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Thge legacy of Ralph Nader in 1975 was vastly different than his legacy in 2008. In the 1960s and 1970s a young vibrant activist challenged the corporate American automobile industry in the name of consumer safety. In 2008, a tired meglomaniac is once again prepared to sell out America to the corporate world. This is not the first time a young liberal has become transformed into a cynic filled with his own self importance and prepared to take actions that satisfy ego needs regardless of the cost to America. Let me explore the SEVEN MYTHS being propogated by Nader:
1. Corporate Interests Are Best Challenged By A Nader Candidacy.
The interests of working Americans are best protected by ensuring regulatory agencies are controlled by sympathetic administrators who place the needs of workers over those in management. The Nader candidacy is all about a person, not a drive to control the legislature. A President Obama will appoint liberals to regulatory agencies like the NLRB or the FCC which will allow consumers and workers to protect themselves against corporate selfishness. We need to get rid of Bush appointees who support corporate interests that impact the well being of workers struggling to form unions, of forests, the environment, etc…. Nader's candidacy will have absolutely no impact on accomplishing this goal. We need new legislation from Congress to raise wages, to push for compulsory child care in the workplace and paid leaves for those raising families. These can only come about with a Congress committed to change. How will the Nader candidacy lead to these changes?
2. Nader Insists There Is No Difference Between Parties
Does Ralph Nader really believe an Al Gore presidency would have resulted in apppointment of two Supreme Court Justices opposed to abortion rights? Does Nader really believe a Gore presidency would have failed to work with other nations of the world in order to achieve goals through peaceful means? Does Nader really believe an Al Gore would not have done everything possible to work towards confronting global warming issues? Nader cites the bombing of a factory in the Sudan by Clinton as a prelude to war in the Middle East. Jimmy Carter did nothing other than impose a boycott of the Olympics when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Clinton withdrew troops when some were killed in Somalia. There is no question the two parties operate differently when confronted with possibilities of major war.
3. Nader Insists His Candidacy Is Needed To Get Discussion Of Healthcare
I believe Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have discussed their commitment to healthcare and their different approaches in attaining that goal. The issue IS being discussed. Actually, the Clinton view is probably close to that of Nader.
4. Nader Insists America Needs To Hear Other Voices
If Ralph Nader is interested in offering America other voices he has many options other than running for president. He can conduct Internet campaigns, develop Facebook or MySpace efforts, appear on TV, write newspaper articles, put together a national campaign led by volunteers to hand out materials, etc…
5. Nader Insists He Is Trying To Change The American Political Scene
Although running for president in previous elections, Ralph Nader has done virtually nothing to build a viable effective national organization that might eventually create a new political party. Has he held national conventions to discuss issues or to nominate a candidate? Has he created a paid staff working full time to develop an effective organization? Of course not. Ralph Nader has no interest in creating a new political party. His only interest is furthering his grandiose narcissistic self centerdness.
6. Nader Insists He Alone Can End The War In Iraq And Achieve Middle East Peace
The American public is clearly in favor of ending the war in Iraq, it really doesn't need Ralph Nader to tell them what must be done. Does Nader have a plan for ending the war in Iraq other than saying he wants it ended? Does Ralph Nader have a plan to achieve achieve peace and security for Palestinians and Israel? If so, would he please let us in on the plan. If he has such plans, why not become a delegate to the Democratic Convention and fight for the ideas to become party policy?
7. Nader Insists His Candidacy Does Not Impact The Election
His candidacy in 2000 did impact the election, it resulted in a Bush triumph. If 5,000 Nader votes had gone to Al Gore, the Bush nightmare never would have happened. Ralph Nader knows his entry will turn voters away from voting for Democrats and thus aid the Republicans. He is not a neutral person. He is a stalking horse for Republicans and the corporate interests he claims to oppose.


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Some little girls grow up dreaming about their weddings. I once went to a $700,000 wedding in Boston where everyone spent the whole weekend talking about how the bride and her mother started a wedding binder when she was 3.
I often assumed I would get married someday, but I was never that prepared.
Actually, the whole thing caught me by surprise.
I met my fiancé last year in January, and we went on our first date in April — 10 days later we were planning our wedding. In August, he proposed.
I can't explain how we knew — but sometimes you just do. And our families and friends have never seen us happier.
In the run up to the ring, I had a lot of fun trying on dresses, looking at venues and dreaming about what kind of wedding I wanted. My one rule was that I wouldn't spend any money — no down payments, no wedding magazines — before our engagement.
Everything happened so quickly, and I was afraid to jinx it. I was nervous and excited, and I felt a bit like a fraud. I felt certain he would propose — but you don't know for sure until he does, right? It wasn't until I opened my door and saw him inside a heart of rose petals that I believed it.
The next morning, the work began.
Once we were officially engaged, people started asking questions. Lots of questions. When are you getting married? Where are you getting married?? And my personal favorite: What kind of bride are you??? Are you an elegant bride? A romantic bride? An urban bride? I told one bridal consultant, "Um, a low-maintenance bride?"
I had no idea. I had no idea what kind of pressure would build in my head when I started planning a party that will be WAY bigger than any I ever held.
And there is so much pressure to obsess over every detail — from place cards to seat covers. I am convinced the phrase "This is YOUR day" is meant to make you crazy. And sometimes it does. I have spent countless hours looking at bridesmaid dresses, debating the merits of satin and chiffon.
It's ridiculous, really. And I have to remember to come up for air.
And that's what this column is about. I am hoping we can navigate these entirely new waters together — from dress to aisle — and leave with as much of our sanity as possible. Because someday I would like to emerge from all of this married — and I have a feeling my sanity will come in handy.
So tell me, South Jersey brides, how long have you been planning your weddings? What has been your biggest challenge so far?

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21st Century Business Herald, 9/23/11
Wang Jian, global VP of U.S-based consumer electronics retailer Best Buy and CEO of Best Buy China subsidiary Five Star Appliance, recently announced that Five Star opened more than 20 new stores in the first eight months of 2011 and will open over 20 more in Q4 2011 to bring its total to more than 200. Five Star Appliance also unveiled a new logo and cartoon mascot.
Five Star currently has no plans to enter first-tier cities such as Beijing or Shanghai, according to Wang. Instead the company will first consolidate its existing presence in areas such as Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces before moving into first-tier cities.
Best Buy will reopen its store in Shanghai's Xujiahui district by the end of the year, said Wang. Best Buy shuttered its nine mainland stores in February 2011, including its Shanghai retail headquarters.
Editor's Note: For more information on this topic, please see "Best Buy Consolidates China Business Under Five Star," MD 2/22/11 issue.
Keywords: Wang Jian consumer electronics hardware retail Best Buy Five Star Appliance home appliances 1st tier


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Hey everyone, I am new here but glad to join because there seems to be A LOT of valuable info on these forums. I am an owner of a 2000 Catera about 100,000 miles, been taken relatively good care of, runs good considering its age. About 2 months ago my serpentine belt snapped while driving luckily I was in a parking lot so I quickly shut it off then walked to get a new belt and spent the evening replacing it. Things go good for about a month or so, then I start noticing leaking going on under the car. Suddenly on my way back from donating plasma I hear the belt making a loud squeaking then I lose power steering while on the freeway. I make it about 2 miles from home then the car shuts off. I quickly restart it in a desperate attempt to just make it home, the car goes about another half mile then shuts off. I look at the temp gauge and its completely overheated to the point that it shut off. After getting it towed and a few days later I look at the belt and it looks fine. No places in it. It seems it just slipped off. I put it back on then I notice there is no coolant at all in the car so I put some in it and it looks like the car just spews it out the bottom as soon as I put it in. I look under it and it looks as though it is coming from the crankshaft and leaking right on to the belt itself. (So I am assuming that the coolant caused it to slip.)?). I realize the water pump is right above the crank shaft and that is where the leak is coming from. Which brings me to here, I have read in a lot of places that it is a big job to change the water pump but I am willing to go through with it because pep boys down the street quoted me at $451 labor only! Being as that is out of the question for me I have found the procedure here:
The only problem with me using the procedure is I am not sure about a couple of these things in here. Such as the intake air resonator chamber, or the front timing belt cover. Can someone please explain to me what and where these are in the car? Or does anyone have a link to the Engine Cooling PDF from the repair manual? Thank you to everyone for your help it will be very much appreciated.


