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Children and young adults with spinal cord injury (SCI) commonly show sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), which is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, with an incidence conservatively reported at over 30%. Current treatments for SDB have high non-compliance due to associated discomfort or lack of efficacy. The most common intervention, continuous positive airway pressure, poses special problems with children and young adolescents, since the necessary masks distort developing facial bone structure over time, often forcing surgical reconstruction, and are difficult to fit as the child grows. Passive limb movement, the rhythmic movement of extremities without voluntary effort, increases ventilation during sleep in subjects with intact spinal cords;the impact of this intervention in complete thoracic SCI (paraplegic) patients lacking sensory information from the lower limbs is unknown. We hypothesize that passive limb movement (PLM) in these SCI patients with intact spinal cords above the thoracic cord region will decrease SDB [decrease the Apnea- Hypopnea Index (AHI)] for both obstructive and central apnea events, improve ventilation and oxygenation, and do so without arousing subjects during the night.. Using a one-group, quasi-experimental, pre- and post- test design, we will perform overnight polysomnography on 26 pediatric and young adults with complete thoracic spinal cord injury (ASIA A paraplegia, age 12-25 years), earlier screened to show SDB, who will be randomized to undergo passive limb (hand) movement either during the first or last half of the night during overnight polysomnography.
The specific aims for this study are to: 1) Determine whether PLM therapy in pediatric and young adults with complete thoracic SCI (complete paraplegia) with SDB will improve SDB (as indicated by apnea-hyperpnoea index), ventilation (end-tidal carbon dioxide), and oxygen saturation;and 2) Compare number of arousals in pediatric and young adults with complete thoracic SCI during baseline sleep and during sleep when they are receiving PLM therapy. The objective of this study is to determine whether a novel treatment, passive limb movement, will improve ventilation in complete thoracic SCI adolescents and young adults with SDB, and do so with minimal disturbance to sleep. If passive limb movement improves ventilation and is tolerable to SCI patients, the intervention will provide an inexpensive, non-invasive therapy that could change clinical practice and significantly improve quality of life and outcomes in this high risk patient population.
Sleep-disordered breathing is common in children and adult spinal cord injury patients, and is associated with increased risk for high blood pressure, learning disorders, anxiety, and depression. Current treatments for sleep-disordered breathing are associated with high non-compliance, ineffectiveness, and discomfort. Upper limb cyclic movement (passive limb movement) may assist breathing in patients with spinal cord lesions below the cervical vertebrae (paraplegia). Passive limb movement is an innovative treatment option for sleep- disordered breathing which has the potential to effectively treat both children and adults with paraplegia.


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Welcome to 2015 and this year's first Thursday Writing Prompt! In honor of New Year's Day I thought I'd give you a prompt that involved a new location and a new year, although not necessarily "new" in the sense of a linear timeline.
Imagine that you fell asleep after your New Year's Eve revelries (or in front of the TV) and when you woke up the world around you was literally different. Instead of resting comfortably in bed or on the sofa, you awake to find yourself wrapped in a linen blanket and nestled in a pile of straw. And yes, there's probably a flea or louse or some other unwelcome beast sharing the straw with you.
You jump up, noticing that the walls surrounding you are earthen walls. You panic and run outside. Your hut is just one of many small rough-built structures clustered along the edge of what appears to be a building site in an open field. Your mouth drops open when you see the massive stone sentinels — it's Stonehenge — only it hasn't been completely built yet.
Okay, now this is where you pick up the thread of the story. Who are you and why are you at Stonehenge? How did you get transported back in time? And just what is Stonehenge?

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How to Feed a Pregnant or Nursing Dog a Natural Diet (Raw Dog Food)
Food Requirements for Pregnant and Nursing Dogs
Feeding a pregnant or nursing dog does not need to be difficult. This article will give you a few guidelines to follow, but remember that dogs have been doing this on their own for a long time. Even if we were not in the picture, dogs would scrounge around for the right food, get pregnant, carry puppies to term, and nurse them.
When coming up with a diet for a pregnant or nursing dog, you should think about the following food requirements:
- Easily digestible
- Good quality protein
- Available energy
- Full of enough vitamins and minerals
All of these requirements can be met by feeding a natural dog food. Even if you choose to believe the commercials advertising the puppy foods sold by commercial manufacturers, you should realize that those diets are not natural. They are not easily digestible, do not have the quality of protein she needs, have poorly available energy sources, and will be lacking the vitamins and minerals needed by a pregnant and nursing dog.
It is up to you to allow her to do what nature intended; your pregnant or nursing dog wants you to decide wisely.
Why Are Commercial Foods So Hard to Digest?
The commercial foods you purchase, even when they are mostly meat, contain a lot of grains. (Rice is another grain. A food composed of rice is just as hard to digest as one made up of corn.) Canned foods can be higher in meat, but dry foods require quite a lot just to make a pellet. All of the grains are composed of vegetable matter, of course, and every single cell in a vegetable is surrounded by cellulose.
Cows and other herbivores do fine when eating only cellulose. They have a stomach filled with bacteria that allow the cellulose to be broken down. You already realize that your dog cannot survive on grass, and if you are feeding her a commercial diet high in cellulose she needs to eat a lot of it just to meet her needs. If she has extra needs, like those of a pregnant or nursing bitch, she will need to eat a lot more. Her stomach can only fit in so much feed per day, and this is asking too much from her.
Some breeders will try to get around this by recommending multiple small feedings throughout the day. A veterinarian I used to work for summed this up with his vulgar, farmyard language many years ago: "It's like shoving ten pounds of s*** in a five-pound sack."
