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Posted January 2, 2005
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dont do it
congrats, what are the risks exactly
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really dry skin, especially in winter. Also minor eczema (itchy red spots on hairy places) but the ecsema is easy to treat with hydrocortisone.... but those were just my side effects, could be worse for you... also don't take it if your pregnant or might become pregnant (birth defects)
Exactly how much is 50,000 IU and what brand Vitamin A do you get?
Wow...sounds to me like you may be ODing on vitamin A.
Thats far too high of a dosage to be taking everyday.
P.S You should value your life.
Funny if you don't value your life, why bother trying to get clear?
Anyway, at a therapeutic dose of 500,000IU of Vitamin A, under a doctor's supervision side effects are supposedly apparent after 3 or 4 months. So you probably have not seen the worst of it. Dry skin, lips, hair, hair loss, liver problems, hyperlidemia, and I believe possibly vision problems too.
Now hopefully you value your life a bit more and so perhaps you would like to decrease your dosage per 100,000IUs each week until you are taking 50,000 - 100,000IUs daily. As when taking anything, you want to take the LOWEST effective dosage (that's hopefully safe). So, here's a thread that discusses how you can make this level effective enough without hopefully experiencing any of it's toxic side effects http://www.acne.org/messageboard/index.php?showtopic=30721
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These are not steps, but stages some people progress through when going from conventional to holistic medicine. Stage 2 is how I became 99%+ Clear, eliminated my dysmennorhea, significantly reduced my sebum & pore size, etc & is my predominant method.
Stage 1 (Treatment):
* (Daily) Isocare Skin Control Cleanser, Dream Products Customized Natural Face Lotion & Coppertone Sport Spray Sunscreen (mixed)
* (Sporadically) spot treat w/ anti-inflammatory (neosporin, hydrocortisone, salicylic acid) or a skin lightener (post-inflammatory pigmentation) to treat stubborn cystic/nodular acne that appears due to unknowingly or knowingly ingesting a food/ingredient that breaks me out (I do my best to avoid these foods). If you cover treated area w/ a bandaid, it makes product more effective.
Stage 2 (Prevention): "cheapest" method ~ Since Aug. 2002
* Follow a Gluten-Free, Trans-Fat Free, Dairy-Free and No Added Sugar diet for my Insulin Resistance/Hyperandrogenism (Silent Chronic Inflammatory Syndrome)
* Avoid ALL types of nuts and the Genus Prunus (almonds, plums, peaches, nectarines, apricots, cherries), Bananas, Pineapples, Cottonseed oil, Artificial Sweetners.
Stage 3 (Correction):
* Strengthen/Repair GI - Immune health
* Developing functional foods for those with acne & other special needs (assuming there's a defficiency).
* Developing good & "safe" formulas for various hormonal issues for women. Correction stage may resolve this for some.
A while back I was very into Vitamin A. I did a little research on it so I'd thought I'd put some links up.
These two are by me on another acne board:
Information and Articles about Vitamin A
Great Post on Vitamin A and Acne
A really good site about Vitamin A and high doses is http://www.westonaprice.org/nutrition_guid...taminasaga.html .This article is from the Weston Price foundation and is an excellent read!!!
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i dont know about everyone, but my optition told me that taking vit a supplements is really bad even though its good for acne but crap for your eyes!! just thought i should let people know.
Posted January 3, 2005
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well vitamin A is essential for the eyes, the scientific term for the vitamin is RETINOL, and its named that for its being essential for eyesight, Accutane is also a modification of Vitamin A, in the 1940 and 50's large doses of Vitamin A were consistantly used to treat severe acne but this practice stopped after it was connected with birth difects in babies.... just sayin ←
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If your insurance covers accutane why the hell would you megadose vit A? I'd imagine accutane is more effective and safer, and its effects are well known
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Vitamin A is stored in the body. So taking supraphysiological doses of vitamin A leads to all sorts of problems such as intercranial hypertension, poor vision, dry skin, cracked lips, hyperlipidemia, etc.←
If your insurance covers accutane why the hell would you megadose vit A? I'd imagine accutane is more effective and safer, and its effects are well known
Posted January 4, 2005
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Fuck sakes man 500,000? 5,000 supplimented is considered a lot, especially if you eat fruits or veggies, or even red meats.
really dry skin, especially in winter. Also minor eczema (itchy red spots on hairy places) but the ecsema is easy to treat with hydrocortisone.... but those were just my side effects, could be worse for you... also don't take it if your pregnant or might become pregnant (birth defects)←
I say this in all sincerity: please do not poison yourselves. The maximun recommended dose of vitamin A is 5000 International Units. 500,000 IU is 100 times the maximum recommended dose. In another thread on this message board, I read about experiments done on monkeys by mad scientists, demonstrating the horrible effects of vitamin A toxicity. The monkeys died lingering, painful deaths.
I think it would be better and safer to eat large quantities of foods rich in carotenes, such as broccoli and carrots. After eating a few too many raisins, dates, and blueberries, I developed a superficial zit on Saturday, a whitehead which I left alone and it washed off on Sunday. On Monday, the red spot was healing rapidly and alreadly starting to fade. I credit my diet, which is high in carotenes, for the relatively clear skin and rapid healing.
I didnt want say anything further but Steve pointed out some decent issues that you need to consider. If vitamin A does it for you and you don't care about the side effects, great! However all vitamins need other carrier minerals and enzymes and a range of components before they get properly used in the body. Point being no matter how much VIT-A for example you take, if your lacking other components your body can't use it.
http://www.thedoctorwithin.com/index_fr.ht...cles/index.html - Good read, hit the chapter on ascorbic acid.
Anything in excess, even water can kill you, 500,000 iu of vitamin-A imo is dangerous, way in excess of natural but then again i wouldnt trust a government backed scientific study as far as i could throw it proving to the contrary.
Posted January 5, 2005
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because its cheaper, and i don't need a perscription, not everybody can be a rich boy like you←
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how much is the dose in milligrams?
Your poor liver.
I have the power within me to heal myself.


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Johannes Hoffman, 36, from Zonnebloem, was working on the island as a technician as part of the department's expedition team which spends the winter on the island about 2 580km south-west of Cape Town.
His sudden death shocked colleagues who will receive counselling from a psychologist who will accompany a team to fetch the body, department spokesman Zolile Nqayi said on Wednesday.
Follow-up sessions will be done telephonically .
Nqayi said Hoffman's death was still under investigation but doctors had sent the department a preliminary report.
"The cause of his death is not final but doctors have told the department that he choked on his vomit.
"He ate some food, then he brought the food up and choked. Doctors tried their best to save him but he died," Nqayi said.
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Hoffman, a member of the Gough53 expedition team, worked as an electronic technician in the development and maintenance of electronic and communication systems.
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DeMarcus Ware didn't have to wait long to find a new team.
The pass rusher got a $30 million, three-year contract from the Denver Broncos on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after being released by the Dallas Cowboys.
