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11 Nov / Wheat-Free & Dairy-Free Dinner with Dessert
Whenever I prepare something absolutely fabulous (defined as such by how much of it my boyfriend eats!), I have to share. Especially when it's easy and fits my wheat-free and dairy-free requirements. Check it out and let me know what you think:
Pad Thai
-Trader Joe's Pad Thai Noodles & Sauce
-Prepare according to package instructions.
-Add one package of frozen mixed veggies to increase the nutritional quotient.
-For those with diabetes or wanting to significantly reduce sugar consumption, do not use the sauce provided, instead add 1/3 c wheat-free soy sauce to mixture or flavor individually.
Best of all, you'll have leftovers. The package says it feeds 2, but for us, you'll have lunch leftovers for at least 2 days.
Vanilla Rice Cream with Ginger Snaps
Mi-del GF/DF Ginger Snaps – delish on their own, but crumble on two small scoops of vanilla rice cream and you'll be in heaven!
I love Rice Dream, vanilla flavored ice cream. Not to fab on its own, but great to add toppings to.
Heather 🙂


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We've all heard of the many health benefits of oranges and of other citrus fruits. But there's a lot more to citrus than just Vitamin C…
In a new study conducted by Texas A&M University recently published in the journal Nutrition shows that the antioxidant effects of red grapefruit may increase bone density and slow down bone loss (Source: Grapefruit pulp increases antioxidant status and improves bone quality in orchidectomized rats. Nutrition, Volume 24, Issue 10, Pages 1039 – 1044 Farzad Deyhim et al).
The very promising conclusion was based on a sixty day study involving a total of fifty-six male rats. Forty-two rats were castrated to induce oxidative stress and lower testosterone levels so as to increase their risk of osteoporosis. One-third of the rats were then fed a regular diet, one-third were fed the same food plus five percent red grapefruit pulp, and the other third were fed the same diet plus ten percent red grapefruit pulp.
When compared to the unaltered rats, the castrated rats on a normal diet showed a substantial decrease in bone density, overall bone quality and antioxidant levels. They also lost more calcium and showed signs of bone breakdown markers in the urine. And while all the castrated rats showed a decrease in the magnesium and calcium levels in their bones, the decrease was not as severe among the rats fed the grapefruit pulp.
The altered rats not fed grapefruit pulp showed a 16%-24% percent reduction of the calcium and magnesium content in the lumbar spine. While the rats fed the grapefruit pulp had a decrease of only 10%-16%. Similar results were obtained for the hipbone density results of both groups.
January 3, 2013, 11:49 am
Hello Vivian. thanks for the info. That may explain why people who grew up eating lots grapefruits do not get broken bones that easily. My mother has fallen and wacked her hips so hard several times over the years and has not broken or fractured them (she is 75). I will continue to eat my grapefruits. It has many health benefits as you mentioned. Has any research been done on the guinine properties of grapefruits grown in the winter months?
December 28, 2012, 3:59 pm
Vivian – I see the quote for the name and journal now – sorry to complain. I sincerely apologize. I really enjoy getting your emails!
December 28, 2012, 3:56 pm
Please give the actual name of the study and journal. I'd really like to read it.
November 9, 2012, 11:40 pm
Statins and red grapefruit are a bad combination. Maybe this was made perfectly clear. I scanned the article.
October 23, 2012, 1:11 am
It was a good article, but grapefruit interfers with some medications
which you didnt mention. I was going to send it to my daughter who
really needs help, but she wouldnt be able to eat the grapefruit or drink
the juice.
October 12, 2012, 12:06 pm
I used to like grapefruit so much & i used it for slimming as well. But since I was diagnosed with diabetes & certain drugs I have to take this is impossible to do. I am on Lipitor, this is out of the question.
Vivian, you have mentioned other varieties that we can have like sunflower seeds, pineapple, almonds etc.,this will suffice to folks like us, eating sensibly due to our health.
Thank you for your article.
October 7, 2012, 4:43 am
I will be glad to eat red grapefruit, as I love them. My doctor did not seem to worry than I am not taking his drug. He said we will test again in two years. I cried out, Can't it be one year? He did not reply. I hope I can have it in one year thought, even if I have to pay for it. Thanks for your comments. Margaretha
September 12, 2012, 4:58 pm
I was not pleased to read this article and how these male rats were abused all in the name of science! There has to be a more humane way to come up with the same results. Shame on the person(s) that conducted this study.
September 12, 2012, 1:49 am
this article is nice one. Very informative and reading it have great knowledge helpful in our bone health.
August 28, 2012, 4:34 pm
How accurate can this study be if they were using MALE rats since the highest incidence of osteoporosis occurs in women?
August 22, 2012, 3:27 pm
I couldn't read it beyond the part where the rats were mutilated and tortured. I don't approve of that kind of research.
August 2, 2012, 7:29 am
I have found the best natural organic nutrition supplement that probably not too many people still know about it. Not only does it contain many nutrients from just a single plant source, it also contains many medicinal properties.
I would be happy to share it with you, Vivian, as a way of paying back your generosity and kindness to help me to "Save our Bones" which I experienced good results.
February 14, 2013, 7:52 am
I too would be very happy to have this information….. thank you in advance for sharing.
November 16, 2012, 9:03 am
Please let me know the name of this particular supplement. Thank you.
August 2, 2012, 12:40 am
I love red grapefruit but unfortunately grapefruit gives me cankers. My dentist told me to try taking Lysine daily which I do and it helps some. Is there anything else I can do to avoid cankers?
July 27, 2012, 9:53 am
Hi Vivian, Can you recommend the names of books on Chinese medicine.
Kind regards,
Sally Timmins
July 30, 2012, 9:45 am
Do not learn Chinese med or herbs by books unless you're an experience herbalist or a doctor.
A few amateur herbalists bought tons of Chinese herbs from China town in San Francisco some years ago; went home grind the herbs to powder then mixed them up and capsuled them. They were all found dead later!
Different herbs process differently and some herbs chemistry will clash with each other.
July 25, 2012, 11:22 am
I enjoy grapefruit every day and have been doing the Save Our Bones program for about 4 months and will get my next bone density test in Sept. My last test showed increase in bone density in my back but showed slight decrease in lower back. While surfing the web I found this program and started it right away.I also take vitamin K and vitamin D3 8000 IU per day also Omega 3 + coq10. After my bone density test, I will let you know the results.
June 21, 2012, 3:10 pm
June 19, 2012, 9:13 pm
I'm on medication that that restricts the intake of grapefruit products. Too bad! I love grape fruit!
June 20, 2012, 2:52 pm
Same here and cant have it due to RX// Darn it, cuz I love grapefruit.
June 13, 2012, 8:31 am
This is quiet interesting and a sign of hope; but what about those poor rats?
June 18, 2012, 2:43 pm
You all might want to know.
There are some Meds, That grapefruit Cancels Out!
June 10, 2012, 11:58 pm
I'm glad I'm not a rat, but grapefruit is delicious so I shall add more of them to my diet.
June 1, 2012, 11:54 pm
I have reduced my cholesterol to normal got rid of my tablets and my Doctor said the Gym and the grapefruit has helped to reduce Colesterol and move from osteoporosis to Osteopenia ( Yellow grapefruit not red ) may be red is just the same but I am not sure. I cannot get your books because I do not use my credit card electronicly. Thanks for your emails they are very helpful.
May 31, 2012, 4:35 am
Thanks Vivian….for everything you do!
May 28, 2012, 12:54 pm
This is an eye opener. Thanks
May 22, 2012, 9:03 pm
What a horrible thing to do to a group of rats for no valid reason! Comparing male rats to female humans is ridiculous. I'm sure Texas A&M would have had no problem getting human volunteers for a study that involves eating grapefruit…unless it involved castration.
August 28, 2012, 4:40 pm
I agree. This study cannot be very viable since it only involved MALE rats. Who pays for such ridiculous studies anyway?
April 19, 2012, 6:34 pm
Any red fruit or vegetable is very good for your health. It has been proven
to stop colon cancer.
March 16, 2012, 6:11 pm
I take 3 different medications for blood pressure and have been told not to eat grapefruit. There is no one cure for everybody about anything.
March 15, 2012, 3:01 pm
I'm curious =somone told me that grapefruit was in bad for diabetes, of which i am one. I'm taking metformin and glyberide for this disease. Please get me corrected if I have been givin wrong info. Because I love
grapefruit and have been avoiding it. I just want to take extra precaution too when it comes to my bones and other healthfull benefits. Thank you and God bless.
March 13, 2012, 10:57 am
Surely you know that grapefruit interacts with blood pressure medication . So it is not good to tell people to eat grapefruit and not tell them about the negative interaction with blood pressure medication.
