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Stanners, good luck with the busy day and house move. First nativity memories will stick like your IM finish .I cried like a baby at both
Did swim session #4 this morning again bang on 50 mins . 2,500m straight swim takes me just under 45 minutes so the same distance with drill sets and x sec breaks adds the time on. Much of the middle portion of these sessions is faster than a normal straight swim so I do think you get a good work out. So far I'm sticking with the schedule. A very optimistic part of me wants to get my IM swim down close to 1hr but I would take 65mins now if offered.
My challenge is being arsed to get on the bike. I'm just not looking too far through the schedule at the moment and taking each session as it comes.
Enjoy the cold weather everyone!
Must admit I'm quite liking the feeling of virtue with this exercise before work business. 1/2 run this morning was great - love running in the cold, and so peaceful at that time
I'm doing 3 swim sessions cos I'm so slow, and because I know I'll find it difficult to find the extra time for the third session later on ... can't do all the drills in an hour, but am doing more than the 'Just Get Round' sessions, so I guess that'll be ok
i'm also doing 3 swim sessions for the same reason. Have Spinning and body pump tonight.
I'm enjoying the morning sess once i'm doing them, but the getting out of bed bit is really hard.
I take my hat of to you managin 3 swim sessions already, there is just no way I could fit that into a week at the moment. Thankfully things usually calm down after Christmas.
I am not well and my mother is not goiod at all so been there all morning sorting her out.so today has become my rest day.....I think you have to flexible with these things and listen to your body
Hope you get better soon Seren.
24 mile on the bike this afternoon, bike fit is starting to feel comfy in the tri position, hopefully will be able to build the time I can stay there soon.
Swimming later, first swim for a couple of weeks, will bw nice to get back in the pool.
evening all - apologies for joining the party late, have had no internet connection all week grrrrrrr . sorted now though.
I've been messing around with the Fink programme for a good few weeks now, looking at how its going to fit into my work/family schedule so I'll be repeating weeks 3 and 4 until it catches up with me on 7th Jan as I'm away on hols for the first week of Jan so will get limited time to train.
Swimming is currently at 2500 metres per hour and want to improve on that so i'll be looking into the swim drills rather than 'zombie swimming' which is what i've been doing up until now. Swim days vary depending on where i am work-wise but am still fitting in 2-3 sessions a week.
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Does anyone else just lose count when the'yre trying to do the intervals of 125m then 175 etc I found myself getting so confused and ended up stopping even trying to count how many sets I did this morning haha
oh and also Fink trys to trick you into doing 3000m on your second swim!
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I do wish you lot would stop sounding so great - still not 100% and resisting "testing"
Will test at the weekend on the TT
I'm away for Christmas (both sets of parents) so have a plan. Next week will be swim and bike, the week after running.
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Helps with the lap counting. I hit every 50m which means it will count laps for up to 5000m and give splits for every lap when finished. Rarely bother to scroll through but at the end gives total time, average time, fastest split with rep and time, slowest split with rep and time.
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Fink Swim session 5 tonight 2500m + 400 for fun, 53 minutes.
Like OC says the swimming does get easier.
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early swim session scuppered by icy weather - it;s like Siberia up here today and pretty dangerous on the roads! am going to see if it melts a bit by lunchtime and go then instead. also got a 1 hour run planned for later this afternoon - altho suspect i'll need to be wearing running spikes to stay upright!
1hr swim and 30 min turbo done yesterday followed by 30 min run this morning.
45 minute run commute for me today.
HRM packed up so not sure how close to Z2 I stayed. Especially in light of the gale of a headwind and the fact that I hadnt got to bed until 1.30am following last night's xmas party at which I definitely 'over-hydrated'.
Agreed length counting in swim sets can be a nightmare. I concentrate on an element of my stroke and then suddenly forget whether I'm on length 3 or 5. Ive decided to always assume the worst i.e. swim longer rather than shorter. Another bit of mental strength training banked for when you really need it.
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During the school year, I try to empower my students to make their own decisions and form their own opinions. I begin with a unit I call, "Question Authority." Students investigate all kinds of authorities, including government, media, and history. It's a powerful unit that leaves kids shocked ("Food labels can say fat-free even if there's fat in the food?"), disappointed ("Those models in the magazine are all Photoshopped?"), and angry ("We imprisoned people just because of their ethnic heritage?"). They learn to develop a critical lens with which to question the reality they once blindly accepted.
When a student finally gathers the courage to question me, I respond with one of my favorite sayings from Buddha: "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." I want students to begin questioning the information that is presented to them, no matter who presents it. That's where things get tricky.
As I recite my favorite saying, I think of the parents who complained that our school district was closed on one of the Jewish holidays because "Who cares about the Jews?" I think of the parents who refused to let their children participate in lessons on factory farming or who demanded that we remove the movie Supersize Me from our curriculum because it puts McDonalds in a bad light. One parent refused to let her child be taught about slavery from a white teacher. Another parent even accused us of pushing Obama's liberal agenda because we read an article about a little boy who preferred pink to blue. "Stop trying to teach diversity!" she shouted.
These parents have complained to the principal, the superintendent, and the board of education. I call it fighting for ignorance, but intolerant parents are powerful obstacles to teaching tolerance. So are other forces that are largely beyond the control of a teacher, like friends, music and the media.
For a little while after students question me, I believe that I have opened minds and shined a bright light into our collective darkness. Then a parent writes me a note that her child can't work in a group with Franco because Franco is a special-needs child who will lower the group's grade. Then Lena comes in to class limping because someone on Facebook declared that it was "Kick a Ginger Day," and her vivid red hair made her an easy target. The parents of the kids who kicked her say it's all in good fun.
I used to believe that the shining light of Truth would always prevail. I believed that once a person was confronted with an irrefutable fact, he would have no choice but to assimilate that information into his worldview. What I realize now is that I'll always be struggling against other viewpoints, no matter how irrational some of them are. My students are still kids, after all, and their worldview is still forming. My goal is to offer them all sides of an issue so that they can assemble their own ideas and opinions.
