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Dear SOS: I have enjoyed the lamb ragu at Pizzeria Ortica in Costa Mesa on several occasions and would love to have the recipe. I always pair it with a Sauvignon Blanc from Paso Robles.
Sydney Springer
Newport Beach
Dear Sydney: Pizzeria Ortica was happy to share its recipe for this rich and hearty dish, which we've adapted below.
Pizzeria Ortica's lamb ragu
Total time: 2 hours, plus 3 to 4 hours braising time
Servings: 12 to 16
Note: Adapted from Pizzeria Ortica
6 lamb shanks (about 3 pounds), untrimmed
2 carrots, plus 2 cups finely cubed carrots (5 to 6 carrots, cut into 1/4-inch cubes), divided
2 large onions, plus 2 cups finely diced onion (about 2 onions, cut into 1/4-inch pieces), divided
3 stalks celery, plus 2 cups finely cubed celery (4 to 5 stalks, cut into 1/4-inch cubes), divided
Olive oil
1 1/2 cups red wine
1 sprig fresh rosemary
3 sprigs thyme
2 sprigs marjoram
1 (3-inch) cinnamon stick
5 juniper berries
About 2 quarts chicken broth, more or less as needed
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 pound pappardelle pasta
8 ounces fresh ricotta, preferably sheep's milk
Parmesan cheese
1. Place the lamb shanks on a rack over a rimmed baking sheet. Season each shank with one-eighth teaspoon salt. Place the shanks, uncovered, in the refrigerator and chill overnight.
2. Coarsely chop the 2 whole carrots along with the 2 whole onions and the 3 stalks celery.
3. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large, heavy roasting pan over high heat until almost smoking. Add the shanks and brown them on all sides to a nice golden brown. When they're done, remove the shanks to a plate or baking sheet.
4. To the hot pan, add the coarsely chopped carrots, onions and celery, and scrape the bottom of the pan to lift any flavorings left over from the shanks. Stir in the wine, rosemary, thyme, marjoram, cinnamon stick and juniper berries. Cook over medium heat, simmering, until the liquid reduces by half, about 5 minutes.
5. Return the shanks to the pan, and pour in just enough chicken broth to cover the shanks. Cover the pan with enough foil to form a tight seal, then with the pan's lid.
6. Place the pan in the oven and cook until the meat pulls easily from the bone, about 3 to 4 hours.
7. Gently remove the shanks from the pan, and strain the liquid in the pan into a large measuring cup, discarding the vegetables and solids. Set the strained liquid aside.
8. Cool the shanks slightly, then pull the meat from the bone, shredding the meat into large pieces. Discard the tendons, and separate the meat from the fat, saving each separately. Coarsely chop the fat.
9. In a large sauté pan, heat the butter along with 1 tablespoon olive oil and the lamb fat over medium-high heat. Cook slowly until the fat is a deep brown, and be careful as the fat will "pop" in the pan.
10. Stir in the finely cubed carrots, onions and celery, then add the shredded meat. Add enough of the strained liquid to cover the meat and vegetables, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Very gently simmer the meat and vegetables for 1 hour, stirring occasionally and taking care not to break the meat into smaller pieces. This makes about 8 cups ragù.
11. When the ragù is almost done, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the pappardelle until it is just al dente, about 8 to 10 minutes or according to the package directions.
12. Strain the pasta, saving a little of the cooking liquid to stir with the ricotta. Toss the pasta with just enough ragù to dress it lightly.
13. Press the ricotta through a fine strainer into a medium bowl, then stir in a couple of tablespoons of the pasta liquid to give the cheese a lighter consistency, adding more liquid if desired.
14. To serve the ragu, spoon a little of the ricotta on each plate. Spoon over the pappardelle and ragù, and top with Parmesan cheese. Serve immediately.
Each of 16 servings: 321 calories; 22 grams protein; 26 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams fiber; 13 grams fat; 6 grams saturated fat; 76 mg. cholesterol; 3 grams sugar; 280 mg. sodium.


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The things Jillian had learned and the things she had only imagined were smeared together in her mind, like two colors of paint on a palette. She'd certainly lived more days in the Olive Garden, but she couldn't say how many. A lot, maybe. With the field of pink flowers at hand, it was easy and pleasant here. And what was time?
Judy lived in the City of Efbaum, which seemed pretty much empty (she had only ever seen a scarecrow unit and some kind of metal golem guarding it). But Jillian found she couldn't be there long without getting dizzy and sick. Something about all the shimmering green made her wretch. It was the wrong shade or something. She slept outside, on the moss of the stream bank, and ate berries and fruits.
Both by day and by night, she dreamed. She walked in something like space or air, looking at the things behind the things. Everything seemed to have numbers behind it, but the number was too high to count, or she wasn't high enough to count it, or something. In the corners of directions that had no names, she saw borders, like hex borders, but these were the edges between reality and...something else. Unreality? Potential reality? Other reality? She didn't know, because she couldn't go there to see it.
At some point, inevitably, all of that would start to slide away. Falling out of a dream was scary, and could hurt quite a lot.
When Jillian had fallen and her flower was stale, she would sometimes remember things about who she was, what her mission was, and even that she was held captive and she ought to try to escape. The bald jester would return, to shout and curse at her. She tried to go without a flower sometimes, to get her thoughts straight. But the flower dreams were not replaced with clarity, only by headaches and need. No plan of hers to escape or overpower Judy or seize the city lasted even thirty minutes. She always found herself back on the yellow road, back in the field, picking a new flower. Dreaming again.
Then came a day when she didn't fall down from the dream. She was pulled.
Smoothness touched her hand. It wrapped around her wrist, grabbing firmly and tugging her down (or...out, or some other direction) from the dream. The weird angles collapsed into straight lines, the numbers blurred, sunlight touched her face. The colors were only green leaves and flowers and blue sky. It was morning in the garden.
And Dame Branch was here, holding her hand.
"Hello, Jillian," said her captor, smiling.
"That's me..." she said, just to confirm it.
"Uh huh," nodded Dame Branch. "It's time to talk about your future, dear. If you want one. Can you sit up for me?"
Jillian's hand went to her head, feeling a tangle of hair but no flower there. She looked around by the bole of the tree where she'd slept. The extra one she had picked yesterday was gone. She frowned, and sat up, looking around in quietly frantic confusion.
"You'll have one if you're good," said Dame Branch.
The seriousness of that statement struck her a cold-handed slap, and she focused on the Florist. She hadn't gone without a flower for a long time now. She didn't like that.
"Please..." she said, with a gummy throat.
Dame Branch smiled, looking deeply satisfied. "You see that? We never needed Tina at all."
Jillian shook her head, not knowing the name "Tina." But Dame Branch wasn't addressing her now. She let go of Jillian's hand and rose to her feet, turning to look back over her shoulder.
"Your failure and hers, Wanda. Remember that. Life conquers all."
Jillian's heart, already pounding for fear of not getting another flower, tripped over itself at the name. The view behind Dame Branch's golden hair was no longer just a blur of colors. One of those blurs wasn't the thin white sapling she'd taken it for. It was Mistress—or, it was Lady Firebaugh.
Jillian squinted, pulling the Croakamancer into focus. She looked different now. Worse. She was wearing only some kind of white gauze, wrapped around her cadaverous body in strips. Her skin was nearly as pale as the gauze. And she wore a pink flower in her hair. Jillian's fear mixed with envy, and she considered pouncing to grab it.
