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Caring for a loved one who is seriously ill or injured can be a rewarding responsibility, but it's also an extremely challenging one that often takes its toll on the caregiver's health.
Caregivers lift their loved ones, bathe them, provide emotional support and companionship, and administer medicines. They also manage medical appointments, make sure their loved one is fed, and pay complex medical bills. And they do all of this for someone who may have behavioral issues or may not even recognize them anymore.
The Burdens of Caring
According to the Family Caregiver Alliance, a national nonprofit caregiver support organization, family or friends care for 65 percent of older Americans. The majority of those caregivers are women who also have jobs outside the home.
"The number of Americans who require caregiving will only rise in coming years as baby boomers age," notes Nancy Shomo, GC-C, BSW, who coordinates bereavement services and provides counseling for patients and families at Sentara RMH Medical Center.
Caregivers who are caring for aging parents along with their own children—caregivers who belong to the so-called "sandwich generation"— are particularly susceptible to stress.
"That type of situation really isn't something you can prepare for," says Tammy Carter James, RN, MDiv, one of the chaplains at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital. She experienced it herself a few years ago when she was caring for her mother, who'd had a stroke; was dealing with her responsibilities as a mother to her own children; and was attending seminary—all while still holding a job.
"It catches you unexpectedly," James says. "There's no instruction manual to help you through the challenges. That's probably a good thing, though—most of us would run in the opposite direction if we knew what we had to face!"
Both James and Shomo agree that caregivers who isolate themselves or don't have good family or community support usually endure greater stress—and male caregivers are more likely to isolate themselves, according to James. "Men seem to be less likely to engage the help of others," she says. "They often become very protective and controlling of their loved one's care."
Those caring for patients with Alzheimer's and dementia also experience high levels of stress, since the conditions can only worsen over time, with accompanying changes in personality, according to James.
Shomo, at Sentara RMH, and James, at Sentara Martha Jefferson, work with nurses, social workers and doctors who experience the stress of caregiving in their professional lives. Professional caregivers, in fact, often experience the same kinds of stress as those caring for loved ones at home.
"They lose sight and neglect to nurture themselves," Shomo says. "It's important for professional caregivers to get a chance to grieve when they lose a patient, and I frequently get calls for assistance from nurse managers at Sentara RMH. In those cases, my role is to help staff process stressful situations, individually or as a group."
Self-Care for Caregivers
According to Shomo, the burden of caregiving, whether professional or personal, is like holding a glass of water. "It may not seem heavy at first, but if you hold if for long enough, it will become heavy," she says. "You have to put it down and rest before you can pick it back up again."
Letting go of the burden for a short time can help you feel refreshed for the next task, she adds. That's why it's important for caregivers to take time for themselves. "We're all unique, so self-care is different for everyone," adds Shomo. "Figure out what you need to do to recharge—it could be something as simple as reading or taking a bath."
It's essential for people who provide care for others to know the signs of stress (see the accompanying caregiver stress test). Feelings of depression are common, Shomo notes, and caregivers may have trouble sleeping, or they may quit exercising.
"You may feel impatient, especially with your loved ones, or get too rough with them," says Shomo. "And you may stop eating, or even overeat."
James adds that it's common to see caregivers who were once neat and tidy start to look disheveled and messy because they aren't taking any time for themselves. "You can just tell the caregiving is taking a toll on their bodies," she says. "Caring for a loved one who is ill is a lot like caring for an infant. Even at night, you're never really able to get into a deep sleep—you're constantly listening for signs of needed assistance from your loved one."
Letting Others Help
Allowing others to help you is essential, but sometimes it can be difficult. "Your stress level can be better managed if you surround yourself with adequate resources and understand that you can't do this alone," James says.
Shomo often tells her clients that it's easier to deliver a casserole than to receive one. "Show grace to other people," she advises. "Allow that person to feel good by accepting help from them."
Caregivers also should be sure to access available community resources like palliative care, hospice care, adult care centers, Meals on Wheels, senior center classes and respite care for caregivers who need a short break.
Recognizing Emotional and Spiritual Needs
Here are a few steps caregivers can take to care for themselves:
• Share your feelings: Find a support group or start your own group.
• Be honest: Don't hide the truth from your adult children.
• Don't be a martyr: You can't help anyone if you're not healthy.
• Give yourself credit: Pat yourself on the back—you deserve it.
• Journal: Write down your feelings. You don't have to share them with anyone.
• Laugh: Spend time with friends, or just talk to someone on the phone.
It's also important for caregivers not to lose sight of their spiritual health while caregiving.
"Yoga classes, meditation, prayer or retreats are all helpful for recentering and focusing on what's important," James says.
Self-Care Tips for Caregivers
Follow these tips to keep yourself healthy—they may help you to be a better caregiver.
• Eat healthy, drink plenty of fluids and exercise.
• Try listening to relaxing music, tapes or podcasts.
• Space out caregiving activities to allow yourself rest periods.
• Reorganize your priorities to avoid overloading yourself.
• Ask for help.
• Share your feelings with a friend or spiritual adviser.
How Can You Help a Caregiver?
Do you know someone who is a caregiver? Avoid saying to them: "Let me know if I can help." You likely won't hear back, because it's so hard for most people to ask for help, James says. Try these suggestions:
• Ask the caregiver to think about his or her needs.
• Call to set up a time to show up and help.
• Offer to stay with the ill person while the caregiver goes out for a few hours or takes a nap.
• Coordinate meal delivery with friends, family and neighbors (you can do this online).
• Send cards—they're a good mood booster—or a gift certificate.
• If you visit, don't stay too long—caregiving is hard work, and visitors can add to the stress.
If you need caregiver services:
At Sentara RMH, call 540-564-5118 or email email@example.com.
At Sentara Martha Jefferson, contact the chaplains at 434-654-8407, or contact Palliative Care at 434-654-5597.
Do You and Your Loved Ones Have an Advance Directive?
An advance care plan, also known as an advance directive, enables you to record the type of care you want to receive if you become unable to speak for yourself. Information is available to help you have the "TALK" with your loved ones about your care decisions.
T—Take time to have the conversation with your physician and family.
A—Always be open and honest.
L—Leave no doubt about your values and preferences.
K—Know that advance care planning is a quality-of-life choice.
To learn more, go to Sentara.com and search for "advance care."
Sentara Martha Jefferson offers an informal Caregivers Coffee drop-in meeting.
Where: Third floor of the Cancer Center Conference Room
When: Alternate Wednesdays, 10:45-11:45 a.m.
Registration is not required. Call 1-800-SENTARA for details.
Caregiver Stress Test
Caregiving is challenging and stressful in many ways. This questionnaire can help you become more aware of your emotions and stress level.
_____ I find I can't get enough rest.
_____ I don't have enough time for myself.
_____ I don't have time for other family members, besides the person for whom I care.
_____ I feel guilty.
_____ I don't get out much anymore.
_____ I have a hard time getting along with the person for whom I care.
_____ I have conflicts with other family members.
_____ I cry a lot.
_____ I worry about having enough money to make ends meet.
_____ I don't feel I have enough knowledge or experience to give care as well as I'd like.
_____ My own health is not good.
_____ I would like to get information about caregiving issues and resources.
If you checked one or more of these statements, you may have an unhealthy level of stress. Consider looking for assistance to help you take care of yourself. Self-care can improve the care you provide for your loved one.
