Students join the fight against breast cancer | Alexandria Times

By Stephanie Slaven

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and students at T.C. Williams are gearing up to spread the word and raise awareness. Juniors Emma West and Janet Johnston recently founded the T.C. Breast Cancer Awareness Club, and they hope that through activism and community involvement students will raise money and support for finding the cure for breast cancer.

?I created this club for personal reasons; my mother is a breast cancer survivor,? West said. ?I also believe that students should have more opportunities to make a difference in our community.?

Johnston, co-president, also has a personal interest in seeing the end of breast cancer. The group is student-run and outfitted with members eager to collaborate with their community to fight the disease.

Breast cancer affects us all. Nearly one in eight women receive the diagnosis in their lifetime, earning it the dubious distinction as the most common cancer among women. And, although rare, men also can develop breast cancer.

Breast cancer starts when a mutation in a cell causes uncontrolled cell growth that develops in the tissue of the breast. It is a disease behind the deaths of countless loved ones and must be stopped.

The group?s main goal this school year is to raise enough money to send three members to participate in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. The walk, which is 39.3 miles long and takes place over the course of two days, is scheduled for May 4 and 5 in Washington. At $1,800 per walker, raising enough money is an ambitious task, but the students are enthusiastic and optimistic.

In addition to the walk, the club is working on several short-term projects, such as organizing a T.C. letter-writing program for cancer patients.

In support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, club members are volunteering for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer race in Washington on October 20 as well as fundraising at T.C. through poster campaigns, bake sales and selling T-shirts.

And keep your eye out for an upcoming fundraising night with Del Ray?s Los Tios Grill, where a percentage of the restaurant?s proceeds will be donated to fight breast cancer.

Stay updated with the latest news on breast cancer and the club by liking the group?s Facebook page ? search for ?Alexandria Breast Cancer Awareness.? It?s just a click or two away.

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The author is treasurer of the T.C. Breast Cancer Awareness Club.

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Shared parenting leave from 2015 ? a victory for families and the FI ...

12 October 2012

The Government?s plan to allow mothers and fathers to share parenting leave from 2015 is a breakthrough that will benefit children, families and the recession-hit economy, the Fatherhood Institute says.

The FI first floated the idea of allowing mums and dads to share parenting leave from 2 weeks after the birth of their child, in May 2012 ? and has been lobbying for it ever since.

Adrienne Burgess, the FI?s joint CEO, said: ?For too long families have had little choice but to go down the traditional route of the mother staying at home. The UK has the biggest gap between maternity and paternity leave entitlements in the developed world. This change will give couples real choice about who does what, and make our economy much more competitive as a result.?

The change could be particularly useful for the growing number of families where the mother is the sole or higher earner ? but we need clarity on the detail of the proposed changes, especially over whether there will be quotas of reserved leave for fathers and mothers within the flexible parental leave entitlement. Evidence suggests that this ?use it or lose it? leave is crucial to ensuring dads take up leave. We also need to see whether only fathers whose partners were entitled to maternity leave and pay can take flexible parental leave or whether it rests on their own entitlement ? and whether unemployed fathers can claim ?paternity allowance? (equivalent to the maternity allowance currently paid to mothers who do not qualify for maternity leave and pay).

The Institute first suggested sharing leave from 2 weeks after the birth (4 weeks where mothers are factory workers) ? the Swedish system ? earlier this summer, after it became clear that a lobby of women?s groups and trade unions was pushing the Government to abandon plans floated in their MODERN WORKPLACES consultation for a more flexible system of parenting leave. ?We need to digest and also read the official announcement, when it comes, along with the small print. But this sounds like a very positive step ? and fits with the Coalition?s early commitment to support shared parenting from the earliest stages of pregnancy,? said Ms Burgess.

Read our Briefing on Maternity Leave, Parental Choice and Child Welfare.

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V-Moda's M-100 audiophile headphones get ready for mass production, we go ears on

V-Moda's been seriously edging for the audiophile crowd lately -- namely with its Crossfade M-80 on-ear headphones, the VAMP headphone amp for the iPhone 4/4S, and a soon-to-be disclosed followup dubbed as Vamp Versa. That brings us to its soon-to-be released M-100 headphones, which haven't really been a secret since their inception, making them a special set. Unlike many companies who strive for secrecy in regards to upcoming products, V-Moda's taken a drastically different approach with its latest cans, with owner Val Kolton stating that they're effectively the first crowd-sourced set of headphones.

