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Just opened this wine April 2009 and it was starting to turn. Drinkable and I could taste that it could have once been great, but no longer. Thankfully it was purchased back in about 1990, so didn't pay $300+ like I see it going for.
An excellent wine that probably should have been consumed one or two years ago during its prime. Great full flavored start, not too overpowing, but too many tannins in a late finish. Good red meat would have been ideal.
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Wine Spectator ReviewNot a long-term wine, but should be wonderful over the next few years. Ripe, rich and focused, with a solid core of vanilla- and spice-tinged currant, plum and blackberry flavors that reverberate on the long finish. Drink now.
While the best Opus One to date is the 1987, the 1988 is certainly one of the finest red wines I have tasted from this uninspiring vintage. Impressively dark ruby-colored, it reveals an attractive no... Robert Parkers Wine Advocate. A Proprietary Blend wine from California in USA. 1988 Opus One Proprietary Red Wine 750ml
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I've been to the grocery store a dozen times since Noah's death. I've battled the reflex to grab his favorite gluten-free foods. In the beginning, it was so painful that I had to abandon half-full carts and run out crying. I'm stronger now and it's been a while since those days. But something tripped me up Friday night when I went to restock my kitchen. Something about the Ian's chicken nuggets next to the gluten-free waffles that Noah loved so much, made me….just absolutely and completely furious. It was as if a switch had been thrown inside me and I could see red.
I recomposed myself and continued shopping, all the time thinking about what this feeling was and where it came from. It wasn't until I was pushing my cart out the door and the tears came that I realized I was angry. I was angry! I don't get to buy Noah's favorite foods anymore. I don't get to make him dinner, balance his meals, bribe him with cookies in exchange for a clean plate. No longer do I have this joyful, bouncing little ball of energy with whom I can witness and share in the joy of childhood.
Of all the people in the world, all of the terrible people…murders, child molesters, prisoners on death row who are slated to die quickly and painlessly. Drug traffickers, rapists, abusers and pedophiles. Of all the people in this world who might, by whatever standard, "deserve" to meet their end…it is my lively, quirky, funny, joyful, innocent little 6-year-old boy who had to die that day. And at the bottom of a filthy swimming pool.
Yesterday evening, I was explaining all this to my therapist. I said, "you know how there are all those stages of grief? I think I'm experiencing anger now." Her response was "Well it's about time!" HAH! I love her. I was already having a bad day, crying off and on all day and my depression was really showing. Yes, I have my beliefs about what happens after death. But what if it's all B.S.? What if I will never actually get to see him again? What if all these occurrences and dreams that I think are glimpses from him and the universe are just my mind trying to reconcile this horrific truth? That he's gone means he's gone and all the things I'm looking forward to after my own death is for nothing? I can't handle that! I left my session with the advice to try to realize that it's just my depression talking and not really what I believe and what has been proven to me through my experiences.
Then, as if to further underscore that, I had a vivid and amazing dream last night. I woke up bursting with it. Sometimes dreams are difficult to put into words or lay down on a timeline, but I knew I had to get this one down before I forgot. As I type these words, I have been writing for two hours trying to get this dream, and then this blog post, down in words. I had to bullet-point it, then go back and put it into order. I hope this recount of my dream speaks to you as loudly as it did to me:
- a memorial was being held for Noah at my old apartment to commemorate a foundation or something that had been established, possibly by the MTN or the company I work for. He was saving more lives through this foundation or project and through it, he was creating a legacy of sorts, the details of which were very fuzzy to me in the dream.
- it was somewhere in the mountains
- I had to drive around a bit to find the right building – I almost didn't remember where I had lived. It was a completely different apartment complex from the actual one in real life but in the dream it felt familiar and I knew when I was at the right place.
- Chris was Hurley from Lost
- at the memorial, Jason and I were planning to have a "divorce ceremony" to celebrate our divorce. this all felt very normal – like it was something everyone did when they divorced. the ceremony was to take place in the same manner as a wedding but shorter. the pastor who married us was there to perform the ceremony.
- when I got to the apartment, I fell apart. there was a small metal tub set into the floor of the front porch and in the dream I knew this to be the place where Noah had died. with the help of many others, and after collapsing many times wailing and tearful and crying, I made it inside. it felt like I had lived there but it also felt kind of foreign.
- I explored every room in the apartment painfully, crying. it hurt my heart so much to do so but I knew, and everyone around me knew, that I had to get through it. I was surrounded by friends and family: my mother's friends from MTN, the emergency service workers who tried to save Noah, all the doctors and nurses, the Chief of Police, perhaps everyone I have ever known or met. They gently guided me through the rooms and memories. the lady who lived in the apartment had just moved in or out and there were boxes everywhere.
- in Noah's old room (which was nothing like Noah's actual old room), there was a crib where I imagined him laying peeking up at me with a silly grin on his face because he was too old for a crib.
- I kept finding things that were his: old shirts, a shoe, a toy. I would imagine him there with me in every room. I reviewed my memories of what happened in each room.
- Then we rehearsed the divorce ceremony, though Jason had not yet arrived. During rehearsal, I learned that they had planned not for an official divorce ceremony between Jason and I, but for an unofficial wedding for Chris and I. Instead of rings, we were to receive pins commemorating the foundation. Well I wasn't about to marry anyone, unofficial or not, so I called the whole divorce / marriage ceremony thing off and decided to make it a slideshow memorial for Noah. It felt like that's what it should have been all along.
- I hugged and kissed everyone afterwards as they left.
- The lady who lived in the apartment seemed eager for me to leave as more and more people were leaving. I was scared to leave because I would again have to walk by the front porch basin where he had died. it would be too painful and I didn't know if I could handle it. I thought about going out the back door, but my dad gently encouraged me not to devalue all the work and progress I had made in coming there. I had to be brave and face it all right then and there. When I finally stepped out the front door, flanked on all sides by those closest to me, Noah was with me and I realized that he had been with me the whole time. I had just been so distracted and caught up in the event that I didn't see him. The memories I had relived in each room were actually him, there with me. I was scared to touch him, or to acknowledge him to anyone around me – I didn't want to make him leave. This time, I didn't just walk past that metal basin in the floor. I crouched next to it, put my hands on it. I marveled to others that I thought I remembered it being deeper. I cried but not as hard this time – Noah was beside me, smiling and comforting me.
