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Hi, well I thought id post here and see if I can get some ideas on how to attack this problem of mine.
for the past few years I have suffered from consistent acid reflux, it usually comes on erratically but I have noticed it more consistently when I go to bed and if I am hungry. I have also noticed in the past 8-9 months my symptoms have broadened into consistent bloatage which occurs whenever I eat no matter what the quantity. I have also noticed when I eat a lot it is almost painful at times. I have also noticed that since I started drinking alcohol I can sometimes only stomach a pint or so before I start to feel nauseous and it takes only small amounts of alcohol to get drunk. I also have not had consistent bowel movements for months now.
*edit: also if i wake up early for work and have had less then say 8 hours of sleep i feel terrible and cat eat
About 6 months ago I saw a doctor about it, she could not find anything wrong with me at the time but prescribed me "PANTALOC" to combat my symptoms, after a few days of taking it I started to feel great and my bowel movements were relatively regular, I could consume large amounts of alcohol without becoming sick and I noticed it took me a lot more to get drunk. My acid reflux also went away completely. I found however if I missed a day of medication I would have severe acid reflux.
I was supposed to go back to the doctor after I completed my prescription of pantaloc if my symptoms came back to do an ulcer check but being the typical guy I am I have not gone back yet and my symptoms have returned.
I am getting more frustrated with my condition and am going to go back to the doctor to get an ulcer check, but in the mean time I was hoping someone could give me some incite or suggest some methods to help me cope. Im almost praying its sometime more severe then a case of IBS because if I have to live like this forever I want to trade this body in...
some background on myself. Im only 21 years old, i have been suffering from this for about 3 years now. I eat relatively "normal" IMO for my age. I am NOT obese, relatively fit. I do however suffer from sever anxiety and stress which could be related.
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Yeah, that sounds just like an ulcer, at least those are the same exact symptoms I had and I had one. I am also 21. I took Nexium and it cleared up, but I first found out I had one many years ago. The ulcer comes back every now and then, usually when I allow myself to overendulge in alcohol or have an overly stressfull time in life. I am constantly eating small amounts of food cause when I go hungry, especially at night, it really hurts. Make sure they go into the small intestine to check also cause that was where mine was and it took them a while to find it cause they didn't look there at first. They finally found it doing an endoscopy. Good luck with all of that because it can suck at times, especially if you like to drink cause it will come back extremely fast by drinking alcohol
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Having same problem
I've been having the same problem. The stress of not knowing what is happening has got me really freaked out.
I didn't test positive for h. pylori. I just had a bad few nights of stress and suddenly I had this problem.
I had a Barium swallow and only showed signs of acid reflux, but no ulcer.
I hope it goes away soon.
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I have been having the same problems for years, over the past 18 months it has got so severe that i have lost 2 teeth and have to visit a dentist every 3 months, finally the primary care trust have agreed to operate (16th June 2010) to a gastric bypass as the valve from my esophogos does not close allowing all acid to come up into my mouth and causes so much pain its unreal. I would suggest you visit your doctor and request a ph monitor where you have a tube up your nose and down your throat (not pleasant) for 24 hours to measure the amount of acid your body is producing, failing that request a endoscopy to see whether you have a hiatus hernia.. Hope this helps.
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I have an hiatus hurnia and acid reflux. On the weekend i had severe abdomenal pain, i need a fix this hurt. they put iv in and gave me morphin. but what do i do now ..i still feel tender.
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Mad Max 4: Fury Road is still in the early stages of production, but the commentariat already has strong opinions about the cars. Okay, Road Warrior, what would you drive in Mad Max 4?
If you haven't noticed, we're sort of obsessed with the post-apocalypse, so this is something we've given a lot of thought to and, on any given day, we're going to change our mind. There are two things you need to know about the post-apocalyptic cannon of Mad Max. Namely, there's not much fuel and how scary you look is roughly proportional to how scary you really are. So it goes, it has to be tough, it has to be efficient and it needs to be scary. Plus, it need to fit all the basic post-Ap requirements (speed, strength, maneuverability, defensibility, reliability, livability).
After a lot of thought, we're going to go with the Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle, which was designed with fights in northern Australia in mind. It's lightly armored so it's not as slow as other mine-protected vehicles. It's also powerful enough to carry nine troops with their equipment and food/water for three days. Take out the other eight people, replace them with a trusty dog, and you've got enough space to carry a lot of gear. Oh, and it's got a robust air-conditioning and an even more robust Caterpillar 3126E engine. The one drawback is the appearance, which isn't as scary as other vehicles. To correct this problem we're going to Camino-ize part of the back and add a shark-nose to the front to give it the definition it needs.
What about you? Are you going to stick to the pre-war time period and pick a vehicle from the pre-1970s? Maybe something newer? It's your post-apocalypse, so you get to choose how you survive it.
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In Ghana, the chief mediator announced that businessman Gyude Bryant would lead the transition administration and would oversee the recently signed peace accord for Liberia.
The interim government will take power from Taylor's successor, former Vice President Moses Blah, on Oct. 14, and govern until in 2005 when a new, elected government will take power.
"The first step of unifying the people starts from today," retired Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar of Nigeria said. "Do not let your people down."
The peace accord prohibited Liberia's rebels and government officials from being appointed to top posts in the interim government. The possible leaders were chosen from a list of nominees submitted by political parties and civic groups.
Bryant, a 54-year-old heavy equipment dealer, was seen as the most neutral among the three candidates, the Associated Press reported.
"I have lived there throughout all these problems, and I see myself as a healer," Bryant said.
Bryant pledged to work closely with the United Nations and other agencies in the two-year period. Bryant's priorities include disarming combatants, restoring order and basic services such as electricity, knocked out by fighting in 1992 and never repaired.
Thursday's selection ended talks in Ghana that began on June 4, but were constantly delayed because of fighting in Liberia.
While the talks ended in Ghana's capital, in the Liberian capital of Monrovia, U.N. envoy Jacques Klein said he would ask the Security Council to send 15,000 troops to the war-ravaged nation.
Klein also asked that American forces remain in Liberia to train a new army.
"We are hoping the U.S. will take it on," he said, according to the AP.
The Security Council has authorized a U.N. mission to Liberia to take the place of the West African-led force, but has not said how many troops will be sent.
President Bush has said U.S. troops will be out of Liberia by Oct. 1.
Klein, however, stressed the need for U.S. troops to stay.
"Some European countries have said they will only participate in the U.N. mission if there's a residual American presence — and that means anything at all. That's why we would like them to do the army part," Klein said.
Klein said that Liberia has helped the United States in the past, providing rubber resources during World War II and acting as a base during the Cold War, especially for operations against Moammar Gadhafi's Libya in the 1980s.
"You don't let countries down when they've helped you in your national security," Klein said.


