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I got a call from a friend of my good buddy CL up in North Carolina. Carlton, his dad Carl, and his sister Sarah, wanted to come down and give our fishing a go. Our buddy CL told them to hook up with Devon and I on The BEAST. We were scheduled for this past Saturday. The weatherman called for winds and rain. They flew in from NC just for the weekend and were leaving early Monday afternoon. They came just to fish with us so we met at the dock on Saturday morning at 7 AM anyway. It wasn't raining, it was pouring with thunder cells, lightning everywhere, and the winds were cranking at about 25 knots out of the East. This was not pretty and we never even loaded the boat. The rain and wind we can deal with but I don't play around with lightning. Sunday was supposed to be less rain (no lightning), but stronger winds out of the SW. I was available on Sunday and the 3 of them were avid offshore fisherman so we decided to give it a try in the morning.
We met at the dock at 7 AM again on Sunday. The sky was clear and the winds were light out of the SSW. As we entered the Bay the winds began blowing a bit more and as we got out to the offshore bait patches, the wind was up to 20+ knots. By the time we caught our bait for the day the winds were blowing 25-30 knots and the reefs had 3-4' water. We made the short run out to the edge. The seas were coming in from the SSE and the wind was howling now at 30+ knots out of the SW. Water was standing about 3-5' and kind of sloppy but it was fishable on The BEAST. Devon set out our standard 4 top / 1 down spread.
We were on standby as we waited for our first scaly customer to bite. Quick rain showers passed to our south and the down draft coming out of the passing rain was gusting 35 knots or better. 15 minutes passed by and BOOM… the down rod starts singing. Sarah grabbed the rod and was into a good battle. She fought the mystery fish for 15 minutes and then the hook pulled. Hey, it happens! We reset the down rod and within 15 minutes it was in play once again. This time Carl grabbed the rod and fought the fish to submission. In the area we were fishing this should've been a Kingfish but it turned out to be a Caribbean Spotted Mackerel (Barracuda)! Devon reset our lines and we plugged away at it a bit more until the seas fell more inline with the winds. I couldn't work this exposed area as I like to, so I told Devon to pull lines and we headed north to another area. I was hoping we could get a little windbreak from the keys and make working that area a bit easier.
The ride north was by no means a dry one. Any water kicked up above the gunwale was pushed onto us by the wind. We arrived in the area to find green water and the seas weren't even remotely smaller. As it turned out, there wasn't much windbreak there either. We put the spread out again and gave it a try. Shortly after setting the lines, we got the nod on the down rod again. Carlton got after it and brought the fish to boat side. DANG! Another Toothy Torpedo, a.k.a Barracuda. There was a blue water line forming out deeper so I sidled out to get into it hoping to see some Dolphin (Mahi). I made it out to around 250' but nothing was happening except building seas solidly in the 5-6' range. Enough already! Devon pulled the lines and I pointed The BEAST northward again.
As we covered half the distance we began to get some slack in the seas. As we arrived at the next area, the wind was still blowin' hard but it had shifted due West. We got the break I was looking for with the water at a comfortable 2-4 feet. We put out new baits, yet again. Finally! I was able to work this area over with considerably more control of the spread lines. The crew was in the pit with Devon and I whirled around by the sound of a popping rigger clip. (Yeah… I can't hear my wife talking to me, but I can hear a rigger clip pop off in 30+ knot winds. Selective hearing I guess.) FISH ON!!!! The crew scrambled as I came tight on the hook and handed Sarah the rod. "Good one!" I yelled to her. In seconds a beautiful Sailfish heads skyward. This is her first Sailfish, Carl tells me. The fish made 4-5 jumps and flips while taking off half a spool of line. I turned the bow and slowly allowed Sarah to gain her line back. This fish never sounded to fight her down and dirty. It was an acrobat! The Sail made another 10-12 jumps through the course of the 20-minute battle on the 20# spinning rod. Devon reached out and grabbed the leader to make her first Sailfish catch legal but the fish wasn't done yet. It made me maneuver the boat for another 5 minutes while it did 3-4 more jumps before Devon could grab the leader and ultimately bill this fish. Devon hoisted the fish for a quick picture before he released it. We watched this beautiful fish swim away! As the self-appointed head judge of the BEAST acrobatic committee, I gave him a 9.85 overall on technique and routine.
As the high fives/congratulations were given all around the boat, Devon was busy setting out the spread once again. I worked the area over, shallower, deeper, North and South. Devon dropped the down rod to just off the bottom. On one pass into the shallower depths the down rod goes off. Carlton gets this go round and we began contemplating what it was. He is working against a strong, steady pull with some good tail beats. About 5 minutes pass and Devon sees color, dark color. NICE! Devon reaches over the side and brings aboard a beautiful 18# Black Grouper. Oh Snap! Devon and I look at each in a pregnant pause. Without any words to each other, we knew we had to tell the crew that grouper season doesn't re-open for another 8 days. We took some pictures and Devon vented this beauty to send her down from where she came. Instead of smiles and high fives on this one, the frowns were rampant. Even though the devil was screaming "KEEP IT!" in our ears, we obey all fishery laws on The BEAST. I must admit… Releasing that one really hurt! It was the test of all tests!
We set out the baits again as the day was drawing to a close. Nothing else doing even when we dumped a lot of the live baits for chum. We worked hard in these crappy conditions and still managed to hook up 5 fish and catch 4. We all decided to call it a day. With everything stowed away and all gear secured, I pointed the nose of The BEAST into the howling winds and headed west to the barn. We had only seen 2 other boats out there. One was making way back in as we were headed out and the other came out, turned around, and went right back in. The ride home was uneventful, soft and dry. I heard several comments about being glad they were out there in a big WorldCat. I was too! It was unanimous that at no time during the day, did anyone feel that they weren't safe and secure. The BEAST looked Mother Nature dead in the eye and kicked her azz… The BEAST - 4 / Mother Nature - 0.
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The Central Connecticut men's golf team is tied for fifth place on the team leader board after the first round of the New England Championships. Central is the reigning champion after winning the event back-to-back the past two years.