- When I got in my car to drive home, he was still with me. Finally alone with this apparition, I gushed about how much I love and miss him. At one point, I asked him if he were my angel and he just smiled and shook his head – not to say no in response to my question – but as if there was just so much I didn't understand.
- driving home from the memorial, I could see Noah right next to me in the passenger seat. I was looking at him every chance I got and he was smiling: bright and joyful. when he reached his little hand out to take the steering wheel it made me nervous and I thought he was goofing around. until I realized that he had taken the wheel to swerve out of the way of a semi truck that had drifted into my lane. I looked at him after that, shocked, and he just smiled proudly.
- instead of going home, we decided to meet up with Zoe at some street festival. people were camped out in their tents and RVs, which we parked behind. Zoe hadn't seen him yet, but I knew Noah was still there somewhere. I wanted her to see him but knew he had to do it in his own way. I told her all about seeing him and that he was there with us. While the other festival spectators were trying to get a view of whatever show or festivities were going on, we were straining to find Noah. Finally we saw him, but he was smaller, posing behind thistles and blades of grass…peeking between the blades mischievously. I pointed him out to Zoe and was thrilled that she saw him too. my instinct was to grab my phone to take photos; he was so cute!
- To my surprise, he allowed Zoe and I to take several photos of him. I realized almost immediately when I woke up, that he was being a bunny (Noah had a special connection with that animal and it always seemed like wherever he was, a bunny or rabbit wasn't far away). Demonstrating, in a way. Then Zoe and I, realizing that it was ok, just shamelessly started taking photos of him against the backdrop of the mountains, telling him to smile, come back up the hill a little so he didn't seem so small anymore.
- We all went home and continued to play with Noah and take photos the entire way. We learned that we could touch him, talk to him, interact with him and he was still there. He showed us things in our minds that I cannot remember now. We were overjoyed to be all together again.
This may not make sense to you, but to me, it speaks volumes. It reminds me of who I am, what I believe and why I believe it. To me, it is a message from Noah, reminding me who I am. Reminding me that he is here, guiding me. Protecting me.
The laws of physics tell us that energy cannot be created or destroyed. I hope – no – I believe and KNOW that Noah's energy is still here. HE is still here. There is no die, no death, no finality. He holds me up, still, with his playful spirit. Just in a different way.
…and I'm still kind of pissed off. I'm only human, right? 🙂


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In the age of religion, science was viewed as heresy, if ever its discoveries or theories conflicted with scripture. In the age of science, religion is irrelevant. Or so it seems.
In a recent Huffington Post article, "Stephen Hawking: Big Bang Didn't Need God," Hawking asks, "Why are we here?"
To me, this question is a deeply spiritual question. Religious? I suppose it could be construed that way. Had Hawking asked how or when or in what manner we are here, then his question would not pack the spiritual punch that it does. WHY implies purpose. For what purpose do we exist? This question moves beyond the realm of repeatable experiments, sensory observations, data analysis, and the like.
The article doesn't indicate that Hawking spent much time on attempting to answer WHY. He does, however, ask, "What was God doing before the divine creation? Was he preparing hell for people who asked such questions?"
Great question, Hawking. Too bad so many people look to religion to find an answer. One of the main points of contention I see between science and religion, is that religion, particularly Christianity, allows the Bible to be more influential in the understanding of Who God is and what God does than the actual Word of God. Let me explain, borrowing the words of Ian Barbour (in context below):
The Bible – A witness or record of redemptive events in which God is revealed
The Word of God – God's love and forgiveness, mediated to us in Jesus Christ, confirmed in us by the Holy Spirit
Do you see the difference? God's heart is not leather-bound ink and paper. When people try to limit the majesty and wonder of creation to the book, they lose sight of the wonder and majesty of creation. Likewise, when people try to limit their understanding of WHY creation exists to science, they lose not only the answer to the question, but the question itself.
Regarding origins, Hawking ditches earlier theories that have since proven to be impossible and proposes that "time began at the moment of singularity, and this has likely occurred only once" and "multiple universes are created out of nothing." This sounds remarkably like the Bible.
In his blog, JOHN MACARTHUR: EVERYTHING EVOLUTION CAN'T EXPLAIN IN GENESIS 1:1, MacArthur writes,
Herbert Spencer, a non-Christian scientist, hailed as one worthy of many prizes in science, died in 1903. His greatest achievement, Herbert Spencer, was that he discovered the categories of the knowable. That is to say he determined that everything that exists fits into one of five categories. This was hailed as a massive, massive cataloging of realities. Spencer said, "Everything fits into one of these categories, time, force, action, space, matter," and was hailed by the scientific community.
Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning," that's time, "God," that's force, "created," that's action, "the heavens," that's space, "the earth," that's matter. Everything that Herbert Spencer discovered in 1903, or before that, was in the first verse of Scripture.
Unfortunately, MacArthur mixes really cool observations like this, that have the potential to reveal how interdependent scientific and spiritual concepts really are, with other ridiculous nonsense like the following:
If we want to understand creation, if we want to understand origins, if we want to understand how the universe came into existence and everything that is in it, we have to look at theology, not science. And the source of theology is the Word of God in which God speaks. The Bible is not theory, the Bible is fact. The Bible is reality. The Bible is truth no matter what subject it addresses, but particularly with regard to origins since no one was here when God created, we have only His eyewitness account.
Theology literally means "study of God." Although scripture surely is included as "a" source of the "study of God," it definitely is not "the" source. Yes, God is revealed in scripture. But so is genocide and slavery and a lot of other bizarre, unholy, disgusting, UNGODLY God-stuff. The source of the "study of God" is the Word of God, that is, God's love and forgiveness, mediated to us in Jesus Christ, confirmed in us by the Holy Spirit.
Do you see how MacArthur interchanges "the Word of God" and "the Bible"? I've done the same thing myself. But I'm making a conscious effort these days to differentiate between the two, because Christianity as a religion has exalted a book and their interpretation of it over Jesus Christ, Himself.
We must be able to understand the difference between:
A. The inspired truth in the book – the spirit of the law
B. The book itself – the word of the law
One way to make progress in this understanding is to stop labeling the two concepts with interchangeable names. The spirit of the law is demonstrated to us in Jesus Christ. The letter of the law is demonstrated to us by the words on the page. The former trumps the latter, as is evidenced in the parable Jesus told about the Good Samaritan, which Jesus tells when an expert in the law tries to lead Jesus into a verbal trap – to openly contradict the law of Moses and justify the hostility of the all the other law-worshipping religious experts. In this parable, the law-breaker, the guy who does not subscribe to a strict, wooden, literal interpretation of the words on the page, is the hero. But is he really a law-breaker? I guess how you answer this depends on whether you interpret the Bible as MacArthur does or as Jesus does.
