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The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and outstretched arm. (Deuteronomy 26:8)
When we read the story of Jesus temptation in the wilderness, we may put brackets around it in our minds, thinking its not all that relevant to our own lives. After all, were not Gods divine Son. Sure, we may hunger for food, power, and recognition, but we arent about to turn stones to bread or throw ourselves off the roof to see if angels will catch us.
But Gods people have always had to face one fundamental temptation: forgetting the Lord and all the ways he has blessed us. The trouble is, when we forget our past, we tend to think that were alone in the present, that God isnt with us to help us and guide us.
Because Jesus never forgot his peoples history, he was able to resist the devils temptation. He knew that the God who fed Israel in the desert would not let his Son starve. No, his Father would take care of him in exactly the right way at exactly the right time.
In todays first reading, Moses exhorts the people to remember their history and to offer God their first fruits in gratitude. Each year at the beginning of the harvest, they were to recount their story and insert themselves personally into that story: God made us his own people, he delivered us from slavery, he fed us in the desert, he enabled us to defeat our enemies and settle in the Promised Land.
This is the kind of remembering that we do every time we celebrate the Eucharist. We remember Jesus love for us. We remember his teachings, his miracles, and his compassion. We remember his death and resurrection. We remember our own redemption. And as we remember, these events come alive again. We find new grace to resist temptation and continue our journey in faith. So remember the Lord today at Mass. Remember your heritage as an honored, beloved child of God.
Father, may I never forget your many blessings. Come, Lord, and fill my heart with praise and gratitude.
Psalm 91:1-2, 10-15; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13
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1. In the first reading, Moses reminds the people of all that God has done for them by setting them free from slavery to the Egyptians. He also instructs the people (and the priests) to express their gratefulness and thanks to God by offering him their first fruits. Each of us has been set free from slavery to sin, through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. What are some first fruits you can offer to God out of gratefulness to Him for this wonderful work. What are some gift(s) God has given you that he may be asking you to use for him now?
2. The Responsorial Psalm calls God our refuge and fortress, that is, the source of our comfort and strength. Where do you turn for comfort and strength? In light of the many promises of the Lord in this Psalm, how can you overcome the obstacles that keep you from seeking your comfort and strength from the Lord?
3. In the second reading, what does St. Paul say is required to be saved? In what ways do you agree or disagree with this?
4. The second reading also says that in Christ all distinctions between people, whether Jew or Greek, have been abolished. Considering that we will all be together in heaven one day, what are the prejudices in your life God might be asking you to eliminate?
5. In the Gospel reading, how would you summarize the temptations of the devil towards Jesus in the desert? How would you relate them to the ways the devil tries to tempt you? In the Gospel, Jesus quotes the truths of Scripture, the Word of God, to respond to the lies and temptations of the devil. How often do you read Scripture on your own now? How often do you use Scriptures (the Sword of the Spirit) as a weapon against the devils temptations? What are some steps you can take during Lent that will allow you to read and meditate on Scripture more regularly?
6. The meditation reminds us that Gods people have always had to face one fundamental temptation: forgetting the Lord and all the ways he has blessed us. The trouble is, when we forget our past, we tend to think that were alone in the present, that God isnt with us to help us and guide us. Take some time to read and reflect on the words of the last paragraph in the meditation. What steps can you take during Lent to better remember at Mass what the Lord has done for you, and to allow these truths to come alive in a greater way in your life?.
7. Take some time now to pray and ask for the grace to always remember how the Lord has blessed your life, no matter what difficulties you have faced, or may have to face. Use the prayer at the end of the meditation as a starting point.


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Xzibit took to his Twitter recently, claiming, "Planking is THE dumbest sh*t ever. Planking was a way to transport slaves on ships during the slave trade, its not funny. Educate yourselves."
The rapper adds, "Dont get it twisted. I care less where your dumb asses lay face down and take pictures of the sh*t, I'm just telling you where it came from."
It's all probably news to Katy Perry, Demi Moore, Rosario Dawson (above), Chris Brown, and Justin Bieber -- who have ALL posted pics of themselves online ... looking board.
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UPDATE: Xzibit just tweeted re: TMZ: "Wow. They are trying to make me the Al Sharpton of planking. #news?"
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Hitler scratched his ass Stalin scratched his ass Mao scratched his ass Scratching your ass means that you are a murderous dictator.
He is correct that they used this positioning during slave transport but it included the wrists being shackled to the waist and usually multiple layers. I've seen Wil E. Coyote and Tom from Tom and Jerry use this gag positioning in cartoons but I never heard anyone cry "RACISM" for those planksters. Just stop crippling yourself with these victimizations and get on with your lives people.
Who cares if it's racist! People should care more about the fact that this is the dumbest thing in the recorded history of man!
I am sure everything is offensive if we really research it. LIGHTEN UP!!!!
I guess sleeping on your stomach is racist too...
Xzibit may be right about where the term came from so many years ago however, there are no racial motives for the people now doing it all over the world. The goofy activity called "planking" started in Europe. The impression I get is that the idea is to be able to do it it really unusual places.


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One of the biggest trouble spots for travelers is the topic of money — how to spend wisely on vacation, what to do in foreign countries, how much, what credit cards and much more.
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Welcome to the 31st Game Day Fire Drill, for this, Calgary's 79th game of the season on April 6, 2009.
Calgary caught a hell of a break over the weekend. Vancouver played two weaksauce teams, Edmonton and Colorado (not that the Flames could beat either right now) and instead of getting SOME points and recapturing the division lead, they got NO points and actually fell behind the Flames on a tiebreaker.
So what this basically means is that if the Flames win the next two games, starting with tonight against the Kings and then tomorrow night against the Canucks, they win the division. Hooray! Woo hoo! *confetti* *parade*
Except once again the Flames will not have the cap space to ice a complete team (they'll probably skate 10 forwards again), and will still be relying heavily upon three rookie defensemen. Great news. Not for Calgary, of course, but someone out there (we'll assume it's most of the province of British Columbia) has to be stoked for this turn of events.
Extenuating circumstances or not, it's important to keep in mind that this REMARKABLY poor cap management is going to essentially cost the Flames a division title, and maybe even home ice in the first round. So when Calgary gets bounced by Chicago in five games come playoff time, the man upon whom we should be heaping blame is Darryl Sutter, and not Mike Keenan, Dion Phaneuf or Miikka Kiprusoff, regardless of how poorly they coach, defend or keep pucks out of the net, respectively.
