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Mayoral front-runner Bill de Blasio vowed to drop the city's pending appeal of two stop-and-frisk cases if he wins the election next Tuesday. At a press conference on Friday, he said the remedies ordered by Judge Scheindlin were fair, but the more important issue is police reform itself.
The Democrat added that there's plenty of work to be done apart from the courts — including appointing another police commissioner and an inspector general for the NYPD. New York University Law Professor Stephen Gillers believes if DeBlasio drops the appeal, he'll probably try to settle the case with the plaintiffs and negotiate a consent decree.
"We may come out of this with the exact same package that made up Judge Scheindlin's ruling without the injunction," said Gillers.
That way, Gillers observed, the next police commissioner will be able to take command with less hanging over the NYPD's head —such as the city being found in contempt if the court orders were violated.
The NYCLU's Christopher Dunn, a lawyer for plaintiffs' in the stop-and-frisk litigation, agreed that a settlement is a likely outcome if DeBlasio is voted into city hall.
"The incoming administration has made it clear that reforming stop-and-frisk is a priority, it's a priority for us and that's a recipe for a settlement and that's what we expect will happen," he said.
Earlier this week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit halted the reforms ordered by Judge Shira Scheindlin and removed her from the case.


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Publication Acceptance Date: 10/27/2000
Publication Date: 3/1/2001
Citation: Journal of Animal Science. 2001. v. 79. p. 568-573. Interpretive Summary: Artificial insemination (AI) in sheep is not widespread because the unusual anatomy of the cervix in ewes makes passage of a pipette into the uterus very difficult. A feasible transcervical AI method for sheep must include a method for coping with the anatomy of the cervix without inducing trauma. Injected oxytocin dilates the cervix and facilitates transcervical, intrauterine AI, but lambing rates have been variable and mostly low. This study was conducted to determine whether an oxytocin treatment could be used to assist transcervical passage of an AI instrument and to determine whether this affected the outcome of AI. Cervical manipulation, associated with transcervical AI in sheep does not seem to affect fertility after laparoscopic AI or lambing rates after the subsequent estrus in ewes that did not conceive to AI. However, injected oxytocin used to facilitate transcervical AI decreased lambing rate. Nevertheless, oxytocin-induced cervical dilation may aid in training of AI personnel. Because cervical manipulation alone does not seem to reduce lambing rates, transcervical AI in sheep still seems to be a promising procedure. Perhaps lower doses of oxytocin will still facilitate transcervical AI and not reduce fertility.
Technical Abstract: Difficulty of cervical penetration during transcervical artificial insemination (TAI), limits its use in sheep. Trauma of cervical manipulation (CM) may explain low fertility after TAI. We investigated effects of cervical dilation using exogenous oxytocin (OT) to facilitate TAI and its effect on reproduction after AI to a synchronized estrus. In Exp.1, we determined whether OT and(or)CM before laparoscopic AI (LAI) affected interval from pessary removal to ovulation and fertilization rate (FR). Crossbred ewes (n=16) were assigned to: 1)saline-CM or 2)OT-CM. In Exp. 2, effects of OT and CM on lambing rates were evaluated with white-faced ewes (n = 220) in a 2 x 2 factorial: 1) saline-sham CM; 2)saline-CM; 3)OT-sham CM; and 4)OT-CM. In both studies, eCG (400 IU i.m.) was injected at pessary removal and all ewes were bred by LAI 48 to 52 h later. In Exp.1, ewes received i.v. either 400 USP units of OT or 20 mL of saline at 30 to 60 min before LAI, and CM was administered as for TAI. Beginning 32 h after pessary removal and continuing at 8-h intervals, ovaries were examined to detect ovulation time by ultrasonography. Treatments did not affect(P > 0.05) combined ovum/embryo recovery(69%), but OT-CM decreased FR(59 vs 47%;P < 0.05). OT tended to reduce interval to ovulation (OT, 62 h vs saline, 66 h; P < 0.06). For Exp. 2, 25 min before sham CM or CM, 200 USP units OT or 10 mL saline were injected i.v. and followed by LAI after sham CM or CM. At 10 to 12 d after AI, ewes were mated to Suffolk rams. Lambing rate was 62% in saline-sham ewes. CM did not affect lambing rate (64%). OT decreased (P < 0.05) lambing rate (56%) in OT-sham and in CM ewes (43%). Neither CM nor OT affected lambing to next estrus after AI. Oxytocin assisted TAI appears to warrant further investigation for sheep.


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Shane, it's saturday night and you're 18 years old. you should be out chasing skirts or something like that. I have a wife and 4 kids and work sixty and seventy hours a week. That's the only reason I'm looking at this at this time on Saturday night. He wants the original 301 turbo. I know where one is as of a few weeks ago anyway. I'll talk to the man that has it if the guy is willing to have it shipped from South Carolina. I'm sure he hasn't got rid of it. They are not in high demand, unless you have a n original turbo T.A. The 301 was a sucky engine, but I guess the car would be worth something if it was completely original. As a matter of fact, I don't know why Pontiac built that engine. I am a Pontiac buff. My first car was a 68 Firebird with a built 350. I used to race it top end every weekend when I was your age. The speedometer registered 160. I put it past that once and close a hundred times. I later geared it down to a 342 gear and built a 428 out of a Catalina convertible. Those pontiac's will run. Pontiac was 10 years ahead of their time on combustion chamber design and GM pulled the plug and made everything corporate. Back to the 301. The intake and exhaust ports on my 300 six are huge compared to the 301. I have seen some of the 301 turbo cars dip into the twelves in the quarter though, with a lot of ingenuity and probably nitrous. Have a good weekend. jtyler
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The losses are piling up. The Bruins are going to end January without a win in the TD Garden for the month and just eight points since the start of the new year. There have been stretches this month where the team has been wretched to watch, playing dull, flat-skated hockey that has resulted in some poor losses, such as the 5-1 defeats against Carolina and Ottawa. The Bruins now have 55 points through 53 games, would not qualify for the playoffs if the season ended today, and cannot score a goal to save their lives.
Yet everybody around the team insists that the Bruins are ready to turn the corner and turn back into a playoff team.
Now, if you have been sitting in the stands at TD Garden, you might not actually believe that. But the Bruins do and, at this moment, that is all that matters.
"We played a little bit more physical and a little bit more into it and that is why, overall, I feel like we are turning the corner and heading in the right direction," coach Claude Julien said. "That is two games in a row now where we competed a lot better than we had in the past. This is what we have to build on and emotion is a part of that and the guys are wanting to turn the corner so they are getting a little bit more involved."
There have been glimpses of the emotion and physicality that were trademarks of the 2008-09 Boston Bruins, a team that won the top spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Bruins have worked hard in their last two games but have been betrayed by some penalties and an inability to find the net on the power play.
