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The Road to Hell and Other Stories
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|Judith Proctor
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|Blake's 7
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The Road to Hell and Other Stories is a gen 79-page anthology of Blake's 7 fiction by Suzan Lovett, edited into British English and printed by Judith Proctor. The fiction in it was previously published in Powerplay #1 and #2 (The Road to Hell and Doppleganger), and Those Who Favor Fire (Lightbridge, Circle of Fire and Gemini Rising).
The art in this zine was largely previously published in Those Who Favor Fire – the front cover and two of the inside pictures are by Suzan Lovett (Those Who Favor Fire has more Lovett artwork not reproduced here). There is also one picture of Blake ('Magic Man') by Jean Kluge from Those Who Favor Fire. The back cover is a new picture by Whitby27.
Decision to Re-print
'Powerplay' was out of print at [the time Judith read 'The Road to Hell'], so I asked Suzan for permission to reprint the stories. She agreed, and also gave me 'Doppleganger' from Powerplay #2 and three wonderful stories which had originally appeared in 'Those Who Favour Fire', which is still out of print ... When I discovered a reprint of 'Powerplay', I nearly decided not to carry on with this project, but a lot of work had already been done, and 'Powerplay' still isn't readily available in Britain, so I decided to go ahead, especially as the other stories were still unavailable elsewhere. This zine has taken a lot longer to produce than I originally expected due to various unforeseen problems (none of which are Suzan's fault). Thanks are due to Tim Lomas for help with scanning and Pita Enriques Harris and Vega for help in sorting out the OCR files. The OCR files were pretty poor because of the quality of the print they were picking up from, and tidying them up proved to be a fairly major task.[1]
The Road to Hell is a AU story set after 'Hostage'. Originally published in Powerplay #1. 32,600 words
Lightbridge - After Blake has left Liberator, Avon looks in his cabin and finds something unexpected. Originally published in Those Who Favor Fire. 3,400 words.
Doppelgänger - At Avalon's instigation, Avon, shortly after 'Orbit' goes to seek the clone of Blake that was abandoned with Rashel in 'Weapon'. Originally published in Powerplay #2. 28,800 words.
Circle of Fire - A time travel story. Originally published in Those Who Favor Fire. 3,900 words.
Gemini Rising - A story about a young man and his growing dissatisfaction with life in the Federation and his determination to speak out against it. Originally published in Those Who Favor Fire. 6,600 words.
Reactions and Reviews
See reactions and reviews for Doppelganger.
See reactions and reviews for Gemini Rising.
See reactions and reviews for The Road to Hell.
See reactions and reviews for Circle of Fire.
See reactions and reviews for Lightbridge.
[See this fan's comments on the individual stories on their own pages.] [zine]: Add to all of this a beautiful cover featuring a very well-rendered Avon and two different aspects of Blake, as well as a few other nice pieces of artwork, and you've got one hell of a zine. In case it's not already blindingly obvious from the glowing comments above, I definitely recommend this zine, especially if, like me, you find the complex, ambiguous relationship between Blake and Avon to be one of the central attractions of the show... even when Blake isn't actually around. [2]
[zine]: Suzan spoiled us with the quality of her fiction writing, which was never less than excellent and usually far surpassed that, as she has a way of delving into character's psyches that leaves both the characters and the readers pierced to the heart. In B7 fandom, she often did things to the characters that led us to dub her "You Bitch" . . . but we meant it with affection. [3]
- ↑ Editorial to the 1996 edition, by Judith Proctor
- ↑ by Betty Ragan at Judith Proctor's Blake's 7 site
- ↑ comment by kslangley at What was your first fandom?, August 28, 2016


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A remark by Double Churches Elementary School Principal Paula Shaw-Powell about parents at her school planted the seed for the Family One-O-1 marriage/parenting conference to be held this weekend at Mount Zion Church in Columbus.
Mount Zion, located across the street from the school, is a Double Churches Partner in Education.
The conference will be led by Tim and Debbie Childers of the Reality Group Christian ministry based in Florida.
Though the idea originated with Shaw-Powell, the conference is not just for parents of Double Churches students. Anyone can attend. The price of $5 covers the cost of meals. There will be child care available for elementary school age children and younger.
Topics include "When My Child Rebels," "The Purpose of Marriage," "Growing With Your Children," and "Being a Great Spouse."
The idea for the conference came from a conversation Shaw-Powell had with The Rev. Tom Neville, pastor at Mount Zion.
"I just mentioned how some of our parents are really struggling with their children and how some classes on parenting and family would really be helpful," Shaw-Powell recalled.
Before she knew it, "out of the blue," she said, Mount Zion was working on putting a conference together.
"Children have so much information these days," Shaw-Powell said. "Parents need to know how to deal with that. That information can be used for good or bad."
She said she wanted something that would help strengthen families.
"Strong families produce better students," she said.
She has been encouraging parents, not just from her school, but from all over to attend.
She plans to be present for some of the event.
"We're excited about it," Mount Zion Associate Pastor Neil Stephens said. "We're going to help with family and parenting issues.
"We're going to talk about relationships and communication. Even someone without children will benefit. Anyone thinking about marriage."
Though the program is faith based, "practical tips" will be given. He said single parents will especially benefit from attending.
The conference begins on Friday night with a meal and some sessions. Saturday, there will be breakfast and discussion until about 3 p.m.
The final day will be attendance at Mount Zion's regular service with Tim Childers speaking.
Stephens said the conference will be "informal and fun."

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Even Taylor Swift Is Applauding This Fantastic Cover Of "Shake It Off"
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The YouTube singing duo known as The Tenorbuds has captured the attention of the internet with the sensational harmonies of their cover of Taylor Swift's hit single "Shake it Off."
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India-origin person among Fortune's next gen mgmt experts list
The '10 new gurus you should know' list includes India-origin Rakesh Khurana, who is a professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School.india Updated: Nov 16, 2008 12:52 IST
As innovative and enterprising managerial skills continues to gain prominence in corporate corridors, 10 people, including an India-origin person, have made to a list of next generation management experts prepared by Fortune magazine.
The '10 new gurus you should know' list featuring US-based individuals, include India-origin Rakesh Khurana, who is a professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School.
BJ Fogg, the founder and Director of Persuasive Technology Lab and Patrick Lencioni, who is the founder of the Table Group, are also part of the list.
"... Here we introduce the next generation of management experts who are changing the way business gets done," Fortune said.
The list includes Don Sull, professor of management practice at the London School of Business, Valerie Casey, the head of global practice at IDEO which provides consulting for product innovation and design.
Former dean of Yale School of Management Joel Podolny and Nouriel Roubini, professor of Economics NYU Stern School of Business, are also part of the list.
According to the magazine, the big ideas of Khurana are "charismatic CEOs don't work; management needs to become a profession, like law."
The magazine said IBM and Tyson Foods are among his clients.
Quoting Khurana, Fortune said, "Management should be a profession with licensing tests... And a statement commitment to improving the well-being of shareholders and society."
Despite Khurana scathing condemnation of business education, the 41-year-old was awarded tenure at Harvard, the report added.
Others in the league of 10 are Janine Benyus, co-founder of Biomimicry Guild and Institute, Duke University's Professor of Behavioral Economics Dan Ariely and Niko Canner, who is the co-founder of Katzenbach Partners.
