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Are you meeting your goals? PB can be very high-carb, it is just low-toxin.
Juice, however, has a way of dumping sugar into you way faster than real fruit.
Yikes! I just added up the daily sugar I eat from my unsweetened grapefruit juice, apple, frozen strawberries and yogurt. It is almost 80 grams. (I'm not sure if I should be including the 9 grams from yogurt?). On triglycerides.com they say to limit sugar to 50 grams daily. Should I cut back on my fruit intake?
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Are you meeting your goals? PB can be very high-carb, it is just low-toxin.
Juice, however, has a way of dumping sugar into you way faster than real fruit.
I would say you should cut back. I know others will jump on my case for that. We live in such a sugar-saturated culture that I think it is valuable to go for a period of time doing things completely opposite. It's worth it to see what happens to you to eat more fat and protein, less sugar. In my case, I was restored to a health and vitality I have never had before. Good luck to you.
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Depends on your goals? Are you overweight? If so, I would ditch the juice and keep the whole fruit.
Using low lectin/nightshade free primal to control autoimmune arthritis. (And lost 50 lbs along the way )
It also depends as on your medical situation -- I say that as you throw in a site called triglycerides.com -- which seems to imply yours are high.
If there are medical problems involved, I'd suggest you should discuss the matter with your doctor.
As for how carbohydrate consumption might vary with one's goals and needs, see Mark's Primal Blueprint Carbohydrate Curve:
How many carbs should I eat each day? | Mark's Daily Apple
On the question, "should you include the sugar in your yoghurt?" --
... Yes, you should ... if you want to calculate a figure for total carbohydrate consumption for a day, that is. Such a figure would include the sugars and starches in all foods you consume. However, some carbohydrate calculators include all carbohydrate that's present in a foodstuff, and chemically that includes fiber, which, as you know, is indigestible, so the figure may come out a bit higher than it actually is.
On the question, "should you cut back on your fruit intake?" --
... That's entirely up to you. As I say, that depends on your medical situation (which I'm obviously not privy to), your particular goals and needs, and your personal judgment.
What I'd suggest you might think of doing is swapping out fruit juice for fruit. To be honest one might almost as well drink glucose solution as orange juice, since, being in liquid form and unimpeded by the need to break down the food, the sugar can get into your bloodstream really fast. Moreover, it's easy to over-consume where juice is concerned, since it would have to be a pretty small glass to be only the equivalent of a single piece of fruit.
I tried to check the glycemic index of grapefruit juice (since you mention that) and of grapefruit itself online. I found figures, but I don't know whether they're reliable, and unfortunately they come from different sources.
Harvard University says grapefruit has a glycemic index of 25:
Glycemic index and glycemic load for 100+ foods - Harvard Health Publications
But the South Beach Diet claims grapefruit juice has a glycemic index of 48:
Glycemic Index Food Chart
For comparison Coca Cola has a GI of 63.
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I would say you are better to eat the fruit than drink the juice.
Eating primal is not a diet, it is a way of life.
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Yes you should cut back. How often do you fast?
I am 63, 5'8" and weigh 145 lbs. I have been on a vigorous exercise program and have lost 20 lbs since my last physical in Dec 2011. For years I had been on a super low fat high carb diet (except for frequent ice cream and cookie binges) and my trigs had increased from 66 to 140. Also, I had been eating huge quantities of vanilla non-fat yogurt which I now realize is loaded with sugar. No wonder my trigs were up. My TC and LDL have been elevated for my entire life at 240 and 160 respectively. HDL is 52. BP is 100/65 and at rest pulse is 50-55. My doc has been trying to get me on statins for years. I am trying to educate myself on the causes of CVD and improve my diet. I just found out about this forum and PB a few weeks ago. I have already made some big changes but still do not understand some of the basics. Eg, Robb Wolf says no dairy, but folks here seem to say dairy is ok. I have eliminated all grains except for 1/4 c of uncooked steel cut oats every morning. I will ditch them too after I my current stash is gone.


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Mark Sisson is low carb, so take it for what you will... Heh.
I'm just reading a book and it said something that made me wonder about the primal diet (which I love by the way). The book says...
"On a low carb diet the muscles feel flat and shrink in size due to the fact that the glycogen (the carbs that are stored inside the muscle cell and make the muscles look firm) gets depleted".
Would you say the primal diet is low carb? And if so what are peoples experiences with regards to their muscle growth and look? When I ate primal for a few weeks I lose weight but I became concerned because I felt like my chest was starting to lose muscle and my biceps were getting smaller. My concern with the primal way of eating is that eating low carb means I might end up ripped but my muscles won't be very big. Could anyone help me out?
Mark Sisson is low carb, so take it for what you will... Heh.
I know "this one fella" on here that keeps spouting that exact same line! He musta read the same book and took it to heart. If we are discussing pure aesthetics my understanding is that body builders perform the keto part of their cycle (cut) and then also dehydrate just before shows. This is to get that "ripped" look.
Far as it goes....I feel and look bloated on higher carb. But, thats just my personal experience. Water retention is easily manipulated (eat carbs for 1 day and inflate if you like), so I see no reason to walk around in a bloated state. I'd think that if you need to bloat your muscles with water for them to look the way you want, maybe you just need to build more muscle.
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Thanks for your responses
I agree, Mark does look awesome. Was looking at pictures on the facebook group of him earlier dude is a beast for any age let alone 50!
Thanks Neckhammer. That line is in quite a popular mens fitness product. It just made me concerned that if I ate primal my biceps and chest would look small and have no "pump" so to speak. I spoke to a personal trainer who said carbs help shuttle the protein into muscles which also helps build muscle more. I'm just concerned that you can't build muscle properly on this eating plan. I don't want to be a bodybuilder, but I don't want to look skinny either.
