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Karen Morris was watching the Olympics on TV over the weekend at her home in Clay when she got a phone call from her daughter, Lisa.
"Mom, do you realize who just won that gold medal in swimming?" the daughter asked.
It was Dana Vollmer, who finished first in the women's 100-meter butterfly Saturday in London, setting a world record of 55.98 seconds. It was the same Dana Vollmer whom Lisa had babysat when the family lived for a brief time in Bayberry, a development in Clay, when the Olympian was a toddler.
"At first, I didn't make the connection," said Morris. "It's cool that they were here."
Morris said Dana's mother, Cathy, was the head swim coach at the North Area YMCA, in Liverpool, and coached Lisa Morris and others. Les Vollmer, Dana's father, worked as a nuclear technician at Nine Mile Point, in Oswego County.
Vollmer is one of three Olympic swimmers with upstate roots competing in London. Two are scheduled to swim today.
The biggest name of the three is Ryan Lochte, a Canandaigua native, who is a threat to overshadow Olympic legend and teammate Michael Phelps. Tuesday night, Lochte won his second gold medal as part of the American 4x200-meter relay team.
Ithaca native Alex Meyer is in a lesser-known event. The 24-year-old — who was a two-time state champion in the 500-yard freestyle at Ithaca High School and later went to Harvard University — will compete in the men's 10-kilometer open swim, scheduled Aug. 10.
Morris said the Vollmers left Bayberry when Dana was 3 years old. She said her daughter Lisa, who's 36 and lives in Liverpool, has fond memories of playing with the little girl and her brother, Nicholas, in the Vollmer's above-ground pool.
She said her daughter remembers seeing Dana's mother submerge the toddler, teaching her to hold her breath and do the doggie paddle.
John Holohan worked with Cathy Vollmer as a coach at the North Area YMCA and eventually took her position when she became pregnant with Dana in 1987. He's a doctoral student at Syracuse University studying exercise science and psychology.
"Cathy was an excellent coach, but she put motherhood first," he said. "I know it was very painful for her at the time to give up coaching."
One of the swimmers that Cathy Vollmer started on the winning track was Kimberly Black, whom Holohan continued to coach after Vollmer left the Y. Black went on to the University of Georgia and won a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle relay at the 2000 Olympics, in Melbourne, Australia.
The Vollmers left Central New York and moved to Texas. Dana joined the Fort Worth Area Swim Team when she was 12, and by the time she was 16 had qualified for her first Olympics. She won her first Olympic gold medal, swimming in the 4x200-meter relay, in 2004 in Athens.
Due to health issues, she failed to qualify for the U.S. team in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. There's no doubt, though, Vollmer, 24, of Granby, Texas, is back and stronger than ever after Saturday's gold medal.
Vollmer's victory had an interesting twist, as her swimming cap fell off during the race. She swam the last 50 yards without it.
She competes in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay at 4:04 p.m. today (Eastern Daylight Time).
The Lochte family lived in Canandaigua until Ryan was 12 and then moved to Florida, where he went on to star for the University of Florida swim team.
Lochte, 28, a three-time Olympian who holds three world records, caused a stir last month when he said it was his time in the sport of swimming and that his rivalry with Phelps would be the talk of London.
Saturday, he turned his much-anticipated duel with Phelps into a blowout, pulling away to win the Olympic 400-meter individual medley by more than 3 seconds. His time was 4 minutes, 5.18 seconds. Phelps finished fourth.
Sunday, Lochte anchored the men's 4x100-meter relay team and was given the lead. However, he was caught and passed by Frenchman Yannick Agnel, and the Americans settled for a silver.
Monday, Agnel again shined, taking the gold in the 200-meter freestyle. Lochte finished a disappointing fourth. Phelps chose not to race in the event after winning it in the trials last month.
Lochte got back on track, though, with Tuesday's relay win.
His next individual swim comes today, when he will again square off against Phelps in the preliminary and possibly semifinal heats of the 200 individual medley. The final is 3:16 p.m. Thursday (EDT).
Meyer, 24, who graduated from Harvard in 2010 with a degree in human evolutionary biology, was the former Crimson swimming co-captain. He earned his place in London by placing fourth in the men's 10-kilometer open water race July 21 at the FINA World Championships, in Shanghai, China. The distance is a little more than six miles.
The event is relatively new to the Olympics, having debuted in Beijing in 2008. The event is set to begin at 7 a.m. (EDT) Aug. 10 on Serpentine Lake, in London's Hyde Park.
Meyer, who stands 5-foot-11 and weighs 155 pounds, is not about raw speed in the water, but endurance. He told ESPN he became the athlete he is today in the six-lane, 25-yard pool at Ithaca High School, where he began swimming at the varsity level in seventh grade.
His race next week, like many in the long-distance open water swimming competitions, will be a challenge.
Organizers for the event have been bombarded with calls for increased safety measures this past year after Meyer's close friend and roommate, Fran Crippen, drowned in October at the 10-K World Cup final in the United Arab Emirates.
Meyer was the first person to realize that his buddy was missing and watched as his body was brought to shore. Ever since, he has carried a small, battered picture frame that holds a photo of Crippen.
"Aside from the fact that I myself wanted to be on the Olympic team, I wanted to make Fran proud, and his family and friends," he told ESPN. "Right now, it's a huge motivator."
Here are the schedules for the three Olympic swimmers with Upstate roots. All times are Eastern Daylight).
Lochte could swim as many as six more races, should he qualify for the final in each event. If he swims them all:
5:47 a.m. today: 200-meter backstroke preliminary heat.
6:14 a.m. today: 200-meter individual medley preliminary heat.
2:47 p.m. today: 200-meter backstroke semifinal.
3:36 p.m. today: 200-meter individual medley semifinal.
2:46 p.m. Thursday: 200-meter backstroke final.
3:16 p.m. Thursday: 200-meter individual medley final.
7 a.m. Friday: men's 10-kilometer open water swim.
4:04 p.m. today: 4x200-meter freestyle relay final.


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Pension projections are slumping. Yours doesn't have to.
Published on Monday, the annual Scottish Widows Pensions Report made gloomy reading. As I've written before, the combination of inadequate savings, poor investment returns and low annuity rates has resulted in millions of pension savers looking set for a penurious old age.
And looking at the report, it's difficult to trump the words of Toby Strauss, group director of insurance at Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY), which these days owns Scottish Widows:
"After years of blood, sweat and tears, the UK pensions market is about to reach its moment of truth. A stark difference remains between what people expect they need to save, and the reality which would secure a comfortable retirement."
Consumers' confidence that their pension will deliver that comfortable retirement has never been worse, he continues, and retirement savings have now hit a record low.
