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K, we know that altitude sickness isn’t quite the same thing as being sick with the flu. But when you travel to the higher altitudes, it might be nice to have your mom there to hug you and make you feel better. Obviously, that isn’t always feasible and the usual remedies your mom might pull out of her bag of tricks probably won’t work when you’re at the top of Pikes Peak. But if your beloved mother can’t make you feel better, who on earth can? Snippetz can! We dug through tons of research to find out the best ways to deal with high altitude, whether you’re looking to avoid getting sick or whether you’re wondering what to look for in case you do get sick. Of course, none of what we’ve researched will ever replace the advice of your doctor, but we feel this is a pretty good start!
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Traditionally, high altitude is defined as anything 8,000 feet above sea level and higher. But if you’ve ever baked a box of brownies in Colorado Springs or the Tri-Lakes area, you may have noticed that the directions include recommendations for high altitude baking. Neither Monument, which sits at 6,961 feet, nor Colorado Springs, which sits at 6,035 feet is high enough to qualify as high altitude, right? Not necessarily. The effects of altitude can be felt in human beings beginning at 4,900 feet above sea level, which has led to a revised definition of high altitude. Here’s the new, perhaps more accurate way to describe it: high altitude is 4,900 – 11,500 feet; very high altitude is 11,500 – 18,000 feet; and extreme altitude is anything above 18,000 feet.
It’s called the death zone because the amount of oxygen at that altitude is insufficient to sustain human life. The summit of Mount Everest, for example, is in the death zone. But who would stick around long enough at the summit of Mount Everest to actually die from a lack of oxygen? It’s true that the death zone can lead to a loss of vital functions and result in death. But the other, perhaps more likely scenario is that a person’s cognitive functions aren’t working properly so they make poor decisions resulting in injury and/or death, or their muscles are weakened by the lack of oxygen (and usually from the ridiculously hard climb to the top of whatever mountain they’ve chosen to summit) which results in accidents, causing injury and/or death.
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• Drink plenty of water – because the air at higher altitudes contains less moisture,
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tempted to wear clothing that keeps you cool, like shorts and a tank top. But don’t be deceived. When then sun goes down or if a storm rolls in, you’re going to want something else to protect you from the elements. Pack extra clothes and jackets or simply dress in layers. • Avoid smoking – we all know we should be doing this anyway, regardless of the altitude at which we live. But let’s face it, people smoke. Smoking interferes with oxygen delivery in the body and the irritant effect of the smoke can narrow the airways, causing difficulty breathing.
SIGNS OF ALTITUDE SICKNESS Even if you follow all the rules and recommendations for how to behave at a higher altitude, there’s still the chance that you could experience altitude sickness. By knowing the symptoms, you can act more quickly to alleviate your ailments and avoid potentially life-threatening issues. Altitude sickness can be associated with any combination of the following symptoms: • • • • • • •
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The world has many beautiful places to explore and discover. Some are at higher altitudes and with that, there’s always the risk that you could feel the effects of that. But don’t let us scare you off from your dream vacation. Explore the world if you want and have fun. Being prepared for the eventualities and knowing what to look for to avoid a serious complication can sometimes be your only defense against this type of sickness. That’s why we wrote this article for you.
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It didn’t deter me because I know the importance of healing from being bullied. I know how important it is to offer assistance-even if what we present goes seemingly over their head as they tune us out. I know the mind picks up everything on some level. Bullying Recovery is about moving beyond the mental and emotional injuries that bullying created. Recovery can help prevent suicide, substance abuse, running away, and self-abusive behaviors.
strating anger so much as they were trying to push my button or what they thought was my button. One comment I heard from a student was, “So, Ms. Tami what kind of doggie bones do you like to chew on?” My immediate response was, “Purina, I think. They seem to have the best flavor.” Since he was not expecting this response, he smiled and chuckled. I remember him the most. He taught me how to let things go. He was labeled with Asperger’s and at the age of seventeen, his foster parents decided they didn’t want him anymore and he moved to a different school. I was very sad. What it must feel like to be rejected again and at the age of seventeen.
