Easter is a celebration of the anniversary of the day that Jesus was resurrected from the dead after being crucified three days beforehand. Easter is the most holy day in my opinion of the year and of Christianity. This year I finally was able to grasp exactly what God has done for us by sacrificing his one and only son Jesus for us. All I have been thinking the past week and a half is how unworthy I am to have been able to receive the gift of Jesus dying for my sins. I wish Jesus was here so that I could repay him with my gratitude by opening my house to him, cooking for him, watching his feet, etc. But since he is not physically here, I will do what I can which is share what he has done with others, correct every area in my life that needs corrected, and love my God with all I've got.
Easter was awesome! We went to the 11am church service and it was amazing! I love our church! Our pastor and worship team really are awesome. You should come check it out sometime. We go to First Baptist Church of McKinney (www.fbcmckinney.com). My neighbor Tia and her son Jake came to church with us. Then we came home and Billy cooked us some steaks, baked potatoes, and asparagus on the grill and it sure was yummy. Then Billy and I went to his mom's for dinner. This Easter was really good this year.
HAPPY EASTER!
Monday, April 5, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Palm Sunday
Here are your additional Scripture readings as you walk daily with Christ to the Cross:
Palm Sunday: Matt 21:1-17; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-48; John 12:12-19
Monday: Matt 21:18-22; Mark 11:12-19; Luke 19:47-48; John 12:20-36
Tuesday: Matt 22:23-23:39, 24:1-25:46, 26:1-13; Mark 11-13:37, 14:1-9; Luke 20:1-21:38; John 12:37-50
Wednesday: Matt 24:1-25:46, 26:14-16; Mark 14:10-11; Luke 22:1-6
Thursday: Passover / Matt 26:17-56; Mark 14:12-72; Luke 22; John 13:1-18:27
Good Friday: Matt 27; Mark 15; Luke 23; John 18:28-19:42
Saturday: Matthew 27:62-66
Easter Sunday: Matt 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20:1-18
Palm Sunday: Matt 21:1-17; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-48; John 12:12-19
Monday: Matt 21:18-22; Mark 11:12-19; Luke 19:47-48; John 12:20-36
Tuesday: Matt 22:23-23:39, 24:1-25:46, 26:1-13; Mark 11-13:37, 14:1-9; Luke 20:1-21:38; John 12:37-50
Wednesday: Matt 24:1-25:46, 26:14-16; Mark 14:10-11; Luke 22:1-6
Thursday: Passover / Matt 26:17-56; Mark 14:12-72; Luke 22; John 13:1-18:27
Good Friday: Matt 27; Mark 15; Luke 23; John 18:28-19:42
Saturday: Matthew 27:62-66
Easter Sunday: Matt 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20:1-18
Friday, March 12, 2010
March 9, 2010
I spoke for MADD again giving my "victim impact statement" to teens in Allen, TX who had MIPs (Minor In Possession) and had to attend this class. There were probably 30 teens at this class. I redirected my message to not only the dangers of drinking and driving but also to stressing the importance of who you surround yourself with because if your feet are not in solid gound, they will ultimately shape you. It happened to me. I didn't realize it at first because it was such a gradual change. Hopefully these teens benefitted and felt such an impact that it will help change the direction of their lives.
Thanks Billy, Mom, Tacha, Bill Nelson, Donna McKinley, and Raven for coming!
Thanks Billy, Mom, Tacha, Bill Nelson, Donna McKinley, and Raven for coming!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
February 17, 2010
This was my first time speaking for MADD. I gave my "victim impact statement" to adults who had DUIs & DWIs and had to attend this class. It felt great to speak about how drinking and driving has affected my life. It was a big emotional step for me that I needed. I've spoken before but it was never to 200 people that needed to hear what I had to say because it directly affected their lives. It was a great night and my best speech so far.
There happened to be someone there that I attended high school with. I had a feeling at least a couple days before I spoke that I would know someone there. It was as if God placed me there that night at that time for a specific purpose. I feel like achieved that purpose and I truly felt at one with God.
Thanks Mom, Dad, Tacha, and the DeWet's for attending!
There happened to be someone there that I attended high school with. I had a feeling at least a couple days before I spoke that I would know someone there. It was as if God placed me there that night at that time for a specific purpose. I feel like achieved that purpose and I truly felt at one with God.
Thanks Mom, Dad, Tacha, and the DeWet's for attending!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tens of thousands feared dead after Haiti quake
"PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Dazed survivors wandered past dead bodies in rubble-strewn streets Wednesday, crying for loved ones, and rescuers searched collapsed buildings as officials feared the death toll from Haiti's devastating earthquake could reach into the tens of thousands.
The first cargo planes with food, water, medical supplies, shelter and sniffer dogs headed to the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation a day after the magnitude-7 quake flattened much of the capital of 2 million people.
Tuesday's earthquake brought down buildings great and small — from shacks in shantytowns to President Rene Preval's gleaming white National Palace, where a dome tilted ominously above the manicured grounds.
Hospitals, schools and the main prison collapsed. The capital's Roman Catholic archbishop was killed when his office and the main cathedral fell. The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission was missing in the ruins of the organization's multistory headquarters.
At a triage center improvised in a hotel parking lot, people with cuts, broken bones and crushed ribs moaned under tent-like covers fashioned from bloody sheets.
