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What is Nattokinase?
Nattokinase (pronounced nat-oh-KY-nase) is a powerful enzyme extracted and purified from a traditional Japanese functional food called natto. Natto is a cheese-like product made from boiled or steamed soybeans fermented with beneficial bacteria known as Bacillus subtilis or Bacillus natto.1,2 Natto has a characteristically slippery consistency and strong aroma, but it is generally tasteless. Although a variety of soy-based products contain active enzymes, only natto preparations are known to produce nattokinase.3
Natto has been an important part of the Japanese diet for over a century, and is known for its therapeutic effects on vascular and heart disease.4 Nattokinase is widely recognized for its potent fibrinolytic properties, and can dissolve dangerous blood clots through a variety of mechanisms.5 In this respect, nattokinase acts much like our body's own naturally-produced fibrin-degrading enzyme known as plasmin. Human plasmin is found in the blood and serves as a defense system against hazardous blood clots associated with cardiovascular disease and stroke.6 Nattokinase also shares a similar clot-dissolving mechanism with other commonly-used thrombolytic drugs. However, nattokinase is much cheaper and carries a lower risk of side effects.7
While natto may not be readily available in all regions, its active ingredient nattokinase can be found in the form of a dietary supplement. Since traditional natto is an acquired taste, some people prefer the supplemental form of nattokinase, especially since it offers similar benefits.3
How is Nattokinase produced?
In ancient times, natto was made by wrapping cooked or boiled soybeans in rice straw and burying the entire bundle underground for a week. Over that time, the natural bacillus in the straw would infuse the soybeans and enhance fermentation.1 This fermentation process enriched the nutrient content of the soybeans, and also increased the health-promoting effects.8
While this crude method of fermenting soybeans was an effective technique for ancient cultures, more recent studies suggest that fermentation under these natural conditions can increase product variability.9 Therefore, the modern production of natto often occurs in a controlled laboratory environment, with pure Bacillus natto added or injected into the soybeans. The fermentation process is controlled and sometimes enhanced by adding other ingredients such as glucose and peptone in precise amounts at very specific times.7 This has resulted in the ability to produce large quantities of high quality natto, containing a high concentration of the active enzyme nattokinase.7
GMO and Processed vs. Pure Nattokinase
An estimated 90% of the Nattokinase supplements on the market today contain the Nattokinase brand NSK-SD™. Nattokinase NSK-SD™ is a standardized form of nattokinase created by the Japan Bio Science Laboratory Company (JBSL). In 1998 NSK-SD™ was the first nattokinase to be isolated and marketed. JBSL's patented NSK-SD™ product is processed in such a way that it is stripped of its naturally-occurring components such as vitamin K. This is because large amounts of vitamin K2 can interact with blood thinning drugs like Coumadin. Therefore, native vitamin K was removed from the nattokinase, so that it could be safely administered with Coumadin.
Based on the philosophy that most enzymes and other nutrients perform and absorb better in their pure form (chemical free), Arthur Andrew Medical developed the product Nattovena™ in 2011, as the world's first commercially packaged and sold pure nattokinase supplement, free of any additives, glucose, or peptone. Aditionally, most nattokinase supplements on the market are enhanced through either GMO soybean fermentation or the addition of potentially dangerous chemicals in order to improve and increase growth and develop a higher yield of the nattokinase enzymes. In contrast, Nattovena™ is grown from an extrenely hearty highly adapted and patented bacillus Subtillus probiotic strain.
Pure nattokinase products such as Nattovena™ are are the closest thing to eating raw nattokinase found in the Japanese food natto. This means that Nattovena can support the healthy growth of B. subtilis natto bacteria in the gut, while highly processed or GMO nattokinase cannot. As a result, the beneficial effects of Nattovena continue long after the original dose has been metabolized and excreted.
In the past, processed nattokinase was known to be more concentrated than contemporary pure preparations. This is largely because processed nattokinase has genetically modified ingredients and additives in order to make it cheaper and stronger than traditional nattokinase. However, recent advancements in nattokinase-processing techniques have made it possible to now produce a pure nattokinase product that has better potency, using all-natural non-GMO techniques. Today our editor's choice for the best nattokinase product of the year is hands down Nattovena. Nattovena is pure, non-GMO, all natural nattokinase made from the highest quality fermented soybeans and a patented processing technique, that takes place in a state of the art manufacturing facility that has created some of the highest quality dietary enzymes in the world.
The intrinsic activity or potency of nattokinase is often measured by the enzyme's ability to degrade fibrin over a given amount of time, and is represented by "Fibrinolytic Units".16 Nattovena™ is rated at 4,000 Fibrinolytic Units (FU's) per capsule, while Nattokinase NSK-SD™ has a maximum per capsule rating of only 2,000 FU's. This represents a 100% increase in potency over the processed version of nattokinase.
Compared to processed nattokinase products like NSK-SD™, pure nattokinase products such as Nattovena™ has higher potency, more nutrients, and inherently unprecedented activity. As you can also see from our review page Nattovena is the most affordable nattokinase among is closest competitors. Therefore, natural nattokinase products like Nattovena™ represent a greater value at a cheaper price.
Health Benefits of Nattokinase
Nattokinase's ability to break down fibrin as well as increase blood flow and tissue oxygen levels are the main mechanisms which allow it to reduce the risk of cardiac disease.16
Fibrinolytic and Anti-Thrombotic Activity of Nattokinase
Although the human body produces a number of enzymes that promote the growth of a thrombus (blood clot), the only natural enzyme that works to breaks down the thrombus is called plasmin.6 Since nattokinase is similar in molecular structure to plasmin, it makes sense that it would also have a similar mechanism of action.17 However, in addition to having direct fibrinolytic actions (like plasmin),18 nattokinase can also increase the body's own production of plasmin, as well as several other agents that assist in dissolving blood clots (e.g., urokinase).
Nattokinase has been shown to be effective for preventing the unwanted formation of blood clots in the legs (DVT) after a 7-8 hour airplane flight. In light of the data supporting nattokinase, Dr. Martin Milner from the Center for Natural Medicine in Portland has stated that nattokinase is not only highly effective in breaking down a thrombus, but seems to be even more potent than the traditional "clot-busting" drugs (i.e., Tissue plasminogen activatortPA).6 In fact, nattokinase is considered to be the most potent fibrinolytic enzyme ever discovered.1
According to Dr. Milner, drugs like tPA can sometimes fail to dissolve the clot, even though they are generally effective for this condition. This is because clots that reach a certain stage tend to become more resistant to traditional drugs. Fortunately, nattokinase can dissolve these resistant clots when taken orally at 100 mg/day.49,48
Since it takes 4-6 hours for half of the nattokinase taken to be broken down,19 its therapeutic effects can last even after the patient stops taking nattokinase. This means that the actions of nattokinase last longer than most clot-dissolving drugs available on the market.4 As a result, nattokinase not only dissolves existing clots, but can also help prevent future clots from developing.20
Since circulating amounts of both FDP (fibrin degradation products) and EFA (euglobulin fibrinolytic activity) are known to rise when clots are being dissolved, these compounds can be used to monitor nattokinase's lingering effects. After measuring the EFA and FDP levels, researchers found that the activity of nattokinase can last for 8 to 12 hours.50,48
Cardiovascular Health Benefits
In addition to its ability to fight stroke, nattokinase has a number of other actions that benefit the cardiovascular system.21 For example, nattokinase has been shown to reduce blood pressure by inhibiting the angiotensin II converting enzyme (ACE).22,23 Reductions in blood pressure are well known to decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease.
