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From: The 7 Habits Of Healthy Vegans
It's easy to have a healthy vegan diet when you build habits around seven simple guidelines.
1. Eat legumes. They're packed with protein, with the bonus of a big dose of fiber. (No protein-rich animal food can claim that!). Choose three servings of these foods—which include cooked beans, peas, lentils, tofu, tempeh, soymilk, veggie meats, peanuts and peanut butter—every day. Keep it simple if you don't have time to soak and cook beans (or if you don't like beans that much). Meals that include a serving of legumes include a PB&J sandwich; baked potato topped with homemade tofu sour cream; hummus wrap; instant cup of lentil soup; veggie burger; or cereal with soymilk.
2. Pile your plate with fruits and veggies, and vary your choices. Vegans are ahead of the game here, since they tend to eat more of these foods than omnivores. Variety is important, though, because different fruits and vegetables have different benefits. Those that are high in vitamin C (citrus fruits, strawberries, green leafy vegetables, broccoli, peppers, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts) will give iron absorption a big boost, so try to include one of these foods at every meal. Some leafy greens like spinach and Swiss chard are among the world's best sources of potassium, which is good for your bones and blood pressure. Other green leafies—collards and kale—are packed with calcium. And, of course, all of those deep orange vegetables like squash and carrots are important for vitamin A.
3. Get enough calcium. It's not the end-all and be-all of bone health, but calcium does matter and it's an area where some vegans fall short. Best sources for vegans are fortified juices and plant milks, calcium-set tofu, kale and collards. But you can get smaller amounts of calcium from figs, oranges, broccoli, and cabbage, too.
4. Choose whole grains. Every single bite of grain you eat doesn't have to be unprocessed. If you enjoy crusty French bread with soups and salads, or regular pasta in your lasagna, that's fine. Vegans get plenty of fiber after all. But whole grains have other benefits and nutrients besides fiber, so aim for the unrefined choices most of the time.
5. Be smart about fats. Limiting fatty foods is good, but avoiding them completely isn't. Some high fat foods like nuts and seeds contribute important nutrients to vegan diets. Nuts are also linked to lower heart disease risk and are helpful in the control of diabetes. Added fats are okay, too, when used in small amounts to enhance texture and flavor of foods. Meals that are swimming in fat aren't such a good idea, but a drizzle of olive or organic canola oil on salads and roasted vegetables is absolutely fine in the context of a healthy vegan diet. Be sure to include small amounts of ground flaxseed, chia seeds, or walnuts to meet needs for the essential fatty acid alpha-linolenic acid.
6. Don't shun supplements. All vegans need vitamin B12 supplements (or fortified foods.) And many vegans opt for supplements of the omega-3 fats DHA and EPA (although the jury is out on whether they are beneficial). Other supplements depend on your diet and lifestyle. If you use iodized salt, you're covered for iodine. If not, it's a good idea to take a supplement. (Iodine content of plants depends on where they are grown and many people, including meat eaters, fall short on this nutrient.) And vegans get vitamin D from the same places as omnivores—from sunshine or fortified foods. If you don't get much time in the sun, especially during the winter, opt for a vitamin D supplement.
7. Be flexible and have fun with your vegan diet. Vegans are automatically off to a good start with food choices. Diets built around plant foods are free of cholesterol, low in saturated fat and high in fiber. There are still plenty of junk-food choices for vegans, though. Needless to say, your diet won't be healthy if it's packed with potato chips and Oreo cookies. But it's not an all-or-nothing kind of thing. Processed foods like veggie meats and cheeses can make it easier to stick to your healthy vegan diet, and so can the occasional treat.
Virginia Messina, The Vegan RD
Ginny is a dietitian specializing in vegan nutrition and the co-author of Vegan for Life: Everything You Need to Know to be Healthy and Fit on a Plant-Based Diet. Ginny was a dietetics instructor at Central Michigan University and a dietitian for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and is a former co-author of the American Dietetic Association's position on vegetarian diets. She writes about a variety of issues related to health and animal rights on her blog TheVeganRD and as the National Vegan Examiner at Examiner.com.


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Among the Republicans named Friday by House Speaker John Boehner to the new Benghazi panel are some of the Obama administration's most outspoken critics.
Democrats have not named anyone, and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Friday she wants assurances Democrats will have a strong voice on the committee. She wants to meet with Boehner, but no meetings are current scheduled.
Among the Boehner appointees to the committee, which will have seven Republicans and five Democrats, are Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas.
Pompeo last month grilled Michael Morell, former CIA deputy director, last month at a House Intelligence Committee hearing, pressing Morell on whether the committee had been misled.
"I think that in looking back at some of the things we could have done better, there is no doubt in my mind that we led people to think about this in not exactly the right way," Morell said.
Pompeo kept pressing, asking again "were we misled." "No," Morell said.
"My, my, my, I have a different view," Pompeo responded.
Among others, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga., also serves on the intelligence committee. He spoke last year on CNN, questioning the administration's explanation that the attacks were not planned, but part of a protest that became violent.
"I don't think there was any doubt that they knew it was a coordinated attack," the congressman said. He cited the "accuracy of the mortar fire that came."
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, another appointee, has long been known at the Capitol as a vocal, brash administration critic. After Obama gave his State of the Union address in January, Jordan combined Benghazi with other matters and blasted the president.
"Americans are reluctant to believe a new round of promises from a President and an administration that has not been forthcoming about issues ranging from job creation, to the unfair targeting of Americans by the IRS, to health care, to the tragic loss of life in Benghazi," Jordan said.
Rep. Martha Roby, R-Ala., who has been active in probing the military response to the incident, has also had questions about what happened in Benghazi. "No heroic military effort to respond to the Benghazi attack could overcome the White House's clear lack of preparedness to protect Americans in a dangerous part of the world," she said last year.
Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., is a chief deputy whip and considered close to Boehner. Rep. Susan Brooks, R-Ind., a freshman who Tuesday defeated a tea party-backed candidate in the Republican primary, is a former federal prosecutor.