Many headphone lovers out there likely know that Kolton's been heavily in contact with the Head-Fi community, hoping to craft the best sounding, looking and fitting ear-gear possible. As he puts it, "the easter egg and inside joke is that the [M-100 headphones] can actually stand up. It is the first headphone that we know of that 'stands above the rest' and all others fall down/crawl. It also can stand on top of a few other new brand's models almost like Cirque De Soleil." It may be hard to tell based on the fashion-focused looks, but the company is adiment that its audiogear goes through more stringent research and testing than some of the biggest names out there, and that it'll show in the end products. Most notably, its TrueHertz testing where, for the M-100, "six points from 5hZ to 12kHz are measured to be within [its] obsessive quality control levels." According to Kolton, most companies only check at 1Khz, and allow for much wider variances. He followed up stating that "like fine wine, a headphone is only as good as its fit (taste buds) and it's driver variances (grapes/cork). To us, all brands advertising 'HD' sound [aren't being forthright] unless they believe or even know these key components are "'fugazi.'"

Gallery: V-Moda M-100 (hands-on)

For perspective, the M-100 is essentially the third iteration of the Crossfade LP over-ear headphones. Aside from a few tweaks to the design, it's packing an audiophile-focused tuning (rather than DJ) that's based on blending the voicings of its M-80 on-ears and the LP2 over-ears. It wouldn't be unfair to say the company is aiming for a flat, yet fun sound -- all in a package that's fit to take to the streets like its earlier offerings. Those familiar may know that just under 150 of the first 200 production-quality models are currently floating around as early stock and test units for a final bit of real-world feedback before mass-production begins -- and this editor's been lucky enough to get his mitts on a set for some initial impressions. So, is the product shaping up to match all the hype? Click on past the break our take.

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Mrs. Romney says horses helped with MS diagnosis

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Wednesday that her love of horses helped her overcome her fear that multiple sclerosis would put her in a wheelchair.

Ann Romney was guest hosting ABC's "Good Morning America" when she spoke about her depression after receiving the diagnosis 14 years ago.

"I was very, very weak and very much worried about my life, thinking I was going to be in a wheelchair as well," she said. "Turned to horses, my life has been dramatically different. They gave me the energy, the passion to get out of bed when I was so sick that I didn't think I'd ever want to get out of bed."

Mrs. Romney is part-owner of a horse that competed this summer in the Olympic sport of dressage, the equine equivalent of ballet. She spoke about her love of horses while standing in New York's Times Square, petting Paralympic horse Lord Luger as rider Rebecca Hart discussed how equine therapy helped keep her out of a wheelchair.

Mrs. Romney also helped interview the competitors eliminated Tuesday night from "Dancing with the Stars." The beginning of her appearance went a little awry when she said the show's staff turned the heat up too high for her family's Welsh cake recipe.

"I've got a cooking emergency!" she said, smiling as the camera turned to her pulling the cakes off the griddle.

She was filling in for co-host Robin Roberts, who is recovering from a bone marrow transplant. ABC says it is in discussions with first lady Michelle Obama for a similar guest appearance.

In a separate interview broadcast Wednesday on Fox News Channel's "America's Newsroom," Mrs. Romney said she immediately knew as the first presidential debate began last week that her husband would win because of the energy he showed.

"I knew after the first question," she said in the taped interview. "I turned to my son after 50 minutes, and I gave him a nudge, and I said, 'It's 100 to zero right now.'"

Mrs. Romney sharply disputed accusations from Obama's campaign that her husband failed to tell the truth during the debate.

"It's sort of like someone that, you know, in the sandbox that, like, lost the game. And they're just going to kick sand in someone's face and say, 'You liar,'" she said. "I mean, it's like they lost, and so now they just are going to say, 'OK, the game, you know, we didn't like the game.' So it's to me, it's poor sportsmanship."

She said she hopes her husband's performance leads more women to support his campaign because so many of them approach her on the campaign trail to say how they are struggling in the current economy.

"These are real people out there. They're not numbers to Mitt and I anymore," she said. "And I hope that came across, that why Mitt's running, is to make the economic opportunities for people that are out there that are really, really desperate."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mrs-romney-says-horses-helped-ms-diagnosis-134423000.html

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Governor gives out sex hotline, not meningitis line

By NBC News staff

Updated at 6:26 p.m. ET: Florida Gov. Rick Scott mistakenly sent Floridians seeking information on a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak to a sex hot line.

Scott was at a Florida Cabinet meeting on Tuesday when he announced a toll-free hotline's 866 number, but mixed up the numbers, according to WUSF News.

From NBCMiami.com: First fungal meningitis death in Florida

After WUSF News, a public radio station in Tampa, posted the number online a reader notified the news station that the number was directing callers to a very different service.

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?Hello boys, thank you for calling me on my anniversary," a woman's voice says in a recording.

A spokesperson for Scott said he inadvertently -- and briefly -- released the wrong number, and then corrected it by providing the?number for the Florida Fungal Meningitis?Hotline is 866-523-7339.

Front line for meningitis outbreak: the ER

More than 100 fungal meningitis cases have been reported nationally, with about a dozen deaths, including one fatality in Florida.

On Tuesday, Scott also said authorities had contacted nearly 700 of the 1,185 patients linked to facilities that received tainted medicine in Marion, Miami-Dade, Orange and Escambia counties.

