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Carmel Symphony Orchestra cellist Jennifer Weber, shown in her hospital bed and performing with the symphony (bottom right), is recovering from her double-lung transplant on Jan. 10.

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After a double-lung transplant, Carmel Symphony cellist Jennifer Weber can breathe normally for the first time in her life

By Kevin Kane Current in Carmel Lying in a bed at Methodist Hospital, surrounded by walls of cards reading “get well soon,” Jennifer Weber has been on the slow road to recovery following a double-lung transplant.

The Carmel Symphony Orchestra cellist, attorney and Indianapolis resident was born with cystic fibrosis. Until recently, she’d spent her entire life with two bad lungs. A few years ago, however, Weber said she was becoming progressively more ill. Nearly every non-surgical tactic had been employed with no success, leaving a transplant as her only remaining option.

So Weber went on the waiting list for two new lungs. Several factors, including her subfive-foot height, made finding a matching pair more difficult than normal. While she said average time on the wait list is about two years, she spent five years hoping for a match. After waiting so long, she said her hope for receiving new lungs started to fade, but she remained positive.

“Towards the end of last year, I sort of took the philosophy that even if I didn’t get a transplant, if more people became aware of organ transplants, that would be a good thing,” she said.

But on Jan. 10, Weber got the call she’d began to doubt would ever come. While at Starbucks getting coffee, she received a call from Methodist informing her that a match had been identified. Weber rushed to the hospital a few blocks away with little time to make arrangements.

“I was calling my friend and saying, ‘You’re in charge of taking care of my cats,’ and I called a coworker and said, ‘You’re in charge of telling my boss,’” Weber said.

Nine hours after receiving the important call, Weber was under the knife, receiving her new lungs. The operation was a success, with few

Double verus single One doctor at Methodist Hospital who chose to remain unidentified, said doublelung transplants are becoming more popular than single transplants, as replacing both lungs provides better long-term improvements. At that facility alone, the doctor said several double-lung transplants are performed each month.

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Jennifer Weber has been a cellist with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra for the past 10 years. Born with cystic fibrosis, Weber had a doublelung transplant on Jan. 10 after waiting five years to find a matching donor.

complications. Weber spent her first post-transhospital and go home in time for Sunday’s plant days in intensive care, but soon she was in Super Bowl. An infection and headaches delayed a normal room, undergoing breathing exercises her discharge by one week, but last week she and physical therapy as she tried to recover her was scheduled to be home by the weekend. strength. In time, she will be able to breathe Though she said she may “go bonkers” waitbetter than ever, but for someone who’s never ing to return to work, Weber said she may breathed normally, even that will be a challenge. be able to practice on her cello in the mean“Half the battle’s just training yourself how time, which she said may also be good for her to breathe with these new lungs because my muscles. After such a long layoff, Weber said it old ones didn’t work so well,” she said. “Two isn’t a slip in technique that concerns her – it’s weeks ago, I couldn’t have talked in a complete her lack of stamina. While she works to return sentence.” to old form, some are suggesting she try new Weber said her doctors have told her she can things. The 10-year member of the CSO said go back to work, and she’s never been interthe symphony, in ested in or able to play how to donate three months. Until woodwind instruthen, her actions are ments, always sticking somewhat limited. to strings.

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let her try with their instruments now that she has new lungs and more breathing capacity. As a joke, one even gave her a recorder as a gift to help her get started. Weber said she doubts she’ll ever ditch stringed instruments, but at least now, she has the option to do so.

“Maybe I’ll get the inclination,” she said.

more donors needed According to the Indiana Organ Procurement Organization (IOPO), more than 25,000 lives were saved from organ transplants in the United States alone.

However, more than 100,000 in this country are currently waiting for new organs, including over 1,000 in Indiana. Statistics from the IOPO state that over 1,800 patients are awaiting new lungs, 58 of whom are from Indiana.

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It is our position that Senate Bill 150 (which passed this past week by a vote of 31-19) makes sense. The bill dictates that Indiana public schools will resume session not earlier than Labor Day and adjourn for the summer on or before June 10.

The idea, as expressed by Hamilton County resident and State Senator Mike Delph, is to return to a policy that allows for a full summer for all kids (and their families) in our fair state. If necessary, the need for instructional time can be addressed by a longer school day throughout the year or other mechanism.

However, we are concerned that the move shows the increasing tension between political bodies all seeking control over the education of our future generations. The state superintendent of public instruction has introduced a number of centralized actions changing business as usual for teachers and administrators. And the Governor’s recent economy-driven funding cuts are further pushing educators to be creative.

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Every week, we will print a portion of the U.S. Constitution, followed by a portion of the Indiana Constitution. We encourage you to benchmark government policies against these bedrock documents. Today: the U.S. Constitution..

Article. II. Section. 1. continued No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

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From the backshop O, Canada! We have his back (and heart) We’re certain you found it to be as interesting as we did that Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams will undergo heart surgery in the United States. Needless to say, his decision to leave Canada for the operation here on our soil has raised questions over his shunning of Canada’s health-care system.

••• We’re getting a bit tired of President Obama’s swipes at Las Vegas. Did you hear his latest comment: “You don’t blow a bunch of cash in Vegas when you’re trying to save for college.” That’s right. Apparently, it’s much better to send your money to Washington, which has demonstrated such stellar stewardship of our dough. At least in Vegas there’s a chance you’ll get something back on your investment. Not so – and not even close - with Washington.

••• Are you still laughing over IPS and the whole Super Bowl fiasco? You’ll recall, IPS initially wanted to cancel classes yesterday on the heels of the Super Bowl. The reason? Apparently many school bus drivers called in sick the day after the Colts’ last Super Bowl appearance. So, instead of firing these irresponsible employees, Supt.

Eugene White was simply planning to cancel

Brian Kelly & Steve Greenberg classes. That’s leadership, isn’t it? He ended up compromising, after being criticized (and rightly so) and starting the school day an hour later than normal, and adding a half hour at the end of the day. Again, why is he compromising? And, why is the school’s top administrator spending time on an issue such as this? So, next time you hear about the problems and failures at IPS, this might give you a clue as to the reasons why.

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Anker's column hits home Editor: Terry Anker’s column “Seeing your own name on a tombstone” (Jan. 12) hit home! Thank you. It reminded me that life is too short! My brothers and I have not spoken since my dad’s funeral. I continue to send Christmas cards and

Easter cards and e-mails their way, but to no avail! Thank you for the Dickens example. Life IS fleeting!!!

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Wilson needs to reevaluate her parenting Editor: I read with utter disbelief Danielle Wilson’s column titled “Bravo modern medicine! Pills are awesome,” which ran in the Jan. 19 edition of Current. This column went way beyond her normal brainless diatribes.

This time, she openly admits to sending a child to school suspecting he had pink eye. It’s bad enough she decided to medically evaluate and treat with prescription drugs without consulting her family doctor, but to send a child to school with the possibility of having a severely contagious disease is appalling!

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desired move might be more to accommodate school employees (especially Indianapolis Public School bus drivers who last Super Bowl called in “sick” in astounding numbers). It seems some believe a late night of television justifies that the children (and their families) are told to wait on learning.

This is not some bah humbug on sport. On the contrary, sport teaches many important life lessons, and I’m a fan. But would the Colts achieve success if they took off the next day after a big night out? Would the team cancel practice because American Idol had a late start time the night before? Excellence is earned specifically by not taking the easy path. Isn’t the antidote for hard partying hard working? Do we really deserve a pass?

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By Terry Anker By the time this appears in print, I hope and expect that we will all be basking in the afterglow of a well-executed Colts Super Bowl victory in Miami. And kids will be back in school, whether they started on Monday (on time or on a two-hour delay) or appeared on Tuesday after a bout with the Blue Flu. The debate about whether the youngsters will be able to make it though the day after an important sporting event will be largely behind us.

