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Xinjiang (Simplified: 新酱; Traditional: 新醬; Hanyu pinyin: Xĭnjiáng; Wade-Giles: Sinkiang) is a large region of north-western China, bordering Mongolia, Russia (Siberia), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan) and India (Jammu and Kashmir) as well as the Chinese provinces/regions of Gansu, Qinghai and Xizang (Tibet). Its formal name is the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and it is the largest administrative district in China, with an area in excess of 1.6m km2. The capital city is Ürümqi.
The area came under the rule of the Chinese Empire in the eighteenth century and the name Xinjiang ('New Frontier') was first used in 1768. Xinjiang was constituted a province of the empire in 1884, following the repression of a Moslem uprising in the 1870s. Xinjiang has a non-Han Chinese majority; the main group, Uyghur, being a Turkic people (an obsolete alternative name for Xinjiang was 'Chinese Turkestan').
The area was held under Soviet dominion from 1934[1] until the planned immigration of Han Chinese began following the Communist takeover of China in 1949.
- ↑ From "Yellow Russia" to the East Turkestan Republic, By Pavel Aptekar. From Aleksandr Kiyan's Russian-language website devoted to the Red Army of Workers and Peasants, 1918-1945 (home page at http:// rkka.ru), specifically the article Ot Zheltorossii do Vostochno-Turkestanskoi respuliki,. See also Kiangsi Soviet Republic, 1 Dec 1931 - 15 Oct 1934.


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Gambling isn't allowed in the NFL, but San Francisco 49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh made a wager this season that would leave even the highest of high rollers weak in the knees.
He replaced hot-handed quarterback Alex Smith with Colin Kaepernick, a promising but largely untested second-year player.
That turned out to be a major roll of the dice — maybe the biggest in the league this season — and whether it was a wise move is still up for debate. The determining factor will be how well Kaepernick plays in the postseason, which for the 49ers begins Saturday night against Green Bay at Candlestick Park.
"Jim went all in, that's his nature," said ESPN's Steve Young, who in the early 1990s took over as quarterback of the 49ers from Joe Montana. "So when Colin played well in Chicago [in a 32-7 victory over the Bears on Nov. 19], Jim's reaction was, 'I've been looking for this.' … I don't think he looked back."
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Season four of The Voice, featuring Usher and Shakira filling in for Cee Lo Green and Christina Aguilera, taped blind auditions recently, and Rolling Stone had a chance to watch the new judges in action. What we saw in our brief glimpse into the new season was that there will be no messing around. All four judges, including returnees Adam Levine and Blake Shelton, mean business.
When we spoke to Usher at iHeart Radio in Las Vegas in September
he promised to promote a competitive edge, but he isn't the only one
bringing that attitude. At the audition we saw some friendly competition
between Usher and Shakira over one contestant, and when Usher bested
Levine for another vocalist at the audition, he playfully taunted his
fellow judge.
During a junket featuring all four judges and show creator Mark
Burnett, Shelton confirmed this season will give new meaning to the term
"battle rounds."
"I would say the competitiveness is up," he said. "We've replaced Cee
Lo with somebody that's just that much more aggressive. And Christina
was always competitive, [but] now you've got four that are just killers
up here."
Levine agreed that Shakira might be the one they have to watch out
for. "You have a pregnant, hormonal Colombian," he says. "She's ready to
bust some heads. She ain't messing around."
Shakira said she is happy to be welcomed with humor, as it shows her
she is part of the family. "Spending some time with these guys, I can
only tell you that it is the best – they joke all the time and make me
laugh onstage, offstage," she said. "They have been such great hosts
making us, Usher and me, feel at home at all times."
But the battle we witnessed over contestants was real, she insisted:
"There's a lot of competitiveness, of course. Once we are in the process
of trying to get a contestant recruited for our team, there's a lot of
adrenalin, and there's a lot of tension, but the healthy kind."
Both of the new coaches believe they bring more than just a new
intensity. "You can't really compare my style to anybody," Usher said.
"My style is more military than anything, because I'm all about the
preparation and have always been. I rehearse a million times to be
prepared. My style is to make them understand the seriousness of the
craft and that they have the very best opportunity to be the greatest or
the worst, depending on how you take it."
As for Shakira's approach, she views it as very involved. "Besides
being a singer, I'm also a producer and writer. Once I'm in the
recording studio, I am so hands-on," she said. "While I'm coaching my
team I tend to focus on the detail. I don't know if it's maybe because
of the female condition, but men are more focused on the general
aspects, and women tend to sort of focus on details a lot. And so when
I'm giving directions to my contestants I'm particularly focused on
"She plays the female card quite a bit," Levine said. "That's one thing we can't compete with, really."
As the proven commodities, Levine and Shelton, who between them
coached the winning contestants in all three previous seasons, feel they
still have an edge. "There are many advantages to being the seasoned
veteran, starting with we've seen about 4,000 more auditions," Levine
says. "We fell into the traps that the newbloods will fall into and dig
themselves out of because they are strong, and they will survive, but we
know from experience where we've been, where we're going, how to get
through this. But these guys are smart and quick studies, so they are
probably going to get better quickly, and it's going to suck for us
because then they will probably win this damn thing."
Usher brings in his own experience, having mentored Justin Bieber to
the top of the charts, and Levine says that does count for a lot. "As
much as I hate to say this about another coach in the beginning, Usher
has done what this show has yet to do," he says. "You have launched a
superstar, and that's our goal. That's the show's goal. That's something
we want to do as an institution."
Usher agreed. "The one thing that I hope is to come into this show
and be able to score an incredible entertainer that people will talk
about for years and years and track it back," he says. "I am kind of a
living example of that. I started on Star Search, and my career kind of launched from there."
How long he and Shakira will remain on the show is up in the air.
"Everybody can't coach for life," said Burnett, "because when you have
people with current recording in the game, this is not their job. Their
job is their fans and making music and being live, and so we knew from
the beginning that this would happen. They all have another life and
their schedules."
Shakira concurred that while this is where she is now, her music
comes first. "We are not judges. It's not what we do for a living," she
said. "We have musical careers that we have to attend to, but we are
embarking on this great adventure and enjoying it until we feel that we
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Inconsistency Is Killing Me
Mad, Frustrated, Depressed you name it that's how I am feeling. I am so sick and tired of watching a different team every week. This is a frustration blog and I NEED to get it out. Week in and week out the Cowboys play different. One week, a GREAT game, flawless and the next they look like my old high school team could beat them.
What is the problem you may ask? Well ya know what, I am asking that same question. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM????? The Cowboys have 3 of the best running backs in the league, the BEST tight end in the league, and a top 10 quarterback in the league. Why can't they move the ball down the field like they should?
This last Sunday Romo sat down with hall of famer Michael Irvin for a one on one conversation. Unfortunately, due to work, I was only able to catch bits and pieces of it. One thing I did hear Michael Irvin ask Romo was:
"What makes the team this year different from last year?"
Romo said, "When we lose, no one points the finger at one person or another, they look at themselves and say, what can I do to make this team better?"
Yes that is the answer that every fan out there wants to hear. But on top of that, we all want to SEE that happen. We want to see this team IMPROVE from week to week. Honestly, I think discipline is a major factor in the locker room, on the practice field and during games. While I am watching a game and lets say a penalty happens, heads hang down. No one gets mad and screams and hollers at anyone for causing the team 5, 10, 15 or more yards. COME ON!!!! Someone get mad, someone scream, someone put fire into this team, IT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED!!!!!!