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Meanwhile in IRC Class Two, front-runner Jazz, skippered by Nigel King (Lymington, U.K.), is trying to hit a moving target. The Cookson 50 has altered course north, aiming for a low-pressure system, and, if Jazz can connect with it, this will result in high wind speeds from a very favorable direction. This move north also avoids an area of little wind to the south of Jazz. The German Rogers 46s, Shakti and Varuna, have been unable to take this northerly route as they have remained south to pass the ice gate, and it will be interesting to see if they follow Jazz.
In IRC Class Three, Zaraffa, skippered by Huntington Sheldon (Shelburne, Vt.) is still the class leader. Ambersail's move south saw the Lithuanian crew make up good ground, however, the advance was short lived. Ahead of Ambersail lies an area of little wind and they should make the move north, effectively sideways, to get into pressure.
In IRC Class Four, Carina, skippered by Rives Potts, Jr. (Essex, Conn.), has been the star of the show. In the last 24 hours, however, their competition has most definitely caught up some miles. Carina chose a southerly route, while the Army Sailing Association's British Soldier, among others, stayed to the north. British Soldier has advanced 30 miles on Carina, but the American team is still over 170 miles ahead.
Ned Collier-Wakefield's (Oxford, U.K.) Concise 2 is currently 60 miles ahead of Dragon, skippered by Mike Hennessy (Mystic, Conn.). The two Class 40s have been enjoying some fast-reaching conditions and are now fully offshore many miles from land.
'Dragon passed the longitude of Point Alpha and now the next mark of the course is Lizard Point, a mere 1800 miles down the road,' reported Hennessy in a message revealing his thoughts as they head out into the Atlantic. 'Funny enough, our entire race thus far has been within about 100 miles of land. Now we are heading off into that big open space in between, the wild blue yonder. See you on the other side.'
There are some highly amusing blogs and uplifting commentary coming from the racecourse. Crossing the Atlantic on sail power is a life-changing experience and the race blogs bring those feelings to life for a worldwide audience.
'Life onboard is going well and the boat is looking tidy and shipshape which makes all the difference,' said Christian Ripard (Valetta, Malta), explaining by satellite link what life is like for the crew on Jazz. 'Our food is good, considering it's freeze-dried, but already, after six days, I look forward to eating some fresh salad or something with a bit more crunch to it. WOW! Just got a call on deck, we just missed a huge whale by 50 feet. Last night was pretty crazy too....bombing down waves at 20 knots in thick fog with NO visibility is pushing one's fate. My wife Jackie is probably right in thinking that anyone in his right mind doing this is fit for the loony bin. Sometimes I think she's right.....but, actually experiencing this sort of stuff is somewhat overwhelming and beautiful.
'Hearing the snoring of the off-watch crew is also something which I come out here time after time to find comforting....knowing that you can go to sleep and truly trust that the guys on deck will keep you safe.... that's something we sailor's have.... a bond very difficult to find when one is on dry land..... So back to my call of duty on deck, Mike Broughton wants to get back on his nav table to check our progress and work on our next move... bring it on!'
Follow the race via tracker or get real insight into life on board via the blogs by visiting the website.
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"Now comes a mediocre player with a plaintive interview and false claims, and denounces the work of the coach. The player Landon Donovan, at Bayern, was once considered unsuitable for the second team. I find such behavior unspeakable, unworthy of an international player."
-- Longtime German coach Felix
Magath, now the Fulham manager, on remarks Donovan made saying he thought, tactically, the USA was not set up to succeed at the World Cup. Magath suggested players who were cut from their
national team should do anything in their power to get back into the team and "not announce their wounded vanity with verbal attacks." (Facebook)


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BarryK is an old geezer...
..... who just turned 53 today. Happy Birthday!
So, being that old, did you even get out of bed?? LOL!
In a while, Chet.
Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!
Yo Big Bro
How's it feel to be sooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooold :evil:
Happy Birthday
30dee :thumbup:
Happy Birthday butt-head.
Did you get the depend's and viagra like you wanted Barry? :P
Happy Birthday Bro! :thumbup:
Happy birthday Barry. Are you ready to trade that vette in for a big old buick or minivan yet?
Happy birthday, Barry. You're never too old for a Vette, I sold mine to a 72 years young guy 2 years ago, he's still driving it. Dan
Thanks guys.
RE: Viagra about two years ago I ordered about $200 of this stuff on line, did not need it but just had to try it. Did not seem to make any difference so threw the last few pill away. The worst thing about the whole deal is since that time I must get 5-6 emails a day from different online pharmacy's wanting me to reorder and the phone calls are unreal there is one company that calls every Sunday on my cell phone.
I got the vette from someone older than me, if you can believe that!
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Three letters to the editor at Oregon Live are indicating what Nestle surely didn't want to see: A surprising amount of opposition to a Nestle water bottling plant in Cascade Locks:
Before city leaders in Cascade Locks decide whether to allow the massive infrastructure, land use and water use changes sought by Nestle Waters North America, they would do well to check up on the welfare of similar communities hosting Nestle plants ("Bottler seeks to tap spring water in gorge," June 12).
Excerpt #2:
If Nestle is allowed to build a bottling plant and pump water in the Columbia River Gorge, it will most definitely do more harm than good.
Pumping huge amounts of water from rivers harms the environment, changes the balance of ecosystems, and mostly works to benefit the company.
In Mecosta County, Michigan, where Nestle has a bottling plant, the effects on the community have been
devastating. Nestle has made it virtually impossible for the community to have a say in how it pumps the water and runs the operation.
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After reading about Nestle Waters North America's proposal for a $50 million bottling plant in Cascade Locks, (bringing a whopping 45 jobs) all I can say is "No! No! No!"
Cascade Locks should not let Nestle anywhere near its supply of pristine spring water. That could begin the slippery slope of corporate ownership of the water supply.


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— Angelina Love turns 32 years old today.
— TNA runs in Joplin, Mo. at the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center on Saturday with the following advertised: TNA Champion Bully Ray vs. Austin Aries vs. Magnus, James Storm vs. Christopher Daniels, Gunner vs. Kazarian, A.J. Styles vs. Knux, Gail Kim vs. ODB, and X Division Champion Manik vs. Rockstar Spud.
Big love to Angelina, but what has this got to do with anything, this site shud b called who birthday is it?


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We ordered a new cage for Jilly Boo from Piggy Bedspreads. Jilly Boo likes her new cage. We picked out the polka dots. We voted to decide on the fabric and then ordered it. The cage came yesterday! It is 10 squares around. It has three squares on two of the sides and two squares on the other two sides. The bottom is made of coroplast. We folded up the sides and taped them. Then we put on the piggy bedspread. We put Jilly Boo in it to let her run around. We could tell she liked it. While we were watching her, Mrs. Patterson put on the square sides. We added her hay box, water bottle, food dish and her couch. We left Jilly Boo and the cage in the middle of our carpet but then we moved her to the reading spot so we could read to her during buddy reading.


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Chinese influence growing in local economy
COACHELLA, Calif. - Dozens of snapshots of local leaders and Chinese delegates tell the story of an Inland Empire community working hard to "make it happen."
"We see the traditional difficulties of new business startup," adds Riverside County Supervisor John Benoit, who represents part of the county from the Coachella Valley to Blythe.
Benoit admits a federal visa program meant to entice investors hasn't been a windfall for Chinese business here yet. The Chinese funding for a new hotel project at Jefferson and Highway 111 in Indio has stalled. The Chinese investor tasked with breathing life into the dormant Palm Springs Mall has not even submitted plans.
But, says Benoit, "The climate is ripe and good, and there's huge interest in the Chinese delegations. And that's why they keep coming to Riverside County. They know that we're doing the E-B 5 program. They know that we're aggressively reaching out. We're the only county that I know of that has this foreign trade office and officer."
So far the most fruitful endeavor with China has proven to be agriculture.
"We have containers arrive here from Long Beach that we load up and send back to the port," explains John Harley, sales manager of Anthony Vineyards in Coachella. He shows off dozens of pallets of organic red, seedless grapes.
Anthony Vineyards exports between $10- $15 dollars in grapes to China each year.
"We're a large family-owned farming operation," says Harley. "And that is a very important market for us as it moves forward."
In fact, one third of all agricultural exports in Riverside County are China-bound. That equates to hundreds of millions of dollars, and many, many, tons of grapes, dates, and citrus.
"And we're trying to expand that market for our products. Our products are diversifying," says Harley.
"We have a business in Blythe that's shipping between 20-50 truckloads of hay a day to China along our interstate using natural gas trucks," adds Benoit.
And according to Benoit, no one's losing an opportunity to make hay while the sun shines.
"I was on the phone today with a business newspaper in China that has two million circulation a day in China, talking about can Chinese people actually come and visit Sunnylands?" reflects Benoit. "Can they get a tour? Do you think more people from China will actually want to come visit the Coachella Valley as a result? And the answer is a resounding 'yes.'"


