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Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram will miss Alabama's opener Saturday against San Jose State after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery Tuesday morning.
Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban said the junior running back hurt his left knee in practice Monday.
"It was a situation where everyone involved thought it would be better to take care of it now so he would not have any issues with it later," Saban said.
Saban said Ingram will be monitored carefully on a week-to-week basis. The top-ranked Tide host Penn State on Sept. 11.
"This is not an injury that will affect Mark's future ability to make a full recovery," Saban added.
Ingram became Alabama's first Heisman Trophy winner last year as a sophomore while helping the Crimson Tide win the national title. He set the school rushing record with 1,658 yards, caught 32 passes for 334 yards and scored 20 touchdowns.
Sophomore Trent Richardson is expected to get the bulk of the workload Saturday against San Jose State.


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Indian skipper M S Dhoni won the toss and decided to bowl against the New Zealand in first of the five match ODI series in Dharamsala today.
With Kohli delivering as skipper in the Test series, the pressure will be high on Dhoni as India need to beat Kiwis a 4-1 margin to claim the third spot in the ICC ODI rankings.
India: Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (C), Kedhar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav.
New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Corey Anderson, James Neesham, Luke Ronchi, M Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Doug Bracewell.
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NZ XI: M Guptill, T Latham, K Williamson, R Taylor, C Anderson, J Neesham, L Ronchi, M Santner, T Southee, I Sodhi, D Bracewell— BCCI (@BCCI) October 16, 2016
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About ten days ago, some nut with a handgun went around the Texas State Capitol and fired off five shots into the air. Alert state troopers grabbed him and hauled him off. Two days later, he was executed. (No, that's a joke. Even in Texas executions don't really happen that fast. It will be scheduled sometime in March.) Naturally, everyone started questioning safety around the Capitol and many (left-wing, Obama-loving) citizens proposed that metal detectors be put in place at all entrances. It worked so well at San Francisco City Hall.
But our beloved governor is opposed to that idea because state offices should be open to all; it's state records that need to be hidden. Besides, with our concealed handgun laws, we have enough armed citizens to police any place, like oh, let's say, Fort Hood. Plus how will our state senators and representatives get into their offices with their concealed guns? (The idea of a shootout between legislators on the chamber floor makes me all giddy!) One current GOP governor candidate carries a concealed handgun at all times except when in the grocery store. Perhaps she's nervous that she has a trigger finger and maybe someone with 14 items in the express line might just set her off.
And in a nutshell, that's the gun culture of Texas. Guns don't kill people. Only people with concealed weapons kill people, and the victims were probably asking for it.
Flash back several months to the shopping center location of our restaurant. We will call this restaurant Better Eats because it is still open and making money. Late on a Saturday night, some crooks managed to get into the shopping center courtyard where they proceeded to smash the windows of a few stores and make off with the cash registers. Obviously Better Eats got the first blame probably because we were the only owners not on site at the time of the investigation. The shop owner detectives theorized that the criminals shimmied up our outdoor walk-in cooler to get access to the shopping center. Never mind that it would have been easier to scale the fence or use a ladder to climb over the roof.
The next order of business was how to prevent this from happening again. The first idea was that we should all arm ourselves. That does solve most problems in Texas, but there is the expense of the handgun and you should really spend a little bit of money learning how to shoot and practicing. But most of us have watched enough John Wayne and Rambo movies to understand how easy it is.
The Marxist, Obama-loving, pinko owner of a new age shop suggested there were easier and cheaper means of prevention. We could just put up a sign that the place is under surveillance. That was laughed off because crooks can't read or they don't care about surveillance. Why not a real surveillance system then? Because guns are cheaper.
Comrade Lenin, the new age shop owner, was not making much headway. He then pointed out that all of the cash registers that were stolen were in plain view of the bashed-in windows. Stores where the cash register could not be seen were not broken into. Perhaps everyone should move their cash registers out of site of the windows, he suggested. The response? Cash registers are heavy! It's so much trouble!
But you have to buy a new one anyway, he argued, so why don't you put it in another location?
"I'm not letting crooks tell me what to do! We cannot let them win!" the shop owners argued
Comrade Lenin threw his hands in the air and gave up. The consensus: all shop owners should be armed. One shop owner even mentioned that she was also adding alarms so that if someone broke in, the security company would call her before the police, thereby giving her a chance to come down and put a bullet through someone's head.
Hence, the magic gun which works so well for the good guys in the movies--and not as much for the bad guys--has solved another problem. I guess we won't see the other shop owners much in our restaurant since it's illegal to pack heat where alcohol is served. But when shop[lift]ing in Texas, when you see the sign that says, "shoplifters will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law," you'd better think long and hard before you slip something into your pocket.


text: Christopher Tierney, the Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark actor and aerialist who had to be taken from the theater in an ambulance after plummeting into the orchestra pit when his safety harness failed, is giving his first interview tonight to CBS news. Wearing a very serious back brace, Tierney explains how he narrowly avoided falling on his head: "I was falling and then I saw once I hit the darkness of the stage, I had to just turn it real quick so I wasn't going to fall on my head and I crashed on my back." Even with this dexterous head-protecting move, Tierney suffered a hairline skull fracture and cracked three vertebrae (along with other injuries). Before hitting the ground and becoming unconscious Tierney says, "The last thing I remember was like, uh, just going, 'Oh, God.'" Despite this, and also the back surgery he underwent last week, Tierney possibly needs to have his head rechecked, as he remains eager to get back to work. [NYDN]


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Prime Minister Modi arrives in Delhi after Kazakhstan's historic visit
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New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): After wrapping up his historic visit to Kazakhstan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New Delhi in the wee hours of Saturday. A day before, Prime Minister Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 17th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit and discussed bilateral relations where the latter pointed out that the international environment was undergoing profound and complex changes. Prime Minister Modi said that India and China were ancient civilisations with a long-standing friendship. The Prime Minister further said that India appreciates China's support for its accession to the SCO and wishes to strengthen cooperation with China under the SCO framework. President Jinping congratulated India on its expected official membership of the SCO and stated China's willingness to strengthen cooperation with India under the SCO framework and jointly make positive contribution to its sound and steady development. President Jinping said China and India, as the two largest developing countries in the world, should focus more on cooperation, advance side by side, lend support to each other's development, uphold world peace and promote common development. Prime Minister Modi also met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during his visit wherein they discussed the current situation in Afghanistan, with specific reference to fighting terrorism and promoting peace, stability and reconciliation there. Both leaders agreed that India's entry to the SCO as a full member today would promote closer cooperation within the body, including on one of the main priorities of the organization- fighting terrorism. Prime Minister Modi also held bilateral meetings with other leaders including Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. India has been an observer of the SCO meeting since 2005. By becoming a full SCO member, India now stands to gain in the spheres of security, economy, trade, investment, connectivity and energy co-operation. Along with India, Pakistan has also joined the SCO as a full member state. Other members are: Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The SCO was set up in 2001 with the goal to foster security and co-operation between the member nations. Over the years the organisation has expanded its focus to include areas related to economic co-operation. (ANI)


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Brittany Snow - MTV Movie Awards 2013 Red Carpet
Brittany Snow looks super chic while walking the red carpet at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards held at Sony Pictures Studios on Sunday (April 14) in Los Angeles.
The 27-year-old actress is set to perform a new number with her Pitch Perfect castmates, including tonight's host Rebel Wilson, during the show.
Brittany is also nominated for Best Musical Moment alongside her co-stars Rebel, Anna Kendrick, Anna Camp, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean, and Hana Mae Lee for their rendition of "No Diggity"!
The cast is nominated against musical moments from Magic Mike, Les Miserables, Silver Linings Playbook, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
FYI: Brittany is wearing a Lela Rose dress, a Farbod Barsum clutch, and Anita Ko ear cuffs.


