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Question by JK 197 · Jan 20, 2011 at 04:02 AM · pregnancyketosispaleoweight-loss
I've been paleo for about four months and have seen great success in weight loss, energy levels, lipid profiles, skin, I could go on and on. I have been in ketosis more often than not in the last two months or so.
Today I found out I am pregnant. It's very early in the pregnancy but I am already mindful of the affects that my previous non-paleo had on my body (namely much of the weight I just lost). I do not want to go backward in my progress. As a matter of fact, if I can safely continue to lose weight while maintaing a healthy pregnancy that would be my goal.
So, to my question...does anyone know of any research that indicates the safety of being in ketosis during pregnancy? If I have to up my carbs I will but in my experience thus far when I am not in ketosis, even if I keep my carb intake at less than 100 grams per day, my weight loss stalls out.
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Answer by Ambimorph 20197 · Jan 21, 2011 at 05:31 PM
You will see it all over the web that ketosis is dangerous for the fetus, but you won't find evidence. I see three classes of the so-called evidence. There is evidence that if you have diabetic ketoacidosis it is not good for the fetus, but we know that you can't compare benign dietary ketosis to diabetic ketoacidosis. There is animal evidence that if you starve pregnant rats, which also produces ketosis, it is not good for the fetuses. The flaw in that reasoning should be obvious. Finally, there is one experiment where they sliced up the brains of rat fetuses and soaked them in ketones, and the brain cells survived but the slices stopped producing new brain cells. This is supposed to be evidence of ketosis causing retardation.
On the other hand, a fetal metabolism text will tell you that fetuses are naturally using ketones themselves before and immediately after birth. This study shows that a pregnant pigs who are put on a ketogenic diet have fetuses with "increased fetal brain weight, protein content, and cell size." This text book article says "During early pregnancy there is an increase in body fat accumulation, associated with both hyperphagia and increased lipogenesis. During late pregnancy there is an accelerated breakdown of fat depots, which plays a key role in fetal development. Besides using placental transferred fatty acids, the fetus benefits from two other products: glycerol and ketone bodies. Although glycerol crosses the placenta in small proportions, it is a preferential substrate for maternal gluconeogenesis, and maternal glucose is quantitatively the main substrate crossing the placenta. Enhanced ketogenesis under fasting conditions and the easy transfer of ketones to the fetus allow maternal ketone bodies to reach the fetus, where they can be used as fuels for oxidative metabolism as well as lipogenic substrates..." In this study they inject pregnant rats with ketones and show that the fetuses readily use them for fuel. Similar here with sheep. In this one they took embryos and soaked them in ketones which either had no effect or caused them to grow.
Emily Deans also wrote something relevant and telling recently
Let me put it this way. Breastmilk is high in fat. Newborns (should) spend a lot of time in ketosis, and are therefore ketoadapted. Being ketoadapted means that babies can more easily turn ketone bodies into acetyl-coA and into myelin. Ketosis helps babies construct and grow their brains. (Update - looked more into this specifically and it seems that babies are in mild ketosis, but very young babies seem to utilize lactate as a fuel in lieu of glucose also - some of these were rat studies, though - and the utilization of lactate also promotes the same use of acetyl-CoA and gives the neonates some of the advantages of ketoadaptation without being in heavy ketosis.)
Couple those with the fact that some cultures like the Inuit ate an all meat diet, and that we probably evolved on it, I am not concerned about it.
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Answer by Chris 7 517 · Jan 20, 2011 at 05:16 AM
This is n=1 so take it with the requisite grain of salt. My wife was diagnosed with gestational diabetes during her first pregnancy. To avoid drugs, she controlled her blood sugars through diet. In fact this was when, thanks to my parents, we discovered the Paleo diet. For the rest of her pregnancy, her doctor gave her grief over the ketone level in her urine and she managed a net weight loss after delivery. Our daughter, now two years old, is very healthy, somewhat advanced for her age, and loves bacon.
I contrast our case with a friend who had a similar pregnancy but didn't heed my dietary advice. She ended up being induced for fear of pre-eclampsia, which led to a c-section.
This is anecdotal of course, but in my opinion it's completely safe.
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Answer by ConnieS 107 · Jan 20, 2011 at 06:36 AM
I have an n=1 story as well. I gave birth to my fourth child almost 4 weeks ago. I've always tended to loss weight (or not gain much) with every pregnancy. This time I stayed on a primal diet and was in ketosis for most of my pregnancy. I have a much easier pregnancy, hardly any swelling and a fast and easy birth. My midwife didn't like the ketosis, but she did like the fact I'm eating much better and am 70 pounds lighter than my 3rd pregnancy 3 years ago. My blood pressure was also better. I looked but never found anything that would make me feel like it was dangerous to be in ketosis during pregnancy. I didn't restrict calories (obviously) and currently I'm over 20 pounds lighter when I got pregnant. I don't know why the hormones work that way for me, but I joke with my husband that a couple more kids and I'll be at my ideal weight.
