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Let me introduce myself. My name is Mark Sisson. I'm 63 years young. I live and work in Malibu, California. In a past life I was a professional marathoner and triathlete. Now my life goal is to help 100 million people get healthy. I started this blog in 2006 to empower people to take full responsibility for their own health and enjoyment of life by investigating, discussing, and critically rethinking everything we've assumed to be true about health and wellness...Tell Me More
For today's edition of Dear Mark, I cover four questions and my wife Carrie covers one. First, I discuss the effects of sprinting on blood sugar in the short term and long term. Next is whether or not one counts resistant starch as a carb in their daily allotment. Third, I identify the actual proportion of omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids found in coconut oil. Finally, I give my take on cycling as a gentler mode of chronic cardio relative to running. Carrie wraps things up with a short review of the evolutionary reasons for morning sickness.
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Dear Mark
I see a lot of talk on your site about sprints and how great they are. My question is, what is their effect on blood sugar immediately after a session? As a recovering T2 diabetic living primally for about a year, I hadn't had a large spike in blood sugar in weeks…until I tried some sprints (jump rope to be precise). I was back to normal about 1/2 hr later.
What's a normal immediate blood glucose response? Are there any health detriments to blood sugar spikes due to intense exercise?
That's totally normal, Clark. Sprinting is a particularly glucose-intensive activity. It burns right through muscle glycogen. Sensing this, the liver releases glucose to provide additional fuel for the body; in healthy people, type 2 diabetics, and type 1 diabetics alike, blood glucose spikes after most any exercise, but especially after sprinting. It's a feature, not a flaw.
The good news is that over the long haul, sprinting leads to improved glucose control. Heck, a type 2 diabetic doesn't even need to wait more than day to start seeing massive improvements in his glucoregulation. A recent review looked at the blood glucose responses of diabetics (type 1 and type 2) to "brief high intensity exercise," as which sprinting definitely qualifies, finding that although glucose was elevated immediately post workout, blood glucose control is improved for one to three days following a sprint session.
Keep sprinting.
Hi there, do the carbs in resistant starch count as part of my daily carb intake. In other words if I am trying to stay at 90g of carbs a day and I am taking in 40g of carbs from the resistant starch, does that mean I have 50g left or are those carbs in a different category because they are processed differently?
No, they don't really count. You've still got 90 grams left.
Resistant starch is resistant to digestion by the host organism (that's you), acting more like prebiotic fiber (food for your gut flora) than anything else. More and more, we're beginning to understand the necessity of feeding our gut flora, which don't just impact our digestion, but also our immunity and cognition.
The cool part about resistant starch in relation to digestible starch is that its fermentation yields butyric acid, a short chain fat that actively improves insulin sensitivity and blood glucose control. In other words, it helps you become more tolerant of the carbs you can digest.
Unless you're heating up your resistant starch past 140 ºF, which would turn it into fully digestible regular old starch, resistant starch doesn't convert en masse into glucose in the body.
I have a tablespoon of unrefined virgin coconut oil in my tea every morning, because of its health benefits. I was told recently that coconut oil is pure omega-6. Now I'm a little confused, should I be limiting my coconut oil intake like I do nuts or is there something about it's structure that makes it different?Would you please clarify.
You've got a saboteur in your midst feeding you bad info. Coconut oil is almost entirely saturated fat with negligible levels of omega-6. Here's the breakdown:
91% of the fat is saturated, mostly medium chain triglycerides (fats like lauric acid, caprylic acid, capric acid, and caproic acid which boost ketone production and increase metabolism).
6% of the fat is monounsaturated (the same kind found in olive oil and macadamia nuts).
A lowly 3% of the fat is polyunsaturated (omega-6).
You're fine. Keep enjoying that coconut oil!
Have you done any more research into specific cardio versus just cardio in general?
In other words, respectfully, I question a little that cycling shouldn't be separated from the "bad, too much cardio" group. Especially considering that with downhills, stopping at red lights/stop lights and the very social, stop and regroup aspect of it (well, for us amateur riders anyway) – couldn't it be considered along the lines of sprinting and recovery? I know that on some rides, even centuries, I don't pedal with full power the whole time, often just coast, and my heart rate goes way down often when I'm just spinning lightly and enjoying the views. Cycling is more a workout for the soul, as far as I'm concerned, and I'm just so torn on thinking that even on long rides (endurance rides) I'm doing myself any harm. It's the weekend after weekend of long rides that I believe are where one could potentially run (ride) into trouble.
It's just, I don't know – given that it isn't hard on the knees or joints (I ride a triple gear proudly to save my knees!), isn't hard on the back (if you use your abs to hold your posture correctly!) and is just so social and enjoyable, wouldn't cycling be considered primal in most ways?
Most research confirms that running is the riskiest of all the non-contact sports. Triathlons afford us a direct comparison between running and cycling injury statistics in the same population. There's some variance, but the running portion is usually linked to more injuries, as you might expect:
The main reason I stopped competing in marathons and switched over to triathlons is because it let me keep up my admittedly insane training and competing load without continuing the destructive trajectory of my joints and overall health. Of course, it didn't last for long, but I did get a brief lull in degeneration by switching from all running to some running, some cycling, and some swimming.
