll be using as image sequence textures for one of our lights back in Blender.
Caustic Image Sequences Generated
Back to Blender, select the upper spot lamp casting the beams of light and go to Shading (F5) panel, then to the Lamp Buttons and scroll over until you see Texture and Input tab. Click Add New and name your texture "caustics" and use the View Coordinates. Under the Map To tab, select Shadows to have the caustics affect the shadows from the light as well (though in real life, this rarely happens).
Adding a Texture to the Spot Lamp
Proceed to the textures button and change the texture type to Images. Browse through the folder where you saved the caustics images and just select the first image in the series and click load or middle mouse click the first file. Under the Image tab, click Sequence (to tell Blender that we're not just using the single file we loaded but the whole sequence which comes with it), enable Auto Refresh, set the total number of frames, and click Cyclic to make the animation loop.
Loading the Caustics Texture
If we render the scene now, here's how it will look like with the caustics:
Render with Caustics
That's about it in creating all that's needed for our baby underwater scene, there's still so much that has to be done but I leave that up to you. Right now, one of the most important parts of this scene, making it look right. We could spend hours to days to weeks tweaking the lights, adding additional props, and effects, but it could only take us minutes to look it even better by simply adding some visual effects and contrast changes to the images rendered from our scene.
Change your 3D Viewport to the Node Editor, click Composite Nodes, Use Nodes, and Backdrop. Then under Scene (F10) and Render Buttons, enable Do Composite under the Anim tab to tell Blender to respect our compositing node process and use it for our render output.
Enabling Compositing
Under the Node Editor, select the Render Layer node and press spacebar > add ≫ output > viewer then position it somewhere below the render layer node.
Adding a Viewer Node
Reselect the Render Layer node then press spacebar > add > color > rgb curves. Select the RGB Curves node and add a viewer just like the way we added a viewer node to the render layer node.
Adding RGB Curves Node
Adjust the curves on the RGB Node using the C tab's curve to increase the contrast, like how we see in the screenshot below with the S Contrast Curve in use.
S Contrast Curve
Repeat this process until you're satisfied with your color results, using different channels of the RGB Curve.
Series of RGB Curves
Extending through the noodles, here's what we will achieve with the Noodles (with lot of patience and experimentation):
Noodle Network
Showing us this render:
Composited Render
And for some bonus, with a few tweaks here and there and some particle instance effects (which I'll discuss on my upcoming article), here's what I came up with:
In this article, we learned how create an underwater scene from the preparation stage (prop modeling, environment modeling, etc.), shading and texturing stage, lighting with halo effects, basic particle systems, up to compositing the scene for better looking outputs.
I hope you like it and thanks for reading! And please, if you had some renders to share, feel free to send them to my email address: firstname.lastname@example.com and I would love to give feedback on them. Moreover, if you have some comments and suggestions on this article or how I could make our future articles better, please do let me know. And why not, you could throw in some ideas too!
Thank you so much and have a happy Blendering time!
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*I am a member of the Writers' Union- Canadian libraries and Ontario schools may be eligible for funded visits or subsidies. f you are in British Columbia, funding for artist-in-residence programs may available to your school through ArtStarts. Schools can apply for grants to bring an artist into the classroom to work with students over a period of weeks or months.
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For LGBTQ people and their supporters, Pride events are an opportunity to honor the past, protest injustice, and celebrate a diverse community. The high point of Pride, the Pride Parade, is spectacular and colorful. But there is a lot more to Pride than rainbow flags and amazing outfits. How did Pride come to be? And what does Pride mean to the people who celebrate it? In this engaging and interactive presentation, Robin draws on her new non-fiction book, Pride: Celebrating Diversity and Community. She talks about the history of the LGBTQ rights movement and the challenges still faced by LGBTQ people and communities today. Using images and anecdotes from the book, Robin shares historical photographs, stories of contemporary kids and teens, and images of Pride celebrations from around the world. This session can be tailored to groups from ages nine through adult.
After a recent visit with a grade four class, the librarian wrote: "Thank you for your inspiring presentation yesterday. I was touched by your sincerity and the gentle way you challenged the children to think of social justice. In my experience, adults often undermine how strong children are and how important it is for children to think about their world critically. We had a very special group of young people in the room yesterday and I think they all benefited from the opportunity to be challenged and inspired."
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Creative Writing Workshops (grades 6-12; maximum 30 students):
Robin is available to facilitate hands-on creative writing workshops for small groups. Participants will explore how they can use their own experiences and curiosity to create compelling writing and convincing characters; discuss strategies for finding story ideas; develop their skills at creating complex and believable characters; and discover how well-developed characters can help uncover new story possibilities.
The Art of Revision (grades 10-12):
According to Roald Dahl, "Good writing is essentially rewriting." Nabakov agreed, saying, "My pencils outlast their erasers." Hemingway rewrote the ending of Farewell to Arms thirty-nine times. And yet this essential part of the writing process is often oversimplified and reduced to proof-reading– or over-complicated and made mystifying. In this interactive and engaging presentation for high school students, Robin draws on her experience revising her own books as well as her role as an editor of middle grade and young adult novels. Students will learn how to take a rough first draft and make it shine.
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Want to learn more about LGBTQ youth and how to support them? Thinking about starting a GSA at your school? Curious about the history of LGBTQ rights? Interested in making your school more inclusive? With a background in social work and many years of experience as a group facilitator and university instructor, Robin is a dynamic presenter and skilled workshop leader. She is available to lead professional development sessions, presentations and workshops for teachers, tailored to the needs and interests of your group.


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You might change school because you're moving house or because a new school will be able to give you the help you need
People change schools for lots of reasons, you might be changing schools because you've reached the end of your year, or you might be going to a new school that can give you extra help.
When you move school you'll have lots of new experiences. You'll have a new route to travel and might have to go by bus, you might have a new uniform (or no uniform!) and you'll meet lots of new people.
You'll meet your new teacher and your new class mates and you'll get to have a look around the inside of the school. You'll be given your new books and maybe somewhere to keep your things, like a drawer or locker.
Everyone has to change schools at some point and you might feel excited and maybe a little bit worried too, we all feel like that! See how other people your age feel about it or ask questions on 'Ask Sam' the advice page for Childline.
When you move school it doesn't mean you can't keep your friends from your old school, they'll be interested to hear about what your new school is like. You might find it fun to keep a diary of your first week to help you remember what to tell your friends about.
Why not visit your new school before you start, just to see what it's like? If you're shy you can go at the weekend and see it from the outside.
Have a look at the school's website too, you can read about what clubs they have and there might be a map so you can find your way around.


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Hypothyroidism, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and FibromyalgiaCynthia S.
