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February 1, 2010

Fancy Feast Savory Salmon Canned Cat Food Satisfies My Cats

Filed under: My Diary — huspix @ 6:43 am

Everybody is aware of the food guide pyramid because when we were kids we have all been taught about it in our nutrition class. The food guide pyramid consists of the basic dietary guidelines which we need to follow to lead a healthy life. This pyramid has been around for ages but ironically today more and more Americans are overweight.

This might make you think that the food guide pyramid wasn’t really helpful. Or probably the reason is that people are not following the dietary guidelines. Whatever be the case overhauling the old food pyramid was necessary. Therefore the United States Department of Agriculture has created the MyPyramid.

The MyPyramid is a personalized tool which helps in making correct diet choices. The new food pyramid has something for everybody – for people who are overweight and even for those who are already making healthy choices.

MyPyramid acknowledges the fact that not everybody is the same and understands that some people need to eat more while others have to eat less. The pyramid provides personalized guidelines to suit your lifestyle. This means that now people don’t need to go to a dietician, MyPyramid is all that you need.

The Features of the New Food Pyramid Include:

Calorie Counting

The pyramid stresses on keeping a count on the calories that we intake. Keeping a count makes us realize how much we are eating and thus helps us know when we have deviated from the plan. The food pyramid advices people to use foods high in sugar and fat sparingly and also stresses on increasing the consumption of fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Protein consumption should be limited to lean meats and non-meat sources. The pyramid also advices to keep varying the types of fruits you eat so that things don’t become boring.

Exercise

Exercise is extremely essential if a person wishes to lead a healthy and life. Therefore the new food guide pyramid asks people to incorporate exercise into their lifestyles. Tips have been provided on how to get started and how much exercise will provide results.

Personal Plan

The new food guide pyramid essentially consists of 12 separate pyramids. This helps is catering to the needs to people of different age groups and lifestyles. You just have to provide your age, gender and activity level and the MyPyramid will offer a personalized eating plan.

Provides Options

It has been understood that it will not be easy for everybody to make all of the changes that have been advised. Therefore alternatives have also been provided. For example if you are finding it difficult to consume milk products then you are given the option to have soy products and leafy greens instead. This way you will be getting enough calcium even without consuming milk.

It will be hard for you to make all the changes in one go. Therefore you are advised to take one step at a time so that in the long run you would have easily switched to a healthy lifestyle. In the beginning you can also make use of diet pills like Phentermine and Xenical. You will require talking to a doctor before using these drugs as a prescription will be required. These diet pills are actually appetite suppressants so while you are using Phentermine you won’t feel that hungry. You will manage to reduce you calorie intake because while using Phentermine you won’t feel the need to eat again and again and also be satisfied by eating smaller amounts. This will help you to slowly regain control over your diet and lead a healthy life.

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Week 10 AP Rankings Could Shift BCS Rankings

Filed under: My Diary — huspix @ 3:46 am

The week 6 AP Poll has a few new members. The week 6 Top 25 AP Poll still has Florida as the #1 team in the nation, but there was also a change in the top five teams. Despite Boise State winning again, they fell to #6 as the Virginia Tech Hokies jumped up to #5 in the week 6 AP Poll. It doesn't really seem like it should be that way though, as Virginia Tech only had to beat Duke, but apparently Duke is getting more respect as a football team than in the past. Virginia Tech does have a loss too, making it even more odd that they are up to #5, but fans of the Hokies may turn to their wins over Miami and Nebraska as a reason that Virginia Tech should be this high in the polls.

The biggest jump of the week 6 AP Poll was that of Auburn, which was not ranked last week, but appears at #17 in this week's AP Top 25. That is a huge jump, and has the 5-0 Auburn team back on the college football map. Good for them, because they have been fighting very hard to get back to the Top 25 AP teams. They aren't the only new teams to appear in the week 6 AP Poll either, as South Florida (5-0), Missouri (4-0), and South Caroline (4-1) are all ranked again. The honor of having the biggest drop in the polls goes to Oklahoma, who find themselves down at #19 after losing to Miami over the weekend. It's still pretty remarkable that Oklahoma is ranked that high with a 2-2 record and no chance at the National Championship. It's also not a very deserving ranking for the team, and seems to be a result of one particular high profile player.

The top of the week 6 AP Poll looks a bit familiar, as Florida has retained the #1 spot with 54 first place votes. The other first place votes went to Texas (1) and Alabama (5), who are in the ranks as #2 and #3. Meanwhile LSU is still sitting at #4, seemingly just waiting their turn, and showing that the SEC is indeed an extremely powerful conference this season. Those are the teams that had good weeks, and there were a number that had terrible weeks. Four teams fell out of the AP Top 25, including former #12 Houston, Georgia, Michigan, and California. For Michigan and California, it seems that those two teams were finally outed for being pretenders this season, and have a lot of work in front of them to get back to respectability. Florida is still the king of the land though, and if nobody knocks them off, they could have a clear route to the National Championship game.