Nor is this mere idle rhetoric. Scottish Widows' annual report is reckoned to be the UK's most authoritative survey of consumers' preparation for retirement, and since 2005 the firm has surveyed and scrutinised the views of over 40,000 people.
Let's briefly look at the picture uncovered by the survey:
Shocking, isn't it? And in my book, Tom McPhail, the ever-amiable head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown (LSE: HL) summarises the situation quite nicely:
"The message that we should be putting in front of every adult of working age is that it pays to save, and that any delay just makes the hill steeper to climb."
So there we have it. Most people have inadequate retirement savings -- and the hill that they must climb to get to the point where a comfortable retirement looks assured is getting steeper with every passing year.
What to do? First, of course, get the basics right.
But more to the point -- in what assets, precisely, should you invest?
Conventional wisdom, for instance, speaks of splitting your investments between equities and gilts. Gilts? In today's world, as Fool writer Cliff D'Arcy wrote last week, gilt prices can only go one way.
Cash? Don't make me laugh. Property? Ditto.
Which leaves a portfolio of shares. And hopefully, bearing in mind the ever-steepening hill that you've got to climb in order to catch up, that portfolio will be packed with shares carefully chosen for their potential to outperform.
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Hmm. A distinct whiff of advertorial here, and I don't mean the Super Soaraway Fool stuff at the end. I really don't mind that - to educate, etc. Fine.The pensions industry is fighting for its life, which might give even more grist to Cliff's gilt mill. Horta Osario would have flogged off the foxy hooded widow long ago if only someone were willing to buy.I note there's another favourable mention for a SWIP product recently published elsewhere on these pages.Never mind. It's been a lovely day.
A bit more reasoned arguement on why cash and property are not looked on favourable by the writer would have been nice. I think we can all guess the arguments against cash but property is a bit more up for debate and it's hard to see why it should be dismissed with the statement "don't make me laugh". If the writer is meaning that the majority of people are already over-exposed to property due to the value of the house they live in (assuming they own it) then that's perhaps a valid point, but would be nice to know the reasons he feels it should be dismissed without a second thought. Low borrowing costs, record rental demand and yields and the strong potential for generalised inflation on the horizon (which should, if it came to pass, devalue real mortgage debt and simultaneously increase property prices) would be strong counter arguments for having at least some element of property in your portfolio. I'm avoiding gilts/bonds at the moment but am still retaining property exposure together with the equity investments. Even over the last 2 years with a huge stock market rally from the lows of 2008 the property investments are still beating the shares hands down thus far. It also seems emminently more likely to me over the coming few years that my rental income will continue than that we will get another 40% stock market rally from here as we had in the last two years... but who knows. I'm keeping both the shares and the property to keep things balanced in any event.
Hello BIACS,Here's that reasoned argument that you asked for. And it's this: for the average person in the street, struggling to put enough by for a pension, It's difficult to buy into property. They can't buy a house or shop outright to let out, so must either invest via a high-cost property fund, or plunge into mortgage-based BTL with its attendant voids and risks -- if they've got a big enough deposit, that is. Being a landlord is great if that's what you want to do, but it's not necessarily an ideal strategy for the typical person in the street who just wants a pension at 65 or whatever.Malcolm (author)Malcolm (author)
Hello ANuvver,Not quite sure what you're complaining about? There was no intention of promoting SW products, and I don't think the piece actually does so.Cheers,Malcolm (author)
Cash would have served most people better than the stock market over the last 12 years, especially if saved in ISAs, Index Linked Savings, and/or in longer term access accounts. I bet people would have slept better at night too. For sure cash would have beaten almost all managed funds of the type that most (non Fool) savers would use, from the same insurance companies mentioned above.Aside from that, I think the fundamental problem facing the pensions industry, government and savers is that a vast majority of the general public (again, perhaps not the Fools):a) don't understand pensionsb) don't trust the governments of the future not to change the rulesc) don't see the point in saving as the returns are taxed after the tax they've already paid on the earnings, either now or when the pension pays outd) many just feel that if you have nothing the government will look after you, but if you'd saved anything it will all be taken away. Even on these hallowed boards I regularly see posts advising people not to save too much or they'll lose benefits (mainly on the debt boards, to be fair!).e) if they do understand pensions most people know they will get screwed by charges and possibly poor annuity rates at the end.So who would want to save for retirement in this way?If the industry and the government want people to save more they need to:- reduce charges enormously- increase tax free savings limits- stop changing the bloody rulesTony
If your buying into property do it the sensible way. Buy a home. When you have paid for the home and have done it up well enough to rent out then look for your next property and rent out your old one.Otherwise do like some of the people I went to school with, you start your own cafe and get the taking up and get a customer base, then use the money from that to buy property outright and take all the tax breaks you can lay your hands on.
"■Worryingly, over one in five of us are putting nothing aside for later life -- a proportion that has increased this year"Thanks to Gordon Brown and his means tested benefits, there was no rational reason for the poor to save for their old age. So for 13 years they didn't. Now they can't afford to.The man also destroyed the pension system.What say you that he planned the impoverishment of the aged?
Newtona2 - quite agree. The next generation of pensioners (now in their 40s and 50s) are heading for the cliff edge. Those that have houses mortgage free may be able to trade down (if the market hasn't collapsed) and an increasing percentage of pensioners wil be relying on Pension Credit or the new equivalent. Who would like to bet that HMT won't run out of NI contributions?BTW the pernicious removal of the age allowance which has served us well since the 1920s must be restored. Dragging pensioners on 11K a year into the tax bracket is plain stupid!
My other half (65 in July) is currently trying to make decisions about what to do with his (very limited) pension pot. It seems impossible to get disinterested, impartial information anywhere, and all he can see for certain is that all annuities look like a complete swindle. Oh, and the amount you are allowed to take as a lump sum seems to dropped massively since the last letter from Scottish Widows!We own our house outright, and hope to be able to sell it and trade down when I retire in a couple of years' time, by which time the situation will certainly have changed, but not necessarily for the better. Where can people in our situation (which must be many thousands) get helpful guidance?