Pelosi had pressed for an evenly divided committee; Republicans noted that ratios that reflect the overall makeup of Congress are common. Republicans control 232 House seats to Democrats' 199, and committees are divided according to that ratio. An exception is the Ethics Committee, which is divided equally.
Special committees are often subject to the ratios. When Pelosi, then speaker, created a special panel to study energy independence and global warming in 2007, it had nine Democrats and six Republicans. As soon as Republicans got control of the House in 2011, they abolished the panel.

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Pumpkin Carnage
I thought I was being kind, putting my pumpkin out back to live the last of his days naturally.
Instead, I've subjected him to squirrel torture. I can almost hear him screaming at night "They're eating my face!".
He doesn't look too happy about it either.
I hope he isn't planning revenge.
But I sort of know how he feels. November has been somewhat unpleasant so far. Halloween is over. Everyone is exhausted.
Then a week ago Sunday little Miss Monkey Boo decided to do a backward summersault with a twist off the couch, landing hard with her hind leg beneath her, knocking her left knee cap loose. She already has a slippery kneecap in the right hind leg. We've been on total rest duty since Sunday November 4th.
Even at her most painful state, keeping that Boston Terrier from hopping or jumping was tough. She'd realize as soon as she took a big step to run that she couldn't, and you'd see her freeze in a jolt of pain.
A lot of people would crate the pup. Being the mad woman that I am, and with a schedule that permits me to do so, I decided to turn my office into Pup Central. Pulled out the low sofa bed (which takes up my entire office), gathered all favourite toys and bones, brought her water and food dishes in, and hunkered down with her.
Play consisted of rolling her onto her side across my torso and flailing toys at her. She likes it (snuggles AND play?), but I hope she doesn't get it into her head that this is the new way of life in the house.
She can now walk around to the dining area and kitchen (we have carpets all over the kitchen to stop her from falling on the slippery tile which she's done twice), and she's just starting to put a teeny bit of weight on the leg. The more freedom she gets, the more I get.
We're both stir crazy and sick of my office.
Hoping to get back to normal (or close to normal) by Sunday as the vet suggested.
In the meantime, that's what I've been doing and will continue to do for the next week. Then maybe I can go back to, oh I don't know, sculpting and sitting in my living room.
Glad to hear the furbaby is
Glad to hear the furbaby is on the mend. Re the pumpkin massacre - all I can say is there's three out there somewhere that have got it in for me.
Poor Pumpkin
I laughed at "They're eating my face!", but you know the squirrels are well fed for the start of winter. . . Glad to hear Monkey Boo is doing better. I know I'd be out of my mind if I was restrained to one room. *shiver*
Poor Girls
Rehabbing high energy dogs sucks, all the way around! I hope both of you will be set free to roam soon!
Hope your daughter is OK! She
Hope your daughter is OK! She should go into gymnastics.
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Just wanted to update everyone that I received my Withdrawal Notices for the 3 Federal Tax Liens today! I am so happy I could barely see straight in sending the copies off to the three bureaus. I also opened a new card with WalMart last week with a $700 CL.
I need to correct my earlier post- one of my small collections will fall off this month! So, I will have the Chapter 13 on EQ and a coll acct that will fall off in Feb!
Hopefully, my score just might get to 700 by November! So, I will take a breather until my coll falls off this month. :
I'm fairly new, credit scores are around 640, 630 etc. How do I get my scores from the 640's to 670's, from what I've been reading 670-700 is decent. I'm in chpt 13 with 4 more payments to go, then ill get chpt 13 discharge. Have reestablished credit over the past 4 years, 1 old charg-off. Any help is appreciated
plans to improve fico score is to continue to review creditors and lowering revolving debt.
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New to this board. Had a score in the high 600's, nearly 700, when I encountered some medical issues. Following a lengthy unpaid LOA from my employer, I returned to work to be laid off. Luckily, I worked just enough P/T hours to qualify for UE, but this has not been enough for us to pay our bills. We were forced into BK and had to let our home go in foreclosure.
We are currently renting a beautiful house that we hope to purchase one day. The owner will convert our rent agreement to a lease-to-own contract as soon as we say the word. However, we have little savings and haven't the credit to purchase the home any time soon. So in a lease we will remain for a while.
I had to finance my car at something like 26%. Now that my BK has been discharged, and my auto loan company is reporting again, I hope to be able to refi that loan soon. The payoff is something like $7600, and I currently have 62k miles on it. The loan matures in April 2016, so it would definitely be worth my while to refi ASAP!
I have opened one CC since the BK (First Premier- $700 CL), and was able to maintain an open Macy's account through the BK ($100 CL). Applied for Orchard and C1, but was denied for both.
Tried to pull curent FICOs but am receiving an error stating that I don't have enough history to calculate a score. I assume this is due to the BK? It discharged in April 2012. Perfect payment history since the BK, so I have high hopes of getting my score up quickly. Any help or advice would be MOST appreciated!!!!
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I am new to this. I filed bk13 in 2006. I was able to pay it off 6 months earlier than expected (Dec. 2011). When I went to purchase a home (Dec. 2011), I was told I had to wait for 12 months after discharge. Now, I am within months of wanting to purchase a home and now I am being told 2 years. Needless to say, I picked myself up and decided I would start with purchasing me a much needed car. I was able to obtain a loan with Capital One. Within 4 months, I was able to refinance my car with my credit union for 6%. That is over half what I purchased it for with Cap 1.
I would like to get my scores in the 700's by 2013.
Here's to the future of owning my own home again and being financial savvy.
on my way to credit success...
I will be attempting to get a mortgage in 3 months. I got a couple of secured cards and a store credit card. I wish I started to get my credit health straight earlier in the year. I am so excited in the improvement in my score since July. I unfortunately pulled a score in February but didn't act until July. Lack of knowledge. But now I am on the right track. I really want to get to 640 as quickly as possible. Paying bills on time, paying my cards off before their statement dates, and just watching my spending. I know it will take time but I hope I will see 640 before end of the year. Any suggestions?