Cycling is lower impact, but not "no-impact" when compared to running. Overuse injuries do occur, and force does act upon the joint when cycling. One study compared the compressive forces acting on the knee cartilage when running and cycling by measuring the degree of cartilage deformation. Running created greater forces, deforming knee cartilage by 5%. Cycling wasn't far behind, with 4.5% deformation. These deformations were transient and normal, but you can imagine how they might add up over the course of a session (or sessions). Any misalignment of your tissues – due to, perhaps, fatigue, overtraining, or tight surrounding musculature – will increase or at least concentrate the deformation.
Of course, running form is less linear than cycling form and that makes the runner more susceptible to overuse injuries. When you get tired on a run, your legs start to flare out to the side and your form gets sloppy. When you're cycling, your form is more "locked in" by the pedals, even if you're tired. This is probably why cycling is more forgiving to the joints.
Leaving joint issues aside, chronic cardio refers more to the long term effects of repeated medium-to-intense work that causes the heart to overreach and in many cases the heart wall to thicken. A-fib is a minor epidemic now among lifelong CCers.
It is possible to embark on a running program, a cycling program or a triathlon training program that steers you away from CC territory (cross-training, specific weight training, intervals, very slow paced running or riding and, yes, the occasional long, hard slog).
I have never said someone shouldn't go out for a weekly long ride or run – even a hard one. Or even a few times a week if you're fit and enjoy that – and can recover fully in between. I am just opposed to the day-in, day-out medium-to-hard effort that doesn't really improve fitness, but just causes the heart to beat metronomically (not a good thing over a long effort) and to never fully recover. Endorphin addiction (the runner's high) is not necessarily a good thing.
If cycling is improving your life, getting you out into nature, letting you hang out with your pals, then I'd say it's worth doing. Just be wary of that threshold where it starts taking away from your life, where you stop noticing the scenery or appreciating the nature, where you start neglecting your friends and family because you're too sore or sleepy to do anything. It sounds like you know what you're doing and you're watching out for the warning signs.
Now, let's hear from Carrie…
I have read in numerous places that "morning sickness", as we Westerners know it, simply is non-existent in hunter-gatherer and primitive cultures…in fact they have no idea what such a term even means. These women enjoy easy, robust pregnancy's with very few issues, and it is my understanding from anthropologists research, that stress is the true culprit that triggers morning sickness for us women living in modern societies. The levels of stress are far fewer, and of a different nature amongst primitive cultures then for us Westerner's.
So, I am hoping that either you or Carrie can provide some insight on this truly miserable phenomena from an historical/anthropological viewpoint. An exploration into what it means to be preggo, and Primal/Paleo, would be a welcome subject to tackle here on MDA!
Thanks so much!!
Actually, morning sickness is fairly universal among pregnant women, regardless of culture, ethnicity, or diet. About 70% (give or take) of women experience food aversions and nausea during pregnancy, usually the first trimester, and modern research has generally coalesced around the "morning sickness as prophylactic" theory. Even if you're a pastoral, rural Tanzanian woman eating a whole foods diet, you will probably experience morning sickness when you get pregnant. Food aversions are there to keep potentially toxic or harmful foods or substances out of your body and away from the growing baby. It's not a perfect system by any means, rather a blunt tool that removes large swathes of food that might actually be harmless or helpful but "fit the profile."
For instance, wild plants are higher in polyphenols (or phytonutrients) than domesticated plants. Maybe too high, and that's why we bred them out. In fact, phytonutrients can become phytotoxins at high enough concentrations. Mark has written about this before, but many of the benefits of phytonutrients come from our defensive reaction to them. We want the right amount, not too many, not too little. Then there are the outright toxins found in some wild plants. The end result is that domesticated plants get included in the aversions because our ancient bodies don't really know the difference, even though they're probably good for pregnant women.
Some phytonutrients reduce iron absorption. Others, like the ones found in cruciferous vegetables, can inhibit thyroid function when eaten in large amounts especially with concomitant low iodine intake. Wild cruciferous vegetables have even more of these substances. Both thyroid hormone and iron are essential for development of the fetus, so it makes sense that we would evolve built-in mechanisms to prevent overconsumption during pregnancy. Studies have also found connections between high consumption of polyphenols in late pregnancy and negative changes in fetal blood pressure dynamics. A very recent trial even found that polyphenol restriction in the last trimester improved those flow dynamics. Also, many herbal teas are contraindicated during pregnancy due to undesired health effects, and a widespread revulsion against bitter plants would have the same protective effect.
That's also why pregnant women are more likely to remember people's faces after just a single introduction, more sensitive to health cues, and more suspicious of "out-group" members – these are all protective measures to keep bad stuff (sick people, dangerous people, certain foods, toxins) away from the baby. I personally find it incredibly fascinating!
But you still need to eat, so what can you do in this case?