March 10, 2012, 11:31 pm
Hi Vivian, you are such a wonderful person, and so helpful too. Thanks for writing. Your display,and all that you are doing is just wonderful. You are a blessing to me and to so many others. I will be checking this your wonderful page, again and again. Hugs.
February 29, 2012, 10:13 am
Many people on medications cannot eat grapefruit – so please include a
warning in this article
February 7, 2012, 11:26 am
February 9, 2012, 3:58 pm
I take BP medication and it says not to eat grapefruit I love grapefruit. What will happen if I eat them.
February 7, 2012, 11:24 am
Am enjoying and learning alot from your columns. I am a "quite active" 77 year old woman, shrinking more each year. My peak height was 5'7″ in my late fifties…. now5'2 3/4 and doing all within my knowledge to stop the loss. I take calcium with strontium, magnesium, glucosamine/MSM and the full range of vitamins. My tests show Vit D3 levels in the high range. In addition, I am in the partial care of an OD who prescribes the BHRT regimen to me. In addition to lifting weights 3 times a week, my husband and I walk for at least 2-3 hours a week. On the negative side, I have been taking Synthroid for many years, but find that to be a necessity. Help! what more can I do? Looking forward to more enlightenment from you. EK
January 30, 2012, 10:11 pm
Will your program help if my bone loss was created from multiple myelooma cancer?
Ron Simpson
January 28, 2012, 1:01 pm
I was recently diagnosed with osteoporosis of the spine with a high risk of fracture and osteopenia of my left hip, at the age of 55. I had a hysterectomy at the age of 36. The Dr. is pushing for me to take something or else I will be going down hill fast, as he put it. I do exercise 3x a week doing weight bearing exercises. I am so depressed I don't know which direction to go. One thing I do know is I really am afraid to take any of the drugs. I have started going for Pulse Electromagnetic Field Therapy 2x a week and the Chiropractor feels this treatment will help to increase my bone density. I am so fearful of breaking my hip and ending up in a wheelchair. I know it is not a good way to live my life. I have also been looking onto Svaroopa r Yoga and this also is said to have great results. Anyone ever tried this?
April 10, 2012, 2:53 pm
Ask your doctor about calcitonin (injections or nasal spray). I have a book called "The Hormone Solution, Stay Younger, Longer" by Thierry Hertoghe, MD. This is what he recommends for osteoporosis of the spine. Of course, you can find the book on Amazon. I know how you feel so don't get discouraged. I hope this helps.
March 23, 2012, 6:19 pm
There are good reports of Yoga Program for Osteoporosis/penia on http://www.sciatica.org/yoga/12poses.html
Dr Fishman is world renoun PM&R MD and done extensive work in use of Physical(Exercises)Therapy for many conditions.
January 23, 2012, 9:58 am
I have been reading comments for many weeks and finally decided to make one of my own. I was diagnosed with osteoporosis and osteopenia – took Boniva for a year (bad side effects so I stopped). I have purchased Vivian's book. Recently, went for a follow up bone scan after 2 years – and my numbers had worsened. So, guys, let's start thinking about the positive – has anyone had improved numbers – and what did you do to get them? Will keep you posted as to my own in a 12 months as I am following Vivian's book, exercising more, and taking Citracal and natural foods calcium. Thanks!!
December 10, 2012, 11:57 am
I agree with the writer Tee. I had written before about my own situation as I have just recently started the program. In that comment I also asked for up to date data on the success of this program. I know Vivian gives a personal comment of a 20% increase in bone density improvement after she started to follow these principles but this program is a few years on now and I have not seen any other data on her continued progress. Occasionally there has been a positive response from a participant. I am still wondering what kind of data collection is being accumulated to let us know percentages of improvement or otherwise in individuals who are following the program. The problem of course would be that there are so many variables in each individual's health history and the way the program is used by them.
I do appreciate the forums and the emails from Vivian very much.
January 16, 2012, 10:01 am
I enjoy grapefruit but I understand that it is not appropriate when one suffers from high blood pressure.This morning I had my blood pressure checked and was 155/85.
My blood pressure was okay but I wonder whether it had anything to do with the passing away of my wife on July 8 of 2010
December 21, 2011, 1:18 am
Well Vivian, May I say how wonderfully refreshing it is to have a true health professional really care about our bone health, instead of all the bandaid treatments that are offered to us, some of them downright dangerous as to their side effects.
Keep up the great work.
November 15, 2011, 11:28 am
Thank you for the daily tips. I am using and benefiting from most of them.
However, my Simvastatin (cholesterol lowering medication) vial reads: Avoid eating or drinking grapefruit products with this medication.
Please make a note of it.
November 6, 2011, 5:32 pm
Interesting about the rats and bone strength. However, they were male rats and it was testosterone that was involved, so would this finding only relate to men? Women's osteoporosis is affected by low oestrogen levels.
October 25, 2011, 9:10 am
Thank you for all of the helpful information about bone care. It is good to have a site that will inform us of differnce ways to turn around bone loss that is natural and healthy.
October 22, 2011, 6:14 pm
I take a Zocor generic for cholesterol and you are not supposed to eat grapefruit while taking this med. Now what?
January 30, 2013, 12:14 am
I always apprciut you!!!Vivian.I enjoy your sujestion.
God bless you. YOU ARE SOOOOO GREAT!!
I and All people Those hwo read your book are Blessed.
Thank you so mach!!!
Love Atsede
October 15, 2011, 1:27 pm
Very interesting, but why cause such pain and suffering to innocent rats? Are there not enough humans around who could have taken part in this experiment? One of my main reasons for not taking the proffered drugs for osteoporosis, when I was diagnosed, was because I do not believe in testing on animals. For someone who seems to prefer to work with nature to deal with health issues, I am surprised at your promoting this method – which you do by forwarding it, Dr. Goldschmidt.
Should you have any information on anyone doing non-animal, cruelty-free research into osteoporosis, in England, please do let me know as I will happily volunteer.
Yours most sincerely Jan Dowling
May 22, 2012, 8:42 pm
I totally agree with Jan. What happened to the rats after the study was completed? Surely there must be enought women with osteopenia/osteoporosis who would be willing to eat grapefruit and be re-tested. I would!
November 28, 2011, 2:27 am
Hi Jan Interesting reply! I'm a lover of ruby red grapefruit juice and grapefruit. I'll be glad to eat all they give me and then test me! I don't care too much for rats,,,,but I'm open to be tested on a grapefruit diet, because I need all the help I can get and they don't need to make rats sick to prove anything. I already have osteoporosis, so they have me: their guinea pig, so they should leave those poor animals alone!
October 10, 2011, 2:52 pm
already switched to sea salt but did no know what to do with the table salt. After your email I cleaned all the copper pots and pans with it and it worked great. lemon juice and table salt that is.
Iam also sending an email to MD Anderson to ask them why they would perscribe a drug that can cause cancer to treat ostepenia. The results of taking fosomax are bogus because the bone density tests shows only that the old bone structure is retained which gives a false impression that the bone health has improved.
Now my wife has multiple myeloma and this may be the reason. I plan to argue the points raised on your book with them. She already is working on alkalinity, walking 30 minutes, playing tennis, taking calcium and magnesium,vitamin b12, iomega-3, vitamin d3 so all she needs to take more is k2 rather than fosomax. She is in her fifth year after initial teatement.
October 1, 2011, 11:44 am
this is really good news , as i eat red grape fruit almost every day,cause i like it,but now finding it has added benifets is great.
September 22, 2011, 9:33 am
Of course, grapefruit is contra-indicated for some medications and so if you are being treated for a medical condition it would be wise to check with your doctor first.
September 20, 2011, 3:28 pm
Very Interesting, We can save our bone with grapefruit,like it
September 20, 2011, 5:52 am
i will try red grape for my back pain, if any relief i will get i will post my comment latter on
September 16, 2011, 10:54 am
What is a natural alternative to omaprozole?
By following the Save our Bones regime I thought my bone density would be better but it is worse. I am thinking it is the omaprzole robbing my bones of calcium and magnesium. Any thoughts on this?
November 15, 2011, 11:29 am
I have exactly the same results and question. Thank you for bring it in.
October 6, 2011, 10:54 pm
I just would like to know if there is any natural alternative to Omaprozole?
September 6, 2011, 10:06 am
What about ruby red grapefruit juice, would that be as good?
July 28, 2011, 7:11 pm
I just received my first injection of Prolia and wonder about the effects if I discontinue the shots, will this one shot cause much damage or am I safe in not receiving any more injections. I'm very healthy (I thought), go to the gym, lift weights, careful with my diet (have eaten pink grapefruit for breakfast for years) but don't do dairy products so I take calcium supplements along with vitamin D. I did a "littl" research on the Prolia and thought it was the best of the worst!