I'll close with this, from the Hawking article:
In another observation of modern religion, Hawking noted that in the 1980s, around the time he released a paper discussing the moment the universe was born, Pope John Paul II admonished the scientific establishment against studying the moment of creation, as it was holy.
"I was glad not to be thrown into an inquisition," Hawking joked.
It's time for believers to recognize the great service science has done and, God willing, will continue to do – revealing the absurdities and incongruities inherent in the letter-of-the-law worldview.
I disagree with Hawking regularly. I disagree with MacArthur regularly. The Word of God helps us to "test everything" these men say and "hold on to what is good" (1 Thessalonians 5:21). To ensure that when I write "Word of God," readers know what I mean, I'll reiterate:
God's love and forgiveness, mediated to us in Jesus Christ, confirmed in us by the Holy Spirit helps us to "test everything" these men say and "hold on to what is good" (1 Thessalonians 5:21).
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We've heard it all, iOS uses more data, Android uses more data. But which platform really uses more? It's kinda hard to tell. Mostly due to different users using their devices in different ways. Similar to the whole battery life thing. But numbers don't lie. You might also remember that both Verizon and AT&T got rid of their unlimited data after they got the iPhone and it became popular on their network. But let's check out some numbers and see.
So on every network, except T-Mobile, iPhone users on average use more data. Now the reason why T-Mobile is so low, is because there aren't a ton of iPhone users on T-Mobile compared to Android since you have to buy an unlocked iPhone and put it on T-Mobile. Although in October 2012, Android topped iPhone in data usage. Now this is kinda of surprising that the two networks with unlimited data, also have the smallest average for data usage in September for iPhone users.
So what about that drop in Sprint's data usage averages? Going from 1.38GB in May 2012 to .68GB in October. That's quite a drop, especially considering they have unlimited data. Well the reason is probably mostly due to the slow network Sprint has right now. More and more people are staying on their Wi-Fi than using Sprint's network. While Sprint is working on their LTE network, and it is rolling out slowly, it's not available for most users that have a LTE device on Sprint.
Now look at Verizon's numbers. Going from almost a full gigabyte to half of a gig in just 7 months. That is probably due to the shared plans Verizon is forcing on everyone. And the fact that their data is not cheap. More and more people are staying on Wi-Fi due to Verizon's prices which I can't blame them. But there is still a fair share of people on unlimited data on Verizon. So I'm kinda shocked to see the number so low as of October 2012.
So how much data do you use per month? For me, on Sprint I'd use around 5-8GB per month. But on T-Mobile I use 20GB or more per month. So let us know in the comments how much data you use on average per month, we're interested.


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Now even though the pictures here are not as bad as my last post I know they still leave a little to be desired. I am squinting as the sun is so bright! I thought I would stick with the casual theme this time it is casual lunch!
I am in love with the bardot necklines at the moment and this is another top in my massive collection of them.
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Poland: Lonely Planet declares Krakow square world's finest
Lonely Planet travel guides have rated Krakow's Main Market Square as the most beautiful in the world.
Krakow's historic Rynek Glowny managed to beat off competition from Venice's celebrated Piazza San Marco (2nd place) and the Jamaa el Fna in Marrakesh (3rd) in the top ten ranking.
The French wing of Lonely Planet noted that the Krakow site had "miraculously" survived the ravages of the Second World War, and that street performers and flower-sellers all do their bit in creating the magic of the square. …
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Island: The Postman Wants You to Shovel
This is the busiest season of the year for postal workers with the delivery of letters, parcels, and greeting cards around Iceland, like in other countries.
Because of the heavy snow in recent weeks, delivering mail can be a particularly difficult—dangerous, even.
Íslandspóstur, the Icelandic postal service, asks people to shovel their pathways, and break the icicles hanging overhead to ease the postman's job. …
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Italy: Friends star advises Italy on drug addiction fight
American actor Matthew Perry, best known for playing Chandler Bing in the hit US comedy series Friends, gave a speech about his own experiences with drug addiction and advised government delegates on rehab systems during a visit to Rome.
On Wednesday, Perry addressed an audience of 14 delegations from Mediterranean countries and university students at the National School of Administration, as part of an international experimental course on rehab. …
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Latin America: Concerned with stagnant tourism, Caribbean to promote the region as a single destination
The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will next month celebrate its 25th anniversary amidst a call for the region to be promoted as a single destination. CTO Chairman, Beverly Nicholson Doty, in a Christmas message, said that her wish for the sector in 2014 was that Caribbean countries commit themselves to promoting the region as one destination. …
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France: Step into the void in new stunning Alps skywalk
Anyone who suffers from vertigo might want to look away now. A new attraction is set to open high up in the French Alps on Saturday that will give those with a head for heights a chance to 'step into the void'. These images and video give a glimpse of what to expect. …
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Bhutan: No problem is insurmountable": His Majesty
The host of challenges facing the country today, HM said had to be confronted as a nation
National Day: In his address to the nation on the National Day, His Majesty yesterday drew attention to some apparent deficiencies the country had to be wary of on its path to progress.
Aspirations to address these limitations in the manner the country conducted its business and affairs His Majesty the King said was one of his in earnestness and that of the people. …
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Czech Republic: Two years on, a powerful but ambiguous legacy
Václav Havel continues to inspire deep affection among Czechs, but some see him in less glowing terms
As a cold winter's afternoon gave way to evening, Filip Chráska, a student from Prague, knelt down and added a small red candle to the scores already laid out in heart shapes on the pavement of Wenceslas Square.
Inside one of the hearts, the letters VH had been marked out, also by candles, in tribute to Václav Havel, who died two years ago today aged 75.
A playwright, dissident, leader of the 1989 Velvet Revolution and ultimately president, in the post-communism era Havel was, among Czechs, unmatched in global recognition. …
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Miles, Scotty, Uncle Nate and Urban went skiing last Saturday. It was Scotty's first time. We were very interested to see how he did, hoping he didn't hate it! He ended up not totally loving it, but not hating it either, so there is good hope that next time he will enjoy it. He definitely looked cute in all his ski gear! Miles loves to ski so he is looking forward to taking the boys skiing as they grow up. Here are a few pictures for your enjoyment.
