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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">2011 African American Heart Health Tool Kit</span><o:p></o:p></b></div><!--EndFragment--> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Facts about African Americans, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Cardiovascular disease, including stroke, is the leading cause of death for African-American men and women, killing nearly 100,000 annually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In 2007, among African Americans who died, cardiovascular disease was the cause of death in 32.0 percent of males and 35.4 percent of females.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>African Americans are almost twice as likely to have a first-ever stroke compared to Caucasians and more than 17,085 blacks die from stroke each year.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>About 44.8 percent of non-Hispanic black men and 47.3 percent of women age 20 and older have cardiovascular diseases, according to the NHANES 2005-2008. (National Center for Health Statistics and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>African Americans and Caucasians in the southeastern United States have higher death rates from stroke than those in other regions of the country.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Hypertension</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The prevalence of hypertension among African Americans in the United States is among the highest in the world.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Compared to Caucasians, African Americans develop high blood pressure at an earlier age, and their average blood pressure is much higher. As a result African Americans have a 1.5 times greater rate of heart disease deaths and a 1.8 times greater rate of fatal stroke.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For non-Hispanic blacks age 20 and older, 43.0 percent of men and 45.7 percent of women have high blood pressure, a leading cause of stroke.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Cholesterol</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Among non-Hispanic blacks age 20 and older, 37.0 percent of men and 41.2 percent of women have total blood cholesterol levels over 200 mg/dL.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Diabetes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Non-Hispanic black women have a 2 times higher prevalence of diabetes than non-Hispanic white women.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Weight</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Among non-Hispanic black women, 77.7percent are overweight and obese,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>51.0 percent are obese; 70.8 percent of non-Hispanic black men are overweight and obese and 37.0 percent of these are obese.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Physical Activity</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Physical inactivity is more prevalent among African Americans than Caucasians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Among non-Hispanic blacks only, 29.3 percent, are considered regularly active.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>African Americans are one of the least active groups in terms of overall physical activity. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Cigarette Smoking</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In 2009, 22.9 percent of black males and 18.8 percent of black females smoke cigarettes.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Research shows that cigarette smoking increases a person’s risk for stroke by 2 to 4 times. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Goals for a Longer, Stronger Life</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Total Cholesterol<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Less than 200 mg/dL</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>LDL (bad) Cholesterol<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">LDL Cholesterol goals vary:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">- For people who don’t have heart disease and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>only one or no risk factors, the goal is less than 160 mg/dL.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">- For most people with two or more risk factors,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the goal is less than 130 mg/dL.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">- For people who have heart disease, diabetes or are at higher risk for heart disease, the goal is to keep the LDL below 100 mg/dL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>HDL (good) Cholesterol<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>60 mg/dL or higher for women and 40 mg/dL or higher for men</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Triglycerides<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Less than 150 mg/dL</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Blood Pressure<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Less than 120/80 mmHg</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Fasting Glucose<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Less than 100 mg/dL</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Body Mass Index (BMI)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m2</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Waist Circumference<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Less than 35 inches for women and less than 40 inches for men</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Physical Activity<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">All adults should do at least 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity physical activity or 75 minutes a week of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>vigorously intense aerobic physical activity or a combination of moderate and vigorous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adults should do muscle-strengthening activities on at least 2 or more days a week. For example, you could do six to eight strength-training exercises, 8 to 12 repetitions each, twice a week.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Healthful Eating<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Emphasize a variety of fruits and vegetables, whole-grain, high-fiber foods, fat free or low-fat dairy products, fatty fish twice per week, legumes and sources of protein low in saturated fat (e.g., poultry, lean meats and plant sources) Limit added sugars and reduce sodium.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Tobacco Smoke<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">If you smoke, STOP!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t smoke, DON’T START!