I have been a Cowboys fan ever since I was a little boy sitting in front of the TV with my dad. Over 30 years and I am not ever going to change that, but it is about time the team changes how they play before other fans out there decide that "Amercia's Team" is not so hot afterall. Screw the December hex, screw the critics, screw the haters, PLAY SOME SERIOUS BALL!!!!!!!!!!


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Earlier this week, a reader sent us a "slightly alarmist" piece from The Atlantic on a Christian sect driving Africa. Can you guess what might be "The Upstart Christian Sect Driving Invisible Children"? Wait for it: the emerging church. That's right. The movement that no one is talking about anymore.
I asked Tony Jones what he thought of the piece, given that he has been one of the leaders of the Emergent Church Village, and he had some strong words.
I read the Atlantic piece on KONY and the emerging church, and I was dumbfounded. Firstly, I found the article nearly indecipherable. But even more troubling was the supposed connection between Invisible Children and the emergent church movement is ludicrous. But then, when the reporter referred to Mark Driscoll as a liberal, we all knew that he had no idea what he was writing about. That should be enough for the Atlantic to take the article off their website, and fire the editor who greenlighted it.
Why does Jones feel so strongly about this piece? Walk with me through bits and pieces to find out why it's such bad journalism.
For Jason Russell, co-founder of Invisible Children, stumbling into Uganda's one-time civil war wasn't an accident; it was a divine calling.
While the rest of the world laughs at or ponders the psych ward-ridden creator of Kony 2012, the unlikely Internet video sensation that brought both himself and a vicious Ugandan rebel instant and overwhelming fame, the mystery of his inspiration and success only grows more curious.
Who is this man? Is he crazy? What drives him? Russell summed it up in two hesitant words -- Jesus Christ.
Who in the world is laughing at a man in a psych ward? Other than the reporter who wrote this piece, that is?
"I can't do it without that faith," he said, calling Jesus the "ultimate storyteller." Excitement rushed through his voice. "If I thought I was doing it myself, it would feel myopic."
Behind the origins and success of Kony 2012 is an eclectic and powerful network of Christian activists, traditionally dominated by the Christian right, that has at times brought mass attention, almost single-handedly, to some of Africa's worst and most ignored conflicts, from South Sudan to the Nuba Mountains, Darfur to the Lord's Resistance Army.
Who says a Christian activists in Africa are dominated by "the Christian right" (and what does "Christian right" even mean outside of the context of American politics)?
The group is a product, and perhaps the most successful manifestation of, a little-known, ultra-liberal, and highly controversial post-Evangelical Christian movement known as the Emerging Church.
Like more traditional evangelic organizations, Invisible Children is out to spread the gospel. But they are not out just for Africa.
What is an "evangelic" organization? The emerging church network still exists, but Jones says that it's a shell of its former self. How is it currently controversial? And how, exactly, is Invisible Children out to spread the gospel? I don't see them talking about Jesus or anything associated with the gospel, but am I missing something?
No doubt, Russell is evangelic, but he and Invisible Children are spreading the gospel in the Emerging Church style. No Bibles, but movies. Instead of telling us what to believe, silently, secretly pulling our consciences towards Jesus.
"America has wrapped itself around the cross, and that is blasphemy," Russell told me. "Our point is, let humanity be the identity; then just join with humanity."
Why does the reporter keep using the word "evangelic"? How is this movement secretly pulling our consciences towards Jesus again? What does Russell's quote even mean? It's also ironic that the reporter brings up again and again how Invisible Children says it's not a religious organization. It's like the reporter was mumbling "Yeah right!" when he portrays it exactly the opposite because "A week later, that [religious] question on the FAQ page had been deleted outright." Watch for the secrets, people!
Russell's Christian upbringing focused as much on faith as an experience as it did on faith as a belief. It was a time when a generation of young believers who "crave spirituality but feel disconnected," as a local newspaper article put it, began moving towards something different. It didn't have an address, but people threw around the name Emerging Church.
Ah ha! People threw around the name emerging church during Russell's Christian upbringing. So that's where the connection to the emerging church comes in? Is there any solid evidence Russell was ever formally connected to the movement?
Brian McLaren and Donald Miller are two authors and Christian theologians closely associated with the Emerging Church movement in the United States. McLaren was once named one of the most influential evangelicals in America by Time. Miller sits on an Obama White House taskforce on family values.
Two things: Donald Miller has never self-identified with the emerging movement. Also, is he still on the Obama taskforce? I thought those rotated by year. Anyway, the best part of the piece comes right here:
Contemporary institutional religion, as opposed to "redemption," is "the most disgusting false gospel in the world!" Pastor Mark Driscoll, who identifies himself as an Emerging Liberal, declared in a sermon on YouTube. "Religious people are the ones murdering Jesus."
Anybody who knows anything about Mark Driscoll knows that he could not be considered an Emerging Liberal in the sense that this reporter is describing him. The Atlantic should fix the description and update the story with a correction. The idea is completely laughable, considering Driscoll would probably see himself as pretty much the opposite of that description. See the above video at about minute 5 to see how Driscoll really feels about the emerging church. The article's photo of Driscoll angrily pointing illustrates ...what again?
There's also a part where the reporter brings in that supposedly scary organization in DC called The Fellowship because they also do work in Africa. The leaps the reporter makes are pretty amazing: Christian founder>Christian movement>other Christian leaders>other Christian groups in Africa>Uganda's homosexuality bill. I won't go into all the Uganda homosexuality bill details, but it's safe to say that the reporter is making crazy leaps and painting sweeping pictures of Christian involvement in Africa.
I actually laughed at this line:
Evangelists fly to Uganda regularly, holding mass prayer sessions with blind, broken-limbed, or AIDS-afflicted Africans. They pass out bibles and political advice.
Today we retweeted this line from an AP stylebook satirical Twitter feed:
@FakeAPStylebook: Always capitalize "Bible." You don't want to get letters from those people.
And then the article includes these sweeping claims:
But Russell's evangelism, like the Emerging Church faith that drives him, is different. And that's part of Kony 2012's power, as well as the subtext against which many critics seem to be reacting.
Again, where's the connection between Russell and the emerging church? And how do we know that there's this subtext? The leaps! The piece amazingly finds a way to bring Rick Warren into the mess. And I love how he throws in Justin Bieber "(he's got Jesus tattoos)."
There is a line in the piece that makes me think, "Okay, maybe that's where the reporter made the connection between the group and the emerging church." Here it is: "In 2006, Invisible Children received roughly $10,000 from an Emerging church in Santa Barbara." Mind you, though, this is a fraction of the organization's budget. "And it's not only Christians who are giving: Invisible Children won $1 million from a Chase Bank charity competition." Are you sure? Because the rest of the piece makes it seem like it's mostly a Christian-financed organization.
The other line in the piece between the emerging church and Invisible Children came from a mention of one of the board members who is described as an openly gay pastor and the head of an emerging church. But between those two pieces of evidence, it's still not clear how the reporter made a connection between the movement and organization.
I also laughed at the line that described the Kony video's sequel video. "Yet only 1.3 million people have bothered watching so far..." Okay, next time you make a video with a million views, you can say "yet only" about it. The reader who submitted the piece noted how many of the comments point out the errors in the piece, so it's kind of amazing The Atlantic hasn't moved to fix anything.