"I can't take it any more. My back hurts too much," said Alex Georges, 28, who was still waiting for treatment a day after the school he was in collapsed and killed 11 classmates. A body lay a few feet away.
"This is much worse than a hurricane," said doctors' assistant Jimitre Coquillon. "There's no water. There's nothing. Thirsty people are going to die."
Bodies were everywhere in Port-au-Prince: those of tiny children adjacent to schools, women in the rubble-strewn streets with stunned expressions frozen on their faces, men hidden beneath plastic tarps and cotton sheets.
Haiti's leaders struggled to comprehend the extent of the catastrophe — the worst earthquake to hit the country in 200 years — even as aftershocks still reverberated.
"It's incredible," Preval told CNN. "A lot of houses destroyed, hospitals, schools, personal homes. A lot of people in the street dead. ... I'm still looking to understand the magnitude of the event and how to manage."
Preval said thousands of people were probably killed. Leading Sen. Youri Latortue told The Associated Press that 500,000 could be dead, but conceded that nobody really knows.
"Let's say that it's too early to give a number," Preval said.
Haiti seems especially prone to catastrophe — from natural disasters like hurricanes, storms, floods and mudslides to crushing poverty, unstable governments, poor building standards and low literacy rates.
In Petionville, next to the capital, people used sledgehammers and their bare hands to dig through a collapsed commercial center, tossing aside mattresses and office supplies. More than a dozen cars were entombed, including a U.N. truck.
Nearby, about 200 survivors, including many children, huddled in a theater parking lot using sheets to rig makeshift tents and shield themselves from the sun.
Looting began almost as quickly as the quake struck at 4:53 p.m. and people were seen carrying food from collapsed buildings. Many lugged what they could salvage and stacked it around them as they slept in streets and parks.
People streamed into the Haitian countryside, where wooden and cinderblock shacks showed little sign of damage. Many balanced suitcases and other belongings on their heads. Ambulances and U.N. trucks raced in the opposite direction, toward Port-au-Prince.
About 3,000 police and international peacekeepers cleared debris, directed traffic and maintained security in the capital. But law enforcement was stretched thin even before the quake and would be ill-equipped to deal with major unrest.
An American aid worker was trapped for about 10 hours under the rubble of her mission house before she was rescued by her husband, who told CBS' "Early Show" that he drove 100 miles (160 kilometers) to Port-au-Prince to find her. Frank Thorp said he dug for more than an hour to free his wife, Jillian, and a co-worker, from under about a foot of concrete.
The international Red Cross said a third of the country's 9 million people may need emergency aid, a burden that would test any nation and a crushing catastrophe for impoverished Haiti.
President Barack Obama promised an all-out rescue and humanitarian effort and American officials said they were responding with ships, helicopters, transport planes and a 2,000-member Marine unit, as well as civilian emergency teams from across the U.S.
"We have to be there for them in their hour of need," Obama said.
The first C-130 plane carrying part of a military assessment team arrived in Haiti, the U.S. Southern Command said.
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson, was expected to arrive off the coast of Haiti on Thursday. More U.S. Navy ships were under way as well, the U.S. Southern Command said.
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter evacuated four critically injured U.S. Embassy staff to the hospital on the U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the military has been detaining suspected terrorists.
A small contingent of U.S. ground troops could be on their way soon, although it was unclear whether they would be used for security operations or humanitarian efforts.
Cuba, which already had hundreds of doctors in Haiti, treated the injured in field hospitals. The aid group Doctors Without Borders helped quake victims in tent clinics set up to replace its damaged facilities.
Port-au-Prince's ruined buildings fell on both the poor and the prominent: The body of Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot, 63, was found in the ruins of his office, according to the Rev. Pierre Le Beller at Miot's order, the Saint Jacques Missionary Center in Landivisiau, France.
Senate President Kelly Bastien was among those trapped alive inside the Parliament building, and a day later had stopped responding to rescuers' cries, Latortue said.
Even the main prison in the capital fell down, "and there are reports of escaped inmates," U.N. humanitarian spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said in Geneva.
Haiti's quake refugees likely will face an increased risk of dengue fever, malaria and measles — problems that plagued the impoverished country before, said Kimberley Shoaf, associate director of the UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters.
Some of the biggest immediate health threats include respiratory disease from inhaling dust from collapsed buildings and diarrhea from drinking contaminated water.
She said swamped clinics may not be able to give people help they need for broken bones and other injuries, leading to complications — a warning borne out on the streets where people, some covered in the dust of collapsed buildings, nursed wounds that bled through crude bandages.
The U.N.'s 9,000-member peacekeeping force sent patrols across the capital's streets while securing the airport, port and main buildings — but also struggled to rescue colleagues from their collapsed headquarters.
U.N. mission head Hedi Annabi of Tunisia was among about 150 people missing, mostly at the headquarters building, said peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said Annabi's chief deputy, Luis Carlos da Costa, was missing as well.
Le Roy said only about 10 people had been pulled out, many of them badly injured.
Brazil's army reported that at least 11 of its peacekeepers were killed. Jordan's official news agency said three of its peacekeepers were died.