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WE LOVE SOAPS TV: We often see young people in the spotlight who don't have a healthy support network. How does one find an authentic team of people to help stay grounded?
Genie Francis: It's hard to say how. Hopefully you have a family that is involved with providing that. If you don't, hopefully you have surrogates that provide that. It's hard to know who is there just for you and who isn't. I was fortunate in that I had people that were really there for me who truly loved me. If I hadn't had a couple of those people I don't know what the hell would have happened to me. I think I would have been a lot worse off.
I was fortunate. I had a wonderful studio teacher who put me first in her life and cared for me like a daughter. She was like the good Jewish mother everyone should have. And I had Denise [Alexander]. So there were enough good people around that didn't have an agenda of feeding off my agenda. I think that is really important. To have people who love you for you. When you are very successful and making a lot of people a lot of money, that is very hard to find.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: You were hired on DAYS OF OUR LIVES as Diana in 1987. What were those two years like?
Genie Francis: The first part was kind of difficult. They didn't really write a character for me. It took them awhile to find a character. Once they found it, it ended up being a lot of fun. I worked with Drake [Hogestyn] and Drake is a very sweet man. I enjoyed him a lot.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: You were part of one of the most cherished locale shoots in daytime history as Diana and Roman and many others ran off to Greece. What do you remember about that?
Genie Francis: It was a little crazy. Soap operas don't go on location very well. They were not prepared, they didn't have housing for us. They didn't have places for us to stay, and everything went a little crazy . I remember a producer breaking down and not knowing how to handle it. It was really bizarre. Ultimately we all found housing and we all did our work and we all went home. But it was a classic soap-opera-trying-to-go-on-location moment where nobody knows which end is up. [Laughs] It was ridiculous, but it got done.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: What led to your decision to leave DAYS in 1989?
Genie Francis: That was just a breakdown in negotiations.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: Have you ever thought or considered returning to DAYS?
Genie Francis: No, I really like THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS, I can't think of any reason I would want to go back to DAYS OF OUR LIVES.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: After DAYS you created the role of Ceara on ALL MY CHILDREN in 1990. What was that role like?
Genie Francis: Initially she was meant to be predatory. She was actually written maybe a little bit like Susan Lucci's character . She was kind of a manhunter. Eventually they flipped it around into what made her that way.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: She started off as an antagonist, but became a heroine figure on the show, a survivor of sexual abuse.
Genie Francis: I loved the way they handled that story. I loved being on ALL MY CHILDREN, those were two of the happiest years I've had as actress. I had a great time doing that. I wanted to stay on there.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: What happened?
Genie Francis: Tony Geary came back to GENERAL HOSPITAL, he was playing Bill Eckhert, and it wasn't going well. I think ABC decided that they had me on contract, they had him on contract, wouldn't it make more sense for us both to go back to our old roles which they knew were money makers.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: Did you have any qualms about returning as Laura in 1993?
Genie Francis: I did. I didn't really want to go back at that point. I was in New York, I asked them, "Are you going to keep me on ALL MY CHILDREN?" They said, "We want you for fifteen years" so I bought an apartment. And then they fired me! I was like, "Oh my God." It was so awful, especially since I had gone and asked. But nobody could have predicted that Tony was going back, that the Bill Eckhert thing wasn't going to work, and that they would ultimately want to use me to bring him back as Luke.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: Were you familiar with Claire Labine's writing style at that time?
Genie Francis: No. I knew she did RYAN'S HOPE. But I didn't know anything about her, except for the fact that Maxine Levinson, an exec I really loved, was thrilled about getting Claire to write GENERAL HOSPITAL. I mean she was over the moon about it. So I was encouraged by that.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: Claire Labine had a very down-to-earth way of writing realistically for this over-the-top fantasy supercouple. Did you like that Laura became a more realistic character?
Genie Francis: Yes, I thought Claire did a great job with that.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: The show then changed drastically over the next nine years. The focus became on violence, mobsters, short-term plot based gimmicks versus psychological characterizations.
Genie Francis: For me the part where it started to not be fun anymore was with Jonathan [Jackson] left the show [in 1999] and they decided he was dead. That was so crushing for Laura. After that Laura wasn't much fun to play.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: How did you continue to work with these changes?
Genie Francis: You just push yourself and try to find something interesting day to day. But my heart went out of it at that point. I just didn't understand who she was or what to do with her. It didn't have the same meaning that it once did.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: I have spoken with Jacklyn Zeman, Wendy Riche, and Claire Labine, about the changes at ABC over the past decade and the shift away from telling stories with strong mature women at the forefront.
Genie Francis: I don't think ABC values our demographic. They really want that 18-25 demographic. And they did have it at one point, they had it in a big way. They ultimately don't give a shit about our age group. Interestingly, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS really does. They know their bread and butter, they don't want to alienate that part of their demographic.
Genie Francis: It came after the OPRAH interview. I got a call from Maria Bell saying, "I have something that I think sounds like what you were describing, would you be interested?" Then it went on to my agent after I said "yes."
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: Any concerns about returning to the pace and scheduling of daytime?
Genie Francis: No. It is a really nice job for me, I'm working with very professional people who are kind hearted and smart. It's an in-town job for me, which is a gold nugget, most of the work is all over the country right now. So I'm very grateful to have the job. They can take it any direction they want to, they've covered themselves in that way. My heels are not dug in any way, like, "It has to be like this." I'm willing to do the show that they want to do it.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: Anything you can preview for us about Genevieve?
Genie Francis: I'm working an awful lot this month. There is a big story that is brewing. It will air around Christmas time.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Thank you for reading! Please watch Francis's new role as "Dr. Kate," Licensed Pageant Therapist, on the hit Indie Soap PRETTY THE SERIES.
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It is the letter of acceptance issued on behalf of the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs which, together with the letter of offer, creates the legally binding contract. It is equally essential that the letter is precisely correct.


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|Darren Smith Band Keep The Spirit Alive
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It seems years ago that rrummer Darren Smith left Harem Scarem, but it was only after the first Rubber release in 1999 that he stuck out on his own.
Working towards a solo career, there were a few false starts before the tracks for the Black Star album were laid down. Due to a naming issue, the band moniker was dropped for the European release and the Darren Smith Band was born.
Being that the album was recorded and mixed in the Harem studio and produced by Harry Hess, it should come as no surprise to hear the album has strong ties to the Harem Scarem sound.
Darren's love of modern rock and Harem's own affinity with varied styles and current production techniques shine through on Keep The Spirit Alive û itself a quite varied mixed of modern, punk/pop and traditional melodic rock.
What you don't get is an album of alternative takes on Sentimental BLVD or Staying Away û tracks Darren sang lead on for Harem Scarem. But there are influences from both present.
The album is best described as having the production sound of the last couple of Harem Scarem albums, mixed with the more modern and free flowing spirit of the Rubber releases û with a couple of unique twists of it's own thrown in.
The drummer turned vocalist has previously displayed his vocal ability with a couple of lead roles within Harem, but is better known for his harmony vocals. Here he takes lead on all tracks and shows he is a fine vocalist, albeit a gruffer and raspier version of Harry Hess.
Guitarist Mike Hall (Killer Dwarfs/Helix) does his own solid Pete Lesperance style axe-work and provides the crunch the tracks need.
The high energy rockers It All Comes Back and Keep The Spirit Alive get the album off to a cracking start, with the latter track providing some big Harem style harmonies come chorus time.
There You Go is a strong rock ballad where Darren gets to highlight his voice in a different light, while the other big ballad King For A Day goes even further, with a truly memorable hook.
The modern pop/rock of Rubber is represented by the very catchy When I Was You and Still On My Radio - two classy rock anthems, both with a tasty chorus hooks.
Everybody Knows is a hate fuelled rocker with someone getting a right proper spray from Darren!
Why Do I is a fabulous uptempo Harem Weight Of The World styled rocker which will be a fan favourite.
And closing the album is a rather unique modern pop ballad Taking On Water, with some great effects and importantly, a very memorable chorus.
Not every track is an instant knockout, with an utterly horrid cover of Love Hurts really blowing chunks mid-album. Not only does the song not suit the album, but the vocals sound truly strained. The other clunker is one of the two bonus tracks. So Low is an industrial modern rock track that doesn't suit the album at all and will send melodic fans running for the hills with their ears in a bucket.
Personal tastes will dictate your admiration for this project, but regardless û the great thing about these guys and this album is that every song has a strong chorus and can be instantly recalled from memory. Few albums have that clear ability and I find myself humming these tunes constantly and liking them more and more each listen. Yet another winner!
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John Catucci
John Catucci is a talented actor-singer-comedian who has been performing professionally for the past several years. His love for the stage began at York University where as a member of Vanier College Productions he performed in such plays as Romeo and Juliet and the Canadian debut of the comedy Festival. It was during this time that John teamed up with David Mesiano and formed the musical comedy duo The Doo Wops.
In 2001, The Doo Wops won the prestigious Homegrown Comedy Competition at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and returned to the Festival in 2004 where they were a huge hit. They were a part of the Just For Laughs, Wiseguy Tour as well as on the line-up for an incredibly successful 25 city run across North America with the Just For Laughs Comedy Tour. This year they returned to the festival to star in their own gala performance.
The Doo Wops have also performed at the Vancouver International Comedy Festival and at various clubs in Canada and the United States, including the world famous Improv and Comedy Factory in L.A. John is also a member of The Second City Touring Company as well as a founding member of The Minnesota Wrecking Crew, the 2003 and 2004 Canadian Comedy Award winners for best sketch troupe.
Some of John's film and television credits include The Tuxedo, staring Jackie Chan, Toronto 1's The Toronto Show, CBC's To Die Four and The Sean Cullen Show, the feature film First Time Caller, The Comedy Network's Liocracy, and ABC's Movie of the Week Kiss My Act.
John has guest starred a number of times on Global TV's Train 48, and is a series regular on the CBC children's show called The Doodlebops which is presently in it's second season.
Past work:
Television & Film:
Doodlebops (season 1 & 2)
Monster Warriors
Video On Trail
Just For Laughs Gala
Just For Laughs: Front Row
Toronto Laughs
Train 48 (3 eps.)
To Die 4
Out of Bounds (with John Oakley)
The Toronto Show
The Toronto Show
Comedy NOW! – 1 hr Speical
The Sean Cullen Show
The Tuxedo (with Jackie Chan)
Kiss My Act
Chez Carla
First Time Caller
The Hit
Stage & Theatre:
Second City Touring Company
Just for Laughs Can/US Comedy Tour 2004
Just for Laughs Festival 2004
Just for Laughs Wiseguy Tour 2004
Big Bad Wolf
Various Roles
No More Medea
She's the End of the World
Sogna, Dora
Infinity Wishes
All Those Yesterdays
'dentity Crisis
Life and Death and Other Comedies
Romeo and Juliet
Winner of a 2004 & 2003 Canadian Comedy Award for best troupe 'The Minnesota Wrecking Crew'


