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By Caroline Preston
W;;; government money fast receding, many nonprofit groups are
hoping that private foundations
could be their salvation.
But with foundation assets
still well below their high-water
marks of 2006, how can non-profits possibly hope to win bigger grants from those funds—
or, even more difficult, catch
a grant maker's attention for
the first time? To answer those
questions, The Chronicle spoke
with foundation leaders, non-profit officials, and fund-raising
consultants about what grant
makers are seeking right now.
Among their tips:
Emphasize collaboration.
Karen McNeil-Miller, president
of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, says she's keen on
supporting groups like AIDS
Care Service, a charity in Winston-Salem, N.C., that provides
office space to workers from other nonprofits that offer counseling in computer training, substance-abuse, and healthy eating to the AIDS group's clients.
She's not alone, says RobertCarter, vice chairman of Chang-ing Our World, a New Yorkgroup that provides advice tononprofits: "Unless you can talkabout collaboration with a lot ofthese major funders, you're notgoing to get very far."But the approaches don't haveto be as extreme as mergers orlong-term partnerships, saysSteve Meyerson, a fund-raisingconsultant in Washington. Forexample, he is helping a Jew-ish day school explore ways anearby university might be ableto provide professional develop-ment to the school's teachers.
Focus on pressing problems and reducing costs.
Groups that work on urgent issues like unemployment may
have an advantage in getting
support. "You have to tie into
the current times in some fashion without making up programs," says Mr. Carter.
At the same time, foundations
want to support groups that have
awakened to the reality of what
Doug Stamm, chief executive of
the Meyer Memorial Trust, in
Portland, Ore., calls "a decade of
deficits." If a charity has a plan
for how it can provide services
more efficiently—and, better
yet, ideas for how that cost-sav-ing approach could be applied to
other groups—it will win favor
in grant makers' eyes.
Seek support for the
group's most successful programs. Foundations are more
open to supporting new programs today than they were
during the depths of the recession, but they certainly won't
look favorably on groups that
want to go into new areas but
can't raise enough to support
what they already do. They also
Steven J. McCormick, of the Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation, says he tended to view grant makers as "ATM
machines" when he headed the Nature Conservancy.
tend to appreciate charities that
have pared back on the number
of programs they offer. Says Rachel Monroe, president of the
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg
Foundation, in Owings Mills,
Md.: "If there is a nonprofit that
is struggling with funding and
sustainability, now is not the
time to ask the Weinberg foundation, at least, to fund an '
innovative new program.'"
Be clear about how money
will help. Some foundations
are open to helping nonprofits
bridge a gap when government
payments stall—to a point. Robin Smalley, international director of Mothers2Mothers, a Los
Angeles nonprofit that provides
assistance to pregnant African
women and mothers with HIV/
AIDS, says she's seeing interest from foundations in helping her group meet shortfalls
from stalled and reduced U.S.
Agency for International Development grants. But Ms. Smalley says she's very clear about
how that money will help. Not
all nonprofits are, says Ms. McNeil-Miller of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust. "We have
turned down plenty of organizations that have just wanted
what they called 'bridge funding,' but it was the bridge to nowhere. There was no plan."
Be honest about finances.
Foundations appreciate a can-did assessment of a charity's fi-nancial situation. Beth Nathan-son, associate director of devel-opment at the 92nd Street Y, inNew York, says she brings up hergroup's fiscal health during in-formal chats with donors. "Initi-ating the conversation shows youhave confidence," she says. Also,her charity discusses its short-and long-term plans to reduce adeficit in its grant proposals.
Line up with the foundation's goals. Back when Steven J. McCormick led the Nature Conservancy, he says he
tended to view foundations as
"ATM machines." Now, as head
of the Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation, in Palo Alto, Calif.,
he says nonprofits need to do a
better job than he sometimes
did of understanding precisely
how foundations are trying to
advance change and making
the case for how their group's
work fits into that.
Ask peers for advice. People who work at nonprofits that
have recently won a grant from
a particular foundation can be a
good source of intelligence. Mr.
Meyerson advises fund raisers
to speak with at least one recent grantee before approaching a foundation. Some charities
might not be willing to share
what they know, but Mr. Meyerson said nonprofits will probably have luck if they approach
groups that don't work on the
same issue.
Find more information from The Chronicle's survey of
America's largest grant makers online, including:
; How much foundations plan to give in 2011
; Where they made their largest grants in 2010
; A look at median assets and the size of median grants at
dozens of foundations
; An interactive database of the more than 180 grant makers
in the survey
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Re: Conformal Mapping
On 6 Nov 2012, at 00:39, Roland Franzius <roland.franzius at uos.de> wrote:
> Am 01.11.2012 08:22, schrieb MaxJ:
>> Hi folks,
>> I need help finding a Mobius transform such that the region:
>> |z-i|< sqrt(2)
>> &&
>> |z+i|< sqrt(2)
>> in z-plane be mapped conformally into a unit circle in w-plane.
>> Any help is appreciated very much.
> The boundaries are two circles with centers at +-i and radius^2 = 2.
> Consequently the contours are passing through the six points on the
> squares with vertices
> +-1, 2i +-1 and +-1 -2i +-1
> Consequently the lens shaped area in question is bounded by two
> symmetric quarter circles with center at +-i intersecting at +-1 with an
> angle of pi/2.
> We conclude that the identity w=z is a conformal map of the lens into
> the inner of the unit circle.
> The construction of a conformal map onto the unit circle, transforming
> to straight lines the pi/2 vertices at +-1, needs square roots centered
> at the vertices +-1.
> This task could generate homework for up to one day approximately.
> --
> Roland Franzius
There is no need for square roots centered at vertices; ordinary squaring will suffice. And it's less then one day's homework; without Mathematica a maximum of 15 minutes I think, with Mathematica a lot less.
