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LONDON (Reuters) - Back-up quarterback Matt Cassel led the Minnesota Vikings to their first victory of the season on Sunday as they defeated the still winless Pittsburgh Steelers 34-27 at Wembley Stadium.
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Here's the latest of our news bulletins from the ongoing crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Diet Report on the Causes of the Fukushima Disaster
The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission, a Diet-appointed panel of experts tasked with determining the causes of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, has released a damning 641-page report. The Commission interviewed 1,176 people connected with the crisis for more than 900 hours over the past six months. It blames TEPCO, lax government regulatory agencies, and a Japanese culture that bows to authority. The panel was chaired by Kiyoshi Kurokawa, former president of the Science Council of Japan, who wrote in his forward to the report that the meltdowns "cannot be regarded as a natural disaster. It was a profoundly man-made disaster that could and should have been foreseen and prevented. " In addition, the report states , "The direct causes of the crisis were all foreseeable prior to March 11, 2011."
Members of the Commission wrote, "[the disaster] was the result of collusion between the government, the regulators, and TEPCO, and the lack of governance by said parties. We conclude that the accident was obviously man-made. The root causes were organizational and regulatory systems that supported faulty rationales for decisions and actions." In particular, it blames TEPCO for failing to adequately prepare, reinforce, and upgrade the plant for risk of earthquakes and criticizes the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), and the Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) for failure to regulate TEPCO and the plant.
The Commission points out that in 2006, NISA ordered the utility to make seismic upgrades to Fukushima Daiichi. TEPCO willfully ignored the directive, and NISA failed to follow up. "From TEPCO's perspective, new regulations would have interfered with plant operations and weakened their stance in potential lawsuits. That was enough for TEPCO to aggressively oppose new safety regulations." NISA, the NSC, TEPCO, and the nuclear-promoting METI, the report said, "all failed to correctly develop the most basic safety requirements. There were many opportunities to take measures that would have prevented the crisis. But they did not do so. They either intentionally postponed putting safety measures in place or made decisions based on their organizations self-interest."
Significantly, the report questions TEPCO's assertion that the meltdowns were caused by the tsunami that followed last year's magnitude 9.0 earthquake, noting that experts and TEPCO's own equipment records do not necessarily support that claim. Radiation levels at the plant remain so high that workers have been unable to examine the reactors for damage and will be unable to do so for years. The panel looked in particular at reactor #1, where experts believe that small earthquake-caused cracks may have caused a pipe to burst, possibly leading to loss of cooling function and subsequent meltdowns. That accusation could have a profound impact on nuclear reactors all over Japan, which is highly prone to earthquakes, some quite large. TEPCO insists that the tsunami caused all damage, a position that elicited a sharp response from the panel: "However, it is impossible to limit the direct cause of the accident to the tsunami without substantive evidence. The commission believes that this is an attempt to avoid responsibility by putting all the blame on the unexpected [tsunami]."
The report also slammed the government's failure to effectively manage the crisis after it occurred, accusing it of rampant miscommunication regarding the immediate dangers posed by the meltdowns. "Its effects could have been mitigated by a more effective human response," the report stated. For instance, in the days following the disaster, a government spokesman said that evacuations were being instituted "just in case," rather than informing residents of real dangers as a result of large radioactive plumes. The panel also said that the so-called SPEEDI radiation prediction system was not accurate enough, and the government did not explain its limitations. That conclusion conflicts with the findings of a government-appointed panel and a private, independent report, which both said that the government should have used SPEEDI more effectively.
And, in an unusual move, the Commission criticized Japanese culture itself. "What must be admitted, very painfully, is that this was a disaster 'Made in Japan.' Its fundamental causes are to be found in the ingrained conventions in Japanese culture: our reflexive obedience; our reluctance to threaten authority; our devotion to 'sticking with the program'; our groupism; and our insularity."
State of Nuclear Politics in Japan
Japan has announced selection criteria for members of the new Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), slated to replace NISA in September. Members of the five-person commission, which will include four nuclear and seismic experts and a chair, will be forbidden from having worked within the nuclear industry for the last three years, and cannot have accepted more than $6,000 per year of industry funding. (Source: NHK)
NISA is calling for further studies into fault lines beneath three nuclear plants in Japan: the Mihama and Takahama plants, both operated by Kansai Electric, and the Japan Atomic Energy Company's Monju fast-breeder reactor. Seismic experts say that soft fault fracture zones may interact with nearby active fault lines, increasing the risk of major earthquakes and possibly affecting the reactors' safety.
In spite of ardent anti-nuclear opposition by Fukushima Prefecture, including a petition by the prefectural assembly to eradicate all nuclear reactors, TEPCO is continuing to pour 90 billion yen a year into repairing the Fukushima Daini plant—and is now attempting to pass those costs along to consumers in the form of a rate hike. Hosting four reactors, Daini is located approximately 10 km north of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, where last year's nuclear disaster took place. Reactor #4 there has been repaired, but the other three will not be finished until spring of 2013.
A METI expert panel studying TEPCO's recent request for a 10.28% rate hike is advising the government to reduce that increase to 9.3% or less. The panel said that TEPCO should cut additional costs, including payments to its employee health insurance program. The Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA), which has been critical of the utility, is also expected to submit a report, at which point Yukio Edano, the head of METI, will make a final decision. TEPCO wants the rate hike to go into effect as early as August 1.