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Despite the public firestorm brewing over the matter involving her Tobago Development Minister Delmon Baker, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she will not act prematurely on it. She made the comment a brief interview yesterday, moments after a surprise birthday luncheon in her honour at the Hilton Trinidad, St Ann's. A young man has reported to the police that the minister allegedly behaved inappropriately towards him. Baker's ministerial colleague, National Diversity and Social Integration Minister Rodger Samuel, has confirmed that the same man visited him with the complaint last week and that after praying with the alleged victim, he (Samuel) had sought to contact the PM on the matter.
However, Samuel, who said the man came to him in his capacity as a pastor, said after a pre-action protocol letter was served on the accuser, he decided not to leave the matter in the hands of the legal minds. Asked if she was aware of any government minister having engaged in inappropriate behaviour yesterday, Persad-Bissessar said: "Apart from what I read in the media, no minister has indicated any such matter." She quickly added: "However, Minister Baker spoke with me some time last week. He has made a report to the police of possible attempts at extortion and I will say no more on that matter which is under police investigations."
Persad-Bissessar confirmed she was concerned about the allegations involving Baker but insisted she "will not act prematurely" as the matter was under police investigation. "It would be imprudent, if not reckless of me, to make any pronouncements on that matter until the investigation is completed," she insisted. Her comment seems to suggest she will be holding her hand on making a swift decision on public calls to fire Baker in the wake of the public furore over the allegations, as she has done with other members of her party who came under scrutiny for various indiscretions. Most recently, she fired former Minister of the People Glenn Ramadharsingh following claims of misconduct aboard a Caribbean Airlines flight from Tobago.
Flying Squad leak discussed
Persad-Bissessar also indicated yesterday the controversial release of confidential reports on the re-establishment of a new Flying Squad in 2012 was discussed at yesterday's Cabinet meeting. She said both Attorney General Anand Ramlogan and National Security Minister Gary Griffith would make statements on the issue. She admitted she had not yet received the reports when it was released in Parliament by Opposition Senator Faris Al-Rawi last week. "We were very surprised that we had not seen that report, nor had we been advised that such a report was finally lodged," Persad-Bissessar said. The Prime Minister, who celebrates her 62nd birthday on Tuesday, said her Government was concerned about the actual leaking of the report and the revelations by Al-Rawi in releasing the documents.
Asked if she shared Ramlogan's view that Al-Rawi had committed treason by disclosing contents of the report in Parliament, Persad-Bissessar said she would rely on her lawyers to so advise.
Yesterday's 1.15 pm post-Cabinet news conference was cancelled because of the luncheon. The one-hour luncheon was the brainchild of deputy political leader of the United National Congress (UNC), Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal, who was the master of ceremony at the event. Speeches were delivered by Labour Minister Errol McLeod, Local Government Minister Marlene Coudray and Public Administration Minister Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan. Among those who attended were head of the Public Service Reynold Cooper, while soca artiste Baron performed.
Attorney General Anand Ramlogan was seen leaving the event with sacked ministers Chandresh Sharma and Ramadharsingh. Sports Minister Anil Roberts said the PM's birthday luncheon was at no cost to taxpayers. "Absolutely not one cent of taxpayers' money. It was personal funds from a few individuals and organisers," he insisted. Roberts said the event was one for ministers to express their love and appreciation for the Prime Minister and to also wish her a happy birthday.Persad-Bissessar, however, said she was not totally surprised by the surprise birthday luncheon.
Axe fell quickly for some
In the second week of May 2011, Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar acted swiftly in sacking her first Minister of Planning, Restructuring and Gender Affairs, Mary King, because of the inappropriate award of a $100,000 contract to the firm, Ixanos, in which her family had an interest. Just over one year later in August 2012, she also acted swiftly do dismiss Minister in the National Security Ministry Colin Partap, who was being investigated for driving under the influence of alcohol. Last month, the PM also moved quickly to sack People and Social Development Minister Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh following allegations of disorderly behaviour on board a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight from Tobago.
Caribbean Airlines flight Ronelle Laidlow attendant reported to the police Ramadharsingh's hand touched her breast when he reached for her ID badge while on a flight to Piarco. Police investigations into that matter are still in progress. And days later, the Prime Minister accepted the resignation of her Tourism Minister, Chandresh Sharma, after a former girlfriend reported to police that he physically assaulted her a few weeks earlier at Grand Bazaar, Valsayn. That matter is also still being investigated.