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Doctor Visits<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">See your doctor regularly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a healthful diet and regular physical activity are not enough to reduce your risk of heart disease, ask about medication and take it as prescribed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if you take medication, a healthful diet and physical activity are important.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Overweight and Obesity:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">What You Can Do</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>About 112,000 deaths each year in the United States are associated with obesity. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>67.3 percent of adults in the United States were overweight and obese according to NHANES 2005-2008.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Overweight and obesity are associated with heart disease, certain types of cancer, type 2 diabetes, stroke, arthritis, breathing problems and psychological disorders such as depression.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Physical Activity: Weight Control and Other Benefits</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Regular physical activity helps weight control and weight loss when done in conjunction with a calorie-reduction eating plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Besides helping to control weight, physical activity helps reduce your risk for heart disease, including stroke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also helps to manage diabetes, slow bone loss associated with aging, lowers the risk of certain cancers and helps reduce anxiety and depression.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Physical Activity in the United States</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Many people in the United States live sedentary lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, only 34.9 percent of adults in the United States participate in regular physical activity. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Heart-Healthy Cooking Tips</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Eating diets that are rich in fruits and vegetables, lower in salt, and lower fat (such as the DASH diet) have been shown to reduce blood pressure for many. Focusing your diet on foods such as fat-free and low-fat dairy fruits, vegetables and whole-grain, high-fiber foods is essential to good health.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Here are some tips to help make your meals healthful:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Frying</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Steam, bake, broil or stir-fry foods in canola or olive oil instead of deep-frying in shortening or bacon grease.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Salt</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Use vinegar, lemon juice, hot red pepper flakes, garlic and onions or other low-salt spices instead of salt.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Use little or no salt when you cook noodles, spaghetti, rice or hot cereal.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Salad Dressing</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Use low-fat, low-calorie or fat-free salad dressings.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Butter</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Use soft tub margarine instead of butter, or use other spreads that are lower in saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol, such as a stick of margarine.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Eggs</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Egg yolks are a major source of cholesterol; keep cholesterol less than 300mg per day. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Meat</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Buy fresh lean cuts of meat and trim the fat before cooking.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Eat turkey, chicken and very lean beef or pork.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Remove the skin from poultry before cooking except when roasting a whole chicken.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Broil, bake or roast meats instead of frying them.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Oils</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Use canola, olive, corn or safflower oil in cooking.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Use fat-free, calorie-free cooking spray to provide a non-stick surface for wokware, bakeware and grills.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Fat</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Limit saturated calories to less than 7 percent of your total calories and trans-fat calories to less than 1 percent of your total calories.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">How To Choose Foods Low in Saturated Fat</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Using low-saturated-fat, low-trans-fat, low-cholesterol recipes makes it easier to cook healthful meals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can do a lot with your favorite recipes or everyday meals to control the amount of saturated fat and cholesterol you eat.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Here are some low-saturated-fat food substitutions:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Instead of:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Whole milk (1 cup)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">TRY Fat-free evaporated milk (1 cup)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Heavy cream (1 cup)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">TRY Evaporated fat-free milk (1 cup)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Sour cream <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">TRY Low-fat or fat-free sour cream <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Cream cheese<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">TRY Low fat or whipped cream cheese</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Butter (1 tbsp.)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">TRY 1 Tbsp. polyunsaturated margarine or ¾ tbsp. polyunsaturated or monounsaturated oil</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Shortening (1 cup)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">TRY Tub margarine (1 cup)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Eggs (1 egg)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">TRY 1 egg white plus 2 tsp. of unsaturated oil</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Unsweetened baking chocolate (1 oz)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">TRY 3 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder or carob powder and 1 tbsp. polyunsaturated oil or margarine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Carob is sweeter than cocoa so reduce sugar in recipe by ¼.