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First, a primer on poop. When you eat, your food bolus meets your stomach acid and becomes chyme which passes into your small intestine where enzymes break down fats and proteins. Only fibre moves on to the lower intestine, where it is digested by friendly flora and liquids are drawn out. Undigestible fibre and dead gut bacteria make up the bulk of your poop. If the pH of your stomach and thus chyme is incorrect, it will not properly trigger the release of digestive and pancreatic enzymes, and you won't get full value from your food. If your flora are out of whack, they will steal nutrients meant for you and cause fermentation in your gut (this is what happens to ingested lactose in lactose intolerant folk, who do not have the enzyme needed to digest it further upstream, and why they experience bloating from milk). If your gut is damaged, or paralysed by a reactivity to gluten or something else, or you're stressed, peristolsis will slow down to such an extent that too much liquid will be drawn from the stool and constipation and possible toxicity will result.
With that out of the way, let's continue to the experts, shall we?
BB: "a stressful situation... causing that low stomach acid... would that be essentially the body's own response to the fight or flight mode? ... Lots of people are in this moderate, chronic level of fight-or-flight, like a four out of ten, all the time."
CK "We only have two nervous system states; it's sympathetic and parasympathetic, and only one can be activated [at a time]. So if you're in a chronic state of low-level stress, you're in a chronic sympathetic arousal state, and that means that your body will be prioritising only what you need for immediate survival. Which is, basically, marshalling the resources you need to fight or flee... stomach acid production and peristalsis and digestion generally aren't necessary when you're running away from a lion... If you're sitting in traffic, your life's not really in danger but your body doesn't know that and it reacts in the same way."
Which is a nice summary of the background, but not revolutionary. What I heard here first was this:
BB "If you come home and just reheat something and within two minutes you're eating, you may not even have had time to, like, chill out. I think that the process of coming home and cooking and then sitting down to eat a meal, and hopefully with someone else to slow that down even further - even farther upstream [than] chewing - is ... your whole food hygiene. I don't mean that in a cleanliness way, but your food rituals and how you approach eating. So many people are eating on the go, and it's like, step one: sit down."
What if this insistence on quick food as a solution to the evening witching hour is counterproductive?
A common criticism of real food eating of any stripe is that it takes time. People with long commutes or stressful jobs or little kids whining underfoot (who are probably either overtired, undernourished or lacking in attention and could be well served with a nap 2 hours ago and being put to work helping on dinner, but that's my parenting philosophy leaking through) say that it's just too hard to "do" real food in the evening. There's planning involved in having bone broth in the fridge all (or at least most!) of the time, fresh ingredients don't stay fresh for long, and there's no getting around the prep and clean up time required for a meal of identifiable ingredients, whether that's in the hour directly preceding the meal, or some time well in advance whereafter the slow cooker or dutch oven takes over. Yet maintaining a hectic lifestyle and demanding that meals fit in is, to me, putting the cart before the horse.
To me this displays a misunderstanding of food's place in our lives. It expects that we can "tank up" our bodies like we do our cars. Michael Pollan has a rule that you don't feed your body at the same place you feed your car, and I'd extend that to the way of feeding; in German, the word for food is Lebensmittel - Leben means life, and a mittel is a means. Food is the means by which we sustain life. Is that not worth time?
It interests me that this attitude may be borne out by our bodies in a very physical way: drive-through eating leads to drive-through nutrients. A distracted mental state when fork is in hand may lead to an equally lax digestive response. It's speculative but not impossible that the toxicity of chronic constipation that such a situation often causes leads to binge-driven eating in an attempt to self-medicate but which has the real effect of exacerbating the problem.
The so-called French Paradox - that the French eat all the things the US food police tell us will kill you and yet live better than Americans - can be explained in part by food rules about portion size, continued use of traditional cuisine, the sacredness of the meal time, and the attitude towards food as joyous. None of these factors are at play in the average North American home between 5:30 and 8pm, Monday to Friday.
Without sounding too woo-woo, conscious eating may be a prerequisite to a healthy body. That means SOLE food selection, unresentfully allowing time for meal preparation immediately before the meal (even if that's just assembling a salad dressing and tossing it through a prepared salad with leftover chicken), saying grace if that's a tradition in your home, visiting over the meal and chewing the food, and involving all members of the family in some way in the rituals of the table. Even clean-up can be seen as a meditative time - and no one ever said it had to be done before the littles were abed!
Washing the Dishes
When we on simple rations sup
How easy is the washing up!
But heavy feeding complicates
The task by soiling many plates.
And though I grant that I have prayed
That we might find a serving-maid,
I'd scullion all my days I think,
To see Her smile across the sink!
I wash, she wipes. In water hot
I souse each pan and dish and pot;
While Taffy mutters, purrs, and begs,
And rubs himself against my legs.
The man who never in his life
Has washed the dishes with his wife
Or polished up the silver plate-
He still is largely celibate.
One warning: there is certain ware
That must be handled with all care:
The Lord Himself will give you up
If you should drop a willow cup!
-Christopher Morley
What say you? Is thinking of food as the "means of life" a switch you could see making a difference in your kitchen? Does such an attitude explain the "French Paradox"? Have you ever heard of dishwashing cementing domestic relationships?


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This time around WarRock is celebrating the event with his first proper music video. It's for the track "This Song" from his forthcoming Longshot mixtape – a release that is, coincidentally, available to all who donate between today, June 25, and July 2. This year's donors also receive a copy of the Adam WarRock Singles LP, an autobiographical Adam WarRock digital comic by Ed Piskor and a thank you sketch from Chris Haley. It's a pretty sweet payout on top of all the free singles and EPs Adam heaps on you during the other 51 weeks of the year.
Check out the video below, and then head over to adamwarrock.com to chip in.

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Please noteThis event rested in 2018 so we don't have any recent event details. When we get updated information, we'll add it here, but in the meantime we include below event information from a previous year to remind you about the event.
Bosham, near Chichester, West Sussex11.00am to 4.00pmSet in the bohemian quarter of the picturesque village of Bosham, a range of gardens open in one road - a true celebration of community spirit and showcasing local artists whose work is specifically for the garden.
Visit a finalist shed pub from the shed of the Year 2015 as seen on TV. Also children's trail, refreshments, homemade cakes and raffle.Proceeds to St Wilfrids Hospice along with a percentage of art sales.Plant salesSome plants available at various gardens.Cost£4.00 per person for one day, £6.00 for two days, accompanied children free.How to get event passportsBuy tickets on the day.Contact the organisersPhone: 07989 074 641Email: DirectionsFrom the A27 at Chichester, take the fishbourne turning on the the A259 to Bosham and follow the sheep signs from Bosham roundabout. From Havant A27 take the A259 to Emsworth and follow signs to Bosham, then follow the sheep signs on the roundabout.LocationCounty: SussexPostcode for Sat Nav: PO18 8NL (please verify before travelling)Find approximate location on GoogleMaps (new window)
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Google Honours 'Angel of Mercy' Edhi with Doodle on His 89th Birthday
Google Honours 'Angel of Mercy' Edhi with Doodle on His 89th Birthday
Abdul Sattar Edhi is well known all over the world due to his social activities. The popular search engine has honored the Edhi through Doodle on his 89th birthday.
Edhi born on 28th February 1928 is famous not just in Pakistan but worldwide for his social welfare. He started Edhi foundation in 1951 and is run by people funds.
Abdul Sattar Edhi is nominated many times for Noble Peace prize. The most important part of Edhi foundation is its Ambulance service that is in progressed during the terror attacks in the country.
Edhi passed away last year on 8th July after a long illness at the age of 88. After his death, google honored him on his first birthday by doodle.