"Yes, Mistress," said the Lady Firebaugh, with lids half-closed. Her posture was slumped, defeated. "Although...she hasn't yet—"
"She's about to. Now, Jillian," said the Florist, crouching and turning a kind face to her once more, "you must know we can't afford to keep you as a prisoner forever. We could use a warlord of your level, but we can't pay your upkeep if you're not going to be on our side. So it's time for you to turn to Haffaton, dear. What do you say?"
After all of this time, something reached through to what Jillian recognized as herself. The enemy...yes, that's right, the enemy was asking her to turn! She couldn't bring herself to speak, but the look on her face must have told all. She clamped her lips together and shook her head violently. It was all she could do. Words wouldn't come.
Dame Branch continued to smile, but her eyes no longer did. "Now, Jillian. The alternative is rather gruesome, I have to admit. Do you want to go the way of the other warlords from Faq? Do you want to be croaked, and your body used like a puppet?"
Jillian shook her head again, keeping her lips pressed together. Tears were forming at the corners of her, and her face felt hot. This was just unfair.
"Do you want a flower?" asked Dame Branch.
"Yes!" blurted Jillian. Oh Titans, she wanted one.
"Well, you can have lots of them, dear! All you want," she said. "But you'll have to earn them. You'll have to undo some of the damage you've done, and play nice with us, and defend Haffaton instead of wrecking everything, okay?"
A whole chorus of voices shouted "No!" inside her aching head. The little fat jester was among them. Jillian's mouth hung open, and she shook her head helplessly.
"I understand," said Dame Branch sadly. "But let me show you something that may change your mind. Can you stand up for me?"
It came with the force of a captor's order, and Jillian lacked any strength to resist. She took the offered hand, and rose to her feet. Dame Branch led her around the tree to the stream bank. Lady Firebaugh followed at a distance.
"Look down," said Dame Branch. "Do you recognize these plants?"
Jillian looked. At her feet, lovingly planted between the roots of the great tree she'd slept beneath were tiny miniature trees. She certainly did know them. No longer in porcelain pots, no longer kept on pedestals, these were the tiny, revered trees of the Court of Faq.
And on the stream bank, newly planted wussywillows grew beside the thorny red rosebushes. Jillian's mouth hung open for a moment. Then she dropped to her knees in the mud, and put her hands over her eyes, and let out a mournful, lupine howl.
"Your Loyalty isn't your fault, really," said Dame Branch, putting her hand on Jillian's sobbing shoulder. "It's even admirable. But it's misplaced. There's nothing left to be loyal to now but Haffaton."
Jillian curled in a ball on the muddy ground, pulling away from the enemy's hand and crying into her stomach. Her hair touched a soft branch from one of the little trees. Dame Branch allowed her to weep.
If Faq was gone, there was nothing to be alive for. Why fight anything or anyone? No, she would rather croak and have her body used by Mistress Wanda. Let Mistress have her way, she didn't care. Maybe it would bring her some joy. Send my spirit to the Titans. She would not serve here willingly.
But she could say none of that. She could only lay there, crying into the mud. The voices in her head were crying, too. The whole world was crying.
But not the jester.
For once, the jester in her mind did not dance and yell. He stood with his hands folded before him, his mouth closed, his expression somber. As her attention fell upon him, it was as if a beam of sunlight fell in a circle around him, and all the wails and cries were muted.
"Banhammer lives. Do not turn," said the jester. Then the beam of sunlight brightened, and he faded away.
She stopped crying. She was all here now, sober. Lying in the mud in the enemy's lovely garden. She sat up, and with sudden clarity said, "But...Faq didn't fall."
Jillian heard Lady Firebaugh make some kind of stifled sound.
"Faq, Otoh, and Kibo are Haffaton cities now," said Dame Branch evenly.
"I'm not a Ruler," said Jillian. "My father escaped, didn't he? He finally got off his huge keister and moved!"
Dame Branch took a deep, slow breath. "Would you like a flower, Jillian?"
"Yes," she said again. "But I won't turn for one..."
"You don't have to, today," said Dame Branch. "For now, just tell me where you think they went."
"They." Jillian gaped. The corners of her mouth turned ever so slightly upward. "The whole Court got out?"
Dame Branch no longer even faked a smile. "Where did they go, Jillian? Are they going to be a problem for us?"
"No," said Jillian. In combat, the Chief trusted herself to find a reserve when things got tough. But she amazed herself with the magnificent lie that spilled right out of her mouth. "No, I don't think so. They would have gone south. Father always planned to join Transylvito if we got conquered. That's probably where he went. I bet they're just negotiating for everyone to turn now. I guess they'll only be a problem if you try to take Transylvito."
Dame Branch looked into her eyes for a long moment, but Jillian kept her gaze steady, sincere, needy. That last part, she didn't have to fake.
The Florist stood and turned around, walking up to Lady Firebaugh, whose chin was raised.
"I did say..." said the Croakamancer.
The Florist's left hand flashed out and grabbed the Lady Firebaugh's throat. With her right hand, she tore the flower from the Croakamancer's hair and tossed it over her shoulder at the tree. Jillian leaped to her feet and greedily retrieved it from the mossy carpet. She attached it to her head, and the glorious relief washed over her. The first trickles of new dreams dripped into her mind, and she sat back down on the mossy path to welcome them.
When she looked up, Dame Branch was putting something different in Lady Firebaugh's hair. It was a hoop, made of twisted rose stems. The blossoms had been torn off of it and tossed aside carelessly. She put the thorny circlet on Lady Firebaugh's bowed head and smacked it in place, causing the Croakamancer to cry out.
"There, be right," said Dame Branch petulantly. "Enjoy being right. Is that fun? Here!"
She grabbed Lady Firebaugh by the arm now, and hurled her. She tumbled to the ground beside Jillian, who gawked.
"Enjoy it together! Be little conquered sweethearts together! You can trade stories of how Haffaton rolled over you. Maybe she'll get up in the middle of the night and put you out of my misery!"
Jillian tried to ask a question, but the dreams were coming now. She lay back down on the moss, and forgot what a "question" was.
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I haven't been here in ages. For some reason, I logged in today and see they are shutting the forums down. This place used to be amazing. Everything I know, everything I've ever learned or performed, and everyone I've met in the magic community can be traced right back here. This is where it all started for me.
I remember the day I got the email that I was chosen to be an Elite Member. It was such an awesome feeling, like I was a member of Illuminati lol. Then to be named a moderator after that was another honor. Sadly, I had to step away from both as I became a dad and my family needed more of my time.
There are so many guys on here I looked up to and respected (and still do!) I've had the privilege of meeting some of the in person. Just so it's forever entombed in the ellusionist vaults, I want to give one more shout out to the guys that made this place amazing. I'll include them below. Hope I don't forget anyone.
Thanks ellusionist! Thanks Brad for your vision. This place truly was awesome. So long.
David Mitchell for keeping the forums running
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I am an American girl who has seen Tim McGraw live 18 times and as traditional as they come. I do not, however, participate in baby showers. This ceremonial welcoming of a baby rarely treats birth with reverence. I believe women can - and should - birth naturally and breastfeed their babies. The American way of having babies is in crisis. This is an educational blog; exploring birth, breastfeeding, & attachment parenting. I am a Natural Childbirth Educator and this is my voice.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
My "All-American" Birth
I remember when people would ask me if I was having "the drugs," I would think they were crazy for asking me such a question. Of course I was having the drugs! At one point during the pregnancy I thought there was a chance that our insurance plan wouldn't cover an epidural and I completely panicked. How could they expect me to give birth without pain medication? I breathed a HUGE sigh of relief when I found out I had misunderstood our coverage.
