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The Real Cause of Nighttime Leg Cramps (and Other Muscle Cramps Too) is a Severe Magnesium Deficiency. And the Solution is High-Dose, High Absorbing Magnesium.
But Don't Take the Low-Quality Magnesium Pills From the Drug Store. Why? Because They Don't Absorb, Cause Awful Digestive Upset, and Have Unnatural Fillers & Ingredients You Want to Avoid.
(By the Way, Did You Know that Taking Calcium Makes Cramps Much Worse?)
According to......medical experts at the famous Mayo Clinic and Harvard Medical School, low magnesium is a major cause of muscle cramps everywhere in the body (this includes leg and foot cramps). In fact, 78% of Americans have a severe lack of magnesium. This is a big problem -- because magnesium is a necessary nutrient vital for health. Your body needs magnesium to stop pain, swelling, tension and inflammation. Studies show that by fixing a magnesium deficiency, it is possible to end nighttime leg cramps and stop them from ever coming back. And unfortunately, no prescription medication can fix low magnesium. (All Scientific References)
So, how does magnesium work to stop leg cramps at night?
Magnesium is Fast, Easy, Safe and Powerful Because it Can Attack Nighttime Leg Cramps from Multiple Angles.
This crucial mineral can...
- Loosen muscles by blocking the effect of calcium, which tightens muscles. As people age, excess calcium collects in the muscles, causing cramps. (Also, beware that calcium supplements, especially with Vitamin D, can cause calcium overload!)
- Increase the absorption of potassium, which is critical for proper muscle function.
- Decrease pain by blocking pain receptors in the brain and nervous system.
- Dampen inflammation in the muscles and the entire body.
- Relaxes blood vessels and decreases blood pressure, which restores healthy circulation.
- Increases your serotonin, GABA and melatonin, which helps you relax and fall asleep.
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People with leg cramps at night caused by magnesium deficiency need a fast solution that works -- without wasting time or money. Our product Cramp Defense® works by fixing cramps at the root cause. How? It delivers nothing but pure, high-absorbing magnesium, safely and without side-effects. Our product is unique compared to others because it is:
- High-Absorbing: Our form of magnesium is organic, allowing you to absorb it easily. (If your body doesn't absorb it, it cannot work!)
- Fast: It starts absorbing immediately and becomes even more effective with time.
- Side Effect-Free: It causes no stomach upset or laxative effect.
- Weird Ingredient-Free: It has no binders, coatings or strange extras.
- Easy: Your dose comes in small capsules, not big tablets or messy powders.
- We manufacture it in an FDA-inspected facility, to the same standards as any food item.
The active ingredient is magnesium bound to malate. This form of magnesium is organic and natural, because it is found in fruit and vegetables. Other popular forms of magnesium cannot be found naturally in food. Often they are inorganic in origin, made from crushed-up rock.
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I hope this product continues to perform as experienced so far. I'll let you know, but for now, I am thrilled. Cramp Defense has very simply, exceeded my expectations! After experiencing 20 plus years of suffering and pain, this is simply amazing.
If I take six, I usually will not have ANY cramps during the night! I would not be without them in my medicine cabinet.
I am going to give my doctor your website address and let him know what an easy "fix" this is for a serious complaint. I don't think our physicians know much about this so I am going to let mine know of my success.
As soon as I started taking it the situation improved. I only take one a day and that seems to do the trick for me so a bottle lasts a long time.
I began taking your product one week ago. I had almost immediate results and last night was my FIRST night where I was not awakened by miserable cramps in the last 20 years….so thank you so much.
Frequently Asked Questions
How Effective is Cramp Defense®, Really? And How Quickly Does it Work?
In our experience, 80% of people get significant results from our product. Some people have become totally free of leg cramps. Others have seen a significant decrease in the pain and/or frequency of their symptoms. This could mean that the pain is cut in half, or they only get cramps once a week instead of every night. Everyone is different. However, some people do not see results, even after increasing their dose and taking it for more than a month. This usually means that magnesium deficiency is not causing their problems. This is why we offer the Money Back Guarantee -- to give you plenty of time to see if it works for you.
Although everyone responds differently, many people see results with their first dose. But we recommend trying it for 2 weeks to give it a full chance of working.
My Blood Test Says My Magnesium Levels Are Normal -- But I Still Have Cramps!
The blood test that you received is called a SERUM test, which is part of any normal blood chemistry panel. Unfortunately, this blood test does not accurately portray your body's supplies of magnesium. Here's why: in order for your heart to beat, your body has to maintain a steady amount of magnesium in your blood at all times. It does this by pulling magnesium from your bones and tissues as needed -- including your muscles. So, you can have a perfectly normal serum test and still be low in magnesium in your muscles -- causing your cramps.
Why Hasn't My Doctor Told Me About Magnesium?
Many doctors know that magnesium is important, but they don't realize how important. Even then, they rarely know which magnesium forms actually work. Many doctors believe that magnesium is just another medication which decreases muscle cramps. In reality, lack of magnesium is the hidden reason WHY most people get muscle cramps.
OK, So How Much Would I Have to Take Per Day?
Take the smallest dose that works for you. For many people, the optimal dose is 6 capsules (420 mg of elemental magnesium) a day - 2 capsules 3x a day, or 3 capsules 2x a day. It absorbs best when you take it with food. Some people discover they can take a lower dose and still get great results -- so please experiment to see what works best for you. Below is the size of the capsule compared to a dime. You can also open up the capsules and mix the powder with a food like applesauce or yogurt -- the powder has no flavor.
Aren't There Lots of Magnesium Products? What's the Difference Between Them?
There are a variety of forms and each has pros and cons:
- Magnesium oxide and hydroxide: Supplement companies love this stuff because it is cheap as dirt. Unfortunately it is very poorly absorbed (only 8%), and is highly laxative. But nonetheless, it is what you find in most common multi-vitamins. It also happens to be the active ingredient in Milk of Magnesia.
- Magnesium citrate: It is well absorbed, but is also highly laxative. It is the main ingredient in those glass bottles of laxative at the drug store. If you have ever had a colonoscopy, this is what they gave you to "clean you out". It is the main ingredient in those canisters of fizzy magnesium powder found in vitamin stores.
- Magnesium sulfate: Also known as Epsom Salt. It is also very laxative -- that's partly what they sell it for. But it is great for soaking!
- Magnesium glycinate: This is magnesium bound to the amino acid glycine. This form is not ideal, because... well, this gets a bit technical: Glycine acts as a "co-agonist of the NMDA receptor" where magnesium is an antagonist. What does that mean? Basically, magnesium tells your neurons to slow down, and glycine tells them to speed up. So to a certain extent, magnesium and glycine cancel each other out. Mixing these two ingredients does not make sense, especially if relaxation is a goal of yours.
- Magnesium chelate or glutamate: Both are the same thing. Glutamate, like glycine, is also "NMDA agonist", with all the same problems. These products are low quality, because they have large amounts of "unbound magnesium". This poor form of magnesium causes laxative effects.
- Magnesium chloride: This turns to liquid when exposed to air, making it difficult to deliver via capsule. It is not naturally found in food.
- Magnesium taurinate: This is magnesium bound to the amino acid Taurine. It has the side effect of causing extreme drowsiness, which makes it difficult to take during the day. It is also very expensive.
- Cramp Defense®: High absorbing, non laxative, no weird side effects. It's an organic form found in fruits and vegetables, not some crushed up rock.
Is It Safe? Can I Take it With My Medication/Medical Condition?Although it is only magnesium, a natural part of a healthy diet, please talk to your doctor before starting any new dietary supplement. Certain conditions and medications can affect how the body processes and excretes magnesium. We are not allowed to give medical advice. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist!
Where is it Manufactured?Other companies manufacture their products all over the world with the lowest bidder. We make Cramp Defense® in the USA, in a multi-million dollar, 80,000 square foot facility. This facility is inspected by the FDA. Furthermore, we have voluntarily adopted a standard even higher than FDA inspection requirements. This means we require the strictest levels of purity, precision and sanitation.
Who Are You? Where Can I Buy It? Is This One of Those Monthly Subscriptions?
We are MgBright LLC, and we only specialize in this product. We started in January 2011, and after a period of research and development, began selling the product in February 2012. Our team is based in Texas and the product ships from a warehouse in Atlanta, GA. The company is a member of the Better Business Bureau. If you ever need to reach us, please email us at email@example.com . For more information about the company, visit About Us.
It is only available through our secure website. It is NOT sold in stores.
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I hope this product continues to perform as experienced so far. I'll let you know, but for now, I am thrilled. Cramp Defense has very simply, exceeded my expectations! After experiencing 20 plus years of suffering and pain, this is simply amazing.
If I take six, I usually will not have ANY cramps during the night! I would not be without them in my medicine cabinet.
I am going to give my doctor your website address and let him know what an easy "fix" this is for a serious complaint. I don't think our physicians know much about this so I am going to let mine know of my success.