Because right now, we're supporting a team that, due to cap constraints, cannot skate 18 players. And with two back-to-backs left, that's going to translate to tired legs and lots of goals against.
(Sorry guys, it's another early one due to work-related issues 🙁 .)
The Calgary Flames (44-28-6 for 94 points. Tied for third in the West, tied for first in the Northwest) and the Los Angeles Kings (32-35-11 for 75 points. Thirteenth in the West, fourth in the Pacific).
7:30 p.m. Mountain time and 9:30 p.m. Eastern time. All other time zones should watch this goal by Grafite and wonder what type of clowncar Phaneuf-like defending the opponents were attempting.
Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta
Calgary is 25-10-4 at home this year, but haven't played good hockey in close to three weeks. The Kings are a poor 15-20-3 on the road and haven't beaten a playoff team since March 19.
What (to hate about the Kings):
Jarret Stoll and Matt Greene — Both former Oilers, both playing fairly well for the Kings this year. The first is enough to get me to dislike them from the get-go. The second isn't helping matters very much.
Brian Boyle — He had two goals the other night, but let me tell you about the real reason I will always hate this kid. When he played his college hockey at Boston College, he was a monster against my old school, UMass Lowell. When I say a monster, I don't mean like a point a game or an important game-winning goal here or there. I mean he absolutely beat the hell out of Lowell every time he played them. If I'm remembering correctly, he scored 16-3-19 in 13 career games against Lowell. Something like that. One game he played, BC beat Lowell in overtime, 4-3. and he had ALL FOUR BC GOALS. God I hate Brian Boyle.
Jonathan Quick and Erik Ersberg — Here's the problem with these guys: they're goalies for the LA Kings, and they're both actually pretty good. This is an unwelcome departure from the last six or seven years when LA's goalies were guys along the lines of Jason LaBarbera (lol Canucks), Mathieu Garon (lol Penguins), Sean Burke (lol retirement), and Dan Cloutier (lol Quebec beer league team).
Calgary has to play them in a back-to-back — That never ends well.
Because it's the stretch run now! Enjoy the game and shout about how excited you are in the comments section.


text: March Forecast: Frozen Lions March 3, 2014 10:06 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Ben Potter AgWeb Social Media and Innovation Editor Email For once, conventional wisdom was spot-on: March weather started with a roar. Winter storm Titan barreled across the country on March 1-2, dropping snow, cancelling flights, slicking roadways and leaving behind subzero temperatures in its wake. It was the 20th named storm of the winter. (For those keeping track, 27 storms last winter were strong enough to warrant a name.) What's expected to follow is cooler-than-normal temperatures for the eastern two-thirds of the country, according to The Weather Channel storm specialist Greg Postel. "It's essentially an extension of what we've seen so much this winter, the warm in the west and the cold in the east," he says. Heightened thunderstorm activity in the South Pacific is actually the driving force behind these weather patterns, Postel explains. "You can think of this area of enhanced thunderstorm activity as a bubble of heat, sending out kind of a wave train, like throwing a rock in a stream," he says. "And this area of thunderstorm activity has been relatively immobile this winter, so it's set this pattern over North America." Because the area of South Pacific thunderstorms don't show a lot of signs of moving, Postel says the spring 2014 forecast will mimic what is expected for march – cooler weather in the east, warmer weather in the west. "March is really loading us up to a cold start to spring," he says. Back to news


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Imagine a hurricane has hit the New Bern area, producing tornados, damaging winds, power outages and flooding. The last thing anyone wants to worry about is a loved one who is hospitalized or being unable to seek medical attention.
Imagine a hurricane has hit the New Bern area, producing tornados, damaging winds, power outages and flooding. The last thing anyone wants to worry about is a loved one who is hospitalized or being unable to seek medical attention.
The team at CarolinaEast Medical Center tries to have every base covered, every situation planned for and can remain open despite any disaster.
If disaster were to strike, CarolinaEast goes in to �island mode� explained Megan McGarvey, the hospital�s director of public relations. At any time the hospital is prepared to be independently powered, its patients fed, hydrated and kept medicated for at least 96 hours.
To keep the power running, the hospital is equipped with four diesel-fueled generators that are programed to switch on as soon as power goes out, explained Neil Church, the lead electrician for CarolinaEast. The generators are able to keep the hospital running at 100 percent for five days, or at 50 percent for 10 days, if needed. And to make sure the generators have plenty of fuel nearby, a mistake other hospitals have made in the past, CarolinaEast keeps 41,000 gallons of fuel on site, and has a tanker truck with 7,700 gallons on standby.
�Within 10 seconds of the power going out, the whole hospital will be at full strength,� Church said. �People may only notice a small blink. (The generators) are able to provide enough power for 147 homes.�
The hospital�s generators not only provide for them in case of emergency, but also assist the City of New Bern electric utility by pulling the hospitals usage off of the cities� and giving them the extra capacity to serve the community, explained Leslie Allen, the vice president facilities and safety. For example, during the recent winter weather, the hospital was able to use the generators to help reduce the load on New Bern�s electricity, as the hospital is one of the cities� largest power consumers.
To make sure there are no complications at a critical time, the facilities maintenance staff performs weekly preventative maintenance on the generators, running them for 40 minutes per month and having them completely serviced annually.
Although the hospital has had to switch to generator power a few times since its beginning, such as during Hurricane Bonnie in 1998 and the tornados in 2011, it can claim the distinction of never having to close in its more than 50 years of operation.
The hospital must maintain at least a four-day supply of food and water at all times, and since electricity will keep refrigeration going, it should not be an issues, according to McGarvey. If the hospital is unable to get clean water, they have contracts to bring in trucks of water, and if ever in dire straits, they could use the well on site.
If the hospital knew of an impending disaster, staff would begin to prepare by stockpiling food, water, medication and clean linens, explained Allen. The hospital would go into island mode before the power went out.
During the disaster, all of the hospital�s staff would be called in and need to be prepared to stay at the hospital for as long as needed, Allen explained. The hospital is equipped with 100 cots and would create living spaces for the staff.
All of the staff at CarolinaEast are required to go through disaster preparedness training as part of their orientation, and there are disaster simulation drills held at least twice a year, explained Tom Cuthrell, the hospital�s safety officer.
The internal components are not the only part of the hospital ready for anything. The hospital�s preparedness goes all the way down to the bricks and mortar.
The hospital uses a �defend in place� strategy when it comes to potential disasters, Allen explained. All of the walls are made of cement and steel, and the hospital has fire doors. If a section of the hospital is on fire or there is a hazardous condition like a gas leak, the patients are evacuated � and the area is sectioned off.