Can My Pregnant Dog Get Enough Energy Out of Puppy Food?
A pregnant dog cannot gain enough energy from puppy food because it is composed of grains, and the energy is in a form that is not available to dogs. It will be bound by cellulose, just like the protein that she really needs at this time.
They may get obese, unfortunately, but this is not because of an excess of good available calories. Puppy foods may contain sucrose or other cheap sugars to make them more palatable. A pregnant dog does not need to gain more than about ¼ of her body weight, but when she eats a lot of commercial food in search of nutrients excessive weight gain is a consequence.
What About Vitamins and Minerals?
Dog food manufacturers are required to add calcium and other vitamins to make them "complete." That does not mean that a dog is able to digest what is in the food, and that does not mean that some minerals will be bound with others during digestion.
Most veterinarians recognize that these diets are inadequate and recommend supplemental calcium tablets be given during pregnancy. If the owner of the pregnant dog chooses not to, milk production may be inadequate and the veterinarian will sell milk replacer instead.
Easily digestible bones, like chicken wings and legs, will provide your pregnant dog with all of the calcium she needs during her trying times. You do not need to give her tablets to balance her calcium and phosphorus intake. All of her mineral needs will also be taken care of.
Your pregnant dog should receive an antioxidant source once a week. Many dog food companies will not even consider adding Vitamin C since dogs already produce some in their own body, and some of the other vitamins are extremely low.
Don't Commercial Puppy Foods Have Enough Protein to Meet a Pregnant Dog's Needs?
Sure the diet may contain an adequate percentage of protein. Not all protein is equal, however. Do you think that 100 grams of eggs is equal to 100 grams of even a high-quality vegetable protein source? They never are. If the diet contains even 5 or 10% of its high protein level in a protein that is hard to digest, the dog food companies can still sell the diet as "high protein." It is high protein, for a cow.
Your pregnant or nursing dog will end up decorating your yard with plenty of "cow patties," too.
Is a commercial diet going to cause your puppies to die? No, not at all. Many pregnant dogs have to survive on a commercial ration. If you have a small litter size, weak puppies, and excessive puppy mortality, however, you might suspect what is causing it.
A sample diet for a pregnant or nursing dog:
- About 65-75% raw meaty bones, like chicken wings, oxtail, or rabbit.
- About 15-20% alternative meat sources, like cows cheeks, pig´s intestine, whatever game is available, and the occasional raw fish (whole).
- About 5% organ meat, especially liver for vitamins and antioxidants.
- About 5% fresh leafy vegetables (like kale and pumpkin), blended to a liquid and supplemented with 1 tsp brewer's yeast (Vitamins B), 1 tbsp vegetable oil (vitamin E), a raw egg yolk (extra vitamins, antioxidants, and protein), and 1 tbsp yogurt (probiotics). If your dog is not already on a natural diet, and if she is not interested in the vegetable mixture, you can add the liver, which will give it a strong smell that dogs love.
Figure that your dog will be eating about 1/5 of her body weight per week, but some pregnant dogs can be fed free-choice and will not gain excessive weight. The only way to monitor this is to weigh her every week for a couple of months when she is pregnant.
If you want to give her something else, like a small amount of table scraps, do not worry that you are going to be "upsetting her diet." Your dog does not need a PhD in animal nutrition to eat naturally.
Once a dog gives birth, go ahead and continue the natural diet that she is used to. She will probably start eating a lot more during early lactation and will convert almost all of the food into milk for her pups.
When the puppies are about a month old, her milk production will decrease and you can start feeding her less. You will still need more food, though, since the puppies will start eating solid food about this time.
Enjoy this time, and make sure you are feeding your pregnant and nursing dog correctly.
Further Reading
- What Seven Foods Are Really Toxic For Dogs
It is safe for your dog to eat fat and raw eggs, despite what you have heard. Find out what is really proven to be toxic.
This article is accurate and true to the best of the author's knowledge. It is not meant to substitute for diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, prescription, or formal and individualized advice from a veterinary medical professional. Animals exhibiting signs and symptoms of distress should be seen by a veterinarian immediately.
Questions & Answers
Should the liver that I feed to my pregnant or nursing dog be raw?
The only time I use cooked liver is when I am cutting it up into small pieces for a training aid.
When giving liver, kidneys, and other internal organs as part of a natural diet, they should be raw.Helpful 58
Can nursing dogs eat eggs?
All raw foods can be given to nursing dogs.Helpful 48
Is the raw diet fed to female Rottweilers any different?
All dogs, no matter what the breed, can be fed a natural diet.Helpful 27
How do you make sure raw bones do not harm your dog during digestion?
Raw bones do not harm your dog during digestion.Helpful 58
Please tell me nursing pug dog food list.
Goat milk seemed to help but only feed when nursing.
I have been feeding raw for almost 20 years and have had 36 litters of Leonberger puppies over the years. The repro vet I am using now is insisting that raw feeding causes reabsorption of puppies and I should not be feeding them raw. Is there any evidence of this?
My doggy gave birth to puppies... can i give her meat aftr two days ?