Not quite keeping pace with the nonstop nature of Day 1 of free agency, Day 2 did include the Tampa Bay Buccaneers releasing cornerback Darrelle Revis after failing to trade him; receiver Golden Tate leaving the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks to play alongside All-Pro Calvin Johnson with the Detroit Lions; the New York Jets agreeing to terms with former Broncos wide receiver Eric Decker; and the Cleveland Browns cutting two quarterbacks, Brandon Weeden and Jason Campbell.
The Revis move saved the Bucs a $1.5 million bonus that would have been due if he remained on the roster with his $16 million salary. ESPN reported that Revis had reached a one-year, $12 million deal with the New England Patriots. Revis would replace Aqib Talib, who left New England to sign with the Broncos on Tuesday.
Ware, who will receive $20 million in guaranteed money, will pair with linebacker Von Miller to give AFC champion Denver a pair of quarterback chasers. The team has been busy upgrading the defense, adding Talib and former Browns safety T.J. Ward on Tuesday.
"Their mentality is a 'now' mentality," Ware said about the Broncos. "Not looking forward to next season or the season after that. The time is now."
The 31-year-old Ware had 117 sacks and went to seven Pro Bowls in nine seasons with the Cowboys. He had a career-low six sacks last season, when he missed time with a thigh injury, then had offseason elbow surgery.
The Cowboys made another move to clear cap space Wednesday, jettisoning receiver Miles Austin, as expected, saving about $5.5 million. Austin's release is effective June 1.
Revis, meanwhile, spent only one season with the Bucs, who got him from the Jets for a 2013 first-round draft pick and a 2014 fourth-round choice. The Bucs signed a top-flight cornerback, former Tennessee Titans player Alterraun Verner, on Tuesday, when they also brought aboard defensive end Michael Johnson, defensive tackle Clinton McDonald and tight end Brandon Myers.
Tampa Bay added a quarterback Wednesday by agreeing to a two-year contract with Josh McCown, a backup who got a chance to start five games last season for the Chicago Bears in place of an injured Jay Cutler.
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Sharper charged: A Maricopa County (Ariz.) grand jury indicted former All-Pro safety Darren Sharper on two counts of sexual assault and three counts of administering dangerous drugs. Sharper, 38, currently is in custody in Los Angeles, where he has pleaded not guilty to seven rape and drug counts in connection with two alleged attacks in Hollywood.


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JERUSALEM (Oct. 22)
A 14-member Palestinian negotiating team, heavily laden with professionals and academics from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, was made public Tuesday at a news conference at the National Hotel here.
They will go to Madrid for the opening of the Middle East peace conference Oct. 30, and four days later will face the Israeli team across the negotiating table, if all goes according to schedule.
The list, which had been unofficial until now, includes several men who affirm allegiance to Yasir Arafat's Al Fatah faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
But as none is a known member of the PLO, the United States was able to affirm to Israel that the PLO would not officially be a party to the peace talks.
The news conference was called by Faisal Husseini, the Palestinian activist who heads a six-member advisory panel that will accompany the negotiating team to Madrid but not participate directly in the negotiations.
Husseini, a dedicated nationalist who has had frequent meetings with U.S. Secretary of State James Baker in recent months, is an open supporter of the PLO but not identified as a member.
The chairman of the negotiating team is Dr. Haider Abdel-Shafi, a 72-year-old physician from the Gaza Strip. He chairs the Red Crescent Society there, the Moslem equivalent of the Red Cross, which is headed by Yasir Arafat's brother, Dr. Fathi Arafat, also a physician.
Abdel-Shafi, considered a moderate, was one of the founders of the PLO in 1964 and is still a staunch supporter.
Other members of the team are Samir Abdullah, who is associated with the Communist Party in the territories; Sami Kilani, a writer and lecturer at An-Najah University in Nablus who supports Fatah; and Ghasan Khatib, a professor of economics from Ramallah who is a Communist.
The member whose name may be the most familiar abroad is Mayor Elias Freij of Bethlehem, a Palestinian Christian.
Also on the list are Mustafa Natshe, the former mayor of Hebron who was deposed by the Israeli authorities because of his associations with Fatah; Nabil Ja'abari, chairman of the board of Hebron University; Dr. Nabil Kasis, a Christian who lectures in physics at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank; and Professor Abdul Rahman Hamad, who comes from the Gaza Strip and lectures in engineering at Bir Zeit.
Others are Dr. Zakaria al-Agha, a Gaza physician associated with Fatah who also has met with Baker; Mamdouh Aker, a physician from Nablus; Freh Abu-Mdein, chairman of the Gaza Bar Association; Dr. Saeb Erekat, a political science lecturer from Jericho; and Sameh Cana'an, who served 12 years in jail for terrorist activities and was deported but allowed to return to Nablus.
He is the son of a Jewish woman who converted to Islam in the 1940s.


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Well I have started my second mod, it is work in progress (only 2/19 levels) As you see from the name, most levels will have "teleport" s.
These are a few screens.
Mod in progress: Teleportation Maze
Are you creating new levels/mods for SNES or did you finish your work? Tell us here!
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Re: Mod in progress: Teleportation Maze
The idea looks interesting, how long youre progressing, i want to give it a try...
Check my Prince in C# https://github.com/salvadorc17/Prince-Monogame
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text: After reading some of the recent reviews pointing out the fact that Fiskars had changed head configuration on the new X series, and the changes have seemed to hurt the performnace a bit, I figured t was time to grab one of the old Super Splitters that are STILL available locally. I've got a Gransfors Splitting Maul and it works....very well. I didn't really need another maul, but I've been leary of splitting directly on the ground since the price of Gransfors skyrocketed 5-6 years ago. I'd much rather stick a $60 axe in the ground, instead of the $160 axe if you know what I mean. I've had the Fiskars for a couple of weeks now an am starting to from some opinions on it. Most of them good. Pros- It splits well. Much like my Gransfors. I'm a firm believer in light sharp splitting mauls that penetrate quick. The amount of 'work' you are doing Vs heavier mauls seems to be much less with these tools. The combination of sharpness, light weight and smart head shape makes long hours splitting MUCH easier. Unbreakable handle...so far so good. Decent price. Cons- The flare on the head Vs the Gransfors makes it stick/get stuck a bit more in stringy wood. With the widest point of the Gransfors being closer to the handle, you have to drive the Gransfors deeper before it gets snagged. Shorter handle doesn't generate as much snap on full roundhouse swings. Harder to get the wrist flip/snap ala Leveraxe. This could just be the fact that the axe is new to me. I can flick the Gransfors at will, but I've been swinging it or 6-7 years. No dedicated poll for pounding wedges etc. Not a deal killer though...I don't use it alot on my Gransfors, but it's there if need be. All in all I've absolutely no regrets in buying the Fiskars. It's a great axe. I'd like to try the X27 some time too to see how the longer handle acts.


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I would like to deploy and manage (with seperate GPOs) Java and Flash player. I would like the previous versions to be removed and the current version to be deployed and all this managed by Group Policy so i can deploy the updates and no pop-ups on the users
machines going forward
Can anyone advice me on this.