Test adapted from The Caregiver's Handbook, published by San Diego County Mental Health Services, San Diego, Calif.


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If you enjoy scheduled daily workouts, chug goddess green juice, and steer clear of sugar, there will be a time where alcohol and hangovers will start to lose it's luster. That time is now for many New Yorkers and Angelenos as a tide of alchohl-free social gatherings is rising to meet the sober crowd.
Although breaking the habit of having a drink with dinner or going out can be uncomfortable, there are events popping up that address how to navigate sober life, from sex and dating without alcohol, to avoiding the bar at holiday parties. Club Soda is such the event held in NYC.
Gatherings like these are getting easier to find. Dry dinner parties and yoga events fuelled by DJ's are gaining popularity as social atlernatives to the bar scene. In New York, a new pop-up party, called The Softer Image, combines herbal tonics, dancing, and energy healing.
Sparkling water can get boring really fast, in 2017 you'll see healthy mocktails—like the new Curious Elixirs—on more bar menus. Not to menttion DIY health tonics at house parties, bridal showers, stags, you name it! Pinterest results for these booze-free concoctions are endless.
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I'm a fan of both Robert Rodriguez and pulpy flicks featuring lots of bloodshed, so of course I had to see Machete this weekend.
Machete is a 70's style B-movie based on the fake trailer that appears in the Rodriguez/Tarantino 2007 film Grindhouse, and it pretty much lives up to expectations.
You know, as long as you're expecting violence, tits, and comically hard-boiled dialogue.
The casting is out there, with a lineup that includes Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Steven Seagal, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson, and Michelle Rodriguez, who in my opinion deserves some sort of industry award just for her abs in this film. (Seriously: you could grate cheese on those things. HOT.)
Oh, and also Lindsay Lohan's in it.
I know, right?
I have to admit that as soon as I saw her character make an appearance, I wondered if she got the role because she was banging Rodriguez. I mean, I couldn't imagine he hired her for her stellar acting skills of late.
But the more you see of her in the film—and it's not much, she gets maybe 15 minutes of screen time—the more you wonder if she's playing a spoof of her real life persona. There she is on the screen, drugged-up and sleazed-out, her improbably-sized naked hooters barely hidden by mounds of curled platinum-blonde hair, exactly like a caricature of Lindsay Lohan, Trashy Party Queen™.
Director Robert Rodriguez tells PopEater that he was approached by a friend who suggested casting Lohan in the movie he was making, Lindsay supposedly had no problem with her role (a druggie wild child), or her introduction to the movie, where she's pulled out of a drug den by her frustrated father. Rodriguez said,
"If it was just that scene, I'm sure she would not have been interested in it. But for the character that was part of the spoof of it."
So it sounds like the character was in fact an over-the-top wink to her past. I'm not 100% sure it was the best role for her in terms of personal damage control, but maybe I'm wrong. There's something about it that reminds me of Pee-Wee Herman getting up in front of thousands of people after his masturbating-in-a-porn-theater arrest and saying, "HEARD ANY GOOD JOKES LATELY?"
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#809: how to look heavy metal for the chicks
"Skateboarding is more a part of my life than I had ever realized. I quit and didn't have anything at all to do with skateboarding for nearly 10 years—then one day, how important it is it all came back and hit me. It's defined so much of my life and my thinking. I wouldn't be who I am without skateboarding and I feel privileged to have been a pro skateboarder." -Jason Lee
10 comments:
- Cris said...
Never realized how similar (at least in photos) Jason's style is to Julien's. Quiet, casual, efficient. Some real gems in there.
Great post, as-always.
- July 10, 2012 at 9:37 PM
one of the reasons I learned a proper 360 flip & backside flip. I really dug his quote about his love of skateboarding. respect.
- July 10, 2012 at 11:54 PM
- Keith said...
great post. One of the best 360 flips and styles ever.
His ex-wife has been in the news lately with regard to Tomkat's divorce and the whole Scientology thing. Coincidence with the timing of this post?
bs flip pic in the Firing Line is a terrible photo! Didn't think it was possible to have a bad photo of JLee.
2003 360 flip photo is amazing as is the first sequence.
bs 180 fakie 50-50 on the contest rail... When is that? 91? That's pretty advanced for back then.
Poweredge cover with the ear flap helmet is great.
- July 11, 2012 at 12:01 AM
The front board pic from the 95 tws is one of my all time favorite skate photos. Perfect shape on that trick.
- July 11, 2012 at 1:54 AM
- chops said...
Thanks guys.
Keith, yeah, that photo is pretty much bunk but I love J.Lee's answers in that thing.
bs180 to 50/50 was 90. So advanced.
and I love comparing the third frame from the 89 sequence to the 2003 photo. so sick.
- July 11, 2012 at 1:37 PM
- Royce said...
Frontside Tailgrab.... Thank you!
- July 12, 2012 at 11:09 AM
- dan77 said...
I think Nestor Judkins skates a lot like Jason in the Visual Sound days and that's a good thing, similar style of dress too.
- July 12, 2012 at 5:23 PM
- mdspb said...
Agree that b/s 180 to fakie 50/50 on a rail was advanced for 1990, but important to remover that Gonz did the f/s version at least 2 years prior.
Just saying.
Great work as always!
- July 13, 2012 at 12:21 AM
- mdspb said...
(damn iPhone)
- July 13, 2012 at 12:22 AM
One of the greatest styles ever on a skateboard, his part in visual sound will stay strong forever
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When I was invited to try out the new Pizza Express Special Menu I was obviously excited! I love collaborating with companies who have restaurants throughout the UK, it means most of you lovely readers can check out them too as there's more than likely one nearby! Plus it's guaranteed to be the same great quality of food whichever restaurant you live near.
I'm definitely one of those people who always orders the same thing, so I was really excited to try the new special menu, there was no excuse not to try something new!
For drinks I went for the apple, pear and raspberry juice (I was driving!), and Michael went for the Sloe Prosecco. He made sure to point out a few times that I was missing out, but I was happy with my delicious and healthy juice!
For starters I went for the Pennette Formaggi, which is their version of Mac & Cheese. It wasn't any Mac & Cheese though, they really make it their own. I could never make one that good at home!! I added the ´nduja sausage to give it an extra kick (which I would definitely recommend) and it was so good. It was served in such a cute little ramekin with a lid (I kinda wanted to take it home ?).
For mains we both went for the Barbacoa Romana which had pulled pork on. Hang on, did I really just say that I had a pizza with pulled pork on!? I've only ever had pulled pork in a burger! Well it turns out it's yummy on pizza too! It also had spicy chipotle salsa, garlic oil and mozzarella, and was finished with tomato, coriander and red onion. I really don't like coriander but I just took it off and it was fine. It was my mistake, I didn't read and I'm sure I could of asked for it without the coriander! It was such a nice pizza, not too spicy but had a great kick to it! I'll definitely be having it again.
For pudding we both had the Chocolate Fondant. On the outside it looked like a round cake with massive scoop of vanilla gelato, but when you broke it open all the gooey warm melted chocolate poured out… mmm! It was so rich and delicious, I have thought about this dessert a few times since visiting and I will be back for this again!
It was great not just going to have my usual meal, and just goes to show there's so many tasty things on the menu it's silly not to experiment! Do you tend to get stuck ordering the same options at restaurants!?