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Maltese in Australia accounted for
All Maltese in Australia have been accounted for after two elderly women with Maltese connections who were missing for more than 24 hours in the Brisbane floods were located.
Raymond Xerri, founding president of the Gozo Branch of the Friends of Australia Association, said on Thursday Maltese families were still trying to locate two women in their 70s, one of whom was of Maltese descent, while the other was married to a man of Maltese descendant. They live on the outskirts of Brisbane.
The association has now established the Maltese woman had flown to France to escape the floods and the other had sought refuge in a gymnasium.
The association has located eight people of Maltese descent after 11 Gozitan and two Maltese families sought its help.
Earlier this month, four families of Gozitan descent, 13 people in all, were planning to relocate to Gozo after evacuating their houses in the northern part of Brisbane when the city was flooded. Three of them, two from Xewkija and one from Xagħra, are still going through the necessary procedures and another, made up of four people, moved from Queensland to western Australia. The families were advised against selling their property because the value of real estate had dropped by 70 per cent.
Although more floods were reported across the state, SBS radio correspondent Sandra Micallef, who lives 14 kilometres north of Brisbane, said the big clean-up was proceeding well. The coordinated efforts by the government and volunteers were amazing, she added.
Although many people returned to their homes, there were a few who found alternative accommodation until their houses were either demolished or rebuilt.
Public transport, excluding the river ferry service, is back to normal. Most of the pontoons where river ferries stop to pick up passengers were destroyed by strong currents. It is estimated it will take between 12 and 18 months to rebuild them.
The floods in Victoria are in the northwest region of the state.
"Most of the Maltese are located in Melbourne, southeast Victoria, so I do not think any have been affected," Ms Micallef said.
Victoria residents were notified well in advance about flood water going their way, so most communities were well prepared.
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The DESTINY PERSONAL APPLICATION GUIDE offers interactive questions, creative exercises, and strategies that will challenge readers to get to know themselves even further. Readers will find the courage to claim their destiny and focus on reaching the goals God has set for them. This guide is filled with reflections, self-quizzes, and other interactive applications, encouraging readers to live an intentional, satisfying life.
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Aug. 7, 2013
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Raven Chavanne, Lauren Gibson and Team USA are off to a hot start in the Mayor's Cup after taking an 11-5 win over Canada and a 5-1 triumph over Argentina late Tuesday night at Donna Terry Softball Stadium.
The Tennessee duo of Chavanne and Gibson played in the win over Canada, which started two and a half hours late due to rain in San Juan. Chavanne started at third base and hit second in the order, going 1-for-4 with a single, a walk, one RBI and two runs. Gibson stated at second base and hit third, going 1-for-3 with one single, one walk, two RBIs and one run.
Chavanne and Gibson did not play in the win over Argentina.
The game marked the summer debut for Tennessee' co-head coach Karen Weekly, who joined the Team USA staff as an assistant coach this week.
Starter Cheridan Hawkins earned the win for the U.S. after striking out five and allowing three earned runs over three innings. Jessica Moore threw four innings in relief with one strikeout and two runs (one earned) allowed.
Sara Plourde took the loss for Canada after allowing four runs (three earned) and striking out four in two innings. Jocelyn Carter pitched 3.1 relief frames with three earned runs and Marina Demore issued four earned runs in 1.2 innings.
Canada took a 2-0 lead in the first inning, but the U.S. rallied back with a big six-run third. With two on and no outs, Chavanne drew a six-pitch walk off Plourde to load the bases. Gibson drew a six-pitch walk to bring home Desitinee Martinez for Team USA's first run. After a pitching change, Amanda Chidester hit an RBI single, Valerie Arioto and Lauren Chamberlain drew a bases-loaded walks, Elizabeth Hudson had an RBI groundout to third, and Kourtney Salvarola hit a sac fly to left field to give Team USA a 6-2 edge.
Canada drew to within 6-4 after Jennifer Yee hit a sac fly in the bottom of the third and Victoria Hayward hit an RBI double in the bottom of the fourth.
The U.S. grew its lead to 8-4 in the top of the sixth. Chavanne hit an RBI single up the middle to plate Taylor Hoagland. Gibson followed with an RBI single to right field to bring in Chavanne.
Canada scored one more run on Yee's RBI single in the bottom of the sixth.
Team USA put the game out of reach in the top of the seventh with three more runs. The Americans scored on an RBI single by Chamberlain and a two-RBI double by Hoagland.
In a late 5-1 win over Argentina, Team USA jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning and scored again in the third and the fourth. Aimee Creger earned the win after throwing three scoreless innings.
Team USA has two games slated for Wednesday night. The Red, White and Blue will face Cuba at 5 p.m. ET and play host Puerto Rico at 7 p.m. ET. The playoffs in the Mayor's Cup are on Thursday and Friday.
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Once upon a time, back in my previous life as a Word of Faith devotee, doing what my mama raised me to believe was true, right and the best thing to do, Chuck Smith and Calvary Chapel both rang fondly in my ears. But that was all long before I ever knew that there was such a thing as "spiritual abuse" and something called the "Shepherding Discipleship Movement."
In fact, I was so good at innocently believing in goodness and hoping for it in the name of God's love, I think that I had to observe some serious abuse and experience a little of it myself to even consider that it such a thing was possible. What made it harder was the fact that it wasn't just a matter of a few bad apples who ended up being pastors. As Zimbardo puts it, the barrel was bad, and a good apple can't survive in a bad barrel – a barrel that is poorly maintained and provided for. Some systems and barrels become a perfect storm for spiritual abuse. No apple survives it unblemished.
Discernment Ministries Usually Avoid the Bulk of the Problems
Compounding the problem in the pre-internet days, most counter-cult apologetics groups would only ever confront doctrinal problems and ignored the behaviors, ignoring the fact that the Bible teaches that abusive religious leaders can best be spotted by what they do, not what they say. And this is, in my bold opinion, remains one of the primary failings of what many call "discernment ministries." Modern Christians decided somewhere along the way that the twisted Scripture mantras of the Shepherding movement were all important: "Don't sow discord among the brethren." "Don't be a talebearer." (And don't confuse the latter one with a prejudice against family pets.) High demand religion takes this a step further and also cites "Touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm" as insulation and damage control against examining a pastor's behavior. "Let love cover a multitude ofsins" also exploits the trust of good, earnest people. "Don't take up offenses" also helps to maintain control.
They forget that Jesus told the Twelve to go out and shout from the rooftops about the evil deeds done in secret. They forgot about the rather histrionic ceremony of going out to the gate of a city to "kick the dust off off one's feet" as a very public sign – a formal statement against the abusive behaviors of religious charlatans within those gates. As the sidebar of this site notes prominently, 90% of the Scripture verses found in the Bible concerning false teachers, false prophets and Pharisees talk about behavior, fruit, and motive. They focus on only that ten percent, and they often teach others that discussing or focusing on anything else is improper. They forget that the late, great Walter Martin often reminded Christians that the life one lived was as important as the doctrine taught, and a Christian was accountable to have both well in order.
So the survivor of religious abuse often finds themselves without much help when they go to Christian discernment ministries for help and information about the worst things that these groups do to their members. The counter-cult apologetics groups usually fail to realize that, though important, doctrine usually isn't the primary or the most significant problem in pragmatic terms. That one thing which makes the Word of God ineffective poses the greatest problem: the traditions of men. But as I've noted here, Christians have largely decided that it's only fitting and proper to discuss doctrine.
Calvary Chapel
I could not even begin to list all of the problems with Calvary Chapel, but those who read this blog should be fairly familiar with the all too familiar dynamics of high demand religion, notably Shepherding. If you're familiar with the abuses of Bill Gothard's system, you know it well, too. Considering that Paul told us in many passages that human beings are quite predictable in the ways that they sin (I Corinthians 10:1-22 , Galatians 5:19-20 as two notable examples), and considering that Jesus pointed out the predictable patterns of the Pharisees, the things men do to control a group of people are fairly predictable. Manipulation of groups looks like what Henke calls spiritual abuse and what Lifton called thought reform. And Christian groups who end up falling into the predictable patterns of the traditions of men instead of trusting God end up looking like any other high demand, abusive, idealistic group. They end up doing what the Pharisees did.
Below I'll list some links to information about the history of thought reform and spiritual abuse at Calvary Chapel who followed the errors of the Shepherding movement (which you can read about here). Think Shepherding, and you're on the right track. If you're familiar with the problems at SovereignGrace Ministries, you have a good idea of what goes on at Calvary Chapel, too.
Shepherds Suing Sheep
|Read more about the abuses of Matt 18 HERE.
Please note that my primary focus today isn't shepherding I want to point out the growing trend of abusive ministries who sue fellow Christians and churches that sue members and former members of their flocks for breaking silence about abuse. I wrote about this trend last year – about how many churches actually believe that they're doing Gods will when the sue other Christians. Bill Alnor successfully defended himself with an anti-SLAPP suit when Hank Hanegraaf launched a defamation suit against him. I've only very briefly mentioned Julie Anne Smith's victory in court when her pastor sued her for posting a bad review of the church on Goggle, making note of some specific abuses there. Now, a church within the Calvary Chapel network has filed suit against two former congregants for exposing the abuses within the church on the internet – one of whom is the plaintiff's own son. It's yet another case of an abusive shepherd using Caesar's courts to protect the public image of the church and their "ministry." What happened to good shepherds and why have pastors in particular dismissed 1 Corinthians 6?
Julie Ann Smith wrote a fine summary of the case on the BGBC Survivors blog some time ago, if you're not yet familiar with the issue (BGBC stands for Beaverton Grace Bible Church, the acronym for the church that sued her). She follows up with her support of the defendant at the Spiritual Sounding Board. Christianity Today helped to start the ball rolling to bring attention to the case on a wider scale. Religion News also features a quick read summary of the highlights. OC Weekly has an interesting bit to contribute, too. You can also visit the blog that started the controversy, CalvaryChapelAbuse.com.
Oppose the Tyranny
If you speak out against spiritual abuse online and elsewhere, if you gain benefit from those who do, and if you appreciate the freedom to be able to do so, please participate in the February 21 protest against those who oppose this liberty. Stand with those people who speak openly about the abuse that they endured at the hands of miserable religious groups – and stand beside them as they defend themselves against their own pastors and churches who use the civil court system to silence them. Help to shout from the rooftops that which is done in secret.
Please pop on over to Who Would Jesus Sue to find out more about how you can take action tomorrow to stand along side Tim Taylor and Alex Grenier.
More about spiritual abuse at Calvary Chapel:
There are more – you can use Google! I don't want to waste any more time on the matter. I have tweets to write.


