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BOSTON, Mass. – For the first time since the 2012-13 season, the UMBC swimming and diving teams have swept all four America East Performer of the Week awards, the conference office announced on Wednesday afternoon.
Junior Hania Moro (New Cairo, Egypt) and sophomore Ilia Rattsev (Moscow, Russia) took how the swimming awards, while sophomore Abby Biddulph (Egg Harbor City, N.J.) and junior Elijah Wright (Baltimore, Md./Loyola Blakefield) earned the diving honors.
Moro earns her first Female Swimmer of the Week award after helping UMBC comeback to win its first meet of the year over Seton Hall, 156-114, by swimming the first leg of the 400 free relay in which the Retrievers took first place with a time of 3:34.63.
Moro also took first in three individual events in the 200 free (1:54.71), 500 free (5:07.01), and 1,000 free (10:29.49).
Biddulph takes home Female Diver of the Week after placing second in both the 1 and 3 meter dives. She scored a 212.18 in the 1 meter and 194.63 in the 3 meter.
After rejoining the America East since leaving for the CCSA in the 2013 season, Rattsev and Wright take home Male Swimmer and Diver of the Week honors, respectively.
Rattsev won three events on the day in the 200 free (1:40.44), 100 free (45.82), and 50 free (21.15), while Wright took first place in both diving disciplines. He scored 240.75 in the 1 meter dive and 234.98 in the 3 meter.


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HBO's hit bromance comedy series Entourage wrapped up its eighth and final season last September. However, there has been talk of a feature film for years now - and that speculation only increased after the show's official ending. Updates on the Entourage movie have been sporadic at best, with some of the prominent players in front of and behind the show's cameras hinting that a movie is still a very realistic possibility, including executive producer Mark Wahlberg, whose life Entourage is loosely based on.
The biggest unknown for an Entourage movie has to be the actual story, as it's unclear what direction the film would take. Well, there apparently is a story, as co-president of HBO programming, Michael Lombardo, told reporters at the Television Critics Association's press tour - a script is indeed in the works.
According to Lombardo:
"[Creator] Doug [Ellin], as of this week, is on page 65 [of the] film's script, and he's excited about it."
Lombardo later elaborated, noting that there's only been a "very generic pitch" for the movie, and that they'll have to see if there's any interest from the cast "after we look at a script."
On the one hand, it's certainly encouraging to hear the wheels are in motion on the film, but on the other hand, it definitely sounds like things are still in the opening stages and there isn't much in place yet to guarantee the movie will actually get made. Still, Ellin's involvement has to be encouraging for fans, as the entire series was really his brainchild - and his enthusiasm for the property should help things advance to the next phases (pitching the script, specifically), as opposed to the project falling into development limbo.
Knowing Ellin has a story in mind certainly makes us wonder what tale he hopes to tell. Would the movie pick up right where the show left off?
Warning the remainder of the article contains Entourage TV series spoilers! If you do not want to be spoiled look away now!
While one could argue the show ended with satisfying conclusions to each of the key characters arcs, there's certainly much more that could be explored with Vincent Chase and his pals. Are Vince and Sophia a happily married couple? How are Eric and Sloan doing? Is Johnny Drama still riding high with Johnny's Bananas? What's Turtle up to now that he's a millionaire? And what about Ari, who received a very, very lucrative career offer at the tail end of the final season?
While still on great terms with one another, all of the main character stories were resolved - so what would it take to bring them all back together for more shenanigans and brotherly-like love?
We'll be sure to keep you posted on any and all updates on the Entourage movie.
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Martin Bencher Norway as the project leader was assisted by Martin Bencher France and Shanghai in transportation of risers from France to China with a chartering vessel.
Martin Bencher had total of 2 shipments in 2013 for this project, each shipment consisted of more than 5000 cbm and approximately 117 risers.
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Erin Murray, originally of Waynesboro, Virginia, currently lives in Harrisonburg, Virginia. As a National Merit Scholar, she attended the College of William and Mary and earned her BA in Painting and Drawing in 2006. In 2009, with a merit-based full tuition scholarship, she completed her MFA in Painting at the University of New Hampshire. Murray studied plein air painting in Italy in the summer of 2008 and was awarded a graduate fellowship to study and teach painting in Italy in 2009. After completion of her graduate studies, she taught painting and drawing at the University of New Hampshire, Sanctuary Arts (Eliot, Maine), Carroll Community College (Westminster, MD), Blue Ridge Community College (Weyers Cave, VA), and Larkin Arts (Harrisonburg, VA).
She currently paints full time at her home studio and teaches part time at James Madison University. She has regular representation of her work at Bowersock Fine Art in Provincetown, MA. Her work has been included in numerous other local, regional, and national exhibitions including, most recently, the National Juried Art Exhibition at Park Gables Gallery and The National Figurative Drawing & Painting Competition at Lore Degenstein Gallery, at Susquehanna University.


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Battle of the Gulf of Riga
The Battle of the Gulf of Riga was a World War I naval operation of the German High Seas Fleet against the Russian Baltic Fleet in the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea in August 1915. The operation's objective was to destroy the Russian naval forces in the Gulf in preparation for landing German troops to facilitate the fall of Riga in the later stages of the Central Powers' offensive on the Eastern Front in 1915. The German fleet, however, failed to achieve its objective and was forced to return to its bases; Riga remained in Russian hands until it fell to the German Army on 1 September 1917.
|Battle of the Gulf of Riga
|Part of World War I
Scheme of defence of gulfs of Finland and Riga by the Russian Navy.
