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If pre-diabetes has you worried about what the future holds, here's some good news. An exercise program can be your ticket back to good health. Exercising can help those with diabetes maintain better blood sugar controls.
Some 11 percent of the people who are diagnosed with pre-diabetes go on to get full-blown diabetes, explains Dr. Susan Spratt, an endocrinologist at Duke Medical Center.
"We can prevent this from happening with about a 5 to 10 percent weight loss," she says. "So if you weigh 200 pounds and you lose just 20 pounds, it's enough so that you won't go from pre-diabetes to frank diabetes."
Physical activity helps your body process blood glucose more effectively, explains Kelly O'Connor, registered dietitian and diabetes educator at Mercy Medical Center.
"Exercise helps get the sugar out of the bloodstream and into the cells," she explains. "I encourage people to begin with walking, and to gradually increase the frequency and intensity of their walks."
O'Connor recommends a goal of 20 to 30 minutes of physical activity between five and seven times a week.
If you already have diabetes and you have a higher-than-usual blood glucose level after eating, take a brisk 20 to 30-minute walk, O'Connor suggests. "This helps your body to burn up the excess sugar faster," she explains.
For those with diabetes, experts recommend about 2 ½ hours per week of moderately intense exercise, according to the Mayo Clinic. Fast walking, bicycling and swimming all are recommended.
Before You Start a Fitness Program...
- Be sure to get your doctor's okay to begin exercising, especially if you have not exercised in awhile.
- Tell your health care provider what exercises you are planning to do and ask how exercise might impact any medications you're taking, according to the Mayo Clinic.
- If you have diabetes, test your blood sugar 30 minutes before exercising and again immediately afterward, says the Mayo clinic. This way you will know if your blood sugar level is rising, falling or stable.
- If your blood sugar is lower than 100 mg, eat a small snack that contains carbohydrates before you start to work out, says the Mayo Clinic. Fruit and crackers both make good pre-workout snacks.
The safe pre-exercise blood sugar range for people with diabetes is 100 to 250 mg. If you have a blood sugar of 250 mg or higher, test your urine for ketones. Exercising with a high ketone level puts you at risk for ketoacidosis, a serious diabetes complication. Wait to exercise until you test again and have a low level of ketones, according to the Mayo Clinic.
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How can we sustain infinite growth on a finite planet?
Human population growth is a serious problem that is growing by ridiculous geometric progression. Everyday approximately 200,000 people die, and in contrast 450,000 are born. That is a staggering 250,000 new mouths to feed everyday! We cannot support infinite growth on a finite planet! We're running out of land. Thousands of square miles of rain forest are gutted every year for palm plantations to produce palm oil so that masses can be sustained. Fresh water supplies are in limited quantities. Polution and contamination abound. Why do people ignore the realities of where we're headed? It frightens the crap outta me. It appears as though the discovery of oil is when things really took off. Oil ultimately led to the internal combustion engine so that huge amounts of land could be cultivated. Pesticides and fertilizers were also made possible via oil to enhance production yields. As well as affecting the pharmeceutical industry to produce vaccines. It's not natures way.
Check out this human population growth chart: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/images/Popn_Graph2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/themes/keytheme1.htm&h=324&w=524&sz=49&tbnid=YSJSr0mYU4gonM:&tbnh=77&tbnw=124&zoom=1&usg=__kIp3FdU9ydMckYq62HCWmiEmqXc=&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2nk9UOvmL8vsigKdhIGwDg&ved=0CCUQ9QEwAQ&dur=655
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Sep 15 2012: growth is a misconception when it comes to success, productivity and need.
flattening out, straightening the edges, filling the gaps... that is where I believe our efforts should direct themselves.
in answer to your question... sustaining growth should no longer be our target. sustaining our planet should
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1Leave Out All the Rest - Linkin Park
This song is something to play at a wedding. The relaxed feeling of the song is socalming and at the same time rocks you to the core. When I heard it for the first time I was shaking. Chester should get a Nobel Piece Prize if he hasn't yet.
When ever I hear this song.. It's like I'm floating on the air...
Whenever I hear this, I always tearing
I'm flooding my face with tears
So sad...
Very very very sad...
It's really slow... and great
I'm flooding my face with tears
So sad...
Very very very sad...
It's really slow... and great
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2Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
been listening to it since so long... it's one of the best songs by metallica. METALLICA RULES!
Best fkn song everListen to sample
3Everlong (Acoustic) - Foo Fighters
David Grohl just gets better and better and this song is about 15 years old.
Hear both the acoustic and the original and definitely see their live performance at the wembley stadium! I loved itListen to sample
4Going to California - Led Zeppelin
Oh man! This song truly implies the versatility of Led Zep, and somehow listening to it, in your mind, takes you to a beautiful, deserted beach, lying, with your head back, with sunshine sprayed all over you.Listen to sample
5One - U2
This is the most beautiful off them all just listen itListen to sample
6Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Whenever I listen to this song I'm just like just yesListen to sample
7Crash Into Me - Dave Matthews
"hike up your skirt a lil more, show your world to me... " Always loved this song. Even Stevie Nicks has covered this song.Listen to sample
8Closer - Kings of Leon
because kings of leon have been producing music for a very long time and their latest album which this track is on has gave them the major boost that they needed to reach the fame they have discovered. All of their music is phenomanal and they really do deserve everyone's vote as they are just such a brilliant band and all indivually talented musician's, they're great =)
Beautiful song definitely worth a listen
I voted for them because I listen to the Only By Night album every night before I go to sleep and it makes me think about this girl I really likeListen to sample
9Ballad of Hollis Brown - Bob Dylan Listen to sample
10Off He Goes - Pearl Jam Listen to sample
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11Cancer - My Chemical Romance Listen to sample
12Another Lonely Day - Ben Harper Listen to sample
13Planet Caravan - Black Sabbath
14Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers Listen to sample
15So Far Away - Avenged Sevenfold Listen to sample
16Pushing Me Away - Linkin Park
The live piano solo definitely is what is on this list, Chester sounds amazing in it and this deserves to be higher.