I feel bad no one answered you Jay! I have 2 week old puppies and am having some smaller similar issues. My Momma dog eats at every chance, but canned food gives her terrible liquid poop! I have been giving her cooked grass fed beef. I need to know what else to add. Does anyone know out there?
my dog gave birth to her first litter of 5 healthy pups on Aug 18, and since then, feeding he has become hell. She refused her normal dog food, so I went with raw. She would gobble up liver and plain brown rice no problem one day, then the next, nothing. She'd gobble up can dog food, then the next, nothing. Then I tried boiled egg, her favorite, and the same thing occurred. I tried chicken wings and plain brown rice a few minutes ago, another favorite, and she only would eat it if I boiled it and stripped off the meat and ate from my hand. when I put the bowl down for her, she just whined incessantly at it and nosed the food, but ate none. I'm running out of options here. In the past 5 days we've gone through puppy food, canned dog food, liver, chicken breast, chicken wings and eggs. All of which she only nibbled at (with the exception of the liver, but I can't keep feeding her that alone now can I?) Please is this normal? She is drinking plenty of water, and otherwise healthy with has a lot of energy, the pups are round, healthy and active when they are not asleep, and show no problems with her milk. She also gave birth to all 5 with no difficulty. But I am really worried as she barely eats.
I thought chicken bones splinter in dog stomachs
Your history knowledge is most impressive. Yes, Big Joe, as we called him back on the block, uttered those words to Lewis and Clark when they were busting his chops, saying how easy he has it being Chief and all.
I take back the comment about someone sleeping a day in your hammock. It was a careless comment, thoughtlessly written without regard to your image or reputation, which certainly would be sullied should you give up your hammock for a day. Inertia Rules!!
The world eagerly awaits that hub...of course, the world knows and admires the non-work you put into earning that advanced degree...so the world isn't expecting anything overnight. The world knows that we'll see it when you get around to it.
The world recognizes that you have much too much on your plate that needs procrastination first. It's hard to be true to your advanced degree when the world is demanding you do something, but the world hasn't walked a mile in your flip flops or slept a day in your hammock.
I just hope that, by the time you finish the hub, I'll still be on this side of the grass so I can implement some of your methods. Procrastinate tomorrow!!
A 5 lb. bag here is around $18, a 15 lb. bag is around $32, and a 30 lb. bag is around $54 at the big box pet supply stores...a few bucks less at independent and feed and grain stores. And, I'll have the steak dinner, please...medium rare.
I agree with you about the brands you mentioned...none of which I consider to be quality foods. It amuses me that vets push the Science Diet and Purina products so heavily, but we all know why. Even a large number of pet owners see through this now.
This has created somewhat of a dilemma here because an increasing number of owners have a decreasing amount of faith in their vets' food recommendation and don't know where to turn for reliable information.
So they do their own "research" which usually results in an information overload, with much of the information they gather in conflict with perceived norms or other information they had considered reliable.
Here, the grain-free diets aren't priced like filet mignon...more like chuck steak on the day of its "sell by" date. If you look at ingredient panels from grain-free Earthborn, Wellness, Merrick, Nature's Variety, Solid Gold, and others of that genre, you'll see they're quite different from the "so 1980s" lower quality brands you mentioned.
My healthy skepticism is sometimes balanced by healthy respect, and, absent dissent from animal nutritionists, I accept USDA's definition of complete and balanced. It seems to be working over here.
I've noticed you've been a little complacent lately, and thought it was about time to get you back on your toes again. Nice rebound.
Interesting hub, Doc, but I have to disagree with some of what you say, which probably shocks you. Not all commercial dog food is loaded with grains, as you describe. And, in this neck of the woods anyway, pregnant dogs on commercial diets deliver successful litters every day.
The grocery brands are as you describe and I wouldn't feed them, either. But, the high quality, holistic, grain free diets on the market today are not as you describe.
More than protein, the emphasis with puppy food is on the extra calcium that formulation contains. Recommendations here are that, to help prevent osteoporosis, the mom be put on a high quality puppy food from conception to weaning. Some vets recommend beginning the puppy food a month prior to parturition and continue through weaning.
Here the emphasis is placed on the concept of complete and balanced, and if an owner chooses to feed a home prepared diet, they're encouraged to follow one recommended by a board certified veterinary nutritionist.
We'll never agree on the quality nutrition that commercial foods have to offer...although I do agree with you regarding the grocery brands...but it's always an interesting discussion. Voted up, useful and interesting.


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"For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do" (Ephesians 2:10 NIV)
God put us on Earth to do a certain work that only we can do. Ephesians says that God made us to do good works and that he planned in advance what we would spend our lives doing. However, he didn't plan for us to do that work alone. We need people to work with us.
You know the feeling you get when you do too much work on your own. You get exhausted and burned out. Why? Because you're trying to do your work alone, while God never meant for it to be that way.
God tells us in Ecclesiastes 4:9 that "two people are better than one, because they get more done by working together" (NCV). When you work as a team, you get so much more done. Plus, having good teammates alongside you is a whole lot more fun and less tiring!
Picture this: Each of us is like a snowflake. On our own, we can't make a big difference. However, when one fragile snowflake sticks with a lot of other snowflakes, they can stop traffic. Like snowflakes, we can make a big difference if we work together, each one of us doing only our small part.
Did you know that when we work together here on Earth, we're actually practicing for eternity? In Heaven, we will all have to work, but each of us will have just a small piece of work, so we'll never get overloaded or tired. Though no one will carry a heavy burden as each one of us does our small part, all the work will still get done.
As you walk through life, remember that you're not supposed to do everything on your own. You need other people to walk alongside you, but you also need other people to work alongside you. As you share the burden of your work with fellow Christians, you'll find that you actually accomplish more for the glory of God.
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Teenage Angst
By Ella Kennen
Eddie's mom's jaw practically dropped to the floor.
"You are not going to school looking like that," she spat out. "Now march back to your room and get dressed properly."
Eddie scuffed the floor and turned around.
"And for goodness sakes, son," Eddie's father added, "can't you at least pretend to groan when you're upset?"
Eddie's shoulders drooped.
"That's the spirit," Mr. Haskin said.