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">How To Use Cooking Oils</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">When cooking requires using fat, use liquid vegetable oils::</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>To brown lean meats and to pan or oven fry fish and skinless poultry</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>To sauté onions and other vegetables for soup</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In sauces and soups made with fat-free milk</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In scalloped potatoes</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For popping corn</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In casseroles made with dried peas or beans</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When cooking dehydrated potatoes and other prepared foods</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">How To Limit Salt (sodium) in Your Food</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Eating more sodium<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>than the body needs can lead to high blood pressure in some people. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People with high blood pressure are more likely to develop heart problems or have a stroke.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Limit salt in cooking.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Use herbs and spices, instead of salt.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When using canned vegetables, drain the liquid and rinse them in water before cooking.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Read food labels carefully and choose products with reduced sodium or no added salt</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Watch for high levels of sodium on the nutrition facts panel.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Know the Warning Signs of Heart Attack and Stroke</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Warning Signs of Heart Attack</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Some heart attacks are sudden and intense, but most start slowly with mild pain or discomfort with one or more of these symptoms:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes, or that goes away and comes back. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Shortness of breath. May occur with or without chest discomfort.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Other signs. These may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">Warning Sings of Stroke</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">The key to recognizing signs of a stroke is that they are SUDDEN:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sudden severe headache with no known cause</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">If you or someone you know experiences any of the heart attack or stroke warning signs, </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">call 9-1-1 immediately. Check the time so you’ll know when the first symptoms started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s very important to take action immediately. Getting to the hospital in time may help reduce the devastating effects of these medical emergencies. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Where to Get More Information about Heart Disease and Stroke</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Talk to your doctor or healthcare professional.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have heart disease or have had a stroke, members of your family may also be at risk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s important for them to make changes now to lower their risk.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Call 800-AHA-USA1 (800-242-8721) or browse americanheart.org to learn more about heart disease.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Call 888-4-STROKE (800-478-7653) or visit strokeassociation.org to learn more about stroke.</div><!--EndFragment-->Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-34105124076140733982011-02-04T14:36:00.001-05:002011-02-04T15:08:06.473-05:00GO RED<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJkMAYmuTzffK7-hOTVaY1caEhsEaiqRz6qYpuhZswlOCYGjxWdW_X3DW6aL5zevpSrFPzT7as6TsbooeDlYx9GZIdjqU45a9t5nqHfrSGrc6hdgyI_-v0KzW4lWuXGympehveZ3tE9RO/s1600/Star+Pink+turned+red.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJkMAYmuTzffK7-hOTVaY1caEhsEaiqRz6qYpuhZswlOCYGjxWdW_X3DW6aL5zevpSrFPzT7as6TsbooeDlYx9GZIdjqU45a9t5nqHfrSGrc6hdgyI_-v0KzW4lWuXGympehveZ3tE9RO/s200/Star+Pink+turned+red.jpg" width="190" /></a></div>Today is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Go Red</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> for Women</span> day to eradicate heart disease. <br />
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In March 2010 I had Open Heart surgery to repair my aortic valve. It was a tremendous success and less than a year later; I'm happy to report my heart and my health is is perfect working condition. I believe that we must all "pay it forward" when given the opportunity. So in an effort to promote heart health in women and people of color, I have become <a href="http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/">The American Heart Association's</a> National Volunteer. My commitment is to expanding awareness of the mission of the Heart Association as it relates to women and people of color. <br />
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Today we focus on <a href="http://www.goredforwomen.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Going Red for Women!</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Women and Cardiovascular Disease Facts</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3039318"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(provided by The American Heart Association)</span></a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Overview</span><br />
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More women die from heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases (CVD) than men, yet many women do not realize they are at risk. These diseases kill more women each year than the next five causes of death combined.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIpj2jpfs4PrU3qqmld0_qEe_sqVd1yQTCnzsZ0GqFLEXJJi3cK_oRjh6C0S4wSebwTXTioqJ5r8qOl7bMW7Jf4WmfJNw351MdyhZmpRvV3LWUSyJHN7epBc4Cs7kNq5mAuxVGk97bgyx/s1600/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIpj2jpfs4PrU3qqmld0_qEe_sqVd1yQTCnzsZ0GqFLEXJJi3cK_oRjh6C0S4wSebwTXTioqJ5r8qOl7bMW7Jf4WmfJNw351MdyhZmpRvV3LWUSyJHN7epBc4Cs7kNq5mAuxVGk97bgyx/s200/images.jpeg" width="200" /></a>The contributing factors for this epidemic include:<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Lack of knowledge</span></i><br />