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17Something In the Way - Nirvana
It's a cool story with great music.
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18The Diary of Jane (Acoustic) - Breaking Benjamin
THE DIARY OF JANE with piano.I love it.
19Lazarus - Porcupine Tree Listen to sample
20No Quarter - Led Zeppelin Listen to sample
21She Makes Me High - Robbie Williams
22I Shall Believe - Sheryl Crow Listen to sample
23Waiting for the End - Linkin Park
AWESOME SONG, I don't know why this at the 20th but I think its justifiable.Listen to sample
24Breathe - Pink Floyd Listen to sample
25Karma Police - Radiohead
Should get better rank
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26Dear God - Avenged Sevenfold
I like AVENGED SEVENFOLDListen to sample
27Shake Me Down - Cage the Elephant Listen to sample
28Snuff - Slipknot Listen to sample
29Faithfully - Journey Listen to sample
30Nothingman - Pearl Jam Listen to sample
31Do It Again - Steely Dan
Take a listen and you will vote for this song.Listen to sample
32A Day In the Life - The Beatles Listen to sample
33Shadow of the Day - Linkin Park
This ssong has one of the best chilled guitar solos I have ever heard
Linkin Park is the best!Listen to sample
34Albatross - Fleetwood Mac Listen to sample
35Rain - Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Benjamin is the best band.And RAIN is best song.
Breaking Benjamin is the best band.Listen to sample
And RAIN is best song.
And RAIN is best song.
36The Last Song - X Japan
37Hearts On Parade - American Hi Fi Listen to sample
38Silent Lucidity - Queensryche Listen to sample
39No Surprises - Radiohead Listen to sample
40Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - The Beatles
Mellow folk/rock song from the best band ever. (in my opinion best song ever)Listen to sample
41Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd
In my humble opinion, there best song ever. period.Listen to sample
42Nutshell - Alice In Chains Listen to sample
43Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney Listen to sample
44Avenged Sevenfold - Warmness On the Soul Listen to sample
45Hotel California - The Eagles Listen to sample
46Bed of Roses - Bon Jovi Listen to sample
47Why Worry - Dire Straits Listen to sample
48What It's Like - Everlast Listen to sample
49Wonderful Life - Alter Bridge Listen to sample
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Mini added a Coupe version to its lineup at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show and put it on sale in the North American market in early 2012. Since then, the model remained pretty much unchanged and so it will for the 2014 model year.
The new Mini Coupe was previewed by the Coupe Concept that Mini unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show and it is based on the Mini Cabriolet. However, unlike the cabriolet, the Coupe offers just two seats on the inside, so customers can enjoy increased trunk space when compared to the Mini Cabriolet.
Despite being a tiny city car and the Gran Turismo-styled rear end, the 2014 Coupe will be intimately distinguished as a Mini model, thanks to its standard headlights and grille.
As with the previous model years, customers can choose between three different versions: Cooper, Cooper S and John Cooper Works.
Click past the jump to read more about the 2014 Mini Coupe.
The 2014 Mini Coupe will offer the usual design elements we are seeing in all the other Mini models. These elements include a hexagonal contoured grille, large circular headlights, a black border around the lower part of the body, plus numerous chrome strips and surrounds. Also, just like on any other Mini model, the positioning lights and fog lamps are located in the front apron.
However, unlike all the other Mini models, the Coupe will be the first model to feature a three-box body structure: engine compartment, passenger compartment and boot.
The most distinctive feature of the Coupe is a prominent and innovative "helmet roof," which gives the model a sportier look that the rest of the Mini lineup. Mini also installed an active rear spoiler – a first for the brand - which pops up automatically when the Coupe hits a speed of 50 mph. It goes back to its resting position when speed gets down to 37 mph.
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The interior has also been specially designed to offer a great sports allure. The most notable feature is the large Center Speedo and the tachometer positioned directly behind the steering wheel.
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- Height-adjustable sports seats
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Optional features:
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- On-board computer
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- Heated seats
- Multifunction steering wheel
- Automatically dimming rear-view mirror and exterior mirrors
- Armrest
- Storage package
The base Mini Coupe is powered by a 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine that delivers a total of 121 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and peak torque of 118 pound-feet at 4,250 rpm. This version will sprint from 0 to 60 mph in 8.3 seconds and up to a top speed of 127 mph. Those numbers are a little sluggish for its sporty look, but still acceptable.
Next, there is the Coupe S version. The S model pulls its power from a 1.6-liter engine equipped with a twin-scroll turbocharger and gasoline direct injection. This version delivers a total of 181 horsepower at 5,500 rpm and a peak torque of 177 pound-feet delivered from 1,600 rpm. The Coupe S will sprint from 0 to 60 mph in just 6.5 seconds, and up to a top speed of 142 mph.
The most powerful version is the Coupe John Cooper Works. It is powered by a 1.6 liter four-cylinder engine with twin-scroll turbocharger and direct injection. For the JCW version, the four-cylinder engine makes use of an aluminum cylinder block and bearing mounts, reinforced pistons, a high-strength cylinder head and lightweight crankshafts.
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|114 lb-ft @ 4,250 rpm
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Despite being a tiny car, the Mini Coupe is equipped with great technologies, like Electric Power Steering, DSC stability control system and powerful brakes.
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The base Mini Coupe version is offered with standard 15-inch alloy wheels, while the S version gets 16-inch wheels as standard. For the JCW version, Mini installed standard 17-inch, weight-optimized alloy wheels.
