text: Nearly one in 10 Oklahoma mothers have gestational diabetes, which can put the mother and baby at risk, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health.A woman who has gestational diabetes, a glucose intolerance diagnosed during pregnancy, may not be aware of the disease unless tested for it. It should be considered a priority. If it's not treated, it can put the baby at risk for heart defects or possibly developmental disabilities and could cause preeclampsia in the mother. "There's complications to the mom, and there's complications to the baby that can happen because of high blood sugars," said Kristy Covey, coordinator for the Center for Diabetes and Nutritional Education at the Oklahoma State University Medical Center. It can also make a mother more likely to need a Caesarean section and can put her and the baby at risk for developing type 2 diabetes later in life. The best way to reverse the effects of gestational diabetes is to eat healthy and exercise frequently, said Jill Nobles-Botkin, director of perinatal and reproductive health at the state health department. "Some lifestyle changes can keep it under control for the rest of the pregnancy," she said. Women most at risk for gestational diabetes are those who are obese, have a family history of diabetes or have previously had glucose intolerance. Most at risk are those older than 25 and people of American Indian, Hispanic or Asian descent. Quintella Barnett of Muskogee is five months pregnant. Although she's had diabetes since she was a child, managing it while pregnant is a particular challenge, she said. "It is hard," she said. "You have to watch what you eat." When her family eats pizza, she can only have a couple of slices. Cravings for ice cream must be satisfied with a single scoop of vanilla, she said. She has to watch her blood sugar carefully and know what foods will affect the levels. She gets exercise by walking and keeping up with her 2-year-old, she said. This pregnancy has been easier than her first, when she didn't go to any doctors who worked specifically with diabetes, she said. "If you find out you have it, see a good specialist," she said. Covey said Oklahoma's rate of gestational diabetes is relatively high because of high obesity rates and low amounts of physical activity, among other reasons. "I think it's kind of a combination of a bunch of different factors," she said. Shannon Muchmore 918-581-8306 firstname.lastname@example.com (c)2012 Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) Visit Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) at www.tulsaworld.com Distributed by MCT Information Services


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GREEN BAY, Wis.—The Green Bay Packers are asking fans to donate their old cellphones to help victims of domestic violence.
The team will collect phones Monday at Lambeau Field prior to the game against Chicago. Fans are also invited to donate chargers, batteries and other accessories.
Volunteers will accept the equipment at each of the stadium's seven entrances, from 5:30 p.m. until game time at 7:40 p.m. For each phone collected, Verizon Wireless will donate $10 to Golden House, an organization in Green Bay that helps survivors of domestic violence.
Most of the phones will be refurbished. Verizon donates the phones and airtime to survivors or domestic violence, and provides funding to domestic-violence shelters nationwide.
Fans who aren't going to the game can drop off phones at any Verizon store.

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JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – Despite coming off a pair of solid matches at the UT Chattanooga Invitational, the Tennessee Tech volleyball team was unable to keep its momentum going as it dropped its first Ohio Valley Conference match of the season to Jacksonville State Tuesday evening.
Coming off a pair of one-sided sets that favored the Gamecocks 25-17 and 25-18, the Golden Eagles came back from the break with renewed determination as they found themselves knotted up with JSU at 11. Both teams found themselves tied up again at 14, but Jacksonville State put together a small rally to build a four-point lead at 18-14.
The Golden Eagles and Gamecocks matched each other in the scoring category the rest of the way, as JSU took the set 25-21, and the match.
Ellen Conti tallied nine kills off the bench, while hitting .286. Conti was matched by her teammate Natalie Penrod, who also tallied nine kills. Kelsey Gray added seven kills of her own, as well as three blocks.
The Golden Eagles open their home schedule Friday, as they host the UT Martin Skyhawks, at 7 p.m.


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3.19.07: I am.
At a recent family event, we got the chance to introduce Charlie to some of his extended family for the first time. I was so proud and excited to show off our boy, and so happy to see him welcomed into this happy clan of academics and athletes and octogenarians and oddballs.
It was my first chance to introduce Charlie to one of my favorite people—Will's cousin Leslie. She's the kind of person I'm always happy to see at a family gathering—the one who, in fact, is usually responsible for the family gathering. She's the kind of person who brings people together. Who puts others before herself. You know that saying that there are two kinds of friends in the world: the kind who will help you move, and the kind who will help you move bodies? Well, Leslie is the kind of friend who will help you move, and after a long day of moving, when everyone is kicking back with some pizza and beer, she'll wander off and dig through a hundred boxes to locate your sheets and put them on your bed for you.
It's the kind of thing your own mother would do. Leslie's just that way.
After everyone had said their hello's at the party, Leslie came over to get a look at Charlie. She knelt down next to where I was sitting by the fire, where Charlie was sleeping peacefully at my feet in his wooly-covered car seat. After peering in at him for a bit, she looked up at me with tears in her eyes, and said: "Do you know how lucky you are?"
In that moment, a million thoughts raced through my mind. I knew that Leslie had been trying for several years to have a baby, and that it hasn't happened for her yet. And all I could think was: "Why me? Why me, who wasn't even sure that I should have kids? Why me? Who lets her daughter watch movies instead of soaking up every ounce of time that I have with her? Why me? Whose motherly moments are often the kind where I might, say, "bake cookies" with Julia by letting her break apart those pre-made squares that you just plop onto a tray. More importantly, why not Leslie? Who is warm and generous and thoughtful and giving. Who is the glue that holds people together. Who deserves this.
In that moment, I thought about what my life would be like if I didn't have Julia and Charlie.
I thought about the time at a family reunion when Julia, who was just a year old, fell off of a chair and landed on her head on a stone patio...when Will picked her up and we saw her eyes roll into the back of her head as she went completely still and lifeless. I thought about that moment of sheer bone-chilling panic, when I thought we might lose her...when I picked up my cell phone to call 911 (the same cell phone I have been using for years) but couldn't quite figure out how to first dial the numbers "1-2-3" to turn off the key guard, so I instead threw my phone to the ground and ran to the house, where I saw Leslie and almost melted, because she's exactly the person you need to see at a moment like this. I grabbed her by the shoulders and screamed "Call 911," and she calmly turned, walked over to the phone, and dialed. Only after she'd started dialing did she ask why. And, the only words I could muster up were: "Julia..."
In that moment, I thought about what a miracle Charlie is. About the first time I saw him kicking and waving at us on the ultrasound screen, when I'd been so sure that we'd already lost him.
I thought about how lucky I was to have found Will, and to have this family with him.
I thought about all of these things. But in that moment—the moment between the question and the answer—I looked away... at my sweet baby's face, all lit up in the warmth of the glowing fire, and then back into Leslie's expectant eyes, and said the only words I could muster up:
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Keyboardist Ray Manzarek, the founding member of the Doors whose piercing electric organ sound defined their career-establishing hit "Light My Fire" and most of the L.A. group's cornerstone songs, died Monday in Germany after a lengthy battle with bile duct cancer, his publicist said. He was 74.
"I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today," Doors guitarist Robby Krieger said in a statement. "I'm just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade. Ray was a huge part of my life, and I will always miss him."
Manzarek and Jim Morrison decided to form a band built around Morrison's poetry after they met in Venice, Calif., in 1965, while both were attending film school at UCLA. They brought in drummer John Densmore, who, in turn, introduced them to his friend, guitarist Krieger.
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The Doors charted 15 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100, also including "Hello, I Love You," "Touch Me," "Riders on the Storm" and "People Are Strange," up through Morrison's death in 1971 at age 27. All six of the group's studio albums released during Morrison's lifetime made the Top 10 of the national sales chart, its biggest hit being "Waiting for the Sun," which spent four weeks at No. 1 in 1968.
"The world of rock 'n' roll lost one of its greats with the passing of Ray Manzarek," said Greg Harris, president and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, which inducted the Doors in 1993. "Manzarek was instrumental in shaping one of the most influential, controversial and revolutionary groups of the '60s. Such memorable tracks as 'Light My Fire,' 'People are Strange' and 'Hello, I Love You' -- to name but a few -- owe much to Manzarek's innovative playing."