Also during that pregnancy, I had an encounter with a woman who had had a midwife attend her unmedicated birth and chose to tear because she was emphatic about not having an episiotomy. She never explained to me why she was making these (crazy) decisions, but looking back on it, I wish she would have. (I always speak up when talking to pregnant moms!)
We enrolled in a hospital childbirth class because that's what you are supposed to do. The instructor announced right from the beginning that if you wanted to feel the birth and not have the epidural, you were in the wrong class. This was for "the wimps." I felt at ease. We were very prepared to be good patients. They explained all about the hospital procedures and policies. We took a tour. We learned about the epidural and were assured that it was safe for both mom and baby. I was so glad to be in such capable hands. I didn't have to know about anything that was happening to me. They would take care of everything. Did I mention that the hospital where we chose to give birth averaged 30 babies a day? (You are statistically more likely to have a c-section in a busy hospital.)
The day before I was due, I had an appointment with our OB. During my vaginal exam I found out that I was not dilated or effaced. He told me that at this point that my body "just wasn't sure what to do." He wanted me to come in for a non-stress test (fetal monitoring) in 5 days. He said at that point I would likely be induced and that it was best to emotionally prepare for a c-section because my chances of having one greatly increased with an induction. (Twice as likely, to clarify.)
I left that appointment, again, feeling like my doctor knows what he's doing. My husband's reaction, however, was quite different. He felt jipped. He wanted to have the experience of not knowing when labor would start and the rush to the hospital. We took blue cohosh and castor oil intermittently for hours. All joking aside, I DO NOT recommend taking those substances into your body. At midnight, we gave up and decided to go to bed.
Now, no one had told us that intercourse and nipple stimulation could start labor. We were engaged in these activities when I felt something very different than what I had been feeling for the last several weeks. It faded, but came back about 5 minutes later. We were so excited! We got dressed and went walking. By the time we got home, I had to stop during contractions. It got hard pretty fast. I took a bath and that did help. I hadn't prepared to feel anything, remember.
A side note -- I spent the first several hours of labor throwing up and having diarrhea from all the castor oil.
After 5 1/2 hours of labor, my vaginal exam told me that I was 90% effaced and 3 cm dilated. Remember, my body "didn't know what to do" and my cervix was a "big, fat zero" just a few hours earlier. My doctor didn't know when I would start labor! My body worked very hard in those 5 hours. I cried when I got to the hospital because I could have pain medication.
I had Nubain until I was further dilated. I felt drunk. I could still feel contractions, but I couldn't talk. My body was working so hard when I was moving around and making fast progress, but when I got in the bed, everything slowed down. (Remember that, pregnant moms.) Eventually I was able to have the epidural. With that came a flood of interventions, such as fetal monitoring, an IV, a catheter, a pulse monitor, fever reducer, pitocin to speed contractions, oxygen to bring up the baby's heart rate (who was doing fine until I introduced drugs into the equation), blood pressure monitor, eventually internal monitoring of the baby (had to break water to make that possible). What started as a normal, healthy, physiological event turned into a high-tech circus in which I had no control over.
My baby's heart rate kept dropping and the nurses kept telling me I was on the road to a c-section. I would have had one if my sister-in-law (the same one who wanted me to have a midwife) would not have been there. After each contraction, she would roll me over to my other side and that would bring baby's heart rate up. The nurses were surprised to find that I was dilated to a 9 and went ahead and moved me to a delivery room. I pushed for 45 minutes and gave birth to a very small baby boy. 6 pounds, 1 ounce on his due date. (That's a story for another time.)
My husband was very emotional, and while they cleaned the baby and check him out, David looked at me and said in this awestruck voice, "You've just given birth," like I was so amazing. I felt embarrassed by his reaction because I didn't feel like I had done anything amazing at all. I didn't even feel the birth. Nothing.
I reflected on the birth for several months afterward, but it wasn't until I picked up a copy of Dr. William Sears's book, "The Birth Book" that I realized what I had done. I only had one chance to give birth to that baby, and I blew it! In the words of Dr. Sears, "Birth Matters." Sometimes we find that out later than we'd like. The beautiful thing is that we can learn from those experiences and make the next time better.
So when I say that I understand why American women have medication in childbirth, I really do. I've lived it. And there is a better way to give birth.
13 comments:
- Lena said...
Wow, I can totally feel how upset you are at that birth! I hope you still remember the good feelings from that day and focus on them and not let the experience eat you up. (I'm trying to take my own advice here too.) You didn't know. You were a lot like me and didn't really know what there was to know! I think it is such a gift that you are the mother of your girls. They will know all there is to know when the time comes for them to have children. I was so stinkin' clueless!
- September 10, 2008 at 12:51 PM
- Sarah said...
I can't believe I just happened to click on your comment to one of my postings this evening and found this so soon after you started it! Positively providential!
Anyway, I thank God that you have this experience and others are able to glean from it and not have to make the same birth mistakes (we'll make enough of our own, though!). Seriously, if it weren't for you, I think I would have had 3 VERY difficult, if not HORRIBLE birth experiences.
It sounds like you have some deep regret for your 1st birth experience, but in a sense, you speak with more knowledge because of it. Right or wrong, people listen more to someone who has been there, done that, than to someone who just "knows" things in theory. In taking your classes years ago, I remember being comforted by the fact that you had done birth both ways, and infinitely preferred the natural way. You bring so much more to the table with your experience, and anyone who thinks can appreciate it.
Consider this: because of your experience, tens (could it be hundreds by now?) of people have been spared the same regret you carried.
Can't wait to read more!
P.S. Any experience with Thrush?
- September 11, 2008 at 3:01 AM
- Donna Ryan said...
So great to hear from you Sarah! I never commented on your blog though, so I don't know how you ended up here!
Just to clarify, I really don't have bad feelings about my first birth. I wouldn't be as passionate about birth today -- and that women CAN do this without the drugs -- if I wouldn't have had that experience. Sarah, I think you are right about being able to bring that to the table. I really do try to use my experience as a learning tool so that other women do not make the same mistake I did. We need to take the fear out of childbirth!
Lena, if my girls choose to have meds in childbirth, I will completely freak out, as much as we talk about childbirth in this house!
- September 11, 2008 at 2:18 PM
- Lena said...
I wish you could take the fear of chilbirth from me and Peter. Thinking of doing Joseph's birth all over again is definitely scary. You know what though I knew every time I went to Betty's that I wouldn't be delivering there. I kept trying to shush that feeling but I think God was trying to prepare me because I didn't freak out near as much I think I would have otherwise.
- September 11, 2008 at 2:31 PM
- motherly prosody said...
You are quite the eloquent little writer Donna Ryan! I love this blog and will send it to my (MANY) currently pregnant friends! Thanks for your insight and vulnerability! (And for teaching such a BOSS class!)
- September 12, 2008 at 2:59 PM
- Sarah said...
You probably don't remember it because my blog wasn't truly a blog at the time (there was only one post on it for many months!), but I had posted Claire's birth story over a year ago and you had commented on it--something sweet about how birth experiences like Claire's are why you teach Bradley.