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Despite its great look, the Mini Coupe failed to be as successful as the Fiat 500 which already claimed its first place on the American market. The 500 is powered by a 1.4-liter, in-line four-cylinder engine with state-of-the-art MultiAir technology that delivers 101 horsepower at 6,500 rpm and 98 pound-feet of torque at 4,000 rpm.
The model is priced from $16,000 - considerable lower than the base Mini Coupe.
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While a not a direct competitor for the Mini Coupe, the FR-S is the perfect proof of what $25k can buy. The FR-S is powered by a 2.0-liter boxer engine that delivers a total of 200 horsepower and 151 pound-feet of torque.
Do we need to add that the FR-S is a real sports coupe and not a city car masquerading around as a sports coupe?
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The Mini Coupe is definitely a funky-looking car, but it has an uphill battle to be successful on the market. When you add the fact that it is pretty expensive for what it offers, you will see why Mini failed to transform it into the successful car the Fiat 500 is.
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20mnth old takes it everyday along w/Zand for kids and they keep him free of all the winter sickness, very happy w/the product and price! Been taking both for almost 2yrs now.
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I can't say enough about this product. It's amazing! I've recommended it to lots of friends, and they've all experienced similar results- if your kid has (or starts to get) a cold/congestion, buy them this!
Children's ACF is terriffic
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This works exceptionally well for my three children. They were getting sick a lot and out of school for several days at a time. Naturally, they did not get sick all at the same time! Also, one of them is an asthmatic and when he gets sick, he usually gets very sick, often ending with pneumonia. Trying to keep my job and still care for them was taking a real toll on all of us. Then my Mom sent me some ACF, both for the children and for me. It has helped ward off many a cold for all of us and shortened the duration of those we did get. It's been a life saver.
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LOVE this stuff! If my kids show any signs or cold/flu after about 2days of taking this they are better!
IT really works
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Every time my daughter has runny nose she ends up having a whole night of non-stop coughing. This time, at the first symptoms I gave her ACF and she did not even missed school. A thing to always have at home.


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Hatteras 45 is the yacht model of this company having 45 foot length. Its hull is constructed of fiberglass and beam size is 14 foot 6 inches. The draft size is 4 foot 7 inch, and displacement is 43800 lbs. There are two diesel engines of 535 HP and its working hours are 1093. Its average speed is 20 knots, maximum speed is 24 knots, fuel capacity is 590 gallons and water tank capacity is 160 gallons. Hatteras 41 twin cabin yacht is 41 feet lengthy having list value of $74,900 and net mass value of 21500 pounds. This boat is having two 283 HP diesel engines and 14 foot size of a beam.
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Bluetooth XMPP Doorbell
by Matt on Feb.06, 2008, under bluetooth, Fun, jabber, ubuntu
Well, you know you have one of those really weird conversations along the lines of
"We need a doorbell!"
"What about a wireless mouse will that work?"
You know it won't end well. This ended with the destruction of a bluetooth keyboard, a trip to maplins and the creation of a Python based doorbell. Here's how we did it….
I initially investigated using a mouse to act as a button, as a wireless mouse was kicking around, but problems with curses and the mouse caused a rethink. A bit of investigation led me towards the fact that hacking a keyboard is quite easy. The flimsy on a keyboard just crosses some terminals that selects the character pressed from a kind of table. So if I connected a switch to two of these I could press a button which would be recognised as the letter "e". Easy! Curses can check for a key press and do stuffs!
Here's a few piccies of it being built.
You can kind of see the switch in the lid of the box here.
Here you can see the switch, battery pack and pcb wired up.
Here it is attached to the door.
The python code is very very basic! I'll start to update it slowly and make it a bit better, but it works at the moment. I took some code from the pymedia tutorial and some from here. There are two files, one controls the sound, the other does everything else! They can be found (with usernames/passwords stripped) here. It's also below for completeness!
import curses, xmpp, snd, time emails = ['contact1','contact2'] wavfile = 'chooseyourownbell.wav' login = 'USER' # @gmail.com pwd = 'PASSWORD' cnx = xmpp.Client('googlemail.com', debug=['never']) cnx.connect( server=('talk.google.com',5223) ) cnx.auth(login,pwd, 'daubbell') stdscr = curses.initscr() curses.noecho() curses.cbreak() stdscr.scrollok(True) while 1: c = stdscr.getch() if c == ord('q'): break elif c == curses.KEY_MOUSE : stdscr.addstr("mouse") stdscr.refresh() elif c == ord('e'): for addy in emails: cnx.send( xmpp.Message( addy ,"Door!" ) ) stdscr.addstr(time.ctime() + ': pinged ' + addy + '\n') snd.playWAV(wavfile) else: stdscr.addstr(time.ctime() + ': Ummm... key not found \n') stdscr.refresh() curses.endwin()
def playWAV( fname ): import pymedia.audio.sound as sound import time, wave f= wave.open( fname, 'rb' ) sampleRate= f.getframerate() channels= f.getnchannels() format= sound.AFMT_S16_LE snd1= sound.Output( sampleRate, channels, format ) s= ' ' while len( s ): s= f.readframes( 1000 ) snd1.play( s ) # Since sound module is not synchronous we want everything to be played before we exit while snd1.isPlaying(): time.sleep( 0.05 )
And there you have it, still needs a little work, but a working Bluetooth Jabber Doorbell.
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Teemu Väisänen
March 30th, 2010 on 12:02 pm
Any ideas how long batteries will last in normal use? Few presses per week?
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i love candied nuts...and this recipe is a good one. however, i think that it needs to be either a little sweeter or a little less salty. those to flavor elements are out of balance here (obviously that's just my opinion). i'll definitely try this one again.