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WASHINGTON - In one corner of the Washington Nationals clubhouse stood leading slugger Jose Guillen, talking about the ailing shoulder that's kept him out of the lineup and explaining his philosophy that nobody looks out for you but you.
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A few feet away sat the staff ace, Livan Hernandez, with a volleyball-sized ice pack on his balky right knee and concern on his mind about all the recent losing.
All around the room after Sunday's sweep-capping loss to San Diego, there were other signs that the Nationals, the feel-good story of the baseball season's first half, don't have a whole lot to feel good about right now, having lost 17 of 23 since the All-Star break.
There was Esteban Loaiza, trying his best to be stoic while discussing how little margin for error the pitchers have, given the lack of offense. There was the previous night's starter, Ryan Drese, who questioned why he was lifted with a 2-2 count on a batter. There was outfielder Matt Cepicky, clearing out his locker and grumbling about why he was being let go.
"There's a lot of bad things going on right now, but we're still in this thing," outfielder Brad Wilkerson said, trying his best to find the silver lining.
"It's hard to figure out why we're not scoring runs, why we're not winning one-run ballgames. It's just something for everybody to deal with. I feel like we need to find a way to grow through it, mature as a team, and deal with it. It should be a lot more fun than it is."
About the only thing for the club to take heart in is this: For all of their woes, the Nationals entered Monday just two games out in the NL wild-card standings.
Still, the one-run games the Nationals couldn't lose in May and June, claiming 12 in a row? Well, now they've lost 13 straight. All the magic in their new home city? They dropped four of six at RFK Stadium last week to teams that came to Washington under .500.
That 51/2-game lead in the NL East on July 3? The Nationals are much closer to last place than first right now.
All the warm and fuzzy talk about perfect team chemistry? Not so warm and fuzzy anymore.
And now comes the longest road trip of the season, a 13-game trek that opens Tuesday at the Houston Astros, who lead the wild-card race.
"We are going to find out a lot on this road trip about us," utility infielder Jamey Carroll said. "Nothing is working, and it's very frustrating, and we don't know what to do."
It's not for a lack of trying.
General manager Jim Bowden met with players. Manager Frank Robinson held a team meeting right after the All-Star break. Later, Robinson tried motivating his players by reading unflattering things said in the media. Reliever Joey Eischen tried riling everyone up by handing out camouflaged ballcaps with a blue script "W."
Then, before Saturday's game, Robinson convened a 104-minute closed-door clubhouse meeting with everyone associated with the team except front-office types. While no one would go into specifics on the record, players acknowledged there was confrontation.
"At a certain point, we have to walk the talk," Bowden said. "How many meetings can you have? This isn't a corporation. This is baseball. I want to see the talking on the field."
That session was followed by a loss, and on Sunday, Robinson sat out all but two regulars. How did that work out? A shutout loss to a guy with a bruised middle finger on his pitching hand.
So the Nationals are dipping down to Triple-A New Orleans to bring up outfielder Brandon Watson. The plan is to stick him in the leadoff spot and hope that helps, and Bowden says more changes could come.
"Can't watch these games too much longer. So let's try something different," the GM said. "It's like sailing a boat. Sometimes you think you're going the right way, but you know what? If you keep losing, at some point, you might as well tack and go the other way."
The pitching is mostly still outstanding, led by Hernandez (13-4), Tuesday's starter John Patterson (2.42 ERA) and closer Chad Cordero (majors-high 36 saves). But the offensive problems that have been there all along are really becoming glaring.
Only one regular, first baseman Nick Johnson, is hitting over .300. The club's .252 batting average is the worst in the majors. So is the .383 slugging percentage. And the 77 homers. And the 31 steals.
A poor road trip could put the Nationals in last place, somewhere they haven't spent a single day in 2005. That in itself is quite an accomplishment for a club that was the Montreal Expos not that long ago.
"If we go out there and have a miserable road trip," Robinson said, "you can say you're not playing for anything - you're playing for next year."
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Florida museum showcases Tiffany glass works
By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters Life!) - The last major art works from the estate of American artist Louis Comfort Tiffany will go on permanent display for the first time in February at Florida's Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art.
A new 6,000-square-foot gallery at the Winter Park museum will be opened on February 19, nearly 54 years after a fire destroyed Laurelton Hall, the turn-of-the-century New York home of Tiffany, who was best known for his leaded glass works.
The gallery will house the surviving components of the estate, including the reassembled Daffodil Terrace, an outdoor room marked by eight 11-foot (3.4 meter) marble columns topped with wreaths of glass flowers and covered by a cedar, tile and glass ceiling.
"Laurelton Hall was not simply another house that he did," said Laurence J. Ruggiero, the director of the museum. "Tiffany saw this as a statement about art and philosophy and an attitude about life."
Over the past five years, the museum has been developing the new gallery designed to display Tiffany's remaining large-scale works in a manner that suggests their placement at his estate, as well as his love of natural beauty and his style of blurring the line between indoors and outdoors.
The gallery will also include 250 objects from or related to the estate.
The Daffodil Terrace will be displayed in a glassed-in alcove to recreate the feel of the original outdoor space.
"It's bathed in natural light for the first time since it was taken from the estate," said Catherine Hinman, the museum's director of public affairs. Continued...


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Causes of Muscle Cramps and Spasms
Muscle cramps and muscle spasms are involuntary, sustained tightening (contraction) of one or more of the muscles in your body. It can result in intense discomfort and an inability to use the affected muscles. Night leg cramps are contractions of the leg muscles, usually in the back of the lower leg (calf). They often occur just as you're falling asleep or just as you're waking up.
The exact cause of night leg cramps isn't known. Some experts believe they may be due to abnormal processing of electrolytes — the essential elements and chemical substances your body needs for basic functions — by muscles. Almost everyone has occasional leg cramps and muscle cramps, but they occur most often in older adults. Common causes of night leg cramps and muscle cramps include:
Physical activities that cause muscle cramps:
- Muscle overexertion
- Prolonged sitting
Conditions that can cause muscle cramps:
- Dehydration
- Pregnancy
- Decreased potassium levels
- Alcohol use
- Drug Withdrawal from benzodiazepines e.g. Valium, Ativan, Xanax and opiates etc.
- Vitamin deficiencies- e.g. Thiamine (B1), Pantothenic acid (B5), pyridoxine (B6)
- Aging
Disease states that can cause muscle cramps:
Muscle Cramps can be a Drug Side Effect :
- Statin cholesterol drugs-e.g. Zocor, Lipitor, Crestor, Pravacol, etc
- PPIs- proton pump inhibitors- Drugs that block the acid produced in the stomach- e.g. Nexium, Prilosec, Aciphex, Omeprazole, etc
- Certain Cancer Drugs- e.g. Gleevec, Cisplatin, Vinca Alkaloids, etc.
- Certain hormone drugs-e.g. Evista
- Calcium Channel Blockers- e.g. Nifedipine, Norvasc, etc.
- Asthma Drugs- e.g. Albuterol, Terbutaline and antipsychotic medications
- Niacin
- Diuretics- e.g- furosemide (Lasix), hydrochlorthiazide
Muscle cramps can be a debilitating medical issue affecting people across the broad spectrum of levels of activity, age, competitive sports and the military. Muscle cramps and spasms can produce significant discomfort, cause a worker to lose time, have elderly persons become inactive due to fear of discomfort, cause sleep depravation due to through-the-night discomfort, render a military soldier incapacitated, and an athlete unable to return to competition. To varying degrees, humans all suffer the symptoms of muscle cramping or spasms from birth to death. For much of the time, these are an annoyance and happen rather infrequently so as not to be considered chronic. For the moment they are certainly painful, but typically subside somewhat quickly and the person resumes their normal activity. People that suffer from muscle cramps and spasms can have a chronic situation that impedes their ability to perform their jobs, compete or complete their activities of daily living.
Mature Adults That Suffer from Chronic Muscle Cramps:
The following is 2010 census data (USA) of aged population that suffer for night leg cramps. Total census data also suggests that the average life span in the US continues to increase. There are over 20 million people1 in the United States over the age of 60 that chronically suffer with leg cramps.
1Source: © EMIS and Patient Information Publications 1997-2007 (Patient UK)
Many of these people in addition to having night cramps have limited mobility during the day due to muscle cramping. Cramp911™ improves the quality of their lives.
Populations in these age groups will continue to grow with the increase of the baby boomers.
Athletes That Are Physically Active Suffer from Chronic Muscle Cramps :
A conservative estimate of 30 million people in the U.S. participate in some form of athletic activity, and will suffer a muscle cramp during a given year.
The military operates in many environments some of which are extreme hot and cold conditions with physical exertion. There are approximately 1.4 million military personal on active duty. Military personnel are considered "casualties" if they are not able to perform their function as part of their unit including leg or muscle cramps.
Other Related Ailments That Suffer from Chronic Muscle Cramps:
There is also a segment of the population that suffers from neck, back or other types of spasms. Low back pain in general affects four out of five Americans at some time2. For example, people with fibromyalgia are usually challenged with muscle spasms in various parts of their bodies. There are approximately 3.7 million people with fibromyalgia according to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Multiple Sclerosis patients suffer from muscle cramps and spasms that interfere with daily activities and their quality of life is affected. They are also plagued with the inability to enjoy a full night's sleep due to muscle cramps and spasms.
2 WebMD
by Keith DelPrete, R.Ph.
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by Keith DelPrete, R.Ph.