But will the lesson on work ethic and commitment to higher principles remain? And will that lesson be one of which we can be proud?

As thinking and responsible people began to suggest in earnest that schools should be cancelled in a wholesale fashion because the students (fresh from an important cultural event) would be either too tired or too excited to make it through the day, it struck me that we might be expecting entirely too little of our progeny.

Later, it ultimately became clear that the

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And all because “it was a looonnngggg winter break,” obviously indicating she wanted the kids out of the house. She obviously has no concern for any of the other kids in her child’s class. If I were a parent with a child in that school who comes down with pink eye, she would be getting sued for the doctor’s bills and the “awesome medications” I would have to pay for because of her stupidity and selfishness.

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DISPATCHES » Friends of the Library garage sale – On Feb. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m at the library garage (southeast corner of the Carmel Clay Public Library), find great deals and help the Friends organization raise money for the Carmel Library. Items for sale will include office furniture, lighting, printers, shelving and much more. Cash, check and Mastercard/Visa accepted. For more information, call 317-571-4292. » Special Olympics afternoon – The Carmel Repertory Theatre is hosting a Special Olympics afternoon Feb. 21 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 per person/student if related/involved with Special Olympics. Otherwise tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students/seniors. Concession specials will be offered, too, with some proceeds going to benefit the Special Olympics. Visit www.carmelrepertory. com for details. » Gallery Walk – On Feb. 13, the Arts & Design District will welcome visitors to enjoy a romantic evening of art, food and entertainment at its thirdannual Valentine’s Day Gallery Walk. From 5 to 10 p.m., the galleries and merchants of the District will host themed open houses with entertainment and refreshments. For more information, visit www.

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State needs to rethink cuts in education budget more students, thereby eliminating the number of faculty positions Commentary needed and saving thousands on salaries.

By Danielle Wilson Traditional teaching schedules make more financial sense, I supI’m a bit miffed. I attended an informational meeting last night pose, and certainly seems to be a more efficient way to educate, but for parents of soon-to-be middle schoolers, and while I was imwhat are we sacrificing in the name of fiscal responsibility? These pressed with the administrators and the curriculum, I was very are our children. This is their education. And this is middle school disturbed when I heard how Indiana’s $300 million education cut for God sake’s, where children are going through puberty and all was going to affect our school system. Four million right off the its magical ugliness. Now more than ever, they need good combat, starting this fall. FOUR MILLION. And one of the ways the munication, constant encouragement and as much emotional and school board is looking to offset that deficit is to eliminate the academic support as they can get. You remember being 12 don’t team teaching program at the middle school level. you? It sucked.

Now, this is my first child to enter junior high. (It’s now called And for the state to say that education is a priority just makes middle school, by the way, for all of you old-timers. When I told me sick. How can it be a priority if they’re taking money away my husband I was leaving for the meeting at his alma mater, he from it? Our towns may be able to cover the differences because we said, “No. I didn’t go there. I went to Carmel Junior High.” He’s are lucky enough to live in fairly affluent communities, but what old too.) about the rural counties who are already suffering? What about The only experience I have had with team teaching was back in some of the urban neighborhoods who don’t even have PTOs to 1995 when I did a short-term substitute stint for sixth-grade scihelp pay for new playgrounds and school libraries and science labs? ence in Louisville, Kent. One group of seventh-grade teachers was What are those kids going to do? trying out a new pedagogical approach based on a team of teachers Indiana lawmakers, this is ridiculous. We’re already way behind who work with the same kids – five teachers, each covering a difmost of the country in education. We don’t have free full-day kinferent course of study, per 100 children. They all got to know each dergarten, we make parents pay for books, and now we’re forcing other’s students, resulting in better overall communication and school boards to cut teacher positions and eliminate important more cross-curriculum teaching. The teachers on this team had programs like team teaching (and the arts, vocational classes, world also elected to wear uniforms … the teachers wore the uniforms … languages – don’t even get me started!) Get your priorities straight: which I think is why I remember this group. Weird.

Our future (read: our children) should come first. Peace out.

Anyway, as a high school teacher who may have 150 students a semester without ever having one who is also being taught by a friend, I think team teaching sounds awesome, particularly at the middle school level when it’s pretty easy for kids to slip through Danielle Wilson is a Carmel resident and contributing columnist. You may e-mail her at danielle@ the cracks. But apparently, by cutting the system out and returning Advertisement currentincarmel.com. to a traditional teaching approach, the city could save $750,000.

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By Aaron Cummins Current in Carmel The Carmel Repertory Theatre is teaming up with Carmel High School’s Dance Marathon on Feb. 20th to give back to the community.

The Carmel Repertory Theatre (The Rep) provides an opportunity to develop, engage and challenge audiences and volunteers through theater education and performances for both artists and the greater Carmel area. The company is now giving back to the community by setting a high goal: to pair each of their nine shows with a different non-profit organization. As well as Carmel High School’s Dance Marathon, The Rep is sponsoring the Washington County Special Olympics for their show on Feb. 21st.

The standard sponsorship that The Rep provides to non-profit organizations includes a collection bucket and a concession deal. The Rep volunteers will hand make “Repzels,” which are chocolate-covered pretzels with assorted toppings. Two “Repzels” and a soft drink will be on sale for three dollars, one of which will go towards the non-profit organization of the night.

“The community gives so much that we would like to give back,” said The Rep’s RJ Rothchild.

Rothchild’s daughter, Gabbie Rothchild, will personally be attending Carmel High School’s dance marathon after performing in the Rep’s production “All Shook Up.” Her financial and physical donations to the cause are sure to

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The Carmel Repertory Theatre has been rehearsing for its latest production “All Shook Up” which will be performed in conjunction with Carmel High School’s dance marathon later this month.

help motivate students and audience members around the important cause. The Riley Children’s Foundation is the fundraising arm for Riley Children’s Hospital providing funds for clinical programs and research.

Carmel High School’s Dance Marathon is the largest on the high school level in the country.

In just five years they have raised $383,000 for Riley Children’s Hospital, pulling in $160,000 in 2009 alone. Around a fourth of the student body participates in the event, giving the students leadership opportunities.

“We are very fortunate to have Riley Hospital in our metropolitan area,” Rothchild said. “It offers its patients more than just treatment, it offers them hope and compassion.”

Mel for the future Youtube remake of “Falcon Crest.” I can hear Melvin barking orders and challenging the competence of this transaction. This will be a windfall for the legal community and malpractice insurers. My sincere sympathy goes to the children, grandchildren, employees, and friends.

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By Brian Shapiro With great pain, I wonder about the validity of the latest drama of Mel Simon.

The contested will that essentially eliminates his children and the Jewish organizations in Central Indiana just seems to defy common sense. The entire issue can be resolved by a simple video of the latest will signing ceremony. The video would need to show a mental state. The law does not require this, but why would a video not be made? Surely, there is a video of this transaction. A medical doctor and a psychologist should be examining the

Brian Shapiro is a Carmel resident and contributing columnist.

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Well-known local auto dealer passes away Thomas Ingraham “Tom” Wood, Automotive Group, past president age 77 of Carmel, passed away Feb. of the Auto Trade Association and 4. He was born in Kalamazoo, Mich. a member of numerous automotive professional organizations. He was a and was a graduate of Western Michigan University. He served in two time winner of the prestigious the U. S. Army as a first lieutenant TIME Magazine Quality Dealer and combat engineer in Europe Award. Also an avid pilot, Tom flew during the Korean War. His love for his vintage war birds in air shows around the country and was named the automotive business began in WOOD the Riley Hospital for Children Kalamazoo in 1958, selling Edsels Indianapolis Aviator of the Year in 1998. His and Sunbeams. In 1967 he and his family moved to Indianapolis to become a Pontiac other passions included golf, skiing, hunting dealer. He was CEO and owner of Tom Wood and fishing.