The event is schedule for two rounds over two days of play. Newport National Country Club in Newport, RI will be the tournament's host site. The par-72 course is playing 7,244 yards long.
Rhode Island (295) holds the first place position after Saturday's round followed by second place UCONN (297). Hartford (300) is in third place followed by Bryant (308) in fourth place. Central (309) and Fordham (309) share the fifth place spot and round out the field's top-five after day one.
Sophomore and reigning NEC Golfer of the Week Monte Mullen (37/37/74) shot back-to-back 37's to give him a share of the fifth place spot on the individual leader board after Saturday's round. Senior Captain Dan Fanion (39/37/76) is currently tied for 12th place individually after carding a day one 76.
Freshman Connor Murphy (39/40/79) is tied for 26th overall followed by senior Matthew DeJohn (40/40/80) who is tied for 29th place. Freshman Jack Ayers (42/41/83) is tied for 34th place individually.
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PHILADELPHIA -- It's an unwritten rule of baseball that when a pitcher is in the midst of a no-hit bid and that 27th out is looming not so far away, you don't talk about it.
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PHILADELPHIA -- It's an unwritten rule of baseball that when a pitcher is in the midst of a no-hit bid and that 27th out is looming not so far away, you don't talk about it.
Josh Beckett broke that rule in his no-hitter against the Phillies on Sunday. Again and again and again.View Full Game Coverage
"I knew when I went in there to warm up that I hadn't given up a hit yet," Beckett said. "I knew the whole time, I was actually just joking about it in the fourth inning, to be completely honest with you. I was waiting for them to get a hit. You don't think that, at this point in your career, that you're going to do that."
Beckett is a different pitcher than he was back in his heyday with Florida and Boston. Last year's rib surgery has forced him to adjust his approach on the mound. He's gone from flamethrower to finesse specialist, and had to rely on his offspeed stuff to secure the no-no.
"He had a really good split-changeup today," said Drew Butera, who was behind the plate for the Dodgers on Sunday. "In the scouting report, I'm sure they say, 'OK, he throws a changeup every once in a while.' But we had that working today, so off his fastball, that changeup was pretty good."
"Once he was rolling, you could see him get sharper and sharper with all his pitches," Adrian Gonzalez said. "I've seen it before, where the more important the game gets, the better he gets."
But forget that he's an aging pitcher who's coming off major surgery and has transformed himself as a player. Backstory isn't important in this instance, according to Don Mattingly. The Dodgers manager would have been impressed if his peaking ace Clayton Kershaw pulled it off.
"It's just impressive, period," Mattingly said. "You see so many guys get deked and not really be able to finish it -- and he kind of talked about it for half the game. He was one of those guys, he wasn't afraid to talk about it. He was basically, [when I checked on him] after, like, seven, he's like, 'You're not taking me out.' And he was talking about the no-hitter the whole time."
For how much of a competitor Beckett is, his nonchalance as he approached history made the happening all the more unique. Traditionally, the no-hitter-bound pitcher is isolated in the dugout, silent and given as much space as he needs.
Butera also caught Francisco Liriano's 123-pitch no-hitter on May 3, 2011, while he was still a member of the Twins. He said Sunday was a completely different experience.
"Liriano was dead silent," Butera said. "Obviously, there was a little bit of a language barrier there, and Liriano was more of a, 'Hey, let's go pitch the pitch, let's stay focused that way.' Beckett was more like, 'Hey, good splitter, let's keep working that.' [Here] it was just more game plan, whereas Liriano was more pitch to pitch."
Even for a pitcher who collected the 2003 World Series MVP Award and 2007 American League Championship Series MVP, Sunday's feat ranks right toward the top.
"Beck's done a lot of stuff in his career, and I know he really wanted this," Kershaw said. "Once it got close, you [could] tell that he really wanted it. It's just fun to get to celebrate stuff like that."
"It's special," Beckett said. "It's something you certainly think about through your career, but very few people have been able to do it. I think it takes really good defense behind you, a little luck sprinkled in there, and making some pitches when you need to make some pitches."
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What happened 15 laps prior to Keough's vicious swerve into Bahati is immaterial when it comes to assigning blame for the incident in question. Bahati was trying to move onto the wheel that Keough was following before the sprint, because he intended to win the race and dedicate it to his Latino teammate Jorge Alvarado, who died the day before when he was hit by a car being driven in an illegal street race. Granted, what Bahati wanted was the spot behind Keough's own teammate's wheel, but is that not the nature of field sprinting? A fierce but clean battle for position, followed by an explosive stampede towards the line!
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DOE Announces 2006-2007 State Teacher of the Year
When Karen Ginty was five, she unwrapped her last Christmas present to find a chalkboard – black slate enclosed in an oak frame, with an eraser and chalk.
"Our very own chalkboard," said Ginty, now a kindergarten teacher at Monmouth Beach Elementary School. "I knew it was exactly what I wanted. I was five, loved kindergarten and could not wait to play school at home."
The gift has paid off.
Ginty, a kindergarten teacher for 33 years at the same school in Monmouth County, was named the 2006-07 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year today at the monthly meeting of the State Board of Education in Trenton.
"Mrs. Ginty's enthusiasm and dedication to her field are awe-inspiring," said acting Commissioner Lucille E. Davy. "For more than three decades, she has worked in the same school and ushered in each new school year with a fresh and friendly outlook and a love of her craft. We are especially honored to recognize her today."
Patience. Optimism. Care. Love. These are the words Mrs. Ginty's peers and community members used to describe her. From their letters of support, it is quickly apparent that every child and every parent remembers what kindergarten in Mrs. Ginty's class means.
"Many times, I have heard someone returning from college or visiting their parents after having moved away from town ask, 'How is Mrs. Ginty? Is she still teaching?' " said former Mayor James P. McConville, whose two children and five nieces were taught by Mrs. Ginty.
"There are dedicated teachers," said Janet Clayton, a retired school principal at Monmouth Beach. "There are timeless teachers. There are loving and caring teachers. There are teachers with incredible integrity. There are teachers that are superb educators. Then there is Mrs. Karen Ginty.
"She is one of those few, special teachers who possess all of these qualities."