Anyway, maybe you'd created a profile long before you started blogging, but for some reason, your hyperlinked name made me curious again (I'm sure I had clicked on it before, disappointed when it didn't show you had a blog.) Believe me, I am sooo excited that you've started one. I feel so passionately, but I'm too chicken to be that passionate on my own blog--too afraid of offending or hurting someone I know by my strong opinions (sometimes made stronger because of THEIR experiences, know what I mean?). I know you won't pull any punches, though. Whoo Hoo! Let the ride begin! (And I promise not to be TOO offended if I see myself in some of your "don't do this" examples. I readily admit, as prepared as I was, I wasn't prepared nearly enough the first time around. Way too naive in believing it was no big deal to have OVER A DOZEN midwives who could be on call for my labor. "We're all a tight-knit group. We pretty much have the same approach." Yeah, right!)
Oh, and I hope you don't mind; I hardly EVER comment on people's blogs, but I have the strong suspicion that I'll have to keep myself from commenting on EVERY POST. . . I'm so excited! Let me know if it gets to be too much!
- September 12, 2008 at 5:25 PM
- Donna Ryan said...
Sarah, I'm so glad that there are excited people out there to read this blog. I've thought about saying or not saying certain things, but I've decided that this is my blog and I will say what I really think. David always reminds me that my "opinions" are based on facts and evidence. Thanks for your support! You can comment all you want!
- September 13, 2008 at 2:11 PM
- David & Sherry said...
Congratulations on starting your blog... I agree, it's a great venue for expressing ideas.
I'd love to read about natural parenting... I bought the sling because I thought it would be cool to try and have loved it so much more than I thought. I could be a poster child for them! Baby J is so happy in it & when I can't get him to sleep nursing (e.g. when he had the stomach flu & was exhausted, yet awake at 3a.m.) I can always get him to sleep in the sling. He just knows now he's safe & snuggly.
I'd love to hear how much you used your sling. Did you wear your babies while doing stuff around the house? It's hard for me to get stuff done with him in it because I have to use my right hand to kinda support his fanny & that leaves just my left to wash dishes, etc. It's great for when we go places (shopping, zoo, school, etc.). How often did you carry your babies in it? Do you have any tips?
Another thing I'd love to read about is nursing beyond one. There's so much pressure to wean at one & I just don't see J or me being ready... especially J. You told me your experience, but I'd love to hear it again & I think others would too.
- September 15, 2008 at 11:30 AM
- David & Sherry said...
Hey, it's me again. A couple more things I want to express/ask about natural parenting.
When M was a baby I read a lot about it, but don't remember everything. I would love not only to read about when & how you wore your babies, nursing, etc., but I'd love to read the whys too. I remember there are many benefits, but don't remember a lot of specifics.
Several months ago I googled for more info & found a bunch of blogs/websites that, quite honestly, I thought were kind of wacko & scary. Although I strongly believe in breastfeeding, these blogs were so intolerant & nasty about parents who bottle feed, I found them offensive and felt I couldn't trust their stats, info, etc.
- September 15, 2008 at 12:06 PM
- Andrea Betty said...
this birth story reminds me so much of my first... even the small baby part. While I was pregnant I had envisioned finally feeling like a "whole" woman after birth, but I didn't and I didn't get my second chance for a full 5 years. I was 28 when I finally felt like a whole woman.
- July 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM
- Alisa said...
I love that you are able to share all of your experiences with others. You sure have had all kinds of births. It is fun for me to look back and remember your "journey" of birthing! How you gradually changed from one birth to the next.
Happy Birth day to you and to Daymon!
- August 9, 2011 at 9:45 AM
- April said...
Throw in an unwanted induction and episiotomy and you had the same birth I did! Without that birth I would not have had the motivation to do it differently the next time!
Keep speaking up and helping those women who would otherwise have to go through what we did! I will.
- August 9, 2011 at 10:28 AM
- Marlene, Baby Monzon Shower Coordinator said...
Sounds very much like my first birth, but I didn't realize what I had missed out on until my third birth, 17 years and two days later. I took Bradley classes that time. The birth was awesome! The worst part was knowing I had missed out on the experience twice before. I wanted to do it again as soon as I was done. I wanted to do it once a week (later I decided once a month would be more doable). Because of my natural both experience I am doing it again. I will be forty when this baby is born.
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What's inside? Here are the questions answered in today's reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question.
1. Student loan struggles
2. Highlights of South Dakota
3. Air conditioning debate
4. Is internet stuff "free"?
5. Loan options
6. Starting online businesses
7. Tithing question
8. Multiple credit cards
9. Improving memory
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Whenever I'm sitting at my desk to write, I usually have a podcast playing. If that's the case, how can I actually get anything out of the podcasts?
Consciously, I don't. What I find, though, is that if I listen to a podcast in my "mental background" a few times, I've usually picked up most of the useful information in the podcast. Thus, if I listen to informative podcasts, I usually find myself having a deeper understanding of other things that I see and hear in other contexts.
I used to listen to music a lot when writing, with much the same effect. I could find myself singing along to songs that I scarcely remembered listening to at all.
Q1: Student loan struggles
I am currently a sophomore in college and recently filled out my financial aid papers for this coming year and was looking at the amount of money that is borrowed in my name. The amount that I have borrowed (after this next year it is about $13,000), after loan consolidation calculators and looking at repayment plan calculators, does look like an amount that can be paid off in the future. What I am worried about is the fact that, in the profession I have chosen, I will not be making a lot of money, especially not up front. This profession is also one that requires graduate degrees in order to get into. I won't really have a career until I finish my doctorate and by then there will be interest added from when they were taken out and from deferment periods and more loans taken out to finish my undergrad. So what I'm wondering is how much more money in student loans would it be wise to take out in the 2 years following and what can I do to make sure that when all these loans come due, that I can pay for them?
– Julia
If this is the career path you're going to stick with, there are a few things you can do.
First, minimize the amount you borrow. This might mean working a part-time job to pay for some of your education and living very lean, but that's part of college life. These are the years to live very lean.
Second, look for any opportunities for loan repayment. Does your career path offer any programs where your loans will be repaid if you commit to a challenging career path upon graduation? Teachers often have this option, where they're assigned to challenging districts and have their loans repaid if they stay there for a certain number of years.
Finally, use cost as a major factor in where you go to school. While a prestigious school can help a bit with your career path, it's not nearly as important as it once was and it's trumped by a strong academic record and good contacts, something you can achieve at any school.
Q2: Highlights of South Dakota
I've always wanted to see some of the national parks of the Great Plains area so I'm jealous of your trip to South Dakota and Wyoming. What did you think were the highlights?
– Andie
My personal highlight was driving through the Badlands on the scenic loop starting at Wall, South Dakota. The overlooks were breathtaking and I dearly wished we had an opportunity to camp there for a night. I just kept looking in every direction.
The others I traveled with had different favorite experiences. My father loved the Crazy Horse monument, owing in some significant part to his American Indian heritage. My wife and children seemed most enamored with Devil's Tower, which we all hiked around.
My mother's favorite part was perhaps the simplest. She just enjoyed the scenery everywhere, particularly on the Swordfish Creek loop in the northern Black Hills.
I have a bunch of suggestions for free things to enjoy in the area, which I'll post about in a few days once I go through all of the trip pictures.