The standard way to deal with a lens is to use a Moebius transform to send one vertex to 0 and the other to infinity. In this case the map =09
will do it. We get the angle"
g = InverseFunction[f];
Abs[g[x + I y] - I] < Sqrt[2] &&
Abs[g[x + I y ] + I] < Sqrt[2], {x, -2, 2}, {y, -2, 2},
Frame -> False, Axes -> True]
Next, we rotate it to the right by -3Pi I/4 and use squaring (not square root). We will get the upper half plane. We can now map the upper-half plane to the unit disk by a Moebius transformation - fro example
The final map is:
gg[z_]=Simplify[kk[(f[z]Exp[-3Pi/4 I])^2]]
(2 z)/(z^2+1)
We can check this graphically:
RegionPlot[Abs[gg[x + I y]] < 1, {x, -2, 2}, {y, -2, 2}]
We see the lens plus some additional region. Both the lens and the additional region are mapped onto the unit disk. In order to construct the inverse map from the unit disk to the lens we need, of course, a square root.
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Meet our Fundraisers
Our work wouldn't be possible without the support of our fundraisers. Take a look at what they've done to help raise vital funds for allergy sufferers.
Whether it's running a marathon, hosting a music concert or holding a bake sale at school, our fundraisers have shown they've got what it takes to make a difference and change lives. If you're looking for some inspiration to get your fundraising underway, why not read what they've been up to lately?
Great South Run a success
Michael Redgrave completed the 10 mile Great South run course to raise awareness for Allergy UK.
Michael's son suffers from allergies and he kindly raised sponsorship for Allergy UK. Over £300 has been raised - thank you Michael.
Charity Ball in aid of Allergy UK
Allergy UK are very grateful to Katie Kinsella who has continued to support Allergy UK after taking part in the London Marathon in 2016 (raising over £3,300).
In October Katie arranged a charity ball at Dunston Hall in Norfolk raising over £2,600 in donations.
Thank you so much to Katie and everyone that attended on the night.
The Great Scottish Run
Alison Smithson from Glasgow and her family have raised over £500 for Allergy UK via sponsorship for The Great Scottish Run. Alison and her sister ran a whopping half marathon whilst Alison's daughter, Ella (aged 6) and her son, Max (pictured on the left) ran the Family Mile.
Well done to the family of runners and thank you for supporting Allergy UK.
Philip Pedals for Scotland
Fundraising star Philip completed the Pedal for Scotland challenge in 3 hours 45 minutes in aid of Allergy UK. Philip says "My 3 year old daughter has a nut allergy, realising the ongoing struggle just to raise awareness of allergies I wanted to help Allergy UK.
Philip raised over £444 for Allergy UK. Thank you soo much Philip!
Laura runs the Severn Bridge Half Marathon
Laura ran over 21km for her son Charlie, who is allergic to wheat and soya. Laura explains "Allergy UK have given me confidence to be able to deal with Charlie's reactions and allergies and I wanted to raise money so that others too can receive support. When your child has an allergic reaction it can be very scary".
Laura raised over £450 for Allergy UK. Well done and thank you Laura!
20K for Allergy UK
Chris decided to take on both the British 10K and Great Newnham 10K to support his close friend Riz Wahid who tragically lost his son Cameron after he suffered an allergic reaction to Dairy while on holiday.
A total of £470 was raised in sponsorship for both events which is fantastic amount. Thank you so much Chris!
Little Luvvies dance for Allergy UK
Allergy UK are extremely grateful for a recent donation made by Little Luvvies dance and drama school in Leighton Buzzard.
A total of £1,366.90 was raised from donations made at the school's annual dance show. Allergy UK are honoured to have been selected to receive donations - thanks Little Luvvies!
Frances and Clare run the British 10K
Frances works as an Allergy Specialist Nurse at the David Hide Asthma and Allergy Centre. She looks after babies, children and adults with asthma, eczema and food allergies. The Centre uses the Allergy UK website to download all patient information leaflets and signpost's patients to the Allergy UK website. Frances explains that she "Would like to help fund and give back to Allergy UK a little of what they help us with."
In July, Frances and her daughter-in-law to be, Clare raised over £460 in sponsorship for the British 10K. Allergy UK are really grateful for the fundraising efforts - thank you Frances and Clare!
The team at TW Gaze Jump for Allergy UK
TW Gaze Auction Rooms based in Diss, Norfolk have selected Allergy UK as their Charity of The Year for 2016. The reason for their support is due to a young girl named Evie who suffers from multiple allergies and the support Allergy UK have provided to her family. The team of staff have a number of events planned throughout the year and aim to raise funds and awareness for Allergy UK.
The first event, a parachute jump from Ellough Airfield near Beccles saw a team of five employees jump 13,000 feet in aid of Allergy UK collectively raising over £3,000 for Allergy UK.
Auction Rooms Manager, Matthew Brand says "The intrepid five are all heroes". Click here for more information about TW Gaze.
Cameron's Cup
The first annual charity football tournament and family fun day in memory of Cameron Wahid raised £3,466 for Allergy UK at Lingfield Football Club. Four teams took part in the mini tournament which saw Lingfield presented with the Cameron Cup.
Over 400 people cheered on the teams and enjoyed stalls, games and food at the Family Day which many local businesses supported by pledging donations or providing equipment or services.
Allergy UK's Deputy CEO, Lindsey McManus explains "We are incredibly grateful for all the funds raised for Allergy UK, and all the hard work that they have put in to raising awareness of the impact that allergy has on people's lives".
More events in Cameron's memory will be posted on www.cwaafundraising.com and on Cameron Wahid Allergy Awareness on facebook page.
Toddler Trot
One of Allergy UK's youngest fundraisers – Abigail, who has only just turned two completed a lap of the 'Toddler Trot' track in 6 minutes in aid of Allergy UK. Abigail suffers from severe allergic reactions to dairy, soya, wheat, sesame and eggs along with other allergies. The toddler and her Mum, Janet have raised over £400 for Allergy UK through a number of fundraising events including: a Free From Picnic, a nearly new sale, a cake sale and sponsorship for the trot.
Abigail's Mum, Janet says "We will always be grateful for the support Allergy UK have given us and this is just our little way of saying thank you". Allergy UK are extremely grateful for Janet and Abigail's ongoing support to the charity.