Low carbs will dehydrate the muscles and the body will keep less water. If you are pretty lean, around 15 % of bodyfat and below you will look "flat and fat" when the body drop water. You will also get a higher persentage of bodyfat on an electronic devise due to water normally count as a component of "muscle" and fat not! Yes it's a dieters paradox, you drop 10 lbs of water and look fatter, and also get a higher bodyfat number, but this can easily be restored overnight by eating carbs...
They may look smaller because there is less fat laid over them Primal isnt necessarily low carb unless you are working on fat loss or don't handle carbs well like me.
I'm a female and I don't do any structured working out, although I do a lot of physical labor in my work and I'll do pushups and stuff when I think about it, I do really push myself when I do them but I don't do them often. I'm working on one armed pushups which I can go about halfway down. Anyway, my point was that even being a girl, I have pretty big muscles on low carb.
Well, there is a lot of conflicting info out there. Quite simply to produce muscle simply eat more. Its easy to put on muscle while eating a lot. The difficult thing is when your trying to lose fat and put on muscle at the same time.
So on days I lift I eat more. On days I don't I eat less. Tell your trainer that protein comes with its own insulin spike to shuttle it into the muscles . That said strategic use of starch post workout (just add a potato to your meal) is generally used by those trying to put on weight/muscle.
For glycogen just look at how intensely and how long you perform your exercise. I do a high intensity resistance workout that takes 15 minutes with little to no rest between compound lifts with high weights and low reps. That probably burns up about 30g of glycogen max. So one extra potato that day after working out would be enough to replenish. I don't bother with the post work out carbs because I only do this 2x/week giving my body 72+ hours to replenish with my normal eating pattern.
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I need more stats. Height, weight, age, activity level, % body fat?
PRIMAL IS NOT LOW CARB. We only think it's low carb because SAD is so freakin' high carb. The truly low carb people are meatitarians who eat no veggies whatsoever.
Eat sweet potatoes and your muscles will firm up again. If you start gaining fat, then you're eating more carbs than you need. Cut down on sweet potatoes. The End.
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The other day while driving in town behind a rather s-l-o-w driver, the driver in back of me thought I was the cause for holding up the flow of the traffic line. I could tell by the way he was riding my bumper! But to his surprise, (when I turned quickly down another street not wanting to wait for the slow driver either) he still was forced to wait some more. I really couldn't help but smile.
Beloved, God is unlike us, and really doesn't mind waiting. His love is steadfast, enduring and patient and His love is right now for you. God's love is ever present and although He desires all to know Him, He does not rush your decisions but continues to wait for you, even when the wait can seem long.
What is our response to this now kind of love? Today if you will hear His voice, harden not your hearts. Today is the day of salvation. Today is the day to give your all to Him. We love Him because He first loved us.
God's Word says that He came to give us life abundantly (John 10:10) that is right now and it continues on until He takes us home with Him. That doesn't mean that we will never have any trials or face any hardships, but it means that the abundance the Lord provides is His grace upon our lives to come through every circumstance of life. The now kind of Love promises to supply all that we need.
Right now beloved. Thanks be unto God who leads us in triumph in Christ and through us His fragrance can permeate any sphere where it seems foul or unpleasant bringing beauty. To Him who is able to do exceedingly far abundantly above all we can ask or think according to the power within us! The now love of God is above and beyond any of our human expectations. Now there is no need to wait another second longer. To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy, to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.
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When you curl your toes, it corrects the pronation, it pulls your knees back over your toes (where it needs to be), and firms up your step.
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On the strength of six strikeouts, Niese went nine strong innings Thursday and allowed one hit in nine innings en route to an 3-0 victory for the Mets. Just a few hours after New York was two-hit in the early leg of the doubleheader, Niese clamped a scrappy Padres offense that touched up Mets ace Johan Santana earlier on the day, ensuring that any run support would be good enough.
Padres centerfielder Chris Denorfia hit a double to lead off the third inning, the only hit Niese allowed in a commanding start in front of 28,072 here at Citi Field.
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Colin Coates is poised to extend his Crusaders contract and set about catapulting the club into the JJB Sports Irish Cup final.
The Crues skipper is now ready for battle again after breaking his collarbone against Glentoran at the Oval nearly eight weeks ago.
Now the centre-back is hoping to run out at the Newry Showgrounds on Saturday for a league encounter and then lead his side out for the glamour cup semi-final date with Institute at the Ballymena Showgrounds on April 4.
"I haven't signed the new deal yet which will keep me at Crusaders for the next two seasons but there has been a verbal agreement and I will not go back on my word," said the 23-year-old. "I heard that Linfield were interested in me but I never felt in my heart that I was going anywhere. There is no reason to leave the Crues and I have always felt that a league title at Seaview is worth perhaps four won at Windsor Park.
"Martin Donnelly's decision to sign a new two-year deal helped me make up my mind to stay put and I share the ambition of the manager (Stephen Baxter) and everyone at the club. Once the contract is put in front of me I will sign it. I don't believe we are that far away from challenging for a league title. With another one or two players we would give Linfield and Glentoran a much stronger challenge."
The immediate target occupying Coates' mind is returning to the first team, particularly with the cup semi-final showdown looming.
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Yes, this is clear evidence that over 70 million people are indeed morons.
Sorry, not to be yet another of my hate rants, but I just can't stand the fact that Thais think that medicine is some fucking super juice that makes you feel better. Just earlier I caught our maid "under orders from my wife" giving my 11-month old baby paracetamol syrup. The cough shit was alright (though not entirely), as he had been coughing, but he's NEVER had a temperature. Thais think that just coz he feels a bit warm, he's got a fever. Fucking morons don't know what a fucking thermometer is for (and I even bought a goddamn digital one). I guess they're too pea-brained to wait a minute for the thing to start beeping? Perhaps I should get the one-second thing then.