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Apricot Turkey Stir-Fry RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
Tender turkey, crunchy veggies and dried apricots make this easy stir-fry a standout. "Try serving it over rice or thin spaghetti, too," suggests Robin Chamberlin, Los Costa, California.
Recommended: Spring-ish Recipes to Make In April
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/2 cup apricot nectar
- 3 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 cup dried apricot halves, cut in half lengthwise
- 1 pound turkey breast tenderloin, cut into thin slices
- 1 teaspoon canola oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil or additional canola oil
- 2-1/2 cups fresh snow peas
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 medium sweet red or yellow pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces
- Hot cooked couscous, optional
- In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch, apricot nectar, soy sauce, vinegar and red pepper flakes until smooth. Add apricots; set aside.
- In a large nonstick skillet or wok, stir-fry turkey in canola and sesame oil until no longer pink. Add the peas, onion and red pepper; stir-fry until crisp-tender. Remove meat and vegetables with a slotted spoon; keep warm.
- Stir cornstarch mixture and gradually add to pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Return meat and vegetables to the pan; toss to coat. Heat through. Serve with couscous if desired. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Apricot Turkey Stir-Fry in Light & Tasty April/May 2003, p21
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"Excellent...company fare for sure! I serrved it with wild rice and a salad."


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text: See how George Clooney, Rachel Zoe, Kate Bosworth, and Other Film and Art Stars Hang Their Artwork\nCelebrities from the film, fashion, and art worlds talk picture placement\nIn The Monuments Men, George Clooney—who also directed and cowrote the movie—plays Frank Stokes, a character based on George Stout, the real-life Iowa conservator who led a secret mission at the end of World War II to recover the many thousands of great artworks stolen and hidden by the Nazis. "I don't collect art that much," Clooney admitted at the New York premiere. "I have art all over my walls, but it's usually something that is personal to me. You would come in and say, 'Well, these are some terrible paintings.' Yeah, but they're important to me."\\n\\nAnd does Clooney hang the work himself? "Sure, always," he answered, appearing sincere.\nHugh Bonneville—perhaps better known as the Earl of Grantham on Downton Abbey—plays art expert Donald Jeffries in The Monuments Men. "Oh, my goodness me," Bonneville gushed on the red carpet at the Ziegfeld Theatre. "I think I could wallow forever in the work of [English landscape painter] John Constable."\\n\\nAnd does Bonneville hang work at home himself? "I have people," he offered, in the vein of the earl.\\n\\n"Me, with a hammer and nails," added his wife, standing beside him and bringing him back to this century.\n"We are really scared to hang pictures because we keep changing our minds and getting different pieces," said Bob Balaban, who plays Preston Savitz, a theater impresario and art connoisseur in The Monuments Men. "Traditionally, we only lean pictures on top of tables or on the floor against the wall," he said. "We have one or two big pieces, and we hang them from the picture frame molding. And our Picasso . . . we keep in a vault. I'm kidding!"\nJohn Goodman, who plays sculptor Walter Garfield, says his collection is regionally infused. "I don't have a decorator, but we pick up something once in a while. It's a lot of southern art," he said. And yes, Goodman does it himself: "Nail in the wall, yeah!"\nOn his way into a recent Cinema Society screening at the Museum of Modern Art, artist Jeff Koons offered a personal insight. "I think it's wonderful to put your favorite piece right across from your bed," he said. "You look at it every morning and every night before going to sleep, so more than any other piece, you contemplate that work."\\n\\nKoons is seen here at the event with his wife, Justine Wheeler.\nAt Sotheby's for the "Take Home a Nude" auction, Naomi Watts, whose mother, Miv, is an inspired interior designer, suggested, "I like to hold them up. And if you can't, I lean them against the wall for a while before I commit.\\n\\n"It's expensive investing in art. I'm always looking for the new artists that are emerging. That's why I love this evening. In fact, I must leave," she said, politely bringing our chat to a close, "because I plan on bidding."\nLake Bell, also at "Take Home a Nude," defers to her husband, Scott Campbell, a tattoo visionary. "Scott and I both kind of experiment in our home. I trust his artistic whims implicitly." Campbell chimed in, explaining how he displays his finds. "Usually the center of the artwork is 60 inches off the ground," he said. "But I drop it a little lower. I find it a little bit more intimate."\\n\\nBell is pictured here at the ESPY Awards.\nAs so many contemporary-art lovers live with work by James Nares, AD was sure to seek him out at Sotheby's. "I let somebody else do it," he said. "I'm better at making the work than hanging it."\\n\\nNares is seen here at the event with Elizabeth Blake.\nAt Sotheby's, artist Walton Ford, wearing a mauve suit by Nutters of Savile Row, told the Inquisitive Guest that he likes variety at home. "I do a salon-style thing. They're all over the place." And is there a unifying theme or tone? "No, my aesthetic at home is kind of my own. Everything that I have looks good with everything else that I have. There will be a death mask and a [William] Hogarth print and a bit of natural history and a 19th-century photograph of Cairo."\nAD asked Sotheby's chairman Jamie Niven—who is as tall as he is charming—if his towering height affected the eye level of his collection at home. "No, you've got to look at what an average height is, 5'10", and where your eye settles in the middle of the painting," he explained. "If you know how to do it, it is pretty easy. I think that's sort of fun. I don't have a professional do it. I try to mix and match. If possible, I have three or four paintings on the wall. I prefer that to one big painting."\nPaddle8 cofounder Alexander Gilkes, a sponsor of "Take Home a Nude," shared that he was attempting a new arrangement at home. "We just started a great salon-style section in the dining room," he said. "I did it myself, with a guy from my team at Paddle8, who happens to be a former art installer. So I bribed him with a gift bottle of whiskey, and he came around with a full Black & Decker belt one weekend."\\n\\nGilkes is pictured here at an event with his wife, Misha Nonoo.\nDuring a gala at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, AD encountered celebrated California artist Ed Moses. "I paint outside," he said. "And I tilt the paintings against the wall, and after I have ten that I really like, I fasten them to the wall so I can really see them."\nOver cocktails hosted by Variety and Women in Film before the Emmy Awards, Twilight's Nikki Reed told AD that she's a hands-on hanger. "I use locking screws because nails fall out," she said. "But I don't have a lot of patience with these things. Paul [McDonald, her husband and a former American Idol contestant] does all the measuring, and then I just screw the thing in. The art in my house tells the story of my travels, where I've been."\nFront row at a Cushnie et Ochs fashion show, actress Kate Bosworth wore a sexy wetsuit-inspired black dress by the designers. "My husband [hangs our art]," she said, referring to the talented film director Michael Polish. "He graduated from CalArts [California Institute of the Arts]. He had to really learn how to hang a painting over and over again."\nCatching her friend Thakoon Panichgul's fashion show, actress Christina Ricci wore a simple black dress by the designer. "I generally do it myself," she told AD. "And there is a bit of trial and error. I put it up, and then I step back, and then I do it again. I realize I'm not going to get it perfect the first time. I try to make it intentionally asymmetrical so I don't have to screw with having everything perfectly even."\\n\\nRicci is pictured here at another Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week event.\nMark Ruffalo, in a color-blocked jacket with his beard streaked gray, waited dutifully with his wife, Sunrise Coigney, in a long line in front of a Zero + Maria Cornejo fashion show. We talked about hanging paintings during the wait, and he claimed that to do it right, it was all about the high-tech equipment. "I use a laser level," he said. "You have to have that. I've done some of them, and they're impossible to hang without one."\nJust prior to a Charlotte Ronson fashion show, the Inquisitive Guest spoke with Paris Hilton. "The person who designed my house sends someone," Hilton informed AD. "Did you think I'd know how to do it? I'd be too scared to use a hammer. I'd destroy my walls."\\n\\nHilton is pictured here at the opening of an exhibition.\nDesigner and top stylist Rachel Zoe, sitting with her husband, Rodger Berman, in the front row at the Charlotte Ronson show, admitted using the task as a form of retribution. "I was mad at him [for being hungover on New Year's Day], and as his punishment, I made him hang 13 pieces of art." Berman begged to differ: "It was 50." Zoe and Berman are pictured here at an awards ceremony.\n"Hopefully, I hang them in a very straight line," joked actress Rose Byrne, wearing a lace top and a black skirt with black lederhosen-style straps in the front row at a Jill Stuart fashion show. "I have a really nice super who comes up and helps me do it . . . or if there is a man in the house," she said, referring to her boyfriend, actor Bobby Cannavale.\\n\\nByrne and Cannavale are pictured here at the Emmy Awards.\n"How do I hang my paintings? I don't," offered Dee Ocleppo, backstage at husband Tommy Hilfiger's menswear show. "We have a decorator hang them or whoever might be handy in the apartment. Tommy does not know what a hammer is. I would take a hammer before Tommy would."\nThe Newsroom's Emily Mortimer took a moment to chat with AD before a Jason Wu show. "My husband [actor Alessandro Nivola] is incredibly meticulous about it. His grandfather was Abstract Expressionist painter and sculptor Constantino Nivola. They still have his house in the Springs, in East Hampton, where Corbusier painted murals on the walls. So they're fascistic about how pictures are hung, and they measure."\\n\\nMortimer is pictured here at a Golden Globes after-party.\nAlso at the Jason Wu show, jewelry designer Zani Gugelmann noted that AD's international style editor Carlos Mota was assisting with the interior of her apartment. "However Carlos would like me to hang them," she answered. "I like pieces that cover a large area. And Carlos sends someone to put them up."\\n\\nGugelmann is pictured here at a private film screening.\n"I don't," answered actress China Chow, the petite daughter of famed art collector Michael Chow. "I tell them, 'Please make it level,'" she explained to AD at the Jason Wu show. "You're supposed to keep paintings at eye level, but my eye level is definitely different from some other people's. Another way to do it is to hang the art from the ceiling on cables so you don't make holes in the walls. I don't do it that way, but my father does," she said.\nDesigner Reed Krakoff offered this important advice at a film premiere: "Use two nails and you never have to adjust the picture."\nOn his way into a New Yorkers for Children benefit, group president of the Estée Lauder Companies and MAC AIDS Fund chairman John Demsey informed AD that at his townhouse on the Upper East Side, "I have a professional art hanger who works for the Whitney Museum who hangs them on rotation every four months." And the photos that line the walls of his bright red living room? "Yes, the photos change, too," he said. "I've got 550, so they rotate. But the furniture stays."\\n\\nDemsey is pictured here at a brunch.\nAttending the Eric Fishl exhibition at Guild Hall, the artist's wife, April Gornik, insisted that they are DIY at home. "We talk about it, and on occasion, one of us will be beset with inspiration and do something without asking. We primarily have other people's work—our friend Bryan Hunt's sculpture, David Salle, Jean Pagliuso, and Lucy Winton. We just want our house to look nice, and I never fault someone for hanging something where it will look good with the fireplace or over their couch. You can't ignore those things."