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Join Rob and Nate as they discuss some of the finer points of the Apollo4X review with Troy, the reviewer, and ask him about some changes to the game since its release. It's a short one as there's just not much to flesh out or to update you on, unfortunately.
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As co-host of the podcast LadyWatch, Ryan has found himself as a strong voice of modern feminism. As such, we wanted to get his opinion on the possibility of Oprah running for president. But we didn't stop there! We also talk about youth theater, straight porn vs gay porn, being "verse," hankie codes, Los Angeles murders, weight loss surgery, Beverly Hills, winning the lottery, constitutional monarchies, The Wall Street Journal, and a death-heavy Vulnerabilibuddies!
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Mediterranean diet good for the ageing brain
Amanda Davey
A Mediterranean diet supplemented with olive oil or nuts is good for the ageing brain, say researchers.
Their study of 447 volunteers with healthy brains builds on previous work that shows the benefits of the diet for cardiovascular health.
They say they have strong evidence to suggest the antioxidant-rich diet, supplemented with extra olive oil and walnuts, has a moderate protective effect against cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease.
In their trial, those allocated to the Mediterranean diet plus nuts showed significant improvements in memory compared with the control group.
In the olive oil group, there was improved frontal function and global cognition, say the researchers.
"The beneficial effect of Mediterranean diets on cognition probably stems from the abundance of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents that they provide," the researchers write in JAMA Internal Medicine.
"The supplemental foods, extra virgin olive oil and nuts, are particularly rich in phenolic compounds that might counteract oxidative processes in the brain, which lead to neurodegeneration."
The researchers also point to a consistent body of evidence that suggests the Mediterranean diet promotes brain health through vascular improvement.
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My head hurts, my nose is running and I can´t move. I can´t read because my eyes are red and sore.
Just kill me please…
Will be back when I feel better!
My head hurts, my nose is running and I can´t move. I can´t read because my eyes are red and sore.
Just kill me please…
Will be back when I feel better!
That time of year :( Get some rest!
Oh no! I hope you feel better soon!
Hope you feel better soon :)
I know what you are going through I was like that for over a week recently - did not read or blog or anything really!!
Love that picture...lol I was sick last week and my husband the week before. Feel better soon!
Very cute funny pic. Get well soon! And get plenty of rest.
Oh man that bites! Get some rest Christine and I hope you feel better soon!
Being sick is bad enough, being too sick to read is always torture!
Feel better!!
Oh Christine, so sorry to hear you are sick! Rest a lot, sleep a lot, drink lots of honeyed hot tea and when you feel better we'll be here :-)
Take care and get well soon! Hugs! :-)
Being too sick to read is the pits.
Get better soon!
Ugh. I'm sick too, so I totally feel you. I've barely had enough energy to study for finals, much less blog or read. Here's hoping we both feel better soon!
Feel better soon darling! I'd offer hugs but I'd rather not if it's catching. ;)
Awws, feel better soon!
Hoe you get better girl as soon as possible :)
So sorry to hear that you're feeling ill! I hope that you feel better very soon! :-)
*Thinking Healing Thoughts For You*
Kind Regards,
I hope you feel better soon ;)


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A new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology courses. She started her class by saying, 'Everyone who thinks you're stupid, stand up!'
After a few seconds, little Santa Singh stood up.
The teacher said, 'Do you think you're stupid, Santa?'
'No, ma'am, but I hate to see you standing there all by yourself!'
More Sardar Jokes
Santa Singh: I'd like some vitamins for my grandson.
Clerk: Sir, vitamin A, B or C?
Santa Singh: Any will do, my grandson doesn't know the alphabet yet!!
One day when Santa Singh entered into his house he saw his wife in bed with his friend Banta Singh!
He gets very very angry, takes out his shotgun and shoots Banta Singh!
Banta Singh is dead instantly.
His wife screams at Santa, 'Are you crazy! If you behave like this you will lose all your friends!!!'
What did Banta Singh say when he saw a banana peel lying on the floor?
Oye aaj phir phisalna padega!
What did Banta Singh say when he saw two banana peels lying on the floor?
Oye kis par se phisaloon???


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Hi, LOVING THIS!!! Good n huge quick question... there are a few places I've come across where it says walls might crumble if hit, but no luck when hitting them. Do I need to smack them with a particular item in this game or can I just use my usual swords and keep trying?
You might need strength of a certain level or a quest but hitting is the usual. Where are you having trouble--what level? Did you find Paravel Jewellry? : )
I've literally just found it! OMG YOU ARE AMAZING
Sorry got so excited I forgot to answer you, can't remember exactly, somewhere near beginning. I'm level 47 now, think I was about 43 when I started
It was dun of dead. Broke walls but still I can't get through one last gate. Got the key which leads to another gate which comes up with message about forgetting how many steps?
You need to flip both switches up in each of the corridors--the one on the left and the one on the right. Then---flip the switch in the right hand (eastern) corridor down and after you've done that run, run, run back to the left hand corridor switch (western) corridor and flip that switch down. That will open a gate. The switches are tap, not hit.
Ah, it was conns tower... two cracks that I can see and a nearly dead guy. Keyhole in wall.
In Conn's Tower, for the keyhole, you need a key from a crack there.
Tried cracks in corridor that leads to door that curses you and two cracks next to the dying guy but all empty. I can see a crack behind the dying guy that I can't access. Tapping on the keyhole br8ngs up "nothing happens"
Here's the right crack--
Tap, not hit.
If it's empty, that means you either used the key or lost it. It's not sellable. If you used the key on that switch, it set a monster--a spider visible and gave you a diamond. That's all that switch does.
Tried a couple of earlier saved games and still empty
I just went into the game to test it and I got the key if I tapped the crack and used it on the switch (keyhole) and the spider appeared. Try tapping with your finger. Sometimes on mobile that works better. There's not much I can do about this as it works for me. It's not important enough to give the key to Phredd as there are plenty of spiders to kill.
Ok doke thanks hon.


