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For most of the homeowners these days, housing seems to be the largest form of budget category. It makes this segment a prime target for trimming, as you want to get out of debt, as soon as possible. You might have some couple of choices over here when you are planning for ways to reduce your current housing costs. You have mostly two options near your hand; you can either sell your home or rent it, or can try to refinance the current mortgage. These methods need to be taken into consideration, while you are willing to pay debt. The debt effectiveness mainly depends on individual situation. So, you have to examine each one of these options closely, to see which one will work.
First thing to work on
The primary aim of refinancing mortgages is to reduce your current interest rate. Here, you have to reduce the interest rate and do not have to think about the payment. Do not try to refi your mortgage into longer span of term, only for few cash on hand, on monthly basis. Even if you want to use that money for paying off debt, still it is not a good idea. Always remember that no one is interested to sign up for such a debt, which is said to last for 30 days or even more than that!
A side effect to work on
Refinancing for procuring a smaller mortgage rate can even offer you with a pleasant form of side effect of lower monthly payment scale. The best part over here is that you do not have to pack up and move for better response. Always remember that refinancing is going to make sense, when you are about to make plans to stay at home for long and recoup the present closing costs of refinance. So, you better consider these points, with debt consolidation loan and also credit card debt consolidation loan, to learn more about the best tactics, over here.
Returning to rent policy
Always remember that selling home and even renting place can help in paying off debt. But this method seems to be quite tricky. As per the US Bureau American community Survey in the year 2014 the typical amount for rent is near about $920, while the average monthly mortgage payment can be somewhat around $1070. Therefore, it shows that the difference is not that huge. You just have to ask experts for some help, over here, as well.
Not all of them are typical
Always remember that not all are typically perfect. In case, you have expensive mortgage, which can eat more than 25% of take home pay, then it is completely interfering with the ability to pay debt in the most promising manner. After you have paid your taxes, food and other forms of essential norms, there are very little space available for paying debt in proper manner. On the other hand, if you have already sold your place and found a rented apartment, you can have some more money on a monthly scale to repay debt, in time.


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In an incident eerily similar to the Christmas Day crotch- bomb plot, airport guards in Somalia nabbed a suspected terrorist last month trying to smuggle a syringe, acid and more than 2 pounds of explosive powder aboard a Dubai-bound flight, authorities revealed yesterday.
The Somali terrorist was carrying more than 13 times the amount of explosives that al Qaeda-linked operative Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was packing in his undies in his failed attempt to blow up a jet over Detroit.
"We don't know whether [the November suspect is] linked with al Qaeda or other foreign organizations, but his actions were the acts of a terrorist. We caught him red-handed," said Somali police spokesman Abdulahi Hassan Barise.
In Washington, US officials said the Homeland Security Department did not learn of the Nov. 13 incident until yesterday morning.
It resembled Abdulmutallab's Christmas Day attempt to bomb Northwest Airlines Flight 253 with 80 grams of the explosive PETN — believed to be enough to blow a hole in the plane.
State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said linking the Somalia case to the foiled Christmas attack "would be speculative at this point."
The suspect in the Somali incident initially told authorities, who had recognized him as a member of the al Shabaab Islamist insurgency group, that the chemicals were for his farm.
Security Minister Abdullahi Mohamed Ali told reporters in the capital city of Mogadishu that he believed the powder was explosive, and it had been sent to London for analysis. Somali officials do not believe the man sought to bomb the jet, which was operated by Daallo Airlines and was headed to Somaliland and Djibouti before Dubai, as it contained religious pilgrims.
The news came as Washington was abuzz over whether heads will roll because of the stunning intelligence failure to detect Abdulmutallab.
US intelligence chief Adm. Dennis Blair and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano are obvious contenders for the chopping block, but administration officials gave no hints as Republicans hammered the Obama administration over the security lapse.
Meanwhile, Yemeni forces stormed an al Qaeda lair yesterday, wounding several terrorists, as the country's leaders vowed to destroy the group that orchestrated the bombing attempt over Detroit.
US officials said Abdulmutallab has provided some leads to help find his Yemeni handlers, but locating them won't be easy, since huge parts of the country, the ancestral home of Osama bin Laden, are lawless.
In other developments yesterday:
* A senior US intelligence official downplayed the quality of the information authorities had on the Christmas plot, telling Politico.com, "Abdulmutallab's father didn't say his son was a terrorist, let alone planning an attack . . . I'm not aware of some magic piece of intelligence that suddenly would have flagged this guy — whose name nobody even had until November — as a killer en route to America."
* A comprehensive report prepared by the CIA's Africa desk on Abdulmutallab was not sent to the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) because the analyst lacked a photo of the 23-year-old Nigerian national, sources told Fox News.
* It emerged that Abdulmutallab had attended a two-week Islamic studies program at the AlMaghrib Institute in Houston last year.
* Nigeria announced that travelers departing on international flights would be subject to full body scans, while the Dutch government announced that travelers on all US-bound flights out of Amsterdam will undergo a body scan or physical patdown.


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Easy Finger Jello
There are few children who dislike finger jello – especially when it is cut into interesting shapes! In the summer, you can cut butterfly or animal shapes. In winter, snowflakes, wreaths or Christmas trees match the scenery. And in February, hearts for Valentine's day work their magic.
This is a good way to get liquid into a child who is recovering from a stomach bug. It's also a good way to help keep children hydrated on hot days. I have made this with sugar-free jello and with regular jello. Sometimes I mix and match to decrease the sugar.
Make this a day or two ahead and it will be ready when you want to serve it. I use the left-over pieces of jello to cut out tiny shapes. You can't go wrong with this idea!
I got this recipe from my friend Shirley years ago. We were both in the throes of raising children and our families ate at each other's tables a lot. When she served this finger jello, my kids were hooked.
Choose any flavor jello you like and add some lemon juice and plain gelatin that has been dissolved in cold eater. Mix with boiling water and chill until set. Kids enjoy helping cut out the shapes, or you can cut it into squares.