These are great either by themselves, or in a salad. I like to mix grapes with apples or pears + gorgonzola.
Be careful when making these, they can burn quickly! I checked them after about 5 minutes, and then I checked on them about 5 minutes later and they were completely burnt! I really like the idea of them, so I will try to make them again - but I'll watch them with eagle eyes.
I made these for a spinach salad the crumbled blue cheese. When I do it next time I think that I will omit the salt and pepper to see how they are. Watch them carefully in the oven, and make sure to turn them over completely when stirring. The ones that didn't get turned enough had a slightly burned taste.


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Phoolon ka taaron ka-Raksha Bandhan Special
Lyrics & Chords
Sisters are taken for granted,
just to let them know they're always wanted.
To lend you joys, to borrow your sorrow.
I want to come out clean, and be very thorough.
When I say, you're always there, in my prayers and my mind.
Sisters like you are hard to find.
Here it goes for my sister Manju on this occassion as a special gift,. A Kishore da's superhit from "Hare Rama Hare Krishna"
Ranjit Salian said
Wonderful rendition divine soul Harry,
What to say about sisters they are one of the reflections of God indeed.
Wonderful and divine rendition, it made me nostalgic and I truly went down memory lane at the subtle level to relive those divine moments with my sisters :-) Thank you so much Harry….God Bless You….
Your sister will be proud of you once again by listening to this rendition. This indeed brings a tear of happiness everytime I listen to this song.
You did sing it with great feel, goes to show how much you love your sister.
Nothing less than INFINITY on 5 for me and this also goes to my favorites as it touched my heart and soul.
These kind of dedications are not to be rated they are IMMORTAL and are beyond ratings.
Please send me across the K-track as I also want to dedicate this to my sisters indeed. Last year I had dedicated it to my sisters by singing along with the song and posted the video on Youtube a little late though :-) as I did not get a K-track.
I will give you the You Tube link in a moment.
Please send me the K-Track at firstname.lastname@example.com.
God has been very kind to me that he graced me with a lot of sisters this lifetime :-)
Thank you so much divine soul Harry for dedicating this wonderful song to your sister and reminding me of all my sisters in the present moment in time.
Take Care divine soul,
Keep the faith always,
Live in surrender faith always,
Peace be with you,
God Bless You, your divine sister and your loved ones….
Harshan Nambiar (away for a month india vacation) said
Great song pick Harry, good attempt. Unfortuntately there are a lot of pitchy portions….starting with the humming. I am sure that you can re-attempt this with more practise.
Check out
Dil ke jharonke mein
"Panthi hoon mai"http://www.muziboo.com/sreehu420/music/panthi-hoon-mai-us-path-ka-
my duet with smitha Jaane jaa
Rakesh Baro said
I appreciate your spirit bro….Liked your singing , however as Harshan sir said it could be better….
Srini S said
are are wah wah harry bhai,i liked it.im also going
to upload it in a day or two,with ur permission.My
sister's request,lol.I liked the feel,enjoyed it.ke
ep it up,5/5.
Bahan naam ka cheez hi kuch alag hai.Thanks for sing
ing this wonderful song.
Manju bahan ko iss bhai ka bhi salaam keh dena,thank
Harshan Nambiar (away for a month india vacation) said
Hi Harry bhai ….sorry man I didnt read your dedication. This was a cute gift to your sister, even I have 2 sisters ….they are precious.
5/5 from me for this effort and the sweet gesture.
Check out
Dil ke jharonke mein
"Panthi hoon mai"http://www.muziboo.com/sreehu420/music/panthi-hoon-mai-us-path-ka-
my duet with smitha Jaane jaa
N.gopinath saidHarry,
Beautiful song selection…Good singing…A nice gift to your sister.
As others pointed out, felt slight pitching issues. Nevertheless enjoyed the song.
Good luck
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Thinkal govind kumar said
My Dear Harry,
Beautiful gift from a loving brother to sister !
She must really be lucky & proud to have such a nice & loving brother.
I'm happy to note that others like our SS are going to follow your nice gesture.
I loved this one. Full marks to this affectionate brother ! My regards to your sister too !
Keep it up.
GOD Bless !
Loving Best Wishes,
Thinkal Govind Kumar.
Soumitra Sarkar said
Great gift to your sister mate :) Well done :)
- Soumitra
Pls listen to my Amai Proshno Kore & Piya Piya Piya attempt.
Prithvi said
it feels so nice to see such efforts Harry….i have two sisters too….n they r absolute dahlings….i can so relate to this….:D
George Kuruvilla said
Hi Harry,
A very thoughtful gift indeed :) From a feel/expressions perspective, I think you did a good job. There were some pitch issues, mainly the humming at the start. Rest wasnt so bad. But because its right at the start, it sort of sticks out…Maybe you should redo the humming. Good job overall :)
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Bodhisattva Dasgupta said
Nice one Harry…. a bit of pitchy issues, but again… given that this is a Rakhi Gift, what matters more here is the emotion…. and it just oozed out of your voice… awesome… !!!!
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Neha ........ said
Sorry for being late on here… Harry, this was indeed a very thoughtful gesture…! You sang this with a lot of honesty :) I simply loved it …! Agree that the initial humming could be better… but it picked up right after… Good job!
five for the sweet gesture:) Cheers!
Rashmi Nair said
A really thoughtful gift for Manju, Harry. Loved it!!
Please listen to Dekha Ek Khwaab
Surajit Chatterjee said
Good attempt. Could have been a lot better. You need to practice a little harder. All the best, bro.
Sachin Purohit said
Good one I apprecate it
I need your Help I too want to sing a song so Can you give me idea that how did you record this song
I will BE wating for your reply
And bye the keep it it was rocking yaar
Vineet Bedi said
Wonderful Gift! Good Attempt!