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More than 99,000 businesses offer fencing services and products in the United States, and the industry generates about $51 billion in revenue a year. With all of these options, homeowners can team up with a fencing contractor that meets their budget and requirements.
Types of Fences
No fence is one-size-fits-all. Each home is different, with its own character and charm, and homeowners should expect their fence to reflect this aesthetic. Fortunately, there are a number of fence materials that you can choose from to add to the look and function of your home.
When people dream about a house with a picket fence, wood is often the material that comes to mind. Wood is the most popular fencing type in the U.S. because it provides privacy thanks to its build and height options, looks attractive, and will likely last for the lifetime of the home. The downside of this option is that the height and size can impact the price, and it can take time to install.
Aluminum may not provide the type of security that wood and other options might as it would need fill-in panels. It requires little maintenance and can be decorated any way you want. However, this type of fencing is not ideal for areas with severe weather.
If you like the look of a wood fence, but not the price, PVC could be a good option. PVC is much cheaper and can be used to replace wooden stakes and pickets. While it's not as sturdy as wood, it can significantly cut down on material costs and comes in a variety of heights and colors. A PVC fence can last for years and has a high resistance to the elements.
Vinyl is one of the cheapest and most durable fencing types on this list. A vinyl fence has four times the flexibility and five times the strength of comparable wood fences. Although it has a high upfront cost, it requires no maintenance and is overall less expensive than other options.
Homeowners that are looking to be green may find bamboo fencing to be an appealing option. Bamboo is grown naturally, rising up to a foot a year, and can be planted to create a fence. Rolled bamboo and bamboo cane options will be the sturdiest choices and are optimal for colder climates.
If you think that fences are an eyesore, an invisible electric fence might be the optimal choice. These are especially beneficial for homeowners with pets. A trench is dug along the fence's boundary, and a wire is buried within. A wireless transmitter can then interact with a pet's collar to warn the animal when it is near the edge. Pets will stay within your yard, and you won't have the bulky structure of a fence.
How to Know if a Fence Works for Your Yard
Now that you know what materials are available, you might have an idea of what type of fence you'd like. However, there are a few considerations you'll need to address to verify that a fence will work for your yard:
Check Your HOA Regulations
Before you can begin planning for a new fence, you'll want to double check the rules for your neighborhood. Some homeowners' associations have stipulations concerning fences including standards for what materials can be used, as well as height requirements. Using this information, homeowners can thoroughly assess their options and stay in line with HOA regulations. You'll want to refrain from building excessively tall structures unless permitted by the HOA and municipality ordinances. Without this allowance, your fence will end up costing more.
Draw the Lines
Now that you know what guidelines are in place for fences in your area, it's time to determine if a fence will work for your yard in particular. You'll need to confirm your property lines to ensure that you stay within your established boundaries. A fence consultant will need to come out and locate utilities and other obstructions that could interfere with construction. The slope and contour of the terrain can affect the measurement of your fence as well. Understanding these elements will help determine if your yard is a good candidate for a fence and make planning run more smoothly.
Lay out Your Reasons
Establishing a fence takes some time and investment, so it will be important to consider why you're installing a fence in the first place. If you have kids or pets, safety might be your main reason. You might put in a fence for privacy if your landscaping isn't enough to provide your desired level of seclusion. For those selling their home, a fence can add visual appeal and increase property value. These considerations may guide you on what type of fence will be best for your home.
Common Issues
To properly maintain your fence, you must first learn about what problems you may face:
Damaging Utilities
Utility lines must be marked before fence installation to prevent any damages. A simple visit from a professional can save you a lot of headaches down the road.
Overlooking Standards
If you build a fence that doesn't adhere to ordinances, it can cost you a lot to address. Be sure to check with your HOA and municipality for regulations concerning what is required to build a fence in your area.
Leaning Fences
If you don't maintain your fence properly, you can expect it to come down with a few problems. You may notice that your fence is leaning or sagging, and this can be a fairly expensive problem to fix. If you don't close the gate properly, your hinges might sag and prevent your gate from closing securely. Homeowners can prevent these situations by performing regular maintenance on their fences.
Fence installation often occurs in stages. First, the fence company will mark the utility lines in your yard. Then, a crew will dig posts and set them in concrete. About a week later, the company will come and install the stringers, gates, fencing material and everything else. The average installation cost is slightly more than $4,500, but it will largely depend on the materials used. It's inadvisable to try to make this a DIY project, as a high degree of skill is required, and many costly problems can result from a bad fence installation.
Aluminum, vinyl and PVC fences all require little to no maintenance. Homeowners may use soap and water to clean off these materials, but they generally don't require much more than that. These options can be good for those that want a sturdy but low-touch fence.
Wood fences, on the other hand, require a little bit more work. With exposure to the sun and the elements, wood fences are prone to cracking, warping and cupping. To prevent this, homeowners are encouraged to clean, seal and stain their fence at least every three years. Clean the fence with a specially formulated cleaner. After 15 to 20 minutes, use a pressure washer to remove any mold, mildew and debris from the fence. From there, you can seal and stain the fence to protect it and help the wood look good as new. An oil stain is recommended, as it penetrates the material and can maintain its condition for years.
Choosing a Service
With tens of thousands of fencing service companies to choose from, how do you know which one will be the best for your needs? Here are some considerations to help you make a decision:
Are There Portfolio Examples?
You'll need to do some homework on your potential contractors. First, see if they have a website and a portfolio of samples. These can indicate the provider's level of experience and highlight their capabilities.
What's Their Reputation Like?
You'll want to have a contractor that has a good reputation. Look at customer reviews as well as how long the provider has been in business. If a contractor requires an immediate decision, asks you to pay cash or doesn't provide an estimate, it should serve as a major red flag. A friend or family member may also be a good source for recommending a contractor.
Is the Work Guaranteed?
Some organizations may offer a variety of promises, such as time to completion and discounts, simply to get you in the door. It's important to question the validity of these guarantees and research whether the contractor has delivered on these commitments. If it's clear that the contractor constantly misses deadlines or doesn't meet obligations, you'll want to renew your search.
Is There a Warranty?
No matter how good a contractor is, there may be an issue with the fence a year or two down the road. You should ask about what type of warranty is offered. A warranty could help offset repair costs if you have a sagging fence, while enabling you to fix any warped or cracked panels that may occur after exposure to the elements.
Trade Associations
Homeowners should work with a fencing contractor who is certified by or a member of one or more trade organizations. Some of the biggest associations in this industry include:
American Fence Association
Since 1962, the American Fence Association has grown to be the largest and most comprehensive resource in the industry. The group aims to benefit fence-industry professionals and customers by promoting professionalism, education and certification of its members while keeping up with the latest developments, materials, standards and tools.
The AFA has created a rigorous certification program and requires recertification every three years. Professionals must prove a history of service in the industry prior to taking the certification exam and complete the multiple-choice test.
North American Fence Contractors Association
The NAFCA is a group of fence professionals who look to bring contractors and vendors together for better affordability and accessibility to educational opportunities within the industry. It's run by a number of volunteers and encourages all contractors who want to develop their skills to join.


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This deep change in the state of affairs gave rise to one of the dominant political divides of the past 200 years. One side saw deep unfairness in a system that left some hungry when we had more than enough to feed them. This side argued for reform of the system to remove that injustice.
The other side argued that removing the very motivational architecture that had produced our vast wealth would fatally undermine the very system that gave it to us — leading to deprivation for everyone. If you can live well
Source: The Coming Great Transition – Emergent Culture – Medium


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Authors & Friends
On this page I listed people and authors to whom I have a relation. Either they were co-authors of one of the books presented on this side or we were in contact for other reasons, mainly about "desert related" subjects.
Please check out the books and publications of these authors and friends of mine.
Kelly, Saul
The first time I came across Saul Kelly was when I read his brilliant book "The Lost Oasis". But he had already published "Cold War in the Desert" and his newest book is "War & Politics in the Desert" which is a must for everybody who is interested in Libya.