In the meantime, members of a TEPCO expert advisory group are speaking out about TEPCO's own recent investigatory report, which basically said that the utility acted appropriately across the board. Genki Yagawa, who chaired the group, noted, "We are simply employees of TEPCO…with no authority at all. We had no choice but to leave the matter to TEPCO. It cannot be said that we have fully accomplished our mission."
Restart of the Oi Reactors
Reactor #3 at Kansai Electric's Oi power plant in Fukui Prefecture began transmitting power on Thursday, in spite of widespread local concern about its safety and a growing nationwide anti-nuclear movement. Approximately 70% of voters say that nuclear energy must be abolished. The reactor is expected to reach full power by Monday. Reactor #4 will be restarted between July 18 and 20, and will reach full capacity between July 25 and 30.
New studies show that radioactive mud is continuing to contaminate rivers and lakes in Japan, as well as Tokyo Bay. Some freshwater fish are becoming increasingly contaminated with radioactive cesium. Yosuke Yamashiki, a professor at Kyoto University, noted, "Even if no impact of radiation has yet to be found on fish and shellfish, we cannot tell what will happen in the future. We need to begin to prevent contamination immediately by reducing the amount of sand flowing." He said that radiation levels in the bay are expected to peak by 2014 and will remain at the same contamination levels through 2021.
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The commisision hit the nail on the head blaming TEPCO, NISA, METI and NSC for the Fukushima disaster. Everyone was very complacent thinking it would ...
The commisision hit the nail on the head blaming TEPCO, NISA, METI and NSC for the Fukushima disaster. Everyone was very complacent thinking it would never happen or the cost was too high for safety upgrades. Look at what the cost is so far. Also, the Japanese people respect authority and that would be great in a perfect world but governments are not always honest and looking out for the good of the population. Maybe if they get enough vocal opposition things will start to change. I hope so. Thank you Greenpeace and ms. McCann for the terrific update.
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The culture of wanton disregard for public safety pervades the nuclear industry on a global basis. UK regulators have the same attitude as the Japanes...
The culture of wanton disregard for public safety pervades the nuclear industry on a global basis. UK regulators have the same attitude as the Japanese; the ONR refuses to regulate the Hinkley Point nuclear site; the operators, EDF lie to the Site Stakeholder Group, the decommissioning contractors, Magnox South and their American parent company Energy Solutions Inc have doubled poisonous radioactive gas discharges; the Environment Agency report high marine samples of Caesium 137, Plutonium, Tritium and Iodine 131. Downwind coastal communities in Somerset are now suffering excess cancer incidence including breast, prostate, skin, thyroid and kidney illnesses, together with premature deaths from heart attacks, strokes, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinsons Disease and Motor Neurone Disease. The Health Protection refuses to act; the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency are currently inviting tenders for a new contract which continues to follow the discredited ICRP risk model; if they carry out their plan to open up the Intermediate Waste Vaults, we shall experience the same levels of death caused by Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and Fukushima, none of which have been reported accurately. The World Health Organisation has abdicated responsibility for nuclear power, the IAEA is a body formed to promote the use of nuclear power. The UK government is as much in the power of the nuclear industry as it was in the power of News International, is now in the power of the Bankers, the Nuclear Industry Association and the global pharmaceutical industry. Thank you Greenpeace for what you've done so far; we hope you can help us stop nuclear industry deaths in the UK.
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' Downwind coastal communities in Somerset are now suffering excess cancer incidence including breast, prostate, skin, thyroid and kidney illnesse...
' Downwind coastal communities in Somerset are now suffering excess cancer incidence including breast, prostate, skin, thyroid and kidney illnesses, together with premature deaths from heart attacks, strokes, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinsons Disease and Motor Neurone Disease'
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Until Uber wealthy people suffer and die from a Nuclear accident the profit motive will supercede the safety motive.
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Until Uber wealthy people suffer and die from a Nuclear accident the profit motive will supercede the safety motive.
Thanks to Christine and Greenpeace for continuous coverage of this crisis which is only out of sight of the mainstream media because big business dictates their content.
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Monday, July 1, 2013
The Monitor (2011): Between Love And Madness...
I've noticed Scandinavian films seem to differ from their American counterparts in that they aren't quite ready to show you everything, at least not right away. They generally have a slower pace and a steady build to an ending that isn't always in your face obvious, and often allow you to draw your own conclusions. I love a slow burn film, and though The Monitor does have some minor issues here and there with staying on point, it is a worthwhile feature, albeit a bit lethargic.
Anna (Noomi Rapace, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Prometheus) is a troubled, nervous woman who moves into a new apartment building with her young son (I'd guess he's 8), Anders (Velte Qvenild Werring). She has fled from an abusive husband and is under protective services - her ex supposedly has no idea where she has moved to. It's obvious from the start that Anna is overly protective of Anders, perhaps from the violent past they have escaped from, perhaps in part because Anna struggles with nervous instability. She doesn't allow him to sleep in his own room or bed, and wants him close by her at every moment. Child services forces her to realize it is unhealthy for young Anders to be so dependent and warns her that he needs to sleep alone in his own bed, and that he must attend public school - an idea that Anna vehemently opposes.
Regardless, she sends him to school and waits outside until the headmaster realizes what she is doing and forces her to leave. She goes to a local electronics store, looking for a baby monitor so she can hear Anders in his room at night. (Yes, she is that paranoid). She gets assistance from Helge (Kristoffer Joner), who himself is quite awkward and overwrought, yet the two strike up a hesitant friendship.