Finger Jello
- 9 oz. Jello 1 cup bulk jello - flavor of your choice
- 1 cup cold water
- 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 4 Tablespoons unflavored gelatin
- 3 cups boiling water
- Put lemon juice and unflavored gelatin in cold water.
- Stir and dissolve.
- Add boiling water to the jello
- Stir until dissolved
- Mix the two ingredients
- Stir until mixed and dissolved well
- Put into 9 x 9 pan
- Refrigerate until set
- Cut into serving pieces


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Hey everyone!!
Popping in for a quick DT spotlight. Today's card features this dog-on cute image called Puppy Love. I went with something super simple for this wanting the image to be in the "spotlight". This could be used for any occasion.
Unfortunately I think this little cutie is no longer available in the Etsy store, but there are so many other adorable images you can choose from.
Hope you'll be joining us for our current Aloha Friday challenge, we'd love to see your designs.
Mahalo for stopping by!!


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I've been doing a lot of work with data retention and disposal policies and procedures lately, remembering the silly things I have read about with regard to organizations getting rid of their computers, such as selling their computers on eBay when they no longer need them…without removing the information! This is certainly not a phenomenon that is confined to the U.S.
Lo and behold, another situation has happened where an organization sold their old computer on eBay…for a bargain at £77 ($141), and it contained a a huge amount of personally identifiable information (PII), including credit card applications, on what is reported to be as many as over 1 million customers. Here are a few excerpts from the report in Forbes…
Archive for August, 2008
Laptop Containing PII of 1 Million+ People Sold On eBay for $141Saturday, August 30th, 2008
I've been doing a lot of work with data retention and disposal policies and procedures lately, remembering the silly things I have read about with regard to organizations getting rid of their computers, such as selling their computers on eBay when they no longer need them…without removing the information! This is certainly not a phenomenon that is confined to the U.S.
More Data Retention Tips And ConsiderationsThursday, August 28th, 2008
Here are some more data retention tips and considerations as a follow-up to my Tuesday blog post…
Do You Know Your Data Retention Requirements?Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
There have been several interesting news reports recently about data retention proposals, plans, practices and laws in the U.K.
Currently there are proposals to require emails to be retained for a full year, but critics contend that sloppy data retention practices will result in actual retention periods much longer, if the emails even ever get deleted.
This is an important point; when it comes to data retention, the requirements are rarely, if ever, followed by some organizations…
Insider Threat Examples & 7th HIPAA Criminal ConvictionMonday, August 25th, 2008
Yesterday I read about the 7th criminal conviction and sentencing that has been given under HIPAA, "Woman gets 14 months in ID theft case."
A Privacy Song About…Überveillance!Sunday, August 24th, 2008
I was delighted to get a message this morning from my friends down-under, Dr. M. G. Michael and Dr. Katina Michael from the University of Wollongong.
If you'll recall, a few months ago I made a couple of blog postings about überveillance here and here.
Iowa's Fields of Digital DreamsSaturday, August 23rd, 2008
TV Anchor Confesses To Snooping His Co-Anchor's 3 Email Accounts For 2 Years!Friday, August 22nd, 2008
A few months ago I blogged about a co-anchor at a television station who was accused of getting into his co-anchor's email and passing information from the messages along to news outlets.
I was interested to see a CNN report today, "Fired anchor pleads guilty to e-mail snooping" that followed up on this story. Larry Mendte reportedly admitted to accessing Alycia Lane's emails, in her 3 home and work accounts, over 500 times over a 2-year period!
Okay, why was he able to so easily get into her email accounts…3 OF THEM!…over a period of 2 years?! Wasn't there any security applied to these email systems?
Some possibilities…
Company Uses Negotiated Checks For Packing Material!Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Not much surprises me any more with regard to some of the silly things that organizations do with printed PII that put the involved individuals at risk.
However, I was surprised when I watched an ABC News report this morning…
Many, Many Methods Of CyberattacksTuesday, August 19th, 2008
Yesterday CNN ran an interesting story, "U.S. at risk of cyberattacks, experts say."
For those of you in the information security biz this is not new news, I know. We've known and discussed the massive and insidious types of damage that could be done through cyber attacks for several years. However, there is still not enough being done.


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Modeling & Regulatory Support Request for Qualifications June 20, 2017
The UNRBA released on June 20, 2017 an RFQ for ongoing support of its Modeling and Regulatory Support effort (link). This work is needed to support the Reexamination of the State's Falls Lake Nutrient Management Strategy. The effort will use available data to build modeling tools that will allow the UNRBA to evaluate the current Strategy and assess alternate approaches to water quality improvement in the reservoir. Technical background information is available on the UNRBA website under the Reexamination tab. Interested organizations and firms with the capability to perform and manage the work described in the RFQ should follow the provided submittal guidelines in the RFQ.


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|Overshoe is a Scrabble word. Scrabble point value for overshoe: 14 points.
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Above are the results of unscrambling overshoe. Using the word generator and word unscrambler for the letters O V E R S H O E, we unscrambled the letters to create a list of all the words found in Scrabble, Words with Friends, and Text Twist. We found a total of 89 words by unscrambling the letters in overshoe. Click these words to find out how many points they are worth, their definitions, and all the other words that can be made by unscrambling the letters from these words. If one or more words can be unscrambled with all the letters entered plus one new letter, then they will also be displayed.
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Starting a brand new clinic is something that definitely takes a whole lot of dedication and spirit, but while you actually feel referred to as to begin your personal practice there's actually nothing stopping you but your own doubts and fears. Besides GPs, if a clinic is a polyclinic , it will probably house outpatient departments of some medical specialties, reminiscent of gynecology , dermatology , ophthalmology , otolaryngology , neurology , pulmonology , cardiology , and endocrinology In some college cities , polyclinics contain outpatient departments for the complete teaching hospital in a single building.