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Answer by Paleo Steph 122 · Mar 08, 2011 at 06:12 PM
I'm currently 18 weeks pregnant and have been eating paleo the whole time. Although I had lost a significant amount of weight before becoming pregnant I have continued to lose weight. Now, my weight loss hasn't been nearly as rapid, and I did include more carbs (fruits, and I included a few potatoes into my diet, mostly to get me through the first trimester) but I feel great and have had an easy pregnancy so far :o)
My first prenatal appt. I let my OBGYN know how I have changed my eating habits (this will be my 3rd baby, and I saw her for the first 2). She asked me to describe the paleo diet, so I did in a nutshell, She said that it sounded great and that's how everyone should eat (YAY) she said that even though I'm not getting carbs from breads I'll get them from fruits so she was cool with that. She told me that as long as I'm not cutting calories and skipping meals to try to lose weight then she has no problems with it.
Good luck and Congratulations on your pregnancy!
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Answer by Ashley Roze 182 · May 27, 2011 at 12:02 AM
It was before I learned about paleo or WAPF but I started my pregnancy 70 pounds overweight too and so I was very fearful of getting gestational diabetes so I ate pretty low carb. I ate some potatoes once a week or so and ate plenty of fruit but I stayed mostly under about 150 carbs a day. I only gained 15 pounds and had a very healthy 9 pound boy who could lift his head up in the first hour of life, plenty of breastmilk, and my son is 6 months old and has never been sick. I started paleo about 3-4 months ago and was WAPF the last month of my pregnancy and the first 2 months post partum.
I don't know if I would stay in full on Ketosis but I think it's important to keep the carbs low while pregnant and concentrate on nutrient dense foods. Lots of Grassfed beef, liver, whole fat yogurt, butter, kefir, dark leafy greens like kale, etc. I don't think it's bad to be in Ketosis.. You're probably in Ketosis at night anyway because you burn so many calories while pregnant but I think the focus should be on whole nutrient dense foods, not macronutrients.
Oh... Eat lots of salmon eggs. They are inexpensive at Russian/European markets and full of highly absorbable vitamin D
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Answer by ScottMGS 2903 · Jan 20, 2011 at 05:23 AM
If I recall correctly, during your pregnancy you'll gain about 40% more blood volume plus the weight of the baby, placenta, amniotic fluid, etc. plus fat stores to help with lactation. That weighs a bunch. You should not be losing weight during pregnancy.
That does not mean you should start eating poorly, though.
(We were trained many years ago in teaching the Bradley Method.)
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First, my opinion is just that, an opinion not a prescription - only a starting point for research if what I say seems to make sense to you.I don't think that being in ketosis is bad but I do think aiming to lose weight during pregnancy is risky. You are in a body-building phase, hormonally - your baby's body and your support system for your baby - and specifically trying to lose weight could mess with that. If it were up to me - and it's not - I'd say stay paleo and up the fat and maybe the protein a bit. --cont.--
Answer by AllergyDoc 86 · Jan 20, 2011 at 08:00 PM
Robb Wolf addressed the issue of ketosis (and gestational diabetes) in this post: link text
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Answer by Tippy 91 · May 26, 2011 at 07:56 PM
This story is amazing - http://hawaiianlibertarian.blogspot.com/2011/05/paleo-baby.html
He put his wife on a paleo diet during her pregnancy. She gained baby and lost fat and had a very healthy pregnancy and a very healthy paleo baby!
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Answer by Anna 307 · Jan 20, 2011 at 04:05 PM
I'm 20 weeks pregnant and haven't gained a thing, even eating starch at every meal, 3 meals a day, and often half a piece of fruit for dessert. I would love to be 30 pounds lighter, but 10-15 pounds lighter would be within a "normal, healthy" BMI, FWIW. I do expect to start gaining weight soon with the way my belly is currently filling out. I don't know if I'm in ketosis because my midwives don't check that, but I'm sure I'm not heavily into it with all the starch I'm eating. I personally think that with a reasonable amount of starch, your body will still do the right thing for itself, and everything I read about paleo said to go easy on the ketosis during pregnancy, because the effect are not known. I don't remember where I read this, but it was a paleo blog: there was an experiment on dogs' diets during gestation, and the dogs in ketosis had pups that did more poorly. I figure that I'm not out to prove anything with my diet, and a bit of starch is obviously fine for my pregnancy.
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Answer by Travis Culp 41288 · Jan 20, 2011 at 09:40 PM
Probably shouldn't try to lose weight during pregnancy, but I'm sure your current diet is far healthier for the fetus than the SAD. I suspect that a lot of the ADD, ADHD, autism etc. is the result of various preservatives and other synthetics that mothers consume while pregnant and during early development during breastfeeding. That's just my gut feeling though. You could always keep your weight roughly stable during the next 8-9 months and then drop all the weight afterward. Now that I think of it, it'd probably be hard to maintain an excess amount of fat on our biologically correct diet, pregnant or not. In any case, good luck.
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I am the patriarch of a swimming family. I started as a kid and love taking my four children to the pool year-round.
Recently I took my daughter Audra, age 5, for a dip after work (one-on-one time is priceless). Audra is an outgoing child, managing to make new "friends" wherever we go. This time, however, she ran into one of her classmates, a girl I would define based on observation as an alpha child.
Audra quickly fell in line with her classmate, hanging on her every word and movement, a striking image I had not witnessed in her brief life.
Peer pressure is a powerful force. As much as I have matured from my youth (yes, I did wear acid washed jeans and a choker necklace as a teen), I often try to blend in. It's human nature to follow the crowd for fear of standing out or being exposed.