Hi everyone!
I have been a lurker for many years here. Regardless, I just signed up for SW. In years past I always had mid 600 credit scores, only negative was one 30 day late in 2004 which just dropped off. I am currently at 717EQ and looking to build up to high 700's. My biggest issue is high utilization, around 80%, however I should be bringing that down to 40-50% by next month.
I know it's a great community here and look forward to participating more!


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It is expected that people here have a religion, especially since the first principle of the Pancasila ("five principles") is: Ketuhanan yang Maha Esa , roughly translated as "There's only one god," so don't feel offended if someone asks you about your religious beliefs. While you may exercise your right of religion (or not believing in one) at least privately, making disparaging remarks about any of the official religions is frowned upon as many Indonesians take pride in their religion by observing most or all of the customs tied to their belief. The law also protects anyone from doing so and you don't want to be prosecuted.
Roughly 88% of the population of Indonesia state their religion as being Islam, with all of them following the Sunni branch, making it numerically by far the largest religion in the nation and Indonesia the largest Muslim-majority country in the world. Nevertheless, all of the world's major religions are observed to some degree in Indonesia, and Indonesia officially remains a secular state, with all the state-sanctioned religions, at least theoretically, given equal status under Indonesian law. Although religious orthodoxies do vary across the Indonesia archipelago, the strict observance of Islamic dress codes apparent in some countries is generally absent. In larger Javanese cities veils and overt manifestations of faith are exceptions rather than the rule. In some regional areas and the devout state of , things can be considerably stricter. Do not be surprised if you can hear a chant of the azan without seeing a mosque, as that is commonly done by loudspeakers to call everyone to pray. Work paces may slow down on Fridays at midday as the males get down to pray at the mosques.
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Following Carson Wentz's injury, Nick Foles stepped in and kept Doug Pederson's aggressive offensive approach on track. While Foles could not duplicate the athleticism and escapability of Wentz, he deftly handled the creative designs implemented by Pederson,starting with a four-touchdown performance against the New York Giants. His ability to make the right reads in the system and place the ball well was a big part of his success filling in this season.
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23. Marcus Mariota, Tennessee Titans
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Russell Wilson's playing style drew criticism, and the same held true for Buffalo's quarterback to start the season. Tyrod Taylor was often effective at times in new offensive coordinator Rick Dennison's West Coast-based passing scheme, but the team still turned to Nathan Peterman midway through the year even as it was in playoff contention. The rookie struggled, forcing the team to go back to Taylor. Yes, he can be slow at times with his reads and often fails to anticipate routes, but his progression as a quarterback and his continued ability outside of the pocket is dangerous. In the right system, and with an organization that believes in him, Taylor can be a solid starter in this league. Matter of fact, he already is. And with him as the starter, the Bills have their first playoff berth since 1999.
Social media takes time, a scarce and precious resource for physicians. But just a few hours a month can be enough to empower physicians in myriad ways.
B logs and social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube may help physicians not only expand the reach of their practice but also influence online conversations with their own perspectives. It helps, though, to have clear goals in mind before you begin, said Kevin Pho, MD, ACP Member, an internist and founder of KevinMD , an influential health care blog and social media outlet online at KevinMD.com. He offered physicians a succinct piece of advice: "Don't just go on social media for the sake of using social media."
Dr. Pho said that social media can empower physicians in three ways. "There's a lot of bad information online. You can go online and direct people to a reputable source, or you can be that source," he said. "Second, if physicians don't define themselves, they will be defined by a physician ratings site, and they may not like what comes up. The third is to make their voices heard, especially when it comes to the ways in which health care is changing."
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"I think it could go either way [patient or physician], but it's hard to sustain both," he said. "I got into online health because I wanted to start a new channel of communication among physicians in our medical group. … There [also] are people who are posting around a clinical area in hopes of burnishing their credentials and expanding their practice, and that's a different activity."
Social media takes time, a scarce and precious resource for physicians. But the number of hours spent is less important than sustaining a given channel or platform—on whatever schedule is feasible—after it launches.
Dr. Pho acknowledged that his part-time clinical practice and the 20 to 40 hours a week he spends on social media—not to mention his 3 million monthly blog pageviews—make him an outlier, but he said a one-time investment of a few hours can be more than enough to create a viable online presence.
When I look at my big board, I see a position that could have a sneaky level of intrigue for the Baltimore Ravens. The cornerback position is loaded this year. If the Ravens are at pick 16 and they have Josh Jackson or Mike Hughes sitting there, they have to be a little tempted. Pairing one of those top-tier pass defenders with Marlon Humphrey would give the Ravens a future in the secondary that other teams would envy.
Cornerback isn't a desperate need for the team. In fact, I would argue that the Ravens are better off at the position than you would probably think. Jimmy Smith is an injury prone player, recovering from another injury. That would sound a lot worse without Humphrey, Tavon Young and Maurice Cannady. Young has proven that he can be a number two cornerback. Brandon Carr is still on the roster as well. The Ravens are kind of set at cornerback for the moment.
The argument for cornerback is that you can never have enough talent in the secondary in today's NFL. There are four players at the cornerback position that Ozzie Newsome and Eric DeCosta would at least have to consider: Josh Jackson, Mike Hughes, Denzel Ward and Minkah Fitzpatrick. When you look at these names, remember Fitzpatrick is seen more as a free safety. The fact that Fitzpatrick can play both positions at a high level should intrigue the Ravens.
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Eighty-year-old Korean War veteran Gene Linck enjoys his life as a recent retiree. He is able to spend extra time with his family, and had taken a part-time job as a hearse driver.
However, about two years ago, Gene found retirement less than relaxing. Routine tasks such as brushing his teeth had begun triggering severe pain in his face. Even the heat from a morning shower would send sharp, stinging sparks through his face. "The first couple of times, it happened so severely I couldn't help but scream," says Gene.