Anyways, so I call my wife and ask her how long this has been going on. Fortunately it was just the other day, but still... only hell knows how much they've been giving him and how often. I REMIND my wife what the fuck paracetamol does to the liver, ESPECIALLY at such a young age (ie: as much as possible you SHOULDN'T feed a baby ANY medicine if it's not really needed)... And tell her to go fucking google about why and how humans get fevers in the first place (hint: it the body's own fucking defense system kicking in). She seems totally uninterested and wants to hang up right away.
When will this fucking country start teaching its robots that medicine can infuckingfact be BAD and HORRIBLE if misused? When will Thais wake up to this fact?
Yes, this is clear evidence that over 70 million people are indeed morons.
Ps. It's not that I'm not trying to be around my baby as much as I can either. I get home from work as soon as I can just so I can attend to my kids MYSELF (because another thing I learned is that sometimes -- or most times, it's beat to look after things by yourself because TV, cellphones etc. Tend to distract Thais easily). I got in a lotta shit w my Thai family for being so "jai rai" in the sense that when my 3-year old got food poisoning, I personally managed his intake of foods (and medicine) until he recovered. So unthoughtful of me to take charge and bar them from giving him all kinds of shit laced with preservatives and sugar (all this while he had diarrhea). And yeah they wonder why jai rai farang doesn't let his poor son eat normal solids when he's crapping and puking his brains out.
I have nothing but attention for my kids.
Well, that, and the fact that a few weeks ago there were a couple dozen kids sent to hospital because they overdosed on cough pills sold to them by some shmucks in their school looking for a quick buck. The kids were told the pills can make them invincible... The sheer number of suckers who signed up for it outlines just how inept this country's health and education system is.
But it's examples like this that remind us of what we already know.
It's a rant Animaster.
I certainly hear where you're coming from.
My advice would be to tell your wife in no uncertain terms that the child is not to take any medicine until you have given it your okay.
That way it's going to be better for both the child's health and your own.
I've said it a hundred times and I'll say it again.
In Asia individual life is worth shit. Unless you've got big money or your in a position of influence.
Ignore that fact at your own peril.
Put your foot down firmly and fly right.
Good luckj with the little fella.'
Don't get down in the mud with pigs. You just get dirty and the pig likes it.
Oh man.. You are SO right on all points (first, yea, it is a rant. :P )... They'd only listen if I were about a couple million baht richer...
I have told her in the past that they should out all medicine before me. This time she apparently decided to take it upon herself. Not nice of her to do that. I guess she realised the only way she was going to get my son to take the medicine was if she DIDN'T let me know. I'll have a talk w her again about this.
Sometimes she doesn't take me seriously when it comes to raising the kids. I've told her the story of how my dad raised all 10 (out of 12) of us and NONE of us ever had to be stuck on a hospital (as compared to us having to take our kids to the damned place every now and then). Sure, my dad was a surgeon, but all of his methods were simple and without the use of so many drugs.
Well, thanks. I'll heed your caution well!
^Hell, no. How could it be that?
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his _________ depends upon his not understanding it!"
Sorry, I had just a moment to respond.
I'll flesh out my response now. I'm not saying that you are wrong, I'm just saying that you're going about it the wrong way. My guess is that most of your family are a bit 'munsai' about your behaviour, to the point that they are ignoring you. You need to step back, repair the situation with your wife by showing her that you are not trying to usurp her role as mother, then get her to put the rest of the family in line. Going all dictatorial and "Put your foot down firmly and fly right (sic)" is just going to breed resentment, which is what you don't need if you expect to have them help raise the child.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be. - TJ
the biggest problem in your tableau of travails i think, is your conflict with being the underachieving child of overachieving parents. someone probably deliberately married down, not out of love, but more likely to spite his own parents, to avoid marrying an 'equal' and the attendant insecurities that would bring, and, maybe not initially but certainly now, to feel infinitely superior to ignorant country folk and act out the arrogance that one hoped would so tidily conceal the humiliation one has laboured under for god knows how long, what with being the child of a surgeon and all.
if you spent a tenth of the energy you spend on being bossy and enraged and hateful and superior, if you spent just that much, toward learning to communicate,(of which you presently show no indication of having even an elementary understanding) and another tenth learning how culture and individual psychology make all people, not just white people, what they are, and maybe another tenth resolving the deadly psychological conflict that is leading to your imminent demise from heart attack or aneurysm, and making the lives of your current family members a misery, then maybe i could sympathize with your very real problem.
but as it stands, you're just the ordinary, ineffective prick you always feared you were.
^ I don't get it Kitty. What do you read into his rant that I don't see? He is a father who is concerned about his kid. In many instances the conflict between Thai and western culture is a battle between knowledge and ignorance. He shouldn't be derided because he fell in love with this girl. It's the village and family dominance in decision making that is the problem - not his attitude.
what is so not ignorant about marrying and having kids with someone belonging to another culture that you haven't spent a second trying to understand apart from declaring, noting, and repeating how fucking stupid and robotic and inferior they are? maybe i am missing something. don't you think if he took the time to learn to communicate across the cultural gulf that his knowledge would stand much more chance of being accepted?
i don't know how diplomatically i can say it, so bear with me if it comes out too offensively, but too many western people in general do not feel it necessary or worthwhile to understand the people they become intimately involved with, because their trust in manifest destiny makes such considerations moot, and the underlying belief is that these 'inferior' cultures will simply withdraw and give way like the tide in the face of such generous enlightenment.
to wit:
the fact that Thais think that
Thais think that just coz
Fucking morons
I guess they're too pea-brained
tell her to go fucking google about why
She seems totally uninterested and wants to hang up right away
When will this fucking country start teaching its robots
When will Thais wake up to this fact?
tend to distract Thais easily
and i did mention, i do see it is a very big problem, and a very disturbing one at that. but there will be no resolution forthcoming with the preconceptions and ignorance of his own processes that is compounding everything. alone he will not change a thing, and alone he will be with it until he get past the warped place he is looking out from.