Unnerved, she brings this to Helge's attention, who explains that sometimes you can inadvertently pick up other close frequencies on the monitor, and advises her to change the channel. Anna realizes that someone in her apartment building was no doubt doing the screaming. When it happens a second time, she discusses it over lunch with Helge, who then divulges his understanding of her situation with Anders. He was coddled and over-protected as a child by his mother as well.
A secondary plot arises here as we learn Helge's mother is in the hospital and on life support. He is to make the decision when to take her off, but as the film wanders on he is shown to have great difficulty with this. We are left to guess that his mother quite possibly was abusive with him, as he struggles with an inner conflict regarding ending her life.
His understanding and sympathy of Anna's situation stems directly from his delicate relationship with his own mother, and makes Helge a fragile yet compassionate man and a suitable companion for Anna.
Meanwhile, Anders makes a friend at school and is insistent that he comes home with them. The young lad doesn't say much, and Anna finds it even more unnerving when later, during a walk by a local lake she sees a man drowning a young boy - Anders' friend.
She waits till the murderer leaves then she herself jumps in the water in an attempt to save the boy. She wakes up in a hospital with no recollection of how she got there.
When she later takes Anders to the same lake, she is shocked to see that the lake is not there. It's a parking lot.
The Monitor makes good use of the confusion you will most assuredly have throughout parts of the film. It is a fine example of a woman's fragility and fear, wrapped up in the anxiety that she may not be altogether stable. Is she hallucinating? Is she losing her mind? Is she seeing (and hearing) ghosts? It's relatively hard to tell until the shattering ending.
If you like psychological thrillers, you will no doubt like this movie - though it does move at a quiet, snail's pace at times. The sparse cast is all you need, and they deliver fine performances. There is no real blood and guts here, thankfully, as it would prove utterly pointless. This is a character piece, and I'm happy to have taken the chance on it.
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- Justin Wong said...
Oh jeez, this sounds great. I love the slow burn movies too, thanks!
- July 2, 2013 at 11:19 PM
- Christine Hadden said...
Hi Justin,
Thanks for reading! And yes, this is a slow one for sure - and very foreign in nature. Hope you like it, I did :)
- July 3, 2013 at 12:23 AM
- James Gracey said...
I've been curious about this since seeing the trailer earlier this year. It kinda looked like a weird sci-fi version of Insidious (burglar alarms going off during the night, dark figures looming over beds). It's been a while since I saw a cool sci-fi/horror; I may have to check it out. That it's a slow-burner adds to the appeal.
- July 4, 2013 at 7:35 PM
- Christine Hadden said...
James: I'm going to guess you meant to post this comment for the review of "Dark Skies", so I'll redirect anyone reading this to that review.
And on that note, I think you'd like it, so give it a shot :) x
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Papa Vinyard here, now here's a little somethin' for ya...
Harmony Korine and James Franco obviously made some waves when SPRING BREAKERS came out a little less than a year ago. Some decried it as a scandalous, superficial eyesore, others proclaimed it one of the best movies of the year. Either way, the outrageous film made an impression on just about everybody, and according to The New York Post, the Franco will hit the Korine well again for a racially charged film that would have him playing a Ku Klux Klan leader.
If what the ATL Twins (who also starred in SPRING BREAKERS) told the Post is true, they and Franco will be playing KKK members in A CRACKUP AT THE RACE RIOTS, based on Korine's crazy-sounding 1998 novel. The book was about a racially-divided alternate-universe Florida, where the whites are led by Vanilla Ice, the black folk led by MC Hammer, and the Jewish population safely retreated to the treetops. Korine and the ATL twins would play KKK members in this bizarre, tense landscape.
Going off of that ATL Twins quote, we have no idea whether Korine is even involved with this in direct manner, or if someone else (perhaps Franco?) is planning on adapting Korine's novel themselves. I'm hoping Korine uses his SPRING BREAKERS success (easily the biggest of his career, including KIDS) to make this his biggest, craziest, biggest-budgeted whack-fest to date, and once again uses Franco as his in with the multiplex crowd. But even if Franco directs this as one of his 9 trillion side projects, I'd still have to check it out; like a lot of Korine's work, it sounds far too bugged-out to ignore.
Now, the question is who's going to play Hammer and Vanilla Ice?
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Mourinho unmasked: Why 'The Special One' needs to feel loved again
(CNN) - "The English media created an icon, an almost perfect human being." - soccer agent Paulo Texeira.
Above all else, Jose Mourinho just needs to feel loved again.
It has been in short supply during the final, painful throes of his tempestuous tenure as coach of Real Madrid.
Beaten to the La Liga title by Barcelona, blasted out of the Champions League by Borussia Dortmund and battered by the press in Madrid, this is a season he's decried as the worst of his career.
The 50-year-old leaves looking visibly drained, with dissent dripping from the dressing room and insults ringing in his ears, rivals lamenting him as a "scourge" on Spanish football.
Little wonder then that Mourinho has opted for a return to Chelsea, the English side that helped the Portuguese etch his name into the fabric of modern football folklore as "The Special One."
For a man who seems determined to forge new frontiers and embrace different cultures around the continent his desire for a second stint at Stamford Bridge has come as a surprise to many.
But according to Portuguese journalist Jose Carlos Freitas, Mourinho's latest move is down to the concept of pater familias; having reached a stage in his career where he wants to mold a club in his image for the long term.