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Fight Night in the Keys
Once again, boxing is returning to historic Mallory Square here in Key West! On Friday the 16th of January ESPN2 will broadcast the scheduled main event on their "Friday Night Fights" , a bout between Carlos "El Indio" Quintana and Eromosele "Bad Boy" Albert. Quintana, a former WBO world welterweight champion, has a record of 26 wins and two losses. His competitor Albert boasts a record of 21 wins, two losses and one draw. The other scheduled marquee event pits James "Buddy" McGirt Jr., whose career includes 19 wins, one loss and one draw, against Angel "Toro" Hernandez. Hernandez has racked up 28 wins and seven losses in his career.
Boxing has been part of Key West history for hundreds of years, particularly in the 1930's when author Ernest Hemingway made his home on whitehead street and would officiate matches in Bahama village, including the backyard of what is now Blue Heaven restaurant.
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Years After Earnhardt's Death, Waltrip Talks
For all the gearheads out there, heaven, otherwise known as Speed Week in Daytona, has arrived. But even though it signals the start of the Nascar season for fans fans, this year it also should elicit memories of one of the darkest moments in the sport. Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the death of lengendary driver Dale Earnhardt, who crashed on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.
For Michael Waltrip, it represented the best and worst luck compressed into a single minute.
After 462 starts without a victory, he recorded his first win in Nascar's biggest event. But just as Mr. Waltrip was winning the race, his close friend and team owner died.
Mr. Waltrip, 47, has had a decade to reflect on the events of Feb. 18, 2001, and he comforts himself with the idea that one of Mr. Earnhardt's final sights was watching the members of his team, Mr. Waltrip and his son, Dale, Jr., cruise toward the checkered flag. (Mr. Earnhardt owned their team while racing for another.) Mr. Waltrip spoke recently with the Journal about that day and his decision to detail its tragic events in his new book "In the Blink of an Eye: Dale, Daytona and the Day that Changed Everything." Excerpts:
The Wall Street Journal: Can you believe it's been 10 years since Dale Earnhardt's death?
Mr. Waltrip: It's crazy the way time passes. It lives with me every day. For the general public it's like, "Wow, I can't believe it's been 10 years." But for me it was 10 years ago, and I've lived every day with that.
WSJ: So are the events of that day something you think about it every day?
Mr. Waltrip: I don't know about every day, but I'm reminded of them constantly because of the life I live. I've raced cars ever since. In 2007 I stepped up as a car owner, and part of the inspiration for that was for having a successful organization like Dale had. The effort his people gave for him, it was like they believed they had to make Dale's cars better than anyone else's because they were Dale's cars. You'd walk into the shop and just feel it. I try to carry a little of that to my team.
WSJ: What was the last conversation you had with Dale?
Mr. Waltrip: The last significant one was Friday morning after the qualifying races for the 500, the day before. I was running up front and I screwed up. I didn't do the re-start right and I finished eighth or ninth and was down and out about that. It was my first race driving for Dale's team. I walked by his bus. I've walked by that spot probably 1,000 times or more and I always grin because it reminds me of this conversation.
I remember him sticking his head out the door. I was all down and out about not closing the race out and I thought he was going to yell at me for what I'd done on what was my first day on the job for him. He asked me what I was doing and I told him I was on my way over to see the boys in the garage. He said, "Get in here." When I got in I said, "I screwed that deal up." He said, "I should have won that race, not you. That race don't matter. What matters is Sunday. We need to work together for Sunday." And then he went off on what we were going to do to win the race, and how we were going to work together.
WSJ: What was the strategy?
Mr. Waltrip: At Daytona, drafting [lining up behind one another] is so important, and the cars were dirtier aerodynamically that year. He said, "They can beat one of us but there ain't no way they can beat us all. We're going to line up, push our way to the front and we're going to stay there." I said, "That's cool."
Now fast forward to end of the race and there we were. Me, Dale, Jr. and Dale. He'd said Friday, whoever got in front, the other two would line up behind him and push.
After nine years of never plugging in that DVD of that race I did so in preparation for writing my book and watched the whole tape one night. Looking at it and studying and knowing what I know now, I think he thought he needed to be the guy in third place to fight those guys off. I think maybe he thought Junior and I might not be good enough or disciplined enough to sit back there.
WSJ: Does it hurt when people ask you about the race?
Mr. Waltrip: It hurts when people say Dale died blocking for Michael or for Michael and Junior. He knew every circumstance and situation on that track. If you know anything about racing, the race was over in that last lap. Junior and I had won the race. He was three wide, and so Dale had one of two thoughts in his mind. One was, "It's going to be one-two, and I'm going to get this third spot." Or, "If I can get in front of Sterling [Marlin], I just might get there myself." Sterling had a fast car. With Sterling getting on his bumper, he could have given him the push to run to the front.
WSJ: So which one is it?
Mr. Waltrip: I want to believe he thought he could beat us. Secondly, I know he knew we won. That's the last thing on earth he knew, watching those two cars driving off. I know he had to be happy. It helps me sleep better at night.
WSJ: Were you talking to each other during the race over the radio?
Mr. Waltrip: No. I knew exactly what I was supposed to do. The plan was to race together. Near the end, I wondered whether he told Junior about the plan. It would have been smart to ask him. But I wasn't that smart, though not knowing what Junior knew, I didn't take anything for granted.
WSJ: Did you ask Junior after if he knew the plan?
Mr. Waltrip: We've actually never talked about it. I never mentioned it, and he never mentioned it. I don't think we much like talking about that day. That's what made the book harder to write. I never talked much about it until now. I have a philosophy, and it's a poor philosophy. If something hurts just ignore it and hope it goes away.
WSJ: So why write a book about it?
Mr. Waltrip: I knew everyone would ask me what it's like coming up on the 10th anniversary. I also thought it might help other people know Dale better. What I've found out is it's good for me to write about it and talk about it.
WSJ: Do you ever get scared of dying yourself when you climb into the car?
Mr. Waltrip: When we went to Daytona in 2001, three guys had lost lives in the last year. I didn't think about dying that day. We all just get in and go race. Racing has gotten much safer since that day, with the changes to the cars and the tracks, but you're always cognizant if you put on a fire suit and strap yourself into steel cage and go 200 miles per hour, there are dangers.
WSJ: So do you think about your mortality?
Mr. Waltrip: There's a verse in the Bible someone once told me about that says essentially, "Don't worry about anything. Pray about everything." I say a prayer. "Keep me safe, Lord, and let this be a good day," and then I just go race.
WSJ: Racing is losing its audience of late. What is the problem?
Mr. Waltrip: I love some of the things we are doing. Engaging with fans to put in stuff they like. With the new car, the fans didn't like the look. We changed the styling. It's got a new nose. It's sportier and racier.
WSJ: Jimmie Johnson has won four championships in a row. Is that bad for the sport?
Mr. Waltrip: People seem to be tired of it. I think it will be fun when someone beats him. I don't agree he's the problem. It's hard for me but it's harder for his teammates who have the same stuff he's got in their cars and still can't beat him.
No matter what Johnson does, it seems like Dale Earnhardt still looms over the sport.
He had a connection with the fans. People loved that man. He was just a blue-collar guy that raced with his heart. People appreciated his down-to-earth demeanor. People could relate to Dale. Maybe fans don't feel like they can relate to the guys today.
WSJ: Do you still talk to him?
Mr. Waltrip: I just feel his presence. It's an important thing to me. It's everywhere, especially when I'm trying to figure things out. Some days are better than others.
WSJ: Is it difficult to be connected to such a dark day in the sport's history?
Mr. Waltrip: We were a quarter of a mile from maybe the greatest Daytona 500 ever, with all the action and the three-wide racing. Instead it was the worst 500 we ever had, and it happened that quickly. And there I stood not having a clue what laid a quarter mile from me at first. I don't think human beings are designed to deal with that sort of swing in emotions. I know I didn't do a very good job of handling it. I spent a lot of time not talking.
WSJ: Is there any sort of lesson?
Mr. Waltrip: It's simple. Don't take anything for granted. Don't assume that everything is like it appears.
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James Johnson will get an early Christmas present.
It will come in the form of Saturdays UFC card at the ACC, a sport the Raptors power forward grew up in and one he enjoys watching the same way many of his fellow Raptors teammates enjoy every Sunday during the NFL season.
For Johnson, mixed martial arts was an integral part of his childhood and teen years.
From the age of 8 he began training in four different disciplines and by the time he was 19 he had a perfect 18-0 record.
A basketball scholarship to Wake Forest ended his fight career but certainly not his passion for the sport. He still finds himself returning to the gym for training every once in a while.
When basketball training and running suicides in the gym, especially in the summer time, when that gets repetitive you dont want to stop working out so I go back into the gym and do some martial arts training, Johnson said. I keep myself in shape plus its a love that will never leave.
Having been inside the octagon, Johnson has no time for the sports naysayers who dont give it the respect it deserves.
If people dont think this is a sport like any other sport where they train and dedicate their lives to their sport to learn every aspect then step up and get in the (octagon), he said. You have to learn all these combat styles, Johnson points out having been through it himself. Its not just one. Or its not just Hey, Im strong. Ill just get in there and beat him up. Kimbo Slice is proof of that. He was beating everyone up in those street fights. He was a YouTube hero for street fights and then he gets into the cage and didnt win anything in there. Its a whole different ball game.
With UFC 140 happening in his own place of work this weekend, Johnson likely could have just about any seat in the house he wants, but you wont find him in any of the private boxes this weekend.
Hell be as close as he can get to that octagon.
Those suite boxes dont do it justice, Johnson said. Im going to try and get some snot on me or something, try to get as close as I possibly can.
And any Raptors that want to join him will be more than welcome.
Im going to take anyone who wants to go but its really all on them, he said. All they have to do is ask.
If there was any debate about who is the glue on the Raptors 2011 roster, it ended yesterday when guard Leandro Barbosa walked into the teams practice gym for the first time since last spring.
DeMar DeRozan, who seconds earlier had been busy running drills with teammates, broke away from the pack and made a bee-line to Barbosa, quickly engulfing him in a bear hug.
Then it was Jose Calderons turn, followed by Ed Davis, at which point Barbosa finally worked his way into the weight room away from prying eyes.
Barbosa may not like the cold temperatures here in Toronto he swore it was the chief reason free agent and fellow Brazilian Nene likely wouldnt consider the city in his future plans but there is no question he is the heart and soul of the lineup.