Before the fire department arrives, which is only about three or four minutes, the crew from maintenance is trained to respond and will be there to squelch the situation, Allen explained.
The windows of the hospital can withstand winds of 130 mph, and if directly hit by a flying projectile, the windows are made to be shatterproof. The roof of the hospital is also built to withstand winds of 130 mph without being lifted, according to Eddie Smyer, the manager of facilities services.
The roof was improved after Hurricane Irene, Smyer explained.
The team at CarolinaEast is always looking at other hospital�s response during catastrophe as a learning tool to improve on their own preparedness, and they are always upgrading, according to Church.
�We never want to be a lesson for anyone else,� McGarvey said.
�No matter what, the hospital is going to stand and do well,� Allen said. �We prepare for the worst and hope for the best.�
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A simple welcome mat and a mailbox bearing your name just won't cut it. Making your home's entryway both hospitable and a clear statement of who lives inside means starting at the walkway or even the curb, proceeding to the porch, carrying through the front door and continuing all the way into the foyer.
This movement from public toward private space prepares visitors, albeit subconsciously, for who and what to expect inside. So, how do you manage those expectations?
When planning your front yard, start with the walkway, says Mary-Anne Schmitz of Gardening by Design (gardeningbydesign.ca). Making it wide enough to allow two people to walk side by side (meaning 4½ to six feet) makes visitors feel welcome.
"If you have a small yard, remove some of the grass for a wider walkway and add more flower beds to soften the landscape," says Schmitz.
She suggests using an extension cord on the grass to design a walkway with an interesting shape.
For plantings, Schmitz lets a home's interior guide the exterior. "If I see a lot of decorations inside a client's home, then I know they'll like the cottage look outside: not too much pavement and lots of different coloured plants."
Have you recently moved into a new, leafless subdivision? Start by adding something permanent such as perennial flowers to the front yard: beautifying that semi-public space will increase your sense of rootedness in your new community.
Good lighting adds nighttime drama to plantings and the rest of a home's exterior while making it easier to navigate entranceways.
Front porches let homeowners engage with the neighbourhood while retaining a sense of privacy.
Ottawa architect Jane Thompson has seen the popularity of porches spike for both custom-built and renovated homes.
"A house looks very stark if there's no transition between the street and the inside," she says.
Whether rambling and traditional or sleek and modern, she says a porch's roofline helps draw the eye to the front door beneath it. "If you have a hip or a low roof, then you could have a gable roof for the porch with some nice detail on its front."
Making the columns that support that roof wider than they need to be makes the entire porch appear more substantial.
Roofed front porches are showing up regularly in production homes, as well.
That change from the flat-faced suburban homes of the mid-20th century is partly just design evolution, says Catherine Shea, Min-to Communities' vice-president of marketing and sales.
"Today's homes have more dimensions like peaks and rooflines. They're designed with more attention to the streetscape."
Porches also respond to a homeowner's wish to live more in their front yard, she says.
In fact, City of Ottawa guidelines on low-rise infill housing issued last year encourage architectural details such as porches that "promote street-oriented interaction."
John Liptak of OakWood Renovation Experts (oakwood.ca), which won an award for a front entryway at the 2012 Housing Design Awards, says neighbourhoods often have unique porch styles. The Glebe, for example, favours traditional brick columns topped with fluted wood columns that support the overhang.
"We do a lot of porches in the $40,000 to $50,000 range," he says. Starting price for a front porch is around $15,000, and they can run over $60,000.
Porches are easy to dress up. A runner beckons visitors more than a simple mat. Chimes (Ritchie Feed & Seed has a good selection) induce a sense of peace. A pot of annual flowers adds inexpensive, summer-long colour to even a plain porch.
"Sometimes you walk up to a house and you don't even have any idea where to enter," says Chuck Mills of Chuck Mills Residential Design & Development (cmillsdesign.com).
He means it literally: He once revamped a cottage with two front doors, one to the left and one to the right, with no indication of which was actually the entrance. It wound up high on his fix-it list.
Doors - traditional or modern; steel, fibreglass or wood; with frosted, stained or clear glass - not only signal a home's entry point, but are also what a visitor looks at while waiting for you to answer the doorbell. They create an image of who you are.
So they merit attention. New homes usually have acceptable entry doors, certainly better than the nondescript slabs that buyers got in the 1950s and '60s.
If you want to replace a door with a new steel or fibreglass one, expect to pay $800 to $1,000 including installation, says Liptak. Solid wood doors including high-end hardware run $3,000 and more. Steel and fibreglass doors, available in multiple styles, are about equal in durability and insulating value. Fibreglass doors often have an imitation wood grain pattern.
Wood doors need maintenance, like an occasional coat of sealer to protect them from moisture. They can dry and split if exposed to intense sunlight for long periods.
Give punch to a door and pique visitors' curiosity about who they'll meet inside by picking a vibrant colour such as bold burnt orange or rich purple that contrasts with the rest of your home. Just remember that colours look less intense outdoors than indoors, according to the helpful door-painting guide at homehardware.ca. Foyer
Although inside the home, the foyer is still part of the entranceway, the final step in the public-to-private transition. It needs to be separate from, yet part of, the rest of the interior.
If you have a very small foyer with two doors - a feature typical of older Westboro homes, for example - remove the inner door, says Mills. What you'll lose in energy efficiency in the winter you'll make up for in natural light and a sense of roominess.
Susan Phillips of Spotlight on Decor (spotlightondecor.com) suggests painting a small foyer in a light colour such as pale green or cream that matches a piece of furniture or an accessory elsewhere in the house but is different from the home's other walls.
"That defines the foyer but still links it a bit to the rest of the house," she says.
Larger areas can be painted in two complementary colours with one of them matching paint in the living room or even a bedroom. A chandelier - Phillips likes inexpensive but eye-catching ones from thrift and big-box stores - also works well in the foyer.
Getting you and visitors safely and pleasantly from the outside to the inside of your home is No. 1 when it comes to exterior lighting.
That means at least a well-lit walkway and front entrance. Visitors shouldn't have to ask themselves, "Where do I enter?" says Bruce Morton of Ottawa Landscape Lighting (ottawalandscapelighting.com).
He suggests moving beyond the purely utilitarian by adding, for example, some simple lighting to show off your landscaping or the elevation of your home.
A basic package of eight to 10 lights, including installation and automatic controls, would get all that done for about $2,500 to $3,500. After that, you can go nuts with up-lit and down-lit trees, silhouetting and more.