January is the month when markets and investors arbitrarily turn the page, closing the book on a year's performance; arbitrary since I have yet to find a client with a perfectly symmetrical life cycle. Advisors join in turning the page and business publications rush to publish their lists of top performing securities and mutual funds.
When it comes to fund performance, inevitably, there is little overlap. For example, according to Kipplinger's Large Company stock fund rankings, only three of the 3-year top performers made the 5-year list.
The pull of such lists, like an alpha girl in the pool, is strong. Who wouldn't want to be associated with a winner?
I have had clients through the years present me with lists and ask why we weren't joining the party by investing in a top performer.
Here's why: Building a portfolio based on a top performer list is like buying a car based on the color. Philosophy and strategy matter; risk matters. Most top performer lists don't account for risk, and they certainly don't account for client circumstances.
New York Yankee legend Yogi Berra says the key to baseball is to "hit em' where they ain't." The same can be said for value investing, where this year's winners are often next year's losers.
It's the mix that matters. Think of an investment portfolio like an orchestra; all instruments in harmony, with the sound (performance) as the sum of the individual parts.
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Another sad day for BMX as news comes out that Jordan McMullen has passed away
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The BMX community has lost another great rider, this time 16 year old Jordan McMullen.
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"The BMX community is mourning again today, as word comes from Colorado that Jordan McMullen passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning at his home.
Jordan was an amazing athlete, coach to local BMXers, and friend to so many people he had the opportunity to touch in his brief time with us.
Those who knew him best are celebrating his life today, as someone who brightened their world, and without whom BMX races, football games and just hanging out will never quite be the same.
Jordan's family and close friends are obviously in shock at this sudden and tragic loss, but wanted his extended BMX family to know that they very much appreciate all the messages of support, condolences and tributes that are making their way onto the forums and social media today.
The family released a brief statement Sunday night, saying:
Jordan loved his BMX family across the country, and we very much appreciate all the messages, texts and other condolences that are pouring in.
Over 2,000 people showed their support by joining the "RIP Jordan McMullen" Facebook page in the first four hours Sunday Night."
It is always sad when we lose one of our own and send out our condolences to the family and friends of Jordan.
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For one thing, you can't put up 17 new floors full of generously sized studios and suites down in South Beach today. What the hotel's accommodations may lack in proximity to the intersection of Lincoln and Collins they more than make up for in state-of-the-art modern comforts, including espresso machines, plasma-screen entertainment systems, and massive bathrooms, with freestanding tubs beside ten-foot floor-to-ceiling windows.
There's plenty of room for ten thousand square feet of spa, as well as an outdoor pool and a selection of private cabanas and whirlpool tubs. And there's just enough to eat and drink — realistically you won't hole up in your room during your entire stay, but the presence of a fine restaurant and bar means that a night in is a viable option.
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Dr. Angela Eikenberry
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BA International Studies (1993), UNO
PhD Public Administration (2005), UNO
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Public Administration & Democracy
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Nonprofit Organizations & Management
Nonprofit Fundraising
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Dr. Eikenberry's main research interests focus on the role of philanthropy, nonprofit organizations, and civil society in democratic governance. In particular, she has conducted extensive research on giving circles, a funding mechanism to emerge from the "New Philanthropy" environment in the U.S. and elsewhere, where individuals pool their resources and decide together where to give these away. Her book on giving circles, voluntary association and philanthroyp will be published by Indiana University Press in spring 2009.
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Nickel, P. M., & Eikenberry, A. M. (In press). A critique of the discourse of marketized philanthropy . American Behavioral Scientist.
Eikenberry, A. M. (2008, December). Giving circles and fundraising in the new philanthropy environment. Nonprofit Management and Leadership.
Nickel, P. M., & Eikenberry, A. M. (2007). Responding to "natural" disasters: The ethical implications of the voluntary state. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 29, 534-545.
Eikenberry, A. M., Cooper, T. L., & Arroyave, V. (2007). Administrative failure and the international NGO response to Hurricane Katrina. Public Administration Review, 67 (Special Issue), S159-169.
Eikenberry, A. M. (2007). Philanthropy, voluntary association and governance beyond the state:Giving circles and challenges for democracy. Administration & Society, 39, 857-882.
Eikenberry, A. M., & Pautz, M. (2008). Administrative reform in the United States: Toward partnership in governance. In Handbook of administrative reform: An international perspective. Editors: Jerri Killian and Niklas Eklund.
Eikenberry, A. M. (2006). Giving circles: Growing grassroots philanthropy. Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 35, 517-532.
Eikenberry. A. M. (2006). The nonprofit sector and democracy in the United States. In R. C. Box (Ed.), Democracy and Public Administration (pp. 192-211). Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe.
Nickel, P. M., & Eikenberry, A. M. (2006). Beyond public vs. private: The transformative potential of democratic feminist management. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 28, 359-380.
Pan, S. K., Halligan, J., Cho, N. S., Oh, C. H., & Eikenberry, A. M. (2005). A special report of the Sixth Global Forum on Reinventing Government: Toward participatory and transparent governance. Public Administration Review, 65, 646-654.
Eikenberry, A. M. (2005). Fundraising or promoting philanthropy? A qualitative study of the Massachusetts Catalogue for Philanthropy. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 10, 137-149.