August 23, 2011, 2:16 pm
Would like to hear your comments on Prolia. I have been thinking of taking it and am a little concerned because it has only been out one year. Fortia has been out longer, but I don't want to have to inject myself every day.
July 28, 2011, 8:49 pm
Hi Ruth,
The sooner you stop taking Prolia, the less likely you are to experience negative effects. You might want to check out this article for information about what happens when you stop the drugs: https://saveourbones.com/stop-taking-osteoporosis-drugs/
August 23, 2011, 2:21 pm
I have not taken it yet, but have been considering it. I was wondering what you have heard about it. It's supposed to be working very well for osteoporosis.
September 12, 2011, 11:58 pm
you may want to go to the national osteoporosis site and see that some prolia patients are not such a great time of it. Some people experience
side effects beyond what is noted in the medical guide. Everyone
has to be informed so reading th medical guide about the known side effects would be wise. When you go off the results will go away so it is a temporary fix and long term it may no be good. Good luck
July 24, 2011, 4:48 pm
I find your information very good indeed thank you
July 17, 2011, 6:54 pm
Thanks Vivian:
My husband and I have have been eating the Ruby Reds for a some time now. We have been with Great Taste No Pain. Sherry has helped us to eat better. With the Alkaline, Acid balance, that you also recommend. Thank You Very Much. We really appreciate what you and Sherry are doing to help us live a better life.
Your Friend Loleta
July 13, 2011, 9:48 am
Thanks for the article. I already love grapefruit and it's wonderful to know that it is so good for my bones.
July 12, 2011, 3:34 pm
You know what I am going to say… what do we folks do who are still stuck taking Statins (lipitor in our case) and cannot eat grapefruit — that we use to LOVE because it reduces the drugs effectiveness? I would love to eat GF again.
July 10, 2011, 8:14 pm
I used to eat grapefruit regularly, usually pink or red, until I was put on Fosamax. Since I quite taking it, I just bought my first jug of organic red grapefruit juice and look forward to buying the fruit.
June 11, 2012, 12:14 am
Hi Barbara, can you tell me how long you were on Fosamax please? I have been on Actonil for 6 years and the specialist says if I stop now, all my old bone will collapse and I have read that these bisphosphonates stop ones body from forming new bones for 2 years after one stops taking them.
July 7, 2011, 3:34 pm
Dear Vivian,
I have a tree loaded with the yellow grapefruit. Does it have to be the red kind?
Sincerely Valerie
June 20, 2011, 12:26 pm
Unfortunetly I am on Lipitor and am not suppose to ear grapefruit.
May 28, 2011, 11:59 pm
I liked the article-it was very interesting.Ilove red grapefruit.
May 26, 2011, 3:06 pm
I'm astonished to read that there are still people taking statins! The side effects of these drugs are horrendous – memory loss, muscle pain, gasrtic upsets and more. If you're a woman, unless you have already had a heart attack, they do you more harm than good. They are prescribed because doctors are paid to prescribe them – my doctor told me not to take any.
May 23, 2011, 6:21 pm
I would rather hear about the lab workers being castrated and tested while leaving the rats alone. This research may be 'promising' but I find it cruel and needless.
May 13, 2011, 10:30 pm
While the study was done on rats, any data on humans and specifically females
April 26, 2011, 9:00 pm
I love receiving your email. However i was very disturbed by the study about rats and grapefruits. Rats are living things and sometimes very cute; how often does a rat eat grapefruits? Pretty sure it is not their normal diet. Would not i get sick on a diet of rat food? They kind of clean up the lower end of our world, we need them. Concentrate on the diet of monks in Mount Athos (Greece) not on those rats. Nicole
April 5, 2011, 1:58 pm
I have advanced Osteoporosis and I am on the Save Our Bones program. It is working for me! I am not taking an prescription drugs so I will try the red grapefruit! I hike 3 miles almost everyday, ride horses a lot and I don't dwell on negative thoughts. I take Bone Solid, Alive vitamins for women, fish oil and Holy basil!
My cause for the Osteoporosis was discovering that by drinking the water softener water for 25 years, I exposed myself to the demise of my bones. I have since stopped and now, I feel a change and I believe my bones are rebuilding! Thanks to Vivian for all your research and great advice…the book is worth the price!!!
March 29, 2011, 4:16 am
Sounds good. I'd like it for my waiting room, but it's too expensive!
LPG, LAc.
March 26, 2011, 11:02 pm
Beings I am on 3 B P meds, was told not to ever eat grapefruite. Is that true?
June 1, 2011, 8:08 pm
I also cannot have grapefruit because of being on statin medicine JC
March 26, 2011, 2:15 pm
My doctor just took me off fosomax because he felt the report on my bone density test waranted it.
Is there harm in stoping fosomax. I have osteopenia.
March 21, 2011, 7:55 pm
Grapefruit is great depending on meds you are on. Also it is not good for kidney disease.
March 10, 2011, 11:14 am
My Consultant told me not to eat grapefruit as it increases the risk of breast cancer. I have been battleing the disease for 16 years now even with a spread to both lungs so I am now cofused about your article claiming a study shows a decrease in risk of breast cancer by eating grapefruit. I also have severe Osteoporosis too.
July 3, 2011, 1:37 am
Gosh I don't understand how eating grapefruit
can be harmful to anyone unless they have an ulcer. Not good because of breast cancer? wow I would think just the opposite because of it's antioxident properties, dunno.
Of course I don't have any medical degree( do have a diploma as a medical clerk though)…..
Grapefruit is awfully acidic I suppose which on it's own may not be so good and wouldn't one have to blend the pulp for digestive purposes?
March 29, 2012, 12:48 am
I love reading your section as it gives me knowledge about 'Save our Bones'. Thanks a lot Viven. Keep it up.
January 26, 2012, 9:05 am
Actually the acids in the grapefruit may change into alkaline in our stomachs, since that is the case with apple cider vinegar. I have read that alkalinity is a much better choice, as diseases favor acidity. I have been taking a tbsp of apple cider vinegar (Braggs organic) in a cup of hot water, with a tsp of either honey or black strap molasses each day…….tasty and good for the body.
March 2, 2011, 5:34 pm
I received news today that I have osteopenia in spine and right hip.. This is truly depressing but I knew it would happen sooner or later. I have ms and did a lot of steroids although not for 2 years. I would like to buy your book but 67. 00 is a lot of money for me as I am disabled. I do eat good food but cheat with one lattee coffee a day. That will end now and take superior calcium, do yoga everyday, lift 5 lb weights but what else is missing Did 1 cup of coffee deterioate my bone. I guess so. I hope to change this. Thanks Vivian. You have a great service. Elle
February 28, 2011, 8:59 pm
I have a beautiful pink grapefruit tree in my back yard and love to eat them. If one is good can more be better? Can you eat to many?
February 15, 2011, 1:09 pm
Thank you again, Vivian, for all your really useful suggestions. I eat grapefruit almost daily. Now I am looking forward to your video broadcast and hope a replay will be available even after the appointed date and time (with the big time difference it might be difficult for us in Europe to "attend")- I would not like to miss it.
February 8, 2011, 8:02 pm
i eat a lot of red grapefruit but was wondering if the red navel oranges are just as good?
February 9, 2011, 11:35 pm
Hi Joyce,
Red navel oranges (and all oranges) are wonderful, and it's important to eat a varied diet. BUT… oranges and grapefruits are different, and this particular study specifically addressed the beneficial properties of grapefruit. 🙂
January 27, 2011, 9:10 am
I eat a half grapefruit for breakfast. For my cholesterol I take Red Yeast Rice which has lovastatin. It does not seem to interfere.
January 23, 2011, 10:02 am
I would love to by all these different books but we are having problems making ends meat as it is so I can only read what ever is printed right here.
March 28, 2011, 6:05 am
Spellcheck and wikipedia are also free and it gives a lot of information about spelling.
April 13, 2011, 2:23 pm
How truly TACKY, Robert.
January 19, 2011, 8:43 pm
Vivian, I am unable to also eat Grapefruit but enjoy most all fruits so it should even out. However reading my copy of Save Our Bones I would like you to suggest a name brand Calcium I can take to help me. I am now taking Citracal Calcium +D Plus Bone Density Builder by Bayer.Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You Gerda
January 8, 2011, 10:16 pm
Grapefruit can not be used with some high blood pressure medicine.