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If you live in Austin and read this site on the reg, chances are you were one of the tens of thousands of people in attendance at last night's Monday Night Raw Watch Party, informally known as the Best And Worst Of Raw Live. On ice. And don't quote me on the attendance, there were lights in my eyes the entire time and I'm just assuming that's how many people were on the other side.
Anyway! If you watched Raw you know it was:
1. Three hours long
2. Suicidally dreadful
3. 85% commercial break
That being said, the combination of an arduous three hour Raw and the performance anxiety/high/cooldown combined has forced me to post this announcement: This week's Best And Worst Of Raw column will be posted first thing in the morning on Wednesday, unless you want me to write up the version I saw with everything muted.
Maybe that would be better.
Until then, head over to The New Movement and find out where and how you can support the talented men and women who helped make the Raw party possible. For a live perspective on Raw that DIDN'T involve anybody calling Hornswoggle a "dick in a fruit roll-up", check out John Canton's Raw Deal at TJR Wrestling.


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The premiere fanzine of the old-school renaissance rolls into its second year of publication, battling harder than ever! Joining original Dragon Magazine editor Tim Kask in this issue are Jeff Rients, Lee Barber, Judd Karlman, Gabor Lux, Kelvin Green, Vincent Baker, David Bowman, Michael Curtis, Frank Farris, Baz Blatt, Kevin Mayle, Del Beaudry, Steve Zieser, Alex Schroeder, Akrasia, Settembrini, Chgowiz, Calithena, and dozens of others ready to give your game the potion of super-heroism it needs to take it to the next level! With adventures, maps, rules options, campaign settings, fiction, magic, monsters, and treasure, this issue has everything you need to unlock your imagination and keep fighting on!As is standard Fight On! policy, the magazine is currently only available in print form but a .pdf version will be released within a few weeks.
Until the end of May only you can get 10% off Fight On! #5 and all your lulu.com purchases by entering MAYCONTEST10 in the code line at checkout. Stock up on back issues of Fight On! or pick up whatever other lulu products appeal to you!
You can buy it here: http://www.lulu.com/content/7204229
Table of Contents for Issue 5:
Background Professions (Akrasia)………………………3
The Scholar (Zachary Houghton)……………………….4
The Wuuky! (Moritz Mehlem and Frank Ditsche)………5
Distinctive Magic (Houghton, Dörfliger, & Calithena)…..7
The Deck O' Stuff (Jeff Rients)…………………………9
The Tomb of Ixtandraz (Lee Barber)…………………..11
Delvers Delve: Extended Crawling (David Bowman)…..17
Tables for Fables (Age of Fable)………………………..20
Dungeon Motivations (Paul Vermeren)………………...21
Knights & Knaves (Del L. Beaudry)……………………23
Black Blood (Gabor Lux)………………………………25
Pentastadion (Gabor Lux)…………………………...…36
Creepies & Crawlies (Alex Schröder, Wayne Rossi, Jeff
Rients, Terje Nordin, and Geoffrey McKinney)………39
Tucker & Co. (M. "Chgowiz" Shorten)..………………44
Bad Hair Day (Peter Schmidt Jensen)……...…………...44
Fight On! (Jason Vasché)…...…………………………..45
Education of a Magic User (Douglas Cox)…………….45
A Few for the Road (Michael Curtis)…………………..47
A Giant Dilemma (Frank Farris)………………………50
Clarisseth (Tony Dowler)………………………………53
It Used to be a Hobbit Hole (Baz Blatt)…………….…54
The Barrow of Therex (Erin "Taichara" Bisson)………55
The Devil's in the Details: Pygmy Folk (Baz Blatt)……..56
Seven Kings Mountains (Judd Karlman)……………….62
The Darkness Beneath, Level 2 (Calithena)…………….67
The Tower of Thalen Garh (John Hitchens)………...…78
Oceanian Legends (Del L. Beaudry)…………………....79
Guest Editorial (Timothy J. Kask)……………………..81
Merlin's Mystical Mirror (Jeff Rients)………………….83
Artifacts, Adjuncts, & Oddments (Greg Backus,
Terje Nordin, Jeff Rients, and Calithena)……………87
Front Cover by Kevin Mayle (kevinmayle.netaidz.com/main.php). Back Cover by Settembrini. Fight On! and Erol Otus logos by Jeff Rients. Tim Kask photo by Rich Franks. Knights & Knaves and Creepies & Crawlies logos by Lee Barber. Interior artwork and cartography by Andrew Reyes (4,19), Richard Scott/Otherworld Miniatures (5), Andy "Atom" Taylor (7), Jeff Rients (9), Lee Barber (ghosttower. crithitcomics.com, 11,13,14,15,16,17,23,73), Age of Fable (20), Gabor Lux (25,27,30,32,33,36,37), Kelvin Green (26,43,45,52,87), Georges Roux (34), Alex Schröder (39,40,62), Peter Seckler (40), Jason Pierce (jasonpierce.animaldillo.com, 42), M. "Chgowiz" Shorten (44), Peter Schmidt Jensen (44,50), Douglas Cox (45), Frank Farris (51), Tony Dowler (53), Baz Blatt (54), Erin "Taichara" Bisson (55), Kesher (59,61), Carl Brodt/Tita's House of Games (60), Vincent Baker (63,64,65,66), Robert S. Conley (67), Paul "Bliss Infinite" Fini (www.indieonlycomics.com, 68 ), David Bowman (70), Anthony Stiller (72), Steve Zieser (74,81), Calithena (75,77), Patrick Farley (76), Kevin Vito (77), Pete Mullen (83), James G. Browning (84), and Dan Proctor (85).
Speaking of standard policy, here comes the part where I plug my own contribution. "A Few for the Road" will hopefully put an end to any rumors that all I can write about is the dungeon. "A Few for the Road" is a collection of off-beat road and road-side encounters for the referee to spring on the characters as they make the way overland. Originally intended as a single piece, space issues resulted in it becoming a two-parter, although that doesn't hinder the usefulness of the article by any means. The three encounters in Issue #5 are of the more mundane variety, while the second part features three run-ins with the mystical and monstrous. I'll be sure to plug that one when the time comes.