In the 1980s, Manzarek had a strong hand in the emergence of another quintessential Los Angeles band when he produced albums for the punk quartet X.
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In 1991, after Oliver Stone's film biography of the group came out, Manzarek was openly critical of his portrait of the band. "Oliver Stone has assassinated Jim Morrison," he said at the time. "The film portrays Jim as a a violent, drunken fool. That wasn't Jim. When I walked out of the movie, I thought, 'Geez, who is that jerk?' "
Manzarek and Krieger resumed touring over the past dozen years, playing Doors music with other singers and drummers, which contributed to a lawsuit by Densmore against Manzarek and Krieger to stop them from touring under the Doors name. Densmore eventually won the suit.
Manzarek is survived by his wife, Dorothy, brothers Rick and James Manczarek, son Pablo Manzarek, Pablo's wife, Sharmin, and their three children. Funeral arrangements are pending.
A full obituary will appear in Tuesday's Los Angeles Times.
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Rod Adams wrote an excellent post explaining why the US taxpayers were subsidizing Solyndra (feels good). But contrary to the anti-nuclear activists claims, the type of loan guarantee available to qualify nuclear utilities is not a subsidy at all. It is a financial market transaction, one where the US federal government can offer a product at a better price than a public corporation (think Treasury bond yields vs. AAA corporate bond yields).
Reading through the many resources that Rod offered I came across the following NEI summary table. This is a simple, but accurate way to quickly understand the fundamental difference.
But first, I recommend you read Rod here: Enormous differences between Southern Co & Solyndra, where you will learn why Southern Co. has not accepted the DOE guarantee offer.


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WASHINGTON (CIRCA) - There's a new online debate that is making everyone go nuts.
Cloe Feldman, a social influencer with her own clothing line, tweeted out a video of an audio recording. In the video, a voice can be heard saying a word.
The four-second video has already garnered more than 1 million views.
Online users are debating whether the voice is saying "Yanny" or "Laurel." This debate might eclipse the infamous blue dress debate that went viral in 2015.
A Vox poll on Twitter with over 5,000 votes has the majority saying they heard Laurel, as of Tuesday afternoon.
Talk show host Ellen DeGeners was also caught up in the hoopla and tweeted, "Literally everything at my show just stopped to see if people hear Laurel or Yanny. I hear Laurel."
It is unknown how the clip was made or whether it was altered in any particular way.
Yanny was a trending topic on Twitter on Tuesday as many users began making jokes about the hilarious debate.
Celebrities and social influencers far and wide reacted to this great debate. Circa captured some of the reaction.


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Teams of two compete to be the first to reach a select list of historical cemeteries in and around the Hoosier National Forest. A digital picture in front of each cemetery sign will be proof of reaching the check-point. Teams will race to FIVE mandatory check-points, two of which will be drawn and announced the morning of the event. Check-points can be reached in any order, using any route!
The Sub-9 Death March offers four divisions:
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With more cemeteries added to the list, this year's event is anyone's game! We're offering $500 to the first place teams in Men's, Women's, Co-ed and Tandem categories. (Must have a minimum of 5 entries in a division for cash payout)
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Decision: Unborn child 'entitled to full protection of the law'
A stunning ruling from the state Supreme Court in Alabama is suggesting that states simply "reject" the concept of pre-viability abortion-at-will that comes from Roe v. Wade until the U.S. Supreme Court overrules the precedent.
In a powerful statement that appears to affirm the concept of the "personhood" movement, through which pro-life advocates seek to have states recognize the unborn as "persons," a concurrence from Justice Tom Parker said, "Since Roe was decided in 1973, advances in medical and scientific technology have greatly expanded our knowledge of prenatal life.
"The development of ultrasound technology has enhanced medical and public understanding, allowing us to watch the growth and development of the unborn child in a way previous generations could never have imagined," he wrote.
"Similarly, advances in genetics and related fields make clear that a new and unique human being is formed at the moment of conception, when two cells, incapable of independent life, merge to form a single, individual human entity."
He continued, "Of course, that new life is not yet mature – growth and development are necessary before that life can survive independently – but it is nonetheless human life. And here has been a broad legal consensus in America, even before Roe, that the life of a human being begins at conception."
His concurrence continued, "An unborn child is a unique and individual human being from conception, and, therefore, he or she is entitled to the full protection of law at every stage of development.
"Roe's viability rule was based on inaccurate history and was mostly unsupported by legal precedent. Medical advances since Roe have conclusively demonstrated that an unborn child is a unique human being at every stage of development. And together, Alabama's homicide statute, the decisions of this court, and the statutes and judicial decisions from other states make abundantly clear that the law is no longer, in Justice Blackmun's words, 'reluctant … to accord legal rights to the unborn..'
"For these reasons, Roe's viability rule is neither controlling nor persuasive here and should be rejected by other states until the day it is overruled by the United States Supreme Court," he said.
Mathew Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, said the decision by the Alabama Supreme Court "is an example of a ruling consistent with legal precedent and logic."
"I applaud Justice Tom Parker's clear and well-reasoned concurring opinion, which conclusively shows that Roe v. Wade's viability rule does not apply, was based on flawed legal reasoning, and is undermined by advances in medical technology," Staver said. "The life expectancy of Roe is limited and is being undermined by every other area of law and medicine."
The comments came in the court's decision that a woman who lost her unborn, pre-viable child, allegedly because of medical negligence, can sue for damages. The doctors named as defendants had argued that because the child was not yet viable, they were not liable for damages.
The unanimous majority opinion, which Parker also wrote, said the woman, Amy Hamilton, is entitled to pursue a claim over wrongful death, so the case must be returned to the lower court for "proceedings consistent with this opinion."
Staver said, "Recovery for wrongful death of an unborn child does not depend on an arbitrary line of viability, because that line is based solely on existing medical technology. From the moment of conception and at all stages of development in the womb, the unborn child is a human being."
According to Liberty Counsel's report, "Parker wrote that Roe is out of step with every other area of law in which many state legislatures and courts have recognized the rights of the unborn child in wills and estates, tort or criminal law, and more."
Parker noted his court previously had ruled that it was "unfair and arbitrary … to draw a line that allows recovery on behalf of a fetus injured before viability that dies after achieving viability to that prevents recovery on behalf of a fetus injured that, as a result of those injuries, does not survive to viability."
Parker explained he wrote the special concurrence to the unanimous ruling because the Roe decision doesn't apply in such cases.
"Because Roe is not controlling authority beyond abortion law, and because its viability standard is not persuasive, I conclude that, at least with regard to the law for wrongful death, Roe's viability standard should be universally abandoned."
Staver said the ruling does not directly impact abortion law, because American jurisprudence has put those laws in a special category. But he noted that the decision clearly reveals how out of step abortion precedents are with the medical and legal realities.
"Roe v. Wade is an aberration of the law," he said. "This decision is more mounting evidence of how out of step it is."
Parker explained that various courts have concluded that Roe holds that states have no interest in protecting the life of an unborn child.
"Roe does not support that conclusion," he wrote. "The states are forbidden to protect unborn children only in ways that conflict with a woman's 'right.' Roe held that a pregnant woman's 'right of privacy … is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.' No one, however, other than a woman seeking to 'terminate her pregnancy,' possesses the 'right' created in Roe."
He wrote, "Roe does not prohibit states from protecting unborn human lives. To the contrary, the Supreme Court acknowledged that 'the state has legitimate interests from the outset of the pregnancy' in protecting the unborn child.
"Unless a state's law conflicts with a woman's 'right' to an abortion, the state law does not conflict with Roe," he said.
The "personhood" campaign that has been developing around the nation calls for states to adopt constitutional amendments describing the unborn from the moment of conception as "persons."
It is aimed at a loophole in the original Roe decision, in which the Supreme Court noted that if the "personhood" of the unborn was established, arguments for abortion would fall apart as the unborn then would be availed the full protections of the Constitution.