OS - Windows XP SP3/Windows 7 SP1 Enterprise 32 bit
Thanks in advance
You may remove the previous deployed package and deploy the new package. Of course, you may also upgrade an application by using Software Installation
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US: 19 Oct 2010
UK: 1 Nov 2010
The Soft Boys
Underwater Moonlight
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US: 19 Oct 2010
UK: 1 Nov 2010
First it was Rykodisc. Then Matador. And now indie rock institution Yep Roc gets its chance to bring the Soft Boys into focus for a new generation of music nerds. Robyn Hitchcock's old band made only two "proper" albums (the technicalities get a little confusing), and it is certainly good to have A Can of Bees back on remastered plastic. Underwater Moonlight, however, has been reintroduced to the public at large several times. But none of this matters a lick because good timeless music from 30 years prior remains just that.
Underwater Moonlight is a rare kind of magical little record, and its predecessor A Can of Bees comes very close. These two albums remain seminal; they belong to a period of rock history where influence and popularity couldn't be less aligned. Just like the Velvet Underground, Big Star, and Television, the Soft Boys lacked a neat and tidy marketing classification, but launched a thousand bands in their wake. And just like their American counterpart Television, this Cambridge four-piece took the notion that two-guitar rock bands need to be blues-based and completely messed with it. Robyn Hitchcock and Kimberley Rew brewed up their own two-pronged attack where neither one really played rhythm, but you couldn't correctly call either one the lead neither. To say that their songs were angular is an understatement, and their willingness to revel in their "Englishness" is probably was caused them to go unnoticed for so long.
The 1979 to 1980 period of rock music teaches us that the music didn't always have to be about sex and drugs, and embracing a band like the Soft Boys must have felt liberating. Not to mention cynical. "You don't really need a brain, ducky / If you're a girl / It's like tonsils / They're more trouble than they're worth," goes the strangely catchy "Sandra's Having Her Brain Out". Hitchcock bemoaning the fact that some girls feel the need to act stupid is anathema to the classic rock fantasy of seducing an easy girl, and this is a microcosm of what the Soft Boys paved the way for. How do you wade through a ventilator? Where did that guitar riff for "Leppo and the Jooves" come from? How does a song like "The Pigworker" even get written?
The aforementioned songs make A Can of Bees a treat, but Underwater Moonlight is so much more. This is an album that carries mythical baggage on par with the Velvet Underground's banana album, and it's easy to overhype its quality and importance. But for Barrett's sake, it has survived three decades, numerous reissues, and is still treated like a post-punk pop Dark Side of the Moon. Gazing at Yep Roc's brand new gatefold is like looking at a miniature version of the vinyl, the one that changed R.E.M., Matthew Sweet, the Circle Jerks, and the Flaming Lips for the better, just to name a few. "I Wanna Destroy You" and "The Queen of Eyes" have become something of indie staples for more recent bands, and "You'll Have To Go Sideways", apart from Pink Floyd's "Money", is one of the more memorable guitar riffs written for seven beats to a bar.
What Robyn Hitchcock, Kimberley Rew, Morris Windsor, and Matthew Seligman contributed to modern pop is inestimable. You can't really measure musical influence, not in any concrete way. But if such a unit of measurement existed, I feel secure in saying that the Soft Boys would be up and down the chart. The Soft Boys probably didn't set out to reinvent the wheel, but modern music is definitely different because of them. Yep Roc's reverent remastering of these two wonderful albums help to secure an oddball legacy that deserves to go down uninterrupted. Buy them again.
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USF men to play in Hall of Fame tournament
USF's men's basketball team is going to the birthplace of basketball in November, as the Bulls will be part of an eight-team field in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Tipoff in Springfield, Mass., next season.
The event should provide the Bulls with some of their toughest nonconference competition for the 2011-12 season -- USF will host two games on Nov. 12 and 14 against Vermont and Marist as part of the tournament, then will play in Springfield on Nov. 19-20 against either Old Dominion or Penn State, with a 50-50 chance of playing John Calipari's Kentucky team in the final game of the tournament.
Vermont is 21-5 this season, with an RPI rating of 79; Marist is just 4-24 this season, but Old Dominion is 21-6 (RPI 29) and Penn State is 13-11 (RPI 63). Kentucky is 17-7 (RPI 14) -- if the Bulls were to play the Wildcats, they would do so for the first time in the program's history. The Bulls played ODU 27 times, but none since 1996; they've played Penn State four times, but none since 1991.
As a sneak preview of next year's event, the Bulls were able to practice on a court in the Hall of Fame on Dec. 29 while preparing for a game at Connecticut two days later. The tournament's complete field is expected to be formally announced early next month.


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I had full tummy tuck march 2011 and 3 weeks out I had a bad infection right in the middle of my scar my ps reopened it and cleaned it up then i had to heal with it open. Now i have a big dent and there is a big seperation between my pubic and scar. I also have dog ears and my hips look huge. I had no lipo. When i sit down my skin is still loose and it goes over my scar. Would lipo to my pubic area and hips and scar revision fix this issue? Could it all be done in his office in his OR room? Thanks
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Revision after a tummy tuck
Unfortunately complications do happen despite our best efforts. I am sure your physician has a great plan in mind to help you achieve your goals. On occasion, when revisions are minor, we can do revisions in the office. It sounds like you may need more extensive work and require a trip to the operating room.
Tummy Tuck Revision
An exam would be necessary to be specific, however sometimes revisions are necessary especially when you experience a complication. The scar can be excised and tissue can be removed to help get rid of some of the extra skin you describe. Liposuction or direct removal of fat would also be helpful to address the dog ears and pubic area. Usually when this type of revision is necessary, it is my preference to perform the surgery under anesthesia in an accredited facility.
Need a Tummy Tuck Revision
I don't understand why you didn't have any liposuction with your initial tummy tuck...even the most conservative, old-fashioned Plastic Surgeons still do some liposuction laterally in the flank areas! You would get the best result by essentially "redoing" the tummy tuck by liposuctioning the entire abdomen and flanks and then re-elevating the abdominal wall flap at least up to the level of the belly button and then pulling down and excising all of the excess skin. The pubic area will also look better by doing some liposuction there and then pulling the area up to meet the abdominal skin. This surgery can be performed in any accredited Operating Facility.
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If your skin is overlapping when you sit you would be a candidate for a revision of the lower skin segment. I would wait until you are at least 6 months post op after the surgery before considering a revision.
Indentation and poor scar after abdominoplasty tummy tuck
I would suggest liposuction to even out the area and then a small surgical revision to contour the scar. Both will likely require surgery and anesthesia. Raffy Karamanoukian, Los Angeles
Learn more: http://www.surgery90210.com/body/61/abdominoplasty-and-belly-button-scar-revision.aspx
I Need Tummy Tuck Revision?
If his office OR is compatible with sedation or general anesthesia, that is reasonable.
When you sit, the abdomen will always buckle some, as the distance between the chest and pelvis decreases and the skin is not infinitely elastic.
Most likely you would benefit from excising the entire scar and lifting the abdominal skin from the incision up to the navel, and down to the pubic hairline in order to even out the indentation from the infection and its consequences. Adding liposuction to the flanks would improve the overall outcome.
Best wishes.