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Jim Judd, another American cur in high government position who is apologetic for lack of terrorism mania in Canada, sorry for the concern for civil liberties by Canadian Supreme court. Why not go south to fucking work asshole? Why be a traitor to this country? Is this a requirement on the resume for the job of head of any government agency? What a bunch of yokels Canadians are to pay wages to American puppets.
CSIS sees itself as being "up against" Canadian civil liberty sensibilities, is apologetic for findings that Omar Khadr was tortured and that information glean through torture would not be allowed under pain of criminal indictment. The attitudes of the top levels of CSIS were the same as those of the Prime Minister's office, and were ILLEGAL. WILL THE MORONS WHO VOTE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS? NOT BLOODY LIKELY!
No! What will likely happen is that think tanks, talking heads, will spin this to the Prime Moron's benefit: We will need more protection from oversight for CSIS to operate more confidently outside the law. This was a candid operational discussion and it means nothing.
Canadians are pretty dumb and don't understand the Biblical phrase, "ye are snared by the words of your mouth." That's only CSIS playing the game, it means nothing.
The fucking "game" is deception, and lawbreaking, torture and world domination through tyranny! This is the reason there is so much disharmony in the world: because the USA practices hegemony and empire building through pressure on "friendly" governments by breaking every law under God and nature.
The cur-like behavior is evidence of this power play in action. This is why Wiki Leaks exposed all these words.
They are snared by the words of their mouthsNow the Harper spin artists are trying to release the snared.
Juliano Fantino won in a bi election. These voters are sure dumb and didn't take the time to research this silent fart's(he did not participate in any debates or discussions) incredible stink. Did no one from any press have the guts to speak the truth? What a friggen police state Canada is becoming. Soon the decisions of the Supreme courts won't matter at all. The whole thing will be run by ex police crooks disguised as bureaucrats and politicians.
These are the methods of interrogation that Jim Judd was apologetic for the Supreme Court's decision strongly denouncing
Problems with the video which showed actual CIA torture training clips and how these methods were derived at from studies by funding civilian electroshock therapy research
Cattle need to be tactically contained and this is what the police forces are training at across the street from me. Thinking people would not tolerate this kind of police state creep. A large herd of cattle are easily contained with good training and tactics.
Rolling... rollin.... rollin... Phitt Yaw...... Rawhide!
"Hands up! you are surrounded! Show me you your papers! or we will shoot to kill! State your purpose here? What contraband vegetables are in your possession?"
Up against the wall Bud Oracle! You so much as twitch we are gonna open up! You are not entitled to cognitive liberty!
Guess what? The former Adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Tom Flanagan, (perhaps this is where the PM gets his arrogance from?) called for an assassination of Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder on TV.