The momentum swing against the Kings on Saturday night took place early in the second period. Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles' rising star center and leading scorer, was passing his own blue line on a clearing pass when he met the shoulder of Bruins defenseman Mark Stuart. In a flash, Kopitar went from moving forward to being thrown backward, the type of hit that makes highlight reels. It was clean and the crowd roared.
"Yeah, I am pretty sure if it wasn't clean I wouldn't be sitting here right now because he could have taken my head off,' Kopitar said. 'Maybe I am fortunate that he is not as tall as [Zdeno] Chara because he would have definitely taken my head off. It is one of those plays that happens in the game that caught me looking backward. I have not seen it in the replay yet but it wasn't a dirty hit.'
Kings forward Wayne Simmonds was trailing the play and saw the hit develop. His first reaction was to go after Stuart for knocking his team's best player off his keister. Stuart and Simmonds went at it for a few seconds and penalties piled up. Simmonds went to the box for two two-minute minors for instigating and unsportsmanlike conduct, a five-minute fighting major and a 10-minute misconduct. Stuart also took a penalty for fighting.
"I kind saw it coming before I saw him pinching up and I saw [Kopitar] looking at him from the side and he got caught and as soon as he got caught it was my first instinct to jump in there," Simmonds said. "You know, when one of your teammates gets hit that hard you have to step up there and do something."
The Bruins were not able to break through on the resulting power play (and remain quite snake bitten in that area), but the team definitely had regained some swagger. After that moment the Bruins scored two goals to regain the lead before Kopitar had his revenge in the third. It was not a full blown instance of a big fight and brawl that can help turn a team around, but it was also not the type of play that the Bruins have seen much of in January.
"It is definitely a big hit," Bruins forward Michael Ryder said. "[Stuart] is a physical player and he is at his best when he does that. He made a great hit there on one of their top players and when you do that it kind of gets the team going and I think we built off that hit and made up the momentum from there."
Looking back on last season, the Bruins really came alive after a game-long brawl with Steve Avery, Steve Ott and the Dallas Stars. Boston has not seen the same type of emotion-filled physical game this year. The Bruins lack a defining moment this season and the doldrums of near-miss losses has worn on the team psyche to the point that it has played some very mediocre hockey that has led to its longest losing streak in nearly 13 years.
The hit that Stuart put on Kopitar was a good reminder that these Bruins have what it takes to be big and bad once again. Did the team turn the corner back towards winnings ways? Not on Saturday, but it could be a start.
"We've got to keep working through this," Julien said. "We're the only ones who can do it, so it's up to us to keep our heads up and keep working hard and competing hard hard and at one point you know that you may end up getting a break."
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|01.30.10 at 10:30 pm ET
Summary — It took overtime and a shootout to decide the winner between the Bruins and Kings in front of a sold out TD Garden on Saturday night. In the end, it was the Kings who were able to claim two points as Jarret Stoll had the game-deciding goal in the shootout. Tim Thomas, despite 31 saves in regulation and overtime, took the loss for the Bruins while Jonathan Quick got the win with 27 saves. The Bruins have lost seven straight, their longest losing streak since the spring of 1997, when they went 0-7-0 from March 17 to April 3 of that year.
Marco Sturm returned to the ice after missing the last six games and scored a goal in the second period. Steve Begin also got back on the ice after missing five games and played forward on the fourth line.
The teams went back and forth with the Kings taking the lead into the second period off a goal by captain Dustin Brown set up by a shot from Anze Kopitar. It looked like another night where the Bruins would have trouble breaking through, but Boston found momentum in the second period when defenseman Mark Stuart leveled Kopitar with a hit on the blue line that led to a scrum with Kings forward Wayne Simmonds.
Sturm tied the game with a power-play goal later in the second, and Boston took the lead early in the third on the power play when Mark Recchi scored off a pass from the half-wall by David Krejci. The Kings came right back with a goal from Kopitar and the play was even through the rest of the third before overtime.
Three Stars
Marco Sturm — The Bruins forward scored his team's first goal of the game after missing six games with a lower body injury. On the power play in the second period, he found himself camped in front of Quick with time and space off a pass from Marc Savard. He let a defender slide by, waited, waited and found the back of the net on Quick's stick side.
Anze Kopitar — The Kings' leading scorer is deadly with the puck from the right wing. Twice from the top of the circle he let go of wily wrist shots that found ways past Thomas. He was credited with an assist in the first period when his shot deflected off Dustin Brown and tied the game in the third when Thomas could not handle a screamer from a couple steps in from the blue line.
Jarret Stoll — The Kings center had the game winner in the sixth round of the sudden death shootout.
Turning Point
A flurry of penalties broke out early in the second period. At 4:58 in the second period, Bruins defenseman Mark Stuart laid Kopitar flat on the ice with a big hit as the Kings forward took a clearing pass at his own blue line. Kings forward Wayne Simmonds immediately took exception to the hit on the rising star center, and he and Stuart immediately went at it, with Stuart tackling Simmonds to the ice.
The result was that Simmonds went to the box with instigator, unsportsmanlike conduct, fighting and misconduct penalties (Stuart also went for fighting) that resulted in a four-minute power play opportunity the Bruins. Tim Thomas gave two minutes of that back with a high stick to Brad Richardson 29 seconds later and the Kings killed the penalties. Still, the Bruins gained momentum over the series of plays that later translated into a game-tying power play goal by Sturm in the period.
Key Play
Stoll turned TD Garden from a rocking venue to a silent arena in a matter of moments when he beat Thomas over the goaltender's shoulder in the sixth round of the shootout. The Kings ended up winning the series 3-2 for the two points. Stoll's goal followed up scores from the Bruins' Marc Savard and Michael Ryder and the Kings' Kopitar and Ryan Smyth.


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Ben Cherington: 'Bobby [Valentine] is our manager and we're not considering anyone else'
|08.06.12 at 6:41 pm ET
Red Sox GM Ben Cherington spoke for approximately 20 minutes prior to Monday's game between his team and the Texas Rangers about embattled Bobby Valentine, at a time when public debate about the manager's job security has become increasingly vocal with the Sox struggling to a 54-55 record. Cherington said that there are no plans to replace Valentine, and suggested that while Valentine — as a key member of the organization — has played an important part in the team's struggles, he is merely one contributor to a collective failure.
"Bobby's our manager and we're not considering anyone else," said Cherington. "He's as committed to managing the team as he ever has been, and we're committed to him and trying to do everything we can to support him and make this work.