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Buyer's Remorse: Sometimes It's a Bad Decision, Not Bad Cosmetic Surgery
K. Mathews on 13 Sep 2011 at 3:00pm
Because of society's beauty ideals, people often think that the characteristics that make others seem perfect would be perfect for them, too. Unfortunately, sometimes it takes having plastic surgery to realize that they were happy with their original appearance in the first place.
It's not that they think the doctor did a bad job, it's that they realize they liked their looks better beforehand. Here are 4 tales from RealSelf members who want to turn back time on their appearance -- and not in terms of age:
1. 5359anon feels her nose is too masculine-looking after rhinoplasty and wants her cartilage graft to be shaved back to "exactly" how it was before.
While the doctors agree this would probably be possible, Dr. Toby Mayer suggests finding an experienced revision surgeon to make sure the procedure comes out how she hopes this time.
2. Assisstance please sounds desperate: "I want my old face back. I got fat injected in my cheeks and facial lines and now I look like a monster... HELP ME PLEASE!!!"
Dr. Samir Shureih senses this plea sounds indicative of larger problems, urging, "Reevaluate your motives for the surgery, reevaluate your expectations, [and] reevaluate your view of your body image. Have a psychiatrist help dig through all this."
3. Perthboy is a rare case of someone who had rhinoplasty, decided to undo it, and now wants it back again.
The RealSelf doctors, including Dr. Scott Trimas, advised him to have a nose job with a graft to achieve a look he'll finally want to keep on a permanent basis.
4. Amina55 thinks that, following rhinoplasty, her nose is "way too small for my face now and [she] want[s] it back to how it was before. Is it even possible?"
Fellow posters recommended waiting until after the swelling subsided before writing off the whole surgery. After time passed, Amina55 returned to report that she "loves" the look now that it's fully healed.
While it worked out for Amina55, I can only imagine the pain of wanting to hit a "reset" button. These members remind us to examine motivations and take time to think about what is desired. You wouldn't want to find out that you love yourself the way you are after it's too late.
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I had a very noticeable amount of regrowth at the 8 month mark, and all shedding had stopped while on Propecia.
Not sure why you're shedding, but I believe that these drugs you're taking do not cause hairloss. In all likelihood, if you had not been on them for the past 8 months, you would have even less hair on your head right now. They slowed down something that was in your case inevitable.
Don't beat yourself up over it, it's not your fault, and no, chances are you did not cause yourself to lose hair permaturely.
Talk to your doctor before making any changes to your regimen. If I were you, I wouldn't stop. Chances are Propecia is helping you hold on to the other hairs.
I am not a doctor, so that's just my layman opinion. Sorry about your hairloss.
When I started my rogaine regimen and used a ton of it I shed a decent amount. It got worse and worse with time until I added topical spironolactone to my regimen, then all the shedding stopped. I shed 5 times less now, easily. Maybe less. I only see about 2-5 hairs in my hand in the shower, as opposed to 40 or so. I see much less hair in the sink after washing off rogaine now.
I think spiro has something to do with it stopping but I can't be sure. I have been on finasteride for 29 days now. I don't think I am losing ground anymore. I might...just might be having slight regrowth in the months to come, who knows. I really hope I do.
I recommend you at least try spiro. I also have a really aggro regimen.
Finasteride 1mg (April 21, 2010)(1mg/day)
Minoxidil 2% (April 13, 2010)(I use a lot twice daily to increase the concentration)
Ketoconazole 2% / salicylic acid 3%(April 21, 2010)(Every morning, 10-50min leave on)
Spironolactone Lotion 5% (May 8, 2010)(twice daily)
MSM(Methylsulfonylmethane) (May 10, 2010)(2000mg-8000mg daily)
*******-PLUS Minoxidil 15%(May 11, 2010)(Use a small amount every other day, just easing into it for a month or 2, I dont want massive sheds)
Derma Roller 1mm(will use together with minox 2%)
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MSM(Methylsulfonylmethane) (May 10, 2010)(2000mg-8000mg daily)
MSM is one of the worst and most bitter thing I've ever tasted. How are you able to down that much? Are you sure it helps?
Of all the things I use, MSM is probably the most skeptical one.
Although I have read a ton about people saying it improved their hair growth and sped it up, so why not. I have seen on websites similar to drugstore.com that some people give reviews and say that it increased their hair growth(speed? anagen phase? I don't know which, I am still trying to figure it out).
I am only 9 days on it now, I skipped a day since I got some acne with this stuff. I take about 4mg-6mg a day or so I would say.
I honestly have no idea if it is helping or not. I will report back and tell you in a month or 2 if my hair is growing faster or not, who knows.
The thing I can FEEL working the most is the shampoo I use...I just love how it makes my scalp feel! Amazing. I love it.
I hate how minoxidil/spiro makes my scalp look! But I really don't care about the short term.
I take MSM in PILL form, so I only taste it for a second.
I'm not sure the tingle you feel on your scalp translates to the shampoo making hair grow, but it's a nice feeling.
With all the stuff you're taking, it's hard to tell what's helping your hair grow and what's not. I personally will give all credit for any growth you see to Propecia primarily, and then to *******.
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April 4, 2012
Graduate students and one senior from Northwestern Oklahoma State University recently assisted with the Oklahoma Counseling Association mid-winter conference and presented two topics titled "Hardiness" and "Drug Education and Recognition."
Ten students, along with Dr. Karen Linstrum, assistant professor of psychology, traveled to Oklahoma City for the two-day conference. Kristan Bell, Woodward senior, accompanied graduate students Sean Byrne, Enid; Teresa Byrne, Enid; Emily Williams, Mustang; Kyle Leisher, Forgan; Trent Spade, Helena; Kasya Spade, Helena; Kara Smith, Ponca City; Charles Nix, Ponca City; and Brooke Taylor, Seiling, to the conference.
Bell and Linstrum presented "Hardiness." Linstrum said developing a hardy personality can be viewed as a skill, particularly as a person ages, and one can develop a hardy attitude toward change. She also mentioned that viewing change in one's life as a challenge, not as a threat, can be considered as being hardy.
Sean and Teresa Byrne and Linstrum presented "Drug Education and Recognition."
"Northwestern's graduate program in counseling psychology was well represented at the Oklahoma Counseling Association annual conference," Linstrum said. "Several students presented, other students worked the registration desk for the conference and even more attended workshops."
MISSION STATEMENT: Northwestern Oklahoma State University provides quality educational and cultural opportunities to learners with diverse needs by cultivating ethical leadership and service, critical thinking and fiscal responsibility.