Ginty graduated from Lynchburg College in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. She began teaching at Monmouth Beach Elementary School, long before full-day kindergarten, that very same year. She later lobbied to bring full-day kindergarten to the Monmouth Beach School District.
"It was immensely successful," she said.
Ginty received her master's degree in early childhood education from Kean College of New Jersey in 1978. She continued teaching at Monmouth Beach.
Ginty is a member of her school's professional development committee and serves as a mentor for novice teachers. She is also a former coordinator of her school's kindergarten-eighth grade project and is a former member of the planning board of the Monmouth County Association of Kindergarten Educators.
"Learning to accept, respect and care for one another are the values I deem of utmost importance in my classroom," Ginty said. "A frequent phrase we use in the classroom is 'share your kindness.' If you expect children to help each other, then they will. I often praise the children by telling them my heart is singing."
Ginty said her basic teaching philosophy is simple and direct, and best summed up by the acronym SAIL (students must feel Safe, Accepted and Involved in order to Learn). Such lessons went far for Jean Giodano and her three daughters taught by Mrs. Ginty over the years.
"Karen Ginty is not only the rare breed of person whose name merely being mentioned evokes an ear-to-ear smile, but she is also truly the epitome of all that is good in teaching," said Giodano, a resident of Monmouth Beach and a former classroom aide in Ginty's class. "She is always a steady, positive example."
Ginty said her greatest reward to date came at the end of a school year from one of her physically-disabled students. The note read: "Thank you, Mrs. Ginty, for loving me."
New Jersey's Teacher of the Year is selected annually from a list of 22 teachers – 21 County Teachers of the Year and one State Facility Teacher of the Year. All are selected at the school-level and district-levels.
Each spring, county level teachers of the year are chosen and their detailed applications are sent to Trenton, where they are reviewed by a panel of educators representing a cross-section of the state's education community.
As part of the award, Ginty will receive a half-year sabbatical sponsored by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) so that she can travel the state sharing her wisdom. The Department of Education will cover all in-state travel costs. The department will also reimburse Monmouth Beach Elementary School for the cost of hiring substitute teachers for Ginty through December. She will also receive a car leased by the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA).A complete list of County Teachers of the Year for 2005-06 is online here: http://www.nj.gov/njded/educators/rpr/recognition/educators/geoy/ctoy0607.htm. For more information, please contact the Department of Education Public Information Office at (609) 292-1126.


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SACRAMENTO — For a town that thrives on the dramatic, Kobe Bryant delivered.
He didn't just announce on his Facebook account Friday that he'd play when the Lakers host the Toronto Raptors on Sunday at Staples Center, officially ending an eight-month rehab of his torn left Achilles tendon. Bryant did so on a two-minute, eight-second video that captured all the excitement surrounding his return.
The video starts with the title, "Seasons of Legend." It ends with Brynt's return date on Dec. 8, 2013. In between, the video shows wind, rain and snow battering Bryant's No. 24 jersey. His uniform eventually rips in half. Sunlight then appears.
All the imagery captures the challenges Bryant encountered with the injury and his determination to overcome it.
Guard Nick Young and forward Jordan Hill laughed as they watched the video in the locker room before the Lakers played Friday against the Sacramento Kings at Sleep Train Arena. But their cheery moods went beyond chuckling over the video's theatrics.
"I would probably to say to him, 'What took you so long?' " Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni joked. "We'll see how it is going forward. But this is good news."
Bryant's return Sunday will mark 240 days since he injured his Achilles tendon on April 12 against the Golden State Warriors, an injury that contributed to the Lakers' first-round playoff exit to the San Antonio Spurs.
"It was a tough thing to take," D'Antoni said. "But with modern medicine and the way things are, I thought he'd be able to come back. "
Former Atlanta Hawks forward Dominique Wilkins needed 283 days before returning in 1992 from a ruptured right Achilles late in his career. Former Clippers guard Chauncey Billups tore his left Achilles last February, an injury that sidelined him for 46 games. Former Galaxy star David Beckham at age 34 tore his Achilles in a soccer game March 14, 2012, and returned six months later, a month ahead of schedule. The 35-year-old Bryant will try to prove he can play at an elite level that already has included five NBA championships and a fourth-place standing on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
The Lakers showed faith in Bryant's recovery and appreciation for how he built the team's brand through 17 years by signing him last week to a two-year, $48.5 million extension that ensures he'll play through at least the 2015-16 season in what would mark a 20-year NBA career.
"He'll be a dominant player," D'Antoni said. "We won't know until we see him. But he can play anywhere. Above the rim, below the rim, besides the rim. The guy can play any way.
"He'll figure out how to be effective and then he'll come at you with everything he's got."
Bryant stayed in Los Angeles on Friday and worked out at the Lakers'spractice facility in El Segundo and near his Newport Beach residence. After participating in three consecutive practices this week, Bryant reported improvement in his range of motion, how his ankle feels the following morning, his conditioning and his driving. But Bryant still sees weaknesses in his cutting and jumping. He also noted scar tissue remains in his left ankle joint, which limits his mobility.
Other adjustments will come, including whether he will start at shooting guard over Jodie Meeks or at small forward over Wesley Johnson. With absences of Steve Nash (back) and Jordan Farmar (strained left hamstring), Bryant also will play at point guard. D'Antoni and Bryant expect he will play fewer than the 38.5 minutes he averaged the past two seasons.
The Lakers obviously prefer those uncertainties than Bryant's absence,
"We spent the whole season preparing and playing games not knowing when he's coming back," Meeks said. "So to hear he's coming back, he's going to be a positive influence for everybody. To have him come back brings us a lot of confidence."


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The FDA's VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System) receives around 10-12,000 reports of serious vaccination reactions annually, with about 1% fatal. However, the NVIC (
"Then there are vaccines. Everything from cancer viruses to DNA fragments and mercury has been found in vaccines. The entire vaccine supply is contaminated. And what is the government doing? Mandating more and more injections of our children. The
The long term adverse effects of vaccines have been documented and include chronic immunological and neurological disorders like ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, autism, allergies, and cancer.