"Ultimately, again, when the performance isn't what you want — which is not, we acknowledge that — I've said this before, winning and losing always has more to do with players than anything else. I don't question the effort of the players. I think our players have fought and battled, worked hard, played hard, fought out of tough things. It's not a question of effort. At some level, the players on the team, it's a reflection of me, it's a reflection of the front office. So, if players win or lose more than anything else, then I need to be accountable for that. We need to be better day to day and put ourselves in the best position to win tonight, tomorrow, the next day, and we'll continue to work on those things behind closed doors. We expect what follows to improve. It needs to."
Asked whether Valentine would remain the manager for the rest of the season, Cherington would not offer a definitive answer.
"I'm not going to comment on that. He's our manager. I'm not getting into timelines. I'm not going to get into a timeline for myself either," said Cherington. "We're just doing the job right now, doing the job the best we can, and we're focused on making it better and I support Bobby."
Cherington said that, just as he did at the time of the manager's hiring, he believes that Valentine is the right person for the job. He spoke highly of his evaluation skills (both in terms of in-game management and creating roster roles). As for the fact that the team has been a disappointment to this date, Cherington did not hide from the fact, but he said that reflects not just on Valentine but also himself as a GM and on the players as well.
"When the performance isn't there, we're all going to be criticized. And we earn that. We earn that criticism. I don't think it's fair to direct it at any one person. We're collectively responsible. Bobby's one of those people. So am I, so are the players, so are the coaches, so is everyone else," said Cherington. "The performance isn't where it needs to be. We're all collectively responsible for that and he's part of that. … He's one of the people responsible for that, so anything that I think he can do a little differently, I'm going to talk to him about it and I have talked to him about it. There's things he's expressed to me that I can do differently and I've taken that to heart. Collectively, we have to perform better."
Other elements of Cherington's session:
- On whether the clubhouse culture has evolved to where Cherington wants to see it: "No, but I don't know that it could have yet with the way we've been playing. It's never going to look quite the way you want it to when our record is less than we want it to be. I think candidly the answer is no, but I expect that the better we play and the more we put ourselves in the best position to play, the more we'll look like the clubhouse culture that we want it to be."Still, Cherington said that the players remained accountable and that the team's effort level was not at fault for the poor record.
"I think every player in there knows where they stand. I think they know if they have something to express, they can express it, whether it's to the manager or anyone else, they have a voice. I think they also recognize pretty clearly that they're accountable," he said. "Players have, to a man, said whether it's in private to me or Bobby or ownership or publicly, they know this is on them more than anyone else."
- On the communication between Valentine and the coaching staff: "I think it's improved. I think, candidly, there were some moments earlier in the season when it probably wasn't working as well as it needed to. The sort of collective dynamic between coaches and Bobby wasn't what we wanted it to be, which wasn't entirely expected with change and the way it happened, but I do know there has been a real effort more recently — amongst the coaches themselves and Bobby — to put whatever miscommunication had occurred in the past behind them and move forward and do the job that they're all here to do, which is to help the players get ready to play."
- On the idea that players are going around the manager (going up the back stairs) to voice their displeasure with him: "I've talked to players plenty this year. It's no different than any other year. Occasionally it's appropriate for ownership to talk to players. They have a lot at stake here. They should do that. No players are running up the back stairs. I've had conversations with players in the open light of the clubhouse. I've had conversations on the phone, just like any other year. The content of those conversations will remain private, but it's been constructive. It's been focused on what's going on out here and trying to make this better."
- The GM said that he is in frequent touch with the team's owners to discuss the state of the team and efforts to improve. "I've talked to ownership a lot. I've talked to them everyday about the state of things because none of us are happy with our record or the performance of our team at this point, so the focus has entirely been on how to make it better — with this group of people, how to make it better."
- On whether the team requires a "shake-up": "I suppose there are different ways to do that. Usually when that question is asked, it relates to a player move. At the deadline, we were in a little bit unfamiliar territory. Part of the conversation was you can sort of justify a middle-ground approach, based on where we are, but would there be the benefit of something more bold in the spirit of the shakeup. Ultimately we decided no, that we believed in this core of players and this was our best chance to play well, was to mostly keep this group together, given the opportunities we had," said Cherington. "We're not going to to do a shakeup move, a trade, and get worse, just to do a shakeup. Time will tell the rest of the season and moving forward if those decisions were the right ones. I don't think necessarily that's needed. The biggest shakeup would be to collectively perform better, and that starts with me."
- On his own outlook amidst the poor results from the major league team: "When things aren't going well it's not as fun as when things are going well. But I don't feel any different than the day I took the job. I know what the task is, I know what we need to do, and I believe very strongly in the future in this organization. We've got a lot of good things in place here. We've got a good core of players. We've got a very strong farm system, and we've got a lot of good people. The performance on the field at the major league level is always going to be the focus, as it should be, and that needs to improve."
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
The best anti-virus out there!
I always thought that this virus thing was mostly just fear installed in people. Every time you go to a store you see McAfee or Norton Antivirus. The sales people are trying to scare you into purchasing their products. The bottom line is to make money of the fear of users. I am not sure if the anti-virus products are still the same as they used to be in the past but I remember them always popping up. Somehow, I always thought of the anti-virus software as a freaking virus itself. Always needing something, taking my computer resources and being a horrible nuisance. Just get off my screen!
Like a lot of things in our society, all you have to do is instill fear into people and then sell them products to protect themselves. Antivirus software is big business and the industry is very good at scaring the common computer user. Most viruses could be avoided just by following simple common sense rules. Anyways, my mom found out that she is immune to majority of viruses that are out there and that her precious data is safe for now. The way Linux is created makes it difficult for viruses to function. Linux is the best anti-virus software that you can get.
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@ JR and the Coach. I've said it before and I'll say it again, you are doing a great job with commentary right now. Face play-by-play and heel colour commentator = win.
Another thing to mention is that NO WEDDING GOES TO PLAN IN WWE. Someone will ruin it.
Triple H's opening promo was alright. Nothing bad by all means, but nothing spectacular either. I liked Linda McMahon's appearance here as it was short and straight to the point. One has to wonder if Linda has a Pedigree in her future.
I completely forgot about the Steel Cage match so it was nice to be reminded through the commentary. I'll predict now that Mick Foley shows up and costs HBK the match.
Squash win for Lesnar. Meh. How much more do you need to sell the point of Lesnar as a man outraged? I think it's time we see Lesnar get involved in a real program, most likely with Triple H.
Santino arrives in Being the Booker!
From the very first line, Santino's characterisation was perfect. I really liked this segment. Everyone was in character and Bischoff laying down the law was good to see after MNM getting out of title matches for weeks. It seems to be setting up the duo to finally lose the belts...which I can only assume they
What relevance does the Jillian/Williams segment have to the show? Yeah yeah, hype for the wedding...but still, I don't know if it was necessary. It was funny though, I'll give you that.