A common mistake, says Morton, is random lighting scattered in front of the house that fails to tie landscape and home into one. "You'd be better to concentrate on just one area and do a really nice job."
If you're into DIY, Ottawa's Del-phiTech (delphitech.com) sells low-voltage exterior LED lighting systems that plug into an outlet so you don't need an electrician. The company provides design services, too.
Resources for lighting and all things entranceway-related:
landscape-america.com/ landscapes/lighting/outdoor_ lighting.html
Planting and walkways
Climate change demands drought-tolerant plants. For ideas, visit the City of Ottawa site ottawa.ca/en/residents/water-and-environment/lawn-and-garden/ten-low-maintenance-perennials.
For walkways, Lee Valley Tools carries Patios & Walkways by Peter Jeswald ($14.95). It includes detailed instructions on design, materials and construction methods. This book and others also available at Chapters.
Publishers love this subject, from practical DIY guides on design and construction to Thomas Durant Visser's leisurely historical tome, Porches of North America. Chapters has a decent selection. Check with the City of Ottawa about permits before building.
Consumer Reports has detailed information on door types including pros and cons: consumerreports. org/cro/entry-doors/buying-guide.htm.
For help in choosing a colour, visit homehardware.ca/Documents/ home-projects/diy/spring-2013/ Bev_BT_DoorColours_dps_Eng. pdf.
For a visual cavalcade of ideas, visit houzz.com and houseandhome.com.


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The class is used by the instructor to organize students and student submissions into groups. A single class may be used for multiple courses, but is typically not recommended due to the additional challenges this can create in organization. A class and its assignments are fully available to the instructor between the date of the class creation and the selected expiration date. Once a class has expired, the information and assignments in the class are viewable, but no new submissions or assignments may be made. The instructor is capable of extending the expired class to reactivate it.
New classes should be created each semester or school year when a new group of students is in a course. Assignments can be easily imported to a new class using the directions under the Libraries section of this user guide. This allows users to easily add assignment sets in a new course.
1. Click the Add Class button on your instructor homepage
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Note: Your class name should be between 2 and 300 characters long
Note: You should not share your enrollment key publicly outside of your institution. With a Class ID and key anyone, at any institution, will be able to join your class.
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oasis wrote:Unfortunately, I would say the Pats and broncos are the only offenses in my opinion that can beat our D handily. Our D is designed with big DB's to overpower the downfield threats of the NFL. But with teams that specialize in short-game efficiency, I feel they can pick us apart. Remember the preseason game when Peyton Manning had those drives where he was able to move downfield at will? It's the same concept.
Therefore, I would say
-we are heavy underdogs next week, even at home
-the only way we can beat them is in either a shootout, or in playing "keep-away" or whatever you call it when we try to keep the ball away...
Totally disagree. The Pat's offense is the same spread offense that the Packers run, with similar amazing QB's.
Our DB's are the EXACT TYPE of DB's you want to stop the spread attack of the Patriots. Spread offenses are predicated on timing and mismatches. Our defense is perfect for disrupting spread offenses. On top of that we have the best run defense in the league, so everyone peeing all over the Pats new found run game can forget that nonsense on Sunday.
This game will be lost or won with our offense scoring. If we lose, it'll be a 10-3 or 16-10 type score where once again we couldn't generate enough offense.


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Five Things Your Co-Worker Won't Tell You
Many Americans point to co-workers as main source of workplace stress. MarketWatch's Jim Jelter discusses five things your co-worker won't admit. (Photo: Getty Images)
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
I ... I ... if you have a job you probably know a thing or two about stress and for lots of this is coming from our co workers ... by Amgen Jelter MarketWatch ... it was callings clearly a major reason so many folks they going to work ... the topic seemed like a ripe target for MarketWatch's ten Things call ... what can it fight for Sunderland are ... five things your coworkers will tell ... number one ... none of your colleagues you can tell you that they are the most stressful part of your day ... but here is an alarming statistic according to the Harris interactive poll conducted for Everest College ... eighty three percent of American workers claim to be stressed out at work ... that's up ten percent from a year ago ... but here's the kicker ... one in ten workers say it's not the workload for the boss that striving in knots ... it's their co-workers ... and the causes of stress covers a broad spectrum of behavior ... from the over talkative and Godspeed to the downright dangerous ... and what's more ... most of the offenders get away with it which can be an expensive mistake ... according to the Journal biking Pichon one environmental medicine ... employees coping with high stress levels spend nearly fifty percent more on health care and sheer number to ... know their officemates will ever tell you ... it's mindful that can squeeze in your skinny jeans ... but that's not a book is complete ... everyone knows co workers who tried in baskets of food cupcakes and duties to celebrate all flights laments ... with this promotions upcoming vacations unit ... all of these extra munchies really hard on people trying to lose weight ... more than forty percent workers claim that day anyway ... since starting the current job ... and seventeen percent when workplace celebrations ... for packing on the pounds ... number three ... another thing you'll never hear it calling tell you is that the intended boy ... yet one in three employees Clinton been a victim of on the job bullet ... for a six many ships ... that can be horrible abuse intimidation or outright sabotage ... some of its inadvertent what the colleges says Norman teasing people but just isn't awarded run walk ... and some of it is deliberately harmed ... as with anyone creating a more stressful work environment bullish of being called out and stopped ... before the bad vibes at school ... which once again to health implications and lead to lawsuits ... number four ... you probably Nigam and her colleagues say ... sleeping with the blocks ... despite all the warnings about office romances ... this is still fairly common ... the survey this year by CareerBuilder dot com found that nearly four in ten workers ... say they did a colleague at some point during the quarter ... sixteen percent admit they did lots ... this isn't always a terrible ... about thirty percent of office for TIPS Resort in marriage ... but it can also have nasty consequences for your career if it doesn't work out ... at a concert was stressed out working relationships ... with the rest of the office and number five ... I didn't hear anyone say I think you because you make more than me ... even if that's a frequent cause of conflict ... and here's out please app according to the National Bureau of Economic Research ... employees to point out the college's get paid more than they are for similar work ... report significantly more job satisfaction ... they're also more likely to look for a job elsewhere ... on the other hand this might be changing ... last or dot com reports that fifteen percent of workers especially millennials ... actually are willing to share their salary information with the Collins ... the same goes for folks who live out what's ... were office to like about how much and it ... is much more common than for example ... in Sao ...