|German Empire
Russian Empire
United Kingdom
|Commanders and leaders
|Ehrhard Schmidt
|Vasily Kanin
2 dreadnought battleships
2 pre-dreadnought battleships
3 battlecruisers
6 cruisers
4 light cruisers
56 destroyers
31 torpedo boats
Several minesweepers
1 pre-dreadnought battleship
1 armoured cruiser
4 gunboats
16 destroyers
1 minelayer
Several submarines
|Casualties and losses
2 minesweepers sunk
1 battlecruiser damaged
1 destroyer sunk
1 destroyer slightly damaged
1 battleship damaged
2 gunboats sunk
In early August 1915, several powerful units of the German High Seas Fleet were transferred to the Baltic to participate in the foray into the Riga Gulf. The intention was to destroy the Russian naval forces in the area, including the pre-dreadnought battleship Slava, and to use the minelayer Deutschland to block the entrance to Moon Sound with mines. The German naval forces, under the command of Vice Admiral Hipper, included the four Nassau-class and four Helgoland-class battleships, the battlecruisers SMS Moltke, Von der Tann, and Seydlitz, and a number of smaller craft.[1]
On 8 August, the first attempt to clear the gulf was made; the old battleships SMS Braunschweig and Elsass kept Slava at bay while minesweepers cleared a path through the inner belt of mines. During this period, the rest of the German fleet remained in the Baltic and provided protection against other units of the Russian fleet. However, the approach of nightfall meant that Deutschland would be unable to mine the entrance to the Suur Strait in time, and so the operation was broken off.[2]
In the meantime, the German armored cruisers SMS Roon and Prinz Heinrich were detached to shell the Russian positions at the Sõrve Peninsula in the Saaremaa island. Several Russian destroyers were anchored at Sõrve, and one was slightly damaged during the bombardment. The battlecruiser Von der Tann and the light cruiser SMS Kolberg were sent to shell the island of Utö.[3]
On 16 August, a second attempt was made to enter the gulf. The dreadnoughts SMS Nassau and Posen, four light cruisers, and 31 torpedo boats breached the defenses to the gulf.[3] On the first day of the assault, the German minesweeper T46 was sunk, as was the destroyer V99. On 17 August, Nassau and Posen engaged in an artillery duel with Slava, resulting in three hits on the Russian ship that prompted her withdrawal. After three days, the Russian minefields had been cleared, and the flotilla entered the gulf on 19 August, but reports of Allied submarines in the area prompted a German withdrawal from the gulf the following day.[4]
Throughout the operation, the German battlecruisers remained in the Baltic and provided cover for the assault into the Gulf of Riga. On the morning of the 19th, Moltke was torpedoed by the British E-class submarine HMS E1; the torpedo was not spotted until it was approximately 200 yd (180 m) away. Without time to manoeuver, the ship was struck in the bow torpedo room. The explosion damaged several torpedoes in the ship, but they did not detonate themselves. Eight men were killed, and 435 t (480 short tons) of water entered the ship. The ship was repaired at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg, between 23 August and 20 September.[5]
Four large, flat-bottomed barges loaded with German troops attempted to land at Pernau on the 20th, but were repelled by small Russian warships. The Russian gunboat Sivuch was destroyed in an engagement with the German cruiser Augsburg and eight destroyers, while the damaged minelaying cruiser Albatross ran ashore on the neutral coast of Gotland before the Russian cruiser Rurik forced the remaining German units to retreat. Moltke was damaged by a British submarine torpedo before reaching port.[6]
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- Battleship: Slava
- Cruiser: Rurik
- Gunboats: Grozyashchiy, Khrabry, Sivuch, Korietz
- Minelayer: Amur
- Flotilla of 16 destroyers
- Battleships: SMS Nassau, SMS Posen, SMS Braunschweig, SMS Elsass
- Battlecruiser: SMS Moltke, SMS Seydlitz, SMS Von der Tann
- Cruisers: SMS Augsburg, SMS Bremen, SMS Graudenz, SMS Pillau, SMS Roon, SMS Prinz Heinrich
- Minelayer: SMS Albatross
- Flotilla of 56 destroyers
- Halpern, Paul G. (1995). A Naval History of World War I. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-352-4.
- Staff, Gary (2006). German Battlecruisers: 1914–1918. Oxford: Osprey Books. ISBN 978-1-84603-009-3.


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NG/G16 129 Engine Unit Frames Near Completion
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First Pictures Of The New NG/G16 Boiler Construction!
Rebuilding Carbon
NG/G16 Workshop Progress
Hugh Markwick and the workshop volunteer team have now completed work on the restoration of 216 NQR. Above, 2 of the team pose in the sun at Emerald with the finished wagon.
The bodywork, drop doors, drawgear and fitting up of the air brake pipework all took place in the Belgrave workshop.
Once complete, the wagon was transferred to the Emerald car shops where it was lifted for an undergear exam, after which it was passed for traffic.
After a final coat of paint, sign writer Colin Campbell visited Emerald to apply the finishing touches; historically accurate Victorian Railways style numbering and lettering, and a fantastic job he made of it.
The above series of photographs show the process of marking out, prior to applying the lettering.
The following video shows Colin applying the final layer of paint, all by hand - No stencils here!
216 NQR has been out and about recently, helping share the load on wood collection trains, and is a testimony to the hard work and dedication of the Rolling Stock branch volunteer team, and the staff who helped out along the way…..a job well done!
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Kate Fissenden
City: Melbourne, Australia
Business: Stevie K Cosmetics
What: Melbourne Made Cosmetics Range, Online Retailer
1. What was the catalyst for launching your business?
You know how you hear people talk about a 'Lightbulb Moment'? Well, that's exactly what it was.
Sitting in a dark bar down a cobblestone alleyway in Tallin, Estonia, I was a few wines down and excitedly telling my boyfriend about my past jobs working for some of the biggest brands in the cosmetics industry.
The packaging, the smells, the colours. Every little process and the importance of ingredients.
He sat there looking at me with a look I had never seen before. "Never have I seen you talk about something with so much passion, this is what you need to do, you need to work in cosmetics".
Fast forward one year and more stories than you could poke a stick at and here we are! I have just launched my very own brand, Stevie K Cosmetics. Made right here in Melbourne.