"I think he is ready to come back to Chelsea in a different way, to try and build something from zero," Freitas, a reporter at the Record newspaper, told CNN.
"It will be a challenge to rebuild Chelsea's team. This might be the job that keeps him there for five or 10 years. He needs to be the number one guy in the club, not only winning but thinking about the club, changing it, preparing it.
"When Mourinho was starting his career he wanted to win things -- leagues, cups and the Champions League -- but now he has achieved this status in his career where he needs more.
"I see this might be a great chance for him to finally have a real connection with (Chelsea's billionaire Russian owner Roman Abramovich) in the way that they can build a Chelsea to look like Manchester United did under Alex Ferguson."
Freitas agrees that Mourinho's time at Real will have chastened the coach who famously anointed himself as "special."
Three years in Spain have brought a hat-trick of domestic trophies, including a league title that broke Barcelona's dominance under Pep Guardiola, but, crucially, not the 10th European Champions League crown their fervent fans crave.
Growls of disquiet had been audible for a while but as soon as Real's quest for "La Decima" ended, it became a crescendo.
Mourinho spoke of the people in Spain who "hated" him and confirmation of his departure led Barcelona vice-president Carles Vilarrubi to declare him a "scourge on Spanish football" in a radio interview.
Vilarrubi also predicted he'll be a "disaster" at Chelsea.
Dressing room dissent
Unusually for a coach who has prided himself on forging unbreakable spirit amongst his squad, criticism has also seeped from his players.
The coach's decision to drop goalkeeper Iker Casillas, Spain's World Cup-winning captain and a Real poster boy with 23 years' service to the club, in favor of new signing Diego Lopez caused much of the consternation.
His own players, including fellow Portuguese Pepe, criticized his treatment of Casillas but Mourinho would not yield, dismissing the defender's remarks as jealousy.
Despite this fractious finale to his Real career, one of Mourinho's former players has a different take on the culture of conflict that has dominated the final chapter of his Bernabeu reign.
"At Real Madrid some players were against him but you have to look at that in a different way: why, in a 12-year career, is it that only two or three people are complaining?" asks Frederico Castro Roque dos Santos, known as Freddy, who played under Mourinho for Portuguese side Uniao de Leiria.
"For me this is success, this is huge. Everywhere he goes people like him; he passed through so many clubs, so many players, so many figures and only now some people complain."
Even as a young coach Mourinho was laying the founding principles upon which his success would be based. His first step is demonstrating, and demanding, ultimate loyalty from his charges.
So what was it like to play for him?
"He protected us from everyone, from the president, from fans, from journalists. To protect his own people he doesn't care about the consequences outside," Freddy explained.
"Even when he left Inter Milan, one player that hardly played (Italian defender Marco Materazzi) hugged him and cried with him, so this revealed what he does inside a team.
"He makes you believe you are the best player. In my case, a player who was 20 years old, he told me I would be the best player in the league. Even though I wasn't, I believed him. This is like a father to a son, your son is always the best. This is his major weapon.
"He's also good with personal relationships -- he is like a psychologist. He has a lot of qualities that are not normal in coaches.
Read: Mourinho accused over journalist clash
"I believe he is the same person but when you are coach of Chelsea or Real Madrid you have more enemies, let's say. It is a more difficult fight when you are in a big team, but he will protect everyone until the end."
Press relations
Mourinho's entrance at Chelsea back in 2004 was unforgettable.
Suave and sophisticated, he strolled into his new post as a Champions League winner with Porto and instantly declared to the gathered media: "I think I am a special one."
This one line came to symbolize his close relationship with the English press. They loved his perceived arrogance, the way he prowled the touchline, and he admired their principles of fair play.
Though that relationship had soured by the time he left Chelsea in 2007, having secured five major trophies -- including the club's first league title in 55 year -- it still represented the high point in his dealings with the media.
His time as coach of Internazionale in Italy, which yielded two Serie A titles, two domestic cup wins and another Champions League triumph, was punctuated by rows with journalists -- one even accused him of physical violence.
Relations with the notorious Madrid press veered between difficult and impossible; Mourinho's desire to shape the club the way he wanted combined with his confrontational style jarred with many.
"He always understood something that is awfully important in modern football, to play a role, as if in the theater," Freitas explains.
"If you go to the theater you see an actor performing a role and he does that. I think he does that sometimes in a positive way, sometimes in a way people don't understand. The press in Madrid never understood this.
"The press are all supporters of the club. It's a personal thing in Spain, when they see someone who is trying to change the situation at the club.
"He tried to change the organization; he had problems with (former Real director) Jorge Valdano, trying to have full control of the professional team. This was not regarded as a positive thing by the press or the players.
"There was no way out for him, even if he had won the Champions League. If he had won 'La Decima' then he could have gone out using the main door leaving like a God, but he didn't."
Freddy's playing career is nearing an end but he already has his "UEFA 'B" coaching license as he looks to follow in Mourinho's footsteps. He says his old coach's methods will form the basis upon which he approaches his role.
"As Mourinho said, we always can improve the individual," he explained. "We don't have to take the best players to have the best team, we can put a couple of guys together and make them the best together. I saw this with my eyes so I want to do it for the kids back in my home country Angola.
"I learnt from Mourinho that everyone should be treated differently. You wouldn't treat Frank Lampard the same like John Obi Mikel. A guy that is more explosive I try to extract his quality, a guy that is more technical too, we don't need to criticize.