As soon as I started taking it the situation improved. I only take one a day and that seems to do the trick for me so a bottle lasts a long time.
I began taking your product one week ago. I had almost immediate results and last night was my FIRST night where I was not awakened by miserable cramps in the last 20 years….so thank you so much.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Cordelia Link's impressive rookie campaign came to a close this past weekend as she placed 18th in foil at the NCAA Fencing Championship held at Drew University. As a team, MIT tied with the host Rangers for 25th out of 28 squads. Link notched the highest finish among Division III participants in the weapon as NYU's Zoe Baumgardner was ranked right behind her. In addition, she posted the second-best foil performance in the program's history coming after Linda Ystueta captured 17th place during the 1987-88 season.

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Associate Creative Director – Creative
Become a Creative at Digitas, a highly caffeinated playground where brilliant minds come together to make bold, award-winning advertising. We use data-driven insights to guide our work, but we also believe in a healthy dose of spirited storytelling as we strive to transform the marketing landscape. Right now we're seeking an Associate Creative Director with boundless energy to lead the troops in bringing that transformation to life. Sound like you? Read on.
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What you'll bring to the table:
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I used a few of these twirly thingies in the March VT message and wanted to show you how I made them.
Start by cutting strips of paper. The one below is about 2x12 inches wide. I needed two 2x12 strips. Then fold them like a fan.
Once you are done folding, stick them together.
Then connect the remaining sides.
Gather one of the ends into the middle and stick a dab of glue inside, holding it together till it dries.
If you want, stick something over the middle part, and you are done!
For the smaller ones, I used 1x12 strips and it only took one.
I can think of a million things to use these for...have you ever made twirly thingies? What did you use them for? And does anyone know what they are really called?!


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They really, really are. That's OK, because that Steve Jobs figure is already kind of creepy! Japanese figure maker Legend Toys nailed Jobs' face, which is a testament to the company's sculpting talents.
All these little Steve Jobs heads lined up all neat like, however, is a testament to Legend Toys' ability to freak people out.
If you have $US200 to spare, there's more info in the Legend Toy link below.
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HOUSTON - A twisted murder-for-hire case has taken yet another turn.
Michelle Gaiser has admitted to hiring hit-men to kill Yvonne Stern, the wife of Jeffery Stern. Gaiser and Jeffrey Stern had an affair.
Three attempts were made on Yvonne Stern's life. She was shot in the abdomen during one of those attempts in May 2010.
Gaiser has taken a plea deal for her solicitation of capital murder charge. Part of that plea includes testifying against Jeffrey Stern, who has also been accused of solicitation of capital murder. He is scheduled to go to trial on the charge on July 27.
Jeffrey Stern has denied any involvement in the plot. Yvonne Stern is standing by him.
According to Paul Nugent, Jeffrey Stern's defense attorney, Gaiser does want to testify. Nugent said Gaiser wrote a note to another jail inmate, offering $20,000 for the death of Jeffrey Stern.
Nugent read part of alleged note at a news conference on the couple's front lawn on Tuesday.
"It needs to look like he got robbed. If you plan on making him disappear, he cannot be found because they'll think it's a hit," Nugent said the note read. "Whatever you do, it must not look like a hit. It's going to be accidental death. Obviously, even a close-range shot didn't get rid of the wife."
Nugent said Gaiser gave the note to a female inmate awaiting trial on a bank robbery charge. Nugent said that inmate gave him the note on May 9 and he gave it to the FBI, which confirmed that Gaiser wrote it.
Nugent said he decided to go public with the note because, he said, the prosecutor in Jeffrey Stern's case refused to file charges against Gaiser.
"We ask the media and general public to keep in mind that defense attorneys are paid to advance the legal interests of their clients. Statements about the existence of an FBI investigation or the deliberations and actions of this office are unsubstantiated assertions, not verified facts," a statement from the Harris County District Attorney's Office read..
The Sterns said they are afraid of Gaiser, even with her being in jail.
"The family should not be held hostage in their own home because of gamesmanship by the prosecutor on the case," Nugent said. "That why we've been in contact with the leaders of the district attorney's office, and I'm confident the right thing will happen and she ultimately will be charged."
Nugent said he may ask to have the solicitation charge against Jeffrey Stern be dropped based on the new evidence.
Some attorneys said that the letter is a game-changer in Jeffrey Stern's case.
"I think it's a fatal blow," said Dan Cogdill, a defense attorney in Houston. "The state's position has always been that Ms. Gaiser is a puppet and Mr. Stern is the puppeteer. Well, not only have the strings been cut, but the puppet is ordering another killing. I think it's a fatal blow."
"The fact the prosecution witness wrote this doesn't necessarily mean this case is dead in the water," said Phil Hilder, another Houston attorney. "The prosecution and the judge are going to have to judge the credibility of this communication."
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So I recently ran into a snag while trying to implement a UIActivityIndicatorView. There's a great and simple explanation of how to do it on the Apple Developer forums. This is how you're supposed to do it: you tell the UIActivityIndicatorView what method should be run in between starting animation and stopping animation.
My problem was that the code to be run in between starting and stopping animation wasn't in a method I could point the UIActivityIndicatorView to. The purpose of the pinwheel animation was to let the user know that their iPhone hadn't died while trying to render Javascript.
You see, the app I was working on had some HTML tables that needed to have some work done on them before they were decent for public consumption. So, that work was done with a Javascript and when the table was ready to be seen, the table would be made visible to the user. But, until the table was ready to be seen, the user was just looking at a blank screen for a few seconds.
Anyway... I needed a way to start a UIActivityIndicatorView when a view was loaded and then be able to hide it, without the use of threads. However, I couldn't find any good solutions. So this is what ended up working for me:
In the view you want to have the UIActivityIndicatorView to show up in, go to your interface (.h) file and define the UIActivityIndicatorView:
Now open up your NIB (.xib) file in Interface Builder. Plop a UIActivityIndicatorView onto your view and place it where you want:
Go ahead and make the connection to the UIActivityIndicatorView from the IBOutlet we just defined:
Now, with the UIActivityIndicatorView selected, go to the Attributes Inspector. There, make sure the "Hide When Stopped" and "Animating" checkboxes are checked:
Save your NIB and go to your view's implementation (.m) file. What we've done so far is set up a UIActivityIndicatorView to show up as soon as your view loads and begin spinning, but now we need to stop it when we want. So now just tell the UIActivityIndicatorView to stop animating when appropriate:


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In article <u9sbe9cjkld407 at corp.supernews.com>, Kenneth Blaine wrote: > I'm thinking about going back to school to (eventually) get a PhD in > bioinformatics. My original degree was in a non-technical field (business > administration) so I've got quite a lot of makeup work to do before I can > consider applying to grad school. The way that I look at it, I have three > options I could follow before I apply: > > 1. Take only the standard courses necessary for entrance into a graduate > bioinformatics program. > > 2. Get a (second) undergraduate degree in molecular biology. > > 3. Get a (second) undergraduate degree in molecular biology and take the > extra year of courses required for a masters in molecular biology. > > (Note: I do plan on taking several extra courses in mathematics and > computer science, in any case. But I can take more of them if I don't have > to worry about filling (Lib Arts&Sci) requirements for the 2nd degree.) > > So, which of these options would give me the best chance at getting into a > good graduate program? Or are they all pretty much on par? Also, how > difficult is it to get into a bioinformatics program? I've read that many > universities are having a hard time keeping professors in the field - that > many are being lured away by the private sector. Has this caused it to be > significantly more difficult to be admitted to a bioinformatics program than > to a regular molecular biology program? There are a lot more molecular biology programs than bioinformatics programs, and the necessary training to get into them is not as broad (though possibly deeper). You can look at http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/centers/cbe/FAQ.html to answer a number of your questions about what training UCSC expects for its incoming bioinformatics students. Getting into UCSC (one of the premier programs in bioinformatics, though I say it as shouldn't) is quite difficult---we only accepted about 20 out of 60 applicants this year, and we expect the number of applicants to soar once we actually have an approved grad program. Getting a grad degree in molecular biology is great, but it won't be enough to get you into our bioinformatics program. We want to see a substantial programming background and some statistics, as well as a fair amount of molecular biology. We've found it takes too long to teach someone how to program---that is a skill that need to be obtained BEFORE entering a grad program in bioinformatics. -- Kevin Karplus karplus at soe.ucsc.edu http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~karplus Professor of Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz Undergraduate Director, Bioinformatics (and grad director-to-be)


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The Anika Suite - Invitations
The Anika Suite - Invitations
Anika is a gorgeous and gentle woman. Anika's sophisticated elegance is enviable by all! Whether your wedding is set in a garden, field, ballroom or on the side of a beautiful mountain top, Anika is perfect for the couple who wants to set the tone for their romantic wedding celebration right from the minute their guests open the envelope!