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Pamela Redmond Satran demonstrates "How Not to Act Old"... funny. Craig Chilton says you can make buck delivering vehicles...800-247-6553. Then, the guy who hits and kills a biker still has his license. Why? Spirited. And, when it comes to traffic, are less rules safer than more?
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Milan: Malaga retained their unbeaten record in the Champions League as a 1-1 draw with AC Milan at San Siro was enough to confirm their progression to the Round of 16.
A win would have ensured progression from Group C for Manuel Pellegrini`s men and that was certainly on the cards when Eliseu fired them ahead five minutes before half-time.
The second half brought a change in ethos from the visitors as they looked to defend their one-goal advantage. However, they were eventually beaten when Alexandre Pato headed in an equaliser in the 73rd minute but there was to be no winning goal for either side as the points were shared.
With both teams keen to push forward, it made for an extremely open start to the game in which possession was given away far too cheaply in midfield, stopping either side from getting into any sort of rhythm.
After Eliseu failed to beat Christian Abbiati with an absurdly ambitious chip, Milan began to take hold of the game and push their opponents back.
With 19 minutes on the clock, they tested the away keeper for the first time as Bojan showed fantastic feet to wriggle between a number of Malaga shirts out on the right. Having then cut in side to create the space, he lashed an effort on goal that, despite taking a deflection, was parried aside by the stretching Willy Caballero.
The keeper then produced another inspired save as he tipped Urby Emanuelson`s precise 20-yard free-kick wide. The Dutchman`s effort looked destined for the top corner but Caballero had other ideas, diving to his right and getting the slightest of touches to prevent a certain goal.
The Andalusians were largely restricted to playing on the counter-attack but they still looked dangerous when Joaquin, Eliseu and Isco linked up intricately.
It was one such combination that saw Malaga strike first, five minutes before half-time. Isco shifted the ball away from Nigel de Jong before threading a diagonal ball to put Eliseu in behind. The Portuguese struck the ball first time and found the bottom corner with Abbiati rooted.
Massimiliano Allegri`s side came out for the second half with much more urgency and forged a decent opportunity soon after the restart. Bojan fed Emanuelson at the edge of the box but his shot was tame and rolled comfortably into the hands of Caballero.
The visitors then began to display why they have been so difficult to score against as they put two solid lines behind the ball and squeezed the space available to the Diavolo.
But as they began to sit deeper and deeper, the pressure became too much and they conceded for the first time in the tournament. Kevin Constant exposed Joaquin`s defensive frailties as he charged to the line and swung in a deep cross which Pato nodded in at the back post.
Kevin-Prince Boateng came closest to netting a decisive goal moments later but he, like many of his team-mates, was thwarted by Caballero.
The draw puts Malaga in the hat for the next round, while second-placed Milan travel to Brussels in a fortnight to face Anderlecht in a must-win fixture.


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All you need to know – A heartbeat away!
The number of elderly people and nowadays young people developing heart failure is increasing. Before we look at what leads to heart failure, it's necessary for us to understand what exactly heart failure is. The general notion is heart failure means that the heart has stopped working or will eventually stop working.
Heart failure is a condition in which a weakened heart is unable to pump the normal amount of blood carrying oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. Heart failure cannot be termed as a disease but is a chronic syndrome that generally develops slowly.
If the heart failure is mild, it may not significantly affect a person's lifestyle and day-to-day living. On the other hand, severe heart failure can affect a person's every move and can be fatal. Thus the severity can range from a very mild heart failure to a severe heart failure.
Treatment is essential in all types of heart failure. It can help significantly and, in most non-severe cases, can allow the person to enjoy a normal and full life. Medication can also significantly help those suffering with severe heart failure to improve their day-to-day living and live longer. Although Heart Failure, like other heart ailments, has been acquiring epidemic proportions in India in the recent past, it has not received adequate public attention.
1. The prevalence of heart failure increases with the age from less than 1 per cent in the 20-39 yr. old age group to over 20 per cent in the people age 80 yr. or older
2. The life time risk of developing heart failure is estimated at about 20 per cent both men and women
3. The lifetime risk of developing HF at the age of 40 yrs. is 11.4 per cent for men and 15.4 per cent for women.
More than 500,000 new cases are diagnosed each year
4. Around 30 to 40 per cent of patients die from heart failure within 1 year after receiving the diagnosis.
Signs and symptoms
Many people with heart failure remain undiagnosed because their symptoms are often overlooked, ignored, or attributed to aging and in today's times often attributed to excess stress. The symptoms result from the inability of the heart to pump blood around the body efficiently and the result could affect the patient's left side, right side, or even both sides of the body. Symptoms depend on which side is affected and the severity of the heart failure. In the early stages, Heart Failure may not have any symptoms, however, in later stages it will become severe. It's important to be aware of the symptoms to take adequate medical treatment at the onset of this condition itself.
The most common symptoms are difficulty in breathing, chronic cough, loss of appetite, fatigue, rapid or irregular heartbeat, mental confusion or impaired thinking, cyanosis (blue color of skin), low blood pressure (hypotension), cold sweating and gradual loss of consciousness etc.
In addition to the above symptoms, a physician may detect signs of Congestive Heart Failure, which may include an abnormal heart murmur caused by valve-related disorder, a crackling sound of fluid in the lungs caused by pulmonary congestion, a rapid heartbeat (tachycardia) or abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmias), swelling and fluid retention in the liver or the gastrointestinal tract, enlargement of the heart (hypertrophy) and liver malfunction.
Seriousness of the condition
Seriousness of a heart failure depends on how severe the condition is. When a weakened heart can't pump enough blood throughout the body, it leads to reduced quality of life, frequent hospitalization and high mortality. Heart failure may occur for a number of different reasons:
1. Chronic high blood pressure- When the blood pressure is very high, the heart has to work much harder to pump blood through the arteries. This results in enlargement of the heart, especially the left ventricle, which is the heart's main pumping chamber, making it less efficient.
2. Coronary artery disease- The buildup of cholesterol and fatty substances or plaque on the walls of the arteries may decrease the blood supply to the heart muscle to do its work.
3. A previous heart attack- the heart muscle may have lost its strength or weakened because of a previous heart attack. During a heart attack, the heart muscle is deprived of oxygen, resulting in tissue death and scarring. The development of heart failure depends on the extent and location of the scarring.
4. Diseased heart valves- A narrowed or leaking heart valve fails to direct blood flow properly through the heart. The problem may be something you were born with, an inherited condition, or the result of an infection.
