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The Humane Society of Manatee County will be on site with dogs and cats available for adoption. There also will be other activities such as dog training and grooming demonstrations. Dogs must be kept on a short leash. The event is held the third Thursday of each month.
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My mom has offered to watch the kids this Friday so hubby and I can have date night (we couldn't be happier!) so we have decided on going to a movie. This will be the first time we will leave our newborn for more than an hour and I have no idea how much milk to leave for my mom.
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Stats: 5'4": 205 in '07 / 145 in '11 / 137 now / 119 goal
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Monstrous Appetite
I've been maintaining a 60lb loss for a few years without much effort. I never eat pasta or bread or rice or potatoes at home, but I'll have ice-cream a few times a week and I eat carby foods at restaurants a few times a week as well.
But something has changed in the past few months. I starved myself down to 15lb below my normal weight. I've done this before, only to gain it back. I gained it back again this time, only now the weight doesn't seem to be stopping at my normal 142lb maintenance weight. I'm struggling to stay under 150lb and I'm scared.
I think some kind of switch has been flipped and my fat cells are back in storage mode like when I was obese. I can't stop eating, and I'm deathly afraid of ever feeling hungry or tired from not getting enough food. And I'm constantly eating.
I'm trying to get back on track and keep my carbs really low. I've been eating lots of eggs and hamburger with peppers, spinach, and salsa. I'm cutting out dairy and nuts and wine all together. But I can still eat huge amounts of plain hamburger. I'm scared I'm going to keep gaining just from eggs and hamburger. There are a lot of calories in 2lb of hamburger and I can easily eat that in a day.
To be honest I've been cutting things out slowly, and I have stopped gaining. I've been 145 for a few weeks now. I'm thinking about cutting out the vegges and salsa too, and just eating eggs, hamburger, garlic, salt, and pepper for awhile. I want to do whatever it takes to stop thinking about food all the time and being scared of being hungry.
I need reassurance that eventually just eggs and hamburger and spices will make me lose my appetite. Has anyone here ever done VLC and failed to lose their appetite? I'm scared I'm going to continue to want to eat pounds and pounds of hamburger.
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I understand your panic because although I lose very, very slowly, I can gain very, very quickly--and it's a tough train to stop once it gains speed
I have gone VLC and failed to lose my appetite. I have gained on just meat and eggs because, like you, I can eat enormous portions. What helps me is to restrain myself (i.e., experience a little hunger) and keep portions in check, along with 20g carbs or less. After a short while, I get used to eating at that level and don't experience much hunger. I know that's heretical thinking on this board, but it's the only way I can manage, as I don't really ever lose my appetite.
You may be like me. There is no way that I could maintain if I ate ice cream and restaurant carbs "a couple of times a week." I plan to maintain on 30-50g of carbs, mainly from vegetables.
Anything like ice cream would be a very, very occasional thing (like once in 3-4 months).
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Sherri, you have done a great job maintaining your weight. I also think it's great that you are facing your problem head on at this point and not going into denial, as so many of us have done. That's really the first step is keeping in tune with yourself and taking steps to correct any problems before then get to be a 100-pound weight gain.
It's hard to know exactly why this is happening to you (hormones?), but I think you're trying something that might work. There are no guarantees, though.
Unfortunately there are people, such as myself, who are hungry almost all of the time, even on zero carb, and it can lead to overeating. The only time I am not hungry is when I am gaining weight. So I have had to adapt by figuring calories into the equation. About 1600 calories is my limit for not gaining weight, so I just try to maintain below that (still trying to get it right). It's more of a challenge to have to do that, but it will work. You just have to experiment to find your calorie needs, and then figure out what food will fit within that. You may or may not be hungry sometimes, but at least you won't start gaining.
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You may want to look at trying L-glutamine to help some of those cravings. How much
fat are you eating? rember 1/2 of the protein you are eating is converted to glucose.
If I over do the protein my blood sugar goes up just like I ate carbs. You may want to have your blood sugar tested too.