Nattokinase has also shown promise for the treatment of hyperlipidemia.24 Nattokinase has also been suggested for preventing atherosclerosis and it's more general form, arteriosclerosis.16, 25, Atherosclerosis is a disorder in which the arterial walls harden and narrow.
Immunomodulatory Effects
A 2012 study conducted among mice has demonstrated that nattokinase is able to enhance the immune function of macrophages.26 Macrophages are a type of white blood cell responsible for engulfing foreign substances that may be threatening to the body. As such, macrophages act as a security system, alerting the immune system to foreign invaders.
There is also some evidence that suggests that the active bacteria found in natto may indirectly induce the production of cytokines in the intestinal mucosa.27 This is important because cytokines (e.g., interleukins, interferons, and growth factors) act as protein messengers, allowing immune cells to communicate with each other in order to mount an appropriate immune response.28
Given the promising results of this animal study, it is expected that further human studies will be designed to demonstrate nattokinase's beneficial effects on the immune system.
Additional Health Benefits
Most people who research nattokinase are amazed by the sheer number of potential health benefits it is associated with. For instance, it has been suggested that nattokinase may benefit conditions like diabetes, which often leads to excess platelet aggregation. Nattokinase may also be beneficial for senile dementia, which is characterized by cerebral thrombi formation as well as poor circulation/blood supply.19 Further potential health benefits of nattokinase include reducing chronic migraine, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, Lyme disease, and menstrual cramps.16Some studies even suggest that natto may display activity against tumor growth.29
A 2006 study demonstrated that nattokinase has helpful effects on a common eye condition called Posterior Vitreous Detachment (PVD).30 This condition occurs frequently with old age and involves a decrease in the volume of ocular gel that makes up nearly 70% of the liquid in the eye. This causes a decreased blood supply to the retina and interferes with normal vision.31
Nattokinase has also shown potential for use in preventing and alleviating Alzheimer's disease.22 This illness involves the development of amyloid fibrils, which are clumps of fibrous protein that form in the brain and other areas of the body, causing various deleterious effects.32 Research conducted on nattokinase shows that it possesses amyloid-degrading properties, thus warranting further study for this indication.33
Nattokinase also shows promise as a treatment for sciatic nerve injury, since it suppresses injury-induced fibrin production and reduces inflammatory cytokines.34 Nattokinase also enhances nerve myelination and contributes to nerve regeneration, which means that it may be beneficial for a variety of disorders of the nervous system.35
Nattokinase Research Organization
The Nattokinase Research Organization (NRO) is part of a larger group of research websites, all of which are operated by the Enzyme Research Organization (ERO). The ERO maintains and operates several enzyme-related research and review websites including, but not limited to: Serrapeptase.org, Bromelain.org, Papain.org and Enzymes.org. Some of these sites are still being developed, but check back frequently to stay up to date on the latest news and research in the world of oral systemic enzymes. ERO is a nonprofit collaboration of scientist, doctors, enzymologists and technical experts from around the world. Members of the ERO volunteer their time performing research and gathering consumer information. ERO does not have a central headquarters or base of operation, rather the consortium exists online only. Funding and proceeds are derived from donations, advertising dollars, and contributors like you.
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Starbucks has finally updated their iPhone app to offer support for Passbook, the new Apple app introduced in iOS 6. Starbucks had originally claimed that this update was coming at the end of September so, although late, it's great that it's finally here. However, it's disappointing that although this update does support iOS 6 and Passbook, it does not support the iPhone 5's larger screen.
With the new Starbucks update and Passbook, you can now use Passbook to pay with your Starbucks card. The pass shows the current balance on your card and one of the generic Starbucks card graphics. As a Gold Card member, I was hoping that my pass would look a little different, but that is not the case. Paying with with your Starbucks card was, and still is, a feature of the actual Starbucks app, but Passbook is much faster. You can also receive notifications when you're near one of your indicated favorite Starbucks locations.
I'm disappointed that this update to the Starbucks app does not include support for the iPhone 5's larger display, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm excited to make a special trip to Starbucks tomorrow just so that I can use Passbook for the first time. What about you? Do you plan on adding your Starbucks card to Passbook?
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City police announced another shake-up of senior staff Monday, replacing both the recently appointed head of the high-profile downtown district and the longer-tenured leader in troubled West Baltimore.
Maj. William Marcus will take over from Maj. Martin Bartness in the Central District, police said, just months after Bartness took over in a broader reshuffling. Maj. Osborne Robinson will replace Maj. Robert Smith in the Western District, where homicides and shootings are up substantially over last year.
The moves continue Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts' efforts to reshape the Baltimore Police Department after taking over nearly a year ago.
In early July, police assigned Bartness to lead the Central District, replacing Melissa Hyatt, who was promoted to lieutenant colonel and area commander.
Marcus, who was promoted as part of Monday's moves, served as captain under Bartness in the Central District, which includes downtown and the Inner Harbor and Mount Vernon neighborhoods.
Lt. Eric Kowalczyk, a police spokesman, said Bartness would move to the department's Bureau of Professional Standards — a division that includes internal affairs — to help strengthen the new bureau. Batts created the unit in January.
Baltimore City Council member William H. Cole IV, who represents the district, said he had a "great relationship" with Bartness but said he had no problems with the change.
"It certainly wasn't presented to me as being any dissatisfaction with Major Bartness," he said. "It was simply about moving their pieces around. To me, this is to be expected. It's a new commissioner trying to put in his team, and it's going to take a while."
Cole acknowledged that the district is "exceptionally challenging" because of the high-profile events in the area — including the Grand Prix of Baltimore and last week's NFL-sponsored nationally televised Keith Urban concert in the Inner Harbor.
The region also presents logistical and staffing challenges because it can swell with several hundred thousand visitors in a day. While nonfatal shootings and robberies remain even in the district compared with the same time last year, police statistics released last week showed that homicides are up 45 percent.
Cole said Marcus has already proven himself as a "no-nonsense guy" with a good rapport with neighborhood associations and business groups.
"I think he'll be great," Cole said. "He's no stranger to Central. He's well-known and well-respected. I think he'll be perfectly fine and he's already well-prepared for the job."
The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore said Marcus "has a good understanding of the district and a good working relationship with us and the other community partners," according to a spokesman, Michael Evitts.
"Downtown has benefited from quality policing, and we have no reason to believe that will change," Evitts said.