Liposuction and Tummy Tuck Revision
Liposuction of the flanks or any other part along with tummy tuck scar revision would be more comfortable in an OR under general anesthesia. Kenneth Hughes, MD tummy tuck revision Los Angeles, CA
Major Tummy Tuck Revisions Best done under anesthesia
Although your surgeon probably tried his/her best I agree that you would benefit from a revision tummy tuck procedure. From your photos I think it would be far more comfortable for you and allow your surgeon to do a better job under anesthesia.
Tummy Tuck Revision after Complication?
I am sorry to hear about the complication you experienced after tummy tuck surgery.
Yes, based on your pictures, I think you will benefit from tummy tuck revisionary surgery. Direct skin excision as well as liposuctioning will improve the aesthetic results. In my practice, surgery to the extent necessary would be performed under anesthesia in the upper room.
Best wishes.
Learn more: http://www.poustiplasticsurgery.com/Procedures/Procedure_tummyTuck.htm
Revisions after tummy tucks...
can be either simple like removal of dog ears or major like a re-do. You must remember that your tummy can only be tightened so its 'flatter' when you stand and that anyone who sits has folds in their tummy as you show. If you tissue is rather thick on pinching, you could consider liposuction and a scar revision (cleaning up the scar from the infection) or even excision of whatever lax skin is remaining but this would require an OR. It really comes down to how good do you have to have it and this is something you should be comfortable talking to your surgeon about.
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— the Mississippi Gov. responds to MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell. Mitchell prompted him, saying that during the governors' conference he told reporters that if "we all saw you lose 40 pounds it either meant you were sick or running for president."


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Orthopedic specialist Jeremy Urbanczyk DO and his staff provided EXCELLENT service, skills, care. Highly recommend!
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I can't say enough great things about Dr U and his staff! What a great team! Every one I encountered greeted me with a smile and was so helpful! I just adored his nurse! Just the sweetest! You need an ortho? This is the place for you!
Brought my son to see Dr Jeremy for his broken wrist. He and his staff were amazing! We were able to get in right away which can't be said for many other doctors in town! Thank you again Dr Jeremy!
Dr. Urbanczyk is a very knowledgeable and thorough physician. Appointments had minimal wait times and the staff was very professional. They promptly filed all the paperwork for job requirements and short term disability. If you want a doctor who will take excellent care of you, I highly recommend him.
Dr Jeremy is simply wonderful! He took care of my mother when she broke her hip. He and his staff went above and beyond to make sure that she was cared for. He took his time explaining things and answered any questions we had. The staff always had a smile on their face and made us feel like we weren't just another patient but like we were family!
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David Byrne is brilliant and he"s earned the right to do whatever appeals to his crazy little mind, but we do have to say that when we first heard about his plans for a two-CD concept album about the relationship between Imelda Marcos, wife of the former Philippines leader Ferdinand Marcos, and one of her servants, it sounded like it could appeal to a very small niche market.
However, that was before we heard any of "Here Lies Love," which he"s collaborating on with Fat Boy Slim. The pair have brought in lots of ladies to help execute their vision on the April 6 release, including Cyndi Lauper, Tori Amos, Sia, and, as you"re about to hear, Santigold.
What"s clear is as more of the songs roll out, the Marcos relationship is the starting point for the songs, but their appeal goes far beyond people interested in the shoe-collecting crazy lady.
Byrne just released the video for "Please Don"t" on his website. Though Santigold is heard, she"s never seen because the video is all news reel footage from Marcos"s life-in some places even matched up with the lyrics (for example, when Santigold sings "Nixon, Castro…," we see shots of Marcos with the two leaders.
The song perfectly marries Byrne"s quirky sensibilities with Fat Boy Slim"s intricate dance rhythms. In fact, it could be a Talking Heads song. As much as Santigold brings to the song with her emotional, in the front-of-the mix, delivery, we could just as easily hear Byrne singing the song.
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FOR SAAB AND MORE AT 2008 PARIS AUTO SHOW: www.insideline,com PARIS — Saab has come up with the convertible showstopper at the 2008 Paris Auto Show in the form of the 9-X Air BioHybrid Concept. The Swedish automaker describes the groundbreaking concept as "a design vision exploring what a future open-air Saab could look like." Intriguing details include what Saab says is a patent-pending "canopy top" made of fabric to save weight and improve packaging. It folds into three small sections under a rear tonneau cover in the trunk deck. The iconoclastic design includes prominent rear pillars that curve upward to mount the canopy top. The four-passenger 9-X Air also skips a trunk lid in favor of a sliding drawer that is big enough for two golf bags — the gold standard in convertible trunk design. The 9-X Air is the sister vehicle of the 9-X BioHybrid Concept, which was shown at the 2008 Geneva Auto Show. The new concept uses a 1.4-liter Saab BioPower engine that uses E85. The engine delivers 200 horsepower and goes from zero to 60 miles per hour in less than 8.1 seconds.
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New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday permitted Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy and two Group directors to travel abroad till Nov 11, by which time they have to submit original title deeds of their assets worth Rs.20,000 crore.
That sum would cover the money they had collected through Optionally Fully Convertible Debentures (OFCDs) from investors.
The apex court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice J.S. Kehar modified an earlier order following a hearing on Sahara's application in their chamber. This was revealed to reporters by Sahara counsel C.A. Sundaram soon after he emerged from the chamber after the hearing of the matter.
Two Sahara Group companies -- Sahara India Real Estate Corporation Ltd. (SIRECL) and Sahara Housing Investment Corporation Ltd. (SHICL) -- had moved the apex court Wednesday (Oct 30, 2013) seeking the correction of its Oct 28, 2013 order barring the group's head Subrata Roy and its two directors from travelling abroad till it submitted the original title deeds of its assets to the tune of Rs.20,000 crore to secure the investors' money that it had to return.
Sundaram had Wednesday mentioned the matter seeking correction in the order.
The bench headed by Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan asked him to file a review application.
The apex court, by its Aug 31, 2012 order, had asked the two Sahara companies to return to investors Rs.24,000 crore, along with 15 percent interest, that it had collected through OFCDs.
The court had, by its Oct 28 order, directed the Sahara Group to submit the original title deeds of unencumbered properties, worth Rs.20,000 crore, along with proper valuation reports, by Nov 11; it had also said that until its orders were complied with, Subrata Roy and the two directors will not leave India without the permission of the court.
Sahara has already paid Rs.5,120 crore as part payment to the market regulator in pursuance to the apex court's Aug 31, 2012 order to return investors' money with interest.


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Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame 2011 Induction Ceremony
Eleven individuals and four organizations will be inducted in November into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, the country's only known government-sponsored hall of fame that honors members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities.
The inductees were selected by a subcommittee composed of former inductees, which reviewed nominations submitted by members of the public.
The chosen nominees will be inducted at the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame's annual ceremony, which will take place on the evening of Wednesday, November 9, at the Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago. The event will be free and open to the public.