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Because it takes effort, because it takes risk, because it takes guts to dig down deep within the soul to mine the very best you have to offer, very few ever feel or act poised and Putting your already personally able to assert themselves. owned Perseverance Power to work Most people never get past the will change your life. The Scottish Thomas Carlyle diversions and discomforts, trials philosopher and troubles of daily life and push said, “Permanence, perseverance through to success. They get tired of and persistence in spite of all the battle, focus too much on their obstacles, discouragements, and mistakes, and hand over their lives impossibilities: It is this that in all to the naysayers and critics. They things distinguishes the strong soul are unfulfilled and unhappy but from the weak.” - Thomas Carlyle miserably content to live without Scott Hamilton, retired American passion or a sense of mission. figure skater who won four Author Seth Godin in his dandy consecutive U.S. Championships, consecutive World little book, The Dip, writes, “Extra four Championships and a gold medal ordinary benefits accrue to the tiny minority of people who push just in the 1984 Olympics said almost a tiny bit longer than most.” I’m the same thing over 200 years later. guessing you want to be one of those He said, “Everything that I’ve ever “who push just a tiny bit longer than been able to accomplish in skating most” and become a person of great and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.” confidence. You want your life to mean something and you want to live with passion. It does (your life means something) and you can (live with passion)!
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taying strong as we age obviously requires keeping physically active, especially focusing on strengthening our muscles. And as always, staying strong also means eating well to sustain and build muscle tissue. In this case, that means getting enough potassium. Science has long known that potassium is needed for muscle control. In recent studies done at Tufts University’s Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center, researchers found that including potassium-rich fruits and vegetables in our diets has beneficial effects on muscle. More specifically, older adults need potassium-rich fruits and vegetables that produce an alkaline rather than an acidic residue. Many of the foods we eat -- protein foods and cereal grains, for example -- produce acidic residues in our bodies. With aging, many Americans slowly build up these small acid residues, resulting in mild acidosis. This condition seems to “trigger a muscle-wasting response,” according to the researchers. But the process, they say, might be counteracted by eating alkaline-producing plant foods high in potassium. Their research showed that subjects “whose diets were rich in potassium averaged 3.6 more pounds of lean tissue mass (or muscle) than those with only half the potassium intake. That almost offsets the 4.4 pounds of lean tissue typically lost in a decade in healthy men and women age 65 and above.” Bananas are the most familiar potassiumrich food. Some other potassium-rich sources include sweet potatoes, tomatoes, beet greens, potatoes, white beans, prunes, soybeans, winter squash, spinach, peaches, apricots, cantaloupe, honeydew melon, lentils, plantains, kidney beans and lima beans. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends that older adults get at least 4,700 milligrams of potassium daily. One medium sweet potato baked in the skin without salt has 542 mg of potassium. An
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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an old man (84) with a middle-age paunch (5 feet, 7 inches tall and weigh 200 pounds) who needs to fit into a suit with pants an inch too tight in time for a wedding in a few weeks. About how many pounds do I need to lose to fit into them? Is there any formula for converting waist inches *** to pounds? And are there exercises or other means to focus the weight DEAR DR. ROACH: When you loss on belly fat? -- Anon. are instructed to take medicine, vitamin, etc., on an empty stomach, ANSWER: I am afraid there’s no how long after eating should you formula. Further, I have to tell you wait? Also, if taken before eating, that weight doesn’t always come off how long after you take the medicawhere we want it to, and specific ex- tion until you can eat? -- B.H. ercises aren’t going to make the fat come off in those locations. ANSWER: It depends on the particular medication. For example, The good news is that for most the osteoporosis drug alendronate people, especially men, the first 10 (Fosamax) should be taken after pounds or so to come off usually an overnight fast, with plain wacomes from the middle. The fat in ter (even mineral water can affect the omentum (an apron-shaped its absorption) and then no food structure inside the abdomen) is for a half hour. Different medicametabolically active and often is the tions have different requirements. first place where fat is gained or lost. Your pharmacist remains your best Moreover, that fat is the most likely resource, and often has both more to increase risk of heart disease. So training and experience than doclosing weight around your middle tors. In general, most vitamins is a good way of improving overall should be taken with food. health, especially if you have more inches there than you’d like. Often people start a healthy diet and exercise program and find that the waist size decreases but their weight stays the same. That may be because muscle is much heavier than fat, and the increase in muscle mass makes up for the loss of fat. More muscle is good for you; less body fat is good for you. Weight is an imperfect measure.
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• On April 9, 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) introduces America’s first astronauts: Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil “Gusâ€? Grissom, Walter Schirra Jr., Alan Shepard Jr. and Donald Slayton. The seven men were selected to take part in Project Mercury in 1961.
• On April 10, 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is founded in New York City by philanthropist Henry Bergh, who pleaded on behalf of abused workhorses. By the time Bergh died in 1888, 37 states had passed anticruelty laws.
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2. Kid Gleason was the manager from 1919 to 1923. 3. All eight Heisman winners from Florida schools have been quarterbacks. 4. Two -- Michael Jordan (1998) and Joakim Noah (2014). 5. Fifteen rounds, between the New York Rangers and Washington in 2006. 6. Jeff Gordon, with nine victories. 7. The 2005 Australian Open (Marat Safin defeated Lleyton Hewitt).