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Leo and Mermaid I appreciate you being honest. Everyone talks about no appetite on low carb, but it's not always true. I read Good Calories Bad Calories when it first came out and it's what really solidified me on LC. But in his new book, what makes us fat, the part that really was new for me was where he says it can take 18 months to lose your cravings for carbs. I think this is heart of it for me. When I first lost weight I kept my carbs under 20 and controlled portions for at least a year. After that I got away with being more liberal and maintaining. For whatever reason that freedom has slipped away from me. I'm about to blow up again and metabolically I'm probably right back where I was when I was over 200lb. It's a hard fact to face that I have to low carb and portion control again. But it's good to be told to stop trying to find the "trick" that will make me not hungry so I don't have to do the work. If I have to give this another year to get back to the easy maintenance I was at, so be it.
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I have no advice just wanted to let you know that I totally relate to what you are saying about the "switch". I was almost at goal ,not craving carbs and all of a sudden I could not get full no matter what or how much I ate. At first I tried just eating more low carb foods but soon began eating carbs again. I am totally out of control now and am fighting to find what works. I hope the things you are trying work for you.
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E.W. for me protein stays around 15-20% without any conscious effort. Even when I'm eating tons of hamburger, I'll naturally stop draining off the fat or eat more eggs or avocado. If I'm going to overeat it will be with more fat. I start eating bacon and pork roast and adding fat to it. Just thinking lean protein sounds dry and gross. But I can eat a LOT of fatty food right now. I desire it.
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jeaniem! Yep we are in the same boat. I'm just coming to believe there is a hard won state beyond ketosis that we can get in with this way of eating, a place that can take a year to reach, but be lost in a few months if abused. Time to relax, focus, buck down and face facts. We know we can get where we want to be. We did it before. Put in the time.
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Sherri, I am so sorry to hear about the problems you've been having. Like Leo, I could never get by with having ice cream a couple of times a week, & I have been maintaining on 50 to 100 NC for a year now. I do eat bread & potatoes at home where I can control portions & always with plenty of protein, but I am afraid to eat carby meals in restaurants. Their portions are huge & it's too difficult to know just how many carbs you eat. You might be interested in doing a web search for leptin & grhelin. They are harmones that along with insulin play a part in appetite & fat storage. Leptin acts on the hypothalamus which contols appetite, and after decrease of fat during weight loss, the Leptin levels change. I can't remember if it's up or down, but it it increases appetite. In the article I read, scientists say they are thinking this may have alot to do with why so many people have trouble maintaining weight loss.
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Sherri, I am having the same problem. I have cut out all the carbs I can and am just eating meat with a little cheese and HWC. I still have to control my portions.
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Hi, Sherri. It might be you need something in that hamburger and the hunger is for a specific kind of nourishment. I find beef fat especially nourishing and satisfying.
In case this is of use:
I maintained well for ten years after having lost 50 pounds. Then, something changed. I started gaining without having changed my WOE. I had to go from LC to VLC and make many more changes.
It took almost six months of eating VLC for my body to adapt well enough that I felt satisfied with my meals, and content and well only eating those meals.
I had to take out all foods that caused allergic symptoms or unpleasant reactions. What that meant, for me:
- no sweets or anything that tastes sweet (sugar/fruit/artificial sweeteners)
- no packaged/prepared/refined foods
- no grains
- no nuts/seeds or their oils (no PUFAs)
- no nightshades
- no egg whites (allergic reactions)
- no chocolate (allergic reactions to unsweetened chocolate)
- rare and limited use of decaf coffee (no regular coffee ever)
- no alcohol, not even in cooking
Limiting dairy to butter, cream and yoghurt made from cream (both light and heavy cream.)
Increasing intake of saturated fat and egg yolks.
Keeping protein at .8 - 1 gm per Kg of weight. (Sometimes a bit more.)
Keeping Omega 6 low and eating wild salmon, mackerel, sardines and herring for Omega 3.
Only using highly purified water for drinking, tea, and cooking. (I use a Berkey with the extra cartridges that remove fluoride.)