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Is it possible Michael Bublé's gleaming pearly whites are hiding a garlic grill? That would explain how the buttery Canadian crooner's Crazy Love has been able to hold onto the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 for a second week, despite a hype-heavy charge from the soundtrack to the "Twilight" sequel "New Moon."
Actually the fact that the "New Moon" soundtrack came out last Friday, for a shortened week of reported sales, is probably what helped Bublé earn nearly double the vampire tunes' sales. A solid 203,000 units of Crazy Love were sold, a 55 percent increase over its first-week numbers (which also came after a Friday release). Meanwhile, the "New Moon" compilation — with songs by Muse, the Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, Lykke Li and Bon Iver with St. Vincent, among others — will notch a modest 115,000 copies in its debut week, as anticipation for the film's November 20 opening continues to build.
Other new entries in the top 10 include a strong #8 bow by Oklahoma psychedelic warriors the Flaming Lips, whose brain-teasing Embryonic shifted 32,000 copies, barely edging out the latest from R&B singer Mario, D.N.A., which comes in at #9, with less then 200 units separating them.
Meanwhile, Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 edges up two spots to #3 (55,000), Barbra Streisand holds steady at #5 with Love is the Answer (49,000) and Miley Cyrus moves up three spots with Time of Our Lives (#5, 40,000). The Black Eyed Peas storm back into the top 10 by leaping 17 slots to #6 with E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) (40,000) as Taylor Swift hops 10 spots to #7 with Fearless (33,000). Mariah Carey rounds things out with Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, which drops another three spots to #10 on sales of 31,000, shedding 43 percent of the previous week's business.
Veteran makeup rockers Kiss had a short-lived trip to the top, as their Sonic Boom triple-disc album lost 72 percent of its first-week business to plunge nine spots to #11 (30,000), followed by last week's #3, Toby Keith's American Ride, which lost an equally bruising 68 percent of its traffic.
In its third week, Paramore's latest, Brand New Eyes, continued its backward slide as well, dropping five spots to #16 (down 42 percent with sales of 24,000). The buzzing one-man band Owl City, however, still has strong positive momentum, hitting a new high at #20 (21,000), after almost four months on the chart.
Folk icon Bob Dylan's first holiday collection, Christmas in the Heart, lands at #23 (20,000). The debut from Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington's new band, Dead by Sunrise, Out of Ashes, pops in at #29 (17,000), just edging out the yuletide offering from "American Idol" runner-up David Archuleta, Christmas From the Heart (#30, 17,000).
Elsewhere on the charts, Five for Fighting hit #34 with Slice (15,000), the Karen O-led soundtrack to Spike Jonze's "Where the Wild Things Are" rockets almost 30 spots to #35 in the movie's opening week (15,000), and the Backstreet Boys fall from grace in week two, thundering down more than 50 spots to #64 with This Is Us (down 80 percent with 8,400 in sales).
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The SIA also revised its 2010 and 2011 forecasts downward. It sees revenue of $208.3 billion in 2010 vs. its fall prediction of $264.9 billion. Things get slightly better in 2011, when it thinks sales will hit $221.9 billion, though that's down from previously anticipated sales of $284.7 billion. The growth rates associated with these forecasts are less than 10 percent a year, indicating that the recovery will be dampened by firms selling cheaper chips, such as Intel's (s intc) Atom, which can cost almost 10 times less than Intel's processors for notebooks. That's good for consumers, who get cheaper gear, but not something the chip industry is going to cheer.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
information, please...
favorite view spots because you can see the streets running up the
hill like white ribbons. I walked over there by Mission Street, I
think it's Rutledge Street, by name. Glorious sunny day.
So I decided to stop by the Verizon® store which was actually
very far out of the way. I wanted to gather some information
on the iPhone® because I plan to purchase one in the next
few months. The joint was jumping and the usual polite and
knowledgeable young man pointed out how much money I
would save on the beauty that you see below. It was, of course,
on sale and all in all, was less than a traffic ticket which I
haven't received in a long time. It's so wonderful how my
little mind can rationalize anything, isn't it?
The Blogmaid said that Linda helped her and I will be
reaching out today asking dumb questions because the
iPhone manual is tiny. There is information online, but
I prefer talking to friends so I can hear their stories.
In the meantime, who couldn't love this? (oooops, I
forgot to straighten the photo, forgive me)
Feel free to send me helpful hints!
Friday, April 29, 2011
slept. Perhaps you heard about it? This is the certificate and
ring that the Blogmaid received. She wore the ring for St. Pat's
dinner and it is actually beautiful and she looked regal, as always.
But instead, I have to do the blogger's mea culpa. I hate those...
Thanks to Mr. Z we learn that my yesterday's post was one of
those embarrassing "gotcha" moments. I have warned my fact
checkers that if this continues to happen their jobs are in
jeopardy. In the meantime, dear Kris responds:
Thanks MA, yeah I learned that after sending it. However,
what's a hoax is that it didn't come from Johns Hopkins,
it came from a group of holistic medicine folks that wanted
to get people to read it so they made up the part about
Johns Hopkins.
So back to drinking water from plastic in the frig.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
read this thoroughly...
at the end of his life. This is from Kris, who went to high
school with Michael. He is a delight and was a constant
source of comfort to Michael and his friends.
Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins:
1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer
cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have
multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients
that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after
treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the
cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a
person's lifetime.
3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer
cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and
forming tumors.
4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has
nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic,
but also to environmental, food and lifestyle factors.
5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing
diet to eat more adequately and healthy, 4-5 times/day
and by including supplements will strengthen the immune system.
6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing
cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells
in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc, and can
cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.
7.. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars
and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.
8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often
reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of
chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor
9. When the body has too much toxic burden from
chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either
compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb
to various kinds of infections and complications.
10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to
mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy.
Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other
11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer
cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.
a. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made
with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute
would be Manuka honey or molasses, but only in very small
amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in
color Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.
b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the
gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting
off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer
cells are being starved.
c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based
diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little other meat,
like chicken. Meat also contains livestock
antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all
harmful, especially to people with cancer.
d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole
grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into
an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked
food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live
enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to
cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance
growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building
healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most
vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw
vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at
temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C)..
e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high
caffeine Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer
fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or
filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap
water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.
12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of
digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the
intestines becomes putrefied and leads to more toxic
13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By
refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes
to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the
body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.
14. Some supplements build up the immune system
(IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals,
EFAs etc.) to enable the bodies own killer cells to destroy
cancer cells.. Other supplements like vitamin E are known
to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's
normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or
unneeded cells.
15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit.
A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior
be a survivor. Anger, un-forgiveness and bitterness put
the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to
have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy
16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated
environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to
get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen
therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer
1. No plastic containers in micro.
2. No water bottles in freezer.
3. No plastic wrap in microwave..
Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well. Dioxin chemicals cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently, Dr Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food You get the same results, only without the dioxin.
So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.
Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
before reality TV
the 70's PBS sent a newly married couple to live with and film the
Loud family, a typically happy father, mother and assorted children.
Hmmmmm, surprise, turns out there were a few problems in
that beautiful home in sunny Santa Barbara.