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That was then. Now, paparazzi waiting for a glimpse of Lindsay Lohan or Matthew Perry leaving the condominium building might mistake an underweight Juicy Couture-clad blond toting a teensy dog in a Louis Vuitton carrier for a boldfaced name. A thirtysomething entertainment lawyer, just back from exercising his horses in Malibu, tracks dust on the travertine floor on his way to the elevator. Outside, Mamas Mesforoush, a polite young man who shuttles between homes in Los Angeles and London, hands a valet the keys to his customized Range Rover. He's just in time for a meeting with Mike Russo, the veteran contractor who's going to turn his apartment into a showplace, at a cost of $1,000 a square foot.
"Is that negotiable?" Mesforoush inquired at their first meeting.
"No," Russo replied.
"All right," the young man said. "Then you're hired."
Sierra Towers sits on Doheny Road at the western end of the Sunset Strip, where the lively commercial clutter of West Hollywood gives way to the grand mansions of Beverly Hills. The building has always had its fans, well-heeled Westsiders of a certain age who appreciated the unobstructed views from every floor and the tender ministrations of porters and attentive doormen. It isn't surprising that condos in the building have been selling for jaw-dropping prices the last few years — the cost of residential real estate has skyrocketed throughout Southern California. Yet a Sierra Towers address now represents something more than a hefty price tag: The building has acquired a cool quotient.
Franck Verhagen, a Belgian-born hairdresser, has warm relationships with many of the stylish men and women who sit in his chair at the Joseph Martin salon on Rodeo Drive. They come bearing fresh Aspen dish or such essential information as the current yachting port of choice (Dubrovnik). Then they'll ask what's new with him. Throughout 2004 and the beginning of this year, whenever Verhagen would reply that he and his partner, Martin Fassnidge, were planning to move to an apartment in Sierra Towers that they had gutted and were remodeling, the response often was, "I love that building." Some had heard the false gossip column reports that model Kate Moss paid $3 million for a condo there. Others knew that oil heir Brandon Davis and Harry Morton, scion of the Hard Rock Hotel empire, were looking in the building.
But many of Verhagen's clients knew that Sierra Towers was smokin' even before the latest crop of tabloid regulars arrived. A rash of free-spending owners combining a sense of manifest condo destiny with a contemporary design aesthetic have reinvented the once dowdy and undervalued building as a star, reeking sex appeal.
"When I tell people I'm moving there, they're so jealous," says jewelry and eyewear designer Loree Rodkin. "They say, 'I want an apartment there. Do you know anyone?' like it's some speakeasy you can only get into if you know the right person."
A former manager and friend of the famous, Rodkin bought side-by-side one-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments 18 months ago, then gutted both to create a "minimal Zen tribal" 4,000-square-foot one-bedroom haven that will be completed in March, if she doesn't make more changes.
From the beginning, the building has been home to a colorful and eclectic cast of characters: an Internet diet guru, a periodontist, a banker, directors, writers, producers, songwriters, an Oscar-winning actor, a land developer, a music mogul, wealthy widows, a legendary jockey, a hotel heiress (no, not that one), the ex-husband of a Kennedy, the daughter of a Rat Pack member and the mother of a TV talk show host, a former big band singer, the owner of a local chain of women's clothing stores who committed suicide in the early '90s by jumping from his 31st-floor balcony, one of the founders of MGM and an aging former Playboy bunny whose apartment was a gift from her married paramour, which didn't faze anyone as long as her homeowners association dues were paid. (See box at right.)
The meeting of producer and theater chain owner Ted Mann and actress Rhonda Fleming at Sierra Towers in the '70s resulted in a 24-year marriage. The late television star David Janssen and his wife Ellie and singer Buddy Greco and his vivacious wife Dani lived there in the '70s too. Observant neighbors were aware of David and Dani's affair before any gossip columnists. The lovers divorced their respective spouses, married and moved out of the building.
But there has never been so much activity and enthusiasm for creating luxurious homes in the sky as Sierra Towers has experienced since the beginning of this century. Five floors down from Rodkin's condo, the home of Irwin and Lynne Deutch occupies the same footprint as her masterwork in progress. The view that forms a backdrop for the Deutchs' dining room includes nearby green hillsides, the Getty Museum beyond and on a clear day, the Pacific. A spacious living room, media room and the apartment's only bedroom overlook the city, a panorama that's especially dramatic after nightfall, when the stars above and lights below twinkle.
The Deutchs bought the apartment six and a half years ago from George Hamilton, who left behind a lone bottle of suntan oil on the terrace. Mirrored walls that had reflected a pair of towering elephant tusks were also Hamilton's legacy, so Alison Spear, a Miami architect who had designed a pied-à-terre in New York for the Deutchs, was hired to transform the apartment into a loft-like space that would showcase their art collection and honor the views.
It took two years to pave floors with Lagos Azul limestone, construct room dividers of Australian walnut, enclose the kitchen in glass, install a state-of-the-art lighting system and conceal window shades controlled by timers in the ceiling. The result is a sleek, sophisticated apartment that echoes the simplicity of the building's architecture. God is in the details: The headboard in the master bedroom is recessed; if a door handle protruded, a cavity was carved into the wall to match it, so that the door lies flush when open.
"The Deutchs were really the front-runners," says Linda May, a Realtor who moved to Sierra Towers in 1990. "They were the first people to hire an internationally recognized architect to redo two apartments at such a high level. They took a leap of faith."
Russo, the general contractor who first refurbished a Sierra Towers unit 28 years ago, jumped with them. He is now such a familiar presence that he's rather like the building's unofficial mayor. He figures he's worked on 120 of the 148 apartments there, and redone some four times. He's currently involved in five major projects, including Mesforoush's and Rodkin's, and on a typical day 60 to 70 of his employees are at work high above Sunset Boulevard. A year and a half ago, he was so busy supervising 12 apartments in various stages of completion that he couldn't take on any more, even Matthew Perry's.
"For years, we'd just change a few things in a unit," Russo says. "There was a lot of old money in the building, people who weren't into design or doing everything over. If someone spent $200,000, that was a lot. I was so tired of doing the same thing over and over — putting in crown molding, new drapes and new cabinets — that I was ready to retire. Then younger people started moving in and gutting everything. The typical unit I work on now costs $1 million to redo, and it keeps going up. The building is built really solid, yet it was a sleeper for so many years."
The costliest of Russo's makeovers was $2.5 million, but that record could be broken soon, since fixing up apartments has become a competitive sport. "Every new owner has seen what's been done before, and they want theirs to be the flagship," he says. Four years ago, only five apartments had been combined with another to create bigger units. Now the number has risen to nine. Each floor contains six apartments, and for the first time, three units — the whole front of the 18th floor — will be gutted and combined into one apartment for real estate executive Charles S. Cohen.
Sierra Towers is so much taller than other buildings in the area that through the years, urban legends were spun about who was paid off by whom to get approval to build the high-rise at the edge of a neighborhood of houses. Residents still mention being able to walk out the door and be surrounded by homes as one of the building's most attractive features.
The L.A. dream had long been to own one of those houses, with a yard and palm-sheltered pool. (And maybe a guest house and cabanas.) The prevailing view held that apartment living couldn't match the appeal of a house surrounded by the wide open spaces. Even for apartment lovers, in the 1980s and early '90s, new condo buildings built on a Manhattan-like strip of Wilshire that became known as "the corridor" eclipsed Sierra Towers. The apartments in Westwood were newer and larger, and offered the latest kitchen bells and bathroom whistles. A Sierra Towers unit that hadn't been updated since the '60s looked shabby in comparison.
But not to Russell Filice. A Realtor used to high-rise living in San Francisco, he was 36 when he moved to Sierra Towers four years ago. When owners who had lived in the building for decades died or moved away, he targeted a young crowd lousy with disposable income, "a young, sexy, hip clientele that's out there with no place to go," he says. "My clients don't want the maintenance of a yard and a pool. They want a lifestyle that's similar to how they lived in college, except at a more luxurious level and with every amenity."
Publicist Jeffrey Lane has lived in 10 different Sierra Towers apartments in the last 15 years. He says, "Russ would call because he had someone who wanted to look at my unit. By the time I'd get home from the office, he'd say, 'We got an offer.' He is the whiz kid of that building. He has great architectural flair. When he shows a unit, he can envision what can be done with it. The brokers who came before were just selling a condo and that was it. Russell takes pride in the building and understands its potential."