2. What do you love most about what you do now?
Even though I don't have an established business, I am doing what I love and that is creating. I run every aspect of this business from design, formulation, marketing, branding. You name it, I do it. My heart and soul goes into these products and there is nothing more satisfying than seeing my ideas slowly come to life.
It is so hard and it is so stressful but I would not change it for the world. I could cry with excitement (and a touch of complete fear!) with the fact we have just launched.
3. Describe the biggest setback you faced when establishing your business? How did it affect you and how did you push through?
There are so many. When you are designing a product from scratch, most things that can go wrong will go wrong haha. The biggest setback would be working with Australian manufacturers. Sadly, I have been turned away and made fun of by the 'big boys' of the industry. If you don't have a million dollars they don't want to work with you. I see why so many Australian brands get their products made in China, but I refused. Blame my stubborn personality. I am lucky that through my previous employment in this industry, one company has decided to come with me on this journey and are behind me all the way.
4. Everyone has days where they feel flat or uninspired – do you have any tricks or tactics for overcoming these feelings?
I have a little note stuck on my desk that says "Remember why you started" and it really is that simple. Stick to your guns, give it all you have. If you need to cry then do it. Scream, drink some wine, go for a run, have a mini breakdown and then get right back to work!
About Stevie K
Who is Stevie K?
The Stevie K woman is strong, sexy and a little bit rock'n'roll. She lives life on her own terms.
Void of vanity, we're for the women who aren't afraid to be themselves.
Frills and bows or sass and a single malt. Delicate beauties or power players. Embrace your individuality.
The new kid on the beauty block, Stevie K Cosmetics is designed and made in Melbourne, Australia. With punchy colours and eye-catching designs, our packaging takes inspiration from the street art and culture of this amazing city.
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Project management officers are vital to any business as they can take important decisions that lead to great ideas. While good PMOs are hard to find, great ones are even rarer. However, all good PMOs share certain traits and characteristics that make them an effective and valuable part of the team. Here are six of the best traits you should cultivate to become an effective and profitable project management officer in your organization.
1. Transparency
PMOs today have great insight into the cost and progress of a particular project. They are also knowledgeable in handling and allocating the right resources for the right projects. An effective project management officer can distribute resource information, schedule and talk about costs to the intended stakeholders to keep all involved parties abreast with the latest updates.
2. Consistency
Good PMOs have consistent and repeated practices for project management that are continually used throughout the organization. To become a success, all projects are regarded with the same quality standards and other requirements. Good PMOs also eliminate redundancies and bureaucratic practices that affect projects.
3. Flexibility
The ability to adapt to unique portfolio and project needs is a telltale sign of a good PMO. Project delivery styles are largely determined by organizational structures as centralized PMOs bring many benefits to the business itself.
4. Communication skills
Communication skills is considered to be one of the most important traits of a successful executive, whether the CEO or PMO. By creating a stable and transparent line of communication between the technical team, managers, executives and stakeholders, a good PMO's abilities are judged based on his/her capability of communicating clearly and honestly.
5. Organization
Organizational skills are critical for a PMO as they are responsible for scheduling and budgeting in the project. The ability to prioritizes tasks, assess as well as allocate resources and keep a constant tab on the budget is key to the success of any project. With the right organizational skills, a PMO can remain in control of the project and ensure that no resources are being wasted or misused.
6. Problem solving
Regardless of the nature, size and urgency of a project, mistakes and problems are bound to emerge. Instead of panicking or playing the blame game, a good PMO determines the cause of the problem and takes immediate steps to rectify the mistake. By effectively handling difficult solutions and taking brave decisions, a project management officer can make a big difference in a project's outcome.


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Beltway Blog — Bennet, DeGette disgusted with Congress — just like (almost) everyone else
WASHINGTON — A new poll finds Americans more disenchanted than ever with members of Congress and how they're doing their jobs, and at least two members of Colorado's delegation agrees with the public.
Only 14 percent of polled people approve of the job Congress is doing, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Sen. Michael Bennet said Wednesday that the approval numbers "aren't going to change unless people in Washington can rise above this senseless political conversation and work together to create jobs and get our fiscal house in order," he said, in a statement. "The question isn't about a shortage of ideas; it's about whether people in Congress are willing to replace the cartoonish debates with serious discussions about how to move our economy forward."
Rep. Diana DeGette, also a Democrat, said in a CSPAN interview Wednesday morning that it was a frustrating time for everyone.
"If you had to ask me, I would have a low approval rating of Congress too," she said. "We've passed just 24 pieces of legislation (in the U.S. House of Representatives.)"
The 14 percent approval rating is lower than other unpopular times for Congress in 1994, 2006 and 2010, when the majority party lost a chamber because of dissatisfaction, according to the poll.
At the moment, President Barack Obama's jobs bill is stalled. The so-called bipartisan "supercommittee" has not made any outward signs of progress in finding comity and reaching agreement on cutting more than $1 trillion from the deficit by Thanksgiving. And economic growth is so stagnant that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pleaded with Congress earlier this week to stop the political posturing and work together to get the economy moving.
"I'm confident that if members of Congress put an end to the bickering and work together toward solutions, they can begin to regain the trust and confidence of the American people," Bennet said.


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A well-known New Jersey school educator and aspiring politician has been accused of secretly videotaping teenagers showering at a local Catholic school where he volunteered, prosecutors said.
Patrick Lott, 54, was arrested last Friday after investigators executed a search warrant at his Somerville home and discovered multiple videos of nude boys showering at Immaculata High School, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office.
Detectives said they later discovered the hidden camera in the communal shower area at the school that they believe Lott used to videotape the boys. Nine of the victims shown on the videos are under the age of 16, authorities said.
Prosecutors notified a total of 22 victims on Tuesday night.
Lott, a former assistant principal at Bernardsville Middle School, has been affiliated as a volunteer at the Catholic high school for an unknown amount of time. The school had no comment.
He is being held on $500,000 bail and is not allowed to have contact with any child under the age of 16.
It wasn't immediately clear if Lott had an attorney.
Lott recently ran unsuccessfully for Somerville Borough Council on the Republican ticket.