And now HBO gives us a fabulous 90 minutes of Cinema Verté, a
look back at this ground-breaking series. The producer is played
by James Gandolfini and that's Diane Lane and Tim Robbins
as Mr. And Mrs. American Dream. This is well worth seeing and
we get to catch-up with the real Loud family too. At the end of
the program I said to Husbando, "what WOULD we do without
HBO?" We watched it last Saturday night, but it will be repeated
often, another benefit of modern television.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
as Poetry Month draws to a close...
Today's James Merrill poem is from The Yellow Pages, a lesser known volume from 1974, published by the Temple Bar Bookshop rather than his regular publisher. This small grouping brought together, as he explained, "verses that gave blood to others and were thrust aside for their pains; others no less that went a flighty route their maker chose not to call his own; neither kind was apt to 'go' in the collection then being put together. Where did they go? Yellowed, brittle with reproach, these of mine are felt, this rainy weekend, to have deserved more than the pauper's ditch of a bottom drawer or dispersal in the pages of twenty magazines." Thus he offered this interim gathering to friends and fans. (The poems can now be found in Collected Poems, along with many other pieces not available in Merrill's individual collections or in the more recent and judicious Selected Poems.)
The Candid Decorator
I thought I would do over
Monday, April 25, 2011
walk, she said (they said) and I did
Everything I learned about them I learned from Mr. and Mrs. Notthat.
The biggest bouncy tiger imaginable. Church sponsored event.
On Saturday I took Anna's email to heart, grabbed the walking sticks
and marched up Alabama to the top of the hill. I don't normally use
them for nabe walks because I like to walk only with two keys and a
Kleenex®, but my knees have been barking again due to increased
retail activity and these sticks really, really help ~ especially for the
steep hills. I knew they would take the pressure off going uphill, but
I am amazed at how much they help going downhill too.
Despite the grey weather it was a fabulous walk and I felt the earth
coming back onto its axis and I found my little place in it all over
again. There are things you can only see and feel when you walk
and I needed to be reminded of that. And so in a little while today,
I'll go out walking again.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
easter memories
brunch at this fabulous restaurant in Panzano. I'm reading my
journal this morning and wishing that I had written more. That's
always the case after a trip, isn't it? More details, more thoughts.
I don't care now that I had such sleep problems, no need to fill
precious space with that. I want to know what color the tulips
were in the Tuscany hills and did I have lamb or beef, how did
they make the pasta so very special? Happy Easter everyone!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
may I introduce you to Anna?
who died last November. In his way he introduced us, but we
never connected until his death, via Facebook, of all ironic
things. Anna sends delightful emails filled with the details
of her life as the mother of two and wife of a sheep farmer.
She is a reader, thinker, teacher, walker and today I'll celebrate
our friendship with a long walk ~ oh, she shares Michael's
talent for writing too. He sure loved words, I sure miss him.
Hi Mary Ann,
Here are some quotes my friend passed to me and I thought you might like them too.
It is all solved by walking. Saint Augustine
Do not loose your desire to walk: everyday I walk myself into a state of well being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it...but by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill...Thus if one just keeps on walking, everything will be all right. Soren Kierkegaard
The miracle is not to walk on water but to walk on earth. Thich Nhat Hanh
You cannot travel on the path before you become the path itself. Gautama Buddha
Love, Anna
Friday, April 22, 2011
an unusual subject
a friend at work. This is fiction, but I'm sure it was extremely
well-researched, based on the leper colony back in 1891. Perhaps
his writing isn't the best, but I love the main character, Rachel,
and all the other characters who inhabit this beautiful island
inhabited by disease and death. Compelling...
Thursday, April 21, 2011
this one pulls a punch
drama and hysteria saved it from being just another hit-him-
in-the-face fight movie. Christian Bale and Melissa Leo (again)
were especially impressive. So go ahead and rent this one,
it's worth a few flying teeth and ever-present bandaids.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
the best medicine
I watched this video yesterday before work and laughing
out loud helped me have a really pleasant day. I don't sincerely
laugh much when watching TV or movies, even though I am
amused. Two things make me really LOL ~ bloopers and
this kind of candid camera stuff. Enjoy!
Sorry, I couldn't get this to up/download, but here is
the link. You might have to do a cut and paste or
whatever, as we young 'uns say.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
another sweet seder
We gathered again at The Great Plotniks' home last night to
celebrate the Jews escape from Egypt. Interesting how since
last year it takes on a whole new meaning with the many
people and countries struggling for their own freedom.
There was lots of laughter and waaaaaaaaay too much
delicious food and it was great seeing the guests from the
past 6 or so years. The message is always welcome and
here is a poem about freedom that I think you'll enjoy.
Julia Hartwig, born in Poland in 1921.
Yet We Desire It above All
Freedom does not mean happiness right away
Freedom both for scoundrels and those
Monday, April 18, 2011
virtual hell
No Exit last night at ACT. This is a Canadian production about the
three people who end up in Hotel Hell because of the choices they
made while they were living. Powerful stuff. It's only 80 minutes,
but they are intense. This production uses video cameras and each
hotel "guest" not only has his/her own chair, they face their own
camera. After the play we were invited up on stage to see how it
was all filmed behind the closed door. We recommend the play and
the backstage tour.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
radical ideas & action
had the audacity to go on strike to demand equal pay with men.
We both really, really liked this film with Sally Hawkins, Bob
Hoskins and Miranda Richardson. Made in Dagenham reminds
us all of how far we've come and allows us to applaud the brave
women (and men) who have pushed, sacrificed and ultimately
made life better for all of us.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
pop-ups and food trucks
innovative chefs are doing battle with high rents. Wise Sons is
a true Jewish Deli, open for a short time once a week in Jackie's
Cafe at Valencia and McCoppin. Husbando was yearning for a
pastrami sandwich (I had a vegan reuben ~ mushrooms and
sauerkraut) so we stood in line for a little while for our lunch
which we took across the street to the Off the Grid truck place
to sit in the sun and do some serious people watching. Fun!
Food trucks are happening all over the country, I think. Mostly
ethnic and usually inexpensive and always interesting. SF has
a bunch and they move from spot to spot and text their
customers where they'll be on a certain day at a given time.
Our never-easy, always-changing city is good for the soul,
mine anyway.
Friday, April 15, 2011
not so good after all
young wife back in 1982. Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst and
Frank Langella star in All Good Things and it beats watching
basketball or Nascar stuff, but it really isn't all that great. I
am drawn to any movie with Mr. Gosling because I think
he's so talented and the nuances of his body movements
and facial expressions are just plain fabulous. So for that
reason alone, it was worth watching.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
my writing life
an old Chinese proverb
not written a thing since the last session. I hate to be one of
those people who must pay a fee in order to write, but I do
need the structure, the daily prompt and the push from my
partner and from Mistress Jane. In the meantime I have
enjoyed NOT writing ~ the precious mornings seem a little
longer and I can read all the baseball details in the chronny
as I linger over freshly squeezed oj and blueberries which
lately resemble bbgun pellets. At the very least I make sure
to write here everyday, for better or for worse.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
dept. of corrections
restaurants, theater, books, gas prices) this isn't all that important.
However, here is the official Giants World Series flag, not the ugly
one I gave you last week. The trophy is squished over there on
the left side. And just in case you didn't know, we won last night.
All's right with the world again for a few brief moments.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
hitting the hills
was closed yesterday, so we returned to Aperto, our old favorite.