The U.S. Embassy had no confirmed reports of deaths among the estimated 40,000-45,000 Americans who live in Haiti, but many were struggling to find a way out of the country.
Dozens were forced to abandon a Tuesday evening flight to Miami when the earthquake damaged the airport.
Kency Germain of Eatontown, N.J., kept his family — five adults and three children including his wife — at the airport until nearly 3 a.m. They made their way to the U.S. Embassy, where they were allowed to sleep briefly near the entrance.
"It was safer in there (the airport) than it was out there in Port-au-Prince," Germain said. "
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_earthquake
The first cargo planes with food, water, medical supplies, shelter and sniffer dogs headed to the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation a day after the magnitude-7 quake flattened much of the capital of 2 million people.
Tuesday's earthquake brought down buildings great and small — from shacks in shantytowns to President Rene Preval's gleaming white National Palace, where a dome tilted ominously above the manicured grounds.
Hospitals, schools and the main prison collapsed. The capital's Roman Catholic archbishop was killed when his office and the main cathedral fell. The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission was missing in the ruins of the organization's multistory headquarters.
At a triage center improvised in a hotel parking lot, people with cuts, broken bones and crushed ribs moaned under tent-like covers fashioned from bloody sheets.
"I can't take it any more. My back hurts too much," said Alex Georges, 28, who was still waiting for treatment a day after the school he was in collapsed and killed 11 classmates. A body lay a few feet away.
"This is much worse than a hurricane," said doctors' assistant Jimitre Coquillon. "There's no water. There's nothing. Thirsty people are going to die."
Bodies were everywhere in Port-au-Prince: those of tiny children adjacent to schools, women in the rubble-strewn streets with stunned expressions frozen on their faces, men hidden beneath plastic tarps and cotton sheets.
Haiti's leaders struggled to comprehend the extent of the catastrophe — the worst earthquake to hit the country in 200 years — even as aftershocks still reverberated.
"It's incredible," Preval told CNN. "A lot of houses destroyed, hospitals, schools, personal homes. A lot of people in the street dead. ... I'm still looking to understand the magnitude of the event and how to manage."
Preval said thousands of people were probably killed. Leading Sen. Youri Latortue told The Associated Press that 500,000 could be dead, but conceded that nobody really knows.
"Let's say that it's too early to give a number," Preval said.
Haiti seems especially prone to catastrophe — from natural disasters like hurricanes, storms, floods and mudslides to crushing poverty, unstable governments, poor building standards and low literacy rates.
In Petionville, next to the capital, people used sledgehammers and their bare hands to dig through a collapsed commercial center, tossing aside mattresses and office supplies. More than a dozen cars were entombed, including a U.N. truck.
Nearby, about 200 survivors, including many children, huddled in a theater parking lot using sheets to rig makeshift tents and shield themselves from the sun.
Looting began almost as quickly as the quake struck at 4:53 p.m. and people were seen carrying food from collapsed buildings. Many lugged what they could salvage and stacked it around them as they slept in streets and parks.
People streamed into the Haitian countryside, where wooden and cinderblock shacks showed little sign of damage. Many balanced suitcases and other belongings on their heads. Ambulances and U.N. trucks raced in the opposite direction, toward Port-au-Prince.
About 3,000 police and international peacekeepers cleared debris, directed traffic and maintained security in the capital. But law enforcement was stretched thin even before the quake and would be ill-equipped to deal with major unrest.
An American aid worker was trapped for about 10 hours under the rubble of her mission house before she was rescued by her husband, who told CBS' "Early Show" that he drove 100 miles (160 kilometers) to Port-au-Prince to find her. Frank Thorp said he dug for more than an hour to free his wife, Jillian, and a co-worker, from under about a foot of concrete.
The international Red Cross said a third of the country's 9 million people may need emergency aid, a burden that would test any nation and a crushing catastrophe for impoverished Haiti.
President Barack Obama promised an all-out rescue and humanitarian effort and American officials said they were responding with ships, helicopters, transport planes and a 2,000-member Marine unit, as well as civilian emergency teams from across the U.S.
"We have to be there for them in their hour of need," Obama said.
The first C-130 plane carrying part of a military assessment team arrived in Haiti, the U.S. Southern Command said.
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson, was expected to arrive off the coast of Haiti on Thursday. More U.S. Navy ships were under way as well, the U.S. Southern Command said.
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter evacuated four critically injured U.S. Embassy staff to the hospital on the U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the military has been detaining suspected terrorists.
A small contingent of U.S. ground troops could be on their way soon, although it was unclear whether they would be used for security operations or humanitarian efforts.
Cuba, which already had hundreds of doctors in Haiti, treated the injured in field hospitals. The aid group Doctors Without Borders helped quake victims in tent clinics set up to replace its damaged facilities.
Port-au-Prince's ruined buildings fell on both the poor and the prominent: The body of Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot, 63, was found in the ruins of his office, according to the Rev. Pierre Le Beller at Miot's order, the Saint Jacques Missionary Center in Landivisiau, France.
Senate President Kelly Bastien was among those trapped alive inside the Parliament building, and a day later had stopped responding to rescuers' cries, Latortue said.
Even the main prison in the capital fell down, "and there are reports of escaped inmates," U.N. humanitarian spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said in Geneva.