While I may not be able to change a family that embraces intolerance or convert society at large, I can shine a light. I can empower a student to question the authority of what he's being told. In the act of questioning, he is already brightening the darkness.
Sofen is a middle school writing teacher in Sparta, N.J.
Readers: We'd like to know—how do you counter the intolerant attitudes that students pick up outside the classroom?
Overcoming Intolerance Learned at Home
Wow…so where to begin? I'll start with the last question posed: Readers: We'd like to know—how do you counter the intolerant attitudes that students pick up outside the classroom?
How about, let's start with the "intolerant attitudes" students will be picking up in the classroom! How do we as parents counter that? Not only do students have a right to form their own opinions, but so do their parents. It seems to me that perhaps you, Ms. Sofen, are confused as to just what tolerance actually looks like. It goes both ways; yet you exhibit a lack of tolerance towards anyone who doesn't agree with you. Oddly, tolerance can only be offered to those who you would disagree with. That's what tolerance is.
I find all of your examples of "terrible intolerant parents" frankly, unbelievable. They are all "likely" stories. But if you do meet such parents, remember that they have every right to feel the way they do—even if you disagree. Where's your tolerance? It is altogether reasonable that a parent may not like that her child is being held back by a special needs student, for example. Where's your tolerance? It is also perfectly reasonable that a parent may not agree with your lessons teaching their child about moral issues. Where's your tolerance?
You aren't really trying to teach tolerance or diversity. You are imposing your worldview as correct, while others (those with whom you disagree) are "in the dark," "fighting for ignorance," and "powerful obstacles" opposing your agenda. You must be an amazing teacher…such a beacon of light with all the facts, while we as parents are complaining, intolerant ignoramuses?
I'm all for presenting students with "all sides" of any issue…as long as you aren't thumbing your nose at the sides you disagree with—shining your light only on the side that meets with your approval. It isn't your job to form my child's worldview with your bias', thank you anyway. Ironically, in your attempt to teach tolerance, you are actually teaching intolerance.
Ms. Sofen, may I be so bold as to assume that maybe I can shine a little light for you? I am sure you are aware of the old adage "Actions speak louder than Words?" My advice would be to lead by example. I hope you don't speak as intolerantly in the classroom as you did in your article. If you want to teach your students tolerance, then demonstrate tolerance.
I believe that children
I believe that children should have their own opinion and views on things as well. Children are not born to be prejudice, they are taught to be prejudice by mostly their families. It is sad to this and this is why there needs to be more teachers out there to show and teach students that they can be their own person and believe what they want to believe. In the same retrospect, it is hard for teachers to do this because we need to respect parent's wishes but it does not hurt to have a lesson here or there to help children realize that they have their own opinions and beliefs; not just what their parent's tell them what to believe in.
Buddha: "Believe nothing, no
Buddha: "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." THIS IS A GREAT LESSON I WISH ALL TEACHERS IN ALL SCHOOLS WOULD SHARE WITH ALL STUDENTS. WEE REALLY NEED TO STOP BRAIN WASHING OUR YOUTH AND START TEACHING THEM TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES
I wonder if it would be
I wonder if it would be surprising to you, Ms. Sofen, to know how intolerant your article reads to a conservative-minded parent. I share with you the desire to teach children to think for themselves and raise them not to always take things they see or hear at face value. This includes things that they learn from their teachers at school.
Yet, I do not believe that teachers and parents are equals. You, as a teacher, do not have an equal right or responsibility for shaping the values of MY young child, and certainly do not have the right to insert yourself between parent and child. Believing that it falls upon the educational system to develop the "right" kind of thinking in our children means embracing a profound undermining of parental authority. It is something to which I strongly object.
I see a progressive, leftwing agenda in almost every example you cited, and you have called parents like me, who hold a different point of view from yours, "ignorant," "irrational," and "intolerant." Were my student to be in your classroom, I would be hard-pressed to decide whether to request a less ideologically-blinded teacher, or to use you as a daily debriefing example of the ways our educational system has sadly become corrupted by a very distinct leftwing political agenda.
Lori, it seems to me that
Lori, it seems to me that teaching a child to think critically is neither left nor right winged. It is simply teaching them to use logical thinking and sound argument to make their own decisions. I consider myself conservative BUT I do teach my children to read food labels beyond the colorful claims on the front of a box. I do teach them to be fair and open minded when they hear the opinions of others but also to understand the source when they are fed information that sounds "to good to be true." I do not think Mrs. Sofen called all parents "ignoranr,""irrational," and "intolerant." But there is no doubt in MY mind that some of these parents are just those things. This country was founded on principles of equality and tolerance. That is neither right nor left, it is the American Way.
Perhaps if you gave us some specific example of teaching that you disagree with?
The ability to seek and find
The ability to seek and find the truth depends mostly, if not entirely, on asking questions of everything until you are satisfied that there are no more questions to ask. I myself have often replied to people who ask me about my religious convictions that I have asked every question of my beliefs that I can think of and that my confidence comes from having never stopped asking until I was certain that I had exhausted my ability to find answers. It is critical, absolutely critical, that this attitude towards information be taught to students for I find that far too many of them these days are depressingly willing to accept broad generalizations on faith because it pleases their existing biases. I think, however, that there is a trap built into a teacher pushing students to ask these questions, especially when the maturity of those students is still developing. In fine, there is a great risk that the teacher will push their students to question authority, not because their beliefs are harmful or ignorant but because the teacher believes those beliefs to be harmful or ignorant.
There is little harm, for example, in a student believing in God but strictly speaking, the belief is unscientific. There is little doubt that a teacher should push their students to question racist, ignorant, or otherwise malicious beliefs but what if a teacher also believed that students have a duty to question beliefs that are unscientific? It seems to me that a teacher demanding that a student question their belief in God is wholly improper because the belief in and of itself is not harmful to the student or others. Now, if the student believes that God wants "fags" to be killed because they're sinning, that's quite a bit different and a teacher ought to encourage them to question such a conviction... but believing that God wants you to kill people isn't the same as a belief in God.