That is OUR table over in the corner and it was free, so we knew
we were in the right place. We devoured the special pasta of the
day which included fava beans and shrimp. Fabulous. We
walked a bit and I thought of Karen H. because Farley's was
bustling and hasn't changed a bit in decades, or so it seems.
The Great Plotnik and I walked Olivia, the official Writing
Salon dog in the afternoon. Another hill, this one Bernal by
name. Many dogs to meet as the humans chatted and did
some catch-up. Mistress Jane looks beautiful, but is not
feeling too hot ~ it was so good to see her again.
Today I work early and come home early and that always
makes life a bit easier, don't you agree?
Monday, April 11, 2011
playing catch-up
with the most recent first. Four of my fave actors are in this
one: Hilary Swank, Melissa Leo, Minnie Driver and Juliette
Lewis. Conviction is based on the true story of a woman who
becomes a lawyer so she can help her brother who was unjustly
convicted and jailed for murder. It's not a GREAT film, but
we both did tiny little thumbs up in that annoying way one
sees people doing on TV.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
letter from Emily
During National Poetry Month Knopf sends me a daily email.
Though Emily Dickinson spent much of her adult life in familial seclusion, almost never leaving her father's house, a new Pocket Poets edition of her letters, edited by the poet Emily Fragos, reminds us of the way in which Dickinson remained involved in events and people outside her famous second story room. As Fragos writes, she "never forsook human relationships...daily participating in a busy household and sending herself out into the world through her passionate, witty, mournful, and celebratory letters." This one, written on the occasion of her mother's death, is perfect Dickinson: individual phrases are so alive ("cultivated to tenderness by persistent sorrow"!) one must stop to read them several times.
To Louise and Frances Norcross, November, 1882
Dear Cousins,
stunned my spirit. I have answered a few inquiries of
love, but written little intuitively. She was scarcely the
aunt you knew. The great mission of pain had been
ratified—cultivated to tenderness by persistent sorrow,
so that a larger mother died than had she died before.
There was no earthly parting. She slipped from our fingers
like a flake gathered by the wind, and is now part of the
drift called "the infinite." We don't know where she is,
though so many tell us. I believe we shall in some manner
be cherished by our Maker—that the One who gave us this
remarkable earth has the power to surprise that which He
has caused. Beyond that all is silence...
are solemn artists. The illumination that comes but once
paused upon her features, and it seemed like hiding a
picture to lay her in the grave; but the grass that received
my father will suffice his guest, the one he asked at the
altar to visit him all his life. I cannot tell how Eternity seems.
It sweeps around me like a sea...Thank you for remembering
me. Remembrance—mighty word.
Saturday, April 09, 2011
is this the flag?
isn't exactly a work of art, is it? In any event, I listened off and on
to the game yesterday (12 innings and we finally win) and am
thinking, "oh no, here we go again ~ argh" with my transistor
radio and the back room computer and 14,000 chances to win
in all those innings. Husbando taped it all for me and I do want
to see the Opening Ceremonies with Jon Miller in his tuxedo
and all the pomp and glory and happy pre-game fans. But I
can't devote 6 or 7 hours a day to the Giants, not to mention
the high (and low) emotional investment. So, take that as a
warning, team-o-mine.
Friday, April 08, 2011
tiapos ~ good, but not great
last night at our house, but our founder and dear friend, Jane,
was not feeling up to snuff due to rough pain from medication
that she is taking for her breast cancer battle. As you may
remember, Tiapos stands for This is a Piece of Shit and saying
that before we read our work keeps us from yammering away
about how awful our writing is, how tired we are, blah-blah, etc.
I was telling someone at work yesterday about how totally
and completely thrilled I was when Jane asked me to join
Tiapos. Me? There with the Real Writers? I couldn't believe
my good fortune and I still can't. We had a fine meeting, as
usual, but Lordy, do we miss our Mistress Jane. Our love
and positive thoughts surround you, dear friend.
Thursday, April 07, 2011
remembering Scooter & his pals
era when CIA agent Valerie Plame was outed by Cheney, Rove
and good old "I'll take the fall" Scooter Libby. She is married to
Joe Wilson who wrote a column in the NYTimes warning that
our invasion of Iraq was not justified because there were no
weapons of mass destruction there. The GOP does revenge, as
we see so clearly, even now, on a daily basis.
Sean Penn and Naomi Watts play the lead roles and then a
nice surprise with Sam Shepard as Valerie's papa. Worth
watching if only to appreciate our current Prez...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
a million and one
Field walk. But each time is different and yesterday was especially
wonderful because the air was so fresh and it felt good to be with
Ginger for girl talk at the Warming Hut over lattes and a scone.
Husbando did his own walk and read a few newspapers and then
we three old friends had too much lunch at our current favorite
Chinese Restaurant ~ Taiwan at 5th and Clement. My parking
karma is intact, I'm pleased to report. The day sped by as days
off tend to do. Back to the deYoung today, the early shift.
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
it's closing time...
The whole "where's your bathroom?" thing was agony at both
Borders and Barnes & Noble. Messy, messy people. We longed to
just close the restrooms, but since we had cafes and because so
many people carry guns, we never did.
MY old store #57 is closing this week and my thoughts are with
the employees ~ as they always were and will be. I remember all
the past CEO's and CFO's and COO's with hatred ~ those golden
send-offs were only for the privileged few and screw the workers.
On the bright side, it's another beautiful day here and we'll be
walking at Crissy Field in a little while. Photos tomorrow.
Monday, April 04, 2011
we love a mystery
the first two episodes of The Killing on AMC last night. And, hooray,
there are 11 more to go! Here we have Mireille Enos as the detective
and her partner played by Joel Kinnaman. And our old friend Michelle
Forbes is here too. The story? Simple and yet so, so complicated. A
teenage girl is killed in Seattle ~ grey and rainy, of course. Last
night we met the parents and a few friends and Detective Sarah
misses a date with the man she is going to marry and her young
son is unhappy and ooooooooh, what a terrific series based on a
popular Danish series. Thanks for the info. email, Susan, sorry
you are missing this one right now!
Sunday, April 03, 2011
who better?
everyman (and everywoman's) poet, Billy Collins.
The Flâneur
He considers the boulevards ideal for thinking,
so he takes the air on a weekday evening
to best appreciate the crisis of modern life.
I thought I would try this for a while,
but instead of being in Paris, I was in Florida,
so the time-honored sights were not available to me
despite my regimen of aimless strolling—
no kiosks or glass-roofed arcades,
no beggar with a kerchief covering her hair,
no woman holding her hat down as she crossed a street,
no Victor Hugo look-alike scowling in a greatcoat,
no girls selling fruit or sweets from a cart,
no prostitutes circled under a streetlamp,
no solitude of the moving crowd
where I could find the dream of refuge.
I did notice a man looking at his watch
and I reflected briefly on the passage of time,
then I saw two ladies dressed in lime-green and pink
and I pondered the fate of the sister arts,
as they stepped into the street arm in arm.
Who needs Europe? I muttered into my scarf
as a boy flew by on a skateboard
and I fell into a reverie on the folly of youth
and the tender, distressing estrangement of my life.
