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Olympus SCALEVIEW Microscope Objectives Earn Multiple Prestigious Awards in 2012: Game-Changing Optics for Deeper Tissue Imaging
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., December 18, 2012 – Olympus SCALEVIEW microscope objectives, which allow researchers to see far deeper into tissue than was ever possible before, have earned recognition by four prestigious awards organizations this year. The 25x Olympus 4mm (numerical aperture 1.0) and 8mm (numerical aperture 0.9) SCALEVIEW microscope objectives allow researchers to create highly accurate 3D structural representations of tissue from intact specimens by offering detailed, crisp images over super-long working distances.
The prizes include the prestigious 2012 R&D 100 Award, along with the Gold Edison Award in the Science/Medical category. The SCALEVIEW lenses also were judged to be among 2012's ten best microscopy innovations according to this year's Microscopy Today Innovation Award competition. In addition, the objectives recently were named named Finalists in the Prism Awards 2013 Competition, sponsored by Photonics Media and SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.
The new SCALEVIEW objectives provided by Olympus are significant because they facilitate breakthrough research on the functioning of the brain and other vital organs. Previously, researchers using light microscopes needed to slice thin sections of brain tissue to make observations through any significant depth. Every cut damaged tissue and potentially deformed the sample, and the tissue itself was so opaque that it made it difficult to visualize the millions of neural filament connections in any detail.
Using a combination of the cutting-edge FluoView FV1000MPE® multiphoton microscope system, SCALEVIEW optics and a breakthrough reagent developed by Dr. Atsushi Miyawaki of Japan's RIKEN Brain Science Institute, which literally turns tissue transparent (Hiroshi Hama et al., Nature Neuroscience 14, 1481-1488 (2011)), researchers now can see up to 8mm deep without slicing the tissue. Image quality, sharpness and brightness are maximized as the lenses have an ultra-long working distance optimized specifically for deep imaging. Image focal accuracy is enhanced thanks to the chromatic aberration correction of the lenses, which covers the complete tuning range of the multiphoton Ti:Sapphire laser, while the spherical aberration correction collar ensures that image degradation can be minimized when adjusting for differences in cover-glass thickness, temperature and specimen variation. In this way, the SCALEVIEW system helps biologists generate data that more accurately reflects the true internal structure of complex specimens without the need for interpolation, giving more confidence in the biological relevance of findings.
The R&D 100 Awards (selected by an independent judging panel and the editors of R&D Magazine) have long been a benchmark of excellence for industry sectors as diverse as telecommunications, high-energy physics, software, manufacturing, and biotechnology. The prestigious Gold Edison Award (internationally known as the Edison Awards™), have been honoring the best in innovation and excellence in the development of new products and services for the last 25 years. In addition, the Microscopy Today Innovation Awards, which were established to honor innovative microscopy-related products and methods, select ten equally ranked winners each year on the basis of their importance and usefulness to the microscopy community, and especially their ability to help facilitate better, faster, or entirely new methods of analysis. The Prism Awards named SCALEVIEW optics a Finalist in the Life Sciences and Biophotonics category for their ability to break with conventional ideas, solve problems and improve life. With the power to open up brand new research applications across the life sciences, the SCALEVIEW objective lenses certainly meet these criteria, and provide users with the power to generate truly insightful biological data.
For more information on the 8mm and 4mm SCALEVIEW 25x objectives, contact Yiwei Jia (email@example.com) or Brendan Brinkman (email@example.com) at Olympus America Inc., or visit www.olympusamerica.com/scaleview.
About Olympus America Inc., Scientific Equipment Group
Olympus America Scientific Equipment Group provides innovative microscope imaging solutions for researchers, doctors, clinicians and educators. Olympus microscope systems offer unsurpassed optics, superior construction and system versatility to meet the ever-changing needs of microscopists, paving the way for future advances in life science.
About Olympus
Olympus is a precision technology leader, designing and delivering innovative solutions in its core business areas: Medical and Surgical Products, Life Science Imaging Systems, Industrial Measurement and Imaging Instruments and Cameras and Audio Products. Olympus works collaboratively with its customers and affiliates worldwide to leverage R&D investment in precision technology and manufacturing processes across diverse business lines. These include:
- Gastrointestinal endoscopes, accessories, and minimally invasive surgical products;
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Olympus serves the healthcare field with integrated product solutions and financial, educational and consulting services that help customers to efficiently, reliably and more easily achieve exceptional results. Olympus develops breakthrough technologies with revolutionary product design and functionality for the consumer and professional photography markets, and also is the leader in gastrointestinal endoscopy and clinical and educational microscopes. For more information, visit www.olympusamerica.com.\
Olympus and FluoView are trademarks or registered trademarks of Olympus Corporation, Olympus America Inc. and/or their affiliates.


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Hannah Rokes was born and raised in rural India until she was 3 years old, when she and her older sister were adopted by a family in Camden, Maine. There she developed a clear sense that her creative talents and dreams in life needed to be expressed in a larger and more diverse setting. So, after graduating from high school, she came to New York where she graduated with a BFA in photography from Pratt Institute in 2006. She got her start in fashion photography as well as, shooting various events. However, she also specializes in creative portraiture dealing with the core beauty of women and the language of the heart, she also designs and hand crafts head pieces that are used in her portraits.
When asked if she always wanted to go into Fashion Photography she said, "I never thought I would go into fashion it kind of just happened, I never saw myself as a "fashion person" but it works for me, also when I was younger I was obsessed with clashing my clothes. If I could I would have clashed every day to school. Unfortunately people realized I wasn't really color blind and I was made to wear normal matching clothes to school... Also aside from clashing clothes I was also very much obsessed with wearing dresses, but not just any dresses they had to be REALLY fancy dresses, where I would look over dressed, but to me I thought I looked just right. So I guess I have always had some fashion in me, but still I did not think fashion was my thing, but I do love it now, and my head pieces that I design is a form of fashion and my trademark now, so life has a weird way of putting you were you should be!"
Though you might mistake her for a model or actress, she is a fierce competitor in the photography world, she always seems to get to the front of the line at shows and events and she seems to attract many people with her unique look, poised mannerism, and not to mention an eye for getting the shot. Ms. Rokes is currently working on a gallery show and a book both dealing with the essence of the real woman, where you will definitely get to see her signature head pieces.
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Save Our Benefit DoD Podcasts In The FightASM Job Advantage
By Terri Moon CronkDoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2017 Service members eligible to opt into the Blended Retirement System in 2018 can now take a free course to learn to use the online comparison calculator to aid in determining whether the new BRS or the legacy retirement system is a better choice for their circumstances, Defense Department officials said.
The calculator provides individual military retirement benefit estimates for service members who are eligible to opt into the new system in 2018, allowing them to compare options under both systems.
The Defense Department joins the nation in honoring the commitment, sacrifices and contributions families of service members make every day in support of the military and the nation.
As the nation marks Warrior Care month in November, the Defense Department honors the courage of wounded, ill or injured service members, and highlights the programs that support their return to duty or transition to the civilian community.
DoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2016 - Walgreens pharmacies join the TRICARE retail pharmacy network on Dec. 1, 2016, while CVS pharmacies, including those in Target stores, will leave the network on the same day, according to the Defense Health Agency.
"The network will still have more than 57,000 locations across the country," Dr. George Jones, DHA's Chief of Pharmacy Operation, said in a release. "About 98 percent of beneficiaries still have a network pharmacy within 5 miles of their home."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2016 - First Lady Michelle Obama hosted nearly 200 service members, spouses, children, veterans and wounded warriors at this year's annual White House holiday décor preview as part of a Joining Forces initiative celebration.
"For the past eight years, celebrating the holidays and having you all be the first that see the decorations … has been one of our favorite White House traditions," the first lady said.
The dates shown are from the United States Post Office. You should verify with your local Post Office for services available, date changes, and to acquire the appropriate United States Customs forms, FREE Express and Priority shipping supplies.
From USPS.com
If you're mailing or shipping holiday cards and gifts, for Hanukah, Kwanza, Christmas, or other holiday traditions, find the deadline for getting cards and packages sent on time by reviewing the 2016 Holiday Shipping Dates below.
By Mike CaseyNovember 25, 2016
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- The Army is picking up the pace to make more training mobile applications available for Soldiers' smartphones and computer tablets.
Recently, a team of Soldiers and civilians at Fort Eustis, Virginia, started using software to ensure Army mobile apps meet government security requirements and other standards.
by Maj. John CallahanNovember 18, 2016
TOGIAK, Alaska - In a rare daytime appearance, Santa and about 50 of his elves - including Alaska Gov. Bill Walker and First Lady Donna Walker - came early this year to visit Christmas cheer upon the schoolchildren of this remote village in Southwest Alaska.
The early visit was made possible by the Alaska National Guard's Operation Santa Claus, now in its 60th year. Each year since 1956, volunteers have come together to process and package donated Christmas toys, school supplies, books and staple foods. Most of these "elves" are affiliated with the Alaska Army or Air National Guard; others step forward from local businesses and community groups. Alaska Air National Guard crews then fly the elves and their collected goodies to a selected handful of villages a year.