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Colonial Time Cabinet Makers What Materials do they use? What tools would you use?
Is this job important? Colonial Time Cabinet Makers were very important. They made by basically all of the furniture in a town. Most furniture was made in the town. Only about 1/4 of the furniture was shipped from out of the country. Usaully only rich people could afford that furniture. To be a cabinet maker you have to have many tools and supplies. You can't really just walk up and have no tools and say "Hey I'm here to build you a cabinet" The customer wouldn't like you using their stuff and probable wouldn't prefer you to friends or ever ask you for something again. Therefore, your business would not be great causing you to shut down or move somewhere where people don't know you. My Conclusion. Well, as I said you need many tools to be a cabinet
maker. Here are some examples: Hammers, nails,
cutters, a chisel, caliper, gimelet, lathe mallet, and
a saw.
This job is important because they usually make most furniture in the town. As I said only about 1/4 of the furniture is shipped or imported. Well basically we have learned about cabinet
makers. They are very important and they are
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This 20 minute interview with Martyn Lloyd-Jones is fascinating. It took place in 1970 and he explains his view of the gospel, and the way modern society views mankind. You see a very clear disagreement between the protagonists, but there is grace, and smiles on both sides. The humanity of The Doctor comes across very clearly. Already back then, "tolerance" was a key issue in the discussion. I have quoted and discussed Martyn Lloyd-Jones many times before on this blog.
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- Joel Nunley
Thank you for sharing this… I love seeing martyn lloyd jones in video.. I have heard many hundred of sermons but this is first video. Love it.
- Brian Wilson
Thank you for sharing this. A master-class in witnessing – and in treating people with respect when we tell them of Jesus and His Gospel.
- http://blogforthelordjesus.wordpress.com Mike Gantt
Martin Lloyd-Jones book – Preaching and Preachers (Zondervan, 1971) – is like medicine to a preacher's soul.
And, by the way, not all preachers have a preacher's soul. Neither are preacher's souls found exclusively in preachers. Blessed are those who confess Jesus Christ with love toward Him and the hearers.
- John Haggerty
Joan Bakewell belongs to what Stendhal called 'the happy few'. Her television interviews created a benchmark of excellence in the field. She was one of a team on BBC 2's Late Night Line-Up. This never-forgotten show ran every weekday night from 1965 to 1972. Joan, Michael Dean, Sheridan Morley, Tony Bilbow, Philip Jenkinson and others interviewed women and men from all fields of life. The emphasis was on the arts. Since those days the BBC has betrayed all its values of public service broadcasting. Its recent bosses looted the corporation's funds and awarded themselves massive pay-outs. It was asset stripping on a gigantic scale. We the licence payers were robbed blind by a gang of talentless crooks.
Standards have fallen in the dust. All the trust and affection my generation had for the BBC is gone forever. Joan Bakewell, belonging to a better generation, created a space in which the people she interviewed could feel at ease. She possessed what I can only call moral charm. She told Dr Lloyd-Jones off-camera that she had interviewed the Archbishop of Canterbury and a number of other Anglican bishops. During her discussions with the bishops she had confessed her difficulties with the Christian faith. The bishops had assured her that she had no need to worry and that she was indeed a Christian. Dr Lloyd-Jones gave her no such reassurance. 'You are not a Christian.' he told her bluntly. The Doctor wanted to win her for Christ, of course, and he knew that doctrine is of central importance. The devil, as the accuser of the brethren, wants us to believe that Biblical doctrines are optional, and that only sincerity and feelings matter. For a fuller treatment of this interview see the new one-volume biography of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones by Iain H Murray published by the Banner of Truth. The Doctor's grandson Christopher Catherwood has also written an affectionate memoir of this great Welsh preacher. As for doctrine, Patheos readers should get a hold of the Doctor's seminal books: 'God the Father, God the Son' and his published sermons on the Holy Spirit, 'Joy Unspeakable and Prove All Things'. The best books I know (after the works of the Puritans) to challenge so-called progressive unbiblical theology.
- John Haggerty
In my earlier comment, I recommended Iain H Murray's massively detailed biography of Martyn Lloyd-Jones. It is published by the Banner of Truth, and is available in both a two-volume edition and as a single paperback containing new material. There is a short 128-page life of the Doctor published by EP Books in Darlington, England, under the Bitesize Biographies imprint. The author is Eryl Davies, Research Supervisor of Wales Evangelical School of Theology. The notes at the back of this first-rate book inform us that the distinguished Reformed theologian Emil Brunner (strongly linked with the name of Karl Barth) described Lloyd-Jones as 'the greatest preacher in Christendom'. The Doctor once said he wouldn't cross the road to hear himself preach, but Protestants and Catholics turned out to hear him in their thousands wherever he preached, throughout the English speaking world. Dr Lloyd-Jones loved to preach in his own Welsh mother tongue. His grandson Christopher Catherwood wrote a personal memoir, A Family Portrait, published by Kingsway in 1995. Mr Catherwood has a new biography of his grandfather which will appear in October 2015, 'MLJ: His Life and Relevance for the 21st Century'. Patheos readers who wish to engage with theology will enjoy reading the diverse essays in 'Engaging With Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The Life and Legacy of the Doctor' edited by Andrew Atherstone and David Ceri Jones. Lloyd-Jones and a small group of like-minded Christians were responsible for reprinting the great Puritan preachers at a time when they had but all been forgotten. The Banner of Truth publishing company and monthly magazine brought countless thousands of Christians in touch with Puritan theology and spirituality. No other publisher of Christian literature would touch the Puritans during the post-war period. Today thanks to the Banner, we can read John Owen, Richard Sibbes, Richard Baxter, John Flavel, George Whitfield in both British and American imprints. On YouTube you can watch a short documentary of Dr Lloyd-Jones when he visited the great city of Gloucester, England, where George Whitfield grew up, and the church in which he was baptised.


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Dutch cell phone operator KPN Mobile NV and its Japanese partner NTT DoCoMo Inc. have, for now, abandoned plans to form a joint venture company for a European version of the I-mode mobile Internet services popular in Japan, KPN said Wednesday.
Instead, KPN licensed the I-mode technology for its Dutch and Belgian networks and plans to do so for its German subsidiary. Abandoning the joint venture was necessary to avoid further delay of the launch of I-mode in Europe, KPN said.
"A licensing agreement is much less complex, we prefer it because of the speed," said KPN spokesman Marinus Potman, adding that a joint venture is not ruled out in the future.
Launch of the European version of I-mode is now planned for late in the first quarter or sometime in the second quarter of next year in Germany as well as the Netherlands, with Belgium following after about two months. That means a slight delay, Potman admitted.
"We said we would launch late this year or early next year. Now it will be in spring of next year," he said.
KPN and NTT DoCoMo ran into practical problems with the setup of the centralized joint venture for the European I-mode platform, according to Potman. The joint company was to be responsible for server operation, operation of the main menu and portal services and development of a pan-European brand.
"We discovered that organizing content for the services is a local affair. Each operator will manage its own I-mode service," said Potman.
The joint venture, first announced in January, was supposed to be established in March and also included Italy's Telecom Italia Mobile SpA (TIM) as a partner. KPN was to own 75 percent of the equity with a US$90 million investment. NTT planned to invest $50 million and would hold the remaining shares.
Abandoning the joint venture brings some savings for debt-laden KPN, Potman said.
"Part of the amount reserved for the joint venture will go into the current (I-mode) investment, but this (licensing) is cheaper in the long run, provided the joint venture isn't established later," he said.
Under the licensing agreement, valid until 2012, NTT DoCoMo will provide intellectual property rights, service know-how and technologies to offer I-mode on European GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) networks with a GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) add-on, and later on 3G (third-generation) networks, NTT DoCoMo said in a statement.
KPN has ordered 50,000 handsets tailor-made for the European I-mode service from an unnamed Japanese manufacturer. These handsets have two browsers, to support WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) and I-mode compatible HTML (HyperText Markup Language). Users will have to buy a new handset to use the European I-mode.
KPN has said it expects I-mode to become the "main driver" behind its mobile data revenue, even though the 50,000 handsets would only service about 1 percent of its 5.1 million customers.
Initial I-mode services on the networks of KPN Mobile and its German subsidiary E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co. will include stock quotes, ticket reservations, games and restaurant guides, according to NTT DoCoMo.
NTT DoCoMo, in Tokyo, can be contacted at +81-3-5563-7015 or found online at http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/. KPN Mobile NV in The Hague, Netherlands can be reached at +31-70-332-5304, or on the Web at http://www.kpnmobile.com/.