I called the company and they agreed and I love grapefruit
December 22, 2010, 4:07 pm
The article was very interesting and informative. I do eat grapefruit, and love the red pulp. I think I will be eating more of it! Thank you for your continual help to us all!
December 15, 2010, 7:52 am
What about Grapefruit being forbidden to those of us oh cholesterol medications?
December 15, 2010, 2:40 pm
Hi Beverly (and Vivian),
Yes, grapefruit can be a problem with certain medications. But here's the deal. If you have issues with grapefruit, or even if you just don't like it, then don't eat it. It's as simple as that. Grapefruit is just one of many bone healthy foods that you can include in your diet. It's much more important to eat a varied diet than it is to focus on one particular food. When I talk about a food, that doesn't mean you need to eat it or that you can't be successful on the program without it.
March 26, 2011, 10:12 am
someone said Red Rice Yeast had lovastatin in it? Is that true?
December 14, 2010, 9:16 pm
December 12, 2010, 10:45 pm
Unfortunately as much as I love grapefruit, I cannot eat it because I am On Cholestrol medication that forbids eating grapefruit or drinking the juice.
December 7, 2010, 2:14 pm
hullo ; I read every mail coming from Mrs Vivian Goldsmith, because ,I am a biologist (retired: I am 72 —– i used to work in a hospital ) and I suffer from osteoporosis .First, pardon my "english" :I am french ,living in Haute-Savoie,and i know a little english ; I agree with you ,concerning fruit and vegetable diet:grapefruit but also all the others fruit containing polyphenols and anthocyanic components or isoflavones involved in bone construction; but,besides a good diet,with vit.D3 and calcium ( a good one,such citrate,orotrate or pidolate of Ca),it seems difficult to avoid drugs ( especially ranelate de strontium which have not been involved in side effects) ,when there is a severe osteoporosis; What is your opinion? thanks to you and sincerely
December 7, 2010, 11:23 pm
Hi Massol,
Actually, many people (myself included) have regained their bone health without the use of drugs by following the Osteoporosis Reversal Program. The Program is designed for those who have been diagnosed with osteoporosis (even severe osteoporosis) or osteopenia. I don't believe osteoporosis medications are necessary, and they can have extreme adverse effects.
November 28, 2010, 5:23 pm
taking lisinopril for high blood pressure…should I eat grapefruit ? I have read both bad and good things when taking meds..please respond
November 29, 2010, 4:14 pm
Hi Bobbi,
It's true that grapefruit can interfere with several medications. Please check with your doctor or pharmacist about whether it's an issue in your case. And keep in mind that you don't have to eat grapefruit (or any one food) to have success on the Save Our Bones program.
November 19, 2010, 3:41 pm
Thank you for the wonderful information. Interesting article.I cannot have it because of some medications. I used to love it.
November 14, 2010, 10:29 pm
With familial hypercholesterolemia, I am not able to use grapefruit as I have been on Lovastin for the past 20 years…orange juice is acid on your teeth and high in glucose…I use Kiwi for Vit. C… does it also have any proponents to help encourage bone hardening….Keep up the good works…amj
November 6, 2010, 11:49 am
I have eaten grapefruit for breakfast most days for the past 10-15yrs. It has not helped me.
November 5, 2010, 8:13 pm
I've never seen red grapefruit here in Melbourne, Australia.
Experiments with rats or other animals is against my beliefs – and anyway, how can one creatrure be compared to another?. They all have different reactions, including each and every human being.
November 5, 2010, 3:59 pm
Hi Vivian, that is good news about grapefruit. I have been eating this fruit all my life. I love it and will continue eating it.
I have a concern…I purchased your Save our bones program book on 10-20-10 by check. When do you think I will receive it?
November 4, 2010, 1:31 pm
Does the white grapefruit work as well? I have those in my yard. The rats in our neighborhood sure like them!!
November 5, 2010, 1:03 pm
Yes Peggy, white grapefruit is fine!
October 30, 2010, 2:53 pm
I have not heard of red grapefruit, but buy pink grapefruit pure juice, will that be just as good
October 25, 2010, 5:32 pm
Great to read about Grapefruit helping with our bones. Unfortunately I cannot eat them now or the juice which I always had before I was in Hospital last Nov with SVT my heart racing. I was perscribed a tablet verapmil 120mg one a day and cannot take grapefruit in any form.
Wish I could. Is there anything else like that to help please.
October 24, 2010, 7:16 am
Hello Vivian
Thank you for this new wonder full information, i will make sure to eat three grape fruit per week. Is that enough?
Best wishes
October 23, 2010, 11:40 am
Hi Vivian;
Red Grapefruit is very bad for those with kidney problems.
October 22, 2010, 12:27 pm
Grapefruit is not advisible if you take Statins, as I have to,to control high cholesterol.
October 18, 2010, 5:01 pm
I realy don't like grapefruit but will give it another try. I take all natural blood pressure pills and will research to see if there is any problem with grapefruit. My dad had realy bad high blood pressure a few different meds to control it, and he ate 1/2 grapefruit every morning and never had a problem. Am trying to follow bone program as close as possible.It's really a big change for me but I'm getting there.Vivian I look forward to your e-mails, keep them coming.
October 12, 2010, 4:33 pm
Hello Vivian: To your knowledge have bone density tests ever been inaccurate? The reason I ask is the day that I took a bone density scan (2 years ago, at the age of 58), the operator of the scan kept stopping the scan and saying that it was jamming up or something of that nature. When we received the results my doctor as well as myself was surprized that my levels were high enough to diagnose me with osteoporsis. I have been doing nutrition for years, and have been an avid workout person, from weight lifting to kick boxing. I was prescribed Bonavia, but had serious gastric problems while taking it, so am now taking 1,000 m of Vitamin D daily, exercising with weight lifting twice a week, reading your information and trying to eat the correct foods, and just basically hoping for the best.
October 11, 2010, 11:39 am
I am tired of everyone telling me to have grapefruit or all these soy products. I cannot have either due to my meds. Please come up with some alternatives. Thanks.
October 2, 2010, 9:36 am
Very interesting article about Grapefruit being a deterrent for bone loss. I take generic of Synthroid for thyroid issues and have been told that grapefruit interacts with the medication. Would be wonderful if this were not so and I might add grapefruit to my list of favored fruits and veggies!
September 13, 2011, 12:05 am
I never knew that info thank you for putting that into the comments.
September 28, 2010, 8:52 am
Notmuch help to me i'm afraid. I take Warfarin and am not allowed to eat grapefruit
September 27, 2010, 3:46 pm
Grapefruit pith actually contains "good" calcium and will also get rid of "foreign/chemical" calcium. Easy to take if juiced with the fruit part (I remove the waxy peel with a potato knife).
September 26, 2010, 7:16 am
i have osteoporosis and in alot of pain i was giving foramax but never took it i take calcium, vit D, but now i have been told my good chelesterol is abit high i never had any bother with my chelesterol before any advise could it be the calcium or any other meds
September 23, 2010, 8:52 am
The problem with grapefruit is its tendency to interact with many medications to reduce or increase their effects in the body. The list of medicines affected by grapefruit or its juice continues to grow. I do, however, like the idea of eating red grapefruit.

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Not long ago I was introduced to a New York voice teacher, an ex-singer who had kind of a half-baked career and is still looking for someone to blame for it. When she found out that I worked for OPERA NEWS, she said, "Oh ... well, we all know how you get into that magazine, don't we?"
"Actually, no," I said. "How do you get into it?"
"Oh, come on — everyone knows that the singers' publicists pay for that kind of coverage."
Well, that's news to me. In the twenty-two years that I have worked for OPERA NEWS, I've witnessed many jaw-dropping incidents with people who work in the music business, but never has a publicist offered to pay to get a client into the magazine's pages. Who knows how people get these ideas about what goes on behind the scenes at our publication? If publicists paid to get their clients into the magazine, does anyone honestly think I'd still be living in a small one-bedroom apartment and planning budget trips on Expedia? But this little episode did get me to thinking about why people talk so much about music publicists, assigning them such a significant role in the way the business works.
I'll tell you something: many of them are quite insignificant. What's more, many of them are quite unnecessary.
Now, institutional publicists can do a great deal of good. Large symphony orchestras and opera companies need good P.R. and marketing people, and they can be of enormous benefit to the singers who perform with those organizations. (I'm not so sure about some of the smaller organizations: there's one group in New York that changes publicists the way I change rolls of paper towels, and it never seems to make any difference.)