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A former inmate of Mental Asylum 5 has accused doctors of forcibly sterilizing female patients. Moscow region prosecutors are looking into the matter. An MN correspondent who studied the case came to the conclusion that sterilization of mentally ill people is a serious problem that requires immediate intervention.
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Oksana Koluzatova is on the phone, holding a long list of numbers that she copied from a directory and searching for a job. She has decided to change her life, become independent, get a job, raise children, become just like everybody else, and finally, find her mother, who abandoned her soon after she was born.
Is the 28-year-old woman who grew up in an orphanage and spent a considerable part of her life in a mental asylum going to make it? "It was hell," Oksana says, referring to her life at Mental Asylum 5. She is a "Category II mentally disabled invalid" - incapacitated and unemployable, according to doctors.
Oksana has never seen her mother and only remembers her life at the orphanage. Later, she was moved to a special boarding school and then returned to the orphanage. At the age of 15 she was placed in Asylum 5. She ran away from it several times and lived with her aunt. While she was "at large," she gave birth to three children. All of them are now in institutional custody. When Oksana was pregnant with her third child, the Moscow region's Vidnoye Town Court stripped her of her parental rights in absentia (she had a five-year old son, Konstantin, and an eight-year old daughter, Aleksandra).
"The court hearing took place in my absence." Oksana says. "When I gave birth to Zhenya, I took her to City Hospital 1, asking to place her in temporary institutional care for three years. But I lost my parental rights even to her."
Every Sunday, Oksana goes to a church that is located on the premises of City Hospital 1. Children from the boarding school where her older daughter lives are brought there.
"When I ran away and stayed with my aunt, she quarreled with a neighbor, who called the police just to spite her. They took me to the asylum by force," Oksana says.
Asylum Director Sergei Ivanovich Sharonov has a somewhat different version of the events: "Oksana returned to us of her own free will. Even though she is legally capable, she is unable to live independently. As for the sterilization, the operation was performed at her request. So everything was done in strict compliance with the law."
In Oksana Koluzatova's statement to Ivan Sydoruk, the Moscow regional prosecutor, she said: "In November 2003, I was forcibly sterilized at the central hospital of the town of Vidnoye, based on a referral from Mental Asylum 5, where I live.
"Before they sent me into the operating room, they gave me an Aminazin injection. I had agreed to be injected because otherwise they threatened to 'inject me to death'. When I regained consciousness after the operation and learned what had happened, I asked the doctor why they had done it, saying that I had not given my consent to the operation. He said that I had signed a formal request, which was enclosed with my case history. I only remember being offered a paper to sign, but I did not realize what kind of document it was nor did I understand exactly what I was signing.
"Many other young women at Asylum 5 had the same operation performed on them against their will."
Oksana is the first woman who decided to take her case to the prosecutor's office. At a mental hospital where she was moved as a punishment for "bad behavior," she met a young woman who told her about a commission that looked after disabled people's rights. Oksana contacted them immediately.
Injection Intimidation
"What Oksana told us was nothing new to us," Azgar Ishkildin, an employee at the public organization, recalls. "Other patients also told us that young women at the asylum were forcibly sterilized. We appealed to the Moscow regional human rights ombudsman. Together with his deputy, Olga Budaeva, we visited Asylum 5 on October 11."
MN has in its possession a video cassette with footage of the conversation between the human rights activists and patients of the asylum. The young women say they agreed to be sterilized after doctors threatened to give them painful injections if they refused.
Did you sign any papers stating that you agreed to the operation?
We did, after being threatened: "If you do not sign, you'll be injected and placed in an isolation ward."
Were there any pregnant women at the asylum who had a forced abortion?
I was seven or eight weeks pregnant, when they took me there... The [baby's] head was round, the body quite large, but the arms and legs were so small. I cried.
Olga Budaeva found out that sterilization had been performed on women under 35 who had no children, and that at least one of them was a virgin.
"She was persuaded not to have children because she would allegedly not be able to support them, and so she agreed to be sterilized," Olga said.
"Under the law, such operations are only allowed at a patient's express wish if she is legally capable. Incapacitated persons may only be sterilized by a court ruling. It looks like they were forced to sign those statements. During our visit we learned that the asylum's administration violated other rights of the patients as well — i.e., the right to work and freedom of movement. All of their internal passports are kept in a safe and are temporarily returned to patients only when some official commission arrives or when they have to vote in elections. Some of the young women we talked to had been moved to the asylum from an orphanage. Perhaps if they had an apartment (which the state is supposed to provide them at 18), they could live on their own. Another question is, why was Oksana stripped of her parental rights? She could have just had her rights limited. All of this needs looking into."
The real question is: Who are the investigators going to believe — the inmates or the doctors?
"If a patient is legally capable, she must write a sterilization request entirely in longhand, not just sign off on a printed form," Lyubov Vinogradova, executive director at the Russian Independent Psychiatric Association, explains.
"It seems that in this case documents were signed under duress. At the same time, the problem that Oksana Koluzatova's case brought into focus is extremely complex. Every time mentally retarded women have sexual intercourse and get pregnant a commission should decide on whether this pregnancy may or may not be terminated. The use of contraception could be a way out. But it is very difficult to control its use at mental institutions. It is far easier to sterilize inmates. On the other hand, why should people with mental disorders, who enjoy the same rights as all other citizens, be subjected to forcible sterilization?"
Oksana Koluzatova is going to take her case to a court of law. Now the prosecutor's office and then the court will have to establish why, when she turned 15, Oksana was moved from an orphanage to a mental asylum. Were there any substantial medical grounds for that? Or was the transfer (as is often the case in such situations) an attempt to deprive a disabled child of her right to an apartment? Furthermore, Oksana is set to appeal the court's ruling that stripped her of her parental rights.
This is a case where the prosecutor's office, the human rights ombudsman, and NGOs should pool their efforts and help a person in need. As is well known, disabled children and the mentally disabled belong to one of the most downtrodden groups in this country.
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Why ingest carbohydrates at all
Unless one is going to exercise immediately? Who is living with type 1 or 2 and avoids Carbohydrates almost all together when ingesting foods? Any reason aside from needing glucose for sustained exercise periods?? A determined basal insulin infusion hourly from pumps or lantus injectable insulin seems to sustain great BGs when eating good proteins and lipids. And most restricting 20+grams of carbos/meal see great weight reduction. Yes, carbos taste good on average for a minute, but, play havoc for hours at times.
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Hi Michael,
Had planned to answer but this subject has gotten to deep for me. Guess I should consume more carbs…I feel a little dumb right now.
And equally important for blood sugar stability, the 'right' carbos:)
I have been eating between 25 and 50 grams of carbs per day. After a couple of days of adjustment, I have felt better, and my fasting BG has gone from 7-8 down to 4.5-5 within 2 weeks of beginning. I have been following the LCHF/ketogenic/Atkins phase 1 way of eating.
The brain does not require carbohydrates to function. It requires glucose … about 100 grams a day. While carbs are the most 'convenient source of glucose, thanks to gluconeogenesis, both fats and protein can and do provide glucose. Many of the brains functions can be fueled by ketones as well, which is our bodies "emergency" energy system.
I seem to be doing just fine consuming less than 50 carbs per day.
Assume the brain is in need of soluable fats as the organ is predominately fat in composition, correct?
A sidenote that is actually sometimes relevant. If you have heart problems and the doctor has one beta blockers, there are lipophilic and hydrophilic beta blockers I believe, and I'm hoping our friendly doctor will correct me if I'm wrong, that lipophilic beta blockers cross the blood brain barrier and are responsible for much of the weight gain, cognitive dysfunction associated with beta blockers.
Perhaps ignorant, but, understand the brain as a functioning organ is close to 80% fat contented? How much correlation does fat ingestion, with the 'right' edible fats for the brains nourishments?
Assume the brain is in need of soluable fats as the organ is predominately fat in composition, correct?
Assume the brain is in need of soluable fats as the organ is predominately fat in composition, correct?
Assume the brain is in need of soluable fats as the organ is predominately fat in composition, correct?
Thank You Dr, but, sounds quite high. Was this 'factoid' written in a recent medical journal?
Yes. I read that in several books. Also, the ADA recommends 45-60 g carb per meal. I assume they mean 3 meals a day. That would translate to 135-180 g per day.
Personally, I eat 153g carb per day, which is broken down as follows:
Breakfast 45g
Lunch 36g
Snack 18g
Dinner 36g
Snack 18g
All meals are covered with insulin at a carb ratio of 1:8.
Actually ADA uses a tremendous amount of mythology that has no basis in research science when it comes to diet.
The first problem is how we measure our blood sugars. The technique you use is so bad that if we use that technique in a science lab, we would not only flunk the lab but they would take points away from other coursework. The logic behind the A1c is also similarly flawed. The best analogy I have is traveling between two points. The distance between New York and Boston is roughly 200 miles it takes roughly 4 hours to cover that distance or an average of 50 miles an hour which is under the speed limit. But when you get to New York, you find your car is full speed tickets why? Because you spent half the trip going 100 miles an hour and the other half sitting there on the side of the road getting speeding tickets. Both average out to 50 miles an hour but the reality is, from the average you can't tell how often you exceed valid limits.
So when you have an A1c of 7%, you could spend half of your time with the blood glucose level of 100 and the other half the time 180 (frying your nerves). With current practice of once a day for type II's and pre-meal and two hour post meal to type I's, you would never see those numbers. And then people wonder why they think they have good control and they still get nerve damage?
Without a CGM, the best we can do is a three-point measurement of pre-meal, 70 minutes and then 130 minute. By catching the rough peak at 70 minutes, you can tell if you've been to many carbohydrates for how your body processes carbohydrates. The 130 minute measurement is the indicator that you produce or had enough insulin to cover your carbohydrate intake. However, this is assuming the your body consumes all carbohydrates in the meal within two hours. For me, it's three hours because of my slow intestines. This was determined experimentally through better management techniques.
Again, this is determined experimentally but, adding insulin even to cover high carbohydrate meals only makes the cycling of blood sugar levels worse.As you probably know, the absorption rate for carbohydrates from a meal in the absorption rates of insulin from an injection have two different curves with respect to time. As a result, it's possible to go low at the beginning of a meal as well as have a very high but narrow spike in the beginning (again, bad for the nerve damage)
Without proper measurement technique, you won't be able to know enough to be able to be able to prevent wide-ranging blood sugars. This is also an example of where restricting carbohydrates is very useful for type ones. If you don't put a lot of carbohydrates in the system, the potential for wide-ranging BG ranges is reduced. The potential is reduced because the lower carbohydrate amount means you use a smaller insulin dose. The smaller amounts correspond to a smaller difference in absorption rates for carbohydrates and insulin which results in lower blood glucose swings.
The whole issue of measurements and acting on those measurements is one of the aspects of diabetes management I find truly horrific. It's bad science, it's bad practice and is no excuse for it. It does require discipline, and I'm the first to admit that it is really hard work and cannot be done all the time even by the most dedicated patient. But doing at some of the time ends up with much better control than using the standard recommended techniques.
Interesting. I've been following around 100-120 carbs a day for the past several months, and (I know, god forbid anyone read this) including wraps, which include whole wheat flour!!! My numbers have been great, 80-120, and I've been losing weight steadily doing this.
The past week or so I decided to try a little experiment, not knowing what might happen if anything. I've cut my wraps out, and cut my carbs down to about 20-25 per meal, so 60-75 per day. It's only been a week of doing this, and I have not noticed any difference in my numbers at all. The only thing I have noticed is this week I got a 8lb weight loss. Which in one week is out of control.
I have been losing on average 2 lbs per week, so to lose 8lbs in one week is totally amazing to me. I'm sure if I continue on this low carb of a diet the weight will not flow off from me this fast regularly, but it is a great kick in the butt for me. I'm at almost 90lbs loss since Dx.
The carbs I am getting are primarily from veggies and some fruits, mostly berries but i do get about a 1/4 apple a day.
Just learning as much as I can. Thanks, Heidi
That's great Lilleyheidi. Same as happened with me lost 30 lbs with better blood sugars immediately. Grain foods according to many Doctors are the cause of so many physiological problems today.
For what it's worth, the line of reasoning behind the grain foods problems is not the Paleolithic diet "religion". It comes from the recognition that many grains cause systemic inflammation of the body and the research that shows inflammation as a common factor (not cause) for many chronic diseases.
I've suffered from repetitive motion damage for over 20 years and it migrated to fibromyalgia. Long-term NSAID use damaged my kidneys and I switch to turmeric as an anti-inflammatory. Turns out the classic extract of tumor is good but the whole herb is better because the other major compound (whose name I also forget) is indicated to have positive effect in the reduction of Alzheimer's occurrence and symptomology.
Have heard that Tumeric does reduce physiological inflamation. Does the herb Tumeric have noticeable symptom reduction?
I honestly don't know. I suspect that it does if her no other reason than that is probably how they first became aware of the anti-inflammatory effect. all other things being equal, I suspect that the anti-inflammatory effects I have noticed would be reduced for a given mass of the whole herb versus the extract form. That is if the whole herb is equivalent to 25% of the extract then you would need to take four times as much of the whole herb to get the same effect as the extract.
12 Carbohydrates Dr?
The brain normally requires 120 mg or carbohydrates per day.
then my brain is starving. I'm measuring around 60-80 carbs/day intake. if I eat 120 grams, I'm looking at number in the 200's instead of 100's.
Then esjesjesj your are not taking enough insulin. I'm assuming you are type 1 since you are in the type 1 discussion group.
It is what I do too. We need soluble fiber to keep blood vessels healthy.
That doesn't mean we have to eat carbs, but we do need to get enough soluble fiber from somewhere and it mostly come packaged with the carbs.
When the fiber is separated from the starch (flour), the fiber does the job without raising blood sugar. This should be common teaching by diabetes educators, but it is not. I think they don't know!
Why no salads if w/o croutons, salad dressings…?
After my bariatric sleeve surgery, for the first 6 weeks, all I ate or drank was protein. I was not allowed any carbs. I did feel better. As I started introducing carbs to my diet (nothing white of course), my weight loss was less, my body was not as energized, and my bowel movements (pardon me for being so personal) were definitely harder. Of course I stuck with it but I do believe that a very low carb diet is best for me. Carbs for me include green veggies, sweet potatoes, NO bread (that's the hardest) and no salads. Mostly I eat fish, chicken and turkey (I'm still not allowed to eat meat).
I try really hard to keep my carbohydrates as low as can be. The hardest thing for me is with fruit. I love fruit, I've always craved a variety of flavors and tastes and aromatics you find only with fruit. But I have given up most of them except for apples, strawberries, and ras/black/blue berries.
For me the reason to keep carbohydrates lows of trying to control my triglyceride level. Something like 15 to 20 carbs a meal or triglycerides are in the 750 to 850 range. I'm beginning to think it's something related to impaired kidney function preventing the excretion of sugars through urine. That's a question for my kidney doctors
One more thing about fruit. When fruit is digested it is cleared through the liver. The form of sugar in fruit is fructose. Fructose takes much longer to raise blood sugar than sugar and flour. That is a good thing. I did an experiment and ate a peach and a banana that is 15 grams of fructose.
I tested my blood every half hour. I did not exercise in this time. It took almost 2 hours for my blood sugar to reach a peak before it started going down. That is a good thing. Sugar and flour takes from 15 to 30 minutes from lip to hips. Fruit may not be your problem. Fruit juice not good as it
goes straight through. That is why high fructose corn syrup (much more concentrated than fruit) causes fatty liver. It clears through the liver. Eat fruit but avoid High fructose corn syrup in any form. Also avoid Agave sweetener, it is highly concentrated fructose. Grandma Rose
Maybe not, I eat a lot of fruit too. I love it. However I eat almost no bread and potatoes, rice etc. My triglycerides are 59. 150 or less is considered normal have a high fiber diet too which works for me.
I eat a very high fiber diet and most of my carbs come from veg, a bit of fruit and the occational ryecrisp flatbread. no carbs of any other type (spuds, grain, rice). because I have slow IBS, I add about 1/4+ cup of fiber to my diet every day. still, 800 trigs
No problem with the curiosity. Listening to other ideas, filtering out mythology from good science, these are all good things.
I've used three types of fiber, psyllium husks, the indigestible fiber from corn, and MiraLAX. The last is not a fiber really more like a "personal lubricant" for the intestines.
I use MiraLAX when things are at their most stubborn, the insoluble corn fiber most the time and psyllium almost never as it tends to cause more constipation rather than a laxative effect.
I have a conjecture as to why my tricks are so high. It involves applying queuing models to biological systems, specifically ingestion of carbohydrates through consumption of blood glucose.
Very simplistically, blood glucose level results from the difference between the rate of carbohydrate ingestion (and other glucose sources) and the rate of glucose consumption (conversion into cell food and triglycerides). In a normal body, the two rates rates of conversion are always different but in the long term the system remains in balance and the blood glucose level (queue length) stays in the normal range.
The diabetic system, either or both the ingestion rate and the consumption rate overwhelms the other and the blood glucose level rises (queue lengthens). From this model you can see why carbohydrate restrictions (lowering the ingestion rate), and insulin (increasing the consumption rate) work as treatments for diabetes.
With regards to triglycerides, excess blood sugars are one of the sources of triglycerides which is why the rise triglycerides is a indicator of potential diabetes. This relationship is also why when one restricts carbohydrates, triglycerides tend to drop. I.e. less blood sugar, less triglycerides.
Now as for my IBS, I apologize for the potential grossness of what I'm about to say and I will be as euphemistic as possible but it's a biological system in biological systems are just gross :-)
The transit time for food through my intestines is measured in a small number of days. This is determined experimentally by eating something that doesn't digest well and can be seen at the end of the process (i.e. corn or tomato skins).
A slow transit time means that your body has the opportunity to extract every single possible gram of carbohydrates from your food. A fast transit time means that carbohydrates aren't completely consumed. The drug acarbos reduces carbohydrate absorption and and I believe simulates fast intestines. I've been able to tell when I've had too many carbohydrates because I become very gassy and have loose end products. One thing I find interesting is that if I take Acarbos with a 15 g carbs meal, my blood sugars drop.
Anyway, I think I've written long enough on this for now. Feel free to ask questions as they come up.
Hi esj,
I find your posts very interesting. Math boggles my mind, but I do understand what you are saying and I appreciate it.
Have you ever tried a concentrated form of resistant starch fiber. It is made from corn, but is soluble. It doesn't digest until it reaches the large intestine where if ferments and feeds the good bacteria. I have been experimenting with it and have had some rather amazing results. I wonder if it would help you. It is hard to get but worth a try. Grandma Rose
no on 0 carbos. Like you 50-75/day but selective on type of carbs. Find moderate and the 'right' carb ingestions are necessary to avoid hypoglycemia when excercising via tread mills or other cardios for a continuous hour. Potatoes vs Grains; Quinoa and legumes vs rice; apples, bananas vs grapes, plums, peaches & Lots of veggies i.e. Spinach, carrots, celery, brochilli, green peppers, tomatoes…:)
I do just fine on about 50 carbs a day.
Are you talking a true zero carb diet? Is that possible or even sustainable?
Maintaining balance while in ketosis can be challenging and if not done correctly even dangerous.
And all fruits and vegetables have carbohydrates … so how do you get the essential micro-nutrients, with supplements?
A true 0 carb diet is not sustainable as you would be limited to meat, cheese, etc. Fruits and vegetables are carbs. So is fiber. A true 0 carb diet would set you up for colon cancer. Not enough fiber to move things along, if you get my drift. It is all about understanding food terms.
The assumption is often that carbs are grains and they are but so are fruits and vegetables. They affect blood sugar different than
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Former Navy Spokesman Commodore D. K. P. Dassanayake and five others arrested on the charge of aiding and abetting the abduction and disappearance of 11 youths in 2008 and 2009 were yesterday ordered to be further remanded till January 16 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne.
The Court had earlier refused to grant bail on the suspects citing that there is no exceptional circumstances to release the suspects on bail. Six suspects including former Navy spokesman were produced before Court by prison officials.
The Court yesterday recorded a statement from a witness in the case following a request by the defence. On a previous occasion, the Court had issued an order directing the Superintendent of the Welikada Prison that former Navy Spokesman Commodore D. K. P. Dassanayake be transferred to the Prison Hospital from the Welikada Navy Hospital.
The Magistrate made the order taking into consideration a request made by by the prosecution and the aggrieved party of the case alleging that 7th suspect D. K. P. Dassanayake was enjoying special privileges while being at Welisara Navy Hospital contrary to the normal prison procedure.
On July 12, the CID arrested the former Navy Spokesman at the Sri Lanka Navy base in Welisara, following an investigation into the incident. On a previous occasion, the CID informed Court that the 11 persons who were abducted by unidentified groups in Colombo and the surrounding areas in 2008, had been taken to underground detention cells at a Navy camp in Trincomalee which were supervised by a Navy Lieutenant Commander.
The missing persons had been abducted by an unidentified group at Dehiwala, Battaramulla and Wattala in 2008 and 2009. Senior State Counsel Janaka Bandara with OIC of the CID's Gang Robbery Unit-Inspector Nishantha Silva prosecuted. Counsel Achala Seneviratne appeared for the aggrieved parties.


