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Episode 8 | Brett Lee | Breakfast with Champions Season 6
Binga, thank you so much
for being here today.. – Pleasure.
– …'cause you are the 50th episode.. – Am I?
– …that I've ever shot. Now if you had to look straight
into the camera and say "Hey, thanks so much for doing this." Thanks so much,
I've really enjoyed this morning. It's been great. Mate, this is awesome.
I've really enjoyed this. You know what?
I would go as far as to say this is the best interview
I've ever had in 25 years. – Oh, really?
– I mean that, yeah. 'Applause!'
– I mean that. And it's great to be the 50th. – Thank you so much.
– The 50th, there you go. – Cheers!
– Cheers! – There we go.
– I really mean that. Awesome. Breakfast! This is all for me, right?
This is all for me. – This is..
– Hell of a coffee I'm drinking. So, let's just get one question
out of the way. – I'm nervous.
– You or Shoaib Akhtar, who's faster? Well, ask him. – He will say him.
– He'll say him. – You gotta say you.
– I'll probably say him as well. To me though,
it was about longevity. A lot more.
'Cause I hit that 160 barrier – so I'd ticked that box.
– Yeah. But Shoaib was like scary to face. And he was.. I mean, I've played a game
against Shoaib in Melbourne at the Telstra Dome. – You know, with the big roof on top.
– Yeah, yeah. And I'm walking out to bat and I'm panicking
'cause he just knocked over Ricky Ponting. And he's bowling. I'm looking up
and he's bowling 155, 156 I'm going, "Oh, gosh." I'm taking helmet..
I'd wear two helmets if I could. Right, and I look up and I heard "Binga, Binga." I'm thinking "Who's bloody calling my name?" I look back,
and there's Shoaib Akhtar he's almost pushing off the side screen and he goes, "I'm gonna kill you." I'm just, "Shoaib, no.
We're friends, no." He runs in, and his black hair
is just flapping in the wind and he's just coming in I'm looking down, I look up,
and he's still 45 minutes away. I'm tapping down, look up,
he's still coming. I'm thinking, "He won't bounce me." "He won't.. He's my friend,
he won't bounce me, it's gotta be a yorker." And it's hit me straight
on the bridge of the foot – on the full.
– Yeah. Right in front, I've gone,
"Howzat! I'm out." "Yeah, give me out. I'm out."
Umpire said, "Not out." I'm like, "Umpire, you've cost me.
Now he's gonna kill me." I've appealed. It's like, "Oh, no." So then,
next ball whisked past my head I think. But the thing about Shoaib Akhtar is that you want entertainers
in this game of cricket. – Yeah.
– You ask any person that's watching any young boy or girl
that's watching the TV they, you know, wanna see
a batsman playing a beautiful hook shot so you have to be an entertainer a bit like an actor out there
playing cricket. And it was great seeing,
you know, Shoaib bowled at Ricky Ricky go bang, hit a six
or pass his head. – And that's that fun.
That's cricket. – Yeah. So, I'm so proud
of what I've achieved. You know, I never thought
in my wildest dream – that I would've got
300-plus wickets. – Yeah. But I'm pumped, I'm so happy that I did. I knew at the age of 9. My parents asked me when I was 9. And I'm thinking back,
'cause my son now is 12. And when he was 9,
I'm thinking that's so young to know what you wanted to do. And they said, what do you wanna do
when you grow up? I said, "I'm gonna play
for Australia, cricket." "And I wanna bowl 160." My parents, you know,
they had never played cricket. Mum was a sprinter.
She was a 100-metre sprinter – so we probably got the fast twitch fibres
from mum. – Yeah. Although dad reckons
all the talent came from him. – As they always do.
– As they always muck around. Yeah. But 160. Like, for a 9-year-old
to have that dream of bowling 160.
Who did you see that time? – Who was your..
– Jeff Thomson. So Jeff Thomson? Dennis Lillee. You know, think about it,
Lillee with 355 Test wickets Thommo took 200 Test wickets but to me it wasn't the wickets,
it was the speed. – Yeah. Man, he was quick.
– You know, 160 Ks. And I thought,
"I'm gonna crack that 160 barrier." – And you did.
– "I wanna break his record." Didn't you have an off-cutter
which was really – deceptive?
– Yeah, I had an off-cutter I had a leg-cutter, but I had a ball that I used to bowl,
that I would hold deep in the hand. So, normally,
when you're holding a cricket ball you hold it, and there's like
a bit of a gap there, like that. – But I'd hold.. I'd squeeze it in,
right? – Yeah. So then as the ball comes out,
I'll lift those two fingers and the ball comes out a lot slower and it goes same like..
And sometimes the ball swings – batsmen would be like..
– You can't read it. It's the same arm action, same pace but just lift those two fingers
and that takes the pace off the ball until I found out in the dugout
only a few weeks ago with Kumar Sangakkara and he goes, "I've got to admit
to something." I said, "What?" He goes, "You know,
when you're bowling your slow ball.." I said, "Yeah, it never worked
against Sri Lanka. Why?" He goes, "'Cause, the non-striker,
if I was at the non-striker's end "you're watching the batsman,
he's watching me" "and as I push it in,
he'd tap his thigh pad" "which means
there's a slow ball coming." See?
Bugger! You made your Test debut and went back to the suit store – that you used to work at,
didn't you? – Yeah. When I made
the Under-19 Australian cricket team – that toured here to India.
– Right. Excuse me. We had to get measured up
for the Australian team blazer And it was done
by a company called Flare. It was a horrible winter's day,
I still remember it pouring down rain had to be there at 8:30 to get measured up
for my Australian team blazer. Went in there, met Richard Bowman so one lovely fellow, really nice his store looked beautiful,
it's about as big as this. And then three weeks later,
I get a phone call from Richard and he goes like, "We'd like
to offer you a job in menswear." I said, "Great.