All invitation suites include an Invitation at 5 x 7, an RSVP Card at either 4.25 x 5.5 or 3.5 x 5 size, and 2 matching blank envelopes. Additional insert cards that correspond with your suite can be purchased separately.
Invitation Suites come on our most popular luxe 120# eggshell slight textured paper. This card stock comes in bright white, but can be switched to soft white by request. We also offer 110# textured felt card stock and #110 smooth card stock as equivalent options. Upgrades to #240 double thick card stock are also available at an additional fee.
Customization is available for most suites, including print colors, text colors, and envelope colors. You can add envelope liners and other customizations in my shop. Please contact me if there is something you do not see that you would like to customize or add.
After ordering, you will receive a form to fill out with your wording and event details. After the form is completed you will be sent your proof within 1 week. To maintain our timeline, please respond within 2 business days with any changes or printing approval. Up to 3 proofs are included at no charge (the initial proof and 2 subsequent revisions if needed). Any additional proofs will be charged at $25 each. Once you approve your proofs for printing any additional changes will result in reprinting fees as well as any rush fees to keep your production on timeline.
As outlined above the first proof will be created within 1 week of receiving your invitation details. Subsequent revisions will be made within 1 week of receiving your change requests. Orders will be shipped within 2-3 weeks of your final printing approval. If you have a rush timeline please let me know up front - rush orders may be accommodated depending on availability, and rush fees may apply.
Envelope addressing print options are available in the shop. We are also happy to ship your envelopes to a calligrapher for you if you plan to have your envelopes hand addressed.
Shipping is a flat rate of $15 for all invitation orders for orders within the United States. International shipping available, please inquire for shipping quotes before purchasing.


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Sunday, 30 May 2010
Seeking blog advice
Next, you can hear about how I accidentally just ran 39 miles. Or you can do something else.
I had 1:40 minutes for a run Friday afternoon, so I figured I had better make the most of it. I had originally planned to swim but I can barely get to the pool and get my swim gear on in that time (slight exaggeration). I went out to find the most technical, muddy trails I could find in the area and managed just over 12 miles. It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon and I was thrilled with my effort and felt I earned eating SR's dad's birthday dinner.
On Saturday morning, we found ouselves in SR's parents' "summer house" on the northern coast of Denmark near the town of Nødebuhuse. Sounds idyllic, I know. But I usually end up feeling a bit trapped and annoyed with windy, rain when we are there. But this weekend was gorgeous. SR's brother and sister said they owed us for something. I can't actually remember what is was, but they said they would pay us back by watching the kids for 5 hours (!). No matter what we did for them, it was not anywhere near the worth of their offer. SR and I planned to run and then bike. I didn't know how much I had in me after the spiritual tempo the day before. SR and I ran 9 miles together and then began arguing about doctors' salaries in Denmark (SR believing doctors are payed too little, me believing the pay is fine). Anyway, we parted ways in the large forest, Tisvilde Hegn. It's the big green area between Liseleje and Tisvildeleje.
Vis stort kort
And it at times looked like this
At mile 15, I realized I had forgotten my Petit Écolier cookies. Not good. I was starving. I also was nearly out of water and figured I had a good 6-7 miles back. En route back, I saw a nice little party happening by a nice little pond. I meekly asked if I could have a little bread or someting as I was far from my destination and had forgotten my food. About 55 people looked up from their lunch and smiled curiously. Typical Danish parties would involved exactly 55 sausages and 55 corresponding buns for 55 people. I had forgotten about this. I played the clueless foreigner and they gave me a heathy-sized bun. :). There was, of course, no water because everyone had taken their own private soda. I eyed the pond with murky, still water and was feeling inclined to fill my bottle and not think more of it, but was afraid that mothers would fear that any children that had seen me would be scarred for life. I went on thirsty, though with pleanty of bread to enjoy.
I was under the impression I was on the way back to the summerhouse, but suddenly, at mile 18, the ocean was on the wong side of me. My legs were really aching and I was on the brink of death due to dehydration (or I was at least thirsty). I asked a couple where I was and a guy, who turned out to be the head of the American branch of Novo Nordisk (who of course manufacture insulin), told me I had better turn around and that I was about 9 miles from my destination. Hmmm. "Don't cry!" I told myself. Luckily he knew where some water was. I showed him my Garmin and he and his wife had to laugh at my insanity/situation. He let me use his phone, but I didn't know SR's number. I'm not what you would call mobile phone savvy. Otherwise I also might have taken one along. But I was wearing my Buff, so I at least looked cool. I waved a farewell and just hoped I wouldn't get lost again. And thought about May-Britt running the Grand Union Canal 145 mile Race in England at that very moment. 27 miles is nothing. And 39 miles in 24 hours. I couldn't help feeling a bit happy about how that sounded (btw, it appears Maj-Britt is STILL running even as I write this. Awesome!). And I also thought about how every mile would give me a better shot at beating Steve Q at Voyageur. But I also considered how Piccola Pinecone might disapprove of my junk miles.
Anyway, I felt just terrible about not getting to spend such a beautiful day with the kids and SR. And I was sure SR was worried. If only I had known his number! Alas, if only I weren't such an idiot. I was so happy to make it back and SR told me he was sure I had thrown myself into the ocean "in despair". I do hope he was joking. I assured him that if I ever threw myself into the ocean, it would only be out of utter confusion or a desire to swim.
And speaking of mulit-day running challenges, we later talked about running the Trans Rockies (http://transrockies.com/transrockiesrun/news/) (sorry, I can't get my normal link function to work at the moment) in August of 2011.
Running songs of the day: Mob by The Morning Code (For some reason this song sounded really good after 23 miles. Perhaps it will also work for one of you one day.) and Cosmic Love by Florence and the Machine
14 comments:
- SteveQ said...
Oh, you won't need any help beating me at Voyageur - not the way my training's going!
About moving the blog: what are they getting out of hosting your blog? I'm guessing it's a local sports sponsor and they're hoping to get people to see "serious" athletes trust them.
btw, I suggested your blog to a woman who's running and 7 months pregnant, so some strangers may be stopping by.
- 30 May 2010 at 19:32
- Angie Bishop said...
Talk about an adventure!
I think you should go for the other blog and see how it goes!
- 30 May 2010 at 22:04
Another good question - what would YOU get out of moving your blog? More exposure (is that what you want?), some cash (who wouldn't), cool new site design (maybe)... all things to think about. If it makes you happy, we will all be just as happy!!
Oh, and the run sounds AWESOME! you GO!
- 31 May 2010 at 00:47
- cherelli said...
"But I was wearing my Buff so at least I looked cool" - ha!!!! That's what I think too when I wear MY Buff!! As for the blog moving, there should be a little something in it for you...I don't mind a move, just make sure you let us all know where it's at.
- 31 May 2010 at 04:05
- PiccolaPineCone said...
same question as the others - what do they get out of the deal? what do you get? i think your readers will follow you no matter what!
do i disapprove of junk mileage? yes, i guess so. but i guess i have a more lenient definition of junk mileage than in all those "run less run faster" programs. easy mileage is useful and a staple of most training programs. 39 miles... seems like a lot but then i know nothing about training for ultras, doesn't seem like *that* much if you are training for a 50 miles (though it seems like about 15.8 more miles than i can run!)
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- PiccolaPineCone said...
oops, i meant 12.8 miles more than i can run
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Steve Q, no actually they are not a local sports sponsor. Hmm. Aren't you curious :). Thanks for suggesting my blog to your friend.
Piccola, bear in mind it was 39 miles in 24 hours and not all at once, so I'm sure you could handle that!
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I tend to think there is no such thing as a free meal. It seems too cool that they would host your blog without getting anything in return. Even if the only thing you are required to do is to post regularly and it seems like this is not an issue given that you do that anyway, I would think twice. My experience about this is that it can create pressure ("am I really going to write on this", "should I write about this that way", "oh my god, I don't feel like writing today but I probably should", etc), and you may lose some of the spontaneity which has attracted people to your blog in the first place.
But thenn maybe it is just me seeing the world darker than it is, and there IS such thing as a free meal!
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Manchester United striker Michael Owen has jumped to the defence of David De Gea following the 2-1 defeat to Liverpool in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday.
The Red Devils were knocked out of the competition after goals from Daniel Agger and Dirk Kuyt at Anfield, with Park Ji-Sung's equaliser not preventing an exit at the hands of Kenny Dalglish's side.
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total kills and kdr is how urank 1000kills for 2 bones, 5000 kills for skull, 10.000 kills & kdr 70+ for skull with knife, 25.000kills & kd 160-200 not comfirmed yet but wil be in a few days i know this as i setup a new account justfor testing i have 87000kills and have skull with knife on my new account i had the same emblem at 10000 kills kdr 1566
Wrong, I've had the skull for weeks and not hit 5000 kills yet.