The Week 6 AP Poll

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Alabama
4. LSU
5. Virginia Tech
6. Boise State
7. USC
8. Cincinnati
9. Ohio State
10. TCU

Source: AP Poll

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January 31, 2010

Do You Feel Lonely Today?

Filed under: My Diary — huspix @ 12:40 pm

Whether you are having company at your house or a guest in someone else's it is important to make people feel welcome. A mark of a friendly, kind, warm person is their ability to make others feel at easy and valued. Many people feel intimidated when meeting someone new or going somewhere with a lot of people. As a friendly person, you can make the experience easier for them.

The first step to making other people feel welcome is monitoring your facial expressions. Insecure or uncomfortable people tend to analyze the facial expressions of the people around them, and can easily interpret a regular facial expression as a hostile one. Be sure to make your face appear friendly. Soften your features, and when you make eye contact with the person, smile. A smile is difficult to ignore, it is hard to see someone smile at you and not smile back.

Next, take note of your body language. You should look open and friendly, not standoffish. If your body is turned away from someone, you can look disinterested. If your arms are crossed in front of you, instead of at your sides or in your lap, you can look unfriendly. Be sure to have an open stance with your body and your arms. Body language is a very important form of communication.

Finally, take an interest in the person. Someone is much more likely to feel welcomed if the people around them are friendly. Start a conversation, ask questions, and truly listen to the answers. Not only is it an opportunity to get to know someone, it is also a chance for you to make a friend, and practice your social skills.

If you are unsure about exactly what to do, pay attention the next time you are in a social situation. Recognize the actions of the people who make you feel welcome and the people who don't. In future situations, mimic the actions of the people you found welcoming. It is very easy to change your behavior once you have a goal. Put yourself in the other person's shoes, and think about what you need in order to feel welcomed, and then provide it.

It is very easy to make people feel welcome if you are hosting an event of some sort. When you are hosting is your job to put others at ease and your natural reaction is to make others feel welcome. But when you are a guest at a gathering, it can be more difficult to make another guest feel welcome. Remember, you are not trying to take the place of the host, you are just trying to put people at ease, like you would want them to do for you.

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Is October 6th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on October 6th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

(If someone you love is celebrating another year today, why not forward this list to the birthday boy or girl? Click SHARE at the bottom of this page to email the entire article with your “Happy Birthday” message.)

October 6th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

October 6th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Swiss architect Charles-Edouard (Le Corbusier) Jeanneret (Carpenter Center for Visual Arts at Harvard, Ronchamp Chapel, Cité Universitaire Student Pavilions, Philips Pavilion at the Brussels World's Fair, Unité d'Habitation in Marseillesand Villa Savoye at Poissy) was born on October 6, 1887. Le Corbusier authored several books, including Towards a New Architecture.

Louis Moilliet, Swiss painter (In The Circus) and stained glass artist, was born on October 6, 1880.

Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor (Portrait Bust of Eugenie Schauffelen, Tanzende Junge Frauen and Weibliche Allegorie und Studie eines Männerbeins) and author (The Problem of Form in Painting and Sculpture), was born on October 6, 1847.

Polish composer Karol Szymanowski (La Fontaine d'Aréthuse, Harnasie, King Roger, Litany of the Virgin, Love-Songs of Hafiz, Masques, Metopes, Myths, Penthesilea and Salome) was born on October 6, 1882.

October 6th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Dennis (Oil Can) Boyd, American professional baseball pitcher, was born on October 6, 1959. Oil Can Boyd has pitched the Boston Red Sox, the Montreal Expos and the Texas Rangers.

Klaus Dibiasi, Italian platform diver and Olympic gold medalist (1968, 1972 and 1976), was born on October 6, 1947.

Thomas (Tom) Hunter, American swimmer world record holder, and was born on October 6, 1964.

Brian Kelly, American soccer player and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on October 6, 1974.

Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player center and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on October 6, 1973.

Julianne McNamara, American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist (1984), was born on October 6, 1966.

Helen Newington Willis Moody, American tennis professional, 8-time Wimbledon winner (1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1938) and Olympic gold medalist (1924), was born on October 6, 1905.

Lloyd Spooner, American marksman and Olympic gold medalist (1920), was born on October 6, 1884.

October 6th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

American television journalist Shana Alexander Ager (60 Minutes and Point – Counterpoint) was born on October 6, 1925.

Henry Chadwick, American sportswriter, was born on October 6, 1824. Author of the first baseball rule book (Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book), Chadwick has been called “The Father of Baseball.”

Fred Graham, American television journalist (CBS News and Court TV), was born on October 6, 1931.

Martin Luis Guzman, Mexican novelist (The Eagle and the Serpent), was born on October 6, 1887.