Q3: Air conditioning debate
In the hot summer, we keep our house at 75 degrees when we are home. We both work 8-5 during the week. I think it would be cheaper to keep the A/C off during the day and turn it on when we get home (we don't have a programmable thermostat to do it on its own). It usually is 81-83 degrees when we get home using this strategy. She thinks it would be cheaper to leave the A/C set on 78 degrees all day so that it doesn't have to run as hard when we get home to get the temperature down to 75. Who do you think is right?
– Bill
It uses far less energy to turn it off during the day and then turn it on when you get home than to run it at a high temperature during the day.
The reason is pretty straightforward. On a hot day, your house is always gaining heat, but the rate of heat gain slows as your home approaches the temperature of the outdoors. If you leave your air conditioning on during the day, it's going to kick on several times. Each time, it's going to push the temperature of your home further away from the outdoor temperature, which means your home is going to take on heat faster than it would if your air conditioning never kicked on in the first place. You're far better off having your air conditioner lower your home's temperature from 81 degrees down to 75 once during the day than have it run several times to keep the temperature close to 78, then a final run to get it down to 75.
Note that this is in terms of energy use, not cost. Many areas charge more for energy during peak usage hours (say, between 5 PM and 7 PM). You'll want to check your last energy bill for rates and, if it's significantly higher during that time, it may actually be cheaper to follow your wife's suggestion.
Another idea is to simply close the blinds and window coverings in every room before you leave in the morning. This will keep direct sunlight from getting into your home. Direct sunlight will heat things up quite a lot.
Q4: Is internet stuff "free"?
A lot of times, when you mention stuff on the internet, you talk as though it's "free." How do you see it as being "free"? People do pay for internet access you know.
– Jim
Since The Simple Dollar is an internet site, I feel pretty safe assuming that my readers have some access to the internet. According to the Q4 2011 "State of the Internet" report, the average American internet connection is over 5 Mbps, which means it's reasonable to assume that readers have a reasonably fast connection, too.
If I hold these things as assumptions, it's reasonable to think that there is no additional cost for users to visit other sites or use other internet services. Thus, in my mind, they're essentially free.
Yes, users do pay for their internet service, but if they're willing to pay for the sites they already use, then adding more sites to their list of useful sites is more or less a free bonus, and that's a good thing.
Q5: Loan options
I have $30k available for a 4% loan from my 401k. Option #2 appears the best to me but would like your thoughts.
1) do nothing and don't touch the 401k; that amount of compounding can never be re-captured
2) get the 401k loan and apply it to Federal "Parent Plus" loan; current balance is $60k with projected $40k more, all fixed @ 7.9% (side note- $100k for 4 yrs of private college may sound pricey but we'd end up spending much more at a public state college where kids can't get the classes needed to graduate in 6 years!)
3) get the 401k loan and apply it to "interest only" mortgage; current balance is $425k @ slightly adjustable 2.5% (disclaimer- our old tract house is nothing fancy but the cost of real estate near San Francisco is ridiculous!)
I think we're ok in the other areas that usually concern you. Here's some background info:
– Mortgage minimum payment is currently $800. However, we pay $2,500/month and should have it paid off in less than 20 years, which saves a few years and a chunk of money compared to the traditional fixed mortgage.
– Our side-business has a $18k loan for 3 more years; the interest is a tax write-off (we have no debt, other than mortgage, tuition, and business loan)
– Both my husband & I have been working full-time for 25 years, make equal amounts of money, and have life insurance policies that would pay off the house plus have 8 years of that lost income (if it happened today, that would see our youngest child out of highschool).
– We have 3 months emergency fund in short-term CD's.
– We both have "Long Term Disability" insurance for 60% of our income
– 10% of our income is donated (church, non-profits)
– 10% of our income goes to investments (401k, IRA, 529). Note- until college loans, we had saved 15% of our income.
– We have 2 personal cars (we commute different directions and mass transportation is not feasible) plus 1 business truck which are all paid off, well maintained, and in good working order; they should last a few more years.
– Our lifestyle is not extravagant, simply due to upbringing and personal choice. Many of the "frugal" suggestions in SD seem natural to us, such as central heating set at 65 degrees and only when we're home, mow our own lawn, clean our own house, rarely eat out, use coupons, etc. There are some of your ideas on my "to do" list, i.e. make my own clothes detergent and shop at thrift stores. I firmly believe that cable is not a utility but cannot get rid of it until I find a way for my husband to watch live professional ball games (football, hockey, basketball, and baseball) at home so he doesn't have to spend every evening at Applebee's. ha!
Oh, and we would like to retire in 10-15 years so that we can pursue non-profit jobs, volunteering, some hobbies, and taking care of grandbabies.
– Connie
I would agree with your assessment that the second option is the best one.
There are a couple reasons for this. First, I think it's going to give you the best overall return on your money. Second, you have enough flexibility to cover that loan if the person from whose 401(k) the money was borrowed were to lose their job (you'd have to repay the 401(k) loan immediately).
If you were in a tighter financial position, I'd probably suggest option one. The thing that always worries me about 401(k) loans is that if you lose your job, you've got to repay that loan within ninety days and if you don't have the resources to do so, you're going to get hammered by the IRS at a very inopportune time.
Q6: Starting online businesses
I am a teacher of 20+ years and am looking to get into a internet blogging as a business. I need tips and advise. How do you get paid, is my first question, if I may ask? Hope that's not too personal. What would be helpful for me to get started?
– Rachel
Bloggers typically get paid via the advertisements on their site.
The challenge, of course, is how you get paid. Most advertisements are paid via CPM, which means cost per thousand views. Typical CPM rates are $3 per 1,000 views. So, in order to make $3, you have to have a thousand visitors to a page.
Thus, the trick for most internet sites is simply generating enough traffic. A thousand views a month will only earn you $3. A million views a month will earn you $3,000.
You can, of course, have multiple ads, but if you have too many ads, you'll drive away readers.
The real key? Have good content that people want to read. The key there is to write from the heart.
Q7: Tithing question
My wife and I moved to a new community recently and joined a new church in this community. At our old church, there was almost no pressure to donate. They passed around a collection plate and that was about it and I felt good about putting money in it. At our new church, though, they talk about tithing all the time and send envelopes to our house seeking donations. Do you think it is necessary to tithe 10% of your income to a church?
– Leon
It depends on the rules and requirements for membership in such a group. If part of the requirement for membership is a 10% tithing, then that's their call.
Of course, you don't have to be a member of such an organization. That's your choice as well.
Should people give away 10% of their money as a religious requirement? Again, I think that's up to individual belief. Sarah and I give away money to a variety of charities each year, but we don't force ourselves to match a specific giving amount.
Q8: Multiple credit cards
I'm 22. Trying to build my credit. It's pretty low right now, but I've had a credit card for about 6 months. I've paid it off diligently and really just use it for small things to keep it going. I have now started getting tons of offers in the mail for credit cards. My question is will opening more than one credit card at a time build my credit faster? I know if I opened another card I wouldn't have any problem paying it off or getting out of control with spending.
– Donald
Getting another credit card can provide a small boost to your credit, but it won't help as much as the first one. Your first card is the one that will really establish the length of your credit history.
This new card would only help your credit in terms of bolstering your debt-to-credit ratio, which basically means the amount of debt you have on all of your cards as compared to the total credit line on all of your cards. It can have a very minor impact in other areas, too.
Your best bet, if you were to get a second card, is to either get one and sit it in your closet untouched or get one that you use for a very specific purpose, like a card associated with your gas station of choice.