"We were in one team that was simple and we were fighting to be champions with a low budget, inferior players, but as a unit it worked, I saw it with my eyes. We can inject psychology and knowledge into any individual.
"Mourinho is almost complete as a coach. In England he is known as 'The Special One' but when you know him, you see that it's not a joke. He is special."
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We all know that the Chiefs need help at WR2. There is always free agency... but it hasn't helped out the Chiefs at that position since Pioli and Haley have arrived, and with the uncertainty of when free agency may begin I think the Chiefs will look to add one in the draft and look to develop him..which they like to do.
If you haven't heard of this guy yet, his name is Leonard Hankerson (6'2" 210lbs). He was highly recruited out of HS and attended the University of Miami being compared as the next Andre Johnson. He had trouble with Drops his first two seasons but put in some extra time with a trainer the off season before his Junior year and broke out with 800 rec yds, then following up this season with 72 receptions, 1,156 yds, and 13 TD's which broke a school record previously help by Micheal Irvin.
Looks like a guy Pioli might go for due to the playing experience. Got playing time all four years of school, listed as a starter his Junior and Sr. year. He was also a standout at the Sr. Bowl, which Pioli seems to read into.
We can all agree there wont be a WR prospect worthy/available of a pick at 21, so I think we look to take this guy with our 2nd round pick. Here are some highlights... let me know what you guys think...
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Question: Dear Coach, what are the most common mistakes you see clients make that may be holding them back from achieving their body transformation and health & fitness goals?
Answer: This is a great question and a very common one. It's not so much mistakes that individuals make. Rather, it's one's mindset that may be holding them back from achieving the goals that they desire. One of the biggest keys to success, no matter what the goal, is the following; we must change the belief in order to change the result. Let's take a look at a few examples.
The Diet Mentality
When an individual adopts the "diet mentality", this is, by far, one of the biggest self-limiters. The diet mentality drives individuals to do just that, diet. Diets don't work. They never have and they never will. Now, let's first establish what we mean by "working." Losing weight quickly and then regaining some, all or even more of the weight lost, is not success and therefore this is not working. This is pretty much the definition of every diet; lose weight quickly, regain it all back even quicker. When we talk about success, we are talking about achieving meaningful and sustainable results for a lifetime. So, when individuals have the diet mentality, their focus tends to be on the following:
· low-calorie
· low/no carbohydrate
· workout more and eat less
· calorie restriction
With the diet mentality, individuals are not willing to delay gratification (The ability to delay gratification), rather, they want and expect results, yesterday. This is not realistic and this mindset sets individuals up for failure. Traci Mann, PhD, who conducts research at the University of Minnesota's Health and Eating Lab, refers to this fast, diet-induced, weight loss as the honeymoon stage. The early, honeymoon stage seems great; but it's going to get a lot harder soon. According to Mann, "people are too uptight about their weight and they handle this uptightness in a foolish way that does not work (and that would be dieting)." Always keep in mind what a DIET is; it's a, Disaster Imminent Every Time®!
If this is the mindset and belief of an individual, they are going to continue to fight an uphill battle. And this is a perfect example of the need to change the belief in order to change the result. When individuals choose to drop the diet mentality, big things start to happen. They start to focus on the following:
· fueling frequency
· fueling timing
· carbohydrate-protein-fat balance at every meal and snack
· working out smarter
· eating right
You can quickly see how this mindset and belief structure is drastically different from the diet mentality. So, it's not so much that the diet mentality is a mistake. Rather, it's simply a belief and mindset that individuals need to change, that is of course, if they are looking to achieve meaningful and sustainable results for lifetime.
I will just work out more
Here is another mindset that can derail one's goals that they set for themselves. It's very common for individuals to have a, calories in versus calories out, mindset. But as I talked about in my 3-DVD set, Rx Nutrition, "if it were as easy as calories in versus calories out, it would be that easy." All too often, when individuals do not eat right, overeat and/or binge eat, they have the mindset and belief that they will just work out more/harder the next day in order to burn off the extra calories that they consumed. And I get it, on the surface, this seems to be a pretty easy mathematical equation, right? But, this cannot be further from reality. If it was all about working out more/harder, endurance athletes would not be overweight and obese. Endurance athletes are a great example of how simply, working out more, is not the key to body transformation success. Take individuals that run marathons, 26.2 miles. And individuals that compete in Ironman triathlon events, 2.4 mile swim-112 mile bike-26.2 mile run. As you can imagine, these individuals spend part-time job like hours, each week, preparing for these events. These individuals will run multiple 16, 18, 20+ mile runs. They will complete many 100+ mile bike rides. You would think that with this high volume of training, these individuals would be super lean and superlight. But, not so much; it's very common for the average endurance athlete today to be overweight, if not even obese (Weight Gain During High-Volume Training?). Point being is this; high-volume workouts are not the key to body transformation success. When an individual starts to grasp this concept, and change their mindset and change their belief, they start to find a whole new level of success. When their focus starts to revolve around fueling the body right and working out smarter, they quickly see changes start to occur with their physique. They start to shift their focus from "I need to burn more calories to lose weight", to a mindset of, "I am going to fuel my body right and work out smart in order to transform my body."
It has to be the Gluten!