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Reaction: 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + uracil54 in tRNA + FADH2 = tetrahydrofolate + 5-methyluracil54 in tRNA + FAD
Glossary: Ψ = pseudouridine
T = ribothymidine = 5-methyluridine
Other name(s): folate-dependent ribothymidyl synthase; methylenetetrahydrofolate-transfer ribonucleate uracil 5-methyltransferase; 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate:tRNA-UPsiC (uracil-5-)-methyl-transferase; 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate:tRNA (uracil-5-)-methyl-transferase; TrmFO; folate/FAD-dependent tRNA T54 methyltransferase
Systematic name: 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate:tRNA (uracil54-C5)-methyltransferase
Comments: Up to 25% of the bases in mature tRNA are post-translationally modified or hypermodified. One almost universal post-translational modification is the conversion of U54 into ribothymidine in the TPsiC loop, and this modification is found in most species studied to date [2]. Unlike this enzyme, which uses 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate and FADH2 to supply the atoms for methylation of U54, EC 18.104.22.168, tRNA (uracil54-C5)-methyltransferase, uses S-adenosyl-L-methionine.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 56831-74-4
1. Delk, A.S., Nagle, D.P., Jr. and Rabinowitz, J.C. Methylenetetrahydrofolate-dependent biosynthesis of ribothymidine in transfer RNA of Streptococcus faecalis. Evidence for reduction of the 1-carbon unit by FADH2. J. Biol. Chem. 255 (1980) 4387-4390. [PMID: 6768721]
2. Becker, H.F., Motorin, Y., Sissler, M., Florentz, C. and Grosjean, H. Major identity determinants for enzymatic formation of ribothymidine and pseudouridine in the TΨ-loop of yeast tRNAs. J. Mol. Biol. 274 (1997) 505-518. [PMID: 9417931]
3. Nishimasu, H., Ishitani, R., Yamashita, K., Iwashita, C., Hirata, A., Hori, H. and Nureki, O. Atomic structure of a folate/FAD-dependent tRNA T54 methyltransferase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106 (2009) 8180-8185. [PMID: 19416846]


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This quote popped up on FB the other day. I love it & it resonates a lot with a challenge I've been facing of late. A challenge I am hoping to close the loop on for good.
There is a difference, a huge one, between intentionally hurting somebodies feelings & speaking your truth from pure intent, which is then interpreted differently. In others words the other person gets the hump with you.
I'm finding the deeper I get into remembering where I came from & why I'm here this lifetime (My Soul contract) the more I am being misinterpreted. I know my words are coming from my heart driven by my Soul. It shows me I am progressing & doing everything just right in my life that I feel comfortable speaking my truth. However this usually involves saying things others may see as weird or they miss the point & get offended.
That is just fine. I can recognise now when my words are not understood that the recipient is not ready to hear them or their frequency is tuned to a different station. I'm not saying I'm better than those around me or more awake. I'm saying I fully recognise we are all on different stages of our journey.
When someone gets hurt by my actions I do feel hurt too, especially when I didn't mean to bring pain. I am however not responsible for others reactions to my actions & vice versa. This is where Doreen's quote comes in handy.
At the core of who we are, the Soul, we are one. The Soul, the part of us that goes home after we leave our physical body, only knows purity & perfection. When we are in our physical human form we are split in duality between our Soul & human emotions in our head. (Some call this the ego) It is our head that tries to mentally process what goes on around us & emotions kick in.
Our Soul cannot get hurt or offended. If you ever hear someone say 'you've offended my Soul' this I believe is untrue. You've offended their ego. Soul only knows love. It is pure & all knowing. In stillness it will tell you all you need to know honestly & openly. You must quite the mind first in order to hear it.
If my ego gets hurt for what ever reason or others get offended/hurt by something I've said I must remember to send them love. It happened just last week. I had caused offense by something I wrote right here on my blog. There was no confrontation or conversation had, I was totally clueless as to why a certain person was suddenly being off with me. Once I figured out the issue I was sorry the person involved had taken my words the wrong way. I never meant to offend or hurt anyone. It was my personal take on a situation & I am the only one responsible for my reaction, which was to write about it.
The offended person came into my radar in a professional situation. All I could do was send them love & compassion. I had a job to do & I could not let 'personal crap' get in the way. They were hating on me it was clear (cold shoulder, scowling & snappy words) but I must never hate back, even if my ego was bruised by this, my Soul was telling me it was okay. They are hurting & they need love, it was my job to send it out. Hopefully once the other person is ready to sink into their heart, feel the love, see the pure intention & step back they will ease their own pain.
Just remember at our core there is only love & oneness. Nothing can hurt you deep in the centre. It hurts on the surface but its only skin deep. The more love we give the more will come back around. We are LOVE.


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Does public sex matter? That's the question Carlos Motta and Joshua Lubin-Levy put to a group of artists and writers when putting together an 'atlas of queer affection' of New York City called Petite Mort: Recollections of a Queer Public. Their investigation yielded a collection of fascinating drawings — all of them done from memory — and writings, which together form a very subjective take on the act of cruising. BUTT made a mini-selection of some of the drawings.
Just like architectural blueprints, the drawings are reproduced in blue ink. All drawings were made for Petite Mort: Recollections of a Queer Public and reproduced here courtesy of the respective artists and Forever & Today, Inc. More about the book, its related performances and a 'sketchy walk' (in which participants will be taken to some historic and still-active cruising spots throughout Chinatown and the Lower East Side) here.