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Barisal: A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling of her room at Gazirchar in Wazirpur upazila on Monday
The deceased was identified as Sharmin Aktar, a class-VII student of Gazirchar High School and daughter of Abul Hossain Shikdar, a resident of the same village.
Quoting family members, police said Sharmin's mother rebuked her as she did not want to go to school to take her terminal examination in the morning.
Then Sharmin went to her room and hanged herself with the ceiling at about 9:30 am.
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My mom, Jeanne, is the strongest person I know. She was 1st diagnosed when I was pregnant with my second child. When I was at the hospital in labor, she was in more pain than me! She had her surgery a couple of weeks later and that is when it was diagnosed as stage 4. She recovered well and started chemotherapy. It was very hard on her. She had a treatment every 3 weeks and could not keep anything down the first 1 1/2 weeks after every treatment. She came through with flying colors. We give the credit to her strong will and a great oncologist for getting her through all of this. He calls her his walking miracle and we all agree.
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Thank you for sharing that. My Mom is stage 3 and undergoing chemo now, this is the first round of 6 cycles, we are hoping that this round might be the only one. She was diagnosed last November, but originally we were told all she had was uterine cancer. Nobody knew about the ovarian until her hysterectomy. Originally, the surgeon thought it was uterine cancer that spread, but no. She refused chemo for months, until just last month, after being so uncomfortable from the little nodules that had been growing.
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ANCHORAGE - Bolstered by relatively calm seas, a salvage team continued fuel removal efforts Thursday from the wrecked Selendang Ayu off the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutians.
Working in 5-foot seas, salvage crews pumped leftover sludge from one tank and were "drilling very slowly" to reach a lower fuel oil tank, Coast Guard officials said. Crews plan to tackle that tank today, when conditions are expected to slightly improve, said Petty Officer Thomas McKenzie.
Federal wildlife officials also announced the release of dozens of orange floats to replicate the drift pattern of more than 350 birds found dead since the Malaysia-flagged freighter ran aground and broke apart Dec. 8, causing a major fuel spill.
Salvage crews had collected more than 10,000 gallons of fuel oil from the grounded soybean freighter as of Wednesday, McKenzie said. Crews first pumped out more than 3,000 gallons of diesel and water from the stern section of the 738-foot vessel Monday.
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MILLVILLE — An opportunity to secure $1.5 million in state funding for the proposed Cumberland County College Arts and Business Innovation Center is no longer available, according to city officials.
Commission will vote to table the enabling ordinance at its Dec. 17 meeting, instead of going to a public hearing and second approval.
"We have just found out the last two days that there's not going to be an availability at this time of Chapter 12 money through the state," explained Don Ayres, executive director for the Millville Urban Redevelopment Corporation (MURC), on Friday.
MURC has worked on plans for the Arts and Business Innovation Center for more than a year, hoping to create an anchor of economic development on the northern half of High Street. The center would be home to Cumberland County College's arts program — along with business education classes and retail space.
The construction of the 30,000-square-foot facility depended largely on $1.5 million in state funding, which Millville would have to match with $750,000 in local funds.
An ordinance that outlined a 10-year period of payments for the city was approved 3-1 on Dec. 3; however, the state funding is no longer available for the project.
"It's a disappointment, that's for sure," Ayres said.
The $7 million facility would be created with a mixture of private investors and public funding. The original plan was for $3 million to be covered by state-provided Chapter 12 bonds — half of which the county was responsible for and the other half the city was responsible for.
According to Ayres, MURC is currently looking for other ways to close the $1.5 million funding gap — from seeking other private investors to adding additional bonding possibilities.
"That's the way projects go," Ayres said. "You have to keep moving forward."
Although the city's Chapter 12 funding was unavailable, the Cumberland County Board of Chosen Freeholders still has its $1.5 million bonded from the Chapter 12 program that was already approved for education purposes.
Joseph Derella, freeholder director, explained that the county freeholders, MURC and the Cumberland County Improvement Authority are working together on the issue.
"That project has slowly been moving forward to identify other funding services," Derella said. "It was through that an additional Chapter 12 bond would help, but those sources at this time currently became unavailable for the upcoming year."
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Electricity industry executives have revealed they exercise 'self-restraint' rather than exploit temporary opportunities to charge very high prices on the wholesale electricity spot market, as occurred during last Saturday's maintenance outage on the national grid.
The outage, which was signalled to the electricity market well in advance, saw prices leap to between $19,000 and $20,000 per megawatt hour between 10 a.m. and about 5 p.m., a period when the only generator with spare capacity to the affected part of the upper North Island was Genesis Energy.
The action appears to be a high-stakes bid by Genesis to force other generators to take seriously its determination to stop running the ageing Huntly power station at a loss during periods of electricity shortage.
The 1,000 megawatt station acts as a national backstop for security of supply, but Genesis chief executive Albert Brantley has accused the industry of "immaturity" because of its unwillingness to manage the risk of high spot prices by seeking hedge contracts through Genesis.
The action has prompted three formal complaints to the Electricity Authority from MightyRiverPower, Meridian Energy and Meridian subsidiary Powershop, all alleging the period constituted an "undesirable trading situation" and should be unwound.
Both Meridian and MRP speculated that smaller electricity retailers may be forced to dump customers or could fail if the prices charged on Saturday were allowed to stand.
MRP says the brief period of super prices could wipe $25 million off the company's full-year profit, while Meridian's general manager of markets and production, Neal Barclay, said Genesis's behaviour was at odds with the way other generators acted when similarly advantageous situations occurred.