I keep my carbs just under 20 now. Eating more carbs than that triggers a false appetite, for me, as well as giving me the symptoms of having eaten too many carbs.
Some supplements which help me: Vit D, magnesium, Evening Primrose oil, coconut oil, selenium, zinc, vitamin/mineral complex, Vit. K, and cod liver oil. (Some find extra chromium or tyrosine helpful.)
Using an elimination diet and keeping records of what I eat and how I feel after I eat (either that day or for days afterwards) has helped me very much.
The Failsafe diet is one of the elimination diets I have used.
Dr. Richard Bernstein's book, The Diabetes Solution, explains how eating constant amounts of protein and carbs from breakfast to breakfast, lunch to lunch, etc., from day to day keeps blood sugars stable. Eating foods which do not raise the blood sugar too much or too quickly is key to not having too much insulin in response to the blood sugar. (Insulin is a hormone which controls fat storage.) He explains very specifically how adding carbs causes many problems. His recommendations for CHO are 6-12-12 for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Dr. Kurt Harris', blog, PaleoNu, with his clear recommendations on the "Get Started" page, and the whole website, explaining the science behind those recommendations, has been a source of immeasurable help to me.
It took this many steps, with much reading, and thinking to find a WOE that fits me well. I feel better than I ever have in my life and am able to control my weight with small steps. I enjoy my food and look forward to my meals. I do not eat foods not in my plan. I do not miss foods which I don't eat.
I wish you joy in your steps and continued success.
Maintainers Over 55
Best wishes for happy, healthy LCing.
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Auntie Em - you are one amazing person to have the foresight and diligence to get to the place you are now. I am awe inspired!
If I have too many carbs in a sitting, I will find myself hungrier than usual. The carbs come from broccoli and cauliflower (almost always steamed and served with butter). So I will be within my 20g limit for the day but the majority is consumed in one meal and that creates the problem. I do sometimes consciously choose to do this any way.
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I think that Dr. Bernstein says that no more than 12 gms of carbs at one sitting is best.
I find that helpful to me.
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the appetite suppression comes and goes, in my experience. I have had long periods of being hungry all the time. just have to tough it out.
after losing a bunch of weight, sure, your body is primed to gain it back. it will work hard to get you to eat more to do that. it thinks you have been exposed to famine, right? it doesn't know you did that on purpose and could eat more anytime you want. it thinks the crops have failed and getting food needs to be your chief priority for the near future!
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Update: After 4 days of mostly egges and hamburger with a little salsa and peppers I'm not sure if I'm actually eating less, but I'm not thinking about food as much. The annoying intrusive thoughts about food are mostly gone. I don't feel like I'm in danger of blowing up again. Thanks to everyone who replied.
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i wish i could give u constructive advice, sherri.
i am down 68.2 lbs. i need to lose another 160 lbs at least to be in the neighborhood of goal weight. That does not worry me. However, i also am hungry too often, in spite of very low carbing (ATKINS PHASE I). I play all the head games to keep myself from overdoing the quantities. I use the WW point system to keep me in line. But sometimes i need to have MORE. I really just deal with it on a day by day, sometimes moment by moment basis. I am too motivated to go off the deep end this time, and i am willing to experience a certain degree of hunger rather than overdo the quantities. When it becomes INTOLERABLE, then i must allow myself some additional food. I hope, Sherri, you find the answers you seek. I think this perpetual hunger we share is tied in with LEPTIN. There is also some comfort that we are not alone in this. Keep in touch with us. Love & Profits: FLATFERENGHI
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And flatferengi, I agree and can totally relate. KUTGW.
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Ladies- a couple of suggestions for controlling insatiable unreasonable hunger: do exercise and don't consume any alcohol. Those two things for me are key. Even if I eat on plan, even VLC, I can still want more food than most people. If I go for about a 20-30 min. walk it will rein in my hunger. Staying away from all alcohol even "good for you" red wine, helps me control hunger and cravings. HTH
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First, if you aren't doing it already, monitor your food intake with something like ******.com. Sometimes when we think we're doing low carb, we really aren't as low as we believe we are.