Actor-director and architecture buff Vincent Gallo, who has bought and sold several units in Sierra Towers, purchased the two-story apartment once owned by David Geffen from Filice via a transatlantic phone call. Filice says Gallo has engaged Rem Koolhaas to redesign the space.
Mesforoush, another Filice client, drives up to Sierra Towers in one of two Rolls-Royce Phantoms, or in a Porsche GT when he's not in his Range Rover. A 27-year-old former bouncer, he says he got rich quick trading equities, and has bid $60 million to buy the Chateau Marmont. "This is the only condo building that has a young, sexy vibe," he says. "I'm going to buy up as many units as I can and redo them with a quality to the finishes that will blow every other apartment in this place away."
Verhagen and Fassnidge bought a three-bedroom apartment from Filice for themselves, but they also wanted a guest room, one of 11 privately owned suites on the sixth floor that residents use for offices, live-in help or guests. The tiny rooms sold for $60,000 a decade ago, but current prices as high as $300,000 haven't diminished demand. When Filice told them one was available, they didn't hesitate. After all, no sooner had they gutted their apartment than they were offered twice what they'd paid.
The couple hired San Francisco architect Tim Gemmel to create a gallery-like space with an office and one bedroom. They wanted an uncluttered shell to contain original Art Deco and mid-20th century furnishings and contemporary art. In deference to their dogs, Archie and Freddie, rugs of chocolate brown were chosen, and upholstered pieces were covered in brown, taupe or gray.
The pair picked a German lighting system that was more costly and intricate than even what Russo was accustomed to. Shortly before a polished concrete floor was to be installed, Fassnidge walked down Rodeo Drive from the salon he co-owns with Joseph Campbell to the Dolce & Gabbana store, where he was transfixed by the boutique's volcanic stone floor. Russo imported the stone from Italy, and the change lengthened the project by four months and exploded the budget. No sign of birth pangs is evident in the serene, seamless and deceptively simple apartment, completed in April, which owes much to the owners' eye for Modern design and the forethought that has become Russo's trademark.
Every unit in the building has terraces 8-feet wide that owners can enclose in glass or leave open to the elements, beyond glass walls. (Russo has closed in an apartment's terrace, only to open it up for the next owner.) Verhagen and Fassnidge frequently entertain on the terrace they chose to expose, which overlooks homes that dot the hills behind the building. "Sitting outside, you feel like you're in the South of France," Verhagen says. "I always thought if Doris Day and Rock Hudson had really been a couple, they would have lived at Sierra Towers."
Now, even a pair of Hollywood sweethearts would be lucky to get in. Several of Filice's clients want to buy as many units as they can. Josh Greer, a 30-year-old developer from Mobile, Ala., bunked at the Peninsula Hotel after his apartment was gutted. He bought another unit he'll quickly fix up and stay in until his first place is finished.
"It's like buying a lot that you then build a house on," he says. "By the time I'm done, I'll have spent $3 million on a 1,600-square-foot apartment. I know I could have gotten a house for that, but I wanted to be in Sierra Towers. There's Beverly Hills, there's West Hollywood, and then there's Sierra Towers. It's not a building. It's a neighborhood."
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In Manhattan, mention that you live at the San Remo, Richard Meier's Perry Street Towers or the Dakota, the gothic coop favored by artists, musicians and theater folk, and people nod knowingly. Sierra Towers in West Hollywood is one of the only condo buildings in L.A. to have similar cachet, thanks, in part, to a changing cast of well-known residents.
Matthew Perry moved in this year.
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Sidney Poitier was a '90s resident.
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Wabash Day 2010 - Hendricks Countyby John Dykstra '13 • October 11, 2010 Share:
Wabash alumni gathered at the former Avon B&O (Baltimore to Ohio) Railroad site, which was abandoned after another railroad was laid to cover the same destinations and more, for the third consecutive year in support of Wabash Day. The railroad has been in the process of evolving from a railroad to a recreational trail in the "Rails to Trails" project completed in many parts of the nation.
"Multiple teams of 17 volunteers from the B&O Trail Association and Wabash College alumni filled an entire roll-away trash dumpster with large items dumped along this abandoned corridor over many years," Jackson reported. "Items collected included 40 tires, household appliances, automotive parts, scrap metal and children's play sets. Special thanks to some local Hendricks County businesses who helped with a discounted trash dumpster and with proper tire disposal. It is gratifying to see the ongoing Wabash – B&O partnership bearing fruit as the trail is truly becoming a reality."


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East Texas Lawmaker Sponsors Craft Beer Brewery Bill
Craft beer brewers are asking Texas lawmakers to expand the market for their products.
Owners of brewpubs and small breweries are scheduled to make their case Tuesday to the Senate Committee on Business and Commerce.
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Rugby Team Finishes Second In Santa Fe Tourney
SANTA FE, N.M. September 11, 2009 -- The New Mexico Tech Rugby Club opened their 2009 fall season with a second-place finish in the annual Santa Fe Ten-Man Tournament over the Labor Day weekend. Competing against five other teams in the collegiate and division two men's division, the Pygmies were edged out in the final minute of the championship match by the University of New Mexico, 19-12.
Rugby Tens is played on a full-scale field with 10 players -- five forwards and five backs -- rather than the standard 15-a-side format. Playing periods are two 10-minute halves in place of the traditional two 80-minute stanzas. Tech won its two pool matches plus a semifinal against New Mexico State University on Sunday to reach the late afternoon final.
|New Mexico Tech Rugby Club co-captain Royce Beaudry of Napa, California, is all concentration as he prepares to pass to a teammate (off camera) during Sunday's 22-0 win over the Vatos of Las Vegas, NM at the Santa Fe Tens Tournament. Tech won three matches before narrowly losing in the championship match. Photo by Dave Wheelock
Tech eased into the competition with a 54-0 drubbing of the Chupadera Rugby Club. The Pygmies' first five-point score (try) of the season was touched down by standoff Dustin Webb after three minutes. Webb was good with the two-point conversion drop kick for a 7-0 lead. Tech led 21-0 at halftime on tries by outside center Nick Aldape and scrumhalf Jay Herrera and two more conversions by Webb, setting the stage for a second-half rout that saw the Pygmies cross for five more tries: one to inside center Royce Beaudry, three more for the powerful Aldape, and a career first for freshman Enrique Koerdell, a product of Santa Fe's Monte del Sol School. Webb's conversion kick success rate was seven of eight. All eight of Tech's tries were grounded by a fleet stable of backline players.
Tech dispatched Los Vatos of Las Vegas, NM 22-0. Nick Aldape and graduate school transfer Graham Payne (from Guilford College) scored first half tries for a 12-0 head start. Aldape raised eyebrows with his sixth try of the day in the second half, and then second-year prop Jason Boyer banged across with the forwards' first try, his first-ever five-pointer.
As expected, New Mexico State's Chiles proved a far tougher challenge in the semifinal, having finished runners-up to Tech's championship in 2008. State scored first when 200-pound center Mike Brewer broke through. The successful conversion made it 7-0 to the Chiles. But the Chiles' indiscipline proved to be their Achilles Heel, as the Pygmies scored consecutive first half tries on quick runs following two State penalties, the first by that man Aldape and another by fullback Isaiah Sanchez. Tech added to their 10-7 lead in the second half, as Jay Herrera capitalized on yet another Chile penalty before lock forward Matt Kretz crossed for the Pygmies' fourth try. NMSU's Brewer scored a consolation
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try in the final minute but Tech's 22-14 victory was already in the bank.
Tech squared off with the University of New Mexico in the championship. After five minutes of even play UNM's fleet-footed wing Chris Wisdom got away on the outside and legged 50 meters to paydirt. Trailing 7-0, Tech answered with a Nick Aldape try off a well-timed pass by his center mate Beaudry. Herrera's kick was good for a 7-7 halftime score.