The tag team match was okay but as I said before, it's difficult to get into them with recaps like this (that's rich considering my next show
). Anyway, I liked that Kennedy went over. It was necessary to continue his path to becoming the new Intercontinental Champion.
Kennedy's interview was okay, but nothing special. I have a feeling that this show is a "let's just skip to the end" one so far but I'm not going to mark that down since that's what WWE wedding shows are like.
Cena's promo was standard Cena. Again, nothing is standing out on this show at the moment, so I'm hoping for a pretty damn good wedding segment.
Anyway, I would've liked to here Christian actually say something. I know it's the whole "big moment" deal, but still, he could've said
to add to the segment.
The cage match was the match of the night and it was a shock, but not a surprise, to see Orton go over clean. A shock because I was expecting Foley to interfere, but not a surprise, considering the way you've been booking Orton. I wasn't too sure if Orton should've gone over clean considering HBK's clean loss to Angle less than 24 hours ago.
Foley's promo was the best of the night so far, and I think it's a no brainer Foley's question for Shawn is to face him at WrestleMania. Great characterisation here. People forget that great characterisation isn't just making the lines fit the character, but putting the character in appropriate settings. You're definitely on the ball with Foley.
Vince and Triple H was good as the mega build for the wedding continues.
Is Lesnar just a big dumb animal or what? ...is what the audience is thinking right now. Wolfy, of all the storylines going right now, this one is perhaps the biggest. You've built it so well that when Lesnar finally does turn, the audience would pay to see it. This show is getting better as I read. Characterisation was good here, yada yada yada.
@ Vince trying to lighten the mood. Excellent stuff.
For the love of God, Wolfy, PLEASE~! rename this woman Mickie James. Women's match = okay. It will be interesting to see if you actually go with "Alexis"
winning the title before WrestleMania or if you wait. Since this is the Diva division we're talking about, I don't think it'd be a bad decision to put the title on "Alexis"
at SNME then have her defend at 'Mania.
I asked myself the EXACT same question as Bischoff did before he said it! Another great segment with MNM/Bischoff here, although, I would've liked to see something from Santino.
You know how I feel about these Umaga squash matches over and over.
We get the point Wolfy; you love him, he's awesome etc.
Squashing people to get to the Money in the Bank (or whatever match it is) is okay, but now we know Umaga
is in the match
, he should really be getting into some matches/segments with others from the match. He can only keep squashing people for so long. He needs to step up now, and right before MITB is the best time to do it (imo).
Cena going over Tomko was expected, but I think the match could've been longer than 3:58. Tomko isn't going to look like much of a threat for the McMahons if you keep jobbing him out so quickly.
The Cena/Christian/Brotherhood/Vince/Pussy segment was nicely written and flowed rather well. You've done well to build intrigue for SNME, although leaving Cena and Christian's demands unknown pretty much guarantees they're going over on Saturday night.
I was about to say "Jillian AGAIN!?
" until I saw the Cena/Christian combo come into it. I wonder if it'll be those two who crash the wedding. I don't think so. They've done their damage tonight. Something tells me it'll be Brock Lesnar.
MNM retain the titles again. Good match, and this confirms my theory that Straight Edge will win the titles at WrestleMania. BTW Punk Card > GTS.
Hold on hold on let me guess before I scroll down the page...Booker T to LOSE, right? OMG!!! Booker T actually
~! a match! Not much to say here.
Wedding time baybeh!
@ the stolen line from I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing and Unchained Melody and the father getting a pop for telling Jillian to stop. Brilliant stuff.
To be perfectly honest Wolfy, the segment didn't completely live up to my expectations. I was expecting a little more than
. Don't get me wrong - had this happened in real life, it would've been played over and over as a classic Raw moment - but it wasn't that special to me. WWE weddings have always featured something dramatic whether it be an interference, a revelation or something of that nature, but this one seemed like just another comedy moment. For something that was sold to the audience for weeks, I expected a little more.
I'm not going to judge the matches considering this show was focused on the Steph/Triple H wedding but I will say the best match of the night was Orton/HBK. I still question Orton going over HBK clean, as HBK losing to two heels (Angle and Orton) clean, back to back, makes him look weak. Promos/segments wise, I think most people will choose the wedding but I'd have to say it was the Foley promo and the MNM segments. As I said above, I was a little let down with the wedding segment but overall, it was a decent show. Props though; not everyone can churn out a full 3 hour Raw.
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I arrived in Bangkok this morning on the overnight bus from Krabi. And yes, I am only planning on staying one night. It was quite impossibe to get any sleep on the bus as I was sitting next to a chap who just couldn't sit still for more than fifteen minutes. The bus was full, so I could move seats. Oh well, I can't expect a luxury journey for 400B. After being dropped off just around the corner from Thanon Koh San (so that the waiting taxi and tuk-tuk drivers can pick up easy fares with newcomers to the city) I walked the short distance to UTC (United Travellers Connection) for some very early breakfast (at 5:30am) and a bit of a snooze at the table. Well other people were doing it first so I didn't feel so bad.
By 8am I felt well enough to function again. UTC have a bag storage facility upstairs(free for up to 3 days) so I checked in my larger bag for the time being. I walked to Shanti Lodge, checked in (100B for a dorm bed) and walked down to where the demonstrations are being held against Mr Taksin, the current Priminister for Thailand. My timing could not have been better - I arrived just in time to witness a stand off between the Thai Chief of Police and the guy leading the campaign against Taksin (who was gonna be PM at one stage). Standing about four feet away from these men (in amongst the reporters) I heard them exchange words with regard to the right to peacefully demonstrate. The police let the demo continue, as they have done everyday, to the cheers of all the crowd (many of whom have been camping here for days). The atmosphere at the protest was more carnival like than anything. I met some really nice Thai people and a bloke from Oregan. One of the Thai's gave me a yellow headband to wear; it says "Held Nation" in Thai, which is how these people feel about their country at the moment.
If any trouble starts at this demonstration it will either be because of pro Taksin supporters arriving on the scene or a rigged election in early April. Even if it is a fair election, these demonstrators may well believe it to be rigged if Taksin gets in again. In their eyes he is not being fair to the people of Thailand. And there have been some dodgy business deals going on, with the FTA in particular.
I've spent the rest of the day eating and window shopping - two activities that are very easy to get caught up in whilst wandering around Bangkok. The food is cheap and tastes really good, and the markets and malls are very enticing. MBK shopping mall was littered with mobile/cellular phone hawkers; about 90% of their IT floor. Shame I'm not in the market for one really.
This evening I saw a Thai teenager busking on trombone in the middle of Thanon Koh San. He was pretty awful but I was waiting for him to finish so that I could ask him if there was a local brass band I could play with on my return to Bangkok. He wasn't really playing any set numbers, so there was no natural break in which I could try and get his attention. Compounded with the competition from the blind singer and football trickster, I would have felt bad stopping his playing to ask him anyway.