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New Visions for Commemorating the Shoah
This article by Talia Katz is the second of a two-part series on new and sometimes controversial forms of Shoah commemoration. Part 1 can be seen here.
There seems to be a distinctly anti-Generation-Y movement which undercuts the question of Shoah re-commemoration. For years there has been a stable, rigidly enforced method of interacting with the history of Holocaust, and an especially enforced standard of commemoration of that history. It involves extreme reverence, highly emotive triggers and a heaviness of the soul that most Jewish youth associate with any Holocaust-related public conversation.
Then, after upwards of 50 years of silent, sombre and most sincere reflection, young Jewish people have begun to do with the Holocaust what young Jewish people have done with Shabbat, Zionism and other sacred cows – they have turned it on its head.
That is not to say today's young Jews don't appreciate the gravity of the Holocaust. Rather, they over-appreciate it. They are saturated in understanding. Like the children of Holocaust survivors who were drowning in the silence of their parents, these third-generation Jews are likewise drowning in the over-exposure their parents are kindly facilitating.
Is visiting a death camp at sixteen an age-appropriate experience? Indeed, can one ask eleven year-olds to comprehend or relate to the number one million, let alone light a candle to remember one million children killed in the Shoah? How do you explain hatred for hatred's sake, without condescending, or killing for ethnicity's sake, without terrifying?
Would it surprise you that even our nightmares are Shoah related? I challenge any Jewish person to deny that they have had at least one Holocaust-themed dream. Mine involved abattoir-like slaughterhouses, with loved ones forced like cattle through the turnstiles, awaiting their death, with nothing to be done. And for a long time, there was nothing to be done but tread water in the overwhelming tide that threatened to overpower our connection to our history altogether.
As time separated the generations from the immediacy of the tragedy and threatened to disconnect them from its meaning, humour became the bridge that allowed Jews to take back the power and stubbornly refused to submit to the magnitude of victimhood. Suddenly there was a means to process this massive influence in our lives – a method to understand the madness. What started with the Ghetto reinterpretations of Hitler's masterpiece Mein Krampf (My Cramp) and the naming of dogs and pigs 'Adolf', became an essential communal and individual coping mechanism for those traumatised by Nazi policies. Survivor and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl said in Man's Search for Meaning:
"We knew that we had nothing to lose except our ridiculously naked lives. When the showers started to run, we all tried very hard to make fun, both about ourselves and about each other. After all, real water did flow from the sprays!"
Half a century later this tradition continues, to the chagrin and horror of the PC police and inflated egos that cannot understand that Heeb Magazine's mockery of Holocaust memoirs stems from a moral disgust that the once noble premise of documenting history has become a moneymaking industry. Why not write your own Holocaust memoir? How better to destroy Hitler's power than to belittle his memory and mock his self-righteousness character with a series of YouTube videos here, here and here? And here. And there. And here too.
People like Rosanne Barr hit the nail on the head: sure it's sick and twisted to don a moustache and bake Burnt Jew Cookies in an oven, but how can we be so blinded by our pride and self-importance that we cannot see the irony and power of the inversion? When someone like Barr suggests such a photo shoot -a woman whose life has been dedicated to offending as many people as possible with her brand of take-no-prisoners humour – everything is fair game. As she herself told Heeb:
"He killed my whole family, it is true, but he is also dead, and I, a Jewish woman am still alive to make fun of him, and I will continue to make fun of the little runt for the rest of my life! He, and his ideas need to be laughed at even more these days, picked apart and analyzed up and down, as there are more and more people denying his crimes, and more and more despots trying to copy them."
This peculiar cultural revenge is replicated again and again, from the infamous character actor Sacha Baron Cohen playing an anti-Semitic Kazakh in Borat, to the faux-terror of Seinfeld's dreaded 'Soup Nazi' – turning the stereotype on its head, and in so doing, fulfilling the hopes of the millions of victims encapsulated in the Talmudic verse: "The best revenge is to live".
Call it revenge porn, but Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds could be the best antidote to the evils of the Nazi regime since Chaplin's The Great Dictator. Tellingly, after the screening of Tarantino's film, I bumped into a Jewish couple in their mid-sixties who could not fathom how such a film was even produced, let alone enjoyed – such was their disgust for the film's subversion of the traditional power-relationship of the Shoah.
This tale of Jews reclaiming their honour and lives from the Nazi regime that had tried to destroy them was a "once upon a time" fable that reverberated in cinemas across the world. It reformed those Shoah nightmares into Shoah fantasies, littered with scalps and bullets and relief. Far from offensive, Inglourious Basterds gave young Jews the chance to divert the course of their people's tragic history, even for only a couple of hours, in a recliner seat in a cinema in Sydney or Toronto or London.
So let's not misread young Jewish attempts to re-imagine, re-define and re-tell the story of the Holocaust as out-of-touch, inappropriate, disrespectful or ignorant. Perhaps it is time to step out of the stranglehold of 'traditional' Holocaust commemoration and recognise that the light of satire does not diminish any of the truth of history. Rather, allow it to light the way to a better understanding and clearer picture of what the Holocaust means for Jews today.
This article was originally published at Jewin' the Fat.
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FYI Frosh
Here it is, straight from the horse (read: Editor)'s mouth :
"Heeb is a satirical Jewish culture magazine that interrogates stereotypes and ideas (hopefully in creative ways) that many hold sacred in order to represent the complex and nuanced perspectives that many Jews have about their identities. When we depicted Sarah Silverman behind a hole in a sheet or Jonah Hill dressed as Moses holding two kegs as if they were tablets, we weren't trying to be shocking—we were trying to communicate something truthful about contemporary Jewishness. Yes, that may sound impossibly high-fallutin, but it's the truth and while we kind of don't give a shit whether the magazine wreaks havoc on smug and sanctimonious visions of Jewish life, we do care when our intentions (or those of our collaborators) are distorted."
Read more here
As for Roseanne Barr, she herself told Heeb:
"He killed my whole family, it is true, but he is also dead, and I, a Jewish woman am still alive to make fun of him, and I will continue to make fun of the little runt for the rest of my life! He, and his ideas need to be laughed at even more these days, picked apart and analyzed up and down, as there are more and more people denying his crimes, and more and more despots trying to copy them."
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I'm sorry I've been distant these past few weeks but I just needed to sort some things out. I believe it's best for me to go back to how I was and just focus on the kids and nothing else. I thought I could do the casual sex, friends with benefits thing but it's not for me. I want someone to cuddle and kiss without it leading to sex. I want visits because he wants to actually see me, talk with me, spend some time around me not because it's his weekly sex visit. I said I wanted a relationship without the commitment but that's contradictory to what I actually need. I need some level of commitment, not on the level of being exclusive but committed to spending time together outside of the bedroom getting to know one another to see if we could be exclusive. I want someone who thinks I'm worth making time for. So once again let me apologize because this situation is completely my fault. You were simply following my lead not realizing I was leading us off a cliff. Hopefully I haven't scarred you too much mentally and you won't make the next lady you are interested in suffer for the craziness I put you through.
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The Athalon Amped is a heated boot bag that will ensure that your ski or snowboard boots are nice and toasty when you are ready to hit the slopes. A Wrap Around Heating Unit uses coils embedded in between the nylon interior and exterior. Three Temperature Settings allow you to select the level of heat that you want to warm your boots up to. The power is supplied to the Amped by way of a standard household electrical outlet or a 12V power socket. An unheated side pocket gives you plenty of space for any other extras you want to haul to the mountain. The External Side Expanding Pocket makes an easy place to store or carry your helmet. Bottom Drainage Grommets allow water or snow from your boots to escape the bag, so they will be dry and ready to go the next day you are on the way to the slopes. To round out this loaded boot bag, stowaway backpack straps make all your gear easy to carry into the day lodge, and to your car at the end of the day.


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When you're in a wheelchair, despite there being many alternatives around for you to be able to get out do some hobbies, sometimes they just don't cut the mustard. You may have this sense of not really feeling the experience in the way you may have done before becoming a wheelchair user. It can feel like you're not fully immersed in the event or activity. For example, at a big concert, I'm sat in a designated area for access and this could either be a spacious row amongst the rest of the crowd. But with nothing close in front or behind, one can feel a little out of the atmosphere. Or, at outside gigs, you're sat on a raised platform – again, fantastic that you have a clear view but it does make you feel rather conspicuous and self conscious about dancing with everyone else; this was never more true than at a Prodigy gig I went to at MK Bowl. The whole place went crazy dancing and I just didn't feel a part of the crowd. As it wasn't about seeing a fab production and ogling at your idol, I decided I'd rather be down on the floor, missing the spectacle as it were, but just going mad with everyone else, feeding off the energy of the crowd.
Something I have done recently which certainly allowed me to fully engage and experience it without feeling that something was missing, was driving sports cars. I'm a complete tomboy when it comes to cars, knowing intricate details about spec and performance. As I cannot stand at all, I always thought I'd have trouble getting into such a low ride but when a friend bought me a supercar experience for my birthday, I thought by hook or by crook, I am getting into those cars! Fortunately, as I can move my legs, I can use a normal automatic car, but I'm pleased to say the company also offered adaptations for those who needed push/pull handles for the brake and accelerator. I was the happiest person ever to be whizzing around the track in a Lamborghini and Audi R8. I felt just like everyone else having a track day. Ok, the elegance and dignity didn't last when it came to getting me out of the Lambo with the instructor and my personal assistant both pushing and grabbing at my clothes to heave me out of the car – couldn't be doing that outside a swanky Monaco hotel..
Another friend recently let me drive his Jaguar F-Type. What a treat that was, and again I was buzzing from the freedom of doing something that didn't make me think 'if only I wasn't in a wheelchair..' .