When Eddie was gone, Mrs. Haskin shook her head. "I don't know, Howard," she said. There was no polite way to put it: Eddie was a terrible zombie. "I can't remember the last time he shuffled anywhere. And the way he insists on wearing clean clothes to school? It's a disgrace!"
Mr. Haskin nodded, his head dangling precariously from the last remaining strip of skin. "The worst of it is his table manners." He shuddered. "Who cooks their food, for crying out loud? It's embarrassing."
Mrs. Haskin leaned in, her teeth clearly visible through her tight-lipped expression. "You know, I saw him sneaking silverware up to his room the other day. Silverware! Where does he get these ideas?"
Mr. Haskin slammed a bloody fist on the table. "It's those kids he hangs out with. It's just not right, associating with living people. It's..it's… unnatural."
Eddie came back, wearing a soiled shirt and bloody pants. "I can hear you, you know."
"Of course you can," his mother retorted. "The way you insist on taking care of your ears." Eddie was the only zombie she'd ever seen who still had both lobes intact. She knew the neighbors talked about it.
Mr. Haskin decided to take another tack. "Son, if you only used your talents…"
Eddie looked down at his hands. He noted with disgust that flesh was peeling off one his knuckles. His parents would be so proud. Eddie looked back up. "Talents? What are you talking about?"
"Well, your speed, for one thing," his father whispered.
"My speed," Eddie spat out. "That's just another thing you're ashamed of."
Mr. Haskin would have grimaced if he hadn't been doing so already. "Well, yes, but you could use it to your advantage."
"Yes, yes," Mrs. Haskin agreed eagerly, her eyes growing big in her too-wide sockets. "The way those human boys let you get so close. Don't you see? It's the perfect trap."
"Trap!" yelled Eddie. "But they're my friends."
"Son, be reasonable," said Mr. Haskin. "They're human. Nothing more than food."
"No," countered Eddie. "They're good people."
The Haskins gasped.
"Where did you learn that word?" Mrs. Haskins moaned.
The vein in Mr. Haskin's neck throbbed a deep purple. "You will not use that kind of language while you are under my roof."
"Fine," said Eddie. "Then I'll just leave."
"Where will you go?"
"I don't know," Eddie admitted. "And I don't care."
He opened the front door then turned back to his parents, staring stiffly at their willful son. "I do know one thing," he said before slamming the door behind him. "I wish I'd never been unborn."
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Ella Kennen has lived here and there. When she's not busy dabbling, she might be working on her dissertation. Check out more of her writing at http://ellakennen.wordpress.com


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January 10, 2013
More love in the air!
I just love this fashion girl, 4295K Sweet on You, by Penny Black. She was colored with Copics and then cut out. The backgrounds were inked with with Distress Ink (Fired Brick, Worn Lipstick, Dusty Concord, and Evergreen Bow). And the fun die cut for the turquoise background is by Spellbinders- Square Swatches.
Oh, and BIG thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes, emails, and notes on Facebook. You sure know how to make a girl feel special. :)
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend. I hear we might have a blizzard here tomorrow. I hope we do! Nothing like a weekend of snowed-in stamping!
Posted by Jill at 8:12 PM
8 comments :
- Beate said...
Gorgeous sponging of the background and shading of the image. Beautiful card.
Happy New Year!
Hugs and smiles
- Friday, January 11, 2013
- Maureen Hayes said...
Sorry I missed wishing you a Happy Birthday, please accept my belated best wishes. I am a January baby as well (the 4th) so I guess that is why I feel a special connection to you and your work! I love how you colored this stamp. I have wanted this one for awhile and now you may just have made me buy it even though I can't afford it. . . Lo!
Have a wonderful and snowy weekend!
- Friday, January 11, 2013
- Bonnie Irvine said...
This is such a fun and whimsical card. Love the background with that fun zigzag shape and the beautiful colours. The image is adorable. You have an amazing eye for colour combinations.
- Friday, January 11, 2013
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- alexandra s.m. said...
I forgot we shared a birthday!
Happy Belated BDay Sweet Jill!
Your card is sensational :-)
- Friday, January 11, 2013
- annemarks said...
Fab colours on this card, so vivid and toned down nicely with the black :)
- Saturday, January 12, 2013
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Atkins wins design for $2.1bn Abu Dhabi community
Abu Dhabi General Services (Musanada) has awarded Atkins a contract to design the infrastructure for a $2.1bn (£1.3bn) Emirati community in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
The North Wathba Urban Development is a 42 km² social infrastructure scheme that will eventually house a community of 130,000 people, and meet local needs with international design standards.
Atkins' role involves the design and provision of tender documentation for all aspects of the development, from enabling works and road infrastructure through to district cooling and utilities.
"This is an important and far-reaching project for Abu Dhabi which will provide an excellent quality Emirati neighbourhood, including links to public transport networks and high levels of sustainable design," said Dr. Ghassan Ziadat, director of infrastructure and regional head of bridges for Atkins.
The North Wathba Master plan was drawn up by Abu Dhabi's Urban Development Council (UPC), and includes housing, civic, institutional and commercial buildings, as well as parks and open spaces.
Atkins was already the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) consultant for the project.