It is, I believe, also arguable that it is the job of a teacher to push a student to question a belief that may upset or offend the teacher but is not harmful to others. Returning to the perspective of some religions on homosexuality, there is no question that the conviction of some religions that homosexuality is wrong and sinful is quite offensive, especially to students who are homosexual or unsure of their sexuality. I believe that this situation may call for a lesson in the appropriate time and place for sharing beliefs but is it really the teacher's job to push a student to question such a belief, especially if the belief does not extend to harmful action? Ultimately, is it the role of the teacher to go beyond teaching students to seek truth and start pushing them to look for the truths that satisfy the teacher's own biases and intellectual preferences? I believe it is not and thus, I believe that it is very much the role of the teacher to question themselves mercilessly and teach in full consciousness of their own beliefs and prejudices. I also believe that they should take great care to guide their students towards a lifetime of practicing an open mind and a thirst for what is true instead of a thirst for only the truths that appeal to the teacher. It is not for a teacher to fill a vessel but, rather, to teach that vessel how to fill itself.
The first year that I moved
The first year that I moved into the Sacramento area, I took a position in a large school district, in a neighborhood that was riddled with gang problems, unemployment, and violence. After the first two months or so of school, I stopped asking the kids what they did over the weekend because it was so horrifying to hear about weekly drive-by shootings, drunken parents, gang violence, and other similar topics. I was appalled that these shootings never even made it into the paper, and quickly realized that it was because they were considered the norm and even expected. The population was predominantly black, and unfortunately within law enforcement, school districts, and many other organizations, there exists a different standard / expectation when it comes to Americans who are black than exists for Americans from other races. As an aside, I use the word "black" instead of "African-American" because that is how my students and their families referred to themselves in regards to race, and I respectfully follow their lead in how they prefer to name their ethnicity.
I state "there exists a different standard / expectation when it comes to blacks", because things like drive-by shootings every single weekend would not be tolerated in another neighborhood. (I want to clarify that I am referring to how others view blacks as a group, not how they view themselves.) Why is it allowed to continue in this predominately black neighborhood? And why are crime rates so high and poverty so high in some neighborhoods, often referred to as ghettos, which are overwhelmingly and disproportionately black? While certainly blame must be laid at the feet of those involved in crimes, isn't our society as a whole doing something wrong when this pattern recurs across generations, cities, and states?
Individuals within institutions such as school districts make polices, such as crafting boundary lines for individual schools, which play into the problem. An example of how insidious the thinking is in regards to certain groups of people is perhaps best exemplified by a single line in the "psych report" of one of my students (I am a special education teacher, and all students with IEP's have a report compiled by a school psychologist as part of their initial or continuing qualification for special education services). In a section discussing the students' behavior and socialization skills, the psychologist noted that this particular child "Has an abnormal reaction to the sound of gunshots – running inside".
Really? Gunshots are so common-place in this neighborhood that even the school psychologist has determined what comprises a "normal reaction" and an "abnormal reaction"? I don't know about everyone else, but I would probably run inside if I heard gunshots near my house. And so the effects of racism trickles down into the classroom before a child even opens his or her mouth to state their view, or to repeat what they have learned at home.
In the beginning, I faced racism at that school on a daily basis. Some of the families I worked with had a deep distrust of me because I am "white". This was often echoed in the voices of the children in these families, who would innocently say things like "My Uncle's in jail because that cop was white". When I asked the child what had happened, they would tell me things like "My uncle, he had a gun, and he robbed this liquor store", and went on to state that he was in jail because "that white cop who don't like black folk took him to jail". And so these kids spend their childhood, while at home, hearing tales of how "white folk" put "black folk" in jail, and completely miss a lesson on personal responsibility and consequences for ones' actions, such as jail time for armed robbery.
I hoped to create a bridge of understanding based on shared commonalities between races, to help tear down the mistrust based on the color of one's skin. I really was not sure how to do so, but knew that we had to talk about it. One day I opened up to the students and told them that I felt really bad about something, and that I did not know how to solve a problem. They eagerly asked me what was wrong, their good hearted nature and desire to help others shining through. I let them know that I was sad to hear them talking about people based on the persons' race all the time. I asked them how they might feel if I called them "the black kid" or "the Hispanic kid" or "the white kid" instead of simply calling them students. None of them liked the idea. I shared with them that while many of them had talked about times they felt they had been treated badly by someone who was white, I had not heard stories of times they were treated kindly. Most of them responded with things like "That's because white folk don't like black folk". One student pointed out that "Suzie", the only child in class who was white, did indeed like them, and was usually nice to everyone. (To which Suzie responded by insisting she was black, which was really very funny because she was so light-skinned she was almost translucent, had hair so blond that it was nearly white, and the lightest blue eyes I've ever seen).
I asked the kids who they felt was a big hero, who made life better for "black people" in particular, but all people in general. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks were the two answers that I got. I agreed that these people were very brave, and helped bring about some very important changes to society. I asked them if they knew that many people helped MLK and Parks, including white people. Many of the students did not believe me, and I had to find books about MLK and Parks that included photos. I pointed out that there were white people to be found at rallies supporting equality, and white people sitting at lunch counters during "sit-in's". I asked the children if they thought MLK wanted people to be considered as equals, if he thought whites were better than blacks, or if he thought blacks were better than whites. While they all knew he thought people should be treated equally, they had not previously tied that into their own thinking about race. Many of them exclaimed in great surprise "my momma never told me that!" (In regard to whites and blacks working together for equality with MLK and Parks).
The little girl, "Suzie", who I mentioned earlier, continued to tell everyone that she was black as the school year went on. At the start of the year, the kids would get angry and reply "No your not – your white" and a classroom argument would often take over instruction for a while. Towards the end of the year, upon hearing her once again state she was black, I asked the kids if perhaps they could think of her as being "honorary black". They asked what this meant, and I pointed out that sometimes a big University gives someone an "honorary degree", meaning that even though the person did not go to school there, the person did so many good things for society that the University is honoring their good work by giving them an honorary degree. I pointed out that "Suzie" did many nice things for the class, and that she was a friend to everyone in the class. I shared that I did not know why it was important to Suzie that she be considered black, but that perhaps they could allow her to say this without arguing with her, and consider her "honorary black'. The kids all greed to this happily, and Suzie never felt the need to tell the class again that she was black.