"The sort of transmission constraints which were taken advantage of by Genesis are a common occurrence," Barclay said in his submission to the EA. "Other generators in this position have not acted in the same way."
"The likely reason for self-restraint is the risk that such behaviour could jeopardise the market as a whole," he said. "If the Electricity Authority does not act in this situation, it may set a $20,000MWh benchmark as the new norm for such situations."
However, Genesis's general manager of corporate affairs, Malcolm Alexander, said he was unaware of any "standard market practice" relating to pricing during transmission outages.
Genesis had clearly signalled ahead of time where it expected prices to go, but had been unable to sell any hedge contracts at lower prices that would have protected market players from exposure to the historically high wholesale market spot prices that emerged on Saturday.
However, MRP accuses Genesis in its EA complaint of acting to ensure that the transmission constraint produced a worst-case scenario by manipulating production at its Tokaanu hydro plant, thereby "exacerbating the constraint".
"It would appear that Genesis' conduct was carried out in order to take advantage of the constraint to the material disadvantage of other market participants as it has caused unprecedented prices into the Auckland region," MRP says. "This is clearly an undesirable practice that affect many market participants."
Ari Sargent, chief executive at Powershop was blunter, describing Genesis's actions as a "blatant, extreme exercise of transient market power".
"Consumer confidence in the electricity industry and the credibility of the Authority as industry regulator will be undermined if abuse of market power is seen to be tolerated," Sargent said.
MRP's general manager, operations, Fraser Whineray, concedes the company saw the potential for trouble last Saturday and sought hedge cover from Genesis on Friday, but at prices it did not regard as acceptable and which have been blanked out on the EA's website.
"Within one hour of declining the hedges the market forecast was showing that the high prices were alleviated (to under $160MWh) and this remained the case until the constraint bound (occurred) in real time. The alleviation in day-ahead prices caused us not to reconsider hedge cover."
The EA is due to consider the issue tomorrow and is understood to be considering a separate investigation into the incident, outside the undesirable trading situation regime and similar to an inquiry it conducted before Christmas when spot prices also spiked unexpectedly high.
A four-year study for the Commerce Commission concluded in 2009 that although electricity generators were from time to time able to exploit situations where they held market power, they were doing so legitimately in their commercial best interest.
Meanwhile, Meridian has announced that its chief executive, Tim Lusk, is to step down later this year after three years at the helm. Lusk had been on the Meridian board when he took the role, replacing Keith Turner.


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David Wayne Coleman, 49, of Route 4, Buckhannon, the Swamp Run community, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in St. Joseph's Hospital in Buckhannon.
He was born Nov. 12, 1962, at Pikeville, Ky.
Preceding him in death were his parents, James Harold Sr. and Norma Jean Fortney Coleman; and three brothers, James H. Coleman Jr., Randall Coleman and Mark Anthony Coleman.
David is survived by his wife, Pam Stamm Coleman; four children, Tamieka Unger, Chad Thomas Coleman and Jennifer Stamm, all of Buckhannon, and Cassandra Thomas Millsaps and husband, Bret, of North Carolina; 14 grandchildren; two brothers, Jerry Coleman and Rick Coleman both of Elyria, Ohio; several nieces and nephews; and he was fortunate and blessed to have two dear friends, Charles Bevins and Chris Cochran.
He had worked as a tow motor driver for Ridgid Tools in Elyria, Ohio. David loved his family and enjoyed spending time with his grandsons four-wheeling.
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Congratulations on your June 2 article "A peaceful place to die." The hospice philosophy is really one of living every day to its fullest and savoring activities that bring joy. I had the opportunity to help develop the original Hospice House in Connecticut in the 1970s, and most recently, I have been a volunteer for hospice in Martin County, Fla.
I retired from full-time nursing after 40 years and can attest to the comprehensive benefits of hospice care. The patient not only benefits from the care of well-trained, compassionate professionals but family members receive continuous support throughout the illness as well as bereavement and grief counseling for as long as needed after the patient has died.
Dying has historically been a taboo subject in the medical and nursing professions. Your well-written and inspiring article will go far in educating people about the benefits of hospice. New Jersey trails many other states in the way hospice services are delivered, but Peggy Coloney's House in Scotch Plains is on par with those leading the field. Keep up the good work on reporting difficult and thought-provoking topics.


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The city of Montreal says it's going to set up the technology to deliver snow removal information as it happens to improve and speed up operations.
After two major snowstorms so far, the executive committee yesterday discussed snow removal problems including towing thousands of cars and those familiar orange 'No parking' signs left up for two or three days when no work was done. During the first storm, 5200 cars were towed; 5500 during the second.
"It's a lot and every time we tow a car, it takes time," said Anie Samson, executive commitee member responsible for snow clearing operations.
Mayor Denis Coderre said during the meeting they should prioritize setting up a virtual tool to get snow removal operations and information online in real time.
Samson said it'll help speed things up.
"When we're going to do their street in real time, we want to know everything right now at the time that we're speaking, we want to know where we are, what we have to do, what street we have to do and why we didn't do it," Samson said.
Samson said it may not happen this winter but her goal is to have the system in place before the end of the year.
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DETROIT, MI -- Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, Mayor Mike Duggan, business executives Roger Penske and Dan Gilbert and former auto czar Ron Bloom, who oversaw the federal government's bailout of GM and Chrysler, are among the witnesses the city plans to call in Detroit's pivotal bankruptcy trial.
The trial begins Tuesday and could stretch into October before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes decides whether to confirm Detroit's plan for cutting some $7 billion from the $18 billion in long-term debt owed to thousands of creditors.
(Related: A simple guide to Detroit's bankruptcy case)
The city, which hopes to use the savings to reinvest in municipal services that have been crippled by debt service payments over the years, will be defending the plan against arguments from creditors led by bond insurers Syncora Guarantee Inc. and Financial Guaranty Insurance Company.