Second, after doing some reading, I discovered that excess protein may give the same glucogenic response that carbs do. I don't know if this is true of everyone, but it certainly was in my case. I was eating over 120gm of protein in a day and was in a 4 month stall. When I dropped my protein down (1gm for every kg of ideal weight) to 60gm per day, I started losing again.
As far as the 'hunger', I've gone as low as 0 carbs and it didn't matter how much or how little I ate...the hunger never went away. I never reached that point of satiety that so many talk about. That's why I recently had Lap band surgery. I knew that if I couldn't get this hunger under control, I wouldn't be able to lose this weight even on low carb because even on low carb the hunger was driving me to eat too many calories.
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It's one of those YMMV.
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Sherri, I sympathize with you. I read all of your post and all of the posts in this thread, and though the schools of thought vary on what could be stimulating excess hunger (and how to control it), I FIRMLY believe that there is no one clear-cut, be-all-end-all cookie-cutter answer to these questions.
What works for one may or may NOT work for another, because our bodies and our metabolic types and genetics are ALL different. Factor into that equation someone who has 50+ lbs to lose vs. someone who only has 15-20 lbs to lose, and their needs and responses to macronutrients and such are gonna be different.
All that said, I am one who has never done well on VLC. (To digress a minute, VLC means 20 or under to some people and 50 or under to others -- again, it's all relative.) If I drop carbs below 30 for a long stretch of time, I get increasingly hungry, irritable, tired, fuzzy-minded -- the list goes on. I like to sum it up with one word: Balance. I lose balance. Again, that is why I have had to tweak and tweak and tweak to find the right fit for me. I do best at "controlling appetite" nutrition wise at around 50-75 carbs (not net) daily. (I'm not even going to address my carb rotations because that's another story for another day).
I also find, like Walk the Beach, that mild, short cardio helps to control my hunger, such as a walk. I can be hungry, ready to eat anything I can get my hands on, and if I do 15-20 mins of light cardio, I can hold off eating for at least another 1-1.5 hrs. I understand that this approach only works for some people. But maybe you're one of those people.
Hunger has ALWAYS been a huge, huge issue for me in controlling my weight, and this is both when I was exercising a little or a lot, regardlesss, I fight hunger. It wasn't until I began entering food in ****** to play around with the right BALANCE of numbers that I began feeling satiated. I have also found that due to the interaction of hormones (leptin, cortisol and adrenalin, ghrelin) that it helps greatly to allow myself to have a high day in calories at least once a week to keep my hormones happy and "harmonious."
I am very near goal (I gained 8-10 lbs over the fall and holidays due to depression/stress/etc, mostly from my mother's death), and I also know that being this close to goal, no exercise at all is not an option for me, nor is ignoring calories.
Bottom line: I've always wondered the same thing as you said: Why do I still have an appetite when I have gone VLC (under 20!), even for weeks at a time? Where is that "appetite suppression" everyone talks about? It's just not that straightforward for MY body type.
I wish you the best.
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Since I posted on here, I have given homeopathic HCG a try and it seems to help enormously with my appetite. Most people do the 500 calorie Simeon protocol with it, but I am finding that you can do it with higher calories too (and low carb) and it really helps to control hunger. I'm not trying to promote it or anything, but it's a wonderful discovery for me. I have used homeopathics for many years so I feel comfortable with its safety, especially since it is made in a reputable US lab.
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low carb, no appetite suppression
I am like Twyla/watch me shrink.
I get no appetite suppression on low or very low carb.
I can eat many more calories on low carb and not be satisfied, than on a higher carb ( healthy carbs) mixed diet.
In other words, I can eat less on a mixed healthy diet and be satisfied, than on a low carb diet.
This year I have also found that staggering calories helps tremendously
toward losing weight while still feeling good/not too hungry.
ie, one high day , one low day..
or a few low days- then a big re-feed,
or whatever system works for you.
Staggering the calories has kept my metabolism high while still losing weight , and not being particularly hungry.