I can tell you that this is incorrect about needing 10,000 kills to get the knife. I have been playing Zombies on my wife's GT because she doesn't play COD anyway and I got her the knife the other day and she barely has 6000 kills on that account with a K/D of 109. P.S. her GT is Jedi Mommy 91
it is not soley kd its total kills unlock the emblem kdr is if u deserve the emblemso basically if u get to 10,000 kils with less than 70kdr u will stay at the skull untill u bring your kd up
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That's a good theory and all, but it's not just your kills to downs. TRUST ME. My buddy has about 50k kills and over 1000 DOWNS. He fell asleep one night while playing and the other players basically "used" his body to get 100's of revives.
Guess what his rank is.... SKULL WITH SHOTTIES!!! It takes into account EVERYTHING that you do while playing Zombies. So while his Kills to downs ratio is not very good, he still has over 2,000+ revives, has drunken 1,000 of perks, opened tons of doors, has nearly half headshots to kills, etc. We get to the 30's nearly every game we play and have had games go into the 50's but because of people backing out they haven't counted on the leaderboards.
3ARC will NEVER release how you rank up in Zombies. You want to know why?? Because little kids and people who can't play the game correctly will simply exploit that one thing that ranks you up, so what does 3ARC do? They make it so EVERYTHING you do in Zombies counts towards your rank. This may be just MY theory, but it certainly debunks yours.
Double Xp for Zombies or something of the sort
I would like to say that I cant see emblem being based purely upon K/DR.
if you play solo and get to round 10 and do not buy quick revive, your game will end with roughly a 200 K/DR
which according to the estimates I have seen would land you with shotgun emblem (as long as you are patient enough to do this a fair few times)
and I think you will all agree round 10 is not the level of someone who is "the best" at zombies.
so the rounds you reach + headshots etc must deffinately have impacts on the emblem as they also help measure your skill
K/D doesn't mean shit. My mates k/d is 78 and he has got the shotgun emblem. My k/d is 240 and ive got the knife through the skull emblem. No one knows how to rank up, anyone that says they do are talking shit.
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[postsecret] Beauty, and the Horror Of It
Physical beauty is such a massive, overwhelming force in people's lives — especially women's. I've always felt so uncomfortable just thinking about it. Uncomfortable, yet driven. Obsessed and despairing. The anxiety of it comes out especially when I'm thinking about getting older, these days, being as I've made it to the ripe old age of 28. (Might as well be dead!)
I've been occasionally featuring postcards from PostSecret, an online community art project to which people send postcards featuring a secret they've never told anyone. I've been reading PostSecret for many years, and I'm uncertain when I began saving postcards, so I can't date the following images; they could have come from any time, because I've always been so freaked out about this. And so has everyone else, apparently.
"I am more worried about aging than I am about dying."
Me too, postcard. Me too.
I feel like my brain often goes through backflips, wanting to think about beauty but shying away from it too. I slammed up against this limitation a lot when I was researching and writing Confessions of a Pickup Artist Chaser — the pickup artist community is so obsessed with feminine beauty, and I felt so torn between hating that and wanting their validation. I think dealing with them made me more anxious about it, though it could also just be getting older.
I work so hard to see men's perspective, but I can't help resenting the way a lot of men talk about women's beauty; for so many men, all they can see is power. So many men miss the slavery of it. A lot of men also miss the absurd schizophrenia, the way so many women trick ourselves into being unable to believe in our own beauty — because that would be vain and shallow and bitchy — so we trick ourselves into not-believing that we're pretty. Yet we are simultaneously forced to believe we're pretty in order to believe that we deserve to be out in public, because there is no greater crime than ugliness, for a woman.
A picture of Britney Spears, overlaid with: "I feel your pain. I was once beautiful, too."
No greater sin than ugliness. Unless it's being beautiful. Britney really epitomizes that. I made her the focus of an article that I wrote about men's "visual sexuality" and women's presentation, because she has taken so much punishment, been assigned so much blame — from both sides of the coin. Britney often comes across as bubbleheaded, but I feel like that's how I'd come across too, if I had to balance such intense and conflicting imperatives. Sometimes, when I feel hemmed in by a man's preconceptions about my appearance or my body or my sexuality, my only half-decent defense is to act like an airhead. Especially if I'm afraid of making him angry.
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It would be nice to feel graceful every time there's a change to my appearance. Breaking my neck imparted scars and a small amount of weight gain… an amazingly small amount for how much it makes me freak out over photographs on Facebook, which I shouldn't be looking at because I'm not shallow or vain and don't care about that stuff. Right? Right. Which is why I've never worn much makeup, except that now I feel like I'm behind the curve and I should learn how to do it properly, when I think about it, which I don't because I'm not shallow. Right.
Not shallow.
I'm still scared, though.
(Shoutout to The Beheld, a smart feminist beauty blog that I follow sporadically.)
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Emergence of Second Paandiyan Empire
The emergence of the Second Tamil Paandiyan Empire in the history of India came into focus during the period of Maravarman Sunthara Paandiyan - 1 (A.D.1216-1239) who ruled from Mathurai. During this period his younger brother Maravarman Kulasekara Pandiyan ruled from Kotkai in the present Ramanathapuram district under him.
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After the demise of Maravarman Kulasekara Paandiyan his eldest son Sadaiyavarman Vikkrama Paandiyan acended the throne at Mathurai. He too met an early death and was succeeded by his younger brother Sadaiyavarman Sunthara Paandiyan - 2.
Sadaiyavarman Sunthara Paandiyan (A.D.1251-1292)
The Second Paandiyan Empire of Tamil Nadu with Mathurai (Madurai) as it's capital city, emerged as a very powerful kingdom under "Sadaiyavarman Sunthara (Sundera) Paandiyan - 2 (A.D.1251-1292)" encompassing the entire territory in South India, East-Central and East India, and a region near overseas, with many kingdoms coming under his rule.
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(a) Capture of Chera Nadu
He first conquered Venadu of the Chera country in the year A.D.1251 and the king Cheramaan - Vira Udayamarthanda Varma Thiruvadi was captured by Sadaiyavarman Vira Paandiyan on behalf of his elder brother Sadaiyavarman Sunthera Paandiyan under whom he was a co-regent. On the Chera king accepting the Pandiyan suzerainty and agreeing to pay tributes to him, was allowed to rule his region in Chera country under the new title as "Vira Udayamarthanda Varma Thiruvadi - Vira Paandiyadeva".
(b) Capture of Chola Nadu
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(c) Defeat of Hoysalas in North-Central Tamil Nadu and capture of Western Ganga region in South Karnataka
The Hoysala Vira Narasimha II's son Vira Someshwara extended their authority over north Tamil Nadu around 1225, making the city of Kannanur Koppam closer to Srirangam as his capital. Sadaiyavarman Sunthara Paandiyan defeated him at Kannanur Koppam in Tamil Nadu and captured the Western Gangetic region in south Karnataka
(d) Defeat of Banas of North-East Thondaimandalam of Tamil Nadu
He moved towards the Banas (Vaanar) of Banappaadi of North-West Thondaimandalam and captured his region Vallam (Banappadi) of Tamil Nadu who escaped capture and Bana country fell into the hands of Sunthara Paandiyan.
(e) Defeat of Pallavas in North-East Tamil Nadu
Kopperunchinga - II (reigned c. 1243-1279 CE) was a Pallava king of Kaadava line with their capital at Senthamangalam played a major role in the political affairs of the Tamil country. Sadaiyavarman Sunthara Paandiyan next waged war with the Kadava king Koperunchingan defeated at Senthamangalam which put an end to the Kaadava dynasty in Tamil Nadu.
(f) Capture of Kongu region of North-West Tamil Nadu
Sadaiyavarman Sunthara Paandiyan further sent an expedition under his younger brother and co-ruler Sadaiyavarman Vira Pandiyan his co-ruler to Kongu region of Tamil Nadu which was captured and left it be completely to be ruled by him.
(g) Defeat of Telungu Chodas at Kanchi North Tamil Nadu and capture of their other regions in South Andhra Pradesh
During this period in south Andhra Pradesh the Telugu-Choda (Telungu Chola) king Vijayakandagopaladeva (A.D.1250-83) ruled Cudappah, Nellore, Chitoor of south Andhra Pradesh and the region of Kanchi of Tamil nadu as his new capital city.
Sunderapaandiyan waged war on him and this battle Vijayakandagopaladeva met his death, and the Kanchi of Tamil Nadu, Nellore, Chitoor and Cuddapah the southern regions of Andhra Pradesh too came under Paandiyan rule.
(h) Capture of Kakatiya region (at Warangal) in central Andhra Pradesh
Then he turned his attention towards the Kakatiyas under Ganapathi (A.D.1199-1262) ruling from Orugallu of that period the present Warangal in north Andhra Pradesh. The Kakatiya Ruler Ganapathi after his defeat gave the reigns of his kingdom at Orungallu and the northern and central regions of present Andhra Pradesh under his rule, to his daughter the Rudramadevi (A.D.1261-1289) who ruled over same for some years, accepting the Paandiyan suzerainty.