Prosecutors ask anyone with information linked to the allegations to contact either the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit at (908) 575-3300, Somerset County Crime Stoppers Tip Line at 1-888-577-8477 or visit www.somersetcountycrimestoppers.org.


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Evangelization is more effective when it is carried out with oneness of spirit and with sincere teamwork among the various ecclesial communities as well as among missionaries and local clergy: this requires courage to seek out ways of working together and offering mutual help in the areas of catechesis and catholic education, as well as integral human development and charity. - Pope Francis, September 21, 2014, Vespers
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Football: New Malaysian body targets match-fixing, hooligans
[SINGAPORE] A new Malaysian football body will launch a drive to stamp out match-fixing and hooliganism when it takes over the running of domestic competitions next year, its chief executive told AFP.
Malaysian soccer has been repeatedly hit by scandal, most recently last week when flare-throwing fans brought a World Cup qualifier with Saudi Arabia to a halt.
But Football Malaysia's CEO Kevin Ramalingam said a reorganisation and a lucrative new TV deal could be the start of a new era, comparing it to the English Premier League's advent in 1992.
Football Malaysia will operate the country's top two divisions and cup competitions from January, in a set-up similar to the Premier League and Germany's Bundesliga.
The new TV rights deal with sports media company MP and Silva guarantees a minimum of RM1.26 billion (US$297 million) over 15 years - double what was previously earned.
"I see it as a starting point," Mr Ramalingam said on the sidelines of the Sports Matters conference in Singapore.
"I think we're at a position that's very exciting in terms of what lies ahead... This is the first year of the EPL in that sense."
However, Mr Ramalingam said domestic football needed an image boost if it wants TV income to rise still further, with eradicating match-fixing high on the list.
Football Malaysia will use betting tracking systems and life bans to crack down on corruption, while also warning players that games are under ever closer scrutiny.
"We've come to a point where we have to make sure we're serious about kicking these kind of things out of the game," Mr Ramalingam said.
"I think it's (match-fixing) a problem that's happening less now but certainly the possibility of it being there is very strong. Hopefully in the next two of three years we'll be rid of this stigma."
He added that Football Malaysia would also try to stop hooliganism before it happens by monitoring social networks and talking to fans to calm their frustrations.
Militant fans had warned they may disrupt last week's World Cup qualifier, which came after Malaysia's record 10-0 defeat to UAE a few days earlier.
The defeat has had major repercussions, with the national coach quitting and Malaysia's governing body, Football Association Malaysia, launching a review to raise standards.
Domestic football has also seen outbreaks of violence with angry fans clashing on the streets with tear gas-firing police.
"Normally when these things rear their head, it's after weeks of a certain campaign on social media for example. So it's more or less predicted," Mr Ramalingam said.
"Maybe when these things happen we need to take these early warning signs seriously and tackle the issue instead of waiting to see whether it (trouble) does happen."


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"The secret buried under the earth might go undiscovered but the secret inside one's mind will always remain for people to unearth it."
That's the intriguing tagline that accompanies Vijay TV's band-new Tamil serial, Yamirukka Bayamaen.
Branded a mytho-thriller, the serial stars Vadivukarasi, Master Chanakya, Sasi Anand, Anil and Mahalakshmi. Music is by Srihari Krishna.
Writer Indra Soundarrajan has come up with the screenplay whose main plot is developed by directors Naga and Ramji.
The fact that Indra Soundarrajan has written the screenplay can only mean good things for the serial. After all, he is the same man who gave us serials like Marmadesam and Vidhatha Karuppu.
His novels too such as Rudhra Veenai and Kottaipurathu Veedu deal with subjects ranging from spirituality, reincarnation to lost legends. They are usually supplemented by true stories, which have held the readers' attention for years.
In a tete-a-tete with rediff.com, Indra Soundarrajan reveals what led him to Yamirukka Bayamaen. Excerpts:
How did you come up with Yamirukka Bayamaen?
Legend has it that Siddhar Bhogar created the idol of Lord Muruga at Palani with Navabhashanam -- nine kinds of poisonous substances.
There are stories that he created another idol as well. After all, if I had, say, a block of gold, I wouldn't create just one piece of jewellery, would I? It seems reasonable to suppose that Bhogar did create another idol.
There is a Kurinji Aandavar Temple in Poonthottam, in the Kodaikkanal area, which is also of Navabhashanam, but this has been created in a different way. And two families are desperately searching for it, not just for the idol's value but because it's closely intertwined with their future.
How would you classify Yamirukka Bayamaen? Is it a spiritual serial? Will Lord Muruga appear later on? Or is it more like a treasure-hunt?
This serial has everything. It's a thriller; yes, but it's more a journey of self-discovery where the characters learn something new about themselves and the world around them. I would also call it a sort of treasure-hunt. It's like a mystery. Bhogar too, must have left some evidence about another buried idol.
This serial is like searching for the route to a city that doesn't exist on the map. Except that it does.
As for whether Lord Muruga appears, our perception of the physical appearance of God has changed in the last 100-150 years. Two centuries ago, people only knew their Gods in the forms they were represented in temples.
Now, with the growths of the media, we have these lords and deities liberally showered in gold. They look more like advertisements for gold ornaments than deities. We see God in a certain way, but the truth is he could assume any form; be anywhere.
The fantasy-thriller genre in Tamil literature is an exciting one. How did you become a part of it?
When I started writing, around 1978-80, this genre was empty [laughs]. I wanted to take up a genre and make it my own. Its not just thrillers that I write. I have written feminist and psychological works as well. Krishnadasi is an example. Right now, I'm working on Ranga Nathi.
When did you start writing for TV?
My entry into TV was in 1997. I'd been writing steadily in the 80s, and my works appeared in magazines like Anandha Vikatan. I had just finished my novel Marmadesam in 1996, when the call came for it to be made into a serial. The date was February 8, 1996.