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Dance under Moon’s spell at The Mansion on Valentine’s Day

By Zach Dunkin Current in Carmel Disc jockey Sunny Moon doesn’t have “This Could be the Start of Something” is his current collection of hundreds of tunes but that 1956 standard written by Steve Allen just might be the perfect theme song for his latest venture Usually spinning CD’s at weddings, corporate gigs and parties a couple of times a week, Moon is excited about a new possibility at The Mansion at Oak Hill. On Valentine’s Day he’ll host “Valentine’s Dancing By MOON the Light of the Moon,” a first-time dinner-dance event at the historic building.

“This has a lot of potential and I’m excited about it,” said Moon, who has been playing music for more than 40 years. “I have never actually played somewhere on a regular basis when the public could come and enjoy the mix of things that I put together. I feel like we can do something with this.”

Moon will bring his tried and true battery of songs, a collection that covers everything from

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“We thought we’d give it a shot,” said owner Bob Zehr. “It’s a demographic issue, and we want to see if there is a market out there for a place where people can go and dance and have dinner at a nice place at an affordable price.”

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One of Carmel’s oldest civic groups continues spirit of camaraderie COMMENTARY By jeff Worrell If you were to meet Tricia Carrington for the first time, you would be immediately inspired by her affable and welcoming disposition. An engaging woman who just a few years ago could not identify a single friend or acquaintance in Carmel. Not because of some deviant character flaw, but simply because she was new to our area, having just relocated to Carmel from Illinois.

This scenario plays out frequently for newcomers. Some struggle, never finding their niche. But Tricia found a group of classy ladies who equaled her in positive attributes and freely offered her so much more in return.

The Carmel Woman’s Club claims a diverse membership that spans generations, backgrounds and interests, creating a stimulating atmosphere for civic and social exchange. Tricia, just three years later, claims deep, personal relationships with her newfound friends. And the feelings must be mutual, as the club elected her president this year for the second year in a row.

When the ladies gather at noon on the third Monday of each month at Prairie View Golf Course, high on their agenda is serving the community. For years, Dorothy Lutz has been organizing and scheduling the ushers for

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the Carmel Symphony Orchestra using club members. Through fundraisers, membership dues and corporate sponsorships, CWC supports dozens of local organizations, including the Police Explorers, the city of Carmel Tree Program, the Flowing Well, Greenspace and Third Phase Food Pantry.

Coming this spring is their primary fundraiser, dessert and card party. Just write down on your calendar, “must attend May 12.”

They are an admirable bunch, not only because of their benevolence, but more importantly because of their spirit. They want to help, and they do so without flash and self-promotion.

For 38 years, they have been grinding out financial and physical support to help make Carmel the great place it is.

But better than that are the beautiful friendships that await you should you decide to All consultations are discreet and held in strict confidence, no information is shared. become the newest member of the Carmel Woman’s Club. Let Tricia introduce you to her friends. Send a note to cwcpresident@hotmail. com.

Jeff Worrell is a local business owner. He recognizes volunteers on “Connecting with Carmel” on cable channel 16. Contact him at jworrell@advantagemedical.com

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Gone and went: Shades of grey COMMENTARY

By Brandie Bohney Last week, I discussed the difference between gone and went. This week, I’d like to expand on that topic just a little more. Since last week I basically just covered the fact that gone gets an auxiliary verb, and went doesn’t, this week, I want to focus on the difference in meaning between have gone and went As far as most people are concerned, there is no difference between the following statements: He went.

He has gone.

The second sentence is slightly longer, and therefore, students struggling to reach a minimum number of words for an essay will use that construction more often. The problem for them and others is here is a slight change in what the sentences mean.

The construction of a form of have with a past-perfect verb creates a present-perfect verb (has gone). A past-tense verb by itself is simple past tense (went). I know, I know. My head still spins when trying to explain this. One of the main purposes of using present-perfect tense, though, is to describe an ongoing event or an event that happened at an unspecified point in the past.

Therefore, if I say, “He has gone,” it is reasonable to assume, simply because of the construction of the verb, that he is still gone. If, however, I say, “He went,” the meaning shifts slightly to

connote that he may be back already. You can take this connotation even further. If I tell you Jim went to Jamaica twice, it can indicate that he will not be going back. But if I tell you Jim has gone to Jamaica twice, you may assume he will return.

These are crazy shades of gray, people. Platinum and silver. Lead and iron. Most people will not take notice of the difference, but the thing to remember is that if you want to connote one meaning or the other, it’s important to know the difference.

The same slight change in meaning exists between have gone and have been as they relate to a location. If I say I have been to St. Thomas, you can safely assume I am not there now (unfortunately for me). But if I tell you I have gone to St. Thomas, the meaning shifts to indicate that I am currently there (and I wish I were). Again, the similarity is much greater than the difference, and most people won’t notice.

Something you cannot do with the past perfect tense, though, is assign a specific date or time to the reference. Simple past is required for that: He went to Fiji in 2005, and he has not come back. Get it?

Brandie Bohney is a grammar enthusiast and former English teacher. If you have a grammarrelated question, please email her at bbthegrammarguru@gmail.com.

CELEBRATE “THE KING’S” 75TH BIRTHDAY WITH US! Come Out and Meet Elvis Presley Impersonator Doug Peet Wednesday, February 17th, 6:30 to 9:00pm At Buffalo Wild Wings 2510 East 146th Street 317-848-2500 Performances: Friday and Saturday at 8PM, Sunday at 2:30 PM February: 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 March: 5, 6, 7

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• The William K. Nasser, MD Dining A La Heart 19th Annual Fundraiser is endorsed by The Care Group, a statewide network of cardiologists and primary care physicians and proceeds benefit The Reviving Hearts Program to place automated external defibrillators (AEDs) into area high schools.

• To date we have placed 35 AEDs with training and follow up procedures in local high schools. Two high school student’s lives were saved this year because of the availability of an AED, which was presented to their high schools through our fundraising efforts.

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Children who live with patience COMMENTARY

By Becky Kapsalis Patience: “The ability to endure waiting, delay or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset or to persevere calmly when faced with difficulties.”

Children who live with patience learn to endure waiting, delay or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset and to preserve calmly when faced with difficulties.

I’ll bet you didn’t realize your children were learning patience while you were living patience. Our kids live with our patience every day. Consider that in the course of raising children, we have the ability to endure waiting (doctor’s visits come to mind); we endure delays (getting homework done on time); we endure provocation (sibling rivalries). We do all this without getting annoyed or upset – hmmmmm – we may have to rethink this one.

But I know we persevere calmly when faced with difficulties. See, in a course of one day, you’ve exercised patience without knowing it.

I think it’s time you recognize your patience so you can take credit for having it.

Patience is not about letting our kids get away with any behavior we find unacceptable. Patience is persevering calmly in spite

of temper tantrums, backtalk, hitting, spitting, bullying, cursing and any generally poor behavior. Patience does not include power struggles or egocentric behavior. Patience sets in when we realize we do not own the above mentioned behaviors. They belong to the perpetrator. Patience does not blame, accuse, excuse, manipulate, judge, evaluate or compare. Patience endures! Patience perseveres!

Patience is not gender specific and does not discriminate.

The ability to endure waiting is, probably, the greatest evidence of a patient parent. Waiting for the school bus to pick up and deliver our children; waiting in checkout lanes in the grocery store to see our kids are fed properly; waiting for our kids to get to and from extracurricular activities. See yourself in any of these “patient” driven activities? How you handle your patience is what you are teaching your kids. Patience is a learned virtue. Hugs!