Here's to Tony-boy do I agree with you!!!I'd be very cautious about houses, as no one knowes where these are going in terms of price and when you come to sell so will all other people, so maybe as a minor tactic and if you've got the good luck to ride the waves.Having been sold Endowment Policies, because the're flexible and nudge nudge you'll have something left over, missold pensions, been advised to put an indexed linked pension with a large utitlity in to Scottish Equitable (no reason but a good bonus for the IFA), there's no one you can trust whose title includes finance somewhere. There's two things in life you can't delegate and money is one of them.Don't expect the politicians or the enforcement authorities to help you either, the politicians have been bought off (have their own scheme which peasants like us don't get to share) and the enforcement authroities are subject to political control (where they aren't underfunded).My own take on this is a mixture of approaches depending on your own risk appetitie. Suggest shares in an isa's with good dividend payments thinking RDSB, RB, GSK etc, etc. Maybe a SIPP but bear in mind that the Government can and will change the rules. I guess the watchword is keep as flexible as possible and trust no one other than yourself, and even then, get a second opinion.:¬)The oldone1
Dear PoorTeacherB4, Your other half could delay taking his State Pension, preferably until near your retirement.The State Pension increases by 1% every five weeks that you don't take it (that is, 10.4% a year) so two years delay will add a goodly amount to his State Pension. If necessary he can use some of his savings to support himself during those two years as he certainly won't be getting 10.4% per annum on his investments.Be sensible: if he is in poor health, or not expecting to survive a long time, then it is better if he takes his State pension as soon as possible--you have to take a very cool, unemotional look at his long term prospects.
"At age 70, we want to be living on £24,500 -- compared to £24,300 as a stated aspiration last year"That's about average wage. Plus in retirement -1) You don't pay NI2) Mortgage should be cleared3) You've no work costs such as commuting4) Pensioner benefits such a bus pass and gym discountsI think most of us could retire on less than that - I'd be comfortable on less, around £18,000 would get me buy
Conventional wisdom suggests equities and bonds. And gilts are only a small selection of the types of bond available. But then, slating gilts is easier to put across.
Malcolm - sorry, but I find it hard to be objective where SW are concerned. You reference their report (via Lloyds), which is why I brought it up here. Interesting thinkpiece in today's FT exploring cynical governmental regulatory manipulation of institutions into the credit markets for deleveraging purposes, and a potential redefinition of capitalism away from the equity finance model for the foreseeable future. Uncomfortable reading for Fools, but we should all read things that make us uncomfortable, shouldn't we?
Now try doing the sums form my side. I am 52 (so I can't touch my pension pots yet) but have been prematurely "retired" via redundancy as a direct result of Government economic policy (I worked for a private firm on Government contracts). So I have dropped from the higher-rate tax band to non-taxpayer status.Now how am I supposed to save for my retirement out of my JSA?
The endless message is save, save, save, but the vast majority of people in their 40s and 50s have enough problems just paying the interest on the mortgage and paying the mortgage down. Until your mortgage has been paid off, there is no point in putting even more into your pension than you are forced to by your employer and your NI contributions.£24,500 a year for a pension is a ridiculously large amount and I have to question the sampling method. Most people with parents who are retired must know that they are on nothing like that kind of money. I will be quite content when I retire from self-employment in 18 years time aged 67 if I have £14,000 a year in real terms, provided I've paid off my mortgage and have about £50-100K in cash savings to spend on holidays and other capital expenditure. £5500 of that will be the basic state pension, I have about £3,500 already accrued in company pensions, so I only need enough in my private pension for another £5000.However I'm seriously debating whether it's worth saving any more in my private pension: the annuity rates are pathetic - barely 3% for a man if you want to index-link it and allow your wife to inherit the pension when you die. Buying a rental property for cash seems like a better bet to me: an average of 6% gross return, effectively index-linked as rents tend to rise with earnings, and the prospect of capital growth as well.
Ha ha haThe only advertorial is for the Fool - how interesting that the author really thought he could get away with pretending he thought it was for the Scot Widows.By the way author, why do you and others continue to pretend that you have to buy an annuity?Just another shameless article aimed at pushing the product rather than the sensible strategy.Coleyfish
Doesn't it depend on what value the assets are at time of retirement?Did some reading on the Mark to Market valuation which I found intriguing. If assets are priced at certain dates then forecasting can be tricky depending on certain variables used.The other way is to invest in companies that have products that at least keep up to date with inflation, such as utilities, food growers/suppliers.Admittedly one has to hope there still be around in the years to come but there's at least a good possibility that they will.
@matchmadeAnnuity rates might not be at their best now, but will they still be that way in 18 years time? There are also fixed-term and enhanced annuities to consider. And as coleyfish is suggesting, drawdown options are available as alternatives to annuities. Worth keeping in mind before making a final decision.Is self-employment via a Ltd Co.? if so, then employer and employee national insurance deductions can be reduced if the company pays into the pension fund for you.
Hello Coleyfish,If you read what I wrote in the comment, instead of what you think I wrote, you'll see that I wasn't promoting SW products at all!As for encouraging people to read TMF's FREE reports, what's wrong with that? What have they got to lose, except maybe the time -- ten minutes or so -- invested in reading them?I'm sorry you find that "shameless".Foolish regards,Malcolm (author)
Doctors are strking because they will only get £50k pension and a £100k lump sum if the changes are imposed; but they will still expect their bin emptied by someone earning half this for a year's full-time work, who will retire on £140 a week, or £7280 p.a. Most people do not save enough into a pension because they cannot afford to!Bankers and some company directors get more in a year than the average person earns in a lifetime. Footballers, film, tv and popstars are rolling in cash for playing games; while politicians screw as much out of us as possible in expenses. It's time it was stopped, but who will stop it? Not the politicians, nor any of these other grossly overpaid people. Inequality rules in the UK!
I forgot the Lawyers, Barristers, Judges all on colossal pay, so that normal people dare not take a case to court because ot the £millions of costs, damages etc. So, only the rich get justice, or win, as the case may be.
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All my inlaws, three generations, had been from the same religious tradition as me until this last year.
I was wondering how those of you who already have combined religious traditions have managed the whole complicated, potentially disastrous thing.
What if you have a convential point of view and you have a child who wants to share the holidays with a live-in lover?
If you have children who had stepchildren and then divorced, do you do anything for those transient step-grandchildren who came into your family and then left?


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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (www.incnow.tv) - Officers of the Fort Wayne Police Department responded to a call of a domestic disturbance in the 2600 block of Princeton Ave. early Tuesday morning.
According to officials, police made contact with an adult female occupant. Officers were advised that there was an adult male inside the residence and that he was armed with a handgun. The suspect was reported to be suicidal and made threats to harm others. Officers set up a perimeter around the residence and called for the Emergency Services Team (EST) as they attempted to contact the suspect.
Officials say, the Allen County SWAT Team took the suspect into custody after he was found hiding inside the residence. The suspect was transported to a local medical facility for a mental health evaluation.