Haiti's quake refugees likely will face an increased risk of dengue fever, malaria and measles — problems that plagued the impoverished country before, said Kimberley Shoaf, associate director of the UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters.
Some of the biggest immediate health threats include respiratory disease from inhaling dust from collapsed buildings and diarrhea from drinking contaminated water.
She said swamped clinics may not be able to give people help they need for broken bones and other injuries, leading to complications — a warning borne out on the streets where people, some covered in the dust of collapsed buildings, nursed wounds that bled through crude bandages.
The U.N.'s 9,000-member peacekeeping force sent patrols across the capital's streets while securing the airport, port and main buildings — but also struggled to rescue colleagues from their collapsed headquarters.
U.N. mission head Hedi Annabi of Tunisia was among about 150 people missing, mostly at the headquarters building, said peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said Annabi's chief deputy, Luis Carlos da Costa, was missing as well.
Le Roy said only about 10 people had been pulled out, many of them badly injured.
Brazil's army reported that at least 11 of its peacekeepers were killed. Jordan's official news agency said three of its peacekeepers were died.
The U.S. Embassy had no confirmed reports of deaths among the estimated 40,000-45,000 Americans who live in Haiti, but many were struggling to find a way out of the country.
Dozens were forced to abandon a Tuesday evening flight to Miami when the earthquake damaged the airport.
Kency Germain of Eatontown, N.J., kept his family — five adults and three children including his wife — at the airport until nearly 3 a.m. They made their way to the U.S. Embassy, where they were allowed to sleep briefly near the entrance.
"It was safer in there (the airport) than it was out there in Port-au-Prince," Germain said. "
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_earthquake
Jeremiah 17:7-8
"But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." Jeremiah 17:7-8
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Dallas Cowboys Playoff Game #1
Dallas Cowboys won their first playoff game against Philadelphia 34-14!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Dallas Cowboys Regular Season
Regular Season
Sun 9/13
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Tampa Bay (0-0)
W 34 - 21
Sun 9/20
New York Giants NY Giants (1-0)
L 31 - 33
Mon 9/28
Carolina Panthers Carolina (0-2)
W 21 - 7
Sun 10/4
Denver Broncos at Denver (3-0)
L 10 - 17
Sun 10/11
Kansas City Chiefs at Kansas City (0-4)
W 26 - 20
Bye
Sun 10/25
Atlanta Falcons Atlanta (4-1)
W 37 - 21
Sun 11/1
Seattle Seahawks Seattle (2-4)
W 38 - 17
Sun 11/8
Philadelphia Eagles at Philadelphia (5-2)
W 20 - 16
Sun 11/15
Green Bay Packers at Green Bay (4-4)
L 7 - 17
Sun 11/22
Washington Redskins Washington (3-6)
W 7 - 6
Thu 11/26
Oakland Raiders Oakland (3-7)
W 24 - 7
Sun 12/6
New York Giants at NY Giants (6-5)
L 24 - 31
Sun 12/13
San Diego Chargers San Diego (9-3)
L 17 - 20
Sat 12/19
New Orleans Saints at New Orleans (13-0)
W 24 - 17
Sun 12/27
Washington Redskins at Washington (4-10)
W 17 - 0
Sun 1/3
Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia (11-4)
W 24 - 0
Sun 9/13
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Tampa Bay (0-0)
W 34 - 21
Sun 9/20
New York Giants NY Giants (1-0)
L 31 - 33
Mon 9/28
Carolina Panthers Carolina (0-2)
W 21 - 7
Sun 10/4
Denver Broncos at Denver (3-0)
L 10 - 17
Sun 10/11
Kansas City Chiefs at Kansas City (0-4)
W 26 - 20
Bye
Sun 10/25
Atlanta Falcons Atlanta (4-1)
W 37 - 21
Sun 11/1
Seattle Seahawks Seattle (2-4)
W 38 - 17
Sun 11/8
Philadelphia Eagles at Philadelphia (5-2)
W 20 - 16
Sun 11/15
Green Bay Packers at Green Bay (4-4)
L 7 - 17
Sun 11/22
Washington Redskins Washington (3-6)
W 7 - 6
Thu 11/26
Oakland Raiders Oakland (3-7)
W 24 - 7
Sun 12/6
New York Giants at NY Giants (6-5)
L 24 - 31
Sun 12/13
San Diego Chargers San Diego (9-3)
L 17 - 20
Sat 12/19
New Orleans Saints at New Orleans (13-0)
W 24 - 17
Sun 12/27
Washington Redskins at Washington (4-10)
W 17 - 0
Sun 1/3
Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia (11-4)
W 24 - 0
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Christmas '09
This Christmas, we FINALLY went to Bay Minette, AL to spend it with my Nanny (Dad's Mom). It was so much fun! I haven't been to Alabama since before my accident in 2005. We saw my Nanny, Uncle David, Edward, Dad's cousin Karen, Aunt LaVelle, my cousin Josh & his wife Valerie & their kids Jackson and Sadie.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Second Hand Smoke
Toxins in secondhand smoke
'What exactly is secondhand smoke? It's two different forms of smoke from cigarettes, pipes or cigars:
Sidestream smoke comes directly from the burning tobacco product.
Mainstream smoke is smoke that the smoker exhales.