Here is he going down on his first run.
Going up the treadmill looking thing that they call the Magic Carpet.
Scotty and Urban getting some instructions from Nate.
Now on to the really fun stuff: Whacking the snow with a pole...
...rolling down the hill...
...and getting buried in the snow!
They must be contemplating whether or not to hit the black diamonds next time!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Ski day
Miles, Scotty, Uncle Nate and Urban went skiing last Saturday. It was Scotty's first time. We were very interested to see how he did, hoping he didn't hate it! He ended up not totally loving it, but not hating it either, so there is good hope that next time he will enjoy it. He definitely looked cute in all his ski gear! Miles loves to ski so he is looking forward to taking the boys skiing as they grow up. Here are a few pictures for your enjoyment.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Home again, home again, jiggety jig
I just finished my first day back with the kids after a great weekend away. I went to St George on our annual Lawrence girl's trip with my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law. It was a great time, as it is every year. We found an old house to rent this year and we all had our own rooms. It was nice, although I did miss staying up really late talking with my room-mate Lissa, but I didn't miss the snoring we used to hear all around us because these rooms were nicely spaced! I ended up going to bed earlier than usual and missed out on the serious mischief and laughter! I guess it's the pregnancy because I was so tired and had to go to bed when I am usually able to stay up. Oh well. Next year I'll be there till all hours of the morning with them!
I was excited to be back home. I got home after the kids were in bed, so I was able to get them up this morning. Scotty gave me a huge hug and was excited to give me the big chocolate bar they had bought and the welcome home card he had made. It was so cute! Grant just stared at me with a cute little smile and then cuddled on my shoulder after I picked him up. I was happy to be home with them again. I was super tired by the time Scotty went to preschool though. I think my body got used to hanging out for a few days and was rebelling against being active again! I did get to rest with Scotty after preschool. He was really sad and said he didn't want to go to school. Miles said he cried on the way there and said he wanted to stay home. We figured he was sad to be leaving me and just wanted to stay home with me. He was fine by the time he took his coat off and went in to sit next to Urban. When he picked him up Scotty asked Miles if Mommy was gone and Miles reassured him that I was at home waiting for him. When he got home he sat on my lap for the longest time and I loved every second of it! Then he laid down on the couch and said he was tired and wanted to rest, so I joined him. Grant woke up and was happy to play by us coming over every once in a while to give me a hug. I'm such a lucky Mom! After an hour and a half I was thinking it was strange that Scotty was still just laying on the couch and a few minutes later noticed he was falling asleep. I went over to wake him up and he felt really hot. I took his temperature and he had a fever! I asked him if he felt ok or if he hurt anywhere and he said no and that he felt ok and was just tired. I don't know what's going on with him since he doesn't seem to have any symptoms of anything except the fever and being tired. I don't like having sick kids! Especially something like this where I have no idea what is happening and don't know what to do for him. I'll just watch him and enjoy the very, very rare snuggliness while it lasts!
And ps: I am also very happy to be with Miles again! He's the best husband and father and did so much while I was gone. I really missed him and was happy we were able to spend a quiet evening together the night I got home.
Posted by Lori at 7:20 PM 2 comments
Monday, January 12, 2009
Pushing Daisies will be pushing daisies
We just found out that one of our favorite shows - Pushing Daisies - is being cancelled. We are very sad. We really love this show. It is so different from any other show out there. It is funny, unique, romantic, magical and suspenseful. And it is critically acclaimed. But I guess the ratings haven't been that great. What's wrong with America? A great show like Pushing Daisies is being cancelled and a totally dumb show like Two And A Half Men is the #1 comedy?? Come on!!!
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Today is Miles' birthday! Happy, happy birthday Miles dear! 1 year older and wiser too! Since he is 2 years younger than I am he likes to tease me about being old. But I am just 2 years wiser than he is, right? Miles is a really great person. As a husband there is no better out there. I got the cream of the crop, that is for sure. And as a dad you can't beat him there either. The kids and I are so lucky to have him. Our marriage is wonderful because he is so unselfish. He always wants to make me happy and do things for me. And it truly makes him happy to do things for me. He has taught me a lot in that area, and even though I'm not at his level I want to try harder to be like him and make him as happy as he has made me. Everyone who meets Miles instantly likes him and he is admired by many, many people. So on this great day to celebrate his entrance into this world, let's all give Miles a big hug! {{hugs}}
Posted by Lori at 10:43 AM 5 comments
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy New Year!
I can't believe it is 2009! Our New Year's Eve festivities went pretty much as planned: put the kids to bed on time and watched tv! Although we did go to dinner with my dad and then Miles went up to play games with his brothers around 10pm. I stayed home and watched a few episodes of Jon and Kate Plus 8. We are party animals!
At dinner we were waiting for our food to come and the waitress brought someone a drink refill. Scotty sees her leave, stands up and yells loudly "Where's my grilled cheese?" No mention was made to him that he shouldn't really yell in a restaurant because we were all laughing too hard! Then when we were almost done Grant dropped a plate on the floor and it crashed loudly and broke. It was the perfect way for us to end the year!
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The insanely popular free-to-play card game, Hearthstone, has launched their first expansion today called the Curse of Naxxramas. Themed after the floating Necropolis of Warcraft lore, Curse of Naxxramas will have five wings, each unlocked separately every week for the following month.
Instead of the usual online players versus player battles, Curse of Naxxramas will challenge single players to defeat scores of undead and other grisly abominations for the chance to win one of 30 new, exclusive, legendary cards. Beat it, and you can have another go in the considerably tougher Heroic mode of the wing. In addition to the 15 bosses and their heroic counterparts, there are 9 class challenges available.
The first section, The Arachnid Quarter, will be available for free through the whole first month and will stay unlocked for anybody that gives it a try during the launch period. The subsequent wings (Plague Quarter, Military Quarter, Construct Quarter, and Frostwyrm Lair) will cost 700 gold each to unlock, or a quick $6.99 in-app purchase. You can grab all five for $24.99, or $19.99 if you manage to snag the Arachnid Quarter first.