This reminds me of the classic Michael Jordan commercials, 'Money, it's gotta be the shoes!' In this diet-focused culture, it can be very common for individuals to gravitate towards popular food fads and diets. And as a result, individuals may start to think that gluten is the reason they are not achieving the body transformation results they desire. First off, let's just establish this; we are not referring to individuals with celiac disease that, of course, need to avoid gluten. In this somewhat gluten-free obsessed culture that has been established, we don't need to look much further than Stefano Guandalini, MD, president of the North American Society for the Study of Celiac Disease. Dr. Stefano says, "Someone who needs to be on a gluten-free diet and is closely monitored can benefit tremendously from it. But for everyone else, embracing this diet makes no sense." Dr. Stefano Guandalini goes on to say, "one very real danger of following a gluten-free diet is eating too much fat and too little fiber." So, this is another belief and mindset that individuals must let go of, if they are looking to achieve meaningful and sustainable results for a lifetime. Here's a great example. I was speaking with a prospective client a few years ago, and it was just after the new year. And during our conversation she said, "Rick, there's something you need to know. I am gluten intolerant." So I went on to ask her more about this. And she said, "I just know that I'm gluten intolerant." And I responded by saying, please tell me how you know this. And she responded, "well, I really, really overate over the holidays. From Thanksgiving through Christmas and even into the new year, I ate a lot of food. And virtually every meal I overate. I felt absolutely miserable during this time. So, I knew it had to be the gluten making me feel this miserable." Whoa, whoa, whoa; pump the brakes! It's the gluten, really? That's why you felt miserable? It was not all of the cookies, the cakes, the high-fat foods, the alcohol; it was not that? It was simply the gluten? Long story short, within a few days of us working together, she quickly realized that she had absolutely no issues whatsoever with gluten. She was a great implementer and she was a great student and she was by-the-book. She fueled exactly as prescribed and within days, she felt amazingly better… And yes, there was plenty of gluten in her meals and snacks.
I encourage each individual to pull up a chair, place it in front of the mirror and take a seat. Have a nice conversation with that individual staring back at you. Find out what limiting thoughts and/or beliefs may be holding you back from success. Write these down and let's attack these limiting thoughts and beliefs, head on. Because once we start to change the beliefs, we can start to change the results.


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Surnames I am researching, along with geographic areas of interest, are the following:
Baldridge - Ireland>PA>NC>SC>TN>MS
Branch - VA>NC>TN>MS
Coggins - NC>SC>GA>AL>MC
Fenner - RI>NC>GA>AL>MS
Gibson - VA>NC>SC>TN>MS
Merriwether (Meriwether/Merriweather) - VA>KY>SC>GA>AL>TN>MS
Motte - Dublin, Ireland>West Indies>SC>AL>MS Territory
Netherland (Neatherlin/Netherlin/Neatherland) - VA>KY>TN>GA>AL>MS
Pettus - VA>KY>TN>GA>AL>MS
Porter - PA>VA>NC>SC>AL>MS
If your ancestors share these surnames, I would love to hear from you. Who knows...we may be cousins!
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Surname Saturday
Posted by Janice Tracy at Saturday, March 24, 2012
Labels: Baldridge, branch, Coggins, Fenner, Gibson, Merriwether, Motte, Netherland, Pettus, Porter
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Hi Janice,ReplyDelete
I hope you will read my blog post today that I shared this week after my trip to Mississippi. I was able to walk the same cemetery in Red Lick, MS...Trevillion Cemetery, where my Ancestors wlked before me. click here
I love reading all the places in Mississippi that you blog about. Perhaps you have seem some of my own family genealogy in your travels. Thank you,
- AnonymousMay 17, 2012 at 7:38 PM
I'm related to the Porter's in MS and a neighbor is related to the Porter's in TN!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 8:17 PM
My husband was a Netherland. They lived in south Mississippi and some of them lived in La. Contact me at email@example.com
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[Trigger warning for use of rape as an analogy for display of dominance]
This is a discussion I just saw in a project/support channel on an IRC server I frequent. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for me to stumble on similar in my travels.
I'm the "elky" in the excerpt, all other identifying factors have been excluded for the purposes of focusing on the event.
* joiner (~joiner@XXXX) has joined #projectchannel<_douchecanoe> show your professionalism and just proof them wrong* pingout has quit (Ping timeout: 276 seconds)<_douchecanoe> write an article that rapes their article* latecomer (~latecomer@XXXX) has joined #projectchannel<_douchecanoe> bystander<joiner> here I am joining #projectchannel and the first thing that strikes me is rape<_douchecanoe> http://<insert a link to an article here><talkingtodouche> why on earth would I want to write an article for them?<bystander> does it output an .xml file?<elky> joiner, :(<_douchecanoe> joiner at least you know that you're in the right place<_douchecanoe> talkingtodouche not for them<bystander> for epeen<elky> … for being…? worst thing to say.
What happened after this? Business as usual for most of the channel occupants. No apologies. Nothing. Infuriating.
Now, I don't know "joiner"*. For all I know ze is not a survivor. For all I know joiner is an ally and this is how ze is responding. But for all I know zir comment is a genuine display of anguish and ze needs acknowledgement. Personally I prefer to not risk that the last is true.
What did I do? In the channel, I asked "joiner" if they had come in to address a need before being rudely sidelined, and when they replied happily they were compiling, I joked by exclaiming "swordfight!" and let them know I was making sure they were OK hence letting them know I am approachable.
What would you have done?
(* Not real nick. None of the nicks in the log are the real nick involved, except for my own.)
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Gesture Signal Processing
While studying sensors, we discovered that often a particular sensor will measure the position x, velocity v, or acceleration a of an object. However, we might like to use a different variable to control the way we synthesize sound. Ideally, integration and differentiation can be applied to convert between variables.