What's most interesting to me about this isn't the multitudinous mistakes (Mark Driscoll? a *liberal*?), but the fact that the extensive comment section has many, many people pointing out all the errors. Twenty or even ten years ago, you wouldn't have had that. I've more or less given up hope that the Atlantic will ever again have someone who really gets religion, but it's pretty clear that there are a lot of their readers who do.
The sad part about this piece is that there are actually some interesting details about Russell's background and the organization's connections to some Christian groups, but it's couched in such a terribly reported piece. How do we know we can trust the basic facts if other parts are exaggerated or flat-out wrong? Much of the sourcing comes from other news articles or radio interviews, so it's hard to tell what percentage is original work for the 5,000 word piece. All we really know is that this reporter thinks he knows a lot about the emerging church movement and read several previous reports on Invisible Children.


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Computer users don't care much about how a program is coded or how much work it took to get it on their desktop. Software developers, on the other hand, are under constant pressure to deliver on schedule, cost, and quality. They grab any tool that makes producing software faster, cheaper, and better.
ActiveState had been doing Perl tools since day one and up until early 2000 didn't have an integrated development environment product. After numerous customer requests, the team decided that since the company was expanding from a "Perl for Windows" shop to a company that supported a variety of programming languages, it was a good time to take on the task. Thus, was born Komodo.
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Fresno—The Court of Appeal for the Fifth Appellate District (Fresno) announces its intention to destroy the following criminal, juvenile, and civil records pursuant to Rule 10.1028(d), California Rules of Court:
• All criminal and juvenile cases from case number F00001 through and including F019300 (excluding those with published opinions). These cases encompass criminal and juvenile cases preserved for a period longer than 20 years.
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Anyone who knows of a reason why any of the above cases should be retained, whether for historical or other reasons, should notify Charlene Ynson, Clerk/Administrator. The reasons for retention should be in writing, should be received by the court by July 19, 2013, and should be addressed to:
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Civil disobedience, also called passive resistance, refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power, without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition; its usual purpose is to force concessions from the government or occupying power. Civil disobedience has been a major tactic and philosophy of nationalist movements in Africa and India, in the American civil rights movement, and of labour, anti-war, and other social movements in many countries.
Civil disobedience is a symbolic or ritualistic violation of the law rather than a rejection of the system as a whole. The civil disobedient, finding legitimate avenues of change blocked or nonexistent, feels obligated by a higher, extralegal principle to break some specific law. It is because acts associated with civil disobedience are considered crimes, however, and known by actor and public alike to be punishable, that such acts serve as a protest. By submitting to punishment, the civil disobedient hopes to set a moral example that will provoke the majority or the government into effecting meaningful political, social, or economic change. Under the imperative of setting a moral example, leaders of civil disobedience insist that the illegal actions be nonviolent.
A variety of criticisms have been directed against the philosophy and practice of civil disobedience. The radical critique of the philosophy of civil disobedience condemns its acceptance of the existing political structure; conservative schools of thought, on the other hand, see the logical extension of civil disobedience as anarchy and the right of the individual to break any law he chooses, at any time. Activists themselves are divided in interpreting civil disobedience either as a total philosophy of social change or as merely a tactic to be employed when the movement lacks other means. On a pragmatic level, the efficacy of civil disobedience hinges on the adherence of the opposition to a certain morality to which an appeal can ultimately be made.
The philosophical roots of civil disobedience lie deep in Western thought: Cicero, Thomas Aquinas, John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry David Thoreau all sought to justify conduct by virtue of its harmony with some antecedent superhuman moral law. The modern concept of civil disobedience was most clearly formulated by Mohandas Gandhi. Drawing from Eastern and Western thought, Gandhi developed the philosophy of satyagraha, which centres on nonviolent resistance to evil. First in the Transvaal of South Africa in 1906 and later in India, via such actions as the Salt March (1930), Gandhi sought to obtain equal rights and freedom through satyagraha campaigns.
Drawing in part on Gandhi's example, the American civil rights movement, which came to prominence during the 1950s, sought to end racial segregation in the southern United States by adopting the tactics and philosophy of civil disobedience through such protests as the Greensboro sit-in (1960) and the Freedom Rides (1961). Martin Luther King, Jr., came to be most associated with the movement's nonviolent actions. Later the tactics of civil disobedience were employed by a variety of protest groups.
The principle of civil disobedience has achieved some standing in international law through the war crime trials at Nürnberg after World War II, which affirmed the principle that an individual may, under certain circumstances, be held accountable for failure to break the laws of his country.


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An innovative border management capability
Organized criminal groups and terrorists use stolen travel documents to conceal their identities and cross borders undetected. Given this threat, and faced with increasing volumes of international passengers, countries urgently need to heighten their border control and identity management measures.
I-Checkit is a screening solution that complements and enhances national border security systems. It allows trusted partners in the private sector to conduct advanced passenger checks in real-time, in collaboration with the law enforcement community.
Given the ease with which terrorists, organized crime groups and travelling sex offenders are able to access regularized travel routes, there is a pressing need for further expansion of I-Checkit.
Working with trusted airlines and maritime partners
In November 2016, following the completion of a three-month pilot project with Carnival Corporation, INTERPOL's member countries endorsed I-Checkit as a screening capability for the maritime sector.
This complements existing partnerships with airline companies and reinforces the importance of I-Checkit as a key component of INTERPOL's global border management strategy.
How the solution works
I-Checkit enables carriers to submit travel document information for screening against INTERPOL's database of stolen and lost travel documents. The data screened does not include names of individuals.
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Research and development continues in the bank and hotel industries, along with testing with a small number of companies in these sectors.
Over the course of 2017-2018, I-Checkit will be assessed in line with the concept of Smart Cities (the use of digital technologies to improve traditional networks and services for the benefit of citizens and businesses).
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Linda L. Stouffer, 69, of Chambersburg, wife of R. Leroy Stouffer, passed away on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in the Chambersburg Hospital.
Linda L. Stouffer, 69, of Chambersburg, wife of R. Leroy Stouffer, passed away on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in the Chambersburg Hospital.
Born on July 21, 1943, in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of Mark L. Verdier of Chambersburg, and the late Betty E. Weagley Verdier.
A 1961 graduate of Waynesboro High School, Linda worked as a bank teller for F&M Trust Co. in Chambersburg for 25 years. She retired in 2006.
She enjoyed reading and taking trips to the beach, but her most cherished times were those spent with her family.
Aside from her husband, Leroy, whom she married on Dec. 22, 1962, she is survived by two children, Todd L. Stouffer (wife, Gracie) of Chambersburg, and Stacie Bachman (husband, Daniel) of Fayetteville; one sister Kathy Needham (husband, Dwight) of Waynesboro; and two grandchildren, Cole and Grace Bachman of Fayetteville.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in the Chapel of Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 333 Falling Spring Road, Chambersburg, Pa. with Rev. Lester F. Stine officiating. Interment will follow at Lincoln Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
Memorial contributions may be made to Lutheran Home Care and Hospice, 2700 Luther Drive, Chambersburg, Pa. 17202.
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Have Halloween Candy Left Over? Help Treat Our Troops
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- 1130 Patricia Drive, Bossier City, LA United States
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Do you have loads of candy left over from Halloween? Rather than throw it away, or eat it all and feel bad about it later, why not "Treat Our Troops" and encourage others to do the same?
For the second year, Waller Elementary School is collecting individually wrapped sweets, treats and snacks to "Treat Our Troops" deployed overseas and your help is needed.
Have candy left over from Halloween? Drop it off at Waller Elementary until November 13.