When the serial was telecast, viewer reaction was intense. Did you have any idea about the cult-status the serial would achieve?
Absolutely not. The truth is when these serials were telecast, and the public were in a frenzy, it somehow never hit me. You need to absorb the reactions, to fully understand and appreciate it. I did not consider them as momentous. After all, many writers had attempted and succeeded before me, in this genre.
Who's the Indra, in your name?
My mother. When I began writing, it was the fashion to have feminine pseudonyms -- we had Pushpa Thangadurai, Sujatha, et al. I thought it would be better to have my mother's name first like a crown, if you will [laughs]. Soundarrajan sounds so tame.
Judging by the huge amount of other-worldly themes in your work, have you had such experiences in your life as well?
Those experiences were the reason I began delving in the subject in earnest. My grandmother was very fond of me when I was young. Many years later, one night, when I was in Madurai, my wife woke me up at midnight. Apparently, my grandmother had arrived and was standing at our doorstep. I opened the door, but there was no one. My wife swore that she had seen her. Half an hour later, I received a phone-call: my grandmother had died at 11 pm.
These were the kinds of incidents that made me go deeper into the subject. The more I learned about such things, the more I began to understand. Today, you could say I have come full circle. I now know that there is a God.
The path of understanding, though, is difficult. Sometimes, you learn a great many things which you don't really understand. But this knowledge is necessary, even if it is just a key to a door that doesn't exist. Someday, you will have the lock to which this knowledge is the key.
Catch Yamirukka Bayamaen every Monday to Thursday, at 7:30pm, on Vijay TV.


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Beirut garbage protesters tell government, 'You Stink'
Dozens of protesters occupy the environment ministry in Beirut demanding minister Mohamad Al Machnouk resign over a garbage disposal crisis in the city. Gavino Garay reports.
There's garbage festering on the streets of Beirut...and protesters from the "You Stink" campaign say they've had enough. Disgusted with the government's inability to remove the trash, dozens of protesters stormed the environment ministry in the Lebanese capital, demanding the resignation of minister Mohamad Al Machnouk. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) LEBANESE PROTESTER, ZEINA, SAYING: "I am here to ask the minister who neglected his responsibilities to resign from the government and step down from his chair, because we can't handle the garbage crisis in Lebanon any longer.." The garbage problem is a symptom of what the protesters say is the failure of a political system run by sectarian politicians. They say their leaders can't agree on anything...including garbage collection... The are demanding action, and say they'll maintain their protest until the trash - if not the political system - is cleaned up.


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What is natural for the infant's brain is to track success and discard failure. Like a heat-seeking device, when a baby learns to drink from a cup for instance, the brain records each correct contact with the cup and ignores each miss. As a consequence, in its first two years, a baby is able to learn the two most complex neurological tasks required of humans: walking and talking. That's because when we track assets, we increase the speed and depth of learning.
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The latest research in cognitive neurobiology indicates that experiences actually shape the structure of the brain. Every child needs to be encouraged to explore his or her world through experimentation. In the attempt to standardize the way we measure children's learning, we are giving them the message that getting it right is more important than having the experiences that will build trust in their own capacity.
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For the past three hundred years, schools and parents have been instructing from the outside in. We decide what they should learn and how they should learn it; we determine how long it should take and how to evaluate when it has been learned. The result is that school often feels peripheral to their lives. When we educate from the inside out, our children develop the capacity to discern what is right for them. They become adults who trust their own judgment and ability to determine the direction their life should take.
Taken together, these principles, confirmed by the latest in cognitive neuroscience, will empower children of all ages to maximize their success at school and in life.


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Meghan McCain is about to have a very new view...
Less than two weeks after her departure from Fox News, the political personality has just signed on to The View as a regular co-host, reports Variety.
The new addition comes nine days after Jedidiah Bila's abrupt departure from the ABC daytime talk show after one year.
McCain is the daughter of U.S. Senator and 2008 presidential nominee John McCain. The 32-year-old Dirty Sexy Politics scribe is a self-described "Blonde Republican," who has liberal views on several social issues.


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Good morning. I am honored to speak with you today. When I was asked, I reflected on my own graduate commencement ceremonies. There were two distinctly different events that stood out; one changed my life.
The first graduate ceremony was almost exactly 30 years ago in Cambridge, MA when I graduated with my Masters. I was eager to start my career having studied with phenomenal leaders in education and business. What I remember most though is who was there with me. I remember my grandmother sitting in in the blazing heat, wiping sweat from her brow. I remember my mother, so proud that her daughter, first in the family to go to college, was now graduating with an advanced degree. I remember my mother telling me as she had many times before, that I could achieve whatever I wanted to in life. My feeling was deep gratitude for my family and friends. And the memory is a reminder that today truly is about you and the people who are here with you, whether in the room and in your heart. Feel proud of your accomplishment and feel the gratitude you have for each and every one of the people who have supported you in getting here.
These thoughts brought up the question, "What DO I have to share?" I know many of you through my experience at Champlain. I know you are smart and talented, many of you already leaders in your career and life. What can I possibly say to make an impact? I am not famous or extraordinary. I am living an extraordinary life.
My career lets me witness and guide people and companies through transformations. I guide individual, organizational and societal change toward simple, sustainable and compassionate living. This is my purpose. It is deeply authentic and rewarding. To learn, to lead, to love, to grow and to serve while maintaining a deep connection to my purpose has offered me the opportunity for more success and joy than I ever thought possible. I certainly didn't walk away from commencement knowing this. And I did not recognize this was my purpose until after my second career was finished. Get ready. It is very likely you will have several career changes in your life. Graduation is more about the beginning of a new chapter than the ending of one. My graduation advice to you is to be an alchemist.
The word alchemist means "that which is poured out" and is defined as the transmutation of baser metals into gold. Transmutation is not a surface change; it is a deep, at the source transformation. An alchemist pours oneself out in the world through their unique personal expression and turns their life and others into gold.