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Shashi Tharoor the present Minister Of State for Foreign Affairs in the Government Of India is a victim of international conspiracy and false propagation of news by the media and his political opponents. US and China are coming together for the same cause of Bringing down their Common Enemy Shashi Tharoor. The logic is 'Enemy of my enemy is my friend'. Shashi Tharoor during the UN Under Secretary post, has won huge support, influence and contacts through out the world. So such a person of high influence, vision and caliber is always an asset to any Government especially in in Ministry Of Foreign Affairs. US and China is afraid of a simple thing that is the things Tharoor can do in THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA. India and China are trying to find market and also influence the countries in African Continent while US is trying to defend their markets and influence in AFRICA. So US and China are aware of the fact that Tharoor can b the difference between them and India in the new world of Neo Colonialism. So getting Tharoor out of the scene and out of Indian ministry is a secret but Diplomatic Theory of China and US and its a part of this the new Conspiracy against Tharoor and to help them some Indian politicians and Media.
Tharoor's works as UN Under secretary during the Boat Crises(1978) put him in the HIT LIST of China as the crises was caused by the Chinese supported Communist in Vietnam. His caliber and influence in the international arena was evidently seen during the 1996 Yugoslavian Peace Mission. His reputation grew so did his influence. His reputation and influence was evidently seen in his UN Secretary race. Tharoor came a close second (behind Ban Ki-moon) in each of the four straw polls conducted by the UN Security Council on 24 July, when he won 10 votes to Ban's 12, though he handily won an online poll conducted by the BBC News website. This shows the reputation and influence he has in International arena. But he was prevented to the post by a Negative vote casted by US and China Abstained from voting.
US voted against Tharoor because they were afraid of his influence that can be used in UN for INDIA to get a permanent seat in Security Council. This will increase the India power and influence through out the world which the US dos'nt want. The China also was afraid of the same and they abstained from voting because of they did'nt want Tharoor or a South Korean to the post of UN secretary.
Why this conspiracy now??
When Mr Shashi Tharoor was given the ticket to contest from Thiruvanthapuram Lok Sabha Constituency by the congress high command, many Kerala Congress Leaders who dreamt about the seat began to campaign against him and started propagating bad propagandas against him. Even after this he won this he won the election using his charm, personality and good image he has among the people especially the youth. Soon he became the MOS for Foreign Affairs in the Government of India (In my personal opinion he should have been the Cabinet Minister for Foreign Affairs may be his lack of political experience denied him that post or his opponents inside the party). Even after being a minster he did not stop socializing or forget his duties. He kept himself with in the reach of people through social media like Twitter and blogs. These all were not liked by many in his own party as the second line leaders in congress were afraid of his raise inside the party like Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh. The first chance for the rivals came when reports of Tharoor and his Boss Foreign Affairs Minister S M Krishna were staying in five star hotel. This did'nt work out as later it was told the minsters lived in luxury at their own expense. Then came the twitter controversy which is now blown out of proportion by rivals and media.
When some one ask "Will you eat a Dog" your answer will be "Yes I will eat a Dog" or else"No I wont eat a Dog". this dos'nt mean you have any intention to do that. similar thing happened in twitter when he was asked a question referring to 'cattle class' he answered in the same manner. This was a good chance for his rivals to conspire against him as his sentence could be framed such that as to point to the common man for whom the congress stands for. The second line leadership of congress like Jayanthi Natarajan and Ashok Gehlot blown up the issue along with media(Tharoor came into bad books of media when he walked out of a program during his campaign to Lok Sabha).
Now coming to the international conspiracy. India and China are speaking of friendship and acting as rivals in the world arena. Both the nations are fighting for supremacy over African Countries. So China is well aware of the influence of Tharoor in Africa and they are really worried of him as MOS for foreign Affairs more over Tharror has already been in th e hit list of China. More over the Chinese are afraid of Tharoor's influence in the UN and other nations can bring pressure on China in the border issues with India and there present intrusion to Indian territory. The US is also worried of the same. And thus Tharoor becomes a common enemy of US and China. Its very important for them to get rid of Tharoor from ministry. So they are funding the media and there contacts in India to go against Tharoor, else a line in the Cyber World to which the Prime Minister asked to take it as joke cant cost his chair for a person with charisma and influence like Shashi Tharoor.
As some one rightly said "Controversies on a person becomes as big as the person is"