On 45-year-old Fogg, the magazine said his big idea is "mobile technology will be the most powerful way to influence consumers in the next 15 years."
"In his lab at Stanford, Fogg, 45, researches how website or cell-phone design can impact consumers," the magazine noted.
Besides, the list includes two women gurus -- Valerie Casey and Janine Benyus.
"If anyone needed validation about Podolny's creativity, they got it when he announced in late October that he was leaving Yale for Apple, where he'll be building Apple University, the company's first formal training and leadership program," Fortune said about Podolny.
The former dean of Yale School of Management is the incoming Vice President and dean of Apple University in California.
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Wednesday, 27 October 2010
EDL in Preston
We were even more shocked, however, when we saw them being led outside to buses waiting for them to be taken to the start of their protest. Is this not something of an endorsement?
Toilets had been set-up to prevent any little accidents on public property, and the only arrests made were of EDL supporters,for being drunk and disorderly.
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Ahmadinejad proposes 2011 as the year of nuclear disarmament and invites scholars to Iranian conference on terrorism
Super villain Mahmoud Amadinejad, President of Iran took to the stage at the UN summit in New York - but what did we hear?
The US delegation walked out. European countries followed.
Newspapers heard '9/11 was an inside job'- the easy headline, and the news desk knock off early.
"He would say that," we all agree, and duly switch off.
The US and UK pride themselves on freedom of speech. I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
So why do we all ignore him so compliantly?
Ahmadinejad outlined some concerns, "family crises, security... world economy, climate change... the aspiration for justice and lasting peace", concerns like any Western leader.
On nuclear proliferation, a sore topic, he says nuclear energy would give Iran a cleaner and cheaper alternative to fossil fuels.
Although allowed under the UN Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) he argues the Security Council "have equated nuclear energy with the nuclear bomb, and have distanced this energy from the reach of most nations".
While at the same time these members expand their arsenals despite the NPT prohibiting stockpiling of arms and calling for disarmament.
Like 9/11truth.org, a non-profit whose views Time Magazine called "a mainstream political reality", Ahmadinejad asked for a UN inquiry into 9/11.
He queried why one wasn't done immediately and then according to the outcome, measures could be taken against the wrongdoer.
Where one turns off, and how the media summed up the speech was with his claim that most people agree that 9/11 was orchestrated by the government, to invigorate America's economy and strengthen Israel.
Another viewpoint he says, advocated by American statesmen is that a sophisticated terror network executed the attacks.
It is undeniably this that most people believe.
In light of that, he questioned the rationale of a "classic war" that led to hundreds of thousands of deaths if it is not a classic threat.
A chance?
Look back at the title of this blog, these are words taken from Ahmadinejad's speech.
He offered to hold a conference in Tehran next year about terrorism and how to confront it and proposed that 2011 should be the year of nuclear disarmament.
Why don't we jump at the chance to get a Muslim insight into motivations for terrorism? And why shouldn't 2011 be the year of nuclear disarmament?
"Nuclear energy for all, nuclear weapons for none" he said.
Let's take up his offers, and then if he falters, we can with authority do what many people do as soon as he starts to speak.
Dying for a cuppa?
I was not surprised that our flat-capped 'friends' at Tetleys, whose parent company Tata have been accused of human rights violations relating to a factory death, have 'distanced themselves' from blame.
Like BP over the summer, someone else was making the calls, none of the tea made in this factory tainted British tea cups.
Just so long as nobody's blood went into my drink, carry on.
For what I'm sure is monotonous work, and the death from suspected poisoning confirms it is dangerous, workers only get paid 8p a day.
And I suppose the company did not know this either.
Two more workers died during subsequent protests.
Names we should be proud of exploit labour to keep prices low in the UK, while keeping their hands far enough away that if anything happens, "we didn't know anything about it".
Who are the real terrorists?
For the full text of Ahmadinejad's speech, with more of his interesting assessments of the world de facto go to http://tinyurl.com/3yo6rwk.


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Bitcoin is peer-to-peer digital currency. Like Napster or Limewire, it does not rely on a central trusted issuer, but upon a network. Currently, one bitcoin is worth about $0.90 US.
Why would you want to bother with bitcoin? There are many good reasons, not the least of which is to cut out the middleman. Taxes? Nope, can't tax bitcoin transactions. Bank charges? Nope. Privacy? There is no credit card company or bank through which your exchanges pass, only a network that utilizes cryptographic digital signatures.
How does one get and use bitcoins? The easiest way to get bitcoins is to buy them. Here is a list of places to buy: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Buying_bitcoins, including Bitcoin Faucet, a site where you can get a small amount of bitcoins for free. Gavin Andersen, one of Bitcoin's developers, provides this service to encourage the adoption and use of bitcoins. It's Bitcoin equivalent to "Grand Opening, Get a Free Ipod Nano!"
You can also "mine" bitcoins using a computer. You're going to need significant processing power, however; in particular, a powerful graphics card, to see worthwhile results. Also, get ready to heat your house! I'm not kidding. The process generates so much heat that Scott Nelson of Noosworx.com heats his Vancouver, Canada, studio with his generators.
The site, http://www.bitcoinminer.com, is a good resource for setting up a miner. If all this sounds like more energy than you want to spend, you can also join a mining pool, which will have your processing power working with others to generate coins. Bitcoinminer.com also has a list of pools you can join.
Since bitcoin is so new, there are not a lot of places to spend your coins. The Electronic Frontiers Foundation accepts donations in bitcoin. There's the wonderful "Bitcoin MegaStore" (where "mega" seems to translate more into a bombastic but desolate corner store in the bad part of town, than the big box retailer we generally think of when we see "MegaStore" – but this is part of the charm, isn't it?) At the BCMS, you can buy things like a TV-Be-Gone, a greenhouse grow light, or a video recorder disguised as a remote BMW key. Bizarrely, among the surveillance-oriented and skirting-the-edges-of-the-law type products, you can also buy Canadian stamps.
The thing to do with bitcoin, if you are interested in using it, is to be both creative and pioneering. Maybe you can convince the Open Farm Tech guys, who sell kits to build your own industrial machinery, to sell you a tractor kit with bitcoin?! In other words, you need to create your own markets to use bitcoins, and you're probably going to have the best luck amongst other forward-thinking, tradition-eschewing entrepreneurs.
If you want to invest in bitcoins, by the way, their value has currently tripled in less than half a year.
To use Bitcoin, you first need to download and install your "wallet" from http://www.bitcoin.org. It's super fast, and completely easy, both to install and start using.
If you want to use Bitcoin on your Drupal site, you can use UC Bitcoin, "a bitcoin payment method for ubercart". There's also Bitcoin Address CCK field still waiting to be committed (but apparently, solid). Also waiting to be committed is this module to bind Drupal accounts to bitcoin accounts and addresses. Lastly, there's the Drupal Bitcoin Group.
To learn more about Bitcoin, read the excellent Wikipedia article, or visit http://www.bitcoin.org. There's an awesome (five minute long) Ignite talk on Bitcoin, at http://www.bitcoin.org, by Gavin Andresen, and this presentation by the CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2011/02/spark-139-february-27-march-2-2011.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron is hoping global leaders will take up the torch, and work to improve nutrition among the world's poorest children by the next Summer Games in 2016.
