New Year's Resolutions

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Cheers, and Good Day…<br /><br />This is an introspective Matt-Man writing today about the end of a year gone bad, a year of hope and inspiration turned sour, and personal resolutions I am bound and determined to make over the upcoming Year of our Lord, 2013.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAKWm5Zxf1FhJKgVUhBTSHdFpEMQ6kydn7zJqL1t7bIMCVe04LqsWv9GNWj58Mhh-CGmRT0eKo64DHUNF8SHfW3mKn9J0V2c6cJYjc_u_imPPaIAqjhu8N2Iv8dwZftw4MFuIKABgsu4/s1600/Totino's+Triple+Meat+Frozen+Pizza.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAKWm5Zxf1FhJKgVUhBTSHdFpEMQ6kydn7zJqL1t7bIMCVe04LqsWv9GNWj58Mhh-CGmRT0eKo64DHUNF8SHfW3mKn9J0V2c6cJYjc_u_imPPaIAqjhu8N2Iv8dwZftw4MFuIKABgsu4/s400/Totino's+Triple+Meat+Frozen+Pizza.jpg" width="400" /></a>The year of 2012 started off well for me. In fact, the first nine and a half months were nothing but sunny skies, climbing ratings, and flowing wine…and then?<br /><br />Tragedy struck when my best friend, soul mate, and <strike>bane of</strike> reason for my existence, Schmoop, took ill in late-October, thereby shattering our stained glass window of happiness and success, and kicking us to the curb of life just like the Gospels of Thomas and Mary Magdalene being kicked out of inclusion into the Bible, lo those many centuries ago…or something.<br /><br />Anyhoo…<br /><br />Some things that I do, and some character flaws that I have depress even me, so I am going to work on those and hopefully improve my karma, and thereby my life and luck, and hope that the fickle face of fate smiles down upon Schmoop and I in 2013.<br /><br />I am going to eat healthier.  We are big fans of frozen pizzas here in the Bagwine digs, but sometimes I devour a Totino’s Triple Meat Pizza.  I think that perhaps this year, when I decide on a frozen Totino’s pizza, I will curb my carnivorous avarice and go with a mere pepperoni or sausage pizza.  Why do I have to eat THREE meats when one will suffice?<br /><br />I am going to discontinue being such a sarcastic prick, especially on Facebook.  I mean, c’mon?  Sure, I laugh out loud in the confines of my living room as I make fun of others, but seriously, where does it get me? Nowheresville, that’s where.<br /><br />I have been drinking a lot of Wild Irish Rose lately.  What does that do for me?  Nothing…I mean, other than waking up with a hangover, and having remembrances of a dream that involved me in a three way with Anna Nicole Smith and Jayne Mansfield, and last I checked, they are both still dead.  Sad.<br /><br />So...I'll simply drink more Steel Reserve.<br /><br />See what I mean?  A lot of this stuff pisses me off about myself , and I need to change these habits and characteristics.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22ENwopORP7PAorXe3ZABL2kuSAFGjHSHWS4v5aOpAfb4K00W4eFfsoeb0YgXfRXF6x3DGBmfCEFZuPmMpd7B1LUcNkguTUedD6z1K9EhbcDVG5kGeLGTH_eBSaLUhGih0Hu10ZHTYIM/s1600/Michelle+Keegan+Naked+Sexy+Nude+Hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22ENwopORP7PAorXe3ZABL2kuSAFGjHSHWS4v5aOpAfb4K00W4eFfsoeb0YgXfRXF6x3DGBmfCEFZuPmMpd7B1LUcNkguTUedD6z1K9EhbcDVG5kGeLGTH_eBSaLUhGih0Hu10ZHTYIM/s400/Michelle+Keegan+Naked+Sexy+Nude+Hot.jpg" width="225" /></a>For instance, I am going to become an anti-procrastinator. Sometimes, like tonight, as I write this, I have waited until 10:30 PM to begin to write it, even though we have an unwritten deadline of 12 AM.<br /><br />No more…No more I tell you!!<br /><br />As God, you the IWS readers, and an unbelieving Jayman look upon me, I swear that in 2013 I will be a day ahead on my posts.<br /><br />And lastly, with Schmoop lazying about with three tubes hanging out of her, I know not when I may have sex with her again, but read this now and comprehend it later…<br /><br />I am done engaging in daily masturbatory experiences involving pictures of  Michelle Keegan…<br /><br />So there you have it…My New Year’s Resolutions, er…<br /><br />You know what?  I don’t think I can manage to accomplish all of those, so I think that instead of being depressed and disappointed in all of my flaws, my New Year’s Resolution will be but one very simple one…<br /><br />I will not only accept all my flaws, but embrace them and expound upon them.  Oh Yeah, this is gonna be a great year!!<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br />Matt-Man<br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com"><i>mattmaniws@ymail.com</i></a><br /><i><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank">@MattMan_IWS</a></span></i><br /><i><br /></i> <i><br /></i> <i>And don't forget to check out the I'm With Stupid Podcast! </i><br /><i><br /></i> <i><br /></i><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.adobe.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" height="270" id="143577" name="143577" width="210"><param name="movie" value="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf?file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fim-with-stupid%2Fplay_list.xml%3Fitemcount%3D5&autostart=true&bufferlength=5&volume=80&corner=rounded&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/flashplayercallback.aspx" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf" flashvars="file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2fim-with-stupid%2fplay_list.xml%3Fitemcount%3D5&autostart=true&shuffle=false&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx&width=210&height=270&volume=80&corner=rounded" width="210" height="270" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" wmode="transparent" menu="false" name="143577" id="143577" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: center; width: 220px;">Listen to <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/">internet radio</a> with <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid">Im With Stupid</a> on Blog Talk Radio<br /><br /><br /></div></div>