In West Baltimore, Robinson was promoted to major as part of the reassignment. He had served as a captain in the Northeast District.
In the first four months of this year, more than 30 percent of all city homicides were reported in the Western District, which caused several community meetings and increased deployments of foot patrols.
Police statistics show that 31 homicides have occurred in the district this year, 82 percent more than at this time last year. Nonfatal shootings are up 18 percent in the district. This summer, five people were wounded in a shooting in the Harlem Park neighborhood while another shooting involving seven victims, including a slain 15-year-old, occurred in Franklin Square.
Smith, who took over the Western District last year, becomes night-watch commander, overseeing evening and overnight police operations. That position was held by Maj. Johnny Delgado, who was assigned the post in early July after overseeing the Northwestern District for years.
Delgado will now head up the police's Property Section, which involves upkeep of police stations and vehicles, Kowalczyk said.
Two other reassignments were announced: Mark Howe, a lieutenant in the Special Operation Section, was promoted to captain and assigned to replace Marcus in the Central District. Milton Snead also was promoted to captain and assigned to the Northeastern District after serving as a lieutenant who led the detective unit in the same district.


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Emboldened, Rebecca Hall moves toward center stage
NEW YORK (AP) — Rebecca Hall is confidently stepping toward center stage.
This year, there was her snappy, unapologetic Sylvia in the Tom Stoppard HBO miniseries "Parade's End," a revelation of Hall's dynamism and capacity for boldness. There was her supporting role as a scientist in "Iron Man 3," an indoctrination to the Hollywood blockbuster. And, now, there's the British thriller "Closed Circuit," a confirmation of her ascendance to being a leading lady — one bristling with intelligence in any role.
"I want to play women who are rich and make mistakes and can be messy and ugly as well as pretty," says Hall. "I think that's really an important service. That sounds very grand. I don't mean it to sound grand."
In a recent interview over tea at an East Village cafe, Hall is sharp, buoyant, funny and seemingly energized by the work she's getting. She's still glowing from the singing lines of Sylvia — a "once in a blue moon" part, she calls it — a shift for her to playing a more extroverted, forceful character: "It was massively liberating," she says.
Above all, she comes across, as she says of herself, as "restless and curious."
"She's the real McCoy," says "Closed Circuit" director John Crowley. "She's hugely impressive and has massive range. It felt like she would have the intellectual prowess but also the emotionality to handle the part."
In "Closed Circuit," Hall plays the Special Advocate appointed to jointly defend a man accused of bombing a crowded London marketplace. She and another lawyer (Eric Bana), with whom she has a romantic past, must work the case under confidentiality and in a hearing closed to the public — a cloak of secrecy that masks further injustice in the name of national security.
The film has obvious contemporary relevance, but it also relates personally to Hall. The 31-year-old actress has seen her life made the fodder of British tabloids for her relationship with director Sam Mendes.
"I find it slightly disturbing that privacy means that you're guilty of something that you have to hide," Halls says. "That probably stems from the fact that I saw my parents have their privacy invaded on by the press when they were going through their divorce when I was five or whatever. I was very aware of the press always — my dad's reviews."
Hall's father, Sir Peter Hall, founded the Royal Shakespeare Company and is a renowned figure in British theater. Her mother, Maria Ewing, was an acclaimed opera singer from Detroit.
Of her childhood, Hall says: "It was mine. I don't know any different. It was peripatetic and nomadic and bohemian and exciting and at times unusual to the point of wanting some type of stability. But mostly, it was just a very creative, exciting environment to be raised in."
As a child, Hall was immediately drawn to acting: Her first professional part came as an 8-year-old in her father's TV adaptation of Mary Wesley's "The Camomile Lawn." She later attended Cambridge for two years, but then quit, wanting "to do something bold and decisive and not have anything to fall back on."
With such an independent streak, she initially recoiled when her father offered her a part in his production of George Bernard Shaw's "Mrs. Warren's Profession" in the West End.
"Then I changed my mind after six months and realized I might as well get it out of the way," she recalled. "Either I'll be mauled by the press and I'll never be allowed to do this again, or they'll get over the fact that I'm Peter Hall's daughter."
Hall won the Ian Charleson Award for the performance. Years of theater and frequent collaborations with her father followed. She stared in Mendes' Bridge Project, productions of "The Winter's Tale" and "The Cherry Orchard."
Movie roles also accumulated, most notably the seemingly prudish tourist in Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (which earned her a Golden Globe nomination) and Ben Affleck's love interest in 2010′s heist film "The Town."
Her approach to a part — a process she's somewhat protective of — is carefully plotted. She papers the walls of her trailer with charts of her characters' mental states, scene to scene. She laughs that she had "a complete and utter meltdown" when her blueprints were temporarily cleaned away while recently filming the science-fiction thriller "Transcendence," co-starring Johnny Depp.
Hall also makes playlists for every character of what she thinks they would listen to as a key to their emotions, (contemporary classical and Scandinavian jazz trios for her passionate but suppressed character in "Closed Circuit").
"Of all the actresses I've ever worked with, she was the most clear, the most thought-out," says Susanna White, director of "Parade's End." ″She'd come in and kick it straight away. It was thrilling to watch."
This December, Hall will make her Broadway debut in "Machinal," an expressionistic 1928 play based on Ruth Snyder, who was convicted of murdering her husband. Describing the character, Hall drifts into contemplation: the early wheels turning on the next character to map out.
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The New Jeep Cherokee - Trail HeadPosted in News on September 4, 2013
I recently became the first person not on Chrysler's payroll to drive the new KL Cherokee. I left with unanswered questions, which is why instead of trying to cram the review in this issue, you'll have to wait until next month to get Jp's unique take on this newest Jeep. I need more seat time and answers from Chrysler about issues I had with the vehicle's off-road performance, which may have been the result of preproduction computer calibrations. In short, I wasn't blown away, but I do acknowledge the hardware, and therefore, the potential for good off-road performance is there. It's an important vehicle not only for Chrysler, but for the Jeep enthusiast. Why? Because it's called Cherokee.
I pontificated about Chrysler's use of the name, Cherokee, and the public reaction to it in my June '13 Trail Head. The Cherokee name elicits emotion, not just recognition. Had Chrysler called it Liberty, Commander, or even Jeepster, the consequences for vehicular mediocrity wouldn't be as dire. But as soon as Chrysler called it Cherokee, it set the bar higher than any other vehicle in its market segment—by a wide margin.
I do applaud Chrysler for trying to stay true to its off-road roots that stretch back to the WWII flatfenders. At least the Trail Hawk Cherokee KL is proof of this. Coming up with that off-road-friendly package wasn't an easy engineering feat, considering the stringent fuel efficiency, drivability, and chassis constraints the design teams had to work within. The KL, after all, is based on a Fiat car platform , so any off-road performance enjoyed by the Trail Hawk Cherokee is not by happenstance—it's the result of hard work and determination. So although the new KL has its work cut out delivering enough off-road performance and enthusiast flexibility to earn the Cherokee moniker, the mere fact that an off-road version exists speaks to the commitment to honor the brand's off-road heritage.