Secondhand smoke is also known as environmental tobacco smoke, passive smoking, involuntary smoking and perhaps a more descriptive term, tobacco smoke pollution.
Regardless of what you call it, both types of secondhand smoke contain harmful chemicals — and a lot of them. Tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 chemical compounds, more than 250 of which are toxic. And more than 50 of the chemicals in cigarette smoke are known or suspected to cause cancer. Included in secondhand smoke are:
Formaldehyde
Arsenic
Cadmium
Benzene
Polonium
Here are a few more chemicals in secondhand smoke that might sound familiar, along with their effects on health:
Ammonia — irritates your lungs
Carbon monoxide — reduces oxygen in your blood
Methanol — toxic when inhaled or swallowed
Hydrogen cyanide — a potent poison that interferes with respiratory function
The dangerous particles in secondhand smoke can linger in the air for hours. Breathing them even for a short time — as little as 20 or 30 minutes — can harm you in a variety of ways. And breathing in secondhand smoke over years can be all the more dangerous. Health threats to adults from secondhand smoke
Health experts have recognized the relationship between secondhand smoke and health risks for decades. Research exploring these connections continues.
Some of the known or suspected health risks include:
Cancer
Secondhand smoke is a known risk factor for lung cancer. Experts believe that secondhand smoke is to blame for about 3,400 deaths from lung cancer in adult nonsmokers each year in the United States. Secondhand smoke is also linked to cancer of the nasal sinuses.
Heart disease
Secondhand smoke harms the cardiovascular system of nonsmokers in many ways. For one thing, it causes heart disease, such as a heart attack. It also damages blood vessels, interferes with circulation and increases the risk of blood clots. It's estimated that some 35,000 nonsmokers die of secondhand smoke-related heart disease in the United States every year.
Lung disease
Chronic lung ailments, such as bronchitis and asthma, have been associated with secondhand smoke. Exposure to secondhand smoke is also associated with chest tightness at night and feelings of breathlessness after physical activity. Health threats to children from secondhand smoke
Secondhand smoke has a marked effect on the health of infants and children. They're more vulnerable than adults are because they're still developing physically and generally have higher breathing rates, which means they may inhale greater quantities of secondhand smoke than adults do.
For children who live in households where someone smokes, the effects are worst during the child's first five years, since the child may spend the bulk of that time with a smoking parent or guardian. Ironically, infants are at the highest risk of secondhand smoke from their own mothers. A child who spends just one hour in a very smoky room is inhaling as many dangerous chemicals as if he or she smoked 10 or more cigarettes. And even when parents don't smoke at home or in the car, there can still be negative effects when children are exposed to the tobacco smoke pollution released from the clothing and hair of smoking parents. "
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/secondhand-smoke/CC00023.html
'What exactly is secondhand smoke? It's two different forms of smoke from cigarettes, pipes or cigars:
Sidestream smoke comes directly from the burning tobacco product.
Mainstream smoke is smoke that the smoker exhales.
Secondhand smoke is also known as environmental tobacco smoke, passive smoking, involuntary smoking and perhaps a more descriptive term, tobacco smoke pollution.
Regardless of what you call it, both types of secondhand smoke contain harmful chemicals — and a lot of them. Tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 chemical compounds, more than 250 of which are toxic. And more than 50 of the chemicals in cigarette smoke are known or suspected to cause cancer. Included in secondhand smoke are:
Formaldehyde
Arsenic
Cadmium
Benzene
Polonium
Here are a few more chemicals in secondhand smoke that might sound familiar, along with their effects on health:
Ammonia — irritates your lungs
Carbon monoxide — reduces oxygen in your blood
Methanol — toxic when inhaled or swallowed
Hydrogen cyanide — a potent poison that interferes with respiratory function
The dangerous particles in secondhand smoke can linger in the air for hours. Breathing them even for a short time — as little as 20 or 30 minutes — can harm you in a variety of ways. And breathing in secondhand smoke over years can be all the more dangerous. Health threats to adults from secondhand smoke
Health experts have recognized the relationship between secondhand smoke and health risks for decades. Research exploring these connections continues.
Some of the known or suspected health risks include:
Cancer
Secondhand smoke is a known risk factor for lung cancer. Experts believe that secondhand smoke is to blame for about 3,400 deaths from lung cancer in adult nonsmokers each year in the United States. Secondhand smoke is also linked to cancer of the nasal sinuses.
Heart disease
Secondhand smoke harms the cardiovascular system of nonsmokers in many ways. For one thing, it causes heart disease, such as a heart attack. It also damages blood vessels, interferes with circulation and increases the risk of blood clots. It's estimated that some 35,000 nonsmokers die of secondhand smoke-related heart disease in the United States every year.
Lung disease
Chronic lung ailments, such as bronchitis and asthma, have been associated with secondhand smoke. Exposure to secondhand smoke is also associated with chest tightness at night and feelings of breathlessness after physical activity. Health threats to children from secondhand smoke
Secondhand smoke has a marked effect on the health of infants and children. They're more vulnerable than adults are because they're still developing physically and generally have higher breathing rates, which means they may inhale greater quantities of secondhand smoke than adults do.