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Black: Good for decorating, bad with ice

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By Vicki Earley Black is an outstanding color choice for home decorating – it grounds a room and provides an excellent background for vibrant colors. Black is a fabulous color for apparel – it is sophisticated and can be dressed up or dressed down. I advocate the use of the color black in just about every application … except ice.

I had heard of the concept of black ice but had never met it personally. We were formally introduced last Tuesday on a northern stretch of I-65.

Cindy Thomas, Amy Humes and I had ventured to Chicago for a weekend buying trip. The evening roads of Chicago were lightly snow covered, but the city rush-hour traffic was heavy enough to give me the excuse I needed to drive at the pace of a snail as we left the city.

Road conditions changed as the winds from the lake picked up and the temperature dropped. Night-time driving is riskier, so another night at a hotel was in order. This decision would surely give the roads time to clean up and clear up by morning!

Traffic was a bit heavy for a late Tuesday morning on I-65. The roads were not great, but OK. I recall chatter about tea towels, the Colts going to the Super Bowl and decorating the corner store. The last image in my mind was of a bright blue store display in honor of our hometown NFL guys.

We came around a bend, and the car took on a life, determination and path of its own. Our destiny was no longer in my hands; it was in the hands of physics and fate. We had met black ice.

We veered to the left, to the right and then again to the left while still projecting forward. A semi was in the left lane and our trajectory was directly under the 18 wheeler that was oblivious to our menacing, yet helpless, presence.

By the grace of God, the rear end of the car spun to the front

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and directed us out of the path of the semi under-belly and into the safety of a 12-foot ravine.

When the car finished behaving like a “not so merry” merrygo-round, the car came to a silent stop. The three of us sat quietly and simply held hands. We had just witnessed the fragility of life.

The same black ice that took us down an unintended path loomed ahead of the cars and semis that were coming around the same bend. We were in their path if their circumstances were the same.

Only one vehicle stopped to offer assistance. A man climbed down from a truck and made his way down the wet and icy ravine. He approached our car and, with genuine concern, asked if we were OK. After assuring himself we were unharmed, he returned to his truck, backed up on the shoulder of the road and proceeded to drop salt on the perilous glaze of black ice that had sent us into a relentless spiral. He then parked his truck directly between our trapped vehicle and the oncoming traffic until it was apparent the ice had been tamed.

I don’t know who this man was, and I know I would not recognize him, even if our paths were to cross again. I am, however, humbled by his kindness and humanity.

I am so grateful for kind people who step forward when dangers present themselves. I am also quite grateful for the experience of many years of driving.

Go hug your family.

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DISPATCHES » Hot flash breathing – Here’s a breathing exercise that slashed the number of hot flashes in half in three small studies: • Sit in a quiet room in comfortable clothing. Don’t lie down (to avoid falling asleep).

• Inhale slowly and deeply through your nose for five seconds, then exhale slowly through pursed lips for 8 seconds. Focus on the air going in and out. Breathe into the bottom part of your lungs.

• When your mind wanders, return your focus to your breath.

• Repeat for 15 minutes each in the morning and afternoon.

-Nutrition Action Health Letter » Vasectomy and prostate cancer – There’s no plausible reason that vasectomy would increase the risk of prostate cancer, but the rumor exists still. Men who undergo vasectomy tend to be health-conscious people who see their doctors frequently, so the higher cancer rate found in some studies probably just reflects better diagnosis of prostate cancer in those men.

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Does the popularity of cosmetic procedures indicate economic growth?

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By Dr. Barry Eppley The recovery from our recent and ongoing recession has been speculated by numerous economic experts. The recent State of the Union address assures us the worst is over. Frankly, I take solace in any of the above pontifications about as much as I trust giving the government 1.5 trillion dollars in an ill-conceived overhaul of our health care system.

A recent survey says the number of cosmetic procedures was up during the fourth quarter of 2009. Manufacturers of Botox, injectable fillers and lasers have reported their sales increased in the fourth quarter of 2009 for the first time in years, up anywhere from 2 to 8 percent.

Are these results a sign that the economy is really improving? Luxury and discretionary spending are often viewed as a sign of renewed consumer confidence. But I would take these apparent positive signs with a grain of salt.

As the most expensive plastic surgery offering, operations are being temporarily (and maybe permanently) shelved by some, and patients and cosmetic doctors are turning their attention to lower-priced treatments. One may have to pass on that facelift or eyelid tuck, but Botox and fuller lips remain within the budget. Consumers appear to be trying to hold on to their cash in these troubling economic times, but they

haven’t given up completely on some more economical forms of feeling and looking better.

A better yardstick of economic recovery is in the number of breast implants. Larger amounts of discretionary spending are a better indicator of how people are really feeling about the economy. When these elective medical device sales, which remain down in 2009, return to the more familiar territory of brisk double-digit growth, we will have more than one reason to be optimistic.

The use of Botox and injectable sales as a gauge of economic recovery is just one way that numbers and statistics can be twisted to support one’s hopes. They are up because the biggerticket items that often come with them are done. This is like saying the economy is improving because Starbucks coffee sales are up – while customers frequenting Ruth Chris’ are down.

While the government may be hinging optimistic forecasts on upswings in graphs and charts, I will look for more familiar enlargements in different indicators before feeling better about where the economy is headed.

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The true anatomy of pain COMMENTARY

By Dmitry Arbuck M.D. I already mentioned on a number of occasions and will mention many times again that acute pain and chronic pain have little in common. Acute pain ultimately starts with peripheral pain receptors, which are located at the tips of the nerves. Impulses follow through the nerve trunks into the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, cross to the other side, and follow ascending pathways to the brain, where they are felt as pain. The whole structure is designed to sense what is going on in the periphery of the body and protect oneself.

Chronic pain, on the other hand, involves the indiscriminate firing of the nerve endings, the nerve trunks, or even the spinal cord and the brain itself. Pain signals, which come from the peripheral nervous system, enter the central nervous system through the spinal cord.

Chronic pain sets up frequently when this crossing is disturbed and pathways that are supposed to carry information about pressure or touch or temperature cross with pathways that are supposed to carry pain. As a result, temperature and pressure or other inferences are being

felt as pain.

Pain is constantly being analyzed, reanalyzed and labeled along the way to the brain, and this labeling – even on the level of the nerves themselves – may be disturbed, distorting the pain perception. The brain itself may malfunction, either complicating already disturbed information coming from the periphery or creating its own pain, which has nothing to do with the body.

It takes excruciating efforts to untangle this complexity, understand what causes what, and come out with an appropriate treatment.

Frequently chronic pain develops when acute pain is not controlled adequately; therefore, the prime goal is to never let acute pain last for longer than a few weeks and to use everything in medical power to stop development of chronic pain.

Dmitry M. Arbuck, M.D., is a psychiatrist and pain management specialist at Meridian Health Group. For more information, visit www.MeridianHealthGroup.com.

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Active trigger point – When pressure is applied to an active trigger point it will cause pain to the muscle and that pain will be referred to other parts of the body.

Latent trigger point – A latent trigger point will accumulate in the muscle and will be released by some future stress, tension, injury of unusual movement. It is thought that latent trigger points are the cause of stiff joints and restricted range of motion that are typical seen in older people.

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Really? “Re-educating muscles” seems to be thought of as nothing more than Karmic rainbows topped with candy-coated-fantasies to some of those “in the know” - but not to massage therapists. After several treatments, muscle pain, swelling and stiffness are reduced, range of motion is improved, tension is relieved, and circulation, flexibility and coordination are enhanced. Eureka! It’s a Karmic-massage-miracle.