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Michelle Obama's best fashion moments of 2012Fri Dec 28, 2012
Dad demands apology from Ann Coulter for using 'retarded' as an insultTue Oct 9, 2012
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- Excuse me, but since when is it "rude" to call someone full-figured? Honest, maybe? Or in error, maybe? But rude??? Look, I'm 5'4'' ; if someone calls me tall, it's not correct, but it isn't rude. If you equate rude with insulting (pretty close), then it seems Ms. Hendricks thinks full-figured is in …
Mom gets ticket after 2-year-old son pees in the streetThu Sep 13, 2012
New Yahoo CEO says she'll work through maternity leaveTue Jul 17, 2012
- Is a sad article. If she were a guy there probably wouldn't even be a mention of a baby on the way; there would be a lot about his credentials for the new job, his background, etc. But we know nothing of this woman except that she's pretty and pregnant, hardly qualifications for the CEO of Yahoo. Or …
The 'having it all' debate: What do you think?Fri Jun 22, 2012
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What exactly does it mean to lust? Is making out consider lust?
Well, you certainly picked the right dude to ask. Besides anger, lust has been the downright most annoying sin I've had the non-pleasure of struggling with. I'd say that's true for most dudes who have that other issue called breathing.
Lust is the spiritual basis of adultery (non-legit sexual surrender outside marriage) and it kickstarts the whole fantasy scenario where you try to make your porn-infested dreams into a reality. Lusting after someone is hijacking them into your mind for a single purpose — against their will. Sort of like rape.
Since Jesus equated adultery with lust, and adultery is the physical/willful surrender of your body outside of God's ordained marriage, then lust is really the spiritual/willful surrender of your sexual desire outside marriage.
Within marriage, that surrender of sexual desire is a loving trust. It's how God designed it for our joy and His glory. Outside marriage, it's objectifying, non-committed, desperate, and if you read the news, ultimately a statistical nightmare.
To lust on someone outside marriage is always to objectify them and to objectify yourself, because you're diminishing both of you to flesh-only animals of instinct. In order to "not lust," you'll need to replace even the root of that thinking: that people are God's creation and not your playtoys, and you get to know people by looking them in the eye and actually talking with them. If you can't do that, there's a fundamental issue with the way you see people.
All that to say, if you're making out with someone who isn't your spouse, not only are you making out with someone else's spouse, but you're inevitably hitting the lust button. They're an object to make you feel good for a moment.
It doesn't matter how much you "like" this person — which is currently influenced by hormones, Hollywood, and our poor Pavlovian response to sexual arousal — because if you actually liked them, you'd get to know them without needing all that as a crutch for interaction. Self-discipline is fun when you do it out of love.
If you're legitimately dating someone — praying, parents know, pastors know, for marriage, waiting for the best sex in marriage ever — then kissing is more or less okay. But probably not more or less than what his or her parents could stand to watch if they watched. It's easier to imagine if you're the parent; that's when it makes sense. Think about that the next time.


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Lenoir City family turns hobby into popular country store
GENE PATTERSON 6 News Anchor/Reporter
LENOIR CITY (WATE) - Life often takes unexpected turns. For a family in Lenoir City, their path took a dramatic turn when they decided to take a part time hobby and make it a full time business.
The Country Kinfolk store is tucked away along Highway 11 just outside of Lenoir City. The rusted plows and handmade sign out front offers a peek at what you'll find inside.
"It started about four years ago. We did a few weekend trade
shows and had a pretty good reception, and we thought 'Well, let's
branch out.' And this property became available three years ago and
we decided to take advantage of it," said Vince Clayton.
The store, which features a mix of antiques, primitives and handmade crafts, is the brainchild of Vince Clayton, a former TVA information technology director.
Clayton loves working with barn wood. The goal is to repurpose as much as possible.
He showed us a garden shed that was made from repurposed doors and a bench that was once an old bed frame.
We asked Clayton why such simple pieces were so popular.
"It's been timeless," he said. "If you're into country antique primitive, it's good in 2014 and it'll still look attractive in 2020 or 2025. So, it's a timeless art."
Before you think this business is a one man operation, think again. It's a family affair.
His wife and daughters, their spouses and other family members are all part of Country Kinfolk. Together with about a dozen local artisans, the store offers everything from Adirondack furniture to handmade dolls. to soap, to stained glass.
In fact, they have so much that their current space can't hold it all. The business is suffering growing pains.
So, sometime this spring the Country Kinfolk store will move.
"Should be March or early April. We're going to expand and we have a waiting list of vendors. So the move will give us room for more vendors," said Clayton.
More vendors means more items made in Tennessee.
We're told the new store will be on Highway 321 near Hardee's in Lenoir City


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My efforts have slowly been converging on a workable design for a 3D-printable, all-mechanical computer (with an emphasis on the word *slowly*). Inspired by this recent post I saw floating around the 'net, I thought I would post my most recent attempt at building a fully-mechanical stepping mechanism (to replace the stepper motors used in my FIBIAC project). Eventually I will get around to integrating this with my electromechanical counter so that I have a fully mechanical counting mechanism.
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text: I have been reading both this, and the stromtrooper forums with regularity over the last 6 months or so. I am looking at getting either of these machines in the spring of this year, and would like your honest thoughts. Both bikes i am looking at would be ~2011. I used to own a CBR600, and rode Police bikes for the Army in a former life, so this will be the first in some years for me, but happen it shall. Points to note. I love the look of the BMW. Not many do, but i think it looks great especially in the SE colour scheme. The only off road this will see is if I am going into a ditch, so at that point, I shall be physically separated from the bike and not particularly care about its handling at that point...so basically, none at all hence the 800 is discounted for me. The alter ego, read wife, is not going to stand for huge servicing bills or problems without giving me the "I bloody told you so" stare....( i read about wheel bearings and cracked tanks etc...but believe these to be older issues. Tthere are others, not just this, as I am sure there is with any bike. I dont like the look of the Strom, it has hit every branch of the ugly tree in my book, but you do appear to be getting a lot more of a complete package or deal for the money...farkles and luggage included for around the same price as a bare 650GS. This is why I keep going back to it. The BMW dealer is just around the corner from me - 1km at the most, the Suzuki is 15km away. I cant help but feel that...with the strom, i would be dreaming of the BMW wishing it were one, and with the BMW, i would be dreaming of the Stroms running costs and reliability (the bike needs to be a daily 3 season rider for me). If it were you, and i appreciate the answers will be a little skewed here but hey, honestly and knowing what you know, would,you still go for the beemer? Thanks muchly.


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Emanuel calls gang threat against Chicago police 'unacceptable'
FOX 32 NEWS - Mayor Rahm Emanuel is calling the alleged plot by gang members to shoot Chicago police "unacceptable." It's a plot that came to light after the release of the videos of the shooting of Paul O'Neal.
The shooting of Paul O'Neal brings back the pain for the mother of Quintonio Legrier, who was shot and killed by police last December. She also says the threat to shoot police will only make the situation worse.
Janet Cooksey lives with the painful outcome of another chaotic night, when her son Quintonio Legrier was shot and killed by police after officers responded to a domestic situation. But she says a plot by three gangs to target west side police officers is wrong.
"I know we are all angry, but not every police officer is a bad officer and we're not helping the problem by adding to the problem," Cooksey said.
Cooksey says she once felt like she wanted to hurt the police after her son was killed, but she believes the gang plot, if carried out, could lead to more police shootings.
The mayor called the gang threat out of line.
"It is totally unacceptable that gangs are meeting and talking about targeting police officers of the city of Chicago as victims of violence, given that they've given their lives protecting the rest of us from any crime and or violence," Mayor Emanuel said.
Cooksey said she believes that the police superintendent is trying to change the culture and repair police community relations, and if officers were shot it would completely undermine that effort.
"We have to give them a chance, it's slow coming because it's a big problem," Cooksey said.
The mayor went a step further.
"I've asked before when this was bubbling up post what happened in Dallas and Baton Rouge (for) people to go out and thank an officer in your neighborhood and community. I ask you to do that again," Cooksey said.
Police told FOX 32 that they have received no new intelligence related to the threat. But officer remain on extra alert.