"It makes us proud that, even 20 years after our first ceremony, there are still important figures from the past and a constantly growing list of current Chicagoans whose accomplishments and community contributions merit being honored by the Hall of Fame," said Israel Wright, associate director of the Hall of Fame Committee and secretary of the Friends of the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame. Reception is at 5:30 and induction starts at 6:00PM


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ASUS P8Z68-V PRO Review: Our First Z68 Motherboardby Ian Cutress on May 11, 2011 3:13 AM EST
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Looking back on the ASUS P8Z68-V PRO, I can come up with a variety of conclusions. It's a great little board in terms of performance, features and add-ons, even for the $210 asking price. Though at this price, we'd perhaps ask for a little more to be in the boxed product—a few more SATA cables perhaps, or a full USB 3.0 3.5" bay. As much as this was a review about the ASUS board, it's also a first impression of the Z68 chipset through the ASUS P8Z68-V PRO.
The ultimate combination of P67 and H67 was inevitable—if Intel were going to market a series of processors with integrated graphics, it would seem odd not to include connectors on every chipset for those graphics. That's what happened with P67, when Intel decided that enough people wanted discrete GPU performance that the integrated GPU wouldn't get a look-in. Though with the virtues of Quick Sync, there had to be a way of providing one chipset that tried to do everything—overclocking the CPU, overclocking the integrated GPU, multiple discrete GPU setups, the works.
There was a sigh of relief when Lucid developed a software solution to allow them all to work together—the integrated GPU for low throughput graphics, a discrete GPU for gaming, and any situation to be able to use the integrated GPU for highly specialized applications. Virtu is a nice bit of kit, but in terms of power saving, if you're not using Quick Sync, there isn't much to be saved as graphics card manufacturers are pretty good on low power states.
The ultimate question is—should I upgrade to Z68? You may have realized I haven't talked about SSD caching yet—I've left that up to Anand to discuss and report on, but it's a feature worth considering. From my perspective, if you want an all-round computer that plays games and uses Quick Sync and the other specialties that the iGPU can provide, then Z68 is a logical upgrade. However, if you already have a discrete GPU and P67, unless you're really big on video transcoding there's no point in replacing your current board.
I know that prices for Z68 boards will be as low as $120 from some manufacturers, and as high as $350. The price difference in all these boards is similar to that of the P67—stability at high overclocks, features such as more and more SATA ports, increased support for better cooling, etc. Does that mean that the ASUS P8Z68-V PRO is a good buy? At $210, our only comparison so far in the P67 space that we've reviewed is the ASRock P67 Extreme6, which has 10 SATA ports, but minimal RAID, a lot more IO panel USB connectors, more in the box to come with the motherboard, arguably a worse BIOS, better USB performance, and a shorter warranty. It's a tough decision—people will like the ASUS board, of that I have no doubt. It's just a case of if it's got the right features for you as a consumer.
We can't come to any final conclusion with only one Z68 board, of course. I expect to have more Z68 boards to review in the near future, so watch this space. Right now, the ASUS board is a good Z68 offering, but if you're in no rush, wait a few weeks to see if another board can rise to the top—and let's be honest, if you've been waiting for Z68 you can probably wait a bit longer.
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L. - Thursday, May 12, 2011 - linkWhat you are searching for is not undervolting and underclocking, its called advanced, manually-defined "speedstep".
Haven't heard of it available commercially but some guy did that for his old AMD XP and it was pretty interesting - although that chip slowed down to almost a standstill on the lowest setting. Reply
Sunsmasher - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - linkA board that performs well under the higher stresses of overclocking/overvolting will of course perform well in an undervolting situation. It's then up to the user (you) to find undervolting settings that work well with your particular processor.
Also, it would be silly to buy a motherboard in this class (3 gpu capable, etc.), if your intention were to save as much power in your system as possible. An H67 board would probably make more sense for an undervolted "green' system. Most Anandtech readers who read reviews of boards in this class are, I sure, interested in the maximum performance available in their systems as opposed to saving energy. (Saving energy is an admirable goal, of course, just not the main priority of people who want maximum possible performance.) That's why undervolting testing is not done here, I'm sure. Reply
gevorg - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - linkGood point! Even when you seek high performance, low power and energy saving are still very important because your might leave your computer idle or use it for simple tasks, and its important for it to dynamically change to your needs without being an energy hog when it doesn't need to be. Reply
tomoyo - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - linkI'd just be happy with the following data on each motherboard to make sure you have something low power and silent:
1) What voltage selections you have for both under and overvolting
2) What fan speed choices you can choose.
3) What the power consumption with said motherboard is compared to similar ones at idle and load.
(It seems intel generally wins in this category at idle)
This will make it clear if you have something that is a champ for low power. Reply
Rajinder Gill - Thursday, May 12, 2011 - linkLooking at the core voltage scale in the spec table in the article - it starts at 0.8V and also that you've got multiplier control. That means underclocking is possible.
One thing that many of you are probably aware of (but some aren't) is that if you have C1E and SpeedStep active, light loading power savings due to reduced VID are so small that it's hard to measure them - certainly not with a standard plug-in AC level meter. The measurements need to be done at DC and may show that some of the potential savings may be nullified by the VRM efficiency curve if some form of load dependant phase control isn't supported by the system.
As for full loading scenarios, you can set the idle threshold percentage in Windows 7 to a higher level, thus ensuring the processor only goes into full load state under the most arduous loads. This way you get to keep the performance advantage of a higher clock freqeuncy (if and where needed), while still having the ultra low consumption courtesy of power gating through all major sections of the processor including cache (in C6 state).
In truth, to educate the masses, this properly this probably needs a separate article and followed up by a two line blurb when reviewing a motherboard to state whether the BIOS allows underclocking. That's about all there is to it in my opinion, I don't think too much time needs to be spent on the subject in subsequent reviews with the groundwork out of the way.
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NeBlackCat - Friday, May 13, 2011 - linkGreat post, thanks for that information. Reply
Sabresiberian - Friday, May 13, 2011 - linkFrankly, I want a high end mainboard to have no expense allocated for audio at all; I'll buy a decent solution for my sound thank you very much, please save me a few bucks to put toward that end! Or, put the money into figuring out how I can add a sound card AND have triple SLI/Crossfire. Build in a Killer NIC so I don't have to use an addon card there.
Mid and low-end cards should have mid or low-end sound solutions.
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xinaes - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - link"graphics card manufacturers are pretty good on low power states"... unless you connect more than one display, in which case they apparently push cards into 3d clock speeds constantly:
I'd like to know if boards such as this will let me run two displays off the IGP with Virtu in i-mode, how much power that would consume, also what the hit would be on performance under different circumstances. I'm hopeful that the IGP might be able to drive both displays without using substantial amounts of power for basic tasks, and that the performance cost in more demanding situations while appreciable would not be crippling. Reply
Krenn - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - linkThat's an excellent question - I'd love to see the same thing. I usually use two monitors for basic tasks and only one for gaming, but would like to save power without having to unplug & switch the monitor cables. Also, I had no idea running two monitors from the same video card was using more power than it should; that could definitely make a difference.