Filter Approximating An Integrator
In this case, we integrate an acceleration measurement in order to obtain velocity. We see that with each time step, v is updated to be nearly the same as the previous v, but it is affected by the input a. This is an example of a low-pass filter because the filter passes mainly low frequencies.
v = 0.1*a + 0.9*v;
Filter Approximating A Differentiator
Next we show how to approximate a differentiator, so now x represents a measured position, and v represents velocity. The extra variable r is introduced to represent the previous position measurement. T is the sampling interval, or the time in seconds between samples. Hence, the estimated velocity is the scaled difference between the current position and the previous position. This filter is an example of a high-pass filter because it passes mainly high frequencies.
v = T*(x - r); r = x;
Filter design is an important part of the field of signal processing. For more details, see Julius Smith's book on basic filter design.
Interpolation is a method of constructing new data points within the range of a discrete set of known data points.
Interpolation In Time
We have already learned about using the line~ object in Pd to interpolate in time to avoid zipper noise.
Interpolation In Space
Now we consider interpolation in space. Given a finite number of sensors at discrete positions, we might want to estimate the continuous position of an object in space. For example, imagine a line of 10 force sensing resistors or capacitative sensors as shown below.
We can develop an estimate of the center of the user's finger using linear interpolation. Let's say that the centers of the 4th, 5th, and 6th sensors are located at the horizontal positions 20mm, 25mm, and 30mm, respectively. If s4, s5, and s6 represent the sensor inputs from the 4th, 5th, and 6th sensors, respectively, then the following expression estimates the continuous position of the center of the finger:
(20mm)*s4 + (25mm)*s5 + (30mm)*s6
s4 + s5 + s6
Note that for this technique to work well, the sensors should be well matched. The expression also should not be evaluated if s4 + s5 + s6 is small, in which case the user is not pressing hard enough on the array of sensors.
Often we want to implement some sort of event detector. For instance, we may want to detect the event that the musician has struck an object such as a drum. If the musician is holding an accelerometer in his or her hand, we can detect the event by waiting for a large value or a large change in the accelerometer signal.
For more details on thresholding, see the threshold and threshold~ objects' help patches in Pd.


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|"Aang, you must actively shape your own destiny and the destiny of the world."
|— Kuruk to Aang.[1]
Kuruk was the Water Tribe Avatar immediately succeeding Avatar Yangchen and preceding Avatar Kyoshi. Native to the Northern Water Tribe, he was born around 347 BG and died in 312 BG.[2] Though gifted as a bender, he was brash and arrogant, always preferring to "go with the flow". Due to this attitude and his pompous demeanor, Kuruk lost his fiancée, Ummi, to Koh the Face Stealer.[3]
Living in a world brought to peace and stability by his predecessor's tenacious efforts, Kuruk spent most of his days searching both the physical and Spirit World for worthy opponents to challenge in bending contests, usually for no reason other than entertainment and pleasure.[2] He also liked to show off his bending ability to others, especially beautiful women, in grand displays. Kuruk airbent tornadoes filled with lotus flowers for young Air Nomad nuns, would challenge random Fire Nation citizens to Agni Kais, and engaged in boulder-lifting contests with earthbenders.[3] His strength in sparring matches was considered legendary, and no bender was ever able to trump his abilities. Kuruk was a "go with the flow" type of Avatar: The world's tranquility allowed him to step back from his responsibilities as the Avatar and let the four nations resolve their own conflicts. Although there was peace in his era, Kuruk's carefree lifestyle would eventually cost him dearly.[1]
Never having even the slightest thought of settling down, Kuruk carried on with his casual way of life until the day he met his true love. At the New Moon Celebration, a festive meeting of the two Water Tribes, he met a woman named Ummi from the Southern Water Tribe. Kuruk fell in love with her at first sight and presented Ummi with a customary betrothal necklace shortly after their meeting, which she accepted. The two designated their marriage to be at the Spirit Oasis.
As they approached the altar on the night of their wedding, Ummi fell into the oasis, pulled in by an unseen force. She had been dragged to the Spirit World by Koh the Face Stealer, to punish Kuruk for his past arrogance. Every year, on the anniversary of their wedding, Kuruk traveled to the Spirit World in hopes of saving Ummi, but failed on every occasion. His attempts made Koh hold a grudge against the Avatar. He eventually managed to find the spirit and would have slain him, were it not for his realization that the spirit had stolen Ummi's face and thus trapped her forever; he could not kill Koh without killing his wife in the process.[2][3]
Appearances in Aang's life
Aang first learned about Kuruk while he was in the Spirit World during the Siege of the North. Koh informed him that Aang had attempted to slay him in a previous life, though the spirit never specifically identified this man as Kuruk.[4]
Later, while Avatar Roku was teaching Aang about the Avatar State, Aang saw a brief vision of Kuruk performing enhanced waterbending.[5]
Aang finally learned Kuruk's name[6] when he was in a coma after Azula's lightning attack in Ba Sing Se.[7] When they met in the realm of Koh, Kuruk asked Aang if he had seen a beautiful woman with long, brown hair. Aang responded by inquiring about Kuruk's dilemma, at which point Kuruk proceeded to tell him his history as the Avatar. After the tale, Aang realized that during his encounter with Koh, one of the spirit's faces was that of the woman Kuruk had described. Heartened by the knowledge of his wife's whereabouts, Kuruk set off to track down Koh once again.[3] However, as Avatar Yangchen had predicted, Aang retained no memory of this encounter.[8]
Later, Avatar Aang meditated, contacting Kuruk so to ask how Fire Lord Ozai could be defeated without killing him. Kuruk told Aang to actively shape both his destiny and that of the world, as the former had failed to do so in his own life. It was Kuruk's own arrogance and inaction that had cost him his beloved wife, Ummi.[1] Aang took this to mean that Kuruk, like the other Avatars, believed it was necessary to use lethal force in order to protect the world. However, Kuruk's answer was much more open to interpretation, since "actively shaping your destiny" could have various meanings, including Aang's decision to strip Ozai of his bending.