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Barbra Streisand in trouble for premature talk of Gaga casting
BARBRA STREISAND incurred the wrath of movie executives working on her planned film adaptation of hit Broadway musical GYPSY after recently revealing she wanted to cast LADY GAGA in the lead role.
The veteran entertainer has been working on and off on the project for years in a bid to take the beloved Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents stage show to the big screen, and plans began taking shape earlier this year (12) when Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes was brought on-board to pen the screenplay.
Streisand told Time magazine earlier this month (Dec12) she was keen to have the Poker Face hitmaker star in the movie musical, although she failed to go into any detail about it.
However, just the mention of Gaga and Gypsy in the same sentence has landed Streisand in trouble with Universal studio bosses, who had yet to begin talks with the singer about the possibility of taking on the role.
She tells Eonline.com blogger Marc Malkin she "got into trouble for mentioning" her ideal star, explaining, "It was an idea."
Streisand also played down rumours she was considering starring in and taking charge of the Gypsy remake, insisting, "I don't know if I would direct it. I'm not sure about that."
And the Funny Girl actress is still keeping her fingers crossed the project won't face any future stumbling blocks, adding, "I hope it comes to fruition."
Gypsy is based on the memoirs of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee.


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Jokinen, Penguins top Hurricanes
Jussi Jokinen enjoyed his four-plus seasons in Carolina and understood when the rebuilding Hurricanes sent him to Pittsburgh last spring as part of a salary dump.
Imagine the damage he might have done on Tuesday night if he was angry.
Jokinen poured in three goals for his first hat trick in nearly six years and the Penguins remained unbeaten with a 5-2 win.
"There's always extra motivation when you play against your former team," Jokinen said. "I could have had five goals tonight. I hit the post and the crossbar too."
Not quite, but his hat trick was more than enough to push the Penguins to their best start since the 1994-95 team won its first seven games.
"It's so much fun," Jokinen said. "I'm just trying to enjoy every moment and work. I'm working hard in practice and games. Playing with (Evgeni Malkin) helps too, we have great chemistry."
It shows.
Less than two minutes after Carolina's Nathan Gerbe tied the game at 2-all 3:13 into the third period, Jokinen put Pittsburgh in front to stay when he streaked down the left wing, took a pass from Malkin and threaded a wrist shot over the shoulder of Carolina goaltender Cam Ward.
Ward responded with a flurry of brilliant saves during extended pressure by Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby's line. Any momentum Ward's gymnastics provided didn't last. Seconds after belly flopping to stop Pascal Dupuis on the doorstep, Ward failed to cover a loose puck off a face-off and Tanner Glass pounced on it to make it 4-2. Jokinen then finished off the Hurricanes with his second power-play goal of the night and first hat trick since he scored four for the Dallas Stars on Nov. 16, 2007.
"Pittsburgh's a good hockey team and they're going to keep coming and they pressed and they didn't capitalize there, but they stayed with it and get that goal," Carolina coach Kirk Muller said. "We would have liked to have used it to our advantage, not theirs, so it kind of backfired unfortunately."
Paul Martin also scored for Pittsburgh, while Crosby picked up his first two assists of the season. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 32 shots for the Penguins, who have not trailed through three games. Pittsburgh has outscored opponents 12-3 heading into a two-game road-swing through Florida starting Friday.
"I think for us the biggest thing is our defensive play," Glass said. "We're able to shut teams down and not give them too much."
Eric Staal also scored for the Hurricanes and Cam Ward made 32 saves, but Carolina crumbled in the final 15 minutes.
"Everybody needed to be stronger tonight than they were," Staal said. "We gave too much space for some of their skill players. You don't want to give time. You give time they've got players who can make plays and they did that."
The Penguins brought in Jokinen last March, hoping the talented winger would help them lift the Stanley Cup. The Hurricanes even agreed to pay $900,000 of the $3 million Jokinen is due this year just to get him out of town.
While Jokinen and Pittsburgh failed to win a championship, he showed an ability to blend in with Penguins stars Crosby and Evgeni Malkin and now has 10 goals in in 13 regular-season games since the trade.
"He's got an ability to play off players and read off them and it showed," Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma said. "He was excellent."
The Penguins came in 0 for 3 on the season on the power play before breaking through 14:17 into the first period. With Carolina's Jay Harrison off for tripping, Pittsburgh took the lead when Crosby tried a centering pass that deflected off Staal and right to Jokinen, who collected the puck with his skate and kicked it to his stick. His backhand shot slid past Ward and put the Penguins in front.
Pittsburgh made it 2-0 1:04 into the second when a sliding Martin took a Brooks Orpik shot off the end boards and threw it by a badly out of position Ward.
Staal sliced the lead in half with an acrobatic deflection in which he managed to get his stick on Justin Faulk's pass despite getting checked to the ice by Orpik. Carolina's surge pulled them even early in the third on Gerbe's goal but the Hurricanes couldn't sustain it.
NOTES: Penguins F James Neal missed his second straight game with an undisclosed injury. Neal aggravated a pre-existing problem during Pittsburgh's season opener against New Jersey last week. Bylsma said Neal is more "week to week" than "day to day." … Carolina plays at Washington on Thursday in the franchise's 1,200th game since relocating from Hartford in 1997.


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Here's a bit of tasty health news. A study just out found that women who are trying to lose weight can do so even if they have a small chocolate or other sweet treat.
The study was published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
The researchers, who were from Pennsylvania State University's Department of Nutritional Sciences, said it is hard to stay on a diet that has calorie restrictions because they often say you can't have certain foods. Eventually, people may get tired of doing without foods they crave and so they cave in and the diet is blown.
"However, a low-calorie, nutrient-dense diet has the potential to accommodate a daily snack without exceeding energy requirements, even during weight loss," the researchers wrote in the study.
But there's a bittersweet part, as well. The study was funded in part by Hershey, which makes some nervous about the study's objectivity.
They're not the first, though, to say it's worth giving dark chocolate a shot. A column by Joanna Weiss in the Boston Globe details how one expert in childhood obesity, Dr. David Ludwig, gives his young patients a small square of dark chocolate — "the rich, bitter stuff" — and calls it health food. He also gives the children "a lesson in how to eat. Smell your food. Then lick it. Then chew it slowly. Swallow. Take note of every sensation in your mouth and in your stomach," she wrote, calling it an experiment in "mindful eating," which is one approach to defeating obesity.
Studies over the years have shown other good health effects of consuming dark chocolate, like the story on WebMD that says eating a dark chocolate square each day keeps the doctor away.
Dark chocolate is on Health's list of super foods, along with pears, grapefruit and others.
These particular researchers looked at what happened when study subjects were given either a daily dark chocolate or non-chocolate snack. To do it, they got 26 overweight and obese women, all pre-menopause, and randomly assigned 13 to each type of snack for 18 weeks. They measured their body weight and hip and waist circumference, and body fat composition, lean mass and more at the beginning of the study and at the end. They also looked at energy and macronutrient intakes, estimated from four-day food records.
The women went to a weekly nutrition class and learned a diet plan based on food exchanges and portion-size control. The diets were set up so that each woman received 1,500 to 1,800 calories a day. The snacks were a sugarless non-cocoa breakfast drink and fruit flavored licorice snacks or small dark chocolate bits to eat twice a day.
At the end of the study's four months, women in both groups had lost an average of 11 pounds, as well as some girth.
It showed, the researchers said, that you don't have to give up all sweets to lose weight. And having them may prevent women from dropping the diet because of cravings.
"Women think about going on a diet and think they have to deprive themselves of their favorite foods, but that's really not the case if you incorporate them in a portion-controlled way," said Kathryn Piehowski, one of the researchers.
"I think allowing snacks and allowing sweets and a reward for exercising or a reward for sticking to your healthy foods is good," Debra Keast, from Food & Nutrition Database Research Inc., who was not involved in the new study, told Reuter's Diane Pittman. "But I think there are probably other foods that might be more satiating to eat between meals, if the objective is to hold you over to the next meal so you're not feeling so hungry that you have to gorge when you actually sit down to eat."1 comment on this story
But lest anyone go overboard, there is a different perspective. Researcher Travis Saunders, who clearly was skeptical, summarized that view in a 2009 blog when he wrote that "unlike most super foods like Acai Berry, whose proponents just make things up, there is some legitimate research suggesting that dark chocolate has modest impact on blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors, although the research is far from conclusive at this point."
The big problem, he notes, is that most of the research on the benefits of chocolate "are associated with the chocolate industry. The fact that a study is associated with an industry doesn't automatically mean that it is poorly done, but it does make it more likely that they will find a favorable result," he wrote on his blog, called Obesity Panacea. The subtitle is "two researchers in pursuit of a cure for obesity."
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Steve Nash is allowing the Knicks time to create a sign-and-trade deal that would be acceptable to the Suns while also getting him a higher salary, according to a source.
Landry Fields was one player Phoenix was known to have interest in, but he agreed to a $20 million, three-year offer sheet with the Raptors on Tuesday that takes him out of the running.
Toronto has a three-year, $36 million offer on the table to Nash.