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If you are at the point where you can comfortably run 1-2 miles at one time at least 3 times per week, then you are probably thinking of building running endurance. To build endurance, you need to have a strong heart, lungs and muscles – all of which are gradually built up to have more endurance. For cardiovascular health, your heart should beat in your target heart range for 20-30 minutes per day. A simple formula to find your target heart rate is "0.8 x (220-your age)".
Example: If you are 40 years old, then "0.8 x (220-40)" = 144 beats per minute.
When you start running, your heart takes about 10 minutes to get comfortable with you actually running, so the first 10 minutes of your run is just a warm up and does not count towards your 20-30 minutes of target heart rate activity. I am a huge proponent of starting runs slowly and after the first mile getting into your standard pace. If you regularly run a 10 minute mile, then you will run your first mile at an 11-12 minute pace. If you jump out of the gate at a 9-10 minute pace, then the rest of your run will be extremely uncomfortable. As a reminder, you should be able to EASILY carry on a conversation when you are out for a run.
Now this is the important part for people who want to up their mileage – the secret is pacing. I'm going to use the example of a standard 10 minute mile runner who can run 2 miles comfortably at this pace. This person should slow down their pace to 10:30-11:00 minutes per mile and gradually increase mileage by ½ a mile per run per week – please see the chart below for mileage increase.Credit: Author Created / by Life Tips
In this example, if you are running 6.0 miles per week in Week 1, you can run 11-12 miles per week by the end of Week 4. I am also a big fan of GPS based watches which make it extremely easy to track your pace while you are running. Others download APPS for their smartphones which also show pacing data. A GPS watch or smart phone is definitely a luxury and not a necessity, but they can make tracking your pace much more fun! Good luck and keep on running.


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One Commercial That Should Have Aired During The Super Bowl [VIDEO]
After a valiant effort by the 49'ers and of course the power peeps in New Orleans we can officially wave by by to the Super Bowl. We can also say goodbye to a ton of interesting commercials. Some were funny, some were dumb and others were kind of just, commercials. However, one commercial that sticks out in my mind never saw the light of day at this years big game.
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International Journal of Polymer Science
Volume 2011, Article ID 736474, 7 pages
Kenaf Bast Fibers—Part II: Inorganic Nanoparticle Impregnation for Polymer Composites
1Forest Products Department (FPD), Mississippi State University (MSU), Box 9820, Starkville, MS 39762-9601, USA
2Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS), Mississippi State University, Box 5405, Starkville, MS 39762-5405, USA
3International Center for Bamboo and Rattan, No. 8 Futong Dongdajie, Wangjing Area, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100102, China
Received 1 April 2011; Revised 18 June 2011; Accepted 5 July 2011
Academic Editor: Bibin Mathew Cherian
Copyright © 2011 Jinshu Shi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The objective of this study was to investigate an inorganic nanoparticle impregnation (INI) technique to improve the compatibility between kenaf bast fibers and polyolefin matrices. The Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) was used to examine the surface morphology of the INI-treated fibers showing that the CaCO3 nanoparticle crystals grew onto the fiber surface. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) was used to verify the CaCO3 nanoparticle deposits on the fiber surface. The tension tests of the individual fiber were conducted, and the results showed that the tensile strength of the fibers increased significantly (more than 20%) after the INI treatments. Polymer composites were fabricated using the INI-treated fiber as reinforcement and polypropylene (PP) as the matrix. The results showed that the INI treatments improved the compatibility between kenaf fibers and PP matrix. The tensile modulus and tensile strength of the composites reinforced with INI-treated fibers increased by 25.9% and 10.4%, respectively, compared to those reinforced with untreated kenaf fibers.