But I think that every single one of my OPERA NEWS colleagues agrees with me on this point: an individual singer or a conductor has the greatest need of a publicist when the career has grown so unwieldy, so complicated by millions of details, that a publicist can act as kind of a combination of clearing house and production stage manager. A lot of singers — younger ones, especially — sign on with publicists because they are under the impression that publicists will bring them greater visibility and that greater visibility will yield more work. Back in the day when cultural departments in media outlets ran wider and deeper than they do now, and when everyone was reading the same magazines and newspapers and watching the same T.V. shows, that might have been the case. But the whole media scene has changed so dramatically. I'm not a member of the Greatest Generation, and I hate to sound like one, lecturing those darned kids on the importance of a proper work ethic. But: the best way to secure more work for yourself, to build your career, is by showing up on time for rehearsals, knowing your music, performing your heart out, not making a pest of yourself with management — in other words, doing your job. That way, you have at least a fighting chance of being re-engaged.
Whether you are a young singer or one in mid-career, a publicist really can't help you get work. If you are a young singer, what most publicists are going to do is charge an exorbitant monthly fee. Most likely you will be charged every time the publicist has lunch with someone like me for the purpose of pitching a story. One thing I think a lot of young singers don't understand is that a lot of editors and writers keep their eyes open — they can spot young talent and develop an interest in it without some paid handmaiden spoon-feeding information to them.
Now, I know that this is not always the case. There are some editors who rely heavily on publicists to supply not only the story idea, but the whole package — the writer included. I think this is a horrifying practice: at OPERA NEWS, we tend to resist the idea of the publicist recommending a writer, because we automatically assume that what we're going to get is a piece that the publicist has unduly influenced.
There are good publicists around, too — smart, seasoned pros who really know how to pitch a story and don't whine if you say no. But I'm afraid that they're outnumbered by the publicists who don't do their homework, pitch story ideas that have appeared in the magazine only a few months earlier, or alienate the editors by trying to use various forms of bullying or emotional blackmail to get their way. I'm not going to mention any names, not even the names of the good ones, because if I do, the "others" will be calling me wanting to know why their names were included, and why they thought I always liked them, and wondering what they've done to offend me and how they might make it up.
The music business is in a shambles, and it simply can't — or shouldn't — support the number of publicists who have hung out a shingle for themselves. So, especially to those struggling young artists, I would say: use that money that you were saving for a monthly P.R. commission to hit that sale at Barneys or Bloomingdales. Buy your grandmother that Three Irish Tenors CD she's seen advertised on TV. Hire someone to teach you how Wozzeck really goes.


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The S100 looks very much like the S95 except for the Ring
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thumb grip on the rear and a finger grip on the front left of the camera are
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Most of the more significant changes take place inside the
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The S100 also has a new 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor (compared
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Marc Caputo: It's easier to kill with guns than regulate them more
Florida will hit the 1 million-mark for concealed-weapon permit-holders in the coming days, a stat reported last week that received scant attention.
That wouldn't have been the case if Sandy Hook Elementary School was in what's sometimes called "the Gunshine State" instead of Connecticut.
Reporters, advocates and experts would have descended on Florida, combed through its generous gun laws and examined the line between statute and slaughter.
That's what we do as a society: We try to wring reason out of the senseless.
But we're probably not soon going to find a solution to stopping mass shootings like those that happened in Connecticut, Oregon, Wisconsin, Colorado or Florida this year.
Nor will we have a reasonable debate, either. There is too much fear, too much money, too many conflicting statistics, too much emotion and too many divisive politics and agendas at play. That doesn't mean more laws are or are not needed.
It's just that it's easier to kill with guns than regulate them more.
President Barack Obama, though, suggested on Sunday he'd try for more gun control, despite the complexities.
"Are we really prepared to say that we're powerless in the face of such carnage? That the politics are too hard?" he said in Newton, Conn. "Surely we can do better than this."
But some say calls to talk gun laws are premature.
"I hope we can take a break from the politics of shooting for a few days to mourn," Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican, wrote on Twitter the day before, summing up the sentiment of gun-rights advocates after every high-profile shooting.
One of the first to make headlines this year: a North Miami Beach funeral home shooting where alleged gangsters wounded 12 mourners and killed two in March. Weeks before, a man named George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin, a Miami Gardens teen in a case that put Florida's gun laws in the crosshairs.
Zimmerman is pleading self-defense under the state's Stand Your Ground lethal-force law, a model for other gun-happy states. As the facts emerge, it's tough to tell what happened or whether the shooting would have taken place absent Stand Your Ground.
Zimmerman is a concealed-weapon permit holder in Florida. He has company.
On Wednesday, two days before Sandy Hook, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam held a press conference to mark the 25th year of the concealed-weapon permit program.
Putnam said we'll hit the millionth-permit mark this week, making Florida a leader. Putnam noted that slightly more than 7,200 permits — only three-tenths of a percent of the permits ever issued-— have been revoked due to crime by the permit holder or changes in the law since 1987.
"Responsible use of these licenses is overwhelmingly the rule," Putnam said, according to the Florida Current.
The problem: madmen and their access to weaponry.
The U.S. has well over 310 million non-military firearms (about enough for every citizen), about a third of households own guns and polls indicate that Americans are about evenly divided on whether to regulate guns more or keep the laws as is. There's also a thriving and powerful gun lobby and industry.
And unlike other consumer items we tightly regulate, guns are enshrined in the Constitution.
Perhaps if we could start from scratch or if the framers of the Constitution knew what an AR-15 was, it would be different.
But that's not how it is.
So it's a matter of time before a future madman shoots more people at a funeral, movie or school.
Preliminary reports indicate the Sandy Hook shooter swiped the weapons from his mother. He didn't get them at a gun show (where buyers often aren't back-grounded).
How would realistic regulations have stopped him? Some have called for tighter controls on semi-automatic weapons, like the Bushmaster .223 reportedly used in the rampage. But the shooter allegedly had relatively common, semi-automatic handguns, too. Still, there's room for discussion about modern weapon technology like, say, high-volume clips or devices called "slide-fire stocks," which can make a semi-automatic rifle into a rudimentary machine gun that fires multiple rounds a second.
Yet trying to ban these weapons or devices can make them more desirable and therefore more common. And then there are the statistics.
As Florida has loosened its gun laws, the violent crime rate declined to 519 per 100,000 residents last year — a drop of 54 percent since 1989.
In that time, murders have fallen 30 percent to 985, according to state Uniform Crime Report data that also showed 70 percent of the killings happened with firearms.
Some argue the falling crime rate is coincidental to loosening gun laws and, controversially so, that the legalization of abortion has more to do with the decrease in crime across Florida as well as the rest of the nation. Others hotly dispute the notion.
Still, the rising tide of violence that gun-control advocates have warned of in Florida hasn't statistically appeared.
The data show that the chances of getting shot or killed are relatively slight in the United States or Florida.
The more people fear getting shot, the more they're likely to either buy into the call for more or less gun control.
Some entertain the notion that teachers should be armed to stop intruders. But studies indicate that schools are actually among the safest places.
And the liberal Mother Jones magazine published a study of mass shootings indicating that the notion of the armed citizen stopping gun-toting madmen is more myth than reality. There are cases, though, of law-abiding gun owners stopping criminals.
Where does all this complexity and data leave us? With a simple explanation: that the world and our nation are full of evil.
It's an inadequate answer when you think about a small New England town bearing the weight of 20 little coffins and six more adult ones during the Hanukkah and Christmas seasons.
"In the past 48 hours, I've said the phrase 'I don't know' about 1,000 times," the Rev. Richard Scinto, said Saturday during a homily at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn, according to the Associated Press.
"That not-knowing has got to be the worst part of this whole thing," he said.
Then, Sunday, someone called in a bomb threat at the church. It had to be evacuated. So the not-knowing continues. So will the murders in other places. So will the questions as we grope about for solutions that never seem to come and that are anything but simple.


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NEW YORK (MainStreet) It's a common rationalization: "I'll get the best mortgage I can now and refinance later if things change." A few years down the road, mortgage rates might be lower, or you might want to take some cash out of your home for something else. Refinancing can be a second bite of the apple.
But don't count on it. Homeowners who think refinancing will be a breeze often find the doors slammed in their faces. The mortgage you get today may be the one you're stuck with.
Despite historically low mortgage rates in the past few years, about half of mortgage holders have not refinanced, staying with older loans that cost more typically 6% or more when a refinancing could have cut the rate to below 4%, according to a survey by Fannie Mae.
The mortgage-backing company recently polled 1,327 homeowners with mortgages to find out why so many had not refinanced. Among the reasons cited by borrowers most often: not being able to reduce payments enough, feeling that closing costs were too high and not wanting to commit to additional years of payments.