Since you're reading Jp instead of Motor Trend or Automobile, you're almost certainly saying to yourself, "Why is Hazel still going on about this stupid econobox that stole the Cherokee name?" Because the efforts that went into making an off-road Cherokee variant speak to the mindset of the Jeep brass. And knowing the brand is still rife with off-road enthusiasts should be welcome relief, considering a full redesign of the Wrangler is right around the corner. It wasn't long ago that rumors of independent suspension, a non-removable top, and a windshield that wouldn't fold down were considered serious possibilities for new Wrangler designs. Thankfully, at least with the next generation Wrangler, it seems that those affronts to the off-road community won't become reality.
Imagine what the landscape of our sport would look like if the current JK Wrangler had made allowances to off-road performance in the interests of civility. Look what those allowances have done for Wrangler's (to use the phrase loosely) competitors, such as the Hummer H2 and H3, the Toyota Land Cruiser, and Land Rover Defender. These models are either dead or circling the drain. And had the Wrangler gone down that path, a whole generation of enthusiasts initiated into our off-road community thanks to the Wrangler's performance, popularity, and versatility may have taken up model railroading or bird watching instead. Jeep started the off-road 4x4 enthusiast movement, and it's beginning to look like it will be the only brand left as fuel economy, crash safety, and other governmental red tape strangle other manufactures who care less deeply about it.
So as a devotee of all Jeep models of the past and most of the present, I tip my hat to Jeep for endeavoring to keep the tradition alive in the face of regulatory adversity and for realizing the depths of the Jeep loyalists' passion. But I also offer a warning: Stray from the past and you could risk future sales, but mess up the Wrangler and you risk more than just your success in the marketplace.


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I still remember where I was when I first heard this incredible record.
It's not THAT impressive really, as it was only around three months ago in a friend's kitchen. It was played as part of a Siouxsie Sioux BBC Radio 6 special, wherein Siouxsie chose an hour of her favorite music from (roughly) the punk era. A lot of her choices were, surprisingly, disco tracks, and when 'The Force' came on all casual conversation in the kitchen stopped ,and we all simply HAD to know who sang this incredible song.
Nancy Nova is, apparently, the daughter of British TV personality and Blockbusters game show host, Bob Holness. Her real name is Carol Ann, and her sister Ros was a member of the uber-camp 80s girl group Toto Coelo (who are best known for "I Eat Cannibals".)
"The Force" is simply epic, a gothic disco-pop song that oozes menacing, spooky appeal, the kind Alison Goldfrapp would kill for. It really does sound like it comes form another bizarro planet. Like the best horror movies, it's scary, thrilling and exciting all at the same time. Bass heavy disco production, reminiscent of Kid Creole's best, Broadway-inspired work, is topped off by celestial choirs that could lure passing astronauts to their rocky doom, while a spare arrangement, that hints at the then-burgeoning goth movement, makes the most of Nova's stunning voice.
Ah yes, THAT voice. Nancy Nova is one of those singers with a startling, unique vocal style that should be irritating but actually works. At times reminiscent of Betty Boop, at others quite similar to Noosha Fox of the band Fox (previously covered on Dangerous Minds here) it really is one of a kind, and guaranteed to beguile the listener.
So impressed were we by Nancy Nova and 'The Force' that we based Tranarchy's Hallowe'en 'Zombie Pride' video around it, in effect creating a pop video for a song that didin't have one, but needed it. A surrealistic tale of drag initiation (featuring stunning make-up work by star witch Grace Oni Smith) I'd like to think that we have done the song proud, and that if Nancy Nova were to see it, she would approve:
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A 37-year-old, busy, multi-tasking woman's account of how yoga adds zing to her life
Married for 12 blissful years, mother of two energetic children, and a bank manager for eight years, I am Nina Singh: a fun-loving, gregarious woman who loves people, exploring new places and looking up exotic recipes. You could see a reflection of me in many women today. The privilege which my life enjoys is the gift of yoga. It has given me peace of mind, the ability to enjoy my multiple roles and walk with a confident step.
September 3, 2012
10:30 p.m.
"It's just another manic Monday, I wish it was Sunday…"
I heard these words clearly ring in my ears as I enjoyed a lovely dream this morning. I woke up realizing that it was the alarm buzzing on my mobile phone (I had set my favorite number of all times by The Bangles as my alarm tone). What an apt song for the day. It was 5 a.m. and I desperately wished Sunday was never over!
I slowly made my way out of the bed to start a frenzied day. Humming the tune all along, I took a quick shower and got ready for my superfast yoga session – a few warm-up stretches followed by 12 rounds of my perfect body workout –Sun Salutation. My body warmed up, yet my mind in a state of absolute peace, I sat down on the mat to take position for Sudarshan Kriya, another of my daily yoga practice. That was all I had time for early morning, but it was enough to charge me up for a long Monday.
Next on my list was making lunch box for my kids. It was a frantic affair every morning – making breakfast for children, packing lunch for the husband, but thanks to my morning yoga, it would keep me active yet calm through all this. After sending everyone to their respective destinations, I quickly got ready and walked to the train station to reach mine.
As I got into the train and slowly settled down, I knew it was a long journey to work and so I was well-equipped. Plugging the earphones in, I turned on some flute music on the Ipod. It was softly drizzling outside the window (monsoon had just started setting in) and the soothing melody of the flute perfectly complemented the mood. Enjoying every bit of the peace it instilled in me, I closed my eyes and with a gentle smile, took a few deep breaths in.
At work, it was a huge list of things to do, as always. But I was not bothered. Peaceful but focused, I started tapping my keyboard and before I realized, it was 12 p.m. already. Meditation time! My energy levels had started dipping by now and this was my daily supplement before lunch to help me through the second half of the day.
Quick tips for a picture-perfect day
|1. Start your day with yoga stretches. Include Padma Sadhana and Sun Salutation to stay calm and high on energy all day.
|2. If you feel tired during the day, relax with soothing pranayamas.
|3. Meditate, ideally before lunch – it helps break monotony at work and recharges you.
|4. Try some neck, shoulder and wrist rotations while at work to de-stress.
|5. Have a positive attitude and a smile on your face. It keeps you fresh and charged up through the day.
I had a meeting with my manager after lunch. I entered her cabin only to realize that it was not her day. She started complaining, asking for explanations, least giving me a chance to speak. When she paused, I put forth my ideas: some solutions to her concerns. As I did so, I became aware of how much I had changed in these eight years. I would earlier give her a piece of my mind, had she spoken to me so rudely. But I guess it's my yoga practice which keeps me peaceful in all kinds of odd situations.
At about 4 p.m., most people in the office head to the cafeteria for a shot of caffeine. I used to do that myself, yet now I control my temptation and instead do Nadi Shodhan pranayama for a quick dose of relaxation.
