Other than my occasional indulgence in a heap of crispy French fries, I’ve never been a big fan of white potatoes. It isn’t that they aren’t healthy; baked or boiled, they’re a fine source of potassium and fiber. I just find them bland unless they’re fried, covered in ketchup or bathed in butter and sour cream – definitely not healthy.

That’s why these recipes, in the February issue of Better Homes and Gardens magazine, caught my eye: These healthful mashes will sate your comfort-food cravings without wrecking your waistline.

No offense, Mr. Potato Head, but you're just a little boring.

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“Cross-shaped” in Latin. In the knee joint are two ligaments that cross over each other, the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments. These ligaments help stabilize the joint, in particular, to prevent the femur (thigh bone) from slipping too far forward or backward on the tibia (leg bone). The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is frequently torn in football injuries when a leg firmly planted in the turf encounters a flying tackle. The player typically experiences “excruciating” pain. Excruciating, crucify and crucifixion all share the same root meaning referring to a cross and to the associated pain and suffering.

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As a DMU employee I’m proud of where I work and am not ashamed to show it. I already have DMU t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, stickers, pens and even some temporary tattoos. The one thing I didn’t have was a decent DMU wallpaper for my computer. So we decided to make some! We now have 8 (and counting) wallpapers for you to show off your DMU pride.

We plan on releasing a new DMU wallpaper each month so we want your requests. We want to hear any ideas you might have for a wallpaper, it can be professional, funny, artistic or maybe even a little quirky. The only guideline is that your idea has to relate to DMU somehow. Either comment below with your idea or send your idea to me at seth.stevenson@dmu.edu.

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SAVE THE DATE to attend the fourth annual Des Moines University Foot & Ankle Surgery Symposium!

TOPICS:

• Complicated First Ray
• Controversies in the Hindfoot
• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Decisions in Nerve Surgery
• Sports Medicine
• Trauma 8 to 5

DATE:
April 27 – 28, 2012

LOCATION:
Des Moines University
Student Education Center Auditorium
3300 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50312

Campus map and directions

REGISTRATION:

• Physicians – $125
• Students – $25

Registration will open soon. For questions, please email cme@dmu.edu, or call Vanessa at 515-271-1541.

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It chagrins me that I missed several of January’s colorful holidays, including those celebrating stellar foods: January 6 is Bean Day; January 19, National Popcorn Day; January 22, National Blonde Brownie Day; and – especially close to my Iowa heart – January 24, Eskimo Pie Patent Day, in honor of schoolteacher/candy store owner Christian Kent Nelson, who invented that tasty chocolate-and-ice-cream concoction in 1920 in Onawa, Iowa. Today, incidentally, is Punch the Clock Day and Thomas Crapper Day, the latter in honor of the man who invented the flush toilet.

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