Women and their healthcare providers do not know the biggest healthcare threat to women is heart disease. A 2006 survey conducted by the American Heart Association found that 43 percent of women are unaware that heart disease is the leading cause of death among women.<br />
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Although women of color and of low socioeconomic status are disproportionately affected by heart disease — the death rate was 28 percent higher for black women than for white women in 20051 — only 31 percent of black women and 29 percent of Hispanic women knew that heart disease was their greatest health risk, compared to 68 percent among white women. <br />
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Among primary care physicians, only 8 percent knew that more women than men die each year from CVD.<br />
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Many women do not recognize the warning signs or symptoms of heart disease and stroke, which may be more subtle than those exhibited by men. Lack of awareness often results in less aggressive and sophisticated diagnosis and treatment by women's health care providers, with worse outcomes.<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Gender Differences</span></i><br />
Researchers have learned that gender differences play an important role in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of CVD. Heart attack symptoms may present differently in women than in men6 and they may also respond differently to cardiac medications<br />
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Although chest pain is the most common heart attack warning sign in both men and women, women may be less likely than men to report chest pain during a heart attack and more likely to report other symptoms, often resulting in misdiagnosis and delays in treatment.<br />
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Women tend to develop CVD later in life than men, and their outcomes are often worse. An exception is women smokers, who die of a heart attack caused by smoking earlier than men.<br />
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Women with acute coronary syndrome are more likely to have adverse outcomes, including death, heart attack, stroke, or rehospitalization, even after adjusting for age differences.<br />
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Previous studies and clinical trials have often been done with inadequate numbers of women in the study population, and thus their conclusions do not always apply to women. Women represent just 38 percent of subjects in NIH-funded cardiovascular studies. In addition; three-fourths of cardiovascular clinical trials do not report sex-specific results, making it difficult for researchers and clinicians to draw conclusions about their effects on women.<br />
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Researchers have identified gender differences in response to cardiac medications. Drugs that are beneficial for men may even be harmful to women. For example, the drug digoxin used to treat patients with heart failure was associated with an increased risk of death among women but not among men.<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Diagnosis and Treatment Disparities</span></i><br />
Women are less likely than men to receive aggressive diagnosis and treatment for CVD.<br />
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Women who are at risk for CVD are often not referred for diagnostic testing that would be standard in men.<br />
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Among Medicare patients, men are two to three times more likely than women to receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for the prevention of sudden cardiac death.<br />
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Only about 31 percent of all percutaneous coronary interventions, with and without stent insertions, were performed on women in 2005.<br />
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Note: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">This information is also available in a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3039317">downloadable pdf format</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">.</span>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-1273782268016219342010-09-18T08:35:00.000-04:002010-09-18T08:35:19.520-04:00My Morning Meditation...GET MOVING!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">If you're not happy with the road you're on</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...start building a new one!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Ezra 10:4:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Get up, for it is your duty to tell us how to proceed in setting things straight. We are behind you, so be strong and take action.”<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span></span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Star's Interpretation: You are either ON the way or IN the way...so either way...time to keep it moving! No one every moved on to the next level by standing still. The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.</span></i>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-61945009218477635912010-08-11T10:30:00.000-04:002010-08-11T10:30:21.945-04:00Twenty ways to keep it Positively Poppin!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">How do I keep it positive? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">There are twenty rules that I have learned to embrace as the only way to live and love:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: x-large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img class="rg_hi" data-height="183" data-width="275" height="133" id="rg_hi" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRnna0pRd4YsdRswp-7lr4iB2NkvuGQaOzY7pgwnopf9QyALYc&t=1&usg=___VjnYMWmpbSZLwnic_mHmIPT-20=" width="200" /></span></div><div><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A sharp tongue can cut your own throat.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">If you want your dreams to come true, you mustn't oversleep. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The best vitamin for making friends...B1. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The heaviest thing you can carry is a grudge. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">One thing you can give and still keep...is your word. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">You lie the loudest when you lie to yourself. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">If you lack the courage to start, you have already finished. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ideas won't work unless 'You' do.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Your mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The 10 commandments are not a multiple choice. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime! </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It is never too late to become what you might have been.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about the ones who don't. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Believe everything happens for reason. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it. </span></li>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Lord knows I've had some rough days...publicly, but I've never even considered suicide. My faith is too strong for that.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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Amen</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">To anyone struggling with </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">self-doubt</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: right; float: right; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">humiliation</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">anger</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">fear or </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">a crisis of any sort</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Just HOLD ON. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Get through today...tomorrow will take care of itself.</span>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-20439864815967353882010-08-05T11:37:00.001-04:002010-08-05T11:42:06.304-04:00Religion, Same Sex Marriage & Equal Protection under the lawAh...Romans1:20-31. That passage is the cause of many a fight between those who believe. I'm a Christian and I believe that the bible is God's word spoken through his prophets. However, in order to understand and interpret the bible, we must determine what biblical passages are to be taken literally, figuratively and/or symbolically. Greater minds than mine have taught me ways to decipher when to use which interpretation. I am also a lawyer, who values the Constitution of the United States and the Amendments that further define it. So for me...when you are talking about a marriage based in religious doctrine...that religion has the right to determine what constitutes a "marriage." BUT if we're talking "marriage" based in civil law...then the law must define marriage in a non-discriminatory manner.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zlge_mpyTnsmHk701BsqRrhpKeyt7rPAVE4X2gP7FX39DUcdMwCwiH7zRhaOmB7D4EQrVb0p90zgiRNyQoxQuXrAM4VzfMCFuVx0uhC54fPN4BMG5PK-ZMMyGzoLBTQblFvcP_m5PKt4/s1600/marriage1247232555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zlge_mpyTnsmHk701BsqRrhpKeyt7rPAVE4X2gP7FX39DUcdMwCwiH7zRhaOmB7D4EQrVb0p90zgiRNyQoxQuXrAM4VzfMCFuVx0uhC54fPN4BMG5PK-ZMMyGzoLBTQblFvcP_m5PKt4/s200/marriage1247232555.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>It's called Equal Protection. <br />
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Churches can define marriage and refuse to sanction same-sex marriage...but once the government determines that special or additional rights and privileges are given to those who are "married," the law requires that marriage be accessible to all.<br />
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Oh...and while we pontificate about protecting the traditional "Christian Marriage"...be sure that you are being faithful, supportive, dependable, reliable, financially responsible, non-abusive & providing of security in your "traditional marriage"...'cause the bible says that also.Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-24771290091399372492010-08-05T10:40:00.000-04:002010-08-05T10:40:43.257-04:00My Morning Meditation: TRUE MOTIVES<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Check Yourself! </div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">When you step out to do good for someone </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">make sure your motives are RIGHT</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...and about THEM.</span></div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Proverbs 16:2</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">People may be pure in their own eyes,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> but the Lord examines their motives.</span></div></div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Star's Interpretation: You really can't judge a person's actions...until you know their motives. Doing good is great, but it ain't good if it isn't genuine.</span></div></div>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-79699223484645550052010-08-04T14:13:00.000-04:002010-08-04T14:26:57.237-04:00My Morning Meditation: BE READY<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Be sure you can handle the responsibility that comes </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">with the promotion & expansion you want!</span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Luke 12:48</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Star's Interpretation: We all want to succeed...but God requires MORE of us who he blesses with abundance. Can you handle the gift?</i></span>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-59450284804833473072010-07-18T10:29:00.002-04:002010-07-18T10:31:22.359-04:00My Morning Meditation: BLESS SOMEONE<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"When you have an opportunity to bless someone today</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...do so."</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those who are lazy. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Encourage those who are timid. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Take tender care of those who are weak. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Be patient with everyone.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #481003; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-large; font-style: italic;">Star's Interpretation: Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it. When we see a friend going through a tough time, we often don't know what to do or say. I find that a word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success. </span>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-49450758566726830152010-07-17T08:57:00.005-04:002010-07-18T09:54:23.160-04:00My Morning Meditation: FRIENDSHIP<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A true friend is with you </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">in the good times </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...and with you </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Proverbs 17:17</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">A friend is always loyal,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">and a brother is born to help in time of need.