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Heartland program reaches out to high schoolers

By Brandie Bohney Current in Westfield Heartland Truly Moving Pictures is probably most widely known, at least locally, for its downtown Indianapolis festival of films each year. The company strives to encourage young aspiring filmmakers to consider creating work that inspires, educates and engages the audience.

A new program recently unveiled, the Heartland High School Film Competition, embodies that desire.

The contest is open to any currently enrolled high school student – nationally or internationally – to produce a movie 10 minutes or fewer in length that embodies Heartland’s core values.

The theme for the inaugural year is “hope.”

“We like to reward films that are inspirational and hopeful,” said Film and Research Coordinator Ray Mills. “We want to help grow those kind of filmmakers.”

Mills added that it is the hope of the creators of the competition that students will not only be encouraged to make this single inspirational film, but to help them understand that, “there are people out there who appreciate those kinds of films,” and to lead them to make more films of that nature.

The call for entries is currently open, and Heartland will continue to accept films through

May 15. The first 100 entries are free, and all entries after that are $15 each. In addition, each student filmmaker is required to have an adult mentor, whether that person is a parent or teacher, and Mills stressed the importance of having educators involved in the process. Mills also said that students who don’t have the resources to use the latest film equipment should not shy from the competition.

“When the story is strong, that’s what gets noticed,” he said. “The story will come through, no matter what equipment you use.”

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probably in July, Mills speculates. In addition to cash prizes ($500 for four finalists and $2,500 for the grand-prize winner), tickets to the 2010 Heartland Film Festival and special recognition at the event will be awarded to all finalists.

“The story will come through, no matter what equipment you use.”

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Where: The Columbia Club Cost: $75 per person Info: www.thecabaret.org Details: For one night only the Columbia Club will present “Shannon Forsell: What is This Thing Called Love?” For the price of $75 per person, couples can enjoy a luscious, three-course dinner, tax, gratuity and a rose on the table. While eating, couples can enjoy a musical valentine performance including love songs from the Great American Songbook, torch songs, jazz and more. Dinner seating and cocktails will start at 6:30 PM. Reservations are required. Tickets can be purchased online at www.thecabaret.org or by calling 2751169.

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The Carmel Clay Education Foundation (CCEF) will host its 24th Annual Telethon to raise funds for education grants that are awarded to teachers throughout the Carmel Clay Schools.

The CCEF Telethon is a collaborative effort of CCEF, Carmel Clay educators, students.

Students, and other volunteers who man a phone bank day and night from February 16 through February 18. The final night of the Telethon will be broadcast on CHTV Channel 99 from 6:00-9:00 P.M. This broadcast will feature a performing arts showcase of elementary and middle school choirs and ensembles live from the Dale E. Graham Auditorium at Carmel High School. Guest appearances include Superintendent Dr. Jeff Swensson, CCS teachers and students, and local business and civic leaders.

Donations to the Telethon help CCEF to provide education grants for teachers. These grants help teachers to develop new curriculum, access new technology, and provide other value-added educational opportunities for Carmel Clay students.

Some examples of CCEF Education Grants are:

• “Lyrical Language of Literacy” grant allowed the 11 elementary music teachers to develop new curriculum and lesson plans that integrated music and literature from around the world for all CCS elementary students (K-grade 2).

• Carmel Elementary School ALL-STAR After School Club grant supported an after-school tutoring program for students in grades 2-5 who are not meeting grade-level standards.

• TechHOUNDS, the CHS extra-curricular club, received CCEF’s first annual Dr. Barbara Underwood grant to support the FIRST Robotics Team in regional and international competitions.

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Trends: Some become a part of culture, some fade into oblivion COMMENTARY

By Chef Michael Vlasich In conversations with students, peers and clients, a common topic is that of food trends and predictability. As a high-profile chef, what does my crystal ball show?

They are correct in asking me, because as a chef I do watch and measure trends. It’s important to be aware of and able to fulfill my guest’s needs, no matter what they may be. Over the years, I have learned that trends must pass through certain phases before either becoming a part of American culture or fading into oblivion. Throughout my career, all trend stages have been created and projected in the media but influenced by the marketplace.

The starting point of a trend is when it first appears in an upscale chef ’s restaurant. Then it appears on gourmet cooking shows, when he guest appears, or on the ethnic travel shows on public broadcasting and NGEO TV. They tend to catch on as part of ad campaigns or in dishes for large mid-level chain restaurants.

Next, the intimidation factor drops and you read about them in home journals like Family Circle and “Better Homes & Gardens” and the food section of the newspaper.

Lastly, you will find them in the supermarket, available for everyone to use at home in their cooking excursions or for everyday meals.

It’s not hard to think of past food or cooking trend examples. Not long ago, there was the nocarb diet; everywhere you turned, it was available. There were products featured and menus written; it was mentioned on talk shows, in cook books, blah, blah blah. But now you hear nothing of it. Oblivion!

A food example is Portobello mushrooms; 15 years ago, no one had heard of them. Found in caves growing among the cultivated mushrooms, they were being discarded for decades – possibly even centuries. Finally, one day, as all great chefs do, someone took Portobellos and featured them on a menu. With a little marketing, before long they were being sold as appetizers, sandwiches, entrees, even desserts.

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What’s next, you may ask? Well use the formula above. There are some items already in this paradigm, most obviously the super fruits of South America, with wonderful antioxidants and health benefits.

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Bella Pizzeria serves New York style pizza to the Midwest, starting with their Clay Terrace location. The mom and pop pizzeria has two additional locations in the area at 96th St. & Keystone and Hamilton Town Center. Bella’s Carmel location has been running since August of 2005. They are open seven days a week and offer room to sit as well as carry-out service. Delivery isn’t offered yet but is something that a Bella Pizzeria fan can expect in the future, as the demand for New York style pizza is larger than one may expect. There are many New York or East Coast natives living in Hamilton County and surrounding areas who have found Bella Pizzeria as a great replica of their hometown favorites. Bella Pizzeria also offers a 30inch pizza for larger groups or daring individuals. Outside of their famous pizza, Bella Pizzeria also has enough appetizers, pasta and beer to satisfy any palate. The friendly customer service and authentic menu brings the East Coast to the Midwest.

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THEATRE ‘All Shook Up’

From Feb. 19 through March 7, Carmel Repertory Theater will present “All Shook Up,” a musical featuring the sweets sounds of Elvis. Performances will be at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. on Sundays, and a special performance will take place Feb. 20 in conjunction with the Carmel High School Dance Marathon. Call 317-767-3973 for details.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Carmel Community Players will present Tennessee Williams' timeless play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” during a two-week run beginning Feb. 11 at the Carmel Community Playhouse at Clay Terrace. Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students/ seniors and can be purchased at www.carmelplayers. org or by calling 317-815-9387.

Midwinter Dance Festival

Butler Ballet’s 2009-2010 season continues Feb. 12-13 with Midwinter Dance Festival, featuring the masterful work Dark Elegies by Antony Tudor. Performances begin at 8 p.m. both days in Clowes Memorial Hall.

Tickets are $21.50-$28.50 for adults, $17-$23 for children, students and seniors, and $14-$20 each for groups of 15 or more and are available at Clowes Hall or at ticketmaster.com.

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Carmel Symphony Orchestra

The Carmel Symphony Orchestra will hold a performance on Feb. 14 to be enjoyed by music fans of all ages. The concert will take place at 3 p.m. at Westfield High School. Call 317-844-9717 for details.

Be My Valentine with Blair Clark

Join local entertainer Blair Clark at the Woodland Country Club on Feb. 12, 7 to 11 p.m.. Heather Ramsey will join Clark for duets throughout the evening.