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James Richard Nichols, 47, of Elizabethtown, died Friday, April 27, 2012, at his residence.
He was a native of Hardin County, a member of Valley Creek Baptist Church and a truck driver for Nichols Trucking Company.
He was preceded in death by a nephew, Baby Clifton.
He is survived by his parents, James R. and Helen Priddy Nichols of Elizabethtown; two sons, Richard K. (Charity) Nichols and Dalton J. Nichols, both of Upton; a daughter, Victoria L. (Shannon) Maxie of Radcliff; a significant other, Nanda Robey of Elizabethtown; a brother, Clifton Nichols; a sister, Cyndi (Tim) Miller, both of Elizabethtown; two grandchildren, Gabriel and Christian Nichols, both of Upton; and two nephews, James T. Miller and Otis Todd Miller, both of Elizabethtown.
The funeral was Monday at Valley Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Scott Kerr officiating. Burial was in Valley Creek Cemetery.
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BANNED steroid drugs were found in Oscar Pistorius's house after he shot dead
lover Reeva Steenkamp.
Police also discovered a blood-stained cricket bat in the Blade Runner's
mansion in Pretoria, South Africa — and evidence of heavy drinking before
the 3am shooting.
Cops are now probing a theory that Pistorius may have blasted Reeva in an
explosion of fury caused by the performance-boosting steroids.
They are investigating whether murder suspect Pistorius was in the grip of
"roid rage" — a side-effect of high doses of the outlawed drugs.
Officers who searched the 26-year-old's home after lover Reeva was killed in
the bathroom are said to have found steroids. Blood samples taken from
Pistorius are being tested for the drugs.
A source close to the investigation said: "Steroid drugs were found at
Pistorius's home together with evidence of heavy drinking. That's why police
have specifically ordered that he be tested for steroids."
Model Reeva was killed by 9mm pistol shots fired through the locked bathroom
door at around 3am on Valentine's Day.
She was hit in the head and body four times in total. But police now believe
the first shot was fired at her in the master bedroom — hitting her hip as
she fled to the bathroom.
Wounds to the top of her head suggest that as she sat doubled up in pain on
the toilet she was hit three more times by bullets that ripped through the
Experts say she may have been covering her head protectively with her hands,
which explains the bullet wounds to her finger and arm.
A blood-stained cricket bat was found at the home in Pretoria, South Africa —
and Reeva, 29, appeared to have skull "crush injuries". Tests will establish
whether she was injured by the bat before being shot.
Police will also examine the theory she used the bat to defend herself or that
Pistorius used it to smash his way into the bathroom.
The Paralympics hero denies murder. He is expected to claim he fired after
mistaking her for an intruder.
His legal team are reported to be claiming he forgot Reeva was staying the
night and mistook her for a burglar when he was woken by a noise.
Phone records are also being checked after South African reports suggested
Reeva got a late-night text from South African rugby star Francois Hougaard,
a pal of Pistorius's.
Detectives believe Pistorius may have been angry at the text.
Handsome Hougaard, 24, was close to Reeva before she paired up with Pistorius
in November.
Sources said Pistorius was unhappy they remained friends. Hougaard has
insisted the "whole sad ordeal" of Reeva's death had nothing to do with him.
A woman neighbour whom Pistorius called after the shooting will be a key
She rushed out to see the athlete carrying Reeva's blood-covered body. She
told police he was in a state of "delirium" and said he mistook his lover
for an intruder.
Pistorius's best pal Justin Divaris told how the sobbing athlete rang him to
say: "I've killed my baba. God take me away." Justin said Pistorius sat in
his garage weeping into the phone as police sealed off his house.
He added: "Oscar called at 3.55am saying Reeva had been shot.
"I said, 'What are you talking about? I don't understand'.
"He then repeated, 'There has been a terrible accident, I shot Reeva'."
Police arrived at the mansion — which has five reception rooms, a Roman-themed
roof pool and three garages — and followed a trail of Reeva's blood inside.
They found her overnight bag and an iPad on the bedroom floor. The holster for
Pistorius's Taurus pistol was at the side of the bed.
The bedclothes were crumpled, suggesting it had been slept in. A bullet
cartridge was found in the bedroom — leading to the theory that the initial
shot was fired there.
Police also have CCTV showing Reeva arriving at the house on the Silver Woods
estate at 6pm.
Neighbours told of hearing shouts and screams on Wednesday and early on
Pistorius was yesterday visited in his police cell by brother Carl, sister
Aimee and other family members — and urged them to keep Reeva's relatives in
their thoughts.
Carl tweeted: "Praying unceasingly 4 Reeva's family like my brother asked.
Praying 4 my brother." Last night Reeva's mum June, 66, sobbed as she asked:
"Why would he kill my angel?"
June, speaking publicly about the horror for the first time, added: "She was
our golden angel and had so much love to give. I don't understand. Why would
he do it?"
The athlete's agent Peet van Zyl said: "After the tragic circumstances, we can
only give Oscar our support."
Olympian Pistorius's arrest shocked his fans. They will be almost as stunned
by the steroid claims.
The drugs, which boost muscle growth by raising levels of male hormone
testosterone, are banned in sport. They can cause liver and heart damage —
as well as the aggressive behaviour known as "roid rage".
By CAROL COOPER, Sun Doctor
THERE are a number of problems connected with taking the kind of steroids that
are banned in sport.
Anabolic steroids are nothing like those prescribed for asthma or eczema and
can seriously damage your mental and physical health.
They are often taken to build up muscle, but they can also affect the brain —
increasing irritability and reducing concentration.
They also affect mood. Lots of people who take them become unnaturally
aggressive — known as Roid Rage.
Having a competitive outlook is essential for athletes, but steroids can take
you way beyond that, with aggression and violence spilling over into
everyday life.
Liver damage is another risk. And, because steroids affect hormone balance,
they can also shrink testicles — a source of huge anxiety and anger for
anyone taking them.
Monsters' evil fuelled by deadly addiction
By NEIL MILLARD
A STRING of killers have claimed a life after their aggression was fuelled by
taking steroids.
The potent drugs were blamed when bodybuilder David Bieber gunned down PC Ian
Broadhurst on Boxing Day in 2003.
The former US Marine, now 47, was addicted.
He had tried to kill two girlfriends and his wife in America before firing on
cops who pulled over his stolen car in Leeds.
John Steed — the M4 Rapist — was jailed for life in 1986 after being convicted
of three rapes and one killing.
His defence team argued in court his uncontrollable sexual appetite was the
result of injecting steroids. He converted to Buddhism and hanged himself in
his cell in 1997.
Killer soldier David Atkinson, 31, used bodybuilding drugs before taking the
life of 22-year-old Sally Geeson in Cambridge in January 2005.
The Lance Corporal was never convicted because he doused his body in petrol,
set himself ablaze and leapt to his death from a hotel window before he
could be caught.
Police were convinced he was responsible for the crime because of mobile phone
logs investigated after Sally was found suffocated in woodland.
Steroid abuser Thomas Duncan was caged for life in 2000 after battering
three-year-old Kennedy McFarlane to death.
The pub bouncer and bodybuilder, now 45, sent girlfriend Vicky's daughter
crashing into the leg of a bed at her home in the Scottish town of Dumfries.
Her spine was broken and Duncan admitted murder.
Psychologists said the killer had been driven to murder in a fit of rage that
was fuelled by growing drug dependency.
Olympic room pal fled from ace's fury
From ANTHONY FRANCE in Pretoria
OSCAR Pistorius's rages forced an Olympics roommate to quit their shared digs
at last year's London Games, a pal of the star revealed yesterday.
Radio host David O'Sullivan said Pistorius had "an unsettling dark side".
But he was shocked after speaking to Arnu Fourie, 27, who pipped Pistorius to
100m bronze.
David said: "They were obviously very close. I asked Fourie what it was like
rooming with Oscar.
"He said he had been forced to move out as Oscar was constantly screaming in
anger at people on the phone.
"I was taken aback. I realised he was more complex than I thought.
"The dark side to Oscar was always unsettling. I knew he had a reputation for
being arrogant and aloof. I heard he was quick to anger." The sprinter is
said to have a history of violent outbursts. David said he once threatened
to shoot a football ace in a rage.
Last year he reportedly threatened to break a love rival's legs.
And in 2009 he spent 17 hours in police cells after being accused of attacking
a girl, 19, at a party at his house. The case was later dropped.
The broadcaster said he also experienced Pistorius's temper just before the
2008 Paralympics in Chinese capital Beijing.
He recalled: "Oscar was at the pre-Games training camp and phoned me, raging
about what he perceived to be inadequate training kit.
"His fury at the South African management caught me by surprise.
"Oscar knew he couldn't be ignored and his anger would ensure his demands were
"I hadn't expected him to be a prima donna."


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More fuel is being added to the fire engulfing the streets of Istanbul.
Pianist Davide Martello has been playing his piano and singing for hours in Taksim Square the past few days bringing calm to the Turkey protests.
Raw footage of police brutality surges out of Turkish protests
Watch from Taksim Square, the birth place of the most recent clash between anti-government protesters and police forces