American civil rights activist and author (To Praise Our Bridges) Fannie Lou Hamer Townsend was born on October 6, 1917.

George Horace Lorimer, American editor (The Saturday Evening Post), was born on October 6, 1868.

October 6th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

American oil executive, rancher and National Football League team owner (Dallas Cowboys) Harvey Roberts (Bum) Bright was born on October 6, 1920.

George Westinghouse, American railway technology and electricity pioneer, was born on October 6, 1846. Founder of the Westinghouse Electric Company, he received more than 400 patents.

October 6th Birthdays: Famous Performers

Dutch actor Louis Borell (Over the Moon and Queer Cargo) was born on October 6, 1906.

Timothy (Tim) Allan Burgess, British rock singer (The Charlatans), was born on October 6, 1961.

Alan Copeland, American orchestra leader (Your Hit Parade) was born on October 6, 1926.

Jerome Cowan, American actor (Blondie Hits the Jackpot, June Bride, The Maltese Falcon, Not for Publication, The Tab Hunter Show, The Tycoon and The West Point Story), was born on October 6, 1897.

American rock singer Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon) was born on October 6, 1951.

Michael Durrell, American actor (Alice, Chiefs, Shannon and V), was born on October 6, 1943.

Britt Ekland, Swedish actress, Wicker Man, Asylum, The Night They Raided Minsky's, The Man with the Golden Gun, Cold Heat, The Children, Scandal was born on October 6, 1942.

Bobby Farrell, Jamaican rock singer (Boney M), was born on October 6, 1949.

Laura (Janet Gaynor) Gainor, American actress (Seventh Heaven, A Star Is Born, Street Angel, Sunrise andThe Young in Heart) and Academy Award winner (1927 and 1928), was born on October 6, 1906. Janet Gaynor was the first actress to win an Academy Award.

Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace, Black Hawk Down, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Hornblower, King Arthur and Titanic) was born on October 6, 1973.

Robert (Bob Weir) Hall, American rocker (The Grateful Dead), was born on October 6, 1947.

American rock guitarist and singer David Hidalgo (Latin Playboys and Los Lobos) was born on October 6, 1954.

Richard Jobson, Scottish rocker (The Armoury Show and The Skids) and television personality (The Clothes Show, Garden Party and Hollywood Report), was born on October 6, 1960.

Amy Jo Johnson, American actress (Felicity, Infested, Interstate 60, Killing Mr. Griffin, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers and Wildfire), was born on October 6, 1970.

American Gospel singer (Broken Heart) and television pastor (Trinity Broadcasting Network) Mylon LeFevre was born on October 6, 1944.

Johanna (Jenny) Lind, Swedish operatic soprano (Der Freischütz), was born on October 6, 1820. Jenny Lind was known as “The Swedish Nightingale.”

Thomas McClary, American soul guitarist (The Commodores), was born on October 6, 1950.

British actress Emily Mortimer (30 Rock, Cider with Rosie, Dear Frankie, Elizabeth, Formula 51, The Ghost and the Darkness, The Glass Virgin, The Kid, The Last of the High Kings, Love's Labours Lost, Matchpoint, Noah's Ark, Notting Hill, The Pink Panther, Scream 3 and Windtalkers) was born on October 6, 1971.

Jacqueline Obradors, American actress (Freddie, A Man Apart, NYPD Blue, Six Days Seven Nights and Tortilla Soup), was born on October 6, 1966.

Jane Alice (Carole Lombard) Peters, American actress (In Name Only, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Made for Each Other, My Man Godfrey, Nothing Sacred, They Knew What They Wanted and To Be or Not to Be), was born on October 6, 1909. Carole Lombard was married to actors Clark Gable and William Powell.

British actress Anna Quayle (Casino Royale, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Grange Hill, A Hard Day's Night, Mapp and Lucia, Mistress Pamela, Smashing Time and Stop the World – I Want to Get Off) was born on October 6, 1936.

Tim Rushlow, American country singer (Little Texas and Rushlow Harris), was born on October 6, 1966.

American actress Elisabeth Shue (Adventures in Babysitting, Back to the Future: Part 2, Back to the Future: Part 3, Blind Justice, Cocktail, Dreamer, Heart and Souls, Hollow Man, The Karate Kid, Leaving Las Vegas, Palmetto, The Saint, Soapdish and The Trigger Effect) was born on October 6, 1963.

American actor Jeremy Merton Sisto (Law and Order and Six Feet Under) was born on October 6, 1974.

Jamaican singer Millie Small Smith (“My Boy Lollipop”) was born on October 6, 1946. Fans have called Millie Smith “The Blue Beat Girl.”

American rock bassist Thomas (Tommy) Eugene Stinson (Guns N' Roses) was born on October 6, 1966.