Tickets are $45 and include a buffet dinner. Visit Hblairclark.com to purchase online, or call 324-8320 for details.

The following musical acts will be playing live at Mickey’s Irish Pub,13644 N Meridian, Carmel. For more information, call 317-573-9746: Feb. 12: Henry Lee Summer and Friends Feb. 13: Peace Train & the Flower Power Brass Feb. 19: The Good Seed Feb. 20: Toy Factory Feb. 26: Lemonwheel Band

Mo’s Irish Pub

There’s live music every Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at Mo’s Irish Pub, 13193 Levinson Lane in the Hamilton Town Center, Noblesville. For more information, call 317-770-9020.

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Christian Youth Theater will present “Schoolhouse Rock Live! Junior” Feb. 12 at 7 pm, Feb. 13 at 2 and 7 pm and Feb. 14 at 2 pm at Heritage Christian School Auditorium. 51 children, mainly from Hamilton County, have rehearsed for weeks on this latest production. Ticket prices are $10 for adults; $8 for children, seniors and groups of 10 or more. All tickets are $2 more at the door. For reservations call the CYT box office at 317-896-2004.

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Carmel Community Players is bringing Tony awardwinning Broadway entertainer Ben Vereen to Carmel High School for its major fundraiser for 2010.

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Good-Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting By René Syler

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Former television journalist and mother René Syler provides her take on motherhood through her experience of raising two children while maintaining a career. She shares her philosophy of being a good enough mother (GEM), rather than a perfect mother, in a world full of over-scheduled kids and super-moms. She provides wisdom for dealing with such anxieties of motherhood as discipline, developing children’s self-esteem and the age-old question of, “What’s for dinner?”

Syler’s experience as a journalist provides for a very readable parenting book. She uses humorous stories of her own parenting trials and tribulations to connect with her audience in a very conversational tone. Topics include Chicken Nuggets Are a Food Group, You’re Not the Boss of Me!, No Sick Days for Mommy, Flunking Out of PTA, and Never Put Unleaded Gas in a Diesel Car. Syler opens up about her struggles with raising two very different children and embraces the mistakes that have allowed her to grow as a mother. This is a must read for every mom who tries to juggle family, career and time for herself.

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Makes 6 servings Ingredients: • 2 tbsp. olive oil • 1 zucchini, diced • 1 yellow squash, diced • 1 red onion, diced • 1 red pepper, diced • 1 fennel bulb, diced • 1 large tomato diced • 1 tsp. tomato paste • 1 tbsp. minced garlic • 1 tbsp. minced shallot • 2 oz. dry white wine • 2 tbsp. chopped herbs, such as parsley, thyme, and chives

Directions: • Heat pan with oil and add all vegetables but squash. Sauté until fennel has softened.

Add squash and cook for 3 minutes. Add tomato paste, garlic, and shallots, and sauté 2 minutes. Deglaze with white wine and let reduce until almost gone. Season with herbs, salt and pepper.

Allison Campbell is the executive chef at Harvest Fresh Market.

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Join Indiana’s only fully professional large brass ensemble and its founding music director, Thomas Akins, for selections spanning 500 years. Many of the melodies will be instantly recognizable. Selections include those by Haufrecht, Wagner and Gabrieli, among others.

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Type: Cottage style Age: Built in 2005 Location: Near 146th Street and Hazel Dell Parkway Neighborhood: Lochaven at Noble West Square footage: 3,931, including 1,398 in the unfinished basement Rooms: This three-bedroom home offers a stylish kitchen with stainless appliances, solid-surface countertops, center island and butler’s pantry. Other features include a great room with gas fireplace and built-in bookshelves, formal living and dining rooms, unfinished basement and three-car garage.

Strengths: This home is well crafted with unique features, such as arched doorways, a curved staircase wall, built-ins and a stone and Hardiplank exterior. The community has an abundance of amenities and a great location near shopping, dining and entertainment.

Challenges: This home has an irrigated side courtyard instead of a rear yard, which may deter some buyers. However, this low-maintenance alternative may appeal to the buyer looking to cut back on yard work.

Chef Neal Brown, former executive chef at L’explorateur, has opened his newest restaurant in Carmel. Pizzology opened in November, bringing a unique menu to the area. Pizzas at Pizzology are 13 inches, following the Italian style, and only cost $13.

Pizzology serves two styles of pizza with many options for each style. Pizza Rosa is the traditional red sauce pizza while Pizza Bianca uses olive oil instead of sauce. Their menu includes a variety of pizza, pasta and salads. As far as appetizers are concerned, Pizzology is known for their Italian mussels and chop salad. Past the dining area there is also a full bar with tables available.

Pizzology offers a wide range of wines, Italian and beyond. Their bottled and draft beer selection includes many local Indiana breweries, such as Three Floyds, Sun King and Mad Anthony, as well as other unique breweries from across the country. Pizzology has multiple flat screen TV’s which adds to the pub atmosphere. They also provide a carry out service that will take only a few minutes to order and prepare. Pizzology is unique in that it allows its customers to enjoy a quality menu in whichever environment they choose. Their restaurant side provides a more traditional Italian feel while their pub side allows a laid back environment without losing quality, great for any group or occasion.

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Keeping up with the speed of new technology COMMENTARY

By David Cain What if you fell asleep in 1990 and snoozed for 20 years? Today is the first day you’ve been awake in two decades. What would you think? iPad, iPhone, iMac, iDon’t know?

Communication has changed. Business has changed. And it’s only been a two decades.

Seinfeld is in reruns and Larry David, the Seinfeld writer, is starring in his own show. In 1990, the average annual income in America was $28,970. A gallon of gas was $1.30. The average cost of a new car was about $16,000. And the Internet was the emerging trend. In 1991, the World Wide Web became available to the public, and it exploded. As Beavis and Butthead made news, the Internet began to move from new technology to transformative catalyst.

If today were your first day, you might notice the speed of business has accelerated. People aren’t just always connected; they are interconnected. And that interconnectivity means the expectation for communications, including responses, is instant. Customer service got a shot of adrenaline. Service must occur at the speed of the Internet. Dial-up modems have been replaced with broadband, and that’s the way people communicate now. We’ve moved from dial-up to broadband.

One thing that should also be obvious is

people haven’t changed. While some behavior has been forever altered, fundamentally, people are the same. The water cooler has been replaced with instant messaging, but office rumors live on.

What they do and how they do it happens in completely different ways than it did 20 years ago. That’s expected. However, what wasn’t necessarily expected is that the fundamental changes in business over the last 20 years would have been so dramatic compared to what happened in the preceding 20 years. We are experiencing exponential growth rather than linear change. Some prognosticators expect the next 100 years will yield 20,000 years of technological progress, given today’s rate of progress. At that rate, you could fall behind if you sleep in on the weekends.

All the changes and emerging trends that die as quickly as they emerge are simply signs of the time. This change is exponential, and if you fell asleep today, the next 20 years will seem like thousands of years. The lesson: It’s time for us all to wake up today.

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to each destination where she has to buy something and/or pick up something strategically placed by you (like the tree outside your front door or the mailbox at her house) and so on. At the end of the hunt is for instance, items necessary for a trip to a beach somewhere (like a bikini, suntan lotion and sunglasses) or perhaps items for a relaxing massage (lotion, candle, matches, etc.). Remember, this doesn’t have to cost money – be creative!

• If you have to be apart on Valentines Day, no worries! Send letters written for each day of being apart. Gals, send him a lock of your hair (how old-fashioned cheesy is that?!). Men, spray a handkerchief with your cologne to send to her.

• Speaking of cheese … consider buying 10 different types of cheeses. Have your date sample each kind and try to guess what flavor it is. A little wine, some grapes to hand-feed your luvie bear and voila! You dominate Valentines Day! I wish you all much love and bigtime cheesiness. You go, Valentiners!