By Petty Officer First Class Gary A. Prill, U.S. Fleet Forces Command Public Affairs
NORFOLK (NNS) -- United States Fleet Forces Command began a six-month pilot program Oct. 29 with the pre-launch of the Navy's newest tool to counter destructive decisions, the LiveSafe smartphone application.
The pilot program will allow Sailors and their families assigned to Hampton Roads, Virginia and Rota, Spain a chance to download and interact with the application prior to its release.
NAVADMIN 219/16 now makes it a requirement to submit and have your TA Command Approved 14 days prior to your course start date for all classes starting on or after January 1st, 2017!
So, if you are considering taking classes starting Monday January 2nd, 2017 you will need to have submitted and have your request Command approved by the 19th of December!
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Robert Priddy (a caustic critic and defamer of Sathya Sai Baba and others) submitted an Anti-Baba article on digg.com that said (in part):
"Sathya Sai Baba's 'channelers' and mediums – & Shivaratri fraud: Entertaining as a fair sample of the quite populous 'lunatic fringe' that is always prominent in the ashrams and no less throughout the Sai movement."
Needless to say, Robert Priddy miserably failed to discuss the "entertaining" "lunatic fringe" that has always been prominent among Ex-Devotees. Robert Priddy himself was a "lunatic fringe" believer in Sathya Sai Baba for 17 – 26 years (even hailing the guru as God incarnate!) and professed belief in elementals, elves, fairies and leprechauns (discussed later in this article).
Robert Priddy cherry-picks his one-way and self-serving criticisms (bewailing the so-called faults, gullibility and mental deficiencies of Sai Devotees), all the while suppressing and ignoring these same faults, gullibility and mental deficiencies prevalent among Ex-Devotees of Sathya Sai Baba.
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Bi-Sexual Conny Larsson (a caustic critic and defamer of Sathya Sai Baba and others) is peddling himself as a self-proclaimed Prophet and trance channeler for Maharishi Vyasa. Conny Larsson's "trance medium" claims were even published in a national Swedish newspaper (Norrland Social Democrat aka Norrlandska Socialdemokraten) under the title Medium drog full hus – Medium draws full house (which documented a couple of trance channeling demonstrations by Conny Larsson).
Robert Priddy and Kevin R. D. Shepherd attempted to defend Conny Larsson and ending up eating their words when Gerald Joe Moreno published his scathing responses entitled "Kevin Shepherd & Psychic Medium Conny Larsson" and "Conny Larsson Admits To Psychic Fraud".
Conny Larsson claims he is a Psychic Healer and Spirit-Medium who uses crystal pendulums to diagnose disorders, blockages and ills in other's auras (Ref). Conny Larsson also sells himself as a Meditation Guru, Spirituality & Yoga Master, Bhajan Leader, Mantra Guru, Vedic Master, etc.. Conny Larsson is the founder of vedicmasterclass.org and heartandsoulexpo.com, which solicits the services of numerous psychics, mediums, channelers and New Age healers (many who have gurus and alleged "angel" contacts).
Even more disturbing is the fact that Conny Larsson self-disclosed his psychiatric diagnosis (made by a psychiatrist) of him being "psychoinfantile", which is also known as Histrionic Personality Disorder.
Apparently, if you hear voices in your head, channel Vyasa, perform trance healings, converse with dead people, channel the spirits of dead animals, hold negative views about Sathya Sai Baba, perform séances and have been officially diagnosed with a psychiatric personality disorder, give Ex-Devotees a call because you might be their next credible reference against Sathya Sai Baba.
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Alan Kazlev (a caustic critic of Sathya Sai Baba and others) is a true-believer and promoter of: Integral Transformation, Integral Metaphysics, Reincarnation, Spirit Possession, Trolls, UFOs, Aliens, Alternate Realities, Cosmic Redemption, Planetary Buddhas, Avataric Gurus, Psychic Powers, Devas, Earth Spirits, Elementals, the Occult, Kundalini, Astrology, Karma, Auras, Astral Bodies, Astral Planes, Astral Beings, Geomancy, Theta Magic, Natal Charts, Samskaras, various New Age philosophies, etc.
Alan Kazlev claimed that Ramana Maharshi is his "sadguru" and that Sri Aurobindo and Mother Mirra are his "gurus". Furthermore, Alan Kazlev ranted about his past lives on his website, claiming past life associations with Ancient Rome, Atlantis and Ancient Greece. Alan Kazlev claimed he lived past lives as a Polish Kabbalist, a German Soldier and a 19th Century English gentleman-scholar, philosopher theologian and naturalist raised as a British Israelite. Alan Kazlev stated he reincarnates two to three times a century and was "exiled" to Earth (apparently from another planet) to help in the spiritual transformation of the entire Earth (Reference).
It has since come to light that Alan Kazlev is a grungy guy who loves to drool over images of a "pornographic kind" (using Robert Priddy's moral standards) and wrote two cyberpunk articles replete with filthy speech and sexually explicit material. See:
- syndorphin2-6-C by M. Alan Kazlev or View Syndorphin 2-6-C Blogged Post
- Hap New Year by M. Alan Kazlev or View Hap New Year Blogged Post
Ex-Devotees have yet to say one word about Alan Kazlev's penchant to tell raunchy and pornographic stories about erect penises, wanton sex and obscene references to women as being "cunts".
M. Alan Kazlev is also a pseudo-psychiatrist who loves to make bogus psychological profiles of people who dissent with him (although he has no known credentials in the medical or psychiatric fields). As a matter of fact, Alan Kazlev openly admitted he has no credentials in the medical or psychiatric fields yet judges and defames others while hypocritically preaching about "love" and "letting go of hatred".
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Tony O'Clery (a caustic critic and defamer of Sathya Sai Baba and others) believes in Atlantis and Lemuria, Edgar Cayce (a psychic trance medium called "The Sleeping Prophet"), shape-shifting (literally changing one's physical body to that of an animal, bird, reptile or other creature), UFO's, aliens, alien abductions, reincarnation, black magic using semen, astral planes with astral beings, thought forms, psychic attacks, kundalini, psychics, mediums, karma, the mayan calendar apocalypse, talking to the dead, demon possession, channeling, prophecies, bilocation and believes that Hiranyakasipu (a mythological demon who is said to have existed millions of years ago) was able to manipulate matter completely and could create ships that could go to the stars!
Anthony Tony O'Clery also claims he is a trance-medium who hears, sees and speaks to the dead, enters demon-trances and thinks everyone in his family is psychic (Refs: 01 – 02 – 03).
Tony O'Clery also wrote a disgusting, falsified and fraudulent news story that said:
Tony O'Clery (under the pseudonym "Angelic"): "no it was cnn, the four year old just crossed the street from his parents house. He was molested and chopped up and buried in the backyard. He son held the boy, her husband raped him whilst she masturbated according to cnn.
I think afterwards they went to bhajans at the sai centre. The police said there was a big picture of sb (Sai Baba) on the wall, and they offered the rape to him, understanding he would relish the idea." (Reference)
To Date: Not even one Ex-Devotee has said a single word about O'Clery's disgusting and fraudulent news story claiming that a man raped his 4-year-old son while the 4-year-old was held by another son with the mother watching on masturbating! As if this isn't disgusting enough, Tony O'Clery then claimed that the 4-year-old boy was chopped up and buried in the back yard and that the mother and father offered the rape to Sathya Sai Baba!
These are the type of mentally unsound whackos belonging to the Anti-Sai Movement.
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Loohan (an Anti-Sai Activist and self-professed psychic) not only believes that he can psychically "program" areas of land with his mind to create demon and ET "prisons", he also believes in the "Illuminati" (a secret society comprised of pedophilic, blood-sucking, shape-shifting reptilians from the Draco constellation). The following paragraph contains "loohan's" psychic impressions about pictures he saw of Sathya Sai Baba on the internet:
"June 2, 2006: Sai Baba. I see they have posted more 'new' pics of His Holiness, also all at least 6 weeks old. About 40% down the page is a pic of the Anointing One. To his left is a dark-skinned man, to his right a white man, squatting. The dark guy is his witch #5, the white guy #4. Right below that are 4 little girls, dancing. The 2 front ones are sexually abused. I pulled out the sex demons they had from vaginal injection. I am confident that medical inspection would show they are not virgins. The bottom pic has the same 2 witches, too. His female ones are not on this page.
I found a clone they are working on to replace Baba. Baba's 'spirit' (insectile) is history, so it won't be the same person except in appearance. I stuffed the clone full of parasites, which made his location very easy to dowse. He is in a house on the SE corner of Mesnes Rd. and Wordsworth Ave., Marylebone, Greater Manchester, WN1, UK. I don't think the clone is ready for action yet for another couple months, so i can beat up on him at my leisure."