I moved on from that school to a school much closer to my home, in a neighborhood where my personal safety was not daily at stake. I continue to hold discussions about racism. It is not always easy, and you will not always have administrative support or parental support. Yet we have to continue down the right path, or we will not be living up to our jobs as teachers. Education of young minds is entrusted to us, and if education does not include ones' moral compass, we are lost.
Ps… One of my favorite quotes is "Racism is just human cruelty looking for a place to land", which I think is by Juliette Fairley. I loved the Buddha quote from an earlier posting.
Your article was refreshing
Your article was refreshing and rejuvenating! I am a school counselor at a middle school and am sometimes overwhelmed with the intolerance and the ignorance I see being taught at home and unfortunately sometimes reiterated in schools.
Thank you for reminding us it's all about sparking that light in a child. Trying to fight the entire darkness of intolerance is where we become exhausted and drained, but lighting one small light in a child is where we renew our energy and strength and ultimately teach tolerance.
Thank you.
Thank you. I was fortunate to
Thank you.
I was fortunate to have a few teacher's like you in the early 80's. It made all the difference.
I was raised by a father who was radically anti-semitic, racist and militant. School was a haven of logic and freedom. Few of my teacher's knew the true depth of insanity in my home. Those teachers who showed me a path to tolerance were my heroes. I would choose my husband on whether he was tolerant and embracing of ideas. We are married 18 years later.
I now live in one of the most ethnically and racially diverse neighborhoods possible. I am so fortunate that I have known and loved a broad range of people because I could loose the fear of anyone who is different. My husband and I work with kids through several organizations and tolerance is always a subtext.
Don't underestimate the impact of what you do. It is a struggle, sometimes teachers even put themselves in peril. I am the person I am today because they put forth that effort.
Again, Thank you.
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Thank you, Kara. You give me hope.


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The council's Personnel Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at the city building, and council member Sharon Lynch, who chairs the committee, said the clerk position will be a topic of discussion.
"Quite frankly, I don't think it's been discussed enough to see whether it should remain part-time or be full-time," she said. "Some of the duties of that position aren't there anymore. At one time that position was in charge of city elections, and now the city elections have been moved with the general elections. At one time it issued permits, but that's been moved to the finance department.
City Clerk Connie Shaffer began working for Parkersburg in 1972, and took her current position in 1979. In 2011, she retired but agreed to remain part-time until after a new council could be elected in 2012. The new council took office this month.
Shaffer declined to say whether she would remain in the position.
"I will wait and see what the committee decides," she said.
"That decision hasn't been made yet," said council President Jim Reed. "We will have some meetings with the personnel committee, see what recommendation they bring back. If that is the consensus of the council that they want a full-time city clerk, that is what we will do.
"Also, Connie's wishes too will be considered," he said. "She certainly brings a lot of knowledge to the position."
Mayor Bob Newell said he has been working for the past several years to reduce and combine positions with the city. The clerk is the sole employee of the council, and Newell said he would encourage council members to assess the position.
"If they can make due with a part-time city clerk, I certainly would encourage them to do that," he said.
Lynch said she hopes to have a decision soon, but added more time might be needed.
"What I would like to do is get a decision this time" at the committee meeting, she said. "If there is a lot of discussion we might not be able to. I think that is something everyone should have some input into."
Lynch said any decision needs to be reached sooner rather than later.
"That is something that really should be decided before we go into the budgeting process," she said.


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> > On 10.11.08 04:11, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote:
> >> Well, i don't care. I accept the emails passed by DKIM, anyway..
> Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> > so you intentionally create false negatives just because they are DKIM
> > signed?
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> My answer is "Yes" if i should say. Because of the spam case is the
> concern of the hosting, not DKIM. Yahoo and Google are trying for the
> such spam case.
> Let's get serious. If you had reading specs of RFC4408 and RFC4871, you
> know the role of both SPF and DKIM. Exactly both SPF and DKIM are tools
> for anti-pishing, not anti-spam (at here i defined the term "SPAM" as
> "UCE"). Sometimes we received the spam passed DKIM from Yahoo and
> Google. However. We have no way to stop the such spam in this time.
> Because stopping the such spam is not DKIM's scope.
I _know_ the scope of SPF and DKIM. They both don't say that mail is ham or
the spam, they only say if it's forged:
- if it's forged, it's likely to be spam.
That's why many people reject mail that (hardly) fails SPF (and maybe DKIM).
- if it's not forged, we do not know anything about it.
That's why the SPF_PASS and DKIM_VERIFIED scores are nearly zero by default.
Spammers use SPF, maybe they (will) use DKIM, but the last fact above makes
us safe not to trust any mail that passes SPF/DKIM checks.
What you are doing, is that you (as I repeat) intentionally make all
DKIM-signed spams pass, so spammers using DKIM will pass your system unless
they get ~50 points from other rules.
> So what we says "DKIM is bad" is wasting times for the spam passed DKIM
> from Yahoo and Google. As same step, we cannot say "SPF is bad". We need
> to talk more about this issue.
I have never said that DKIM or SPF is bad. I said that scores for them
passing are and should be (nearly) zero.
Giving them that big negative (well... low) score is just stupid.
I strongly advise you to remove that customisation and let other rules do
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Man it's been a crazy week hanging out with Tyrese Gibson and Team MAYHEM! We got to hang out with Oscar-winning director Guillermo Del Toro and discussed things like...(oops I can't say), but don't worry, you'll find out soon enough. Tyrese and Guillermo really hit it off and Guillermo is a stong supporter of MAYHEM!...
As for Guillermo's midnight book signing at Meltdown comics...the man caused a 4-hour line outside that went on forever! I've never seen anything like that in my life (he's like the Beatles or Jackson 5). Guillermo signed every book and spoke with every person, and is one of the kindest people you will ever meet.