As time went on, the bouts of pain became increasingly worse. Gene knew that if he didn't act quickly, he might be stuck with this problem for the rest of his life.
Believing that a decaying tooth was the cause of his trouble, Gene went to his dentist. But after confirming the pain was unrelated to a dental issue, his dentist referred him to Dr. Raymond Sekula, director of the UPMC Cranial Nerve Disorders Program.
After the initial consultation, Dr. Sekula diagnosed Gene with trigeminal neuralgia, a condition that affects the trigeminal nerve in the face and can cause searing electrical pain. Dr. Sekula recommended surgery to correct the problem, and Gene agreed. Within a few days, the surgery was scheduled.
When Gene arrived on an early Monday morning, the medical team described the schedule and process. As he spoke with the team, he felt more and more at ease.
"The staff was very helpful and kind to me and my wife, and I was really impressed with the care and kindness they showed us," says Gene. "And during my stay at the hospital, the security staff brought my wife to and from her hotel to the hospital every day. I could be more relaxed knowing she was in good hands."
Using microvascular decompression, a minimally invasive surgical procedure that relieves abnormal compression of a cranial nerve, Dr. Sekula and his medical team detected the area where the blood vessel was affecting the nerve.
He then separated them, leaving a "pillow" of nonstick material in between to keep them apart. After the three-hour procedure, Gene was in good spirits, and was eager to see if everything went as planned.
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cecum LOUDON, N.H. (AP) -- Kyle Busch needed some OT to grab that checkered flag in at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Busch dominated in regulation, then proved he had the car to beat in three attempts of NASCAR's version of overtime to win the Nationwide Series race.
Busch needed to drive 213 laps of a scheduled 200-lap race to win his seventh race of the season. He snapped a four-race winless streak and won his 58th career Nationwide race.
Scherzer loses first...Number-36 for Davis
(AP) ----Max Scherzer's unbeaten run is over. The Texas Rangers tagged the Detroit All-Star with his first loss of the season, defeating the Tigers 7-1. Scherzer, who is 13-1, was trying to become the first pitcher in the majors to start 14-0 since Roger Clemens in 1986. He allowed four runs and eight hits in six innings.
It was Scherzer's first regular-season loss since Sept. 23, a span of 21 starts.
Mitch Moreland's two-run homer in the fourth gave Texas a 3-0 lead. Texas starter Derek Holland allowed a run and five hits in seven innings. He's 8-4.
In other AL action:
-- J.P. Arencibia (ehr-ehn-SIH'-bee-uh) put Toronto ahead with a two-run single in the sixth inning, and the Blue Jays overcame home runs by Chris Davis and Adam Jones in a 7-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Davis increased his major-league leading home run total to 36 with his third long ball in three games, a solo shot in the second inning. Reggie Jackson is the only player in AL history with more home runs before the All-Star break--37 in 1969.
-- Luke Scott had a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth inning after he tied it with a two-run homer in the fifth in the Tampa Bay Rays' 4-3 victory over Houston.
-- Samuel Deduno pitched seven impressive innings to pace slumping Minnesota to a 4-1 win over the Yankees. Deduno improved to 5-4 by scattering six hits in his first start at Yankee Stadium. Trevor Plouffe (pluhf), Ryan Doumit (DOH'-miht) and Pedro Florimon homered off of Yankees starter Phil Hughes to help the Twins snap a six-game losing streak.
-- Lonnie Chisenhall hit his first career grand slam, Scott Kazmir pitched into the seventh inning and the Cleveland Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 5-3.
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------ SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants throws a no-hitter against the San Diego Padres.
---- The L.A. Dodgers blanked Colorado 1-0. Zack Greinke (GREHN'-kee) retired his first 13 batters before finishing with a two-hitter for a win in his fifth straight start. He's 8-2.
---- Pittsburgh doubled up the New York Mets 4-2. Andrew McCutchen hit a tying home run, then delivered a go-ahead single the seventh inning. The Pirates climbed into a tie with St. Louis atop the NL Central.
---- The St. Louis Cardinals fell 6-4 to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Matt Garza won his fifth consecutive start. Alfonso Soriano homered.
---- Miami rallied to nip Washington 2-1 in 10 innings. Giancarlo Stanton tied it with a ninth inning home run. Then the Marlins rallied to win on a bases-loaded fielder's choice.
-- Mike Minor tossed seven strong innings, and also hit a go-ahead double that led the Atlanta Braves over Homer Bailey and the Cincinnati Reds 5-2. Minor improved to 9-4.
----In the interleague matchup, Alexei Ramirez hit a tiebreaking double in the 11th inning to lift the Chicago White Sox over the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 in the opener of a day-night doubleheader (Phillies won the nightcap in 13 innings, 2-1)
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The 23-year-old was an All-Star in 2012. He is hitting .280 with 15 doubles, three homers and 28 RBIs this season.
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-- Pittsburgh pitcher Jeff Locke will sit out next week's All-Star game because of stiffness in his lower back. Locke will also skip his scheduled start on Sunday against the New York Mets. Rookie Gerrit Cole will start in Locke's place.
-- L.A. Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig (pweeg) missed Saturday night's game because of a sore left hip. The outfielder left Friday night's game after four innings. His hip has troubled him since he ran into the fence making a catch on July 3. Puig is hitting .392 with eight home runs and 19 RBIs.
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Allen `s lead down to 2
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Allen started the day with a 5-shot lead.
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Summerhays is looking for his first PGA Tour win.
Defending champ Zach Johnson trails by three shots after posted a 67. He has now shot 19 consecutive rounds in the 60s on the TPC Deer Run course.
Stenson on top, Mickelson in running
ABERDEEN, Scotland (AP) -- Henrik Stenson shot a 6-under 66 to take a two-shot lead after the third round of the Scottish Open. Stenson is 16-under par. Phil Mickelson heads up a group of four golfers tied for second, two shots back. Mickelson birdied six of the last 11 holes on the way to a 66 in the tune-up event for next week's British Open.