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Discovering Meal Planning
People tell you all the time as a childless couple that once you have a baby your world changes–I just don't think we were prepared for how true that actually was! Before getting pregnant with Lil One, I lived in my kitchen. After work, I'd be in the kitchen coming up with some fantastically gourmet-sounding dish fresh inspired by the pages of my large array of food magazine subscriptions. After my meal was complete I'd plate it up and pull out my camera so that I could photograph it for my food blog. Upon enjoying the meal with a glass of wine, I'd head to the computer, edit my photos and write up my post for the day. I swore that after I got pregnant, nothing would change! I'd still be the gourmet in the kitchen and work on my food photography and continue to expand my culinary horizons. How wrong I was…
It took me and S. about 2-years to get pregnant with Lil One. While I didn't have to suffer through morning sickness, and my bouts of nausea were reserved for when Mr. Way Too Much Cologne Wearer sat next to me on the commuter rail into work every day–my energy levels were just not there for me to step foot in the kitchen and make a dinner worth photographing, let alone blog about. Instead, my meals consisted of Velveeta mac and cheese. Yup—that's it. 100% pure, processed mac and cheese. It comforted me the way nothing else (other than my homemade guac, which I made once a night for the first 2-trimesters by the way) could.
Once Lil One was born and I was back at work however, things needed to change drastically. I was not going to continue with my pregnancy-induced-processed-food-eating-ways. When I sat down and looked at my schedule for the weekdays, it laid out something like this:
–getting up at 4 a.m. to pump my daughter's morning breast milk needs
–getting ready for work at 5 a.m.
–get out the door for drop off at 6 a.m.
–commuter rail into Boston for work at 6:16
–train home, often times not until 6:30 at the earliest
It was clear something needed to be done in order to get a nutritious meal on the table as soon as I got home at night so that I could maximize the 45-minutes I had to spend with my daughter before bedtime. Solution: the slow cooker was going to become my new best friend!
I started to sit down on Saturdays and review the meals we were interested in, see how I could adapt them to fit the slow cooker and began to make my menu for the week and subsequent shopping list. With about 25-lbs of added baby weight to lose and an equal 25-lbs of "support weight" for S. to lose we really tried to focus our meals on healthful options and significantly cut back on our processed food intake. We decided that rather than five separate meals for the weekdays we'd focus on three—a Monday/Wednesday meal, a Tuesday/Thursday meal, and a homemade pizza Friday. This idea of staggering leftovers and menu planning is not rocket science, nor do I claim it to be—it's just what had gotten us through.
Sunday became my prep day. I'd cook a massive batch of soup for lunches for the week, prep Monday's slow cooker meal in the crock and toss it in the fridge and completed what prep I could for Tuesday's meal. We started to purchase the disposable crock liner bags to help save avoid the need to chisel off any debris that may have crusted on during the cooking process. Come Monday morning, the crock got tossed in the slow cooker and we set the timer as we walked out the door.
We are now two years into our menu planning and have made a few changes to the planning process along the way. We decided that since we were on track with not only menu planning, but limiting our processed food intake and having a steady exercise program in place, it was time to make some additional diet modifications. Last year was called "Operation Whole Grain and Legume"—we were not eating nearly enough of them in our diet before and this needed to change. This year is being dubbed "Mission Clean Eating." I recently subscribed to Clean Eating Magazine—I can't wait to get the first issue in the mail in March!
I am being realistic in that I know from time to time I'm just going to eat gross food and I'm OK with that. I'm a firm believer in moderation. We don't consume large quantities of fast food, nor do we intend to, but sometimes I just crave those fries and nothing will stop me from having them. I think the goal for me and my family is to make the best possible choices in our food consumption as frequently as possible and hope that Lil One and Baby Bro grows up to make the best choices she can as a result of what we raised her on.
So down to the nitty-gritty—what is on the menu this week?
Lunches: Thai Chicken Soup. I used organic for 95% of the ingredients, reduced sodium chicken stock to control the sodium content of the soup. I also added ¼ cup of quinoa to the soup.
Monday/Wednesday: Tomatillo, White Bean, and Chicken Stew. We are huge fans of tomatillos and the past two summers we tried our hand at growing them in our garden for fun. Low and behold they were a cash crop for us putting out the largest yield of any of our crops. We made a large batch of roasted tomatillo sauce (using jalapeños from our organic garden as well in the recipe) and froze it in small batches. We combined some of our sauce with boneless, skinless chicken breasts, white beans and some onions in the slow cooker and served it over organic brown rice. This is one of our favorite dishes to make, and honestly, it has gotten so much better by the addition of our roasted tomatillo sauce instead of the jarred one we had been buying. The best part—our food-fussy Lil One LOVES this meal!
Tuesday/Thursday: Spicy Black Beans and Rice with Mangos. This will be our vegetarian meal for the week and is brand new. I just recently purchased a vegetarian slow cooker cookbook and am putting it through its maiden voyage. We totally do not have organic mangos in season locally so we are relying on the frozen organic mangos for this recipe. I'm hoping this is as yummy as it sounds on paper.
Now it's your turn—I'd love to hear how you approach meal planning for the week. I am constantly inspired by others!
Do you menu plan? What is your menu for the week? Do you have any vegetarian recommendations to try out?
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Turks, Azeris Near Nabucco Gas Deal
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ANKARA, Turkey — Ankara is nearing a deal with Baku on gas transit through Turkey to Europe, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said, adding that there had been much progress since Azerbaijan said it might explore alternative routes.
Failure to agree upon terms for Azerbaijan's gas to cross Turkey could pose problems supplying the planned Nabucco pipeline, backed by the European Union, which aims to reduce Europe's reliance on gas imports from or via Russia.
Yildiz also said in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday that Turkey supported a seventh partner in the Nabucco pipeline project and that France's GDF Suez was a good candidate. Turkey had previously opposed French involvement.
Azerbaijan said earlier in the month that transit terms to Turkey were unacceptable and that it was looking at other routes for gas from its Shakh Deniz gas field when production starts on the next phase between 2013 and 2016.