I assume you can't mix and match and connect one monitor to the integrated and the other to the discrete and use both monitors at the same time. Reply
xinaes - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - linkI'm not sure exactly what mixing and matching is possible. Something that was posited as a workaround in the thread I linked (in the context of systems where IGP is not available) is using a second low power GPU to drive the secondary display. It may well be that the IGP could fill a similar role with a Z68 board, but it's hard to be sure.
For me it would be irritating as I don't only use the graphics for gaming on a single screen; I'd want at times to run 3d apps with resources shared by windows on both screens etc. Still, I'd like to at least have the option of such a workaround if it meant saving power, even if it was irritating in certain circumstances. Reply


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DAYBREAK DAILY: McDonnell's defense already has cost Va. $50K
ABC7 WEATHER: Mostly sunny with highs in the mid 80s. http://wj.la/72e8x6
'GOOD MORNING WASHINGTON': Among the reports – More monuments, buildings defaced; Explosions rock Florida gas plant; much more, beginning at 4:30 a.m M-F.
SAY WHAT?: Of a hefty tab for Virginians, per the Richmond Times-Dispatch, "The firm of Gov. Bob McDonnell's state-appointed attorney has billed the state $53,530 for roughly a month's work.
"That covers the initial services of former Attorney General Anthony F. Troy and some other staffers from his firm. Troy was appointed by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to represent McDonnell in legal matters related to a criminal case alleging embezzlement by the former chef at the Executive Mansion. The appointment, effective April 26, was made necessary by the "practical conflict previously noted by this office" in the case of the former chef, Todd Schneider, according to the appointment letter from Cuccinelli's office to Troy." http://bit.ly/1620HKz
SOLD: Actually, the deal is pending, per the Washington Post, "Allbritton Communications of Rosslyn on Monday said it will sell eight television properties, includingWJLA and NewsChannel 8, to Sinclair Broadcast Group for $985 million, a blockbuster deal that ends a 40-year era in Washington media. The nearly billion-dollar deal is the latest in a series of big media acquisitions to pounce on the increasing value of broadcast television properties. Sinclair, the largest independent owner of television stations, is paying far more than the $300 million some analysts had expected the stations to yield.
"The deal also marks the end of a long chapter in the Washington media dynasty started by Joe L. Allbritton, who died in December. The company is now run by his son, Robert Allbritton, 44, who is exiting the television business his father built around its crown jewel, WJLA, known as ABC7. The Allbritton company, which once included television stations, newspapers and Riggs Bank, is being converted into a new media company building on the success of Politico, a political news Web site and newspaper launched in 2007." http://wapo.st/11roXpK
PEACE: Well, that's the plan, anyway, per the New York Times, "For all of the intricacies of issues like the shape of future borders, security arrangements and the status of Jerusalem, the Middle East peace talks that resumed Monday night are dominated by two simple questions: If it took Secretary of State John Kerry countless phone calls and six trips to the Middle East just to get Israeli and Palestinian officials to the negotiating table, how will it be possible to achieve a comprehensive peace agreement? And what will happen if his herculean negotiating efforts fall short?
"In a brief appearance at the State Department on Monday, Mr. Kerry said his goal was to pursue "reasonable compromises" of some of the Middle East's most intractable issues." http://nyti.ms/17dhklx
WHEN THINGS GO BOOM: In the night, per the Orlando Sentinel, "A large series of explosions rocked a gas plant in Lake County late Monday, causing multiple casualties and forcing the evacuations of residents at least a mile away, authorities said.
"About two dozen people were working the night shift at Blue Rhino, a propane-tank business. By 2 a.m. Tuesday, all employees were accounted for, said Lt. John Herrell, a Sheriff's Office spokesman. There were no reports of fatalities, Herrell said. At least seven people were taken to hospitals, he said." http://bit.ly/1bDP0kb
GREEN SLIME: Or something like that, per ABC7—WJLA, "Metropolitan Police arrested 58-year-old Jiamei Tian on Monday for allegedly splattering green paint at the National Cathedral. She has been charged with Defacing Property. Assistant Chief Peter Newsham said the woman was arrested in the area of the cathedral Monday.
"Cathedral officials said in a statement that paint was splattered in the property's Bethlehem Chapel and the Children's Chapel. Officials say fresh, wet paint was found on the chapel's organ, leading them to believe that the vandals struck very recently." http://wj.la/16vubk3
FATAL CHOPPER CRASH: Just the facts, per the Baltimore Sun, "Thunderstorms and heavy fog were rolling through northeastern Pennsylvania's rugged terrain Saturday night when a small helicopter crashed, killing all five people on board, including three from the Baltimore area. The local medical examiner's office identified the passengers as Bernard Michael Kelly, 58, of Ellicott City; his daughter, Leanna Mee Kelly, 27, of Savage; David Ernest Jenny Jr., 30, of Towson; Carl Robert Woodland, 29, of Lovettsville, Va.; and his son, Noah Robert McKain Woodland, 3." http://bsun.md/19tl9cu
POLITICO PLAY: "They've been wined and dined by President Barack Obama, spoken repeatedly with the White House chief of staff and met privately in the Capitol. But after months of talking, the grand bargain between the White House and congressional Republicans is just as elusive as ever.
"As fall approaches, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough has met frequently with Republican senators in the hopes of finding consensus on an overarching fiscal deal. But the two sides are stuck in the same-old tax-and-spending debate — Democrats want to raise revenue, while Republicans refuse. The lack of progress underscores a growing belief in Washington: The long-sought grand bargain could very well be out of reach during the Obama presidency." http://politi.co/16fWHIs
EAT YOUR VEGGIES: We're only doing what's good for you, per Gazette.Net, "Rockville's Planning Commission has recommended designating a home as historic over objections from the property owner, who says that designation is neither needed nor wanted. Those who supported the designation said it would preserve the building in the future, especially if it is sold.
"The commission voted 4-2 Wednesday evening to recommend historic designation for the house at 628 Great Falls Road, which is owned by the Rockville, Maryland, Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. Commission Chairman Jerry Callistein and Commissioner David Hill voted against the recommendation. Commissioner Kate Ostell was not at the meeting." http://bit.ly/14fkCdd
OF COURSE THEY DID: Shocker, per the Washington Times, "Virginia Republicans on Monday called on Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe to reveal more information about his former car company's ties to a federal official under investigation about his role in a visa financing program.