Eikenberry, A. M., & Kluver, J. D. (2004). The marketization of the nonprofit sector: Civil society at risk? Public Administration Review, 64, 132-140.


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Senate Republicans are still waiting for President Barack Obama to present them with a list of spending cuts as part of a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. Speaking on the Senate floor, McConnell said Obama and Democrats "refuse to be pinned down" on cuts. Behind the scenes, meanwhile, talks have made steady progress in recent days, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
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In the wake of missing the playoffs for the third time in five seasons, Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier wants to focus on the positives.
"I agree we have missed the playoffs in three of the five years," Regier said in a phone interview today. "We've also made it in two of the last three. I framed it in the best way, you framed it in the worst way."
To frame it another way, the Sabres are also 0 for 1 in making the playoffs. The long offseason will be spent trying to make sure Buffalo doesn't go 0 for 2 (or four of six or seven of 11).
"We have to compete harder," Regier said. "That's a big statement, and it covers off individual play. It covers off the coaching staff. It covers off what I have to do as a general manager to help create that.
"I can tell you that Terry [Pegula] has set the tone as an owner. It's a focus for our organization. I think those are the types of things you're going to see over the offseason. You're going to see improvements when we come back in the fall. We expect to be a much more competitive hockey team."
So how do they get there? The first step, Regier said, is to increase the team's competitiveness. It was questioned throughout the season and was cemented when the players admitted to lacking mental toughness.
"It comes back to competing as an organization, as a team, as individual players," Regier said. "That really is our focus. To the extent that we came up short, those are things we have to address.
"I think that can come in a lot of ways. It can come in the individuals becoming better, mentally tougher. It can come in the growth of a younger guy to an older guy, which in large part is the same thing. It can come from other players supporting that mind-set from the outside. It can come from players in the minors that have proven that they have that and are ready to play in the National Hockey League.
"I don't think there's a silver bullet. I think it's got to come from a number of different areas."
The jobs of Regier and coach Lindy Ruff were deemed safe by team President Ted Black last week despite the lack of short-term and long-term success. Regier feels fortunate to be part of the organization.
"I think that when I look at since Terry has purchased the team and the tone that he has set for this hockey club, it's been very positive," Regier said. "To be a part of that, I certainly am grateful. I also think that his time line is shorter, focused on what things we can do now to improve the hockey club, and with the resources backing that I think that's real positive. I do feel very good about being part of that."
Regier said he never wavered in his belief that Ruff should be part of that, too. Both joined the organization in 1997, and Regier said he did not think about firing Ruff this season as the team struggled through an extended slump.
"No, I did not," Regier said. "The improvement in how we approached the game, how we approached building the team, the growth that I have seen in the coaching staff, led by Lindy, his work ethic and how he is growing, I think he's only going to get better."
The phone interview featured Regier's first public comments since the season ended because the team decided not to hold a wrap-up news conference for all members of the media.
"We have certain broadcast affiliations that we wanted to acknowledge," Regier said. "I think that was part of the plan, and I was fine with that."
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By Benji Tunnell
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JOPLIN, Mo. —
When Quentin Tarantino first broke into the cinematic world, it was with the compellingly gritty, witty and entertaining crime film "Reservoir Dogs." He reaffirmed his status as one to watch with the groundbreaking masterpiece that is "Pulp Fiction."
Since then, he has semi-regularly churned out film after film in his own imitatable style, full of wordy and clever dialogue exchanges, graphic violence and black humor. In the 20 years since that initial debut, Tarantino, in the span of only eight films, has cemented his place among the great writers and directors in film.
His latest, the bloody western/slave drama hybrid "Django Unchained," continues to show that, even when Tarantino doesn't necessarily break new ground, he is able to explore existing areas with a fresh eye.
"Django" is another film in what could be deemed the revenge fantasy phase of Tarantino's career, following both volumes of "Kill Bill," "Death Proof," and the World War II reimagining "Inglorious Basterds."
Jamie Foxx plays Django, a slave who partners up with German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) to track down a trio of wanted felons in exchange for both his freedom and Schultz's help in finding and freeing Django's wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), who has been sold to nefarious plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).
Django and Schultz make a formidable pair of hunters, successfully claiming many bounties before the weather turns mild enough to begin their quest to find and purchase Broomhilda. To do so, they must pose as Mandingo promoters looking to purchase a slave for the purposes of fighting.
"Django" once again trades in Tarantino's manic insanity and anachronisms. The movie is brutally gory. A scene featuring Mandingo fighting is particularly hard to watch. It's blatant in its portrayal of the horrors of slavery. In more serious hands, it would be a somber examination of a dark chapter of our nation's history. However, in Tarantino's, it instead becomes a film of empowerment and strength.
Foxx is good as the quiet, driven Django. He is stoic and somber, allowing himself to open up only when he builds trust in Schultz.
The Oscar-winning actor has tried and failed to make a name for himself as an action star ("Stealth," "Miami Vice"), but he shows more action chops in this film than we've seen yet. In addition, his delivery compliments Tarantino's written wit, allowing him to be funnier than he's been in a while.
Waltz is once again rock solid as Tarantino's go-to man. Though his Schultz is not nearly as showy as his Hans Landa from "Basterds," it is far more fully developed than those that he's resigned himself to playing in non-Tarantino scripted films ("Water for Elephants," "The Green Hornet"). Waltz adds most of the humor to the film, and manages to make a cold-blooded killer one of the most sympathetic characters in the movie.