Hope that helps!
Thanks for reading, everyone.
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68 Comments on "Dear Mark: Sprints and Blood Sugar, Resistant Starch as Carbs, PUFA in Coconut Oil, Cycling as Chronic Cardio, and Morning Sickness"
I love, love, love coconut oil in my morning tea!
As to resistant starch, please, please PROPERLY ferment the potatoes for 24 to 48 hours before cooking them. There are a host of benefits to this procedure including reducing the carb content of the potatoes and also acrylamide content. Remember that all of the super healthy traditional cultures always fermented grains, nuts, seeds, legumes, and tubers prior to cooking. They often buried them underground in 100% anaerobic conditions. Google search yourself, but take a look at :
Good luck.
Many people utilize potato starch as a way to get their resistant starches, considering many do not have the space or time to properly ferment everything.
+1. Taking tablespoons of potato starch in cold water is so much easier and faster.
Hi Mark,
Have you come into contact with this article yet?
It's more geared towards performance rather than health, but I'd be curious to hear your opinion.
I've been through three pregnancies and never suffered from morning sickness. I went off coffee but never craved anything. Maybe I was just lucky.
That's really interesting…and yes very lucky! Did you eat a Primal diet during your pregnancies? Any specific tips or takeaways you can offer?
Me too. 3 pregnancies, never nauseous at all. And definitely NOT a primal diet, this was years ago. Very much an "American" diet, although I have always eaten more fruits & veg than the average american. I do remember craving tuna, though! I guess some people are more prone to morning sickness than others.
I love coffee, but with my first pregnancy, I developed an immediate aversion to it, that lasted for the duration. I would have stopped drinking coffee anyway, because of the caffeine, but that made it easy. The same thing happened with the second pregnancy.
What I didn't understand, though, was the non-food aversion I developed the second time around: The smell of Play-Doh, which had never bothered me before, and hasn't since. I couldn't even be in the room when my preschooler was playing with it. |-p
I was an avid coffee drinker before pregnancy– couldn't even bear to think about it when pregnant (with twins, *very* bad morning sickness… or all-day sickness, really)– but the morning after their birth, the switch clicked back & I couldn't wait for my first cup! Hormones sure are crazy.
I had many food aversions, smell aversions & such. Maybe it was the gluten in play-dough that grossed you out!
That's interesting. My thyroid pretty much stopped working after my son was born (and was probably not working well while I was pregnant). He was diagnosed with Aspergers at age 6.
Cindy, we know there is a strong link between fetal brain development and maternal hypothyroidism. In extreme cases it causes congenital hypothyroidism (cretinism).
Thyroxine is a pretty heady hormone. No pun.
I really wish thyroid screening during pregnancy were mandatory, even if pre-pregnancy workup is OK. That should not only include TSH (can be fine) but also free T3 and T4.
These adaptive functions of morning sickness make sense to me, but then it does seem harder to explain the mamas who have none and deliver healthy babies. I always wonder what factors explain these differences–seems like morning sickness signals an area that can't be explained completely by evolutionary adaptation, nor by dysfunction. I wonder if any of it is about the pregnant body detoxing in some way?
I went off all foods except mashed potatoes during my two pregnancies – beached whale doesn't come close! Still haven't lost the weight and wish MDA had been around then.
What about commuting by bike? I do maybe 4 miles a day round trip. Do i have to count that as part of my weekly cardio?
The question about morning sickness nearly made my head spin around! As a woman who suffered through hyperemesis gravidarum (translation: insane, constant puking and nausea, nonstop through pregnancy in my case), I can attest that I had no choice in the matter. No matter what I ate, the pukes would bring it back up. Did you know scrambled eggs can get stuck in your nose?!
O.K. I was just reading your comment and eating my Big Ass Salad and what you said almost had me with a piece of celery up my own nose.
Oh my! LOL
I had a boy and a girl. Both healthy. I had morning sickness with both but much more severe with the daughter. Many food aversions and also cravings. Especially apples! Couldn't get enough apples!
For me it was oranges, but not until the last month or so. Couldn't stomach them at first. I was making up for lost time once the nausea finally passed!
Me too! I couldn't drink enough OJ. It was all I ever drank, which I know is loaded with sugar but I literally couldn't stop myself. Then in the 3rd Tri I switched from massive OJ cravings to massive milk/dairy cravings. My one food aversion was chicken, prepared any way. 9 months postpartem and I still can't stand it.
I know that raw potato starch is pretty much 100% resistant starch, but what about other sources–i.e. cold rice? How do I count the carbs in that, since rice probably has only some percentage of the starch as resistant starch. Does the "net carbs" formula (carb grams minus fiber grams) work in that situation? If so, then rice is still pretty high in carbs for those of us limiting carbs.
I wondered this as well. Since the amount of RS that develops when rice and potatoes cool must depend on numerous variables, I doubt you can know how much RS is in a particular serving of those foods.
I'd say if you are eating cooked and cooled foods for the RS, just count the whole food as 'carbs' and consider the RS a bonus.