Brighton Marathon
Simon took on the Brighton Marathon raising over £1,520 in sponsorship for Allergy UK. He was inspired by his daughter, aged 10 who has suffered severe nut and sesame seed allergy from birth.
Simon explains "It was an amazing day and made special by the fact that my family, and in particular my daughter who has severe allergies, were there to see me".
Thank you for all of your efforts Simon.
Running for Evie
Katie was selected as Allergy UK's London Marathon runner and raised an amazing £3,397.25 in sponsorship for Allergy UK.
Her young daughter, Evie has severe multiple allergies to milk, eggs, wheat, sesame, oats, peanuts, tree nuts and dogs. Katie explains "Evie still has regular touch and airborne reactions making everyday life, such as playgroups and going round friend's houses, difficult and often resulting in hives and difficulty breathing".
Katie says she "I intended to raise money and awareness for a charity so close to my heart and to also do something for me that my family could be proud of".
You certainly did this Katie – well done!
Allergy UK's very own Nurse Advisor, Holly is a Super Hero!
Holly, and Trustee Sarah Stoneham and her two children, ran the Super Hero run in Victoria Park, London to raise money for allergy sufferers in the UK. The team raised over £1,776 for Allergy UK!
Talking about why she ran for Allergy UK, Holly explained "As a Nurse who works for the charity, I observe first-hand the dedicated work and support that the charity provides, as well as raising the public profile of allergic conditions. I can empathise with those who have allergies as both a nurse and as someone that has eczema." Way to go Holly!


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new internet portal "Citizenship 2.0-transforming Latin
America", was launched on Monday, May 30. Its aim is to
encourage participation of citizens, especially young people, in the
preparatory discussions of the XXI Ibero-American Summit of Heads of
State and Government, whose central theme will be "State
Transformation and Development" which will be held in Asuncion,
Paraguay, on 28 and October 29, 2011.
This project is an initiative of the General
Iberoamerican Secretary, Enrique V. Iglesias, who aims to encourage
citizen participation in the issues being discussed at the Summit,
as well as boosting the use of new information technologies and
social networks. The portal is part of a plan of joint activities of
the General Iberoamerican Secretariat and the Institute for Latin
America at the University of Salamanca.
Monday 30th also were launched two other priority activities within
the project. The first is a Young Researchers Seminar about
"Transforming the state and development." The second is an
essay contest whose theme is "New strategies to strengthen the
state and improve the conditions for development in Latin America."
Both activities will have a specialized jury that will choose the
best best paper. The award will be an invitation to attend the next
Summit of Heads of State and Government.
the coming months, workshops of Debate 2.0 will be held in four Latin
American cities (Quito, Cordoba, Mexico and São Paulo), from which
further discussions will also be presented to the Summit. They will
complement the "Recommendation Document" prepared by the
participants of the first Workshop Salamanca 2.0, held in the Latin
American Institute at the University of Salamanca on 23 May 2011. To
access: http://www.ciudadania20.org/
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Kobo Daishi (Kukai) was a renowned monk who established Shingon Buddhism during the Heian era. In 835, he entered into eternal meditation and in the year of 921 he was given the posthumous name of Kobo Daishi by Emperor Daigo. The meaning of the name Kobo Daishi recognizes his excellence as a teacher as well as his work and efforts to spread the word of the Esoteric Buddhism throughout Japan.
Kobo Daishi was born in 774 in the province of Sanuki (Kagawa Pref.) on Shikoku Island. When he was young, he studied Chinese classics and Confucianism under the guidance of his uncle, Ato-no Otari.
When he was fifteen, he moved to the capital city to enter a government university where most of the graduates moved on to become bureaucrats. During his time at the university, Kobo Daishi became disenchanted with the secular world and began to develop a strong interest in Buddhism. Consequently, at the age of eighteen, he decided to live his life as a Buddhist monk.
When Kobo Daishi was thirty-one years old, he happened to read a scripture of Esoteric Buddhism called "Dainichi-kyo" (Mahavairocana Sutra). This sutra had a tremendous impact on him and thus he became very motivated to study more in depth about Esoteric Buddhism.
Kobo Daishi knew he must go to China in order to gain a better understanding of the Esoteric teachings.
After spending some time in China, Kobo Daishi was given the opportunity to learn the essence of the esoteric teachings under Abbot Huigou, an authority on Esoteric Buddhism.
Abbot Huigou then initiated him into the Esoteric Buddhism tradition. It was truly remarkable that Kobo Daishi was able to master the complex esoteric teachings and be selected to be the eighth patriarch of Esoteric Buddhism in such a short period of time. In spite of Kobo Daishi's initial 20 year directive to study Buddhism in China, he returned to Japan after only two years with the mission from Abbot Huigou to spread the teachings of Esoteric Buddhism throughout Japan.
Kobo Daishi is also known as the father of Japanese culture. He is renowned for his talents as a teacher, engineer, inventor, poet, calligrapher and creating the first public school in Japan.
Through his achievements and rising popularity, Kobo Daishi was summoned and requested to assist on a multitude of tasks and projects.
Kobo Daishi entered into eternal meditation on March 21, 835, surrounded by his devote disciples. He is believed to be alive and continues to provide relief to those who ask for salvation.
In 2004, Koyasan was registered through UNESCO as a World Heritage site. The official title is the "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range". Since being registered as a World Heritage site, more and more visitors from diverse countries have come to Koyasan to appreciate the rich history and its unique atmosphere.
Although the essence of Koyasan has remained the same, nowadays all walks of life are able to live in peace at the site where Kobo Daishi founded this sanctuary 1,200 years ago.


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Avoid clutter, especially in the central part of the house
You will disrupt the flow of life energy if the interior layout cluttered home. Acting like a heart, the center of the house has been linked to the health of the people living in it. Therefore, it must create a positive energy, creating flow throughout.
Trees help improve energy, things that in the flat, square such as coffee tables made of stone, stimulates the movement of energy should be put at the center position. Beside, put the picture of family happiness, or fountains, wind chimes…..