So, all being well, I'll be heading up to Chiang Mai tomorrow. It's an overnight journey overland, either twelve hours on an air conditioned bus (250B) or even longer on the more comfortable sleeper train (550B approx). Tickets for the train sell out faster than for the bus though, usually two days in advance!


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Got Pulled Over Tonight
The first time in about 8 years I have been pulled over. Was not speeding,saw the cop,check my tach,yep,legal speed.Damn,my car is awful loud with the Flowmasters,hope he is not onto that.
He comes to my window,I have my hands where he can see them,after all,we do not want any excuses right?
"Good evening",nice polite cop
"Can I see your liscense,registration,and proof of insurance?"
I tell him sure,pull out my wallet with one hand still on the wheel in plain sight,Flip it open like a Dragnet Badge holder,ask him to shine the light at my glove box while I get my paperwork and ins. card.
"Sure can" he says
I get my packet of information out and hand it to him,still waiting for why I was pulled over."You have a headlight out,is why I stopped you"
DOH,I know,I reply,tell him that I have the replacement in the bag in my passenger side floorboard.The light was out when I left work lastnight,and I stopped and got one,just did not have the time to throw it in yet,going tomorrow to the garage and throwing it in.
"Stay right there Mr. Castle,I need to run this thru"
You got me by the balls,I am going nowhere.
He came back a few moments later,gave me everything back,told me to get it put in as soon as I can and have a good evening.
No Citation,No warning ticket,No court.
See Guys,A little respect for the men and women patrolling the streets is all you need.It does go a long way.Keep your hands where they can see them,do not get fidgety,that gives em reason to speculate,then they keep their hand on their gun. Talk polietley.Even if you KNOW you did nothing wrong.Getting mad will just get you a ticket,or worse a night at the Crossbar Hotel.Keep all your info in a neat orginized stack,or band them togather,I keep mine in an envelope.Ask them to shine their MagLight in while you open your glove box.That way they can see and so can you.Tell them if you have a concealled carry permit and inform them if you are packing heat.If they get you out for some reason,and you are carrying,they will find the gun BEFORE they find your permit. If you do not have the gun on you,but it is in your glovebox,give them your permit,when you give them your license,because you are getting into the glove box,and they will see your hand gun.
Just a few tips to help a bad situation turn out better for you if it happens.Keep your nose clean and you should be ok.
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German automotive group Daimler forecast higher fourth-quarter profit after a rejuvenated model range and cost cuts in the core luxury car business helped it to post better than expected results.
While earnings growth is being driven primarily by the new Mercedes-branded cars that lift sales volumes and reduce harmful price discounts, the company is also improving profitability through the elimination of waste.
Finance chief Bodo Uebber said that the two-year programme aimed at cutting a combined €3.1 billion in costs at its luxury cars and commercial trucks divisions is on schedule and would provide it with a good start for next year.
"We anticipate further earnings improvements in the future," the Daimler CFO said, adding that it has achieved 70 per cent of the €600 million in savings planned for Mercedes this year, up from 30 per cent at the end of the second quarter.
The company said it now expects fourth-quarter earnings before interest and tax (EBIT), excluding one-off items, will be higher than last year. From its latest full-year guidance, the implied forecast for the last three months of 2013 is for profit up about 27 per cent year on year to €2.2 billion.
Shares in Daimler were up 4.1 per cent at 1340 GMT, making it the top performer on Germany's blue chip DAX index and easily beating its European auto peers.
"Reported earnings exceeded market expectations in every division," wrote LBBW analyst Frank Biller in a research note.
Luxury car margin expands
Third-quarter group EBIT excluding one-off items rose 15 per cent to €2.23 billion, beating an estimated 2.12 billion in a Reuters poll of 12 banks and brokerages.
Daimler's Mercedes luxury car business expanded its EBIT margin, a benchmark for comparing profitability with rival BMW, by nearly a full percentage point to 7.3 per cent, surpassing expectations of 6.9 per cent.
Worried that the recent improvement is solely down to Daimler's product cycle, some analysts argued that it could struggle to close the gap on BMW and Volkswagen's Audi. BMW and Audi had margins of 9.8 per cent and 10.5 per cent respectively in the first half, against 4.9 per cent at Mercedes.
"There's no reason to think that Mercedes - after this catch-up phase with new models - can outgrow BMW and Audi, especially given brand, cost and productivity issues," wrote Bernstein analyst Max Warburton after the results announcement.
The 14 per cent gain in third-quarter car sales, the €420 million in Mercedes cost cuts already achieved this year and a stronger final three months would not be enough to offset a disastrous start to 2013, the company conceded.
Daimler reaffirmed that underlying profit would drop this year, but specified that the fall would be about 8 per cent to around €7.5 billion, in line with the Reuters poll.
New competition from Ford
Explosive growth in premium car sales in China has helped Mercedes, BMW and Audi to escape the worst of the misery in their home European market, where demand has plunged to 20-year lows.
By comparison, volume brands have been bleeding red ink in Europe and are now eyeing the upmarket segment as a solution to their troubles. Ford, for example, plans to launch a new Vignale premium sub-brand in early 2015.
However, the US car maker said on Thursday that its European woes have already begun to recede. The company posted better than expected third-quarter results, with its European losses narrowing to $US228 million from nearly $US470 million in the same period last year.
While Mercedes remains more profitable than most volume car makers, its earnings strength has fallen short of both BMW and Audi because of internal problems including, until recently, a dearth of compact and high-end luxury models.
But Mercedes is finally starting to hit the sweet spot of its model cycle after relaunching its A-Class compact late in 2012 and unveiling the newest version of its flagship S-Class limousine in July. Unlike consumer electronics companies, car makers can only afford to revamp their products every seven years or so.
New models will debut soon
Mercedes is also adding all-new models to its range, such as the CLA compact four-door coupe, which made its debut this year. That will be followed by next year's entry into the booming compact SUV segment with the GLA. Even its Smart brand is due to overhaul its ForTwo microcar next year and launch a four-seater based on the Renault Twingo..
Daimler's progress has lifted its shares by more than 40 per cent this year, making it the third-best performer among German blue-chip companies. The shares are now valued at 10.7 times forward earnings, against a sector average of 9.1 per cent, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Daimler is the first major European car maker to publish quarterly profits. Results from Fiat as well as Volkswagen and its stable of brands are due on October 30, with BMW is scheduled to report on November 5.