More than likely the question referred to taking RS (like potato starch in a bag) so it's 100%, no issue about how much in a food.
Nice response on coconut oil. Getting patients out of the framework that saturated fat is bad is still one of the most challenging aspects of nutritional advice!
And wear a helmet! Please!!
I know three people who've had bicycling accidents that caused head impact; the two not wearing a helmet suffered significant brain injuries (fortunately, neither died). The other rammed (helmet-covered) head first into the windshield of the car that hit her, breaking the windshield and cracking her helmet, but she suffered no brain injury.
You sweetheart. Thank you so much for answering my email about cycling. I truly appreciate it. I no longer am a slave to the weekly, insane 100+ mile rides like I was a few years ago and I do really appreciate all of the other healthy aspects about a good ride with good friends outdoors. I'll keep your advise in mind if ever my ultra-endurance demon begins to poke me in my saddle again!
Cheers to you,
You say that the chronic cardio and the constant over taxing has the potential for making the heart walls thicken leading to AFib down the road. Is there any possibility of that happening if you are doing lots of interval type work?
I had little to no morning sickness during my pregnancy. I think supplementing magnesium and keeping my blood sugar level were the keys.
Mark, please clear up some confusion. The study that shows that butyrate improves insulin sensitivity and blood glucose control was done with the supplementation of butyrate, not resistant starch.
Why don't we just eat butter instead of resistant starch?
From the study.
"Dietary supplementation of butyrate can prevent and treat diet-induced insulin resistance in mouse. The mechanism of butyrate action is related to promotion of energy expenditure and induction of mitochondria function."
Other sources of butyrate.
Next up, Nutrition Data (I believe butyric acid is noted as 4:00) Foods highest in 4:00 per 100-gram serving. Here is a selection out of the top 15:
Rank Food Name
1 Roast beef spread 4:00: 6399mg
2 Butter oil, anhydrous 4:00: 3226mg
3 Butter, salted 4:00: 3226mg
8 Cheese, goat, hard type 4:00: 1784mg
9 Cheese, parmesan, grated 4:00: 1510mg
11 Cheese, goat, semisoft type 4:00: 1496mg
13 Cheese, romano 4:00: 1355mg
15 Cream, fluid, heavy whipping 4:00: 1200mg
IT's to do with where the butryic acid is formed. if you ingest it in butter, for example, it doesn't make it to the colon,where it's needed. However, when ingesting resistant starch the butryic acid forms in the large intestine.
Well, resistant starch promotes butyrate production in the colon by bacteria. Butyrate in butter has some cool effects, but it doesn't make it to the colon (whose cells function best on butyrate as an energy source, actually, which makes me think it's an evolved, adaptive relationship between host colonic cells and colonic bacteria).
Plus, it's not an either/or situation. We can and should eat both to cover all our bases.
And the question is for me, more upfront than most others because I'm a type one diabetic, if it's called resistant starch, as opposed to indigestible starch, then that means it just resists digestion meaning that some of it is digested into glucose.
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated
From the studies we've seen, resistant starch doesn't seem to raise blood glucose. The easiest way would be to eat a modest amount (teaspoon or so, however many "carbs" are usually enough to raise your glucose) and test your blood sugar.
For what it's worth, Steve Cooksey is a type 1 diabetic who did a 30-day experiment with resistant starch and found it to be a huge success: http://www.diabetes-warrior.net/2014/01/13/its-all-over-but-the-crying-resistant-starch-day-25-test/
Good luck!
Thank you Worker Bee. Steve is a Type 2. He makes his own insulin. I don't. I have tried resistant starch, 2 tbls at. Bed time. It made both my blood sugar go up and then i have to inject extra insulin to bring it down.
Blood sugar down is good as long as insulin is not up. Whatever is starch is not indigestible will turn to glucose. I can't have that.
Does anyone have info on the insulin spiking properties of RS? I have been looking.
Thank you Laura I will give it a shot and try it in the morning instead of the evening. I would love to know your List of what has worked for you in the last three years Dr. Bernstein truly was the man who saved my life and turned my understanding in the right way.
I currently work with Dr. Ron Rosedale and I'd love to converse with you. My email is email@example.com
Coconut oil also has a host of benefits besides the MCTs. Dr. Mary Newport has an interesting story, Bulletproof Exec had an early podcast with her.
The link to the article on A Fib takes you to a page that requires a password, so can't read the article. Mark, would you elaborate more on changes in the heart from over training, and some parameters for what constitutes too much training? Is it the intensity that causes heart thickening over the long haul, or long duration? Would appreciate more info on how exercise affects the heart, after decades of being told that aerobics reverse heart disease and that sort of thing!
I'd like more info on this as well. I'm training for my first tri and have been trying (ha!) to train in a specific target heart rate, around 150-160 (25 year old, female) per the advice of the training program I'm using; however, I have found it difficult to keep my heart rate in this zone while running, and can't run more than a few minutes without my heart rate reaching 170. Should I really be more vigilant about keeping my heart rate down, from both a training pov and a heart health pov?