Saturday, April 02, 2011
photo by the Blogmaid!
how important baseball was to us, how it sort of saved our lives
during difficult financial times. The Giants had so many specials
and deals going on because they were desperate for customers and
we were desperate for a diversion. It was an easy drive and park
situation and we could always "slime down" to great seats because
the ushers knew us. We'd take our lunch, seat cushions and always
a blanket. Going early we could sit down right above the Giants'
dugout to watch batting practice and eat our garlic fries while
drinking our free Coke®. I remember the first time I heard one
of the late-arriving regulars say, "who sang the National Anthem?"
never realizing that we'd turn into two of those kind of insane fans.
Often the Blogmaid would join us. Opening Day was a celebration
and she would shower us with gifts. We had our own nicknames
for the players who were already layered with nicknames. On
some nights there would only be about 5,000 fans, but the hot
chocolate tasted extra sweet and rich and we'd get another Croix
de Candlestick pin just for being there, in the extreme cold.
Of course we love the no-longer-new-what-phone-company-now?
Giants ballpark, the Jewel. Beautiful. And we know that our
team will win some games even though we just lost two to the
Blue Scumsucking Dodgers. Baseball is still the best sport
ever and a ton of fun and success breeds success. But those
days at The Stick were very, very special. OK, time for a
Win, Giants.
Friday, April 01, 2011
not so much
I can imagine the emails from the Macy's big guns. You know
the ones: we must cut expenses for the Flower Show by 20% (it
could be 30%, who knows?) and we will start in 2011. No more
over-the-top elaborate windows, do they help sales? Forget the
ultra clever themes, let's go with Towers of Flowers, that could
cover everything. In any event, I was used to being knocked over
by the smells and sights of the annual Macy's Flower Show, but
such was not the case this year. Pretty, certainly, there aren't
many ugly flowers, are there? And it's always fun for me to be
downtown (except I have to dash by Borders, still closing), but
no need to rush into Macy's Union Square immediately because
this goes on through April 10th. I do wonder if the NYC store cut
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Tha Gallup/USAToday poll, taken 6/1-3/07, produced a surprising lede:
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are essentially tied for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the first time that the New York senator hasn't clearly led the field. (Link to full story.)To the credit of reporter Susan Page and the editors at USA Today, the story also notes that other polls do not show such a sharp tightening of the race:
No other major national poll has shown the Democratic race so close. An ABC News/Washington Post poll taken last Tuesday through Friday gave Clinton a 12-point lead.(A strong pet peeve of mine is stories that refuse to note comparisons with other polling, especially when results are surprising. I wish other news outlets would emulate the openness we see here.)
This result has produced a lot of excitement and over-interpretation on both sides of the Clinton-Obama camps. Clinton's advisers found reason to dispute and discredit the poll while Obama supporters preferred to embrace the result as proof of Clinton's vulnerability.
Let's take a closer look.
The chart above shows the Gallup poll results since November 2006 in bold red and blue for Clinton and Obama respectively. The 95% confidence intervals (more commonly called the "margin of error") are shown by the vertical lines around each Gallup poll data point. All other polls over this time are shown in light red or light blue so you can see how Gallup compares with everyone else. And the trend estimates I calculate based on all polls (including Gallup) are shown as the red and blue trend lines. (These are my standard, more conservative, trends, also known as "old blue". This trend doesn't respond as much to individual poll bumps and wiggles, but is a little slow to respond to real changes of trend. The results here don't depend on which estimator I use, but I've included the chart for the "ready red" sensitive estimator in the plot at the bottom for the interest of skeptics. I've written at length on differences between the two trend estimators. See those posts if you wish here and here.)
The most important result is that the new Gallup poll does look quite a bit different from most, but not all, of their previous polls since November. For 17 of the 22 Gallup readings (11 polls x 2 candidates) the confidence interval overlaps my trend estimate. The new poll is unique in that both Clinton's and Obama's confidence intervals do not include the current trend estimate. That means either the trend has changed and my estimator hasn't detected it, or that the new Gallup result is further away from the trend than we would expect 95% of the time. (My sensitive estimator, shown at the bottom, thinks that Clinton's trend is a bit more down, and Obama's a little more up, but the confidence intervals don't overlap the trend in that plot either.)
So based on this, the new Gallup result does not fit what we would expect based on sampling theory and the overall trend estimates. In that sense, the poll is a statistical outlier, and the critics are right to discount the result and any claim of a "statistical tie".
We've seen some earlier Gallup results in which the confidence interval fails to overlap the trend for one, but not both, candidates. Twice Clinton has fallen below trend and outside the CI (one of those was just barely outside the CI). And once Obama was below trend and outside the CI.
But here is the important point: For those polls that were farther from trend than expected, both the previous AND the subsequent polls bounced back to within the margin of error of the trend, and in fact happened to fall above the trend in all three cases.
And that is the really important thing: If these large deviations from trend were telling us something "real" about the trend, we'd expect to see the subsequent poll ALSO reflect that. Instead, these polls act very much like random variables are supposed to do: they may deviate in a single reading, but they bounce back to near their mean ("expected value" is the technical term here) as soon as we take a new sample. NOTE that the trend changes over time, so I'm NOT saying this is all random noise. When we look over all the polls we can detect real shifts in Clinton and Obama support, shown by the red and blue trend lines that are our best estimate of true changes in the candidate's fortunes. The mistake, which is very common, is to think that each single poll's movements are meaningful and MUST be explained by some political event or "short term" trend.
Frank Newport, Gallup's editor in chief, has a discussion of the new poll in his Gallup Guru blog at USAToday here. He stresses that the change from May to June for each candidate is within sampling error and so can the interpreted as "not statistically significant". Obama gained four points, from 26% in May to 30%. The confidence interval for that change is 5.7%, so not statistically significant. Clinton dropped from 35% to 29%, a 6 point drop. The confidence interval for that is 5.9%. We could quibble whether to round the CI to 6% or not, but certainly that change is at most just at the margin of statistical significance, and not "strong evidence" of a change in fortune for either candidate.
The one quibble I have with Newport's comments is that even as he (correctly) cautions about sampling error and non-significance of the changes, he can't quite resist the possibility of real change:
So we don't know exactly what to make out of the change in the current poll. The relative stability of the structure of the Democratic race certainly suggests that this latest bump up by Obama could be temporary, as was the last such change in April.It is the "latest bump up by Obama could be temporary" that jerks my chain. If the best explanation is random noise, which the non-significance of changes suggests, then we shouldn't turn around and consider that the "bump" is in any way meaningful. The "last such change in April", for example was a non-significant point above the trend at 26 which followed the low outlier for Obama at 19 earlier in the month. That "7 point gain" was mostly random noise from a lower than expected reading to a higher than expected one, but neither signaled a meaningful shift in trend, which was relatively flat during that time.
The worst implication of taking the current poll at face value is that when the next one comes out and shows Clinton back at around 34% and Obama back around 23% (my current trend estimates) there will be a powerful urge to write that Clinton has rebounded and Obama has fallen off. Neither is likely to be true. Rather, random variation has worked its invisible hand and brought the polls closer to the actual trend in support. A substantive reading of that future poll will be quite as misleading as reading the current one as showing a sharp change in fortune.
(Interests Disclosed: I was interviewed by reporter Susan Page for the USAToday article and briefly quoted, though not on this specific point.)