Rachael Noble is a single Carmel resident and contributing columnist. She can be reached at nobleadvice@yahoo.com.

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• Create a homemade, hand-written Valentine that lists the 28 days of February and the 28 ways your love goddess makes you smile.

• Make a picnic in your living room, complete with candles and soft music. Be sure to bake some sweets to give to your sweet.

• Take your “other” significant others (your Valentine pooches) out for a walk in a dog park. Be sure to use this time to talk and have meaningful conversation.

• Get out an Indiana map. Blindfold your partner and have them point to a place on the map. Then make a day of it and take a roadtrip to “Anywhere,” Indiana. Upon your arrival, no eating at a chain restaurant.

Make it a priority to find the best “holein-the-wall” dive you can find. (Make sure your partner has a good sense of humor, as she may be eating a 10-pound greasedripping hamburger for Vday).

• Create a scavenger hunt for your snookems. Provide a little cash (if having her buy items), create a poem that has clues

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Why antivirus programs won’t stop fake security infections COMMENTARY

By Gary Hubbard In the world of computers, a “scareware pandemic” is at play, fooling millions of users every day.

Scareware refers to rogue programs that scare folks into doing something that, in this case, actually infects their computer.

Typically, users are initially exposed to these programs when visiting a Web site laced with the instructions to pop-up a fake warning that your computer is infected. These warnings look very similar to Windows screens and cause most folks to follow the prompts to “scan” or “fix” the problem.

Eventually, the “fix” asks the user for a credit card number, which is when most folks realize something “phishy” is going on. But by that time it’s too late. The second anyone clicks on the button to “scan” or “fix,” it instructs your computer to install the evil code in the background while making you believe it’s scanning your computer for viruses.

It is, by far, the most common reason we are seeing “patients” in our stores throughout the country.

This class of malicious software began appearing on the Internet in 2006 and has grown at a veracious rate, simply because it is an effective way of getting into your computer. As of this writing, there are more than 300 variants of fake security programs, with new versions appearing

on a weekly basis.

The reason your antivirus doesn’t protect you is it can’t, and neither can any other company’s antivirus, because you clicked a button that told Windows and your security program you wanted to install a program.

These malicious programs are very well written and look like any other program. Keep in mind, while these evil programmers are cooking up these concoctions, they have the ability to test it on every major antivirus program on the market before they launch it. In other words, they can keep working with the code until they know that your antivirus program will think it is a legitimate program.

Once they accomplish that, their only task is to fool you into clicking a button to start the process of infiltrating your computer.

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This, unfortunately, is why so many people are getting infected and your antivirus program is powerless to protect you from yourself.

Most folks that get infected immediately start searching Google for a way to get rid of these programs, which exposes them to yet more scams of programs that claim they can help if you pay.

The best information for removal will be the manual registry steps to eradicate the scareware code from the core of the Windows operating system, but even those instructions can be dated in a few short months.

The authors of the malware also scan the Internet to see how folks are removing their code, then they update their code to block or evade those removal instructions, so if you are searching for help on any specific infection, make sure to refine your search to only show you results from the past week (click on the “show options” link above the search results in Google).

In the future, pay very close attention to warning screens, and if the warning is not clearly coming from your antivirus program, cancel it.

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And the truth shall hit you upside the head COMMENTARY

By Mike Redmond I had one of those Kabong Moments the other day, and as you might imagine, it wasn’t very much fun.

A Kabong Moment, for the uninitiated, is when a realization hits you so hard – Kabong!

– that you could swear you hear the sound of a guitar being broken over the top of your head, like Quick Draw McGraw used to do to the bad guys when he was disguised as the one and only El Kabong.

Mine came when I was waiting for Cookie to come in from doing her business, and Cookie was, as usual, taking her sweet time about it, dinking around over here, sniffing over there, ambling around like she had all the time in the world. Which, I guess, she probably does.

What’s time to a dog?

Anyway, I said what I have always said to Cookie when she does this: “While we’re young, dog.”

And then – Kabong! – I realized that I can’t use that expression anymore, because neither Cookie (10 years old) nor I (more then 10) qualify.

And while we’re not exactly old, I can see that day coming. A good Kabong gives you a lot of

clarity about these things.

It helped me to see the signs that are already there.

For example, I have about 17 different passwords and secret codes I use for various computer programs and such. I keep a cheat sheet close at hand because the chance of me remembering them is about as good as the chance of me walking to Hawaii.

However, I can remember every locker combination I ever had at Lakeland High School.

This is definitely old-guy stuff. Wait. There’s more.

I teach The History of American Popular music at a local university, and every year I find it a little harder to believe that not a single one of my students has ever heard of Bo Diddley.

This causes me to do a great deal of fuming and grousing until it dawns upon me that teaching them about Bo Diddley is actually in my job description.

I can’t believe how much it costs to buy a pack of cigarettes. If I smoked, I’d never have money for drugs and alcohol. Don’t get excited.

I mean prescription drugs and rubbing alcohol.

Old guy, remember?

Such things as the price of cigarettes invariably lead me to the conversational gambit, “I

remember when the price went up to 40 cents and we were outraged.” All I need to do is add “by cracky!” or “sure as shootin’” or “gol-durn it!” to the end of the sentence, and I’m ready to be shipped to the Old Ex-Smokers’ Home.

I learned last year that my students and I have a great deal of variance between their definition of “party line” and mine. Theirs sound a lot more fun than sharing the phone line with eight other families.

Frankly, I don’t know if I could handle being a young person these days. They’re under an awful lot of pressure that simply did not exist when I was their age. The technology alone is enough to drive you nuts (see above under “passwords”).

The world turns much faster now. Maybe Cookie has the right idea. And here comes another Kabong: We’re not getting any younger. We’re moving the other direction.

There is no need to hurry.

Mike Redmond is an author, journalist, humorist and speaker. Write him at mike@ mikeredmondonline.com or P.O. Box 44385, Indianapolis, IN 46244.

Frankly, I don’t know if I could handle being a young person these days. They’re under an awful lot of pressure that simply did not exist when I was their age.

Grocery shopping isn’t as easy as you’d think COMMENTARY

By Dick Wolfsie I’m in a lot of trouble. I just tried to sneak in the back door without my wife seeing me, but I got caught with you-know-what on my breath: salami.

Yes, I had been out carousing. At Kroger. I was returning home with a bagful of goodies. I usually shop while Mary Ellen is at work so I can take my stash and squirrel stuff away without her seeing what I bought. I have devised many clever places to hide questionable food choices, but none better than strapping the Meat Lovers Tombstone Pizza to the top of my SUV. It’s a terrible thing, this deception, but the tactic is required. Normally a sweet and understanding person, my wife is often judgmental of my supermarket purchases. She also questions my choice of books (she’s not a fan of non-fiction), movies on DVD (no violence, please) and TV shows (she doesn’t like people screaming at each other on cable news), but she generally keeps those opinions to herself and allows me to shuffle into my home office and indulge in private.

Back to my attempted covert entry into the house. Mary Ellen carefully eyed each item as I unloaded everything onto the counter …

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Did you see three of them were cracked? These are not free-range eggs. And they’re cheaper at Sam’s Club. Brown eggs don’t go with the new fridge.”

FRENCH BREAD: “It’s just going to go bad.

You never finish it. It gets hard as a rock overnight because you don’t seal the package. After three days, the birds won’t even eat it.

PISTACHIO NUTS: “Why did you buy those?

You know we’re just going to eat them. Almonds are better for you.”

MILK: “A quart? It’s so much cheaper by the gallon. And how many grown men still drink chocolate milk?”