A collection box will be located in the lobby. Tax-deductible monetary donations are also being accepted to assist with shipping costs. Checks can be made payable to Soldiers' Angels Shreveport-Bossier.
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2014 Lexus IS350, 2012 Lexus LFA Modified For 2013 SEMA Show – Rumor Central
2014 Lexus IS350, 2012 Lexus LFA Modified For 2013 SEMA Show
Lexus will use its display at next week#8217;s Specialty Equipment Market Association show to highlight both its new 2014 Lexus IS sports sedan and the 2012 Lexus LFA carbon-fiber supercar. All of the models on display have, of course, been extensively modified by a variety of different automotive tuners.
Philip Chase will display a 2014 Lexus IS350 that has been turned into an IS340. The name change stems from the fact that Chase#8217;s car now packs a Toyota 2JZ-GT3 engine, a turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six that Chase has stroked to 3.4 liters and now produces more than 700 hp. A Modellista five-piece body kit, custom carbon-fiber hood vents, 18-inch Advan wheels, and Sparco bucket seats complete the transformation.
Gordon Ting built a 2014 Lexus IS350 AWD with a roof rack to carry Lexus#8217;s custom, limited-edition carbon-fiber road bike. Red lightweight Rays wheels and a Toyota Racing Development body kit enhance the outside, while a roll cage, Sparco leather race seats, and harnesses transform the car#8217;s cabin. Under the hood, the car sports a new intake and exhaust from GReddy, a coil-over suspension from Tein USA, and upgraded Brembo brakes.
Shown here in a rendering, the 2014 Lexus IS250 F-Sport modified by Paul Tolson and Gabriel Escobedo has a custom wide-body kit wearing special Orange Mercury and Galaxy Root Beer paint. Nineteen-inch wheels surround enlarged brakes from Rotara Inc. while the car#8217;s 2.5-liter V-6 engine benefits from a new intake and exhaust.
Tuning company Seibon Carbon showed off its talents by crafting a new hood, trunk, fenders, front and rear lips, and side skirts for a 2014 Lexus IS350 F-Sport #8212; all from carbon fiber, of course. In addition, the car wears 20-inch Volk Racing wheels and features new suspension components, a new intake, and a new exhaust.
Vossen Wheels will present perhaps the most visible 2014 Lexus IS350 F-Sport at Lexus#8217;s SEMA stand, painting their car in a custom Pearl Yellow paint cribbed from the LFA supercar. Twenty-inch wheels surround upgraded Brembo brakes and are wrapped in Nitto Invo tires. A new Tommy Kaira body kit, an RS-R Black-I series suspension, and a Tommy Kaira dual exhaust round out the modifications.
An upgraded 2012 Lexus LFA will also be present, and the 552-hp, 4.8-liter V-10-powered supercar wears a new carbon-fiber body kit from Artisan Spirits. There are new 20-inch wheels at each corner, shod in ultra-sticky Toyo Proxes R888 tires, as well as satin-chrome painted exterior trim.
At the 2013 SEMA show, Lexus will also show off a 2014 Lexus IS350 modified by VIP Auto Salon based on input from users at the online artists#8217; social network DeviantArt. Although no photos of the car are available yet, Lexus says the IS350 will have a one-off custom body kit, 20-inch wheels, an air suspension, #8220;Ultra White#8221; paint, carbon-fiber interior trim, and upgraded Brembo brakes.
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A man has been busted for allegedly helping his friend chop up his own mother's body after a woman's dismembered remains were found in trash bags in the Bronx.
Sources said that the son will likely be charged with stabbing 45-year-old Tanya Byrd to death.
Her 23-year-old son, Bahsid McLean, and his acquaintance, 26-year-old William Harris, have been arrested on charges of unlawfully dissecting a human body and hindering prosecution — but not on murder or manslaughter charges.
Police say they're still investigating, and one of the men may be responsible for her death.
It isn't immediately clear whether the suspects have lawyers. No phone numbers could be found for their homes.
Yesterday, sources told The Post that the lunatic son hacked up his mother and dumped her remains all over the neighborhood because the woman told him to grow up and move out.
The dismembered remains of the home health aide and devoted mother of three were found in four locations around Morrisania beginning at around 4 a.m. by a father and son walking their dog.
McLean confessed to the horrific crime — telling cops he did it, "basically because his mom wanted him to grow up and move out and be a man," said a law-enforcement source.
Her body parts were wrapped in plastic, with some stuffed in luggage, cops said.
Police discovered a saw blade and gloves in their apartment, which reeked of bleach, the law-enforcement sources said. A box for a new Black & Decker handsaw was found in the apartment, but the tool was missing.
McLean, being held with charges pending last night, told cops he chopped up his mother in the bathtub, where he drained the blood, the sources said.
He and Harris were seen on surveillance video hauling the bags out of the house, the sources said. After at first confessing to the crime, he changed his story and said his cohort killed her.
"He and another guy are blaming each other," said a law-enforcement source. "He's constantly changing his story as we find more physical evidence. There's no question he did it."
The dog walkers who found some of the remains picked up two bags thinking they contained books, law-enforcement sources said.
They later realized it contained an arm and leg and called cops in a panic.
McLean was arrested for stealing cash from his mother in 2009.
His grandfather said the man was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was institutionalized for much of his childhood.
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J W Butler of Redman Nichols Butler and F Devine of Devine Law were appointed joint administrators of the Companies on 13 April 2012. The affairs of the Companies are being managed by the joint administrators who act as agents of the Companies without personal liability.
Both companies were placed into administration following a petition to the courts by creditors over unpaid bills.
After an extensive search of interested parties during the week leading
up to the administration (during which time it was clear this was the
way the companies were heading), we are pleased to inform customers that
buyers have been found for all networks and service to customers will
continue. The quick sale was sanctioned by the judge who put the
companies into administration due to the potential disconnection of
connectivity feeds to these networks by suppliers over unpaid bills and
diminishing customers caused by uncertainty over the future of the
companies. Had this of happened while the companies were in
administration, the value of these networks would of significantly
decreased thus reducing any settlement with creditors.
Details regarding the future of all networks are listed below.
Hull and the Ashby / Digby (Lincolnshire) Networks
a supplier of home and business Voice Over IP services, has agreed to
aquire the assets of both the wireless network serving Hull and
surrounding areas along with the combined Ashby de la Launde fibre and
Digby wireless networks in Lincolnshire. Connexin will be known to many
subscribers as the recommended home phone service provider to these
networks and will shortly be announcing expansion plans for both
networks. Click here to visit the dedicated microsite on their high speed broadband services.
Cumbria Network
Assets in Cumbria have been acquired by the Viscount Lowther Trust who have formed Lonsdale Network Services Limited
(trading as LonsdaleNET) to continue and expand the network in the
area. All previous NextGenUs customers are receiving service free of
charge at this stage while the network is upgraded. The new company
contains a consortium of skills as well as significant investment to
push service into the most rural of locations quickly. Further details
will be announced shortly along with more details of expansion plans
within the area.
Newton and Stape (North Yorkshire) Networks
Beeline Broadband Limited,
owned and operated by Newton resident Billy Garrett, known to many in
the area as the local first line support agent who managed the network
for NextGenUs, has agreed to take over and continue service in both the
Newton and Stape parishes within North Yorkshire. Beeline have announced
expansion plans within rural Ryedale with more information due to be
released on their website over the coming months.
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The party met on Monday morning to decide who it would endorse in some of the bigger races affecting Queens this election cycle, including mayor, public advocate and comptroller.