Hope Well being Clinic values the assist of individuals and organizations to help meet the wants of sufferers. Christian Medical College & Hospital in Vellore, India has in depth roadside dispensaries and started as a one-bed clinic in 1900. Well being companies are provided at any time because totally different individuals may need them resulting from numerous or special causes.
It allows a sensible learning setting for students and a range of well being services which can be found to CQUniversity staff and college students as well as the general public. The Community Well being Clinic of Butler County cares for our neighbors by means of the patients (19-sixty four years old) we serve. Its seeds had been sown in the 1990s, when doctors started prescribing drugs randomly to their sufferers on the behest of pharmaceutical companies.
It receives sufferers from all over Peru for therapy and diagnoses. Go searching our site to get a better concept of the providers we want to provide for you. SARHC is an acute care clinic developed to deal with the well being and social wants of about 5,000 immigrant refugees dwelling in northwest San Antonio. Ballarat Community Well being is a registered provider of the NDIS.
The services being offered are abundant that is why the amount of health care workers that are wanted is so high. Some health staff ought to all the time be available that's the reason they have people who are on call in hospitals and doctors offices. Accordingly, hospitals and clinics should offer safety, not only to its sufferers, but also to the general public.


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GREENSBORO — The city of Greensboro's Contact Center continues to serve as a centralized collection point for residents, groups and businesses who wish to volunteer with tornado cleanup, but residents can also now register online. For the City's Contact Center, call 336-373-CITY (2489) and a representative will collect your information.
In addition to potential volunteer opportunities, the United Way of Greater Greensboro, Goodwill and the Interactive Resource Center are all accepting donations to help residents in need.
- Goodwill is accepting household goods, including furniture, clothing, home goods, and school supplies from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 1-6 p.m. on Sundays at all Goodwill locations.
- The United Way of Greater Greensboro will begin accepting monetary donations starting Tuesday, April 17. Donations can be made online at UnitedWayGSO.org, as well as mailed or dropped off at United Way of Greater Greensboro, 1500 Yanceyville St., Greensboro, NC 27405. Checks should indicate the donation is for "Tornado Relief."
- The Interactive Resource Center, 407 E. Washington St., is accepting water and non-perishable food items from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesdays through Fridays, and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
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From the Guilford County Sheriff's Office: Mt. Zion Church @ 1301 Alamance Church Rd., is leading relief efforts. We know they are taking monetary donations as well as bottled water, cleaning supplies, toiletries, etc… Please contact the church directly for more information @ 336-273-7930.
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From the Weaver Academy PTSA: These lists were compiled from GCS Arts Dept emails. They need:
Monetary donations — You can specifically earmark donations for arts supplies through the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro. They are equipped to handle all methods of donations.
All donated supplies (see list below) can be brought to one of four locations:
1) My Office at 501 West Washington St. Greensboro (Nathan Street, Director of Fine Arts for GCS)
2) Gillespie Park Elementary School at 3:30 on Thursday, April 19
3) Lindley Elementary School at 3:30 on Thursday, April 19
4) McIver Education Center located at 1401 Summit Ave. Greensboro all day Friday, April 20.
They need:
> Violins (varying sizes – ensure they are on your inventories and marked with your school info)
> Keyboards (any size will do for now)
> General music instruments
> CD players
> Music and art textbooks
> Visual art supplies: paper, glue, paint, markers, etc.


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ENT and Allergy Associates(r) Serves Up a Cure for the Allergy Problem in Englewood and Hackensack - Practice Welcomes Allergist/Immunologist Dr. Sima Mithani
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ENT and Allergy Associates® Serves Up a Cure for the Allergy Problem in Englewood and Hackensack…Additional Expertise and Expanded Resources!
New Jersey's Premier Ear, Nose, Throat, Allergy, and Audiology Practice Welcomes Allergist/Immunologist Dr. Sima Mithani
Tarrytown—April 7th, 2014: The predictions are dire. 2014 is expected to be a terrible year for allergy sufferers.
Too much winter snow, too much rain, too much pollen…and too much coughing, sneezing, and watering eyes.
ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP (ENTA), the nation's leading otolaryngology and allergy practice, with over 150 physicians serving patients in more than 40 office sites, is not standing idly by. Instead, it is once again bolstering the clinical resources it offers.
Today, ENTA announced the addition of allergist/immunologist Sima Mithani, MD to its Englewood and Hackensack offices, to serve the needs of adult and pediatric residents in the many neighborhoods and communities of Bergen County, NJ. Dr. Mithani joins the Englewood (177 North Dean Street) and Hackensack (385 Prospect Avenue) offices beginning August 15th, 2014. In Englewood and Hackensack, Dr. Mithani will join Otolaryngologists Robin M. Brody, MD; Won-Taek Choe, MD; Lee D. Eisenberg, MD, MPH, FACS; Steven M. Gold, MD; Jonathan A. Lesserson, MD; and Jared M. Wasserman, MD, FACS. At each office, physicians work side-by-side with expertly trained and licensed audiologists.
Dr. Sima Mithani received her Medical Degree from the Temple University School and went on to complete her Residency at UMDNJ- Robert Wood Johnson Hospital and her Fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at North Shore- Long Island Jewish Hospital. Her training includes adult and pediatric Allergy and Immunology diagnosis and treatment. During her training and professional experience, she authored numerous presentations and publications in areas relating to Allergy and Immunology and she is a member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. Dr. Mithani comes to ENTA after practicing for three years at a well-known Allergy Center in New Jersey. "Adding Sima Mithani to our clinical team—in both Englewood and Hackensack—is a win for us, and more importantly, a win for the folks of Bergen County," noted Robin Brody, MD. "Her experience and expertise will most certainly allow us to provide our patients with even more access to specialized allergy and immunology care." Wayne Eisman, MD, President of ENT and Allergy Associates remarked, "I am proud to say that Dr. Mithani is a perfect example of this Practice's constant and continual effort to bring the nation's top allergists on board to the benefit of our patients." Commented Robert Glazer, CEO of ENT and Allergy Associates, "We have been actively recruiting an allergist for these two New Jersey locations in order to provide the full service of quality clinical care to patients in New Jersey and I knew from the beginning that Sima was exactly what I was looking for."