5. Irregular heart rate- medically known as cardiac arrhythmia, irregular heart rates can lead to heart failure, but they usually have to be severe and last a long time. They change the pattern of filling and pumping of blood from the heart.
6. Cardiomyopathy- Disease of the heart muscle itself can lead to heart failure. Causes of cardiomyopathy include infection, alcohol abuse, cocaine abuse, and family predisposition.
Diagnosis & treatment options for heart failure
Heart Failure usually can't be cured, but thanks to advances in technology and drug discovery, it can be effectively managed and patients' quality of life improved. Coupled with appropriate lifestyle changes, the relentless progression of the disease can even be arrested. Hence the importance of early diagnosis and treatment. The doctor may arrange for tests that include a chest x-ray, blood and urine tests, an electrocardiogram, a painless test where small sticky patches connected with wires to a computer are placed on your chest. The computer records the information from your heart.
In addition, the doctor may conduct an echocardiogram, which simply involves moving a probe across the chest. Doctors can see how well the heart is pumping, can assess if the valves are working, the thickness of the wall of the heart, and the size of the chamber.
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is considered to be one of the effective forms of treatment for heart failure that uses an implantable device to improve the pumping efficiency of the heart. In healthy people, the four chambers of the heart contract in synchrony to move blood through the body (people experience this as their heartbeat). In many patients who have heart failure, the electrical impulses that coordinate the contractions of the heart's chambers may be impaired. As a result, in up to 30 percent of people who have advanced heart failure – or 10 percent of all people with heart failure – the two lower chambers (ventricles) no longer contract at the same time. This may worsen the symptoms of the disease. In cardiac resynchronization therapy, a stopwatch-sized device is implanted in the upper chest in an attempt to resynchronize the contractions of the ventricles by sending tiny electrical impulses to the heart muscle. For those patients with heart failure who have electrical conduction problems of the heart, resynchronization therapy improves the flow of blood from the heart throughout the body, which may result in reducing symptoms, reduced hospitalizations and reduced mortality.
A treatment plan for a heart failure may vary from person to person. Some of the common plan may include some or all of the following:
Medications to strengthen your heart's pumping action help blood flow better through blood vessels, or regulate your heartbeat
1. Changes in the amount of your physical activity
2. Setting limits on the amount of salt and fat in your diet
3. Increasing the potassium in your diet, if instructed
4. Losing weight if necessary
5. Reducing your fluid intake, if necessary
While heart failure is a serious condition, it is not necessarily the death sentence that its name suggests. Thousands of heart failure patients live well with this condition. Though it cannot be cured, it can be successfully managed with your doctor's help and advances in medical technology, the patient can feel better and subsequently see their quality of life improving.
Source: Dr. Suresh Vijan, Consultant Cardiologist,Lilavati Hospital, Fortis Mulund & Hinduja Khar Hospital
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Megan Fox Wants to Sell You a Butt Massage Chair
The Sharper Image has long been the go-to spot for must-have items like electronic tie racks and rechargeable nose hair clippers. Since men are more likely to buy their gadgets, the company signed a new pitchwoman who'll appeal to their target demo.
Yup, that's Megan Fox strewn across the bed wearing little more than a tight-fitting dress shirt. Is it a compliment to say she is probably the cheapest thing in the picture? That alarm clock alone is probably a grand.
The photo is part of a Fox-based ad campaign The Sharper Image is rolling out. The raven-haired beauty will be featured in print and TV commercials and may even pop-up among the fog-free shaving mirrors in the catalog.
This is shaping up to be a busy year for Fox, who will appear in Sacha Baron Cohen's 'The Dictator,' which drops this weekend, and then in the Judd Apatow comedy 'This is 40.' As for the Sharper Image, the new ad campaign constitutes a comeback of sorts. The retailer went bankrupt in 2008 and was reconfigured as a branded website.
So what do you think? Does Fox make you want to buy a body message chair for $1999?


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Harriet Tubman was one tough lady. She escaped slavery, fleeing an Eastern Shore plantation. She was a leader in the Underground Railroad, traveling at night under the North Star — probably along the Choptank River — hiding at safe houses along the path to freedom. During the Civil War, she saw duty as a spy, assisting Union forces that raided plantations and freed slaves along the Combahee River in South Carolina.
Tubman played an outsized role in American history, a contribution that is recently (and belatedly) being justly recognized. This week, the state of Maryland announced that it had secured a mixture of federal and state funds to build the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center about 10 miles south of Cambridge. When completed two years from now, the visitor center will house an exhibit hall and interactive displays. There are also plans for walking trails and a garden on the grounds.
This project was a long time in getting off the ground. An earlier attempt in 2007 stalled for lack of money. But state officials pieced together a variety of funding sources, including $8.5 million from the federal Transportation Enhancement Program, to come up with the $21 million needed to make the project a go. The 15,000-square-foot visitor center is expected to attract tourists and pump dollars into the local economy. The construction phase is slated to create about 225 jobs, and the center is expected to have a staff of 10.
All of this is work well done, but there is more to do to properly honor Tubman.
The next task is creating a historic national park in her name. The proposed park, composed of four sites in Dorchester County and one each in Talbot and Caroline counties, would mark the locales where Ms. Tubman was born and toiled as a slave, and a safe house where "passengers" on the Underground Railroad were hidden. This park would enable visitors to walk in Tubman's footsteps, and — aided by talks from park rangers — come to a deeper understanding of a period of American history and the extraordinary achievements of this strong-willed Maryland native. A smaller national park is also projected for Auburn, N.Y., where she lived later in life working on the women's suffrage movement and establishing a home there for elderly African-Americans.
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, backed by his fellow Maryland Democrat Sen. Barbara Mikulski and New York Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, have put forth a bill in the Senate that would fold the Maryland and New York sites into the National Park Service. Making the 5,700 acres in Maryland and the smaller New York site a national park would cost an estimated $15 million.
In the past, there had been no comparable effort in the House of Representatives. But this week, the office of U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, whose district includes the Eastern Shore sites, said Mr. Harris is working with fellow Republican New York Rep. Richard Hanna to designate the lands as a historic national park. This is a welcome sign. Given the tough fiscal climate in Washington and the anti-spending attitude of the House, crafting a way to move this effort forward will require considerable skill. We wish them well.
As this page has stated, even in the hard times, we cannot turn our back on our past. Scores of historic park sites, such as the Appomattox Courthouse, were established when the nation was in much worse financial shape.
Building a Harriet Tubman visitor center is a welcome first step in the project that will both preserve the legacy of this remarkable woman and bring jobs to an area with some of the highest unemployment rates in the state. Establishing the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historic Park would finish the task.