The teams parried back and forth most of the second half, but Tech had no answer for Chris Wisdom, who got loose again after two minutes to score an unconverted try to give his team a 12-7 lead. Tech knotted it up on yet another try by Aldape with less than three minutes left, as Herrera came through with the pressure conversion kick. But Wisdom broke Pygmy hearts by sneaking through a gap just before full time, making the conversion kick a formality; UNM 19, NMT 12.
Nick Aldape, a junior from Farmington, N.M., scored a massive nine tries on the day, while Isaiah Sanchez, who hails from Peñasco, was everywhere in attack and defense. The Pygmies will host the Clovis Nomads at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, on the New Mexico Tech athletic ground.
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Stewart, Burton and Bowyer offer comments following first laps on "newer" Bristol
Bristol Motor Speedway has witnessed the initial laps on its recently altered surface. On day one of a two-day Goodyear Tire test Tony Stewart, Jeff Burton and Clint Bowyer circled the half-mile concrete oval, and will wrap up the session on Wednesday.
While it's impossible to predict how the racing action will be when NASCAR hits Bristol for August race week and the IRWIN Tools Night Race, the trio of drivers offered their comments following a full day of lapping the banks of Bristol.
The same drivers will return on Wednesday to complete the Goodyear Tire test.
*Goodyear has mandated that the test sessions are closed to the public and media
Tony Stewart (the only driver among the three to attempt the high groove):
"Well, you've definitely lost the top groove. Guys who run up there aren't going to be able to do that because it's pretty slick up there. There's going to be less room to race, that's for sure. We've gone from a three-groove track to two grooves and any time you've got less room to get around it can get pretty interesting.
"I'm one of the guys who likes that high groove so it's really going to change things up for me. It'll change things for everybody though because when you take away room to race on a track this small with 43 cars… yeah, it's going to tighten things up."
Clint Bowyer:
"That outside line – the upper groove – is out of play now. There's going to be a lot closer racing than we've had here in the past. I don't typically run up there, but a lot of guys do and I can't see them going up there now. If they do… it's pretty slippery and they'll figure that out in a hurry.
"The closer we have to race just means something's going to happen. Is it going to make fans happy? Well, narrowing up the track means less room to get around so there's no question there's going to be closer action.
"I tell you what though… this place has always been – and will always be – far and away the best race we have. You wanna see a great race in the best atmosphere we have? Just be here in August."
Jeff Burton:
"Goodyear is looking to bring a tire with more grip. I really think they have found some stuff that is really promising. As for the track itself, I really can't imagine running up there in that top groove. I think it is going to force everyone more to the middle and bottom of the track. The drivers aren't going to be happy, but the spectators probably will be because it is going to put more cars in a closer space.
By taking away that groove, it is going to change your mind about going up there. I think it is going to be two grooves, unless Goodyear brings a tire with a lot of grip. If that is the case, you'll want to run around the bottom. Making the groove smaller is a good thing, it is going to put the action back to the bottom and middle of the track. What has changed is up near the wall, the bottom is the same. Tony experimented and tried out that top groove, and I know he won't be trying that again.
If people liked the older track more than the new, they are going to like this. This takes the top groove out and brings it back toward the old track. Taking the groove out moves the track closer to what it used to be. Taking the banking out is what is going to make the difference. You won't run the top groove on a short track without more banking. There is no way you will run around the outside. If there is less banking on a short track near the wall, you are not going to go there.
Every race track should look at the fan experience. The fans come to see action here because this is Bristol. That is why there are so many seats. This is why it is like a gladiator stadium. We always will walk a tight rope of what is in the best interest of the fan. The sport is under more scrutiny all the time. For us, it is a more constant conversation about changing. Some races are better than others. Some are phenomenal, some are sleepers. But all sports are like that. Not every NBA game is great.
This track always has been different. Fans always want to see action here. That is why pressure is always put on this track."
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Recently in speaking with my aunt and uncle, who live in Arizona, I asked them if they had any old family photos. I had many photos but my uncle was telling me how they were sorting through albums so I thought I would see what goodies they might have that I had never seen.
About a week later came an envelope with about 30 photos from them. I was pleasantly surprised to see that most of them I had never seen before. Photos of my dad, my uncle and their sister from childhood into their young life. Some good pictures of the whole family - my paternal grandparents and their 3 children and some funny photos as well.
One such photo was of my great-grandmother (who I had known) along with her two daughters (my grandmother and my grandmother's sister). My grandmother was a very proper and elegant person and was always dressed to the hilt with jewelry to match. I was amused to see this photo of her and her sister in their bathing suits. This is definitely not an image that I had of my grandmother and especially my very shy great-aunt. Obviously they were enjoying themselves and the date on the back of the photo said July, 1939. They were probably in Hubbard Lake as this was a favorite spot that they visited often during their lives.
Gertrude Wellhausen Kolberg
Amelia Schluessler Wellhausen
Ella Wellhausen Schulte
Hubbard Lake, MI
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Amelia Schluessler Wellhausen
Ella Wellhausen Schulte
Hubbard Lake, MI
ca 1939
Gertrude and Ella Wellhausen were the daughters of George and Amelia (Schluessler) Wellhausen. Gertrude was born April 10, 1895 in Macomb County, Michigan followed on November 15, 1896 by sister, Ella, who was born in Detroit where the family was temporarily living. They grew up in Macomb County, Michigan and moved to Detroit after each of their marriages. Gertrude married Hugo Kolberg on September 9, 1919 in Detroit while Ella had married Elmer Schulte on December 24, 1917 in Waco, Texas (while Elmer was in the service).
They were very close sisters, had sons 6 weeks apart in 1923 and raised their families in close proximity to each other. After the death of Gertrude's husband, Ella and Elmer lived many years with Gertrude to assist her as her eyesight was failing.
Perhaps their closeness started in childhood as this photo will show - they were dubbed the "Dancing Darlings of 1899" in the local Macomb County paper when they won a dance contest. This is one of my very favorite photos in my genealogical collection:
Above photos - personal collection of Cheryl Schulte


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I've installed Arch Linux (x86_64, UEFI, GPT) on VirtualBox 4.2.6. But I'm stuck with linux switching to 1024x768 mode. As a result guest OS doesn't fit the window and scrollbars appear. Here's what dmesg shows:
[ 0.000000] Console: colour dummy device 80x25
[ 0.332371] efifb: probing for efifb
[ 0.332598] efifb: framebuffer at 0x80000000, mapped to 0xffffc90000100000, u
sing 6144k, total 2113535k
[ 0.332599] efifb: mode is 1024x768x32, linelength=4096, pages=1
[ 0.332600] efifb: scrolling: redraw
[ 0.332602] efifb: Truecolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:16:8:0
[ 0.341566] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[ 0.346584] fb0: EFI VGA frame buffer device
Here's what lspci tell's about guest's videocard:
[yuri@tarch ~]$ lspci
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter
lspci -k indicates that no driver handles this device (is this ok?).
The closest discussion I've managed to find on the net is this one. But OP there has Intel videocard, he isn't running linux under VM and the way he solved the issue doesn't work for me. I've tried passing parameters to the kernel (nomodeset, video=640x480, vga=ask, vga=normal, vga=0x101), to no avail. Passing video=efifb:640x480 makes boot process stuck after refind prints "Using load options 'vmlinux-arch.efi root=...'". As far as I can tell vga parameter isn't applicable to 64-bit linux kernel.
And why does the kernel chooses efifb in the first place? Documentation says:
This is a generic EFI platform driver for Intel based Apple computers.
efifb is only for EFI booted Intel Macs.
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You want guest additions which fixes this I believe. Pacman -Ss virtualbox
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As far as I can tell, installing Guest Additions makes sense if you're going to use X Server. It's not my case, nevertheless I've installed them and made its modules loaded at boot. Still with no result.
I'm not entirely sure what's causing your problem, but with my VirtualBox installations (version 4.1.22 under Gentoo), the framebuffer size is set before the kernel gains control, and the kernel doesn't seem to be able to adjust it. You can set the default mode by using commands like these:
VBoxManage setextradata "VM name" VBoxInternal2/EfiGopMode 2
VBoxManage setextradata "VM name" VBoxInternal2/UgaHorizontalResolution 1024
VBoxManage setextradata "VM name" VBoxInternal2/UgaVerticalResolution 768
See this page for details, including what the different GOP modes are.