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Cause Of Acquired Flat Foot
PTTD is a condition of degeneration and dysfunction in the tendon complex that helps control the medial arch of your foot. Essentially what happens is the complex is unable to do its job of supporting the arch and supinating the foot, so a progressive flat foot develops (usually called adult acquired flat foot). Initially pain and often swelling develops on the inside of the ankle and it will continue to get progressively worse. There are a number of stages of PTTD (3 Stages) and it needs to be aggressively treated early on otherwise a surgical reconstruction of the arch will invariably be required. PTTD can develop into a very disabling condition if it is not dealt with properly and promptly. As PTTD becomes more advanced, the arch flattens even more and the pain often shifts to the outside of the foot, below the ankle. Arthritis often develops in the foot and In more severe cases, arthritis may also develop in the ankle.
Adult flatfoot typically occurs very gradually. If often develops in an obese person who already has somewhat flat feet. As the person ages, the tendons and ligaments that support the foot begin to lose their strength and elasticity.
The symptoms of PTTD may include pain, swelling, a flattening of the arch, and inward rolling of the ankle. As the condition progresses, the symptoms will change. For example, later, as the arch begins to flatten, there may still be pain on the inside of the foot and ankle. But at this point, the foot and toes begin to turn outward and the ankle rolls inward. As PTTD becomes more advanced, the arch flattens even more and the pain often shifts to the outside of the foot, below the ankle. The tendon has deteriorated considerably and arthritis often develops in the foot. In more severe cases, arthritis may also develop in the ankle. Symptoms, which may occur in some persons with flexible flatfoot, include. Pain in the heel, arch, ankle, or along the outside of the foot. ?Turned-in? ankle. Pain associated with a shin splint. General weakness / fatigue in the foot or leg.
The diagnosis of tibialis posterior dysfunction is essentially clinical. However, plain radiographs of the foot and ankle are useful for assessing the degree of deformity and to confirm the presence or absence of degenerative changes in the subtalar and ankle articulations. The radiographs are also useful to exclude other causes of an acquired flatfoot deformity. The most useful radiographs are bilateral anteroposterior and lateral radiographs of the foot and a mortise (true anteroposterior) view of the ankle. All radiographs should be done with the patient standing. In most cases we see no role for magnetic resonance imaging or ultrasonography, as the diagnosis can be made clinically.
Non surgical Treatment
Orthoses (insoles, functional orthoses, ankle supports, braces, ankle foot orthoses (AFOs)) - are usually custom-made to increase the functional stability of the foot and improve the mechanical properties of the tendon as well as reducing the actual degree of strain on the tendon. This reduces pain and inflammation. Physiotherapy - exercises and physiotherapy are often used to increase mobility, strengthen the tendon itself, stretch your Achilles tendon as well as reduce pain. Once the tendon has been stretched (stage one), the heel starts rolling outwards. Total immobilisation in a cast may help the symptoms to subside and prevent progression of the deformity in a smaller percentage of patients. Long-term use of orthoses may help stop progression of the deformity and reduce pain without surgery. Non-surgical treatment is unlikely to prevent progression to stage three and four but may be chosen by some patients who either are unsuitable for surgery or prefer not to have surgery.
Surgical Treatment
For more chronic flatfoot pain, surgical intervention may be the best option. Barring other serious medical ailments, surgery is a good alternative for patients with a serious problem. There are two surgical options depending on a person?s physical condition, age and lifestyle. The first type of surgery involves repair of the PTT by transferring of a nearby tendon to help re-establish an arch and straighten out the foot. After this surgery, patients wear a non-weight bearing support boot for four to six weeks. The other surgery involves fusing of two or three bones in the hind foot below the ankle. While providing significant pain relief, this option does take away some hind foot side-to-side motion. Following surgery, patients are in a cast for three months. Surgery is an effective treatment to address adult-acquired flatfoot, but it can sometimes be avoided if foot issues are resolved early. That is why it is so important to seek help right away if you are feeling ankle pain. But perhaps the best way to keep from becoming flatfooted is to avoid the risk factors altogether. This means keeping your blood pressure, weight and diabetes in check.


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What if all the nutri-brains were right about what YOU SHOULD BE EATING (and not eating)? What would end up in your pantry?
In the past year we have had several distinguished food and nutrition experts come to Bastyr and speak. One was T. Colin Campbell who wrote The China Study. The findings? "People who ate the most animal-based foods got the most chronic disease … People who ate the most plant-based foods were the healthiest and tended to avoid chronic disease. These results could not be ignored," said Dr. Campbell. Advocates of a vegan or vegetarian diet such as the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine or Skinny Bitches gained more back-up for their already strong arguments.
Others preach lowering animal food consumption but are concerned from an agricultural, political or ecological point of view. Mark Bittman is one and spelled out why in his Ted Talk. Michael Pollan (who also made an appearance at Bastyr) succinctly speaks of eating real food, not too much, mostly plants. Softer and gentler than Mr. Campbell but the leaning is clear.
But whoosh there is a whole other wave of nutri-folks talking about our need for high-quality fat and protein. Don't shy away from a big steak and blue cheese, just make sure the steer is locally raised and grass-fed. Both Nina Planck and Sally Fallon have enlightened readers of the misunderstanding around fat and cholesterol. Sally spoke last weekend at Bastyr, Nina came in 2008. I know many of our readers are devotees of Ms. Fallon and her traditional food philosophies which are derived from Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Dr. Weston Price. Organ meats, raw milk, fermented foods and plenty of coconut oil and butter are thumbs up in this world and they have the research to back up what they preach. The newer (older?) Paleo Diet is somewhat related, warning against grain-eating and advocating consumption of ample animal food. The Paleo experts boast oodles of research to support its recommendations.
Uh oh. Now what? What do we eat if both camps are right. I mentioned this eaters dilemma to one of my students and said that I guessed that lettuce was the only safe choice. She had attended Sally's lecture and reported that Ms. Fallon's closing comment was that salads would be the genocide of America because of all that awful salad dressing. Touche.
What's left? What can we conscientiously eat for dinner? And that's where Cookus Interruptus walks in with a smile. We like everybody. We've parked our ship in the "no preach" zone. We've pulled the best threads of common sense from all of the philosophies and woven them into a loose pattern. We welcome you if you are vegan – we offer plenty of vegan, even more vegetarian recipes. Grains and beans rock. Gluten-free? – come on in. About 75% of our recipes are wheat-free. Traditional-diet lovers – we love you too. Though we tend to keep our animal protein in small portions (family budget you know), we embrace grass-fed, pastured, humanely-raised and forgo participating in CAFO food. Fermentation nation? Bring it. Sauerkraut and yogurt are awesome. All tribes, all camps, all philosophies – we've got food for you. Real food that tastes good. We're world cup. The best of each nation ready for your knife, fork, spoon, chopstick or paw.