Balance and harmony house
The harmony and balance in the house will add energy for the home. Color, light and scent will help create harmonious feelings and do what each person of. With the meaning of each color, we can choose the color to suit each space.
Red keep energy filled, but should be limited in the bedroom if you want to consider this place to stay. Orange can bring new vitality to appropriate for kitchens and children's playroom.
Everyone has their own tastes in a setting, furnished living room. However, beauty parlor and science of FengShui is indispensable:
Living room will harmonizes with soothing colors, stimulating fun and relax. Lemon yellow is the color of happiness, encouraging creativity. This color is also suitable for use in offices and kitchens.
Blue has healing effects and soothing colors, so it was appropriate for the space hotel, sleep, help us innovate and have balance. Blue has healing effects and mentally relax, stay calm. Purple is the color of elegance … Combined with relaxing scents will have positive effect on human health.
A living room of the positive energy cheerful and eliminate negative energy of busy will welcome luck and prosperity into your home.
To guestrooms fresh, you should change the interior layout of six months. Place the items in the room should be determined by fengshui compass science. Direction furniture set that affect the level of health, love, your wealth, so please refer to expert opinion for your own case.
Another important point of the living room is the provision of wealth. According to fengshui science, if there is a door that lie in supply will lead to a decline in prosperity. Take note of this when considering purchasing a new design for home.
Guestrooms are very imbalanced where science of fengshui because often receive different energies passing. To keep this place is always full of healthy energy and prosperity, you can refer to some of the ways to maintain the flow of gas (positive energy), and disarmament Ta Engineering (negative energy) as follows:
- Refresh the wall: The walls have key roles to bring color to the room, as well as a great backdrop for these items. Therefore, these bright shades of gray, beige, turquoise, blue … usually favored. The colors of the living room colors are important in bringing a joyful atmosphere instead of sadness, sluggishness…
- Rearrange furniture: Living up on the ground floor and not directly opposite the main door. Ideally, there is a lobby area or hanging painting before entering the room. To the guests feel welcome, should not put furniture out the front door with his back. Instead, the sofa should have his back against the wall position, or have a solid table with a view of the landscape.
- Living room space is so negative, chairs have firm back support. Furniture should be arranged so that both users and the power source can be moved very easily, ventilated room required and received plenty of sunlight.
Note to getaway
The bedroom is where we spend a lot of time to rest, so it is very important for health. The simple everyone knows, that is, to restrict the electrical equipment in the bedroom, where the bed away from the devices such as televisions, computers etc….or some office equipment should not carry on bedroom as a printer, copier or all kind of the best paper shredder
Similarly, metal objects should not be located near. Leg posture is not straight to the door, because this is the direction of the coffin, very taboo. In addition, side the bed is not facing the mirror. When sleep that saw the mirror, causing a sense of insecurity. In the absence of the mirror switch, then use the cloth, or materials with which to cover it.
Decorations the things that healthy and stimulating energy
Dragon is a symbol of health, but should not be placed in the bedroom. Because it has so much energy, in the bedroom will cause restlessness, anxiety. Wind chimes have bad gas dispel effects, capture and grow more fresh air, so often used in the home. They can be put in the position of doors, windows, or the position at the airflow.
Dragon turtles cure is a symbol of solidity and longevity, usually placed in the rear position, meaningful support people living in the home. Rabbit and Turtle also help improve health and bring good luck and long life. Our material also depends on the landlord under the law of the five elements, example people destined Jupiter should choose wooden rabbit or turtle.
Gallery fortune jar you can preserve all their assets. Use a small glass jar (metal or ceramic are) put in that many gemstones or crystals. Then place the bottle in accordance with operating area that you are using.
If the glass jar ceramic containers many gems, under average operating in Turkey you should put in the cupboard under the corner of the bedroom Turkey, is the Southwest corner. Northeast Corner also unacceptable, average metal also the angular West or Northwest.
You should put the bottle into the secret place, for example in the bedroom closet. Note average wealth is not facing the main door, as this represents the loss of money or property. Also do not let anyone see your average fortune.
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Archival print on premium matte paper. Image size is 9" x 12". Image size fits perfectly in a 11 x 14 standard frame.
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GAINESVILLE - These dolls are made with strings of love. "Dollies Without Borders," is an ongoing project happening in Gainesville and part of UF Health's Arts in Medicine program.
For about 6 years now, students are getting together to make hand-crafted dolls and giving them away in developing countries, like India and Thailand. The founder says the dolls are hand-delivered and reflect the ethnicity of the child receiving the doll so that they can identify with their inner beauty.
Madeline Austin the Founder said, "And it's wonderful to share not just the skill of making a doll, but the skills of sewing... The skill of community, giving, all of this stuff is so important."
"Dollies Without Borders" is open to everyone. They meet the first Saturday of every month at the UF Health (South Tower) Resource Center.
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Yes, and using the excuse that she's young is just stating she's immature!05-05-2012, 11:50 PM #63
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I finally got around to watching it tonight. I was glad to see Kat go. I thought it was interesting that she didn't seem amused and she crying and not laughing as she was walking away. Why, just a few minutes earlier she was talking about how much "fun" it was to blindside someone! Yes, she is a little whiny cry baby.
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Not that she didn't have a little one before........but it SWELLED after she won!
That CHILD has a lot to learn about life.........and I wonder if daddy will be there to protect her through it all??!!!05-06-2012, 04:33 PM #65
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Don't forget the A race finale tonight..............
Please don't let Rachael win...........think the couple that have had all the first place wins will take it..unless they get into a real mess!
I don't remember...........did she (rachael) or her partner win in B Bro??
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Spelling is not grammar and complaining about correct punctuation when one uses a grave accent instead of an apostrophe makes the argument invalid.
That is correct, sir.
Hahaha! I loved this! Totally subscribing now! ^__^
At best serial a comma is unnecessary, and can frequently cause confusion.
Yep, I'm confused alright.
Of course the Oxford comma is redundant if you correctly introduce the list (as in the "incorrect" instance) with a colon.