I was in bed for 3 months! My spiritual sister Latonya referred me to Discover Chiropractic. I came to this office out of desperation. After my first adjustment, I was able to lay my head down without pain. After a few more adjustments the pain in my body was subsiding. I became hooked!
After about three months of specific chiropractic care, I went to my physician for a check up. She could not believe my numbers from my blood work. Almost all of my numbers were normal. When I told her I was not taking medication and that I was under chiropractic care, she told me that I needed to continue taking my medication. I have been drug free since December 2008.
Now I am back on track and I am a happy, faithful patient. My father, mother, second oldest brother, and one of my nephews have now joined the road of better health through chiropractic care. I tell anyone that will listen that this is the way to go. My energy levels are rising and I am functioning so much better.
Thank You Jesus, Latonya, Drs. Hess and the Caring Team at Discover Chiropractic!
Chiropractic Treatment for MigrainesCindy V.
"Everyone in the office makes driving the 45 minutes to get here worth it- and most of all the well-feeling when I leave confirms my decision to continue seeing Drs. Amanda and Jeremy Hess! God Bless Discover Chiropractic!"
Cindy suffered with severe migraines for years. She missed many days of work because her migraines were totally debilitating. Over a six month period of time after starting chiropractic corrective care and receiving her specific atlas adjustments, Cindy realized that she had had only one minor episode with her migraines. Cindy had received chiropractic care in the past, but noticed instantly the difference with Drs. Hess' upper cervical specific adjustments!
With Cindy's amazing results, she brought her teenage son to see Dr. Hess for wellness and maintenance care. She wants her son to have an optimal functioning nervous system as well and does not want him to end up with the health problems that she had experienced!
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The procedure uses a program called wget which is essentially a command line version of a web browser's save feature.
Use of automated download sofware ( "harvesters") such as wget, httrack, etc.
As the software license agreement terms were updated last week upon Sun becoming a wholly owned subsiduary of Oracle, customers who use 'wget' to automate patch downloads from SunSolve will need to login in once to SunSolve and accept the updated software license agreement before they can continue to use 'wget'.
You must have read about 'wget' and most of you must have it already installed on your PC.
Wouldn't it be easier to use subprocess module to execute a wget commend. command = [ 'wget', path_name] wget_process = subprocess.
Eventually they'll scan the wget output to activate emergency mode.
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Clients use wget to check in with the site like this: [computerstolen. com].
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His method: Make wget available to Launchy, then pass the URL of the file you want to download to wget through Launchy.
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LIBYA – Hannibal Qadaffi's name is back in the news after western reporters say to have found evidence of "inhumane treatment" of his staff at his compound.
The son of Libya's leader Muammar Qadaffi, who won his lawsuit for defamation of character brought against the Geneva newspaper La Tribune de Genève and the city of Geneva, and who said would continue to insist "on an international tribunal to clear his name," could have been hiding a maid that, seemingly, was brutalized by his wife.
In 2008, "Hannibal," as he is known, was arrested at a luxury hotel in Geneva on charges of abusing two of his domestic staff. The servants later dropped the charges against him.
CNN correspondent Dan Rivers, seems to have found further evidence that abuses against staff at the Hannibal's household may be widespread. The reporter found a 30-year-old Ethiopian maid, Shweyga Mullah, who says she was brutally tortured by Hannibal's wife and was later forbidden from receiving medical treatment.
Hannibal Qadaffi and his father are still on the run.
Warning: The CNN report includes graphic content.


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Learn Reiki
It's very easy to learn Reiki energy healing. is a very relaxing healing treatment. I've been training people to learn reiki for over 10 years – it can be taught in a day. Here's a description of my reiki treatments.
Before giving a treatment I meditate to ground myself. I also reiki myself and the healing room. The reiki healing is conducted in a relaxing atmosphere, with low lighting and soothing music.
I take a medical history, then ask you to make yourself comfortable, removing shoes, belts and ties, eyeglasses and watches.
A reiki energy healing treatment lasts an hour, but you'll continue feeling the benefits for several days. Generally you will lie on a treatment table fully dressed and covered by a blanket, though treatments can also be administered while sitting.
We will take a few deep breaths together, then I lay their hands in strategic positions on or above your major organs and glands, enabling the energy to flow through you to where it's needed.
You'll probably feel deeply relaxed during your reiki or distant reiki energy healing treatment; it's this state of deep relaxation that promotes the self-healing.
You may also notice warm or cold sensations, tingling, a sense of lightness or heaviness, and possibly the echo of past ailments as reiki works through your system. Most of my clients experience tummy gurgles while I work on them — don't worry about it, it's just energy in motion!
If you don't experience any of these sensations, it only means you aren't sensitive to this energy at this time. This will not impact the benefits you'll receive.
After your treatment you may want to nap while the self-healing and detoxification continues, or you might feel an increase in energy. The detoxification process may manifest as nausea, headaches, runny nose, strong urine or loose stools.
These are beneficial reactions that indicate your body is healing itself, and most people don't experience any symptoms to a noticeable degree.
Often only three reiki energy healing treatments are required to address specific complaints; it's recommended they be taken a week apart, as the treatments have a cumulative effect.
Reiki also dislodges toxins and build-ups throughout the body, so be sure to drink lots of water immediately following a treatment to flush it out.
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Listen wiseguy, you want to compare notes? O.K., I may have exaggerated a little, but seriously, on www.betus.com - even if you parlayed these 2 together you would still have to bet $100.00 just to win $49.60 - that's more than half of your wager lost.
Now, first of all, you let me know where you can get this same wager for just -130 - - - second of all, since when is a minus -130 bet "not costing you anything"?????????????? Simple math tells you that you still have to bet $130 to win $100 (or, $13 to win $10) - - sounds like a loss to me............
Like I said, go read a book on how to bet and what wagers mean, then come back in here - and maybe you can school me on how betting is done. Until then keep your mouth shut.
BTW - just because of your comments, here's my wager for you - Rams +7.5 and your precious over 37 - - $100 to win a total of $223.16 - - now THAT'S a positive bet, and maybe that's what you should be doing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by FreeMoneyInc: SOoooOOOoooo lets compare our notes now lol and we will pretend somehow you got a combination of the straight rams line and teased total...how'd that work out for ya Not meaning to gloat...but ok I guess I am. I also put money on NO there won't be three consecutive scores...which paid +160 since you love the payouts and are a math expert THAT was how money was made!
I'll never fault anyone for winning - so congrats on that. Isn't it really us against the bookies anyways?
Congrats to everyone who made money!
There's always next week - Hey, next week the Rams take on the Ravens in St. Louis - maybe I could tease the Rams +28 with over 14 points, bet $1,000 to win $2.75.....................