Q9: Improving memory
I have a terrible time with short term memory. I always forget things I'm trying to remember, like the three items I need to get when I stop at a grocery store or the four errands I need to run. Any good memory tips?
– Colleen
Over the last year, I've come to really rely on the "memory palace" tactic for such things. It's a simple tactic, but it really works.
All you do is visualize a familiar place in your head, such as your home or the house you grew up in. Imagine yourself walking through that home. As you're imagining it, imagine giant versions of the items you need or of the errands you need to run throughout the home. Absurdly giant versions, preferably with another absurd attribute related to it. Imagine a giant piece of cheese dominating your kitchen. Imagine a giant carton of milk in your living room that your cat is bathing in.
Walk your mind through this absurd version of your house a few times and you'll find it much easier to recollect the items you want to remember in an hour or so.
Q10: Saving options for retirement
I will make about $125-$130k this year, so I believe that I dont qualify to contribute to a Roth IRA anymore. My employer of 2 years now offers a 401k but doesnt offer a match (we are still in start-up mode). I've been contributing to the 401 anyways, just to make sure I am putting something towards retirement. In the past I did Roth's as well.
My question is, what other options do I have to save for retirement considering my situation? I am not really well versed in investing so any help would be appreciated.
For what its worth my grandmother has been retired for about 40 years now and swears by CD's and EE bonds and tells me its better to just save then to worry about the best return.
– James
The big advantage that a 401(k) has for retirement is that it shifts the income tax burden from today until your retirement (when you're in a lower tax bracket). It also allows you to change your investments without tax implications (within the 401(k)) and you can sometimes get an employer match. However, you're usually restricted to a pretty small set of investment choices, many of which are going to be relatively substandard. A 401(k) is also inflexible when it comes to making career shifts. If you want to quit and use some of that money for starting a business, you can't get a loan from it and you can't withdraw from it without a huge penalty. I think a 401(k) works great for most people who intend to minimize their job hopping in the decades before retirement and don't really desire to become self-employed or start their own business, but it's not the only option.
It sounds like your grandmother saved for retirement outside of a 401(k), which certainly works. In fact, her plan for retirement savings would have worked really well at various points in history. There were times when savings bonds and CDs returned well over 10% and it wasn't too long ago when they were still returning over 5%. Given the flexibility that they offer, that's a pretty good deal.
The problem is that savings bonds, CDs, and treasuries are now returning below 3% – and most of them are approaching a 1% annual return. That's just not a great return no matter how you slice it.
Assuming that you're relatively young, if I were in your shoes, I would probably invest in a very large and very secure dividend-paying company, like Verizon. Buy stocks in that company and reinvest the dividends.
You'll have to pay taxes on those dividends and you'll also have to pay taxes on the capital gains you earn when you sell, but you'll still get a better return over the long haul than you would with CDs and savings bonds right now.
Then, if the rates on CDs and treasury notes climbs in the future (above 5%, at least), I'd lock my investment down with those.
Again, this is what I would do in your shoes. I encourage you to do your own research and reading.
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Most Asian stocks rose Thursday after U.S. President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner expressed optimism about a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff," sparking a solid rebound on Wall Street.
Japan's Nikkei Stock Average NIK, -1.78% rose 1%, South Korea's Kospi 180721, -0.34% gained 1.2% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index XJO, -0.39% advanced 0.7%.
Taiwan's Taiex XX:Y9999 gained 0.9%, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.49% snapped a three-day losing streak to finish 1% higher.
But mainland Chinese shares declined for a fourth straight session, however, dropping further toward their lowest level in nearly four years, with brokerages and commodity companies pacing the losses. The Shanghai Composite Index 000001, +0.29% dropped 0.5%.
The broad gains came after Obama said he hoped to have a deal by Christmas to avoid the more than $600 billion of tax hikes and spending cuts kick in from January, which investors worry will drag the U.S. economy into a recession. Rep. Boehner also told reporters he was optimistic Republicans could forge an agreement with the White House. Read: U.S. stocks rally as politicians talk deal.
Some strategists said investors should be wary about paying too much attention to this week's headlines about the "cliff."
Alan James at Barclays Capital said that "with substantive discussions between Congressional leaders and the president not expected to kick off until next week, we would not read much into the volatile headlines."
Peter Lai, director at DBS Vickers, said "people are waiting for concrete measures to build confidence."
Lai added that while stocks in Shanghai have fallen to levels that he believes are oversold, he was "not pessimistic."
Over the past year, the Shanghai Composite has plunged 17.6%, which including a 3.2% decline so far this week. For more on Shanghai stocks, read: Good China data, untraded shares slam market.
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Japanese exporters got a boost as the dollar USDJPY, -0.21% reclaimed the ¥82 level. Hitachi Ltd. 6501, -2.24% HTHIF, -4.53% rose 2.9%, and Advantest Corp. 6857, -0.65% ADTTF, +37.18% added 3.4%.
Sharp Corp. 6753, -4.10% SHCAF, +3.90% jumped 3.1% on a Dow Jones Newswires report it was in talks with U.S. companies about a capital injection. The firm is talking to Dell Inc. DELL, +0.87% Intel Corp. INTC, +0.45% and Qualcomm Inc. QCOM, +0.12% people familiar with the discussions reportedly said. Read: Sharp holds talks with Dell, others for funding.
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Auto makers also advanced despite news that industry retail sales for October fell in Japan from the year-earlier month, breaking a string of modest increases since December.
Among the three top auto makers, all of which posted year-on-year declines, shares of Toyota Motor Corp. 7203, -0.65% TM, +0.58% rose 1.2%, Honda Motor Co. 7267, -1.76% HMC, -1.07% advanced 2% and Nissan Motor Co. NSANY, -0.98% 7201, -2.24% climbed 2.5%.
Resource sector shares, which were hit hard Wednesday, when U.S. austerity concerns boosted the dollar and pressured metal prices, broadly rebounded during the session.
In Tokyo, steel maker JFE Holdings Ltd. 5411, -1.97% JFEEF, +0.66% climbed 3.5% and Kobe Steel Ltd. 5406, -2.17% US:KBSTY soared 6.9%; in Sydney, uranium extractor Paladin Energy Ltd. PDN, +3.57% PALAF, -12.92% rallied 5.4% and Murchison Metals Ltd. climbed 2.5%; and Angang Steel Co. 347, -0.31% ANGGF, -7.53% rose 1.4% and Jiangxi Copper Co. 358, -0.60% JIXAY, -5.18% advanced 0.6% in Hong Kong.
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd. RIO, -0.95% RIO, +0.88% added 0.9% in Sydney after outlining cuts to capital expenditure, and offering guarded optimism over Chinese ore demand. Read: Rio Tinto targets over $7 billion in cuts, savings.
Shares of brokerages suffered heavy losses on mainland Chinese bourses, helping erase gains recorded earlier in the day. Reuters cited a Chinese media report as saying that there has been discussion by key industry players to cut broker commission fees.
Shares of Sinolink Securities Co. 600109, -1.65% plunged by the day's 10% limit, Haitong Securities Co. 600837, -0.86% lost 5.9% and Citic Securities Co. 600030, -1.00% fell 4.4% in Shanghai; in Shenzhen, Changjiang Securities Co. 000783, -0.13% lost 8.6% and Hong Yuan Securities Co. CN:000562 tumbled 9.1%.


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Black conservatives reflect on 50th anniversary of the March on Washington
8/23/2013, 2:42 a.m.