As the clock struck six, I hurried to the station to catch the train back home. It was heavily crowded but I was not complaining. Neither did I feel very tired, all thanks to the short yoga breaks I had been taking during the day.
As I got home, I quickly freshened up to sit with kids for their homework. That over, I rushed to cook dinner. At about 10 p.m., even though I was tired physically, my mind was happy, peaceful and fresh. So when my younger daughter pulled me to her room for a night-time story, I happily agreed. Having put the kids to sleep, here I am, writing this entry of yet another manic Monday that just passed. With these lyrics still buzzing in my mind, I now sign off, waiting for my alarm to sound my favorite tune at 5 a.m. and unfold an exciting Tuesday.


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One day I decided to buy a book on magic and as I read through it I came to realize that it was all a sham. This book covered stage magic and it revealed all of the most common methods to create amazing illusions. I never was interested in performing magic, I was more interested in learning how it was done. After having read that book I lost all my respect for stage magic because I realized that the magician literally did next to nothing! His whole role on the stage was presentation, but the real magic was handled for the most part by stage hands behind the scenes.
Once the show 'Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed' aired for the first time on television, I had a pretty good idea how he did most of the big stage illusions people were most familiar with. I loved it when he would demonstrate how the trick looked before anyone knew how it was done and then later show exactly how it was done!
Even after magics secrets were aired on television and easier to find online and pretty much anywhere, I came away with a greater respect for prestidigitation (manual dexterity in the execution of tricks). I found that coin and card magic was a skill that actually took a lot of practice and time to master; and to this day those are the types of magic tricks that awe and inspire me.
You may ask yourself why am I discussing magic on an atheist blog. The reason is quite simple: religious beliefs and the belief in God are very similar to magic. This reminds me of the scene in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy notices that man behind the curtain.
When I took to reading the bible in its entirety for the first time I remember going through a gamut of emotions. I literally cried when God told Moses that he could not go into the promised land simply because he hit a rock instead of talking to it in order to provide water for his people. That act of disobedience according to the story caused Moses to lose out on the promised land. Actually, he didn't miss much because God did not tell them that they had to go into those already inhabited lands and wage war on its citizens. He did not tell Moses that they had to kill men, women, and children and that although he gave that land to them they had to wrest it from it inhabitants through murder, rape, and pillaging.
My idea of God before I read the bible was the traditional one where he loved mankind above everything. We were the apple of his eye and we were chosen above all of his creation to be in his image. When I felt down or things were just not going my way I found comfort in prayer and in knowing that it was all in God's hands. I felt honored that Christ would give up his life so that I may live forever in the presence of my Lord. I worshiped and prayed constantly and poured out my heart to my imaginary friend named Jesus.
Before I read the bible God was safely tucked away behind this curtain or veil of love, peace, understanding, etc. What I read in the bible was an utter shock to me! I saw God massacre thousands for the slightest infractions of his laws. He seemed to delight in watching men tremble with fear at his very presence and voice. Most of all he loved blood sacrifices like the many deities from other cultures that existed before him. The veil of lies had been removed and the true face of God had finally been revealed, and I did not like what I saw.
Today as I reflect upon those days I see the biblical deity in a much different light. When I see God I see a tyrant, a maniac, a psychopath, and a mythological being. I see that this god could not possibly exist and if he did then he did not deserve my love, worship, or respect. Worshiping the biblical deity in my mind is akin to giving homage to famed serial killer John Wayne Gayce or to Mao, Stalin, or Hitler. What do they all have in common? They were all murderers with no concern for the harm they caused and the lives that yhey have taken. Christianity is one big illusion. What is the illusion? The illusion that God loves and cares for you and that you will live forever.


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Tammy Jo Kirk Was A Racer, Not A Trendsetter
By Jeff Hood | Senior Writer
It was another day at the office for Tammy Jo Kirk at her motorcycle shop in Dalton, Ga. earlier this week when word arrived that 18-year-old Johanna Long had won last Sunday's Snowball Derby Super Late Model race in Pensacola, Fla.
It was welcome news to the 48-year-old Kirk, the 1994 winner of the Derby. But Long's win means Kirk is no longer the only female winner of the Derby.
"That is so cool," said Kirk, when told about Long's victory. "I had heard that girl was the track champion down there last year. Congratulations to her."
Kirk's racing career was hatched on motorcyles. She competed in the AMA National Dirt Track Series during much of the 1980s in an era when men had a difficult time accepting women as competitors.
"I was the only female and you would have 100 riders at most events," Kirk said. "And to make the main event, you had to make it in the top 15. The last year that I raced (motorcycles), all of the nationals that I went to I made the main event.
"But I quit racing motorcyles because I couldn't find parts. If you're a female and you outrun some of the factory guys, you really couldn't get any parts. I was so discouraged with motorcycles. The last year I raced I made seven main events and didn't finish one because the motorcyle blew up. We couldn't get parts to make it last 25 laps."
So Kirk, who rebuilt her first motorcycle engine at the age of 12, decided to give stock car racing a shot. Her first oval track experience on four wheels came on dirt. She soon made the transition to pavement.
"Jody Ridley was from Dalton and he talked me into racing asphalt cars," Kirk said. "He helped me a little bit to start with and gave me some ideas.
"And we just went from there."
As the early 1990s rolled around, Kirk began making a name for herself in on the bullrings throughout the southeast in NASCAR's popular Slim Jim All Pro touring series.
"I kick myself everyday for not winning a NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series race," she said. "I ran second and third.
"I led one race until the very last lap and I was passing a lapped car and they pushed me out and let one get under me. It was stupid stuff that I should have known better not to do."
Kirk finally hit racing paydirt when she beat Eddie Mercer and Jeff Purvis to the finish line at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola on the first Sunday afternoon in December in 1994.
"That was probably the greatest accomplishment I made in stock car racing," Kirk said. "It was a very tough race. When you look on the trophy and see the people that has won it in the past and look at some of the guys that hasn't won it, it's a very prestigious race to win for sure."
Kirk made the jump to NASCAR's Truck Series in 1997 when she drove a Ford owned by Geoffrey Bodine. She piloted her own truck the following season. Kirk posted a handful of top 15 finishes during the two-year stretch, including an 11th-place effort at Topeka in 1997.
Following a four-year NASCAR layoff, Kirk ran a limited Nationwide Series schedule for Jay Robinson Racing in 2003. Her best finish was a 21st at Pikes Peak.
By 2004, it was time to focus on selling motorcyles and digging out of debt.
Looking back, Kirk has mixed feelings about carrying the label of a female racing pioneer and trendsetter.
"I've been called that, but I really don't look at myself that way," she said. "But if you look back, I guess I was because there wasn't that many women racing.
"In racing, women have come a long way. Danica Patrick has brought women to the forefront now. I think it gets better and better everyday.
"But it's still tough, don't get me wrong. In racing, the male just doesn't like to be beat by a woman for sure. You've got more women in the stands that what you had before. I always tell people if I was 20 years younger and know what I know now, I could be running in the Cup Series now because I'd have the racing knowledge, for sure.