(i) Capture of Somavamsi region (at Cuttack) and whole of Oddisa
Then he moved towards Kathaka (Kataka=Cuttack)) capital city in Utkala country the present central Odisha (Orrisa) and defeated king Narasimhadeva - I (1238–1264) of the Eastern Gangas and called himself as the lord of Tri-Kalinga present Odidisa. (Tri-Kalinga = Oddara in south Utkala in the central and Kalinga in the north - of present Oddisa)
(j) Capture of "Gangetic region" of North-Eest India by Sadaiyavarman Vira Paandiyan the co-ruler
The forces of Sadaiyavarman Vira Paandiyan the co-ruler with Sadaiyavarman Sunthera Paandiyan went further beyond Oddisa North-East towards Ganges river, and captured the regions on both sides of Ganges in the present region of West Bengal.
(k) Capture of the northern half of Sri Lanka
He sent another expedition to Sri Lanka under his general Ariya Chakkaravarthi who defeated the Sri Lankan King Bhuvanekabahu - 1 (A.D.1271-1283) at his capital city Yapahuva and returned to Tamil Nadu with the Sacred Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha among other treasures. However the subsequent Sri Lankan King Parakramabahu visted Tamil Nadu and made peace terms with Sunthara Pandiyan who with a view of promoting goodwill, returned the Sacred Relic which was handed back to him on his return. The general Arya Chakkravarthi stationed himself in the north most region of Sri Lanka and remained as a viceroy of Sadaiyavarman Sunthara Paandiyan in Sri Lanka.
He handed back to the respective kingdoms to it's earlier Rulers on their acceptance of the Paandiyan suzerainty over their countries, and on agreeing to pay tributes. Thus the Paandiyan kingdom gradualy rose to it's zenith and prosperity.
Note: Andhra region was inbetween Krishna and Godavari rivers and Oddisa region was inbetween Godavari and Mahanadi rivers. Medieval Oddisa comprised of three kingdoms, namely Oddara (ancient Mekala) in south, Utkala in the centre and Kalinga in the north. The Oddisa region which comprised these three kingdoms was also known as Tri-Kalinga beyond which was south-eastern region of present Bengal
Thus the Pandiyan Empire reached it's zenith with Western Ganga country in "south-west of Karnataka state", and the Eastern Ganga country in the "north-east Odissa state (Kataka = the present Cuttack region)" and the regions on 'either side' of the river Ganges (Gauda desa) - as its northern bounderies - with whole of (present) Tamil Nadu and Kerala (former Tamil Chera Nadu) encompassed within, and the northern half of "Sri Lanka" being the southern boundary, while east and west being the "oceans".
The Vira Paandiyan who lead the expeditions to the Ganges river on behalf of Sadaiyavarman Sunthera Paandiyan held - religious functions celebrating his "war expeditions" (vijaya-abishekam) and "victory expeditions" (vira-abhishekams) at 'Thillai Perum Koyil' (Chidambarem) commemorating same. The Paandiyan Emperor Sadaiyavarman Sunthara Paandiyan with all his victories over so many regions, also assumed the new title as "Em Mandalamumum kondarulina Sadaiyavarman Sunthara Paandiya Devar"
Evidences for section (a), (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g)
".......Sri Sundara Pandiya Perumal the ornament of the Lunar race, the Mathava of the city of Madura, the eradicator of Kerala race, a second Rama in plundering the city of Lanka, the thunder bolt to the mountain which is the Chola race, the Pakala to the herds of elephants which are the Kathakas, the devastator of the hill forts of the various enemies, the jungle fire to the forest which is Vira Gandagopala the lord of Kanchi the excellent city, the tiger to the deer which is Ganapathi (of Kakatiyas), the establisher of the suppliant kings, the Parameswara of Maharajadhirajas the ruler of three worlds......."
Inscription of Sadaiyavarman Sundera Pandiyan - 2 on the west base of first gopuram at Thirumala Temple.
Thiruppathi Devasthanam Inscriptions - Vol 1, Ins No: 45
Evidences for section (e), (f), and (g)
"......The famous king Sundara Pandyadeva having destroyed the Andhra and Utkala kings and anointing himself as a hero at Kanchi rules the earth.
Inscription of Sadaiyavarman Sundera Pandiyan - 2 on the west base of first gopuram at Thirumala Temple.
Thiruppathi Devasthanam Inscriptions - Vol 1, Ins No: 50
".....From the victorious city of Kataka (Kataka Vishaye) the most devout worshipper of (the god)
Mahesvara (Siva), the Paramabhattaraka Maharajadhiraja, and Paramesara, the ornament of the Somakula the lord of the three-Kalinga.......Maha Bhavaguptadeva....." Plate B
".....a town named Yayatinagara on Mahanadi......a king named Janamejaya.....his son Yayati.....From the town Yayatinagara the most devout worshipper of (the god) Mahesvara (Siva), the Paramabhattaraka Maharajadhiraja, and Paramesara, the ornament of the Somakula the lord of the three-Kalinga.......Maha Bhavaguptarajadeva .....' Plate F
Kataka (Cuttack) Inscriptions of Somavamsi Kings of Tri-Kalinga
Epigraphia Indica - Vol 3, Inscription 47, Plate B & F (Page 350 & 358)
Evidences for section (e), (f), and (g)
"Poomalar valar thikal thirumakal pukalaakam....."
"......குச்சரரும் ஆரியரும் கோசலரும் கொங்கணரும்
வச்சிரரும் காசியரும் மாகதரும் . . .
அருமணரும் சோனகரும் அவந்தியரு முதலாய
ருநிலமா முடிவேந்தர் றைஞ்சிநின்று திறைகாட்ட......"
".....வடிநெடுவாளும் வயப்பெரும்புரவியும்
தொடிநெடுந் தோளுமே துணையெனச் சென்று
சேரனும் தானையும் செருக்களத் தொழிய
வாரசும் புலரா மலைநாடு நூறப்......."
"......பருதிமாமரபிற் பொருதிறல் மிக்க
சென்னியைத் (the Chola) திறைகொண்டு திண்தோள்வலியிற்
பொன்னி நாட்டு போசலத்தரைசர்களைப்
புரிசையிலடைத்துப் பொங்குவீரப் புரவியும்
செருவிற லாண்மைச் சிங்கணன் முதலாய
தண்டத் தலைவரும் தானையும் அழிபடத்
முதுகிடு போசலன் தன்னொடு முனையும்
அதுதவ றென்றவன் தன்னை வெற்பேற்றி
நட்பது போலுட் பகையாய் நின்ற
சேமனைக்கொன்று சினந் தணிந்தருளி
நண்ணுதல் பிறரால் எண்ணுதற்கரிய
கண்ணனூர்க்கொப்பத்தைக் கைக்கொண்டருளி....."
"......பொன்னிசூழ் செல்வப் புதுப்புனல் நாட்டைக்
கன்னி நாடென காத்தருள் செய்யப்
பெருவரை யரணிற் பின்னருகாக்கிய
கருநா டரசனைக் களிறுதிரை கொண்டு......"
".......துலங்கொளி மணியும் சூழிவேழமும்
லங்கை காவலனைக் றைகொண்டருளி
வருதிறை மறுத்து அங்கவனைப்பிடித்துக்
கருருமுகில் நிகளங் காலினிற் கோத்து......"
"......வேந்தர்கண் டறியா விறற்றிண் புரிசைச்
பல்லவன் நடுங்கப் பலபோ ராடி
நெல்விளை நாடும் நெடும்பெரும் பொன்னும்
பரும யானையு பரியு முதலிய
அரசுரிமைக் கைக்கொண்டு அரசவற்களித்துத்......."
".....யொத்தமுடி சூடி யுயர் பேராணை
திக்கெட்டும் நடப்பச் செழுந்தவஞ் செய்த.......
உலகமுழுதுடை யாளொடும் வீற்றிருந்தருளிய
சிரீகோச் சடைய வன்மரான
திரிபுவன சக்கர வர்த்திகள்சிரீ சுந்தர பாண்டிய
தேவர்க்கு யாண்டு ஏழாவது......"
Meikeerthi of Sadaiyavarman Sunderapaandiyan - 2
South Indian Inscriptions Vol 5, Insc No: 459
Evidences for section (g)
"....மீளா வழிசெல்ல வேணாடர் தங்களை வென்ற தடம்
தோளான் மதுரைமன் சுந்தர பாண்டியன் சூழ்ந்திறைஞ்சி
ஆளான மன்னவர் தன்ஏவல் செய்ய அவனி முட்ட
வாளால் வழிதிறந் தான்வட வேந்தரை மார்திறந்தே'.....