For children who live in households where someone smokes, the effects are worst during the child's first five years, since the child may spend the bulk of that time with a smoking parent or guardian. Ironically, infants are at the highest risk of secondhand smoke from their own mothers. A child who spends just one hour in a very smoky room is inhaling as many dangerous chemicals as if he or she smoked 10 or more cigarettes. And even when parents don't smoke at home or in the car, there can still be negative effects when children are exposed to the tobacco smoke pollution released from the clothing and hair of smoking parents. "
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/secondhand-smoke/CC00023.html
Saturday, November 7, 2009
FBC Prayer Conference
On November 15, First Baptist Church of McKinney is hosting its annual prayer conference from 3:00pm-6:00pm.
"Join Pastor Jeff and other leaders Sunday, Nov 15, from 3-6pm for some very practical teaching on prayer. Whether you’re a novice or a long-time prayer warrior, there’s a session to help you hone those important prayer skills. The conference is free but registration is encouraged for planning purposes. Childcare (birth thru Kindergarten) is available through registration only. Questions? Contact Nora LaPrade at 469.424.1593"
"Join Pastor Jeff and other leaders Sunday, Nov 15, from 3-6pm for some very practical teaching on prayer. Whether you’re a novice or a long-time prayer warrior, there’s a session to help you hone those important prayer skills. The conference is free but registration is encouraged for planning purposes. Childcare (birth thru Kindergarten) is available through registration only. Questions? Contact Nora LaPrade at 469.424.1593"
Friday, November 6, 2009
Fort Hood Attack
There was an attack yesterday by a military officer at Fort Hood killing 13 soon-to-be deployed soldiers and wounding 30. Awful!
A Search for Answers Following Fort Hood Attack
Shooter in Deadly Fort Hood Attack Remains Alive
Authorities Unable to Speak With Fort Hood Suspect
A Search for Answers Following Fort Hood Attack
Shooter in Deadly Fort Hood Attack Remains Alive
Authorities Unable to Speak With Fort Hood Suspect
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
October 25, 2009
Today marks mine and Billy's 7th Anniversary!
And Dallas Cowboys won againt Atlanta Falcons 37-21!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
I made SAFAC!
I am the new Central Park Campus representative on the Student Activity Fee Advisory Committee (SAFAC) at Collin College. We decide how the Student Life money gets distributed. We meet at the Friday of each month.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
It was eight years ago today
But it seems like just yesterday
The day the world shook
And it all came to a stop
They rocked our world
And now we’re shocking theirs
Showing them that we still have
What they tried to steal
Soldiers are still fighting
To defend our freedoms
Yet we’re so quick to take for granted
What they’re sacrificing
We will never, ever forget
What happened that September morning
And we will always remember
All that we have and everything we stand for
--Cindy Hutson
September 11, 2009
Let’s take a moment out of our busy day today to remember that our country is still at war. At least take a few seconds and visit: http://www.ourmilitary.mil/Message.aspx?SectionID=5 to send a message to the troops—even a quick “Thank you” would do! They are defending our country and are honorably forced to be away from their family, friends, and everyday things (like showers, the internet, their cell phone, the radio, etc.), yet we like to complain about and sweat the small stuff. Hold your loved ones closer, remind them how much you love them, and pray for our troops’ safe return so they can do the same. Thank y’all!
Also, Happy Birthday Jamie!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Happy 50th Birthday Dad & Mom!
Happy 50th Birthday Dad (July 16) and Mom (July 21)! I love you and I'm so glad I am here to share this moment with you!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Billy Mays Died at 50 Yesterday Morning
"Mays, 50, was pronounced dead at his home near Tampa Sunday morning, after his wife Deborah found him unresponsive, Tampa police said.
The autopsy conducted Monday morning revealed Mays suffered from hypertensive heart disease, Adams said.
"It's not uncommon to have a sudden death with this kind of disease," Adams said."
Watch medical examiner discuss Mays' autopsy »
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/29/mays.death/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail
The autopsy conducted Monday morning revealed Mays suffered from hypertensive heart disease, Adams said.
"It's not uncommon to have a sudden death with this kind of disease," Adams said."
Watch medical examiner discuss Mays' autopsy »
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/29/mays.death/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail
Rockets could lose Yao for season, if not longer
"As the NBA draft approached, the grim truth about Yao Ming’s(notes) broken left foot hung like an anvil over the Houston Rockets. The fear isn’t that he’s just lost for next season, but longer.
The Rockets and Yao’s reps are frightened over his future, and the concern is the most base of all: Does Yao Ming ever play again?
“The realization has hit them that this is grave,” one NBA general manager said.
For now, the Rockets have privately told league peers it could be a full season before Yao might be able to return to basketball. Multiple league executives, officials close to Yao and two doctors with knowledge of the diagnoses are describing a troubling re-fracture of his navicular bone. Three pins were inserted a year ago, but the foot cracked in the playoffs and isn’t healing.
“It sounds like he’s missing most of next season, if not the entire 82 games,” one league executive who has had recent discussions with the Houston front office told Yahoo! Sports. “That’s all that [the Rockets] will concede quietly, but they know it’s probably much worse.”
Houston general manager Daryl Morey refused comment on Monday and a team spokesman said the Rockets will not have further comment until Yao undergoes additional medical tests.