"But it would also be on the sponsorship side, knowing how to go out and promote yourself and be a racer. I was one of the these types just wanted to be a hands-on racer. And in this day and time, you can't do that. You've got to be a spokesperson. You've got to be really be marketable. And I know now you have to be more outgoing or flamboyant to bring attention to yourself."
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Would you give this naked guy your number?
We're going to pretend we don't already know the answer to that question!
Norwegian prankster Freddy Fairhair (he does have good hair!) stripped down to his birthday suit and asked random women for their digits. (And he was evidently very interested in a few!)
Watch! (NSFW-ish)
From the looks of this video Freddy was pretty successful!
How would you have reacted, Instincters??
(H/T: The Gaily Grind)
If he had done this here in the USA he'd been arrested and charged with indecent exposure as well as a dozen other offenses, he'd be required to report on the Sex Offender Registry for atleast 10 years and this is on top of all of the fines and court costs to prosecute him. America loves nudity... as long as you keep it in your home... We have such a prudish mentality.


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Several months back, Jim "Kamala" Harris lost his legs to diabetes. In addition to ending his wrestling career, the amputations forced him to give up his job of driving a truck, which was his primary source of income.
Several organizations and individuals have launched campaigns to help raise funds for Kamala, to assist with his medical bills and help cover the cost of a prosthetic that might allow him to resume his job as a driver. However, Kamala has said that he has not received any of the money collected by these individuals and organizations.
One of the organizations coming under fire is Wrestlers Rescue. As of this writing, that organization's website has been suspended. An e-mail sent to its founder, Dawn Marie Psaltis, has not been returned.
I don't want to speculate on whether Wrestlers Rescue, or any other organization, is being disingenuous – at least, not without hearing both sides of the story. What I DO want to do is encourage PWI readers to make a donation to help. Kamala is receiving direct donations via PayPal at firstname.lastname@example.com.
I was fortunate enough to work with Kamala a few times; I actually got into the safari suit and mask and played Kimchee for a half-dozen shows in New York, New Jersey, and Ontario. I spent hours sitting backstage with the big man or traveling with him. We talked about wrestling, our wives, our families. He told me plenty of stories of unscrupulous promoters, racism, and rip-offs. Now, according to him, he's being ripped off again by people fraudulently collecting money in his name.
Kamala is a sweet, soft-spoken, gentle giant. He didn't make millions in wrestling; far from it. And now he can use our help.
I made my donation today. I encourage you to do the same.
Dan Murphy
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Kamala Needs Your Help
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I made my donation, this guy deserves our help. I believe he is a good man and will appreciate every penny. Thanks for the memories, Kamala.
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Commentary: Is San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee 2 legit 4 this?
One of my colleagues recently sent me this link. It's a promotional video for San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, featuring several celebrities and high-powered business people endorsing the appointed incumbent in his election campaign.
Take a look. It's kind of crazy. There's #1 Giants fan Ashkon Davaran, rapper MC Hammer, Giants closer Brian Wilson, former 49er Ronnie Lott, Black Eyed Pea will.i.am, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, former mayor Willie Brown, 49ers owner Jed York, Google executives Marissa Mayer and Hunter Walk … an in-your-face assortment of talent that no other candidate has come close to matching in the run-up to election day.
Which led me to say, "What the heck?! I'd like to know how/why all those people got involved with that."
The end of the video gives a clue. Under pictures of bonus footage of Brian Wilson doing "the Hammer dance" and will.i.am staring intently into the camera, the screen states:
Paid for by SAN FRANCISCANS FOR JOBS AND GOOD GOVERNMENT, supporting Ed Lee for Mayor 2011, with major funding by Ron Conway and Sean Parker. Not authorized by a candidate or committee controlled by a candidate.
Ron Conway is a venture capitalist. In fact, he's one of the tech world's biggest seed funders. A recent Business Insider profile called "The Scariest Man in Silicon Valley" gets its title from the sheer amount of power Conway wields over whether companies succeed or fail. Sean Parker is a high-profile trendmaker. He was the face of Napster, an early contributor to Facebook, and Justin Timberlake played him in the movie "The Social Network." Conway and Parker seem to be something of a Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside combination. Kingmakers. And for some reason they evidently really want to see Mayor Lee stay in charge of San Francisco.
Celebrities rarely make promotional videos for free. I don't know if MC Hammer and will.i.am like Mayor Lee so much that they just decided to donate their time and fame to his campaign. I do know that Davaran and Wilson capitalized on the San Francisco Giants' success last year by making commercials, like this one. I also know that Mayor Lee helped broker the payroll tax break that made Twitter the anchor business on San Francisco's mid-Market corridor. And I know that Mayor Lee's campaign has been able to raise a lot of money very quickly … enough for his supporters to, in part, distribute an "unauthorized biography" door-to-door as, perhaps, history's heaviest campaign flier.
While unusual, and arresting, none of this is particularly surprising. In my experience there are three tried and true things that help win elections: incumbency, money, and connections. The bottom line is the person who has the best ideas, motives, and leadership seems to be of secondary importance when it comes time for people to punch the ballot card. Commercial manipulation simply has too much power.
Mayor Ed Lee may or may not be the best candidate to run San Francisco. His track record in public service and his leadership in office have been appreciated by many beyond the tech, sports, and entertainment worlds. I've met him and spoken with him at length – you can hear our conversation here (and a shorter version here) – and it's clear that he is very knowledgeable about the city and has plans for its future development. That's part of why it's so frustrating to see the full-force political razzle-dazzle in this campaign. It's unmatchable by other candidates (interviews available here) who don't have similarly deep-pocketed supporters, even if their ideas are equally worth hearing.
Until that playing field is leveled, we'll find celebrities and sports stars doing the work of the wealthy to convince us to vote their way. That is not how democracy should be conducted.
You can hear Ben Trefny's interviews with all 16 candidates for mayor of San Francisco Tuesday and Wednesday at 5pm on KALW's Crosscurrents.


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At work, I later checked CyclingNews for the results. Only then did I learn that, on the descent prior to where I started watching, Wouter Weylandt had fallen to his death, thrown off the edge of a steep descent to fall "twenty meters" to the roadway below. I was stunned. I'd been blissfully ignorant of the tragedy as I'd watched the stage finish on the train. Most of the riders had also been unaware of what had happened, as the lead pack was ahead of the crash, and the directors had kept radio silent about it until the race was over.
According to a report on VeloNews, Wouter had been dropped on a climb and, trying to recatch the lead group on the descent, was taking the corners considerably faster than the leaders. He turned to look back to see if a group was close enough for him to join up with, but in so doing misjudged his trajectory and clipped a left wall. He then lost control, veered to the right side of the road, and went over the barrier.
The Huffington post had a link to a video of the television coverage which was shown at the time. The camera zoomed in on Wouter's body, his face horribly damaged. Emergency personnel tried in vain to resuscitate him with CPR. They clipped the strap on his helmet, having already removed his jersey, but one look at his face told the story that there wasn't any hope.