Believe it or not, this is not the first time that Anti-Sai Activists claimed that Sathya Sai Baba has been (or will be) "replaced" by a clone. The "clone conspiracy" theory attempts to explain away Sai Baba's youthful appearance at 85 years of age. Loohan believes he was able to psychically remove "sex demons" residing in the vaginas of little girls simply by looking at their picture!
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Julian O'Donnell (an Ex-Devotee) claimed he lived past lives with Sathya Sai Baba and that he was able to "fix" the guru with his vast psychic powers. O'Donnell also wished that someone would assassinate Sai Baba and his emails strongly suggest he suffers from chronic psychiatric problems.
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Kyra Kitts (an Ex-Devotee of Sathya Sai Baba residing in San Luis Obispo) had her own website ("kyrakitts.net", which is no longer online) for close to five years in which she solicited herself as a psychic, clairvoyant and spiritual healer who could perform in-person and long-distance healings. She claimed to have been "overtly psychic since approximately age eleven". Kyra Kitts claimed that H. H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche began appearing to her in inner visions and spoke to her in Tibetan. She also claimed that Sathya Sai Baba appeared to her in a semi-awake/semi-asleep vision that radically changed her life. When she visited Sai Baba in India, she was tormented with "bizarre sexual thoughts", even in Baba's presence. Kyra Kitts claimed that while walking by the meditation bench behind the mandir, she psychically perceived Sathya Sai Baba "in his room masturbating, looking out his window, and laughing at the crowd". Kyra Kitts said that Sathya Sai Baba looked like a "Fijian gorilla" and referred to the guru as "Sai Bob, sex cowboy". Kyra Kitts has/had numerous, chronic, physical ailments that affected her mentally (admittedly) for many years. Kyra Kitts is a believer in gurus, psychic powers, ESP, siddhis, telepathy, clairvoyance, clairaudience, channeling, precognition, etc. Kyra Kitts is married to Christopher 'Chris' Kitts and complained on the Narcissistic Personality Disorder Yahoo Group about Chris' domineering mother! Kyra Kitts served as the main contact for the "Bodhi Path" Buddha Center in San Luis Obispo. Kyra Kitts also used the internet pseudonym "mireille108" and claimed that Ammachi is her "core Guru".
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Barry Pittard (a caustic critic and defamer of Sathya Sai Baba and others) said he believes (even after his defection from the Sai Movement) that Sathya Sai Baba possesses genuine paranormal powers! As a matter of fact, Barry Pittard said:
"I can tell you that I and others have witnessed hundreds – and ones of the most profoundly beautiful sort – both mediated in his own person and in places far from him but in their style connected with him. My own view is this: that they are happening on a tremendously wide scale; that they cannot all be explained away as faked; that they are phenomena not at present rationally understood…From November 1975, I began to experience many profound and beautiful phenomena. Wherever I travelled in the world, they manifested far away from, yet were often clearly related to, his physical presence on the planet…I have had thousands of experiences that transcend scientific or intellectual explanation…I have many times experienced supranormal phenomena related to him, which there is no explaining away…Their sheer magnitude round the globe is bound to attract history's final verdict that they are real, and do happen. (I have, by the way, found many rationalists and sceptics just as biased as many religionists)." (Reference)
Barry Pittard was also a promoter of various Nadi Sastras, which are prophetic readings obtained from palm leafs, finger-prints or astrological data in India. Barry Pittard even claimed he sent out 2,000 emails to various people, attempting to obtain information to support and promote his obvious obsession with "Nadi Sastras".
Barry Pittard formerly attempted to pass himself off as a spiritual healer for many years but now lives on a disability pension in Australia (apparently, unable to heal himself). The reason for Pittard's disability pension is a fanatically guarded secret. Gerald Moreno received a highly credible email that claimed Barry Pittard saw a psychologist on the Sunshine Coast and Pittard's disability pension may actually be due to psychiatric reasons.
Currently, Barry Pittard claims that various Anti-Baba lyrics and songs are "manifesting" through him!
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Sanjay Dadlani (a fully exposed pervert, vocal Anti-Sai Activist and Ex-Devotee) is a Hare Krishna congregational member who is a believer in the Ramayana, Bhagavad Gita and the Srimad Bhagavatam (which Priddy said one must be "backward intellectually" to believe in: Ref).
Sanjay Dadlani has openly declared his belief that Lord Krishna held aloft an entire mountain on his pinky finger for seven days and seven nights without rest, going to the bathroom or sleep. Sanjay Dadlani also believes that Lord Krishna literally manifested 16,000 separate human bodies and married 16,000 women and copulated with each one of them, generating numerous offspring. Sanjay also gets down on his hands and knees and worships stone deities as God Incarnate (Refs: 01 – 02 – 03).
Sanjay Dadlani argues for the integrity of the Srimad Bhagavatam as a reliable historical record for the life and lilas of Bhagavan Sri Krishna. Funny enough, the Srimad Bhagavatam claims we live in a geocentric universe and that Sun is closer to the Earth than the Moon! See: What Are The Implications When A Guru Or Scripture Err?
Ex-Devotees see nothing wrong with Sanjay Dadlani's homosexual-fantasizing slurs, perverted Jesus-sex fetish and deviant boot-sex fetish. Sanjay Dadlani secretly stalked innocent women at Middlesex University (calling them "bitches" and "sluts", saying "they want it", calling Mothers "MILFs", photographing females and teenagers up their dresses and under tables and published these photos on his streetbitches blog).
Sanjay Dadlani posted on the QuickTopic Forum (using multiple fake names, including female names) and made disgusting posts under the name "Marquis de Sade" about a large penis for anal sex, a feces-covered anus, bestiality, people vomiting into each other's mouths and a Priest ejaculating on the face of a little girl as related by her brother. Sanjay even posted under the name "kick his head in" and said that someone should murder Sathya Sai Baba (of course, this is the same guy who rejoiced when a Sai Baba temple was bombed).
And to top it all off, Sanjay Dadlani claimed he met sadhus in India that were 300 years old and that he engaged in tantric sex under the direction of Aghori Vimalananda when he was 7 years old! Sanjay Dadlani also believes that men can suck up semen to their brains and can live thousands of years thereby!
One word here: "Cuckoo!"
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On the ExBaba website, a person calling himself "Sol Mystic" (aka Paul Richard De Furia – who lives in Manassas USA) owns TheSocietyOfLight.com website. This website advocates for the belief in Ascended Magi & Ascended Elders and even claimed that the Ascended Solist Masters will rise from the dead after the year 2005 (as of 2010, no one has raised from the dead yet).
The Society Of Light website also promotes beliefs in UFO's, aliens, psychic prophecy, predictions, chakras, auras, prophets, harmonizers, guardians, seers, unifiers, telekinesis, reincarnation, rebirth, astral planes, astral beings, psychic attacks, channeling, trans-mediumship, discarnates, avatars, crop circles, demons, telepathy, levitation, teleportation, ascended masters (the list goes on and on). Sol Mystic had the following to say about Sathya Sai Baba:
"My own insight as a SOL Mystic, which was confirmed to me in part by the Christian Mystic, Ray Stanford, as well as by the Hindu Mystic, Ishtan Natarajan, is that Sai Baba is a subangel (demon) prophet who has powerful Gifts of the Spirit (like Charisma, Healing and Manifestation, i.e., the ability to create food and jewelry), given to him by millions of spiritually indifferent discarnates in the Lower Realms of Spirit. They combine their soul energy into a group consciousness for the sake of collective power so that they can manifest these Gifts of telekinesis but they are not spiritually principled. They project a clever, well-orchestrated illusion to millions of incarnate people around the world that Sai Baba is a God Realized Avatar. In actuality, he is just a pedophile subangel prophet."
Apparently, someone has been watching too much Harry Potter.
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Dan Winter (an Anti-Sai Activist) wrote an utterly psychotic article about Sathya Sai Baba, "sex juice" and "borgs" (a fictional race of cyborgs in the Star Trek universe, which Dan Winters thinks actually exist because he believes in the "Illuminati" – a secret society comprised of pedophilic, blood-sucking, shape-shifting reptilians from the Draco constellation). Dan Winter said (in part):
"So no one in the conversation was apologetic about many reports that Sai Baba when seen clairvoyantly looked just like a giant worm out of DUNE. (The one report that he was a parasitic worm of the An lineage originally assigned to UrANus was unconfirmed.) I tried to explain how large scale harvesting of human glandular juices, uv blue fire aura / ecstatic/sex juice , was the raw material Sai Baba needed for Vibuti production. Hugh and Carol emphasized how millions of Indian children had schools because of Sai Baba; I pointed out that each day they all were required to pour out their worship uv juice to the reigning astral parasite/ guru Sai himself.
Of course their is a possible symbiosis between a reigning borg queen and her hive. And no one here is suggesting we should regard Sai Baba as simply evil in the sense of failing to embed. The question is more what should we learn and strengthen about self empowerment from the millions of person who sought this urge to the flow of guru juice, even if it was vampiric in may ways.
