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REPORT: US Pregnancy & Abortion Rate Hit Record Low



The U.S. pregnancy rate and abortions have hit a record low, according to a new research by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Guttmacher Institute released Friday, NBC News reported.

“The pregnancy rate for women in the United States continued to decline in 2010, to 98.7 per 1,000 women aged 15-44, a record low for the 1976-2010 period. This level was 15 percent below the 1990 peak,” wrote researchers Sally Curtin and Joyce Abma of the NCHS and Kathryn Kost of the Guttmacher Institute.

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Tech Babies Month: Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer births Twin girls 



This is the month for tech babies.

Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer gave birth to twin girls on Thursday, December 10, a week after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckeberg‘s wife Priscilla Chan gave birth to their first child, daughter Max.

Mayer announced the news via Twitter, stating she and her husband, Zachary Bogue, are “doing great.”

Mayer and Bogue are also parents to son, 3-year old Macallister. She announced her pregnancy with him the same day she started as CEO on July 2012.

Congrats!

4 Christmas Breakfast Recipes to Make this Holiday

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In the hustle and bustle of Holiday shopping, decorating, Christmas Card photo taking, and wrapping, Christmas breakfast may be the farthest thing from people’s minds.

We’ve got you covered with 4 recipes for Christmas breakfast starting with  a yummy  and quick recipe for Chorizo Scrambled Egg Breakfast Taco compliments of IMUSA, leader in Hispanic cookware, combines chorizo, lime juice, eggs and cheese (among other ingredients) to make an outstanding breakfast taco that your guests will remember.

Ingredients

  • 6 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 chorizo links (about 7 ounces)
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 cup cilantro, divided
  • 1 medium tomato
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup sharp cheddar
  • 10-12 corn flour tortillas
  • Chipotle Tabasco (suggestion for topping)

Preparation

  1. Mix sour cream, lime juice, and salt in a bowl and put aside.
  2. Char tortillas over gas flame or directly on electric burner until blackened in spots, turning with tongs. Place in IMUSA tortilla warmer or aluminum foil and set aside.
  3. In an IMUSA non-stick sauté pan add olive oil and bring to medium-high heat. Sweat onions for about one minute and add diced chorizo
  4. Cook for 5-6 minutes until chorizo is browned.
  5. Add half of the cilantro and all of the cooked chorizo to beaten eggs and mix. Bring eggs back to the IMUSA pan and cook on low heat, mixing from time to time.
  6. Place cooked eggs, cheddar cheese, diced tomatoes and remaining cilantro in separate bowls and lay them out throughout the table with the warm tortillas.
  7. Allow your guests to assemble their own breakfast tacos

cinnamon roll

Cinnamon rolls

Heat 1 cup of milk in a saucepan until it bubbles and add ½ cup of butter to the milk and stir until the butter melts.

Set aside until it cools to 110 degrees or luke warm.

Add luke warm milk mixture to the bowl of a mixer and dissolve a package of dry yeast into it.

Add ½ cup sugar, 3 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 3 eggs to bowl and mix.

Add an additional 1 ½ cups of flour ½ cup at a time until fully mixed.

Dump dough out onto lightly floured surface and knead the dough until smooth (about 8 minutes).

Gather dough into a ball and put it into a lightly greased bowl turning to cover all of dough.

Cover and allow to rise about 1 hour.  After risen roll out to a 10×14 rectangle.

In a small bowl combine ¾ cup of brown sugar and 1 tablespoon of cinnamon and sprinkle over rectangle.

Sprinkle ½ cup of raisins over the top and roll up dough along the long side.

Cut dough into 12 equal pieces and place in a greased 9×13 baking dish cut side up.

Cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to rise over night.

The next morning preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and allow the dough to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before baking for 25 to 30 minutes.

While the rolls are baking mix together 1 teaspoon corn syrup, ½ teaspoon vanilla, 2 tablespoons of half and half and 1 ¼ cups of powdered sugar and whisk together.

Drizzle the glaze over the warm rolls and serve.

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Egg and sausage quiche

Brown 1 lb. of bulk breakfast sausage in a skillet.

Drain the sausage and set aside.

Cube 8 slices of wheat bread and layer it into a 9×13 dish.

Layer the sausage over the bread and then layer the cheese (2 ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese).