The standout of the film, however, is DiCaprio as Candie. He oozes smarm and charisma simultaneously, turning on the charm while maintaining a vague aura of intimidation. While I'm fairly certain DiCaprio just adapted the persona he uses at Victoria's Secret fashion shows, it is still a career-defining performance that should garner quite a bit of recognition come awards time.
And as evil as Candie is, equally despicable is his house slave Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson). Stephen has turned his self-loathing outward, pouring it out on fellow slaves. He is dumbfounded that Django would ride onto the plantation a free man and treats him with outright hostility and contempt because of it. Though Candie may be the slave master, Stephen may be the truer villain of the film.
Much has been made of both the over-the-top violence and liberal use of a certain racial slur that starts with "N," and both are very prevalent throughout. In one climactic scene, bullets rain down as flesh is torn and thrown through the air. It is so extreme that it tips over to humorous.
As for the racial slurs used throughout the film, they can be hard to listen to, but they stand as a representation of a hate-filled time. But even here, Tarantino manages to highlight the ignorance of those who would use such language. One scene showing a forerunner to the Ku Klux Klan grabs the biggest laughs in the film.
And two casting choices served only to distract from the on-screen action. One shows Jonah Hill as a member of the aforementioned hate group, but as soon as he appeared I could hear throughout my section of the theater the same question: "Is that Jonah Hill?"
Likewise, Tarantino revisited a bad habit from earlier movies by casting himself in a fairly prominent role. His first appearance elicited laughter from the audience, a reaction that I'm sure he didn't anticipate, but which goes to show that he is better served not indulging in his acting whims.
Tarantino has once again crafted an entertaining movie dealing with an ugly time, which allows the oppressed to be heroic and grants a satisfying vengeance in a slick re-write of history. Though not quite as much fun as "Basterds" and not the masterpiece that "Fiction" still remains, "Django Unchained" is still an extremely fun and extremely polished look at a very ugly topic.


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Well we have made it through another year. From a numerology point of view 2009 was supposed to be a really great year for me. I am not sure I ever believed in numerology, but 2009 was an okay year, not a great year.
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These are my all time favorite Thanksgiving movies. I will add comments as to why as soon as I can but I wanted to put up the list in case you were looking for a movie to see today or tomorrow. "Pieces of April", "Planes, Trains & Automobiles", and "What's Cooking" are for more mature viewers; "The New World" is more contemplative in scope and may require more attention that kids can give. Pieces of April - click on the title for my brief review; I love this movie where the … [Read more...]
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WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden wants pastors, rabbis and nuns to tell their flocks that enacting gun control is the moral thing to do. But another vote may have to wait until Congress wraps up work on an immigration overhaul.
Biden met for two-and-a-half hours Monday with more than a dozen leaders from various faith communities — Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh, to name a few. Both Biden and the faith leaders encouraged each other not to give up on what has been an arduous and thus far fruitless effort by Biden and President Barack Obama to pass new gun laws in the wake of December's schoolhouse shooting in Connecticut.
Around a large, circular table in a conference room on the White House grounds, Biden waxed optimistic about prospects for passing a bill, according to four participants who spoke to The Associated Press after the meeting. Biden's chief of staff, Bruce Reed, joined the group, as did a handful of Obama aides who work on faith-based outreach. The meeting closed with a meditation and a prayer for action.
But don't expect a vote any time soon.
"The conversation presumed the vote would happen first on immigration," said Rabbi David Saperstein, who directs the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. "That seemed to be the back-and-forth on both sides — that immigration was a key priority right now. When that vote took place, it would be an opportunity to refocus on this."
A far-reaching immigration overhaul is in the early stages of advancing through the Senate. Obama said last week he's optimistic it can be completed this year.
Although momentum on gun control stalled in the Senate last month, Biden has insisted the issue is very much alive, and has been meeting regularly with gun violence victims and law enforcement to build support for a second go at legislation to expand background checks, improve mental health care and take other steps to reduce gun violence.


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I write about the future of science, technology, and culture.
Futurist George Dvorsky has penned an article in which he proposes building a Dyson Sphere around the Sun by basically destroying Mercury and using it for parts. A Dyson sphere, for those who missed the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode where Scotty came back, is a theoretical construct whereby a hollow sphere is built in orbit around the Sun (with the Earth inside), and the sphere collects virtually100% of the energy coming from the Sun, providing a limitless source of energy.
Now, Dvorsky isn't proposing a "classic" Dyson sphere that's one huge construct. Instead, he proposes a "swarm" of solar collectors placed in various orbits to capture the Sun's energy. Based on the work of Stuart Armstrong, he's broken this project into 5 steps.
1. Get energy
2. Mine Mercury
3. Get materials into orbit
4. Make solar collectors
5. Extract energy
Let's put aside the fact this isn't something that we can start now and build in four decades, as Dvorsky claims. It's relatively self-evident that this technology required to basically destroy Mercury and collect materials to build a first stage Dyson sphere doesn't exist yet. But lets assume that it does. From there we have to question, does it make sense to destroy Mercury to build a Dyson Sphere? The math says no.
I emailed Astronomer Phil Plait about this project, who told me in no uncertain terms that the project doesn't make sense.