"A German study found correlations between vaccinations and 22 neurological conditions including attention deficit and epilepsy. The dilemma is that viral elements in vaccines may persist and mutate in the human body for years, with unknown consequences. Millions of children are partaking in an enormous, crude experiment; and no sincere, organized effort is being made by the medical community to track the negative side-effects or to determine the long term consequences … However, individual doctors may not be wholly to blame. As medical students, few have reason to question the information taught (which does not address the information presented in this report). Ironically, medicine is a field which demands conformity; there is little tolerance for opinions opposing the status quo. Doctors cannot warn you about what they themselves do not know, and with little time for further education once they begin practice, they are, in a sense, held captive by a system which discourages them from acquiring information independently and forming their own opinions. Those few that dare to question the status quo are frequently ostracized, and in any case, they are still legally bound to adhere to the system's legal mandates." -Alan Philips, "Dispelling Vaccination Myths" (http://www.tetrahedron.org)
In the December 1994 Medical Post, Dr. Guylaine Lanctot, author of the best-seller "Medical Mafia," said, "The medical authorities keep lying. Vaccination has been a disaster on the immune system. It actually causes a lot of illnesses. We are actually changing our genetic code through vaccination ...10 years from now we will know that the biggest crime against humanity was vaccines."
After her independent study of the medical literature on vaccination, Dr. Viera Scheibner concluded, "there is no evidence whatsoever of the ability of vaccines to prevent any diseases. To the contrary, there is a great wealth of evidence that they cause serious side effects."
For decades, more than half of all childhood "immunizations," about 12 of the 18 average vaccination doses, have contained the chemical preservative Thimerosal which is made from mercury, the second most toxic metal known to man (Uranium is first). That's about 200 micrograms of mercury before the age of two, 30-40 times the amount of safe levels in adults. Another preservative found in most all vaccines is formaldehyde which is incredibly poisonous with no acceptable safe amounts in the human body.
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Before the 1990s only 1 in every 10,000 children was diagnosed with autism. Nowadays over 1 in every 150 children born in America comes down with autism, and each time it's those children who have been "immunized" who begin having seizures or start mentally going downhill right after vaccinations. The Amish, numbering around 200,000 who religiously oppose vaccinations, have never had a case of autism. Based on sheer statistics, they should have well over 100 autistic among their numbers right now, but they do not. They are mixed right into the
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The Braves have long been the yardstick the Mets measure themselves by, but not on this day in 2000, the last season the Mets appeared in the World Series when they routed Atlanta, 9-1.
The Mets clubbed three homers – Derek Bell, Benny Agbayani and Mike Piazza – to back the solid effort by Al Leiter, who outpitched Greg Maddux at Shea Stadium.
Agbayani and Piazza connected off Maddux, who gave up seven runs in two innings. Leiter improved to 10-1 as he gave up a run in seven innings.
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Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) [1984 Panel] (ICPSR 8317)
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This longitudinal survey was designed to add significantly to the amount of detailed information available on the economic situation of households and persons in the United States. These data examine the level of economic well-being of the population and also provide information on how economic situations relate to the demographic and social characteristics of individuals. There are three basic elements contained in the survey. The first is a control card that records basic social and demographic characteristics for each person in a household, as well as changes in such characteristics over the course of the interviewing period. The second element is the core portion of the questionnaire, with questions repeated at each interview on labor force activity, types and amounts of income, participation in various cash and noncash benefit programs, attendance in postsecondary schools, private health insurance coverage, public or subsidized rental housing, low-income energy assistance, and school breakfast and lunch participation. The third element consists of topical modules which are series of supplemental questions asked during selected household visits. No topical modules were created for the first or second waves. The Wave III Rectangular Core and Topical Module File offers both the core data and additional data on (1) education and work history and (2) health and disability. In the areas of education and work history, data are supplied on the highest level of schooling attained, courses or programs studied in high school and after high school, whether the respondent received job training, and if so, for how long and under what program (e.g., CETA or WIN). Other items pertain to the respondent's general job history and include a description of selected previous jobs, duration of jobs, and reasons for periods spent not working. Health and disability variables present information on the general condition of the respondent's health, functional limitations, work disability, and the need for personal assistance. Data are also provided on hospital stays or periods of illness, health facilities used, and whether health insurance plans (private or Medicare) were available. Respondents whose children had physical, mental, or emotional problems were questioned about the causes of the problems and whether the children attended regular schools. The Wave IV Rectangular Core and Topical Module file contains both the core data and sets of questions exploring the subjects of (1) assets and liabilities, (2) retirement and pension coverage, and (3) housing costs, conditions, and energy usage. Some of the major assets for which data are provided are savings accounts, stocks, mutual funds, bonds, Keogh and IRA accounts, home equity, life insurance, rental property, and motor vehicles. Data on unsecured liabilities such as loans, credit cards, and medical bills also are included. Retirement and pension information covers such items as when respondents expect to stop working, whether they will receive retirement benefits, whether their employers have retirement plans, if so whether they are eligible, and how much they expect to receive per year from these plans. In the category of housing costs, conditions, and energy usage, variables pertain to mortgage payments, real estate taxes, fire insurance, principal owed, when the mortgage was obtained, interest rates, rent, type of fuel used, heating facilities, appliances, and vehicles. The Wave V topical modules explore the subject areas of (1) child care, (2) welfare history and child support, (3) reasons for not working/reservation wage, and (4) support for nonhousehold members/work-related expenses. Data on child care include items on child care arrangements such as who provides the care, the number of hours of care per week, where the care is provided, and the cost. Questions in the areas of welfare history and child support focus on receipt of aid from specific welfare programs and child support agreements and their fulfillment. The reasons for not working/reservation wage module presents data on why persons are not in the labor force and the conditions under which they might join the labor force. Additional variables cover job search activities, pay rate required, and reason for refusal of a job offer. The set of questions dealing with nonhousehold members/work-related expenses contains items on regular support payments for nonhousehold members and expenses associated with a job such as union dues, licenses, permits, special tools, uniforms, or travel expenses. Information is supplied in the Wave VII Topical Module file on (1) assets and liabilities, (2) pension plan coverage, and (3) real estate property and vehicles. Variables pertaining to assets and liabilities are similar to those contained in the topical module for Wave IV. Pension plan coverage items include whether the respondent will receive retirement benefits, whether the employer offers a retirement plan and if the respondent is included in the plan, and contributions by the employer and the employee to the plan. Real estate property and vehicles data include information on mortgages held, amount of principal still owed and current interest rate on mortgages, rental and vacation properties owned, and various items pertaining to vehicles belonging to the household. Wave VIII Topical Module includes questions on support for nonhousehold members, work-related expenses, marital history, migration history, fertility history, and household relationships. Support for nonhousehold members includes data for children and adults not in the household. Weekly and annual work-related expenses are documented. Widowhood, divorce, separation, and marriage dates are part of the marital history. Birth expectations as well as dates of birth for all the householder's children, in the household or elsewhere, are recorded in the fertility history. Migration history data supplies information on birth history of the householder's parents, number of times moved, and moving expenses. Household relationships lists the exact relationships among persons living in the household. Part 49, Wave IX Rectangular Core and Topical Module Research File, includes data on annual income, retirement accounts, taxes, school enrollment, and financing. This topical module research file has not been edited nor imputed, but has been topcoded or bottomcoded and recoded if necessary by the Census Bureau to avoid disclosure of individual respondents' identities.