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We also hit up the video game convention E3, which was exhausting. And a Twitter party at a place called "MY HOUSE" (that's the real name of the club), which was so off the chain they had to calm it down because it was too many people (I thought I saw PRINCE but I was too far away).
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If a low barrier to entry is one sign of a healthy scene, the emergence of the Bay Area's latest dance company, Dance Theatre of San Francisco, brings very good tidings. Founded a few months ago by former San Francisco Opera dancer Annabelle Henry, DTSF takes its maiden voyage at ODC Theater on Oct. 12-13 with "Debut," a program featuring premieres by four Bay Area choreographers.
Not yet 30, Henry brings youthful energy, boundless generosity, and relevant experience to the herculean task of creating a new company from the ground up. She already played an essential role in launching the Napoles Ballet Company, which focuses on the work of Cuban choreographer Luis Mariano Napoles.
While dancing with Napoles she also served as general manager from the company's conception in 2007 until "that sort of fizzled out," she says, when Napoles decided to focus on earning his bachelor's degree with St. Mary's College's LEAP Program for professional dancers.
"I was thinking, 'What am I going to be doing?'" she added. "Being a dancer in the community, I've known a lot of choreographers who don't have an outlet. It's difficult and expensive to present their work. What if we came together in a company created to do just that." Most dance companies are founded by charismatic choreographers looking for a vehicle to express their particular vision, a la Martha Graham, Michael Smuin or Alonzo King. Henry brings a more ecumenical approach, working with some regular contributors while steadily recruiting work for new choreographers.
"We'll have resident choreographers, but the point is to bring in different choreographers every season," she says. "When you have one choreographer, it can be hard. If the choreographer is getting burnt out, the company is in trouble. I wanted to work with different people so everything is fresh all the time, and the audience gets to see a varied repertoire. And it's fun for the dancers to work in different styles. As a dancer, it makes you stronger."
For "Debut," she approached two artists she knew well through their teaching at LINES Ballet, former San Francisco Ballet dancer Erik Wagner and former Paris Opera Ballet dancer Sandrine Cassini, as well as Zhukov Dance Theatre's Marcos Vedoveto, with whom she's danced for several years.
The fourth, Lesa Dusich, "is the mother of one of our dancers, and she's quite jazz-based, so it's a really mixed program. We've got a modern piece from Erik. Marcos is doing a very theatrical piece with a clear story line, and Sandrine's is a beautiful contemporary ballet."
Without holding auditions she attracted a company of 11 respected dancers who seem fully sold on her mission, including Ismael Acosta and Jamielyn Duggan, who have both made a vivid impression as members of Amy Seiwart's Imagery. Like Henry, who wears three hats as the company's executive director, artistic adviser, and dancer ("I love dancing, and I'm also cheap," she says. "I don't have to pay myself."), many of the DTSF cast are contributing in various ways, making costumes, calling in favors for a photo shoot and raising funds.
"It feels like we're all in this together," says Henry, who has managed to raise $30,000. "I feel really great about what we're doing here. I'm trying to help the dance community in general, providing dancers an opportunity to work."
Dance Theatre of San Francisco presents "Debut" Oct. 11 and 12 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 13 at 2 and 7 p.m. at ODC Theater, 3153 17th St., San Francisco, $27/$30, 415-863-9834, www.odctheater.org.
SMUIN'S NEW PROGRAM: Smuin Ballet kicks off its 20th anniversary season at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Oct. 4-12 with its fall program "XXtremes." A highlight is the Bay Area premiere of Nederlands Dans Theater's Jirí Kylián's acclaimed "Return to a Strange Land," set to solo piano pieces by Leoš Janácek. The company also reprises "Dear Miss Cline," a piece by Smuin choreographer-in-residence Amy Seiwert, set to the music of Patsy Cline. A planned revival of late company founder Michael Smuin's "Carmina Burana," set to the cantata by Carl Orff, has been presented with a legal challenge that had not been resolved by press time. Oct. 4-12, Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon St., San Francisco, $25-$72, 415-912-1899, www.smuinballet.org. "XXtremes" repeats in March in Walnut Creek, Mountain View and Carmel.
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Harris discussed the task force at a news conference after her first two-hour meeting with 11 district attorneys and Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck.
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Coroner's officials this morning identified one of the four victims shot and killed during a rampage Friday in Santa Monica as a 68-year-old West Los Angeles man.
The Los Angeles County Coroner's Department said Carlos Navarro Franco, 68, was in a sport-utility vehicle when he was shot by the gunman, who later died during a gun battle with law enforcement at Santa Monica College.
The other three victims and the gunman have not been identified.
Five additional victims, all women, who were wounded in the attacks, had either been treated and released from hospitals, or were still hospitalized.
Three of them had been treated and released from UCLA Santa Monica either Friday afternoon or evening, hospital officials said.
A woman underwent surgery for a bullet wound at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Friday evening and remained in critical condition. Another woman was listed in fair condition. A third woman who was taken to the Westwood hospital died after arrival.
The shooter, described as a 25 to 30-year-old man wearing all black and a bulletproof vest, allegedly shot his brother and father at 2036 Yorkshire Ave. shortly before noon, officials said. The victims were found in the burning home, about a mile from the college campus.
Listings show the owner of the home is Samir Zawahri, 55, but coroner's officials did not confirm whether that is one of the victims' identities. The violence continued down Pico Boulevard, with police receiving reports of a
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ART is forecast to deliver fiscal 2013 revenue of 120 million Australian dollars (US$111 million), and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, or Ebitda, of A$8.9 million. At a multiple of five times, the business is expected to fetch around A$45 million.
Sydney-based advisory firm TMT Partners has been appointed to handle the sale, and a flyer has been circulated to potential buyers.
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Activist Investors To Keep Boards Honest?
Directors could be kept on their toes if agitating shareholders and debtholders become a recurring fixture in Australia in 2012.