Vineet Bedi
Hemanth Kumar said
Good pick and good effort Harry :-) !
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On December 26th, I attended this high school reunion. It's not quite the same experience that others have – cause we from the Danish minority's high school have it every year. Nevertheless, it was a lot of fun. I personally have attended it every single year for the past five years, and every year, we're a bunch that have been monitoring for dacaying factors to start set in. Didn't happen. Not this year either – although there was one girl who tried to convince me that she had wrinkles – when she laughs.
Other than that, there was a notciable lack of "Super Danes" – that is people that have turned so Danish – either already in school or later on – and that try to hide away the fact that they have any knowledge of Germany and German. I really have a hard time taking those people.
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On the other hand there are also those that think they somehow are fundamentally german. Like one guy who knows me well and thought I had switched to Norwegian citiyenship already asked: "so do you then have to give up your Germna one?" J: "I'd think so. So I'm wondering: do you get anything out of ayour German citizenship?" He: "Nooooo…. well, except your identity." And then we both laughed. See, I don't agree with that perspective either – but I find it much easier to hang aorund people with those kinds of views than the Super Danes.
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I'm in a funk and struggling to get out. I don't know if it's the holidays, winter, life changes or just me being negative. Something's gotta give.
I'm usually a very positive person. The glass is half full in my life and I have a lot to be thankful for. Lately, it seems like that glass is a little emptier.
I miss my kids. They live in Wisconsin and I live in Tennessee. Last week, I was up there with them, celebrating an early Christmas. It was so good to see them. They're in their 20's and struggling, which makes me feel like a terrible mother for leaving them up there, but how else are they going to learn to stand on their own two feet? All kinds of memories of the past, when our little family was so close, keep choking me up. I know everything changes, but it's hard.
I moved south to escape the cold. Well, hello!!! It's freezing down here!! Even though I was born a northern girl, I don't do cold very well. I love sun and warm and sweat, not the pain of frozen fingers and toes! It makes me want to hibernate. I don't really want to go out in this weather, which kicks me into bicycle withdrawal. Putting it on the trainer just doesn't feel the same.
Christmas is coming and we'll be spending the day at my mother's. (She lives down here, too.) We'll be joined by my sister and her husband. This is the sister who called me in a drunken stuper after my father died last year to accuse me of not loving him enough. Over a year has passed since that call, but the pain is still there. So, I'll paint on a smile and buy everyone gifts and force a good time. Not really looking forward to it though.
I just think everything's getting to me all at once.
On a positive note, I've been watching my diet and doing a good job at losing the extra pounds I put on during the Wisconsin trip last week. I'm close to my goal and really want to hit it by the end of the year.
I had a physical yesterday and got a clean bill of health. That is really something to be thankful for.
I will keep treading water and hope this depression lifts. Sorry to dump on all of you, but sometimes even 'Suzy Sunshine' has to have a bad day!
Think Spring!
Most of my life was spent in cold climates. Being a bicyclist, my hobby was always put on hold for a few months every winter. (Unless we had a freak warm day with clear roads.) I would actually dream about riding during those off months and those dreams would be of riding my bike on a warm summer day.
Three years ago, we moved to Southeastern Tennessee. This is truly beautiful country, hills and mountains and curvy roads... challenging and gorgeous!
Last week, I went up to Wisconsin to celebrate an early Christmas with my kids. Oooh! It was so cold! My friends up there have ended their riding season and count the days till spring.
Now, I'm back home. Today, I was able to go on a 31 mile ride with my southern friends. It was in the high 40's with tons of sunshine. It wasn't a warm, summertime ride, but it was a ride that I wouldn't be able to have up north.
I feel for northern bicyclists. I've been there and I have felt their pain. I am grateful to be where I am right now. I'll just keep biking!
Since the birth of my second child, 21 years ago, I've been playing with the same 30 pounds. I lose it and feel great and then is creeps back on and I get angry. Then I lose it again.....and so the story goes.
This is it! I'm eating healthier than I ever have and I found an active hobby that I love. This is the time it will stay off!
That is my promise to myself!


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I just love all the perspective errors, it's full of them.
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the pixels!
Durr I think I'll use the same skull image twice, nobody will notice, right?
Giants! The Bible is true!
According to ancient astronaut theory…
I'm not saying it was aliens…
I am.
If ancient aliens aren't real – then how did they build everything?
Same way stuff is built today — kick-ass humans and their amazing ingenuity.
Slave labour….
No, because the 'giants' in the bible were just a group of really tall people. Goliath was somewhere between 6 1/2′ and 11′. Also, why the fuck am I bothering with this?
According to Archaeology… BULLSHIT.
Not bullshit – art
It's one of the entries in a Worth1000.com photoshop contest
David killed the one at the top with a Wham-O. I think the one at the bottom died from eating at Denney's.
I just love all the perspective errors, it's full of them.
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Goodbye Xbox 360 It's Been A Great Run
Today I did the unthinkable, I sold my Xbox 360. I sold it because I haven't played a game longer than hmmm, I don't know 30 minutes or so over the last few months. I blame it on my new custom gaming PC that I built in early February.
I've had the Xbox 360 since the summer of 2006, I have played 627 games, gained 4,049 achievements, logged 1,166 hours, racked up a gamerscore of 92,959 (minus several hundred some are from PC games) I have talked several friends to buy a system, sold countless systems when I worked in gaming retail.
My first Xbox 360 was the one with the 20 Gigabyte hard drive, I've had the Halo 3 limited edition, several white systems. My last one was the Slim with the 250 Gigabyte hard drive. The Slim was the best of them. Never gave me any problems. I have never once experienced the Red Ring Of Death. My only issues where discs were just unreadable, and Error 74. Usually with just the slightest issues with electronics I would not go back to that brand; but not in this case I ALWAYS stuck with Microsoft.