Mix 5 eggs, 2 cups of milk, 1/8 teaspoon of salt, and ¼ teaspoon of dry mustard and pour it over the cheese layer.

Mix 1 can of cream of mushroom soup and ¼ cup of water together and spread it over the top of the other ingredients.

Cover and refrigerate overnight.

The next morning bake for an hour at 300 degrees F or until set.

Let cool 20 minutes before cutting into squares.

hashbown

Hashbrown casserole

Cut a stick of butter into small cubes and mix it into 2 lbs. of shredded hashbrown potatoes in a large bowl.

In a separate bowl mix together 1 pint of sour cream, 1 can of cream of mushroom soup, 8 oz. of shredded cheddar cheese, and 1 grated onion.

Pour this mixture over the potatoes and toss to combine.

Pour into a 9×13 baking dish and cover with foil.

Refrigerate casserole overnight.

The next morning bake covered for 30 minutes.

Remove foil and bake an additional 30 minutes.

Additional shredded cheese can be added to the top during the last 30 minutes of baking.

 

 

 

Kim Kardashian-West’ Donation Pledge Tweets make Local Girl Famous

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I love how local media picked up by national media can really do a lot for charity cases. Here is an example: This week, the popular FOX gossip radio round up show Dish Nation did one of its regular local station feature where it picks a local story to spotlight.

This time, it picked Witchita, Kansas. One of the hosts spotlighted the work of 17-year old Amelia Flores who started a shoe drive to donate to Soles for Souls charity that gifts gently used shoes to people in need. Flores said the charity helped her family during Hurricane Katrina and wanted to give  back.

“I felt like this was a way to give back to them and say thank you,” Amelia told her local paper, The Wichita Eagle. “People were super willing to give their shoes,” she said about expanding her initiative from 200 pairs to 2,000. “So I figured why not.”

Flores, who had collected 1,000 shoes but was hoping to get 1,000 more by December 18. “By calculation, she needs 112 each day,” host J-Si Chavez said “We need to start donating, Witchita.”

Fortunately for Flores and the charity, Kim Kardashian-West saw the Dish Nation segment and tweeted her support. And the rest is Viral history….


 



 


The teen got the message and got some great local news coverage and eventually made a video response:




 

Flores says her new goal is 25,000 shoes and with all the publicity, she’s likely to reach it!

photo collage: courtesy Dish Nation

From Examsnap to VMware: Hoarding the Right Practice Test Materials to Earn your VCP6-DCV Certification

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In the world of virtualization, VMware basically stands out. This goes out for its number of certifications, which have been highly regarded by both experts and new bies in IT.

Thus, VMware offers certifications of the associate (VCA), professional (VCP), advanced professional (VCAP), and design expert (VCDX) levels. One of the most recognized credential in virtualization and in IT, in general, which lies on the professional level is VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV).

To obtain this VCP6-DCV certification, you must pass one of its foundation tests which include exams: vSphere 6 Foundations (2V0-620) and vSphere 6.5 Foundations (2V0-602). The second step that leads you to this credential is passing 2V0-621 test.

This article covers all you need to know about passing the VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization Exam simply known by code 2V0-602.

This exam tests your fundamental skills to manage vSphere 6.5 environments. To pass 2V0-602 exam you need to complete 70 questions of single and multiple choice within 105 minutes and to score 300 points. This test will cost you $125. So, if you have knowledge on how to administer a virtualized infrastructure using the latest technological practices, then that means you’re one step ready to take this exam.

Yet, best remember that no certification exam can be fully understood in one sitting. Likewise, no single material no matter how inclusive and informative it may be can give you everything you need to learn on a given exam. You always need other training materials so as to assess whether you are given the right information on the certification exam and its corresponding topics. The effort to scheme a preparation guide can be put in vain if you are not yet introduced to the right materials, to begin with. But having these on your lap doesn’t have to be a personal struggle. In order to lighten your work, we’ve collected a number of practice tests from different study resources that will assist you in preparing for and finally claiming your VPC6-DCV certification.