New Year's Resolutions

Cheers, and Good Day…This is an introspective Matt-Man writing today about the end of a year gone bad, a year of hope and inspiration turned sour, and personal resolutions I am bound and determined to make over the upcoming Year of our Lord, 2013.The…

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Product Marketing Director (Wafer | Inspection | Marketing ) (#100653)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <br /><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Position</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Product Marketing Director</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Location</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Milpitas, CA<br /> </span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Duration</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Full time</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Job Description</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">:<br /> This is a Strategic Marketing role in KLA-Tencor's wafer inspection division, one of the core groups of KLA-Tencor's yield control business. The pattern wafer inspection division, conceives, develops manufactures and markets pattern wafer inspection equipment for the front end semiconductor manufacturing process counting all major semiconductor manufacturers amongst its key customers.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial;"><br /> <br /> </span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the long term strategic product roadmap for wafer inspection. It also includes defining requirements, setting priorities for the development team, selecting and working with collaboration partners. It also includes prioritizing options for growth. Strong leadership across differing functional groups and effective communication with executive management will be key elements to success in this role.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There will be significant responsibility in leading collaboration projects with leading edge customers and industry consortiums.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Preferred Qualifications:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The successful candidate will have a understanding of the semiconductor manufacturing process and the importance of yield management tools and techniques in accelerating production ramps and</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">maximizing profitability. The candidate may have direct product marketing experience, probably working for a semi equipment company or other high tech operation.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial;"><br /> <br /> </span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in a technical discipline but a higher degree (masters or PhD) is high desirable.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Expect 2 years experience in a high tech industry, preferably the semiconductor industry (Marketing or Technical role).</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">An MBA is considered an advantage but not essential to the position.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Minimum Qualifications:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">OR</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Master's Level Degree with at least 6 years of experience.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Kindly send your resumes to</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><span lang="en-us"><u><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</span></u></span></a></span></div></div>

Product Marketing Director (Wafer | Inspection | Marketing ) (#100653)

Position: Product Marketing Director Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Full time Job Description: This is a Strategic Marketing role in KLA-Tencor's wafer inspection division, one of the core groups of KLA-Tencor's yield control business. Th…

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Circulation Supervisor - Edgartown Public Library

<strong>Circulation Supervisor - </strong><span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Edgartown Public Library</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><strong></strong> (Edgartown, MA) </span>a small public library, located on the Island of Martha's Vineyard is accepting applications for a full-time Circulation Supervisor. The Circulation Supervisor oversees all aspects of circulation, reserves, interlibrary loan, delivery and consortial resource sharing, reporting to the Library Director and working closely with the staff to ensure the provision of outstanding public services Edgartown Public Library seeks a collaborative, innovative and patron-centered librarian. The candidate must have a strong commitment to public service and a vision for services to meet the changing needs of our users. The Circulation Supervisor is responsible for the daily management of a small community library, including providing peerless customer service to patrons, fiscal recordkeeping, organizational skills, and a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail. This position requires frequent multi-tasking. The Circulation Supervisor generates and analyzes statistics on the use of collections and facilities, and seeks ways to improve delivery methods and workflows to meet changing user needs and emerging technologies. In addition, the Circulation Supervisor supervises, trains, and schedules Library Assistants and Volunteers. Applicants must have a broad knowledge of the principles of library science and their application. A Master's Degree in Library Science (ALA-accredited) is desirable. This position includes some evenings and Saturdays, and involves occasional travel to represent the library at professional meetings. This position is fully benefited and overtime exempt. Application review will begin on January 14, 2012. Please submit employment application, cover letter, resume, and references via email to: Jill Dugas Hughes, Library Director, <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:edgartownlibraryhr@gmail.com" href="mailto:edgartownlibraryhr@gmail.com">edgartownlibraryhr@gmail.com</a>. The Town of Edgartown is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Circulation Supervisor - Edgartown Public Library