For example, I would not agree with the statement above that Sai had no mystical powers. In fact if you can be the cookie cutter at the nozzle of so many millions of humans sex/uv/worship juice, you DO get to be very powerful. What is so critical that we not be borgs in the river of that blue fire, but instead angels aborning, is that we understand the PRINCIPLE of how that worm becomes self-aware and self-steering. (been trying to get a-'head' for millenia…)"
Apparently, someone has been sipping cuckoo juice while watching too much Star Trek & Dune.
Dan Winters is also a convicted felon who was successfully sued for copyright infringement and plagiarism. Daniel Winters also has a USA warrant out for his arrest (Refs: 01 – 02). This is the type of nut and criminal that Ex-Devotees and the Ex-Baba domain solicit as a credible voice against Sathya Sai Baba.
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Although Timothy Conway can often be seen attempting to present himself as a rational and logical voice against Sathya Sai Baba, he is a true believer and promoter of Gurus [3], Mystics [3], Enlightened Masters [3], psychics [1] [2] [4], levitation [5], bi-location [5], miracles [5], remote-viewing [4], elementals, meditation [2] [6], paranormal powers [5], aliens [4] [10], rebirth [1] [7], reincarnation [1] [7], karma [8], oracles [2], I-Ching [2], sensitives [1] [2], channelers [1] [2], astrology [2], astrologists [2], palm-reading [2], non-duality [9], etc. (the list goes on and on).
For example, if you are looking for an answer to a difficult problem, Timothy Conway PhD suggested the following solutions:
"Ask God (Spirit, the one God-Self) for guidance and for some kind of 'omen' or 'sign,' if needed, to proceed in a certain direction (i.e., making choice A, B, C or whatever). Be willing to wait several days or weeks (or, in some cases, months or even years for this guidance to manifest)…Use an oracle, such as the I Ching (Book of Changes). More simply, you can ask for Divine Guidance and then flip a coin–with heads meaning one choice, tails meaning the other choice. If you like, flip it 10 times and see if a clear pattern emerges. You might say, 'Well, how the coin flips is simply due to chance.' Perhaps. But one can also trust that there is a deeper Principle behind everything that happens, and you can ask this Divine Guiding Intelligence to show you an answer via the coin-tossing process. Alternatively, you can create a slightly more sophisticated oracle of your own by getting out 3 or 4 pieces of paper. Then write 'yes' on one, 'no' on another, 'wait' on a third piece of paper, and, if you like, 'wrong question' on the fourth piece of paper. Then turn them face down, scramble them up, and pick one of the 3 or 4 pieces of paper to get guidance this way…You can also consult a psychic 'sensitive' and/or an astrologer or a palmist (Indian jyotish astrology followed by Western astrology seem to be the most accurate astrology systems. And, curiously, palmistry and astrology seem to complement each other as different methods for getting to the same 'karmic' information on the soul's mission, destiny, strengths and vulnerabilities)." (Reference)
Timothy Conway also believed and endorsed (Ref) the alleged experiences of Shirlи Klein-Carsh, a so-called "Indigo" (an alleged extraterrestrial alien who voluntarily incarnates on Earth). Shirlи Klein-Carsh claimed she was psychologically, spiritually and artistically guided by a cleverly disguised Alien from Sirius who worked as an electronics repairman in a second-hand shop. Timothy Conway said:
"This is a fascinating study of someone with sensitivities hardly dreamed of by most persons. Other books present the carefully presented and reasoned case for the existence of inter-dimensional aliens interacting with humans. This book goes straight into the mystery and wonder of the human-alien contact." – Timothy Conway, PhD., author of 'Women of Power and Grace'
Timothy Conway also attempted to argue that if Sai Baba possesses genuine paranormal powers, he could easily "warp spacetime" by creating an "insular interdimensional environment" where he could engage in abuse without easy detection (just as aliens are alleged to do through alien abductions)!
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Barbara Dent (a very vocal Anti-Sai Activist given voice on critic's Anti-Sai Yahoo Group and against whom no ex-devotee has ever dissented) believes that she channels the spirit of Mother Mary, is psychic, works on astral planes, sees and hears dead people, possesses telepathy, can astral travel, has lived many lives with Mother Mary, recalls her and other's past lives in Germany, claims that the Nazi's were aliens, recalls Sathya Sai Baba's past lives, can make men impotent with her psychic powers, was astrally raped, speaks to Princess Diana's spirit and blindly accuses Sathya Sai Baba, Sai Devotees and Sai Proponents of being "whores", "pedophiles", "queers", "fags", "rapers", "molesters", "murderers", etc.
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Funny enough, Robert Priddy himself once held belief in elves, fairies, leprechauns, gnomes, trolls, water spirits, animal and plant spirits or 'devas' , angels, invisible helpers, shaman 'spirits', 'allies', UFOs, extra-terrestrials, possessive demons, Satan, Pan-figures and other demi-gods (and even wrote an article about it: Ref). Priddy attempted to do damage control when confronted about his "lunatic fringe" beliefs and gave a tongue-in-cheek denial (Reference).
Although Robert Priddy attempts to con the general public into thinking he is entirely given to scientific reasoning, he is actually a true believer and a fierce defender, promoter, endorser, solicitor and friend of various self-professed psychics, trance mediums, reiki healers, guru wannabees, superstitionists, eccentric spiritualists, astrologers (including his own son, Kai Nicolai Priddy, who is heavily into astrology and is the webmaster for AbacusAstrology.co.uk) and other "lunatic fringe" Baba bashers.
Robert Priddy promotes, endorses and/or professes friendship with:
- Trance Channeler & Self-Proclaimed Prophet Conny Larsson
- Guru Promoter, UFO Conspiracist & True Believer PhD Timothy Conway
- New Age Advocate & Reincarnator Alan Kazlev
- Self-Proclaimed Spiritual Master 'Ramana Baba'
- Ramtha Devotee Ullrich Zimmermann
- Fetishist & Hare Krsna Congregational Member Sanjay Dadlani
- Reiki Master And Spiritual Healer Yaman Konuralp
As a matter of fact, when Robert Priddy attempts to defend himself against Joe Moreno (a Pro-Sai Activist) he directs his readers to either:
- Psychic Trance Medium Conny Larsson's website (located at saibabaexpose.com)
- Reincarnator, New Age Advocate and Grungy Integral Philosopher Alan Kazlev's website (located at kheper.net)
How's that for "scientific" or "rational"? Robert Priddy is obviously a very gullible and naive "true believer" who is willing to give credence to non-scientific beliefs by claiming that trance mediums, self-proclaimed prophets, aura readers, seance conductors, New Age advocates, guru adherents, self-proclaimed reincarnators and the like are intelligent, honest, credible and reliable individuals worthy of being referenced by him (a so-called "scholar" and "academic" not given to lunatic fringe or superstitious beliefs)! To Date: Robert Priddy adamantly refuses to say one word about his promotion and endorsement of these "lunatic fringe" (Priddy's favorite slur) individuals.
Robert Priddy was also a promoter of LSD and eulogized his own LSD-induced hallucinations for well over 30+ years! See:
- Robert Priddy's Removal Of Biographical Data From Personal Website
- Robert Priddy's Biographical Suppression
- Robert Priddy's "The Psychedelic Experience" (or Archive 01)
- Robert Priddy's "Truth, Being And Bliss" (or Archive 01)
- Robert Priddy's "A Vision Of Cosmic Energy" (or Archive 01)
- Robert Priddy's 30+ Year Glorification Of LSD
And to top it all off, Robert Priddy believes (even to this day, after his defection) that Sathya Sai Baba possesses genuine paranormal powers.
Robert Priddy: "Nonetheless, it will surely surprise some that I am still almost certain – on the basis of extended personal observation – that Sathya Sai Baba can and does carry out apports, which therefore can appear as materialisations from nothing."
Apports are said to be physical objects in existence that are dematerialized from one location and rematerialized to another.
Robert Priddy: "Some of what I experienced of SSB's extraordinary and positive powers through many years is undeniable, even after the most rigorous skeptical investigations, and I do not regard him as any ordinary human being. I have simply had to realize that his actions in the worldly and human sphere are not infallible and are not always setting a perfect example for others."
Robert Priddy believes that Sathya Sai Baba possesses genuine paranormal powers because the Guru cured him of a debilitating and chronic neck and spinal problem that no one else could cure and whose symptoms no doctor could alleviate. Robert Priddy claimed that Sathya Sai Baba cured him through a series of "dream-operations" that resulted in a literal and physical transformation of his spine, which was supported by x-rays and the testimony of Mr. Kylie ("an osteopath and master of various other disciplines").
Robert Priddy also claimed that Sathya Sai Baba freed his mother from chronic pain and that a small speck of Sathya Sai Baba's vibuthi instantaneously cured his paralyzed cat when it suffered from what appeared to be a stroke.
Robert Priddy tries to make the case that Sathya Sai Baba:
- Is both a fraud and genuine.
- Both can materialize objects and fakes materializations.
- Both can cure diseases but really can't cure diseases.