I generally find it easier to use the "resolution" token in rEFInd's refind.conf file. GRUB 2 has something similar: It's the GRUB_GFXMODE option in /etc/default/grub, at least on a Fedora 18 installation. (I'm not sure if Arch's package uses the same filename or option name.) In the case of GRUB, you'd need to regenerate your grub.cfg file for the change to take effect, but rEFInd reads refind.conf at boot time, so you could just change it there and be done with it. In either case, you can just set a mode in the configuration file within the virtual machine rather than adjust it with obscure commands in the host OS.
Until recently, most Linux X installations have used the EFI framebuffer device when VirtualBox has booted in EFI mode. My last few installs, though, have begun using the VirtualBox driver. I'm guessing this driver didn't work in EFI mode until recently, but now it does. Now when I switch between X and text mode, the VirtualBox screen changes size, but I don't get scroll bars unless one of the modes is set too large for my host OS's display. I can still force it to use the EFI framebuffer driver if I like by generating an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and setting that file to use the framebuffer driver.
As for the EFI framebuffer device being for Macs, I believe the documentation is simply outdated.
As far as I can tell, installing Guest Additions makes sense if you're going to use X Server. It's not my case, nevertheless I've installed them and made its modules loaded at boot. Still with no result.
Why not run in headless mode and use ssh for interaction?
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You can set the default mode by using commands like these
EfiGopMode does works except for value 0 though. Although as per refind's documention it (0) specifies default resolution (1024x768 in my case). So it's likely to be expected. And Uga*Resolution does not. There is probably some reason behind efifb being described as Mac driver...
In fact, I remember I saw this options in the manual not that long ago.
I generally find it easier to use the "resolution" token in rEFInd's refind.conf file.
Well, it works too I've even managed to set resolution to 640x480.
Why not run in headless mode and use ssh for interaction?
In truth, that's what I'm going to do. I just stumbled across this annoyance and couldn't help myself but find out how to fix it
Thanks for your help guys. I've spent a lot of time trying to make it work. It would be sad to see it go to waste...
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It appears rEFInd ignores refind_linux.conf.
First, note that I maintain rEFInd.
The refind_linux.conf file is not relevant to setting the EFI framebuffer mode; that detail is set via the "resolution" and/or "textmode" options in the refind.conf file -- note that those two files are not equivalent.
More broadly speaking, the claim that rEFInd ignores refind_linux.conf is overly-broad at best. Many people use that file successfully. You've linked to one thread that claims rEFInd was ignoring the file. In that thread, I offered some hypotheses about why that was happening, but the OP didn't post back with a resolution that would enable positive identification of the actual cause. As I stated in that thread, I suspect the problem is either filesystem damage or a refind_linux.conf file that's in an improper format. In neither of those cases is this a rEFInd problem; it's a problem with the filesystem or file, or perhaps in the EFI itself. That said, it's conceivable that there is a bug in rEFInd that's causing it to ignore a valid refind_linux.conf file under certain circumstances -- but if so, the problem is pretty rare, and I can't fix a problem that I can't reproduce without help from those who do have the problem. This is true of any software developer, and it's the reason that bug reports and interactions with developers about problems are important -- if you have a problem, it might not get fixed if you don't report it. Even just reporting it may not be enough; you may need to perform additional diagnostics and try out test programs to help the developer fix the problem.
Sorry for the delay. I can't confirm what I was saying before for some reason. I based my judgement on inability to choose between menu items, specified in refind_linux.conf. But now I can. It appears on pressing F2.


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Abhyanga, Ayurvedaha, Ayurvedic herbs, Ayurvedie, dosha, kapha, Maharishi Ayur-Veda, panchakarma, pitta, prakriti, prana, pranayama, rasayana, science of life, tridosha, vata, vikriti, yoga.
Ayurveda, which originated in ancient India more than 5,000 years ago, is probably the world's oldest system of natural medicine. When translated, its name means "science of life," and it stems from the ancient body of spiritual teachings known as the Vedas. Some medical historians believe that Ayurveda was also the original basis for Chinese medicine.
Ayurveda is an integrated system of specific theories and techniques that use diet, herbs, exercise, meditation, yoga, and massage or bodywork. The goal of Ayurveda is to achieve optimal health on all levels: physical, psychological, and spiritual.
In India, Ayurveda involves the eight main branches of medicine: pediatrics, gynecology, obstetrics, ophthalmology, geriatrics, otolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat), general medicine, and surgery. An estimated 80% of the Indian population uses Ayurveda, although it is often used in combination with conventional medicine. There are more than 250,000 Ayurvedic practitioners in India, and some hospitals are based solely on this approach to medicine.
Ayurveda made its way to the West mainly through Europe, where it still has a strong presence today. However, in modern times and particularly in western countries, the practice of Ayurveda is less focused on its spiritual roots than on its use as a form of complementary or alternative medicine.
Ayurveda is practiced in the West by healthcare professionals who are licensed in a variety of disciplines, such as MDs, osteopathic physicians (DOs), naturopaths, acupuncturists, nurses, massage therapists, and chiropractors. It is also practiced by lay people who are not licensed, but who function as health counselors, educators, or consultants. To practice this discipline, the standard length of training in India is five years, but there are no agreed upon standards in the West.
The West offers two major currents of training and practice. The first is offered by a diverse variety of teachers and practitioners, many of whom are either from India or were trained there. The second consists of devotees of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Indian spiritual teacher who introduced transcendental meditation (TM) to the West. In 1980, this group coined the term "Maharishi Ayur-Ved," which incorporates TM as part of an Ayurvedic approach.
Ayurveda relies heavily on the individual's willingness to participate in lifestyle and behavior changes.
Similar to other traditions of nature-based medicine, Ayurveda teaches that vital energy, referred to as
, is the basis of all life and healing.
As prana circulates throughout the human body, it is governed by the five elements:
, and
. These terms represent subtle qualities of prana energy and how it expresses itself in the body. Health is a state of balance and harmony among the five elements, and illness occurs when there is imbalance or lack of harmony among them.
The five elements combine with one another into pairs called
. There are three doshas:
(ether and air),
(fire and water), and
(earth and water).
Certain doshas predominate in each person from conception to determine their personal energetic constitution - called their
- that stays with the person for life. Each person's prakriti has an identifiable pattern in which one or more doshas are dominant. Thus, there are seven prakritis possible:
, or
; the combinations of
, or
; and the most complex,
Illness or imbalance is referred to as the person's
. The vikriti is described in terms of how the doshas are out of balance in comparison to the prakriti.
Ayurveda gives the highest priority to prevention, health promotion, and enhancement. When illness is present, however, it offers a complete system for treatment. The overall goal is always to foster balance and harmony among the doshas, and to purify and harmonize the entire mind/body system.
Disease entities or pathogens (germs, viruses) are not the main focus of treatment. Rather it is the person's level of balance and harmony between the doshas and elements and the consequent level of the body's resistance to illness that is of concern.
The health practices of Ayurveda are selected according to the person's prakriti and what energetic imbalances may be present. Foods, herbs, exercises, and other treatments are all chosen on the basis of their ability to regulate certain doshas.
Food and diet
: The regulation of diet as a form of therapy is a central ideal; an individual's mental and spiritual development as well as temperament can be influenced by the quality and quantity of food consumed. An important principle in Ayurveda is that "there is nothing in the world that is not a medicine or food."
Foods and herbs are described in terms of their energetic qualities rather than the chemical properties of Western scientific understanding.
Food should be eaten according to one's prakriti (constitution). Certain foods should not be combined, and certain foods should be eaten at different times of day.
Spices are used to aid digestion or counteract the energetic qualities of different foods.