HARD SALAMI: “That reminds me, did you remember to pick up your Lipitor at the pharmacy?”

Except for the occasional piece of dark chocolate, my wife doesn’t really have food cravings like I do, which is why I often return home with a shopping bag full of exotic provisions. I must admit that most of my purchases are just based on a momentary hankering for a particular taste treat. If Mary Ellen turned to me one night and said, “I have this craving for a grilled bratwurst with sauerkraut and a dill pickle,” well, I can tell you right now, I’d want to check her photo ID

before we spent the night together.

Last week I had this yearning for a jumbo shrimp cocktail. By the time I got to the store, I had lost that desire and opted instead for a quart of Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey. This poor nutritional choice required finding the perfect hiding place at home to avoid my wife’s disapproving eye. I can’t use the space under the back porch. Even the dog has figured out that’s my prime wintertime location for stockpiling frozen delights.

Another drawback to this trickery is that I forget where I’ve hidden things. Doritos in the laundry cabinet, Slim Jims in an old eyeglass case and Peppermint Patties stacked up in the back of the medicine cabinet. Who can keep track of all this?

Truth is, I get a kick out of this game of Hide and Eat. I recently stuffed a Hostess Twinkie under my pillow. Before we drifted off to sleep, Mary Ellen made me promise to quit eating junk food. I told her I’d sleep on it.

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» Camp Bow Wow plays matchmaker – With Valentine’s Day approaching and puppy love in the air, Camp Bow Wow Carmel will once again act as matchmaker for humans seeking their furry, four-pawed soul mates. The annual Cupids & Canines fundraiser will be held on Feb. 13 from 12-3 p.m. at Camp Bow Wow Carmel, located at 489 Gradle Drive in Carmel.

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» HSHC Valentine – Instead of getting your special someone fattening chocolates, flowers that wither away or a sappy card, why not your give them something special that not only shows you love them, but that you also love the animals at the shelter still waiting for their forever homes. For a $30 donation, the HSHC will send an acknowledgment card to that special someone or you may choose for them to hang a heart on the kennel or cage of a cat or dog your sponsorship is helping. The deadline, though, is Feb. 10, so contact Mandy Maxwell at mmaxwell@hamiltonhumane.com or call 317-219-4630 right away. » Pilling your pet - For a pill or capsule, you have to reach inside the mouth and get it over the base of the tongue. Then you quickly hold the pet's mouth closed and gently give a puff of air in the pet's face/nostrils that will cause the pet to swallow reflexively.

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Pet snatchers on the rise in U.S. COMMENTARY

By John Mikesell An alarming rise in “dog nappings” is prompting legislators to propose laws to toughen penalties for those who steal pets, according to the American Kennel Club (New York).

Pet theft has been on the rise since 2008, according to the AKC. Through November 2009, the organization had tracked more than 115 stolen pets via incidents reported by news media and customers. In 2008, the AKC tracked a total of 71 thefts.

A bill introduced in Texas last year would have made it a felony to steal a pet, punishable by up to two years in jail.

The AKC also noted a New York assemblyman’s recent vow to make the theft of a companion animal a felony offense, carrying a penalty of up to four years in jail.

In addition, California and Delaware tried to regulate roadside pets sales as a way to combat the trafficking of stolen pets, the organization said.

The FBI’s National Crime Information Center, which tracks stolen property, currently lists 200 stolen dogs.

Be sure to have your dog chipped and never leave the pet unattended.

John Mikesell, owner of Izzy’s Place, A dog Bakery in Carmel, can be reached at john.mikesell@att.net.

Blair is a 10-month-old female black DSH. Blair is a very sweet and very affectionate little girl. She loves to be held and carried around or is content to be a lap cat. Blair arrived at the shelter days before Thanksgiving, and she had a serious trauma sustained to her left eye which required it to be surgically removed. Blair has healed from her surgery, and she desperately wants to find a loving and forever home with a family.

For more information on these and other animals at the Humane Society, call 317-773-4974 or go to www.hamiltonhumane.com.

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Mudrooms are a smart consideration in a new house or remodel Question: We are in desperate need of more storage for our kids’ school and sports equipment. We really don’t have a mudroom, just a small closet and a hallway with a laundry room as you come in from the garage. What are some ideas for creating a mud room and adding storage?

Answer: One of the current trends in home building is to set aside room for a mudroom with built-in storage. A mudroom is a small room or entryway in a house where wet or muddy footwear and clothing/belongings can be removed. Now, many homeowners are adding a mudroom with storage as a remodeling project.

Here are some issues to consider regarding mud rooms: 1. Define your individual needs and use drawings: Decide what you need first.

What sports or activities do your children participate in? What items do the adults in the home need to store? Consider how your family will use this entryway from the garage on a daily basis. Make sure you have a professional create scaled drawings to help in design.

2. How do you create the needed space for

the mudroom? First, look at eliminating your closet. A framed and drywalled closet takes up space. Also, look at the feasibility of moving walls. Perhaps you can reconfigure the laundry room and hallway space to provide more space for a dedicated mudroom area.

3. Storage options – benches, cabinets, cubbies, lockers and shelves: Storage options can range from the very simple to elaborate depending on your budget and the space available. A good finish carpenter can build custom built-ins to fit your needs and room dimensions. This allows you to customize everything. A locker with beadboard on the back with hooks is nice for storing bookbags and jackets.

Open cubbies above the lockers fit storage baskets for smaller loose items. A bench is helpful to sit on while putting shoes on.

And don’t forget storage for shoes. Open shelving below the bench may work well for storing footwear. Cabinets can range from stock cabinets to custom built. Also consider whether you want storage cubbies to be open with a full view or concealed with doors.

4. Furniture storage options: Retailers such as Pottery Barn and Target sell pre-made

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Saved from, or saved for … what?

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By Bob Walters In accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior, are we being saved from something or for something?

Much Christian evangelism describes and sells the fearsome, high-stakes, eternal spiritual consequences of not being saved from one’s sins, from guilt, from death, from everlasting damnation, from Hell, from perpetual pain and from being forever vanquished from the presence of God. Be saved or burn!

Yikes. Sign me up.

But, wait a minute. How do I process that “saved from” message if I’m a reasonably intelligent, rational, functional, productive, loving, decent, free and generally informed good-citizen non-believer?

I probably recognize – but rationalize – my own sins, let guilt abate over time, don’t really “get” death because I haven’t been there, think of “damnation” more as a cussword than a curse, don’t see how Hell could be much worse than some parts of this

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world, have survived some pretty awful pain in life, and cannot conceive “forever.”

Presence of God? “Show me.”

Terrifying fear, guilt, sin, death, pain equals what? Joy in the Lord Jesus Christ? Faith, hope and love? Excuse me? “No thanks.

I have enough problems of my own.”

Christ’s great gift is so often misrepresented. I know a dear Christian brother who will occasionally say to an Orthodox icon of Jesus, “My friend, I feel sorry for you.”

“Saved from” evangelism should mean we are saved from our guilt, fear, and sorrows, not bludgeoned by Salvation. Christ died a horrible, real human death to erase our sins – yours, mine, everybody’s – and in his resurrection remade fallen humanity into a new spotless Creation before God; cleansed with and covered by Christ’s blood.

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salvation: everlasting, sinless, loving communion in Heaven with God Almighty.

The magnitude of that cleansing gift is as big as God. I am a flawed, limited, human servant badly in need of His eternal, divine washing. Christ wants us to accept that gift, find strength in that gift, believe in that gift … but I can’t imagine he wants us to feel miserable because of that gift.

When did you ever give someone a gift in order to hurt them?

In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we are saved for love and for communion, from everlasting to everlasting. Have faith. Repent. Rejoice and be glad.

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