WASHINGTON On August 28, Americans will observe the 50th anniversary of the "March on Washington" civil rights rally. Black conservatives affiliated with the Project 21 leadership network are sharing their reflections on the anniversary by talking about the lessons learned since that day, how the March affected their lives and how American society has changed since that day in 1963.
While it was called the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," the event is now commonly called the March on Washington. It was a major turning point in America's civil rights movement. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, DC, where they heard, among many other speeches, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Project 21's Joe Hicks is a former executive director of the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization founded by King. Currently the vice president of Community Advocates, Inc., Hicks also served as the executive director of the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission and has hosted his own radio talk show. Worried that some are spoiling the legacy of the event, Hicks said:
Fifty years ago, civil rights organizations and black Americans from all over the nation gathered in Washington, D.C. to demand that full civil rights and equal opportunity be granted to them as outlined in the nation's Constitution. If Dr. King and other larger-than-life civil rights leaders from that era were alive today, they would be stunned and amazed by the progress the nation has made since Dr. King made his dramatic "I Have a Dream" speech.
Unfortunately, these great Americans would also be disappointed by the actions of those who inherited their legacy. Dr. King, Ella Baker or Thurgood Marshall would not have endorsed race hustling. In 1963, the protests and demands of black citizens seized the high moral ground and were based in actual suffering and discrimination.
On this 50th anniversary of a great American event, we will witness the tattered, shrill remnants of the once-proud civil rights forces protesting "racial oppression" that is largely pathology and myth. Their actions now are to further a shamelessly outdated and polarizing agenda.
Project 21 member Lisa Fritsch, a talk show host and Tea Party activist in Austin, Texas, said:
Growing up, I was told that hard work, excellence and strong character would make the world Dr. Martin Luther King envisioned a reality for me.
I am fortunate that when I look around my community, my church and my family, I see Dr. King's Dream realized in love and in service. I see my children skipping along, playing and praying with other children who they have judged to be like them— a likeness of heart and mind. We have jokingly referred to our section of my community as the United Nations because we have a family from nearly every racial bent you can think of as well as mixed families. It is a beautiful compilation of fellowship that requires no particular political or racial persuasion to borrow a cup of sugar, come over unexpectedly for tea, get an unexpected ride to the emergency room or attend a Christmas party.


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Thank you, thank you, thank you to the brave soul who asked this question:
Recently, I've been struggling with certain sins and have had to
refrain from receiving communion. I'll go to Confession almost every
week or every other week, and then mess up again and not be able to
receive communion.
I have a really hard time going to daily Mass every week, sometimes
not because I can't receive, but I'm worried my peers and friends will
continue to notice how much a sinner I am.
So, I've been thinking about this quite a bit for the past few weeks.
What will get me to daily Mass? Is it worth looking like, as St. Paul
would describe, the worst of all sinners? I've thought of some good
reasons to go, but I really want to see what you can come up with.
So, for a future post, will you please try to answer what to do in
this situation?
Truth be told, it wasn't until I was in college that I realized what a big deal it was to receive communion in the state of mortal sin. I've talked about this before, so I won't exhaust the subject here, but the fact of the matter was that I just had heard some really bad advice on the matter. And as you may have noticed in your time thus far on earth, we humans are pretty good at justifying bad decisions when we're desperate.
"God loves me too much to put me through such humiliation as not receiving communion in front of family and friends while at mass. He knows how much I love Him…I think it's fine to receive…"
"Look, God, I promise you I'll go to confession at my earliest convenience; but today, I'm going to receive you because I'm too embarrassed not to."
Unfortunately I had it in my mind that these thoughts were justified because of silly little things I read on the Internet (Google is the best friend of a guilty conscience looking for justification). Turns out that in cases where both reception of communion is necessary and sacramental confession is impossible beforehand, it is ok to receive communion in the state of mortal sin so long as you make a perfect act of contrition beforehand and have a firm intention to go to confession as soon as you are able. But let's face it: for a lay person living in the Church today—when most of us have the ability to go to daily mass and can receive the sacrament of penance at least weekly if not whenever we bump into (or call up) our parish priest— it's extremely rare if not virtually nonexistent that both of the circumstances (1. receiving communion as necessary and 2. confession impossible) are met.
Now that that excuse is out of the way, I'll do my best to answer the question.
Honestly, yes. It sucks not being able to receive. To some extent that's kind of the point: we're not supposed to be showing off that we're not receiving, or proud of our depraved moral state when we can't receive communion. We're supposed to humble ourselves before God, seek forgiveness, and then— still recognizing that we're not worthy— go to receive Him in all humility while realizing that it's precisely when we rely on our own "willpower" and "strength" that we end up waiting in our seats while the rest of the congregation goes up to receive Our Lord. We're powerless against sin on our own.
But as someone who used to sit wondering if I should or shouldn't receive (and I only say "used to" because I've since quit making up excuses for myself, and it's now pretty black and white when I should and shouldn't receive), I will tell you one thing: The only thing that has ever crossed my mind with regard to those who I've noticed not receiving communion at mass was how brave they are and what respect for Christ present in the Eucharist they have.
I'll also say that if it weren't for the witness of the young adults at my college who, despite their sins, still had a greater reverence and respect for the Holy Body and Blood of Our Lord than I did when they refrained from receiving without a second thought, I don't know that I would have ever gotten up the courage to humble myself as they were able to. Yes, even in the state of sin, God can use us to bring others closer to Him.
Satan would absolutely love for us to skip daily mass because we "can't receive Jesus anyway." It's a great temptation, and even though it's not a sin to miss daily mass, it's never a good idea to give into Satan's bidding. Trust me, God wants us at mass even when we're in the state of sin—probably even moreso.
Besides, even though receiving Communion is the greatest thing we can do, it doesn't mean that going to mass is pointless if you can't receive. We're still there to give God our worship. We're still there to offer God our prayers, yearnings, and even our shortcomings. How can we expect to heal if we don't spend time with the Physician?
When you can't receive—either because of being in the state of mortal sin or simply because you can't make it to daily mass—pray this spiritual communion. And remember: God still loves us, even in our sins.
I wish, Lord, to receive you with the purity, humility and devotion with which your most holy Mother received you, with the spirit and fervour of the saints. Amen.
And don't hesitate to call up a priest to schedule a confession mid-week or whenever. Jesus gave them the power to forgive our sins…It's what they're there for!


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Fall 2016 turns to be interesting for Intelligent Transport Systems in Tuscany.
ETSI has lanched the ITS Plugtests featuring the first live trial at the European scope. The kick-off event took place in Florence at the premises of the Tuscan Regional Government on September 20th.
The experimetation will take place in a large scale infrastructure encompassing the settlement of the sea port of Livorno and the Livorno - Florence highway together with its Traffic Control Center.
The companies going to experiment their ITS solutions in Livorno from November 9th to November 18th are listed below:
Finally ERTICO has invited Sebastian Muller (ETSI) and Paolo Pagano (CNIT) to publicly discuss the Plugtests during a webinar organized by the Compass 4D collaboration.
Contacts: Paolo Pagano (CNIT), Sebastian Muller (ETSI)
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Sharks beat Wild to snap four-game slideby Eric Gilmore
SAN JOSE -- The San Jose Sharks flipped the switch on their sputtering power play and snapped their season-long four-game losing streak Thursday night with a 3-1 victory against the Minnesota Wild at SAP Center.