The longest I went without the Xbox 360 was maybe two weeks and I went crazy. I have played EVERY major title that has been released on the system over the last 7 years. Including:
- Call of Duty
- Halo
- Gears of War
- Assassin's Creed
- Mass Effect
- Bioshock
You pretty much get the idea. I can't believe I sold it. It's okay I have moved on to PC gaming and perhaps when the next generation Xbox releases I will pick up one. Hopefully it will be just as awesome or even better than the 360. Only one can hope right?
The reason I moved on to PC gaming is because it's much cheaper for games because Steam, Impluse, and Amazon are always having sales on games. Today I picked up Mass Effect 3 for PC for only $29.99
I haven't spent full price for a game in months, I guess that's a good thing for me right? Also I don't have to pay to play online if I choose to. I don't play online all the time and I really don't think having to spend $60.00 a year for Xbox LIVE is worth it to me. Having to pay to play online is just stupid (IMO) No other console charges you extra to play online.
The online service is great, I have no complaints; however it just seems like every time I would attempt to play Call of Duty online everyone seems to be hacking or cheating. Eh, I won't get into that topic right now. So I'm just going to skip it entirely.
In conclusion Xbox 360 is one of my all time favorite systems with great games, great online play (when I played online) just great all round I just want to say …
Xbox 360 you will be missed.
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(Frankfort, KY) -- Preliminary statistics* indicate that four people died in four separate crashes on Kentucky's roadways from Monday, Jan. 28 through Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013.
Two single-fatality, motor vehicle crashes occurred in Floyd County. One of the victims was not wearing a seat belt.
One single-fatality, motor vehicle crash occurred in each of the following counties: Carlisle and Rowan. Neither victim was wearing a seat belt. The crash in Carlisle County involved the suspected use of alcohol.
Through Feb. 3, preliminary statistics* indicate that 45 people have lost their lives on Kentucky roadways during 2013. This is 17 less than reported for this time period in 2012. Of the 37 motor vehicle fatalities, 21 victims were not wearing seat belts. One of the two motorcycle fatalities was not wearing a helmet. Five pedestrians have been killed. One fatality involving an animal drawn vehicle has been reported. A total of 10 fatalities have resulted from crashes involving the suspected use of alcohol.
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Block Scheduling - Educational Reform Efforts
Dr. Fred R. Bassett
As George Bernard Shaw once said, "Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well." Likewise, education reform in this country is paved with good intentions. The problem is that for decades most efforts at education reform have been the result of some perceived political or economic crisis that had little or nothing to do with public education. Responsibility for these crises, however, was put on public education by politicians, business leaders, and others who wanted to lay the blame on someone else or who had a personal agenda in mind. Only a few examples of this phenomenon include: (1) the blaming of public education in the 1950's for the failure of the U.S. to get a satellite in orbit ahead of the U.S.S.R. and the resulting focus on math and science education along with student "tracking" by ability level so that more engineers could be produced; (2) the blaming of public education in the 1960's for problems associated with racial integration and the Vietnam War and the resulting focus in education on a "relevant" curriculum and the de-emphasis of the classics. (Concurrent with this reform was the call for "open-space" classrooms without walls and "new math".); and (3) more recently beginning in the early 1980's, the blaming of public education for economic problems brought on by rising oil prices and poor planning by large corporations especially the automakers. Regarding this last example, even though public education did not have anything to do with these economic problems, it got the lion's share of the blame through a report called "A Nation at Risk". And, even though those economic problems are behind us now and our economy is unquestionably the strongest in the world and just ended a period of unprecedented growth, public education is still constantly criticized in the media by every Tom, Dick, and Harry with an ax to grind or a personal interest to satisfy.
I went to the trouble to go through that bit of history to put the latest reforms brought on by pressure from these groups and individuals in perspective. These reforms were based on theories and assumptions that were popular at the time and were in response to the perceived economic crisis described in "A Nation at Risk". (The perception was that the Japanese and German economies were getting stronger while the U.S. economy was suffering and losing global position. Politicians and others laid the blame on public education in the U.S. for not producing a well educated workforce. Of course after the U.S. economy rebounded and soared ahead of the Japanese and German economies, no one thought about giving public education in the U.S. any credit. That is not how the blame game is played.) These ties are especially obvious in the components that deal with career education, training students for the workplace, school-to-work programs, closer ties to business, etc. The problem, however, is that just as in the earlier reform efforts, many components were not well thought out in terms of long range consequences, secondary effects, or hidden problems.
A great example of unforeseen consequences resulting from reform is demonstrated by the switch from junior high schools to middle schools. This switch was not just one of changing grade levels in the schools from 7-9 to 6-8, but it also incorporated a change in perception of these schools from being junior versions of high schools which had a focus on subject area content and a more rigorous academic environment to schools with a focus on making sure that students felt good about themselves, had high self esteem, could explore a wide range of topics in order to give their curiosity free rein, and would be in an environment that provided them many opportunities to succeed. Or so the theory went. What has generally happened is that the middle grades are now redundant and shallow in subject area content, and student achievement has suffered. Teachers who in the past got certified for grades 7-12 in their subject area under the old junior high system are now certified for the middle school level with less coursework required in subject content. (Although it is true that under the old system, some teachers with a K-8 elementary certification were teaching in junior high schools.) Middle school teachers have also been taught in professional development training and at colleges of education that they should not be as academically demanding of their students as they had been under the old system. They were taught to focus on the emotional development of the child and not on his or her academic achievement.