We invited the strippers: JFK and Stalin.
The so-called "Oxford" comma is not a serial comma in the example. Rather, it is to introduce an appositive.
In addition, a so-called "list" consisting only of two items does not need a comma.
Jane, my mother in law, likes food, love and or entertainment a.k.a. distractions, diversions and deviations: perversions, abnormalities, eccentricities, et cetera.
According to the Associated Press, when writing a scholastic journalistic piece, we (journalists), are not supposed to use the "Oxford comma" when writing items in a series. Otherwise: "I went to the store to buy milk, bread and eggs."
This is because they are trying to use less ink! It's a conspiracy to save the papers money!
Aren't these the same folks who also, in their style book, say not to use the term illegal immigrants to describe illegal immigrants? Well, there you go.
Ooh. That hurts someone's vag!!!
The fifth one down, about the average American, is just a badly worded sentence. There is no way any sort of Punctuation would make that sentence any better without adding words.
Poorly written…
The average American, consumes more than 400 Africans.
How is that?
You've only added incorrect punctuation to a badly worded sentence. Now it's poorly worded AND grammatically incorrect. Congratulations.
You've only added incorrect punctuation to a badly worded sentence. Now it's poorly worded AND grammatically incorrect. Congratulations.
The average American consumes more than 400 Africans COMBINED.
No. "The average American consumes more food than 400 Africans."
But it might not only refer to food (energy, land, etc. …) so:
'An average American consumes more than 400 Africans do.'
Today, 3/11/13 I took a NYS DEC exam , the misspelling , grammar and punctuation was so horrific that I failed the exam costing me hundreds of dollars and my pride. I quickly made the test proctor aware of the situation . But nothing can be done now.
Did you mean…
Today, 3/11/13, I took a NYS DEC exam. The spelling, grammar and punctuation were so horrific that I failed the exam and lost hundreds of dollars and my pride. I quickly made the test proctor aware of the situation. Nothing, however, can be done now.
If you can't get the "spelling, grammar and punctuation" right, how can you judge others' as "horrific"?
In the 'Than' example, is it sepposed to be a lesson? or another joke. The example actually means "I'm much better at holding my liquor than holding a panda bear".
The correct sentence for the desired meaning should be "I'm much better at holding my liquor than a panda bear is."
No. In my dialect, the default assumption for sentences of construction "Adjectiver at Verbing Noun1 than Noun2" is that when Noun2 refers to a person as opposed to a place or a thing, then it refers to a subject to which a comparison is being made. The previous sentence already established that the panda is a subject capable of drinking liquor, so I would actually have to put Verbing on both sides of the "than" in order to say what you claim this sentence already does.
(Also, I'm totally making this up; which is fine, because you're denying the legitimacy of pre-assumed resolutions to common forms of syntactic ambiguity.)
If you strongly prefer the complete absence of all forms of syntactic shorthand, might I recommend a lovely little language labelled Lojban?
sepposed? Is that supposed to be ironic?
You never end a sentence with a preposition. Sometimes that can be a very tricky thing. Try writing a paper without the use of the words would, could and should; as those are really meaningless filler words according to my literature professor, he made us rewrite any paper that contained those words. (Prior to taking his class, that last sentence might have read: he would have made us rewrite any paper that contained those words. ) when I say they are filler words, note that the word "would" added no actual meat to the sentence other than an add 2 extra words to that sentence). Take an average of 5 sentences in a paragraph, and one filler word assuming 2-4 prepositional phrases/words or adjectives required to go with that word unnecessarily. A 200 count essay can easily amount to a minimum of two paragraphs of filler text.
Eliminating those three little words, makes writing an essay insane; it definitely made me a better writer -I guarantee nothing from a mobile phone after I've taken my sleepy night night medicinel
would is a perfectly fine word in the correct context. In English it's used as part of the conditional tense.
If he had had ten dollars, he would have been able to buy dinner.
Could indicates past potential . I could lift 200 lbs when I was twenty.
I assume you mean when its misused.
And as far as dangling prepositions:
"Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put."
lol omg i wuz laughing about time sum 1pointed this out 2 us young people it doesnt matter so much time is wasted worrying about these things will it matter at all down the road
I'm pretty sure understanding your language well enough to write it down properly will matter down the road. If it doesn't matter down the road, I would like fries with that and be quick about it.
Why are you laughing about time? Oh, your intended message was misunderstood due to your lake of punctuation. I guess getting your point across accurately using written communication doesn't really matter, does it?
Lake of punctuation? As opposed to a river of grammar, or a sea of syntax? How about an ocean of onomatopoeia?
lol omg when you try to get a job down the line and you start every sentence with lol omg no punctuation and text speak…
I've never yet met anyone with a worthwhile job who can't string a correct sentence together.
In olden times, when I was a copy editor, there was no such thing as an "Oxford comma." Editing took a lot longer, and you didn't have second chances because corrections in proof were expensive. Yes, boys and girls, I was a child of the waning hot- lead era. Almost all newspapers used the AP stylebook. A rule of thumb was to use a comma where you would pause when speaking, or where necessary for clarity. Better to leave in an unnecessary one than to leave out a necessary one. We didn't lose any sleep over it and I don't remember any arguments. Writers would write, I would edit, end of story.
I respect you, printing is such a dying art form). I can read backwards and upside down thanks to setting type. Running an old letterpress was fun back in my younger years. We even had an old windmill.
Course typesetting and design is what I got into, though my degree had to be mass comm /journalism.
People used to say printing was altogether going to disappear thanks to the Internet, but I can't see that, product packaging will always exist, and there are some that will never give up the feel, smell or security of physically holding a book
Por otra parte, si se trata de un sangrado más oscuro,
pastoso y con coágulos, desea decir que es un sangrado de
zonas superiores del canal anal.
Bro, not all of us can speak Spanish.
Without the Oxford comma, the strippers would be JFK and Stalin. But, you could write it thus, if JFK and Stalin where guests; "we invited jfk, Stalin and the strippers."
"Jimmy helped his Uncle Jack off the horse" should be, "Jimmy helped his Uncle, Jack, off the horse."