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[1] The Census Bureau has released each SIPP data file in two formats: a standard "rectangular" file with the individual as the unit of analysis, and a "relational" or modified hierarchical file in which the unit of analysis can be any of eight record types included in the file. The record types are (1) sample unit (in Wave I, this consisted of all persons living at a sampled address), (2) household, (3) family, (4) person, (5) wage and salary job, (6) self-employed job, (7) general income amounts 1, and (8) general income amounts 2. Within each sampling unit, records are sequenced by type, i.e., they are not strictly hierarchical. Pointers (record numbers or indices) on each record link it to records at the next higher and/or lower levels as appropriate. Some of the record types are padded with blanks so that all types within a file have the same logical record length. The 1984 Panel Annual Weights file provides the appropriate identification match fields for all respondents in Waves II-V of the 1984 panel as well as two longitudinal weights. One weight is controlled to the December 1983 population estimates of the Current Population Survey. The second is controlled to the March 1985 population estimates of the Current Population Survey. Frequencies for each of the nine waves of the 1984 Panel are available in individual frequency files. [2] The codebooks are provided by ICPSR as Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.
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The survey used a multistage stratified sampling design. Approximately 26,000 housing units were initially selected, and about 21,000 of these were occupied and eligible for interview. One-fourth of these households were interviewed each month, and households were re-interviewed at four-month intervals. All persons at least 15 years old who were present as household members at the time of the first interview are included for the entire study, except those moving to Alaska, outside the United States, or into military barracks.
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- United States. Bureau of the Census. Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) [1984 Panel]. ICPSR08317-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002-09-03. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08317.v2
2002-09-03 Part 49, Wave IX Rectangular Core and Topical Module Research File, has been added to this collection along with a PDF codebook. This research file has not been edited nor imputed, but has been topcoded or bottomcoded and recoded if necessary by the Census Bureau to avoid disclosure of individual respondents' identities. Data in the file covers annual income, retirement accounts, taxes, school enrollment, and financing. Codebooks for other data files in the collection have been converted to PDF as well.
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Annual to tree, sometimes monoecious or dioecious, glandular or with bead-like hairs that collapse with age, becoming scaly or powdery
Stem often fleshy
Leaves generally alternate, entire to lobed; veins generally pinnate
Inflorescence: raceme, spike, catkin-like, or spheric cluster, or flower 1; bracts 0few
Flower: sepals 15, often 0 in pistillate flowers, free or fused, generally persistent in fruit; petals 0; stamens 05; ovary generally superior, chamber 1, ovule 1, styles 13
Fruit: generally utricle
Seed 1, vertical (fruit compressed side-to-side) or horizontal (fruit compressed top-to-bottom)
Genera in family: 100 genera, 1300 species: worldwide, especially deserts, saline or alkaline soils; some cultivated for food (Beta , beets, chard; Chenopodium , quinoa)
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated in expanded Amaranthaceae
Annual (generally monoecious) to shrub (generally dioecious), often scaly
Leaves generally alternate, generally entire; lower generally ± short-petioled; upper generally sessile, ± reduced
Staminate inflorescence: spike or spheric cluster; bracts 0
Pistillate inflorescence: clusters to spike- or panicle-like; bracts 2 per fruit, free to fused, generally compressed, generally sessile
Staminate flower: calyx lobes 35; stamens 35
Pistillate flower: calyx ± 0; ovary ovoid to spheric, style branches 2
Seed generally erect
Species in genus: ± 250 species: temp to subtropical worldwide
Etymology: (Latin: ancient name)
Generally in alkaline or saline soils; some weedy; some accumulate selenium.
Shrub < 20 dm, erect; branches many, spreading to ascending
Leaf: blade 850 mm, linear to oblanceolate, densely white-scaly
Pistillate inflorescence terminal; bracts in fruit 425 mm, generally fused to near top, ovoid to spheric, hard, wings 4, 36 mm wide, wavy to deeply sharp-dentate
Seed 1.52.5 mm
Chromosomes: 2n=18,36
Ecology: Clay to gravelly flats, slopes, scrub
Elevation: < 2400 m.
Bioregional distribution: High Sierra Nevada (e slope), Tehachapi Mountain Area, Inner South Coast Ranges, South Coast, n Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, Great Basin Floristic Province, Desert
Distribution outside California: to w Canada, South Dakota, n Mexico
Synonyms: var. laciniata Parish a form of both CA subspp
Sspp. intergrade.
Leaf: blade linear
Pistillate inflorescence: bracts in fruit sessile, 48 mm, wings generally < 3.5 mm wide
Ecology: Sandy soils, dunes, flats
Elevation: < 100 m.
Bioregional distribution: n Western Transverse Ranges?, Sonoran Desert
Distribution outside California: n Mexico
Flowering time: MayJul
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An apparently homeless woman found dead in a ravine Friday in Annapolis is believed to have died from hypothermia, Anne Arundel County police said Saturday.