This shift in focus away from academic rigor along with a reduction in subject area requirements for teacher certification has now come back to haunt our middle grade test scores on a multitude of tests and measures. The cry has gone out that something must be done on a state and national level. All of which could have been avoided if someone had just thought through the logical consequences of reducing the academic rigor of education in the middle grades before millions of dollars were spent on changing over to middle schools.
Another great example of shortsighted reform is block scheduling. By way of background, on a block schedule, a student takes four 90-minute classes a day and completes a year's worth of material in each class in the fall semester. Accordingly, the same student then takes four different classes in the spring semester. This leads to students earning up to 8 credits per year and up to 32 credits in high school (grades 9-12) instead of the 24 possible under a traditional 6 period per day schedule.
Most schools do not consider the following before adopting a block schedule (If they did, they would certainly have second thoughts.):
· Class time is not only compressed from a year into a semester but also reduced. (Doubling the traditional 55 minute class period would yield 110 minutes not 90 minutes, so 20 minutes is lost each day for a semester.) In fact, block schedules reduce time in courses to such an extent that 24 credits can be earned in 3 years instead of the 4 years required for a traditional 6 period schedule, which means that a significant amount of course content has probably been left out of each course. Furthermore, additional course content is lost if teachers do not teach for the full 90 minutes and use the extra daily time in class only for students to work on their homework. Some schools have had to add extra courses to the curriculum to make up for the inability of students to master the required amount of material in the allotted time. This has led to credit inflation on student transcripts where, for example, Algebra I, Algebra II, and Algebra III now show up, but in the past, the same amount of material was covered in the standard Algebra I and Algebra II courses. This credit inflation negates any benefit to the student that would have resulted from additional course requirements for graduation.
· If a school shifts from a traditional 6 period per day schedule to a block schedule to accommodate the new Kentucky graduation requirement of 22 credits, the percentage of time a student spends in required courses drops from 91.7% (22 out of 24 possible credits) to 68.8% (22 out of 32 possible credits). Even under the old graduation requirement of 20 credits, students on a 6 period per day schedule would have been in required courses 83.3% of the time (20 out of 24 possible credits). The decrease in time spent in required courses decreases the probability that students on a block schedule will learn the material in state required courses as well as students on a 6 period per day schedule (Time on task is highly correlated to learning). Also, the decrease in time spent in class is cumulative and results in students on a block schedule earning 24 credits in three years instead of the four years required for 24 credits on a traditional 6 period per day schedule (3 years times 8 credits per year versus 4 years times 6 credits per year). When one realizes that students on a block schedule are getting the same number of course credits in 3 years that it took them 4 years to get on a traditional 6 period per day schedule, the amount of content that must have been left out becomes obvious.
· With the potential for students on a block schedule to earn the state required 22 credits by the time they finish their junior year, there has been a clamor from some quarters for students to be allowed to graduate early from high school. The problem for the students who are given permission to graduate early is that they are missing out on up to a year's worth of high school education because they have been awarded 22 reduced content credits. They are also entering post secondary education or the job market with a year's less maturity. The problem for schools with early graduation is that it affects funding by reducing enrollment and may affect scores on the CATS test when students are not available for testing or turning in portfolios the second half of their senior year.
· Students in Advanced Placement (AP) classes take the national AP Exams in May, so if they finish an AP class at the end of the first semester, there is a big gap of several months before they take the exam, or, if they try to wait and take an AP class in the spring, there is not enough time to finish the class before the exam is given. Many schools on block schedules try to get around this problem by letting AP classes run all year long instead of just for a semester, but this severely limits the number of AP classes a student may take and negates the purpose of a block schedule. As reported in a study released by The College Board in May of 1998, student performance on average is lower on AP exams for those students who are taught in compressed schedules than for those who receive yearlong instruction.
· Testing results for the state CATS test, the CTBS, and other achievement tests can be thrown off by the fact that, depending on the test date, half of the students in each grade level being tested have completed courses crucial for increased performance (English, math, science, and social studies) while others have just started them.
· If a student takes a sequential course like Spanish I in the fall semester, there may be a large gap of several months until the fall semester or even spring semester of the following year when he or she may take Spanish II. Some schools have tried to circumvent this problem by teaching two years of a foreign language in one year. That approach creates its own set of problems with students who need more time to assimilate the material. (Problems also occur in sequential courses in areas other than foreign language.)
· Even on a block schedule, many schools have their band classes meet all year long instead of just for a semester so that band students can prepare for both the fall marching band competitions and the spring concert band competitions. If band is a 90-minute class in the fall and spring, then those students have spent one fourth of their school time for the year in band class. (Whether this is good or bad is a judgment call, but it does reduce the amount of class time available for other learning.) On the other hand, if a school splits the 90-minute class so that band and another 45-minute class are created and run all year long, then a student would be better off in a traditional 55-minute band class.
· Teaching time per teacher is reduced as each teacher has a 90 minute planning period per day instead of a 55 minute one. Some schools have tried to assign other duties to teachers during the 90 minute period such as making contacts with parents, but that has proved difficult for the school to monitor and increased the burden on administrators who have to do the
· Class sizes are larger under a block schedule than under a traditional six period schedule all other things being equal because under a block schedule, during any one of the four periods per day, on average only 3/4 of the teachers are available to teach class while 1/4 are on planning period. In contrast, on a traditional six period schedule, during any one of the six periods per day, on average 5/6 of the teachers are available to teach class while 1/6 are on planning period. For example, in a school with 60 teachers, on a block schedule during any given period 3/4 of 60 or 45 teachers would be teaching, and on a traditional six period schedule during any given period 5/6 of 60 or 50 teachers would be teaching. With the extra 5 teachers on the traditional six period schedule to share the students, class sizes would be smaller. (Typically after block schedules are implemented and class sizes rise, schools ask for more teachers to be assigned so that class sizes can be reduced.)