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This is a custom necklace I made in response to a dream I had and a desire to add more color to my work. I saw a place ( in my dream) that seemed to be the inside of a massive machine. I seemed to know that i was actually inside of a person. In the center of a huge room filled with machinery was a large glowing green tube with pipes and cables running to every area of the room. It was distributing this mystery (liquid? solid? who knows?) material to all of the other machines. Whatever it was, it was vital to the operation of everything around me. When I woke up I drew a quick sketch and went straight to the studio.
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I've never been to the South Pacifc, but if I were to go, I'd check out David Stanley's Moon Handbook for the South Pacific.
" The most user-friendly travel guide to the South Pacific." –Paul Therou
There are chapters on American Samoa, Cook Islands, Easter Island, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Niue, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis & Futuna.
David Stanley has spent over 20 years traveling in the region and knows his islands well.
Just looking at the book cover makes me look forward to the summer.


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1 Day Legoland California Resort Admission + Round Trip Transfers from Los Angeles
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This package offer includes a 1 Day Legoland San Diego admission with round trip transportation from Starline Tours. Guest will be picked-up from their respective Los Angeles Hotels and be transferred to Legoland San diego. Guests will present confiramtion voucher to bus driver as prove of transporation reservation.It takes approximately an hour and a half to arrive to Legoland San Diego. Return pick-up time from Legoland San Diego will be at 6:45 PM. Guests will be dropped off at the same hotels they were initially picked-up in.
Our Legoland San Diego Admission plus transportation offer is available year-round with daily departures. Transportation service is provided by Starline Tours departing from Los Angeles.
Pick Up Times: 08:15AM-08:45AM (You will receive your voucher with confirmation and pick-up time via email)
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Bitcoin dice games can beyond question be considered as the better well-known and most accessible Bitcoin powered casino games which can absolutely be played online. There are a lot of reasons causing this. Bitcoin dice delivers its players the ease of approaching the dice game and having confirmable probability on their throwings. This does mean that the player are deciding on their own risk. additionally, there are variants available to make the game of greater interest. The players can gamble either on Roll LO exclusively or on Roll HI entirely. And there are bitcoin dice games accessible where they can gamble on one or the other of these different options.
What Are Provable Odds
When you play at any of the Bitcoin dice betting websites, you will always become aware of their checkable probability. This kind of provable chances betting means that you would be statistically able to analyze your own rolls. The terminology Bitcoin dice may make you believe that it is like any other dice dice game. But it is a little bit different from any other kind of traditional dice games. This is mainly because here the betting will be based on the blockchain. But there are a lot of similarities too. The probability that exists in dice rolls in case of a classic game will apply to all kinds of dice games that involve either two or more than two dice. The same would apply to bitcoin dice games too.
You will find a number of bitcoin dice strategies on the web easily. Typically these would be elaborated by the players. These strategies are required by Bitcoin gamblers as they rely on betting progressions in order to increase their bankroll while gambling. This is especially important when you are on dicing sites like Rollin, Coinroll and so on.
Martingale is one of the most common Bitcoin gambling strategies. But do note that it is also the betting progression that is resulting in the maximum incidents in which entire bankrolls are lost. The concept of Martingale is quite simple. You need to choose a bet that will be returning your bet doubled in case of your win. Now you have to start to bet. In case you win, you need to go back to your original wager. But in case you lose, you should double your bet. This way when you win eventually, you would have made your original wager in the profits that you earn. Now if you do not consider probability here, everything will appear alright. However, the fact remains that the probability of you losing at any given time remains the same, assuming that you do not change the game that you are playing. This is why this strategy can lead to the bankruptcy of so many gamblers. Also note that the amount you need to bet so that you win back your original wager will increase exponentially if you are losing. Hence you may end up losing all till it is too late.


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A warm French gold finish brings intriguing style to this traditional 9-light chandelier.More Details >
Showing off luxurious grandeur, this traditional 9-light chandelier is a dramatic addition to any room with soaring ceilings. A lovely French gold finish accents classic candelabra style. Opulent draped crystal completes this exceptional chandelier from Schonbek's La Scala Empire collection.


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To be able to see the top view, front view, side view we can use a drawing template.
To create a drawing template in Solidworks, the steps we have to do is:
- Click Open on the menu bar, and browse to the folder where you saved the file.
- Select the name of the file that we save, and click Open.
- Click the downward-pointing arrow beside the New button on the menu bar, and select Make Drawing From Part / Assembly
- In the New SolidWorks Document window, click the Advanced button located on the lower left corner of the window.
In the Advanced view of the New SolidWorks Document window, select a size drawing template, and click OK.
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Nearby events
Aussie Cowboys Bring the Bush to Bawley Point
Friday 25 January 2019 to Saturday 26 January 2019 , Bawley Point
For the first time ever, Willinga park is opening its doors on Australia Day weekend! Catch the Rooftop Express at 7pm, as they perform their Brand new Brumby Muster, an action-packed show that takes Horse and Cattle play to a new level,…25 Jan - 26 Jan
Dressage by the Sea
Thursday 21 February 2019 to Saturday 02 March 2019 , Bawley Point
Now in its third year, Dressage by the Sea 2019 will be hosted on the grounds of Willinga Park, a world-class equestrian centre set on 2000 acres of the NSW South Coast in the seaside town of Bawley Point. It's been called the best…21 Feb - 02 Mar
The Murramarang Community Market
Sunday 21 April 2019 to Sunday 13 October 2019 , Bawley Point
Shop to your heart's delight at the Murramarang Markets. Located at the Kioloa Community Hall, you'll enjoy strolling among the gum trees and perusing the stalls. There will be a wide selection of fresh produce and handmade goodies, books,…21 Apr - 13 Oct


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Khost: A bomb planted on a bicycle exploded Saturday and killed one person in Khost city, the capital of Afghanistan`s Khost province, Deputy to Provincial Policechief Mohammad Yaqub said.
"The bomb planted on a bicycle was detonated by a remote control around 2.30 p.m. local time and inflicted casualties," Yaqub told Xinhua.
The blast happened while police were on patrol in the area, he said, without giving the number of casualties or their identity.
Meanwhile, doctor Abdul Majid, head of a hospital in Khost city, 150 km southeast of Kabul, confirmed that a dead body and five injured people had been taken to the hospital and all were civilians.