Circulation Supervisor - Edgartown Public Library (Edgartown, MA) a small public library, located on the Island of Martha's Vineyard is accepting applications for a full-time Circulation Supervisor. The Circulation Supervisor oversees all aspects …

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Just Fruit

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lvlV7Ux0uU126k7aoCi35jpJKLy1kaTqZCpCMmmLE3dNzBjzFLO8aWYO4049-8y5H8hpPeb4f_3a44aawURPdrZsP77lyo2KJZZ5BFIU0_BMIR-0j_lZIOQ5aAEeoy97XCVIOBFsPvE/s1600/just+fruit+bars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lvlV7Ux0uU126k7aoCi35jpJKLy1kaTqZCpCMmmLE3dNzBjzFLO8aWYO4049-8y5H8hpPeb4f_3a44aawURPdrZsP77lyo2KJZZ5BFIU0_BMIR-0j_lZIOQ5aAEeoy97XCVIOBFsPvE/s320/just+fruit+bars.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gorge Delight Fruit Bars (Just Fruit)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These fruit bars are made with 100% fruit for a healthy snack, providing you with nutrients and vitamins that our body needs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love how convenient these snacks are. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watching what your family consumes for a snack?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't worry!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just Fruit bars contain no added sugar, no preservatives, gluten free, no hidden ingredients and best of all they provide 2 whole servings of fruit for those picky eaters! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tons of flavors to choose from!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apple Cherry</span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Was on my way out the door to go to work and quickly threw one in my purse for a healthy snack.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I started getting hungry I grabbed the bar from my bag and peeled off the wrapper.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You know how when you open a wrapper and you can just smell the freshness and just know that it's going to taste good?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First bite I was hooked!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is why.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was just what I needed for a healthy snack.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fruity.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tasted great.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tasted just like an unhealthy fruity snack too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Honestly to tell you the truth I don't miss unhealthy snacks anymore at all!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apple Blueberry </span></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love the sweet and tangy taste of Just Fruit's Apple Blueberry bar.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The right amount of fruit and not too much sugar at all like some other bars.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apple Raspberry</span></u></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b>I love the tangy and sweetness of the fruit.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great snack for anytime of the day!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pear </span></u></b><br /><b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">light fruity and delicious, not too sweet at all!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b>Pear Strawberry-</b></u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b><br /></b></u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So good and fruity. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Loved the taste and the way it filled me up till lunch time.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b>Pear Cranberry-</b></u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b><br /></b></u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amazing taste!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can taste the tartness of the cranberries and the deliciousness of the pear baked right in!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b>Apple:</b></u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b><br /></b></u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I loved the taste, it was sweet and not bitter like some apple products are. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great sweetness and fruity texture!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>Pear Blueberry-</u></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">smells and tastes amazing!! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not too sweet and was just the right snack to get me through the day!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b><br /></b></u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b><br /></b></u></span></div><div style="text-align: 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Our Failed Approach to Schizophrenia - NYTimes.com