The body of Diane Donati, 48, was found in a ravine around 12:20 p.m. by someone walking their dog at Bestgate Park on Bestgate Road, police said. Her death has been preliminarily ruled accidental as a result of hypothermia by the medical examiner, police said, though toxicology results are still pending. Donati was found wrapped in a blanket and dressed for cold weather, and had no known address.
Investigators saw no signs of trauma or foul play, police said. Bestgate Park is owned by Anne Arundel County and includes fields, basketball courts and tennis courts.
This is the second time this winter a body has been found in Anne Arundel County. The body of Diana Kapnistos Hester, 49, was found at the Bay Hills Golf Course in Arnold on Jan. 22. An autopsy found she had signs of hypothermia and no signs of foul play were found in the investigation. Hester lived about a mile away from where her body was found.


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Superiority Complex: Why Do Some People Think They Are Better Than Others?Friday, March 20th, 2015
If one was to watch athletics on TV or at a stadium, they would soon see that not everyone is on the same level. Within each race, there will be some athletes who are at the front and there will be others who nowhere near the front.
In this instance, it is clear that some of the athletes are better than others. One is not being 'politically incorrect' by saying this; they are making a simple observation. Very few athletes break records or win medals and even if they do win a medal at one event, it doesn't mean they will go on to win anymore.
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Each fall, Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts kick off their annual popcorn sale. Typically about 1/3 of the sales from this fundraiser are given back to the local unit (Packs and Troops to pay for Basic Expenses.
In addition, Scouts can also earn prizes. Some councils allow units to take about a 5% higher profit if they do not take the prize program. Prize programs often work best with younger Scouts. Some councils also offer gift cards for sales over each $1,000 or $2,000 you sell.
Many councils also allow units the option of:
- "Take Orders" are orders taken for later delivery
- "Show and Sell" sales are often made in front of grocery or department stores
- "Show and Deliver" is like Take Orders except the Scout carries Popcorn with him in a van or car for immediate delivery.
- Or a combination of any of the three
Popcorn can bring more than fun and adventure. Scouts learn that with hard work they can save enough in their Individual Accounts to reach their goals. Scouts learn personal management. Self-reliance is learned from real life not a lecture.
How it works
Packs and Troops often set their annual dues at $70 to $120 a year to cover registration, Boy's Life subscription, books, advancements, recharter, and basic unit equipment needs.
A Scout who knows the Basic Take Order Sales Tips below can average $75 to $150 in sales per hour, depending upon area. At a 33% profit, that is $25 to $50 an hour. Many jobs don't pay that well!
In one day, a Scout could sell $600 to $1,000, earning $200 to $300 for his Individual Account. For a Cub Scout, one day might be enough to pay for a year of fun plus have enough in his Individual Account to cover Day Camp and trips. In two days, a Boy Scout can cover his basic expenses plus have enough to cover [[[Summer Camp]] and other camping experiences.
Your Unit's Popcorn Plan
- Based on: Trails-end Popcorn
- Plan out your unit calendar for the next 12 months and set a unit budget.
- Set sales goals for the unit and the Scouts.
- How much do they need for the next year for: Dues? Camp? Trips? Activities?
- Determine additional amount Webelos need to take with htem when they bridge.
- Establish Scout Accounts to help each Scout and his family with his Scouting expenses.
- Hold a unit program kickoff to tell the Scouts and parents about the great year planned.
- Sell popcorn by various methods such as TAKE ORDER, SHOW AND SELL, SHOW AND DELIVER, and SELLING AT WORK.
- Scouts should continue until their goal was met (usually 3 or 4 afternoons or weekend days).
Basic Sales Tips
Target Your Customers - Add up all the easy prospects you can think of:
___ Everyone you have sold anything to in the past. Did you keep their names and numbers? 1 - 50 Sales or more.
___ Family, brothers, sisters: 1 - 2 Sales?
___ Grandparents: 1 - 2 Sales?
___ Aunts, uncles, cousins: 1 - 3 Sales?
___ Family friends (Labor Day parties?) 3 - 10 Sales?
___ 10 closest neighbors: 5 - 8 Sales?
___ Friends at soccer, football, etc.: 3 - 10 Sales?
___ Your mom's friends at work, clubs, PTO, etc. Challenge your family to match your sales! 3 - 10 Sales?
___ Your dad's friends at work, clubs, PTO, etc.: 3 - 10 Sales?
___ Hair salon, insurance office, bank, etc. You give them your business. 3-10 sales?
___ Friends at your religious institution: 3 - 5 Sales?
That's 25 to 70+ easy sales to just people you already know! With a typical sale around $20 (between $18 and $25), that's $500 to over $1,000 in sales! You can make $170 to $300 to pay unit dues with the rest going into your Individual Account.
To go beyond $1,000 in sales, you will probably need to go door-to-door. About half will buy from you so you need to ask about 100 people for each $1,000 in sales. Asking is the key to selling.
Target Your Times
- ⃞ "Sell early, sell often." - Start selling as soon as the sale begins.
- ⃞ Once school starts in the fall, everyone will be selling something,. Get to as many people as you can before school starts.
- ⃞ Saturday morning is often the best time.
- ⃞ Saturday afternoon is next best.
- ⃞ Sunday afternoon is very good.
- ⃞ Sunday evening is good.
- ⃞ Weekday evenings after 5:30 can be good as well.
Target Your Uniform
- ⃞ Wear your uniform shirt, hat, and shorts if possible.
- ⃞ Cubs, wear your vests. They love your patches!
Target Your Territory
- ⃞ Start with your own friends, family, and neighborhood if it is safe.
- ⃞ Target safe neighborhoods likely to buy.
- ⃞ Leave "Sorry I missed you" notes. Some will call you back or remember whn you come back.
- ⃞ Give Thank You notes asking for additional orders.
- ⃞ Keep a copy of forms you turn in as a backup.
- ⃞ Ask them to pay by check when they place the order. It is much harder to get the money the second time.
- ⃞ Ask if they can pay by check so you don't have to carry much cash.