Cameron and Brazil's vice president, Michel Temer, will host a Global Hunger Event today in London, in the hopes of finding new ways to tackle malnutrition.
A delegation from the Canadian International Development Agency, CIDA, is attending the event.
Almost one in three of the world's poorest children cannot reach their full potential due to malnutrition. And nearly three million children die every year from a lack of proper food.
Organizers of the Global Hunger Event, held on the final day of the 2012 London Olympics, hope to inspire a generation of young people to take up the cause of fighting hunger, just as the Olympics inspires young athletes to excel in sports.
But world leaders attending the event must do more than talk, says aid agency World Vision.
And Canada can lead the way, says the agency's Elly Vandenberg.
"Canada is a global leader for child and maternal health and nutrition," says Vandenberg, World Vision Canada's senior director of policy and advocacy.
"In the race to end world hunger, this summit is a chance to keep Canada's momentum going. Our country must continue stepping up as the champion for nutrition that millions of malnourished women and children need."
The World Health Assembly is hoping to reduce the number of stunted children by 70 million by 2025.


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A member of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, Saki branch, Oyo State, Mr Alimi Akeem a.k.a. Sakilayewa, was on Wednesday [Mar 9] shot dead by a trigger-happy policeman, on Saki-Okerete Road over N100 extortion. The policeman, popularly called Yellow, was said to be attached to border patrol as at the time of the incident which occurred at about 4:00p.m.
The victim, who plied Saki to Okerete, was on his way back to Saki when he passed through a checkpoint mounted by Yellow and another policeman at Orita Sanni area, close to Saki town. Information gathered revealed that the policemen at the checkpoint usually extorted N100 from motorists plying the route.
On the fateful day, late Akeem, who drove a Peugeot 504 (Wagon) with registration number AA 997 KMR, did not see Yellow on getting to the checkpoint, but reportedly gave N100 to the young man working as the policeman's boy, after which he drove on. Yellow, who was said to have noticed the dust raised by Akeem's vehicle, mounted his motorcycle and chased the driver, with the belief that he tried to evade paying the usual N100.
On closing up with the driver, Yellow reportedly shot at one of the vehicle tyre, prompting the deceased to ask why he acted so. The question was said to have infuriated the policeman, making him to shoot the driver on the head at close range.
The RTEAN chairman, Saki branch, Alhaji Muraina Ekuntakoro, who also spoke with the Nigerian Tribune, said that when the case was reported at Saki police station, the policemen refused to follow them to the scene of the incident, asking that the RTEAN members should bring the corpse to the station.
The solicitor, acting on behalf of the transport association, Sarafadeen Lateef, while speaking with the Nigerian Tribune, described the policeman's action as brutal and inhuman, saying that the said Yellow had been known for his unruly behaviour not expected of a police officer of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
In a petition dated March 10, 2016 and written to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone Eleven, Osogbo, Osun State, a copy of which was sent to the Nigerian Tribune, the lawyer recalled that the same policeman also caused the untimely death of a motorist along Ago Amodu in Saki East Local Government Area in 2014/2015 but was not punished.
Nigerian Tribune's investigations revealed that the policeman was not serving under the Oyo State Police Command but was attached to force headquarters and posted for border patrol. He was said to have disappeared since the incident and yet to report himself to the Nigeria Police Force or the nearest police station.
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the story, saying that the Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade, had ordered an investigation into the matter.


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The heart-pounding music and the creepy ambient sounds also help increase the suspense of the game. This Collector's Edition has 10 Wallpapers, 10 Concept Art pictures, 9 Avatars, 6 Screensavers, 16 replayable Mini Games, 4 Music Soundtracks, 22 replayable Hidden Object Scenes, a built in Strategy Guide, a Bonus Chapter. I've been a fan of the Grim Facade: Broken Sacrament series and really enjoyed the games in the series. We played Grim Facade: Broken Sacrament on the easiest difficulty mode, rarely skipped any puzzles, and completed the game in around four hours.
It's just nice to have a fun and relaxing game to play. This is one of them. The Hidden Object Scenes are mostly Interactive List finds, the scenes are beautifully drawn and there are a ton of interactive items. The puzzles are more challenging, and they are smartly integrated into the storyline. I love puzzles in HOPA games and even though some puzzles are familiar there are still some surprises in difficulty.
All in all, Grim Facade: Broken Sacrament is a good game. Not an amazing one. In terms of entertainment and relaxation, this game delivers just what you need! There was never a moment of boredom playing the game. The voice overs seems to be recorded by some really bored actors and the soundtrack doesn't excel either.
Grim Facade: Broken Sacrament is a must-have game for me. Not only is the game full of things to do, it is also beautiful and just what I have been looking for after all the dreary, colorless games that wrapped up in the past 3 months. First of all, the landscapes and sceneries in this installment is mesmerizing; filled with exotic locations and interestingly-designed themes. Colors are quite nice and bright, very true. The graphics are sharp, the cutscenes are top-notch, and the fancy visual effects are sophisticated.
Graphics: They are absolutely gorgeous. The animals are totally adorable. And I just like looking at the scenery. Not only are there a lot of puzzles but some are different and some are challenging. Many of the scenes offer Panoramic views, where you can scroll further to the left or right in an attempt to make the player feel like they are actually there. All in all, I find Grim Facade: Broken Sacrament to be an excellent game and a must-have addition to my gaming library.
They were creative. Music: Fits the game just right. This time it doesn't get outright booming. Graphics are really nice in this game, though, just like the animations. This game seemed more geared towards the beginner player, as it was on the easy side.
The game flowed quite well and is very easy to follow. The CE version of the game is rather light on extra content although there are morphing objects and some fairly "in your face" collectibles to find. I actually don't mind easy puzzles, as long as they are fun. Thanks for the reviews.
The Hidden Object Scenes are well done, again the devs have done a nice job of keeping the items true to the period of time.


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After 26 years as the The Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival, held in Austin each spring and considered one of the premier epicurean celebrations in the Southern United States, we've now become the Austin Food & Wine Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering awareness and innovation in the Central Texas food, wine and spirits community through grants, educational programming and events.
The Alliance is the non-profit partner of the Austin FOOD & WINE Festival in Austin, Texas. As the beneficiaries of the festival, we're excited to further support the amazing food and wine talent and happenings in Central Texas and with our non-profit status, will be able to give back to the culinary community through a vibrant grant program to fund projects focused on culinary innovation.
The Austin Food & Wine Alliance is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization dedicated to fostering awareness and innovation in the Central Texas culinary community through grants, educational programming and events. Guided by an all-volunteer board of directors and committees made up of culinary-and-community-minded professionals, the Alliance's commitment is to promote Texas food, wine, spirits and craft brews and to increase appreciation of Texas' culinary impact.
The Texas Hill Country Food & Wine Festival (THCWFF) now has evolved into the Austin Food & Wine Alliance and will benefit from the success of the new Austin FOOD & WINE Festival. The Alliance will remain true to the THCWFF mission established nearly three decades ago — to bring together innovative culinary artisans and wine producers who celebrate the rich traditions that influence Texas wine and food.