To learn more about the benefits of ENT and Allergy Associates, or to conveniently find an ENT doctor or Allergy Doctor and then easily book an appointment at the nearest New York (NY) or New Jersey (NJ) location, please visit www.entandallergy.com or call 1-855-ENTA-DOC.
About ENT & Allergy Associates, LLP
ENT and Allergy has over 150 physicians in over 40 office locations in Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Rockland, Nassau and Suffolk counties, New York City, Long Island and northern/central New Jersey. Each ENT and Allergy Associates clinical location provides access to a full complement of services, including General Adult and Pediatric ENT, Voice and Swallowing, Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Disorders of the Inner Ear and Dizziness, Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, Diagnostic Audiology, Hearing Aid dispensing, Sleep and CT Services. ENTA has a clinical alliance with The Mount Sinai Hospital for the treatment of diseases of the head and neck and esophageal cancer and a partnership with the American Cancer Society to educate and treat patients with smoking disorders and cancer. The Practice has also expanded its clinical capabilities to include advanced Immunodeficiency trials. Visit www.entandallergy.com for more information


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Are you ready to make the transition to Canvas? You can easily migrate your Blackboard courses to Canvas, so you are ready for the spring 2019 term. After completing the migration steps, you are encouraged to review the course for any necessary clean-up to the organization of the course and the assignments list.
Blackboard is only around for two more terms (spring 2019 and summer 2019) before UMKC fully transitions to Canvas. To learn more about the transition timeline, visit our Canvas transition page.


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Young lady wins state wrestling championship:
Michaela Hutchison joins her older brother Eli in capturing the state wrestling championship in her weight class (103lbs) by defeating Aaron Boss 1-0. She finished the season 41-4, with 33 pins.
For several years I covered high school wrestling as a reporter for a couple of newspapers and the issue of girls wrestling with boys was a hot topic at the time. While it's a great story that this girl won a title to go with her brother's title the fact of the matter is girls wrestling against boys just isn't good. I interviewed dozens of high school boys on this subject and not one of them said they could wrestle the same against a girl. Whether it was the fear of hurting her, or embarassment about where their hands were, or whatever, it changed their mindset. Unfortunately for the girls, I think this is a problem. I'm all for girls competing in sports with boys when there is no girls team in that sport, but the nature of high school hormones makes it hard for me to believe that it's a good idea in wrestling. Think about when you were 15, 16 or 17, and how hard it was just to talk to a girl, let alone get your hands on her. Now imagine at that age being asked to grab her pretty much anywhere and basically bend her almost until she breaks. The 25 to 30 year old in you says YEAH!!!! but as a high school boy that is NOT a good situation. So, great story but sorry, girls shouldn't be wrestling boys in high school.
posted by donnnnychris at 06:38 PM on February 06, 2006
It is nice to hear that there are ladies compeating against guys now instead of just againts other girls. Where I am from (Texas)The UIL only lets girls compeat againts girls. Now I do not see anything wrong in that. But when a girl becomes a state champ by only having two other girls in her weight class and then wants to throw it in a male wrestler's face. Thats where it gets me mad. Well my sister wrestled also and she did well for the time that she spent doing it. I just wish that the girls in Texas were able to wrestle againt the guys and have that chance to get better and go to college and then maybe represent our country. Well I have vented enough. Way to go Michaela! Keep up the good work
posted by TexWrestler149 at 06:42 PM on February 06, 2006
Congrats!! MICHAELA for your state title. I have a wrestling backgorund and would find it hard to wrestle a girl, although as a youth coach, I have seen girls wrestle boys and kick their ass. Keep up the good work. As for the men stating that girls should have their own league, if we were brought up where girls were wrestling, there wouldn't be a big deal about the sport. There would either be, boys vs. boys, co-ed, or girl vs. girl. I think you're doing a great job, don't let any of these comments discourage you. Go for the Gold, Girl.
posted by tdrbass at 08:36 PM on February 06, 2006
Oh, nonsense, donnychris. At my Judo club the teenage girls and teenage boys spar with one another with no problems. It's good for both of them, and if either the boys or girls have a problem with it, they need to get over it and grow up.
posted by rodgerd at 02:45 AM on February 07, 2006
She can take on other high schoolers but how would she fare against this guy?
posted by HATER 187 at 08:19 AM on February 07, 2006
Its a great story. I have seen girls that can handle themselves wrestling boys. For me, its just a moral issue. Girls just shouldn't be wrestling boys.
posted by daddisamm at 08:36 AM on February 07, 2006
What morality issues are involved in a athletic competition between boys and girls? Are you implying some sort of sexual situation? I really don't like the idea that if boys are uncomfortable with wrestling girls, then the result should be that the girls should be deprived of opportunities to wrestle. What kind of sense does that make? It sounds like it is a problem that some boys have and they should be the ones who must deal with it or face the consequences (i.e. missing opportunities to wrestle).
posted by bperk at 09:47 AM on February 07, 2006
I really don't like the idea that if boys are uncomfortable with wrestling girls, then the result should be that the girls should be deprived of opportunities to wrestle. Good point. I don't hear anyone complaining about boys wrestling other boys, and the fact that some of them might be gay.
posted by grum@work at 10:46 AM on February 07, 2006
What morality issues are involved in a athletic competition between boys and girls? Are you implying some sort of sexual situation? With high school and junior high age boys everything is a sexual situation.
posted by scottypup at 11:01 AM on February 07, 2006
I can tell you this, if I gotta wrestle a girl while she's on the rag and sweatin' hormones, well, she's got an avantage over me. Cause the smell gags me. I know it's suppose to turn me on and all that, but I was the guy who gave my girl her space during this time. I can see where a boy would not perform up to par during a match. He's gotta feel that he might hurt her. Guys don't feel that during competition with guys. To hurt is the goal. Pain weakens your opponent. I don't think it's a good idea. Hey, "grum", even gays are male. A straight guy would love to tie a gay wrestler into a knot. So what's your point?