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FOR most, the flu leaves two legacies: baggier clothes (temporary), and a lifelong tendency to never again confuse a bad cold with the dreaded influenza.
Brandon Cronenberg received an added bonus – a movie.
"I was having this fever dream," recalls the 32-year-old, "half-consciously obsessing over the physicality of my illness and the fact I had something in my body that had come from someone else's body."
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The result is Antiviral, a science fiction horror set in a world where celebrity worship has reached such an intensity that fans will pay to have their idols' viruses injected into them as a way of feeling close to the objects of their desire.
"That seems not totally implausible," laughs Cronenberg, whose film had its premiere at the London Film Festival last year and is now out on DVD.
If the surname sounds familiar it is because Brandon is the son of David Cronenberg, the director of such body horror classics as Scanners, The Fly and Dead Ringers.
Though having a famous filmmaker as a father could be seen as a dream scenario for anyone trying to break into a fiercely competitive business, Cronenberg resisted the move "for the longest time". His hesitation was due in part to wanting to write novels, but the dad factor was there too.
"I was put off it because people would approach me with preconceptions about who I was, 'I must love film and want to be in film', so I took great pleasure in telling them I had no interest in film-making. Then at a certain point that seemed a bad idea, a bad reason to avoid something interesting."
So, a degree in film from Ryerson University in Toronto, one flu dream and eight years later, Antiviral emerged. Peppered with scenes of injections, the film produced Mexican waves of wincing in the audience when it showed on the big screen. Special effects at their finest? Not quite.
"A lot of it wasn't trickery," says Cronenberg. Throwing himself into the thick of needles and swabs was Caleb Landry Jones, who plays Syd March, a salesman of celebrity viruses who gets too close for comfort to one of his products.
Cronenberg had seen Landry Jones in X-Men and No Country for Old Men, but had not met him. A test reel was proof enough that Cronenberg had found an actor sufficiently mesmerising to pull off the part of haunted, obsessed Syd. It helped immensely that he wasn't frightened around needles.
"Caleb is a very brave human being. We had to hold him back. He likes to feel it, and he likes to give you everything, so there were times we had to tell him 'No, you can't throw yourself on that concrete floor with no padding, we have to do this safely.'"
As his first feature, Antiviral was long in conception but brisk in execution, with shoot lasting just 21 days. Directing demanded Cronenberg adopt something of a new persona.
"I'm very introverted, it's not usually in my nature to speak in front of people, but when I'm on a film set for some reason I'm not bothered by it."
Though some of his father's films have dealt in body horror, Cronenberg did not see that as a reason why he should steer clear.
"He's had a very long and varied career. As much as people associate him with body horror he's done a very wide range of films. So it's hard to completely avoid anything he's done." Over the course of a five decades long career, David Cronenberg has indeed made everything from gangster thrillers (Eastern Promises) to studies of Jung and Freud (A Dangerous Method).
Understanding and dissecting celebrity culture could be said to be very much a young man's game, though, and Cronenberg junior, part of the generation that has grown up with reality TV, has thought a lot about it. Worshipping idols has been around for centuries, he says, but the celebrity industry is changing. People are now famous for just being famous, and the rate at which one celebrity is being replaced by another is increasing.
Now with a UK agent and on the back of toasty reviews for Antiviral, Cronenberg's film-making career should be getting into a higher gear too. He has no plans to move from his beloved Toronto, though.
"A lot of Canadians are ferociously proud and very defensive of Canadian identity. I wouldn't say I'm like that, but there is something to the culture, you can relax there and it feels very familiar."
He's now working on a new script. "It will probably have some horror elements, some science fiction elements. It could be a western by the time I'm done with it," he smiles. If he comes down with the flu again, who knows.
Antiviral is available on DVD and digital download.