"Dismantling Mercury, just to start, will take 2 x 10^30 Joules, or an amount of energy 100 billion times the US annual energy consumption," he said. "[Dvorsky] kinda glosses over that point. And how long until his solar collectors gather that much energy back, and we're in the black?"
I did the math to figure that out. Dvorsky's assumption is that the first stage of the Dyson Sphere will consist of one square kilometer, with the solar collectors operating at about 1/3 efficiency – meaning that 1/3 of the energy it collects from the Sun can be turned into useful work.
At one AU – which is the distance of the orbit of the Earth, the Sun emits 1.4 x 10^3 J/sec per square meter. That's 1.4 x 10^9 J/sec per square kilometer. At one-third efficiency, that's 4.67 x 10^8 J/sec for the entire Dyson sphere. That sounds like a lot, right? But here's the thing – if you work it out, it will take 4.28 x 10^28 seconds for the solar collectors to obtain the energy needed to dismantle Mercury.
That's about 120 trillion years.
Of course, that's only the first stage. Going simply by the numbers that Dvorsky provides, without critique or comment, the Dyson sphere would eventually encompass 6.9 x 10^13 square kilometers. Which means that if we assume that we're capable of transmitting the energy from the collectors to Earth at 100% efficiency (no power loss) and even if we assume that we don't use any energy at all except what we need to dismantle Mercury (unlikely), it would still take 174 years to gather the amount of energy needed to dismantle Mercury.
Which begs the question – if we're capable of generating the amount of energy right now that would take a Dyson Sphere 174 years to recover, why would we need to build a Dyson Sphere in the first place?
Of course, since we're not capable of producing that much energy right now, and it would take a Dyson Sphere over a century to gather the energy needed to build a Dyson Sphere, I'm comfortable with saying that this project isn't practical, or even possible.
Update: I've written a follow-up piece with some more thoughts on the impracticality of this proposal, which you can read here.
Update 2: Thanks to those in the comments for explaining why the energy payback timeline is irrelevant in a "bootstrapping" scenario. I get it now, and you're right. If you build it a little bit at a time, the human initial energy cost can be small, because you then collect solar energy to mine Mercury to build more solar collectors to gather energy to mine Mercury. So you're right – my critique of the energy payback timeframe with respect to the amount of energy it takes to dismantle Mercury for the initial phase of construction doesn't matter, because the amount of energy needed to send the initial robots to Mercury is the whole of the human energy investment.
That said, the amount of energy it takes to dismantle Mercury doesn't change no matter how you do it, so that's still going to be a fundamental constraint on the speed with which a Dyson sphere can be built. Which means we're talking centuries at minimum, because the solar collectors can only collect so much energy. Then moving the Dyson swarm out to 1 AU is going to be an ENORMOUS energy sink, and in that case I think an energy payback timeframe matters a great deal, though right now I'm not sure what that timeframe is.
Beyond dumb. For a tiny fraction of the energy we could cover large parts of the Moon with solar collectors and collect much more energy than we now use.
And how are you going to get that energy back to Earth from the Moon Base Edison? One of those 362,570 km long Orange Extension Cords on sale at Home Depot???
And PLEASE, don't give me that BS of sending it on laser beams or something similar. Just imagine if the beams "slipped" off target by say 1/10 of a degree on the moon when the transmitter base is hit by one of the VERY frequent meteorites that impact the atmosphere-less Moon. A little calculus added to the extrapolation of 362,570 km distance and the energy beam now hits Las Vegas, or Pheonix, or Los Angeles. Think when the Insect Aliens cut Florida in half with a particle beam on a StarTrek Enterprise episode. A 10 mile wide beam from 362,570 km out in space.
"And how are you going to get that energy back to Earth from the Moon Base Edison?"
I'm not sure I want that kind of energy on earth to begin with. Really, once we get to the kind of energy cheapness where we can afford to launch people into orbit we should move all manufacturing and much of our habitation to space.
Living in microgravity is detrimental.
We still don't know the effects at living at lunar or Mars gravity conditions yet.
We could use the midwest. Then there'd be nothing worthwhile within that distance.
Thus the concept of rotating space stations that use centripital acceleration to mimic gravity. :)
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Background: Amphibian populations are declining worldwide. Chytridiomycosis, an epidermal infection caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is one of the factors implicated in these declines. In the eleven years since Bd's identification, researchers are uncertain whether Bd is a novel or endemic pathogen, where it originated from, and how it has moved (both spatially and temporally) throughout the world. Previous research found Bd's molecular markers too limited in number and variability to fully address Bd's population genetics, identify where it came from geographically, or define its spatial movement. Herein I propose a rigorous population genetics study utilizing next generation sequencing technology to identify multiple, new genetic markers and apply them to a series of population genetic analyses. My research objective is to describe the evolutionary history of Bd. My overarching hypothesis is: the genetic variation among Bd isolates is correlated with its historical epidemiology.