HA!!!!!!!!!!!!! - I'm just yankin' yer crank! See y'all next week........
You sassin me boy? dont me get the ole g crew on ya son!!!!
Originally Posted by FreeMoneyInc: They schedule stinkers like these to give the bookies a bunch of FREE money because of all the squares who will lay the points with the G-Men here because of cliche things like "home opener" and "Rams banged up" etc...under is equally shaky. I made this game easy and just teased it...Rams+14 and OVER 37 (are you kidding me betting under on MNF! It's your money lol spend it how you'd like). LARGE.That's how money is made!


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Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Howie the Rookie
The Magic Theatre is presenting the West Coast premier of Mark O'Rowe's Howie the Rookie with two amazing Irish actors Aidan Kelly and Karl Shiels. The theater group was originally set to present this riveting play to American audiences here in San Francisco however the production decided to go to New York first. There it received critical acclaim. Ben Brantley of the New York Times said "It's one of those rare, shiver making instances in which language seems to become truly physical". How true a statement that is. Sitting in the front row of the small theater we felt the passion, the anger, the terror coming from these two amazing actors.
Howie first opened at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1999 where it was declared by critics to be one of the most realist plays of the season. The actors took possession of the audience as only the best theater can.
The story of Howie the Rookie was told in two simple interconnected monologues running 45 minutes each. The first was delivered by Howie Lee. After an intermission, we heard the same events from a different perspective by Rookie Lee.
The stories were cleverly connected and the audience was treated to a white knuckled ride through the dirty dives of Dublin. There were bizarre feuds of honor that involved some stolen fighting fish and a scabies-ridden mattress. These two items brought the two lads violently together. There was a gangland revenge against Rookie because of the stolen Thai fish and there was a surprising twist that made one man the tragic hero of the other man's story.
This was all done by two extraordinary young Irish actors, Aidan Kelly and Karl Shields. It took about 5 to 10 minutes to get your ear tuned to the heavy Irish street language. In fact when Howie starts to talk about "the mat" you have no idea what he is talking about. Everything he said was in precise and poetic detail. The language and images were very vivid and it was quite beautiful. O'Rowe's writing was more like wonderful Irish literature then drama.
The actors used no props. There is a simple but effective set. The rear wall was a slate gray panel with a thin line that snakes across the panel like a strand of barbed wire. A thicker line transected the black slab that serves as the stage floor and a band that glowed a hot white or red or faded to a dull median strip of a city street. The total effect of the production was grasping, sobering and exhilarating. This is must see theater for the avid theater goers.
Howie the Rookie runs through March 4 at the Magic Theatre, Building D, Fort Mason. Tickets are $25-$30. Call 415-441-8822 or visit www.magictheatre.org.
Cheers - and be sure to check the lineup of great shows this season in the San Francisco area


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Global Markets for Conformal Coatings in Electronics
- September 2016 •
- 124 pages •
- Report ID: 958086
- Analyze the global and regional markets for various types of conformal coatings and coating equipments.
- Analyze the various applications of conformal coatings and their markets.
- Gain information about the developments within the conformal coatings industry.
- Gain insight covering the laws, regulations and standards concerning conformal coatings.
- The global market for conformal coating materials, equipment and spares will grow from $10.2 billion in 2016 to nearly $14.2 billion by 2021 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.8% for the period of 2016-2021.
- The conformal coating equipment and spares market will grow from $7.9 billion in 2016 to nearly $11.1 billion by 2021, with a CAGR of 6.9%.
- The conformal coating materials market is expected to increase from nearly $2.3 billion in 2016 to $3.1 billion by 2021, with a CAGR of 6.2%.
Introduction & Scope
This report is an update of an earlier BCC Research report published in 2014. The report studies and highlights the role of conformal coatings in providing protection to electronic products; explains the technology, development, production and methods of application of these coatings; discusses the equipment involved in the coating process; and provides a market overview that analyzes major market trends both by region and application sector. In addition, the report studies in detail new developments in the conformal coatings industry regarding continuous improvements in environmental performance. The report analyzes both the market for conformal coating products and the market for the technologies involved, including various emerging technologies and new products produced using these technologies. It also analyzes the various applications of conformal coatings and their markets, with a special emphasis on the new products being developed. Along with the development of new products, research and development (R&D) is taking coating technologies to new heights. The report examines these developments as well as the new applications emerging from these new technologies.
Customers are driving increased demand for conformal coatings and relevant coating equipment, and there are huge expectations in diverse areas such as performance, ease of application, sustainability, quality, functionality and environmental properties. The above expectations require special attention from manufacturers to ensure that products meet expected standards and the market remains buoyant. This report pinpoints the need for industry?s commitment to continuous improvement in environmental performance and predicts a future in which the functionality of conformal coatings will be enhanced and transformed from conventional areas of protection and aesthetics to meet additional, more specific demands.
For any company to succeed in a competitive market, product opportunities must be identified from the viewpoint of the company?s strengths. To do so, it is necessary to understand the size and growth rate of opportunities and the competitive atmosphere in which the company operates. This report is the ideal medium to understand opportunities in various types of conformal coatings and coating equipment and will help prospective manufacturers, distributors and even users to understand and achieve success in this growing field.
This report is intended to help marketing managers identify emerging market opportunities and develop targeted promotion plans for conformal coatings and the equipment involved. It will also help R&D professionals explore demand for conformal coatings and equipment, stay abreast of competitors? initiatives and develop new products and applications. The reports will assist information and research-center librarians to provide market researchers and brand and product managers with the information they need to do their jobs effectively.
The report has been prepared in a simple and easily understood format with tables and figures. The scope of the report includes a detailed study of global and regional markets for various types of conformal coatings and coating equipment and the reasons for variations in industry growth by region.
Both primary and secondary research methodologies were used when preparing this study. Primary information sources for this market research report include data from manufacturers and suppliers of conformal coatings around the world, raw-material suppliers for manufacture of these products, major users of these products, research organizations, governmental agencies, trade associations and equipment suppliers. Additional secondary research sources include databases, trade literature, specialized journals and government statistics.


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Holt was born into a family of New York City actors; his mother is the renowned singer/actress Julie Wilson, and his father was Tony Award-winning actor and producer Michael McAloney. He began school in Dublin, Ireland at the age of five before his parents moved back to NY. At 14 years old, he ran away from home and took a Greyhound bus to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of becoming an actor but his parents tracked him down and sent him back to Ireland to boarding school.
Following high school, Holt went to France to continue his education. He learned French at the Sorbonne, studied art history at the Paris American Academy, and theater at L'Ecole Marceau and L'Ecole Jacques Lecoq. He spent a summer studying Shakespeare in Oxford then moved back to New York City permanently to begin his acting career. He now makes his home in Los Angeles and New York, is a history lover who enjoys reading biographies.