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United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 19 December 2006
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Spontaneous popular demonstrations in defense of Palestinian rights became a regular occurrence in Damascus in the spring of 2002. Such protests reflected not only the public's antipathy toward Israeli policies in the occupied territories but also growing impatience over the glacial pace of political and economic reform inside Syria. Ostensibly pro-Palestinian marches soon exhibited the symbols and slogans of a wide range of organizations excluded from the Baʿth Party-dominated National Progressive Front. Dissidents took advantage of the rallies to distribute handbills that urged the authorities to release political detainees, end martial law, and relax restrictions on permissible debate. The potentially subversive character of the demonstrations became clear in mid-April when a crowd of protesters gathered outside the State Security Court to cheer the historic leader of the Syrian Communist Party Political Bureau, Riyad al-Turk, as he emerged from his trial for treason.
Meanwhile, allies of Pres. Bashar al-Assad continued to purge the top levels of the armed forces and security services. Moves to replace long-serving commanders with younger officers loyal to the new president were facilitated by the promulgation of guidelines requiring all military officers to retire at age 60. The minister of the interior ordered the immediate resignation of a number of senior figures in the political and military intelligence apparatus in July and promoted other high-ranking commanders to advisory posts in the state bureaucracy. These moves complemented efforts to fight pervasive corruption in the civilian administration. The director-general of the state-run Commercial Bank of Syria was taken into custody in March after squandering some $5 million in risky investments; the head of Syrian Airlines was dismissed the same month. Dozens of mid-level government bureaucrats were dismissed on charges of mismanagement and misconduct throughout the spring and summer. The anticorruption campaign redoubled after a structurally defective and overburdened dam across the Orontes River north of Hama burst in early June, inundating the rich farmlands of the Ghab. (See Disasters.)
Syria served on the UN Security Council, but its term brought only unpalatable choices. Syria's representative abstained from voting on a March resolution that for the first time referred explicitly to a Palestinian state and walked out before the vote on an April resolution that demanded the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Palestinian-administered towns in the West Bank. Despite Damascus's long-standing opposition to U.S. military intervention in the region, Syria voted in favour of the U.S.-sponsored resolution on Iraq passed by the UN Security Council on November 8. Syria, the only Arab nation on the Security Council, originally opposed the resolution, which allowed chemical and biological weapons inspectors unfettered access to all Iraqi sites. It agreed to endorse the measure only after language was added to the resolution preventing the immediate use of force if Iraq failed to comply. The U.S. government had credited Syria with forwarding information that enabled it to thwart an al-Qaeda attack on U.S. military personnel in April. At the same time, Syrian troops undertook the delicate task of restraining, but tolerating, Hezbollah operations against Israel's continued occupation of the disputed border between Lebanon and the Golan Heights.
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This scene depicts the flat grasslands of Prairie Township near Adams's Muncie, Indiana, home. A hazy expanse of green fills the foreground while darker-toned tree silhouettes occupy the horizon line, providing an overall flatness to the landscape. A simple disc of blazing orange suggests sunset at the end of a hot summer day.
Adams settled in Muncie after seven years at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany. In 1897 he and his wife—Winifred Brady, who was also a painter—moved to Brookville, Indiana. There they lived with T.C. Steele in an old house nicknamed the "The Hermitage."
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Planet Earth was not a pleasant place to live.
The Kremlin and the conglomerates were tightening their grip. The Individualist People's Party was allowing every individual to be exactly like every other individual. Then Saul Gilpin discovered a new kind of space and disappeared into it with a stolen submarine.
From the gray malevolence of Earth, he had broken through an incredible gateway: To the far, wondrous reaches of the universe - and the one last chance for humankind to forge a new beginning.
Now his friends will follow, if they dare. They will flee Earth, for a bold journey through...Gilpin's Space.
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Part 2 - Ill Health of Dm
At living room Santu, Toral & Champu is putting breakfast on dining table. Hiten is sits on sofa while talking on phone abt some business work. Baa & Bapuji is sits on another sofa while talking to each other. They all are waiting for Dm for break fast.
At a time Dm also comes down at living room. He sees that every one is busy in their works. Then Baa looks at Dm she sees that he is looks little tired & ill. Baa asks Dm that r u ok Dharamraj? Every one looks at Dm. Then Dm says that yes Baa I m ok. Then again Baa asks that why r u looks tired? Dm says that nothing its just b'coz of little body pain.
Then Baa stands up from sofa & comes near to him. Mistakenly Baa hand touches Dm's hand & she became shocked. Actually she feels Dm's hand very hot then she touches his forehead & says what is this Dharamraj u having high fever & u didn't tells this to any one. After hearing Baa's word every one comes near to him.
Santu also looks worried after seeing Dm status & confused also b'coz she thinks in mind that in morning malik was all right then what happens suddenly.
Then Baa says to Dm that today u r not going at ur work u just go takes rest in ur room. Dm says to Baa that but Baa….before Dm completes it Baa says that no but I told u just go & take rest. Dm says nothing & starts walks slowly towards his room.
But Dm can't walk properly b'coz of body pain so Hiten come forward to Dm he gives his shoulder support to Dm & takes him in his room.
At SanRaj room Dm is sit on bad at middle taking edged of bad. Baa & Bapuji is sited at near his leg on bad & Santu, Toral & Hiten is standing over there. Baa tells to Hiten that calls doctor. But Dm denies it he says that if I will take rest I ill became ok. Then Bapuji says but Dm…..Before Bapuji completes it Dm says that I told I will take some rest I ill became ok.
Then Baa says to Dm ok, u take rest whole day Hiten will take care of karkhana. Hiten also says that yes papa I will take care of business u just take care of ur health.
Then Baa turns to Santu & says that today u just take care of Dharamraj. U doesn't worry abt house work Toral & Champakali will take care of it. U just takes care of him (Dm). Santu nods her head in yes. Then Baa turns to Dm & says that now we all take leave u take rest & no one will disturb u till u didn't fill better.
Baa says to every one to leave. Before leaving Toral says Santu that give red color paper's medicine to papa which is in that first drawer of table. It is actually a body pain killer after getting it papa will fill better. Santu smiles & nods her head in yes. Toral also smiles at her& before leaving Baa tells to Santu that close the door after r leaving other wise Dharamraj can't sleep properly.
Then Baa & Toral takes leave from there. After that Santu closes the door. Santu goes to near the table & takes out that medicine which one Toral said. She turns at Dm she sees that Dm's eyes is closed & he is slipping while sitting on the bad. She silently smiled at him but she is upset. She comes near the bad she sits on it next to Dm. lovingly she burses her hand on Dm's forehead & she became shocked.
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what happen? Santu says nothing little rudely & she stands up from bad goes
to near the window.
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Khurshid Drabu CBE
Khurshid Drabu CBE
Khurshid Drabu is a Senior Immigration Judge at the Asylum & Immigration Tribunal (since 2004) and Legal Member, Special Immigration Appeals Commission (since 2001). He has served as Deputy Director, UK Immigrants Advisory Service, London 1984 -1990), Deputy Legal Director and Head of Litigation & Complaints, Commission for Racial Equality (1990-1996), President (part-time) Mental Health Review Tribunal (1988-1998), Special Adjudicator, Immigration Appeals (1996-2000) and Vice President, Immigration Appeals Tribunal (2000-2004).
He is a founder trustee of the Kashmir Medical Relief Trust (a registered charity) and has been chairman of the Kashmiri Association of Great Britain (1997 to 2005) and Art Asia, Southampton (1998 – 2002). He has been a legal and constitutional advisor to the Muslim Council of Britain since its inauguration in 1997 and is Honorary Advisor to the Ministry of Defence on Islamic Affairs (since 2001). He is also convenor of the MCB's Board of Counsellors. He has served as the body's election commissioner from the outset. He was recipient of the Good Citizenship Alija Izetbegovic Award at the Muslim News Awards for Excellence ceremony in 2007.
Khrushid Drabu was born in Srinagar, Kashmir in 1946 and obtained his Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Political Science from the University of Jammu & Kashmir in 1967. He obtained a First Class First award (gold medallist) in an LLB degree from Aligarh Muslim University in India in 1969. He has been settled in the United Kingdom in 1971 and is married to Dr Reefat Drabu. He was called to the Bar in 1977.
He has played first class level cricket in India, making his debut at 17. He was also one of the country's youngest captains at that level, leading the J&K Ranji Trophy Team 1969-70.


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112th Congress brings challenges for Southwest Georgia
Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:11:23 GMT —
The 112th U.S. Congress began its own legislative session today.
The first order of business for the House of Representatives was electing its new speaker, Republican Representative John Boehner.
The Senate began its first day swearing in new members.
Both Republicans and Democrats are looking at budget cuts that could affect Southwest Georgia.
"When Washington looks to cut spending in any way," said Republican State Rep. Ed Rynders. "All of Georgia could be impacted by potential agriculture cuts. It will be interesting and something we should keep an eye on."
Local Congressman Sanford Bishop voted 'present' in Nancy Pelosi's unsuccessful bid for another term as House Speaker.


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Saturday's New York Times featured a story by Brian Stelter about the intersection of political campaigning and the cable news channels.
As one would expect, the right-leaning Fox News Channel and left-leaning MSNBC get prominent play. The article notes a number of instances where Republican candidates were able to ask for money and put their campaign websites on FNC programs, and some cases where candidates like Sharron Angle said that they wanted to appear on programming that was friendly to their campaigns.
There was also this quote from MSNBC president Phil Griffin:
Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC, and others strenuously object to the idea that Fox and MSNBC are opposite sides of the same coin. "Show me an example of us fund-raising," he said in a recent interview.
Griffin may not have been able to name any, but bloggers and journalists did some digging and came up with instances of fundraising that was very similar to what is happening at FNC.
Johnny Dollar found a plethora of examples, most of them from MSNBC's 6 PM program hosted by Ed Schultz. The Baltimore Sun's David Zurawik, who was first to report a particularly egregious example of fundraising by FNC's Sean Hannity, adds his take here.