The plot below shows the trend estimate based on "ready red", the more sensitive measure of trend, but one that is also more likely to mistake noise for changes in trend. While the trend estimate here is a little different, the polls that fall outside the confidence interval are the same as in the chart above using my more stable estimate of trend.


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Fifth grader kills classmate
Nuusita Ashipala Ongwediva-A Grade 5 learner from Iimbili Combined School in Ohangwena Region allegedly shot dead his classmate with a pistol during break yesterday. The motive for the shooting was not yet established. Sources alleged the 13-year-old was sitting on a chair when a bullet from a gun fired in his direction struck him. The alleged shooter is 12 years old. The school community allegedly rushed to the classroom where the incident happened upon hearing a gunshot. Sources alleged the 12-year-old brought the same pistol to school on Wednesday. The director of education in Ohangwena Region, Isak Hamatwi, confirmed the incident. Hamatwi could not dwell much on the matter as he was yet to receive a report from the school. The police spokesperson could not provide details as he was engaged in a meeting. No further details were available.
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Long time MMM reader living in N Fort Worth... Wish I would have looked for this a long time ago (been here for 6 years now)... but alas, I must move to the promised land, yes, that land approx 15 miles south of Longmont, CO, where I can live in the wise ones shadow. JK, but seriously, I am moving to Denver area and wish I could have met some of you people before this, I'll be gone by the end of March. You guys all take care and keep the FIRE dream alive!
Oh no! I missed the meetup in March. I wonder if there is a way to subscribe to this thread so I don't miss messages.
The green space behind Keller Town Hall is great for hiking and biking.
*Internet fist bump to the Lakewood-based NAEByrd85*Alrighty Mustachians, I feel the urge to organize people again.If we're going to be meeting up at a brewery or something indoors, August is a workable timeframe (the Saturdays are the 12th, 19th, and 26th). If we want to do anything outside, let's meet up at 8 am or save it for the fall when it isn't disgustingly hot (early October?)Is there a good mid-cities brewery you'd recommend chasesfish (or anyone else)?For the sake of planning, here's the places we've been or have been recommended - Dallas and East - the center of the world according to anyone from Dallas:Dallas: Margaret Hunt Bridge/Trinity Groves (walking around, some kid friendly options, semi-outdoor/indoor), Henk's/Half Price Books visit (German food, 75 and Hwy 12, pure indoor)Garland: Intrinsic BBQ and Brewery (BBQ, indoor)North - don't miss your exit or you end up in Oklahoma:Richardson: Jeng Chi (Chinese food, indoor)Mid-cities - somewhere in between and closer to the airport:Grapevine: green space behind Keller Town Hall (outdoor biking/hiking), Northfield or McPherson Park (biking/hiking)Fort Worth and West - better than Dallas according to anyone from Fort Worth<needs suggestions>Feel free to add to this list.
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Stanley has lots of eager students at school today!
Ding, ding, ding! It's time for school with Stanley and Hattie. Stanley reads a story to Little Woo, Sophie, and Benjamin. Outside, everyone has fun in the garden, and Stanley's lemonade and Hattie's lovely fruit salad are delicious snacks for lunch right before a nice little nap. Things get a little messy during art time, though . . . uh, oh!
Stanleys School invites young readers to explore everyday classroom activities in a sweet, simple world. With bright illustrations, adorable characters, and a padded-cover format, William Bees Stanley series is perfect for readers transitioning from board books to picture books.


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All over Europe you can find a fascinating range of edible plants, fungi and seafood – here are three hotels to stay in luxury, while gathering in the best of the crop.
Llys Meddyg: Newport, Wales
Not only can you enjoy the fresh produce in the hotel itself, hotel owner and chef Ed Sykes and expert Don Law offer gastronomic strolls through beaches, rivers, woods and mountains galore on 'foraging and feast' courses.
Cook your freshly picked lunch outside on the countryside day course, where you'll gather a feast of spring ingredients. Think wild garlic, nettles, goosegrass, primrose, dandelion, chickweed, wood sorrel, elderflower, sorrel, wild rocket and honeysuckle.
Opt for the seashore forage and you'll be hunting along the coast for sea beet, seakale, razor clam and alexanders. The hotel even provides a day course on making the most of your wild foods; with tutelage from the hotel owners on preparing and cooking jarred fruits, preserves, pickles, jams and cordials.
Recipe to try: If you're lucky enough to find one of nature's best spring foods among the bluebells – wild garlic – give Riverford's Wild Garlic and Potato Soup a try. The leaves add a subtle, tangy flavour to this quick and easy soup.
(Foraging tip: avoid Lily of the Valley – it looks similar, doesn't smell of garlic and is toxic.)
Aherne's Seafood Bar & Townhouse Hotel: Cork, Ireland
The family-run hotel sits in the historic walled port of Youghal, with miles of sandy beaches on its doorstep. Head down to the rocks and gravel beds to pick up your own mussels, cockles and clams. If you're a fan of brown shrimps, you'll find them hanging round against sea walls and in larger rock pools.
Cork is also home to Atlantic Sea Kayaking; which runs a seaweed foraging trip in which expert guides supply seaweed tasting, either by kayak or walking along the coast. Learn the tastes and textures of kelp, carrageen moss and sea spaghetti while discovering their secrets and culinary uses.
Recipe to try: Playing with unusual ingredients like sea spaghetti can be fascinating – and delicious. Vegetarians will love this seaweed, ginger and carrot salad from The Guardian.


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Generating qualified B2B leads is a challenge, to say the least. It can be much more difficult than capturing B2C leads, as some niches are notoriously tough to penetrate, some prospects are tough taskmasters, and some buying cycles are painfully long.
And it takes significantly more than just running ads to reel in and validate your B2B leads. The process is rigorous and involves carefully thought-out components working in unison. B2B leads also typically require more nurturing in the middle of the sales funnel.
However, getting the process started requires strong tactics to qualify the most valuable prospects. This is much easier said than done, and it's easy to make mistakes along the way. Here are five inexcusable ones that you can, and should, avoid.
1. Not Keeping Tabs on Website Visitors
One of the most efficient ways to generate leads is collecting information on the people who visit your website. The ability to see what both known and unknown visitors are doing on your platform gives you a huge upper hand in learning what they are interested in and how to target them effectively.
Visitor tracking usually has a narrow focus on individuals' behavior while they browse your website. But with the help of Web analytics tools, you can see where they come from, what elements of your site they're engaging with, and how frequently or recently they've interacted with you.
Some 98% of your website visitors will never contact you. But that does not mean they are not interested in your products. By using features such as Behavior Flow and Funnel Visualization in Google Analytics, you can get an in-depth look at how your Web content is faring with visitors. You can determine which leads would be the most beneficial to chase, as well as gain insights on optimizing your sales process.


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Enjoy The Romance Of Sunsets and Sandy Beaches with a Beach Theme Wedding
On this page we have gathered some basic tips and also some beach theme wedding decorating ideas to inspire you in planning for your wedding on the beach.
Beach theme weddings may be less formal and also quite casual. An important thing to remember when planning any type of outdoor wedding is to ensure that you have some kind of shelter or alternative arrangement just in case it rains.
Many couples choose to have their ceremony on the beach and then the reception in a nearby restaurant or a local reception hall. Alternatively you may choose to have your ceremony in a church and then a beach party style reception afterwards.