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An omnivore parent asks what protein-packed meals to make her vegetarian son without becoming the family's short-order cook. I recommend a family favorite—Mollie Katzen's Carrot Mushroom Loaf—and share tons of tips from my posse of vegetarian and cooking-geek friends.
My 11-year old son has been a solid vegetarian for 6 months or so after flirting with it for about a year. I need to know basically how to feed him.
I'm tired of giving him little slices of teriyaki tofu when the rest of the family has chicken for dinner. I don't want to prepare big, separate meals. Half of us won't eat soy/tofu.
Every day for lunch at school he brings a falafel burrito. I bought the last 19 the store had and then I need to find something else. He doesn't like pb&j or most sandwiches.
I'm scared he's not getting enough nutrients, because he's really narrowed down what he'll eat. Also, we're doing something wrong because he is actually putting on a lot of belly weight since he's doing this. Maybe just too many carbs?
I'm also not a wiz in the kitchen so easy is nice. 🙂 Many thanks my friend for your help!
Thanks for writing in today. Before I launch in, I want to start with a couple of caveats:
- I am not a vegetarian.
- I am not a nutritionist.
So, now that you know that you are officially getting vegetarian menu advice from an amateur omnivore—I feel like I should be paid for being an adventurist omnivore, but no one is offering me money for eating—we can get going. Are we good? Great.
(I do, however, have a host of terrific vegetarian friends, as well as other "cooking-geek" folks like me, who regularly make all kinds of foods and have a bunch of yummy vegetarian cooking suggestions. More on this later.)
It can be really frustrating, as the home cook with lots of people to feed, to have to differentiate meals. I know this can be a struggle for parents of kids who have food allergies, aversions, or have simply chosen a different diet (like your son.)
I have a cousin who has celiac disease and must completely avoid gluten. One of her three children has a potentially-fatal peanut allergy. Another child has a potentially-fatal tree nut allergy, and has also become a vegan who wants to avoid all added fats that aren't naturally occurring in foods. I'm not sure what her third child can or can't eat, but I can bet you (because this is how these things work) he has some aversion to a staple in the other family members' diets. The fact that my cousin ever has a smile on her face in the kitchen is a total miracle.
The great news is that, with a little practice, your son can maintain an incredibly nutrient-rich, healthy diet as a vegetarian. I'm all for helping kids become autonomous in the kitchen—what better life skill can you give a burgeoning adult than the ability to feed themselves? The fact that he has chosen a diet which is different from the rest of his family makes this autonomy even more important to foster.
Take him to the library, investigate vegetarian cookbooks, watch his eyes light up over particularly recipes, then get that kid in the kitchen!
You mention that you are sick of feeding him teriyaki tofu. Is he sick of it? Is it high in sugars and other unhealthy stuff, or is it relatively nutritious? Is this something he can reasonably prepare for himself as you make other dishes, including salads and/or vegetables in which he could partake?
I ask, because if it ain't broke…well, you know how that ends.
Being concerned that he receive enough nutrients and maintain a healthy weight is reasonable, and I daresay something that many parents feel, particularly parents of picky eaters.
From my research, several factors could lead someone who has recently gone on a vegetarian diet to gain some weight. Filling up on high-calorie carbohydrates—particularly processed carbohydrates—or overindulging in cheeses, nuts and oils in lieu of proteins can pack on pounds. Assuming that vegetable-based = healthy can be another pitfall. Not following reasonable portion guidelines or digging into too many sweets can also be a leading causes of weight gain (just like for omnivores, of course.)
I'm assuming that, once your child gets into a pattern of meals in which he has a) variety, to keep things interesting, and b) balance, mixing proteins/fats/carbohydrates along with some occasional sweets and treats, this may not be as big of a problem. Again, please seek out medical or nutritional guidance for your son if this continues to be an issue.
Remember all those vegetarian friends I mentioned earlier? They offered up a wealth of recommendations for your son, and in particular, they suggested dishes that all of you can enjoy together. Just as I am encouraging your son to become more autonomous in making differentiated meals, I suggest that you find as many ways as possible to make dishes that please everyone, with meat as an option for those who partake. Don't just take my advice, though. Here's some veggie-cooking wisdom:
"Chickpeas and quinoa are great for protein. Make a quinoa burrito bowl with quinoa and black beans and your favorite add ins, mix with enchilada sauce, top with shredded cheese and bake." —Michelle
"We have meat and non-meat eaters at my house. Taco night is an easy, accommodate everyone kind of meal, but one cannot eat tacos every night. Quesadillas (some with ham, some without) goes over well here too. Lots of pasta dishes, stir fries where meat cooked separately and added later. Bring on the tofu!" —Leslie
"Anything with lentils has lots of protein—lentils are so wonderfully versatile!" —Tugba
"There's tons of yummy nut butters that are much better than pb. Sunbutter almond butter and cashew butter are delish." —Amanda
"The big lessons I learned were variety (at least a little) and avoid refined carbs. Things like chips, cereal, white bread, and crackers tend to make people headachy and hungry a few hours later. Eat whole grains and pair carbs with fat to help avoid weight gain." —Kimberlee
"Lentil soup, bean soups, refried beans, veggie tacos, avocado, sweet potato—black bean and sweet potato taco/enchiladas." —Andrea
"I'm the vegetarian in my family…The key for me with the two-meal thing is finding recipes that I can just add some meat to for the other people. Salad with grilled chicken is a popular one around here. Pasta with vegetables and shrimp or scallops. Burgers for them, veggie burger for me, with all the same fixins. Pot pies or shepherd's pies, and I take my portion out before the meat goes in and bake it in its own little dish." —Amy
"Quinoa. Lentils. Chickpeas. Many delicious soups and stews can be made with these and enjoyed by vegetarians and meat lovers alike. Also, vegetarian sausage can be browned and then added to just about anything." —Perri
"Choose as many whole family veg meals as possible. I have for most of my children's lives used "crumbles" for tacos, meatloaf, and chili and any other recipe calling for ground beef because I hate browning ground beef. My youngest was concerned I was feeding the veg kids meat. She had no idea that she almost had never been served a meal with ground beef. Encourage [vegetarian kids] to go through cookbooks and websites to choose meals they can make/help with (veg kids in the kitchen are sanity savers and it broadens the child's abilities and interests in various foods.)" —Tarrant
"Our whole family is vegetarian. I echo many of the suggestions above. We use meat substitutes, eggs, beans, lentils, nut butters. Our kids love the fake bacons and nuggets as well." —Annette
"We love make-your-own burritos because they are easy to customize. One kid can have a quesadilla, one kid can AVOID having one molecule of cheese. We use vegetarian refried beans, but it's also easy to make your own. Put out flour and (warm) corn torillas, beans, salsa, cheese, various toppings." —Jennifer