No, Uncle Jack is his name (hence the uppercase for uncle; not normally a proper noun), so it would be
"Jimmy helped his Uncle Jack off the horse." Otherwise it should be "Jimmy helped his uncle, Jack, off the horse."
Yes, pinprick, punctuation, spelling and grammar are impotent.
*important, that is 🙂
I would suggest that those who ignore spelling and grammar are impotent therefore lethrwolf is correct. 😉
I'm in heaven. Thank you one and all.
Punctuation gives me extra marks in tp s nd reduces my marks in exams…. Well thanks 4 helping me 2 prepare my exams
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Help! I took an Edelbrock gear drive off my hydraulic cam 350 Chevy and replaced it with a Melling double roller chainset. I forgot to remove the thrust washer that goes behind the cam sprocket against the block.
The chain and sprockets went on just fine and the cam bolts went in straight and bottomed out with finger tightness. When I tightened the cam bolts, the cam didn't walk. I used the cam button that was already there and the chain had some slack when I prelubed it.
What I didn't do was run a straight edge to check the gear alignment ......
The face of the thrust washer felt flush with the end of the cam.
Everything went together just fine and I ran the motor and it's very happy. Do I need to get the thrust washer out of there?
That said, there is some leeway. The gear teeth aren't as wide as the chain link is wide, so if the thickness of the thrust washer is not greater than the difference in the gear thickness compared to the width of the chain link, there won't be an immediate failure.
Thanks Cobalt327,
I'm calling Edelbrock tech this morning to see what they say but I'm planning on taking it out anyways. The face of the thrust washer felt flush with the end of the cam, but I'm not comfy leaving it in there.
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Aldo Leopold, the noted environmentalist who died in 1948, wrote, "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." Leopold's influence was so strong that today he is recognized as the father of American conservation.
So it's fitting that his famous name now graces the exterior of the Aldo Leopold Legacy Center, which was completed last year in Baraboo, Wis. The Center's LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) recognizes it as one of the most ecologically friendly structures in the U.S. Adopting European design influences, architects utilized some of the most innovative materials and systems ever employed in U.S. commercial construction. And concrete was a key part of its environmentally friendly design.
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One key design feature to this certification is the center's cutting-edge geothermal climate control system. Its heat exchangers feed radiant floor heat during the winter and supply cooling in the hottest summer months. The system relies on concrete "earth tubes" for ventilation. The tubes underlay more than 5000 square feet, one-third of which is under the building itself.
County Materials, a producer based in Marathon, Wis., cast 600 linear feet of reinforced concrete pipe, custom air intake manholes, 90-degree bends, and T-beams for the climate control system. The underground conduits comprise a series of connected 24-inch-diameter concrete pipe buried more than 10-12 feet deep. Covered by earthen fill, the air in the tubes is maintained at a steady temperature of about 55° F year-round.
Ambient air enters the underground maze of pipes through the concrete foundation wall. The pipeway is grouted in place with non-shrink, non-metallic grout. "The pipes are transitioned into the supply air ductwork via a sheet metal fitting," says Gregg Tucek, project manager for the Oscar J. Boldt Construction Co., a leading green construction firm. "The air then filters through a UV lamp to eliminate mold and bacteria before being heated or cooled and circulated throughout the building."
At the other end, the pipes are connected to a larger vertical air intake pipe extending above the ground. The opening is covered by a metal roof system, and the sides include screening against birds, insects, and debris.
The pipe-to-pipe joints are sealed with rubber gaskets, effectively keeping water out and preventing gases in the soil from leaching into the ventilation system. The pipe itself is permeable enough to allow any water to evaporate that may condense on the inside. Planners selected 24-inch-diameter reinforced concrete pipe because of its thermal properties, ease of installation, and economy, says Joel Krueger, green building specialist and project architect with the project's design firm, Kubala Washatko Architects.
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This site would not just be for Chicago, though. It would help locals and tourists all over the world in cities large and small. Now that dream, that high aim, is becoming reality.
Over the next few months we'll be launching TLT in Milwaukee and San Diego. We'll also launch in destination towns like Galena, Lake Geneva, and Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Next year we'll add Asheville, North Carolina, and several others. Once this ball starts rolling it is not going to stop!
To that end my fiance and I have put everything in storage and over the next few months we'll be traveling and exploring. We'll be hitting the hot spots and the hidden gems, both in our home base of Chicago and in our future locations. We'll be, essentially, Local Tourists!
We've already begun this Grand Adventure, and I'm writing this right now from Oceanside, California, a community about an hour north of San Diego. We'll be visiting family through Sunday and then we're staying in some of the area's finest hotels and resorts for a few days. While we're here we're getting a crash course on the region, with a syllabus provided by the San Diego Convention and Visitors' Bureau. Yesterday after our arrival we had lunch in Old Town. Today's a two hour harbor tour. Tomorrow? You'll just have to follow along!
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Isaac Stern makes his Carnegie Hall recital debut on January 8, beginning his nearly 60-year relationship with the Hall.
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Eeries are ghosts that appear in Super Mario World. They can fly in either straight or wobbly lines and usually come in packs, damaging Mario or Luigi on contact. They are found in most of the Ghost Houses in Dinosaur Island and are invincible. Eeries makes another appearance in the Nintendo GameCube version of Yoshi's Cookie, where they appear as the fourth opponent in the game's VS. Mode if the player plays on the Medium difficulty.
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A famous man once said "I have one speed: GO". Take that same energy, subtract the crack, and put it in a Mexican body behind a pair of CDJ's and you've got Mark Denim. It's been hard to miss him in the Austin nightlife the last couple of years. Yo(u)nite was founded by Mark Denim and held his party for 3 straight years at Lanai Rooftop Lounge. Currently Mark has joined a soild collective called 4Jackz and play for his new event called .GAME. at Lanai Rooftop Lounge on 3rd Thursdays. When he's not playing he's partying and supporting all the other amazing house and techno talent in our city. His weekly radio show "WE-B-HOUSIN" can be heard every Thursday night at 7pm CST on www.chfmworldwide.com You can also check out his first burst of original production out on Texas label Grin Music, including a remix from Giano. Mark also has a top 10 release on Fullhouse Digital Recordings and Sugar Shack Recordings.