District leaders flocked to the party's headquarters on Austin Street in Forest Hills, where Speaker Christine Quinn picked up the party's nod for mayor, Reshma Saujani was endorsed for public advocate, and Melinda Katz got the county's backing for borough president.
Perhaps the most interesting decision the county leadership had to make was on who to support for borough president. The race features a number of high-profile Democrats, including state senators Tony Avella and Jose Peralta, councilmen Leroy Comrie and Peter Vallone, Jr., and former assemblyman Barry Grodenchik, in addition to Katz, herself a former councilwoman and assemblywoman representing Forest Hills.
Before the announcement, there was a lot of speculation that Comrie, who is well liked and has been nothing but an upstanding member of the Queens Democratic Party, would get the nod. (Plus, his image has remained squeaky clean without even the slightest hint of scandal, an impressive feat given all the secret recordings and bribery that has been taking place in southeast Queens over the last year.)
However, the party went with Katz. But back in 2009, Katz bucked party leadership and decided to run in a Democratic Primary for city comptroller, despite county leadership supporting John Li, who incidentally was overlooked this year by the same leadership in his bid for mayor.
For the old Queens County Democratic Party we used to know and love (okay, at least knew), that simple transgression would have been enough to keep Katz on the outside looking in for years when it came to getting the party's support again for any seat. Instead, they chose her over, arguably, at least two bigger party loyalists in Comrie and Grodenchik.
To a lesser extent, the party also slighted Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, who is admittedly more of a Manhattan representative but does represent portions of Queens, by going with Saujani for public advocate.
In the last congressional election cycle, Saujani ran a bulldog-like campaign against Maloney. An upstart political newcomer with the audacity to take on an entrenched New York City Democrat, Saujani eventually got trounced, but the sheer gall she showed would have been enough to keep her blacklisted for years. Or so we thought.
Instead, the next time she decides to run for office, she gets the county's support.
And then there's case of Rory Lancman, who left his Assembly seat to enter a Democratic Primary for the new congressional seat that the party desperately wanted a Democrat to hold, especially since it recently lost Anthony Weiner's old congressional seat to Republican Bob Turner, a seat that had been held by Democrats for decades.
After that embarrassing defeat, the party was probably looking for a no-fuss, no-frills primary and a show of political unity behind their preferred candidate, Grace Meng. Instead, they got a tough primary that Meng eventually won, but she really had to work at.
No bother, just a little over a year or so later, the party endorses Lancman for the City Council seat being vacated by James Gennaro. Water under the bridge, you say? We say what water?!
But Lancman wasn't even the Democrats biggest headache that primary. Many would argue it was Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, party Chairman Joseph Crowley's cousin and a long shot to win, but who could act as spoiler, especially in the new part of the congressional district that overlapped with her council district.
People asked, "if the chairman can't even get his own family to tow the party line, how is he going to get anybody else to fall in lockstep with the county's wishes?"
Rumor had it that Joseph Crowley was so incensed that the party had been considering challenging Crowley for her seat with another Democrat, which never happens to an incumbent. But heck, our sources tell us even she has managed to work her way back into the fold!
Welcome to a kinder, gentler (more boring?) Queens County Democratic Party.


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Blobs in Space: the Legacy of Nova T Pyxidis
The prolific number of eruptions by the recurrent nova T Pyxidis has attracted the attention of many telescopes.
The image on the left, taken by a ground-based telescope, shows shells of gas around the star that were blown off during several eruptions.
Closer inspection by the Hubble Space Telescope (right-hand image), however, reveals that the shells are not smooth at all. In fact, this high-resolution image shows that the shells are actually more than 2,000 gaseous blobs packed into an area that is 1 light-year across. Resembling shrapnel from a shotgun blast, the blobs may have been produced by the nova explosion, the subsequent expansion of gaseous debris, or collisions between fast-moving and slow- moving gas from several eruptions. False color has been applied to this image to enhance details in the blobs.
The ground-based image was taken Jan. 19, 1995 by the European Southern Observatory's New Technology Telescope in La Silla, Chile. The Hubble telescope picture is a compilation of data taken on Feb. 26, 1994, and June 16, Oct. 7, and Nov. 10, 1995, by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2.
T Pyxidis is 6,000 light-years away in the dim southern constellation Pyxis, the Mariner's Compass.
Credit: Credits: Mike Shara, Bob Williams, and David Zurek (Space Telescope Science Institute); Roberto Gilmozzi (European Southern Observatory); Dina Prialnik (Tel Aviv University); and NASA


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Today I get the results back from my cholesterol test. In the past 52 days my cholesterol has dropped 42 points, but my doctor still wants me to start on cholesterol medication. Big blow.
Between the scale not moving and the doctor's visit, I'm feeling pretty darn low.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Day 52 of 100 Day Raw Food Challene: Disappointment
Today I get the results back from my cholesterol test. In the past 52 days my cholesterol has dropped 42 points, but my doctor still wants me to start on cholesterol medication. Big blow.
22 comments:
- Cynthia said...
Hi Bunny, I haven't watched your video yet because I'm at work, but I saw your text and just had to write.
Don't do it, Bunny! Just say NO to the conventional medical establishment. If you've dropped your cholesterol 40 points in the past SIX WEEKS (which would put it below 200), there is absolutely no reason to go on cholesterol medication and start hurting your liver.
I could go on and on and ON about this, but I'll stop here and suggest that you shouldn't make ANY decisions regarding your blood chemistry until your 100 days are up. Wait and see if your cholesterol continues to move downward NATURALLY, along with your weight. It has to.
I can TOTALLY sympathize with your struggles over not losing any poundage in 10 days - however, I think you are correct in your assessment that the antibiotics could be having an effect on you (along with your anxiety over the tick bite, the dentist appt., etc - plus didn't the dentist give you drugs in order to fix your tooth?)
PLUS you traveled to Asheville and ate out. Yes you were stunningly virtuous, but I find that I can will, at BEST, not lose weight if I eat out, even at vegan/raw restaurants.
So - to post NO GAIN given everything you've been through in this ten-day period is accomplishment in itself.
This is probably quite rambling, but GO BUNNY!
"Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming..." - Finding Nemo
- June 4, 2008 at 4:19 PM
- Elisabet said...
IMHO, doctors always want to put you on medicine even when one is making a grassroots effort to do things naturally. Only you can choose, but if I were in your position, I'd stick it out a little while longer, perhaps til the end of the 100 days, and then make a choice about it. You're doing awesome!!!
- June 4, 2008 at 4:31 PM
- Jason said...
Dear Bonnie! Don't feel bad sister. It's all just a part of this crazy ride of life and things will get better. I'm also in a similar boat. I'm a 33 year old male, but found out I had high blood pressure last month and was sent from urgent care to the ER in a freakin' ambulance because they thought I was gonna have a heart attack my blood pressure was so high. Anyway, I didn't. I'm only 140lbs and 5'9" and do yoga regularly - what the hell?!! I did tend to yo-yo back and forth between extremely healthy raw foods and fast food, worry a lot, and stress out so I really have no one to blame but myself.