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2. The English rock band Mott the Hoople. The lyrics had to be changed before it played on U.K. radio and television, deleting the reference to British store Marks & Spencer. 3. Three. Their only No. 1 hit was “A Lover’s Concerto.” 4. Del Shannon, in 1961. 5. “If You Don’t Know Me By Now,” by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, 1972. It originally was written for Patti LaBelle, but she didn’t release it and only started using the song in her concerts in 1982.
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• You probably won’t be surprised to learn that when author (and noted wit) Oscar Wilde arrived in the United States in 1882, he told the customs officers, “I have nothing to declare except my genius.” • A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. • If you’re planning a summer vacation in Maine this year, you might want to keep in mind that in that state, it’s against the law to tickle a woman under the chin with a feather duster. • Despite the fact that 95 percent of the world uses the metric system of measurement, we in the United States still stubbornly cling to the archaic units of measurement derived from the old British Imperial system. This hodgepodge ranges from the mile (originally the distance a Roman soldier could march in 1,000 double steps) to the foot (originally the length of Emperor
• Brazil nuts do come from Brazil, but they’re not technically nuts; they’re seeds. • When you think of the band ZZ Top, you probably think of long beards -- that’s become a sort of signature for them. The drummer, though, is beardless -- and his name is Frank Beard. • A ground squirrel typically has a heartbeat of around 300 beats per minute. During hibernation, though, that drops dramatically -- to only three or four beats per minute. ***
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LIONS CLUB MEETING 1st Thursday of the Month 6:00PM-8:30PM MONUMENT HILL COUNTRY CLUB Your family can make help enrich lives for our El Paso County families and people around the world. Please contact MReichal@aol.com 719-313-0688 for club details. We Serve. VFW LADIES AUXILIARY MONTHLY MEETING Sundance Mountain Lodge Carson Room 3rd Wednesday of the Month 6:30 pm. For more information contact Kathy Carlson - carlsonmkc@aol.com. 719-488-1902 KARAOKE FRIDAYS Oakley’s Cafe & Bistro Every Friday 8:30pm Karaoke with JR’s Ultimate Entertainment every Friday starting at 8:30pm. Karaoke and music til midnight. LITTLE LOG KITCHEN, BREAKING BREAD WITH THE COMMUNITY Please join us for a FREE MEAL, the third Saturday of each month. We start serving at Noon. 133 High Street, Palmer Lake, CO UNIVERSAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 501 (C) (3) - SINGLE PARENTS WEEKLY SUPPORT GROUP Wednesdays 6-6:45pm Serrano’s Coffee Company Meet weekly to gain support, encouragement and ideas from other single parents. Call Tami Urbanek at 719-641-2017 to sign up!
2ND MON PHOTO EXHIBIT NIGHT • PALMER DIVIDE PHOTOGRAPHERS Tri Lakes Art Center, 304 Hwy 105, Palmer Lake, CO 80133 2nd Monday Monthly pdphotographers.com Purpose is for serious peer photo critique & review; and fun. Conversations are rich with tips, tools and techniques. All levels are welcome. Later in the calendar year, we will begin to focus on the annual Visions of Light Photography Show, held early each year. What have you been creating in your digital darkrooms? Bring in up to 5 images to share for review. RSVP is always helpful but not required. Register on pdphotographers. com for emailed updates. Bring 3-5 images on USB stick; jpg sized to 1200 on long side. Bring questions about the images that ask for the feedback you are looking for. Check your email & website for last minute changes due to weather or attendance. TRI-LAKES LIONS CLUB WHITE CANE DAY at Monument King Soopers & WalMart April 11th 2015 10am - 2pm Free KidSight vision screening to help in the early detection of potential vision problems in kids 3 - 6 years old. Includes information on citizen rights with vision imparements and support programs for assistance. TRI-LAKES CARES CHARITY SPOTLIGHT at Sky Sox Security Service Field, 4385 Tutt Boulevard, Colorado Springs April 12, 2015 1:30pm Come enjoy a day at the park and support Tri-Lakes Cares at the same time! TLC has
been chosen to be the featured charity as part of the Colorado Springs Sky Sox Baseball’s Domino’s Charity Spotlight during its season opening series against Nashville. PIKES PEAK POSSE OF THE WESTERNERS THE CASH CREEK MINERS AND THE LAKE COUNTY WAR by Gayle Gresham April 13, 6:00 pm Colorado Springs Masonic Hall 1130 Panorama Drive Colorado Springs, Colorado. 80904 Gayle Gresham presents the history of the “Cash Creek” (Cache Creek) mining camp near Granite and the miners’ connections to the Lake County War that culminated in the lynching of Judge Elias Dyer in 1875. Gayle Gresham is a writer, researcher and historian. Her great-great-grandfather was one of the “Cash Creek” miners. (719) 473-0330 - Ask for Bob DeWitt posse@dewittenterprises.com Additional information: Program format is in a casual, catered dinner setting at a cost of $17. Reservations are suggested by Friday prior, 10:00 am. Guests are welcome! Membership in the Pikes Peak Posse of the Westerners is open to all individuals with an interest in Western history. MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY ROUND TABLE Serrano’s Coffee April 14th 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. The Public is invited to come and find out about the various services that Mountain Community Senior Services provides plus get a free cup of coffee! Mountain Community Mennonite Church and Serrano’s Coffee is sponsoring this Round Table discussion with Mountain Community Senior Services. All are welcome!