Trying to pass himself off as an intellectual who currently holds rationalistic beliefs, Robert Priddy miserably fails to explain away the enigma of Sathya Sai Baba. Instead, Robert Priddy appears very confused, conflicted and non-intelligent and ends up sticking his foot further into his mouth with his never-ending and very amusing equivocations.
In Priddy's "Sathya Sai Baba's 'channelers' and mediums – & Shivaratri fraud" article, he talked about an unsourced story about an unnamed Japanese man who made unusual claims about a ring that Baba gave to him. Funny enough, when Priddy was a brainwashed devotee of Sathya Sai Baba (although he vehemently denied being brainwashed in his book "Source Of The Dream" while a Sai Devotee), he similarly attributed paranormal phenomena to the "green stone" ring that Baba gave to him. About his green stone ring, Priddy said:
"As with other such rings, silhouettes of Sai Baba can be seen in it, sometimes with great clarity, his attitude varying much and very subtly with the lighting conditions. Shading it with a hand even often gives the appearance of the orange robe below the black hair, all set in a translucent green light! At times various types of crosses appear in it and also lotuses and Shivalingams." (Source of the Dream, "Marching Happy", page 140)
If the Japanese man belongs to the "lunatic fringe" for making paranormal claims about his Baba ring, then Robert Priddy belongs to the same "lunatic fringe" because he made paranormal claims about his Baba ring as well.
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David J. Lyons (an Ex-Devotee of Sathya Sai Baba residing in Seguin, Texas) is the registrant for the bogus SaiPetition.net Domain against Sathya Sai Baba and is strongly suspected as using the fraudulent name "Arthur Klein". Dave Lyons is a member of IONS and a believer in Edgar Cayce (a psychic trance medium known as the "Sleeping Prophet").
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Sharon Purcell (a former Anti-Sai Activist, now deceased) also believed that Sathya Sai Baba possessed genuine paranormal powers. Being unable to explain away Sai Baba's paranormal abilities, Sharon Purcell attempted to explain away Baba's abilities by claiming that he was an "Astral Demon". How's that for rational and logical?
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In her diary notes, Alexandra H.M. Nagel (a prime and very vocal Anti-Sai Activist) expressed belief in Jane Roberts (an alleged psychic and trance medium) who allegedly channeled the spirit of "Seth". Nagel professed belief that Wolf Messing was a genuine psychic. Even more amusing is how Alexandra Nagel claimed she believed that Sathya Sai Baba could literally and miraculously transmogrify his penis into a vagina and vice versa!
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Dhyani Jo Sinclair is an Ex-Devotee and Anti-Sai Activist who lends her name and support to the Anti-Sai Movement. Dhyani Jo Sinclair is a believer in the Ashtar Command (which believes in UFOs, Aliens, channelers and spirit "walk-ins") and in Pyramid Power.
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See: Schizophrenic Testimony Against Sathya Sai Baba.
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Ullrich Zimmermann (an alleged "victim" whom Robert Priddy constantly cites as being truthful, credible and honest) believes in and follows Ramtha (a 36,000 year old ascended master as channeled through the psychic medium JZ Knight). Here we have a direct admission from Robert Priddy that Ullrich Zimmermann is part of the "lunatic fringe" seen in cults, ashrams and religious movements. Indeed!
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Robert Priddy's OWN SON, Kai Nicolai Priddy, believes in Astrology, created an Astrology reading program and even created the abacusastrology.co.uk domain to solicit his Astrology reading program (Reference).
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Robert Favour (real name F.R. van Gunst or Fred van Gunst) has written several Anti-Sai articles that have been published (in full) on the Ex-Baba domain. Robert Favour (who resides in Amsterdam, Netherlands) claimed to have been a follower of Sathya Sai Baba from 1997-1999 and claimed he had a clairaudient connection to Sathya Sai Baba that went wrong, which resulted in being possessed by "djins". Now, Robert Favour works with trance mediums, psychic channelers and spiritual healers for "entity releasement". Robert Favour believes that Mother Mira and Ammachi are genuine Avatars (i.e., divine incarnations).
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Consequently, Robert Priddy bashed himself, his son and numerous other Ex-Devotees as belonging to the "lunatic fringe" seen in cults, ashrams and religious movements. Now that is funny!
These are the shameless equivocators & kooks who attempt to publicly portray themselves as being rational, scientific, logical and not given to superstitious beliefs (which couldn't be further from the truth). Isn't it strange (or is it?) that Robert Priddy bashes devotees for their "lunatic fringe" beliefs when he and his Anti-Sai associates suffer from the very same affliction?
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Ten Things About the 2012 Season
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10. I always take the time between Christmas and New Years off work. I like to turn on the Christmas lights, make a fire, watch the final Chiefs game of the year, and dream of what next year might be like. Today was not a dream, but rather, the end of a year-long nightmare. Nobody expected the Chiefs to go out to Denver and win with the Donks having the number one seed in the AFC on the line and KC having the number one pick in the draft on the table. But today's performance was all the adjectives we've used this season rolled into one. Pick your favorite: Abysmal, Embarrassing, Futile, Pathetic, Maddening, Ridiculous, Shameful. The team quit. The coaches quit. The defense gave up five TDs. The offensive line gave up four sacks. Quinn threw for 49 yards, no TDs, average yards gained per pass play was 1.3 yards, and Quinn's passer rating was a puny 51.3. Denver had 32 first downs to KC's eight. The Chiefs punted eight times. They were completely dominated from start to finish and looked every bit the worst team in the NFL. Only good play of the game was a fumble recovery by Flowers, which led to the only points of the game, a measly three point field goal when KC couldn't score a TD (as usual). Bury the turd. So, what happens now?
9. So much is up in the air as this is being written -latest says there'll be a 2pm presser tomorrow at Arrowhead. It's hard to know exactly how this whole thing will shake out. Everything hinges on the Pioli Decision, and what CHunt decides to do. First, let's look at the scenario, as in some of the reports, that Pioli survives and is given at least the final year of his contract (maybe more) to "make things right." I know, most of you throw up your hands at this point and say "UNCLE" and certainly and undeniably for good reasons. But I think we need to prepare for the possibility, and it's a very REAL possibility, that CHunt rides it out with Pioli. Who knows what kind of crapola Fat Scott has been shoveling CHunt's way over the past month as this ship was sinking? Maybe Pioli has promised help from his Daddy-in-Law, the Big Tuna himself? Maybe he already has another coach lined up and waiting in the wings? The spin doctors on the Chiefs website keep puffing out their chests about having five pro-bowlers (only one on offense btw) and how that means we're very close to being a contending team. Maybe the plan is to deal the first pick to acquire more picks, bring in a typical Chiefs Re-Tread free-agent ala Grbac, or Bono, or DeBerg, or take your pick; take a project QB in the second or third round, win maybe four games next year (hey, DOUBLE the win total), then draft another QB in 2014? I can see the Chiefs throwing the Royals "Just wait three or four more years" BS at us. After all, Royals fans have swallowed that malarky for going on thirty years now, and it seems to fly over and over again.
8. The second scenario is that CHunt calls a press conference at Arrowhead tomorrow, and flushes the turd. Pioli, gone. Romeo, early retirement. Daboll, gone. I would even whack Mark Donovan the "Office Manager Dick" who helped Pioli foster this Ivy League, smart ass CIA-like paranoid septic culture in the Chiefs' offices. In the last four years this front office has poisoned the relationship between the city, former players, the fans and the team, and fired a lot of good people with years of service to the Hunt Family. You know, people like secretaries, maintenance workers and the like who didn't deserve it. Let's click down some of the litany of bone-headed snafus under Fat Scott and Mark the Dick:
• First the whole 2009 Todd Haley Finger-Gate thing after being embarrassed at home by Cleveland on "Fan Appreciation Day."
• Later that week Haley "gives money to the poor man at the bus stop" to show what a "compassionate guy" he is. PR wanks really sell it.
• Haley says at a press conference that he doesn't use profanity, because he has a couple of little girls at home.
* In 2010 KC plays a last place schedule, squeaks into the playoffs and gets totally butt raped by Baltimore in Arrowhead.
• In 2011, Haley thinks his phone is bugged. Chiefs employees are afraid to go to lunch and be seen together outside Arrowhead. Paranoia rules the roost.
• As the 2011 season goes south, Haley gives Pioli the big "F-You I'm Playing Tyler Palko" treatment before he gets whacked.
• Romeo agrees to be a puppet for Pioli, if he can return as head coach in 2012.
• No real competition is brought in for Casshole. Orton is allowed to walk. Stanzi has yet to play a down in a regular season NFL game.
• Fans are told by Chiefs own PR Staff on Twitter "Your choice to be a fan."
• Save Our Chiefs Movement is born, banners fly, blackout game, massive empty seats for most Nov and Dec home games, Arrowhead mystique is destroyed, maybe forever.
• Many STH swear they will NOT renew their seats if Pioli remains employed into 2013.