Many homeowners reported they had been rejected for refinancing. Many simply did not qualify for refinancing even though they obviously had qualified for a mortgage before. Even though a new loan at a lower rate should have a lower payment, making qualifying easier, the borrower's credit rating may have slipped, or one spouse's job loss would reduce the household income below what was required.
The homeowners who had not refinanced tended to be first-time homeowners and younger than others, and they had lower incomes and less education than those who had refinanced. Many cited the costs of refinancing as a serious obstacle. And some said they were underwater owing more than their homes were worth after the housing collapse and could not come up with enough cash to pay off their existing mortgages.
The study found that homeowners are unlikely to refinance during the first six years in the home, and that the "prime time" for refinancing is from years six to 15.
Bottom line: Get a mortgage only if you can live with it for the duration. Don't count on getting a lower rate later especially as rates are more likely to go up than down over the next few years. And don't assume you'll be able to take cash out of your home. Even if rates are appealing some years from now, qualifying for a loan is never guaranteed. And you can't be sure the home will appreciate enough to provide much equity, or value in excess of any loan balance. Building equity the other way, by trimming the balance through regular payments, is a slow process.
Before getting a mortgage, get a little perspective on refinancing issues by playing with the Refinance Break-even Calculator. It will show just what the conditions would have to be to make refinancing pay. You may find some of those factors, like a significant drop in loan rates, too much to count on.
--Written by Jeff Brown for MainStreet


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Let the Liberal Pressure Begin: Union Ads Tell Dems Not to Cave on Cuts
(WASHINGTON) -- Three major unions have joined forces to air ads pressuring Democrats to reject GOP demands as party leaders negotiate a way to sidestep the dreaded "fiscal cliff."
Congress will return after Thanksgiving to hash out a mix of spending cuts and tax hikes in the hopes of averting what has also been referred to as "taxmageddon" -- a combination of the Bush tax cuts expiring and the budget "sequestration" that will enforce automatic, across-the-board cuts if Congress can't find savings and revenues elsewhere. It's the ultimatum Congress and President Obama gave themselves when they agreed to raise the federal debt limit in 2011.
With negotiations in their early phases, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers (AFSCME); the Service Employees International Union (SEIU); and the National Education Association (NEA) have teamed up to air TV and radio ads pressuring moderate Senate Democrats to reject spending cuts and focus more heavily on tax hikes.
According to AFSCME, the ads are supported by a "sizable, six-figure ad buy."
Ads like this are airing in Colorado, Missouri and Virginia. The ads target Michael Bennet and Mark Udall, D-Colo., Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Jim Webb and Mark Warner, D-Va. All five are considered moderates.
The unions are targeting four House members in three more states with radio ads: Pat Meehan, R-Pa., Mike Fitzpatrick, D-Pa., Don Young, R-Alaska and Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo.
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TORONTO - Acclaimed Montreal-based author Rawi Hage has made the short list for the $25,000 Rogers Writers' Trust of Canada Fiction Prize.
The IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner is a finalist for "Carnival" (House of Anansi Press), his latest novel since his 2008 Giller contender "Cockroach."
This year's crop of Writers' Trust fiction finalists also includes Montreal-born author Alix Ohlin for "Inside" (House of Anansi Press), which is also on the long list for the $50,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Linda Spalding, who has previously made the Writers' Trust non-fiction short list, is now a finalist for the fiction prize for her novel "The Purchase" (McClelland & Stewart).
The Writers' Trust fiction list is rounded out by renowned Edmonton-based poet and novelist Tim Bowling for "The Tinsmith" (Brindle & Glass Publishing) and Nanaimo, B.C., native Tamas Dobozy for "Siege 13" (Thomas Allen Publishers).
The prize offers $2,500 to each finalist and a total of $25,000 to the eventual winner.
This year's jury members included authors Lynn Coady, Esi Edugyan and Drew Hayden Taylor. They read 116 books from 45 publishers.
The Writers' Trust of Canada is a charitable organization founded by authors including Margaret Atwood and the late Pierre Berton.
On Wednesday, it also announced three finalists for the $10,000 Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize, recognizing new and developing writers.
They are: Kevin Hardcastle for "To Have to Wait" (The Malahat Review); Andrew Hood's "Manning" (PRISM international); and Alex Pugsley for "Crisis on Earth-X" (The Dalhousie Review).
Both prizes, along with four additional awards for a body of work, will be presented on Nov. 7 in Toronto.
Total prize money presented that night will amount to $114,000.


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Ever hear the saying "What goes around comes around?" This idea applies to the natural world, where many things go around in cycles. For example, cycles preserve a given chemical element or molecule so that it can be used again and again and not lost. Some of the most important ecosystem cycles are for carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, water, and energy. These cycles were introduced in Toxic or Not. Here we extend the idea of cycles to show how ecosystems can be sustained. We will also see that disturbing these cycles can devastate ecosystems.
Why do cycles work to sustain ecosystems? Basically, by re-cycling materials that are crucial to life these materials can be used over and over again by different animals and plants at different times. There is a limited supply of matter. So to sustain life, there have to be ways to pass the material around in the environment for reuse. The air you breath this moment may contain some oxygen molecules that were made by plants in the ocean long before land plants existed or may have been breathed by a dinosaur.
We humans have discovered recycling too. By re-cycling paper, cans, and plastic, we help to conserve our natural resources.
After completing this lesson, each student should be able to:
Introduction |
Why It Matters |
How We Find Out |
What We Know |
Story Time
Peer Curriculum |
Ecosystems Home Page |
Communication Exercises


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If so, ghost towns are more well known as such in the western half of the US. Some time ago back east, many were called abandoned villages, though that pattern seems to be changing with each passing year, with more of them in the east also being referred to as ghost towns.
Abandoned property to me, denotes a place owned (or once owned) by someone who may have died, or just ran out of funds to maintain.


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By Rebecca Welling. Walking into my first UNECE meeting on the topic of the Nexus in transboundary basins, I was a little nervous and not sure what to expect. It was the first time I attended a meeting in the UN headquarters representing IUCN Water, and on top of this I was to do a presentation on the role of Nature in the Nexus the following morning.
The two day UNECE meeting, titled the 'Task Force on Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus in transboundary basins' gathered people from these different spheres globally, including ministerial officials and NGO representatives, to map out the Task Force's plan for the next two years with the goal of completing several basin assessments on the nexus by 2015. These assessments are planned to identify intersectoral synergies and mutually beneficial solutions that can help reduce trade-offs and potential conflicts across sectors and borders, to support the decision-making processes and enhance sustainability. In other words, finding complex solutions for complex situations.
From IUCN's perspective, it was refreshing to see ecosystems included so explicitly in Nexus rhetoric, as a 'component' alongside water, food and energy. However, listening to the conversations around the table throughout the first day, I realised the importance of IUCN and other environmental organisations' presence in promoting this ecosystems component. There were some participants, who we've worked with before, Wetlands International and the Niger Basin Authority to name a few, who spoke the same language as us – that natural infrastructure underpins the three securities and is therefore critical to the nexus. But it was clear that the ecosystems component of the assessment is currently the weakest link.
With this realisation I felt compelled to promote our message and pleased to be there presenting natural infrastructure as part of the nexus. After my presentation, I had the opportunity to have some interesting one-on-one talks and participate in group discussions where I noticed more references being made to natural infrastructure and the ecosystems component. I was also approached by some participants, one from the Ministry of foreign affairs of Afghanistan, to find out more about how to incorporate natural infrastructure solutions into water resource management.
This Task Force meeting was also an opportunity to gather excellent case studies, tools, models and guidelines for our 'Nexus Dialogue on Water Infrastructure Solutions' initiative, as participants presented basin case studies and frameworks for meeting nexus challenges. These resources will certainly help to build up our online platform of nexus solutions.
The IUCN powerpoint as presented during the UNECE Task Force, can be viewed by visiting the following link on our SlideShare channel: Natural Infrastructure in the Nexus - PPT


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Kenny Reed brings his hard hitting group to Ambrosia on Saturday, March 28 from 8:00pm-11:00pm playing what can only be described as a mixture of Jazz, Funk, R&B and Blues.
Kenny came up in New York where he played with many household names in jazz. He's been a fixture of the Eugene jazz scene for years, where he plays with enthusiasm and mentors the next generation of players and listeners.
We're proud to welcome him to Ambrosia for a double dose of jazz in our "Pop-up Jazz Club" for great music, dinner, drinks and maybe even some dancing!
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PEMBROKE, N.C. – The No. 9 Georgia College baseball team (24-13, 9-8 PBC) dropped a pair of low scoring games Saturday at No. 12 UNC Pembroke (31-7, 12-7 PBC) 4-2 and 4-3.