After completing the most successful festival in the history of the Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival in 2011 and attracting close to 5,000 attendees to more than two dozen unique food and wine events, we're ready for an exciting year of Alliance events ranging from the Wine & Swine Annual Pig Roast, the hugely popular Live Fire! at the Saltlick to feasting with some of Central Texas' most talented chefs with the Wine & Dine Dinner Series.
Prior to becoming the Austin Food & Wine Alliance in 2012, the Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival has been one of the premier epicurean celebrations in the southern region of the United States for 26 years. It has attracted top culinary stars like Bobby Flay, John Besh, Robert Mondavi, Colman Andrews and other popular food-world icons to Austin. The festival has created its own unique brand presence that has reinforced the reputation of Austin and Central Texas as top food and wine destinations.
By the early 1980s, regional foods and wines throughout America were experiencing an exciting cultural renaissance. Winemakers Ed and Susan Auler of Fall Creek Vineyards decided it was time to turn the spotlight on the fledgling Texas wine industry. They began talking to others about creating an event for visitors to learn about and enjoy the beauty and bounty of the Hill Country. A dedicated group of Central Texas winemakers and culinarians began kicking around the concept of a wine and food festival. It was clearly an idea whose time had come. The first Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival was held in April 1986 during the Texas Sesquicentennial year.
Bringing winemakers, chefs and wine-and-food lovers together in the Hill Country for the first time made the initial Festival an unqualified success. Programs and events expanded each year, and attendance grew steadily, as did community support, sponsorships and national media attention. Every year, more local, regional and national chefs, restaurants and wineries participated, and guest chefs and winemakers came from around the globe.


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Will Final Destination's Gut-Sucking Scene Suck Life Out of Chuck Palahniuk Movie?
Did Final Destination steal Chuck Palahniuk's signature guts-sucked-out-of-a-guy's-rectum story?
Chuck Palahniuk is so proud of his story "Guts" that he has written an essay describing the "'Guts' Effect." "In all," he writes, "67 people have fainted while I've read 'Guts'. Over the internet, I now hear stories of other people making their peers pass out by reading it aloud. So that number keeps growing." The central image — a boy getting his intestines sucked out of his rectum by a pool drain — has become his visceral signature. So it must really suck for him that (spoiler alert!) a guy also gets his intestines sucked out of his rectum by a pool drain in the new Final Destination movie.
Palanhiuk's obsessive fans have been delving into the innards of this case, debating whether this is an explicit rip-off or just an appropriation of a common urban legend. We wonder if Koen Morier's film adaptation of Haunted, the book including the "Guts" story, will now go belly-up. Beaten to the gut-punch, won't any Haunted adaptation now just seem like a paunchy rip-off of Final Destination? Far be it from us to read the entrails and make some prophecy, but there's one thing we do know: If we were Palahniuk, we would want to eviscerate those guys for disemboweling that story. We hope Palahniuk has the intestinal fortitude to fight this to the bowels of hell, if only because it would be the most disgusting intellectual-property lawsuit ever.


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Law enforcement officials in Lake County are focusing on heroin arrests and education after a major uptick in overdose deaths believed to be linked to a higher purity form of the drug.
On Wednesday, the Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group raided the two-story home of a suspected heroin dealer in a Zion neighborhood where dozens of children played outside in this community of 25,000 located 40 miles north of Chicago.
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THE FUSE: Time Warner's Digital Media fund, HSX gets $$$, Microsoft enters PVR market, and the open cable battle continues
by Tim LaTorre/EB Insider
>> Just What We Wanted for XMAS: A $500 Million Digital Media Fund!
(indieWIRE/12.20.99) — The digital media world just got a great new holiday
gift from media conglomerate Time Warner with the formation of the $500
million Time Warner Digital Media investment fund. The new fund, consisting
of about $250 million in cash and $250 million in the form of promotional
time and space from various Time Warner cable TV networks, magazines, and
other outlets, will concentrate on non-controlling equity stakes in
companies engaged in e-commerce, vertical and interactive content,
technology, infrastructure and other digital-media related activities. The
fund's average investment will be in the range of $5 million to $20 million,
but both larger and smaller investments will be considered. In announcing
the fund's formation, Howard Bressler, chairman and CEO of Time Warner
Digital Media, commented, "As we continue to invest in our own digital media
businesses, there are increasing opportunities to enhance and complement
those efforts through strategic equity investments in other digital media
enterprises. With the formation of this investment fund, we are adding a
new degree of efficiency and strategic direction by taking a coordinated,
portfolio approach to our digital media investments". The company is
currently putting together a team of professionals who will manage the fund.
[EB Insider]
>> Hollywood Stock Exchange Gets Benjamin$
(indieWIRE/12.20.99) — Continuing the financing theme from last week's EB
Insider (which reported new investment rounds for short film companies Atom
Films and Eveo Inc.), Santa Monica's Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX)
announced this week that it has secured $23 million in financing from the
Travelers Insurance Company and XL Ventures. According to a report in
Variety, the company said it would continue to develop its three divisions:
the online film and music stock trading game, market research services, and
their publishing arm. The announcement signifies the completion of this
round of financing for the company, which started last month with NBC taking
equity in exchange for content for its Snap.com and NBC.com sites. HSX
president David Herman commented, "As HSX continues to strengthen our
community of entertainment-savvy consumers, build our brand in the
marketplace and expand into new product offerings, it's important that we
continue to receive endorsements from such exceptional members of the
venture capital community". [EB Insider]
>> TiVo and REPLAYTV Beware! Microsoft is On Your Heels
(indieWIRE/12.20.99) — In its continuing quest to compete against everyone,
Microsoft revealed this week another market to add to its lists of
conquests: Personal Video Recorders. The announcement came from its enhanced
TV division, WebTV, which is joining forces with consumer satellite service
provider EchoStar Communications Corp. to create the WebTV Personal TV
service. The new service will allow satellite subscribers to purchase a
single set-top box and receive digital video recording capabilities,
customized news, games, Internet access, and interactive television shows.
The receiver retails at $299 ($349 with keyboard), with the Web TV Personal TV service costing a
monthly fee of $9.99 or $24.95 (for a premium service), in addition to the
standard monthly fee for satellite programming (which starts at $19.99).
With EchoStar's current subscriber base of 3.1 million, the agreement gives
WebTV, which has roughly 1 million subscribers of its own, the opportunity
to quickly dominate the PVR market which was initiated this year by
companies like TiVo (which had 4,300 subscribers at the end of October) and
ReplayTV. [EB Insider]
>> Open Cable Battle: Comcast Reacts to GTE's Antitrust
(indieWIRE/12.20.99) — Cable service provider Comcast responded this week
to antitrust allegations, filed in October by telecommunications firm GTE,
by telling a court that its services do not shut out competition for
high-speed Internet connections. According to a CNET News report, Comcast
Online General Manager David Juliano stated, "GTE and other telephone
companies are attempting to block the cable industry's investment in
competitive high-speed Internet service. In this proceeding, GTE is trying
yet again to use the courts to slow down competition". GTE spokesman Briana
Gowning retorted by stating that the Comcast charges were "ludicrous" and
added her company is, "trying to protect nondiscriminatory access for our
ISP, and all the other ISPs out there." The suit is seen as part of a campaign by an
informal group of Internet Service Providers (ISPs), which includes America
Online and smaller ISPs, to force cable companies to open their lines to
competitors in a similar way that telephone lines are open to them. While
the movement has seen some local success (most notably in Portland, Oregon)
federal regulators have been reticent to force the issue upon nationwide
cable operators. If the open cable movement succeeds, it could result in the
faster widespread implementation of broadband Internet access and related
services. [EB Insider]
THE FUSE is a weekly news column from EB Insider, a new publication focused
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Sansa Stark has lost that loving feeling for King Joffrey Baratheon.