Examsnap’s Premium Bundle

Getting high marks in every exam can be challenging for most people. This indeed is a common outcry for those who have already taken the exam. Nonetheless, this should not discourage you. In case you don’t know, Examsnap is only a click away to encourage you with their variety of study materials. This ranges from exam training courses, study guide and a set of practice questions with answers. The files offered by this great platform are in ete format and can be opened with the used of the ETE Exam Simulator. This modern tool mirrors the real exam environment and helps you to get the insight of what is waiting for you at the exam. The more you practice answering Examsnap’s exam questions, the more you’ll gain familiarization and understanding of the certification exam. Among many individuals who take good advantage of these innovative, IT-verified materials are the test-takers of VMware 2V0-602 with the high hopes of securing the VCP6-DCV certification. The people who have already tried Examsnap know exactly which path leads to a more flexible and beneficial preparation route, and unsurprisingly, it all goes back to Examsnap.com.

VMware vSphere 6.5 Foundations Practice Test

You can’t say that you have fully prepared for the exam if you haven’t grabbed the chance to take VMware’s very own Official practice test for 2V0-602. Since this test sprung from VMware itself, you might as well try the practice test it has prepared. If other resources worry you out, VMware is the right path to place your trust. You can trust its credibility, its structure, and its very content. In addition, VMware professors have sprinkled their brilliance in the practice test. The knowledge engraved is monitored to be exactly connected to the exam objectives. Other study information that can be of use to you is also provided. This includes tips on preventing the most common mistakes many test-takers tend to commit.

ExamCollection’s Premium Bundle

With the number of materials coming in and out of the market, there’s probably no individual that can escape from an outdated and unreliable practice test. Just consider the hassle you have to endure in purchasing materials and later finding out its irregularities later on. For a future test-taker like you, no time should be squandered in settling for low-quality study materials. ExamCollection’s premium bundle for 2V0-602 exam lets you cut some slack. With its training course, its questions & answers, as well as its study guide, you can train more frequently until you attain mastery over the topics.

ExamSnap’s Practice Test

ExamSnap claims to give you a sure-fire way to pass 2V0-602 exam. Through its technically precise materials that are checked by certified experts, you’ll have even better chances in understanding the exam topics sooner than you have lingered. They’ve created a set of practice exams available in VCE format that convey real-life scenarios for the VMware vSphere 6.5 Foundations Exam. The files can be opened on the VCE Software and help you gain foundational skills that will be relevant to the actual exam and even after you get hired to your desired IT position. Moreover, ExamSnap regularly updates and tests their materials to keep its customers always in the loop.  

Exam-Labs’ Practice Testand dumps

Another common resource for practice questions and answers is Exam-Lab. This makes sure that the content provided in the practice tests covers the exact topics of the actual exam. Like the rest of the VMware 2V0-602 practice tests mentioned earlier, these are also checked by specialists in IT. To provide you more convenience, the practice test questions are also accessible in VCE file format.

Conclusion

Getting your own VCP6-DCV certification as well as passing 2V0-602 exam require from your efficient preparation. For that along with VMware official website visit Examsnap, ExamCollection, ExamSnap, and Exam-Labs. In choosing your training materials, having less or more can jeopardize you. Only pick in moderation but make sure to practice the materials as frequent as possible. This way, you’ll be able to concentrate on the materials that will surely help you become VMware certified professional.

Eco-Friday: 4 Things you Can ReUse While Pregnant

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 Reusing items is one way to “go green,” since doing so produces less waste and ultimately means less resources are used to manufacture new items. Here are a few items you can reuse during pregnancy to reduce your – and your baby’s! – carbon footprint.
1. Reusable water bottle – It’s vitally important to stay hydrated during pregnancy! Instead of buying bottled water, invest in a high quality and eco-friendly reusable water bottle so you can fill up at home and keep water with you while you’re on the go.
2. Food storage containers – During pregnancy, it’s important to keep a light snack with you while you’re out and about in case hunger strikes. Be sure to keep your snacks in reusable food containers rather than disposable plastic bags.
3. Maternity clothes – If you don’t already have maternity clothes from a past pregnancy to reuse, consider finding what you need at a thrift store, garage sale or consignment store. You might even have a no-longer-pregnant friend with some maternity clothing to get rid of.
4. Items for baby – Since you’ll be doing plenty of shopping for baby now, during your pregnancy, start thinking about how you get your baby off to a eco-friendly start in life. Cloth diapers are reusable – you can even use them for more than one child! Some cloth diapering moms also use reusable cloth wipes for clean up at changing time. You can also reuse toys, clothes and larger items like cribs and play yards. You might have these items still on and from when older children were little, but even if this is your first baby or if you got rid of those items before, you can still reuse by shopping at thrift stores, consignment shops, garage sales and looking out for general freebies. Family members and friends might also have items they’d like to unload.