Now I know these things dont suit all, but for me they have really worked;
and I have experimented with every diet under the sun for 25 yrs.
good luck
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My font is shrinking too?
Just now getting back online, and I read those comments about my font and it made me laugh. I've been admonished for SCRAWNY font before. Go figure, because on MY screen, this font that I use is way BIGGER than the default font that most people on this board use. It's visibly larger, wider, etc.
By the way ..... meaningless trivia here: One way to enlarge scrawny fonts/pics, etc. (I use this because my eyesight is not what it once was): Do a CONTROL + (plus sign). It makes your screen bigger each time you do that key combo.
Oh, who cares.
But back to the point: This whole "VLC will eventually lead to little or no appetite for everyone"? Huh-uh. Not. Glad to see there are others stepping up to the plate to claim exception.
As for me, it was finding balance. Lots of trial and error, patient people on these boards helping me, etc. but I finally got it mostly figured out. I've learned, as is supported by the Schwarzbein Principle: "One imbalance creates another imbalance."
Again, Sherri, best of luck to you.
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Former Ohio congressman Bob Ney recently made the rounds on the talk show circuit to promote his new memoir. Ney, who resigned in 2006, served more than a year in prison after pleading guilty to corruption charges in connection with the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.
But books are nothing compared to the other ways sullied politicians can profit off of their newly found infamy.
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer -- who resigned because he was caught frequenting prostitutes -- went on to host not one, but two different shows on cable TV. The first one was on CNN, and the second one was on Current TV.
Then there's exploiting your scandal in the time between when you're indicted and convicted of the crime. Former Texas congressman Tom DeLay -- while under indictment and awaiting a trial date -- appeared as a contestant on the hit TV show "Dancing with the Stars." DeLay was later convicted of campaign finance violations and money laundering.
But the guy who set the bar high for all disgraced politicians is former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
After being removed from office by the state legislature and while under indictment, Blagojevich wrote a book about his scandal, went on "The Daily Show" and "Letterman" and was a contestant on Season 9 of Donald Trump's "The Celebrity Apprentice." Blagojevich even appeared at the Wizard World Chicago Comic Con (a comic book convention), where he charged $50 for autographs and $80 for a photo with him. He was subsequently convicted of corruption charges and sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Among politicians who don't end up in jail, some try hard to become elected officials again. They want to go back to the very place that caused their problems. It's like a recovering drug addict asking to work at a meth lab -- not a good combo.
Just look at former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who is running to fill a recently vacated Congressional seat. As a refresher, Sanford disappeared for six days in 2009 while governor. At first, Sanford's office publicly stated that he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. However, we soon found out that he was actually in Argentina visiting the woman with whom he was having an extramarital affair.
Sanford seeks 'redemption' in wild congressional race
Sanford later paid $74,000 to settle charges that he had misused state resources and campaign funds in conducting his affair. However, Sanford refused to resign and completed his term.
Flash forward to March 19: Sanford came in first in a crowded field of Republicans in the GOP Congressional primary. Recent polls show him with a 10-point lead over his opponent in the Republican primary runoff scheduled for April 2.
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And don't forget Anthony Weiner, the former Democratic Congressman from New York City. As most people, and all comedians, vividly recall, Weiner had "accidentally" tweeted photos of himself in his underwear to a young woman on Twitter. Weiner later admitted to having non-sexual but "inappropriate" relationships with various women on social media. Weiner resigned from Congress a few weeks after the scandal broke in June 2011.
What's Weiner up to now? Apparently he has figured out how to use Twitter and is at least considering a return to politics. Weiner revealed he had spent more than $100,000 on polls recently to explore possibly running for office in New York City.
What does it say about us that these disgraced politicians have success -- however fleetingly -- after their scandals? Is it because we are a forgiving lot who believe in second chances if the person has sincerely apologized and seeks redemption? Or is it because we are all infected with the reality-show mindset where we reward fame regardless of how it's attained?