They'll follow the footsteps of Spotless Group shareholders, who are currently pressing its board to entertain a A$711.4 million offer from private equity outfit Pacific Equity Partners.
Nomura's Australian head of mergers & acquisitions Grant Chamberlain recalls the last time the domestic market was exposed to vocal institutional shareholders was in 2006 and 2007 on the belief boards were recommending offers below fair value, such as in the case of Qantas, APN News & Media and FlightCentre.
"I believe companies that have previously received approaches could again attract trade buyers or private equity interest as their attraction as targets still remains; they're just trading at lower levels," Mr. Chamberlain told Deal Journal Australia.
He said any boards with a bid on the table could be on the receiving end of shareholder opposition if they were quick to reject bids.
Perpetual, Boom Logistics, Transfield Services, Tassal Group and Treasury Wine Estates are listed companies which have previously attracted interest from the likes of UGL, KKR & Co., PEP, Cerberus Capital Management and Archer Capital.
Mr. Chamberlain added that it was not yet clear whether investors would need to follow through threats to requisition general meetings to replace directors as threats alone could be enough.
Greenhill Caliburn's head of debt refinancing and restructuring Sylvia Wiggins told Deal Journal Australia it was a complex balancing act for directors who owe their duty to the company as a whole – including its shareholders, lenders, clients, suppliers and regulators– not the individual agitator.
"Their role is to preserve and create value but they also need to make sure their value proposition is understood by stakeholders so they have a leg to stand on if an agitator comes along and their value message is something they should be consistently communicating to the market," Ms. Wiggins said, acknowledging that having a running start to defending value would be easier than from a standing start.
Ever-vocal Orbis Investment Management managing director Simon Marais – who pledged his Spotless stake to PEP in a pre-bid arrangement — agreed that the funds management industry would continue its push to keep boards' decisions "reasonable".
"Management need to recognize we're managing the money of pensioners…every dollar taken out is a dollar less to their retirement," he told Deal Journal Australia. Mr. Marais added that if compensation didn't match performance, questions from investors would be raised.
Companies like Nine Entertainment Co. which have refinancing due in the near term could find themselves the target of agitating debtholders as traditional lenders withdraw from the market and sell positions in the secondary market.
"As we have seen in some recent Australian restructurings, U.S. hedge funds are bringing U.S. bankruptcy concepts to our shores, with strategies like credit bids and they are showing the amount of pressure they're prepared to put boards under to make something happen," Ms. Wiggins said.
Moelis & Co. managing director Chris Wyke believes an elevated amount of secondary debt could trade this year due to the combination of a tough operating environment and the challenges of companies to refinance due to hardened debt markets.
"The risk is a liquidity crunch turns into something more credit-based and companies with debt maturing will either need to push out debt expiry or diversify their sources of funding to avoid tripping on covenants," he told Deal Journal Australia.
Mr. Wyke said that when debt starts trading, it often results in a restructuring situation becoming active and large amounts of debt can change hands in a short time, resulting in options such as debt to equity conversions.
He suggested that Australia's general retail sector – both in private equity hands and listed companies – could be subject to such situations in 2012.
Moelis advised hedge funds involved in change of control transactions in Alinta Energy and Centro Properties Group, and is currently advising similar parties with senior debt in Nine Entertainment.
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Philadelphia Authorities on the Look Out for Swiss Cheese Masturbator
Authorities in Philadelphia are currently on the lookout for a man who has been suspected of harassing women from his car, by requesting that they masturbate him with a block of Swiss cheese. I can only assume that he provides his own cheese, as the odds of finding a willing "Swiss Miss" with that specific dairy product in her purse are slim to none. Then again, who knows what's at the bottom of those things. Also, cruising Wisconsin instead of Philadelphia may be a better, more fruitful option...I don't know, I'm just here to help.
Several women have filed complaints to the po-po regarding the curd-jerker, as one relvealed a message she alledgedly recieved on OKCupid from him:
"I started to compare girls to cheese due to their milky complections, girls are soft, smooth feeling and tend to like dairy products more. That and typical advertising, always using a girl to advertise dairy products. So cheese is what I started to use as a replacement for having sex with girls."
Sure, yeah, no...that makes perfect sense. "I expose myself to women and ask them to 'cheese me off' because they have milky skin and are in ads about cheese sometimes." God! to be a women on OKCupid...luckies!


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Muvic Toolbar Description
The Muvic Toolbar is a browser add-on that claims to have features for enhancing your Web browser, but actually amounts to little more than a browser hijacker that takes over your homepage and your Web searches without your consent. Often installed through bundles that hide its presence, the Muvic Toolbar promotes the Web-searching services of Snap.do search engine in a series of browser hijacks reminiscent to similar attacks from the Conduit and Ask.com toolbar families. Snap.do isn't categorized as threatening or misleading in its search results, but, despite that, removing the Muvic Toolbar still is encouraged for keeping your browser at an optimal level of security.
Just a Snap.do Away from Choosing a Search Site….
One of the lesser known of toolbars that are unlikely to be encountered on the Web by themselves, the Muvic Toolbar is promoted as a search assistant, but actually, the Muvic Toolbar has few to no benefits for your browser. The main function and purpose in the Muvic Toolbar is in its browser modifications, which reset your homepage and default search engine for multiple browsers. These changes are enacted for the purpose of redirecting as much traffic as possible to Snap.do, a search engine that malware analysts have examined and grudgingly found to be safe.
Despite its safety as a search site, Snap.do doesn't appear to have extended that same care to how the toolbars promoting its searches are distributed.
Some basic ways to protect your computer from sources likely to install the Muvic Toolbar without asking you whether you're interested in the Muvic Toolbar or not include:
- Avoiding downloads offered by advertisements.
- Avoiding freeware or shareware sites with histories of promoting Potentially Unwanted Programs, including other toolbars similar to the Muvic Toolbar.
- Keeping all programs, particularly your browser, up-to-date. This reduces the presence of vulnerabilities that could be used to install a Muvic Toolbar or other software (including high-level PC threats like Sirefef) onto your computer.