As you can see, there are many ways to make use of reusable items during your pregnancy. Many cities even have entire consignment shops dedicated to items and clothes for pregnant moms and babies, so you can be green even without having to search and search through thrift store racks and garage store piles to find what you need – unless that’s something you enjoy, of course!

Ivanka Trump is Not here for the Anti-Donald Trump Trolls on Her Social Media

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While businesswoman Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner await the birth of their third child, the very busy blonde has also had to deal with plenty of hate comments left on her social media posts.

Each entry she uploads on Instagram or Twitter has a comment section littered with remarks from detractors of her father, Donald Trump, who is running for president and doing so in a very bombastic style that includes making some pretty unconventional and out-of-this-world controversial statements that have been called xenophobic (calling for banning all members of one religion from entering the country despite the First Amendment Freedom of Religion clause of the Bill of Rights) and racist (calling Mexican immigrants to the US rapists); and raking some actions that serve to scapegoat and demonize the 14 million Black Americans living in the US  (like recklessly tweeting a racist graphic created by a Neo-Nazi with made up stats from a non-existing entity which wrongly blames blacks for 97% of the murder of Whites when the actual FBI account has it at 14% and shows that 83% of Whites are killed by other Whites).  

Clearly, even though she is the Executive Vice President of Development and Acquisition of The Trump Organization, does not mean she would necessarily endorse his statements and thinking.  

The reality tv Star of The Apprentice has been silent on them altogether. She did appear briefly on Saturday Night Live with him when he hosted despite the objections of Latino protesters.

But of course she will support her own father. What’s the deal asking her to speak out against him? That’s not what she’s here for and she is not a politician.

Baby bump and me out on the town! #PlusOne

A photo posted by Ivanka Trump (@ivankatrump) on

Just look at this pretty floating pink flamingo. Sneak peak at Summer collection.

photos: Instagram

These 15 Blogs Will Help You Keep Your Christmas Spending in Check

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Even though things are looking up in the economy, for the most part, families are still struggling this Holiday season. Getting through Christmas will be easier if you create a budget and stick to it. Here are a small sampling of articles from the web from a list NannyPro comprised that will help parents deal with creating and sticking to a holiday budget, discouraging excessive materialism in their kids and learn how to say no to family members and kids in a constructive way..
Budgeting
Few things are responsible for as much holiday tension as the looming specter of financial strain. Purchasing gifts for everyone on your list and ensuring that little ones have a memorable season can leave families struggling with debt well into the New Year. These five blogs discuss the importance of budgeting for the entire Christmas holiday, from how much you can afford to spend on dinner to how many toys you can buy.
 
Discouraging Materialistic Attitudes
There’s no denying the fact that today’s kids are targets of more aggressive marketing than perhaps any generation before them. Helping your kids overcome a sense of entitlement and a commercially-fueled view of the winter holidays isn’t easy, by any means. It is necessary, however, to ensure that everyone in your household has the best holiday possible. The subjects of these five blogs center on the difficult  necessity of curbing commercially-driven attitudes during the Christmas season.
The Art of Saying “No”
No one likes to tell a child, family member or loved one “no.” There are times, especially during the Christmas holidays, however, when it’s absolutely necessary to learn how to gracefully decline invitations and tell your children that they simply cannot always have their way. These five blogs discuss the best ways to politely refuse while still holding on to your dignity without offending others.
•           Saying No to Family and Friends
See 15 more blogs here!

Sadly, Kristin Cavallari’s Missing brother Michael was Found Dead Today

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Condolences to the Cavallari family. The brother of Kristin Cavallari, Michael Cavallari, was found dead today three days after he went missing, E! News reports.

Press reports indicate that the body was found after Michael’s 2014 Honda Civic was discovered abandoned on I-70 in Utah.

“We want to thank everyone for their love, support and prayers during this very difficult time,”  Cavallari said in a statement to E! News. “We have just been informed by the authorities my brother’s body has been found. This is a very painful time and we are still processing it all. We kindly ask everyone please respect our privacy during our time of grieving.”

Cavallari just experienced some joy with her husband Chicago Bears quarterback  Jay Cutler as they welcomed the birth of their third child, and first daughter, Saylor James. Now, they, their parents and other sibling Gabriel are dealing with such tragic news.