Russia's South Stream pipeline, which could tighten Moscow's grip on European markets, is seen as a main rival to Nabucco. Russian energy company Gazprom has secured a deal to import a modest 500 million cubic meters of Azeri gas from next year but says it intends to increase volumes.
"We think there are not a lot of issues holding up an agreement with Azerbaijan," said Yildiz, adding that the two countries had been speaking on prices and that talks have "come a long way."
Among potential hurdles in the talks on gas is the fact that Turkey's relations with Azerbaijan have been tense since Turkey and Armenia signed protocols earlier this month to normalize ties.
The Turkish border with Armenia had been closed since 1993 when Turkey shut it in solidarity with its traditional Muslim ally Azerbaijan, which was fighting a losing battle against Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Turkey previously rejected French participation in the 7.9 billion euro ($11.83 billion) Nabucco project because of a dispute over a French bill that would have made it a crime to deny that the 1915 mass killings of Armenians qualify as genocide.
A source told Reuters earlier in the month that French President Nicolas Sarkozy had expressed hope in a meeting with Turkish President Abdullah Gul in Paris that GDF Suez would soon be able to take part in the Nabucco Pipeline.
Nabucco's current shareholders include Austria's OMV, Hungary's MOL, Romania's Transgaz, Bulgaria's Bulgargaz, Turkey's Botas and Germany's RWE.
"As a partner, we think that GDF has become an increasingly important company," said Yildiz. "We'll be looking carefully at any offer that comes from GDF Suez."
A spokesman for the Nabucco gas pipeline consortium said in Paris on Wednesday that it remained open to a seventh partner but was not in talks with any potential new entrant, including GDF Suez.
Yildiz also said Turkey planned to carry out its $3.5 billion natural gas development plans in Iran and the issue would be discussed during Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's upcoming trip to Tehran.
Iran has given state oil company Turkish Petroleum a one-month deadline to finalize the deal to develop part of the world's largest gas field in Iran, an industry source said on Monday.
The Turkish and Iranian governments agreed in July 2007 that Turkish Petroleum would produce an annual 20.4 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas from three development phases of Iran's South Pars gas field.
The deal has been delayed. Turkey's ally the United States opposes new energy deals in Iran as part of efforts to isolate Tehran over its nuclear program.


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The ballet theme is shaping up to divide the rehearsal room next spring—limbering up on one side, the darkly glamorous Black Swan creatures and on the other, the Alicia Markova types in fragile chiffon. One designer, however, Yasuko Furuta of the Tokyo-based label Toga, sought inspiration instead from the subversive and provocative talent Vaslav Nijinsky (in his Léon Bakst–designed black-and-white costume) from the 1912 production L'Après-midi d'un faune.
It's where Furuta took that image that is so interesting—rendering the pattern of the dance costume smaller, so that what looked almost Friesian became more hard-edged and seventies-trashy leopard, being used for velvet-flocked jackets and dresses. She instinctively understood how radical and incendiary Nijinsky's work was back then. Elsewhere, Furuta refined the punk refrain that's being playing in Paris with sheer and opaque paneled sweaters, short skirts constructed out of black satin appliquéd onto tulle, then trimmed with kilt straps, black double-layered transparent and solid coats from a new laminated carbon fiber fabric. The Toga line isn't widely available in the United States—try Opening Ceremony in L.A. and New York, or Ikram in Chicago—but with its unique and nuanced point of view, blending craft, technology, and street culture, it's worth seeking out.


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From a critique of "Seven Jewish Children", a play by Caryl Churchill, in The Wall Street Journal, 31 March, 2009, by Bret Stephens:
...Ms. Churchill's short play unfolds over seven scenes, beginning, dimly, sometime during the Holocaust and concluding, sharply, with Israel's war with Hamas. Characters appear as parents or older relatives of an offstage child, and the dialogue revolves around what the girl should or should not know about her political circumstances as they unfold over the decades.
So, for the first scene we have the line, "Don't tell her they'll kill her" -- the "they" presumably referring to Nazis. Yet by the final scene the tables have turned. Now it's the Jews who behave like Nazis: "Tell her," says one of the play's Zionist elders, "I wouldn't care if we wiped them out . . . tell her we're better haters, tell her we're chosen people, tell her I look at one of their children covered in blood and what do I feel? Tell her all I feel is happy it's not her." (My emphases.)
Just what is this supposed to mean? Michael Billington of the Guardian grasped Ms. Churchill's point when he wrote that the play captured "the transition that has overtaken Israel, to the point where security has become the pretext for indiscriminate slaughter." Ms. Churchill herself has written that she "wanted [the play] in some small way to reflect the shock and enormity of what happened in Gaza. I think it does that relatively mildly." (My emphasis again.)
All this makes perfect sense -- provided you're willing to reduce the Arab-Israeli conflict to caricature, magnify it to the exclusion of all others, assign blame (and moral agency) wholly to one side, and suppose that Israelis use the memory of the Holocaust cynically or neurotically as an alibi for gratuitous and wanton bloodletting.
In other words, if you're prepared to manipulate history as dishonestly as our vile little "play" about black America does, then it's easy to draw a damning moral. And if you're clever enough to cast the indictment as a story about some blacks or some Jews, or as one of generational decadence, then you might also acquit yourself of charges of racism or anti-Semitism, since you can point to a few Jews or blacks worthy of your considered respect.
Of course Ms. Churchill does just that, even as she mocks Jewish claims to statehood ("Tell her her great great great great lots of greats grandad lived there"). Of course she cites the authority of Israel's many internal dissenters and Jewish critics as another method of self-justification, thereby using Israel's own openness as a club with which to bludgeon it. Yet if you say, for instance, that Israel is a fascist state and cite the testimony of Israelis who freely argue as much, then you have done nothing except instantly disprove your own premise.