<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><nyt_text style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div id="articleBody"><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">TOO many pendulums have swung in the wrong directions in the United States. I am not referring only to the bizarre all-or-nothing rhetoric around gun control, but to the swing in <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/mentalhealthanddisorders/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival health news about mental health and disorders." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">mental health</a>care over the past 50 years: too little institutionalizing of teenagers and young adults (particularly men, generally more prone to violence) who have had a recent onset of <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/schizophrenia-disorganized-type/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Schizophrenia - disorganized type." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">schizophrenia</a>; too little education about the public health impact of untreated mental illness; too few <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/psychiatry_and_psychiatrists/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival health news about psychiatrists." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">psychiatrists</a> to talk about and treat severe mental disorders — even though the medications available in the past 15 to 20 years can be remarkably effective.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Instead we have too much concern about privacy, labeling and stereotyping, about the civil liberties of people who have horrifically distorted thinking. In our concern for the rights of people with mental illness, we have come to neglect the rights of ordinary Americans to be safe from the fear of being shot — at home and at schools, in movie theaters, houses of worship and shopping malls.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">"Psychosis" — a loss of touch with reality — is an umbrella term, not unlike "<a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/symptoms/fever/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Fever." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">fever</a>." As with fevers, there are many causes, from drugs and alcohol to head injuries and dementias. The most common source of severe <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/psychosis/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Psychosis." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">psychosis</a> in young adults is schizophrenia, a badly named disorder that, in the original Greek, means "split mind." In fact, schizophrenia has nothing to do with multiple personality, a disorder that is usually caused by major repeated traumas in childhood. <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/schizophrenia/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Schizophrenia." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Schizophrenia</a> is a physiological disorder caused by changes in the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain that is essential for language, abstract thinking and appropriate social behavior. This highly evolved brain area is weakened by stress, as often occurs in <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/specialtopic/puberty-and-adolescence/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Puberty and adolescence." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">adolescence</a>.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Psychiatrists and neurobiologists have observed biochemical changes and alterations in brain connections in patients with schizophrenia. For example, miscommunications between the prefrontal cortex and the language area in the temporal cortex may result in auditory <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/symptoms/hallucinations/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Hallucinations." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">hallucinations</a>, as well as disorganized thoughts. When the voices become commands, all bets are off. The commands might insist, for example, that a person jump out of a window, even if he has no intention of dying, or grab a set of guns and kill people, without any sense that he is wreaking havoc. Additional symptoms include other distorted thinking, like the notion that something — even a spaceship, or a comic book character — is controlling one's thoughts and actions.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Schizophrenia generally rears its head between the ages of 15 and 24, with a slightly later age for females. Early signs may include being a quirky loner — often mistaken for <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/asperger-syndrome/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Asperger syndrome." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Asperger's syndrome</a> — but acute signs and symptoms do not appear until adolescence or young adulthood.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">People with schizophrenia are unaware of how strange their thinking is and do not seek out treatment. At Virginia Tech, where <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/cho_seunghui/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Cho Seung-Hui." class="meta-per" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Seung-Hui Cho</a> killed 32 people in a rampage shooting in 2007, professors knew something was terribly wrong, but he was not hospitalized for long enough to get well. The parents and community-college classmates of <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/jared_lee_loughner/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Jared Lee Loughner." class="meta-per" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Jared L. Loughner</a>, who killed 6 people and shot and injured 13 others (including a member of Congress) in 2011, did not know where to turn. We may never know with certainty what demons tormented <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/school_shootings/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about the Newton Conn. shooting." class="meta-per" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Adam Lanza</a>, who slaughtered 26 people at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, though his acts strongly suggest undiagnosed schizophrenia.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">I write this despite the so-called Goldwater Rule, an ethical standard the American Psychiatric Association adopted in the 1970s that directs psychiatrists not to comment on someone's mental state if they have not examined him and gotten permission to discuss his case. It has had a chilling effect. After mass murders, our airwaves are filled with unfounded speculations about video games, our culture of hedonism and our loss of religious faith, while psychiatrists, the ones who know the most about severe mental illness, are largely marginalized.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Severely ill people like Mr. Lanza fall through the cracks, in part because school counselors are more familiar with anxiety and depression than with psychosis. Hospitalizations for acute onset of schizophrenia have been shortened to the point of absurdity. Insurance companies and families try to get patients out of hospitals as quickly as possible because of the prohibitively high cost of care.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">As documented by writers like the law professor <a href="http://lawweb.usc.edu/contact/contactInfo.cfm?detailID=300" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Elyn R. Saks</a>, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/health/23livesside.html" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">author</a> of the memoir "The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness," medication and treatment work. The vast majority of people with schizophrenia, treated or untreated, are not violent, though they are more likely than others to commit violent crimes. When treated with medication after a rampage, many perpetrators who have shown signs of schizophrenia — including John Lennon's killer and Ronald Reagan's would-be assassin — have recognized the heinousness of their actions and expressed deep remorse.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">It takes a village to stop a rampage. We need reasonable controls on semiautomatic weapons; criminal penalties for those who sell weapons to people with clear signs of psychosis; greater insurance coverage and capacity at private and public hospitals for lengthier care for patients with schizophrenia; intense public education about how to deal with schizophrenia; greater willingness to seek involuntary commitment of those who pose a threat to themselves or others; and greater incentives for psychiatrists (and other mental health professionals) to treat the disorder, rather than less dangerous conditions.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Too many people with acute schizophrenia have gone untreated. There have been too many Glocks, too many kids and adults cut down in their prime. Enough already.</p><nyt_author_id><div class="authorIdentification" style="margin-bottom: 2.8em; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 15px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-style: italic; ">Paul Steinberg is a psychiatrist in private practice.</div></div></nyt_author_id><nyt_correction_bottom><div class="articleCorrection" style="margin-bottom: 2.8em; "></div></nyt_correction_bottom><nyt_update_bottom></nyt_update_bottom></div></nyt_text><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; "></span></div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/opinion/our-failed-approach-to-schizophrenia.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121226&_r=0&pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/opinion/our-failed-approach-to-schizophrenia.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121226&_r=0&pagewanted=print</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