There’s no reason for the Rockets to disclose the severity of the injury, nor the uncertainty over Yao’s future. Before the Rockets go public with a dire diagnosis, they plan to send him to three more specialists this week, a source said. For now, the Rockets have season tickets and sponsorships to sell. For now, the Rockets will publicly decry these doomsday revelations as premature, but this is the reality that they’re working under within the organization.
This has turned into an impossible situation for the Rockets’ capable GM. Even if Yao plays again, Morey knows it’s just a matter of time until his lower body breaks down. His feet and ankles just can’t support the mobility of his 7-foot-6 frame.
With four surgeries in three years, the Rockets worried they were reaching a breaking point. Well, it’s here. After missing 86 games in the previous three seasons, the 28-year-old Yao missed a mere five this past regular season before injuring his foot during the Rockets’ second-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers.
It wasn’t until last week when Houston issued a statement saying Yao’s fractured foot hadn’t healed properly, that he would be unavailable “indefinitely.”
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-yaorockets062909&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
The Rockets and Yao’s reps are frightened over his future, and the concern is the most base of all: Does Yao Ming ever play again?
“The realization has hit them that this is grave,” one NBA general manager said.
For now, the Rockets have privately told league peers it could be a full season before Yao might be able to return to basketball. Multiple league executives, officials close to Yao and two doctors with knowledge of the diagnoses are describing a troubling re-fracture of his navicular bone. Three pins were inserted a year ago, but the foot cracked in the playoffs and isn’t healing.
“It sounds like he’s missing most of next season, if not the entire 82 games,” one league executive who has had recent discussions with the Houston front office told Yahoo! Sports. “That’s all that [the Rockets] will concede quietly, but they know it’s probably much worse.”
Houston general manager Daryl Morey refused comment on Monday and a team spokesman said the Rockets will not have further comment until Yao undergoes additional medical tests.
There’s no reason for the Rockets to disclose the severity of the injury, nor the uncertainty over Yao’s future. Before the Rockets go public with a dire diagnosis, they plan to send him to three more specialists this week, a source said. For now, the Rockets have season tickets and sponsorships to sell. For now, the Rockets will publicly decry these doomsday revelations as premature, but this is the reality that they’re working under within the organization.
This has turned into an impossible situation for the Rockets’ capable GM. Even if Yao plays again, Morey knows it’s just a matter of time until his lower body breaks down. His feet and ankles just can’t support the mobility of his 7-foot-6 frame.
With four surgeries in three years, the Rockets worried they were reaching a breaking point. Well, it’s here. After missing 86 games in the previous three seasons, the 28-year-old Yao missed a mere five this past regular season before injuring his foot during the Rockets’ second-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers.
It wasn’t until last week when Houston issued a statement saying Yao’s fractured foot hadn’t healed properly, that he would be unavailable “indefinitely.”
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-yaorockets062909&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Michael Jackson Pronounced Dead at 50
"Pop star Michael Jackson was pronounced dead today after paramedics found him in a coma at his Bel-Air mansion, city and law enforcement sources told The Times.
Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Steve Ruda told The Times that paramedics responded to a 911 call from the home. When they arrived, Jackson was not breathing.
The paramedics performed CPR and took Jackson to UCLA Medical Center, Ruda said. Hundreds of reporters gathered at the hospital awaiting word on his condition. The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said family members rushed to Jackson’s bedside, where he was in a deep coma.
The circumstances of Jackson’s death remain unclear. Law enforcement sources said that Los Angeles Police Department robbery-homicide detectives have opened an investigation into the death, though they stressed that there is no evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
The detectives plan to interview relatives, friends and Jackson’s doctors to try to figure out what happened. The L.A. County coroner’s office will determine a cause of death. A Los Angeles Fire Department source told The Times that Jackson was in full cardiac arrest when rescue units arrived.
A doctor was in the house performing CPR on Jackson, said the source who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Paramedics were called to a home in the 100 block of Carolwood Drive off Sunset Boulevard.
Jackson rented the Bel-Air home -- described as a French chateau built in 2002 with seven bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, 12 fireplaces and a theater -- for $100,000 a month. The home is about a six-minute drive from UCLA Medical Center. Jackson has three children -- sons Prince Michael 7, and Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., 12, and daughter Paris Michael Katherine, 11.
Jackson, 50, died as he was attempting a comeback after years of tabloid headlines, most notably his trial and acquittal on child molestation charges.
In May, The Times reported that Jackson had rented the Bel-Air residence and was rehearsing for a series of 50 sold-out shows in London's O2 Arena. Jackson had won the backing of two billionaires to get the so-called "King of Pop" back on stage.
His backers envisioned the shows at AEG's O2 as an audition for a career rebirth that could have ultimately encompassed a three-year world tour, a new album, movies, a Graceland-like museum, musical revues in Las Vegas and Macau, and even a "Thriller" casino. Such a rebound could have wiped out Jackson's massive debt."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/pop-star-michael-jackson-was-rushed-to-a-hospital-this-afternoon-by-los-angeles-fire-department-paramedics--capt-steve-ruda.html
Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Steve Ruda told The Times that paramedics responded to a 911 call from the home. When they arrived, Jackson was not breathing.
The paramedics performed CPR and took Jackson to UCLA Medical Center, Ruda said. Hundreds of reporters gathered at the hospital awaiting word on his condition. The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said family members rushed to Jackson’s bedside, where he was in a deep coma.