Plenty of people don't distinguish between whether a person is famous for good or bad reasons. All that matters is if a person has made it to that semi-exclusive club of celebritydom. After that, enough people will support the person to merit securing a book deal, being cast on a reality show and maybe run for office.
Look, I'm all for redemption and second chances. But I'm also aware that just like we saw with Jason in "Friday the 13th" movies, the longer he's alive, the more damage he will do.
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Visible crew/equipment: When the detectives arrive at the Jersey gas station to talk to Tommy McConaugh, a boom mic is visible in the windshield of Munch and Jefferies' car.
Factual error: In the final scene where Grace Mayberry's house is raided in Trenton, NJ. a New Jersey State Trooper is wearing a badge on his chest. The NJSP has always worn a triangular shaped badge on their hats.
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Revealing mistake: In the scene where Detective Munch visits the hospital room of a young comatose girl for the first time, we see that the girl's left arm is alongside her body above the top sheet. As Munch approaches the bed, we now see that her arm is below the top sheet. When Munch visits the still-comatose girl a second time in the last scene of the episode, we can see in the foreground as he is entering the room that the girl's head is turned, facing her right. As he pauses to watch her, we then see in the next shot that she is now facing upright towards the ceiling. In this same shot, you will also notice the purportedly still-comatose girl slightly move her head and lips as if swallowing.
Factual error: When Stabler's son Dickie is trying to join the Army, Dickie's recruiter tells Stabler that he can join at 16 with parental consent. This is incorrect, you have to be at least 17 to join the U.S. Army even with parental consent. Even if you could join at 16, the consent papers that Dickie bought to Stabler at the end of the episode can't be signed without a recruiter or notary public present and signing the papers at the same time. This is to prevent cases where a parent who had a change of heart can claim they didn't sign and to prevent 17-year olds from enlisting without consent by forging their parents' signatures.
Character mistake: In the scene where Detective Benson is presenting possible home care suspects for the rape of Cara, she says that Drew Cummings is on trial for distribution of Schedule 4 drugs. When asked which ones by Detective Stabler, she says "Vicodin, Percocet, Oxycontin, you name it..." Vicodin was a Schedule 3 drug, recently rescheduled to Schedule 2. Percocet and Oxycontin, the main ingredient for both being oxycodone, have always been Schedule 2. Schedule 4 drugs are drugs like Xanax and Phentermine, less addictive with lower legal penalties for distribution.
Character mistake: When Casey is talking to Rebecca Balthus about Jennifer's defense, Balthus claims that Jennifer is innocent and intends to prove it. While she can present a defense, Balthus is not required to prove anything: the burden of proof lies solely on Casey; Jennifer possesses what is called the presumption of innocence, the basic principle that she is considered innocent until it's proven she's guilty.
Character mistake: The fetus' blood type was AB and the mother had a known type of A. So Dr. Wong said the Father had to be type B which is not completely true. The father could also be type AB as long as he had a single chromosomal copy of the B allele, which any doctor would know. During meiosis only half your genetic DNA is passed on to the offspring.
Revealing mistake: Near the end of the show where Liv elbows Stuckey you see a stunt double, then when he falls in a split second he's replaced with a dummy.
Character mistake: When Munch and Finn visit victim's apartment, Munch states that the glass in the broken window is tempered, The glass is not tempered but more likely laminated wire glass; due to he fact that the glass is still intact and the child had to use wire cutters to get out.
Factual error: The episode took a lot of liberties to further the plot when Amelia Albers was arrested by the Coast Guard in ADA Barba's office. While the story mentioned a real controversial military pamphlet on how victims should respond to a sexual assault, at the time the episode took place the military was under a massive investigation over sexual assaults by Washington, was being publicly criticized for a lack of assault victim support, and had a bill going through Congress to make it easier for victims to report their attackers. There is no way any military prosecutor would have been given clearance to charge Amelia with adultery or fraternization while the men she was accused of sleeping with were charged with gang-raping her. Doing so would bring a lot of unwanted bad press as well as a congressional investigation on the Coast Guard that would almost certainly want to know why they are attempting to cover up a rape by charging the victim instead, especially when the rape victim was an admiral's daughter.