I'm just gonna guess here. Mark would of mentioned it if Afib happened with HIIT and I've never read or heard of it happening with high intensity stuff.
So saturated fats and MUFA's are not broken down into subcategories like omega3/6 like PUFA's are? Are some saturated fats better than others, or is it all about the source ie. Grass Fed beef vs. Coconut oil? Just curious
Thanks for answering my question, Mark. I did find some other info that hits on the answer to my question on Peter Attia's site, in seeing his glucose response during his own experiments on himself. You guys are both great resources, I especially appreciate the ubiquitous links to studies and your sensible reactions to their conclusions. Thanks again.
I had awful nausea/borderline hyperemesis gravidarum when I was pregnant. It was awful. I really could only stomach salty food and mushy comfort food most of the time. Think Lay's potato chips and TV dinners. I wish my husband knew how to cook – I would've asked for kale chips and cauliflower casseroles instead.
Great post Mark. Some very good points covered and the feedback to the comments is great too.
Okay, Mark. This is the first time I've been here, and I have to say, great blog. Really, well researched, factual information. I'm new to a primal lifestyle / diet, and at the ripe ol' age of 56, I think this is spot on what I need – just the facts. I'll definitely be coming back for more.
My question is still: Does resistant starch in the form of potato starch still have calories? I've seen competing information – from 2 calories per gram on Richard Nikoley's blog to 'don't count them' – at least as carbs – here.
I have been wondering the same thing.
That's why I went off rooibos tea when I was pregnant with my third child. Couldn't stomach it for years afterwards and now I like it again. It's a herbal tea and could explain my reaction. I also went off tuna. Ugh. Now I love it. Wonder what caused the strange craving for tomato juice in my first pregnancy. I wouldn't drink that now. Thanks for an interesting post.
5 weeks into my pregnancy my sense of smell went up 100-fold. I could smell things from miles away it seemed. I developed an aversion to meat and it was hard to eat anything in general. The pregnany left me permanently insulin resistant.
Can you share the white bean, resistant starch hummus recipe?
Just wanted to share this theory for why morning sickness exists:
Basically, the self-induced "famine" causes the body to produce a larger, more efficient placenta which when grows big healthy babies once the self-induced famine is over. When I was a student midwife, I paid attention to placenta size and experience of morning sickness, and there did seem to be a strong correlation….the more sick, the heavier the placenta.
Dealing with a pregnant wife now! She ate terrible before and it has only gotten worse lol. She can barely keep anything down. I started making her a fruit smoothie in the morning for calories (although it has a ton of sugar in it).
What do you think? Half organic banana, cup full of frozen strawberries, 1 cup coconut milk and 1/2 cup water. I have to figure it is a 1000x better than the bowl of cheerios she was eating 3x a day lol
Hi Evan,
I am currently 12 weeks and am loving my Ninja for smoothies. Try adding some almond butter for healthy fats and protein. You can also hide a handful of spinach and she won't even taste it! You're a good hubby 🙂
Great idea about the almond butter! I will throw in some next time. Not sure I'd get away with the spinach lol


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People from 26 countries took part in the Conference. There were 10 international governmental organisations and 5 non governmental organisations. In total, 109 institutions took direct or indirect part in the process of the Conference.During the Conference, 71 communications were presented, 21 lectures were given; 11 parallel conferences were organised, together with 12 exhibitions and 13 poster presentations.
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TERRESTRIAL OUTREACH - Living the Stardome on Earth
A number of factors make StarLight: A Common Heritage a remarkable vision, a supra-worldview. In April 2007, individuals and representatives from diverse academic and operational fields, from hard and social sciences, and from government and nongovernmental agencies and institutions gathered in La Palma, Spain, to spark the StarLight "territory": majestically domed under the skyscape, as seen from the earthscape.
StarLight is a farsighted terrestrial outreach: to unite the already impoverished earth with its relatively undisturbed heritage above, viewable dimly and superficially during the night. Understanding this whole—the earthscape, the skyscape, and all that is encapsulated in between—is indeed an uplifting visionary mission, significantly overarching and surpassing the new Live Earth movement, whose concerns are mainly earthbound...
Jafar Jafari, Chair, StarLight Scientific Committee, University of Wisconsin- Stout. USA.
A planetary awareness
To be able to contemplate the starry skies at night without the polluted fog of artificial lights masking the countless shining pinheads dotted over the heavens and, as a result, enjoy the night sky is a marvel that escapes an increasing number of people. Yet this is something that we all deserve and probably need. This thinking, curious and exploring species to which we belong has evolved by gazing at the heavens and by questioning. We recognise that what we are is written above, up there in the mysterious universe that palpitates spectacularly, as poets and wise men have always maintained. All cultures have been interested in knowing what we are, where we come from and where we are going; and astrophysics approaches such important questions using slow, but sure scientific methods.
... the aim is to contribute to the creation of planetary awareness and to encourage humans—all space travellers from this planet called Earth—to reach a common planetary commitment to preserve the Earth from the serious damage that we ourselves are inflicting upon it.