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* Warmer UK weather forecast reduces gas demand outlook
* Power supply improved by return of Sizewell B1 reactor
LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - British prompt gas prices fell to the lowest level this year as mild weather forecasts and improved supplies took pressure from the system, while the forward market received a slight push from positive economic data.
Within-day gas prices fell to a 2012 low of 51.80 pence per therm on Tuesday afternoon, down more than two pence on the previous session and day-ahead gas prices also slipped, trading down to 52.00 pence.
The weaker spot gas prices were a result of milder weather and healthy supplies, despite a rise in demand above seasonal norms on Tuesday.
"Consumption is forecast substantially down this morning giving a clear bearish signal for day-ahead," analysts at Point Carbon said, adding that its price outlook was between 51 and 53.20 pence per therm.
The UK's Met Office said that weather conditions were expected to become "much milder across England and Wales" by Wednesday, with midday temperatures expected to rise from just above zero degrees Celsius on Tuesday to almost double-digit figures a day later.
At around 355 million cubic metres (mcm) per day, gas consumption for Tuesday was expected to be around 6 percent above the seasonal norm, according to data from National Grid.
UK gas storage sites were filled to almost 85 percent on Monday, compared with a European average of 73 percent, according to Gas Infrastructure Europe.
Curve gas trading was slightly firmer on Tuesday afternoon as UK inflation figures fell sharply in December and investor confidence in Germany posted a record rise in January.
Benchmark summer 2012 gas rose 0.10 pence to 51.35 pence per therm.
In the power market, spot prices were also down, with the day-ahead baseload contract shedding 3 pounds per megawatt-hour (MWh) to 40.50 pounds a MWh.
The drop came on the back of milder weather and the return of EDF Energy's 630 megawatt Sizewell B1 nuclear reactor to the grid.


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Al Pacino: 'I couldn't cope with fame'
AL PACINO says that he has at last learned to laugh at himself and enjoy his celebrity. The man who became an overnight star thanks to The Godfather has spent too long worrying about details.
And why should his evident happiness be a surprise? Pacino, 73 and 5ft 6in tall, is dating beautiful Argentinian actress Lucila Sola. At 33 and 5ft 8in she's 40 years younger and two inches taller.
He's back on the big screen with crime comedy Stand Up Guys and tonight plays musical genius and convicted murderer Phil Spector with chilling realism in a TV movie.
Earlier this month he filled the London Palladium with no more than a question and answer session, hosted by Emma Freud for which the audience paid between £60 and £250 for a seat.
But he insists: "To get to this stage has taken too long. I was not prepared for fame. It hit me hard and I did not have the capacity to cope. I've never liked the recognition, the questions, the publicity. I have often felt like running away and hiding. There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life."
One of those events was drinking on an industrial scale. As he was being hailed for a succession of Oscar-nominated performances in movies such as Scarface, Dog Day Afternoon and The Godfather Part II he was hitting the bottle.
"I found myself at one point enjoying being out of work more than working," he says. "There's a term in the drinking world which is called 'reaching one's bottom.' I came close.
I was not prepared for fame. It hit me hard and I did not have the capacity to cope. I've never liked the recognition, the questions, the publicity. I have often felt like running away and hiding
"I was on a downward spiral. Laurence Olivier once said that the greatest reward of acting is the drink after the show. I was turning that reward in to a lifelong achievement award.
"I had to go to Alcoholics Anonymous, I am not ashamed of that. I did not start their programme but I found it very supportive and meaningful. I did stop drinking. Not immediately. But I did stop."
Then there was the melancholy, which led to a lifetime preference for wearing black. His mother Rose, who brought him up single-handed after his father left, died at just 43. His beloved grandfather James, who helped in his upbringing, died a year later.
Pacino produced some of his most telling work in one of his least-known and most criticised films, Bobby Deerfield, by revisiting his grief to play a self-obsessed loner faced with the death of his lover. "I might have been closer to that character and what he was going through than any I have played," he says. "The loneliness and isolation – I felt it every day."
Such self-reflection stretched ahead through several of his movies. It even derailed him completely during the late Eighties when he produced only one film, the disastrous Revolution, in six years.
He regularly had counselling. His relationship with women – and there were plenty – never led to marriage. Pacino remained acutely aware that marriages fail, like that of his own parents.
"I used to wear disguises, like hats and false beards, just to walk around and avoid attention," he says. "But now I feel pumped up and excited like I used to. I am just happy to be me.
"I have worked on so many films, with so many different characters, it is sometimes difficult to remember my own. I have always loved what I do for a living – it's just that the love affair takes on different meanings."
The incident that made him wary of his fame came 40 years ago when he smiled at a good-looking woman on a street in his native New York.
"She said, 'Oh, hello Michael,'" he says. "She had seen The Godfather and thought of me as my character Michael Corleone. It was though she had stripped me there and then of my anonymity. I was just Al, smiling at someone. Then I wasn't. And that's how things have been ever since. I should have been more ready for it. I was in my early 30s and no one had taken any notice of me before."
The Godfather's director Francis Ford Coppola insisted Pacino play the role despite objections from the film studio bosses. "After a few weeks in the part I was ready to quit," he now recalls.
"I didn't start enjoying the experience until I did a scene in which Corleone goes in to a restaurant, gets a gun hidden in a bathroom, shoots two people and drops the gun. From that moment it started to fit in to place." The irony is that it took him 10 years to watch the film and its sequel The Godfather II. "I am one of those people who never like watching myself on screen," he says. "I mostly avoid preview screenings, even now."
After eight Oscar nominations he finally won for best actor 20 years ago in Scent Of A Woman. "I always dreaded winning because I had nothing to say," he says. "But in that moment I felt like I'd won a gold medal at the Olympics."
His films have made less impact with the passing years but he is pragmatic about maintaining a good lifestyle. "I need to stay in the saddle, not only for enjoyment but for an income," he says.
"The bills mount – tax, mortgage, stuff in general. I put a lot of money once into my own film The Local Stigmatic, which took about four years to get released. It was like a business lesson."
He has also turned down plenty of roles. He told the Palladium audience he rejected the lead in Pretty Woman, which went to Richard Gere. He also refused Die Hard, which was given to an unknown Bruce Willis.
He even had chance to be Han Solo in Star Wars, at a point when Harrison Ford was struggling to get a job. "That role in Star Wars was mine for the taking but I didn't understand the script," he admits. For his role as Phil Spector he looks every bit as bizarre as the famous record producer and songwriter, with Helen Mirren playing his lawyer Linda Kenney Baden.
Spector, now 73 and the same age as Pacino, is serving 19 years after being convicted in 2009 of shooting Lana Clarkson in his California castle after picking her up at a club where she worked as a hostess.
"I am not trying to mimic him," says Pacino. "I watched all the old footage and waited for the moment when I could start to feel him rather than be him. I then worked to the script like I always do."
He recalls his times of struggle as an unknown in the early Sixties trying to make a living performing outside cafes in Greenwich Village in New York.
"The feeling of hope and excitement was incredible," he says. "I performed Chekhov in the streets and passed a hat around for money.
"I think I've spent the rest of my working life trying to find that same sort of contentment – and I finally feel there."
Phil Spector is screened on Sky Atlantic tonight at 9pm.
Stand Up Guys is at cinemas nationwide now.