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It was Winter in Minneapolis Minnesota 1979. I had taken
an interest in OBE's and how to have one. Having already practiced
meditation, I decided to use the same "focus and concentration" to
focus on leaving my body. I imagined in my minds eye that I was
pulling myself up and out on a rope like the ones we used in gym
class. It sounds easy but in fact it was not. I eventually drifted off
to sleep. Shortly afterward I awoke with a buzzing sensation; it was
like being plugged into an electric wall outlet. I started to get
anxious but decided not to let myself get carried away.
I made myself roll out of bed. I had an intense pain in my head.
I could actually feel my feet touch the floor. I was
elated! I was actually having and OBE. I remember thinking, "I should
be able to see myself in bed!" I wasn't there! In fact my bed was
nicely made up. It WAS my room but there was a chair in the corner
where there really should not have been. In place of my stove sat an
old radiator heater, and I could not see myself in the mirror. Feet as
heavy as lead, I managed to exit my apartment into the hallway and
pull myself up the stairway bannister. Outside it was a warm sunny day!
I eventually came across LaBerges book on Lucid Dreaming and later
his second book. It was evident to me that I had not had an OBE but a
lucid dream.
I am almost seventy years old and have had several lucid dreams. Many
of them I call pre-lucid because I never quite become fully lucid.
October 28th 2014
A Pre Lucid Dream.
I took my Donepezile, and a B-12 tablet
and went to bed at 10:30pm.
I don't know when the dream started but
It was about Sara D, when I knew her years
ago, back in Minnesota, when she filled an
empty place in the heart.
She was the good student, from a professional
family, her father a doctor at the Rochester
Hospital in Rochester Minnesota.
She worked at the Mayo Clinic In Minneapolis,
a student job, a mail clerk part time, and I
would stop by in the afternoons and make the
rounds with her. She was just nineteen and I
the older man of thirty.
In the dream I had met her again, at her house
in Los Angeles,but it was not her house,
It was mine, where I had grown up as a teen,
but she was there and I wanted to talk to her,
again, rekindle something.
I looked for her in the house, a room with
plastic sheeting, someone was doing remodeling.
It was her parents room, my mothers in real
life, but in the dream it was HER parents. They
were not home.
I found her, I just wanted to talk, to be close again,
but she was absorbed with other interests, on
the phone with someone, "Always nice to talk
to you David" she said. I was not David and I went
into another room, her bedroom, and began to break
apart her furniture!
When I waken It is 2:02am.
I am nearly seventy now, still the older man, her
no longer the student, a Lawyer, and she appears
to be happy.
Really, what more could I want but that?
Falling back to sleep, again and again,
new dreams emerge, I nearly break into full lucidity
but remain submerged.
The scene is fresh and new; the town is something
smaller, in the country I think, rural and rustic. And a
woman appears, in her late twenties I think, tough and
beautifully shaped, her shirt open, large breast exposed
to the daylight, long dark hair over her shoulders.
She walks down a path to a body of lake water where
there is a recreation building or perhaps is is a
boat house. I can't help but follow,
her brown body, masculine, muscles defined and sharp
against the background. She is in cut offs now and wears a
bikini top; from behind I can see how broad her shoulders,
years of weight training. She is beautiful and I am
enthralled. Mesmerized! Aroused!
Her blond friend, short hair, not so stunning. Not
so well defined. Not so sharp against the background, but
beautiful non the less. And soon we are all at a party
and she asks me in a manly but feminine way if I have
any weed. I have not.
Many young men and women are at this party.
Another young woman has my attention and we look
for a safe way under the boat docks but there is nowhere
to place our bodies. There is only the deep dark water.
Old Traveler.
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"Substantial Progress" Made In Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation [VIDEO]
"Substantial progress" is reportedly being made into the investigation into the explosions that rocked the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday and a suspect may have been identified.
CNN reports that video from a nearby Lord & Taylor department store and a television station was helpful in identifying a "dark skinned male" as a possible suspect.
The FBI has scheduled its next briefing at 5:00pm.
Recovery Of A Lid
Investigators earlier recovered a piece of circuit board that they believe was part of one of the explosive devices, and also found the lid of a pressure cooker that apparently was catapulted onto the roof of a nearby building according to the Associated Press.
WCVB TV reports that the pressure cooker is made by Fagor brand and the FBI is talking to the company's New England distributor.
This could be key to tracking down those responsible for the explosions. Unnamed law enforcement tells ABC News that they will track down where the pressure cooker, nails and nylon bag were purchased. Similar work in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 tracking down an axle from the bomb truck were eventually traced to Timothy McVeigh.
A person close to the investigation previously told AP the bombs consisted of explosives put in 1.6-gallon pressure cookers, one with shards of metal and ball bearings, the other with nails.
Vigils In Boston
More than 1,000 came to Garvey Park in Boston's Ashmont section to remember 8-year-old Martin Richard who died moments after hugging his dad when he cross the finished the race.
"What once seemed to be something we watched in the distance or on television has come all too close to home," the Rev. John Connolly of St. Brendan Catholic Church told the gathered crowd according to the Huffington Post. "Upon this field, the feet of young Martin often trode. We are saddened and shattered by the fact that he will not longer run and smile and jump and play and live and love among us. Nothing we can say, and nothing we can do, is adequate in the face of the enormity of that sadness."
The "Peace, Here and Everywhere" vigil took place on Boston Common according to the Boston Globe. As heavily armed National Guardsmen stood nearby, decorated banners with sayings such as "We are Boston strong" flapped in the wind and the and the Emerson College a cappella group sang The Beatles' "Let It Be."
Another Victim Identified
The third victim in the blast was identified by the Shenyang Evening News said as Lu Lingzi, a graduate student at Boston University. An editor at the newspaper said that Lu's father confirmed his daughter's death when reporters visited the family home. The editor declined to give his name because he was not authorized to speak to foreign media. BU officials would not release her name yesterday pending permission from her family.
Fans during Tuesday night's Yankees game put aside their rivalry with the Boston Red Sox and sang Fenway Park favorite Sweet Caroline in support.
"Everybody in New York knows what they're going through," said Mike Petti, 48, a Yankees fan nicknamed Yankee Mike who for 13 seasons has been a staple of the bleacher section where the most hardcore fans — those who hate Red Sox Nation the most — dwell. "When it happened here, Boston was singing 'New York, New York.'"