There are no criminal charges at this time. The incident remains under investigation
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After surprising diners at a roadside eatery, President Obama stood before a closed freeway bridge today near Philadelphia and called on Congress to provide long-term support for infrastructure improvements. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
A judge in the Florida Keys today overturned Florida's ban on gay marriage. (Orlando Sentinel)
House Speaker John Boehner today expressed doubts Congress would agree by the end of this month on an emergency response to the crisis involving an influx of thousands of child migrants at the U.S. southern border. (Reuters)
Hillary Clinton is the best known and most well-liked of 16 potential 2016 presidential candidates, according to a Gallup poll. (Real Clear Politics)
A fast-moving Washington state wildfire raging in the Cascade Mountains grew in size to threaten roughly 1,700 dwellings today near the Bavarian-style village of Leavenworth, officials said. (Reuters)
A medical helicopter flying to pick up a patient crashed today into the side of a New Mexico hilltop, bursting into flames and killing all three crew members on board. (Associated Press)
Stockton, Calif., police were within arm's reach of three bank robbers who set off on a deadly escape rampage Wednesday in Stockton but couldn't use their weapons because hostages were directly in the line of fire. (Los Angeles Times)
Police in coastal Mississippi say the body of a missing 5-year-old girl has been found in a vacant mobile home, and her death is being investigated as a homicide. (Associated Press)
A judge today told a man who pleaded guilty to being part of a mob assault on a motorist in Detroit that he had needed a father "to beat the hell out of you" and then sentenced the defendant to six months in jail. (Reuters)
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"Math down, language upPreliminary WASL results are mixed for island students."
"Math scores among elementary-age Bainbridge students are declining, while reading, writing and listening skills continue to climb.Those are the preliminary findings of the latest round of Washington Assessment of Student Learning testing.While preliminary, this data does invite attention to the area of mathematics, said Faith Chapel, new superintendent of curriculum and instruction for the Bainbridge Island School District.Results from the WASLs and other tests will be analyzed during this year's K-12 mathematics program review, she said. The district-wide math program review initially scheduled for 2000-2001 will be carried out this year. Data showing WASL scores statewide won't be released until mid-September, an Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction spokesperson said, to give districts time to check for errors in scoring. In 1999, those scoring the writing portion of the WASLs shifted criteria during the scoring process. The mistake meant that many students' tests through Washington had to be re-scored. That year, there were also several math problems that appeared with the answers next to them, skewing the results of the testing. Chapel says individual Bainbridge students test are being examined now at the district level, but no errors have been identified in test scoring so far. She said as much as a 3 percent rise or drop in scoring may be attributed to statistical error. Deputy Superintendent Ken Crawford said that some variation in test scores year to year may be attributed to the particular makeup of different classes.Before the district-wide math program review begins, the principals of each Bainbridge school will review the WASL data to identify problems that may exist in district teaching methods or curriculum.The WASL was first implemented in 1997 as part of Washington state's effort to reform education. The Commission on Student Learning set academic standards dubbed essential academic learning requirements. The WASLs measure whether students are meeting those requirements with tests at 4th, 7th and 12th grades.In 1993, the Education Reform Act mandated state-wide education standards. A pilot testing program was introduced in 1996, and in '97 Bainbridge school district began testing in the elementary grades. In 2001, the testing became mandatory for 7th and 10th graders. Tests in social studies, arts, and fitness are slated to begin in 2008, the year passing the WASLs becomes mandatory for high school graduation. WASL critics point out that there is, as yet, no plan to help 10th graders who don't make the grade. Others believe that teaching to the WASL may be driving too much teaching, statewide.The WASLs emphasize reasoning and written explanation, as opposed to the true/false and multiple choice answers of standard achievement testing.Students are not scored relative to each other, but on whether they met the objective standards. The WASL is still being examined for reliability, Superintendent of Schools Stephen Rowley said. Statewide, there has been the perception that scoring in the math portion is too rigorous. We haven't seen the new WASL scores from other districts, yet, so we don't know how much is our own scores, and how much is reflected statewide. However, we had planned to do our standard, cyclical math review, and clearly it is timely. "
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The downside of the Information Age is, frankly, all that information.
It's not all accurate, or equally useful. Sorting it out takes effort. That's part of why the new START program is valuable. It packages the information neatly and is distributing packets in a stigma-free setting, our county libraries.
START — Steps to Action Recovery and Treatment — is a program to provide direct referral information to people released from jail or police custody, back to the grips of addiction or other crisis.
But the information in the packet, in video and printed forms, is important for everyone to know, and potentially life-saving. For instance, the 911 Good Samaritan Law protects people who seek help for an overdose victim. Prescription drug abuse is on the rise among all age groups. But did you know that sometimes young people host parties to swap pills?
There's information about adolescent and young adult services, information on Drug Court, Crime Stoppers, Family Success Center and the county's Special Victims Unit. The goal of the program is to get important, specific information in an easy-to-understand package to those most likely to benefit from it.
But Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony P. Kearns III took the program one step further, and stocked the packets at libraries. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
The packets flew off the shelves.
We're not surprised. Libraries inspire visitors to learn. Everyone perusing the packet will learn something different. Use the videos and brochures to start conversations, particularly with children and young adults. Maybe they already "heard it all" in health class. But in a classroom they don't get a family-value point of view, which research confirms is priceless.
Or maybe they had a question, and weren't comfortable asking for more information. Maybe they know someone who they didn't realize needs help. Kearns and his team deserve recognition for the effort to get critical information into the hands of those most likely to directly benefit, and then to try to head off trouble by sharing it with a wider audience.
As Kearns is quick to remind anyone who will listen, the consequence of "bad choices," including drug and alcohol abuse, have far-reaching effects from which no one is immune. Family and close friends suffer first — emotionally, financially and sometimes physically. Communities suffer in the aftermath of accidents, suicides and increasing crime rates.
So we all potentially benefit from the work to sort through the details of social services and education, and for practicing prevention and cure at the same time.
Ask children what they want to be when they grow up, and you will answers like "police officer," "lawyer," and "doctor." It takes education to get there. No one says "alcoholic," "thief" or "drug dealer." It takes education to avoid landing there.


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I must take issue with Sen. Robert Portman's changing his position on gay marriage ("Citing his gay son, Portman to support same-sex marriage," March 15). Of course he has the right to change his mind and be accepting of his son, but he was elected by people who voted for him because of his platform, which included opposition to gay marriage.
Portman's change of heart due to personal circumstances does not make it OK to vote contrary to the platform that got him elected.
I do not support gay marriage and voted accordingly. Homosexuality is aberrant behavior and is morally wrong. I voted for a person who supported my viewpoint. He can still love his son, but he was elected to vote for me on this issue. What he's doing is a betrayal of me, as a person whom he is representing.
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Soc Sci Med. 2013 Jan;77:137-46. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.11.017
Does living in slums or non-slums influence women's nutritional status? Evidence from Indian mega-cities.