Francisco Sánchez, Director of the Isntituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.
Defend our right to see the stars
The sky, our common and universal heritage, is an integral part of the environment perceived by humanity, as it was perfectly outlined in the document of Proclamation of 2009 as International Year of Astronomy, presented in 2005 at the 33rd Session of the UNESCO General Conference: "Humankind has always observed the sky either to interpret it or to understand the physical laws that govern the universe. This interest in astronomy has had profound implications for science, philosophy, religion, culture and our general conception of the universe". Still its contemplation is increasingly difficult to the point that it is becoming unknown for new generations. An essential element of our civilization and culture that we are losing at a fast pace, and whose loss would affect all countries in the world.
Since the oldest ages, night sky observation was a basic dimension in all cultures worldwide. From Aristotle to Galileo, from Ur to Mesa Verde, astronomy has marked the pace of science history and of the cultural perception of the world. Several peoples' identities were based on cultural expressions related with stars. Major exploration and trade routes have been traced using stars as references. But we are nowadays facing a new situation, where we risk limiting our astronomical culture to a closed and threatened area only available to few researchers in distant technological spheres. Nevertheless, the study of astronomy allowed humankind creating calendars, navigating offshore through sky mapping, making substantial changes in science as a transversal language. Today as yesterday, night skies are able to wake up our imagination and help us finding our place in the cosmos. "We are children of clay, but also of the starry sky" is an ancient Nahuatl saying that definitely resumes this perception.
Cipriano Marín. Coordinator of the Starlight Initiative
Other related Starlight conferences
Lago Tekapo - Nueva Zelanda - 11,12 y 13 de Junio de 2012
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Seminario y Reunión Internacional de Expertos
Fuerteventura (Islas Canarias), 10-11 Marzo
Seminario Internacional y Reunión de Expertos
La Palma (Islas Canarias), 9-10 Noviembre
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Sessions of the Starlight Conference 2007
- Nuevo Atlas Mundial de la Contaminación Lumínica
- La Luz de las Estrellas, más allá de la Contaminación Lumínica - La Palama 2016
- Nueva publicación de la Iniciativa Starlight en asociación con UNESCO-MaB - Con el apoyo de iGuzzini
- El Parlamento de Galicia adopta la Declaración Starlight
- La Iniciativa Starlight en la 39ª Sesión del Comité del Patrimonio Mundial
- Declaración Internacional advierte sobre los riesgos de la luz blanca
- Nueva publicación de la Iniciativa Starlight en asociación con UNESCO-MaB
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- vi. Those candidates who wish to claimrelaxation underthe Ex‐servicemen categoryshould produce documentsin supportthereof.
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- 6. The question paper will be set centrally (Sectorto decide).
- 7. The cut off percentage of marksfor qualifying in written examination will be as under:‐ General and Ex‐Servicemen : 35%SC/ST/OBC : 33%
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- i. Only those candidates who have scored above the cut‐off marks fixed in written examination will be required to appear in the medical examination. The number of candidatesto be declared qualified in written test will be equal to the number ofthe vacancies, increased by average failure rate during last medical examination determined on the basis of past experience.
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- iv. The medical officer while carrying out medical examination will declare the candidate "FIT" or "UNFIT". In no case, a candidate will be declared "temporary unfit".
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''We are following it,'' said Shuayb Abdi Karim, 30. ''And we support Bush.'' Or ''Bush Junior,'' as George W. Bush is sometimes called here.
Mr. Karim was standing in a spot that caused much pain for Somalis and Americans alike. An American Black Hawk helicopter was shot down there in October 1993, igniting an all-night battle in which 18 Americans and perhaps 500 Somalis died. Mr. Karim said his brother, who was 18, was killed by a stray bullet.
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''If the Republicans win, I think the Somali problem is over,'' said Abdi Sheikdon Negeye, 40, once one of Somalia's most popular radio personalities. ''All Somalis believe that. We lost Somalia when the Democrats came in power.''Continue reading the main story
Americans do not have good memories of Somalia (just as there are many Somalis who feel American soldiers went too far in trying to create peace here). And Mr. Bush has given no sign of any plan for re-engaging in one of the most troubled corners of the world if he wins the White House.
But that has not tamped down hope here. That hope is fueled partly by the memories of the money that flowed into Somalia during the United Nations operations here and softened the economic blow after the government of the dictator Muhammad Siad Barre -- and all central authority -- fell in 1991.
A vein of optimism is also rising to the surface in Somalia that there finally may be a return of government, from peace talks going on now in the neighboring country of Djibouti. Many Somalis say it would not take much money -- donated perhaps by the United States -- to give any new government an early dose of legitimacy.
Perhaps for those reasons, some Somalis are following American politics and this election very closely. Mr. Negeye, at a wedding in a well-guarded hotel in Mogadishu, was talking about how he views Republicans as far better on foreign policy than the Democrats. One Somali said he liked Mr. Bush because Gen. Colin Powell is also a Republican.