They've questioned the fairness of a proposed settlement that would reduce planned pension cuts for retirees while taking a sale of the valuable Detroit Institute of Arts collection off the table.
Retired cops and firefighters earlier this summer agreed to take cuts annual pension increases, while retired general employees agreed to give up increases entirely in addition to a 4.5-percent cut to their monthly pension checks.
Some could lose up to 20 percent of their checks to pay back money they made from annuity funds that the city says were overly generous and too costly.
The shallower cuts were made possible by $466 million in private donations and $194.8 million contributed by the state toward Detroit's pensions in a settlement known as the Grand Bargain.
Those funds were pledged in exchange for pensioners dropping their challenges and agreeing not pursuing the sale of the Detroit Institute of Arts collection.
Syncora plans to call to the stand art experts to talk about the value of the DIA collection, as well as the city's chief assessor and city planner to answer questions on Detroit assets.
View witness lists submitted by the city, Syncora and other plan supporters and detractors below.
Detroit Institute of Arts' witness list
Retiree committee's witness list
Financial Guaranty Inc.'s witness list
Certificates of Participation (COPS) holders' witness lists
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CPD webinar «2013 macro update. Global economy prospects and Russia outlook»
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АССА Россия
Date and time: 20 February 2013, 15:00 –17:00 (MSK)
Subject: «2013 macro update. Global economy prospects and Russia outlook»
Target audience: CFOs, business analysts, corporate finance specialists
Oxana Losevskaya, ACCA, Deputy head of ECM, Investment company of Vnesheconombank VEB Capital
Natalia Losevskaya, PhD, Deputy head of M&A department, Investment group «OLMA»
Topics to be discussed:
- Macro analytical approach
- Big macro issues for 2013
- Global economy prospects – what to expect
- Global and CEEMEA 2013 outlook
- Russia related risks
- Russia economic scenarios for 2013
Russia industry analysis and outlook:
-Banking sector
-Oil and gas
Format: online
Language: Russian
Cost: free of charge
CPD units: 2
Registration: till 18 February inclusive. The link to webinar will be sent to you 19 February
We look forward to seeing you at the webinar!
Kind regards,
ACCA Russia
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Woodinville Mayor Lucy DeYoung draws the five names in the Hooterville raffle while Michele Roulet records the winners and their prizes.
Photo by Laurel McLaughlin.
The first name drawn in the Hooterville Safehaus raffle was Don McElroy of Woodinville, who won the two roundtrip tickets for a destination of his choice on Alaska Airlines.
The non-profit animal shelter in Woodinville held the raffle to benefit homeless and abandoned animals. Volunteers sold nearly 2,500 tickets bringing in $4,885 for the organization.
A dinner for two on the "Spirit of Washington" dinner train was won by Vicki Garner of Seattle.
Olga St. John of Shoreline was the recipient of a 1996 Entertainment Book. The gift certificate to Jay-Berry's was won by Dean Fisher of Redmond. Linda Hansen of Seattle was the final name drawn. She won a free hair styling at Silver Shears in Woodinville.


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The recent quarterly results of GrafTech International (UNKNOWN: GTI.DL ) have sent shares up nearly 18% since they were announced. With sales and gross profit down 5% and 47% year over year, this dramatic rise in share price may be confusing at first glance. So just why are GrafTech's shares off to the races in the face of dismal operating results?
The answer to this question lies in the company's proposed turnaround plans for its industrial metals segment. This was the weakest segment for the quarter and the primary driver of the poor quarterly results. The turnaround plan focuses on three areas: profitability, cash flow, and future growth. If the plan is successful, it should reverse the company's history of declining margins and profitability, which would lead to outsized gains for investors.
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Pro Armor Presents Jeremy McGrath 0
All around off-road bad-ass Jeremy McGrath sits down to talk about his new-found love for side-by-sides at his ranch. Pro Armor was on hand to catch some footage of one of the greatest Supercross racers ever kickin' up dirt in his RZR. Pro Armor included a brief description of the video, both of which are included below.
Pro Armor caught up with seven-time SX champ and professional off-road racer Jeremy "Showtime" McGrath, at his private ranch recently. He ran down his love for his custom Pro Armor Polaris Razor UTV's, and talked about the growth of the UTV racing industry. Jeremy was nice enough to let Mad Media do some filming with the Scranton Boys on his private UTV race track…and mayhem ensued!
Special thanks to the entire McGrath family and his sponsors: Polaris, Pro Armor, Wired for Sound, Moto Sport Alloys, GBC Tires, Assault Industries, Lazer Star Lights, and Yoshimura. And to Mad Media and Brad Lindseth for producing and spicing up this clip.
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An Eagle Creek man who killed his two pet dogs with an ax then lied to his wife and the cops about who did it was sentenced Friday to 60 days in jail and five years probation.
Japheth Daniel Stalcup reported that he found the bodies of his family's dogs on Nov. 15, 2012. in a wooded area near his house of his rural home. He told a 911 dispatcher that it looked as if the dogs had been killed with an ax.
Stalcup, 27, became invested in the lie, said Clackamas County prosecutor Matt Semritc.
Eventually, Stalcup admitted what he did. He told investigators he could not afford to care for the dogs any longer and had no alternative.
Stalcup pleaded guilty on May 15 to aggravated first-degree animal abuse, a felony, and first-degree aggravated animal abuse, a misdemeanor.
Semritc said Stalcup had adopted another dog through Clackamas County Dog Services. He later returned the dog to the shelter, so Stalcup knew he had that option, Semritc said.
Defense attorney Leonard Kovac said Stalcup had the dogs -- Duke, a black Labrador retriever, and Buddy, a Labrador and blue heeler mix – for a year or two. The dogs had caused problems, chasing and killing chickens and acting aggressively toward children, Kovac said.