The eldest Stark daughter was betrayed by her betrothed last season on Game of Thrones, when he had her father Ned publicly beheaded. In the second season, the formerly boy-crazy Sansa (Sophie Turner) has decidedly cooler feelings toward the king. "She hates him!" Turner tells TVGuide.com. "She's seeing Joffrey in a completely different light."
Game of Thrones' Madden discusses Robb Stark's love life and patented "sex stare"Unfortunately, as the daughter of the late nobleman, Sansa is too valuable as a political-marriage prospect to be released from her engagement. She's been confined to King's Landing, awaiting the impending wedding. "She's on her own, she's kind of caged up with the people that killed her father. So she's very much a prisoner," Turner says. The gently bred teenager hasn't buckled, however, despite repeated physical and emotional abuse. On Sunday's episode (9/8c, HBO), the epic Battle of the Blackwater will take place between the forces of those loyal to Joffrey (Jack Gleeson ) and those loyal to his uncle, Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane). As the men wage war outside, Sansa is left inside to deal with another type of challenge. "She's at Maegor's Holdfast while the battle is going on," Turner says. "She's strong, and I think she's quite strong-willed, but she's also incredibly frightened. I can tell you that you'll see sides to Sansa that would seem very queen-like. She takes quite a leadership role."Check out the rest of the interview with Turner:How does Sansa cope, being all alone? Where is she getting her strength, and what is she doing to make it bearable?
Sophie Turner: I think she gets strength from thinking how her mother and father would cope. She also thinks of her sister Arya because Arya is so strong, and she would usually fight back. We never really saw it last season, but we're seeing it now.There's that horrifying scene where Joffrey is pointing a crossbow at Sansa. What was that scene like? Was it tense to do?
Turner: It was quite intense. But I really, really enjoyed it. Jack was so lovely, and Peter [Dinklage] was so lovely. Everyone was lovely on set. So it was kind of easy. But when the cameras start rolling, it has a very tense atmosphere about it. We have heard how completely opposite that Jack is from his character, Joffrey.
Turner: Yes. He's one of the most lovely people I've ever met, and I can't stress it enough to the fans of the show because I'm scared people are going to come up to him and say horrible things to him. They shouldn't because he's lovely.What are Sansa's feelings towards Joffrey's mother Cersei (Lena Headey) now?
Turner: It's quite a bizarre relationship because at first she kind of felt Cersei was a second mother until ... she realizes that the Baratheons and the Lannisters aren't all they seem to be. And now she really hates Cersei, but ... she can't help feeling that Cersei has been through this before, because she went through the exact same thing with King Robert. Although he wasn't as bad with Cersei as Joffrey is with Sansa. But they've got something in common, and they've got some sort of connection. There's also a little bit of a heart-to-heart that Cersei and Sansa had. Do you think that sort of changed how she felt about her?
Turner: I think definitely that was kind of the turning point in their relationship because Sansa's always kind of loathed Cersei for what she's done, keeping her prisoner. And then you see kind of a bit of humanity in Cersei that we've never really seen before.
From The Client List to Game of Thrones: Spring TV eye candyEven though Sansa seems to sort of get that she has a role she's supposed to play, every now and then she shows bits of rebellion. Does she have a death wish?
Turner: It's arguable! [Laughs] No, I think that for a 13-year-old girl to be held prisoner by the people who killed her father — it's a very horrible situation to be in. She tries her best to fool the prince and fool everyone around her, but you can see in some of the scenes that she isn't hiding it perhaps as well as she was initially. Because she just can't really bear it any more. There also seems to be sort of a complicated relationship between Sansa and The Hound (Rory McCann). Can you describe what's going on there?
Turner: Well, I think it kind of mirrors Sansa and Cersei in the way that The Hound has been a victim of bullying by his older brother. And that kind of mirrors Sansa's story line with Joffrey. And so he feels very protective of her, I think, and he doesn't want anything like what happened to him to happen to Sansa, because she's still very vulnerable in terms of physicality. How then, does she regard Tyrion (Peter Dinklage)? He's one of those horrible Lannisters, but he did help her when Joffrey was abusing her.
Turner: Tyrion does care for Sansa although Sansa knows she has to be very, very wary. Her main focus is to stay alive, to survive to see her family again, and I don't think she's willing to trust anyone at this point except for her maid Shae (Sibel Kekilli). Which is quite ironic, because she's not actually who she says she is. She's Tyrion's whore. In the first season, many fans of the series disliked Sansa because she was blind to Joffrey's manipulation and sided against her own family. Do you believe Sansa is more sympathetic this season?
Turner: Hopefully the responses will be a lot better this time, because she's not making the mistakes that she made last time. I don't think she's done anything wrong at the moment. She's just trying to survive — that's all she's doing. And so hopefully the fans will like her a bit more this season. I don't get recognized that often. But they've been fairly nice to me. They don't talk about my character. Because I was expecting a lot of "I hate you"s. But that never really came around. They're very polite. Check out this preview of "Blackwater," which airs Sunday at 9/8c on HBO.


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An 'Awakening' conspiracy? Unlikely, say analysts
Posted: 13 Aug 2013 03:37 PM PDT
"The book confirms what's already known out there ― it provides details and evidence of the policies and choices made by Abdullah Badawi... [as well as] evidence of conservative and ultra nationalists within Umno and their resistance to any reforms or changes or status quo, either in politics or economics," he told The Malay Mail Online.
Malissa Chi and Boo Su-Lyn, MM
Political analysts have dismissed suspicions that Tun Abdullah Badawi's hard-hitting comments published in a book of his years as prime minister was timed to coincide with the upcoming Umno election.
Revisiting the "unity government" idea in Malaysia
Posted: 13 Aug 2013 03:30 PM PDT
In the past few months, the idea of a unity government is rearing its head again, but from the BN's side, especially among supporters of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, as first reported by The Malaysian Insider.
Zulkifili Sulong, TMI
After campaigning tirelessly in several by-elections before 2013, PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang was featured in political weekly Siasah in a front-page report headlined "Country without Opposition".
But Hadi's suggestion was met with resistance from within his own party, and was labelled as an attempt to unite PAS and Umno, for the sake of Malays and Islam.
PKR leaders say Najib is offering the post of deputy prime minister to Anwar, and for four key party leaders to be made ministers.
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Couldn't resist doing a cartoon.
Couldn't resist doing a cartoon.
Just woke up and heard the bad news.
We can mourn for a little while, but immediately afterwards we must band together in every election, be it presidential, congressional, gubernatorial, or even mayoral, to prevent further moments of national shame like this.
I feel your pain as a fellow American, Mr. Murray.
So many of your own characters would be furious too.
Lazlo would no doubt be protesting in the streets, albeit peacefully.
Dave and Ping Pong would be hard at work ripping this orange beast limb from limb in The Bean. Knowing poor little Dave, he'd probably be having one of his trademark panic attacks every few minutes.