But logic is not the issue here, nor, really, are the facts: Try arguing either with someone determined to ignore them. The issue is about taboo -- a word easy to mock until you realize it often upholds what is best in society. Racism has become taboo in American society, and that's a very good thing. Anti-Semitism used to be taboo, but that's been eroded by an obsessive criticism of Israel that seems to borrow freely from the classic anti-Semitic repertoire ("tell her they're filth") while adopting the brilliant trick of treating Jewish victimization as a moral ideal from which modern Israel has sadly deviated.
Readers may wonder why Ms. Churchill's trite agitprop, a cultural blip on the vast American stage, deserves a column. Maybe it doesn't; maybe it's best ignored. But I'm reminded of what a better Churchill -- Winston -- wrote about the German decision in 1917 to put V.I. Lenin on a sealed train to Petersburg, "in the same way you might send a phial containing a culture of typhoid or cholera to be poured into the water supply of a great city." Something foul has now gotten into our water, too.


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I'm a 53 year old Rookie who went with Stevens and SuperService before I found a real home with PTL. My dispatcher treats me right. I never - ever - wait more than 15 minutes for my next dispatch. Everyone in the office is courteous and I get treated with respect, even if it isn't what I want to hear. As a Rookie with 6 months experience, I was given a 2015 International with almost no miles on it. When I was hired they acted like they were glad I was there. Also, they are 100% Employee Owned, so in a sense I am working for myself as well as the Company. Each year employees are given shares of stock in the company with no cost to the drivers.
Have I had issues with equipment? Of course. Very aggravating. It goes with the territory.
But as a Rookie I was given a new tractor, I have a cool dispatcher, I am treated with respect, I own (a very tiny) part of the company, I never wait for my next load, and the office staff acts like they care.
I'm happy with that...417bigK, IAM KING, Interstellar and 3 others Thank this.
Very nice post "Dude"...
keep us posted..my son in law is in phase 2 training there
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I went through orientation 2 weeks ago. It took an extra 3 days to find a trainer. When I finally did find one, he was only concerned with my ability to help him get over 5000 miles. He was consistently telling me that I was doing great and then telling the company that I was unsafe. Ptl has such a huge influx of trainees at the moment, they won't hesitate to let you go at the drop of a hat. The company itself seems fine, but they are in need of good trainers. They are promoting drivers to trainers with less than 2 months of solo driving experience.
The preplans seems to come really quick. They can get you good miles. Just stay away from the lease program. I would come back after getting experience with another company, just to avoid getting another bad trainer
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I start orientation with PTL on Monday and was wondering how is their training program now. Any replies are greatly appreciated.
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The training is hard and takes awhile to complete. Iv been here almost six months. With all major companies it has it flaws. Depending on you it can be bad or good. If you just do your job and don't complain ( to dispatch or anyone in a office) call as little as possible and use the quallquamm as much as possible to send messages you'll be aight. Now that being said I do ##### but never to them I just scream and cuss at the quallquamm. But I get great miles. If you show them your a runner and patient they will treat you right ( they will test you). If you blow up on them or cuss and argue. You'll get your miles cut to the point where you quit so they don't have to fire you. First part of training is the easiest (pick your trainer carefully) they have great trainers and sh*** ones. Me myself I had a great trainer. Ask to see his truck before you agree. If it's a mess he probably just using you to make money. If it's clean that's a good sign ask him to give you a run down of how he trains. Driving is easy my kid could drive a strait line. You have to learn the Qualcomm to be successful. Ask him what micro he would use to pick load up pick up empty arrival at customer. And the headrest on for breakdown since we all just call them if he can't tell you without looking at it find someone els. And backing you need as much practice as possible while with him make sure he will give you plenty of backs. 75% should be done by you. You will only be with him 8 to 10 days. Then p2 ( this is the hard part) you have to team for 40000 mile or 50000 if you hit something. If you do hit something no matter if there's no damage report it cause if they find out you will be fired. I did and I've got the respect and they value me cause I was honest and didn't try to hide or blame anyone but myself. No matter how big or small. It sux but my job is safe and I stay moving as long as my truck isn't in the shop. Pick your partner wisely make sure he or she knows the job and has been properly train like I just stated you needed. Me people tend to get on my nerves when cramped in a truck for too long so I kept choosing partners who where all most done only had 10 to 15000 left. Except for my last one who wasn't trained at all and I about lost my cool with due to being woke up cause they didn't know what to do or was lost or needed to back. Tuff it out be patient and this company will be great or the other way where I see so many complaints I almost bet money the argued with dispatch and got their miles cut. I love it here will probably stay till I buy my own truck or go to Melton which Iv meet a couple older guys here who worked there till they come here. They just got to old for flatbed. Stay out at least 4 weeks at a time the longer you stay out the better loads you get. They have a list where when you go home you move to the bottom then as others go home you make your way back up. I stay out 8weeks at a time so for at least six weeks I'm at the top of list. I have a wife and kids but they understand for the first two years I have to pay my dues then I can come home more often or get a great local job. I mean it's 2015 I see my kids everyday though Skype or Facebook. Also when I do go home I usually take 7 day but I have 10 built up just not makeing money at home. Also finish your training before going home. Makes you look good you get an option to go home after p1 but I don't recommend it. It makes you stand out when you say no I want to finish before I go home. And there was a couple times I had runs by the house and got to stop for at least a night if it was a live unload. I hope this helps and when you get done with orientation my trainer should be in there by Thursday looking for a trainee his name is Nick ask if he's there. He looks like one of the guys off duck dynasty. Let me know how your doing hope to see you out here. II'm in truck 16187.