· Many teachers have trouble adjusting to teaching in 90 minute blocks, so they teach for about the same amount of time that they did in a 55 minute class and then give their students the remaining class time to finish their homework. This reduces the amount of content covered in a course even further. (However, when asked how they like block schedules, many teachers and students reply positively. The teachers are only teaching 3 classes a day and have a 90 minute planning period while the students only have 4 classes a day, are responsible for learning less material in each class, and may have large amounts of time in class to do their homework. What's not to like except that students are learning less and teachers are teaching less?)
Some schools have tried to soften the deleterious effects of a block schedule by having an alternative-day schedule where four "A" classes are taught every other day and four different "B" classes are taught on intervening days. In that way, classes can run the entire school year.
· Problems with this schedule other than ones previously mentioned include: 1) students are taking eight classes at one time and have to study and be tested in all eight classes at the same time; 2) individual classes only meet every other day, so continuity is lost; 3) classes meet on different days every other week ("A" classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday the first week and Tuesday and Thursday the next week); and (4) snow days may hit on "A" days more than "B" days or vice versa and, therefore, selectively impact those classes more than the others thus making make-up days problematic.
For those of you that may not have heard of this schedule, it works basically along the following lines:
The school year is divided into 3 sections called trimesters instead of the usual 2 called semesters.
The school day has 5 periods instead of the usual 6. (Hence the name 3x5 - 3 trimesters by 5 periods.)
Keeping the same length of school day would mean that each course would be about 10 minutes longer.
What in the past had been year-long courses under the 3x5 plan require the student to only take two of the three trimesters for course credit. (Each trimester in a class is worth 1/2 credit.)
Claimed Advantages of 3x5 Trimester Schedule:
· More time per class period to learn.
· If student fails a trimester of a course during the first two trimesters, he or she still has the opportunity to pass for the year by
making up the failed work during the last trimester.
· It is possible for the student to earn 7.5 credits during the school year instead of 6. (3 trimesters times 5 classes times 0.5 credit per class.) This allows for increased enrollment in elective courses.
· Greater flexibility in scheduling.
Problems with the 3x5 Trimester Schedule
· Total time in each course is reduced which may interfere with student learning. (The length of each class period would be increased by 20% while the total number of days in each class would be reduced by 33%. A year's worth of material would have to be learned in 2/3 of a year.)
· Course inflation may occur if additional courses are added just to get through the expected amount of material.
· Class sizes will get larger. (Under the 3x5 schedule more teachers have planning each period than on a 6 period schedule, so there are fewer teachers left to cover all of the students. This is because 1/5 of the teachers would be on planning at one time instead of 1/6.)
· Scheduling can be much more complicated than on a traditional schedule.
· Not all students will be scheduled to take a full credit class during the first two trimesters. Some may be scheduled for the last two, and some may even be scheduled to have a trimester break between the first half and the second half of a course.
· CATS, CTBS, and other testing may be thrown off by students being in different stages of course completion at the time of testing.
· It may be difficult to place students who transfer into the school during the year.
· There may be large gaps between courses in a sequence. (For instance, if a student finishes the second half of a Spanish I class in the second trimester of one year and does not start the first half of Spanish II until the second trimester of the next year.)
· Trimester scheduling is not new. It was tried in several areas around the country during the early to mid 1970's. In the Birmingham Public Schools, after trying the trimester schedule, the majority of the teachers felt that students had not learned more than in previous years but that paperwork had increased. A large percentage of the teachers also felt that they had no input into the scheduling process. The feeling that students had not learned more than in the past was even more significant given the fact that the school day had been lengthened so that school was in session from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM to make up for the reduced number of days in class.
Just because the fancy sounding reforms don't work as advertised is not to say that there are not some tried and true ways of educating children. What has been shown to work time and again are small, personal neighborhood schools where "everybody knows your name" and where parents and teachers work together to keep students from becoming isolated and "falling through the cracks". A trend that has worked against this effective method of schooling over the years has been the push for consolidation of small neighborhood schools into mega-schools. As a nation we are just waking up to the fact that bigger is not always better.
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http://Utah State Trooper helps deliver twins on I-80
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The mother and Trooper Gerber revived the newborn using CPR
Fallen Marine's parents adopt son's bomb dog: After Pfc. Colton Rusk died Dec. 6, his parents decided they wanted to adopt his dog. They picked Eli up Thursday at Lackland Air Force to take him back to their home in rural South Texas. It was only the second time that a U.S. military dog has been adopted by the family of a handler killed in combat.


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Shimano Dura-Ace 9000 raises the bar not only by going to an 11-speed system but perhaps the huge benefit of drastically reduced cable friction and ultra smooth, precise shifting never seen before in a mechanical group. This 5-piece upgrade kit includes the bare minimum to get you going with 9000 11-speed.
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OSHKOSH, Wis. (WTAQ) - A famous NASCAR team owner is seriously hurt, after his plane skids off a runway at EAA's AirVenutre.
Jack Roush was scheduled to sign autographs Wednesday at the EAA fly-in, but after a crash landing, the 68-year-old is in the hospital.
Witnesses say, around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Roush's Beechcraft Premiere jet appeared to stall in the air and came in at an odd angle.
Rescue workers were able to get Roush and his passenger, Brenda Strickland, out of the plane and took them to Theda Clark Medical Center. According to a news release from EAA, Strickland has non-life threatening injuries.
The NTSB and FAA are now investigating the incident. Officials say it could be weeks before the cause of the crash is known. The crash stopped take-off and landing operations at AirVenture as crews cleaned up the wreckage.
Roush was in a crash once before, in 2002, when his plane went into an Alabama lake.


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