Rocko would be wondering if this was the America he so looked forward to living in.
We need to fight on, Mr. Murray.
We all need to unify, and swear, "Never Again."
Funny Cartoon Joe, even though I'm on the opposite side of the political table. Like I told you before, you're one of my heroes and have been a big inspiration on my art and myself. I have the upmost respects for you, however, I feel I the need to express my reason why Trump was the best choice from the others.
The way I see it, everyone is getting fed up with the directing the country is heading and
If the Democrats, Republicans, celebrities and MSM (Mainstream Media) are all against him, then he must be a threat to the system. A lot of people of all creeds voted for Trump because we're all tired of the same old identity politics, race baiting, declining jobs, MSM not telling the truth and the PC culture. For too long, we've been dividing ourselves over these things and now we're at the tipping point.
For me at least, while I would had preferred Rand Paul, however, Donald Trump is an outsider that won't be bought or pushed around. I can agree Trump is a cartoon character with an outlandish ego, but he's been around the block a few times and seen much of the damage.
As for Trump being a racist, rapist and every other name It's all media propaganda and sadly many people bought into it. He has been a public figure for decades and only now they're throwing these claims?
I feel he'll do fine, I happy for what he did for those 1,100 workers at Carrier as I think he'll continue with bringing jobs back.
On a happier note, I'm looking forward to the Rocko Special and you're other project. I knew you wanted to have an animated moon character and I loved you're take on that new catholic church Sagrada Familia in Spain.


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Five things for pharma marketers to know: Tuesday, November 17, 2015
1. Valeant's recently approved treatment for premenopausal women with low sexual desire, Addyi, has seen slow uptake out of the gate, according to Bloomberg Business. Only 227 prescriptions have been filled in the first few weeks following its launch. Sprout Pharmaceuticals, which was purchased by Valeant for $1 billion one day after Addyi's approval, said the drug would not be marketed for the first 18 months following its approval.
2. Dr. Robert Califf faces the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions this morning regarding his nomination as the next FDA commissioner. President Obama nominated Califf in September.
3. The FDA has accepted Bristol-Myers Squibb's supplemental biologics application for Opdivo in patients with advanced metastatic kidney cancer as a second-line treatment. The agency also gave the drug Breakthrough Therapy Designation and granted BMS a decision date of March 16. Leerink Partners analyst Seamus Fernandez wrote in an investor note that Bristol-Myers Squibb "will likely dominate" the $5 billion first- and second-line metastatic kidney-cancer market.
4. The FDA approved Johnson & Johnson's blood-cancer drug, Darzalex, making it the first monoclonal antibody approved for multiple myeloma. Darzalex helps the immune system fight myeloma cells and is approved for use in patients who have not responded to previous therapies.
5. The rise of superbugs—antibiotic-resistant bacteria—has spurred the development of diagnostic testing that can quickly pinpoint the cause of routine infections, according to The Wall Street Journal. An analyst from consultancy Frost & Sullivan says the market for these point-of-care tests stands at $533 million and is growing at 7% annually.


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It's almost the end of the final week,,~
and i've done my best to go through it,,
Ya Allah,,apa ertinya usaha aku yg tinggi menggunung.
andai tiada keberkatan drmu,,
andai tiada Redha dr mu,,
andai ia tertulis bukan rezeki untukku,,~
Ya Allah,,my Lord,,ur a the most powerful, the most merciful, and the most gracious,,
u know what the best for each and everyone of us,,
Have We not opened your breast for you (Ya Muhammad )?
Which weighed down your back?
And raised high your fame?
So verily, with the hardship, there is relief,
Verily, with the hardship, there is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).
So when you have finished (from your occupation), then stand up for Allah's worship (i.e. stand up for prayer).
And to your Lord (alone) turn ( All your intentions and hopes) your invocations.
And to your Lord (alone) turn ( All your intentions and hopes) your invocations.
within this surah,,Allah had already tell us,,
with a hardship,,there is relief,,,
and Allah repeat it for two times,,,
how it goes to show that,,it is a promise,,!
just be patient~
everything happened for a reason,,
no matter how hard the situation is,,we have to move on,,
bear in mind that ALLAH is always be with us,,
He's there and watch all and single thing that u do,,
when we have done something,,leave it to ALLAH,,
someone said to me~
"Kalau bumi Allah boleh blikkan upside down,kalau markah exam.even mmg btol kita salah.tak imposible Allah boleh tolong,,hati pemeriksa kertas dy yg pegang.dunia bawah naungannya"
hve a silent talk with Him,,He know how hard u had go through~
He's the best listener~
which means:
"And He provides for him from where he does not reckon.
And whoever puts trust in Allah, so Allah is sufficient for him.
Surely Allah will accomplish His purpose. And Allah has set a measure for all things"
in malay:
"dan Dia memberi rezeki dari arah yang tidak disangka-sangka. dan barang siapa yg bertawakal kpd Allah, nescaya Allah akan mencukupkan (keperluan)nya. Sesungguhnya Allah melaksanaan urusannya. Sungguh, Allah telah mengadakan ketentuan pada setiap sesuatu,"
Have Faith to HIM~


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If you go from your bed straight to your coffee maker each morning; if you freak out when you run out of beans; and if you sometimes let out a primordial sound (something like "aaaaaah yeaaaah") after your first sip of Joe in the morning…
… then you, my friend, are a coffee junkie! Welcome to the club, 3 billion strong and growing every day.
A least half the population is nursing a moderate-to-severe dependency on some form of caffeine, and what I mean by dependency is that if you don't have your coffee, you'll get a splitting migraine by noon, you'll be severely constipated, and you'll be THE most unpleasant person in the office.
Here's Why Coffee is Death to Yoga…
ADRENAL DEPLETION: your adrenal glands secrete adrenalin in emergencies—like during a car accident—but when you knock back 2 shots of espresso, you're tricking your body into releasing epinephrine and norepinephrine, the same hormones released during any crisis.
So now, your body reacts to your morning commute the same way it would to a saber tooth tiger pouncing on your head. This is a totally inappropriate use of your body's resources.
To put yourself in a "fight or flight" state of mind first thing in the morning might feel invigorating, but it also makes you irritable, unfocused, and somewhat frantic.
INCREASED STRESS: ever notice that when you're stressed out you can't sleep? Logically, if you want to wake up then, you just need to get stressed out, right?
This is exactly what caffeine does.
It triggers very measurable stress reactions including increased heart rate, perspiration, wonky blood sugar levels, and heightened muscle tension (read: stiffness). And ask yourself this: Do you really need more stress in your life?
BAD MOOD JOE: studies have shown that caffeine intake correlates to reduced serotonin levels. Serotonin is the feel-good neurotransmitter responsible for happy people everywhere.
Those with low or altered serotonin levels are usually classified as clinically depressed. But hey, at least they're awake!
VITAMIN DEFICIENCY: An over-stimulated body is much more likely to become depleted in vitamins (vitamins ward off oxidative stress); ironically, the same vitamins that would normally provide an energy boost all on their own.
DEATH TO YOGA: advanced yoga practice and meditation is all about balance, particularly of the nervous system. Stimulants of all kinds, and caffeine in particular, create immediate imbalances that quickly turn chronic. Not good.