Many of you may be familiar with the book "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho as it's sold more than 65 million copies in 56 different languages. It's one of the best-selling books in history and just last week hit 300 weeks on the NYT bestseller list. It's the tale of a Spanish shepherd boy who ventures to Egypt in search of his destiny. It's the timeless story of struggle, victory and the return home; it speaks to the universal language of transformation. I have read the book countless times and it continues to serve as an inspirational guide to my own change processes. Change is what propels us forward in life.
So here are my six tips to be an alchemist. I invite you to take this journey with me, one where self-knowledge meets heart led action to lead you to YOUR treasure.
Tip #1
Be grateful for what you have. All of it. Imperfect, complicated, taxing. All, all of it! Life is a gift. Appreciate everything, especially the ordinary.
The alchemist says thank you every single day.
Tip #2
BE CONNECTED to the people around you. We simply cannot be successful without other people, at home or at work.
A couple weeks ago I heard former President Bill Clinton speak. He shared a story about E.O. Wilson. Wilson is a historian and biologist who studied the history of species across time. He found there are only a handful species that have survived; ants, termites, bees and humans. And it's because of their reliance on others.
Mr. Clinton noted that here was evidence that we all need networks of creative cooperation to survive. He added that people hold the greatest promise because we have consciousness and conscience. He is optimistic, as am I, that we can solve the world's greatest problems through our relationships if we act on the knowledge that we are all connected.
The alchemist acts on the knowledge that success is all about cooperative relationships.
Tip #3
Who are you, really?
Let me share a brief exercise I learned in a workshop with Mindfulness guru Jon Kabat Zinn. Take a deep breath. Now watch the thoughts floating about in your mind. What are you thinking?
There are thousands upon thousands of very interesting thoughts going on right now in this room. You might be thinking, what is next in the program? Or, I can't wait till this is over and we can get to the celebration. Or even my shoes are killing me. Thousands of thoughts. Now....who is observing these thoughts? THIS is the YOU you need to know. The ONE behind the thinking. The peaceful inner voice.
Spend time with this YOU, your authentic voice at least once a day and listen to what it has to say. It will never send you in the wrong direction. Do whatever it takes to hear this voice as many times a day as possible; through meditation, exercise, prayer, service, mindful living.
My deepest listening and ability to be present occurs while I am running or hiking but listening to that inner voice while engaging with the ordinary details of life is even more essential. The more present with myself I am every moment of every single day, the more I have to give. Self-knowing does not lead to selfishness. It does lead to empowering selflessness and fullness of life and love that our world desperately needs.
Marianne Williamson is her often quoted starts,
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
And she ends,
"And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
I love that quote. The alchemist knows who they really are. BE YOU. The liberated you. The world needs you.
Tip #4
Once you know the real you, pay attention, be present to where your energy moves you. This movement towards increased energy, excitement and passion is the key to being on purpose.
Why are you here? What is your purpose?
The poet Rumi says "Let yourself be silently drawn by the strong pull of what you really love." I love that strong pull however purpose might also make itself known through a strong PUSH.
Have you ever have a moment when you knew your life was changed forever? A pivotal moment when you knew that nothing would be the same again? I have had several. The moment in in the Cornell lab, my senior year of college when I could not put the dog down and my childhood dream to be a veterinarian, died; the moments my children were born; the moment the police officer was at my front door to tell me my father had died. Each one pushed me toward my purpose in a pivotal, raw way.
I alluded earlier to a graduate ceremony experience that changed my life. It actually was one of THOSE pivotal moments. It was 2004. I was at my doctoral graduation ceremony at UVM. We were sitting outside in a line of chairs on Prospect Street in a steady rain all wondering why the ceremony wasn't being held inside.
I was feeling proud of my accomplishment, my study I had completed on leadership. I was grateful to be surrounded by the love of my family and friends. I had a successful career, nationally known as a contributor to changing governmental response to children who experience domestic violence. I worked with fabulously talented and dedicated people seeking to end violence against women and children. I felt a great pride and love. I also felt something else. I felt numb. At that moment, playwright David Mamet (Maymit) began his commencement speech.
Have you ever driven down the road and not remembered that you had driven the last mile or two? You're on autopilot doing what you did through habit or because something was expected of you or just so easy to not think about what you were doing? Mr. Mamet then said words that literally woke me up from that dream-like state. He said "We all die in the end. There is no reason to stagnate or to die in the middle."
All of a sudden, I felt shaken awake. I realized I was stagnating or even worse, I was dying in the middle. Don't get me wrong, I was profoundly grateful to be in public service and Lord knows we need more people dedicated to ending violence; however the work was not providing me any opportunity to grow. I was working hard and my work was recognized but I wasn't growing. Without growth, there is stagnation and death. Ben Franklin's assessment of this is profound - "When you are finished changing, you are finished."
Mamet's words startled me back into the process of change that inspired me to change from the inside out; and not only with my career; with my WHOLE SELF. I found self-knowledge was not enough. Ideas are important. Execution is everything. Without action, there is no success. It was not long after that day in the rain that I found my purpose.
The alchemist acts on purpose.
Tip # 5
In finding and acting on my purpose, I learned how to be vulnerable. Brene Brown in her famous Ted Talk on the Power of Vulnerability says vulnerability "is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change." Learning to open up and be vulnerable was a challenging and humbling experience for me. I had been very successful in my prior career yet here I was starting over when most people are settling into their careers. I wanted to return to my Harvard roots in education and business. I wanted to be a leader in a socially responsible business, one that was growing and where I could have a great impact on people's lives. As a Vermonter, I of course, thought Ben & Jerry's, Magic Hat, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, King Arthur's Flour and Seventh Generation. Instead, what opened was a door to Champlain.
Champlain was not in my plan. It reminds me of the CEO I worked with who kept a sticky note on his IPAD that said "Man plans. God Laughs." I love that. I was pulled to work at Champlain, a creative, dynamic place. I said yes. Counseling and teaching awesome, wonderful students was a profound blessing. I met remarkable people who are some of my closest colleagues and friends. My love and connections to them opened up the next doors in my journey.