So, the docs put me on a presciption medication (Benicar). But I've been 100% raw since may 12th. I'm still taking my meds, but as my body continues to heal from the inside, I feel I will decrease the pills and then be able to stop taking it. That was just my personal preference, go with what your heart tells you. I know there are some that might say "just go raw and everything will be okay!" But I felt I was detoxing so much that I still got scared whether or not my blood pressure was too high and was also dizzy. In the end, it was just less-stressful to take the medication instead of worrying if I was gonna do damage from the high blood pressure. I don't know, it might be safer to not take cholesterol meds while on a raw food diet rather than the blood pressure meds? just that I think blood pressure seems scarier to me, as it can cause organs to stop functioning. So hang in there. You're an inspiration to us all and you've been helping me put things in perspective with all your good energy and honesty. I've been trying to go raw for 6 years, since 2002!, and only now with this recent diagnoses do I feel it's a blessing because these challenging times have been just the catalyst for making me know I HAVE to change now and eat raw/liviing foods for the betterment of myself. I feel so appreciative for the doctors telling me I have high blood pressure because now I have a reason to eat healthy. Go easy on yourself and continue to reach for the thoughts that feel good and bring you to well-being and the world is gonna be your oyster!
Love and Peace,
- June 4, 2008 at 4:32 PM
- Lori said...
Don't give up! You have made so much progress, and your health is obviously improving. Your HDL will probably go up with exercise, as well. (My cholesterol is over 200, but I think my HDL and LDL numbers are the reverse of yours -- probably due to some combination of heredity and regular exercise.)
Regarding the meds, you can always fill the prescription and wait to start taking it, or just hold on to the prescription for a bit if you feel conflicted. I do that sometimes if I don't agree with my doc.
- June 4, 2008 at 4:34 PM
- Kristyn said...
Hey Bunny,
I know it's easier said than done but: Stay positive! There is a balance in life with some good days and some bad days. Learning you have to go on cholesterol medication isn't a good day but, when you take your pill every morning, look at it as a daily reminder to appreciate all that you have.
We have very similar stories. I went partially raw (raw until dinner) back in November. For almost a month I felt terrific, and then I got bit by a tick, went on antibiotics, and turned into a mess. It was some time before I regained my footing and started to see progress again. But I knew it was (my bad reaction to) the medication that was making me feel terrible and that I was doing all the right things. In other words, I tried to stay positive.
I also went on medication for hypertension five years ago (just as I turned 30). Since going raw, I reduced my medication to almost nothing. I actually look at my diagnosis as the best thing that happened to me, medically. Since then, I started exercising on a daily basis, trying to stay stress-free, and looking for alternative/more beneficial eating habits, which is how I eventually made my way to raw. I'm now 50 pounds lighter than I was five years ago, and within the normal range for my height.
I'm also married to a man who can eat nothing but Snickers bars all day and somehow manage to lose weight. So I feel your pain.
Back to your bad week. Here's one of my favorite sayings: When life kicks you, make sure it kicks you forward! Next week WILL be better.
P.S. When my weight loss hit a plateau, I changed my exercise routine to something really easy, but really effective from a personal trainer named Rocco. It's a 5-minute circuit you do just three times (for a total of 15 minutes): one minute of jumping jacks, one minute of mountain climbers, one minutes of push-ups, one minute of criss-cross crunches, and one minute of lunges. Exercise helps boost your mood and your good cholesterol. Give this circuit a shot. I do it to music or sometimes while I watch TV. I promise, although it's hard to begin with, you'll see results in two weeks and that's motivation to keep on going.
P.P.S. Also, check out Natalia Rose's The Raw Food Detox Diet. I think her theories on food combining will substantially increase your weight loss. Her theory is that food digests at different rates and, when "miscombined," all the food will take as long to digest as the most complex food you've eaten—and the longer food takes to digest, the slower your metabolism, and the more waste (and waste = weight).
If you want more information on food combining, let me know. Like Rocco's routine, it's really easy, and really effective.
- June 4, 2008 at 4:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
If your results were anymore dramatic they'd be in a Shakespearian play with a cast of drag queens!
Remember that your blood was drawn days before you received the results. I am imaging that it was probably when you were still in the 40's so it is more than likely that you've been dropping a point a day! That is fricken amazing!
I agree with the other commenters who are suggesting you hold off on meds and wait to see what your numbers look like after 100 days. Your body is only beginning to heal from the ravages of gluten and SAD. It takes a while for our amazing bodies to come back to balance after we have stopped exposing them to the stuff they can't tolerate.
Also getting good fats in your diet like hemp oil, olive oil, flax oil & coconut oil is also good to help the good cholesterol. Keep up the amazing work! You are a Miracle.
- June 4, 2008 at 4:55 PM
- Uza said...
Bunny Luv,
Even though your scale is not showing any indication of weight loss, that does NOT mean that your body is not busy making lots of healthy changes, including breaking apart those toxin-filled fat cells so they can flush out of your system one day. Stick with it.
Believe me that one day when you get on the scale it's going to amaze you how much weight you lost since your last weigh in, after such a long period of nothing much seeming to happen. Stuff is happening. It is. Scales lie, or rather, they don't tell the whole truth.
Besides which, there is a good likelihood you are retaining water right now because of the antibiotics, and also if you are anywhere near your mens. Many things factor into our weight other than "fat". So just because the scale isn't changing doesn't mean you are "flat-lining". As someone else mentioned, if it isn't going UP you are doing well.
- June 4, 2008 at 5:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hi Bunny,
Don't give up! I think you should wait on the medication until after your 100 days are up. I don't think it could hurt to wait another 48 days. I also think you should check out the Natalia Rose "Raw Detox Diet" book. She talks a lot about food combination eating. I read it and it makes alot of since.
How about exercise maybe you and Basil and the baby can go for a walk after dinner to help get some exercise in or the park. Anything that can get you moving but in a fun way not to think of it as exercise.
I think you are doing awesome and just hang in your body will thank you for it.
- June 4, 2008 at 5:46 PM
- Birch Center said...
Hi Bunny,
You are doing soooo great! Really, really great. I totally know how hard it can be.
Hooray for the news about the tick bite! And also - hooray that your cholesterol has dropped so much! That's actually phenomenal, and it's only been 52 days. I think it would be totally reasonable to hold off on the medication until your 100 days is over and have it checked again - don't you think? (Just my opinion, I'm not Western Medical....) It's on it's way down - your body is shifting into balance and health! I know 52 days seems long, but it's under 2 months.
Hang in there, you'll feel terrific again very soon.
- June 4, 2008 at 6:17 PM
- Wemdi Dee said...
First: *HUGS*
Second: I want to KICK that doctor!! I'm not a violent person, but that doctor has me pissed off right now. WTF?!!?!?!!! You are DOING GREAT!!! You don't need man-made medicine to correct your health, Beth. That doctor is a flipping moron who never learned about nutrition. Man, I can't believe how unhappy I am with him right now for saying that to you.
I had a doctor like that--she insisted I couldn't cure myself with diet. Drugs were the only true cure in her mind. Well, I did it with diet, and so can you! My cholesterol and triglycerides were the same as yours, but within one month they changed--all because I consumed one young Thai coconut every day for a month.
Can you see if you can get young coconuts by the case and eat one a day? If so, maybe you can call the doctor and tell him you want to see how much your diet can change things, before you'll consider taking the drug. Waiting another 48 days to start the drug isn't going to be life threatening. If you can do the young coconuts for the next 48 days (and stay raw, of course), I promise you that you'll see DRAMATIC results in your blood work!
I wish you lived nearby so that I could come over and give you a hug and talk with you about all of this. That doctor just wants to feel in control. He wants you to think that he's the one who helped you get well, but all he's doing is masking the problems (and in doing so, setting your body off balance in other ways). You have all the medicine you need in the fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds, sunshine, air, and water. I hope you don't take that medicine. Seriously, will waiting to take it until your 100th day be so bad?
