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Taking the heat off your heart
By DR. GUY REED
Chief of Cardiology, MCG
Cardiovascular Center
Getting all hot and both
ered isn necessarily good for
your heart.
During times of extreme
heat, those with heart dis
ease or who take diuretics
and high blood pressure
medicine are more suscep
tible to heat exhaustion and
heat stroke.
Heat exhaustion occurs
when a person is overex
posed to heat, resulting in
loss of body fluids and salt.
Symptoms include weakness,
heavy sweating, nausea, gid
diness, dizziness, collapse,
fatigue, and cool, clammy,
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7:30-9 p.m. Attendees can
also preview the quilts and
other items that will be sold
in a live auction the follow
ing day.
Saturday’s activities open
with a free sausage and
pancake breakfast from 8-
10 a.m. The live auction of
quilts and other handicrafts
and goods begins at 10a.m.
and lasts until mid-after
noon. The day is spiced with
a hand quilting demonstra
tion, children’s activities,
sale of homemade crafts,
and a savory lunch featur
ing barbequed chicken, pie,
ice cream, and peach cob
bler. Vegetarian options are
available at Friday’s supper
and Saturday’s lunch.
More than 30 hand and
machine stitched quilts will
be auctioned at the event,
including the custom
designed special quilt of the
year. This year’s signature
quilt features colorful batik
fabrics pieced together to
portray three large stained
glass windows on a black
background. A second fea
tured quilt is topped with
a single piece of fabric into
which intricate designs have
been quilted.
In addition to quilts, the
live auction includes home
made baby blankets, comfort
ers, and woodcrafts. All auc-
DOBSON
From page 6A
Does he have any special
needs?
Dobson:That’s a great
question, and the answer is
yes. When one child is a
stick of dynamite and the
other is an all-star sweet
heart, the cooperative, gen
tle individual can easily be
taken for granted. If there’s
an unpleasant job to be
done, he may be expected to
do it because Mom and Dad
just don’t have the energy
to fight with the tiger. When
it is necessary for one child
to sacrifice or do without,
there’s a tendency to pick
the one who won’t complain
as loudly. Under these cir
cumstances, the compliant
POWELL
From page 6A
Even his disciples misinter
preted his kingship for the
mother of James and John
earlier petitioned Jesus to
let her sons preside in His
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red or flushed skin. Those
suffering from heat exhaus
tion should immediately go
inside. Rest, cool liquids to
drink and cool baths are rec
ommended.
If left untreated, heat
exhaustion can become heat
stroke, a life-threatening
condition in which the body
becomes dangerously over
heated. Symptoms include:
faintness, headache, loss of
consciousness, body tem
perature at or above 104
degrees Fahrenheit, rapid
pulse and symptoms of heat
exhaustion. Victims of heat
stroke should seek immedi
ate medical attention.
Those at risk of heat
exhaustion and heat stroke
tion items have been created
and donated by Mennonite
artisans and friends from
across the southeast and by
Amish and Mennonites from
across the country.
“Mennonites are known
for the quality of their work,
their friendliness, and their
giving hearts. The Peach
Cobbler Auction is an event
I try not to miss,” Carla
Schissel, annual participant,
said.
Relief Sales are unique
celebrations organized
by Mennonites across the
United States and Canada to
benefit MCC, a cooperative
relief and service agency of
25 North American church
groups founded in 1920.
MCC’s worldwide efforts
include refugee and famine
relief, agricultural and com
munity development, educa
tion, health care, and peace
concerns. The sales also ben
efit Christian Aid Ministries,
a similar relief organization
of the Amish.
“We hope the day will be
memorable - a day of view
ing and purchasing excel
lent craftsmanship, eating
good food, connecting with
old friends, and making new
ones,” Maynard said.
The 2007 Peach Cobbler
Mennonite Relief Auction
will offer:
■ Brunswick Stew Supper
and Silent Auction, Friday, 6
- 7:30 p.m.
■ Hymn Sing, Friday, 7:30
boy or girl comes out on the
short end of the stick.
The consequences of such
inequity should be obvious.
The responsible child often
becomes angry over time. He
has a sense of powerlessness
and resentment that sim
mers below the surface. He’s
like the older brother in the
parable of the Prodigal Son,
told by Jesus. He didn’t
rebel against his father. He
stayed behind and ran the
farm while his irresponsi
ble brother squandered his
money on fun and games.
Who could blame him for
resenting little bro? His
response is typical of the
compliant, hard-working
sibling.
I strongly recommend
that parents seek to balance
the scales in dealing with
kingdom, one on His right
hand and one on His left.
But Jesus had another mis
sion.
He came to destroy the
powers of darkness that
enslave the souls of men
and condemn them to hell.
His kingdom was not of this
Pastor Anthony Baldwin &
need to protect themselves.
Some tips include:
■ Stay out of direct sun
light.
■ Stay in air-conditioned
areas.
■ Take cool baths or show
ers.
■ Place ice bags or wet
towels on your body, and sit
or lie near a fan.
■ Avoid strenuous activ
ity.
■ Wear lightweight, light
colored, loose-fitting cloth
ing made of natural fibers.
■ Drink plenty of fluids,
such as water, vegetable juic
es and iced tea.
■ Avoid alcoholic bever
ages or drinks with a high
salt content.
- 9 p.m.
■ Preview of Saturday’s
live auction items, Friday
6-9 p.m.
■ Free Pancake & Sausage
Breakfast, Saturday, 8-10
a.m.