Park trails by 7 entering final round
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It looks like Inbee Park is going to come up short in her quest for a fourth straight tournament victory. She trails by seven shots after shooting a 68.
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The team's big off-season acquisition was introduced at a Saturday news conference that was attended by a slew of Rockets legends including Clyde Drexler, Hakeem Olajuwon (ah-KEEM' ah-LAH'-zhoo-wahn) and Yao Ming.
Howard gets a four-year deal worth about $88 million. Howard has averaged more than 18 points and almost 13 rebounds in his nine-year career.
In other NBA news:
-- The Dallas Mavericks have made their biggest free agent play in a busy offseason, adding shooting guard Monta (MAHN'-tay) Ellis to their backcourt. Mavericks' owner Mark Cuban said in an email Saturday that Ellis has agreed to a contract, reportedly a three-year deal valued between $25 million and $30 million.
-- The Milwaukee Bucks have signed free agent guard O.J. Mayo to a three-year, $24 million contract. The 25-year-old Mayo averaged 15.3 points for Dallas last season. His signing should help the Bucks deal with the loss of J.J. Redick to the Clippers and the expected departure of Monta (MAHN'-tay) Ellis.
-- Jeff Teague is still a member of the Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks matched the four-year, $32 million offer sheet the restricted free agent point guard signed with Milwaukee.
Americans rally against Cuba
SANDY, Utah (AP) ----Joe Corona's first international goal put the United States on top and the American went on to a 4-1 win over Cuba to advance to the Gold Cup quarterfinals.
Chris Wondolowski came off the bench to score twice for the US, giving him five goals in the last two matches. Landon Donovan scored on penalty kick late in the first half to pull the Americans even.
D-Backs on the air in Navajo
PHOENIX (AP) -- Nearly 92 years after a major league game was first broadcast on radio, the Arizona Diamondbacks became the first big-league team to have its game broadcast in Navajo.
Dan Arnold and George LaFrance had the play-by-play call of Saturday night's game against the Brewers on KTNN, a Navajo-language AM station broadcasting from Window Rock in northern Arizona.
Trentin wins Tour's 14th stage
LYON, France (AP) -- Italian cyclist Matteo Trentin has won the 14th stage of the Tour de France, while race leader Chris Froome preserved his overall lead after staying safely in the main pack.
Froome and the other main contenders finished more than seven minutes back of Trentin who becomes the first Italian to win a stage on this year's Tour.
Froome maintained his 2-minute, 28-second overall lead.


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Is stomach stapling for teens worth the risk?
Amanda Schaffer's analysis weighing the risks and benefits of stomach stapling for teenagers drew a strong reaction from readers.
ponderthis declares herself fed up with the media's obsession over fat and fat people:
Everyday we, as consumers, are bombarded with articles, television broadcasts and radio spots, talking about how fat we are and what we need to do - better yet, buy - to avoid the myriad dangers that are associated with being overweight. We constantly hear "buy this food because it helps to reduce cholesterol" or "get this procedure because it will improve your health." This one is my favorite - exercise more!
kaydia attacks the underlying assumption of the debate:
The writer seems to imply that being heavy is a curse that must be overcome no matter what the cost. One does not have to be thin to be healty. You have to love and accept yourself for who you are despite what oher people may think of you.
Luchese responds:
Actually shame is probably at the heart of most over eating. The problem is weight does have impact on chronic disease, early disability and premature death. But I agree that surgery is a cruel and somewhat inhuman approach with teenagers. Non of the resources invested in this procedure are matched by preventive health care. That is the true tragedy.
In another instance of pathologizing fat people, livestephen thinks the procedure will be ineffective unless more fundamental psychological "dysfunction" is addressed:
These teens are suffering and making their symptoms disappear with stomach stapling just leaves them mutalated but still carrying the weight of the dysfunction that causes countless people to seek comfort and sedation in food.
In this testimonial, nicolet describes the life-changing consequence of her own gastric bypass surgery:
I was just 16 when I had the surgery. I was 5 foot even and topped the scales at 220. I don't regret one bit of the surgery. It gave me a whole new life that I would have never known if it was not for the surgery. Yes you do have to take medication for the rest of your life and you do "dump" and it does make you very sick. But in the end it is all worth it. Many teens don't understand how much your life changes. There are only certain things you can eat. Sugars for one are not allowed. You don't eat but only a few bits of something so buffets are gone. I am one who can't have dairy products. I have to say my food freedom is gone but my freedom on life I finnaly discovered!!!
That said, Eigenvector reacts with shock at the prospect of such a radical solution to child obesity. MSMcGahhey also thinks it too extreme.
Chime in over at the Medical Examiner. AC … 7:48pm
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
John Kinkaid's article, "Little Miss Sunshine," has stirred up a heated debate in the Culturebox Fray. Does the media storm surrounding the murder of JonBenet Ramsey reveal something sinister about American culture, and about us as media consumers?
Many readers reject the central premise of Kincaid's argument—that "we" have any interest in the Ramsey murder at all. Valiantly overcoming their disinterest in the case long enough to read the article, formulate a response, and post it on the Fray, such readers profess helplessness in the face of saturation Ramsey coverage. SeanD has a more empathetic take:
What a strange position Kincaid took, accusing us all of vicarious pedophilia! It seems he's fallen into a trap very familiar to those of us who work with criminal offenders: If you spend all day around people who have done terrible things, you start to think that the world is a terrible place full of terrible people.
It sounds like Mr. Kincaid needs to get out of the office more and chat with a few of us NON-pedophiles. You know, the overwhelming majority of the population, who feel absolutely nothing sexual for Jonbenet or any other inappropriately-dressed child, and can't comprehend why anyone would. [... Otherwise], he'll simply end up writing more articles like this one, which undermine themselves by taking on the very sensational and breathless tone that he claims to be condemning.
CaLawyer doesn't deny an interest in the case but resents the charge that it's an "obsession."