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Wash. Post's Woodward Debunks Fox's Effort To Blame Sequester On Obama
Washington Post editor Bob Woodward pushed back on Fox News political analyst Karl Rove's attempt to blame the across-the-board spending cuts known as the sequester on President Obama.
Woodward wrote in his 2012 book [1] that the White House first proposed the sequester during negotiations that resulted from the Republican congressional leadership's decision to refuse to raise the debt ceiling without spending cuts. Republicans [2] and their allies in the conservative media [3] have recently used Woodward's book in an attempt to blame Obama for the forthcoming cuts and the damage [4] they will do to the economy if implemented.
But when Karl Rove tried to do so during a panel discussion on the February 17 Fox News Sunday, Woodward pushed back:
ROVE: Let's be honest about this. This was a bad idea foisted on us by the President of the United States, who has had 18 months to lead the country in a way that we could make smart cuts, not stupid cuts.
JUAN WILLIAMS (Fox News contributor): How can you call this the President's sequester when most of the Republicans --
ROVE: Because I read Bob Woodward's book!
WOODWARD: The White House -- and they really don't want to talk about the origins of the sequester now. But the Republicans definitely have a role in this.
Earlier in the segment, Woodward said that while the sequester was first proposed by the White House, "everyone has their fingerprints on this":
Indeed, 174 Republican members [5] of the House of Representatives and 28 Republican senators [6] -- a majority of Republicans in both chambers -- voted for the Budget Control Act of 2011, which included the sequester. After it passed, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said [7] the law "will finally begin to change the way Washington spends taxpayer dollars." Speaker of the House John Boehner touted [8] the law as "a positive step forward that begins to rein in federal spending." House Budget Committee Chairman and former Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said [9]:
The Budget Control Act represents a victory for those committed to controlling government spending and growing our economy. I applaud Speaker Boehner's leadership in stopping tax increases on job creators, rejecting President Obama's demands for a blank check to keep borrowing, and advancing real spending cuts and controls.
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Seriously, i'm glad a play keyboards and not guitar, otherwise i would probably have really red fingers from making so much music for our beloved AJ in such a short time (i started in September with uploading). But now instead i have a red paw, ypieeee!
Thank you all for beeing such a great community and good friends on my way to my first milestone!
Cheers, Mat
Congrats MatSteiner!!! Coming up.
Congrats! That's a really impressive milestone as you have only been on AJ for a couple of months!
Dude that's insane, congratulations! Your red paw is well deserved, Tim McMorris better watch out!
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Great work Mat, keep it up
Congrats matsteiner
Mat, have you written all that music in such a short time? You must not sleep!


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Unlike the two parks we covered yesterday, the Milwaukee Brewers' Miller Park and the Rogers Centre, home of the Toronto Blue Jays these two facilities keep their roofs open for more than half their teams' home games.
Outside of that, and the relative proximity between Toronto and Milwaukee, similarities between the two stadiums are minimal. Conceived by different design firms for different purposes during two completely different eras of architectural influences (both inside and outside the sport), they represent perhaps the best (Miller) and worst (Rogers) that retractable roofs have to offer.
Miller Park opened in 2001, replacing nearby County Stadium, an open-air venue which housed Milwaukee -- both Braves and Brewers -- baseball for the previous 48 years.
The new park, designed by the team of NBBJ of Seattle and HKS of Dallas, has a stadium footprint that follows the shape of the baseball diamond, with the two sides of the roof sitting atop each baseline. Each side of the roof arches high above the stadium, the space between filled with glass that allows sunlight into the stadium, supporting the growth of the natural grass field below.
Miller Park is designed to evoke stadiums of yesteryear and sits firmly in the retro-stadium movement, starting with the high-arching roof that cuts an iconic profile matching that of its counterpart at the nearby Milwaukee Art Museum, designed by Santiago Calatrava.
The compact, 41,900-seat stadium has the requisite brick and limestone façade and asymmetrical outfield to suggest it's a vintage park of the previous century. The park is also loaded with quirky features, like a multi-story slide beyond the left field wall that Bernie Brewer slides down following Brewer home runs, while a 6th Inning Sausage Race keeps fans happy and cheerful regardless of the score.
It's clearly worked, as one would have to assume that fans see the park as a massive upgrade over its predecessor given that the small-market stadium appears in the top-10 in attendance every year and was voted Best Stadium in MLB this year in an ESPN poll. This despite a negligible boost in their record between the first 11 after and the last 11 before their move (.474 before vs. .475 after); but even that appears to be trending upwards for a Brewers squad that finished five of the last six years with a winning percentage of .490 or better after nearly a decade and a half of futility.
Perhaps the only aspect of the park that should worry the Brewers going forward is recurring engineering problems with its unorthodox roof, which culminated in 13 million dollar overhaul in 2006, only five years after the stadium opened.
The Rogers Centre is the oldest of the six retractable stadiums in MLB, having opened in 1989 (as the SkyDome), and represents a fundamentally different approach to a retractable facility than its bi-functioning brethren.
What makes the Rogers Centre -- designed by relatively unknown architect Rod Robbie -- distinct is that the roof was built with the intention for it to be closed with the option of opening, instead of opened with the option of closing. Because of this, and the need for flexibility to allow for a variety of events throughout the harsh Toronto winter to be hosted by the arena, the field at the Rogers Centre is synthetic FieldTurf that can easily be removed if necessary.
That roof, which was designed in four parts, helps create an atmosphere which is decidedly modern but certainly not contemporary, as the entire structure serves as an unsettling throwback to the big, multi-purpose stadiums of a generation ago. Part of the reason for the identity crisis is that the "multi-purpose" aspect of the park goes far beyond any other stadium in North America. The crown jewel is the iconic 348-room hotel -- with its 70 rooms overlooking the playing field -- that forms the northern edge of the building, and houses numerous restaurants as well as a health club with the world's largest indoor track.