".....வட்ட வெண்குடை மன்னர் தம்புகல்
காண்டு மாமுடி கொண்டுபோர்
மாறு கொண்டெழு போசளன் தடை
கொண்டு வாணன் வனம்புகத்
தொட்ட வெம்படை வீரன் வெற்றி(யே)
புனைந்த சுந்தர மாறன்முன்
சூழிவிட்ட தெலிங்கர் சேனை(யை)
துணித்து வென்ற களத்துமேல்
விட்ட வெம்பரி பட்ட பொழுதெழு
சோரி வாரியை ஒக்கு நீர்
மேல் மிதந்த நிணப்பெருந்திரள்
வெள்நு ரைத்திரள் ஒக்குமுன்
பட்டவெங்கரி யந்த வீர(ரே)
படிந்த மாமுகில் ஒக்கும்வீழ்
படுமணிக் குடை அங்கு வந்(து)எழு
பரிதி மண்டலம் ஒக்குமே......"
"......வாக்(கு)இயல் செந்தமிழ் சுந்தர பாண்டியன் வாள் அமரில்
வீக்கிய வன்கழல் கண்ட கோபாலனை விண்ணுலகில்
போக்கிய பின்(பு)அவன் தம்பியர் போற்றப் புரந்(து)அரசில்
ஆக்கிய வார்த்தை பதிநா லுலகமும் ஆகியதே......"
".....புயலும் தருவும் பொருகைப் புவனேக வீரபுனல்
வயலும் தரளம்தரு கொற்கைக் காவல வாரணப்போர்
முயலும் கணபதி மொய்த்த செஞ்சோதி முகத்(து)இரண்டு
கயலுண்(டு) எனும்அதுவோ முனி(வு)ஆறிய காரணமே......"
".....காரேற்ற தண்டலைக் காவிரி நாடனைக் கானுலவும்
தேரேற்றி விட்ட செழுந்தமிழ்த் தென்னவன் சென்றெதிர்ந்து
தாரேற்ற வெம்படை ஆரியர் தண்டு படத் தனியே
போரேற்று நின்ற பெருவார்த்தை இன்றும் புதுவார்த்தையே......."
Inscription of Sadai' Sunthara Paandiya - 2 on the right wall of eastern outer Gopuram of Chithambaram Temple
South Indian Inscriptions - Vol 4, Insc No 619, 620
Evidences for section (g)
"......கொங்கர் உடல் அழியக் குத்திஇரு கோட்(டு)எடுத்து
வெங்கண் அழலில் வெதுப்புமோ - மங்கையர்கள்
சூழத் தாமம்புனையும் சுந்தரத்தோள் மீனவனுக்(கு)
ஈழத்தான் இட்ட இறை.
கோச்சடையவர்மரான திரிபுவன சக்கரவர்திகள் கொங்கு ஈழம் கொண்டு கொடுவடுகு கோடழித்து கங்கையிருக்கரையும் காவிரியும் கைக்கொண்டு.......காடவன் திறையிட கண்டினிதிருந்து வீராபிஷேகமும் விஜயாபிஷேகமும் பன்னியருளின ஸ்ரீ வீரபாண்டிய தேவர்க்கு........
Inscriptions of the Pudukkotai State - Insc No: 370 & 372
".......கொங்கு ஈழம் கொண்டு கொடுவடுகு கோடழித்து கங்கை இருகரையும் காவிரியும் கைக்கொண்டு வல்லா(ல)னை வென்று தில்லை மாநகரில் வீற்றிருந்து வீராபிஷேகமும் விஜயாபிஷேகமும் பன்னியருளிய கோச்சடையவர்மரான திரிபுவன சக்க்ரவர்த்திகள் சிறீ வீரபாண்டிய தேவருக்கு......."
South Indian Inscriptions - Vol 23, Insc No: 131
Evidences for section (g)
".....Yajapura katake pravesa hoila......."
".....raja Yajapura nagara Caudavare Katake vije kari thanti...."
Madala Panji - Ed by Mahanti, Page 22, 34
Note: "Caudavare Kataka" means "Gauda desa" (the present West Bengal) adjacent to Kataka vijaya adjacent to Ganges river.
Evidences for section (g)
(1) Having caused to long for the other world (i.e. to set or die) that Moon of the
(country}, by whom this lotus-pond? of "Sriranga" had been reduced to a pitiable state,
re-instating in this (lotus-pond of Sriranga) (the goddess) Lakshmi, who is worshipped in
the three worlds - king Sundara-Pandya rose full of brilliancy (like) the Sun........
(2) The king who was the Mahendra (Paandiya) of the glorious (city of) Madhura, built for the lord
of Ranga a shrine (alaya) with the gold which (he) had given by frequently performing the
ascending of the scales (tulabaram)
(4) The Sun among kings gave to Sarngin (Vishnu), who resides at Ranga, a garland
of emeralds, which (he) had taken from the treasure of the Kathaka king........
(8) When the king who propagated the race of the Moon (and) who was the Chief of
the world, had carried away the wealth of th capital of the Kathaka (king) who was distressed
by terrible single-combats......."
Sanskrit Inscription of Sadaiyavarman Sunthara Paandiyan at Sri Rangam Temple, Thirutchi, Tamil Nadu.
Epigraphica Indica - Vol 3, Page 350
Evidences for section (g)
Ma'bar extends in length from Kúlam (Kollam in the west) to Níláwar (Nellore in the north), nearly three hundred parasangs along the sea-coast, and in the language of that country the king is called Dewar, which signifies the Lord of Empire. The curiosities of Chín and Máchín, and the beautiful products of Hind and Sind, laden on large ships (which they call junks), sailing like mountains with the wings of the winds on the surface of the water, are always arriving there. The wealth of the Isles of the Persian Gulf in particular and in part the beauty and adornment of other countries, from 'Irák (Iraq) and Khurásán as far as Rúm and Europe, are derived from Ma'bar (Tamil Nadu) which is so situated as to be the key of Hind.
A few years since the Dewar was Sundar Pandí (Sadaiyavarman Sunthara Paandiyan) who had three brothers, each of whom established himself in independence in some different country. The eminent prince the margrave (marzbán) of Hind, Takíu-d dín 'Abdu-r Rahmán, son of Mu-hammadu-t Tíbí, whose virtues and accomplishments have for a long time been the theme of praise and admiration among the chief inhabitants of that beautiful country, was the Dewar's deputy, minister, and adviser, and was a man of sound judgment. Fitan, Malí Fitan and Kábil* were made over to his possession, for he is still worthy (kábil) of having the Khutba read in his name, and, notwithstanding these high dignities, is not worthy of seditions (fitna).
It was a matter of agreement that Maliku-l Islám Jamálu-d dín and the merchants should embark every year from the island of Kais and land at Ma'bar (Tamil Nadu) 1,400 horses of his own breed, and of such generous origin that, in comparison with them the most celebrated horses of antiquity, such as the Rukhs of Rustam, etc., should be as worthless as the horse of the chess-board. It was also agreed that he should embark as many as he could procure from all the isles of Persia, such as Katíf, Lahsá, Bahrein, Hurmúz and Kulhátú. The price of each horse was fixed from of old at 220 dínárs of red gold, on this condition, that if any horses should sustain any injury during the voyage, or should happen to die, the value of them should be paid from the royal treasury. It is related by authentic writers, that in the reign of Atábak Abú Bakr, 10,000 horses were annually exported from these places to Ma'bar (Tamil Nadu), Kambáyat, and other ports in their neighbourhood, and the sum total of their value amounted to 2,200,000 dínárs, which was paid out of the overflowing revenues of the estates and endowments belonging to the Hindú temples, and from the tax upon courtezans attached to them, and no charge was incurred by the public treasury......"
In the months of the year 692 H. (A.D.1292) the above-mentioned Dewar the ruler of Ma'bar died, and left behind him much wealth and treasure.
Up to the time of the fall of the mighty Chola Empire under Rajendra Chola - 3, many North Indian kingdoms and kingdom overseas continued to pay tributes to the Cholas, and with the devastation and capture of Chola country by Maravarman Sundera Paandiyan - 1 these kingdoms continued to pay the tributes to their new overlord Sadaiyavarman Sunthara Paandiyan. The tributes came forth from Villavar (Chera Country), Konkanar (Kongu country), Malawar, Gujjarar, Thelungar, Kalingar, Magadhar, Kosalar, Vikkalar, Sembiyar, Pallavar, Singalar, and Cheenar - kingdoms.
Religious endowments made to Temples in Tamil Nadu
He built the East Outer Gopuram at Madurai Meenaakshi Temple and the West Outer Gopuram at the Chithamparam Siva Temple and gave many endowments to these Temples. He also paved the Karuvarai Vimanams at these Temples and at the Sri Rangam Temples with gold sheet coverings and performed Tulabara ceremony at this temple. He also donated the very valuable Emerald Necklace to Sri Ranganather at Sri Rangam which fell into his hands when he defeated the Kataka (Cuttack of Oddisa State) king.