A Humble Finale to the Muvic Toolbar's Browser Interference
Even though the site promoted by the Muvic Toolbar is not an immediate hazard to your PC, malware researchers never see anything good come from toolbars that determine what sites you should load on their own. Deleting the Muvic Toolbar and the browser changes that come with the Muvic Toolbar usually should utilize a trusted brand of anti-malware product, which has the best chance of preventing any future redirects to Snap.do from leftover components of a Muvic Toolbar's installation.
However, none of these precautions are necessary if you can practice safe Web-browsing habits that keep the Muvic Toolbar off of your computer entirely. Since the Muvic Toolbar's distribution model is especially likely to emphasize software bundles, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers remind all readers that what you think you're downloading isn't always what you're getting in the end – and that avoiding unsafe freeware sites can go a long way for keeping your computer unburdened by unwanted add-ons.
Muvic Toolbar Automatic Detection Tool (Recommended)
Is your PC infected with Muvic Toolbar? To safely & quickly detect Muvic Toolbar we highly recommend you run the malware scanner listed below.
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Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
- The following files were created in the system:
# File Name Detection Count 1 Installer.exe 7
Registry Modifications
Tutorial: To edit and delete registry entries manually, read the tutorial on how to remove malicious registry entries.
Tip & Warning: Editing and removing the wrong registry keys can severely damage your PC, so remember to backup your Windows Registry! To optimize your Windows Registry and speed up your PC, download RegHunter's registry cleaner.
Tip & Warning: Editing and removing the wrong registry keys can severely damage your PC, so remember to backup your Windows Registry! To optimize your Windows Registry and speed up your PC, download RegHunter's registry cleaner.
- The following newly produced Registry Values are:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}{ae811299-5eeb-4513-addf-5d5467ba2e8a}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Installer\Features\3E719748B38680A4C8BEBF4BC62A87A5Software\Microsoft\Installer\Products\3E719748B38680A4C8BEBF4BC62A87A5Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION, value: Muvic.exeSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Lrcnta_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Muvic_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Muvic_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\srptm_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\srptm_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\Lrcnta_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\Lrcnta_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\Muvic_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\Muvic_RASMANCS
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Threat Metric
The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
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DIEGO MAGDALENO vs. ALEJANDRO PEREZ
Also fighting: Casey Ramos vs. Georgi Kevlishvili, eight rounds, junior lightweights
Rating the card: B+. Both televised bouts feature talented prospects against tough, live opponents in what will likely be two entertaining fights. This is what ShoBox is all about.
Prediction: Magdaleno wins a competitive unanimous decision.
PAWEL WOLAK vs. DELVIN RODRIGUEZ
Also fighting: Raymond Serrano vs. Daniel Sostre, 10 rounds, welterweights
Rating the card: B+. Wolak, THE RING's No. 8-rated junior middleweight, is an all-action fighter who will probably be extended by Rodriguez in a competitive fight.
Prediction: Wolak by late stoppage.
JAYSON VELEZ vs. CARLOS VALCARCEL
Also fighting: Eddie Gomez vs. Jonuel Tapia, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Rating the card: B-. Velez is in tough. If he can decisively beat Varcarcel, he's worth keeping an eye on.
Prediction: Velez by close decision.
JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ vs. LIKAR RAMOS
Also fighting: Roman Gonzalez vs. Omar Salado, 12 rounds, junior flyweights; Rafael Marquez vs. Eduardo Beceril, 10 rounds, featherweights
Rating the card: B+. The Marquez brothers and Gonzalez aren't in with killers, but they aren't fighting bums, either. (Well, maybe "Rafa" is.) This is a decent show considering that it's headlined by an arguably all-time great fighter and also features his hall-of-fame-bound younger brother as well as one of the most talented lighter-weight fighters in the sport.
Prediction: Marquez scores a mid-to-late-round stoppage in a good fight.


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MARTINEZ -- Terry Clark knew something was wrong when she heard the crunch of her youngest son's toy tank beneath her tires.
Clark had told the boys to stay in the yard while she gave the cable guy a jump. Sometimes, 4-year-old Brendan would lie in the driveway and let his tank roll downhill.
"What did I just hit?" she called out to an elderly couple walking nearby.
"They looked back and just started screaming."
The front, passenger-side tire of Clark's Honda Pilot had rolled over Brendan's head, fracturing his skull in five places. He endured four brain surgeries and spent almost four months in the hospital.
But since that horrible June day, Brendan has made what one of his doctors calls a "miraculous" comeback. He acts like a normal 4-year-old, despite a shunt in his brain and partial blindness in his right eye.
Brendan still faces a long recovery.
What had been a quiet June morning erupted into chaos as police, firefighters and paramedics swarmed the Vista Way house. A helicopter landed in the park across the street to carry Brendan to Children's Hospital Oakland, where he would spend the next six weeks in intensive care.
Clark, her arms covered in blood that had poured from Brendan's mouth and nose, was given a sobriety test. Police impounded her car.
"This one police officer saw me start to freak out. He put his fist in my back and said you need to hold on for your son," she said. "The entire experience, I kept hearing what he said to me in my mind over and over -- hold it together, hold it together."
Brendan stopped breathing on the way to the hospital. In a severe coma when he arrived, Brendan suffered brain hemorrhages and abdominal injuries, said Dr. Christine Aguilar, pediatric rehabilitation specialist.
The odds of survival weren't good; doctors told Clark to expect the worst.
"I didn't think for a minute that he was going to die," she said.
Over the next four months, Clark spent 18 hours a day at the hospital. At Brendan's bedside, Clark and her sister, Tracy Clark, anxiously watched the number on the monitor registering his brain pressure. Ten is normal, Clark said, but Brendan's sometimes climbed as high as 30. The sisters talked to him and read him books. Tracy Clark sang "You Are My Sunshine" over and over. She believes their soothing voices brought the pressure down.