Like many people, I have an interest in this unsolved crime, and like most people, I am no more "obsessed" with this story than I am "obsessed" with other news stories. Methinks writers like Kincaid doth protest too much when he paints a picture of us who are interested in this case as weirdoes who are "obsessed" with the murder of a six-year-old beauty queen. These finger-pointers tip their hand when they use words like "titillating" to describe this horrific case. Like most people, I find nothing titillating about the death of a six year old girl. Maybe Kincaid and his ilk do, and they are projecting their own prurient reasons for their fascination with this case onto us.
As a law student himself, Freditor_G appreciates the lawyerly touch of CaLawyer's factor test explaining the story's appeal.
Not all readers are so quick to refuse responsibility for the eroticization of children. adept42 surmises that a secret longing for children is far more widespread than we may wish to believe:
Think back to your own adolescence. I'll bet that most of you will be able to remember developing an erotic interest in the opposite sex years before you were ready or able to act on that impulse. I don't think anyone would consider it strange or unhealthy for a child to be attracted to someone their own age.
Of course you've moved on but youthful desires never completely die. [...] Pedophilia isn't some kind of ultimate evil -its ultimate childishness. Its adults trying to make themselves happy with the same dreams they've had since they were kids. Its sad and pathetic more than anything else. Now of course a pedophile's crimes are awful and they deserve to be punished. But demonizing them and claiming we have absolutely never felt anything anywhere close to what they feel is a dangerous lie.
theotherme goes even further, arguing that sexual gratification is a unitary urge:
Imagine a spectrum titled "satisfying sexual urges via objects external to us." At both ends of the scale there are socially unacceptable objects. Let's say as you move to the left on the scale you start seeing inanimate objects, such as the crease on that old couch in the basement of a fraternity house. [...] Farther to the right, you start seeing animals, the mentally ill or undeveloped, dead people all the time, and children. In the broad middle of the range we find socially acceptable sexual activity -- sex with consenting adult partners pretty much captures it. [...]
Your very denial of any intention to have sex with children is proof positive that the power of your repressive reflex, far from being the guarantee of your celibacy with regard to children, is rather the precondition of their eroticization: the strength and energy of the "never with children" is a suspect defense mechanism. Of course, we would all love to have sex with kids. They're cute. They have nice skin. They smile winningly. In general, all those creatures who are cute, with nice skin, and who smile winningly (such as pumpkins, pigs named Babe -- we all know the list) act as excellent objects for discharging sexual energy. [...]
The mere fact that there's a *basis* for such-and-such behavior in humans does not lead to the conclusion that it's okay to do it, nor that the true origin of the behavior is in us. Rather, since the overwhelming majority do not use either pumpkins or children for the release of sexual energy -- despite the presence of unexplored tendencies in these directions -- we need to look *elsewhere* for the causal agent producing this behavior in a small subset of the population.
A former student of Kincaid's, hamlineprof struggles to bring the discussion back on topic:
Kincaid deplores the mistreatment of children in this culture, hell the mistreatment of every- and anyone. But, he argues, in a culture which claims to idealize the innocence of children, and raises a ruckus over every perceived threat to such innocents (from the media to strange abductors to you-name-it), why is there such *fascination* with the most extreme forms of mistreatment? Or, if we're so concerned with the mistreated, why aren't there blitzes of media coverage around the everyday abuses of children in poverty--why do we focus on the rarest of rare, and ignore the actual problems facing those we seek to protect? [...] On the one hand we ostensibly want to separate children from pain and abuse and sexuality and various other horrors. On the other hand, we ignore the most widespread and dangerous of such horrors.
MsZilla ventures an explanation for why that is so:
Because stranger danger can be helped. Whereas the other sort of thing really can't be. Because they don't have a simple pat answer to the actual problem, they'll give you a wrong but simple and pat answer to a tiny speck of it and hope that convinces you they have a good reason they have their head that far up their you-guessed-it. That's why they like to focus on it.
The training that is given in school, by child protection advocates and is recommended for parents can be effective when it comes to dealing with strangers. But it's very different when the person has the authority and influence on the child and the time with them to slowly get around that training. And a very small percentage of these crimes are committed by strangers. [...]
No amount of the training or practicing saying "No!" or any of the rest of it is terribly effective against an intelligent predator that is known to the child. And that is an absurdly large percentage of the cases. [...]
I was taught the same things when I was growing up. I practiced saying "No!" and did the little games with the teachers and my Mom. We read the coloring books and went through them and we "talked about it". I agonized to myself every time the subject came up, but I never told. I said the right things so my mother wouldn't worry. I didn't hate him. He was my stepfather. He was the father of my brothers and sisters. He was family. I loved him and I didn't want him to get in trouble. [...]
Do you honestly think your daughters would use those self-defense tactics on you? Say your four-year-old doesn't want to take off the pants she just tromped through a mud-puddle in because they're here favorites and she wants to wear them anyways. You're not gonna let her do that because she'll get mud everywhere and you don't have time to deal with the fuss because you have to go pick your wife up at the airport. So you deal with the situation by taking them off her. She gets scared. Do you in your heart of hearts think she'd fight you dirty enough to stop you? Do you think it's physically possible?
If the training you're talking about is to be at all effective, she would have to. It's all supposed to go off what makes them feel uncomfortable. So her fear because you look all angry and scary is supposed to trigger it. And changing her pants does involve getting your hands somewhere near a danger zone, and that's also supposed to do it. But you're her father. Do you think a few platitudes spouted at her once a year at school and a few pious affirmations by you that you mean she should do this even to you have a chance against that? Use your head.
Join the discussion in the Culturebox Fray. GA …11:25pm PDT
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
George W. Bush's reading of Albert Camus' L'Étranger (The Stranger), combined with Sen. George Allen's public utterance of an apparently French-derived racial slur, represents the rare infusion of francophilia into American politics (by two members of the conservative establishment, no less). A far cry from the days of Freedom Fries, indeed.