This empire lasted for 95 years upto A.D.1311 the year of demise of Maaravarman Kulasekara Paandiyan (A.D.1292-1311) his son and the successor to Paandiyan throne. The Sadaiyavarman Suthara Paandiyan - 2 the greatest among the later Paandiyas of the city of Mathurai needs due recognition and hence it is appropriate the Mathurai International Port be named after him as "Sadaiyavarman Sunthara Paandiyan International Airport" or "Sadai Sunthara Paandiyan International Airport" - in short after him.
Note: The length of the name is comparable with the names of some International Airports and other Airports of India as listed below:
(1) Thirutchirappalli International Airport
(2) Visakapattnam Airport
(3) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
(4) Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport
(5) Sardar Vallabbhai Patel International Airport
(6) Charan Singh Internatinal Airport
(7) Nethaji Subas Chandra Bose International Airport etc etc.
(8) Bangalore International Airport was renamed as Kempegowda International Airport
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Speaking to Windpower TV at the show in Manchester, Thompson said the UK was already well placed for local sourcing of services to the offshore wind industry thanks to its "maritime engineering and oil and gas background".
"Further ahead we are looking towards production facilities in the UK, that will be the next big step for the industry," added Thompson.
When considering the cost implications of local content sourcing, Thompson said the industry had to take a common sense approach.
"Simply driving local content sourcing for the sake of it actually has the effect of increasing costs," he said.
"We are seeing that with some of the projects in other European countries, and you are seeing costs that we just cannot afford in the UK."


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SANFORD, Fla. - Despite extra police patrols on the streets of downtown Sanford, there are few signs of the courtroom drama unfolding a few miles down the road.
As the jury deliberates for Day 2 in the George Zimmerman trial, people in Sanford are having a normal Saturday. Some say the trial is on their minds, but others say they're not following the case at all.
Lois Joslin calls what happened on February 26, 2012, between Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman a tragedy for both families involved. But she believes it's time for the justice system to run its course.
"I think it's a tragedy that the whole thing happened. We lost a very young soul. I wasn't there. I don't get to judge," she said.
Herman Eason works at Hollerbach's Willow Tree Cafe and he set up chairs for lunch like any other Saturday.
Although both the Seminole County Sheriff's Office and the Sanford Police have warned against violence after the verdict, Eason says he is optimistic.
"I don't get a sense of any violence or nothing. Really, (the protestors) got what they asked for. They wanted a trial," Eason said.
Police are out on the streets in droves in Sanford, a show of force meant to show law enforcement is ready for anything. Both Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith and Seminole County Sheriff Don Eslinger have said they're not worried about violence but have a plan in place as a precaution.
Eason hopes whatever the outcome in the Zimmerman trial, the whole incident will be something that will make Sanford a better place.
"Sanford hasn't always been the best, but it has changed. I don't want it to go back to where it left. I want it to be better. I want it to be a lesson to all of us," he said.
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Grey's Anatomy Season 8 Spoilers: The Final Season?!Steve Marsi at .
Was last night's season finale of Grey's Anatomy the beginning of the end?
In the wake of the unsettling events of Thursday night, series creator Shonda Rhimes aims to have the end justify the means, as the ABC drama enters what may be the eighth and final season for Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey next fall.
What does she mean by that - and without Mer and Der, could Grey's Anatomy possibly continue? Here's what had Rhimes had to say on this and other topics the morning after the bombshells of "Unaccompanied Minor" were dropped:
On whether she's prepared for the backlash from fans, Rhimes tells TV Line:
"I don't know if I steeled myself for the blowback. I'm sure there's going to be some, but I'm not even sure I thought about it. I've been busy thinking about setting us up for next season, which might be the final season for the [original cast members]."
"I wanted to spend next season doing nothing but telling stories about the originals, and I felt like in order to do that, we wanted to put everybody in a place where the focus was squarely on Meredith and Derek, Cristina, Alex."On having Meredith tamper with Derek's Alzheimer's drug trial:
"I've heard a number of people say, 'I don't think Meredith would do that.' Meredith is the girl who put her hand on a bomb in a body cavity. Meredith is the girl who tried to help a serial killer kill himself, so that he could donate his organs."
"Meredith - and this is obvious - has a compass that has always led her to shades of grey. She does not believe in black-and-white, she does not believe in good or bad."
"She does what she thinks is right. It's funny, when we first pitched this storyline to Ellen, the first thing she said before we got to the end was, 'But I give Adele the drug, right? I definitely give Adele the drug [versus the placebo].' We said yeah, because that's who Meredith is."
"Derek has always been a person who believes in right or wrong, and that has been the fundamental argument of their relationship. I also feel like it's important to say that Meredith and Derek aren't getting a divorce; their marriage is in trouble."
On what part of Mer accepts responsibility for pushing Derek away:
"I don't know. Maybe 50-50? She made a choice but she knew she made a choice. It wasn't a simple choice to make, but it was the only choice for her to make. As a woman who would tell a gunman to shoot her [in the Season 6 finale], that's who she is."
"She deals with consequences later. I know that she feels justified, but I also think she knows she made her own bed. He just needs his space."
"The work of his life, which was him basically trying to cure the disease that Meredith eventually will likely suffer from, has been ruined. If he knew about the baby [Zola], things might be different, but he doesn't."
"Right now he's just angry and he needs a chance to get over it.
On whether Meredith and Derek are still destined to be together forever:
"I feel like Meredith and Derek are meant to be together forever, and we're going to make sure in the end they end up together – unless one of them dies or something. I don't think it undercuts the drama. I think how we get there is the journey.
On whether season eight is it for the cast - and the show:
"It might be the last hurrah for a lot of them; you never know. I really don't know and I don't presume to know. Everybody [including Chandra Wilson, Justin Chambers and James T. Pickens] has an individual choice to make and I get that."
"It's been seven really amazing years. Everyone has a choice to make. All the originals are in play."
On whether Cristina will really terminate the pregnancy:
"No one's ever told me I couldn't, so it never occurred to me I couldn't. It is a polarizing issue, and we deal with a lot of polarizing issues. Addison performs abortions on Private Practice all the time, and she's had one herself."
"Violet has had two herself. I don't feel like that's the point. Every woman has her legal, God-given right to choose."
On Cristina and Owen's prognosis:
"I'm still debating what's going to happen with Cristina and Owen, in my own head. Every day I change my mind about what's going to happen with them."
On Alex's romantic tribulations:
"I want him to be happy so badly! I really do. It's so difficult because he's such the kicked dog a lot of the time, and his character is so tough about it. But you really feel sorry for him. I feel like he hasn't had any happiness since Izzy.
On whether the Charlie's Angels pilot killed his relationship:
"I love Lucy and I thought Rachael was great; she has such a sparkle to her. If that pilot hadn't happened, things would be entirely different."
On the climactic Mark-Lexie scene:
"I really like Mark and Lexie together, and I re-edited that scene like 50,000 times. I took it out, I put it back in. The writers and I argued about it for days and days, and it felt like we needed to give Mark some place to go.
"He's been in baby land this whole season and he needs to step out of Callie and Arizona's relationship and stand on his own. That's what we're trying to do."
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Royals can't find relief in extras loss to O's
BALTIMORE -- Everything fell apart for Danny Duffy and the Royals in the 10th inning on Saturday night.
With Duffy hitting a batter and making two throwing errors, the Orioles loaded the bases and won in a walk-off, 3-2, as Nick Markakis lined a single off Louis Coleman to provide a dramatic finish for 34,941 fans at Camden Yards.View Full Game Coverage
BALTIMORE -- Everything fell apart for Danny Duffy and the Royals in the 10th inning on Saturday night.
With Duffy hitting a batter and making two throwing errors, the Orioles loaded the bases and won in a walk-off, 3-2, as Nick Markakis lined a single off Louis Coleman to provide a dramatic finish for 34,941 fans at Camden Yards.View Full Game Coverage
"There's nothing I can do about it," Duffy said. "I can't take it back, but I just feel terrible right now because the team played their butts off today. I just came in for a blink of an eye of it and just wasn't sharp, and it ended up costing us the game."
It was 2-2, when Duffy took over the mound in the 10th and he began by hitting Jonathan Schoop with a pitch.
"I got ahead of the first guy [Schoop] and tried to go up and in on him," Duffy said. "I thought it was a good pitch. The ball got up and away from me and he didn't really make an attempt to move out of the way."
Ex-Royal David Lough bunted and Duffy tried for a forceout at second, but the ball sailed into center field for an error. Shortstop Alcides Escobar, covering second, collided with Schoop and was down for a time with an aching knee but stayed in the game.
"With a good throw, he's got him out," manager Ned Yost said.
With runners at first and second, Jemile Weeks also bunted. Duffy thought about a forceout at third.
"I was screaming to go to first," catcher Brett Hayes said. "In that situation, you just want to get an out."
Duffy finally turned and threw high to first base for another error.
"I thought we had a chance at third and, at the last second, I turned and threw to first and the ball just sailed on me, too," Duffy said.