- ⃞ Save your stuff for next year so you will know who to ask & who to avoid next year
- These and many more great ideas are in the Targeting Popcorn Sales.doc It is a doc file that you can customize for your unit.
Overcoming Objections
- We can't eat popcorn. Would you like to donate popcorn to soldiers overseas? How about as a gift?
- We already bought. Can I practice my sales pitch with you anyway? (Many will still buy again!)
- That seems too expensive. Tell them what you do. Show them your patches!
- I don't have any money. No problem. You can pay by check now and it will not be deposited until ___.
- Not home. Leave your "Sorry I Missed You" note.
- Targeting Popcorn Sales.doc - Great one-page flier your can customize
- How to Sell 1000 dollars in Popcorn in 8 hours.doc - great page you can customize for your unit
- Popcorn Order Thank You.doc - Thank you note also gives your number in case they want to order more!
- Popcorn Sorry I Missed You Note.doc - great note for Cub Scouts to leave when people are not home.
- Unit Chairmans Circle Certificate.doc - For your top salesman, don't just pass out patches, mount them on these great certificates. For the very top, put them in $3 frames!
See also
External links
- Trails-end Popcorn
- Trails-end online training
- Popcorn Salesman Video [WMV] - used by the Sam Houston Area Council to train youth popcorn salesman.


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First introduced in 2009, the Toyota Venza is a rather unique vehicle that can be regarded as part sedan, part SUV, and part station wagon; never mind that the EPA classifies it as a truck.
The Venza attempts, in part, to fill a gap in the market that seems to be widening as consumers turn away from the gas-guzzling SUVs, which enjoyed immense popularity during the 1990s and early 2000s. With car-like handling abilities, as well as passenger and cargo space comparable to that of a midsize crossover SUV, the Venza returns to the compact and midsize wagons that families favored in the early 1990s. The Venza is currently in its first generation.
Although difficult to classify, most see the Toyota Venza as part car, part SUV, and part wagon. Toyota does not want the model to be regarded as a crossover. Perhaps it's fitting that a vehicle with such a complex disposition be derived from a complex platform; indeed, the Venza floor plan combines elements of the Toyota Highlander and the Toyota Camry along with elements completely unique to the Venza. Although officially classified as a truck by the EPA, the Venza offers a driving experience akin to that of a car while also providing cargo and passenger space similar to that of an SUV.
The 2012 Toyota Venza is a family-friendly vehicle that, while classified as a truck, bears much in common with crossover SUVs such as the Honda Crosstour and the Nissan Murano. The Venza accommodates up to five passengers and comes in three trim levels: LE, XLE, and Limited.
The LE version includes many standard features such as 19-inch allow wheels, automatic headlamps, fog lamps, privacy glass, dual-zone automatic climate control, cruise control, a power driver seat, a tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel, a trip computer, Bluetooth connectivity with audio streaming, and a six-speaker sound system equipped with a CD player, satellite radio, auxiliary audio jack, and a USB/iPod input. The LE contains either a four-cylinder or a V-6 engine and either may be paired with front or all-wheel drive. Opting for the V-6 version of the LE adds 20-inch alloy wheels.
Meanwhile, the XLE version includes an anti-theft system with engine immobilizer, keyless ignition, keyless entry, a power liftgate, an improved trip computer, a rear-view camera, leather upholstery, heated front seats, and a four-way full power passenger seat. The XLE also offers a choice of either the four-cylinder or V-6 engine and front or all-wheel drive.
Top-of-the-line Limited versions offer rear drive and all-wheel drive and come standard with the V-6 engine. Additionally, the Limited version includes all of the features found on the XLE version along with xenon headlamps, a panoramic sunroof, a voice-activated touchscreen navigation system, and a 13-speaker sound system with a CD player made by JBL.
Toyota offers a Convenience package for the LE that includes a power liftgate and a back-up camera. Also available for the LE, the Preferred package includes the addition of a panoramic sunroof. The Premium package for the XLE includes all of these features along with the JBL sound system. There is also a navigation package for the XLE that adds a navigation system and a JBL audio system.
A six-speed automatic transmission comes standard on all trim levels, engine choices, and drivetrains. Standard safety features for all versions of the 2012 Toyota Venza include anti-lock disc brakes, stability control, traction control, front seat side airbags, side curtain airbags, a driver knee airbag, and front-seat active head restraints. The 2012 Venza earns a respectable rating of four out of five stars in government crash tests.
Reviews indicate that while the Venza may lack the performance and handling capabilities of many European sport wagons, it's nonetheless easy to drive and generally provides a comfortable ride. Despite the Venza being a rather sizable vehicle, its four-cylinder engine moves it along nicely, but the V-6 certainly makes passing easier.
The Venza provides good interior space, and with the rear seats folded down, it offers an impressive 70 cubic feet of storage. With the rear seats up, the Venza can still handle 34.4 cubic feet of cargo. A large console bin and several smaller storage bins offer convenient storage throughout the vehicle's interior. Other interior features include cup holders and a high-mounted shifter that helps free up more room in between the seats.
The Toyota Venza remains a relatively new model that the brand just introduced in 2009. Since that time there have been few significant changes made to the model.
2015 Toyota Venza
Hatchback, Utility/Offroad
2014 Toyota Venza
2013 Toyota Venza
SUV, Utility/Offroad
The 2013 Toyota Venza is a uniquely-shaped vehicle that is most easily identified as either a crossover or a wagon.
2012 Toyota Venza
The 2012 Toyota Venza is now offered in three models levels: LE, XLE, and Limited for the 2.7-liter and 3.5-liter models, with each model offering an escalating number of standard and optional features and packages.
2011 Toyota Venza
The 2011 Toyota Venza retains the same equipment as it had in 2010. As it was, though, the Venza crossover didn't receive too many new bits of equipment last year, either -- iPod and USB ports were made standard, as was Bluetooth connectivity. The Venza has a higher ride height for better visibility, and fuel economy as good as 21 mpg city/29 mpg highway.
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I know I cannot tell you everything. For my own safety and for your piece of mind some things must remain hidden. I come under the guise that I can say anything. That this place is safe, and for the most part it is. Most of the time I'd rather talk to you rather than anyone else, but I am sorry. I am sorry that I lie to your pointed questions, but I do so for my own protection.