"Peanut butter, quinoa, hummus, beans, tofu, cheese … it's important to remember that very few middle class American kids are actually at risk of not getting enough protein. There's protein in most foods. Two of us are veggie at my house and two aren't. So, we do a lot of meals that can be done a variety of ways—baked potato bar with bacon and fake bacon options (plus broccoli and cheese = complete meal). Taco night has meat and refried beans. Falafel, pasta … all things that it's easy to add or not add meat as the person wants." —Marta
"No meat does not mean just tofu. Yuck. Offer trail mix, yogurt, seeds, nuts…protein is pretty easily achieved and we don't ever think about it. Whole food, plant based should be her go-to. It's just a matter of finding things that they do like and consistently offering different choices. The child may not like roasted broccoli the first time, but may like it the 10th. When going vegetarian, it takes a while for the taste buds to change….for anyone." —Jayna
"My kids grew up eating veggie burgers, black bean burgers, nuts, nut loaf, yogurt, cheese, TVP, veggie lasagna, and they loved the veggie sausage." —Ann
"Adding spices and avocado makes my tongue think I'm really living the lush life. Also have started rolling up a variety of goodies in corn tortillas (hot off the stove)." —Laurel
"I am a vegetarian, hubby is usually one, and our daughter eats it all. Quinoa is high in protein and it along with other grains can be cooked in vegetable broth to enhance the taste bulgar wheat can also be added to soups and other liquid/sauce dishes to give it some texture (I just throw it in uncooked and let it cook right in the liquid/sauce). Butternut squash, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin are very versatile. They can be used for soup, pasta sauce, roasted, in Mexican food and many other dishes. Just add meat on the side for the others. Use marinades and sauces on vegetables. Buffalo cauliflower is really good. I often pair a high protein grain and vegetables with meat on the side. Also, everyone in my family loves the veggie bacon, likes or loves the veggie sausage and really likes black bean burgers. An easy black bean burger recipe is 1/3 can of pumpkin to one can of black beans. Add chili powder, corn, or whatever suits your taste. You can fry them or we put them on parchment paper and bake them in the oven." —Libby
"I throw seeds and tree nuts in almost everything to add protein. Latest love is chopped toasted hazelnuts with green beans." —Cecelia
"Hemp seeds! I've been adding them to my morning oats and they're not even noticeable, but they have protein, omega-3 fatty acid, iron, and tons of other minerals. I'm in love!" —Meredith
"We also make a brown rice and lentil pilaf in the rice cooker that is sooooooo simple. And really quite good. Just follow the 1:2 ratio for brown rice: water, but sub out lentils for about a quarter of the rice. Then add a bunch of chopped vegetables like carrots, onions, celery, etc. and cook like brown rice. Add garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper, etc. before serving." —Jennifer
"Avocados and guacamole huge healthy staple. Baked potato night is fun, you can load it with all kinds of toppings – veggies, cheese, sour cream, soy crumbles. Sweet potatoes every day haha. Egg frittatas and salads. Fruit salads and granola. Different kinds of grilled cheese (like Brie and apple). Smoothies. I could go on forever." —Miranda
I could go on forever, too, thanking these friends for their wonderful recommendations. I could also eat all this food and never miss meat, which I hope will also be your family's reaction!
In that spirit, I'm going to recommend one of our family's favorite no-meat meals, Mollie Katzen's Carrot Mushroom Loaf from The Moosewood Cookbook (*Amazon Affiliate Link.)
Carrots. Mushrooms. Cheese. Breadcrumbs. Herbs. Who needs meatloaf, anyway?
I'm also going to break all the food website rules—this is really an advice column, after all, breaking rules is appropriate—and not provide the recipe details here. Why?
You should get this cookbook. Start at the library, I'm guessing they have this classic. It is worth a look. From starters to salads to pastas, this straight-forward cookbook is delightful and the recipes within it are crowdpleasing.
Spoiler alert: the pound cake is just about the best recipe for pound cake I've ever made. That certainly won't help you with your son's diet at the moment, but it is not to be missed.
I mean, just look at this gorgeousness!
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by Joe Duzy
Hi Al,
We have a loud hum that comes from our auxilary speakers (when we use them) when we listen to the TV in our RV. The speakers are from our Pioneer system. That is used for radio and backup camera. The problem is from day one. How do we get rid of that?
Hi Joe,
I am assuming that when you listen to the radio or play a CD through the same stereo system that you do not here this hum. I am also going to assume that when you use the built-in speakers on the TV that you also do not hear the hum.
If all of the above the true; then that eliminates the stereo, TV and auxiliary speakers from being the problem.
My best guess is that the problem is with the Audio Patch Cables used to connect the your TV to the Stereo System. The problem with the cable/s could be:
1. The audio cable connections could be loose at the TV or Stereo (this would be the first thing I would check).
2. That the cables are defective.
3. They cable/s are being run near a 120 Volt electrical source that is creating an electrical interference that is causing the hum.
4. Since the cable is probably being run through the RV walls to get to the stereo: a staple, screw or nail could have pierced the cable insulation and is touching the internal wiring causing the hum.
The easiest way to find out if the audio cables are the culprit is to get a new audio cable and temporarily hooking it up to the stereo. If the stereo is built into a cabinet or the dash of the RV; this may involve pulling the system out of the dash or cabinet to make the connection. If the hum goes away then you know for a fact that you have permanently replace the cable.
I cannot tell you exactly what type of cable your system is using, but I am going to assume that some of the connections are using RCA Cables.
The biggest problem you are going to have is running the new cables from the TV to the stereo. If you are lucky the old cables are not attached to the interior walls or cabinets. In that case all you have to do is attach your new cables to the old cables with electrical tape and use the old cables to pull the new ones through the walls/cabinets.
Unfortunately some RVs are pre-wired for all of their cables, wires etc. and they are permanent part of the RV's wall. In that case you will have to create a new route for the audio wires to run.
I hope that this information was helpful to you.
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2. Your name in the club: Richy
3. Your favourite water Pokémon: Rain Castform...
4. Your six Aqua Pokémon: Castform, Porygon, Walrein, Wailord, Sharpedo, Manectric
5. Why you like Aqua more than Magma or Rocket: "Rain" Castform, not "Earth" Castform... Plus, I love swimming
6. Why you joined this club: Team Aqua Rocks!
7. What do you honestly think of the Team Aqua uniform?: Looks VERY comfurtable!
8. Which Squad do you want to be in? This effects missions: Omega Squadron
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There are so many special occasions when the old red, white & blue looks great on display…. to show our patriotic spirit, like:
Memorial Day, Independence Day (4th of July), Labor Day, Veterans Day, Military Homecoming, etc.