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Star's Interpretation: Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing. It is only with INTEGRITY & CHARACTER that we preserves old friendships, and procures new. </span></i><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfXX1KaK8D_JO104mLHHS0Pjqi35rF3M_IKdtGqjQ-u_Af2SMBQ1l9YgQoFDr50TlHJIDWhA16h04i0ZlhZ9Fs1mgF1VVUHAC5olJBN-q30sCJS4zgpX3I-Vspmkcn-Lk7Ldx3rnv2N6QK/s1600/Crossroads.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfXX1KaK8D_JO104mLHHS0Pjqi35rF3M_IKdtGqjQ-u_Af2SMBQ1l9YgQoFDr50TlHJIDWhA16h04i0ZlhZ9Fs1mgF1VVUHAC5olJBN-q30sCJS4zgpX3I-Vspmkcn-Lk7Ldx3rnv2N6QK/s200/Crossroads.gif" width="197" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Remember that there are always two choices. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Two paths to take. One is easy. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">And its ONLY reward...is that IT'S EASY.</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Star's Interpretation: If we are lucky...we all will get to face a crossroad in our life. But LUCK is a crossroad where </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">preparation</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> and </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">opportunity</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> meet. Don't be left wondering maybe if you took a left turn instead of a right you could be someone different.</span></i>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-47083154885525012062010-07-15T08:13:00.000-04:002010-07-15T08:13:35.383-04:00My Morning Meditation: Embrace the New<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Things are not the same. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Everything is changing. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Let go of the past and embrace the new.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Isaiah 43:18-19:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> “But forget all that—</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> For I am about to do something new.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> I will make a pathway through the wilderness.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> I will create rivers in the dry wasteland."</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Star's Interpretation: Let it go. When we know better, we do better, so whatever happened in the past...is just that; IN THE PAST. You can't change it...but you can learn from it. “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” If you want something new and good to happen in your life, then stand in the space God has created for you, tell him Thank You for fulfilling his promise and go for yours!</span></i></div>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-1218689264191945862010-07-15T06:43:00.000-04:002010-07-15T06:43:32.366-04:00Serves You Right<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7l4kygeK69036MLXpeR2I3-vZSYl5SMSmmfDjO14HPI3LEojwZgv_KKrrrSqlQJgq4e7nNjEwzPYxUvic1xbjqfmIEFK1IXdc2haTTVAo_GBzkfggctK12_e4qrvSxzqB78MaCDdX05f/s1600/gibson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7l4kygeK69036MLXpeR2I3-vZSYl5SMSmmfDjO14HPI3LEojwZgv_KKrrrSqlQJgq4e7nNjEwzPYxUvic1xbjqfmIEFK1IXdc2haTTVAo_GBzkfggctK12_e4qrvSxzqB78MaCDdX05f/s200/gibson.jpg" width="143" /></a></div>Stick a fork in him...he's done. <br />
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If Mel Gibson knew audio tapes of his abusive violent diatribes existed...he should have written a PREEMPTIVE check to his ex girlfriend in an effort to "plug the leak!" The "dribble" of negative information has made his life the BP of the celebrity set and it is KILLING him. A lot has been made of his use of racially charged language; I'm more outraged by his misogynistic abusive language. My girl Whoopi says he's not a racist...& since I don't know him...I'll go with her on that. I don't know what fuels his anger, whether he was set up with these conveniently taped conversations with his ex or if the audio tapes were edited. I do know that I don't want Mel at my dinner party drinking up my liquor...('cause he obviously LIKES his liquor) because he just seems to be an angry mean man. <br />
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I like to think somewhere Robyn, his soon to be ex-wife, is laughing her ass off. Mel left her after nearly 3 decades and seven children for a woman who helped put him in the proverbial trick bag. Serves him right. This should serve as today's lesson for these "high profile" fellas...YOU WILL be put in TRICK BAG when you choose TRICKY chicks.Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-28414018749659226582010-07-14T19:02:00.001-04:002010-07-15T07:38:23.962-04:0010 Questions...July, 2010<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Fans got questions...I have answers. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Do u have any projects in the works? We miss you! </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">- Well, I just finished my new book that will be published next spring (2011). It is my first work of fiction and it will be a fun and dishy look inside the world of a daytime talk show. I'm also developing several new TV and internet projects as both talent & producer for 2011. It's going to be a good year!</span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Why did you leave the View? I loved you on there!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
I loved being on the show...for the first 8 years. The last year...not so much. In a nut shell...They decided to move in another direction with other hosts and not renew my contract. I didn't like the way they were planning to handle it so I handled it myself...on my own terms.</span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">What are your favorite NYC restaurants for lunch and dinner?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
For lunch, I love Le Bilboquet, Le Caprice (Pierre Hotel), Fred's (at Barneys) and The Monkey Bar...<br />
For Dinner...Per Se is my favorite restaurant in the world. Otherwise, anything my significant other is cooking b/c nobody does it better...</span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">What do you think about Ocho's (Chad Ochocinco) show? Only 3 black women!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I don't watch "reality tv" because it is neither real, nor good tv. Give me re-runs of Law & Order, Grey's Anatomy & The Practice....that's good TV!</span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Who dead or alive would you love to have dinner with or interview?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The Honorable Justice Thurgood Marshall. He's the reason I'm a lawyer. He personified intelligence, justice & fairness...and he was a black man. </span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Have you ever been star struck?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Oh yeah...three times...The first was when Derek Jeter showed me how to hold a bat and hit a ball...in Yankee stadium. It was a dream come true. The second time was when I hosted a formal charity event for Barbara Walters and General Colin Powell was my seat mate. Being ever so the gentleman, he asked me to dance and when he spun me around, I felt like Annette Benning in The American President with Michael Douglas. And the 3rd was the first time I met former President Bill Clinton. We've become friends now...but the first time was magical. You meet him and although you are only with him 5-10 minutes...he is so charismatic he makes you feel like you're the only one in the room.</span><br />