Please do not tell me you are okay when you clearly are not. I know its a lie and you know that I know. But then isn't that the exact same lie I just told you moments earlier? And don't I know that you know that, too?
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The Danish series Borgen is a huge hit in Europe. Will its mixture of raw politics, social democratic ideals, and human frailties succeed in the U.S.?
The March on Washington marked the beginning of a tumultuous half-year whose events would shape the decade's legacy.


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Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury duets get release date
Secret duets by late pop icons MICHAEL JACKSON and FREDDIE MERCURY are to be released later this year (13).
In 2009 it emerged that the former Queen frontman had recorded several songs with the Thriller hitmaker in the 1980s which had remained undiscovered for more than 20 years.
Now Queen guitarist Brian May has revealed three of the songs will finally be officially released to the public for the first time in the autumn, according to The Times newspaper.


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Mattias1979 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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We are starting a recruitment and employment agency called "ishine".
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Celestial Maternity Ward N81 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope "family portrait" of young, ultra-bright stars nested in their embryonic cloud of glowing gases. The celestial maternity ward, called N81, is located 200,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a small irregular satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.
Hubble's exquisite resolution allows astronomers to pinpoint 50 separate stars tightly packed in the nebula's core within a 10 light-year diameter - slightly more than twice the distance between earth and the nearest star to our sun. The closest pair of stars is only 1/3 of a light-year apart (0.3 arcseconds in the sky).
This furious rate of mass loss from these super-hot stars is evident in the Hubble picture that reveals dramatic shapes sculpted in the nebula's wall of glowing gases by violent stellar winds and shock waves.
A pair of bright stars in the center of the nebula is pouring out most of the ultraviolet radiation to make the nebula glow. Just above them, a small dark knot is all that's left of the cold cloud of molecular hydrogen and dust the stars were born from. Dark absorption lanes of residual dust trisect the nebula.
The nebula offers a unique opportunity for a close-up glimpse at the "firestorm" accompanying the birth of extremely massive stars, each blazing with the brilliance of 300,000 of our suns. Such galactic fireworks were much more common billions of years ago in the early universe, when most star formation took place.
The "natural-color" view was assembled from separate images taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, in ultraviolet light and two narrow emission lines of ionized Hydrogen (H-alpha, H-beta).
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Pregnant Jessica Simpson's Shocking Warning From Her Doctor
This should be the happiest time of her life, but health woes, sleepless nights and prenup drama are stressing Jessica out! She's fed up!
Jessica Simpson was glowing when she announced her pregnancy, but all of that has changed as medical and family drama put her life in turmoil. "She's said it's been a difficult pregnancy — she's been dizzy and nauseous," a friend told OK!. And her pregnancy has been so difficult that doctors even gave 31-year-old Jessica a stern warning — no more junk food or you'll hurt the baby!
"They beg her to ease off, but so far she has not been able to help herself," a friend revealed to OK!. "Everything she eats is highly processed with chemicals and preservatives, white flour and sugar." Jessica's been known to love her junk food, but now that she's pregnant she has an excuse to it her favorite treats (check out below for a step-by-step look at her cravings).
"Her mom and sister Ashlee tell her that all those chemicals are bad for the baby, but she won't listen," the insider added. "Jessica has always loved to eat; almost to the point of addiction. Jessica's drug of choice is food and has been since she was a little kid."
And fiance Eric Johnson isn't helping her stay healthy: "She'll tell Eric to bring her home a brownie, but once she has one, it kind of kicks in a binge. She'll move onto ice cream, then she'll want something salty, like potato chips with French onion dip."
Jessica's unhealthy diet has made her gain way more weight, and now she's so uncomfortable. "Everything on her is swollen — out to her feet and hands," the source told OK!. "Jess says she feels like a beached whale. She's always too hot. She's taking three showers a day."
To make matters worse, the stress has led to many sleepless nights! "She can never find the right position," the source explained. "Jess is a stomach sleeper and has a hard time adjusting; her breasts and belly are so big. Since she's pregnant, she can't even take a mild sleeping pill."
But finding the right sleeping position isn't what's keeping her up at night — it's the drama between her fiance and her dad, Joe Simpson! According to OK!, Eric is refusing to sign a prenup, and Joe isn't happy. "It's been getting worse by the day," the source said. "Instead of resolving stuff, they've only dug themselves deeper. Until this all started they had the most harmonious relationship. But the other day, Jessica said she was starting to think they'd never work it out."
All the fighting has led to postponing the wedding! But publicly, Jess still says it's because of her hormones. "When I get stressed out, it's like 50 times worse," she said. "So I really want to enjoy that day and now I get to have my baby with me."
How can Jess stay positive with all the stress? "She just wants to have the baby and be a mom already," the friend said.
But despite all the drama, the singer-turned-designer can still lean on her fiance and her sister Ashlee Simpson. Throughout all the health scares and nightmares, Ashlee's counseled Jess. The mom of almost 3-year-old Bronx talks to Jess constantly over the phone and in person, and she's the ONLY one who can calm her down. To keep Jessica happy, Eric sweetly holds doors open for her, rubs her swollen feet and lets her take her bad mood out on him. "Jessica seems to feel that Eric's only job in life should be pleasing her," a source said.
Jessica's Unhealthy Pregnancy Cravings
Jessica's eating for two — but she's taking it to a new level with sugar, sodium and other bad snacks! "It's wrecking havoc on her blood pressure and cholesterol," a source told OK!. Here's some of the worst offenders in her diet:
- Jack in the Box shakes: Jessica loves them, but they're 700 calories!
- Sweet and salty snacks — together: Her favorite snack is salt and vinegar chips, dip and M&Ms, but that's a day's worth of salt and sugar.
- Taco Bell: The fast food joint is easily accessible, but a meal there can be 14 grams of fat.
- In-n-Out Burger: Sure the cheeseburgers are delicious, but the 1,440 grams of sodium is far from a healthy option.
Did YOU have bad pregnancy cravings? What are your healthy eating tips for Jessica?
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