■ Live Auction, Saturday,
10:00 a.m. - mid-afternoon
■ Lunch with barbequed
chicken, peach cobbler, pie,
soft ice cream, and a veg
etarian option, Saturday
beginning at 12 noon
■ Children’s activities,
quilting demonstrations,
Saturday
■ Ten Thousand Villages
(a Virginia Highlands non
profit store) fairly-traded
products made by artisans
around the world: holiday
ornaments, jewelry, baskets,
shade-grown coffee and
musical instruments, avail
able for purchase Friday and
Saturday
■ Homemade arts, crafts,
and food donated by area
Mennonites, available
for purchase Friday and
Saturday
Mennonites live and work
in more than 60 countries
around the world. The
Mennonite church has been
in existence for more than
475 years, and its members
are known for their belief in
adult baptism, a strong peace
stand, and a commitment
to meeting human needs in
local communities nearby
and around the world.
the compliant child. Make
sure he gets his fair share
of parental attention. Help
him find ways to cope with
his overbearing sibling. And,
within reason, give him the
right to make his own deci
sions.
There’s nothing simple
about raising kids, is there?
Even the “easiest” of them
needs our very best effort.
Dr. Dobson is founder and
chairman of the board of
the nonprofit organization
Focus on the Family, P.O.
Box 444, Colorado Springs,
CO. 80903; or www.family.
org. Questions and answers
are excerpted from “The
Complete Marriage and
Family Home Reference
Guide” and “Bringing Up
Boys,” both published by
Tyndale House.
world but of the one to come.
He came not in the arms of
might but in the strength of
love.
Editor’s note: Author Billy
Powell will be hospitalized
this week for treatment of
a heart condition. This col
umn is a reprint.
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Speakers:
Pastor Tim Gray
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Gen. Petraeus' pivotal report
There redly is no par
ticularly informative
historical precedent
for Gen. David Petraeus’
upcoming public assess
ment of Iraq.
Perhaps we are enter
ing new historicd terrdn,
where the commanding
generd’s pivotd strategic
gambit is a media event.
And media event it is. With
its certdn long-term glob
d import and short-term
politicd impact, Petraeus’
report meets a hustling
television exec’s primal
requirement: drama.
When the spotlight strikes
his face and he begins to
speak, we will witness
drama in large letters.
No one, however, should
confuse the general’s
appearance with entertain
ment.
The quick commentators
will dub his report a histori
cd pivot. That will be true,
but only in a narrow sense.
Despite the sensationalist
headlines and hyperbolic
fretting, given the decades
of terror and the centuries
of political fossilization
afflicting the Middle East,
the trend lines in The War
on Terror are astonishingly
good.
Trends are the great
truths behind pivotal
moments, and Petraeus is
aware of that. Since 9-11,
America has made great
strides in addressing at
the fundamentd level the
social pathologies that
seed Islamo-fascist ter
rorism. In short form it is
this: The choice between
tyrant and terrorist is no
choice. Modernity requires
a degree of socid consensus
and economic liberdization.
Iraq is thus a radical experi
ment in modernity in a vital
region afflicted by economic
fdlure, tribd factiousness
and oil-dollar powered feu
ddism.
Petraeus is aware of those
positive trends, as well as
the inevitable catastrophes
that ultimately produce vic
tory.
Petraeus’ pivotal moment
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is the rare opportunity to
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Military Affairs
Creators Syndicate
large percentage in the
political class who are mere
politicians, not statesmen.
Instantaneous and perva
sive media have reshaped
the politicd environment.
Bill Clinton’s “perpetual
presidential campaign,”
waged from a White House
war room, recognized this
condition.
I recall visiting with an
intelligence officer in the
Pentagon during the Persian
Gulf War in February 1991.
He pointed to a television
monitor tuned to CNN
and quipped, “That’s cur
rent intelligence.” It was
narrowly framed, poorly
contextualized, emotion
dly charged and anecdotd
intelligence, but his wise
crack was dead-on - a live
camera relaying pictures
from the battlefield backed
by breathless commentary
is current intelligence. The
Gulf War and Clinton’s end
less campdgn preceded the
Internet’s expansion and
video cell phones. Instant
today is faster than 10 years
ago.
Petraeus’ report is a
creature of this instanta
neous and pervasive media.
For better or worse, he is
responding to the condition
and using the condition,
War doesn’t operate on
media time or political cal
endars. Petraeus’ report
will address that fact. The
Baghdad clock and the
Washington clock run at dif
ferent speeds. The Baghdad
Clock is ponderously slow
and painfully incremental.
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Why? Because what the
Iraqi government does and
does not do must be politi
cally digestible in a nation
where democratic politics is
a brand new experience.
Washington’s clock - at
least the one run by the
likes of Sens. Carl Levin
and Hillary Clinton - is set
to the 2008 election.
Iraqi Prime Minister
Nouri al-Maliki disdains
their myopia. At a news con
ference earlier this week,
Maliki said: “There are
American officials who con
sider Iraq as if it were one
of their villages, for exam
ple Hillary Clinton and Carl
Levin. They should come to
their senses.”
Petraeus will give all poli
ticians an opportunity to
come to their senses.
Style always counts. I am
certain he will be honest,
disciplined, sobering and
judicious in his presenta
tion.
As for substance, I’ll
wager he will ask for the
antithesis of the instant:
patience.
Instant experts will
demand numbers, and
odds are Petraeus will have
mathematics and graphs.
He may address semi-quan
tifiable factors like the num
ber of trained and equipped
Iraqi troops, the number of
qualified Iraqi senior and
mid-level military officers
who can plan and lead their
own operations, and the
number and locale of police
precincts judged competent
and minimally corrupt.
But the gist of his mes
sage will be what military
veterans call GUTINT gut
intelligence. GUTINT says
sticking with the effort in
Iraq is crucial if we want a
more peaceful and prosper
ous 21st century, for Iraqis,
Americans and every one
else on the planet.
To find out more about
Austin Bay, and read fea
tures by other Creators
Syndicate writers and car
toonists, visit the Creators
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