posted by pokchop at 11:05 AM on February 07, 2006
Well put pokchop. Even gays are male.... wait, wtf are you talking about?
posted by tron7 at 11:18 AM on February 07, 2006
I was one of the first female wrestlers in MI (over 10 years ago) and I can tell you that absolutely, boys wrestle girls differently then they wrestle other boys, but they definitely don't go easier on them. Every single boy I wrestled tried that much harder in order to "not be beat by a girl". Their teammates gave 'em hell if I scored points, much less pinned them. And they would come back twice as hard just to avoid that. Now that I'm a boxer, I find the same thing happens. Sure...there are always some guys who are afraid to "hit a girl" but as soon as I catch 'em with an uppercut and left hook, they realize that I'm going to hit them so they may as well hit back.
posted by wendellw at 11:20 AM on February 07, 2006
A guy wrestling a girl is a loose loose situation for the guy. You win, so what you beat a girl, you loose well that's even worse. I totally dissagree with women competing in mens sports leagues. It's fine if its a coed league but men deserve the opportunity to compete against men only just like women do against women only. When the LPGA, or the WNBA or the WTA start letting men compete against women for the prizemoney, then I will agree women should be able to compete against the men. Women want it both ways and it's about time men stand up for their rights for a change. If someone like Michelle Wie wants to compete against the men, why can't Tiger Woods enter a prestigeous LPGA tournament? Plenty of money there. Seems fair to me. May the best player win. I wonder how many women will win any money if they really had fair and open competition against men. If it is fair and legitamate for women to keep men out of their competittions, then it is only fair for men to have the same right. Someday we might have women challenging for the heavyweight boxing title or playing in the NFL. Now wouldn't that be interesting? NAAAAAH
posted by Atheist at 01:16 PM on February 07, 2006
If someone like Michelle Wie wants to compete against the men, why can't Tiger Woods enter a prestigeous LPGA tournament? Sigh. It seems this gets debunked every 2 months... Tiger competes in the PGA. Professional Golfers Association. Michelle competes in the LPGA. Ladies Professional Golfers Association. Tom Watson competes in the Champions Tour (which was the Senior Professional Golfers Association). Tiger can only compete in the PGA. He is a professional golfer, but neither a lady nor a senior. Michelle can compete in the PGA (she's a professional golfer) and the LPGA (she's a lady). She cannot compete in the senior tour. Tom Watson can compete in the PGA (he's a professional golfer still) and the senior tour (he is considered a senior according to their rules), but can't compete in the LPGA (he is not a lady). If you complain about Michelle competing in the PGA, then you have to complain about Tom competing in the PGA. When Michelle gets old enough, then maybe she can compete in all three tours...
posted by grum@work at 01:42 PM on February 07, 2006
Someday we might have women challenging for the heavyweight boxing title or playing in the NFL. I see no reason why a team couldn't sign a female punter or place kicker.
posted by grum@work at 01:44 PM on February 07, 2006
Actually, if the boy won, he would have been state champs. That is hardly a lose-lose situation. Neither the NBA or the PGA are men-only leagues. While the WNBA and LPGA are gender-specific leagues. It would make your argument stronger if you knew what you were talking about. What grum said!
posted by bperk at 01:47 PM on February 07, 2006
No bperk, you didn't read what Atheist said. It's a loose-loose situation.
posted by Amateur at 02:27 PM on February 07, 2006
I stand corrected. I have no idea if it is a loose-loose situation.
posted by bperk at 02:59 PM on February 07, 2006
My point was that it is perfectably acceptable for women to discriminate against men by the creation of women only leagues. The fact that the established mens leagues did not specify in their title men only is mearly a technicality. But for the sake of argument, is it OK to prevent women if the men add to the title MPGA? Or MNFL or whatever. The fact that women find it perfectly acceptable to discriminate against men in their competittions but demand to be allowed to play in what is considered the mens tournaments is my point. Please don't try to argue semantics. In our society those who feel they have been discriminated against seem to believe reverse discrimination is OK as some sort of pay back. Well I think if it is acceptable to have a LPGA than a MPGA should be fine also. To stress the matter at a more taboo level, why is it OK to have a United Negro College Fund or Black Entertainment Awards Show but would be considered racist or offensive to have a United Caucasian College Fund or White Entertainment Awards Show? There is nothing equal about equality these days. True equality either prohibits the exclusion of someone on the basis of sex or allows it / for both sexes equally. For the record, I have no problem with open leagues for men or women. But I also have no problem if men or women want to have separate competitions. I just don't think a boy should be forced to wrestle against a woman if he is wrestling on a mens wrestling team.
posted by Atheist at 03:04 PM on February 07, 2006
The fact that the established mens leagues did not specify in their title men only is mearly a technicality. No, it's simply an indication that there are no limitations in place, and that the best competitors are allowed in the league without any restrictions. The WNBA/LPGA/WTA/etc say implicitly that they are an inferior league because they have restrictions on who can compete. It's their decision and they accept it. I just don't think a boy should be forced to wrestle against a woman if he is wrestling on a mens wrestling team. He wasn't wrestling on the men's wrestling team. He was wrestling on the school wrestling team. You'll notice that the championships are listed by weight-class, not by sex. Related side note: Men and women have been competing against each other in the Olympics for over 50 years. Lis Hartel (Denmark) won the silver medal in the Individual Dressage competition (equestrian) in 1952. It's been a mixed competition ever since. To stress the matter at a more taboo level, why is it OK to have a United Negro College Fund or Black Entertainment Awards Show but would be considered racist or offensive to have a United Caucasian College Fund or White Entertainment Awards Show? There is a United Negro College Fund because there is also a scholarship fund for children of Ford employees. Distinct groups of people identified by a common background like to provide for others of the same background. There is a Black Entertainment Awards show because there is also a Gemini Awards show (Canadian television). Distinct groups of people identified by a common background like to celebrate achievements by those of the same background.