For those unfamiliar, Hearthstone is a turn-based fantasy card game where players build decks based on their favorite World of Warcraft classes, such as Hunter, Warlock, Paladin, and Mage. Players earn gold coins for completing daily challenges, which can be spent on booster packs with additional cards. Duplicate or unwanted cards can be disenchanted into dust, which can then be used to craft specific cards. Multiple game types appeal to just about every challenge level. Hit up our Hearthstone review for a deep dive.
I'm pretty excited for a strong single-player mode, though there will still be an online requirement to play them. Blizzard is framing Naxxramas as a distinct new game type with its own menu item, so it's safe to assume more will be on the way. Anyone Hearthstone players out there? How high up the ranks have you climbed?
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Apple's global head of accessibility interviews with Evening Standard
Apple's head of privacy Sarah Herrlinger has sat down in an interview with Evening Standard to discuss customization, design and privacy.
Someone actually grated cheese on the Mac Pro
The iFixit team has grated cheese on the Mac Pro in its uncasing and first impressions video of the new machine.
Waymo One, Google's self-driving pickup service now has an iOS app
Google's Waymo One pickup service is now available on iOS, giving some users the chance to take part in Waymo's early rider program.
Get spooky with the best horror games out now for the Switch
Looking for some Switch games to get you in the mood for this spooky season? Check these out!


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Tipperary students get coding with Intel
Students from CBS Thurles, Nenagh College and Central Technology Institute Clonmel are among a group of students taking part in a 'Coding in Action' initiative ahead of the introduction of Computer Science as a Leaving Certificate subject next September.
The students are among 50 schools currently participating in the 'Junior Cycle Coding in Action' programme.
The two-year initiative is designed to support schools and teachers in their introduction of the short course in Coding within their junior cycle programme.
As part of the two-year programme, Intel will donate 500 Genuino 101 development boards across participating schools. The boards, geared to learning environments, are powered by the Curie microchip developed by an Intel Ireland design team. This donation is supported by both online and elective training events for participating teachers, including an intensive workshop for teachers held on Sat 27th January in the Intel Ireland Campus in Leixlip, Co. Kildare.
"This is the biggest involvement by post-primary schools since we began the programme of support for schools interested in including the Coding short course at Junior Cycle. 175 schools applied which reflects the growing appetite and enthusiasm in developing teacher and student skills in the vitally important area of coding," commented Clare McInerney, education and outreach manager of SFI-backed Lero.
Maeve Byrne, Public Affairs, Intel added, "Computer science is present in every aspect of modern society and is creating millions of fulfilling and well rewarded jobs in Ireland and across the globe. Fundamental understanding of how computer hardware and software operate and relate to everyday life is central to a 21st century educational system. Intel is delighted to be participating in this programme and making available technology developed right here in Ireland."


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Family Day in the ByWard Market – Yes we are open!
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Head over to William Square (on York Street between Byward Nut House and Tucker's Marketplace Restaurant) from noon – 4 p.m. for complimentary wagon rides!


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Google launched a new Adsense feature called the publisher scorecard a couple of weeks back. While the tool is a welcome addition for Adsense publishers who need a quick way to check on their site's performance, it does not provide the most insightful analysis and lacks in terms of giving you a real understanding of where your site stands relative to your competition. This is really ironic considering the fact that they made the publisher scorecard specifically to address the need for "benchmarking information on how your site is performing relative to the sites of other AdSense publishers."
I have written on the issue of the Adsense scorecard not being able to deliver as a benchmarking tool, but acts as a mere checklist for industry best practices – and I stand by that. In fact, the more you use (or do not use) the publisher scorecard, the more you'll realize how crippled it is as a benchmarking tool.
Benchmarking tools are supposed to help you compare your site against industry standards, or in this case, your competition. But with the Adsense publisher scorecard comparing you with ALL other Adsense publishers, the information is useless, or worse can be misleading, since what you really need to know is how your site performs relative to websites in your niche. You do not need to compete with all Adsense publishers, only those that have sites showing the same ads that you do! Since this is not the case with this tool, then the conclusions you draw and the steps you take to remedy them might end up more detrimental to your site than what you're doing right now. As I've said before, each niche market is different and each site as well, so you need more personalized and detailed data to be able to draw a more accurate picture of your site's over all performance.
Despite many misgivings on the publisher scorecard, dismissing what this tool has to offer is not a wise move. It DOES make for a good checklist of industry best practice as I've mentioned above. So make use of the info you get and make sure to remedy any important issues (e.g. crawling errors) as soon as the scorecard warns you. However, you still need to figure out the strategy and ad format that works best for each of the blogs you maintain and accounts you manage. And no matter what the scorecard might tell you, it's still the amount of money you make on the ads that will tell whether you're on the right track or not.
Author bio:
Ankit Oberoi is co-founder of Ad Pushup, an ad revenue optimization tool. It lets webmasters and publishers optimize ad revenue from their websites by continuous A/B testing and machine learning based optimization.


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Some personal information about me…I have no children. I don't like children, I don't think they're cute, and I certainly don't want to have one right now. Thankfully my fiancé is of the same ideology. She may want them some day later, but she doesn't want any right now.
I, however, don't want any…ever. The younger a child gets, the less I want to deal with it. Ever since I was old enough to hold myself up my family has tried to pawn their children off on me. As soon as my mother decided I didn't need a babysitter anymore, I got solicited to watch other people's children.
I politely (at first) declined. Every opportunity people offered to let me watch their kids, eventually offering me perks such as free TV and fridge raiding permission. They even offered to bring the child to my home so that I could remain in my own domain and simply watch the child there. Not to mention the money…for the poor family I came from, everybody always seemed to have enough money to throw at a babysitter.
"Man, they're gonna shut the power off if I don't pay that light bill!" an aunt would exclaim; immediately followed by, "Oh hey, would you watch my daughter for me when I head out to the bar to troll for bill-paying men? I'll give you $20 that I don't have to spare."
Okay, well maybe they said it a little more diplomatically than that, but you get the idea. Either way they were always offering me stuff to watch their children. And tempting as the offers may be, I knew two important things that always prevented me from accepting.
1. I don't like children, at all. I'm not going to play with your child, so he's going to be starved for attention and bored the whole time. I may not like them, but I think they probably deserve better than that…so find a real babysitter.
2. I think children are generally plague-filled balls of disgusting habits, traits, and features. If your child chokes, I'll call an ambulance…but I'm not sticking my finger into that throat to dislodge a life-threatening piece of hotdog. Likewise, if the kid craps his pants…he's gonna have a crusty ass by the time you show up; and if he shits on the floor, you're paying a lot extra. Like brand new carpet extra.