7. Players such as Pollard, Waters, Williams, McClain, Gonzalez and Carr have been traded, released or allowed to walk as free agents. All have surfaced with other teams and made valuable contributions. Pioli's has been given high draft picks, and has returned selections such as Tyson Jackson, Jon Baldwin and Dontari Poe, none of which have played well enough to warrant their draft position. Only one of Pioli's first round picks, Eric Berry, has become an All-Pro. Free Agent signings has been mostly busts, including Boss, Hillis and especially Routt. What's more, contracts of core players like Dorsey, Bowe, Albert and Colquitt hang in the balance with no clear indication of whether these players will be retained. One would think this series of events and player personnel moves would be enough to tip the balance towards removing Pioli. Or is it?
6. KC's 2012 points scored vs. points allowed was one of the worst ratios in NFL history. KC only scored 208 points this year, that's just under 14 points per game. KC gave up 387 points, which is just under 26 points per game. KC was beaten by 15 points or more nine times this year. Opponents scored 42 total TD's to KC's 18. KC gave up 36 sacks this year. Turnover ratio was -25. KC had 706 yards in penalties, about 60 more yards than their opponents. KC led or was tied for first in the following infractions: Horse collar, player out of bounds on a punt, chop block, twelve men on the field and clipping. This is an indication of poor coaching in all areas.
5. I get criticized during the course of the year for being so negative. A 2-14 season will do that to you. If we are to look at positives, I would pass out some choice kind words. First on offense: Charles had a monster year, especially for coming off a knee injury. Charles put to rest any notion that he is not fully back from a nasty knee injury, and he played great, even with opposing defenses keying on him. Everyone in the league knew -especially after Bowe got hurt- that if you stop Charles, you stop the Chiefs. He still ran for over 1500 yards. On top of all this was his connection to the whole Belcher mess, yet he kept his composure and played like a pro, especially in the Indy game. Much respect for Jamaal. He's the best back we've had since Priest Holmes.
4. On defense, I give props to Berry for making All-Pro -although San Diego's Eric Weddle probably deserved that spot. Flowers had another good season, but why throw at Flowers when we had NOTHING at the other corner all year? Houston continued to show improvement, although he took entire games off and disappeared. DJ is one of the best linebackers in the NFL. Hali coasted on his reputation, and he's still bad against the run. Maybe Poe will be a player, too early to tell yet. Besides that, we need a corner, we need to cut Kendrick Lewis. We need to replace Belcher. We need impact defensive ends. We need a nickel cover guy. We need depth depth depth.
3. Quarterback is a lost cause on this team. No way this team should return ANYBODY except Alex Tanney. In fact, as of tomorrow Alex Tanney should be the ONLY name on the Chiefs depth chart at QB. Casshole needs to take his $60 million and GTFO. Quinn needs to go back to South Bend and sell insurance. Stanzi needs to go to the CFL and see if he can play or not. Whatever CHunt does or doesn't do, the QB position HAS to be blown up. I don't know if we'll take Geno, or Barkley, or (God Forbid) Landry Jones, but they need to bring in three or four guys as a combination of draft picks and free agents, and hope to Sweet Jesus they can find somebody who won't throw a one yard pass on fourth and two.
2. I hope they give Romeo a lot of money and tell him to go enjoy life. I actually like the guy, he's just in over his head as a head coach, just like Gansz was, just like Gunther was. After the Belcher thing, he should just walk away for a year, let his knee heal up, relax, and re-charge. Maybe he'll come back into the league in 2014 as a DC again. But he should step off for awhile. I have no idea who will be, or should be, the next head coach. I could live with Andy Reid, or Chucky, or even Brian Billick. I really don't want a college coach. That failed with Mackovic. I would try to keep Emmitt Thomas around, and if the Chiefs were smart, they'd try to bring back some former players to coach here. Former Chiefs are scattered all over the league with coaching experience. Most played for Marty, like Ross, Del Rio, Manusky, Grundhard, etc. I'd even be OK with bringing Marty back as an assistant to the GM (other than Pioli). Let Marty evaluate talent. He's great at that. I fear that Pioli will dodge all this and be given "one last chance."
1. Your guess is as good as mine as to what will happen next. My hope is that CHunt clears the decks. My fear is he won't go that far, as that would be admitting the Pioli hire was a mistake. He's still young, and he may be in denial that things got as bad as they did this year, especially two years removed from being a "playoff team." He may have that Lamar Gene that leaves his closest associates in place for far too long (read up on Jack Steadman's GM history sometime). Truth is, this team is worse now than when King Carl left, and that's the bottom line. What CHunt does now will define him as a leader and owner, and could either put him back in the fans good graces, or put him in the same category with David Glass across the parking lot. Ball is in his court, and tomorrow the game is on.
Many thanks for all you good CPers for your thoughts and discussion in the "Ten Things" threads this year. It's been a blast writing them, and thanks for discussing my views from the front row. Let's all hope for a happier, healthier, re-building 2013.
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Good post except point 2.
Romeo sucks as a head coach, has no balls and no heart. He lost this team early and did it with stupid decisions and crappy coaching. He picked turds, including himself, for coordinator positions.
Romeo deserves neither our understanding or our tears.
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Always a great read, blowfish. I'd enjoy seeing an occasional "Ten Things About (Something That Has Nothing to Do with the Chiefs)," but I know you do this out of passion and loyalty to your team, both of which have been understandably strained recently. Anyway, the world outside of CP missed a damned good journalist. Enjoy a well deserved offseason rest, sir.
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Then after the game ended I met a friend at a different upscale bar to watch his team, the Redskins play the Cowboys with all the rabid Skins fans. I must admit it was really great watching RGIII with all the local fans and the place went berserk when Romo threw that last INT.
If the Chiefs don't make some drastic moves and improve substantially, I can see myself leaving the Chiefs as a fan after 43 years and joining the Redskins as a new fan-that is truly sad but I can't wait another 25 years for a hope and a prayer!
By the time I got home I was spent, drunk, and exhausted. Thank God I am off today......
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Certainly years like this make you appreciate years when they go 13-3. You really have to enjoy it when they are good, because if you're a fan long enough, you're going to experience peaks and valleys. That's not to say you just accept the valleys. You push to start climbing again.
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Double bombing at police station blamed on Colombia rebel movement injures 25 people
BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombian authorities say two bombs exploded by suspected rebels at a police station in a southwestern town have injured 25 people and damaged 60 homes.
Cauca state police chief Col. Ricardo Alarcon says one house was destroyed and a police officer was among the injured.
Alarcon says no one had to be hospitalized after the Sunday night attack in the center of the town of Suarez. He says most of those injured had suffered damage to their eardrums. Others had shrapnel wounds.
The chief blames the attack on the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
The FARC begins formal peace talks with the government in Cuba on Thursday. The government has so far refused a rebel request for a truce during the negotiations.


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The Friends of the Bluffton Dog Park are on a mission. And they have made it as one of 15 finalists to win a good bit of money to help in that mission.
Support the push for the dog park. Join your friends, neighbors, four-legged friends and town officials in making the dream become reality this year.
You can do your part by voting. Vote early and often for the Bluffton park at petsafe.net. The deadline for the contest is July 31. At stake is a $100,000 prize.
We know how much people in the greater Bluffton area love their pets. And we know we can win the prize.
This is one issue that we can all agree on. Bluffton needs a dog park. It would be a great place where people can take their dogs and nobody at the park would be scared or bothered by them. It's also a good place to meet other pet-loving people.
Darts ... to the people who have Fourth of July parties and then don't pick up after themselves.
It is disheartening to drive by the local parks and just places in general in neighborhoods and see discarded trash, cans, bottles and other signs of a good time.
Litter is not pretty and it should not be the sign of a Fourth of July event that was well attended.
Neighborhood pools have trash cans and other ways to help people dispose of things like bun wrappers, dirty plastic cups and empty beer cans.
Pick up after yourself, your kids and your guests.
Take pride in your community and be respectful of your neighbors, the community and each other.
Hearts ... to Myrtle's in Old Town for reopening as a place to have events. A venue like this is much needed in Bluffton and it's smart decisions like this by local residents who invest in our community who make a difference.
Hats off to Jerry Reeves IV, who manages the family-owned business, and the entire Reeves family for their efforts and continued support of Bluffton.
Having an events place like Myrtle's only makes Old Town and Bluffton an even more attractive place to come to.
As we all know, the weather can be tricky and Myrtle's offers a place to host a beer festival or other event rain or shine.
Reeves was right in last Sunday's paper when he said reopening Myrtle's was a lesson learned from the Great Recession: "It speaks to how people are adapting, trying to do anything to adapt," he said. "We think it turns out to be a good idea because it answers a need for us and the community."
Darts ... to people who are out to make a quick buck by filing what we consider frivolous lawsuits.
The courts are here for a reason and we want everyone to get their day in court. We also wonder sometimes why people file lawsuits well after an alleged situation and on what grounds.
In this day and age, we think some lawsuits are filed so that people get a chance to say things about a former employer or person that they otherwise could not put out in the public domain.
Where are we going with this you ask?