Our Failed Approach to Schizophrenia - NYTimes.com

TOO many pendulums have swung in the wrong directions in the United States. I am not referring only to the bizarre all-or-nothing rhetoric around gun control, but to the swing in mental healthcare over the past 50 years: too little institutionalizing…

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Reference Librarian, Reference Department - West Haven Public Library

<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><br /><b>Reference Librarian, Reference Department - </b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #48286d;">West Haven Public Library</span></b></span></span><span style="color: #48286d;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">.</span></span></span><b><span style="color: #48286d;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></b>Full-Time. West Haven Public Library seeks an enthusiastic, energetic, creative tech savvy Reference Librarian for the Reference Department; full-time (37.5 hrs./wk.), including evenings and rotating weekends. MLS degree from an ALA-accredited institution and library experience required; experience with public library reference services; demonstrates a strong commitment to public service and proficient in hardware and software. Spanish/English bilingual desirable. The primary responsibilities will be in Adult Services, providing reference services, teaching library skills, participating in collection development, expanding community outreach, developing programs, utilizing social media to promote the Library and offering technology help-desk services for patrons utilizing the Internet, e-mail, social media, MS Office applications, downloadable library collections and Wi-Fi. Librarian will also work with Technical Services in assisting with upgrades and other technology projects. Librarian will also help out at Teen and Children's Services as needed. Ability to communicate effectively with individuals and groups of varying ages. Salary commensurate with experience. Send or e-mail cover letter and resume to Kathy Giotsas, Library Director, West Haven Public Library, 300 Elm Street, West Haven, CT 06516 or <a href="mailto:dir@westhavenlibrary.org">dir@westhavenlibrary.org</a>. Deadline to submit resume: <span style="color: red;">January 17, 2013</span> at 4:30 p.m. (e-mail preferred).

Reference Librarian, Reference Department - West Haven Public Library

Reference Librarian, Reference Department - West Haven Public Library. Full-Time. West Haven Public Library seeks an enthusiastic, energetic, creative tech savvy Reference Librarian for the Reference Department; full-time (37.5 hrs./wk.), inclu…

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Too Young to Have a Heart Attack - NYTimes.com