NBCMiami.com?s Brian Hamacher and NBC New?s Sevil Omer contributed to this report.

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Anxiety and Depression: Our Internal GPS System

By Kelly Niven

?With realization of one?s own potential and self-confidence in one?s ability, one can build a better world?. Dalai Lama

What are anxiety and depression?

This might seem like a silly question to ask after all we are told repeatedly from various sources that anxiety and depression are mental illnesses. We are often told this is caused by a chemical imbalance.

What if I were to tell you different? Would you believe me?

This might be hard. It might be difficult to challenge mainstreams beliefs and opinions. When we are growing up, we believe what we are told from those around us. We learn to trust the opinion of those who are influential in our life ? parents, teachers, the media, doctors, elders. We take these beliefs as absolute truths.

We naturally take on the beliefs of the majority, we are human.

Change happens when someone or a group of people challenge these societal norms. What tends to happen is that someone has an experience that does not fit with the messages that are shared by the vast majority. There can be a lot of controversy surrounding these challenges to the status quo.

The term mental illness implies that there is something wrong with you. That what you experience with anxiety and depression is unnatural and inappropriate. When we take these views on we look for a quick fix to solve the problem.

There is no doubt that anxiety and depression are very real. Anyone who has experienced the depths of despair that each of these bring will know that you feel it physically, mentally and spiritually. There is no question that they are what you least want in your life.

The majority of us want to be happy. We want to be free from the struggles of daily life. The only problem is we are unsure how to get there.

Where there is doubt there is fire. To be free from the daily struggles, the aches, the pains, the depression, anxiety we must lift ourselves to a place of better understanding. There is no-one but ourselves that can set us free from these miseries. There is no one but ourselves that can bring all of these symptoms to an end.

The Truth
We can learn to see them for what they are really are. A sure sign that we are ready to make changes to the world that we have created. There is no reason why you have to accept that views that are holding you back.

The way to escape this is to realize that what you experience is a natural part of your existence.

Whether the feelings are good or bad they happen for a reason. You may have to dig deep to find what that reason is but I can tell you that it is there all the same. Always.

We will never be free until we find what that reason is and seek to understand our motivations and aspirations. We tend to hold ourselves back when we reach this crucial point in our life. If we were not so scared for our safety we would take the opportunity that this provides.

Our Internal GPS System
This is when we have the opportunity to grow. When we see that the symptoms of anxiety and stress are actually communicating to us. They are like our own internal navigation system (GPS). When we start to experience the uncomfortable thoughts and feelings, we can learn to see them for what they really are. It?s an internal programm that is doing its best to keep us on track.

If we veer off course our GPS system will alert us in whichever way needed through our mind, body and spirit. This is a completely natural process. There is nothing unnatural about it.

Any messages that this is otherwise the case are false. We are highly sophisticated and even when we appear to experience adversity we are still working towards our higher good.

This will always be the case, whether we choose to believe it or not. There is not anything or anyone working against you.
It is your own internal GPS doing its very best to communicate to you, even if you have been afraid to hear.

We can wake up and listen anytime we like. There is no need to be afraid of what we might find.

When we open our hearts and listen we will be supported.

How to listen?

Learn to listen to yourself over the opinion of anyone else. If it doesn?t feel right for you, trust your feelings.

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Accept what you are feeling rather than trying to fight it.

Do not fear that you are going mad or that you are insane. These fearful thoughts are what keeps us stuck in destructive cycles./

Resist the temptation to look outside of yourself for something to make you feel better. When we do this the relief tends to be short lived. The only way to feel good longer-term is to feel better is to work on the inside.

Also, resist the temptation to become dependent on anything to help suppress your feelings ? alcohol, drugs, unhealthy relationships can all be used as a crutch to ?get through?./

Learn about the power of your mind and thoughts and the impact these are having on what you are currently experiencing.

Do what you can to raise your vibration so that you can hear yourself. Diet, exercise, environment, relationships, emotional baggage all have an impact on our ability to really hear.

Find ways to express your emotions and to deal with issues from the past that you are still holding on to. Anxiety and depression happen for a reason. You need to feel safe to explore these reasons in a safe environment to let go of them. There are also many creative ways that we can channel our emotions ? writing, acting, singing, painting. Again, you need to find something that works for you, preferably what brings you joy. ?Anything that makes you feel good is always going to be drawing in more? Dr John Gray.

About the Author
Kelly Niven has what most people would describe as unwavering faith, drive and determination. After experiencing severe emotional challenges she refused to accept the diagnosis and lack of explanation provided by traditional medicine. Not only did this lead to a full recovery, but she gained a strength that instigated many positive changes in her life. Kelly has a passion for dispelling the myth of emotional difficulties being classed as a mental illness. Read her blog ? www.life-is-now.co.uk.
Facebook ? www.facebook.com/KellyNivenBiz twitter ? @KellyNiven

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