"In particular, state Sen. Tom Garrett singled out a 2009 email from state economic development official Liz Povar saying that "[I] still can't get my head around this being anything other than a visa-for-sale scheme with potential national security implications that we have no way to confirm or discount." The Lynchburg Republican has repeatedly — and unsuccessfully — petitioned the federal government for answers about the EB-5 program, in which foreign investors put up between $500,000 and $1 million for American companies in exchange for legal status." http://bit.ly/13uwPDs
HEAVY LIFTING: Or not, per City Paper, "The District's Office of the Inspector General hasn't been doing much quality inspecting lately. In one of its latest reports, the inspector general discovers that a Department of Parks and Recreation employee was using too much city gas—but can't prove that the employee was actually stealing it. The U.S. Attorney's Office declined to prosecute. In another report, the inspector general continues its long-standing crusade against handicap placard abuse." http://bit.ly/13tmmZ0
KOKESH REBUFFED: No soup for you, per DCist, "A D.C. judge called Adam Kokesh a "very dangerous person" in denying bond to the gun rights activist on a charge stemming from a video Kokesh posted in which he appears to load a shotgun while standing on Freedom Plaza. Kokesh, 31, was in D.C. Superior Court on Monday morning in connection with the July 4 video, which Kokesh posted as to taunt the District's strict gun laws. He is charged with a single count of carrying a gun outside a home or place of business, which carries a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000." http://bit.ly/14e8YiN
SPOTLESS WINDOWS: And not only that. . ., per ARLnow, "A window cleaner is wanted by Arlington County Police for allegedly cleaning out jewelry and medications from some of the homes he worked on. Justin Honaker, 33, of Falls Church, is suspected in a string of residential larcenies in Arlington and Fairfax counties, police said Monday afternoon." http://bit.ly/13rnkG6
TRENDING ON ABC7 FACEBOOK: "According to the Associated Press, defense officials are saying that department workers will likely face up to five fewer furlough days than originally planned, taking six to eight unpaid days off rather than 11. The furloughs are expected to save roughly $2 billion." http://wj.la/11qADZP
NEWSTALK: Among today's guests (10 a.m., NewsChannel 8) is D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier, who will be asked about drug arrests in the District, the arrest of Libertarian activist Adam Kokesh, the recent sexual assault on the Howard campus, the proposal to decriminalize marijuana possession and the recent ruling on All Hands on Deck.
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BRUSSELS/KIEV – Marathon talks between Ukraine and Russia to resolve a bitter gas dispute broke up overnight without a deal, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said, and are set to resume later Tuesday or Wednesday.
"All points of the deal were negotiated, and discussions will resume," Oettinger said after seven hours of talks.
Officials from Ukraine and Russia were meeting in Brussels in an eleventh-hour effort, brokered by the EU, to avert a cutoff of gas supplies from Moscow to Kiev.
The third gas war in less than a decade began after the ouster of Russia-backed president Viktor Yanukovych in February and Ukraine's decision to seek closer economic ties with the EU.
Russia hiked Ukraine's gas price by 81 percent to $485.50 per 1,000 cubic meters — the highest in Europe, and demanded a payment of $5.17 billion for debts and deliveries through June.
Ukraine branded the demands a form of "economic aggression" and threatened to take Russia to international arbitration if the gas were cut off.
The dispute is worrying to Europe, which depends on Russia for about a third of the natural gas it consumes, and roughly half of Russian imports flow through Ukraine.
The talks are under the auspices of EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger and include the energy ministers from Russia and Ukraine as well as the CEOs of Russia's Gazprom and its Ukraine counterpart, Naftogaz.
Last week Gazprom pushed the deadline back a week to June 9.
Before the start of the fifth round of negotiations Monday, analysts had widely expected a deal, as pressure for a compromise was great on all sides.
The price for future deliveries was predicted to be agreed at around $360 per 1000 cubic meters of gas — a sum about halfway between Russia's old price and the one set after the conflict erupted.
An unnamed Ukrainian official also said he expected Kiev's Naftogaz was prepared to make an immediate payment of $1 billion for gas it received in the last two months of last year.
As officials negotiated gas prices, a separate energy dispute flared up between the EU and Russia over the Kremlin-backed South Stream pipeline project.
Moscow on Monday accused the European Union of putting pressure on Bulgaria to suspend work on the key gas pipeline.
The South Stream project is one of Russia's most valued projects, intended to allow gas deliveries to bypass Ukraine as a transit country to Europe.
"Sometimes Brussels is guided by a desire to punish, a desire to take revenge," Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, though the EU says the suspension is purely for procedural concerns.
Elsewhere on Monday, Ukraine said it had reached a "mutual understanding" with Moscow on parts of a plan proposed by President Petro Poroshenko for ending violence in the east of the country.
Kiev gave no details and Russia did not comment directly but two days of talks, following a brief encounter in France last week that broke the ice between Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin, have given momentum to peace moves.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a statement released in Berlin that there was "some faint light at the end of the tunnel" in the Ukraine conflict for the first time in months.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a brief statement in Kiev that Russian and Ukrainian representatives had met three times in the past two days to discuss Poroshenko's plan to end an insurrection by pro-Russian separatists in the east.
"As a result of the work, the sides reached a mutual understanding on key stages of the implementation of the plan and on a list of priorities which will contribute to a de-escalation of the situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine," it said.
The talks are being mediated by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Vienna-based security and human rights watchdog, but almost no details of Poroshenko's plan or the talks have been made public.
It was not even clear who took part in Monday's meetings, although the Ukrainian leader was present at Sunday's talks and said that the violence must end this week.
"Each day when people die, when Ukraine pays such a high price, is inadmissible for me," his office quoted him as saying.
Poroshenko, who was sworn in on Saturday, has called for daily meetings of the "contact group" and the Foreign Ministry said the talks would continue.
Scores of people have been killed since April in east Ukraine, including separatists and government forces, and Russian speakers there are suspicious of Poroshenko and the new, pro-Western government in Kiev.


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Perryton school districts assure parents that their children are safe after a man was arrested for making threats that he would make the incidents at Sandy Hook and Aurora movie theater look small, according to police.
Perryton Independent School District Superintendent Robert Hall said that their schools have policies in place and are ready for any type of crisis that comes along.
The school district was notified of the threats after Perryton Police received a report from a woman in Lampasas, Texas around 3:50pm on Tuesday. She said her son, who was a Perryton resident, called her and threatened to commit an offense similar to the recent incident in Newtown, Connecticut.
Dustin M. Mack, 30, was arrested and charged Tuesday evening with terroristic threat and is currently being held at the Ochiltree County Jail.
There has been no evidence found yet to prove that Mack's threats were credible. Perryton Police Chief Tony Hill said that they cannot take threats lightly. "We don't have the luxury of waiting anymore to figure out whether it's serious or not before we take action."
According to police, Mack said that "those incidents would look small compared to what he planned to do in Perryton."


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BofA to pay $315 million settlement for Merrill Lynch unit
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Judge orders Rajaratnam to pay $92.8 million
It appears Mr. Rajaratnam isn't yet done receiving the bad news. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff yesterday ordered the vilified inside trader to pay a record $92,805,705 penalty in a related SEC civil case. (Cue the canned cash register audio clips.)
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Tuesday's ruling by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff tossed out nine of the 11 claims of a lawsuit filed by Bernard Madoff trustee Irving Picard against the owners of the New York Mets baseball team, Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz.
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Shelton, CT April 8, 2013 – A new research report conducted by the iCompli division of BPA Worldwide and IRAS shows that Dow Chemical scored highest among Fortune 100 companies when it comes to applying the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) Guidelines for Sustainability Reporting. Bloomberg topped the list of media sector companies.
The research report — Applying GRI Guidelines for Effective Reporting: A Review of Global Media Companies' CR Reports — is an analysis of top US and international companies' annual reports to identify key corporate responsibility (CR) reporting trends. The study focuses on global media sector companies that issue CR reports, and compares the level of reporting in the media sector against the larger universe of Fortune 100 companies issuing CR reports, as well as companies in South Africa where sustainability reporting is mandated.