At one of Mogadishu's beautiful beaches, Abdulahi Ahmed Koronto, 42, said he sees Mr. Bush as having stolen Bill Clinton's old game plan, positioning the Republicans to the center.
''George Bush is a man who has taken policy from the Democrats,'' said Mr. Koronto, a programs officer for a foreign aid agency in better days who is now unemployed. ''He looks very compassionate. His father was not compassionate like him. He's very flexible, no?''
And in a society where family counts above all, many Somalis say they feel they know the candidate from his father, starting from the familiar voice and face.
''He looks very much like his father,'' said Muhammad Hassan Guled, 56, a former port manager who was holding the wedding for his son. ''And his father left him a big reputation. Now the world is expecting much from him.''
Mr. Bush also has support from Somalia's most famous son, Hussein Aidid. His father, Gen. Muhammad Farah Aidid, was one of Mogadishu's most notorious warlords until his death in a street battle in 1996. The elder Mr. Aidid was, in fact, the man whom the American soldiers were trying to capture in October 1993, when the Black Hawk was downed.
The younger Mr. Aidid, 38, who lived for 17 years in the United States and fought as a United States Marine in the Persian Gulf war, returned to Somalia to take over his father's faction. He was a registered Republican in California -- who voted both for Bush and for Clinton in various races, he said -- and he had some advice for the younger Mr. Bush: ''You can't be in his shoes. You have to have your own ideas.''
The advice seemed heartfelt: Mr. Aidid has had much trouble of his own stepping out of the shadow of his father.Continue reading the main story


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Me and DH have been together since we were 15. 22 years on and we still have a great relationship. We are best friends, love each other as much as we did in the beginning and he is a great DH/Dad. He is very hands on with DC and helps around the house. I certainly can't complain.
Over the past year I have mentioned that I would like 1 more DC. He is very much in the no camp and don't think he can be budged. DH has an excellent job (for where we live), I work too and we can definitely afford another. We have a big enough house/car etc.
I have said that I will go with whatever decision he makes as I would never want to force him into it and he has decided no. I accepted this and have started to drag our baby stuff out of storage to sell/pass on and he has booked himself into the docs for the big V.
I am just devastated though and can't even look at him without feeling an intense anger. His only reasons for not are his own and I feel like he hasn't taken my thoughts into it at all.
Has anyone else had this happen and come out the other side. At the moment, I don't think I can feel the same way about him again. I have always tried to fulfil his dreams. He has taken away mine away.
really sorry about that but you did say you would go with his decision and that is his decision he isn't considering your at all
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I did say that I would go with his decision. I guess that I didn't know how I would react until his decision was final.
He does know how much this means to me and he says he is sorry about that but his answer is still no.
How many children do you have?
I do think that, as painful as it can be, the one in a relationship who doesn't want (more) children has to have the deciding vote. Sorry.
We've been trying for no. 3 for some time now and I keep miscarrying. At one point dh was leaning towards saying no more as he was hating seeing me go through the mcs. I was and am up for the pain each time for as long as it takes - that may of course change in the future - but if he had decided no more, I would have had to accept that.
This is a situation I see myself being in further down the line as my oh is also in the no more dc camp. I am more than happy with my family but the thought of never having another makes me sad! I am only 26! My baby days can't be over already!
I hope you do get through it op and I hope I will if it does happen to me
You told him to decide but don't agree with the decision.
Where to go from here?
A accept and stay married
B seperate/divorce
That's it really
I am sorry
I wonder if some joint counselling would help?
Not to change one anothers minds, but to be sure you both really understand the other's POV and can weather the outcome, whatever happens.
Although you say he is aware of how much it means to you, I wonder from your posts exactly how much he has considered your feelings.
I agree that the person who doesn't want anymore decides which is why I said I would go with what he decides. I have gone with his decision and won't try to change his mind but how do I stop myself resenting/hating him. I don't want to hate him.
I have 3 dc.
This is a place I too, can see myself in in the future. I've just had a false alarm and DH plans to have a vasectomy. I'm 26 with two DC's and just don't feel as though my family is complete (had a mc last year).
There's just no compromise and I feel so angry that he doesn't seem to care how much I want it.
No advice really OP but lots of sympathy .
Have you told him you feel angry about the way he has approached this?
There is no compromise here, but if you are not able to express verbally how you feel then that is the problem. The anger will not go away.
I think you do this by being able to talk to him about how you feel without him feeling you are trying to change his mind.
I think you might have to do this through a counsellor.
I would love to have 3.
Resentment arises from feeling, rightly or wrongly, you have been denied something you are entitled to. Perhaps focusing on what you have and how lucky you are to have it might help you with the sense of having had something taken away, iyswim?
Of course you need to be sad for the baby and life that is not to be, but recent hard experience has taught me that grief and gratitude can coexist.
I also wonder if you need to think about why you want another child now? Is it about not being ready for the next stage of your life, For instance?
I have talked about how devastated I am. He knows and I think he feels bad.