I learned to be truly vulnerable and open; open to all the possibilities. I learned if I trust my purpose and listen to the peaceful inner voice then what opens up is inevitably better than I ever could imagine. I also learned that sometimes doors close and when they do I must be prepared and patient for the next door to open because it is often JUST around the corner where I can't see it.
The alchemist is open AND is ready for what is next. Luck as the saying goes, is where preparation meets opportunity. And when opportunity knocks, the alchemist says YES; I'M READY TO BE SURPRISED.
Tip # 6
A few weeks ago I saw the movie "Divergent." It is a great alchemist's story of a woman named Tris who is searching for her authentic self. There is a line near the end of the movie that shook me and stayed with me. The other lead character "4" says to Tris, "Most people shut down with fear but you are different. Fear wakes you up."
I had fallen in love with the character Tris and now I knew why. Not only was she a fantastic role model for young women; in following her truth fearlessly, she woke up. Fear does paralyze most of us and keeps many of us from living our purpose. I have never zip lined or jumped off buildings however I am absolutely moved by the courageous act of any person facing their fears to live their purpose.
Two years ago I was presented with an opportunity to face my fears. I was invited to move across the country after living in Vermont for 20 years, away from all my friends and family, to leave work with incredibly talented people as President of an award winning marketing company; to work for a company in a totally different industry. I felt vulnerable and scared yet I was pulled toward the sun, heat and beauty of the desert. I was likewise enthralled with the prospect of having a greater influence in a larger, growing company one whose purpose was, "To change lives, create traditions, build community and feed the soul with passion, every time every day. " So, I said yes.
Talk about fear. I felt as if I was jumping off a building without being able to see the net below. Taking this leap of faith connected me in a deeper way to my peaceful inner voice and brought me to my present place to both grow and to serve. Facing my fears was and is not an easy thing to do. However I have found that there is simply no other way for me to live a meaningful purposeful life in service to others. I find with each fear I face, I am more excited than scared to dive into whatever is next. I do not know always know where the next call to serve will come from. What a gift. As Helen Keller remarked, "Life IS either a daring adventure or nothing at all."
The alchemist is brave and in facing their fears they live a daring adventure.
Oddly enough, in preparing for this speech I found the root of the word graduation refers to the process of alchemy; to temper, refine or change. Thus, with graduation we each walk the alchemist's path. It is not easy to change and it can be downright painful, however transformation is what leads to success and joy. As graduates today you have tempered, refined and changed yourself to pour out more of the gold that you already are. If we continue this search for deeper self-knowledge and choose heart led action we will all be alchemists. The alchemist is the eternal student.
Be grateful, be connected, be you, be on purpose, be open and be brave. Be an alchemist. At this time in our history we are hungry for lives full of love, connection and service. That is the real treasure. That is your treasure to behold.
Founded in 1878, Champlain College is a small, not-for-profit, private college in Burlington, Vermont, with additional campuses in Montreal, Canada, and Dublin, Ireland. Champlain offers a traditional undergraduate experience from its beautiful campus overlooking Lake Champlain and over 90 residential undergraduate and online undergraduate and graduate degree programs and certificates. Champlain's distinctive career-driven approach to higher education embodies the notion that true learning occurs when information and experience come together to create knowledge. Champlain College is included in the Princeton Review's The Best 384 Colleges: 2019 Edition. For the fourth year in a row, Champlain was named a "Most Innovative School" in the North by U.S. News & World Report's 2019 "America's Best Colleges," and a "Best Value School" and is ranked in the top 100 "Regional Universities of the North" and in the top 25 for "Best Undergraduate Teaching." Champlain is also featured in the Fiske Guide to Colleges for 2019 as one of the "best and most interesting schools" in the United States, Canada and Great Britain and is a 2019 College of Distinction. For more information, visit champlain.edu.


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Backyard Babes Bugeting! I've been rather nerdily excited about money in the past few days - I spent Sunday afternoon with two dear friends Diana Gameros and Maddy Streicek, creating a fresh start with the sparkly new platform of You Need A Budget, a program that changed my life beginning four years as a self employed Entre-prenartist. When I take care of my money, I also take care of my creativity.
And, to continue my dance and dialogue with this "transformation partner," money, tonight I begin a class with one of my mentors, somatic coach Isaak Brown. I I feel grateful to have the support of all my wisdom teachers and other artists as I contribute towards rewriting the obsolete, put-me-into-a-corner-scarcity stories that still lurk around my brain: the soup of the "starving artist" but also "you love making [drawings/music/writing], so why should we pay a living wage for that?" "you just cranked that out! It's a gift you got from the heavens, not a skill, so why should we pay you a living wage?" and "get a real job!"
In the intro class we did a mind map of all the cultural narratives of money that float in the air I breathe everyday in the West. I was reminded again that my story is, by default, shaped by this narrative, unless I actively write a different one. And I am - words woven from the chorus of truths I know in body and see in the eyes of these men and women, and in the natural world around me.
(more info at isaakbrown.com/money/ and https://www.facebook.com/events/1679894112292776/)


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Compassionate Use of Nitazoxanide for the Treatment of Clostridium Difficile Infection
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00304356
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : March 17, 2006
Results First Posted : December 15, 2017
Last Update Posted : December 15, 2017
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|Condition or disease
|Clostridium Enterocolitis Pseudomembranous Colitis
|Drug: Nitazoxanide
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Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of nosocomial diarrheal disease associated with antibiotic therapy. This is a debilitating condition with substantial morbidity and a mortality that may be around 2-3%. There has been an enormous increase in this disease at the VA Medical Center during the past two years, just as has occurred at other hospitals throughout the United States.