Societal and scientific importance: There are two major scientific contributions within this research proposal. The most obvious one is finally understanding where Bd originated from and how it subsequently spread throughout the world. If conservation measures are to protect amphibians from future declines, it is important to understand where it came from and how it moves between and within amphibian communities. Most importantly, conservation programs can adjust their resources based on whether Bd is a novel or endemic pathogen. If novel, programs need to direct resources aimed at identifying and slowing disease spread. If Bd is endemic, then conservation programs need to regulate the environment and/or aspects of host biology to prevent disease outbreaks. The second major achievement this research aims to accomplish is applying cutting-edge next generation sequencing techniques to a large set of individuals, or pathogenic isolates in this case. While next generation sequencing is becoming more popular and the sought after technology, rare is it multiple, entire genomes of a non-model organism are being sequenced. Plus, the results are directly applicable to two of today's most pressing environmental issues, as determined the National Research Council: biodiversity conservation and infectious diseases within the environment.


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Sat in a couple of these the other day and really loved the perforated leather seats, very comfortable. And the dash was laid out very nicely...very ergonomic where everything was right where it should be. The exterior is nicely done for a compact car...they had a red one in the showroom which was so glossy, absolutely beautiful. The only bad thing was the so so mileage from the 5 cylinder engine. But overall, something I could live with as a dd.
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just got back with my girlfriend who just purchased her first brand new car ever after many years of used cars.she got a 2013 vw jetta S with auto.only additional options were floor mats and first aid kit.msrp was $18,570.00 and the final negotiated price was $17,000.00..i test drove this car as well and it is extremly very slow with only 115 hp..iam assuming here that the 0-60 run would be in between 10-15 seconds.but my girlfriend wanted to keep the price low and so you might say that she got what she paid for..i tried talking her into getting the SE model with 170 hp but she didn't want to spend the extra bucks.however,what is nice here is that VW has included 3 years of free maintanence including oil changes and tire rotations....
just returned this morning with a friend of mine who was comparing 2 cars that he was interested in.2013 VW jetta S and 2013 hyundai elantra gls with preffered package and auto.the msrp for the jetta S model was $18,800.00 and the msrp for the hyundai elantra was $19,685.00....hard to beleive that only 800 bucks seperates these 2 cars and the elantra offers way more standard features.these are the things that the elantra has that the vw is missing.better warranty,more power,sat radio,steering wheel controls,bluetooth,alloy wheels,fog lights,heated seats,ect...why in the world would anybody choose the vw over the elantra for only a 800 dollar difference???
Your posts are very hard to read. Please use capital letters at the start of each sentence and proper punctuation...like skip two spaces after the end of a sentence. Makes one's posts easier to read and understand with the use of proper English and punctuation. Just a thought...look at other posts and maybe you'll understand what I mean.
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WTF is that?
A few years ago I was looking for a truck....the saleslady said "theres a $500 city of ------ fee on every vehicle we sell."
I walked.
A few years later I bought my VW, you could throw a rock and hit the dealer that tried pulling that fee BS on me...right down the street, I would tell em what to do with the fee.
I have a car local to me being offered for $19K at a dealer. It is a CPO and has just shy of 5K miles on it. I offered $17.3 and they rejected it. Wondering how much wiggle room I have here. The CPO does get an extra 24K mile dealer warranty but I'm not planning on keeping the car that long. Thoughts on price?
What exactly is in the Convenience Package? These are nice looking vehicles especially in red and am anxious to try one at work. I've only seen one so far in all the vehicles that we have transported and if it's anything like the Passat I drove, I know I'm gonna like it. Not crazy for a sunroof but if I bought a CPO unit that had one, I'd suffer with it...lol! I prefer the alloys but from what I've seen, not all SE models come with them and all that I've seen at hertz have the wheel covers which look like crap actually...they're not even the bolt on type! Though I'm not a VW fan, if I had to, I'd buy one and hope that all the gremlins had been exorsized!
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Convenience and Sunroof add the following options:
16" Sedona alloy wheels
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Power tilting/sliding tinted sunroof
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Sounds like a really good deal with all those goodies. Have driven the Jetta and it really is a nice daily driver. All the extra's just add to the fun of the car. Personally, I really like the red and blue colors. They have a red one at the Mazda dealer across the street I'd love to test drive. Still afraid of all the electrical gremlins that seem to plague VW's and their coil pack issues so doubt I'd ever purchase one but one never knows what the future will hold!
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Usaa had a $2100 of this model (runs of truecar but a little better deal): Then I got lucky with a $422 price beater in Orlando VW and to my surprise my local Brandon dealer matched the deal + $200 for driving in the color we wanted! OTD $28,200.00 with a tag transfer. For those who want to know I drove this model around town and compared it to the tdi; tdi did great in town of 38mpg driven lightly, but the hybrid beat it with 47mpg driven lightly! We end up in car lines for children that would hurt our mpg in tdi too, so we did think too hard between the models ... i just hope resale is close to the stealer TDI (best in country!)!
I just purchased a 2013 Jetta TDI with DSG. Sticker price was $25,055, which included floormats ($235), first aid kit ($35), and a credit of $100 for non-power driver's seat.
Purchase price was $21,500, plus 6% sales tax of $1,343.75, doc fee of $179, and license fees of approximately $165, for an OTD price of $23,200.
I also got 0% financing for 36 months and VW of America is paying the first monthly payment of $500 which effectively lowers the price to $21,000 plus TTL. The car had been in inventory for 6 months and I think they were motivated to move it. I ended up with a better deal than I thought possible. The dealership experience was professional...no gimmicks.