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The Average Fourth Grader Is a Better Poet Than You (and Me Too)
While in graduate school at the University of Houston, I supplemented my income by working as a writer in residence for Writers in the Schools (WITS). I was with WITS for three years, during which I visited third, fourth, and fifth grade classrooms, and worked with groups of students visiting the Menil museum of art, the Houston Historical Society, and the Houston Arboretum.
When first hired by WITS, I expected that working to explain some of my favorite poems to fourth graders would result in me becoming a better teacher of poetry. What I wasn't expecting was that (thanks to having my brain blown apart on a weekly basis as I browsed my students' folders of barely legible poems) I would become a better poet.
Here are some lines written by students in grades 3rd-6th:
"The life of my heart is crimson."
[Writing about a family member's recent death:]
"My brother went down/ to the river
and put dirt on."
"Peace be a song,
silver pool of sadness"
"Away went a dull winter wind
that rocked harshly, and bent you said,
'Father, father'."
[Writing about a terminal illness:]
"I am feeling burdened
and I taste milk……
I mumble, 'Please,
please run away.'
But it lives where I live."
"The owls of midnight hoot like me
shutting the door to nothing."
[Writing about life as a movie:]
"The choir enters, and the director screams
'Sing with more terror!!!'"
"I have provisions. Binary muffins.
It's an in/out/in/out kind of universe.
We cannot help you,
this is a universe factory.
A sound of rolling symbols.
Disappearing rocks, screams of lizards.
Sanity must prevail. Save vs. Do Not."
"I, the star god,
take bones from the
underworlds of past times
to create mankind."
These young writers are addressing subjects that still obsess poets fifty years older: sadness, death, love, responsibility, aging, family, loneliness, and refuge…and they are addressing these subjects in language that is new, and thus has the power to emotionally effect a well-seasoned (/jaded) reader. The average fourth grader is able to do this because she hasn't been alive long enough to know how to do it (and by "it" I mean talk about the world) any other way.
Story time: When I was a child I believed that one day I might be allowed to cross into an alternate dimension by walking through a quilt hanging on my living room wall. As I got older I stopped believing that this was a possibility—not because I grew to believe that the universe was not an extremely strange place where incomprehensible things could happen on a daily basis, but because I passed year after year after year not being able to enter the spirit realm through a wallhanging.
Anecdote that I hope you'll find relevant: When Jean Piaget began studying the intellectual processes of children, he was not doing so because he had any special interest in children. Piaget was interested, rather, in the intellectual processes of (adult) humans and was seeking a control group. [His first thought was that the best control group would be comprised of martians but, as he did not have access to martians, he decided to use children since children possessed what is farthest from human consciousness.]
So let's look at what happens to our young writers as they age [I took these lines from poems written by middle-school/ high school students (Italics, mine)]:
Snacking on this and that
my friends and I keep the party going
even when it is over"
"Whispers of a
secret crush being unraveled"
"I'm trapped in this hole that
I can't break through"
"Barack Obama in the White House.
I can feel the inspiration
Can you feel it?"
"Now I feel secure with my head held high.
Sad times. By middle school/high school, the average student has learned how normal people talk. The resulting language is underwhelming and predictable—the safe regurgitations of a thoroughly socialized consciousness.
While the average older student's poems are heavy with allegiance to a limited view of reality, the average younger writer's vision of the world is nimble and surprising—bizarre, yet true.
Last year I spent every Saturday tutoring an extremely undersocialized kid in vocab. When I taught her the word blandishments ("to flatter, coax, sweet-talk, appeal to") she wrote this sentence: "The blandishments of the sugar flowers made the cake so much more inviting."
The sentence is interesting because the student understood that a blandishment is something that attracts favorable attention without fully realizing that people almost always use the word to refer to a human action.
The poet's job is to forget how people do it.
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Be prepared. If the problem is that water got into the DME then you should take precautions as it can just as easily happen again. Talking from experience
Be prepared. If the problem is that water got into the DME then you should take precautions as it can just as easily happen again. Talking from experience
I was only saying that to one of my work colleagues yesterday that i need to make sure that i go over it with a fine tooth comb to make sure that it doesn't happen again.
hi peeps im in desperate need of a new ECU the one that we had sourced was the wrong one im in need of a Bosch 0 261 200 413 ASAP as i need my car for work and busing it and training it is not fun and not cheap.
The e46 (and probably others) also has another point of entry for water. Not into the bulkhead, but definitely into the cabin area. Water apparently can (and does) get into the door area below the screen. The rubbery membrane that is fixed to the door (between the door card and the door itself) acts not only as a seal against noise but also as a water defence panel. If you have any work done in the door and the rubberised panel is damaged, get it replaced (around 15 quid). Save yourself getting wet carpets and steamy windows.
Have a look at these. You may fancy trying to recover the unit yourself. Nothing to lose if it's junk right now
316 won't start
316 Fuel pump relay
amh01 (24-07-2009)
Hey peeps,
Changed the ECU this morning and the car now runs flawlessly, this weekend i will be checking out to make sure that the same thing does not happen again.
Thanks to you all for your help.
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Friday, May 3, 2013
Book Review: Jade and the Tooth Fairy by Jacinta Zechariah
Lucy has been obsessed with fairies lately. She is so absolutely certain she is going to lure one into her bedroom and convince her to stay and live with us forever. Her bait is fairy food (Cheerios), hand drawn pictures of fairies, and little blankets made out of paper. She has a wiggly tooth and is confident that once the tooth comes out, her wished-for fairy friend is a sure thing. Hence, Jade and the Tooth Fairy by Jacinta Zechariah was a timely bedtime story this week.
In this charmingly illustrated children's book, a little girl named Jade is anxious to meet the tooth fairy and visit fairy land. The prose is poetic and sweet, and Mathilda and Lucy both liked the story. Although the book is about 30 pages cover to cover, there are not many words and it takes only a few minutes to read, making it a perfect bedtime story.
Although the story was cute, what really struck me were the whimsical illustrations. They are quite lovely and a little bit vintage looking, reminding me of another era. The details, bits of sparkle, and old-fashioned qualities set them apart from other children's books illustrations. I read an e-version of the book, and I bet the pictures are even more beautiful to see in a real paper book. Jade and the Tooth Fairy would make a cute little tooth fairy gift, left in lieu of money for a little girl who has just lost a tooth.
I received a complimentary ebook version of this book for review purposes. All opinions are my own.
Posted by Alysia George at 6:00 AM
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- Jacinta Zechariah said...
Thank you so much for the lovely review. Its always nice for a self published author to hear that someone liked the book.
- 03 May, 2013 07:41
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Do any of you recognize this pattern. Is there a place to get the pattern or a tutorial that shows how it's made. Thanks for your help.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Do any of you recognize this pattern. Is there a place to get the pattern or a tutorial that shows how it's made. Thanks for your help.