Sidney Matthew Sweet, American pop-rock musician (“Girlfriend,” “I've Been Waiting,” “Knowing People,” “Sick of Myself,” “Someone to Pull the Trigger” and “Time Capsule”), was born on October 6, 1964.

American comedian and television personality Fred Travalena (ABC Comedy Hour, Anything For Money, Baby Races, Good Sports and Keep on Truckin') was born on October 6, 1942.

Ellen Travolta, American actress (Charles in Charge, Circle of Violence: A Family Drama, Cover Girls, Detour, Face to Face, General Hospital, Happy Days, Human Experiments, Joanie Loves Chachi, Lonely Hearts, Makin' It, Mel and Welcome Back Kotter), was born on October 6, 1940. Her younger brother is actor John Travolta.

Cees Veerman, Dutch pop guitarist and singer (The Cats), was born on October 6, 1943.

Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress (The Awakening, Caroline, Centennial, The Golden Moment and Remington Steele), was born on October 6, 1956. Her father was actor Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

October 6th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind, German mathematician and author (The Nature and Meaning of Numbers), was born on October 6, 1831.

Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian anthropologist, explorer and author (Aku-Aku, American Indians in the Pacific, Easter Island: The Mystery Solved, Kon Tiki, The Ra Expeditions, Sea Routes to Polynesia and The Tigris Expedition), was born on October 6, 1914.

Nevil Maskelyne, British astronomer (Proposal for Discovering the Annual Parallax of Sirius), was born on October 6, 1732.

Florence B. Seibert, American physicist and tuberculosis research pioneer, was born on October 6, 1897.

October 6th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Hafez al-Assad, Syrian President, was born on October 6, 1930.

Frederik VII, Denmark's first Constitutional King, was born on October 6, 1808.

Louis Philippe, King of France, was born on October 6, 1773.

Wenceslas III, King of Hungary, was born on October 6, 1289.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on October 6th?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on October 6th, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

Happy Birthday, October 6th.

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January 29, 2010

CP- a Guide to Cerebral Palsy

Filed under: my zone — huspix @ 2:59 pm

I am new to AC and, as far as I can tell, I’m not on anyone’s list of favorites nor am I one of the most read, most e-mailed, or most forgotten contributors. When I saw the interview a content producer mail I thought I would seize the opportunity to interview myself and maybe win a few more readers over. It’s not so much narcissistic as promotional. I didn’t want to be presumptuous and give you a biography so I used the questions given. I hope you enjoy it and will come by my CP page from time to time to see what I’m up to.

What really inspires you to write? When every my son does something blatantly and unabashedly ridiculous.

What is the one thing that draws you to the computer and really gets your fingers moving on an article? I usually think about something for a few hours or overnight before I sit down to type. Most of it is formulated in my mind and it just flows out. If I just sit down and start typing it takes forever to gather everything together. Aside from that the things that inspire me to write need organization and to be thought through if they are going to be coherent.

So how did you get into writing? They made me do it in school when I was 8.

Tell us one thing about yourself that people might not know. I’m an open book, what good is keeping a secret? In the grand scheme of things what is it worth? I’m goofy and klutzy and I like disco and The Carpenters.

What has been your greatest success in life? Finding a man who can stand to be married to me.

What goals are you trying to achieve with your writing? I want other people to read my things and be able to relate to them. I want them to see their kids or think the craft they created is really cool. I want them to laugh and lighten the burden of their day if only for the five minutes it takes to read my article.

If you were trapped on an island alone what 3 things could you not live without? Assuming I have food, shelter and clothing…a radio that would work in perpetuity. An endless supply of bug spray because, yech! Soap.

Name 5 songs that you would include on your personal life soundtrack. In no particular order and in no particular reason other than they make me smile: Living On A Prayer, Bon Jovi. Days Go By, Keith Urban. Fur Elise, Beethoven. Pride And Joy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Prozac, Bellevue Cadillac.

What actor would you want to play you in your life story and why? Someone unknown. It would be their breakout roll. They’d have to break out all over the place, fall down some stairs, get yanked off their feet by the dog, backed over by a milk truck while in a parked car… it’s not a role for the faint of heart…oh yeah and then there’s the whole heart thing…

What made you start writing for Associated Content? I searched for something and an article from AC popped up. I decided to check out the site and then I decided to try one of my stories and see what happened. My friends are always telling me I have a talent for it so I thought I’d see if anyone else thought so too.

What color best describes your personality and why? Pink. Pink everything. Pink clothes, pink socks, pink shoes, pink birthstone. My favorite foods are a hue of pink. Even my dog is a little pink looking. It’s not over powering or obnoxiously loud, its pretty and warm and it makes me feel happy. I’m not a psycho about it though, my hair is not pink, not everything in my closet is pink, and the dog only looks pink because she is swimming in the shallow end of the gene pool.

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