So in the end, it was always in everyone's best interest I not watch children. So that was when my brilliant mother stepped in and accepted for me on an occasion or two. Of course, since she didn't have to watch the children and it was me doing all the work…no payment was considered necessary. I'm not sure why she thought it was okay to rope me into this stuff for free, if I wasn't willing to do it for pay.
Whether it was a cousin who felt we had some kind of bond of kinship, even though I only saw them once or twice a month and tried to avoid them like a rat-born plague; or her best friend's creepy daughter who once sidled up to me on a chair barely big enough for my own ass…looked me in the eyes, stuck a hand down her pants, and in her sweetly innocent five-year-old voice said, "This is where the man puts his penis and warms you up."
Needless to say, I've never developed a liking to children of any brand. I get along with teens, depending on how they were raised, pretty well. I don't get on much with the rebellious antsy kids or the 'ghetto' kids who keep their designer jeans hanging down to their knees and complain about how rough a life they've got in between the counting sessions of their $50 a day allowance.
As I recently mentioned, I worked for my money all my life. I don't need to hear about how your allowance barely covers your cell phone bill because you can't constrain your texting. You're 9 years old, put down the phone and pick up a damn stick and for god's sake pretend it's a frickin' sword, or a wand, or a conductor's baton! I don't have time for your first world problems…I'm busy trying to drive past the homeless Navy Veteran without making eye contact goddamn it!
What does any of this have to do with anything at all, you ask?
Why don't you simmer down and stop interrupting me, and I'll tell you!
Anywhow, now that I'm in my adult years it's no longer whether or not I want to babysit for someone else (oddly enough nobody ever offers to let me watch their kids anymore, maybe they read my blog?). Now it is a matter of when I'm going to get children of my own. Except that I don't want any, and I still don't like children.
"That'll change when you get one of your own."
Yeah, some time-sucking beast that has no self-sufficiency and does nothing but whine, create messes, and force me to enter hospitals to make sure it isn't dying. At least if I get a dog and screw it up, I can just shoot it and bury it so no one knows what happened. Friggin' cops ask about disappearing babies.
I'm never going to like babies, not even my own. Especially since I don't want them. Try giving a dog to a cat person and see if they enjoy your gift. Now introduce that dog to them by having it bite them in the abdomen and cause hormonal distress to their bodies for 9 months and finally have them claw the hell out of their kitties (that's a pussy joke, meow). On top of that tell them they have to pay for his shots, grooming, food, regular collar changes and then add in that it will take years to house-train him and they'll have to use expensive types of newspaper when he poops. See if they really like the dog, or if they just claim they do so they don't look like bad pet owners.
Lots of people hate children…lots of people hate their own children.
So, convincing me that everything will change when I have one of my own is faulty logic. That's like saying, "I know you can't fly, but when you jump out that 2nd story window, you'll be perfectly fine; you'll even be better off than before." Sure there's a chance I'll leap out that window and land on a pile of hundred-dollar bills. There's also a pretty good chance I'll land on this fancy thing called concrete and shatter both my kneecaps.
So it annoys the shit out of me when people assure me I'll suddenly change my way of thinking when my fiance pops a disgusting, blood-covered, hairless monkey out of her crotch and the doctor asks if I want to sever its connection to my wife with a pair of scissors. I can already feel my love for the creature blooming. After causing pain, discomfort, and stress for the woman I love with all my heart for 9 months, I'm now supposed to elevate you to a position over her for the next 18 years? Good luck with that, chum.
And if they don't go for the mind-altering route, they'll go on an even crazier tangent, "You'll change your mind about kids in a few years."
Are you sure about that? Totally positive? Because you see, I've hated children for about twenty years now. In five years I'm going to suddenly turn to my fiance and say, "Holy shit, hon! Burn the condoms, I want a kid of my own!" The only possible way I'd want a child anytime soon is if I find a nice Chinese man willing to buy him for more than I think an OBGYN would charge to get the kid out of her in the first place. And that's really not a healthy father-child relationship.
Most people shrug me off, but an article I saw recently has vindicated me! If you think I sound crazy, read this article to see that I am not a fringe minority. There are others out there who do not want children! READ IT!!
Okay, admittedly they might not be as psychotic as I am, but they still don't want kids.


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Echinacea was the great friend of the Indians in the temperate zones of North America who used it to heal wounds and snake bites. The colonization has brought it to Europe where its effectiveness has been discovered as a plant-based remedy able to contrast cooling states and the typical cold weather conditions.
What is Echinacea Complex?
Echinacea Complex is an Echinacea angustifoglia, Echinacea purpurea and Rosa canina supplement. These plants have a synergistic effect that supports the body's natural defences. It is produced in accordance with high quality standards, with organic rice flour as the only additive. It is allergen-free.
Use and mechanism of action
Echinacea can help protect urinary tract health and support the body's defences in the event of upper respiratory tract conditions, especially during the winter months. Rosa Canina is a wild pink rose native to Europe and Asia. Its fruits were used by the ancient Greeks due to their staggering abundance of vitamin C. In combination, they increase the body's natural defences, particularly upper respiratory tract (nose and throat) function.
Suggested use: 2-3 capsules daily, with a large glass of water or lukewarm herbal tea, as required.


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Former Fat Duck chef Duncan Ray's "teeny but terrific" fish restaurant is proof that good things come in small packages; the unassuming restaurant is hidden down a Hove side street, visible only to those who go searching for it. But once you navigate your way to this stylish haunt, you'll be delighted by the "seriously refined food" coming from the basement kitchen.
The fixed-price tasting menu is forever evolving depending on the daily catch, though you can expect seafood centric fayre such as red mullet with rosemary and black bream with wild garlic.
All served to you by the single waiter, this restaurant has all the charm of a local haunt, with the skill and sophistication of a top-end restaurant.
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The analysis of the safety problems of northern maritime transport has been fulfilled. It has been proposed to ensure safety of navigation in areas with intense traffic nym use MVTS – Mobile Vessel Traffic Services. Combined use of MVTS and VTS traditional will expand the functionality of opportunities VTS and remove the territorial limits of use.