Hello Toni, It's called High Tech Tucks. I found it in the Sept 2006 issue of Love of Quilting. You may be able to find a UTube video, not sure. If I can figure out how to get the file uploaded, I'll send it to you. Let me know if you find a tutorial. I've made two of these. They are awesome!
The most spiritual activity you'll engage in today is to choose.
It intrigued me, so I googled it. Here's a pattern source.
Oh I am so glad to see Joy is still in the business of dyeing fabrics! I remember her fondly from my Texas days and want to use her hand-dyes next years for a workshop I'll be teaching locally on these High tech Tucks.
Jan in VA
Jan in VA
Living in the foothills
peacefully colors my world.
I've got a pattern that's similar to that. I'll have to look for it tomorrow and see what it is
I like the fabric. Hope you find the right pattern.
There was a tutorial for a pillow on the board a few years ago. You might still be able to find it.
It was called Izys Pillow and it is still can be found using search.
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"A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot." -Robert A. Heinlein
Here is where you will find Izy's tutorial on this folded fabric pattern:
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It seems that suicide has taken another life, yesterday Monday March 17th, L'Wren Scott was found dead in her apartment in New York City.
Monday morning around 10:00 a.m. her assistant arrived at L'Wren's apartment and found her dead hanging from a door knob. She immediately called the police and an autopsy will later determine the cause of death. There was no sign or forced entry. The assistant had received a text message from L'Wren saying to "come by".
Scott is not only known for her fashion and earlier modeling career but also as the girlfriend to Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones for over a decade. Scott has dressed celebrities such as Madonna, and has also created many of Mick Jaggers stage looks for The Stones' 50th Anniversary Tour.
L'Wren Scott also launched a line for Banana Republic which came out late last year. Her clothing was more high fashion then ready to wear but took the opportunity to create classic and fun and elegant looks for Banana Republic.
On hearing the news Mick Jagger was devastated and the band has since cancelled their show tomorrow night March 19th in Perth.
It is always sad to see suicide take a life and especially in our design communtiy. L'Wren Scott will be deeply missed and all of our thoughts are with her family and friends.
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Quotes of "Idiots and Angels"
"It is relentless and brilliant."
-The New York Times
"If you're not a fan of Plympton's going in, you will be after you see this noirish feature.
Just don't bring the kids."
-New York Post
"Its cutting satire and Plympton's pencil-scratch visuals give the sequence just the right touch of morbid hilarity."
-Time Out New York
"…Ambitious, hilariously demented moral fantasy…"
-New York Magazine
"The dystopia conjured by "Idiots and Angels", Mr. Plympton's sixth and best animated feature, suggests Toulouse-Lautrec by way of Charles Bukowski."
-The New York Times
"If Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas,†Barbet Schroeder's "Barfly†and Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire†had a menage a trois, their surrealist progeny would be the extraordinary little gem of a film, "Idiots and Angels.â€
– Lorraine Cwelich, Interview Magazine
"Bill Plympton never knows when to stop.  Thank God! Just as I'm asking myself, "How much longer can he maintain this dark and outrageously beautiful tale?", he turns it upside down and inside out and I find myself peering around a corner into a transcendent new world that is gleefully determined to trap me in it's loopy spell.  How can he be so poetic, funny, and cruel at the same moment?  Where does he buy his drugs?"
-Terry Gilliam
"The darkness of Bill Plympton's vision is once again perfectly balanced with the searing illumination of his fantastic imagination (there's even a brief point-of-view of an ashtray!) IDIOTS AND ANGELS may be his best film yet!"Â
-Jim JarmuschÂ
"Bill Plympton's 'Idiots and Angels' is a funny, dark and touching piece of film. His clever and inventive use of the pen nearly made me give up using a camera.
I love dark characters redeeming themselves. On top of that are the sounds and the soundtrack. How much good stuff can you put into one film?"
-Anton Corbijn
"Good battles evil as a gun-running, booze-swilling, cigarette-puffing badass is dragged, kicking and screaming, toward salvation in Bill Plympton's slyly sardonic black comedy, his best animated feature to date.†– Variety, May 6 2008
"The kinetic "Idiots†is both a delightful comic adventure and an effecting tale about spiritual transformation.†– The Daily Princetonian, May 1 2008
"This is an unforgettably lyrical film that has a great undertone of dark amusement. Another winner for Bill Plymptonâ€
– Rotten Tomatoes, May 1 2008
"Like the best of Plympton's distinctive oeuvre, Idiots and Angels bounces merrily along from the profane to the sublime, with a parade of arresting images that have a way of sticking with you for days.â€
– The Gothamist, April 4 2008
Reviews of "Idiots and Angels"
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Captain Ryglot Cupperhide looks up at you in surprise. 'I can't believe you brought the missing pieces back to me so quickly. I have a team of men who have been looking for these pieces for weeks now. That's quite a feat. Unfortunately, I will be unable to make use of the Crystalline Globe at this time. A message has been dispatched to my platoon asking us to return to the Halls of Honor. It looks as if we'll be joining up with the rest of our company fairly soon. Keep the globe. If you're able to rally enough people together to take on Aerin`Dar then perhaps you'll be able accomplish an objective that our platoon was unable to do. I must go now. Good luck to you __________.
I got back the Crystalline Globe. For what is that stupid thing good for? Never thought that THIS IS THE OMINOUS KEY!
Tried then to go into the Lair and always got the response: Its locked and you are not holding the key.
Killed the four guardians and tried to give the eyes to Guardian Reloios but that didn't helped either, he didnt took it.
Toon tried the Quest with the four eyes, but didnt worked either.
Using the handle in front of the dragons lair gives also: Its locked and you are not holding the key.
Have done the Time-Raid and have Time-Access. Wanted to do the fabled dragon but no chance to go into that **** lair....
So I tried to lockpick it with picklocks on a Bard but that cannot be lockpicked.
Went back to Plane of Tranquility: Elder Fuirstel and Hailed him: Got a character flag!
Tried again: Its locked and you are not holding the key!
So I got hold on an old friend who had done the whole PoP-Progression up to Time including all flags for time: the same - Its locked and you are not holding the key!
How EXACTLY do you use the KEY? I got no key and assume I should have now the flag as key. But nothing shows on the /key (keyring).
------ For all who got stuck on that part, here some missing intel:
YOU GET A CRYSTALLINE GLOBE AS A KEY. Gods, what a stupid idea to give back a item you need for the quest as a key. You have to hold the Crystalline Globe and push the lever at the lairs door, then the door circles open and everybody can enter to get to the dragon, regardless of being in raid or having mercs! So you can let anybody enter who needs the backflagging / key to HoH (for completion of the Planar Power AA).