I don't know what my reasons are really. I just can't imagine life without another. Maybe I'm not ready for the next stage. I don't have hobbies etc like DH. I help out with school events and take dc all over the place in the hols. DD is 10 and is getting to that stage where she would rather be out with her friends which is fine as I still have the other 2 to entertain. In some ways I am scared of being redundant of my motherly role.
My main concern though is that me and DH have always been so close. I didn't think anything could come between us but now I'm not so sure.
Three children is a great little family.
I am afraid I feel sympathetic towards your husband. You have a situation lots of people would only dream of: three children, plenty of money to bring them up. Everyone's lives would be turned upside down if you had a fourth child.
I can understand the bored/redundant feeling but it is definitely not a reason to have more kids.
Older children/teens need their parents just as much as younger ones, just in different ways that maybe involve less overt physical presence and care. I do kwym though. My two are soon to be 9 and six and a half and you do notice the passing of certain stages of dependence. You are also the same age as me and since my last birthday I have felt more acutely the sense of time/youth passing. I wonder if that is playing into this?
You and your dh seem to be hitting the first real, serious challenge to your relationship - which muat be a very strong one if this is the first in 22 years. You will not feel this painfully about this forever. I would say some couples counselling might not be a bad idea for the two of you.
I have 3 and I would have loved a fourth child but money prevented it.
You have to stop having children at some point,though I sympathise because I too felt scared once Ds3 started school and I had that daytime void with no child to care for.
The main issue is that there is no compromise scenario. You can't have half a child. Yes, he could say, let's wait and see how we feel down the line, but he probably sees that as stringing you along, and he wants to be clear (hence the vasectomy).
I think the only way for you not to hate him is if he is able to explain his feelings more fully to you, instead of just bluntly deciding and then rubber stamping it by going for a vasectomy. You are clearly willing to put his feelings before yours, but you need to feel you are doing it for the greater good of your loving relationship, and not because you have no choice.
What Picardy says also has merit, although is a separate issue. It is possible to count your blessings and feel contented with your life even if it isn't the life you imagined you would have. It sounds a little as if you are struggling with the fact your children are getting older and may not need you to be so hands on. You don't want to feel redundant, you miss the baby stages. But this will happen whether you have a fourth child or not. There will come a time when life evolves into something different, and that can be a great moment. You can find yourself again, and put yourself first sometimes.
This was mainly the reason I did not put how many dc's I had in the OP. If I had said I only had 1 dc, I think the answers would have been quite different.
I have always dreamt of 4 dc but was quite sure I would never be in the position, financially to have them.
I would definitely stop if I had 4 as I have never wanted to have 5.
Although I will miss the baby stages, I am looking forward to the next stage but I will get there eventually anyway as I have no desire to keep having dc until I can't possibly have anymore. This would be my last for lots of reasons.
Whether or not you should feel content with 3 or not isn't really the issue though, is it? It's the fact that your DH seems, to you, to have acted purely selfishly, and not taken your feelings into account. But it is an impossible situation. You cannot compromise on it, so one of you has to give way. And a lot of people (including, presumably, your DH) will say that a family of 5 is big enough, especially those who have struggled or been unable to have children.
I don't think the answers would have been very different if you'd claimed to have 1 dc, op.
Your posts show a very clear sense that you are not ready to move on to the next stage, are afraid of feeling redundant as a mother (you won't be, for a very long time), and can't handle your 10 year old's growing independence. The problem with having another baby to combat those feelings is that it won't, necessarily; and you'll be back to square one when the baby is approaching school age.
In the nicest possible way, you can't go on having babies forever, and you need to think about how you're going to fill the gap in your own life as your children grow up and need you less (though it sounds like they'll be needing you for a long time yet). You won't be redundant. Your role will just be different.
I often feel wistful about the baby stage, and it can be hard to accept that you won't go there again, but you're very lucky to have had three, so perhaps you should be grateful for what you have and focus on enjoying the next stage in the lives of your three beautiful children. It won't be the same as the last stage, but it may be equally rewarding and fulfilling.
Ultimately, if you can't compromise, then I guess you'll have to walk away, but this would seem a pity when your relationship has been so strong, and it would be tough on your existing dc. It may seem like your DH hasn't considered your views, but IMO it would be wrong for him to consent to having another child if he really doesn't want one - how could that possibly be fair on the child?
I'm sorry, it's an awful situation for you, but I think you need to think hard about why you want another dc and why you don't feel satisfied with what you have at present.
Unlike the op. If I did have dc4 someday. I think I would still want another! So it's perhaps as well my oh is putting his foot down as I feel I could go on forever
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Doesn't seem to be the case. (Ah, for the days when just about everything that caused a booting system to hang was pretty much self-evident and transparent...)
There's a certain amount of tweaking I've done of the configuration, the rpm's I've installed, accounts created, kernel variables that I tune... it's kind of painful to have to do a reinstall from scratch.
Also, I wanted to peek inside the initrd.*.img files and see if there was anything in there choking up... but I couldn't figure out how to mount them as loopback filesystems.
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