If you don't already have a venue in mind for your beach theme wedding then a good place to start is at the local council. They will be able to tell you whether weddings are permitted at certain beaches and locations in your chosen area.
Also keep in mind the number of guests you will be having and whether the location you choose will have sufficient facilities such as parking and toilets. Beaches can get windy so you will need to keep this in mind when planning your decorations for your beach theme wedding.
Beach Theme Wedding Ideas
- Walk down an isle with borders of shells, starfish, flowers or pebbles. For an evening wedding you can use candles.
- Say your vows in the middle of a giant heart shape. This can be drawn in the sand or outlined with shells, flowers etc.
- Use tropical flowers in your hair and flower bouquets.
- Have a live guitarist or small band playing as you walk down the isle. You may like them to play island style music and wear flowers around their necks.
- Use shell shaped chocolates in white and/or brown colours for bomboniere. Decorate your bomboniere with real shells or starfish and tie with white nautical style cord.
- For table decorations use shells and/or pebbles and sand in vases with flowers. Low vases or floating type vases would look very effective with floating frangipani flowers.
- Glue small shells onto your place cards and order of service booklets.
- Arrive in a boat.
- Serve a seafood banquet at the receptions.
- Have a shell shaped wedding cake.
- Use sea animal shaped cookies iced with your guests names for bomboniere.
- Serve tropical cocktails decorated with flowers.
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Imagine yourself cocooned in a natural paradise. A pristine, untouched landscape stretches out before you; fresh, clean air invigorates your senses; beautiful birdsong awakens you every morning; each day is filled with authentic safari experiences or just pure relaxation. All this, and you can still contribute to sustainable environmental practices and do your bit to empower local communities.
Sounds like a dream come true?
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Say hello to the Enchanting Top 10 resorts that exist in harmony with their local environment! Secluded, exclusive, and deliciously plush, these resorts spell perfect vacations for nature enthusiasts and luxury travelers alike. Come and live the experience!
The uniquely designed Tierra Chiloé occupies pride of place in the mysterious Chiloé archipelago, offering breathtaking views of the islands from its 12 exclusive rooms. The hotel has been built to optimize the use of renewable resources, and benefit the local community through employment opportunities and low-impact tourism, while offering every conceivable luxury on your trip to Chile.
Enjoy leisurely boat rides through tranquil waterways, see a host of wildlife, and learn about local legends and customs from the expert Chilean staff.
To the nature enthusiast, it would seem that Awasi Patagonia was built around nature rather than being surrounded by it!
Glorious views of the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile await at your exclusive, private villa at Awasi Patagonia. Each villa is fashioned after traditional Patagonian outposts that are built on raised stilts. Spaciously constructed with local material, this is your ticket to luxurious living in wild Patagonia.
Venture into the vastness with your personal guide, go off the beaten path to observe animals in their natural environ, and enjoy the serenity on your private tour of Chile!
Untouched nature and mysteries of a lost civilization await you in the midst of the Pacific. Explora Rapa Nui is a harmonious blend of luxurious comfort, modern architecture and ecological consideration.
Built with the philosophy of paying tribute to the past, appreciating the present and paving the way for a better future, the resort offers guests a chance to interact with raw nature and contribute towards conserving nature and the local community at the same time.
There is something for anyone who wants to experience adventure tours in Chile – from excellent opportunities for hiking, to cycling and snorkeling. Witness the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Moai statues that keep a silent vigil over this remote and carefully conserved island.
Rustic, tranquil and utterly luxurious, all 56 villas at Six Senses Koh Yao Noi in Thailand have been built amid a former rubber plantation. Today, the plantation is gone, but several of the glorious, giant trees remain. The vast gardens and landscape are specifically designed to preserve untouched native flora and fauna, and there is a dedicated sustainability policy for the entire resort focusing on community development and careful use of resources.
Whether you go exploring in the adjoining mango grove, snorkeling in the cobalt ocean or simply lounge in your private pool ensconced in lush greenery, incredible experiences await you!
Four Seasons Tented Camp, Chiang Rai
When it comes a secluded natural paradise, far away from the sea of humanity, Four Seasons' Tented Camp in Chiang Rai, Thailand, does not disappoint. From handcrafted furnishings to private encounters with friendly elephants and nature-inspired treatments in an open-air spa, the property offers many unique experiences.
Spacious and luxurious tents offer every modern comfort, while the digital detox of TV and radio ensures complete peace and quiet, punctuated only by the harmonious sounds of the forest. The tents are specifically designed for active adults with a penchant for adventure!
Live the real Jungle Book experience perched high above the treetops inside a popular tiger reserve – Bandhavgarh National Park in India. Spread over a large forested estate, Treehouse Hideaway strikes the perfect balance between rustic-chic and luxury, with high exposed beams framing the ceilings and plush furnishings to keep you comfortable. Each hideaway is built locally sourced materials that blend in effortlessly with the natural surroundings, quite literally placing you in the lap of nature!
All eight stilted rooms offer superb views of the landscape with plenty of wildlife to keep you company.Watch animals roam freely in the wild from your vantage point atop the machaan (platform).
From your arrival at the foothills of the Vythiri Range in Kerala until your departure Grassroots in Wayanad will have you enchanted! Situated within a coffee plantation, each luxurious Swiss tent offers magical views of the tranquil landscape. Experience a healthy lifestyle vacation with delicious cuisine made from fresh, local produce while you immerse yourself in nature!
Your days will pass in a flurry of activity as you hike, trek or wander through the verdant forests, or pop into the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary nearby. Prepare to immerse yourself in nature during your visit to Kerala and return truly relaxed and rejuvenated!
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Enjoy true tranquility by the Mozambican lakeshore as you stay in uniquely designed accommodation. For something extra special, settle into the unique Star Bed set on a secluded beach.
Set by the mysterious and timeless Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Camp Kalahari offers an ideal blend of adventure and comfort. Designed in the safari camp style of yore with a blend of colonial and traditional furnishings, this bush camp prides itself on its sensitive treatment towards its surroundings. The eco-friendly camp has initiated a long-term conservation project to protect the wetlands, its biodiversity, and local livelihoods.
During the wet seasons, its wildlife sightings are aplenty what with huge herds of zebra and wildebeest making their way through the salt pans and predators on the prowl. The surrounding area receives regular visits from curious meerkats who are determined to keep you company!
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Welcome to the brand-new website for the 3rd Caribbean conference of national trusts and preservation societies. Visit www.curacaoheritage.com, where you'll find all the information for the November 2017 heritage conference. Discover the subject areas, program details, conference rates and accommodation information. We'll be posting regular updates on the program, activities, the key-note speakers and panel members. The registration forms will open in the course of April, so please visit us frequently or keep an eye on our Facebook page for the latest news and updates. If you wish to pre-register, please let us know by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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In the following weeks we will be presenting information about key-note speakers and program updates. The program is under full construction and we'll be adding details and information as the conference dates gets closer, so stay tuned.
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The conference will feature fascinating talks and presentations on relevant topics, such as underwater heritage, archaeology and the adaptive re-use of heritage. Join in on engaging panel discussions and meet other professionals and enthusiasts in the field of heritage preservation. The Curaçao Heritage Platform has invited bright experts as keynote speakers to discuss a broad array of heritage topics. If you want to sign up as a panelist, let us know by registering here and tell us about your idea, we can't wait to hear it!
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