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Visible crew/equipment: A white reflector screen is reflected on Munch's sunglasses when he is questioning the housekeeper.
Other mistake: Guest star Eric Stoltz is credited as Eric Stolitz.
Continuity mistake: When Stabler steps out to confront Tarzi, there is a long, brown brick wall to Tarzi's right. Tarzi then turns and runs across the street and is followed by Fin. Munch steps out and yells "halt!" There is another shot of Tarzi and he stops again. Right before he is tackled by Fin, behind him, to his right, is the same brick wall as before even though he crossed the street and ran down the block.
Character mistake: At the end of the episode, Abby Carmichael says that professor Rousseau will be convicted of three class-A felonies, with a term of a year each. According to NY state laws, three class-A felonies would lead to the death penalty; Abby meant to say three class-A misdemeanors.
Continuity mistake: Munch and Cassidy are at an S&M shop and are about to leave. Munch grabs Cassidy by his upper left arm. Cut to the next shot and he's now grabbing onto Cassidy by the shoulder.
Deliberate mistake: When James is shot on the courthouse steps, the crowd of reporters that has gathered quickly scatters to escape the gunfire. One of them is a woman in a black windbreaker holding a camera. The camera cuts away briefly and then back to the crowd - you see the exact same people, including the woman in black running in the exact opposite direction as before. The footage was apparently mirrored and repeated for the second shot of the fleeing crowd.
Factual error: Season 9 episode 18 (TRADE): The scene where Pierson Bartlett is on the stand, he pulls a spoon out of his jacket. This would never be allowed. He wouldn't get through the metal detector with any metal that could be used as a weapon. He would either have to take it back to his car, or leave it at the security desk.
Factual error: Season 11, episode 2 ("Sugar"). When tracing the "Master Baiter" the detective says she can't trace the subject because "the HTML code is scrambled". There is no such thing as scrambled HTML, and on top of that HTML can never give away any information about a subject's location. Also, she can't get his IP address because it constantly changes. Yet, she does know from what exact wifi-spot he connected. If you get random IP-addresses, for instance by using random proxy servers, you can't pinpoint a location (which was of course why he used this technique).
Continuity mistake: Season 11, Episode 3 "Solitary": When Donovan pushes Stabler off the roof, Stabler is standing with his back facing the parapet and goes straight over. However, when he's shown on the roof below after he's landed, he's turned almost a full 90 degrees and is lying parallel to the building.


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A total of 106 countries make up the GFP ranked list.
Going beyond military equipment totals and perceived fighting strength is the actual manpower that drives a given military. Wars of attrition favor those with more.
Total Population: 6,482,081
Available Manpower: 3,285,575
Fit for Service: 2,823,692
Reaching Military Age Annually: 142,994]
Active Frontline Personnel: 110,700
Active Reserve Personnel: 65,000
Tank value includes Main Battle Tanks, light tanks and tank destroyers, either wheeled or tracked. AFV value includes Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) and Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs).
Tanks: 1,321
Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFVs): 4,600
Self-Propelled Guns (SPGs): 461
Towed-Artillery: 72
Multiple-Launch Rocket Systems (MLRSs): 88
Includes both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft from all branches of service. All aircraft types accounted (UAVs, gunships, special mission, naval/carrier, trainers, etc).
Total Aircraft: 246
Fighters/Interceptors: 74
Fixed-Wing Attack Aircraft: 42
Transport Aircraft: 87
Trainer Aircraft: 49
Helicopters: 107
Attack Helicopters: 24
Aircraft Carrier value does not include dedicated "helicopter carrier" vessels. Total naval strength includes all known auxiliaries as well.