More About The Bomb
Scores of victims of the Boston bombing remained in hospitals, many with grievous injuries. Doctors who treated the wounded corroborated reports that the bombs were packed with shrapnel intended to cause mayhem. A 9-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy were among 17 victims listed in critical condition.
Photos of the bomb and the nylon bag it was brought in were released as the FBI and Boston Police urged people to keep their pictures and videos coming. Richard DesLauriers, FBI agent in charge in Boston, said the range of suspects and motives was "wide open." People were asked to come forward with video or photos from the marathon or anything suspicious they might have witnessed, such as hearing someone express an interest in explosives or a desire to attack the marathon, or seeing someone carrying a dark heavy bag at the race.
Governor Chris Christie has ordered flags to fly at half-staff in New Jersey on Thursday in honor of the victims of the bombing.
The Associated Press contributed to this story


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Backyard storm shelters become relics of the past
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – When storm clouds threatened his childhood home, James Firestone's family knew where to go until the menace had passed: a bunker-like hole in the backyard that could withstand even the most powerful tornado.
But when a twister struck the central Arkansas town of Vilonia, where Firestone is now mayor, he had to seek safety in an ordinary closet because his current home had no storm shelter.
"I would have felt much safer if I had something like that to go to," said Firestone, whose house was one of the few that escaped damage from the tornado last month that killed four people.
Old-fashioned storm shelters have become relics of the past as developers increasingly build homes and entire neighborhoods without them. That leaves many people with nowhere to go except an interior hallway or a bathroom when the sirens blow. And as this week's storm in Joplin proved, that's often not enough.
"If anything, we're moving away from having a place to go during a storm," said Steve Melman, director of economic services for the National Association of Home Builders.
The shelters that were common in the 1930s and 1940s, if not earlier, were usually no more than a concrete-lined hole with a locking metal door. They were seldom larger than a walk-in closet and were designed to protect a handful of people for only 20 or 30 minutes — just long enough for the storm to pass.
But now even basements are becoming less common, and they are no longer a guaranteed safe spot. Experts warn that basements without an integrated concrete roof or with windows could be just as dangerous as above-ground parts of the home.
Only 28 percent of new homes had full or partial basements in 2009, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That's a steep decline from 1992, when 38 percent had one.
The reason for the decline varies from place to place. In some areas, it's just not practical to build a basement because of soil conditions. And some builders say penny pinching buyers are less likely to opt for something that adds to the price of a home.
"With the recession we've had over the last few years, people want as much for their money as they can get," said Todd Wilcox, president of the Arkansas Home Builders Association.
For the past 10 years, Eric Hawkins has taken refuge with his wife and daughter under a stairwell or in a windowless bathroom whenever they feared severe weather. But after the Vilonia twister, the 39-year-old cattle farmer wanted something more.
"I just decided I had pushed my luck as long as I wanted to." Days later, he ordered a Kevlar-and-steel storm room installed in his house in nearby Mount Vernon.
Storm rooms are the modern equivalent of the backyard shelter, except they are built inside the home and can often be used as closets or even safes. The Federal Emergency Management Agency began encouraging their construction after a series of tornadoes in Oklahoma City in 1999 killed more than three dozen people.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said the Joplin twister will prompt consideration of stronger building codes and other measures that could offer protection. But legal solutions only go so far, he cautioned.
"I don't know if man could build something strong enough to handle what came through," Nixon said. "I don't know you could write a building code that could stop a nine-story hospital from having its roof ripped off and torn from its foundation."
Nevertheless, some officials say changes are in order. In Iowa, where most communities require buildings to withstand at least 90 mph winds, experts wonder whether that standard should be increased.
"It's not sufficient to withstand the kinds of storms we've been seeing," said David Brown, a building official for the city of Ames.
When Sunday's twister roared through Joplin, Melody Ward, her husband and five children tried to take cover in a 3-foot-deep crawl space. Their home was leveled. Ward and two of the children were hospitalized.
"We were probably pretty naive about the impact of tornadoes and the necessity of a basement," Ward said, explaining that the family bought the house after looking at about 30 homes. Only one had a basement.
She won't go without a basement in her next home.
"I will do without a gourmet kitchen so I can have a basement," she said, laughing.
More than 500 people have been killed by tornadoes this year, with the heaviest losses happening in Joplin, where at least 132 people were killed.
In towns like Vilonia, some residents without shelters of their own ride out storms in a neighbor's shelter or at public shelters, which might be at schools or churches.
In the Alabama town of Cordova, Paula Hastings and her husband survived an April 27 twister by hiding in the basement of their stone-and-masonry home, which dates to the 1800s.
The tornadoes appeared so suddenly, the couple could not have fled to a public shelter even if they tried. She worries about friends and neighbors living in less substantial homes.
"What about the people in trailers?" Hastings asked. "I think we really do need shelters."
For now, the spate of recent storms has generated lots of new business for crews that install storm shelters or storm rooms. Contractors throughout the Midwest and South say they have been inundated with orders for the past month and a half, and that demand is bound to continue.
"Most of all, it's just a general awareness that's coming around," that severe weather is becoming a greater threat, said Jared Gray of Arkansas Storm Shelters. He said he's seen as much business in the six weeks as he would in a two-year period.
Marty Strough, who installed Hawkins' storm room this week, said most of his business comes from existing buildings that were constructed without a basement.
Because many basements are no longer considered adequate shelter, it's becoming increasingly rare to hear television meteorologists refer to them when telling viewers to seek shelter.
"They're more and more backing away from that," said Strough, who owns Storm Solutions in Berryville, Ark. Instead, broadcasters urge people to "go to your safe place and safe room."
Some states offer rebates or other incentives for construction of the rooms. In Arkansas, residents can apply for up a government rebate of up to $1,000 for the installation of a shelter that meets FEMA standards. Since 2009, more than 15,000 people have received the money, and more than 500 others are on a waiting list, Arkansas Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman Renee Preslar said.
The benefit of a storm room was clear to Diana Swenson, who emerged from the Kevlar-and-steel storm shelter in her Joplin garage to find much of her house severely damaged from the tornado. She hopes to rebuild, and she definitely wants to keep the shelter.
Strough has offered to keep it in storage until she's ready. She accepted the offer, but added: "I want it back."
Associated Press writers Nomaan Merchant and Alan C. Zagier in Joplin, Mo.; Sean Murphy in Oklahoma City; Betsy Blaney in Lubbock, Texas; Timberly Ross in Omaha, Neb.; Melanie Welte in Des Moines, Iowa; and Jay Reeves in Tuscaloosa, Ala., contributed to this report.