We realize the town of Bluffton and in particular police chief David McAllister have been in the news because of lawsuits filed by current or former officers.
We are not the judge and jury. We report news of lawsuits when it is news.
But we also consider the implications and motivation of those attorneys filing these lawsuits.
Hearts ... to gasoline prices in the Lowcountry. The price of a regular gallon of gasoline was below $3 last week in Bluffton.
We cheer like mad men and women when it becomes reasonable to fill up our tanks.
Celebrate now, folks, as we also know how the price of gas ebbs and flows with the price of crude. And according to some folks, it depends on politics.
We have about four months until that election that everyone is talking about. We'll see how prices are between now and then, and of course right after.
In the meantime, enjoy it while it lasts.


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how to create dropdownlist user control(acsx) and fill from database
I am having problems with a user control. I want my solution to have a separate project for holding my user controls.
The main project can get a reference to this user control project and can import this user control dll into my main project.
Thanks in advance,
Dheeraj Mittal
I have a user control that I place on a page severl times. When I make a selection on a ddl in one one control the SelectedIndexChanged event fires for all the control on the page for that ddl. So I get duplication of an insert that I do. Is there a way to make sure these events are isolated so this doesn't happen.
How can I get all the textboxes inside a create user wizard control using getElementsByTagName().
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DALLAS, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A charter school employee in Dallas claims he was assaulted by former football star Deion Sanders during an administrative meeting at the school.
Sanders, a member of the NFL Hall of Fame and co-founder of the Prime Prep Academy, was in a meeting Wednesday in a school classroom with teachers and administrators when he became upset after learning some student athletes were not doing well academically, said Kevin Jefferson, the alleged victim.
"He was a little upset and a little emotional," said Jefferson, who attended the meeting.
A police report said Jefferson told Sanders not to talk to him in that emotional manner.
Jefferson claims Sanders followed him to a desk in which he was seated, and after Jefferson stood up "he (Sanders) just grabbed me by my throat and kind of threw me to the ground. Some people had to get him off me."
Jefferson visited a hospital after the incident, and spoke with police afterwards, The Dallas Morning News reported Thursday, Police are investigating and have not released information or made any arrests.


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A more detailed write-up of the final stage and a full race retrospective including in depth product reviews is on the way. We didn't want to leave you in suspense however, so let it be known that we held onto second place duo team. If you just can't wait to learn more about Pisgah Stage 5, check out Cycling Dirt's video recap here (you'll notice one particular Team Performance cyclist bravely pulling the field at about 1:16).
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Diane Swonk: Not Enough Full-Time Jobs Created
Mesirow Financial chief economist Diane Swonk points out that, despite a lower unemployment rate for July, the number of part-time jobs being created versus full-time positions is likely worrisome to the Federal Reserve. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... the the ... he sees headlines from this morning nonfarm payrolls for July were a hundred and sixty two thousand that's a bit lower than expected hundred eighty three thousand were what economists were expecting the while the unemployment rate ... to seven point four percent did take down from seven point six percent ... maybe not for the re reasons joining us now is Diane Swonk chief chief economist ... Missouri Financial Diane good morning ... good morning saying after member this you actually interviewed me for a job twelve years ago when you are to take one ... of the the the ... but as the ft skiff cited an employee ... it's financing to work it out um ... now ... let's let's get to your impression first off of of these job numbers ... well it certainly a disappointment I thinking of them a lot of good points about the quality of the reduction in the unemployment rate is what matters to the fact ... the other issues the downward revision to me now is expecting after being frankly Duke IDC much stronger numbers out last couple of months ... and then it seems EMC's Nelson the manufacturing sector in the auto sector VT some upside surprise ... the downside surprises all the more worrisome given downward revisions to previous months and the composition of job growth not just the quantity of jobs for generating ... but the quality of jobs are generating were generating jobs heavily in ... part-time stock carries ... we saw last month that they pop up in the number of people who were forced to part time and have full time job to get their hours scaled back and work part-time workers being ... hired in an assertive a little bit of this a signal that Obamacare might've been distorting the detail of that you continue to see you get really heavy ... reliance on part-time workers a contingent labor force and not the full time job so we really wanna see ... out there going forward how to the Affordable cactus and cherries added that impact job growth ... but you know we're not sure exactly how it's going in but the last month there is a big jump up in the number of workers who are being scaled back from full-time to part-time ... along with ... increases in the sector's you would expect to see ... more people being scaled back below their thirty hour work week my heart and workers being hired in places like leisure hospitality ... in places like food preparation hasn't been some of the strongest sectors this year ... and that is one that we do worry ... that that could be distorted a bit note the delayed this aam ObamaCare's who are hoping that that of backed off a bit in coming months it does mean fewer jobs ... or means fewer ... local jobs by individuals for purity and are located and stay with us I wanna bring back Phil Izzo fill what what else you seen an apple falling below it than just at the end of the with the sectors that ended this month ... our leisure hospitality retail trade it again these lower wage sectors are again the main drivers of growth ... especially this month we didn't see this a little bit of a bump in manufacturing which was that the climate disruption these jobs at this early on that are usually all the better ... on growing as fast as these jobs are more low wage and the way to the average weekly wage actually dropped a little bit this month too and again we got to use part-time worker issue ... the number of of what we call part-time for economic reasons that people who are working part-time but they want a full-time job ... aam ... that number increased bid to increase a lot ... but the increase of it again this fall ... ok Phil Izzo in the newsroom thanks for joining us I wanna bring back Thai anti and that the Fed challenge here ... is interesting to me in in the sense that did the unemployment rate keeps ticking down toward these targets that they've ... sort of officially unofficial we set ... I'd tell us what's your forecast for Fed policy from here ... you know I think is gonna be Set September is still where we expected said of the taper although this can be a heated debate this is not a slam dunk and nothing is predetermined and is the quality of the reasons we see the reduction like those mentioned earlier that the labor force actually contract and that's the reason that the unemployment rate ... finally came down a bit clay bid in for a one month two chicks for one month that said I think that that really is made it very clear ... there said of de emphasizing some of these thresholds as triggers that are not spared not hurt readers ... their very soft and I abort triggers and the whole debate is much more new ones I do think another issue that can be going on is the ongoing debate about the efficacy and the underlying risks of unintended consequences are running very large bay on seats that said ... I know those unaffected wanna bring rates down so we do not like with a ten year bond has been trading ... like to see it closer to two percent two-and-a-half are higher ... and so there's gonna be a real ongoing debate I think we're crazy ... I'll lot of noise this summer from the Fed in yet today from the hawks and doves about Diane tells a little bit about those unintended Conte consequences people say you know ... there's no bubbly yet the housing market is picking up but it's not going crazy but ... at what are the signs were in a CIA mean it feels like once we've gotten to ... bubble proportions it's ... it's it's too late to fix it ... actually I think we get out one of the unintended ... consequences of the Fed's me a call but then that did not markets read it is too much of a run-up in long-term rates and much more than the Fed won a whiz at unloan a lot of carry trades and a lot of positions that if Kerry for the next two years when it been severe problems soak in some ways that the Fed can get by news that down to the city shot a warning shot over the bile of financial markets ... we solid could eventually be the key means of bubbles ... revealed by the Fed's main copper and that's actually good news said to some extent the Fed to be on she ... you know the unintended consequences were revealed a bit but then also on lounge and so I think that was good news okay no weird way for that that ... good news thank you Dan Swat chief economist of matter of financial we thank so much for joining us ... good to talk to


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*An extra 2cc/6g.
*An extra 2cc/6g.
There are existing Bluetooth devices that do this. [http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/8193/ For example, this one from thinkgeek].
There are existing Bluetooth devices that do this. [http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/8193/ For example, this one from thinkgeek].
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These are ideas that are unlikely to be implementable in the near term, or indeed ever in a phone. Some of them may be possible if technology improves in the future, or when patents expire.
LASER keyboard (can be a full QWERTY keyboard)
- On the hardware side, this would require a $5 laser diode, a $3 (in bulk) custom diffraction grating, and probably a couple of cubic centimetres volume inside the phone.
- This requires a camera pointable to the front.
- It requires an integrated stand for the phone.
- To practically use this, you've got to be 40cm or so away from the phone, which means under 25*20 of text resolution.
- In software, it's relatively easy to parse the camera output, to find changes in the known laser field.
There are major problems.
- Patent issues.
- No tactile response at all, which slows typing.
- An extra 2cc/6g.
There are existing Bluetooth devices that do this. For example, this one from thinkgeek. Alx
Alcohol Sensor
Alcohol sensor adjacent to microphone. It doesn't have to be accurate, just has to detect any amount of alcohol on the speaker's breath. I understand this is a very narrow market, but alcohol is on every parent's mind.
I think those who drive cars might profit from this feature too. --cedel 16:02, 20 February 2007 (CET)
- Although this is a good idea, you have to be very careful about liability here. If it gives a false positive (i.e. you're not over the limit), and you have an accident, the OpenMoko team might be liable.