Introduction. Regions close to the sea lanes, a special place in the organization of transport, since 90 % of trade in the European Union with the rest of the world runs by shipping. The economic security of Russia is largely determined by the development of ports of the North-West and Euro-Arctic regions. Russia is interested in developing oil and gas resources of the Arctic shelf, the development of the Northern Sea Route and the ports of the Russian part of the Barents region. A central issue in the transportation of oil by sea is the environmental safety of transport.
Safety analysis of the northern maritime transport and means of support. Most of the world's new oil and gas resources are concentrated in the Arctic and the continental shelf. Russia has the longest shelf on the planet, which accounts for 85 % of the Arctic sector. To harness the enormous natural wealth, concentrated in the Arctic and the continental shelf, and their transportation requires special care, because here we are faced with the sensitive environment and one of the most vulnerable ecosystems in the world. In the Arctic, oil spills are more likely, and the effects spill harder to eliminate than in other regions. This is due to the lack of natural light, low temperatures, the dynamics of ice cover, strong winds and poor visibility. Natural-climatic conditions of the Arctic seas do not effectively eliminate the effects of oil spills and contamination of other dangerous goods. Ice conditions make it difficult for shipping and slow down the restoration of contaminated ecosystems, low rate of dissolution of oil in cold waters has more negative effects on the environment. The oil spill is the most serious potential source of large-scale contamination during transportation of oil. Prevention of oil spills and the creation of mechanisms that regulate safely move cargo ships in the Arctic, is an important task aimed at ensuring maritime security.
One of the most dangerous types of accidents are collisions. Damage to vessels in the collisions leads to the loss of buoyancy and stability, disruption of other seaworthiness and may lead to loss of vessels, their crews, passengers and cargo. Collisions are often accompanied by fire, flooding a large number of compartments, vessels and other effects that hinder the effective conduct of rescue operations. Collisions indicate problems in the organization of movement, especially in coastal and offshore areas adjacent to the sea ports, which are characterized by increased intensity of shipping. Environmental risk is aggravated by the lack in the territorial waters of Russia special sea lanes for oil tankers – any vessel in the waters can collide with the tanker.
Increase of emergency cases of maritime transport, leading to catastrophic consequences, death, environmental disasters, as well as the increased threat of terrorism raises the problem of security in maritime transport to the rank of national security. Specific issues relating to maritime security are reflected in a number of legislative acts, such as: Naval Doctrine of the Russian Federation, the Merchant Shipping Code of RF, the Code of Inland Water Transport, defining public policy of the Russian Federation in the field of maritime activities. Adopted federal program identified a number of major structural transformations of the marine transport system of Russia. However, there are no effective tools for safety analysis of transportation systems, no clear structure and composition of the indicators, evaluation criteria, no clear methods of modeling. The management of traffic safety should be considered in risk assessments associated with the transport of dangerous goods, systems analysis, ship safety and recommend measures for the prevention, containment and elimination of consequences of accidents. It is necessary to develop models of security and development of the accident, as well as analytical modeling of the formation and spread of the damaging factors in accidents and the development of models for assessing potential consequences of accidents.
The most effective way to ensure safety when sailing near the coast is Vessel Traffic Services (VTS/SUDS-systems – control systems of movement of vessels), which controls ships, location and observance of ships' crews of the rules of navigation, as well as helps in case of emergency situations and the difficulties in determining the location. In RF VTS is part of the state system to ensure safety of navigation is created and operates in the waters of the sea ports and the approaches to them, in internal waters, territorial sea and contiguous zone of Russia. VTS is a complex set of fixed technical installations near shore services. The main disadvantage of modern VTS are limited coastline and coastal zones of the adjacent to the seaport, binding to the shore and shore-based services, inconvenience, complexity of procedures of governance that require expensive specialized equipment and infrastructure supply. Key measures to improve maritime safety in the offshore and coastal regions are aimed at improving the technical equipment of the VTS that makes the system more costly and cumbersome. As a result the use of modern VTS is effective only in economically developed areas with sufficiently strong transport infrastructure of the port. The main function of operators in the management of the CFS Centre involves a great influence of human factors. Not enough attention is paid to improving information and technology security, which is an alternative to technology modernization. There are a number of specific problems in navigation, which are out of VTS activity and pose a real security problem: small size vessels, sports vessels, and other craft that are not under the control of marine register; outlying offshore and coastal regions of fisheries preventing navigation on the traditional transportation routes; areas of extraction of natural resources in the coastal shelf, where shipping is characterized by high degree of environmental risk and where the deployment of fixed VTS services is economically unreasonable or impossible, medium and small port areas with poorly developed industrial and economic infrastructure cannot maintain the efficiency of the VTS.
Solving such problems is proposed by using special localized geographically Mobile Vessel Traffic Services (MVTS – by analogy with the VTS/MSUDS-system – a mobile control system of movement of vessels) [1]. MVTS are characterized by locality area of service, efficiency, speed of deployment and termination, deep formalized management procedures based on the use of modern information technologies and means of implementation, which reduces the negative impact of human factors in decision making, ease of implementation, flexibility. MVTS do not demand technical resources and energy, are not critical to the area-based, ground or surface, and can ensure safety of navigation in any area with heavy shipping, including remote marine areas, which are act of control of stationary VTS. MVTS may be temporarily or permanently deployed in any location to service floating in the river or lake areas. To realize MVTS can be used standard technical resources of port, including equipment for monitoring and identification of ships and other floating equipment – AIS, radar, ARPA, physical channels and means to implement procedures for information exchange between system components – GMDSS, TV, radios, computational tools (computers) and software. Information for MVTS does not require any significant computational power [2] and can be implemented on the basis of small computers and affordable mobile telecommunications to the provision of mobile subscribers (ships) and the operators of the MVTS Centre and preserving access to the networks of GSM/GPRS, Internet and corporate networks (Intranet). MVTS Center can be placed in coastal areas or in conjunction with the VTS Center, as well as be waterbased, e.g. the flagship. Implementation of interaction services MVTS based on Reference Model Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) using protocols and standards governing the normalized procedures for safety of navigation, as well as the interaction of system components at communication and transfer of management decisions (recommendations) provides accessibility of MVTS to interact with other systems in accordance with current standards.