Gaur K, Keshri K, Joe W. International Institute for Population Sciences, Govandi Station Road, Deonar, Mumbai 400088, Maharashtra, India. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
This article examines the intra-city distribution of women's nutritional status across eight Indian mega-cities with a specific focus on slum-non-slum divide. The analysis is based on the National Family Health Survey (2005-06) of India and highlights the dual burden of malnutrition among urban women. The results show that one in every two women in mega-cities is malnourished (either undernourished or overnourished), but a biased, analytical focus on citywide averages conceals the nature of the problem.
Overnutrition among women is notably higher in non-slum areas whereas underweight persists as a key concern among slum dwellers. Cities located in the Central India (Nagpur and Indore) have the highest proportion of underweight women whereas the cities in South India (Chennai and Hyderabad) show a high prevalence of overweight women across both slum and non-slum areas. The intensity of income-related inequalities in underweight outcome is much greater for non-slum areas, whereas inequalities in overweight outcomes are higher among slums.
Furthermore, regression analysis indicates that place of residence as such has no significant impact on women's nutritional status and that this elementary association is primarily a ramification mediated through other key socioeconomic correlates. Results suggest that, it would be rational to develop a comprehensive urban nutritional plan that focuses on dietary planning and behaviour change to address both type of malnutrition at the same time.


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OLEAN - New studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration show that people with mental illness are 70 percent more likely to smoke cigarettes than others.
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. Southern Tier Health Care System Inc. CEO Donna Kahm said it's a good time to remind the public that smoking is the number one cause of preventable death in New York.
"Smoking kills an average of 25,000 New Yorkers each year," she said. "These are all preventable deaths and we have an obligation to help those who want to quit, particularly those struggling with mental health issues."
The studies found that people with mental illness smoke nearly half of all cigarettes produced, but are only half as likely to quit as other smokers. As a result, they are also more likely to die prematurely from smoking than from their mental health condition.
Most alarming is data from a New York state survey that suggests that smoking rates among people with mental illness have not changed over the past 10 years while the smoking rates among people with no mental illness has decreased.
National Mental Health Awareness Month is the perfect opportunity to look at all the issues surrounding mental health. Many smokers who struggle with mental health issues want to quit, but are less likely to quit and may need additional support and cessation assistance.
The most effective method to quit smoking or using tobacco utilizes a combination of counseling, social support and nicotine-replacement cessation medication. Discussions about mental health care should include smoking cessation and how to address this serious health issue.
Talk to your doctor about quitting. For additional coaching and tips, contact the New York State Smokers' Quitline at 1-866-NYQUITS (1-866-697-8487) or visit www.nysmokefree.com.


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Zillow.com, the latest venture from Expedia (Nasdaq: EXPE ) founder Richard Barton, recently announced that it would allow users to sell their homes online, potentially letting sellers completely bypass real estate agents if they wish. While Zillow.com is fairly new to the real estate market, I would expect that competitors like HouseValues (Nasdaq: SOLD ) , Move.com (Nasdaq: MOVE ) , and especially traditional real estate agents felt the earth shift quite a bit upon hearing the news.
Zillow's new additions go beyond self-listing. While users could previously edit home details, they now have a much wider range of options available, including adding pictures, descriptions, and even a "Make Me Move" price. The "Make Me Move" option allows homeowners who are thinking about selling to set a dream price and see whether someone makes an offer.
Zillow.com does cater to real estate agents, offering them a chance to attach their names and contact information to houses they are selling in the Zillow database. Quite a number of them have taken Zillow.com up on the offer; 70% of the houses listed for sale are from real estate agents. However, I believe the site provides far more power to regular homeowners by giving them another powerful tool to sell their homes. Zillow.com attracts about 3.5 million unique users monthly, placing it among the top 10 real estate sites on the web. Now it's a place where owners can hang that "For Sale" shingle for free.
Despite all the new features that Zillow.com recently added, it might be notable to focus on one key feature it didn't. ZipRealty (Nasdaq: ZIPR ) recently allowed users to comment on houses, giving visitors the ability to post negative feedback and discourage interest in a house that they wished to purchase, among other things. Zillow.com wisely chose to avoid such pitfalls.
While it will still take some time to determine the real effect of Zillow's actions on the real estate industry, it's clear that the site has opened up new opportunities for both agents and owners. Based on the activity so far, it seems that mostly enterprising real estate agents are taking advantage of the new features. However, it will be interesting to see the numbers after a longer period of time has passed.
I'd be willing to bet that the homes for sale will become closer to a 50/50 split between agents and owners, as owners increasingly try out the new tools and start to take more control over the buying and selling of their houses. Will these new features put pressure on agents to do more for their commissions? Almost certainly -- and that's a win/win situation for any homeowner.
Fundamentally, while one would expect offline brokerages to be most affected by Zillow -- much as Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN ) has affected brick-and-mortar booksellers -- I think the early embracing of the site by real estate agents points to a different picture. I believe that sites like HouseValues and Move.com will be hit the hardest, since their business models are distinctly Web 1.0, with no user-generated content. Zillow.com's Web 2.0 model harnesses the power of its assembled users, and simply presents a more efficient way of doing business.
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Thursday, October 6th, 2005
HOW TO: Make a Flower in the Pediatrician's Office
Our pediatrician showed us how to make a flower during Little Miss' last check-up. This trick also works with your dentist or any medical office that stocks pleated paper water cups in the examination room.
First, let me say, whoever designed pleated paper cups is a genius. We're talking about a single round piece of thick wax paper that is folded into a sturdy vessel without adhesives. It's utilitarian origami that took a good dose of engineering knowledge to conceive.
Yeah, all of that really did go through my head in the few seconds it took our pediatrician to pull a cup from the dispenser, grab the rim of the cup and pull the pleats apart to convert the cup back to its original circular form. And that's it. The cup is a flower. Well, sort of.
When Little Miss is old enough to appreciate doctor flowers as something more than a crinkle toy, I'm hoping to parlay them into a motivational tool. Perhaps take the flower home, have her color it and display it on her wall or somewhere of prominence in the house. Each visit to the doctor or dentist is a chance to score at least one more flower, maybe more if she behaves herself. [Parents who have older children may now laugh at me.]


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- The bridging vascular signRachna Madan
Department of Radio Diagnosis, Lady Hardinge Medical College, Associated Smt S K Hospital and Kalawati Saran Children s Hospital, Z 16, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
Radiology 238:371-2. 2006
- Intrathoracic gossypibomaRachna Madan
Department of Radiology, Thoracic Radiology Division, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 189:W90-1. 2007
- The spectrum of Castleman's disease: mimics, radiologic pathologic correlation and role of imaging in patient managementRachna Madan
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Eur J Radiol 81:123-31. 2012..In this review, we describe the CT, MR and PET/CT findings in Castleman's disease which can help suggest a diagnosis of CD as well as emphasize role of imaging in management of patients with CD...