The easiest thing to display, of course, is a wreath because it looks great on a door, wall, above, below or propped up on the fireplace mantel OR even as an indoor or outdoor table centerpiece!
So, I decided to tackle that project for us, but as always… on a budget!
How does $12 sound?
I found some of the items in the store and pulled 2 items from my trusty Christmas decor:
Wire wreath form (Craft store w/coupon) – $1.80
8 Pinwheels (Dollar Tree) – $8.00
2-piece Package Topper (Dollar Tree) – $1.00
Apx. 3 yards of (apx) 2-1/2″ Shiny Ribbon (from my own Christmas decor stash) – FREE!
Apx. 3 yards of 1″ Shiny Ribbon (from my own Christmas decor stash) – FREE!
Patriotic Flags – $1.00 (Dollar Tree) 2-pack of Cupcake liners and Cupcake Toppers
1 shiny Pipe Cleaner
Hot Glue Gun
Begin, by wrapping bright, shiny red or blue 2-1/2″ ribbon around the wire wreath frame, on a diagonal to keep it neat & flat. Then, staple both ends together, where they meet.
Remove all of the pinwheels from their display sticks and begin placing them around your wreath frame
until you achieve a pattern you like.
Create a bow, by looping the length of 1″ shiny ribbon (5-7 times) and twisting a sparkly,
color-coordinated pipe cleaner around the center and place it also.
(The pipe cleaner is what you will also use to attach it to your wreath frame (in between the ribbon wrapped around the wire frame).
Begin adding each pinwheel to the wire frame, tucking it (securely)
underneath the wrapped ribbon and adding hot glue, to keep it in place.
The 2-piece package topper I also found at the Dollar Tree was the perfect centerpiece to add to the bow because
the "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" was removable , enabling me to create 2 different looks for:
All other patriotic holidays & special occasions (by removing the "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" & using the pom-pom only)
Independence Day (by leaving the "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" in place and adding 2 tiny flags, using a spot of hot glue)
What's so much fun about this wreath is how the pinwheels spin a little,
when the wind catches them, adding motion to an already whimsical patriotic creation!
Here's how the 2 wreaths look… on The Seasonal Home's front door:
For INDEPENDENCE DAY (4th of July)
For All Other Patriotic Holidays and Special Occasions
(on interior door)
Apples are such a great snack & decoration, so why not use them,
in the center of your wreath, to create a beautiful, patriotic table centerpiece.


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I use quite a different system,I just simplify it to 2 groups.
Firstly I don't grow potatoes, because it hasn't an advantage over the ones you can buy in a shop. Partly as well because staple food takes up too much space or is eaten too fast compared to the effort (so no onions for me either)
So I grow fruit bearing instead in the first space with the most manure, like tomatoes, pumpkins, courgette, etc. Also cabbages need manure, unlike Monty said, according to me. A last group that needs fertile soil is celery/iac.
The second group that doesn't need fertile soil are pea/bean and root vegetables they come after the first group. The effect of beans fixing nitrogen in the ground is negligable because they use it themselves WHEN they produce their own fruit.
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I got this twitter message after the Colts-Jets game from "1shortgal:"
"I bet Peyton could find bin Laden with cold, ruthless efficiency."
Hyperbole often fails when describing what Peyton Manning does. (And if you compare him to a witch, you risk offending wiccans who believe Manning is an African-American).
Tell me what you were thinking when the Manning-led Colts had the ball with 2:00 minutes left in the half against the #1 defense in the league:
a. Colts will score
b. Colts will score with ruthless efficiency
c. Colts will score with ruthless efficiency, and Peyton Manning will have enough time to dine on the human hearts of his opponents.
d. The Jets will stop them. I am an idiot.
Some Texan fans look to the Cardinals last year, and the Colts this year and say that the running game is totally overrated. Both of those teams had the league's worst running game and made it to the Super Bowl. But if you are going to do that, your quarterback better be ruthlessly efficient, and your defense needs to be solid, or at least solid down the stretch and in the red zone.
Manning is 33 years old. Statistically, most NFL quarterbacks tend to decline in performance after age 32. I am guessing he is an exception to the rule and will plague Texan fans forever. Eating the human hearts of your opponents can extend your life.
Though their are a few throwback teams in the league that want to be run/defense focused–Jets, Ravens, Titans, Panthers–I'm thinking that given the evolution of rule enforcement and the difficulty of maintaining dominant defenses, that the model that may find more success is those offenses that are able to pass the ball explosively.
I look at this issue some in a FanHouse blog post entitled, "Will the 4,000-Yard Quarterback Kill the NFL Running Game?" There were ten +4000 yard passing quarterbacks this year. That is an absurdly large number but may end up being a trend in the league, barring major rule changes.
I think this year's Saints are much better than last years despite Brees throwing less because they are more balanced. They still have a quarterback that can throw silly large amounts of passing yards, but they also had a top 10 rushing attack, and finally improved their defense.
There's some who argue that the Texans should give up on their running game and take more of the Colts model of play, but there is only one Peyton Manning. Your thoughts on the Texans pass/run balance?
Favre Lovers Avert Your Eyes:
And more…..
I know some people who are making this radio clip of the Favre interception into a ring tone (via Back Porch FanHouse)
"Why do you even ponder passing??! I MEAN, YOU CAN TAKE A KNEE AND TRY A 56-YARD FIELD GOAL. THIS IS NOT DETROIT, MAN. THIS IS THE SUPER BOWL!!!!!"
What an ending.


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Addressing a 'fateh' (victory) rally with leaders from the ally SAD on the dais, Modi, who donned a saffron turban, also dismissed as "rumours and a pack of lies" the controversy about migration of Sikh farmers from Kutch region in his state, promising that no Sikh farmer will have to leave Gujarat. (Agencies) Latest News from India News Desk
He described the BJP-SAD alliance in Punjab as a symbol of Hindu-Sikh unity which has put to end the "Congress' game of divide and rule".
In his 30-minutes speech at a packed ground, Modi was unsparing in his attack on Congress and said the party was now throwing pepper instead of dust in the eyes of the people to befool them, a reference to the pepper spray incident in Lok Sabha involving an expelled Congress MP during the taking up of Telangana bill.
The BJP's prime ministerial candidate took potshots at the Gandhi family and Congress for targeting other parties on corruption.
"I am surprised that the leader of Congress is now engaged in raising fingers on other political parties on the issue of corruption, when the entire ABCD has become the identity of the corruption of Congress. When Rajiv Gandhi was ruling the country as Prime Minister, there was no other party but only Congress, which was in power from Parliament to Panchayat.