He decided to kill the dogs, although his wife opposed it. While she and the children were away, he took the dogs, one at a time, and hit them in the head with an ax then tossed their bodies down an embankment.
When his wife returned, "he didn't want to tell her so he made up a story," Kovac said. "One lie becomes another and he fell into that trap," Kovac said.
"It's probably the stupidest thing I've ever done," Stalcup said. "From the bottom of my heart, I want to apologize for lying," Stalcup said, and the grief it brought to his wife and children.
Stalcup did not act in anger or to be cruel, Kovac said.
Stalcup had a rifle but opted to "use blunt force to the back of the head," Kovac said "If he'd used a pistol we wouldn't be here today."
Killing the dogs showed "incredible stupidity and a lack of sensitivity to another living being," said Clackamas County Presiding Judge Robert Herndon.
"I've been a dog owner all my life and I never, ever for a second thought about whacking one in the head with an ax," Herndon said.
Stalcup, who has three young children, was prohibited from owning any domestic animals for 15 years.
"Nobody's going to have a bunny or a gerbil in a cage somewhere," Herndon said.
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I've been running the Mac Mini for more than 6 months now. Its time to check in for a 6-month review of all the quirks and perks.
This is the Intel Core Duo 1.6Ghz Mac mini. This is the latest Mac Mini available as of today. The product line can be a little confusing — be careful about which reviews you read, as earlier Mac Mini's were based on the PowerPC chip, and later on single-core Intel chips. The current line is significantly faster than those earlier models.
Some other improvements from earlier versions are that it now has 4 hi-speed usb 2.0 ports, in addition to a Firewire 400 port for connecting additional devices. Since you can't really upgrade this computer, you'll use these ports to connect any addon devices. While there are plenty of ports, I am a little disappointed that the Mini does not yet include a Firewire 800 port, or an external SATA II port. Since the first thing people will add is an external disk, the faster interfaces would have been a nice addition. Still, for the Mini's target audience, the supplied firewire and USB ports are completely sufficient.
While I would consider myself a "power user," I'm using 3 external hard drives, a wireless keyboard and mouse, and an Elgato EyeTV Hybrid to watch HD TV. I use the external drives mostly for DVR video storage and music. I have a single 500GB drive (on Firewire), and 2 250 GB drives on USB set up as a RAID Stripe using OS X's built-in software RAID. I was a little bit skeptical about using software RAID over USB, but it works flawlessly. Moving the drives to different USB sockets doesn't affect the RAID. Another interesting drive tidbit is that the Firewire port is much faster than USB for disks. If you have a choice, use that.
So, what has it been like using a Mac? One thing I found surprising coming from the PC world is that most of those apple ads are actually true – most things "just work." Its something that you can hear, but not really appreciate until you try it. For example, menus and configuration choices for almost all programs are a lot simpler than they are on the PC. It isn't that they are less capable, its just that things don't need to be tweaked as much as they do in most PC applications. It's definitely been a pleasure to use, and I'm looking forward to when I have to replace my next laptop – it'll probably
be with a Mac.
While this was the main reason I bought it, I was happy to find that the Mac Mini makes a perfect Home-Theater PC. One reason is that it can attach to a lot of different outputs. With a small adapter, it can use VGA, DVI, svideo, or RCA, although it only supports one output at a time. No matter which inputs you have free on your TV, you'll be able to connect your Mac Mini to it.
Another great aspect of the Mac Mini is that it's extremely small. That's probably why they call it "Mini" :). For example, it's only marginally bigger than my external hard drives. It's even smaller (although slightly taller) than just about any laptop, and easily fits into a component shelf in your TV stand. It can also be mounted behind your TV, and there are companies which sell brackets to do so. The Mini is also virtually silent, an important aspect of a device going into your entertainment cabinet. If you put your ear to it, you can just barely hear the fan. I've never been able to hear it from the couch, even with the TV off.
The final touch for the home theater PC case is the software: Apple Front Row. This application is driven by a remote which comes with your Mini. The remote is attractive, in classic Apple fashion, and quite useful. Using Front Row, you can browse everything in your iTunes collection right from your couch – including Music and Videos. If you have an Ipod, this'll be very familiar to you, as they're almost identical.
The Mini has lots of other software too. You can download a free office suite called "Neo Office," which is a version of Open Office adapted to run on the Mac. If you haven't tried Open Office or Neo Office yet, you absolutely should. It is basically a free clone of Microsoft Office. It provides almost the same exact functionality as Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint but is completely free.
For web browsing, there is Apple's native browser called Safari, or of course, you can download Firefox. The Mini also comes with Apple's creative suite called iLife, which has applications for making movies, DVD's, cartoons, and music recordings. iLife is what I use, for example, to make my video reviews.
About the only thing that the Mini doesn't do so well is play the latest PC games. First of all, most games will only run on Microsoft Windows anyway. However, one of the ways they got the Mini to be so small is by skimping on the graphics hardware. It's plenty fast for HD video editing, but it's terrible at any kind of 3d game.
Overall, I've found the Mac Mini to be an exciting introduction to Apple's computer products. If you're still not convinced you might be glad to know that you can install either Windows or Linux on the Mini. After using it for a few days, however, you'll probably find that you have no reason to.


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MOVE Workshop on Development: Structure and Field
The Venue: Casa de la Convalescència (Barcelona)
MOVE Workshop on Development: Structure and Field
Date: 9th and 10th of July
Venue: Casa Convalescència
Organizers: Giacomo De Giorgi
Sponsors: MOVE, UAB, Generalitat de Catalunya (DIUE), Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
Program: pdf version
Presentation:In the past two decades there has been a tremendous increase in the use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in development economics. Trials ranging from school interventions to health provisions, from minimal information campaigns to large subsidies to farmers. As evidence and data are cumulated on specific policies it becomes easier to combine such exogenous variations with more theoretically grounded work.