Random associations...
|From Italy 2007 week 2
Cingale Bicycle tour 2007 to Elba. After I'd been dropped by the lead three riders on the narrow, winding, and on this day damp Via Monte Perone I asked our guide, Andy Hampsten, if the Giro went on such roads. Haven ridden roads from the Tour de France, my feeling was the Grand Tours tended to stick to wider roads more compatible with the race caravan and team vehicles. I was surprised when he said yes, they had ridden such roads many times. So then the obvious question was how they'd descend: carefully, out of mutual consent and respect, I thought he'd respond.
"We'd absolutely bomb it".
Berkeley Hills Road Race 2009. It was my first race of the year and I'd not been feeling ready. The year before I'd solo'ed off the front for a lap and a half but then was caught and faded. This year I was more conservative, and it was working. After a lap I was feeling good on the climbs and was able to hang relatively easily. After two laps I was still there... until at the top of Papa Bear, the most challenging climb on the circuit, a rider ahead of be turned to look for a teammate behind, overlapped wheels with a rider in front of him, and went down. I had no time to react other than to recognize my fate: I hit him and went over my bars. I ended up bruising a rib but was otherwise okay.
September 2010... I'm descending Madonna di Ghisallo, which I've climbed for the second time in the day: once from the front and, after a long circuit, once from the back. I wrote about the ride here. It's getting late and I want to catch a ferry back across Lake Como before it gets to dark, so I decide to turn up the heat on the descent. I approach the first corner: no warning sign I can see, so I can let it hang a bit here. But suddenly as I enter the turn I realize it's sharper than I'd thought. I hit my brakes, but no way I can stop, and slide into the oncoming traffic lane, stopping just before the guardrail. Had there been a car in the wrong place at the wrong time.... well, maybe things would have worked out. Maybe.
A few days later: I descend the Poggio towards San Remo. I can't believe how tight the switchbacks are. It isn't as if I've not ridden similar roads before, it's just I've seen again and again how incredibly fast the pro racers descend this one in Milan San Remo, the most famous of Italian classics. I'm virtually crawling around the same corners they take at the traction limit of their tires. True, I need to worry about oncoming car traffic, while they face closed roads, but I know that explains only a fraction of the speed difference.
May 4... Pez Cycling publishes its Giro route preview for stages 1-9. Here's what they wrote about stage 3:
This will be a fun stage to watch, as the closing kms snake along the coast, and we may even see a crash or two on the tight bends, just like we did in 2007's stage 10 to Santuario Nostra Signora Della Guardia.
Crashes. Fun.
I think back to the image in the video of Wouter Weylandt laying shirtless on the road, his motionless face horribly distorted from the trauma while emergency personnel tried to heart beating again. We all make mistakes, lose focus, assume where we shouldn't assume. We all roll the dice. The key is to keep the needless rolls to a minimum. Wauter made a mistake in the Giro, and didn't get another chance. Let's all think about him next time we're tempted to put our attention behind us when what's up the road deserves our attention more.
In auto racing, death is part of the attraction. Fans act horrified when a racer is killed, but the death is just an affirmation of the danger which is a primary attraction to the sport, and therefore the horror may be secretly without disappointment. The temptation offered by this attraction is part of the reason I've rejected auto racing, a sport I liked as a young child. But cycling is different. Cycling is about overcoming suffering, not death. It's about the risk of losing skin, not your life. There's no joy taken in Wouter's tragic death, secret or otherwise, just repulsion in the terrible waste of it all, a doubt about whether the epic spectacle is worth the horrible price. I wonder yet again why I find it so persistently addictive.
Then finally there's the H-word: "helmet". Pez Cycling News published a photo which suggested he kept his strap loose during the race. But this aside, cycling helmets simply are not designed to handle facial impacts. You need to wonder when an effort will be made to change that, to provide some sort of face shield which could potentially substantially increase the protection. There's something of a religion about bike helmets, one which says if you don't wear one you're a wacko and if you wear something with more protection (like a downhill helmet) you're a wacko. The reality is far greyer. Memories of Nicole Reinhart who died after crashing into a tree, also wearing a helmet, in 2000.


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Al Pacino, in full Alfredo James Pacino, (born April 25, 1940, New York, New York, U.S.), American actor best known for his intense, explosive acting style.
Early career
After growing up in East Harlem and the Bronx, Pacino moved at age 19 to Greenwich Village, where he studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio and appeared in many Off-Broadway and out-of-town productions, including Hello, Out There (1963) and Why Is a Crooked Letter (1966). He took further acting lessons from Lee Strasberg and played a small part in the film Me, Natalie in 1969. The same year, he made his Broadway debut and won a Tony Award for his performance in the play Does the Tiger Wear a Necktie? Pacino's first leading role in a film came with The Panic in Needle Park (1971), a grim tale of heroin addiction that became something of a cult classic.
Stardom: The Godfather, Serpico, and Scarface
Director Francis Ford Coppola cast Pacino in the film that would make him a star, The Godfather (1972). The saga of a family of gangsters and their fight to maintain power in changing times, The Godfather was a wildly popular film that won the Academy Award for best picture and earned Pacino numerous accolades for his intense performance as Michael Corleone, a gangster's son who reluctantly takes over the "family business." Pacino solidified his standing as one of Hollywood's most dynamic stars in his next few films. In Scarecrow (1973), he teamed with Gene Hackman in a bittersweet story about two transients, and his roles in Serpico (1973) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975) displayed Pacino's characteristic screen qualities of brooding seriousness and explosive rage. He also repeated the role of Michael Corleone for Coppola's The Godfather, Part II (1974), a film that, like its predecessor, won the best picture Oscar.
Pacino's next few films did not fare as well. Bobby Deerfield (1977) was notable as his first box-office failure since he had become a star. The dark comedy …And Justice for All (1979) featured some of Pacino's most memorable scenes, but Cruising (1980) and the light comedy Author! Author! (1982) were critical and popular disasters.
In Brian De Palma's Scarface (1983), Pacino returned to the kind of combustible, high-intensity role that had made him famous. As gangster Tony Montana, Pacino gave a highly charged, unrestrained performance that, although loved by some and deplored by others, ranks among his most unforgettable. His next film, Revolution (1985), was an expensive flop, and Pacino did not appear in another film for four years.
Academy Award and later films
Sea of Love (1989), his biggest hit in years, reestablished Pacino as a major film star. He reprised the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather, Part III (1990), but it was his hilarious portrayal of grotesque gangster Big Boy Caprice in Dick Tracy (1990) that won him a supporting actor Oscar nomination. Frankie and Johnny (1991) and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), both adaptations of plays, continued his string of well-received films, and he won a best actor Oscar for his portrayal of a bitter blind man in Scent of a Woman (1992). Pacino's other notable films of the 1990s included Carlito's Way (1993); Heat (1995), a crime drama in which he played a detective hunting a thief (Robert De Niro); Donnie Brasco (1997), in which he starred as a low-level mobster who unknowingly befriends an FBI agent (Johnny Depp); and Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday (1999). Also in 1999 Pacino appeared opposite Russell Crowe in The Insider; based on real-life events, it examines tobacco companies and their efforts to conceal the dangerous side effects of cigarettes.