TJA speculates that mention of this novel in Talladega Nights, the Will Ferrell NASCAR comedy, might have inspired W.'s choice.
As a matter of diplomacy, Utek1 declares it was "probably unwise for the president to be seen reading a book about a soulless murderer of Arabs":
With Iraq in chaos, the ceasefire in Lebanon hanging by a thread, and the US making noises about invading Iran, the last thing Bush should be doing is throwing gasoline on the fire. But once an oil man, always an oil man.
Fortunately, the easiest way for Bush to make amends is to continue onto Camus' next novel, The Plague. Here, the hero isn't a murderer, but a doctor battling an epidemic of bubonic plague in the Algerian town of Oran. Despite the pestilence afflicting all those around him, the doctor continues to do his small part to relieve their suffering. The image of Bush reading about a Western caregiver providing comfort to Muslims during a bleak moment in their history would be a lot better PR for Bush than to be seen getting tips on how to murder Arabs without remorse.
Contrary to Dickerson, bhardin offers an alternative theory about the quintessential symbolism shared between Meursault (the protagonist in The Stranger) and G.W.:
The most interesting aspect of the novel is why Mersault is put to death. It isn't because he killed Arabs, which was rarely met with the death penalty. Rather it was his lack of compassion and explanation of his motives to the demanding public. Ultimately he was killed because he showed no sadness for the death of his mother. The public viewed him as inhuman. Bush is persecuted like Mersault not because he is a "remorseless killer of Arabs", but because he doesn't engage the public to explain himself. Bill Clinton also killed Arabs (e.g. bombing a "chemical weapons" plant/hospital in the Sudan) during his last year in office. However, he was an excellent communicator of emotions- he felt my pain. Of course, Bill would find more literary parallels with Willy Loman than Mersault.
Mersault is perhaps one of the most complex characters in modern literature, but to the mob that shouted for his death he would have been viewed as a Bush-like moron. Maybe, behind Bush's façade is a deeper, stoic intellectual who connects with a character publicly persecuted for his taciturn nature.
Soltasto, for one, applauds W.'s expansion of his intellectual horizons:
Regardless of his intentions, it will bring sorely needed new ideas to the man's head. I'm no Bush fan, but it is always important to defend any person's right to seek new information and evolve. Everything that penetrates his consciousness is going to affect his decisions in the future. For the next two years those decisions will affect everyone on Earth. Any actions this man takes toward expanding his tiny box of ideas should be applauded.
Thanks to astrotdog for tracking down the possible etymology of macaca:
Macaca ?= Makak = macaque = a french/belgium/dutch epithet for a Arab or black North African; derived from macaque, the old world monkey, once common in North Africa.
Further evidence of this derivation: Allen speaks French and his mother is of Tunisian origin, according to Clown_Nose.
As for Allen, RedStateImpressions criticizes Dickerson's "superficiality" as a journalist and for getting
the relation between Allen's racial attitudes and his "boobery" wrong. First, Allen isn't "racially insensitive"; he's a racist. Allen's as much a racist as Mel Gibson is an anti-semite. The "macaca" comment comes on top of the Confederate flag fascination, the picture of a noose hanging from a tree, and the pro-Confederate proclamations Allen made while governor. We should all be honest enough to take the broad hints that Allen's been giving us.
Dickerson also writes as though being a racist and being a boob are different things. This is not the case with Allen. The "macaca" comment was a pretty standard boob approach to racism. Instead of calling the opposition photographer Sidarth by one of the standard racial epithets for dark-skinned people, Sen. Allen thought that he would use a fancy French term for blacks that no one would recognize. This is almost precisely what it means to be a boob, to think that you're the smartest person in the room even while you're making an idiot of yourself. Sen. Allen thought he was demonstrating his racial superiority to the irritating guy, thought he was entertaining his all-white audience, and thought he was scoring points while he was NOT noticing that Sidarth was holding a camera in his hand and recording the whole blundering soliloguy. What a racist boob!
As little respect as I have for George Bush, it wasn't fair for Dickerson to equate Allen with the President. Whatever his failures as president and "goofy, amiable, towel-snapping qualities," Pres. Bush has too much "message discipline" to be caught making that kind of racist comment on camera even if he feels that way in private (and I don't think he does). Perhaps the worst thing you can say about George Allen is that he is considerably more of a boob than George Bush.
Not that such a thing would stop the Republicans from nominating him.
A profusion of additional commentary can be found in Politics. AC … 5:53pm PDT
Monday, August 14, 2006
In her latest column, "Teen Terror," Dahlia Lithwick ponders the similarities between a teenager and a terrorist. While noting many commonalities—or, perhaps, overlaps—between the two categories, Lithwick believes that, "because teenage boys with grudges are fundamentally different from adult men with liquid explosives, we should resist the lure of using terror laws to prosecute them."
Several readers disagree that American high-schoolers with dreams of mass homicide are different in nature from Islamic terrorists bent on mayhem and destruction. HLS2003 doesn't think Lithwick's case adds up:
The only analysis she does offer contradicts her assertion. After all, what is the difference between Timothy McVeigh and Mohammed Atta, other than one's motivation by Nazi fascism and one's motivation by a form of religious fascism? They were both terrorists and they both wanted to kill a lot of people. And how old do you think many of these terrorists are, Dahlia? Are they all thirty-somethings who have gotten past the pimply stage? Or are many young and impressionable teens just like your alleged victims here?
Another practicing attorney, carolfb, explains the legal doctrine of "terroristic threat":
While modern "terrorism as a political weapon" has changed our use of words, people have been terrorizing other people for millenia. "Terroristic threat" is not a new idea springing from the world-wide-war-on-terror, but an old concept in criminal law. While I would agree the teens you discuss are not "terrorists" as the word is used today, their actions (if proven) do indeed constitute "terroristic threats".
A terroristic threat is any credible threat that terrorizes another. [...] Depending on where you live, there are historical artifacts in these statutes. In Georgia, a terroristic act includes burning a cross or other symbol with the intent to terrorize another or another's household. Depending on the seriousness of the threat, the charge can be a misdemeanor or felony. [...]