Caffeine in all its forms is also a strong diuretic that leads to dehydration. Since some 75+% of the population is already dehydrated, caffeine just makes things worse. For yoga students, no water = a stiff/sore body.
Confessions of a Former Bean Junkie…
I started drinking black coffee at age 13. By 19, I was working as a floor manager at Starbucks in downtown New York, across from City Hall. I was given 1 lbs. of beans each week as a job perk (pun intended) and I usually finished that by Thursday—plus, I drank coffee before, during and after all my shifts on the bar.
I slept extremely lightly for about 4-5 hours a night max, I had grandpa breath and yellow teeth, but I didn't care…
… because I was awake!
Question for you: Isn't it amazing how you can be physically awake and yet completely flat-lined at the same time? I'm sure you know the feeling.
I was so wired that by mid-afternoon I could feel my heartbeat in my right eyelid. Days would go by in minutes, and when I tried to remember the events of the previous day, the images came back in flashes, like a movie with only 1 frame per second where there should be 30.
I'm hoping you're not as bad as I was, but I'll assume since you're reading this now that you too have a caffeine dependency, and you too have always suspected that your coffee was doing you no good at all—and yet you couldn't stop.
Am I right?
Listen to this: real energy is created through micro nutrients like vitamins and minerals. No amount of nutrients can help if you only slept 3 hours last night, of course, but let's be honest…
… most nights, you get more or less enough sleep. And a healthy body can function just fine, even if slightly sleep deprived now and again.
And yet most days, you're exhausted by mid-afternoon—right?
People call it the "3 o'clock hump" because that's when your mid-morning coffee has worn off (takes about 6 hours), your blood sugar levels have toppled, you're drowsy, and you generally feel like crap.
The 3 o'clock hump: what a drag.
Here's the good news. 48 hours from now, you can be caffeine free. You can have a bowel movement naturally. You can be headache free. No more grandpa breath. No more yellow teeth. No more French Roast dehydration.
But Quitting Coffee is So Hard, Right?
Yes, you're right. But it's not THAT hard. And really, we're talking about 24-48 hours here. Think of it like a trans-Atlantic flight with half a dozen annoying stopovers at ugly islands you've never heard of…
The headaches, the constipation, the irritability… that stuff, you have to go through on your own, I'm afraid.
But come on… it's worth it!
Just drink tons of water, take some fiber supplements, and try not to yell at your coworkers. You can do this, I know you can. And it'll be over before you know it.
But on Monday morning… then what?
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Forget the green tea, forget the yerba matte and all the other stimulating drinks. Now that you're bean-free, what you NEED is something natural. You need focus, clarity, and sustained energy—not that bogus 90-minute buzz from your morning latte.
And this is where micro nutrients get really exciting.
You've got to eat balanced meals and get good sleep, of course, but a potent source of vitamin B12 is a very handy tool to have on hand when you need a natural pick-me-up.
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- Regulates formation of red blood cells
- Essential for a healthy metabolism
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- Co-factor for melatonin which regulates healthy sleep (deep sleep at night = more energy the next day)
Why this B12 is Different…
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In plain English this means that B12 is a health-junkie's version of coffee—without any side effects. Put a dropperful under your tongue, and most people feel an immediate lift in mood and energy (hence the name).
Now this is NOT a caffeinated, jittery type of feeling. It's more like a 12-ounce green juice kind of lift you might be familiar with.
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Why Not Just Eat Meat?
Yes, B12 is found in animal products, but ironically, B12 deficiency is almost as common in meat eaters as in vegetarians. Why? Because B12 is not absorbed in the stomach. It's partially absorbed in the mouth, and later, it combines with intrinsic factors (type of protein) in your gut and is absorbed in the intestines.
No intrinsic factors (read: weakened digestive system) means no B12—no matter how much you're eating. This is exactly why supplementing for both meat eaters AND vegetarians can make sense.
PLUS, the mood and energy lift Liquid Energy-B delivers are most welcome.
Q: Is it safe?A: Yes, it's completely safe with no known toxicity. B-family vitamins are the most common vitamin supplement recommended by mainstream and holistic doctors worldwide because of their immediate and noticeable benefits.
Q: Why do you recommend taking it irregularly?A: B12 is present in our bodies in micrograms, teeny-tiny amounts. So supplementing 3-5 times per week is more than enough to keep your B12 levels up and it also means your body does not get used to the supplemental form. This means you'll still experience the natural lift in mood and energy (read: coffee replacement).
Q: Is this like a medicine?A: No, no. This is a simple vitamin supplement. B-family vitamins are ultra safe and water soluble. B deficiencies are the most common deficiencies worldwide, so it can very helpful to have a good supplemental source. This B12 complex is derived from a natural fermentation process. It's 100% vegetarian, vegan, and safe.
Q: Do you take with food?A: With or without food it is fine.
Q: Why is this important for yoga students?A: Many yoga students (like me) eat a mostly plant-based diet, which does not contain adequate amounts of B12. Also, strong yoga practices can be quite intense on your nervous system (ex: deep backbends), so Liquid Energy-B can help to level you out.
Really… No More Coffee?It used to be that when I couldn't get coffee, I'd drink Diet Coke, dark teas, eat chocolate—anything. I just needed that lift to get through the day. Now, I absolutely avoid caffeine altogether. It's not an effort at all. My body actually recoils at the taste because I know that it does the polar opposite of what it's supposed to do.
It drains your energy and dehydrates you.
Do I Have to Give Up Coffee Forever?
Small amounts of caffeine are not a big deal. That means 1 small cup of coffee (8 ounces) or 1 cup of caffeinated tea per day, ideally before 10 a.m. (caffeine stays in your system for a long time).
Even better is to switch to herbal teas and save the caffeine for emergency situations like a wedding where you absolutely have to stay up until 2 a.m. or a road trip where you must keep driving for another 2 hours.
Is this really going to work?
If I have lots of work to do, an incredibly long day ahead, or any of the other usual caffeine-binge situations that commonly arise, I almost never (like 5 times per year max) have a cup of coffee. Once you learn to use micro-nutrients instead, coffee just seems like the worst possible option. It honestly doesn't help.
Do I Have to Give Up Coffee Forever?
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Take the next step…
People get crazy emotional when you start talking about their coffee (I get hate mail from coffee lovers regularly), but if you stop for a second and think about it, you already knew your coffee was not helping you.
And yes, I know that both yoga gurus B.K.S. Iyengar and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois advocated coffee. But they advocated it because they drank it, not because it's good for you.
Just because something is a habit or tradition doesn't mean it's a good habit.
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PATERSON, N.J. (WABC) --For this week's Neighborhood Eats, we're going old school Italian with a restaurant that has stood the test of time.
E & V Ristorante in Paterson, N.J. first opened in 1967, and it's been going strong ever since.
The owners moved to America from Italy when they were only teenagers.
The food here is authentic.
"We started as a pizzeria then in 1982," says Ralph Federico, co-owner of E & V. "Then we got out of the pizza business and we got into the restaurant. And ever year it just got bigger and bigger and bigger."
So big, actually, that E & V has become a fixture in Paterson.
Elio Federico is the "E" in E & V. He opened the restaurant in 1967 with a friend named Vince, but Elio's brother Ralph took over a short time later. He and Elio have been side by side ever since.