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A woman who told police that her boyfriend bit out a chunk of her private parts during an argument about his wife told her story exclusively to CBS4 News.
The woman, whose name we are withholding at her request, told CBS 4 News that she was having an argument with her boyfriend, Nelson Guerrero, over whether he would leave his wife. She says after Guerrero bit her he refused to take her to the hospital for fear he would be arrested.
"He could not comprehend that I don't want to be with him anymore," the victim told CBS 4′s Carey Codd.
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The children who comprise Generation E are America's most scarce and precious resource. This Essential group of Americans must be the best educated generation in American history. Even if our friends in India and China educate only ten percent of their population, they will not be giving us leeway to sort out and discard any member of our Generation E. The need to guide each Generation E boy and girl to his or her highest potential is not just about ensuring American prosperity. The potential for creating a better world exists in each one of these children. None of them are expendable. Clearly, American educators must prepare all sixty million members of Generation E for the essential role they will play in keeping our nation and the world strong.
Thankfully, America's teachers are uniquely well suited for this task. We are a part of the American value system which is replete with stories of individual acts of courage. Our collective history is reflected in stories of rugged pioneers risking all to move their families across a continent to a better life, immigrant families abandoning hopeless futures by crossing oceans to realize their dreams in a new world, poverty stricken, jobless men of the Great Depression era being fed and cared for by the families of strangers who were barely able to feed themselves, the sacrifices of courageous soldiers who gave their lives to save others, and civil rights protestors who withstood much more than police dogs and fire hoses to ensure the promises of liberty would be granted to all our citizens. The stories of American heroism in the face of difficult odds are countless and true.
And now, American educators can add their names to the list of citizens who have stretched beyond old limitations to create new and better worlds; worlds that have benefited not only Americans, but countless citizens of our planet. Educators are as essential as the children of Generation E in guaranteeing a promising future for America. In the Sarasota County, Florida school district, teachers who are working to acquire the special set of skills needed to guide Generation E students are called Next Generation teachers. Perhaps we should call these teachers Now Generation, because our children need them right now.
The leading edge of Generation E will enter high school this fall. What is in store for them in high schools across America? Have secondary educators made the reforms Bill Gates so passionately outlined in his 2005 address to U.S. Governors? We are nearing the end of the first decade of the 21st Century. The alarm bells are ringing now. The time to act is now.


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Space station in UK skies
One of the brightest lights shining in the night sky over the UK on Christmas Day was the International Space Station (ISS).
Where there was little cloud cover, the station was visible to the naked eye from 1634 until 1641 GMT. It could also be seen again at 1809 GMT before vanishing four minutes later.
Only the Moon, Venus and Jupiter outshone the platform.
Since the solar wings that help power the Ł40bn station were unfurled and began reflecting sunlight, the ISS has become almost as dazzling as the brightest star Sirius.
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The platform orbits 400 kilometres (248 miles) above Earth and is moving at 27,353 kilometres per hour (17,000 miles per hour).
The ISS goes around the Earth roughly every 90 minutes, or about 16 times a day, travelling from west to east.
The wings measure 73 metres (240 feet) across, a longer span than a Boeing 777 airliner. Each wing is more than 30 metres (100 feet) long - longer than the station itself.
Onboard, the Expedition 1 crew - US astronaut Bill Shepherd and Russians Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev - will have opened presents delivered by a Russian cargo ship and the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour.
Turkey dinner
Expedition 1 were given a day off from work and were free to read, watch films or sleep.
A heat-treated re-hydrated turkey dinner would have been on the menu, according to Peter Bond, space science advisor to the Royal Astronomical Society, UK.
With the addition of three more sets of solar panels, the ISS is set to become a dominant feature in the night sky.
Within five years, the station will house seven astronauts and be big enough to fill the old Wembley Stadium.
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As part of our commitment to patient care, we have to record personal information. This is to ensure you get proper care and treatment. We keep these details because we may need to see you again.
We are properly registered under the provisions of the Data Protection Act and the designated data controller is the Practice Manager incumbent at any given time.
We may use some of this information to help us:
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Everyone working in the practice has a legal duty to keep information about you confidential.
If at any time you would like to know more about how we use your information please contact the Practice Manager.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 obliges the practice to produce a publication scheme. A publication scheme is a guide to the 'classes' of information the practice tends to routinely make available. The information you provide will be used for the following purposes:
It will not be used for any other purpose. The data held will be used solely by Woodley Centre Surgery & Westfield Road Surgery. The information you provide will be kept securely and confidentially in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act (1988).
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If you would like to make a comment or if you have experienced problems please speak to the reception manager who will endeavour to assist you.
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If you would prefer to write, please address your letter to Miss Rebecca Ruddlesden, our Human Resources Manager.
Woodley Centre Surgery - Practice Complaints Summary
If you have a complaint or concern about the service you have received from the doctors or any of the Staff working in this practice, please let us know. We operate a practice complaints procedure as part of a NHS system for dealing with complaints. Our complaints system meets national criteria. Not all staff working at the surgery are employed by the practice. If your complaint involves one of them we will work with the relevant employer to assure you receive a detailed response.
How to complain
We hope that most problems can be sorted out easily and quickly, often at the time they arise and with the person concerned. If your problem cannot be sorted out in this way and you wish to make a complaint, we would like you to let us know as soon as possible – ideally, within a matter of days or a few weeks – because this will enable us to establish what happened more easily.
If this is not possible we do not impose any time limit for a formal complaint. These should be sent to our Complaints Manager, Miss Amy Kerr. We prefer complaints to be in writing as it enables us to respond better, but if this is not possible please ask for a telephone call with the Complaints Manager.
Alternatively you can speak to Amy Kerr with informal concerns or comments. This might be more suitable for minor matters.
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We shall acknowledge your complaint within two working days and aim to have looked into your complaint within two weeks, but sometimes it can take longer. When we look into your complaint, we shall aim to:
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Last Thursday, the unthinkable happened – our internet at home went down.
Something to do with the router or...something. I don't know, I didn't really pay attention to the why. "Umm how long will it be down for?" I asked in a wobbly voice.
My partner Adam swallowed hard. "BT says they can have it back up and running by Monday."
A few years ago this revelation would have got little more than a disinterested eyebrow raise out of me, but these days our home relies as much on the support of its wifi connection as it does on the walls and doors that hold it together. No internet for a weekend means no way of streaming Peppa Pig to our bedroom, which is the only thing that will keep our 14-month-old in one place at 5.30am. The signal near our house isn't great either, so without wifi we'd have a tough time checking emails and making phone calls which, with our wedding just 15 days away, I seem to be doing constantly. There'd be no FaceTime, no online shopping – no Pinterest for crying out loud! Neither of us could do any work or even listen to music.
That night after our daughter was in bed, Adam and I settled down with our Indian takeaway (which he'd had to go down the street to get some signal to order from Just-Eat) and realised we couldn't watch any Modern Family, the TV show we're both currently hooked on, as we hadn't downloaded the latest episodes from Sky Catch-Up, which requires – you've got it – an internet connection. We don't even own DVD players or stereos any more, our whole entertainment network is online, so we were looking at a very quiet evening. Seeing an opportunity to rope Adam into some last-minute wedding prep, I suggested we update our wedding website with a few details I'd been meaning to get to. (And yes I know a website sounds pretentious, but we're getting married in Italy and there's a heck of a lot of information, so given the choice between spending thousands on novel-length invitations or building a free website – hello website!)
"Hard to do without the internet," Adam said drily. Good point. I was about to suggest we order the luggage we'd spotted on Amazon the day before instead, but managed to catch myself just in time. Dammit! It was a shock to realise just how much we rely on something so fragile. In the end though, we had a pretty good night. We ended up sharing a bottle of red and playing a few rather hilarious rounds of Charades.
God we're old.
* Nik Brear, tired, working mummy