On Aug. 8, doctors transferred Brendan to the rehab unit at Children's, a move that brought fresh hope and heartache. He was still in a coma at the time and when he woke up he was agitated, unable to speak and suffered seizures, Aguilar said. With intense speech, physical and occupational therapy, Brendan learned how to eat again. Soon he was saying full sentences, stringing beads and, with help, walking on a low balance beam.
"He continued a steady recovery. Often kids recover and plateau ... he improved steadily. He really made a miraculous recovery," Aguilar said.
But when doctors started weaning him off the powerful painkillers, withdrawal hit him hard. Brendan would kick his legs, shudder violently, sometimes scream.
"It would bring me to tears for sure; it was really hard to watch him go through that," said Clark, 42.
Brendan was released from the hospital in mid-October. As soon as they got home, he headed straight to the swing and slide in the backyard. He rediscovered toys he'd forgotten. Although 6-year-old Gavin treated his brother gingerly at first, Clark said they're already back to fighting over toys.
"I'm very grateful that my son survived this tragedy, and his full recovery will be a long haul," said Paul Flaherty, the boys' father.
Brendan is rebuilding his strength after so many weeks spent in a hospital bed. Thursday was his first day in the special preschool program where he will receive more developmental therapy.
"He's almost the exact same kid he was before. He has memories of everything he did before the accident," Clark said. "He likes to jump and run, he's friendly and talkative."
Aguilar said that recovery from a severe brain injury can take years and behavior problems can develop. Brendan will need therapy and counseling for a long time, she said.
Clark, who works in the intellectual property division at Chevron, said her health insurance covered most of Brendan's major medical expenses -- the tab for the neurosurgeries alone was $1.3 million. Still, bills for therapy session co-pays and medication are piling up.
Hair stylist Clark Russell is holding a fundraiser at his Lafayette salon Sunday for the family.
"She's such a loving, big-hearted person with so much life. When you see someone like her go through pain, you just want to help," he said of Clark, who has been a client for a decade.
Sometimes, Clark thinks about how Brendan likely would have died if she hadn't heard the tank shatter. At first, she blamed herself for the accident.
"At the same time, I had no way of knowing that he was even there. I kind of stopped blaming myself, but in the beginning I did," she said. "It's really humiliating to be known as the person who ran over her own child."
Charges were never filed against Clark, who realizes some people still may judge her harshly.
"But it's a positive story. This is someone who survived an impossible accident. He is an incredible little boy."
Contact Lisa P. White at 925-943-8011.
fundraiser for Brendan flaherty
When: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday
Where: Clark Russell Salon, 3400 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 3, Lafayette
Details: Tickets $10. Event includes food, live entertainment, door prizes, raffle.


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The House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
Character Role Analysis
El Patrón
El Patrón, the original Matteo Alacrán, is a very tricky character. There are definitely moments where he's likable, even kind. But the sad fact is he's driven by power and greed, and that makes him villain number one. He likes making people around him miserable, and he'll do anything to get what he wants, no matter who he steps on, hurts, or kills. He's a dangerous dictator, and Matt must escape him in order to come into his own. While this novel features lots of bad guys, El Patrón is the supervillain of the story – the one who causes the most problems and poses the strongest threat to our protagonist and his friends.


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Leg cramp is a condition where a muscle of the leg suddenly gets contracted and the person affected feels a sharp shooting pain which lasts for few minutes. Though cramp is not a serious health issue but it is certainly very painful. Leg cramps are commonly considered to be a symptom of magnesium and calcium deficiency and an imbalance of calcium and phosphorous.
Anyone can have leg cramps, but elderly people are most affected by this condition. Some of the other underlying causes that are held responsible for leg cramps include dehydration, weak muscles, muscle fatigue due to overexertion, fluid imbalance, low blood supply and nerve abnormalities.
There are some effective home remedies to get rid of leg cramps that often strike at inappropriate times like while playing sports, while dancing or during swimming and can even wake you up from a deep sleep. The most common muscles that get affected by leg cramps are hamstrings, calf and quadriceps. The following home remedies can provide relief from leg cramps and prevent its frequent occurrence by curing the root cause of the problem.
Home Remedies for Leg Cramps
Immediate Relief
The moment leg cramps occur, rub the area quickly for immediate relief. Also try to stretch your leg towards the ceiling and then downward if you are on the bed. Repeat this process a number of times.After stretching, keep your leg in the same position for some time. If you are in standing position, push your heel towards the floor and bend the toes in upward direction. You can also try to walk around with the cramped leg. Soon the cramp will be gone.
Bed Time Measures
Taking a hot shower at bed time and drinking a glass of warm milk are few simple remedies that you can follow to get relief from leg cramps. Hot shower bath will relax the strained muscles and improve your blood circulation. In the same way, milk will help to maintain proper mineral balance, make your muscles flexible and prevent cramps.
To prevent leg cramps, massaging your legs, especially the part where you often experience leg cramps, with essential oils like eucalyptus oil, lavender oil or rosemary oil can be very helpful.After massaging, wrapping your leg with a warm towel will stop the recurrence of leg cramps.
Chamomile Tea
Prepare chamomile tea by boiling a cup of water and add two to three teaspoons of chamomile flower or chamomile powder in it. Allow the flowers to steep for few minutes, strain and add a teaspoon of honey in the tea and drink when it is still warm. Drink chamomile tea three-four times a day for 10-15 days. Drinking chamomile tea will help to cure the problem of leg cramps from the root by treating the triggers like electrolytic imbalance, poor blood circulation and weak muscle that causes leg cramps. Red raspberry tea can also help to cure the problem of leg cramps as it works in the same way as chamomile tea.
Abundant Water Intake
Drink adequate water throughout the day to keep your body hydrated. Dehydration often leads to muscle cramping.
Simple At Home Exercises
For getting relief from leg cramps, pull your toes upwards towards your knee caps. Slowly put weight on the leg with the cramp and try to walk. Another way is to stand on your heels on the floor and try to lift the toes upwards. If you are lying on your bed, lie down straight on your back, face the roof and stretch your legs. Remain in the same position as long as you can. Practicing these exercises will gradually cure the occurrence of leg cramps.