The Planar Projection does not stay very long, so get all your flags first. You can bring in your toons for backflagging even after the dragon has been killed but you have to be fast. The head to HOH to make the temporary flag fixed. You can use fellowship inside but the port to the fellowship will be only to the door of the lair. From there on you are in a kind of preparation room to look down into the big cave. If you click the orb in front of the window then you disappear in the lair and Aerin'Dar will engage. YOU DONT HAVE A POSSIBILITY TO GO BACK TO THE PREPARATION ROOM. The only idea is: port back with fellowship, open the lair with the key and then enter again (e.g. for bringing toons inside etc.).
HOW TO GET TO HOH? The man with the key (Crystalline Globe) seems the only one to get to the big platform in the middle of the cave and click on it. This platform will turn and you can fall/levitate down and run along the cave to the HOH-Entrance. A bunch of 10-20 mobs have to be slain to get to the porting pillars to HoH. At the end there are non-KOS guards and to get into HOH you have to click one of the two pillars near the guards.
IS FABLED AERIN'DAR REALLY SO HARD? No if you are at Lvl105 with a Rogue Merc then the dragon is history very fast. Because some posts argued about the 10s fear: only Druid and Enchanter (Lvl105) got feared once or twice, the Warrior never. It was complete overkill. But the Level 69-78 at this little raid had their fun in running. If you want to have a bit more thrill then choose your main tank a lower level ;)
But many of the 70er guys where really happy about the drops and their upgrades.
KEYRING: after using the key it was possible to open the lair from the inside lever to leave but it was not possible to open it from the outside. So that key does not go to the keyring. You always need that stupid globe to open this lair :(
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Do you eat lots of fiber in the hope of preventing colon cancer? Americans need more fiber in their diet – and most aren't getting enough of it. How much does the average person need for optimal health? If you're male, between 30 and 38 grams of fiber per day – while women need at least 25 to 30 grams. But what about its effect on the colon? Does fiber prevent colon cancer – as many experts believe?
Does Fiber Prevent Colon Cancer?
Lifestyle and diet play an important role in reducing colon cancer risk, but dietary fiber may not have as much impact on colon cancer risk as originally thought. Most of the recent studies looking at this issue have been inconsistent. Two large, well conducted studies recently cast further doubt on whether eating lots of fiber really reduces the risk of colon cancer.
More bad news. A fiber-rich diet may not reduce the risk of colon polyps, which can be precursors to colon cancer. (Although many colon polyps are completely benign) Two studies published in the New England Journal of medicine showed that eating lots of fiber had no impact whatsoever on the risk of colon polyps – although these studies were short in duration and colon polyps can take years to develop.
All in all, the argument for eating lots of fiber to prevent colon polyps or colon cancer isn't as compelling as most people would like to believe.
There Are Still Good Reasons to Eat a Fiber-Rich Diet
Don't be too quick to dismiss fiber – despite these studies. Even if a diet high in fiber doesn't directly reduce the risk of colon cancer or colon polyps, it does boost digestive healthy by preventing constipation and lowering the risk of diverticulitis. In addition, a high-fiber diet lowers the risk of heart disease and diabetes – two of the more common chronic diseases that affect Americans. There's also evidence that eating lots of fiber reduces estrogen levels – and, probably, the risk of breast cancer.
What Diet Factors Reduce Colon Cancer Risk?
If eating lots of fiber isn't the best way to prevent colon cancer, what is? Limiting red meat may help to reduce colon cancer risk – especially processed meats. Eating a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D may also be beneficial. As you might expect, loading up on fruits and veggies reduces the risk; but beware of alcohol since it independently increases the risk of colon cancer – possibly by altering the way the body processes folate.
Does Fiber Prevent Colon Cancer: The Bottom Line?
Eating lots of fiber may not reduce colon cancer risk or prevent colon polyps, but it has other health benefits that are too good to pass up. To reduce colon cancer risk, limit red meat and alcohol, and fill up on fruits, veggies, and calcium and vitamin D rich foods – and don't forget to exercise. Exercise is another effective weapon in the war against colon cancer.
Medscape.com. "Dietary Fiber and Colorectal Cancer Risk: A Nested Case'"Control Study using Food Diaries"
The Doctor Will See You Now website. "Can Diet Prevent Colorectal Cancer?: A Dialogue "
Web Md. "Red-Meat Eaters Risk Colon Cancer"


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Blair faces flak over Iraq
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Prime Minister Tony Blair faced demands today to hold an inquiry into Britain's case for war in Iraq as his rivals homed in on his support for the US-led invasion ahead of a May 5 election.
The Liberal Democrat Party, which opposed the war, placed advertisements in newspapers showing a smiling Blair beside US President George Bush under the headline "Never Again".
"Britain's international reputation has been damaged by the way Tony Blair took us to war," party leader Charles Kennedy told a news conference. "Tony Blair says history will be his judge. He is wrong. The British people will be his judge."
Kennedy is due to call later today for a public inquiry into Britain's decision to join the war.
Iraq rose to the top of the election agenda over the weekend, with the main opposition Conservative Party accusing Blair of lying over the war.
A Sunday newspaper said the government's top lawyer, before the 2003 invasion, gave six reasons why Blair might breach international law if he went to war without a second United Nations resolution.
The attorney general later ruled the invasion was legal, leading opponents to claim he had been put under pressure.
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw fell short of explicitly denying the report.
"I'm not confirming what is alleged to have been in a leaked document," he told BBC Radio. "I'm simply not confirming it."
Conservative leader Michael Howard said Blair had overstated the "sporadic and patchy" intelligence gathered by Britain's intelligence services on whether Iraq had banned weapons.
Blair has repeatedly defended his decision to support Bush's 2003 invasion of Iraq and has denied hyping the threat posed by former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
"I did what I honestly believe was the right thing to do," he said today.
Blair tried to refocus debate on the eight years of solid economic growth Britain has enjoyed under his government, with a joint news conference with finance minister Gordon Brown.
Blair's case was bolstered by a letter to the Financial Times newspaper signed by 63 business leaders, praising his Labour Party for delivering economic growth and stability "unprecedented in modern times".
While Iraq has not loomed as a major electoral issue so far, Labour strategists admit its impact, particularly on public trust in Blair, remains an unknown.
Most Britons opposed the war before it began and the failure to find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has eroded Blair's once sky-high public ratings.
But opinion polls today suggested voters view domestic issues, such as public services and the economy, as paramount.
A YouGov poll for today's Daily Telegraph put Labour on 37 per cent, unchanged from last week, and the Conservatives down one point on 33.
A second poll, for the Daily Mirror and morning television show GMTV, put Labour down two on 39 and the Conservatives on 33.
Both would give Blair a large parliamentary majority, although smaller than his 1997 and 2001 landslide wins.
- Reuters
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