Pacino's prolific acting career continued into the 21st century. In 2002 he starred with Robin Williams in the thriller Insomnia, and he later appeared in Ocean's Thirteen (2007), the final installment of a popular comedy trilogy that featured George Clooney and Brad Pitt. After skewering his public persona with a role as himself in the Adam Sandler comedy Jack and Jill (2011), Pacino played an aging gangster in Stand Up Guys (2012). He evinced the isolation of a small-town locksmith in Manglehorn (2014) and the late-life epiphany of a rock star in Danny Collins (2015).
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In between his big-screen work, Pacino appeared in several television productions for HBO. For his role as homophobic lawyer Roy Cohn in Angels in America (2003), an adaptation of Tony Kushner's two-part play about AIDS in the 1980s, he won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. His performance as Jack Kevorkian, a doctor who assisted in the suicide of terminally ill patients, in the movie You Don't Know Jack (2010) earned him the same awards. He later starred as another controversial figure in David Mamet's Phil Spector (2013), which was set during the embattled record producer's first trial for murder. In Paterno (2018) Pacino played legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, whose reputation was tarnished by a sex-abuse scandal that occurred during his tenure.
Pacino frequently returned to the stage throughout his career, notably winning a Tony Award for his leading role in The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel (1977). He also starred in such plays as Shakespeare's Richard III (1973, 1979), Julius Caesar (1988), and The Merchant of Venice (2010); Mamet's American Buffalo (1980, 1981, 1983) and Glengarry Glen Ross (2012); and Oscar Wilde's Salomé (1992, 2003, 2006). In 1992 Pacino originated the role of Harry Levine, a washed-up writer who is depressed about his lack of success, in the Broadway drama Chinese Coffee; he later directed and starred in a 2000 film adaptation. He also directed the documentary films Looking for Richard (1996) and Wilde Salomé (2011), which offered behind-the-scenes looks at two of his stage productions.
In 2001 Pacino received the Cecil B. DeMille Award (a Golden Globe for lifetime achievement). His other awards included the National Medal of Arts (2011) and a Kennedy Center Honor (2016).


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A native of the North Country, Michael is one of sixteen children. He was born in Winthrop on Feb. 14, 1948 the son of Lester and Dorothy (Rockwood) Crump. He graduated from St. Lawrence Central School in 1966.
For 32 years he was employed with Alcoa working in many different areas of the plant. Mike married Merry Clark on Feb. 18, 2001 by the Honorable Jerry Mahoney, Justice of the Peace. He was once a member of the Moose Head Hunting Club. Mike found much peace enjoying the simple things in life: hunting, fishing, woodworking and riding his horse.
Surviving Mike is his wife Merry; his daughter, Joy, and her husband John Dawson of Virginia; his two sons: Michael and his wife Tracy Crump of Winthrop, and Terry Crump of Massena; three brothers: James of Winthrop; Donald of Tupper Lake, Mark and his wife Vicki of Winthrop; three sisters: Linda Shattuck and Sylvia Snyder both of Winthrop and Lillian Cuthbert of Norwood. Also surviving him are his step-children: Merry Jo Parker of Winthrop; Richard D. McCarthy II of New Jersey and Ejay McCarthy of Iraq. He enjoyed time with his six grandchildren, eight step-grandchildren and his new great grandson.
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- Preheat oven to 350℉. Grease a rimmed 11"x17" baking sheet and line with parchment. Melt butter and chocolate together in a large saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring. Remove from heat.
- Stir salt, sugar and vanilla into chocolate mixture, then whisk in eggs one at a time, until blended. Gently stir in flour, just until combined. Scrape onto prepared baking sheet and level with an offset spatula to make a thin, even layer.
- Bake in centre of oven until brownie appears shiny and is firm, but slightly undercooked, about 8 minutes. Remove from oven and cool in pan on rack.
- Run knife around pan edges to loosen, then cut brownie in half lengthways, making 2 long rectangles. Peel off parchment and place one brownie top-side down on work surface. Now, if you were clever, you froze your ice cream in a shallow rectangular container. I wasn't, so I sliced mine 1" thick and laid the slices on the brownie and sandwiched it with the other, top-side up. Wrap in plastic and freeze for a few hours, until very firm.
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- Les rêves d'une boulangère (Brittany) said...
These look so incredible! I know I wouldn't be able to resist if they were in my kitchen!! I love the pink! Do you like ripple icecream..it's sort of different to regular icecream in my opinnion!
- 15 September, 2011
- Valerie said...
"Brownies are cake's first cousin." Yes, yet they are! :D
It's good to see you, Mary! I'm so sorry that your brother had to ruin ice cream for you...how sad.
These sandwiches look fabulous! Cherry ripple ice cream and brownies, yummm.
- 15 September, 2011
- Pilar. Cook and spoon said...
I love making icecream and I enjoy even more eating it.Plus I adore brownies so I think this recipe is perfect for me! Thank you.
- 15 September, 2011
- Gloria said...
These look delicious and beauty! gloria
- 15 September, 2011
- Mimi said...
Ice cream sandwiches are always welcome at our house.
- 15 September, 2011
- Jojo said...
I have to say that I am not a fan of desserts in general, however, those ice cream bars are truly a sight to behold. Good job! I would even consider making these ones LOL.
- 15 September, 2011
- juliana said...
this looks so good! i love icecream sandwich! and with beownie? it couldnt get better!
- 15 September, 2011
- Rambling Tart said...
I love that you put cherry ice cream in these! How perfect :-)
- 15 September, 2011
These look very good! I'm glad you can enjoy ice-cream this way. :)
- 15 September, 2011
- Cheap Ethnic Eatz said...
Your are too funny, your sandwich bread is chocolate based? They look so yummy to me.
- 15 September, 2011
- Marcellina said...
Mmmm, I love icecream sandwiches! I used to do one with coffee icecream sandwiched between chocolate brownies and served with choc fudge sauce. I don't know why I don't make it anymore. The cherry icecream would be devine!
- 16 September, 2011
- Valérie said...
Ouch... I chipped a tooth a couple of years back, drinking from a glass bottle. Fortunately, no tooth pain remains today. The ice cream sandwiches are adorable!
- 16 September, 2011
- TeaLady said...
THESE look fantastic. I love ice cream sandwiches but never think to make them.
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- Мъх said...
Perfect idea:-) I like it!
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- Calogero said...
They are nice, thanks.
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- A Canadian Foodie said...
OMG - you are killing me here! I could stay here all day! I love making my own ice cream too - and remember making your pumpkin ice cream last year! These look absolutely divine. Kudos to you!
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