"At that time he had said that when he sends a rupee from Delhi, only 15 paisas reach the village. What was this 'Panja' which used to rub the rupee (one rupee coin) and it would turn into 15 paisa," Modi said, vowing that if he is elected Prime Minister he will occupy the top seat as a "chowkidar" (watchman) and won't allow the 'Panja' (hand) to cast its
shadow on the state treasury.
He hit out Congress on one-rank, one-pension issue. After Rahul Gandhi's push, the government accepted the long-standing demand of ex-servicemen for 'one-rank, one-pension' and allocated Rs 500 crore for the fund a few days back. This decision is expected to benefit around 30 lakh retired personnel of the Armed forces.
Modi wondered why the government did not bring this proposal in previous budgets even as it was in power for last ten years.
The government, which is sitting in Delhi has always been playing a farce with the Armed Forces. Before this also, a number of times, the Finance Minister of Congress had made announcements about One Rank One Pension (OROP) but never fulfilled it.
"Even this time since I am repeatedly talking about it, they have announced it but this is a "fraud" (dhokha) with you. Had Congress party been honest, they had the chance to it in 10 budgets from 2004 to 2014. But they did not do it," Modi said.
Maintaining that had the NDA government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee come to power in 2004, this would have been done, said the BJP's prime ministerial candidate adding that only our government will be able to implement it.
Modi also appeared to be reaching out to UPA ally National Conference as he mentioned Union Minister Farooq Abdullah among the leaders from whom he learnt how the administration is run.
"I worked with Bansi Lal, Parkash Singh Badal, Om Prakash Chautala, Farooq Abdullah and I saw how administration is run. What could I learn from Badal Sahab, helped me a lot in running the government in Gujarat. Being with these seniors helped me a lot in administration," he said.
National Conference was earlier with NDA while BJP is likely to have an alliance with Chautala's INLD this time as well.
Accusing Congress of cheating people, Modi said, "Now since they felt that you have become aware, they have engaged in throwing pepper in Parliament. Those, who used to throw dust, are now throwing pepper so that people fail to see the sins and the bad governance of Congress."
On the issue of alleged displacement of Sikh farmers from Kutch region of Gujarat, he said that it was a false propaganda from certain elements.
"I assure that no Sikh farmer will be displaced from Kutch and Gujarat," he said amidst applause from the gathering.
"If any officer does anything wrong he will go but no Sikh farmer will be displaced from Gujarat," he said.
"The people who are misguiding on the issue are posing a threat to the country," he said adding that "the entire country is one".
He applauded that both Punjabis and Gujaratis are moving on the path of development and live together in many countries.
On the issue of SAD and BJP alliance, he said it is "troubling Congress as its policy of divide and rule had failed".
Professing his love for Punjab and its people, Modi said that music and food of the state is a favourite in Gujarat too and recalled how he had strived to build an earthquake ravaged Gurudwara in Lakhpat in Gujarat.
He also lashed out at Congress for allegedly forgetting freedom fighters liken Lala Lajpat Rai. "For Congress only Gandhi family is making sacrifices for the country," he said.
He also lauded the contribution of Punjab in his endeavour to build statue of unity in Gujarat.
Holding that his only aim is development, he said before polls NDA is National Democratic Alliance but when in government it will be National Development Alliance.
The only aim of NDA is "development" of the country, he said.
The BJP leader, who was offered a 'turban' at the rally, said he will keep the sanctity of turban at all cost.
"My responsibility is to keep the respect of turban intact...I will fulfill the responsibility of tradition of sacrifice...the country will flourish and farmers will be satisfied," he said.
Addressing a 'fateh' (victory) rally with leaders from the ally SAD on the dais, Modi, who donned a saffron turban, also dismissed as "rumours and a pack of lies" the controversy about migration of Sikh farmers from Kutch region in his state, promising that no Sikh farmer will have to leave Gujarat.
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So this semester I decided to get a little Crazy and do a Greek independent study. I will spend Many hours translating through the first several Chapters of John with notes and commentary and such. Thats a little insane, but it could mean better posts on the topic here so here is one on the obscure Nathaniel and the Fig Tree…
One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter). The next day Jesus decided to go to
Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Andrew ?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!" Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these." And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man." Nazareth
There are a few tings worth paying close attention to here. First, do you see what Andrew did? He heard John point out the Messiah, he not only followed this guy, but ran off to get his brother and told him to come to! My first question for us is: are we that thrilled about the Messiah we have found? I am not talking here about some revivalistic, guilt ridden evangelism. I am simply wondering; are we so excited about the Messiah that we will seek out and find people to point him out to? It was Andrew's first act.
Second we must note Peter's new name. Jesus names him "rock." What must that have felt like? Your brother comes to you and says he found the Messiah. You go over to meet him and he takes a good look at you and calls you by name, names your father, and then changes your name – to ROCK! "Hi, Jesus, nice to meet you too." A little weird, maybe, but the important thing is that later this same man would fall on his face and recognize him as Lord. But more on that later.
The real meat in this passage is found in Jesus' interaction with Nathaniel. Nathanial clearly had his prejudices about the region of
Jesus hears us to. The God man who saw Nathaniel under the tree still sees us when we lie in bed, kneel beside it, drive in the car and pray to him. He is the Son of God, the center piece of everything essential to God's story.
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I think you need to do this every morning. It can be my devotion for the day. Really good stuff!
Yes, really good.
Funny. I never thought about those prejudices, but I admit I have them. If it were me, I'd be betting Jesus wasn't coming from Mexico. Nazareth…Mexico. whatever.
How can I have prejudices about the country that introduced burritos into my life?
That's just ridiculous. They're so good.


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UHV wins 16 Addy awards for advertising excellence
Feb. 9, 2013 at 6:01 p.m.
Updated Feb. 8, 2013 at 8:09 p.m.
The University of Houston-Victoria won Best of Show and 15 other prestigious ADDY awards Thursday for its advertising and marketing work in 2012.
UHV won the creative excellence awards at the American Advertising Federation-Victoria ADDY Awards Gala at the Leo J. Welder Center. The 16 awards were three more than what the university won last year.
UHV won four special awards, including the top prize of the night. A poster campaign for the UHV Counseling Center created by graphic designer Amberley Gutierrez was named Best of Show.
"I am delighted that UHV and the Marketing Department staff received much-deserved recognition for their creativity and hard work this past year," said Paula Cobler, UHV interim director of marketing and communications. "To win 16 ADDYs, including eight gold awards, is a tremendous accomplishment. We have some very talented and creative staff members, and I'm proud of their efforts to make UHV shine."