posted by grum@work at 08:26 PM on February 07, 2006
I believe a young woman should think of her future. If she enjoys wrestling right now because of the success, fine. Wait till she gets in the bigger, tougher leagues of college, maybe she'll find getting whooped isn't worth the attention and she'll find something else to do, like use her mind instead.
posted by XY in YL at 12:21 PM on February 08, 2006
I cant wait til the first woman wants to step in the octagon with the likes of Chuck Liddel! Wait I know why that won't happen. Most states do not allow professional fights between men and womend due to the plain ol difference between men and women. Strenght, speed, hitting power, being designed to take more punishment. But I really dont have any problem when women compete aginst men. Most high schools just dont support women sports comparted to mens sports, so if I was a women I would head to where all the good coaches and equipment is, with the men.
posted by NHBfan at 05:43 AM on February 09, 2006
michaela, fantastic achievement. no more excuses for the boys. interviews with the boys she wrestled shows that they respected her abilities and hard work. i believe that a repercussion of her win will be more HS wrestling programs for girls. not for the old reasons of "girls will get hurt" but because parents/coaches will want to prevent the wake of emotionally injured boys that someone like michaela creates. btw, i wrestled many years and easily managed to avoid grabbing other wrestler's on the penis. arguments about problems with anatomy differences are overly exagerated. on the implied eroticism, fear tends to make any sort of arousal dissipate. not many boys stood across from michaela on the mat and didn't fear her for her abilities.
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Ha ha my brother thrifted a matching owl cookie jar, only he's brown (My brother named him Percy!)And I would kill for that hutch. That may be the find of the century.ReplyDelete
The dresser (can't call it a hutch, my British brain just thinks of rabbits) is beautiful, what an absolute steal. I just posted on my favourite find which is linked up to Sophie's. There's anything particularly unusual about a printer's tray, but the makeover I gave it has revolutionised my jewellery storage, so I'm just amazingly in love with it.ReplyDelete
Liz: That's so cute, I love that my owl's brown twin is out there and named "Percy"!ReplyDelete
Lakota: I was calling it a "china cabinet" for a while before being corrected. I'll have to check out your fav. find linked up over at Sophie's :)
my favourite find of yours is that string art ship. i would try to buy that from you if i lived in your neck of the woods! i think one of my favourite finds of this year is turning out to be a pair of black and plaid boots that i've been wearing a ton since i got back from Scotland. of course, everyone thinks i got them there so it's fun to tell them i paid $5 for them at a thrift shop!ReplyDelete
Angelika: I was trying to think of a find I use often to choose as a favorite, too. I love thrifted finds you gets tons of daily use from. Your boots sound so cute!ReplyDelete
I can not believe you got that hutch for $15! And that is why I love yard sales!ReplyDelete
I've had few amazing finds recently...
2 1930's metal hospital cabinet/ carts recently for $25 (for the pair.) Sold 1 and Kept 1.
And just the other weekend I found a 4 piece Pyrex Cinderella (pink gooseberry) set in excellent condition for $10.00
Nells: I love industrial finds like the metal hospital cabinet/carts you've described. I'm always looking out for them!ReplyDelete
Love your hutch! My best finds this year have been an American of Martinsville credenza for 30 bucks at the thrift store and a Nessen Desk Lamp that I had to rewire for 20 bucks at an estate sale. It's the one with the white enamel shade. Major score. Oh, and my Last Supper Paint by number (3 bucks!) the missing piece in my PBN collection!ReplyDelete
Snail: Nice selection of finds!ReplyDelete
I'll have to meditate on this question, i love your owl cookie jar <3ReplyDelete
I love the hutch too! So great!ReplyDelete
hmmm. i got a few..
my winking owl cookie jar is one my favs too! plus my Butterprint Pyrex bowl set, Delphite Pyrex fridgies, my space like light blinking pill shaped radio, Owls by Ulster tea towel, blender in the box salt & pepper shakers, Nintendo sleeping bag... just sooo many!!!
that hutch is pretty amazing! my favorite find is this:ReplyDelete
a really beautiful aluminum tree that i got for only 20 bucks at an estate sale!
Love your owl cookie jar - that's just the cutest thing!!!ReplyDelete
I love my retro juke box radio - it's the neatest thing. I found a few pieces of Pyrex Delphite this year - all for nearly next to nothing!! They are hard to come by for cheap so that makes me happy!!!
Miss Lou: I had to meditate on my decisions, too!ReplyDelete
Sir Thrift-A-Lot: If I found a Nintendo sleeping bad, that would be my favorite! And I'd use it every night ;)
Rae: It's beautiful! I hope I can find one like that one day!ReplyDelete
Jill: Retro juke box radio? I'd love to find one of those, too!
While it wasn't exactly MY find, my best friend bought her wedding dress at the Good Will for $40! It couldn't have fit better and she couldn't have looked more beautiful. Just goes to show, you don't need to spend a fortune to get something special.ReplyDelete
Jessica: I love it when people do big events that are traditionally expensive cheaply :) and I love how 2nd hand items can be more unique and special.ReplyDelete
$15 -- Holy Crap. and I go to a ton of yard sales... Nicely done.ReplyDelete
$15.00 is insane! I've been obsessed with your dinosaurs ever since I saw them posted.ReplyDelete
I found a 1970s cork lamp recently on the second day of an estate sale towards the end of the day. It was only priced for five bucks and couldn't believe so many people passed it up.
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Why You Should Take a Break from Pinterest
Sometimes it's good for us to disconnect from our phones and computers and put our heads into a good book. That doesn't mean you have to put a hold on being inspired for those many entertaining occasions coming up. Pinterest is great, but let's take it back to the basics… I have the answer, the books I'm reading this summer are a nice variety and are great sources for entertaining ideas!
I had a few minutes to myself and instead of blogging, like I should have been, I decided to gather my favorite books on hosting and entertaining to get some fresh inspiration as I look forward to summer entertaining.