Joe Pavelski scored two power-play goals, and rookie Tomas Hertl added a third as the Sharks tied their season high.
"It's been better," Pavelski said of the power play. "We've obviously found our work ethic. It hasn't been pretty, but we've taken more shots and gotten a lot more pucks back and a few went in."
When the Sharks lost 3-1 at Minnesota on Sunday, they went 0-for-4 on the power play, a display that coach Todd McLellan called "awful" after the game. This time Pavelski and Hertl scored power-play goals in the first period when the Sharks had four chances and built a 2-0 lead. Pavelski scored another extra-man goal in the second period to give the Sharks a 3-0 lead entering the third period.
McLellan said he hopes the Sharks have recaptured their typical confidence on the power play, but he'll need more proof.
"The one thing they got back was their work ethic, for the most part," McLellan said. "You start there and you can certainly build off of it. Three for a night is a good night. A night that we'll take, and it obviously won us the game. Confidence is a strange thing. It can come and go quickly. You have to work hard to maintain it."
The Sharks (20-6-6) finished 3-for-7 on the power play; the Wild (18-11-5) went 0-for-3. San Jose had gone 2-for-22 on the power play in its previous six games.
An angry Minnesota coach Mike Yeo said his players spent much more time in the penalty box than they deserved, and he accused the Sharks of "embellishment" and "diving." He specifically pointed to the Sharks' first goal that came on their first power play with Justin Fontaine in the penalty box for high-sticking Brad Stuart.
"Must be nice to draw penalties like that, when the other team goes stick on puck and you just kind of hold your head," Yeo said. "Make sure you look at the first penalty because to me that's embarrassing. I guess we've got to ask our payers to embellish more."
Yeo said he thought his team "battled hard" and might have had a better fate if not for so many penalties he considered to be questionable.
"We didn't do enough, no question," Yeo said. "We were obviously in the box too much. We didn't finish well enough. Penalty kill, it doesn't matter how many times they dive, we got to make sure we kill them off. Or embellish. I shouldn't say just dive."
Sharks goaltender Antti Niemi made 28 saves, while Minnesota's Niklas Backstrom made 36.
Minnesota, which got a third-period goal from Jonas Brodin, continued to struggle on the road. The Wild are 13-3-2 at home but lost their fifth straight road game and fell to 5-8-3 away from Xcel Energy Center, including a 2-1 road loss Wednesday night against the Anaheim Ducks.
Minnesota lost for the eighth time in its past nine trips to San Jose -- all in regulation.
With Fontaine in the penalty box for high-sticking Stuart, Pavelski scored at 5:14 of the opening period on the Sharks' first power play. Dan Boyle sent Pavelski a pass from the point, and he ripped a shot from above the left circle past Backstrom, with Patrick Marleau providing a screen.
Minnesota killed off San Jose's second power play, but the Wild's parade to the box wasn't over. The Sharks got their third power play at 12:16 when Joe Thornton drew a holding call on Fontaine. Thirty seconds later, Matt Cooke tripped Thornton and went to the box.
The Wild survived all 1:30 of the two-man advantage, but Hertl scored with four seconds left on the 5-on-4 power play. After a Brodin turnover, Tommy Wingels threaded a pass to Hertl in the slot. The rookie, who drew his first NHL penalty in the second period, ripped the puck past Backstrom and inside the left post.
Hertl's team-high 15th goal gave the Sharks a 2-0 lead at 14:43.
"It was good," Sharks center Logan Couture said of the power play. "We went through a stretch there where it was losing us some games. I think our power play was the reason why we weren't winning. In this room, we've got a lot of skilled players that should go out and create momentum for our team if we're not scoring, and we're starting to score some goals. so it was good to see."
The Sharks had blown two-goal leads in two of their past four losses, but this time they didn't let Minnesota back into the game.
Pavelski made it 3-0 at 3:42 of the second period with Zenon Konopka in the box after getting four minutes for high-sticking Jason Demers and drawing blood. Replays showed that it was actually Sharks rookie Freddie Hamilton's stick that made contact with Demers' mouth, but that didn't help the Wild.
Matt Irwin took a pass from Thornton and fired a long slap shot; Pavelski scored from the slot on a rebound.
"That third goal was big for us," Pavelski said. "It gave us a little more of cushion. We haven't been able to find that third one lately. Still definitely would like to forecheck more and play with the puck more in the third. It's a big win for us. We had to get this one."
Brodin ended Niemi's shutout bid at 12:36 of the third period, banking a shot off Stuart and past Niemi, but that was as close as the Wild got.
Wild forward Jason Pominville pointed to his team's slow start -- Minnesota gave up the first goal for the eighth straight time on the road -- and missed opportunities to score throughout the game.
"They're a tough team to play against at home," Pominville said. "I think they've drawn the most penalties in the League. They showed it tonight. Whether we like the calls or not, there's nothing much you can really do. It's just unfortunate we put ourselves behind the 8-ball. It's tough to come back when teams have leads."
With just over eight minutes left to play, Couture was stuck near his left eye by a puck shot by a teammate. He skated off under his own power and went to the dressing room, but he returned later in the period.
"It was just knuckling, and me being stupid, I wear my visor up a little high," Couture said. "That had something to do with it."
Wild rookie forward Brett Bulmer, who was called up Thursday from the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League, made his season debut for Minnesota. He had four hits and took two shots in 10:18 of ice time.
"I was impressed," Yeo said. "I thought he played a strong game. He was hard, he was physical. He's not fun to play against. He's good on the wall."


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Dense fibroglandular tissue on left breast.
Hi, since my sister is dignosed with the Breast Cancer in April 2008, I too went for the mammogram and got the following report. I`m very much worried. I`m 34 year old mother of 3yrs & 4Yr old kids.
There is a lobulated radiodensity identified beneath the marker of the palpable lump in the upper inner quadrant of the left breast.
The radio density measures 2.3 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm in craniocaudad, anterior-posterior, and transverse dimensions.
There are heterogeneously dense fibroglandular tissues of the left breast.
There are small left axillary lymph nodes.
A lobulated radiodensity is identified, corresponding to the palpable lump in the upper inner quadrant of the left breast.
Now, I`m getting little pain in my left breast. Please help me
There are many causes for a breast lump, both benign and malignant. Pain is often a good sign, because benign breast masses tend to be more painful while cancers are often not associated with pain. I'm certainly concerned that your sister was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and if you are 34, I would assume she is also under the age of 50. I think that you should definitely consult with a physician regarding this mass. It could be a benign fibroadenoma, in which case following it would probably be OK. It could be a cancer, although I certainly hope not. Biopsy may be necessary. With your sister's young age of diagnosis, genetic counseling may be appropriate, especially if there is more breast or ovarian cancer in the family or if you are of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.
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The Rolling Stones are headed to Australia, and they're taking Mick Taylor along.
The enduring rock 'n' roll favorites announced Tuesday they'll be playing a gig March 22 at the Adelaide Oval. They haven't played in Australia since 2006. A news release says ex-member Taylor will be a special guest for the concert.
The date is the latest on the 50 and Counting tour, a celebration of the five decades Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts have been together. Ronnie Wood joined in the '70s. The tour began last November.
The Stones will be the first entertainment event at the Oval, a sports field that's undergone a refurbishment. It's been nearly two decades since the band visited Adelaide, leading Richards to say, "It's been awhile, right?" in a promo video.