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Sounds like the laser mech is broken
Heres the story.
My brother was playing one of our Wii games, Harry Potter 5, and the Wii suddenly froze. It wouldn't turn off so I was forced to unplug it. Then once I plugged it back in, I turned it back on, and it said the disc was unreadable. I took the disc and cleaning it off completely and put it back in. It read the disc, but a few seconds after I pressed the "start" button, it said there's an error and that the disc must be removed and the Wii must be restarted. I did this and the same thing happened. I then tryed 2 other games with the same result. And to go along with this, whenever I insert a disc, take one out, or turn the Wii on it makes a loud buzzing noise.
I was thinking about sending it in to Nintendo but I thought that may be too drastic.
Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body
Sounds like the laser mech is broken
^great... Does that mean I should send it in?
Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body
yep. will repair or replace
ive got the same problem my Wii makes a loud buzzing nozie but i can still play the games any thoughts?
So lets go!~~Zohan
@ Luigiman, it depends how much it bugs you if you can still play games. Might be hazardous though so send it in just as a precaution.
With much love, 261311.
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i have a prob with wireless internet connection can you help
you should have made a post in the wii online section new2thewii, heres a link
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The exact same thing happened to our new Wii. It worked fine for a few days, but then made a loud noise and locked up. From then on it wouldn't read either of the two disks we have. It had only been used for about 3 days. I called Nintendo and they arranged an RMA for me. So I dropped it off at Fedex on New Years Eve, and they received it yesterday. It should take 3-4 days to fix and then they'll send it back. I did everything myself and Nintendo could think of, but it would not read disks anymore, so I had to ship it in for repair.
I had the same problem also - worked for a few days and then the "Disc Cannot Be Read" errors became more frequent - even with new games. I sent it back on Thursday so hopefully we'll have a working Wii in a week or two. Just out of curiosity, when did you buy yours? We bought it in September as a Christmas present for our daughter. Maybe there was a batch of defective units manufactured around the same time?Originally Posted by CygnusX1


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If this was the year that you held back on booking your annual "no expense spared" vacation, there is still time to treat yourself and have a great trip.
Celebrity Cruises is offering some short cruises in early and mid-December on her ship, the Century. The one I would pick is the 5-day Western Caribbean cruise on December 12, 2009. The ship sails roundtrip from Miami and visits Ocho Rios, Jamaica and Georgetown, Grand Cayman. You don't usually see these premium ships sailing on less than 7-day itineraries and rarely can you find such interesting ports on the short cruises.
Traditionally the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas have always offered the best deals. It is a very slow time as everyone is concentrating on the holidays. But the Caribbean is warm and dry, the shops are full of merchandise. Who says you have to do your Christmas shopping here?
This departure offers inside cabins as low as $399 per person plus tax and the verandas begin at $548.
Celebrity Cruise Line is consistently voted one of the world's premier cruise lines by Conde Nast Traveler magazine and her service is excellent. Dining, enrichment and wellness have been the hallmarks of their cruises and floating in the Caribbean ahead of the crowds makes the experience even better. What a great Christmas present for yourself.


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McCollum scored a game-high 23 points in the win, while Gabe Knutson added 16.
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Resolve's November List o' Whiplash!!! (updated)
1. Gay Panda
2. Owly
3. Winencandy
4. Sigi
5. ???????
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
Oscar Wilde
November 1st: Inspirational Moments
The only thing standing between you and success is yourself.
RESOLVE: So true.
GAY PANDA: What the hell does that mean? There aren't two of me, so how can I be both between myself and success and myself?
REMORSE: Oh, f*ck, I'm not working for two fat pandas.
My lucky number is seven but I, what the heck, I'll slot myself in five.
1. Gay Panda
2. Owly
3. Winencandy
4. Sigi
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Today's Achievement of Movement
Since sitting on my rump writing a book about zombies and editing two books about runes and sigils does not qualify as a November Achievement of Movement (neither does wandering around the aisles of Whole Foods), Lady Friend kindly offered a different activity. And so Gay Panda is off in an hour to the pasture to help with the delivery of a new ram for the herd.
We shall call him Sexy and I Know It, and there will be pictures later today. G-rated.
The Fairy of Resolve has polished her whip, ducklings, so post your own achievement of movement or she'll start cracking it.
Um... I realized that even if I wasn't "totally Primal" when I started changing my diet last year, every step was progress. First, I switched sweets to gluten-free options (mostly ice cream). Then I switched to more primal options (dark chocolate). Finally, i was able to reduce the amount altogether. It took me over a year to get to the point where I only have something sugary (beyond fruit) once or two every couple of weeks, but I'm here now and I'm really glad that I took the slow road. Otherwise, I don't think I would've been able to stick to it.
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Term limits would help
April 14, 2013
It's no secret New York state government has a problem with corruption....
One would like to hope that term limits would represent the beginnings of a response to the corruption that is so deeply and pervasively embedded in our state political system. We must accept, however, the unlikelihood that the legislators will even discuss, much less address with new legislation, their own deeply rooted propensity to line their personal and deep pockets at the expense of their constituents.
The only rational approach this problem is to admit that these criminals will find other ways around any laws that would impact on their corruption. And even if such laws were passed, there is no possible way to address every possible scenario or loophole and prevent those who would violate the public's trust from doing so.
Just like rats in a maze, their sole purpose is to find ways to circumvent the system for their own benefit. Even Diogenes' search for an honest man would be futile in this morass of malfeasance.
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I remember the Gingrich revolution of 1994. He proposed term limits. It didn't happen. New York City had term limits which Bloomberg ignored. It ain't gonna happen now. If you don't like a candidate, don't vote for the candidate.
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GReader: "propensity to line their personal and deep pockets at the expense of their constituents." Aren't you painting with a mighty broad brush? I could say the same about our educators, and with the same degree of accuracy. Regardless, this is rhetoric from the LH editorial staff that has and will continue to support all incumbent Republicans. Just check the editorials next election cycle.
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We do have term limits. They are called elections. People are just too ignorant to understand.
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Wont work Disco, after they die they still vote. In NY a good politician is the cleanest shirt in a dirty pile of laundry.
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One would like to believe that the voting booth is the place to impose term limits. However, the general public as a rule is stupid. Take the number of these fools who have been convicted of crimes and yet they are elected into office simply because there is a D after their name.
This new law looks like another knee jerk reaction lacking any thought just like the SAFE act.
And really LH?? You think $79K is too much money for an executive of a $300 Billion a year corporation. Perhaps the low pay is the reason we attract so many derelicts and criminals.