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I picked up Ina Garten's Parties book last year before I attended the BASH Conference. Did you see all the amazing tablescapes I featured from that event? Ina starts out with a little history about how she went from the White House Office of Management and Budget to becoming The Barefoot Contessa. My favorite advice from Ina about hosting is "STAY COOL". Enjoy reading how she has dealt with the unexpected when hosting! If you enjoy being a hostess, you will enjoy Barefoot Contessa Parties!!
It was hard for me to resist a book titled CELEBRATE! I flipped through it at the store and I was hooked. I wish I had purchased it over on Amazon for just $17.25, but we all are entitled to an impulsive purchase now and then. Lauren gives you all kinds of party basics, common drink recipes, party etiquette tips, menus for different themed parties and lots of recipes. I can't remember when I ordered Jonathan Fong's PARTIES THAT WOW. If hosting a theme party is your idea of entertaining and you could use some inspiration, this is the book for you! Jonathan's subtitle is "Setting the Stage for Creative Entertaining" which really sums up this book. Jonathan's party ideas include everything you might need to host one of those events, invitations, decor, recipes and more. This book is just fun to revisit again and again. When I picked it up and read the Introduction, it was as if I had written it! I am sure I would have a ball at any party hosted by Jonathan!
Karen Bussen is a professional party and wedding planner who gives you all of the details to host 12 distinctive themed events, she includes menu, decor, drinks, wine and even music suggestions. Beautiful photographs are featured through the book along with a healthy dose of recipes.
Simple Stunning Parties at Home is all about home entertaining throughout the year, even including a lovely chapter on host and guest gifts to consider.
In What's a Hostess to Do? you won't find the pretty pictures you will in these other books, but you will find "313 Ideas and Inspirations for Effortless Entertaining". There are ideas in here for almost every hosting situation. I always seem to learn something new when I leaf through this one. Want to put together a proper cheese plate, hire a caterer, rescue dry white meat, shop for Champagne? It is all in this handy little reference book with an easy to use index. I consider this little book to be a staple for anyone who enjoys hosting!
So here I sit (at least while the grandbabies are napping), enjoying ice water in my Tervis cup. I am really trying to wean myself off of diet soda! I hope you get a few quiet moments this summer to pick up a good book, whatever it may be and enjoy the summer! If you have a favorite book on entertaining, I would love to hear about it, I still have lots of room on my bookshelves!
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Heart Beat: January 2010
Just three months of physical activity can provide older adults with diabetes with significant heart health improvements, according to research presented at the 2009 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in October. Researchers studied adults between ages 65 and 83 who had type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol to see how increased physical activity might affect arterial stiffness. One group of subjects participated in vigorous physical activity for an hour three days a week for three months and the other group did no aerobic exercise at all. The subjects in the exercise group saw an average arterial stiffness decrease of 15 to 20 percent. They increased their fitness levels until they were working at 70 percent of their maximum heart rate by using treadmills and cycling machines under supervision by a certified exercise trainer.


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This year's competition for the Bory Cup is heating up as it enters its final stages.
Conceived as a ten-match summer event between Will and I last year, the format of the Bory Cup underwent some alterations this year. It also acquired an actual cup (above) to be held by the champion. Will was the inaugural winner.
Rather than ten matches, the event has been extended to a maximum of 14. But it could be over in as little as seven. Each match is worth one point, with a halve awarding half a point to each competitor. The defending champion needs seven points to retain the cup; the challenger needs 7.5 to wrest it.
This year started off more evenly than last year, when Will basically ran away with it. (Though I don't remember the exact score, as I was not documenting it, I think I only won one or two points). The first match of 2008 was held May 3, right after Will got back from school, and was halved. The second match, which I wrote about for its lopsidedness, was a decisive victory for the elder brother. But in a stretch from late May to the end of June, Will was dominant, with three victories and a halve. Just when it was looking awful, I came back with a narrow victory in a 9-hole match in which Will gave me 5 shots (these matches are handicapped, naturally, since our indexes vary by about 10 shots).
Now the score stands Will 4, Rindy 3. The next match is scheduled for this evening around 6pm, where we will hope to get in 18 before the light closes us out. With sunset scheduled for 8:18, we may only have room for nine. But every match is a match. And with Will going back to school in three weeks, we have to get them in where we can!


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A Servant Leadership Culture and Style is the Key to Reducing Organisational Stress
As we have seen in the first three articles, stress frequently arises because of the demands that are being placed on staff without a reasonable consideration of their capacity and capability and it is exacerbated when they feel they have no control over their situation. They feel that they are simply Cog-ware, parts of a machine that demands performance but has little care for their well being. The result is stress and with that declining performance. Reducing organisational stress must be a priority.
The best, most productive organizations develop a servant leadership style that is inherently concerned with enabling people to achieve their full potential and in such an environment they do.
The Christian servant leader will be seeking to model a Jesus-style of servant leadership as they outwork concern for the team members and contribute to their ability to achieve their full potential while reducing levels of stress. The result is an effective organisation even when the going gets tough. This approach is as applicable to church leaders as it is to leaders in para-church situations.
Now, here is the irony of leadership…..
Being so concerned with quality and productivity that the people come second or may be third on the list, results in less than the best in terms of quality and productivity. While, being concerned primarily for the people, working out a style of servant leadership modelled on Jesus, and actively engaging them results in improved quality and productivity.
Because the people become committed to the success of the team, the department and the organisation.
What aspects of such an anti-stress culture have the most effect on reducing organisational stress? Colin Buckland shared five aspects that you can start implementing today.
Servant Leaders Create a Sustainable Culture
One of the things that is more important than most people realize is the corporate culture; that is to say "it's how things work around here". Corporate culture is virtually always driven by the leaders. It starts with the most senior person and it runs through the senior leadership. How they behave and how they respond in certain circumstances will determine how other people will respond.