The bases were loaded with no outs and Duffy was excused in favor of right-hander Coleman, who came in and struck out Nelson Cruz.
"I really liked the matchup with Louie with Cruz and he ended up striking him out," Yost said. "I liked the matchup with Adam Jones if we got that far. Louie's kind of a sinker-slider guy and we're playing the infield in, you're hoping you can get a ground ball and somebody can turn a home-to-first double play."
First, though, Coleman had to deal with Markakis, a left-handed batter. The count went to 2-2 and Markakis reached out and poked a floating line drive down the left-field line. Alex Gordon had no chance.
"Markakis just stuck his bat out there and I don't know how far it was fair, but it wasn't much," Yost said. "Louie did a nice job."
Yost, by the way, said he didn't consider using closer Greg Holland to relieve Duffy because the Royals didn't have a lead at that point. He had used Holland in a 3-3 tie on Opening Day at Detroit and the closer gave up the game-ending hit.
"That's the first time I've ever used my closer [that way] because I really wanted to win that game on Opening Day," Yost said. "But I'm not going to do it [again] because I've got confidence in everybody down there."
If the 10th-inning injury had forced Escobar to leave the game, that would have presented an interesting dilemma. Backup infielders Danny Valencia and Jimmy Paredes were already out of the game. Who would play where?
"Good question," Yost said. "Gordon was going to come to third, Omar [Infante] was going to go to short, Moose [Mike Moustakas] was going to go to second and probably [pitcher Michael] Mariot was going to go to left."
Escobar, after being looked at by head trainer Nick Kenney, stayed in the game. He had a spike mark on his leg and his left knee was jammed, but Escobar reported after the game that he was OK.
Whether he'll be ready to play in Sunday's series finale remains to be seen.
For seven innings, the game was a duel between the starting pitchers, the Royals' Jeremy Guthrie and the Orioles' Wei-Yin Chen.
The Orioles' first two hitters in the game, Weeks and Cruz, reached base and both scored -- on Markakis' single and a forceout. After that, Guthrie worked six shutout innings.
"Our defense was working big as it always does," Guthrie said. "Esky made a number of great plays as well as Omar."
The Royals got a run in the third on Escobar's double, Nori Aoki's bunt single and Eric Hosmer's RBI double into the right-field corner. But they left the bases loaded.
Chen gave up a second run in the sixth as Gordon and Valencia each singled, and Justin Maxwell sent an RBI looper into center.
"The two starters did a great job," Yost said.
The Royals stranded 11 runners, the last in the 10th after Salvador Perez's double, his third hit of the game. Paredes ran for him.
"We didn't really want to pinch-run for him there, but knowing we had Dyson behind him, a singles-type hitter," Yost said. "They were going to play their outfield short and we needed some speed in case we got a hit."
Left-hander Zach Britton came in to face Dyson and struck him out to end the inning.
"He had good gas," Dyson said.
Then Duffy, with his brief relief career showing 8 1/3 scoreless innings, entered the fray. Everything that could go wrong went wrong -- a hit batter and two errors -- and he wound up sitting forlornly in front of his locker in the visitors' clubhouse.
"It's just pitchers' fielding practice, man," Duffy said. "It's a simple game and I just wasn't sharp. I just didn't do my job tonight."


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Challenging the myth that sprawl is cheaper
While a suburban mortgage may look cheaper, it's perpetuating a problem for municipalities, businesses, and taxpayers. Canadian municipalities, and their taxpayers, are also faced with billions of dollars in unfunded costs for new suburban developments. Sprawl is one of the major contributors to air pollution, which the World Health Organization had identified as one of the leading causes of cancer, and also contributes to climate change, loss of farmland and nature, vehicle injuries and death, and risk of chronic disease.
Although many municipalities have goals for reducing future sprawl and creating more liveable communities, many unintentionally encourage sprawl with charges and taxes that obscure the real costs. To restrain sprawl, local governments must turn prices around and so that they reward denser, healthier and more liveable development. When we do so, we will reap significant economic and environmental benefits.Read More Share on Facebook
Why are suburbs growing so fast?
Suburbs are growing 160% faster than city centres. Today, half of urban residents live in the suburbs.
Why are so many Canadian families and firms locating in the suburbs? The key factor is price: it's cheaper to buy a house or office space in suburban areas than in the city centre. Much of this lower price is because of distance to amenities, but some is because of how government policies subsidize the suburbs. There are many hidden costs, some paid by sprawl dwellers, others paid by all Canadians.Read More Share on Facebook
Costs of sprawl
New suburbs cost city governments more than denser urban developments—for creating and maintaining roads, sewers, water, community centres, and libraries, and providing fire protection, policing, and school bussing. The revenue collected from suburban developers and households rarely covers all the costs of the new infrastructure. Other taxpayers wind up picking up these costs. Here are a couple of examples:
- Across just 17 of the more than 40 new developments underway or planned in Edmonton, net costs have been projected to exceed revenues by nearly $4 billion over 60 years.
- The City of London, Ontario found that over a 50-year period sprawling growth would entail capital costs $2.7 billion higher, and operating costs about $1.7 billion higher, than for a compact growth scenario.
There are also many hidden costs that affect health, productivity and the environment.Read More Share on Facebook
Cost of roads and highways
The vast majority of roads in Canada are free to use, but they aren't cheap to build or maintain. Governments in Canada spend almost $29 billion on roads every year – far more than they spend on transit, rail, air, marine and all other transportation modes combined. Fuel taxes, licence fees and all other motor vehicle payments cover just over half of that cost. The rest- $13 billion- is subsidized from general taxes.
Cars aren't any cheaper for families than they are for governments — suburban households drive about three times more than households close to the city centre. All that extra driving has a big impact on household budgets, family stress, and personal health. Extra car ownership and fuel cancel out much of the household budget savings from lower home prices, bringing the real cost of a suburban house closer to the sticker price of an urban residence.Read More Share on Facebook
More density can save our cities billions
In established, denser neighbourhoods, service delivery is more affordable and some infrastructure already exists, so new developments entail lower municipal spending. Denser growth patterns can save cities, and their taxpayers, billions in capital costs and city services:
- Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) found it would potentially save as much as $715 million over the next two decades by increasing the number of new dwellings sited in the urban core from 16% to 50% of new dwellings.
- Calgary found that by adopting a denser growth pattern that used 25% less land, it could save $11 billion in capital costs alone.
Innovations that support denser communities
Growing awareness of the full costs of sprawling suburbs has led a number of Canadian cities to restructure taxes and charges, correcting the inadvertent incentives that lead to sprawling development. These tools include:
- DEVELOPMENT CHARGES. Development charges generally do not recover the full cost of new infrastructure in suburban developments, in effect passing them on to the whole municipality. Some cities have added up these costs and have restructured charges to developers to more closely match the real costs of servicing new buildings and neighbourhoods.
- UTILITY CHARGES. Operating and maintaining water and wastewater service can cost twice as much in the suburbs as in high-density areas. Because suburban properties require longer water and sewer lines, some municipalities are charging by the foot to connect.
- PROPERTY TAXES The property tax system in many cities encourages development on the fringes, instead of in underutilized areas closer to the core. To correct this, Canadian municipalities can change the tax rate based on location, or class of development. They can also give special rebates to developers who revitalize old buildings or areas.
- TRANSPORTATION PRICING REFORM. Through higher fuel taxes, charging for "free" parking and vehicle registration fees, governments can recover the costs of creating and maintaining their road network.
Economic benefits of density
Urban density provides "economies of agglomeration": the fixed costs of infrastructure are spread over more businesses and households, which reduces each one's costs.
Living and working closer together also has labour benefits. With more potential workers to choose from, businesses get better choice of employees and higher labour productivity, and employees benefit from more choices of work. Urban density also makes it easier for firms to access suppliers, customers, and specialized knowledge.
And we all benefit from knowledge spill overs that happen within sectors and between sectors when businesses and people work closely together.Read More Share on Facebook
Equity and fairness
Focussing on the combined costs that determine housing affordability — housing + transportation — is key to designing sprawl pricing policies to avoid unfair impacts on lower-income families. Using pricing to better reflect the true costs of sprawl will result in new municipal revenue. Some of this revenue can be used to support transit, build truly affordable, well-located housing, and support social services. Reducing further sprawl also further reduces the smog emissions from vehicle use that disproportionately harm lower-income people.Read More Share on Facebook
Federal and provincial roles
Other levels of government can support municipal innovation to restrain future sprawl.
Existing provincial legislation prevents some of the reforms that municipalities could take to change the prices and create incentives for denser development. Expanding the powers of all municipalities would provide them with an essential tool to address sprawl.
Provincial and federal governments could also change their own policies to support municipalities in reducing sprawling development. Transit investments, carbon pricing, highway tolls and higher fuel taxes, and improved regional governance arrangements can make it easier for municipalities to manage sprawl.Read More Share on Facebook