: Ayurveda holds that each 24-hour cycle is divided into four-hour segments that are governed by the doshas. From 10-2 (both a.m. and p.m.) is a pitta period, from 2-6 is a vata period, and from 6-10 is a kapha period. These time periods are believed to correspond with nature, and they dictate optimal times for certain activities or bodily functions such as exercise, work, rest, digestion, fasting, or healing. Practitioners guide patients to plan their activities to be in harmony with these natural principles of timing. For example, the mid-day pitta period is the time of strongest digestive function and should be the time of the largest meal; food should not be consumed during the night pitta period as this is a time of restoration and healing of vital organs.
: In an Ayurvedic theory, "diagnosis" means determining one's prakriti and what imbalances are present (vakriti), not by labeling specific diseases with Western terms. Ayurvedic theory calls for diagnosis using a variety of sources of information. A practitioner usually conducts an extensive individual interview for taking a health history, which may include written questionnaires. This information is followed by pulse diagnosis (palpating the wrist to determine subtle qualities of the pulse). Practitioners may also evaluate the appearance of the tongue, face, lips, nails, and eyes for diagnostic information. Some use laboratory tests of blood, urine, and stools to assist with diagnosis.
: Treatment theory focuses on a comprehensive treatment plan (
) that may combine dietary changes, herbs, meditation, breathing exercises (
), Ayurvedic massage (
), yoga postures (
), detoxification and rejuvenation programs (
, and lifestyle changes. Thus, the bulk of the responsibility for treatment rests with the patient through integrating the recommendations into their daily lifestyle.
Most practitioners do not perform actual treatments or healing in the office, although some massage therapists will perform Ayurvedic massage.
Typically, the first consultation is the longest, lasting from 45-90 minutes. Follow-up consultations may be spaced several weeks or even months apart to monitor progress. These will usually be brief office visits involving diagnostic review and a fine-tuning of the treatment regimen.
Research support
: Ayurveda is predominantly a "person-specific" approach. This means that two individuals with the same symptoms might be treated very differently in terms of herbal remedies, lifestyle changes, yoga postures, diet, or other factors. Such individualization makes it difficult to design Western-style clinical trials of Ayurveda treatment regimes. Nonetheless, several specific herbal formulations have been studied in Western-style clinical trials. Recent research in Ayurvedic genomics is examining if there is a link between a person's genetic composition and their response to Ayurvedic treatments.
Evidence Table
These uses have been tested in humans or animals. Safety and effectiveness have not always been proven. Some of these conditions are potentially serious, and should be evaluated by a qualified healthcare provider.
There is some evidence that a traditional Ayurvedic treatment using specially prepared alkaline threads (ksharasutra or Ayurvedic setons) to achieve gradual cauterization may provide an effective alternative to surgery in patients being treated for anal fistulas. Further research is needed to confirm these results.
Abana is a combination herbal and mineral formulation traditionally used in Ayurveda for heart health. Its main ingredients are
Terminalia arjuna
Withania somnifera
Terminalia chebula
Phyllanthus emblica
Nardostachys jatamansi
Tinosporia cordifolia
Glycyrrhiza glabra
Zingiber officinale
, and
Nepeta hindostana
. Early studies report that abana may reduce the frequency and severity of chest pain (called angina).
Arjuna (
Terminalia arjuna
) is a type of bark powder traditionally used as an anti-ischemic and cardioprotective agent in high blood pressure and ischemic heart diseases. It may be a safe and effective anti-angina agent comparable to isosorbine mononitrate (ISMN) and better tolerated. However, further research is needed before a recommendation can be made.
There is early evidence that daily supplementation with gum resin of
Boswellia serrata
, known in Ayurveda as Salai guggal, may improve shortness of breath, coarse rattling sounds in the chest (called rhonchi), and the number of asthma attacks.
Another herb, Devadaru (
Cedrus deodara
), may help prevent spasms in the airways, thereby reducing symptoms of bronchial asthma, particularly for patients with shorter histories of asthma and lower frequencies of attacks. Further research is needed in this area before a recommendation can be made.
Evidence suggests that carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), a measure of atherosclerosis, may be reduced with a comprehensive program including diet, exercise, stress reduction and a combination herbal formula (Maharishi Vedic Medicine), particularly in patients with a marked congenital heart disease (CHD) risk.
Studies also suggest that Maharishi Amrit Kalash (MAK) -4 and MAK-5, two modern formulations of traditional Ayurvedic herbal remedies, may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of artherosclerosis. However further research is needed to confirm these results.
Abana is a combination herbal and mineral formulation that has been traditionally used in Ayurveda for improved heart health. There is evidence from early studies that abana may improve heart function. Further research is needed before a recommendation can be made.
The herb Brahmi (
Bacopa monnieri
) is used in many Ayurvedic preparations for a variety of ailments. There is evidence from well-designed studies that it may improve memory and cognitive functioning in adults.
Another study suggests that the herbal preparation Maharishi Amrit Kalash (MAK) -4 may enhance attention capacity or alertness, and thus reverse some of the detrimental cognitive effects of aging. Further research is needed to confirm these results.
Preliminary evidence suggests that the gum resin of
Boswellia serrata
may improve or alleviate symptoms in patients with chronic colitis with minimal side effects. More studies are needed to confirm this finding.
Preliminary evidence suggests that sodium nimbidinate, made from the traditional Ayurvedic herb Nimba/Neem/Arishta (
Azadirachta indica
), may be an effective diuretic in patients with congestive heart failure. More studies are needed to confirm this effect.
Early evidence suggests that a liquid Ayurvedic herbal preparation called Misrakasneham, containing 21 different herbs, as well as castor oil, ghee, and milk, may benefit cancer-patients in the management of opioid-induced constipation. Further studies are needed to evaluate this treatment in palliative care.
Evidence indicates that Ayurveda's comprehensive purification and detoxification regime known as panchakarma in heart disease patients may lead to increased vasoactive intestinal peptide (a vasodilator), acute reduction in total cholesterol, reduction in lipid peroxide (a measure of free radical damage), and a significant reduction in anxiety.
A study of Arjuna (
Terminalia arjuna)
, a type of bark powder that is traditionally used as an anti-ischemic and cardio protective agent in high blood pressure and ischemic heart diseases, found evidence that it may reduce cholesterol and lipid peroxide levels as well as have significant antioxidant action that is comparable to vitamin E in coronary heart disease patients. Further research is needed before a firm conclusion can be drawn.
Early evidence suggests that a traditional Ayurvedic formula containing extracts of four Indian herbs, Ashvatha, Kapikachu, Dhanvayasa, and Bhuriphali (the GS-02 formulation), may have benefits similar to conventional anti-depressant medication. Other research has reported no benefits. More studies are needed.
Several studies have been conducted with various Ayurvedic treatments, with mixed or modest results:
The traditional antidiabetic remedy
Coccinia indica
may help improve glucose tolerance in adult-onset diabetes.
An herbal tea containing
Salacia reticulata
(Kothala Himbutu tea) may improve glycemic control and reduce the need for Glibenclamide treatment in patients with type II diabetes mellitus.
Drinking an aqueous suspension of the vegetable pulp from the herb
Momordica charantia
, a bitter vegetable popularly known as Karolla, may reduce serum glucose levels in people with moderate non-insulin dependent diabetes.
A traditional Ayurvedic formula called Pancreas Tonic, taken in a powder capsule form, may bring intermediate term glucose control in type II diabetic patients with elevated HbA(1c) levels.
The Ayurvedic herb Vijayasar (
Pterocarpus marsupium
), also called Bijaka, Pitasara, or Pitashalaka, may help modulate blood glucose levels in newly diagnosed or untreated non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.
In all the above remedies, better-designed trials are needed to determine the true effectiveness.
Early evidence suggests that the aqueous extract of
O. sanctum
leaves may benefit patients with viral encephalitis. However, human studies are needed to evaluate this approach.
Evidence from a well-designed study suggests that the Ayurvedic formula Pippali Rasayana, prepared from Palash (
Butea monosperma
[Lamk] Kuntze; Leguminaceae) and Pippali (
Piper longum
L.; Piperaceae), may be an effective treatment for intestinal giardiasis infection. Further research is needed before a recommendation can be made.