As an example, let's say you model starting work at 6 AM and not leaving until 7 PM, taking few breaks through the day. You do it day-in and day-out. You've personally got a lot of productivity and you churn out the work. You may enjoy the feeling that somehow you're a bit of a hero in the organization, but I want to remove that little rug from you and say, "Actually, you are modelling a style that is probably going to be quite destructive for other people."
Typically, what happens is a leader sets a way of being and the people who report to that leader will begin to emulate that style which cascades down through the organisation. Now bear in mind that not everybody is the same, so not everybody's got the same capacity for work, or even for stress as you, but they'll try and be you. So your modelling is enormously important.
Also if we reward people, for example, who work long, long hours, it will go around the organization that long, long hours is what this organisation wants. So, people will start to try and do that. In the early stages we may think, "Hey, this is great. People are really throwing themselves into work." But this is a false economy, this is not going to last, because a lot of these people are going to burn out and they're going to get increasingly less productive over time.
The servant leader needs to consider the impact these kinds of dynamics and set about building a sustainable model. That is not about being green, it is about recognizing the culture that the leaders model can burnout the organization.
Servant Leaders Create an Open Communication Culture
First and foremost, as a servant leader you have to engage yourself more with the workforce, because the distance between leaders and workers is sometimes huge. We call it the power-distance ratio.
You know, sometimes there's a big distance and so you may be isolated from what's really going on. You won't really be able to deal with an issue if you don't know it's there. All you'll see is loss of productivity, more absenteeism and so on. It's not adding up for you. When in actual fact, if you were to start to engage with the people more, you will learn more. The more you develop an open communication culture in your organization, the better that will be.
Part of doing that really means that people are able to tell their managers or indeed you or their leader, exactly what they think and feel without that somehow being considered rude, or a negative practice. So, you need to hear the voice of the people, because they are the soldiers that are carrying out the workload that you're setting up for them. If you don't know what that costs them, then you may be the cause of their difficulties and stress. In fact it's quite possible, that a sole leader, a senior leader in an organization, could be the cause of major waste in that organization, simply by the way they go about their leadership. The root cause is that they don't engage with the people, they are not being a servant leader let alone showing the concern that would be a hallmark of a Christian leader.
Servant Leaders Get Out Amongst Their People
In one particular case I was talking with a senior leader in Europe who I asked, "When do you get up from your desk and go and walk the halls, and chat with your workers to see how they're doing?
He said, "I've never done that. I never do that. That's not something that I do."
And, I said to him, "Well, actually, it's time you did."
The story finishes well because he started to do that. The first time he walked into an office everybody stood up and said, "What can we do for you, sir?" That's because they weren't used to him turning up. Over time they got used to it. So, now he is able to be alongside the workers and understand what it's like. It gave them a sense of "We're all workers here, we're all doing this together" and that really did help in that organisation.
Developing open communication is a cultural shift. So if you think, "Well, that's a good idea. Next Monday we'll do it. From now on, everybody, it's open communication." It's not going to happen. It's a cultural shift, so it has to happen over time. It begins with all the teams, and all the team leaders, and so on. It begins with you and over time you will develop this and reap the benefits; everybody will reap the benefits.
Servant Leaders Give Appropriate Feedback
Often leaders put staff appraisals low down on their list of priorities because we've invested appraisals with a kind of negative face. So, people think, "This is going to be my annual rap over the knuckles," rather than something positive.
The servant leader can completely rescue that by the way that its done. It's rescued by entering into a joint discussion about what is a reasonable expectation, and what would help the team member to thrive in this organization. That's great, but if you don't do it annually, or whatever the agreed period is, you're actually harming your people.
It's not sufficient just to have appraisal meetings but the feedback they provide must be effective. We've come across countless situations where a worker is stressed for want of feedback. They don't know whether they're doing a good job or a bad job. Interestingly this is further exacerbated by cross-cultural communication.
I'm thinking now of one particular story in Eastern Europe; it was an Eastern European worker reporting to a North American manager.
The Eastern European worker said to me, "I don't know when I'm doing a good job." This was a stressor, a major stressor.
He explained, "When I turn in my work if I know in my heart that that's not a great piece of work… He [the manager] says to me 'great, great, well done' – a kind of a high-five scenario, which is foreign to my culture anyway." He went on, "But then if I turn in a good piece of work, a piece I've put many hours into he goes "Great, great, well done" and high-fives.
This is all "well-done. I'm sure he's trying to encourage me, but frankly I cannot work out what is good work, and what is bad work, and what the expectations are." That was becoming a source of stress for this man.
Effective feedback is essential.
Servant Leaders Give the People their Voice
Giving your people a voice is very much a part of open communication. We demonstrate in the cultural shift towards open communication that we value their point of view.
What that actually means is that stress -the silent killer has its teeth pulled because these people are not then going to suffer silently to the point where ill-health ensues. They're going to talk to you about their experience of the workload. That's probably one of the most valuable relationships that you could have with your staff, that level of communication. You see, they've got to feel safe for that. It's really only the leaders that can generate that sense of safety.
What Can You Do Today?
Here we are talking about a process that takes time but it can draw the teeth of stress and have the benefits we discussed in the first article. Your people will be able to achieve their full potential, productivity and effectiveness will increase, staff sickness absenteeism and churn will reduce. It needs to start, so start it today.
- Because people will follow you as a role model, set a work style that is survivable.
- Establish open communication. That's mixing with your people so that you can get a sense of where they are and they can get a sense of where you are. (You may find thinking on responsible communication skills helpful too.)
- Get up out of your seat and go amongst the people.
- Give the staff voice, so they can express their concerns and in response to giving them voice, ensure that they know they are valued.
- Give appropriate feedback, so that people know when they are doing a good job and when they're not.
- Generate a sense of safety when they are open with you.
If you want to tread gently just pick one of those aspects and try it out. See what happens. It will take time so keep on keeping on. You can learn more about leadership qualities here
Do you engage in these servant leadership strategies? If not where can you start? Make an opportunity to retreat to a park or a country walk for an hour or two and ponder the things you have learned about organisational stress. Work out how to make a start on one or two of these strategies.
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