In game one, a three-run first got UNCP off on the right foot. Josh Bagley improved to 4-2 with the 7 2/3 innings of work, allowing both runs. Lefty starter Mike Guinane (Glenview, Ill.) was the hard-luck loser, tossing a complete game with six strikeouts and two earned runs.
The Bobcats got a run in the first and the eighth, but couldn't inch any closer. The lone multi-hit performer of the game was centerfielder Patrick Daugherty (Kennesaw, Ga.), going 2-for-4 with a run. GC managed just four hits.
Game two was more of the same, as the Bobcats were handcuffed to just six safeties. UNCP starter Brad Isom (7-2) threw seven strong innings, allowing just one unearned run. Senior righty Eric Pettepher (Gordon, Ga.) took the loss (4-3), throwing six innings and allowing all four runs with six whiffs.
GC cut a 4-1 lead to 4-3 in a hurry in the eighth, as rightfielder Shawn Ward (Evans, Ga.) led off with a double and scored on catcher Richard Pirkle's (Norcross, Ga.) two-run home run to left center. The UNCP pitching staff settled down after that, however and got the final five outs without another hit.
Pirkle finished 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI and two runs. Leftfielder Josh Young (Lake Havasu City, Ariz.) added a double and a single in three trips.
The Bobcats look to salvage a win as the three-game series wraps up Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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This 280x diamond polycrystalline sharpener is a one-step tool that leaves a nicely sharpened edge. At 7-3/4" overall, it collapses to 5-3/8" to fit neatly in a pocket, and provides both a flat surface for sharpening pruners, loppers and scissors, and a half-round surface to accommodate serrated edges. A narrow groove on one face will even sharpen fishhooks.
Good value, this is an effective tool that can be used for numerous tasks.


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RALEIGH � A bill that could send women to prison for publicly going topless has been sent back to a committee in the North Carolina legislature.
The Republican-backed measure had been scheduled for a vote Tuesday in the House. Buncombe Rep. Tim Moffitt said the delay would give time for consultations with Senate lawmakers.
The bill was a response to two topless rallies in Asheville. The bill would expand the state's indecent exposure law's definition of "private parts" to explicitly include the nipple. Exposure determined to be for sexual gratification would be a felony, punishable by six months in prison.
Breastfeeding mothers are exempted.
Moffitt said he is confident the bill will come up for a vote later in the legislative session.


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Now, I'm no Samantha Brick, but I have, however, bagged myself a good deal of men in my time. (I've also romanced a fair few women, but that's another matter.) From 18 to 48, muscular to skinny; from the stupid to the smart and the rich to the poor; white men, black men, Brits, Americans, Asians and Irish; Tom, Dick and Harry have all had a slice of the Paris pie. Discrimination sucks. There's plenty of fish in the sea, and so, in my wilder years, I would always cast my nets wide. In other words, on the subject of men who sleep with trans women, I can, with some legitimacy, claim expert status.
Many of these men were dicks. Most of them, actually. I loved them all at the time, naturally, but my admiration for them was discarded routinely with the condom wrappers. My life is different now, but my retrospective opinion of these men suggests that they were, on the whole, pathetic, deceptive, selfish and cruel. Obviously, my findings do not apply to all Men Who Sleep With Trans Women, just a significant subcategory: Men Who Slept With Paris. It is from this special (and of course historical) subgroup that I shall now draw some universal truths…
Some men find some trans women highly attractive. Some of these men are perfectly well-behaved and respect their sexual partners.
Transmisogyny is widespread but this cannot be divorced from social pressure on men to conform. Many trans people – who did not transition till adulthood – should well understand that fear of social ostracism can, and does, lead to duplicitous and insensitive behaviour. Many men who desire trans women behave in exactly the same way for exactly the same reasons.
Are they fetishists though? 'Gay', 'straight' and 'bi' don't really describe sexual attraction towards trans women with penises. 'Tranny shaggers' is used, I suppose. There's an unfortunate social dynamic, 'cotton ceiling' if you will, that makes these men ashamed of such desires. As a result, they may compartmentalise, objectify and disrespect trans women. No excuse, of course, but worth noting.
I'd also suggest that not all trans women who find themselves the willing object of these attentions are themselves free of internalised transphobia.
The resulting behaviours may seem loveless. In the male 'chaser' it might be described as sleazy, perverse or fetishistic. The trans woman, as described in Blanchard's theory of autogynephilia, may only feel able to 'enact' femininity and fear the intimacy of all but anonymous sex.
Men throughout history have treated 'unacceptable' women (whether due to class, race, disability or sexual knowledge) with a similar degree of contempt. Disrespect for these women's identities and indeed their humanity is common because they are seen as 'less than women'. Misogyny, in a word.
Classifying attraction to pre/non-operative trans women as a fetish creates, I fear, a catch 22. I remember being appalled once that a friend of mine had pulled a 'chaser'. Why was this man aroused by breasts and a penis on the same body? What was wrong with him?
If we broke this cycle of fear and ridicule, these men might learn to treat trans women better. This includes, perhaps, a bit more patience and less condemnation heaped on them by trans women themselves.
But isn't pinning the locus of desire onto a certain body part a fetish by definition – even if this is widely accepted as normal? It certainly goes with Lacan and Freud's ideas about polymorphous perversion before the ego separates and absolute jouissance ends.
Should desire for the body always stem from desire for the person and not desire-for-the-body applied onto the person?
Some suggest a distinction between 'chasers' who see trans people as elements of a preconceived fantasy and those who want the person, sex-variant body included. Consider: "I fancy her because she'll be my submissive Oriental flower" versus "I fancy her because I fancy her, and part of that is her almond eyes and silky black hair". There's also, of course, a big difference between somebody saying "I don't usually find Asian men attractive" and "I don't fancy Asian men". But how about "I don't fancy brunettes" – is that acceptable?
And what about a man who wants to bed 'Daphne' because she's a woman, versus a man who has fallen for Daphne? Does it always have to be the latter?
Of course, some people just fall in love and genitals are a secondary consideration.
Either way, there should be no judgement placed on anybody's sexual attractions. So long as it is consensual and they experience pleasure, maybe even love, why should male 'chasers' be excluded from this? Surely this also applies to anyone who's turned on by a man with a vagina.
I say this as someone who has suffered some of the very worst male behaviour, ranging from violence to simple lack of tact. Behold this line from a male friend, describing our first meeting: "It was at that party, remember, I was chatting you up… then someone told me". Thanks, Lee. Make me feel special why don't you?
I don't believe in blanket bans but, still, if someone isn't attracted to certain genitalia, what can you do? Likewise if they are. Ultimately, we've all got different bits and we either like them or we don't – and other people have a right to feel that way too.
The problem, if there is one, is 'radical' feminists and other prudes in cisgender society imposing ideology on mere sexual desire. Should we define or compartmentalise sexual orientation? Describing behaviour which defies heteronormative strictures as fetishistic destroys self-esteem and propels a vicious cycle.
I can imagine a very different world where no man need ever feel ashamed to introduce the woman of his dreams to his mum, whatever her genital configuration.
If a bad girl like me can do it…


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Washington Township paramedics last week got the chance to treat one man with a litany of ailments, including a nail protruding from his face and breathing troubles.
Washington Township paramedics last week got the chance to treat one man with a litany of ailments, including a nail protruding from his face and breathing troubles.
And all township firefighters and EMTs are guaranteed to see him again.
Washington Township purchased SimMan, a life-sized dummy used for training, in 2002 for $31,600.
The fire department's new training manager, John Nichols, said SimMan has been "mothballed" for a while, but a software upgrade last week will change that.
"It makes real-world scenarios for us," he said. "In the past, training like this relied on imagination."
Previously, the township used scenarios where paramedics responded to made up situations, symptoms and problems. SimMan changes that.
"This device gives us sounds. It talks to you," Nichols said. "It adds a realm of realism without sacrificing a person."
As a core group of employees were trained on SimMan last week, they learned how to program the dummy to give them some of the same problems they see in field, such as constricted airways.
SimMan can bite down on a breathing tube, complain, stop breathing and even vomit -- in sound only, though.
The training available with SimMan allows paramedics to see his chest rise and fall while breathing, feel a pulse, get vital readings on machines and even insert a needle into a collapsed lung. When a stethoscope is put against his chest, SimMan's lungs can be heard filling with fluid.
For Nichols, the possibilities are endless.
"We can be as imaginative as we want to," he said.
"We can simulate hypothermia," Nichols said, adding the dummy can help simulate a situation that has the dive team pulling someone out of freezing water.
The dummy has attachments for broken bones, a gunshot wound and even a cut off limb to practice stopping blood flow.