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Gaining and losing weight in front of the whole world...and having everyone "weigh" in on my decision to save my own life. It took years of therapy to come to grips with all the emotions, forgive myself and embrace the new me with NO regrets.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Did you know you have a huge gay following? My friend just said he "read" someone like he was Star Jones!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
Oh yeah! I once interviewed Elton Jon & he said "inside the heart of every gay may is a black woman screaming to get out!"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Why did u choose AKA (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.) over the other greek letter organizations?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"></span>An AKA is what a Delta isn't. What a Zeta couldn’t. What a SGRho wishes. What Qs likes, What Kappas love& What Alpha's can’t get enough of! I'm sorry...I just became 18 all over again! Skee Wee Sorors. Seriously, Alpha Kappa Alpha taught me confidence & commitment...life lessons that I have used for over 30 years now.</span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Of all your various accomplishments, which are you the most proud of?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
I'm proudest of my law degree (because I earned it...and no one can take it away from me)...it's the ultimate trump card: EDUCATION!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">And a bonus question...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Would go on "The View" to promote your book when It comes out next spring?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Gotta give the tabloids something to speculate on for the next 9 months! Why take all the fun out of it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">James 4:7 </span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Star's Interpretation: Evil people can't visit YOUR house if YOU don't provide them a seat at YOUR table. We all have to start by telling messy people to take their mess somewhere else! If you can't bless me with your positive, happy, intelligent, thoughtful presence in my life...then I'm sorry...but you need to go. When you can look someone in the face & confidently say those words...you've broken the cycle of victimhood. Get ready for your victory!</span></i>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-57972052147561250162010-06-15T12:54:00.000-04:002010-06-15T12:54:45.602-04:00My Morning Meditation: Responsibility<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Whether we like it or not we have a responsibility to one another.</span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Galatians 6:3 </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>It can be tiring having to deal with trifling folk...'cause they can suck you dry like a vampire looking for blood.. But think about it..Water seeks it's own level. So bringing someone else up elevates you also. But please come correct & have your stuff together. People want to see that YOU'RE doing all YOU can before they jump in to help.</i></span>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-19394468591221920992010-03-07T11:15:00.000-05:002010-03-07T11:15:56.400-05:00MY Morning Meditation...REST<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Do yourself a favor. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Star's Interpretation: After a week of work, toil and stress you need to stop, rest and feel good about what you've achieved. Sleep in, take a long bath, let your mind wander and think good refreshing thoughts. It will do wonders for your spirit and your mood. A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all toxicity, fear and doubt on the run. Lesson from the Roman poet Ovid: “Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”</span></i>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-66491420171388284192010-03-06T12:22:00.000-05:002010-03-06T12:22:03.344-05:00MY Morning Meditation...LISTEN TO YOUR FRIENDS<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Your friends appreciate it when you just listen. </span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">James 1:19</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">and slow to get angry. </span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Star's Interpretation: Listening has become a lost skill. Notice that the friends who listen to us are the ones we tend to move toward. A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end you may disagree but at the very least you should know exactly what it is you're disagreeing with. When a friend receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits grow and our world expands. Remember that it is the province of knowledge to speak but it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. The Lesson: Listen lest your tongue keep you deaf.</span></i>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-30672608377137724472010-03-05T12:00:00.000-05:002010-03-05T12:38:45.009-05:00MY Morning Meditation...CONFIDENCE<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Small beginnings can grow into big accomplishments</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-s8BeL-OZOrLeSQf6ZJBvJbaBmQbcU8fsxVq_dYx-VKc9tUQ4c3_cH-2AUhtFBEd2WiZ6iozwfCc6a1p3kGPZVqwM2oIb8lm2I4rqKi5pYrQNDczj_jtcFtL-aWMqYGUABbfF-NPR1bGq/s1600-h/confidence-is-key.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-s8BeL-OZOrLeSQf6ZJBvJbaBmQbcU8fsxVq_dYx-VKc9tUQ4c3_cH-2AUhtFBEd2WiZ6iozwfCc6a1p3kGPZVqwM2oIb8lm2I4rqKi5pYrQNDczj_jtcFtL-aWMqYGUABbfF-NPR1bGq/s200/confidence-is-key.jpeg" width="143" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">when you apply yourself.</span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Job 8:7</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">And though you started with little,</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Star's Interpretation: It doesn't matter how you start out...what matters is where you end up; and it is a sin to not reach your potential because you are to lazy to try. The Greek philosopher Plato said: “Apply yourself for without effort, you cannot be prosperous." An intelligent person is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and still wants to learn more. Don't let others rain on your parade with their self-doubts. Let them wallow in their own insecurity...no need for you to co-sign onto their assessment of how far YOU can go. Never allow your accomplishment to be socially judged by ill defined criteria that relies on another's assessment of how YOU are doing. Remember: Confidence and perseverance are the keys because the greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.