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JOE BRUNO is why we should have term limits>>>>>but people soon forget>>>>.>why he is not in jail is beyond my comprehention>>>>>and another trial is on the horrizon and he will get away with that too.
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If they would start taking away their retirements due to any crimes committed that would be a severe consequence. To many times they are allowed to "retire" with full benefits even though they have been convicted of a crime.
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Term limits are way overdue and we have to find a way to limit what they can influence and if they can move on to another elected office. I am not sure that there are enough people interested in being in public service and I also do not believe that they couldn't be influenced by some muscle. Has anyone heard how Silverman is going to repay the taxpayer money that paid off the democrats sexual indiscretions yet? Yeah like he doesn't deserve to be term limited right into jail!
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If you don't put in term limits the sheeple will keep the same useless crooks in until they die. But if they manage to steal enough they can get past that too. Bloomy did
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yup, I forgot about that Portnoy. Voting is an obligation that very few participate in, unless it's for somebody who promises to give them everything they want.
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Lets see if even the stomping of our second amendment rights gets any attention. On second thought anyplace but in the liberal states the people would see what this has done, here in NY we cheer when they imprison the innocent or take away freedoms! There is no way democrats are going to allow any change to their present one sided politics!
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Term limits would work! Great editorial!
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Since NY has no provision where citizens can petition for referendums, the only way for term limits is at the ballot box, voting out the career politicians. The elected reps certainly are not going to " vote themselves out". Voters are going to have to realize that is "their guy" that is a part of the problem and vote them out, even if it is not a member of their party. You also have to ignore these claims by the incumbents about their seniority, being the ranking member of some committee giving them advantages for more money coming back to the district. Every district should be treated similar. whether it
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Bruno is not in jail because in NY the Legislator members are not full time. They all have jobs outside Albany. Trying to figure out how to prosecute Bruno but not all the others is the problem so they want to take another bite on the other side of the apple. Either make them all full time or keep them part time and meet once or twice a year. The Texas Legislature, for example, is bicameral like the other States but they meet once every 2 years for 140 days. With 2 year stints, little mischief can be done. Seems to be working out pretty good for Texas.
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When most if not all of the first term politicians,when they want the peoples vote, they all say "I will work my*** for you all the time, call me day or night".....Then they work thiei***** off for them$$$$SELCES$$$$$$. Then like Joe Bruno and after several terms...they all start the big shift to helping themselves. Mr Bruno was convicted on two accounts of felony fruaudulently use of TAXPAYERS time and services...his secretary did work full time and most of her work (if not all in that 6 months grey period) she did for him was unlawfull. MEANING if Joe Bruno was to have hired his own secretary and rented a office and paid his telephone and rent and power bills.....that would have been all legal. But he didn't and he should be in JAIL (as you or any other average citizen would of been locked up and sent to prison asap). ALL of his good deads and his political power saved his *** and some obscure rule by the Supreme Court saved him this time!!!
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The only reason Joe Bruno is not in jail (YET) is because if he was jailed the all those in the state legislatures would be right behind him.....because i would bet the farm.....they are all using their offices and secretaries (working) on their outside business on our dime. WE (the taxpayers) are payin these salaries for these full time state employees. Plain as day......80% would all be in the same boat and they all would be up the creek without a paddle!!
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This coming from a paper who has supported Senator (Baron) Farley for the 30+ years the man has been in office, yet he has done NOTHING to better the area.
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Term limits would work great and as far as accomplishing this at the polls, that is another task. We are only given limited choices at the voting booth. Choices that have a lot of money available to become elected along with two party approval. The playing field needs to be leveled so that the middle and lower classes can be truly represented. Just because someone is wealthy does not mean that they will legislate in the best interest of the people who most are not wealthy.
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BCRane: I suspect Joe Bruno is not in jail for basically teh same reasons Schiochetti and Bray are not in jail....who you know
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PleaseGetAClue, and to add further to that Bruno was and is actually rewarded for felony convictions by having a public stadium named after him.
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KeLeMi, NYC did (and still does) have term limits and Mayor BLoomberg most certainly did not 'ignore' them.
Get your facts straight.
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LoyalSocialist, excellent point and needs to be said again:
This paper supports terms limits on the one hand; and on the other has forever support Hugh Farley, who actually wrote my mother's grad school letter of recommendation om the 60's despite having never met her. If that's not telling, I don't know what is.
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rschweizer, and to add, we'll see if the LH will support Mini Farley in the next election.
If you recall, Mini Farley was supposed to run in the last election because Dad Farley wanted to finally retire and had no desire to run. When it soon became clear that Mini Farley didn't think he was prepared enough (and when the County Republican Party also thought the same), Mini stepped out, and dad re-ran knowing he could easily secure his throne.
Must be nice.
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RS WOW now a letter of recommendation for your mother. Do your storys that atart with once upon a time ever end?
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler go old school in first Golden Globes promo
If the Golden Globes nominations left you feeling a little deflated when they were announced this morning (what do you mean, your favorite wasn't nominated!?!), don't worry. We've got just what you need to get pumped up about the show again: a reminder that this year, it will be hosted by comedic goddesses Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
The dynamic duo kicks off the ad talking in their "classic Hollywood voices" -- but it gets old pretty quick. What never gets old is the undeniable chemistry between the "Saturday Night Live" alumna and BFFs.
The best part about the ad? The fact that they admit it's not really an awards show. It's an awards-show-slash-celebrity-party. (After all, if Fey and Poehler are the No. 1 reason to watch the show, the No. 2 reason to watch is definitely to see your favorite movie star get drunk and slur through his speech.)
I think they try too hard to be funny, especially Tina . I like people who just naturally are, sorry!
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Do I worry abt this since it doesn't seem he's constipated? He's 8 months old and eating 2 solid meals per day and bfing 6 times a day. Thanks!
Do I worry abt this since it doesn't seem he's constipated? He's 8 months old and eating 2 solid meals per day and bfing 6 times a day. Thanks!
I wouldn't *worry* per se, but (because hard = constipation) I would cut back on the solids for a spell and slowly intro back in later. What is he getting?
So far he eats a total of 3-4 oz of veg/fruit/cereal/bm at each of 2 meals. The list of his foods are:
squash, carrots, sweet pots, gr beans, gr peas, zucchini, applesauce, avocado, banana, pears, cheerios, and some sort of organic teddy bear cereal bites.
His poops are usually formed into balls, abt the diameter of a quarter. And then less often they can be smaller or at times they are big like a childs, but still very formed. They are very dark in color, almost black. He cries out quite loud when he is pushing and then cried for a time afterward. Poor guy.
Thanks for your input.