My experience with terroristic threats comes primarily from representing women in domestic violence cases. [...] The goal in these crimes is the same goal as international terrorism, writ small. The abuser wants to control "his" woman. She won't challenge him so long as she is afraid of him. Usually VERY afraid of him. [...]
The teens you describe are also seeking to control those around them -- perhaps for different reasons but with the same tool -- terror. I agree that these kids are not international terrorists a la Osama Bin Laden. They are, however, mixed up adolescents who are INTENDING to scare the pants off other folks. That is the whole point of these activities: hurt or kill some folks, TERRORIZE lots more. The criminal code does and should address not only the physical assault, but the "terroristic threat".
Clown_Nose agrees there's a difference between American teenagers and Islamic terrorists but wants to close the gap as quickly as possible:
Why doesn't the United States take advantage of the teen angst like the Islamists do?
It seems to me that we know that suicide is a leading cause of death for teens. Islamists take advantage of this by telling these teens that it is God calling them to kill infidels.
Instead of using psychologists to try (and fail) to fix this defect, why don't we seize the opportunity and send these people over seas to blow up terrorist cells? They are going to die anyway, we might as well get some value out of it. [...] Lets jump on the bandwagon and use some losers too.
Dayenu not only believes we should treat murderous students as terrorists, she's prepared to take out the stateside sponsors who harbor them:
It does seem that one element is missing from this equation. It would probably be a good idea to prosecute and lock up parents who exist in such a moral vacuum that they could watch their kids assemble arsenals and do nothing.
As long as we're talking categorically, FoxyGoth notes that homicidal kids draped in black aren't really Goth.
Several posters write in to help explain the difference between the Columbine shooters and international terrorists. Eigenvector argues for an intuitive approach: "Yeah the line is grey, faintly grey, but don't we have enough definitions of killer so that we don't have to pile on to the latest fad in bloodshed?" Angharad fingers ideology as the relevant factor.
There are also some interesting variants on the theme of blaming society for homegrown child terrorists. Luchese puts the prosecutors of seriously wayward youth into the docket:
Children and adolescents are not adults. They should never even be considered such in a court. But this society has become punitive, vengeful and rigid in its own obsession to achieve "justice" through the courts. Trying American children or adolescents as terrorist is barbaric, abominable and counter productive to what the real issues are; human understanding, compassion and prevention. But when the adults who promulgate this form of retribution it indicates they are still attempting to resolve their own childhood and adolescent anger, fear and depression and have given up. It is therefore projected onto the victim and then it is simple human sacrifice to bring, in the long run, a short term solution.
BenK has a strangely compelling argument for pinning teen terrorism on FDR's New Deal:
My mind turns to ways to solve their basic problem. For instance: get them out of school, into jobs they can be proud of, where they can prove themselves, perhaps attract girls, and relieve themselves of the depression and anxiety that may largely be the fault of FDR's misguided attempts to reduce unemployment by forcing employable young men back into school and out of the work force.
Discussion is off to an excellent start in the Jurisprudence Fray. Come on in and join us. GA …12:00am PDT
Sunday, August 13, 2006
The Dear Prudence Fray has been atwitter this weekend over the curious case of the duplicate letter. In Thursday's column, Prudie responded to a letter from a teacher that had appeared, verbatim, in an earlier column for Salon, by Cary Tennis. Salon's author apparently jumped into the Fray to share some thoughts on the overlap.
As long as you're comparing advisers, Fraywatch is pleased to note the return of the Fray's own shadow Prudence—star poster doodahman. Several years ago, the weekly feature "My Two Cents" was a must-read for followers of Dear Prudence. These newly reminted pennies haven't lost their luster while out of circulation:
Dear Post Graduate Curse:
First year teaching, eh? Hell, lady, you didn't waste much time, huh? MTC needs to put out a disclaimer here. His first foray into actual adult style sex occurred after graduation at the national debate tournament, in the front seat of the car of the coach from another high school. He made it to quarter finals and crossed the plate in the same event.
As a result, MTC considers post-graduation dalliances between teachers and students to be not only acceptable, but A-OK, wink wink, nod nod. In fact, high school forensic teams may have been the very hotbed of sexual activity between students and teachers. doodahman's own coach put the moves on him and other team members more than once, and ultimately ran off with another student a year or two later-- leaving behind a husband and two babies.
So, you're hardly alone. Stop beating yourself up.
A lot of folks will respond with absurd and hyperbolic charges that you're some kind of predator, a pervert, a corrupter of youth. Don't believe a word of it. You are a teacher. What was your little tryst other than teaching? Hell, in this day and age, the kid probably taught you a thing or two. If nothing else, you helped take the steam out of an 18 year old sexual locomotive before it ran over some innocent girl unprepared for the responsibilities of sex. As far as MTC is concerned, you madam, are, if not a saint, surely someone's godsend.
Of course, this is a minority view, and should this affair come to light, it may cause you some professional problems. Fortunately, not legal ones, but problems nonetheless. That'll be the case depending on the maturity of your punky paramour. If he's immature, he'll shoot his mouth off sooner or later and then it's Katie-bar-the-door time. But if he has a degree of maturity that befits somebody qualified to diddle your syllabus, he ought to remain discrete. But, it's a risk you run every time you pick a lover from the junior varsity. Considering that you pulled this the first year on the job, your lust for the boys is something you need to control (as opposed to "stay on top of").
That's for the future, though. For now, don't worry about the past-- you did good girl.
Fans may wish to check out doodahman's other recent entries here , here, and here.
Have you ever thought about trying your own hand as an advice columnist? Well, there's no need to compete with Prudence! Dolph would like to know "how do you conduct a funeral for a man who said that he didn't believe in God?" mtntraveler is trying to decide "should text messages be considered cheating?" If you're of sound mind and bawdy, we could use your advice in the Dear Prudence Fray. GA …12:00am PDT


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