</span></i>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-52815667165582095582010-03-04T08:59:00.000-05:002010-03-05T12:05:04.069-05:00MY Morning Meditation...HAVE COURAGE<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"Get yourself together and be courageous today!"</span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Be strong and take heart, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> all you who hope in the LORD.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Star's Interpretation: The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure. So the challenge is to have your FAITH surpass your FEAR. Mental & Spiritual growth comes only to those willing to step out of their comfort zone and step up to their faith potential. Fear is normal. It reminds us we need God's grace. Courage is just faith-based resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Show faith by being bold with your goals & reaching for what others are too scared to go after. Those unsure of their purpose play it safe. Remember this: A ship is safe in the harbor...but that's not where ships are meant to be!</i></span>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-13370246043359406402010-03-03T09:06:00.000-05:002010-03-05T12:12:01.289-05:00MY Morning Meditation...SPEAK TRUTH<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">When people don't want to listen, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">speak the truth anyway. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Don't say I told you so...being right is enough!</span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Ezekiel 2:5</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for remember, they are rebels—at least they will know they have had a prophet among them.</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Star's Interpretation: Doing the right thing because it is right is the magic key to living your life with integrity. You can bend it and twist it... You can misuse and abuse it... But NO ONE can change the Truth; because it is what it is. It does not require many words to speak the truth. You just have to have the courage to say no & the courage to face what the truth brings. Do the right thing & it will gratify some people & astonish the rest. GOAL: For God to make me an instrument which only truth can speak.</span></i>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-50459299257677636282010-03-02T11:02:00.000-05:002010-03-02T11:02:55.880-05:00My Morning Meditation...WORK HARD<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Do your best work at all times. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Especially when no one sees you. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">God will reward you. He sees all. </span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">“The master said, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!’</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Star's Interpretation: Don't take on a task do a half-assed job & then complain when your result is rejected. Anything worth doing is worth doing it right! Most successful people aren't born that way. You become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don't like to do. And don't expect to always get the praise, the accolades or the acknowledgement. The highest praise someone can give you is the responsibility to get a thing done. An African Proverb says: “God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have, now.” Do that and your reward will be magnificent as the highest reward for a job well done is not what you GET FOR IT but what you BECOME BY IT.</span></i>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-7432174330089091452010-03-01T12:05:00.001-05:002010-03-01T12:29:40.097-05:00My Morning Meditation...LOVE<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Love is there when it's good, Love is there when it's bad, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Love is there when it's right and Love is there when it's wrong. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Love never fails, it is always there. </span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Prophecy and speaking in unknown tongues and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever!</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Star's Interpretation: This one is simple. Love is the greatest gift you can give...because it was the greatest gift given to us. The sacrifice of our Lord was the ultimate act of Love. What have you given to the one you proclaim to love? Loving someone is encouraging them to shine instead of begrudging their accomplishments. You cannot proclaim to love, but be “jealous" because jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love. Are you patient with, kind to & grateful for the one you love? Or do you find fault, whine and criticize everyday & everything? Find the love in your life and show how happy you ae to have; because a lot of people don't. MESSAGE: Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever.</span></i>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154485778854002483.post-48287725396217857422010-02-28T12:34:00.001-05:002010-02-28T15:00:31.983-05:00My Morning Meditation...WALK OUT ON FAITH<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Walk out on the Water</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...Don't be afraid!</span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">"Come," he said.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!" Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?" And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Star's Interpretation: When Christ told Peter to walk out on the water...he wasn't testing him...he was giving him proof...that with faith...you can do anything! None of us like to fail...but if you've done everything necessary to succeed by preparing...take a chance & try something you didn't think possible. Look at your life, God has built a bridge to safety over every river, stream and ocean the world presented to you. If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt. Deep water shouldn't scare you off from fulfilling your purpose...your faith provides you with the ultimate life jacket. If you believe his promises...then walk out on the water and take his hand. He's got you. </i></span>Star Jones Esqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07449469040097021166noreply@blogger.com0