Combined use of opportunities for both stationary and mobile VTC and future telecommunications and navigation technologies will expand the functionality of traditional VTS, remove the territorial limits of use, flexibility, mobility, to expand the range of services for the posting of various boats, to reduce the negative impact of human factors in navigation. Due to this, such systems can significantly improve the safety of navigation. VTS and MVTS should be considered as part of a multimodal associative transport system (MATS), seaport, providing efficient and safe navigation in the waters with heavy traffic of vessels. The use of such systems in areas of the Arctic shelf and the northern sea routes can be considered as a promising means of ensuring the safety of navigation in Arctic Russia.
The work is submitted to the International Scientific Conference "Issues of science and education", Moscow, May 20–23, 2014, came to the editorial office оn 21.04.2014.


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Slow Digestive System
A slow digestive system is usually an indication of something wrong with the diet. However, it also suggests the presence of underlying digestive disorders like diarrhea and constipation.
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Last Updated: Feb 9, 2018
Did You Know?
In order to improve digestion problems, commonly associated with intestinal disorders, having homemade plain yogurt everyday is often recommended. This dairy product is full of good bacteria that aid in digestion as well as reduce abdominal discomfort, bloating and gas.
The food that we consume is absorbed and its nutrients are subsequently sent to different organs through the blood. All this can happen only when the digestive system is working at its best. Digestive system for kids or adults is a complex structure and its proper functioning is very important for overall health. However, a slow or sluggish digestive system isn't able to perform its assigned function effectively. That is why a person experiencing a bout of slow digestion is bound to feel extremely uncomfortable post lunch or dinner. Nausea, bloating and vomiting are the most common symptoms of a sluggish digestive system that occur after having meals.
Constipation or common digestive problems like diarrhea and irritable bowel syndrome can make the digestive system sluggish. However, if none of these digestive disorders are present, then a slow digestive system can be due to the following reasons:
Too Much Protein in the Diet
Although protein is good for health, excessively high amounts of protein in the diet can slow down the digestive health. This is because the body has to really work to digest protein. Unlike simple carbohydrates, proteins are heavy, hence are not easy to digest and so when its presence is alarmingly high in everyday meals, the consequence is a slow digestive system.
Intestinal Disorders
People with intestinal problems such as Crohn's disease tend to have a sluggish digestive system besides bowel dysfunction (diarrhea or constipation), vomiting and stomach pain. In this condition, the lining of the small and large intestine is inflamed. However, in most cases, the swelling infiltrates in the inner layers of the bowel tissue. This chronic inflammatory disease considerably slows down digestion as the food tends to move at a very slow pace through the intestine.
Gastroparesis is a condition that is typically marked by the poor functioning of the muscles. As we all know, the ingested food passes through the stomach and eventually enters the intestine, where digestion takes place. A point to note that although food is digested in the stomach, most of the digestion occurs inside the intestine. Experts say that the intestine is the place where nutrients are observed and eventually circulated in the bloodstream to various parts of the body. However, if the food stays for a longer time in the stomach, this can affect the digestion process. This condition is known as gastroparesis, in which the stomach takes more time to transfer the ingested food to the intestine. This happens because the stomach muscles that are assigned the task of pushing the food to the intestine, lose their ability to work efficiently. Gastroparesis is the result of malfunctioning of the vagus nerve that regulates the movement of muscles lining the stomach wall.
Deficient in Stomach Acids and Digestive Juices
The bile, a yellowish-brown fluid manufactured by the liver promotes the breakdown of fats, thereby playing a key role to keep digestive health in optimal condition. However, if the liver is damaged, it can decrease the bile production. Liver diseases like jaundice and hepatitis are likely to interfere with the normal digestive rate. This can slow down the digestion process substantially. The stomach cells also release certain acids for better digestion. However, insufficient production of stomach acids can have a negative impact on the digestion rate.
Patients taking certain medication like antibiotics and painkillers on a regular basis can reduce the population of good bacteria residing in the stomach and the intestine. Good bacteria aid in digestion and so when their presence decreases, it can slow down the digestive system.
Treatment will depend on what is making the digestive system so slow. The underlying cause has to be identified, so as to begin the treatment in the right direction. A well-balanced diet high in easily digestible foods may help to resolve the issue associated with the high protein. The doctor may also prescribe digestive enzymes that are available in the form of tablets to kick-start the digestion process. For gastroparesis, patients are advised to modify their diet. Usually, the diet for gastroparesis involves the inclusion of foods easy to digest. Also avoiding heavy meals is necessary as it can aggravate gastroparesis symptoms. Having 4-5 small-sized meals, instead of two large meals is the best way to manage gastroparesis.
Avoid or Minimize Consuming Cold Drinks
Drinking soft drinks or normal chilled water can also make the digestive system sluggish. After having a heavy lunch or dinner, many have the habit of grabbing a bottle of water from the refrigerator to quench their thirst. This can hinder the digestion of ingested food. Usually, the food consumed stays in our stomach for at least 2 hours, which is necessary for proper digestion. However, the ingested food does not spend much time in the stomach (hardly 20 minutes) when people drink cold water during or immediately after meals. This is why, digestion can become slow, so one should opt for water that is stored at normal room temperature.
Ditch Caffeinated Beverages
Coffee consumption and even soda can be detrimental to digestive health. To be honest, drinking coffee can reduce your ability to digest food. Indigestion is a common complaint in people who have been taking coffee for quite some time. Coffee is basically an acid forming beverage and it is a common knowledge that acidic foods are notorious for causing digestion problems. It is observed that drinking coffee increases the production of HCl in the stomach. So, every time you drink coffee, the stomach responds by producing more than normal amounts of HCl. Over time, the stomach loses its ability to produce adequate HCl, which impedes digestion.
Go For Fresh Foods
The habit of eating packed and processed foods should also be stopped as it can damage the digestive system and cause gas and bloating. Organically grown foods are found to be higher in essential vitamins and minerals in comparison to foods that involve the use of synthetic pesticides. Eating foods that are fresh and properly cooked can go a long way in maintaining digestive system. On the whole, a healthy diet that focuses more on eating well-cooked vegetables, fruits, and whole wheat products can correct a sluggish digestive system.
On the whole, an easy solution to boost digestive health is to follow a suitable diet and lead an active lifestyle. High fatty foods such as hamburgers and pizza need to be either avoided or consumed in moderation. Raw foods are also difficult to digest, so make sure that the food is properly cooked. Eating habits like chewing the food properly and following a regular exercise routine can also contribute immensely to keep digestion problems at bay.
Disclaimer: This article is for informative purposes only, and should not be used as a replacement for expert medical advice.