Evidence from one well-designed study suggests that the traditional herbal preparation Kamalahar may reduce clinical signs as well as indicators of liver damage in acute viral hepatitis. Kamalahar contains
Tecoma undulate
Phyllanthus urinaria
Embelia ribes
Taraxacum officinale
Nyctanthes arbortistis
, and
Terminalia arjuna.
Another well-designed trial suggests that root powder from the herb Picrorhiza kurroamay may improve levels of bilirubin, SGOT (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase) and SGPT in viral hepatitis. Further research is needed before a recommendation can be made.
Abana is a combination herbal and mineral formulation that has been traditionally used in Ayurveda for heart health. Early studies show that abana may reduce blood pressure. Further research is needed to confirm these results.
There is preliminary evidence that the herb guggul (
) may reduce serum cholesterol and serum triglyceride levels, increase HDL and decrease LDL levels. More studies are needed to validate this use.
There is evidence from one well-designed study that a traditional Ayurvedic formula (Blissful Sleep, Maharishi Ayurvedic Products International) containing valerian (
Valeriana wallichi
), rose petals (
Rosa centifolia
), muskroot (
Nardostachys jatamansi
), heart-leaved moonseed (
Tinospora cordifolia
), winter cherry (
Withania somnifera
), pepper (
Piper negrum
), ginger (
Zingibar officinalis
), aloeweed (
Convolvulus pluricalis
), and licorice root (
Glycyrrhiza glabra
) may decrease sleep latency (time needed to get to sleep) in people with sleep-onset insomnia, with no side effects. Further research is needed to confirm these results.
A compound Ayurvedic preparation with
Aegle marmelos correa
Bacopa monnieri
Linn is a traditional herbal preparation used for digestive disturbances and diarrhea. There is evidence from one study suggesting that this combination may have short-term benefits for patients with IBS in general, and in particular those with diarrhea. However, benefits may not be maintained in the long term. More studies are needed to evaluate this treatment.
Turmeric, an herb commonly used in Ayurvedic medicine, has been studied as a possible treatment for an inflammatory disorder of the mouth, called oral lichen planus. However, because the study was ended early, conclusions cannot be made. More research is needed.
There is evidence from one well-designed study that an Ayurvedic formula containing roots of
Withania somnifera
, the stem of
Boswellia serrata
, rhizomes of
Curcuma longa
, and a zinc complex (Articulin-F®) may significantly improve symptoms of osteoarthritis.
Another study suggests that taking guggul (
Commiphora mukul
) daily as a powder capsule supplement may reduce pain and improve functioning in OA. Further research is needed before a recommendation can be made.
There is evidence that the traditional herbal remedy
Mucuna pruriens
may improve symptoms in Parkinson's disease, and that it may offer advantages over conventional L-dopa preparations in the long-term management of the disorder.
One study has suggested that symptoms of Parkinson's disease may be reduced with use of an Ayurvedic formula called HP-200, which is derived from
Mucuna pruriens
More studies are needed to verify what can be expected from these treatments.
Evidence from one well-designed study suggests that the Ayurvedic herb
Saptamrita Lauha may aid in the rapid absorption of hemorrhages and prevention of their recurrence in retinopathic eyes of diabetic and hypertensive patients. Further research is needed to confirm these results.
There is some evidence that a traditional Ayurvedic herbal formula RA-1 may reduce joint swelling but not other symptoms in rheumatoid arthritis. RA-1 contains
Withania somnifera
Boswellia serrata
Zingiberis officinale
(ginger) and
Curcuma longa
A resin that is extracted from
Boswellia serrata
(H15, indish incense) is thought to have anti-inflammatory effects. However, evidence from one study showed no benefit in patients with RA. More studies are needed to determine the efficacy of these treatments in RA.
There is preliminary evidence that the herb amalaki (
Emblica officinalis / Phyllanthus emblica
), a fruit used in a variety of Ayurvedic remedies including the popular general tonic Chyavanaprash, may reduce symptoms of gastritis and dyspepsia.
There is also evidence that the Ayurvedic herb
Asparagus racemosus
(Shatavari) may reduce gastric emptying time at a rate comparable to that of the drug metoclopramide, which is commonly used for dyspepsia.
Some of this research has been with healthy subjects however, and further clinical trials are needed using the above remedies to evaluate their efficacy.
Evidence is inconclusive on whether the traditional herb guggul (Medohar) may contribute to weight loss in obese patients. More studies are needed to examine this treatment.
One study compared the three Ayurvedic preparations bel (
Aegle marmelos
), thankuni (
Hydrocotyle asiatica
), and gandhavadulia (
Paederia foetida
) with ampicillin in shigellosis, and found them to have no effect.
* Key to grades
: Strong scientific evidence for this use
: Good scientific evidence for this use
: Unclear scientific evidence for this use
: Fair scientific evidence for this use (it may not work)
: Strong scientific evidence against this use (it likley does not work)
Tradition / Theory
The below uses are based on tradition, scientific theories, or limited research. They often have not been thoroughly tested in humans, and safety and effectiveness have not always been proven. Some of these conditions are potentially serious, and should be evaluated by a qualified healthcare provider. There may be other proposed uses that are not listed below.
Acne, anti-aging, arthritis (gouty), cancer, cervical spondylosis, constipation (general), diabetic foot ulcers, facial palsy, gynecological disorders, heartburn, hepatoprotection, impotence, infections, inflammation, jaundice, liver diseases, lumbar disc herniation (intervertebral disc protrusion), lumbar spondylosis, memory, menopausal symptoms, memory enhancement, mental disorders, migraine, ocular disorders, paralysis, sciatica, sleeplessness, skin diseases, stress, systemic lupus erythematosus, trigeminal neuralgia, urinary disorders.
Many complementary techniques are practiced by healthcare professionals with formal training, in accordance with the standards of national organizations. However, this is not universally the case, and adverse effects are possible. Due to limited research, in some cases only limited safety information is available.
Safety is the main concern when considering herbal preparations. Ayurvedic herbs are potent, and some contain compounds that may be toxic if taken in large amounts or over a long period of time. For this reason, the supervision of a trained practitioner is recommended.
It is important that the herbs come from a trustworthy source. Some Ayurvedic herbs from India have reportedly been contaminated with Western drugs, and there have also been reports of the accidental or intentional presence of toxic metals in imported herbs.
Examples of contraindications to the use of Ayurveda include traumatic injuries, acute pain, advanced disease stages, and those requiring surgery.
Amlaki (amla,
Emblica officinalis)
should be avoided at bedtime to prevent harmful effects on teeth.
Pippali (
Piper longum
) used in asthma should be avoided in patients with peptic ulcer disease and should be consumed with milk.
Guggul should be used cautiously in patients with peptic ulcer disease. Users should avoid sour food, alcohol, and heavy exercise.
Sweet flag (Vacha,
Acorus calamus
) is presently classified as an unsafe herb for internal usage by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Terminalia hebula
(harda) is a powerful purgative to stimulate gastrointestinal motility and should be avoided in pregnancy.
Mahayograj Guggul contains lead and is often prescribed for rheumatoid arthritis with the warning that it should not be taken for long periods of time because of the theoretical possibility of lead poisoning.
Ayurvedic preparations can often change the bioavailability of allopathic drugs so a medical professional should be consulted before combined use.
It is important not to self-diagnose. Instead, patients should work with qualified Ayurvedic practitioners who can help ensure that Ayurvedic treatments are safely used.
This information is based on a systematic review of scientific literature edited and peer-reviewed by contributors to the Natural Standard Research Collaboration (
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Chainani-Wu N, Silverman S Jr, Reingold A, et al. A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial of curcuminoids in oral lichen planus. Phytomedicine 2007 Aug;14(7-8):437-46.
Dadkar VN, Tahiliani RR, Jaguste VS, et al. Double blind comparative trial of Abana and methyldopa for monotherapy of hypertension in Indian patients. Jpn Heart J 1990;31(2):193-199.
Das DG. A double-blind clinical trial of kamalahar, an indigenous compound preparation, in acute viral hepatitis. Indian J Gastroenterol 1993;12(4):126-128.
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