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Aircraft Carriers: 0
Frigates: 0
Destroyers: 0
Corvettes: 0
Submarines: 0
Coastal Defense Craft: 27
Mine Warfare: 0
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Oil Production: 165 bbl/day
Oil Consumption: 100,000 bbl/day]
Proven Oil Reserves: 1,000,000 bbl/day
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Merchant Marine Strength: 12]
Major Ports and Terminals: 1
Roadway Coverage: 7,891
Railway Coverage: 507
Serviceable Airports: 18
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Defense Budget: $1,500,000,000
External Debt: $19,670,000,000
Reserves of Foreign Exchange and Gold: $8,829,000,000
Purchasing Power Parity: $38,240,000,000
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Coastline: 26 km
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Uh, would that be "ass-hat" for short?+3
I miss being a young boy back in the 50′s and 60′s when we had toy guns like that. I wonder if it came with Greenie stick em caps! Pretty cool stuff. And Roy Rogers is still one of the best in my book. Thanks.+8
I want one of those cute little guns – but for real. I bet it could make a cute little hole in someone's head.
I would use it only for defense against a mugger. Really.+6
If I had that I'd tip my hat to every Libtard.+7
Happy Trails to you Roy. I remember when Roy died in 1998. The scumbag Clinton was out there lying to everyone who would listen. I thought how sad it was that a truly good and decent man like Roy Rogers passed away and a despicable man like Clinton was still walking the Earth.
Times have surely changed.+4
Anyone besides me remember the Fanner 50′s. Pretty cool little toy revolver. Had one when I was a kid. And what's the name of that little deringer that was on a belt that shot toy bullets when you stuck your belly out or swung your hips, can't remember. And no kid I ever knew was ever killed by a toy gun. And certainly not by a picture of a gun or a tank, airplane etc. etc. And we all had toy guns, BB guns, pocket knives (how else can you play Mumbly Peg on the school grounds during recess), sling shots etc. Too bad all the fun has been taken out of little boys.+7
I could have taken that to school when I was kid and everybody would be envious, probably including the teacher. Today it would get you arrested and expelled.
What have we done?+8
Yes aardvark, I had one. Mine was silver with staghorn grips. I had the holster rig with leg tie. Also recall greenie stickums. You could put more than one on the brass "cartridges"to get a bigger bang. I also remember 6-shooters that used roll caps.
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We had a gun range in the school basement. Do schools still have gun ranges?+3
Yes I remember the Man From Uncle secret agent attache case.+4
So glad I was the youngest and only girl with brothers many years older.
Cap guns, BB guns, playing army or cowboys and indians — what a life!+6
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Eyewitnesses and local people say more than 100 civilians, many of them women and children, were killed in the attack.
US officials say only three civilians were killed along with 25 Taliban fighters.
General Jalandar Shah Behnam, the head of the corps for western Afghanistan, and commando major Abdul Jabar, were fired for "negligence and concealing facts," a presidential decree issued on Sunday read.
"In the tragic air strike and irresponsible and imprecise military operation in Azizabad village in Shindand district, more than 89 of our innocent countrymen, including women and children, were martyred," the statement read.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr, reporting from Kabul, said that the two men had been summoned to the capital to be questioned by the defence ministry."Karzai has been under a lot of pressure, he has lost a lot of support among the local population as a result of these air strikes," she said.The president has regularly appealed to the US and Nato-led forces to take more care to prevent civilian casualties amid warnings that such incidents are sapping the goodwill of the Afghan people.
The United Nations has reported that 255 of nearly 700 civilian deaths in fighting in Afghanistan this year have been caused by Afghan and US-led international troops.Conflicting accountsThe chief of police in the western Herat province of Afghanistan told Al Jazeera on Sunday that 95 civilians had actually died. The interior ministry has originally put the death toll from Friday's attacks at 76, including about 50 children and 19 women.
About 15 houses destroyed in the raids belonged to men who worked as security guards at an airstrip used by international troops about 120km south of the city of Herat, locals said.Angry villagers and relatives of the victims staged a demonstration on Saturday, torching a police van, overturning a delivery lorry and carrying banners that read "Death to America"."[The area] is calm now. We're investigating the incident," General Mohammad Zahir Azimi, a defence ministry spokesman, said.
"Our initial investigation shows that scores of civilians have been killed. The tragedy is much more serious than we had initially thought," he said.
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