Likely because of its focus on a variety of different uses, as opposed to the laser-guided focus found in nearly every other park in the league, Rogers Center is not just not the best place to watch a baseball game, its considered by many to be the worst in either league (according to a study by Nate Silver). From seats in the fifth deck where one literally can't see the outfield to its lack of a dirt infield, which are all fit inside its cavernous footprint; this 1980s stadium is very much a relic of its decade.
Further burying the ballpark has been the disappointing play of its main residents, who have not made the playoffs since winning it all in 1993, despite finishing above .500 since opening the park. Whether the lack of playoff appearance are the reason for the low attendance figures or not is up to debate, but what isn't is that the low attendance figures have likely kept the Jays on the outside looking in when it comes to being able to compete with the big ticket teams in the AL East.
Which most troubling for the Blue Jays (and especially their fans) is that, with the rise of the Rays and O's, they may end up pushing their record into downright ugly territory. Given their already erratic attendance figures, having to slough through a division with four potential playoff teams, a major drop off in on-the-field performance could lead to a revenue death spiral that could may force Canada's remaining baseball team to seriously reconsider the sustainability of such an arrangement.
But, even when taking into account that is a dreadful space to watch a baseball game -- no matter how bad the team playing is -- the idea of the Rogers Centre and its ability to host so many functions both in-season and off is laudable. The fact that the other retractable stadiums in baseball are not more used in the offseason is surprising. While they are not the ultimate white elephants their NFL counterparts have become, as their relatively short season leave them empty on most days of the year, one would think the investment in a retractable roof would embolden franchises to be more aggressive when scheduling their stadiums.
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FinancialData errors
FUNNY STORY: Here is Tech Support's non-response to my problem, described
farther down:
Thank you for taking the time to send in this report to us. The accuracy
of the financial data depends on how quickly our sources of data provide
updates. A 15 minutes delay on current prices is common. Longer delays are
possible depending on the data. A complete list of the sources queried by
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Now, isn't that special? The data is 5 months old, and TS tells me there's
a 15-minute delay?
I've found a new (to me) species of error in FinancialData.
One example is the price of the following stock on Feb 10, 2011:
s = "JANFX";
FinancialData["JANFX", "Name"]
FinancialData["JANFX", {{2011, 2, 9}, {2011, 2, 11}}]
"Janus Flexible Bond Fund D Shar"
{{{2011, 2, 9}, 10.25}, {{2011, 2, 10}, 10.23}, {{2011, 2, 11},
As you see, FinancialData says the price was 10.23.
But I BOUGHT the stock through Janus Funds on that day, and the price was
Moreover, if I go to Yahoo's interactive price chart for the stock at the
following page, 10.36 is the price I find:
So... where are the errors really coming from?
This is not an astronomically large price or a Missing["Not Available"]
price; it's within 2% of the correct price. But it's wrong.
These errors make it very difficult to trust FinancialData for any useful
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February 25, 2009
Taking Hector's sage advice, I decided to invite India over to my apartment for the night. I hired a housekeeper to come over the day before just to disinfect the place. You know it's bad when the housekeeper takes one look at your living room and crosses herself.
At first, India was resistant to the proposal — she hadn't spent the night away from her kids since her husband died. But I told her it meant a lot to me and I also think her mom was behind the scenes encouraging it. We agreed she would leave at 5 a.m. to get back before the twins woke up.
I ordered in Mexican — her favorite — from a local joint and we ate carne asada burritos on my couch and watched a DVD of Wanted. Pretty bad movie but watching Angelina Jolie in anything is like foreplay to me. I swear I could watch that woman carry her kids across the street on TMZ and it would turn me on. Have you ever noticed she and Brad are always holding their kids? What's up with that? Don't her kids know how to walk?
We had great, slow, satisfying sex afterward. India really likes to take her time. It's almost like her own personal version of Kama Sutra, where she tortures me for over an hour before we do anything. I kind of like it, though sometimes I wish we could just cut to the chase — I get so sleepy.
I passed out afterward, and when I awoke the next morning I found a little note from her on my computer:
"Didn't want to wake you. You looked so peaceful. Thanks for last night. Talk later!"
I dropped a few messages on her Wall that day but she didn't respond. That surprised me a little cause I know she checks her Facebook religiously. She even uploaded a Facebook app on her iPhone so she could go mobile with it.
India's one of those people that's constantly looking at her phone. I don't even think she knows she does it — it's a habit, like twirling your hair or biting your nails. Every 10 minutes or so she checks her phone.
Back at work, everyone has started calling me "Cheese." They're always smiling when they say it, too, like they are in on some sort of joke. It's driving me nuts.
Tonight I cornered Miranda, the goth waitress, and asked what was up with the name. She got all nervous, biting her pierced lip.
"I have no idea," she said.
"Is it because I'm smiling all the time? You know like, 'say cheese' for the camera?"
"Yeah, that must be it," she said, punching numbers into the credit card machine.
It was not very convincing. I hate this.


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The adult star carries a huge baggage on her back it seems
Sunny Leone should be celebrating the success of her first hit film in Bollywood. After all Sunny's sex appeal managed to beat Kangana Ranaut's acting prowess at least as far as box office collection is concerned. While Kangy's movie made Rs 55 crores in four weeks, Sunny managed to a whopping Rs 40 crore collection in mere two weeks. However, she Sunny has one anguish that people are still stuck to her pornstar image.
Sunny said in a recent interview, "Hurt would be a strong words. But yes, I am surprised by how vehement the naysayers are in their opposition. I have nothing against them. But I want them to know I am working hard to make a career, just like everyone else in every profession. And Ragini MMS 2 is the answer to all those who thought I could do only one thing. Everyone has a past. We all grow from one level to another. I don't understand why it is so difficult for some people to accept that I've made a natural progression from one phase in my life to another. Now I'm working very hard on my career as a Bollywood actress, though I am a long way from getting a hang of it. I only wish some elements would be more open-minded about my intentions."
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