Members of the UHV Marketing Department who worked on the award-winning projects are Cobler; Gutierrez; Melody Vecera, creative services manager; George Rodriguez, graphic designer; Cari Laza, former graphic designer; Katy Walterscheidt and Jeremy Shapiro, communications specialists; and Della Rampley, administrative secretary.
Marketing and UHV's Technology Services Department teamed up to create the History in the Making 2011-2012 Annual Report website uhvannualreport.com. The website won three awards: best of digital, gold award annual report and a special judge's award.
Members of UHV Technology Services Department who worked on the annual report website were Marci Wallace, web services manager; Eric Chacon and Warren Diprose, web developers; Amanda Reid, Internet technician; and Jennifer Opiela, web projects manager. Also assisting with the website videos was Michael Cloud, owner of Bright Idea Media.
The materials created by Gutierrez that went along with the annual report won the best of print and a gold award for special event campaign.
"I'm thrilled the History in the Making annual report was well received during the ADDYs because so many of our staff members put a great deal of time and energy into making it an exceptional report," Vecera said.
The ADDYs are the advertising industry's largest and most representative competition for creative excellence.


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In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Alliant Energy Corp. (NYSE: LNT) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Windstream Corp (NASD: WIN), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating »
Market capitalization is an important data point for investors to keep an eye on, for various reasons. The most basic reason is that it gives a true comparison of the value attributed by the stock market to a given company's stock. Many beginning investors look at one stock trading at $10 and another trading at $20 and mistakenly think the latter company is worth twice as much — that of course is a completely meaningless comparison without knowing how many shares of each company exist. But comparing market capitalization (factoring in those share counts) creates a true "apples-to-apples" comparison of the value of two stocks. In the case of Alliant Energy Corp. (NYSE: LNT), the market cap is now $4.88B, versus Windstream Corp (NASD: WIN) at $4.86B.
Click here to find out The 20 Largest U.S. Companies By Market Capitalization »
Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of LNT vs. WIN:
Another reason market capitalization is important is where it places a company in terms of its size tier in relation to peers — much like the way a mid-size sedan is typically compared to other mid-size sedans (and not SUV's). This can have a direct impact on which indices will include the stock, and which mutual funds and ETFs are willing to own the stock. For instance, a mutual fund that is focused solely on Large Cap stocks may for example only be interested in those companies sized $10 billion or larger. Another illustrative example is the S&P MidCap index which essentially takes the S&P 500 index and "tosses out" the biggest 100 companies so as to focus solely on the 400 smaller "up-and-comers" (which in the right environment can outperform their larger rivals). And ETFs that directly follow an index like the S&P 500 will only own the underlying component of that index, selling companies that lose their status as an S&P 500 company, and buying companies when they are added to the index. So a company's market cap, especially in relation to other companies, carries great importance, and for this reason we at The Online Investor find value to putting together these looks at comparative market capitalization daily.
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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, LNT and WIN collectively make up 2.58% of the Dynamic Utilities Portfolio ETF (PUI) which is up by about 0.9% on the day Monday.
See what other ETFs contain both LNT and WIN »
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At the closing bell, LNT is up about 0.5%, while WIN is off about 0.6% on the day Monday.


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The Healthy Eating Pyramid is a guide developed by members of the Harvard School of Public Health to help you plan a healthy diet.
Why is it Helpful?
The Pyramid helps you choose what and how much to eat from each food group so that you:
Get the nutrients you need.
Consume the correct amount of energy to control your weight.
Restrict your intake of fats, sugar or alcohol.
Food Groups
The Healthy Eating Pyramid has six levels called "the good group" and each level gives an idea of all the nutrients you need on a daily basis. Each of these food groups provides some of the nutrients you need (but not all). Foods from one group cannot replace those from another and they are all equally important. For good health, you need them all.
Carbohydrates: This group is mainly derived from grains. It includes bread, cereals, rice and pasta. These foods should make up the greatest part of your daily diet. Aim for 6 to 11 servings a day.
Vitamins and Minerals: These are foods from plant sources, i.e. vegetables and fruits. Most people need to eat more of these foods as they supply fibre, vitamins and minerals. The recommendation is to eat 3 to 5 servings of vegetables and 2 to 4 servings of fruits daily.
Dairy: These products such as milk, yogurt and cheese. These foods are an important source of protein and calcium. The recommended daily amount is 2 to 3 servings per day.
Protein: This includes meat, poultry, fish and eggs. Dried beans and nuts are also in this group. Recommended daily servings are 2 to 3. These foods are important because they provide protein, calcium, iron and zinc.
Fats, oils and sugars: These foods provide taste and calories. A small amount of oil or fat is needed but it should be used sparingly due to the high energy content. Sugar will contribute extra calories with no other nutritional benefits.
The number of food servings a person needs depends on their age, body type, sex and physical activity. I recommend that you consult a dietician to determine what your exact needs are.
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Study: Family's hostility makes suicide likelier for teen gays
How family reacts to gays is key to health as adults
Study: Youths treated negatively on coming out are more at risk
Published 6:30 am, Monday, December 29, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — Young gay people whose parents or guardians responded negatively when they revealed their sexual orientation were more likely to attempt suicide, experience severe depression and use drugs than those whose families accepted the news, a new study says.
The way in which parents or guardians respond to a youth's sexual orientation profoundly influences the child's mental health as an adult, say researchers at San Francisco State University, whose findings appear in today's journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
"Parents love their children and want the best for them," said lead researcher Caitlin Ryan, a social worker who directs the university's Family Acceptance Project. "Now that we have measured all these behaviors, we can see that some of them put youth at extremely high risk and others are wellness-promoting."
The study showed that teens who experienced negative feedback were more than eight times as likely to have attempted suicide, nearly six times as vulnerable to severe depression and more than three times at risk of drug use.
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More significantly, Ryan said, ongoing work at San Francisco State suggests that parents who take even baby steps to respond with equanimity instead of rejection can dramatically improve a gay youth's mental health outlook.
One of the most startling findings was that being forbidden to associate with gay peers was as damaging as being physically beaten or verbally abused by their parents in terms of negative feedback, Ryan said.
She and her colleagues first interviewed 53 families with gay teens to identify 106 behaviors that could be considered "accepting" or "rejecting."
For example, blaming a youth for being bullied at school, shielding him from other relatives or belittling her appearance for not conforming to social expectations fell into the rejecting category.
Next, they surveyed 224 white and Latino gay people between ages 21 and 25 to see which of the behaviors they had experienced growing up.
The responses were matched against the participants' histories of severe depression, suicide attempts, substance abuse and unsafe sexual behavior.
While the results might seem intuitive, Ryan said, the study was the first to establish a link between health problems in gay youths and their home environments.