The deal offerred by the dealer was on that car only. I could not substitute the price for a different color combo which was fine as the color combo of platinum gray/black was acceptable. I know the car had been there for six months based on the date of the state safety inspection sticker. It had been stored at an off-site lot and only had 10 miles on the odometer. I am not sure why the price on that car was so aggressive, but I guess I was at the right place at the right time. i originally went in to look at a SE convenience package 2.5, but was willing to reach for a TDI at that price.
Just purchased a 2013 Jetta TDI w/ Premium and Navigation.
17" wheels part of the package
Plus TDI mats.
$25,500 plus tax and DMV fees
What makes this deal incredible is that they also bought out a lease which had 13 months to go.
Commonwealth VW in Santa Ana. Alex is a chill sales guy.
@rayainsw, I think this was possible because the lease was through VW and the dealer I went to runs a healthy used VW/Audi facility. In other words, they got the payoff amount from VW and agreed to buy the car for that amount. BEFORE signing for the Jetta, we signed the paper selling them the leased car.
I would be very careful working out this type of situation because you are basically doing two negotiations -- one selling them your lease and another for the price of the new car. Some factors are whether they are interested in your (used) leased car and whether you owe more on the lease payoff than they are willing to pay. And also if they really want to sell the car you are buying.


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Samhain (pronounced Sow-in, SAh-vin, or Sahm-hayn), All Hallow's eve, or as everyone knows it Halloween is October 31. It is the Third and final harvest time, a time to remember the people who have died this past year and honor the ones who have gone before.
This is a very controversial Sabbat of ours. One reason is that some Christians insistence that it is an evil celebration. There is nothing evil about honoring our dead ancestors and communicating with them. The idea that evil spirits walk the Earth is a very popular misconception! In fact this is the night our God dies. He dies to protect us from the spirits that are not welcome on this plane. He stands at the veil and holds them back. This is also the first day of Winter and is also said to be the Pagan New Year.
On Samhain, the veil between the worlds of the living and those who have died is thinnest. Our God dies this night protecting the Earth from the spirits of the dead and the Goddess mourns his death for the next 6 weeks. This is the perfect night to attempt communication with relatives who have passed on. Because of this thinning of the veil, Jack-o-Lanterns are carved and candles placed in them to protect your home from unwanted visitors through the night.
In our home, we begin setting our altar up gradually through the month of October. We clean the altar, top to bottom, and place a seasonal cloth upon it. This year we are using yellow. The children and I gather leaves, acorns and other items through our walks in the neighborhood to place on the altar. I buy small pumpkins and gourds to place around the altar space. We also gather photos of our deceased relatives to be placed on the altar. My children love hearing stories of their relatives. This provides a time of learning for them to see the importance of family and honoring traditions.
On the night of Samhain before going trick or treating, we gather for the family meal and place a plate of food upon the altar for the ancestors and protecting spirits that surround us. Before bed, the food is placed outside on the ground as an offering.
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A friend sent me this link today. Selma is a true 'celebrity', in my opinion. That we all would do the right thing in the right moment is really the issue.
I loved watching that video. How heartbreaking what is going on with women being pressured not to breastfeed though :(
Saw an interesting peice on how colonisation has affected breastfeeding and infant mortality rates. Traditionally men had several wives and after each baby was born the women returned to thier own families to be looked after and to breastfeed thier babies for about 2 or 3 years. This had the effect of spacing pregnancies as sex was taboo while breastfeeding. So mum could rest, build up her health and generally grow a lovely healthy baby. The other wives would take care of the husbands 'needs' so the woman had no fear that her husband would not be there upon her return. However once the areas were colonised polygamy became outlawed, but the old taboo on breastfeeding and sex remained, so now the women became fearful to leave thier husbands for too long as they might not be there when they returned. So babies were weaned much sooner, the women became pregnant much sooner and infant mortality increased dramatically. Interesting view of things. Personally there have been times when i wish i'd had a sister wife (one who was good at housework...)
I love the story she tells in the video about her great-grandmother and how her attitude is that she is simply carrying on a family tradition. The article has a link to another about a policewoman in China who breastfed babies orphaned in the May earthquake. True heroines!
That was the first time I had seen/heard of the video. Made me teary, I wish I too could help starving children. I'm proud of her, that baby looked so happy....too bad, he wont have some more to look forward to.
I also had no idea of the belief men share there regarding sex, how unbelievably ignorant.....where did that idea sprout? Amazing!
I loved seeing her do that. It was so normal. I think it's great to see celebs who are promoting breastfeeding.


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Several years ago my sister, herself an MD (Michigan, 1967) found out that she had breast cancer. She sent warnings to relatives after finding out that she was BRCA2 positive. I got the warnings and ignored them. A few years later I discovered that I had prostate cancer. It turned out that it was not of the "die with it, not of it" variety. Fortunately, they got it out just before it was about to leave the prostate. Thus, I am both a previvor and survivor. I lost my sister 2 1/2 years ago, after a brave fight. There are two commissioned art works in her memory in the Minneapolis Children's Hospital. They were commissioned by the doctors and staff of the hospital where she practiced as a pediatric rheumatologist.
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Finding out that BRCA2 probably contributed to the death of my sister. Also, discovering that my mutation has been passed on to both of my daughters.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) A few weeks ago dozens of people showed up at Painting With a Twist in West Knoxville to help Local 8 News Anchor Amanda Hara raise money for East Tennessee Children's Hospital.
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