"My mom was the greatest cook," says Ralph. "When we started as a pizzeria, she helped us out. We learned from her."
Their menu has classic recipes-- Marsala, Sausage and Peppers, Spedini, Fruit di Mare and some customer-driven dishes.
"We create things and when they ask for it more than once then we put it on the menu," says Elio.
One example is their pasta hand-made Fettuccini. Federico sauts Prosciutto in butter. He adds two kinds of mushrooms, shrimp and artichokes with some wine and stock. A little marinara finishes it off.
"We made that years ago for Mother's day," Federico says of the Fettuccini dish. "It was called Mother's Day Special, but we just changed the name."
Now it's called the Chef's Special, and the hefty portions they serve comes at a pretty price. It's one of the big draws of the restaurant according to a loyal customer.
"I always take back (home) the food here," says the customer. "It's too much."
"I've been coming here a very long time," says another diner. "And I know Ralph is fantastic and his brother is fantastic. The food is superb."
"Everything is just so fresh when you get it," says a woman whose been coming to the restaurant for almost three decades. "And the portions are quite large. Most of the time I end up taking home part of me dinner. I could never eat the whole thing. Everything that they cook is just so superb."
Serving diners since for over 47 years, Ralph says it's a good feeling being in the business for a "long time."
"We dedicated our lives here," says Elio.
E & V Ristorante located at 320 Chamberlain Ave. in Paterson, N.J.
Recipe for E & V Chef's special
1 lb. Fettuccine
3 TBLS butter
1 dozen Small shrimp (deveined and deshelled)
3 strips prosciutto (diced)
cup artichoke hearts
cup button mushrooms
cup shitake mushrooms
2 leaves fresh basil
1 cup marinara
cup stock
White wine (for a splash)
Boil fettuccine as directed and drain.
In large saucepan heat butter, add prosciutto. Cook for a minute. Then add mushrooms and shrimp. Cook for 3 minutes. Add splash of white wine, stock and cook down for another minute. Add artichokes and marinara. Continue to cook for another 3 minutes.
Ladle out a half cup of the sauce and place in another large pan. Warm and add the already drained pasta. Toss quickly.
Place that pasta in a very large serving dish and put the contents of the other sauce pan on top. Top with basil. Serves 2-4.


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Nicki Minaj has spoken out to defend her bizarre performance art show at the Grammy Awards on Sunday (12Feb12), revealing the alter-ego she introduced to the world has been a work in progress for over two years - and ceremony bosses insisted she bring him to the stage.
The hip-hop star had many Grammy guests and TV viewers scratching their heads as she debuted the track Roman Holiday onstage at Los Angeles' Staples Center, surrounded by dancing monks and a man dressed up as a priest.
She began the performance with a clip from a movie she is working on about the exorcism of her alter-ego and ended it by appearing to levitate high above the stage.
And Minaj accepts it may have seemed an odd performance to many casual fans.
Speaking to DJ and Grammys presenter Ryan Seacrest on Monday (13Feb12), she explained, "Roman was created two years ago... Yesterday was just a coming-out party... It was very literal and streamlined if you know who Roman is and if you know what he's all about, if you don't know the Roman character then you have to digest it."
But she insists the outlandish performance, during which she appeared to be more than a little crazed and manic, was a complete success: "It's the most comfortable I have been on stage in my entire life... because, first of all, the Grammys chose Roman Holiday... and I could not play them another record after they heard that."
Further explaining her latest creation, Minaj continued, "I had this vision for Roman... People around him tell him that he's not good enough because he's not normal and he's not blending in with the average Joe... He wanted to show that not only is he amazing... and he's confident but he's never gonna change, he's never gonna be exorcised."
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Drazen Jukic, M.D.Biography
John Kirkwood, M.D.Biography
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 5, 2006 — For the first time, researchers studying patients with abnormal moles have identified proteins that could help predict whether such moles will progress into melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. The study provides promising evidence that the proteins may represent potential biomarkers for prevention therapy. The results were announced today at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The study, abstract number 5742, also looked at the effect of a common treatment for melanoma, interferon, on the levels of these biomarker proteins.
While investigating the mechanisms of action of interferon treatment on patients at high risk for melanoma recurrence who had multiple abnormal moles, investigators found that two intracellular signaling proteins called signal transducers and activators of transcription, STAT1 and STAT3, were correlated with the degree of mole abnormality when examined under a microscope. The researchers also found that interferon regulated the proteins in a manner that was dependent on its dose.
"While abnormal moles are a major risk factor for new primary melanoma development, it is difficult to know who among these patients will eventually develop the disease," said principal investigator John Kirkwood, M.D., professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and director of the Melanoma Center at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI). "Rather than aggressively treating all of these patients, our hope with further study is to potentially test for these proteins and select those patients most likely to benefit from specific doses of interferon therapy."
In the study, researchers treated 40 patients at various levels of risk for recurrence of melanoma with interferon administered at either high or low doses. They then examined changes in the appearance of the patients' moles under a microscope and used molecular markers to determine the expression levels of STAT1, a protein associated with anti-tumor effects, and STAT3, a protein linked to melanoma progression. They found that the more severe the pathologic abnormality of the mole, the greater the level of STAT3 expression. Results also indicated that after high-dose interferon the level of STAT 1 increased 7.8 times and after low-dose interferon it increased 1.4 times over pretreatment levels. In contrast, STAT3 was reduced by 55 percent with high doses of interferon and by 39 percent with low doses. The ratio of STAT1 to STAT3 best represented the impact of interferon, increasing 23 times with high dose interferon and 2.6 times with low doses.
"Our study found that interferon regulates expression of STAT1 and STAT3 in a dose-dependent manner and provides a useful biomarker of interferon impact on these well- established precursor lesions, which have the potential to become cancerous," said Dr. Kirkwood. "This suggests that these markers will be important to follow in our efforts to prevent the new development of melanoma in the skin of our patients, as well as melanoma recurrence."
According to American Cancer Society predictions, an estimated 62,190 new cases of melanoma are expected in 2006 and 7,910 deaths are expected to occur.
Lead author of the study was Wenjun Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Melanoma Center, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. Coauthors include Howard Edington, M.D., Uma N. Rao, Ph.D., Drazen Jukic, M.D., Hong Wong, Ruth Mascari and Cindy Sander, all of the Melanoma Center of University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. The study is funded by grants from the Grant Channell Memorial, Roche Pharmaceuticals and Schering Plough Research Institute.
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The Great Australian Dream: Spin, Lies and FantasySeptember 3, 2016
The Great Australian Dream: Spin, Lies and Fantasy 69 SHARED THIS Contributor: Anne Paten Published: 21 September 2015 Victoria's 'Great Australian Dream' industry is supported and stimulated by spin, lies and fantasy. The building companies' spin includes the 'dream' as a star fantasy feature. The standard slogans include 'Build your Dream into Reality,' 'Create Your Dream … Read more
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The Victorian building industry has suffered from systematic and systemic failure for decades. We now have overwhelming evidence to confirm that this 'system' has been malfunctioning for the last 22 years.
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When will we ever meet
Not in this life
When will I be a bird
Is it this life
White doves only see
From up high
When will another bird
Kiss my mind
Featherhead all fucked
Up and down days
No not another night
Another dark place
White dives only see
From up high
When will another bird
Bend my mind
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