The list of Top 10 Media sector companies include: Bloomberg (US), Grupo Antena 3 (Spain), Publicis Group (France), Axel Springer (Germany), Mediaset (Spain), Media Prima (Malaysia), TC Transcontinental (Canada), Reel Elsevier (UK) and Lagardiere (France). The Top 10 Fortune 100 companies in GRI compliance include: Dow Chemical, Johnson Controls, UPS, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, IBM, Hess, Dupont and Dell, all headquartered in the US.
Although the number of companies issuing CR reports continues to grow, and along with it the number of companies using the GRI Guidelines, the research also reveals that nearly 26% of companies in the survey who issued CR reports did not include any of the GRI environmental reporting indicators. More than 50% did not report any human rights indicators.
The research report will be formally presented at a sustainability reporting reception, hosted by BPA, to be held on April 23rd from 4:00pm – 6:00pm at the LEED Platinum Hearst Tower in New York City. The event is free of charge and professionals from the media industry as well as those with interest in CSR Reporting and Assurance are invited to attend. Attendees are requested to register online.
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How can peer pressure in bad ways nowadays among students can be stopped?How peer pressure which leads to bad consequences can be stopped? discuss your veiws.
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Well, the discussion isn't really "peer pressure: does it and will it exist?" The discussion is really "how to stop the currently unprecedented harmful effects of peer pressure." Surely, "peer pressure" can't be stopped, in either its good effects (negotiating the passing of environmentally beneficial legislation) or in its bad effects (Prince Harry turning to drinking with the lads when a teen). Yet just as surely, adults (parents, legislators, education professionals, religious leaders) must step in and decry the contemporary effects of peer pressure gone disastrously awry! Beatings, hangings, ostracism, shooting--all most likely displayed on YouTube or tauted on FaceBook. These effects of peer pressure must not be embroiled in the complacency of "well, peer pressure always was and always will be." Surely the current high-tech levels of peer pressure gone awry require attention and action.
The first step (and I do not have the knowledge to see past the first step) is to decry the current outrages of peer pressure and to demand safety for our children and youths; to demand the respect of human dignity among our children and youths; to demand outrages be curtailed, even if it means well thought out restrictions on people of certain youthful ages (yes, yes, I know--can't legislate morality; and the free market economy--yes, yes--yet slavery would have gone on much longer if Lncoln's generation had not acted in several countries to legislate morality; and the free market economy has lost a significant lot of clout recently, hasn't it?). One thing that has been done successfully in the past, e.g., MAD and Abolition, is the formation of grassroots protest movements to awaken concsiousness, enliven outrage, and chart a path of corrective action. Worldwide protest, as it is a worldwide problem, has the potential to awaken a path of corrective action and enliven a way to reign-in peer pressure gone wild.
Peer pressure isn't something new and it isn't something that is likely to go away. It is a part of life and a part of growing up. One way to combat peer pressure is to offer healthy alternatives. A student involved in healthy social activities is less likely to succumb to negative peer pressure. They will have friends that will stand up with them and they will feel more comfortable turning down a poor choice. Teen with a higher self esteem are also less likely to succumb to negative peer pressure. Someone who feels good about himself or herself is going to be far more confident in standing up to others.
I don't think it's every going to be possible to stop peer pressure. Our peers are very important to us and they always will be. All you can really do is to reduce the impact that peer pressure has on any given person. One way to do this is by having strong values and attitudes of your own so that you will be less inclined to just go along with what your peers want to do.
Unfortunately, I do not think that peer pressure will ever be stopped. Too many people, at the age in question, feel as they know everything. They believe that the choices they make are good for everyone; and they tend to impose their choices on others through peer pressure.
Peer pressure and bullying can be stopped. It will be stopped when children are taught tolerance, both at school and home. It will be stopped when schools no longer accept bullying as a part of childhood, and work to eradicate it for real.
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I completely agree with you Ms Hardison.
Your's is a true debate. :) I loved it.
yes, thats true thanks for your veiw.
yes, it cant be stopped but can be controlled so that it may not lead to any bad tracks.
yeah dats absolutely right..Thank you all 4 taking part in this discussion. hope i will get dis same kind of support and encouragement in the future .
When one appreciates the way one is, feel your swag, why get influenced?
The best advice...' hold fast to your beliefs and others will listen.'
Avoid the wrong company that will 'bug' you much
yeah..u all are right but still in many parts its going up to a certain high level in a negative manner whose consequences are really drastic.


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Alastair Clarkson concedes the challengers are coming hard for Hawthorn's AFL premiership crown but he's confident their best football is ahead of them.
The Hawks' chances of recording an historic fourth successive flag have been widely written off in the wake of last week's 75-point hammering at the hands of Greater Western Sydney.
Clarkson admits the Hawks were "scratchy" against the Giants but he adds it's hardly a doom-and-gloom scenario with four wins from six rounds.
"There'd be many sides that would be happy being 4-2," Clarkson said on Thursday.
"Yes, we're not absolutely rapt with the way that we're going but it would probably be discrediting some of the sides we've played.
"This time last year we were three wins and three losses – the only thing that was different was that we had a better percentage.
"We're actually better positioned this year than what we were last year.
"We need to play better, we don't want to dig a hole and put our heads in the sand and not think that the competition's catching up to us a bit.
"But we think some of our best footy is still ahead of us this year."
Hawthorn will take on Richmond (1-5) at the MCG on Friday night without skipper Luke Hodge, who underwent knee surgery on Tuesday, and key defender James Frawley, who suffered a concussion against GWS.
Kaiden Brand will make his debut, with Will Langford and Billy Hartung returning while Kieran Lovell was omitted.
Desperate to break a five-game losing streak, Tigers coach Damien Hardwick dropped first-team regulars Ivan Maric and David Astbury, with skipper Trent Cotchin (cheekbone) and Kane Lambert (ribs) dropping out of the side that lost to an undermanned Port Adelaide.
Nick Vlastuin, Kamdyn McIntosh, Ben Griffiths and Jayden Short come into the line-up.
"We usually bounce back pretty strongly from a disappointing effort," Clarkson said.
"Richmond haven't been in the best of form themselves so the start is going to be pretty important for either side to try and get some confidence in the first part of the game."
Hodge, who missed two weeks with a broken forearm this season, will miss up to six weeks after his latest setback.
In better news for the reigning premiers, full-forward Jarryd Roughead has returned to the training track for the first time since undergoing off-season knee surgery and is aiming to return slightly ahead of schedule in about a month's time.


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Regular season meets are on Saturdays, and Nationals usually run Wednesday through Sunday. We typically drive to the meet late Friday night or early Saturday morning, compete, then spend the night in a local hotel and drive home Sunday morning.
All competitors are required to purchase competition uniforms. For women, the cost is approximately $150 and between $75 and $100 for men (depending on if shorts, pants or both are purchased). We use the same uniforms each year so you will not have to buy new uniforms every year. A limited number of used uniforms (from old members) may be available to purchase at a discount if other members have decided to stop competing.
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