“I appreciate all the concern, thoughts, and prayers that have been extended to me and my family. We remain hopeful and I will share any news that we receive. I have such gratitude for all those that have shared their support,” she captioned a childhood photo on Instagram of her with her brother seaside.

She posted another tender photo from when the two were babies.

 

We too at Bellyitch send our thoughts and prayers to the family.

 

 

8 Things About Emotional Eating You Never Knew

 

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We have a long way to go to understand emotional eating, though there’s been a lot of recent research on it to provide us clues as to why we do it.

Emotional eating works to soothe and provide comfort. It’s okay at times, but can spiral out of control easily. It helps to know as much about emotionally eating as possible.

Dr. Susan Albers, author of the brand new book “50 More Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food” shares these 8 things about emotional eating you probably never knew.

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1. You only get a three-minute fix. A study reported in the Journal of Appetite gave participants chocolate and tested how long the “feel good” feeling lasts. It turns out that comfort and bliss only last three minutes (Macht and Mueller 2003). Three minutes! Isn’t it a surprise how short-lived comfort eating can be?

2. Cake plus guilt equals less weight loss. Cake is a comfort food that can be associated with guilt and worry or pleasure and enjoyment. In a study of dieters, those who associated cake with “guilt” vs. “celebration” were less likely to lose weight over a three-month period. Those who had positive feelings and associated cake with being a comfort food were more likely to lose weight during those three months (Kuijer and Boyce 2014). The take-home message: guilt can derail your efforts.

3. Comfort foods are not cross-cultural. Have you assumed that chocolate is the go-to feel-better food everywhere in the world? It’s not. People in different countries and comfort from various foods. For example, in Japan, miso soup, okayu (rice porridge that is made when children are sick), and ramen are popular comfort foods. In India, it’s samosas, potato-stuffed crisps served with spicy green chutney. In Italy, it’s ribbons of fresh pasta or potato gnocchi..

4. There’s a gender difference. According to one study, males prefer warm, hearty, meal-related comfort foods (such as steak, casseroles, and soup), while females prefer comfort foods that are more snack-related (such as chocolate and ice cream) (Wansink, Cheney, and Chan 2003).

5. We choose out of habit. When we’re stressed out, we tend to revert back to the foods we frequently eat—whether they are healthy or not. A study presented at the Institute for Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Expo tested fty-nine MBA students at the University of California during midterm exams. During peak stress times, students were more likely to choose the snacks they eat most frequently (Neal, Wood, and Drolet 2013). This is likely because it takes less thought and cognitive effort to choose familiar foods.

6. PMS doesn’t trigger hormonal chocolate craving. Many people are under the misperception that hormonal changes make us crave chocolate during that time of the month. However, 80 percent of menopausal women still report chocolate cravings despite no longer having menstrual cycles or significant variability in their hormone levels during the course of a month (Hormes and Rozin 2009). The theory is that our desire for comfort and our stress about the approaching time of month causes us to turn to a culturally reinforced way of coping. In other words, we expect that chocolate will help, so we begin to crave it, not exactly because hormones are driving us to it.

7. Ritual is comforting. Do you eat comfort foods in a certain way? For example, do you eat the icing off your cupcake first or cut your peanut butter sandwich in half every time? Most of us have particular ways in which we eat food. A study published in the journal Psychological Science found that performing a ritual (like cutting a food in a particular way or eating it in a specic sequence) makes food taste better and gives you more enjoyment (Vohs et al. 2013). In this study, participants broke a chocolate bar in half without unwrapping it and ate it one half at a time. The non-ritual group ate the chocolate however they wanted. Those who performed the ritual with the chocolate bar enjoyed it more.

8. Ritual is comforting. Do you eat comfort foods in a certain way? For example, do you eat the icing off your cupcake first or cut your peanut butter sandwich in half every time? Most of us have particular ways in which we eat food. A study published in the journal Psychological Science found that performing a ritual (like cutting a food in a particular way or eating it in a specic sequence) makes food taste better and gives you more enjoyment (Vohs et al. 2013). In this study, participants broke a chocolate bar in half without unwrapping it and ate it one half at a time. The non-ritual group ate the chocolate however they wanted. Those who performed the ritual with the chocolate bar enjoyed it more.

Reprinted with permission: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. copyright © 2015 Dr. Susan Albers

 

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