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This is a sculling program for Learn To Row I graduates and returning rowers wanting a refresher course. It is designed to build confidence and facilitate the transition to a racing shell. It is highly recommended that LTR I graduates practice their new skills for a couple of weeks before signing up for the Learn To Row II course. There will be six sessions over a two-week period at 5:45-7:00 am on Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Upon completion of LTR II, you will be invited to join one of the Club's other programs. LTR II graduates may participate in Club activities on Monday evenings (Club night) at no extra cost for the remainder of the season. They may also participate in any of the tours sponsored by the Ontario Adventure Rowing Association. Those joining as full members will receive an $80 discount.
$170.00 (16 yr old and up)
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text: Are you thinking about starting a new business, but feeling discouraged by the low success rates? This article is for you. While it's true that statistics predict your doom within four years, and many of those who survive struggle for years before becoming stable, there are some businesses who seem to take an unfair slice of the luck pie, make all of the right decisions at the perfect times, suck up all of the success and market-share in some sort of profit sucking vacuum, and repeatedly increase their growth year-after-year. What is it about these wildly successful business that makes them such power-players in their markets for such long periods of time, while other businesses watch from the sidelines, or even worse, the standing-room-only section? I've got some answers for you. 1. Vision "The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we're a long, long way from that." – Larry Page, Co-founder of Google, Inc. Leaders always have a vision. Without a vision of what your business, people, product, or service looks like 5, 10, and 30 years in the future, how can you put together a plan to get there? How will you know what you're ultimately working for and building toward? How will you know whether you're on-target or off-track, and how much you'll need to adjust? What will motivate and inspire your people to keep working hard and innovating? All great businesses have a vision, and regardless of whether it's attainable, it's that vision that spurs everything else. 2. Dreamers "I want to put a ding in the universe." – Steve Jobs, C.E.O. of Apple Computers, Inc. Leaders have vision. Legends have monumental visions. The body paints the picture that the mind creates, so give yourself an enormous canvass. Think big! And think outside of the box. If you're vision is to grow to be as big as the top competitor in your market, you'll never catch up. They'll always be a step ahead of you. If you want to compete, and eventually surpass, you'll need to think bigger than your competitors. Don't base your goals on what anyone else is doing. Leaders run their own races. 3. Action "You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do." – Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company Now that you've got this beautiful vision, the next step is to sit down and compose a plan detailing every single step on your business's path to success, right? Wrong. The next step is to act. Anyone can sit down and design the perfect plan, but over and over again, your "perfect" plans will become trash. You'll find out very quickly that when faced with adversity, planning means nothing and adapting means everything. A basic outline and a "to-do" list is good enough. Over-planning is the biggest rookie mistake in business. Figure out what to do first, and if you can't decide, just pick something at random. You've got to start somewhere. Do you need investors? Find some and deliver the sales pitch of a lifetime. Do you need materials? Shop around and find the cheapest price, and then buy. Do you need people? Put an ad up and start interviewing until you've someone who you can mold. Just take action. The first step is the hardest and most intimidating. Often, a new entrepreneur will over-plan because planning is comfortable. Planning looks like work, feels like work, and sounds like work, but the truth is, it's your actions that get the job done and create success. Conquer your fear with action, and you'll be amazed at what happens. 4. Persistence "It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out, it's the pebble in your shoe." – Muhammad Ali, "The Greatest" boxer of all-time Pick a famous billionaire entrepreneur. Now, research his or her success story. Here's what you found: that incredibly successful person failed miserably multiple times before they saw an ounce of success. If you didn't read about these failures, research again. Steve Jobs was fired from Apple (the company he founded), started a new business with large amounts of funding from highly sought-after investors, flopped miserably, and in an embarrassing move, sold his new company out to his old company, which he no longer ran or owned. He never gave up, learned from his failure, and is once again the top dog at Apple, leading the company into uncharted territory and carrying the entire tech industry on his back. Bill Gates' first computer company, Traf-O-Data, was a complete failure. Henry Ford's first car company was a complete failure. Walt Disney was fired from his first newspaper job because he "lacked imagination and had no good ideas." Einstein failed math. Even Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team! The truth is, the most successful entrepreneurs are the ones who have failed the most times, learned, and tried again. The didn't accept failure as an end result. As Thomas Edison put it, "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." 5. Innovation "To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science." – Albert Einstein Whether you're product or service is the best or the worst, there are ways to make it work better. How can you produce it faster? How can you make it last longer? How can you cut costs? What is your product's best asset? How do you make that better? Ask yourself these questions because you can be sure that your competition is asking them, and if you don't find a way to your product better, they will. The best question to ask yourself is, "How can I sell more?" Ask your customers why they didn't buy. Ask them what you could do better in designing, advertising, and selling the product. Use your customers as your primary research tools. Ask yourself, "What markets aren't you tapping into?" and "What's keeping you out of those markets?" All of these questions will lead to designing a better product, manufacturing it more efficiently, advertising it more effectively to more markets, and selling it better than anyone else. 6. Acceleration "A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets." – Steve Jobs What's the best thing to do in a recession? If you asked most companies, they'd tell you to downsize and cut costs. If you asked Apple Computers, Inc., they would have told you to make your product so appealing that consumers will buy regardless of the economy. It's this type of thinking that results in success. When you downsize, you're accepting defeat. The recession beat you. Instead of letting people go, get them to work more efficiently. Make your sales force more aggressive. When nobody is calling you, go out and search for them. If you're construction doesn't have enough work for everybody, focus the rest of your team on finding one new customer that day. If you're able to find just 1 new customer per day, you might need to bring on more people! The best businesses are those that don't slow down for adversity, but instead look it square in the eye and fight through it. At the end of the day, it is these companies that survive and thrive. 7. Progression "If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?" – Bill Gates, Co-founder of Microsoft Corp. How much is enough? There's no such thing. Successful businesses are focused on moving forward at all times. If you want to become an industry leader, you've got to grow, and never stop growing. It's easy for people to be satisfied after achieving a goal. What's the difference between the one-hit wonders and the dynasty's? When a successful business achieves its goal, it sets another one; it raises the bar. This is how standards are set, and raised. Progression is a direct result of innovation and acceleration. When you never lose focus becoming better and you keep your foot on the gas pedal, you're going to see continued progress. It's great to congratulate you people on their success and to celebrate achievement, but never be satisfied with your business to the point that you stop growing.


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First of all, I have to say that my two girls can really make me smile. This morning they sat in my office chair and begged me to spin them. And spin them, and spin them, and spin them. When they're getting along like that (and that usually means ganging up on me), and they're laughing and smiling, all is good in the world. However, right now, Becca is screaming 'no' and Chloe is trying to sit on her and pinch her. Now, I didn't have a sister growing up. But I'm assuming that all this love/hate stuff is normal. Or at least I hope so.
Now, I spend most of my days doing one of three things. I'm either cleaning up (which would include doing laundry and such), feeding the girls (some days it seems like that's all they do!), or trying to get some work done here on the computer. Some days it seems like I really don't get any work done. And by the time they are both sleeping, I'm too tired to concentrate!
We have been cooped up in the house now for about a week. The girls both had the flu (and resulting ear infections), and then I got the flu. To put it bluntly, I felt like ass. Today I'm feeling a bit human. We have a party to go to tomorrow afternoon, so we can get out and about.
So, now I have to decide if I feel human enough to do the one task that has been looming….finishing my taxes. I started them…did all the easy stuff…entered the W2-s and the 1099′s. Deductions? Still have to do that. That's the hard part. Going thru my shoddy system of keeping what I can write off. We should be getting a decent little chunk of money back, so that should be enough motivation for me to do the taxes. And we're going to need that chunk of money, seeing that Tony's going to quit his job to run the restaurant once it opens.
Speaking of the restaurant, I'm a little sad that I won't really get to be there for the fun stuff. Unless I get a sitter, I guess. I will be there in the morning, probably with a child or two with me. I'll be doing all of the paperwork, advertising, bookkeeping, and anything that won't involve actually 'being' there for too long. Which is fine with me. I don't really miss the whole bartending thing all that much. Maybe a little, but it really seems like a lifetime ago. And I hear enough war stories from Tony…I don't need to experience them. Oh, and I meant to mention…I stumbled upon an awesome blog. It's waiterrant. If you've EVER worked in a restaurant, you will appreciate it. Even if you haven't, this man is a very good writer. He has a book coming out this summer, too. Anyway, I've found myself going through the archives and laughing out loud. Well, I've got to go and either a) do some taxes or 2) get our sales tax info and EIN for Downey's House. Don't forget, make us a friend on myspace. Our profile is at www.msypace.com/downeyshouse.
I've actually gotten to catch up a bit with some friends and family (especially my cousin Dave in Scotland) because of all this myspace/restaurant stuff, and it's kind of nice


text: I posted this thread over on Apple's discussion forums so that Apple will hopefully notice this issue will acknowledge that it exists and needs to be fixed and it would help if you guys could "Like" it, or reply to it saying that you are affected by it. My MBA came with 10.6.7 installed so I cannot go back to 10.6.6, so I am forced to suffer when playing games and such on my MBA. So yeah, please "Like" the thread or reply to it so that it get's more attention and so Apple will hopefully acknowledge the issue. Link to thread: CLICK ME


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Do not buy this ladies. It is not worth it unless of course you have a fetish for things sticking to your toys.
While it's a solid toy that fills you up, the clean up leaves a lot to be desired. I enjoyed the size, but I'm not a fan of rubber, and find this toy more work than fun.
This toy is a delight to own. Great size. Great price. The vibrations were a little underwhelming, but that's not a big deal when I'm being that filled up.
This vibrator was more impressive in print than in action. Good vibrations were provided. I would have preferred something less rigid.