You are doing so great and he took the happy Bunny energy away from you. YOU ARE A STRONG, BEAUTIFUL, HEALTHY, WONDERFUL WOMAN. I bet if you sit and think about it, you'll know on a very deep level that contiuing with the raw is going to heal you. You probably know that taking the medicine will cause imbalances in your body, too. You have all the answers within yourself and all the medicine you need in the natural foods you can consume.
Anyway, I'm sorry for going on and on. I really wish I was there with you right now. *HUGS* If you decide to take the medicine, Beth, I am still there at your side with you. I support you in whatever you do. This is your healing journey and if taking the medicine feels right for you then you should probably take it. I'm talking from my own experience and beliefs, so please don't feel that I will judge you in a negative way if you do something different from what I would do.
I love you!! I hope you wake up feeling so much happier tomorrow.
Lots and lots of love to you, always!
p.s. My weight loss was slow and gradual, as well. But, now I'm 90 pound lighter and my bloodwork shows how healthy the raw foods have been for me.
- June 4, 2008 at 6:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
You are making great progress without meds. In fact, you are probably doing better WITHOUT the meds. Remember, whether or not you take meds is up to you, NOT a doctor! If it were me, I would have told the doc "thanks, but no".
Congrats on your progress!!
- June 4, 2008 at 6:22 PM
- chasmyn said...
What Cynthia said.
Wait a bit and see what happens on raw.
- June 4, 2008 at 6:37 PM
- Heather said...
Hi Bunny - I feel your pain with regards to the weight loss. Although I lost 40lbs after switching from a vegetarian to raw vegan diet last year, I still get frustrated when I stay the same weight for long periods of time (I have another 20 lbs to go). I just eat too much and drink too much wine! I have my really bad days, too, when I step on the scale and want to scream. If you haven't started exercising, I bet that will kick your weight loss into gear and help with the cholesterol. And you definitely feel better. Hang in there!
- June 4, 2008 at 6:40 PM
- sarabethxvx said...
lady don't take the drugs! seriously, if you've done this well in only 52 days imagine how great it's going to be in another 48. I would wait and see, I mean it's not as though it's going up!
- June 4, 2008 at 8:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
Bunny, Most of us(including MD's) are trained to be attached to numbers, whether it is our weight or our cholesterol. Your cholesterol number is not as important as whether or not you have plaque build up in your arteries. A somnogram can be done of your carotids, abdominal, and femoral arteries to check for this. If there is no build up, then the risk of putting off mediction and continuing with diet is less. Same for the scale---how do you feel??? We all fluctuate!! Ps. I started my Juice Feast with inspiration from you...day 4. Thank you. Julie
- June 4, 2008 at 9:48 PM
- Anonymous said...
Bunny Doodles :) You need a green smoothie with happy goji berries and smiling cacao to get you past this little hump today (that little hump being advice given by your doctor that can be used immediately or used in the future IF your body does not continue to heal, which I am betting that it will continue...you just wait and see ;)) Look at the good side, he supports what you are doing, that is great, but he just is giving you advice. As long as you are not in danger, you can take it or leave it right? Look back at your great weekend! Great anniversary, great food, great camera, and a great trip coming up Friday! Remember, this is not a diet, instead it is your choice to change how you feed your body, and it is working :) It is, it is, it is...weight loss can come slow, then fast, plateau, then fly off again. That is on raw diets, high protein diets, low protein diets, SAD diets, etc. However, the raw diet is faster and healthier :) It will continue, wait and see :) Your body is healing, and you said so yourself that the antibiotics were making you feel so sleepy, which probably was affecting how your body was losing or holding on to water or foods. So, chin up dear, you are doing fabulous darling, just faaabbbbuuuuullllooouuuuusssss! God bless you :) Stacy
- June 4, 2008 at 10:15 PM
- Viv said...
Wow! Do you feel loved or what? I will chip in my two cents as well and vote with the no meds crowd. You have made significant strides all around. Why mess with your progress?
Keep on keepin' on!
- June 4, 2008 at 10:47 PM
- Lisa (Pixywinks) said...
Dearest Bunny,
I would also hold off on the meds. I don't believe in conventional medical thought AT ALL, so that's just where I'm coming from. You have to check in with your own self wisdom to know what is best to do. But I just wanted to throw some love and support your way whatever you decide. You are doing FABULOUS and I think taking the meds would just make your body work harder to detox the darn things, because that's all it's gonna do when you are raw.
XO - Be happy and eat your RAW veggies!
Pixy Lisa
- June 5, 2008 at 12:11 AM
- steph said...
DON'T GIVE UP! just say no to drugs (haha) until your 100 days is up and you can make a more informed decision. Of course your doc wants you to start meds... it's his job to tell you that!
Also, another possible option: acupuncture. Acu helped bring my cholesterol down 20 points in three weeks. I have naturally high cholesterol and even though I'm not fully raw I don't eat dairy/wheat/refined grains/sugars. I was always around 225, then last week I was tested at 199! Huge win for me, when even a healthy diet wasn't helping completely!
- June 5, 2008 at 1:53 AM
- steph said...
Also, on patience, I feel like I should mention that isn't part of this challenge the journey itself? The process of relearning and changing your life? If *poof* you just lost the weight, would you really appreciate it without the work involved? I know that's kind of a silly question, but I always think of the kids who have everything handed to them by their parents and then appreciate none of it. Not all kids, of course, but I've know many who fall into that category.
Also, I wanted to say that I don't have weight to lose, but I have many health problems. It's taken me over two years to get to where I am, and while the past four years have SUCKED MAJOR DONKEY BALLS health-wise, I've grown *so* much. My health is returning slowly, and it's been a process, but I'm a totally different person because of the journey. I could have taken some medications and fixed my health right away while damaging other parts of my body, but I thought that diet changes would work instead. They have worked, but they are slower going. And totally worth it.
So, take heart by dear Bunny. You're not the only one fighting demons and a lifetime of unhealthy eating. And PLEASE don't use the word 'loser,' because that makes all of us who are inspired by you losers as well for being dazzled by your courage and drive for something better!
- June 5, 2008 at 2:30 AM
- Anonymous said...
I am so proud of your medical test results. They are stunning!!! I really hope you consider waiting til after your 100 days and get re-tested. Seriously!! Your results show a drop WAY more significant that prescription drug trials have found!!!!
- June 5, 2008 at 9:08 PM
- Isle Dance said...
Have you thought about consulting a good naturopathic physician? Well trained? Well educated? I don't understand the MD's logic. No sense at all. I'd say: This is the beginning of you realizing ((you are)) the boss of your health care. Find a good ND. Trust your gut. Do what you know is right for you.
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Kate Upton graces the cover of
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's annual swimsuit issue, barely suited up in Antarctica's early spring weather of about 24 degrees Fahrenheit. (With wind chill, it felt like minus 20 degrees).
Upton doesn't show any signs of goose bumps in the pictures. She no doubt got the chilliest assignment of the 17 models who posed for this year's swimsuit issue on seven continents.
Those logistics are the work of Sports Illustrated's senior editor for the swimsuit issue, MJ Day, and her team, who spend most of the year on the road shooting. For this year's 50th annual issue, years of negotiating visas and access paid off in shots on each of the world's seven continents. (Sports Illustrated, like CNN, is a division of Time Warner.)