<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; " class=""><div id="well" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; " class=""><div align="left" class=""><div class="entry-content"><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">The foreshadowing escaped me: The night before we left for our summer vacation in Michigan, I accidentally stepped on my Kindle - which, like my heart, I cannot live without - and broke it. Reduced to reading novels on my iPhone, I made the best of it several days later, sitting in a sunroom overlooking Eight Point Lake, where my family gathers each year with friends.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">The day before, proving to my teenage sons that 48 isn't too old for fun, I had hung on for dear life as I zoomed behind a speedboat on a ski tube. The next day, I was enjoying a few moments of solitude in those blissful minutes before the sun goes down, finger-swiping to turn the page of my novel on my phone's tiny screen, when my left arm started hurting.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">You know that childhood feeling when your mother is mad at you, grabs your arm and squeezes it as she drags you away from whatever grief you've been causing? It felt like that, times 10, from shoulder to wrist. My chest got slightly uncomfortable, and I started sweating profusely. For the next four or five minutes, I kept to myself. I was incredibly antsy - up, down, sitting, standing, leaning, lying; my arm and I simply couldn't get comfortable.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">I instinctively knew what was happening but wasn't ready to say it out loud, trying to reassure myself. There was no elephant on my chest; I'm too young - no one in my family has had heart trouble before age 55; I'm 50 pounds overweight but carry it well. Nevertheless, I motioned my husband up from the dock and, cradling my arm, told him something was really wrong.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">He rushed to get some baby aspirin he'd seen earlier in the bathroom, which I chewed. I noticed him quietly doing a Google search for "heart attack symptoms" on his phone as family and friends gathered around us, but I was otherwise inside my head, no longer able to focus on what anyone else was doing or saying.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">Our friend drove us to the E.R., where my EKG looked normal and the first nitroglycerin pill had no effect. But 10 minutes later, about the time the second and third nitro pill were making the pain dissipate, the doctor showed up with the result of my cardiac enzyme blood test. It's supposed to be 0, but mine was much higher. And, he said, that weird somersault feeling I was having right at that moment at the base of my throat was actually tachycardia, a rapid heart rate. Before he was even done talking, an ambulance crew was waiting to take me to a bigger hospital 30 minutes away for a cardiac catheterization.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">A little balloon angioplasty through the groin? I could deal with that, and maybe I could convince them to let me go back to the cottage in time for dessert. Instead, I woke up the next day, struggling to breathe, wrists strapped to the rails of a hospital bed, hearing the word "surgery." I was extremely agitated, confused and unable to ask questions because of the breathing tube running down my throat.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">This was not the summer vacation I had planned.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">It turned out my "tortuous" left anterior descending artery was 95 percent clogged, and the angioplasty effort tore the inner artery wall, making a stent impossible and creating an even more critical situation. While I was still anesthetized, a surgical team was rounded up at 3 a.m. for an emergency heart bypass. In the span of a couple of hours, I went from expecting a teeny balloon in my artery and a little puncture in my groin to having open heart surgery and an eight-inch scar bisecting my chest.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">Did I ever expect this? Not really. I'd read enough to know that heart disease is the <a href="http://www.womensheart.org/content/heartdisease/heart_disease_facts.asp" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; " class="">No. 1 killer of women</a>, that our heart attack symptoms often are radically different from men's (just ask Rosie O'Donnell, whose heart attack symptoms the same week as mine seemed more like the flu), and that a <a href="http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/125/1/188.full.pdf+html" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; " class="">third of cardiovascular-disease deaths</a> happen to people younger than 65. But this stuff doesn't happen to <em class="">us</em>, right?</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">Not only did it happen to me; it happened to me twice. I was lucky enough to arrange a flight home on a small plane -- larger planes have pressure issues, and the doctors wouldn't let us drive -- but 30 minutes into the flight, my left arm started hurting and I started sweating, not to mention crying at the thought of going through this all over again.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">We made an emergency landing. Later, after five hours of tests and discussion, a doctor told me it was stress-induced angina: the symptoms of a heart attack without the life-threatening blockage. He wanted me to stay overnight for observation, but finally agreed to let me continue my trip home.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">I'd been relatively pain-free in the hospital, but once I was home, the agony of my titanium-twist-tied sternum was startling. I've had to take everything -- shifting positions, showering, even breathing -- slowly. I'm more aware of my heartbeat, which can be a little freaky. And while I won't be running marathons any time soon, it's heartening to hear from friends that I look "terrific," nothing like a person who had a heart attack five months ago.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">I've learned many things throughout all of this. Among them, that doctors now try to use a mammary artery, from the chest, for the bypass instead of grafting one from the leg because the mammary bypasses tend to last longer. And it's likely that a lot of my previous complaints over the past few years - extreme fatigue, lack of endurance, poor circulation, jaw pain (not T.M.J., after all), and so many other vague symptoms - were due to this growing accumulation of plaque in my artery, not perimenopause. Even though I'm far from healed yet, I feel amazingly more alert and less muddled than I did before the surgery, and many of those other symptoms suddenly disappeared.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">I also quickly learned I have more friends than I realized, as people brought dinners and well wishes for weeks on end (not to mention commiseration about trying to read a book on an iPhone, a heart-attack-inducing event if ever there was one). However, I'm still coming to terms with the idea of a heart-healthy diet here in Wisconsin, the land of aged and artisan cheeses.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">Perhaps most important, I've learned to relinquish some control. Even if your doctor says you don't need help walking up the stairs, let your husband or children escort you anyway. When you've been this close to death, the recovery is as much theirs as yours.</div></div></div></div></div><a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/too-young-to-have-a-heart-attack/?pagewanted=print" class="">http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/too-young-to-have-a-heart-attack/?pagewanted=print</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; " class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

Too Young to Have a Heart Attack - NYTimes.com

The foreshadowing escaped me: The night before we left for our summer vacation in Michigan, I accidentally stepped on my Kindle - which, like my heart, I cannot live without - and broke it. Reduced to reading novels on my iPhone, I made the best of i…

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