While Aang was trying to establish contact with Avatar Yangchen for a solution to the situation with General Old Iron, Kuruk appeared in a vision which represented Aang's restored connection to his past lives after restoring his link with Roku.[9]
Appearances in Korra's life
Kuruk stood alongside all the other Avatars when Aang passed on the knowledge of energybending to Korra and restored her bending, representing the newly established connection she made to her spiritual self.[10]
After Korra lost her memory, Kuruk appeared before her, taking over from Avatar Kyoshi, and informed the young Avatar that she would have to return to the beginning to find Raava and reconnect with her Avatar Spirit.[11]
While Unalaq was attacking Raava, Korra envisioned Kuruk as part of the Avatar lineup, which she had seen prior to regaining her bending; however, his connection to Korra was severed due to Unalaq's assault on and subsequent destruction of the light spirit.[12]
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Book Two: Earth (土)
Escape from the Spirit World
Book Three: Fire (火)
Graphic novel trilogies
The Legend of Korra
Book One: Air (气)
Book Two: Spirits (神靈)
Book Four: Balance (平衡)
- Kuruk bore a physical resemblance to Hakoda as well as Roku's waterbending master.
- Kuruk's name is a palindrome, like Appa and Ikki.
- In the last episode of the first series, Kuruk was seen in Aang's vision before he entered the Avatar State.[13]
- During his airbending training, Avatar Kuruk was seen with customized Air Nomad clothing that was similar to Aang's, but in varying shades of blue.
- Kuruk is the Pawnee Native American word for "bear", mimicking how Kuruk is frequently seen wearing an animal pelt resembling a bear-like creature over his head.
- Koh stated that Kuruk attempted to slay him some eight or nine centuries prior to the episode,[4] but for that to have happened, he would have had to be older than his immediate successor, Avatar Kyoshi, who was the oldest Avatar in history.
- Kuruk's favorite mode of transportation was by sea, surfing on a raft using waterbending.[14]
- Kuruk is, so far, the only known Avatar whose predecessor and successor were both women.
- Among all Avatars with a known lifespan, Kuruk lived for the shortest period of time. Ironically, his successor, Kyoshi, lived longer than any other Avatar.
- Kuruk was the most recent Avatar who did not have to deal with a large scale conflict during his time.
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c. 347 - 312 BG
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- ↑ Kuruk was said to be born almost 500 years before Avatar Korra, who was born in 153 AG, making his date of birth around 347 BG.[2]


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Avert your eyes from 'Beauty and the Beast'
Look, I'm all for human flaws. I once saw a Vanity Fair model without a dimple on his chin and he looked perfectly OK. But a scar on the face? Wow. Forget it.
That's right: The "beast'' in the new CW series "Beauty and the Beast,'' named Vincent (Jay Ryan), has a scar on his face. Otherwise, of course, he's a perfect specimen of CW gorgeosity, a tall piece of beefcake with gym triceps, a broody brow, and sculpted stubble. But a scar? His life is so totally over.
I have to mock "Beauty and the Beast'' as an indicator of the CW's standards of beauty, where even the "ugly'' ones aren't exactly unattractive. Because otherwise, there's nothing entertaining about this new show, which premieres Thursday night at 9. Loosely based on the 1987-89 series, it's a silly, flat piece of work that is all about posing longingly in the face of impossible love. There's no scene-to-scene logic, just looking and yearning and styling to sad rock music.
Kristin Kreuk from "Smallville'' stars as Catherine, a New York City detective who was saved by Vincent years earlier, when her mother was mysteriously shot to death. Now she encounters him while tracking a hotel murder case, and they bond. She learns that Vincent was a doctor serving in Afghanistan in 2002, when he was supposedly killed. The truth: He and other soldiers were given an experimental drug, and when it failed, all the others were killed but he escaped. Now, when he gets angry, his face turns into a Halloween-level prosthetic mess. So he hides out in a warehouse with his old friend, J.T. (Austin Basis), dodging people who want him dead and, like a superhero, emerging to help people in need.
Kreuk is bland as can be, so Catherine has been fitted with a more colorful partner, Tess (Nina Lisandrello), who has a very big New York accent. The case they pursue Thursday, involving a dead fashion magazine editor, is feebly assembled. It's just a plot excuse to throw Catherine and Vincent together a few times. I'm assuming that, as the show continues, Vincent will help Catherine and Tess with their work from the shadows. Meanwhile, Catherine and Vincent will inevitably be tormented about their ill-fated love.
Last season, ABC's "Once Upon a Time'' and NBC's "Grimm'' proved that there is an appetite for updated fairy tales. The CW has taken the hint, and contrived this pretty, and pretty empty, series. It's a market move, nothing more.


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