Maybe take out the bananas for a few days and see what happens? Also, is he getting any other liquid?
Maybe try keeping all those foods but split them up into 3 or 4 meals to put less strain on his digestive system. Give him less to digest at once.
is he on iron (vitamin drops) the black and hardness could be related to that.
No other liquids really. I give him a sippy of water with each meal, but he hasn't gotten the hang of it yet. I do give him sips of my water in a glass sometimes, but he's not totally interested in that.
No, neither of us are taking iron drops or supps. I just take a normal prenatal vitamin, calcium, dha supp, and an occasional vitamin C.
I think I will stop with the cereal. I just use it to thicken up his food a bit bc he seems to like bigger bites. And also take a banana break. Separating his meals into smaller ones is a good thought too.
You could also introduce peaches and plums/prunes (one at a time of course).
definately stop the cereal esp if its iron fortified. I give my lo regular adult oatmeal... I cut up dried prunes into pea sized pieces and throw it in the oatmeal and add some water. I let it soak for a bit and then microwave it and the prunes get all soft and mushy... this helps if she has constipation.
Hard balls is constipation. :hug
Could you cut back on the quantity of the solids for a little while and nurse more frequently? This will give his digestive system to catch up.


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Werner Herzog's locally shot, locally set bad-cop drama "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" has been confirmed as a late addition to the New Orleans Film Festival lineup, a festival official confirmed late Thursday.
Inspired by Abel Ferrara' 1992 "Bad Lieutenant" starring Harvey Keitel, Herzog's movie stars Nicolas Cage as a drug-addicted New Orleans cop in a post-Katrina Big Easy. Eva Mendes plays his prostitute girlfriend.
Herzog's movie shot in town late last summer, though it did so without the blessing of the New Orleans Police Department, which, unsurprisingly, was none too thrilled with the subject matter. (So don't expect to see the familiar star-and-crescent shield on badges or cruisers in Herzog's film.)
Since then, it has been been making the rounds of the festival circuit lately -- playing so far in Venice, Toronto and Telluride -- and, in addition to getting a distribution deal after its Venice showing, it's been getting some positive notices. In a story Wedneday, New York Times ciritic Manohla Dargis called it "deliriously unhinged" and one of the accomplished Herzog's best films. Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman in a Tuesday story declared it "loopy, fascinating, and improbably entertaining."
It's still unclear exactly when the movie will play during the seven-day film festival. Although the lineup was announced Wednesday (Sept. 16), the finalized schedule isn't expected to land until next Friday (Sept. 25).
"Bad Lieutenant" bolsters an already-strong 2009 lineup for the New Orleans Film Festival, one that includes the acclaimed documentary "The Cove"; the period drama "The Young Victoria"; and the music doc "It Might Get Loud," featuring Jack White, Jimmy Page and The Edge.
It's also the third intriguing addition to the festival to come after the lineup was unveiled Wednesday. The others: the drama "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire," co-produced by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry; and the documentary "The Best Worst Movie," about the enduring charm of "Troll 2," which is widely recognized as one of the worst movies ever made.
The 2009 New Orleans Film Festival starts Oct. 9.
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The BBC is reporting that an eruption began during the night near Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano.
The eruption caused Iceland officials to once again close the airspace above the volcano and to issue a red aviation alert after a fissure eruption a little more than a half-mile long started in a lava field.
A fissure eruption is where lava erupts through cracks in the earth. Iceland's red alert status means there's the possibility of "significant emission of ash into the atmosphere." However, as of early Friday, no ash was detected, the BBC stated.
Last week, there was concern over whether the PSU-UCF game would take place because of a red alert status over the volcano then. The alert dropped to orange status over the weekend.
More than 100,000 flights were canceled in 2010 after European officials feared that volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajokul volcano would damage planes. However, the Associated Press reports that should an eruption happen again, it shouldn't be quite as disruptive.
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Bayou Country Superfest producer Quint Davis announced this morning that Lady Antebellum, Zach Brown Band, Miranda Lambert and Luke Bryan would headline the 2013 edition of the country music festival in Tiger Stadium.
Darius Rucker, Rodney Atkins, The Band Perry and Thompson Square will join the others for the festival, which returns for its fourth installment May 25 and May 26 of next year.
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We describe a diode-pumped Yb:YAG laser that produces 1080 W of power cw with 27.5% optical optical efficiency and 532 W -switched with and 17% optical–optical efficiency. The laser uses two composite Yb:YAG rods separated by a 90° quartz rotator for bifocusing compensation. A microlensed diode array end pumps each rod, using a hollow lens duct for pump delivery. By changing resonator parameters we can adjust the fundamental mode size and the output beam quality. Using a flattened Gaussian intensity profile to calculate the mode-fill efficiency and clipping losses, we compare experimental data with modeled output power versus beam quality.
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For a band that hails from such a smoldering land and considering how the majority of Mexican extreme metal bands have sounded over the years (Cenotaph, The Chasm, Cross of Satan, Decapitado Por Genocidio, Shub Niggurath, etc.), Zombiefication just doesnt fit the mold. They dont exactly break the mold, but the deathly tunes that emanate from the stereo off of their latest release, five-song EP Reapers Consecration, sound awfully Swedish. So much so that someone who isnt overly proficient in the typical geographical sounds of the world (or is just a casual death metal fan) might actually be duped into believing this is a collection of missing Dismember tracks.
The five tracks on the release arent anything unique or original, but they are performed admirably and each song is strong enough to warrant repeated listens. Theres the Swedish fuzziness to the guitars, Matti Kärki-cloned vocals and, most importantly, a nice little groove to go along with their Mexican version of Swedish death metal. And its worth noting that the programmed drums sound as organic as any weve heard recently (there are only two guys in the band: Mr. Jacko on bass/guitars and Mr. Hitch on vocals), though we still always prefer a human behind the kit regardless if its alive or zombified.
Theres nothing wrong with Reapers Consecration whatsoever and anybody who fancies him or herself a fan of said genre of music will enjoy this EP for what its worth. It wont break down any doors for Zombiefication in terms of a plethora of new listeners and it probably wont garner them any major accolades, but considering how well produced a release this is and how accessible their music is, Reapers Consecration serves its purpose as a filler until either a.) Zombiefications follow-up full-length is released or, more importantly b.) a new album from one of the big boys hits the streets.
Having been the first time this band has been introduced to these ears, its still a little jolting to listen to their music and know where they came from. Obviously many a band from all over the world has sounded like another band from another part of the world, but the comparisons to Zombiefications style of death metal to that of the better Swedish bands, specifically Dismember, are jarring. Then again, since Dismember have called it day, why not let someone else carry their flag? Were down. Bring on the new full-length!
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