In this workshop, we seek to put together a methodologically diverse group of researchers to explore how RCTs can be fruitfully used to explore synergies between reduced form and structural work and, more generally, to advance our understanding of economic theory and policy.


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Former FSU Player Adjusting Well To The Bills
The transition from college to the pros is never easy for rookie quarterbacks, but in recent years we've seen more and more success from youngsters in their first year at the NFL level, particularly with first-round picks. And while expectations are fairly low for EJ Manuel, the only first-rounder taken in 2013 thinks he'll have a lot of success.
In fact, Manuel said recently that the Buffalo Bills offense under new coach Doug Marrone is "easier to learn" than the offense he ran with Florida State.
?The funny thing is it's easier to learn than the offense I had at Florida State,? Manuel said on Sirius XM Radio via Pro Football Talk. ?It's a true West Coast-type progression offense. That's really what I wanted when I was coming through the pre-draft process. I wanted something that I could just go in and say 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, check it down and run it. That's it, it's that simple. I love it."
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Talent Manager
Lafarge - Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
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Job Description
-Participate in the definition of Lafarge's recruitment policy.
-Ensure correct interpretation and implementation of the recruitment Group policy at each level of the organisation.
-Together with the HR managers and in partnership with the Communication and IT departments, design recruitment tools and processes with the aim of ensuring a consistent approach within the Group facilitating and improving quality of recruitment.
-Provide support and advice to local HR managers in their recruitment actions.
-Anticipate resources needs using O&HR review and propose guidance and guidelines for recruitment
-Develop internal network with local HR managers in order to be aware of their needs and to facilitate the recruitment process.
-Create an internal source of external candidatures using HRIS and e-HR and share this information within the HR community.
-Challenge managers so to understand and qualify their needs and to involve them in the recruiting process.
-Provide advice and expertise in order to help them to better define the candidate's profile of candidates for the job
balance between long term and short term needs.
-Formalize the needs by a job description and definition of requested profile and propose it to the managers in order to challenge them and get their feedback.
-Ensure appropriate evaluation of new jobs with the HAY method and internal equity with positions already existing in the organization.
-Assess the various recruiting sources and select the most appropriate ones (recruiting websites, press announces, head hunters, recruiting cabinets, schools relations…) giving priority to internal sources.
Propose selected sources and organize the recruiting process together with the manager and third parties involved, preparing the briefing for the interviews.
-Analyze candidatures and select candidates whose profile does not only best fit the requirements but also may be developed in the Group in the mid term.
-Ensure that the necessary tests are undertaken in the countries where applicable (e.g. graphology or psychology tests/analyses).
-Prepare a short list of candidates, guaranteeing and question the manager on the result.
-Organize meetings between the candidate and the HR Department on the one side and operational managers on the other side.
-Propose the employment contract prepared by the Personnel Administration department to the candidate.
-Follow new hires and ensure that the "onboarding" / induction programs are well conducted within Lafarge (participation to introduction meetings, meeting with managers, training programs…)
-Ensure regular report of recruitment activities to HR and operational managers.
-For specific job search/hot skills, define and launch specific communication actions to attract best candidates.
-Define KPI for the recruitment activity and regularly follow results (e.g. number of recruitments finalized, quality of recruitment, recruitment duration, career evolution of High Potentials, turnover, feedback from new employees, level of satisfaction of internal clients…).
-Take actions in order to improve recruitment quality and to better answer short and long term resources needs.
-Communicate career opportunities and job offers to Lafarge's employees.
-Participate to the definition of the communication policy of Lafarge towards schools, Universities and Professional Institutes and ensure its implementation.
-Create/participate to the creation and regular update of marketing tools for external candidates.
-Participate to campus school events to attract new candidates: promote Lafarge's image and present its job offers and career development opportunities.
-Ensure consistency between the communication made before, during and after the recruitment process regarding Reward elements.
- Drive for results.
- Negotiation skills.
- Problem solving.
- Planning skills.
- Analytical thinking
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World leader in building materials, Lafarge extracts resources from the heart of the earth to make materials to bring to the heart of life. Present in 64 countries, the Group responds to the world's demand for housing and infrastructure. Lafarge is driven by the needs of its customers, shareholders, local communities and architects. The Group creates high value-added solutions which encourage creativity whilst leaving a lighter trace on the world. A world leader in building materials At a global level, Lafarge is: n° 1 in Cement, n° 2 in Aggregates, n° 4 in Concrete. The Group portfolio of businesses is as follows: Cement: 65.6%, Aggregates and concrete: 33.8%, Other: 0.6%. Company Culture: We are the biggest private sector employer in Iraq. We are an ambitious team and always look for high potential talent with diverse backgrounds and qualifications. Overall employee value package covers market competitive salaries & perks, good learning and development environment; high potential team players have fast track career development programs, exposure to state of the art technology coupled with diversity, friendly and multilingual work culture. Employee's performance is always recognized and rewarded. We celebrate our successes through companywide events and gatherings.


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On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 14:06, Gerben Rampaart wrote: > ... what do the XML experts on the XML-Dev list think of this > certification? Do some of you have it? What is the level? Is it worth > the effort and does it actually show that you are an XML expert? Are the > correct questions asked? And why doesn't a company like Microsoft have a > XML certification (regarding their new .NET strategy and all)... > > If anybody has any experience with this exam, please let me know. > I got this certification in 2000 (I know it's been updated since). At that time it was a good test of basic xml and xslt, Obviously many specs have been released in the last two years. It was definitely basic. I took it because my employer needed someone with an IBM technical certification to qualify as an IBM partner. Presumably this was worth one full day (half day reviewing XSLT and schema drafts, half day at the test)of my time and US$150. Frank
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