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1050 So. 21st St., Colorado springs, CO 80904 April 17, April 18 9AM- 4PM 1st Spring Flea Market. Westside Eagles Aerie 143, 1050 So. 21st St. On April 17 & 18 (Fri. & Sat.) 9 AM to 4 PM we will be having an open Flea Market. Spaces are $10 a day or both days for $15. It’s time for you to clear things out and others to add to their collections. We have a large lot with lots of off street parking. Food will be available. P.O.C. is Denim, 271-0615. Call with question or to reserve a space.
COMPETITION Colorado Springs Shrine Club, 6 South 33rd Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80904 May 16 and 17, 2015 May 16 - 10 AM to 5 PM May 17 - 10 AM -4 PM Local woodworkers will compete in over 40 categories of the carving, woodcraft, and scroll saw arts. There will also be 50 tables of displays, as well as sales of wood, patterns, tools, and carvings. Watch and learn as chips fly during carving demonstrations and a whittling contest.
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THE TOWN OF MONUMENT WILL HOST THE ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY honoring our veterans on Monday, May 25, 2015 at the Monument cemetery, 10:00 a.m. 800 Beacon Lite Rd. (At 8th Street), Monument, CO 80132. The ceremony is to honor all military veterans who have died and are buried in Monument cemetery. The program for that day will include the reading of the names of those 15 Civil War veterans and those up to the present who are buried in this cemetery. Our guest speaker will be County Commissioner Darryl Glenn; Master of Ceremonies, Mayor Rafael Dominguez. The program includes members of the community from the armed forces, police and fire depts., boy and Girl Scouts, and school bands. The public is invited. Refreshments will be served following the ceremony.
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Mountain Community Mennonite Church – Gallery of Fine Art on the Palmer Divide 643 Highway 105 - Palmer Lake, CO 80133 Open Reception: Friday, May 8th, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Show: Saturday, May 9th, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm This FREE event features Hanging Art as well as 3-Dimensional Art such as, jewelry, fiber, hand built or thrown pottery and sculpture. All original work by local Front Range artists. Proceeds from our events are used to fund art scholarships for District 38 high school students. For further information please visit our website at www.palmerlakeartgroup.com or contact Margarete at 719-229-6623. NOTE: CALL FOR ARTISTS – professional and amateur artists are encouraged to participate. Visit our website or contact Margarete for details and a registration form. 32ND ANNUAL WOODCARVING AND WOODWORKING SHOW, SALE, AND
TRI-LAKES LIONS CLUB GOLF TOURNEY at Monument Hill Country Club June 19th 2015 8am - 2pm Lions Club fund raiser for local Tri-Lakes vision & health assistance also including community service projects in Monument, Palmer Lake, and the Tri-Lakes area
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• One of the biggest changes involves medical bills. Far too many consumers with perfect credit have seen their credit scores plunge when they’ve been hit with medical bills. From delays in insurance company payments to medical providers, to needing payment plans to f you’ve ever struggled to have cover large expenses, it’s been too incorrect credit information easy for credit scores to take a hit ... fixed at one of the big three cred- when the only thing that ever went it bureaus, or if you’ve been turned wrong was that someone got sick. down for credit or housing due to that bad information, you’ll appre- Now the credit bureaus won’t put ciate the changes that are coming. any medical debt on a credit report The attorney general for the state of for 180 days. And here’s a bonus: New York has negotiated consumer If a delinquency has been reported protections with the big three credit from medical debt, once that debt bureaus: Experian, Equifax and is paid, it will disappear from the TransUnion. Those changes eventu- credit report and not linger for long periods as happens with other types ally will apply in the other states. of debt. Here are some highlights of the changes that are coming:
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