Disinfection UV-Light
I had read about it in an Article on http://www.americanairandwater.com/UV-news/. But Motorola patents it. Yes - finally a way to stop the billions of annual deaths due to cellphone infections! --Speedevil 14:04, 16 February 2007 (CET) It´s just something that flying in my head... It´s not the first "unreal" or "useless" idea. Just for fun! --MookiE 14:51, 16 February 2007 (CET)
More seriously - UV of the required frequency is inherently eye-damaging. Also, as I understand it, there are actually no UV LEDs that will reliably produce 'germicidal' UV. The most expensive - and they are very expensive - ones produce UV of a sort that may kill very susceptible bacteria, but comparatively few. IIRC the LEDs are $20 per. --Speedevil 15:11, 16 February 2007 (CET)
Implementing a beaming-device to the Neo would make it the first phone enabling teleportation. See: [1] Possible implementation difficulties might be the lacking teleportation-support in the GSM standard as well as uncooperative mobile service providers that feel uneasy towards innovative technologies...
(Please get serious. You would obviously need more bandwidth to make this practical. Wifi would be better or at least 3G. maybe you could use Bluetooth with the right compression algorithms.)
V12 Embedded power source
We'll need something beefy to power the next Neos for the above gadgets, I propose the use of a Embeddable Power Source, that with some miniturisation and a bit of design work should be workable as a possible solution.
Floppy Disk Drive
For people stuck in the past who just can't let go of that last 3 and a half inches.
PCMCIA slot
Extensibility would be nice. Standard pcmcia would be great for allowing wireless too. And pcmcia cards tend to be very low power.
- 1. can be used for a spare battery (is this possible?)
- 3. i can use my Echo Audio Indigo I/O
- 2. can be used for different cards around
This is certain not to happen in a production phone, it's simply far too large, and requires complex support in hardware, which does not exist in most system on a chip devices as are used in phones. Even for the Expansion_Back it would be too large. --Speedevil 06:05, 28 February 2007 (CET)
Hard Drive
Providing a hard drive, will allow storing music, movies, etc. Add USB storage device capability to use the device as an external hard drive.
At least the initial devices will be phones. In a phone this is a bad idea. There may be future devices that it would be appropriate in.
Dump the egg-shaped case design and go rectangular for more screen space
- I'm all for devices that look great and have great features - aside from that I really like the current design. Thus I'd like to comment that the design change request is probably not the majority's opinion. Abraxa 00:00, 18 February 2007 (CET)
There will be many OpenMoko devices, of different designs. --Speedevil 06:19, 28 February 2007 (CET)
Flux Capacitor
The device needs a flux capacitor instead of a battery ;)
Power over WiFi
Using PoWiFi openmoko-devices could be powered by your pc-wifi-card or wifi-router. Charge your mobile at every wlan-ap with no plug-in required.
Another implementation might be power-over-bluetooth.


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Robina HUNTER b. Abt. 1847 in Carlaverock, Dumphries, Scotland
My 2nd Great Grandparents, on my fathers side are;
Robina HUNTER b. Abt. 1847 married William FEAKS b. Abt. 1840
Children of William & Robina are;
NOTE; possiable, two children's list in one. One father & two mothers.?
Any corrections extreamly welcome.
? 1. Sarah FEAKS b. 3 May 1864 m.
? 2. Margaret FEAKS b. 19 Jul 1865
? 3. William FEAKS b. 29 Apr 1867
4. Agnes Hunter FEAKS b. 11 Nov 1869
5. Eliza FEAKS b. 3 Dec 1870
6. Robina FEAKS b. 19 Nov 1871
7. Mary Ann FEAKS b. 15 Jul 1873
8. Mathew FEAKS b. 1 Mar 1875 m. Margaret MC. MACORKINDALE b. 1874
9. John Hunter FEAKS b. Abt. 1877 - MY GRANDFATHER
10. Georgina Hunter FEAKS b. Abt. 1879
11. Louise FEAKS b. 4 Jul 1881
12. James Hunter FEAKS b. 8 Feb 1884
13. Edward FEAKS b. 24 Apr 1888
9. John Hunter FEAKS b. Abt. 1877 - MY GRANDFATHER married;
Evelina CASTLING or Evelyn CANTIGLE. Please, Again any help please, on
MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S correct name.
I don't know when or why, but William married a second time to;
Mary JARDINE b. UNKNOWN the daughter of UNKNOWN.
I think I need some serious help here, I am so confused on the children, I'm not getting anywhere fast. I think some of the children from the above list, Children from William & Robina are not correct. Is it that the first three names [Sarah, Margaret & William] are the only children of William & Mary JARDINE ?, & the rest are children of Willian & Robina HUNTER ?.
As all the children are from William FEAKS, they would all have the surname of FEAKS.
Any connections out there. Please. Robina HUNTER, now, there is another brick wall. I've got plenty of them. Smile.
Who are the parents of Robina HUNTER b. Abt 1847
Thank you in advance
Thomes Eather b. 15 Jul 1764 married Elizabeth Lee b. 1772
Hi all,
I am Looking for the parents of Elizabeth LEE, born 1772.
Elizabeth married Thomas EATHER, born 15 Jul 1764.
The Children of Thomas & Elizabeth EATHER;
1. Ann Elizabeth EATHER b. 18 Apr 1793
2. Robert EATHER b. 29 Apr 1795
3. Charlotte EATHER b. 5 Jun 1797
4. Charles EATHER b. 1 Oct 1800 ( Twin )
5. Thomas EATHER b. 1 Oct 1800 ( Twin )
6. John EATHER b. 3 Oct 1804
7. Rachel EATHER b. 26 Oct 1807
8. James EATHER b. 4 Apr 1811
I know it is not alot of info to go on, but, I am sure someone out there has the correct info, please help. Any corrections welcome.
Thank you
Family Research & my Health Improvements
I have been interested in Family History, well forever, I am sure I was born with a natural interest in all sides of family history. I had never anything to work with as I am from a disfunctional family with not alot of communication on family issues or history. My own birth place has been a hugh challenge, still to this day I have no solid proof. Broken family's with Step Parents ect. So you can imagin. I started with myself & my parents, asking for names constantly through my life, & working with what ever little piece I got.
In 2007 my father gave me a copy of the Paf file that his sister Diana had mostly researched with him [John].
This paf file has been my saviour. It has given me a new leace on life, liturlay. Having so many names now to work with & finding my GGGGG Grand Parents & more. It was like the door I was knocking on finally opened. Since 2007 I have been using the internet to find certificates for proof of information & comming across alsorts of bits 'n' pieces. I have made a copy of Dad & Diana's paf file & filling in gaps on my own paf file, so if any mistakes are made, I can start again from the origional paf file.
There is still a long way to go, to fill in the gaps & get a better conection with my new found living relies, & retracing the steps of our ancesters. I have always thought our family to be the only ones in the phone book, as it were true for many years, but on my research I have found to expand the spelling of the surnames, & keep a wider outlook than the imediate family.
I am a direct descendant from the names, Feaks, Playfair, Pitt, Matcham, Laycock, Hunter, for a start.
I am interested in communicating with anyone with interest any time, & find this sight "Family Tree Circles" a refreshing & informative sight with easy to read [for sight impared] clear imfo.
Thanks. much better
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Extra Calcium Won't Cut Men's Cholesterol Levels
Calcium supplements won't help men cut cholesterol or trim fat, but they could help those who don't get enough calcium in their diet to keep their blood pressure under control, new research shows.
Calcium supplements are widely recommended to women after menopause to maintain bone health, and can keep men's skeletons' strong too, Dr. Ian R. Reid and colleagues from the University of Auckland in New Zealand note in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
There's also some evidence that getting extra calcium could lower levels of cholesterol and other harmful blood fats, aid in weight loss, and reduce blood pressure, they add, but this has yet to be investigated "rigorously" in men.
To do so, the researchers randomly assigned 323 healthy men over age 40 to take 600 milligrams of calcium daily, 1,200 milligrams of calcium a day, or a placebo for two years.
Calcium supplements didn't change the ratio of good to bad cholesterol; body weight; fat or muscle mass; triglyceride levels; or total cholesterol levels, the researchers found.
While there were "downward trends" in blood pressure among the men who took calcium, these weren't statistically significant.
But when the researchers looked separately at the men who consumed the least calcium (below 785 milligrams a day), there were "borderline" effects on blood pressure among men taking 1,200 mg of calcium in supplements; these men showed a four-point drop in systolic blood pressure (the top number), and a three-point drop in diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number). Similar effects were seen among the men who consumed the least magnesium at the study's outset (less than 392 milligrams per day).
Studies have shown a "small beneficial effect" of calcium on cholesterol levels in women after menopause, the researchers note, but the same doesn't appear to be true in men, although it isn't clear why.
The therapeutic value of calcium in managing high blood pressure is "likely to be small and insufficient to justify its routine use" in patients whose calcium intake is average, Reid and colleagues conclude.
"However, selective supplementation in those with low dietary intakes could be considered," they add.