The circumstances of Jackson’s death remain unclear. Law enforcement sources said that Los Angeles Police Department robbery-homicide detectives have opened an investigation into the death, though they stressed that there is no evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
The detectives plan to interview relatives, friends and Jackson’s doctors to try to figure out what happened. The L.A. County coroner’s office will determine a cause of death. A Los Angeles Fire Department source told The Times that Jackson was in full cardiac arrest when rescue units arrived.
A doctor was in the house performing CPR on Jackson, said the source who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Paramedics were called to a home in the 100 block of Carolwood Drive off Sunset Boulevard.
Jackson rented the Bel-Air home -- described as a French chateau built in 2002 with seven bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, 12 fireplaces and a theater -- for $100,000 a month. The home is about a six-minute drive from UCLA Medical Center. Jackson has three children -- sons Prince Michael 7, and Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., 12, and daughter Paris Michael Katherine, 11.
Jackson, 50, died as he was attempting a comeback after years of tabloid headlines, most notably his trial and acquittal on child molestation charges.
In May, The Times reported that Jackson had rented the Bel-Air residence and was rehearsing for a series of 50 sold-out shows in London's O2 Arena. Jackson had won the backing of two billionaires to get the so-called "King of Pop" back on stage.
His backers envisioned the shows at AEG's O2 as an audition for a career rebirth that could have ultimately encompassed a three-year world tour, a new album, movies, a Graceland-like museum, musical revues in Las Vegas and Macau, and even a "Thriller" casino. Such a rebound could have wiped out Jackson's massive debt."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/pop-star-michael-jackson-was-rushed-to-a-hospital-this-afternoon-by-los-angeles-fire-department-paramedics--capt-steve-ruda.html
Farrah Fawcett Dies at 62
"Farrah Fawcett died this morning at 9:28 at the St. John's Health Center in Los Angeles after a courageous and lengthy battle with cancer. She was 62.
The '70s style icon and "Charlie's Angels" star was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on February 2, 1947 and attended the University of Texas at Austin. She got her first career break in the late 1960s, appearing in TV commercials and then guest-starring on TV shows such as "I Dream of Jeannie," "The Flying Nun" and "The Partridge Family." She also appeared on several episodes of "The Six Million Dollar Man," starring husband Lee Majors. The couple married in 1973 but separated in 1979, divorcing in 1982. Afterwards, Farrah began a tempestuous, on-and-off relationship with actor Ryan O'Neal, and the pair had a son, Redmond O'Neal, in 1985.
In 1976, Farrah's celebrity status skyrocketed after she posed in a red bathing suit with a bright smile for an iconic poster that would go on to sell millions of copies, coupled with her debut that fall as Jill Munroe on Aaron Spelling's "Charlie's Angels." Hugely famous, her feathered hairstyle look became an international trendsetter and she even marketed her own shampoo.
After appearing as a regular on "Charlie's Angels" for only one season, Farrah made a bid to be taken more seriously, starring off-Broadway in Extremities and later making a film version which garnered her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She also was acknowledged with Globe and Emmy nominations for "The Burning Bed" and "Small Sacrifices," among other serious TV movie projects.
She made her mark on the big screen, starring in such films as 'Logan's Run,' 'The Cannonball Run,' 'Saturn 3,' 'Dr. T and the Women,' 'Man of the House' and 'The Apostle.' Other TV appearances included the short-lived sitcom "Good Sports" with O'Neal, "Ally McBeal," "Spin City" and her own reality series, "Chasing Farrah," culminating in the poignant "Farrah's Story" this year, documenting her brave battle with cancer.
She was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, Farrah was actively involved in charity work with the Cancer Society and had also campaigned against domestic violence, a theme tied to "The Burning Bed" and 'Extremities.'
She is survived by her 24-year-old son, Redmond, and her longtime friend and companion, O'Neal."
Monday, June 8, 2009
Celebrate Freedom!
Celebrate Freedom is 94.9's FREE Christian concert on June 27, 2009! We're going & you should too! It's at Southfork Ranch in Parker, TX from 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM with fireworks at night.
Featured Artists:
Big Daddy Weave Morning
Bluetree Morning
Sarah Reeves Late Morning
Josh Wilson Afternoon
Kari Jobe Afternoon
MIKESCHAIR Mid-Day
Sanctus Real Mid-Day
Selah Late Afternoon
The Afters Late Afternoon
Leeland Early Evening
Lincoln Brewster Early Evening
Newsboys Early Evening
Mark Schultz Evening
Kirk Franklin Evening
Jeremy Camp Late Evening
Get free tickets at any Chick Fil-A, Care Now, or Capital One. See you there!
Featured Artists:
Big Daddy Weave Morning
Bluetree Morning
Sarah Reeves Late Morning
Josh Wilson Afternoon
Kari Jobe Afternoon
MIKESCHAIR Mid-Day
Sanctus Real Mid-Day
Selah Late Afternoon
The Afters Late Afternoon
Leeland Early Evening
Lincoln Brewster Early Evening
Newsboys Early Evening
Mark Schultz Evening
Kirk Franklin Evening
Jeremy Camp Late Evening
Get free tickets at any Chick Fil-A, Care Now, or Capital One. See you there!
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