WOW ! i left PTL back in January because phase 2 was full of 600 mile runs and sitting on weekends at customers who wouldnt be open until Monday. There was a case when my partner and I had about 3500 for the week and nobody mentioned anything about a drug test. Now PTL has its issues , no more than the other companies out there but to flat out tell fairy tales is wrong. If i had to i would go back because i wouldnt have to deal with P2.
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I can't imagine a day where I'm not moving my body, eating lots of plants, and feeling good about myself. I firmly believe that anyone can get there, regardless of how much weight they need to lose or what obstacles they face. I am starting to make an effort to talk about this as much as possible, in any setting where it's appropriate. We all share food as a common experience, and I've found it easy to start these conversations without being weird or preachy. In fact, my goal is to never be preachy about this. I know people can't make lasting changes until they are ready, and I just want people to know that I will be there for them when they are.
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Artig fasong på kortet!
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I have had many people over the years complain to me about computer repair shop problems. There are industry certifications for computer repair, but there isn't any law requiring companies to have these certifications or actually any training at all. There have been a couple of recent and interesting studies done evaluating computer repair companies.
In one such study a reporter unplugged the power to the hard drive from the power supply inside the computer. Fixing this would take less than 1 min. Several computer repair specialist were called to diagnose and fix the problem. About half of the individuals called were able to fix it for the minimum one-hour site visit charge. The other half either charged more, or had to take the computer back to their shop. Some of the technicians that took the computer back to the shop required that more hardware be purchased and one of them totaled more than $250 in additional hardware to fix the problem.
Another recent study took 18 computer stores, some large corporations like Best Buy and CompUSA and others were small mom and pop computer stores and gave them a total of 31 common and simple computer problems. Surprisingly, the computer repair shops could not solve 18 of the 31 problems. Of those 18 stores, only 7 stores were able to properly diagnose a bad hard drive cable. 8 of the 18 shops advised the computer owner to replace perfectly good parts averaging $340 in useless repairs.
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No Winners in the Current Age of CynicismSunday, April 8th, 2018
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Osmoregulation is the active regulation of the osmotic pressure of body fluids to maintain the homeostasis of the body's water content, that is it keeps the body from becoming too dilute or too concentrated. Osmotic pressure is a measure of the tendency of water to move into one solution from another by osmosis. The higher the osmotic pressure of a solution the more water wants to go into the solution. The pressure that must be exerted on the hypertonic side of a selectively permeable membrane to prevent diffusion of water by osmosis from the side containing pure water. Animals in all environments (aquatic and terrestrial) must maintain the right concentration of solutes and amount of water in their body fluids; this involves excretion: getting rid of metabolic wastes and other substances such as hormones which would be toxic if allowed to accumulate in the blood via organs such as the skin and the kidneys; keeping the water and dissolved solutes in balanced is referred to as osmoregulation.
Two major types of osmoregulation are osmoconformers and osmoregulators. Osmoconformers match their body osmolarity to their environment . It can either be active or passive. An example are marine fish. By drinking in sea water, and actively excreting salt out from the gills, the fish will gain salt as it produces an isotonic urine. Osmoregulators tightly regulate their body osmolarity which always stays constant and are more common in the animal kingdom. Osmoregulators actively control salt concentrations despite the salt concentrations in the environment. An example are freshwater fish. The gills actively uptake salt from the environment. Water will diffuse into the fish where the fish will excrete a very hypotonic urine to expel all the excess water.
There are no specific osmoregulation organs in higher plants. Control of water intake and loss is by means of those internal and external factors which affect the rate of transpiration.
Plants share with animals the problems of obtaining water and in disposing of the surplus. Certain plants develop methods of water conservation. Xerophytes are plants in dry habitats such as deserts which are able to withstand prolonged periods of water shortage. Succulent plants such as the cactus have water stored in large parenchyma tissues. Other plants have leaf modifications to reduce water loss, such as needle-shaped leaves, sunken stomata and thick, waxy cuticles as in the pine. The sand-dune marran grass has rolled leaves with stomata on the inner surface.
Amoeba makes us of a contractile vacuole to collect excretory waste, such as ammonia, from the intracellular fluid by both diffusion and active transport. As osmotic action pushes water from the environment into the cytoplasm, the vacuole moves to the surface and disposes the contents into the environment.
Kidneys play a very large role in human osmoregulation. Kidneys regulate the amount of water in urine waste. With the help of naturally producing hormones such as antidiuretic hormone, aldosterone, and angiotensin II, the human body can increase permeability of the collecting ducts in the kidney to reabsorb water and prevent it from being excreted.
A major way animals have evolved to osmoregulate is by controlling the amount of water excreted through the excretory system.
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Have you always said to yourself that you're going to learn social media or find an agency who is actually going to give you a presence online? But every time you say it, life takes over and you just don't get a chance? Or you think that it's going to be way too much to take in and that you won't see the results? Well, now it's time to learn social media. properly, quickly and effectively.
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Our socialite course is designed to explain social media and its principles from the basics. You're going to be learning the fundamentals of social media, as well as, insights into strategies which actually SELLS your products, not just displays them. The course includes:
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I was put onto the UpLinkSocial Socialite course by the owner of my business as he wanted me to work on building out our social brand awareness and actually have a strategy which could lead to sales. I was so surprised by how much I could learn about marketing a business on social media in such a short session. I have used the techniques given to me and have had great results, my boss has been really impressed! - Nick
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