Antarctica was "the 'Hail Mary' pass of our year," said Day, using perhaps the only sports metaphor applicable to the issue, on newsstands February 12. "I could have had a blizzard. Kate could have had shivering fits you could not shoot around. (Instead) we had six days of perfect weather."
Day packed coats and wool socks for that trip in addition to the items more typically in her travel bags: Some 500 to 800 bathing suits, double stick tape, clothespins, safety pins, binder clips, liners from the cups of bathing suits (for use as knee pads), suntan lotion, bug spray and flip-flops.
While Day is a veteran road warrior traveling to many places most people will never see, even she was taken by her adventures this past year. Here are Day's favorite spots from her year's travels on each of the continents.
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Antarctica: Kodak Alley
The Sports Illustrated team traveled to Antarctica in early December (early spring on the frozen continent) on the
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ship Le Boreal, enjoying a rare "six-day stretch of perfect weather" on the journey from Tierra del Fuego.
"Antarctica was my favorite place on Earth," said Day. "I'm one of the most jaded travelers you will ever meet, but the whole thing was a religious experience. Spend your money. It's worth it."
On the journey, they crossed a channel called Kodak Alley, where twilight arrived around midnight. "The sun sets in a shade of orange and mountains turn pink -- not a hint of pink, but as if someone poured pink paint over the mountains. You can't sleep because it's too awe-inspiring. Sleeping is not important. Seeing this is."
The photographer could only shoot Upton outside for a couple of minutes at a time before the crew, all bundled from head to toe, would rush to put heating pads in her bathing suit and cover her with electric warming coats.
"The entire crew surprised her the last day of her (six-day) shoot wearing bathing suits as a sign of support and thanks," said Day. "I was probably in my suit for five minutes and went so numb."
Africa: Wolwedans, NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia
is a group of lodges and camps that are part of the privately held
NamibRand Nature Reserve
in the southwest Namib Desert.
"I've been to sandy places such as Tunisia and the Sahara and seen those endless dunes, but the dunes here were the most intense shade of red I've ever seen in my life," said Day. "The sand in Namibia has such a high iron content. As the iron oxidizes, the redder it becomes. The further inland you go, the redder the sand gets: white to orange to insane red."
The Wolwedans runs on solar power, which means no sounds of generators to disturb the natural beauty. The lodge grows some of its own food and runs in partnership with a culinary school, "so the food is incredible, really wholesome, delicious and natural. You feel like 'I'm living and I'm living right.'"
"The level of quiet you experience is surreal. This is the perfect place to go to when you need to rest your soul."
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Asia: Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces, China
It took more than two years to negotiate the visas to get into China to shoot, and Day wasn't sure it would ever happen.
The shoot came to life at Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces, an 800-year-old terraced rice paddy built into the mountains in Guangxi Province.
"It's the most ethereal, beautiful, surprising place on Earth to me," said Day. "These incredibly distinctive mountains were like what kids draw, up and down and up down. They were incredibly green, rich, lush and misty in the mornings."
The hike is so strenuous up the mountain stairs that many visitors hire the local Yao women to act as guides. The women of the Yao ethnic minority group, who are known for their brightly colored clothing and long hair styled atop their heads, helped the crew haul equipment for the shoots at the bottom and top of the hike, and at points along the way.
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Australia: Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island
It takes a lot for a beach to impress Day, who is not impressed by the backdrop that most beaches have to offer a photo shoot.
Whitehaven Beach also wasn't an easy spot for a shoot: It takes a 20-minute seaplane ride or longer boat ride to get there, and there weren't any amenities. (Just a handful of the 74 islands known as the
have accommodations.) So the team stayed on nearby
Hayman Island
, another one of the Whitsunday islands and took off at first light for two days of shooting on the white sand silica beach.
"It's quite honestly one of the most beautiful striking and isolated beaches I've ever been to," said Day. "People claim it's the most pristine beach in the world. The water is right off the barrier reef, and it's this incredible shade of turquoise. It's not close to anything. You have to pack in and pack out."
Europe: Seville, Spain
May adored the elegance of Seville, with its blend of Moorish and Spanish culture. While she and her team usually work wearing T-shirts, baseball caps and jeans, she dressed up a bit for the Seville shoots and packed dresses and heels for dinner after work in the capital of Spain's sun-splashed Andalucia province.
"It's an incredibly ornate city," she said. "People are so regal. They get dressed to go out (anywhere). I don't think I saw a pair of sweats when I was there. And everywhere you look there's another shot."
While she had trouble choosing a favorite spot in Seville, she did enjoy shooting in the
Plaza de Espana
and near the
Catedral de Sevilla
, the largest Gothic building in Europe. They also did photo shoots with horses at an equestrian school "with amazing white stallions, jumping."
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North America: The Exuma Cays, Bahamas
Back to the beach, Day chose a spot where she has worked before to shoot the swimsuit issue's body painting story. She values
the Exumas
, an archipelago of 365 cays about 35 miles from Nassau, for its privacy and solitude.
"You're not fighting for blanket space on the beach and the waters are perfectly turquoise," she said. "We saw the most glorious sunsets you've ever seen in your life. Every day, the tide would change and look different."
South America: Easter Island, Chile
Easter Island
has been on May's bucket list for some time, but even after landing in the remote island, she wasn't sure she would get her shot. Lots of on-site negotiation went into getting permission to shoot close to the sacred Moai statues, more than 800 of which were carved from the island's volcanic stone sometime between the ninth and 17th centuries.
"Everyone knows about it but they're just getting their hook into tourism, and they've embraced ecotourism," she said.
The differences in topography on Easter Island made for a great shoot: "There are black rocks, deforested planes, the Moai jutting out," said Day. "They've replanted a lot and a couple spots look like you're in Hawaii with white sand beaches. "
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Home prices are strengthening and affordability of houses is slightly lower, according to new data from the second quarter of 2012. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) found that 92 percent of metropolitan areas had a rise in median home prices over the first quarter of 2012.
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Looking at the bottom of that list, major metropolitan areas with the least affordable homes, the number one city is no surprise: New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-N.J. (a distinction it's held for 17 consecutive quarters), followed by the metro areas of San Francisco, Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn., four other California areas as well as Honolulu and Miami.
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AUSTIN — Texas wide receiver Mike Davis said Monday he's glad no one was hurt when he dove at the knees of an Iowa State defensive back and drew a personal foul penalty last week. But despite a reprimand from the Big 12 office, Davis said he doesn't think he did anything wrong on the play.
"If we have another run-pass situation, I'd do the same thing," Davis said. "If the (defensive back) is loafing, he deserves to get cut."
In the third quarter of UT's 31-30 victory at ISU last Thursday, the Longhorns scored a touchdown on a six-yard run by Joe Bergeron. Quarterback Case McCoy also had the option of throwing a screen pass to Jaxon Shipley on the wide side of the field, and Davis said his assignment was to block the cornerback, Deon Broomfield, in that situation.
But TV replays showed Davis didn't throw his block until after Bergeron had scored and Broomfield had pulled up. With Broomfield walking away, Davis dove into his knees, drawing a penalty.
On Saturday, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby issued a statement reprimanding Davis, saying, "unnecessary and illegal acts such as this have no place in the game and are unacceptable."
UT coach Mack Brown said Monday he understood why the league reprimanded Davis, but said the receiver did not hear the whistle and was only carrying out his assigned block on the play.
Davis, a senior, said he had no intention of hurting Broomfield, and was surprised to find out his hit had drawn so much attention.
"It was crazy," Davis said. "I think people blew it out of proportion and took it too far. It really wasn't that bad."