"This adds reality and credibility," Nichols said. "This will really improve our skill sets."
SimMan will eventually be used monthly for training, Nichols said.
Training for the Washington Township Fire Department is a constant.
Monday through Wednesday fire training is scheduled and Thursdays see EMS training. Friday hosts specialty training and Saturdays are reserved for hydrant work.
"The organization itself mandates that (training)," Nichols said. "We set our own standards."
Training with SimMan will start at the beginning, he said.
"At first, we'll work on the basic skills," he said, listing examples such as cardiac problems and airway management. "We'll start there and then throw them some curveballs."
Along with symptoms, SimMan can also live or die in each situation, depending on how his ailments are responded to.
All actions performed on SimMan are recorded, said Rick Ritt of Laerdal, the company that sells SimMan.
The recording ability gives the chance to go back and see what was done right or wrong, he explained during last week's training.
"These are used throughout medicine," Ritt said. Last week, he used a pregnant version of SimMan to train midwives.
SimMan won't make his only home at the township training building.
Nichols said he plans to use SimMan in the back of EMT vehicles for an even more realistic training experience. SimMan could also make an appearance at the citizen fire academy.
"We can take it to other stations and work in the back of a truck," Nichols said.
"We can work with guys in the back with a scenario and work with new drivers up front. You can't drive an ambulance like you drive a car."


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A well deserved break.
I have a five day weekend this week. And I might actually have a social life in this December. Ha, take that medical school.
Very simple, very lazy.
I need skinnier jeans because I really want to try this look from Lilliebe's blog.
Good things about this day: a. buying new cute underwear and b. falling in love with a new show (How I Met Your Mother)
jeans, tee: Mango, booties: Replay, necklaces: Police and Diva
The new Starbucks cups make me want to burst into song and reenact scenes from Elf.
Two days of jeans and my colleagues already think I am going insane and/or sick. But no worries, I will be back to skirts and dresses tomorrow as I have accomplished my task: finally getting a cross-legged photo on one of the tables in the Anatomy class (and also, not freezing my toes off in the cold, cold weather.)
jeans, cardigan: Mango, booties: Replay, top: Gap, assorted necklaces: Levi's and thrift.
Song of the Day: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog - Slipping


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Review and Giveaway: Carolina Pad
Monday, March 29, 2010
I was recently sent the new set from Carolina Pad's new brand Studio C to review. It's called Spring Break and I love it (so does my daughter)!
I used to be a VERY organized person, then a few years ago, I just stopped caring. Now that I've moved, my goal is to be more organized and maintain that level of organization. There were days that I couldn't find my own daughter's birth certificate, and from the day that I received the title to my car, until recently, I didn't know where it was!
Being organized is very important for both adults and children alike - it helps relieve stress because there's not a bunch of clutter around, and if you are looking for something, you are more likely to know where it is, therefore, saving time and energy!
I've actually won a Carolina Pad prize package from another blog a few months back and this is my first actual review. I've always loved Carolina Pad products and was so excited when I was contacted for this review!
The products I received for this review were as follows:
- 2 Road Trip sprial-less notebooks - MSRP $1.75 each
- 2 Road Trip personal notebooks - MSRP $1.99 each
- 2 Road Trip two-pocket folders - MSRP $.99 each
Going along with the Road Trip theme, I've been asked to write about my favorite Road Trip or spring break memories.
Quite a few years ago, I went on a trip to Florida with my then-boyfriend. We drove from here (Maryland) all the way to Florida. We took about 4 days, I believe, because we kept stopping and seeing various sites. I really enjoyed visiting Myrtle Beach, Jacksonville, and Orlando. I also enjoyed Daytona Beach - we arrived there during Bike Week and there was so much activity! The beaches that we visited in Florida were beautiful and the water was warm! (and let's not forget the sights on the beach too!)
I've only flown once and I'd still choose driving over flying any day! There's so much more to see that way! In my opinion, road trips are the way to go!
Carolina Pad wants to give one lucky reader the same set I received above!
To enter, visit Carolina Pad, then come back here and share with us a memory you have of a spring break or of a road trip!
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This giveaway will end at noon EST on April 12, 2010.
Thanks for stopping by, and good luck!
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HOTSEAT- McKeever's run: Not on the mommy track
Any woman with a two-year-old, a three-year-old, and her own law practice might hesitate to volunteer on local boards, much less run for City Council.
Jennifer McKeever doesn't seem like "any woman." For one, what working mom describes herself as "energetic"? And when she says that "growth comes from change," she's not just talking about the latest pack of McMansions or downtown penthouses. McKeever could be talking about her own experience.
When she graduated from Western Albemarle High in 1990, the chances of her going to UVA and then on to law school seemed remote. For starters, her family lived in Greenwood– "not the fancy part"– and didn't have a lot of money. "We were on food stamps," says McKeever from her law office high atop the Citizens Commonwealth Center. "My dad said there was no money for college, no money for your wedding."
She attended Piedmont Virginia Community College while working at restaurants St. Maarten Café and the College Inn to put herself through school.
"When I was 18 or 19, I quickly got off track," she recounts. "I didn't do well at Piedmont for several semesters and really could have easily quit."
The turning point came on her 21st birthday, when she got drunk and crashed her car into a tree.
"It was the most profound event," says McKeever. "It showed the system really worked. It altered my life and changed my perspective. I later ran into the police officer who had arrested me and thanked him. I really took responsibility for a mistake I made and turned it around."
The upshot from those experiences that McKeever says she'd bring to City Council: "I understand people who struggle."
She went from a failing student to a 4.0 and a transfer to UVA. "Piedmont," she says, "made me see what was possible."
During the 1998 General Assembly, McKeever interned for state Senator Emily Couric and asked Couric about law school.
"She said she always wished she'd gone to law school," says McKeever. "I thought she didn't need it with the legislature, but she said it would help."
The near-community college drop-out got her law degree from American University in 2001– cum laude.
So while many people with small children and their own business might find their plates pretty full, McKeever chairs the Community Development Block Grant task force and sits on the boards of parks and rec and her Locust Grove neighborhood association. She's a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, and Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors.
Since she decided to run for Council, McKeever goes to city budget meetings and thinks it's fun. And in her spare time, she has a blog.
"My kids benefit because I give them a role model structured to service," explains McKeever. So does her husband, a volunteer firefighter for Albemarle County.
She believes that growing up here and then leaving and returning have given her a fresh perspective. She remembers when her father commuted on Route 250 out to Greenwood in 20 minutes and called the drive home "relaxing."
In contrast, "Recently I had to drive to an event at Farmington, and it was not fun because of the traffic. People aren't going to get that sort of experience... the peace" that her father did. She compares local traffic to Northern Virginia's, where a trip to the grocery three miles away takes an hour.
McKeever calls it "shameful" that people who grew up in this area can't afford to live here now. "I want to make this place great for all residents," she says. "I love Charlottesville."
She'll find out whether she's destined for City Council at the convention June 2, when the Dems winnow five candidates down to three.
Age: 35
Why here? Grew up here
What's worst about living here? Affordability
Favorite hangout? Downtown
Most overrated virtue? Obedience
People would be surprised to know: I watch General Hospital regularly (as time permits).
What would you change about yourself? I would exercise more.
Proudest accomplishment? Overcoming personal defeat to graduate from law school and pass the Virginia State Bar
People find most annoying about you: Optimism
Whom do you admire? Lance Armstrong, Barack Obama
Favorite book? Cold Sassy Tree, Big Stone Gap
Subject that causes you to rant? The war in Iraq
Biggest 21st-century thrill? Treo
Biggest 21st-century creep out? National Security Agency (NSA) letters
What do you drive? '98 Honda Civic
In your car CD player right now: Nancy Griffith
Next journey? Sandbridge Beach
Most trouble you've ever gotten in? Let's just say I was convicted on my 21st birthday, and I learned a valuable lesson.
Regret: Didn't buy a house in the '90s.
Favorite comfort food: Chocolate
Always in your refrigerator: Milk
Must-see TV: The Office (and General Hospital)
Favorite cartoon: Baby Blues/Zits (tie)
Describe a perfect day. Walk to City Market with family, brunch downtown, nap, a delicious dinner with friends and family in our backyard
Walter Mitty fantasy: My dad, my cousin, Michael, and I (with our families) tour the country's baseball stadiums as we travel cross-country one summer.
Who'd play you in the movie? Andie McDowell or Julia Louis Dreyfuss (because of the hair). Anytime between 1991-1993.
Best advice you ever got? You can do it.
Favorite bumper sticker? Jennifer McKeever Charlottesville City Council
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