Currently recommended therapy for this condition is metronidazole, given orally. About 15-20% of patients fail to respond to initial therapy with metronidazole, and another 20% relapse after treatment. Relapses may be treated with another course of metronidazole; about one-half will respond to this therapy. The failures are treated with oral vancomycin, but this drug also has a failure rate of 10-20%. There is, at present, no other accepted therapy (although some articles in the literature favor vancomycin with ingested bacteria from benign species). Furthermore, there is a strong risk to the emergence of resistant bacteria when hospitalized patients are treated with oral vancomycin.
Nitazoxanide is an FDA approved drug that is marketed in the U.S. and has been widely used throughout the world to treat parasitic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract; several million children have been treated with this drug during the past decade. Nitazoxanide has been approved as an antiprotozoal agent for oral administration in pediatric patients, ages 1 through 11, with diarrhea. The drug acts by interfering with anaerobic metabolic pathways, and it has been shown to have excellent in vitro activity against C. difficile. We hypothesized that this drug was both safe and effective as an alternative in patients who have diarrheal disease caused by C. difficile. The IRB approved a double-blind protocol to compare metronidazole with nitazoxanide, and we have treated a total of 16 patients so far under this protocol.
In our IRB-approved double blind study (by design, two thirds of the subjects have been randomized to the nitazoxanide), our patients have appeared to have a good response rate -- so good, in fact, that we think that nitazoxanide may be a better drug to treat this infection than either metronidazole or vancomycin.
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|22 participants
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|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Compassionate Use of Nitazoxanide for the Treatment of Clostridium Difficile Colitis in Patients Who Have Failed Conventional Therapy
|Study Start Date :
|January 2004
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2007
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 2007
active drug
500 mg nitazoxanide bid given to patient
Drug: Nitazoxanide
500 mg bid
Other Name: alinia
- Nitazoxanide [ Time Frame: 30 days ]stopping of diarrhea
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|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient must be > 18 years of age
- Clinical diagnosis of C. difficile associated disease, based on the new onset of diarrhea, abdominal discomfort, or otherwise unexplained fever or leukocytosis
- Diagnosis of C. difficile colitis proven by positive assay for C. difficile toxin in feces
- Disease has been treated, and the symptoms failed to respond to treatment with metronidazole or vancomycin, or symptoms promptly relapsed after completing a course of therapy with either of these drugs
- Able to take oral medication
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with other recognized causes of diarrhea or colitis
- Women of child bearing age who are pregnant, breast feeding, or not using birth control
- Patients taking coumadin, phenytoin, celecoxib, or losartan
- Patients with renal insufficiency (BUN or creatinine >2 times baseline)
- Serious systemic disorder incompatible with the study
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00304356
|United States, Texas
|Baylor College of Medicine
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Principal Investigator:
|Daniel M Musher, M.D.
|Baylor College of Medicine, Houston VA Medical Center
|Responsible Party:
|Daniel M. Musher MD, PI, VA Medical Center, Houston
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|NCT00304356 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|March 17, 2006 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|December 15, 2017
|Last Update Posted:
|December 15, 2017
|Last Verified:
|May 2017
Clostridium difficile Associated Diarrhea
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
Anti-Infective Agents
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Colonic Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Clostridium Infections
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
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Your letters and calls do help!
|Originally Posted: 22 July 2010
Tell Your Senator to Support the Latest Version of the Crush Video Prohibition Bill, H.R. 5566
FROM The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS)
Tell your Senator to vote YES on H.R. 5566. This Bill has recently passed the House. While not ideal, the goal of this bill is to put a stop to the crush video industry with a law that can withstand any First Amendment challenges.
Contact your U.S. Senators
The latest version of the crush video prohibition H.R. 5566, The Prevention of Interstate Commerce in Animal Crush Videos Act of 2010, has proven to be the most successful effort so far, as the House of Representatives passed it on Wednesday, July 21.
This is the third version of the bill introduced since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the existing law in the case of U.S. v. Stevens on the grounds that it was unconstitutionally vague and it is the only version that won full approval from the House Judiciary Committee.
This version of the bill differs from earlier versions because it includes a requirement that any depiction (photograph, motion-picture film, video recording, or electronic image showing conduct in which one or more living animals is intentionally crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, or impaled) be "obscene," not just cruel. It also has exemptions for veterinary and agricultural husbandry practices as well as depictions of hunting.
While not ideal, the goal of this bill is to put a stop to the crush video industry with a law that can withstand any First Amendment challenges. This bill should accomplish that sole purpose, even if it fails to extend its protection to other depictions of animal cruelty.
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Hi. I'm Elizabeth Yarnell and thanks for stopping by my healthy eating and natural lifestyle blog, Effortless Eating.
I started writing this blog in 2008 as a place to share recipes, healthy eating tips, and natural remedies for common ailments. It has evolved into a venue for me to rave about my favorite natural foods or products and rant about outrages like carcinogens in sunscreens or pharmaceutical drugs in our water supply or GMOs in our food chain. I am a believer of what Hippocrates said so famously in 400 BCE.: Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.
Since 1999, I've been living with Multiple Sclerosis, though you wouldn't know it as my last MS attack was in 2002. From the beginning when I awoke blind in my right eye two weeks before my thirtieth birthday, my husband insisted my food choices (mainly my Diet Coke-Crystal Lite-Gummi Bears lifestyle) played a role in how I was feeling. It was he who first turned my attention to the role food plays in the body.
Along the way, I've learned a lot from studying nutrition and food. After I changed my own diet, I published a cookbook (it won some awards!) and toured the country speaking about nutrition and offering cooking classes. For a couple years in there I performed an average of 100 times/year – it was a crazy schedule to keep, especially while my kids were young! Here are some of my television and radio appearances.
I slowed things down, went back to school and became a naturopathic doctor (ND). Discovering the role that food sensitivities play in inflammation brought my interests full-circle to where I've become absolutely convinced of the connection between diet and health. I now run a nationwide food sensitivities clinic designing customized anti-inflammatory diets, and am the director of the Fight MS with Food project.
If you read my blog, you'll find I'm interested in health – yours, mine, my two kids', our country's, the planet's – and I get outraged when I learn of new toxic indignities and health hazards in our world.
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