What do I have to do?" So we went through..
We literally got these books out, like this we're going through all the fashion but then it became
how do you deal with the customer and these are things
that I reckon really helped me in my life and actually skilled me better to understand people
and interact with people. You'd be 97, close to 100 but you'd be a long fitting. So you're at..
So, like, you'll be about 111 centimeters. – That's nice.
– And you'd be really good in a classic three button single breasted
with a notched lapel. It is slimming.. – That's amazing.
– …as you're tall. I'm gonna go get it measured – 'cause I don't know my exact measures.
– You probably about a size.. About a size of 11 foot – probably. I don't know.
– Yeah, that is exactly it. That's spooky, man. It's what I had to do. So it wasn't just working
in a menswear store – you're learning about life.
– Yeah. And he gave me, you know,
a chance, an opportunity and I thought
that if someone does that to you in life – you should stick with him.
– So you started working there – while playing..
– Yeah, yeah. …Australia Under-19.. – Yep.
– …through your Test debut? Yep. And he always said
cricket comes first. So I'd leave work at 2:30 on a Tuesday 2:30 on a Thursday go to the nets at the SCG, train drive home, back home for two hours next day drive up
for two hours in the morning work the whole day until 2:30 drive to training, train until 9:30,
drive home two hours again. – Wow!
– And that was every single day for years and years and years. And I came in after we won
the World Cup in 2003 and this big bloke walks in. "How's it, bru?" he said to me. So I looked at him, he goes "Weren't you in Johannesburg two nights ago" "holding up the World Cup?"
I said, "Yeah." He's like,
"What the hell are you doing here?" I said, "I'm back at work, mate,
back to the real life." And I'm sizing him up.
So, to me, he's a batsman. He's like a Sachin. So when
he walks in through the door he's walking over the yard boundary rope and I'm sizing him up
thinking, "How am I" "gonna get this guy out?" Or,
"How am I gonna get his wicket?" "How am I gonna get that sale?" What I was doing subconsciously
without even knowing.. – Yeah. – …was..
Yes, I'm learning about fashion. Yes, I'm learning about different things.
But it actually made me focus more on cricket because up until 17, I was thinking "I've gotta play cricket,
I wanna play cricket." "How do I get better?
How do I become faster?" "How do I become a better batsman?
How do I work?" I'm like exhausted. So then I thought,
"If I put something else in my life.." – Yeah. – And I'm working,
working, working, working. 2:30, bang, "Cricket time,
let's go. I'm ready." And go there, and you bowl,
go home, work all next day come Thursday, 2:30,
"Oh, cricket time, you beauty." "Let's get out of the store."
Birds are singing, it's summer you're bowling in the nets,
and I was just like so focused and that actually helped my cricket so much. That's so interesting actually because otherwise
you can get fairly one-dimensional you can just hold on to stuff too hard,
and then you.. – 100%.
– That's what people talk about switching off from the game. And there are a lot of people
that can't switch off from the game. – Yeah.
– You know, I think of guys like Mike Hussey, who's the exception because he was just, like,
cricket the whole time. – Yeah.
– So being in the alphabetical order Hussey, Lee, you know – I'll always be in the next room..
– Yeah. …on tour. And every night,
at 12:30, 1 o'clock, I'd hear.. "Huss, go to bed!" He's tapping his bats in. I like to switch off, mate. So how many nicknames do you have? – I know there's Binga.
Of course. – Yeah. – Do you know how that
came about? – No. So there's a chain
of electrical stores in New South Wales called Bing Lee. – So it's a Chinese company..
– Yeah? …and they're huge. I mean,
Bing Lee are everywhere. Their slogan on their logo,
well, their mission statement is, "Everything's negotiable." That's what they say, right?
So, Bing Lee. Obviously, my surname Lee. – So I became Binga, right?
– Yeah. And my brother went in one day,
taking the mickey and said, "How much
for the Bing Lee sign?" "Sir, that's not for sale." He says, "Well, actually
on your mission statement it says" "everything is negotiable." So he goes, "I'll go speak to the boss." Of course, came back and said,
"No, it's not for sale, mate." "Great, 'cause I didn't want it anyway." But that's it. So I've got Binga you sometimes get Ugg. – Why's Ugg?
– Ugly. No! There's another name in Punjabi, I think that Binga means something else if you say it slightly different. Bhinga. Oh, Bhinga!
That's right. – Cross-eyed.
– That's it. I also got the name Oswald. Oswald's a funny story. – Can I just set it up one second?
– Yeah, sure. John F. Kennedy, JFK – the assassination
of the American President.. – Yeah. …and the person who assassinated him was a man called Lee Harvey Oswald. Now, the story. So I'm batting at number nine Ian Harvey was batting at number eight and my brother was batting at number seven. So they looked up at the scoreboard and Steve Waugh said,
"Lee, Harvey, Oswald." So that's how I became Oswald, so.. And does he call it
or do a lot of people call you Oswald? Or it's just Steve Waugh?
– No, that was just Steve Waugh just mucking around.
People think about Stephen Waugh thinking the "Ice Man," nothing. – He is probably the funniest guy
in the team. – Really? Yeah. He is hilarious.
He is cheeky loves having a joke, loves India. So you had two predominant captains, right? – Long running.
Steve Waugh.. – Yeah. – Yeah. – …for a fair bit,
and then Ricky Ponting.. – Yeah. Yeah.
– …for pretty much most of your career. Steve Waugh was brilliant
because he believed in me as.. I guess as an athlete. He said, "Mate, you're in the team.
I don't care whether you go for 30" "of 3 overs, if you pick up a wicket,
it changes the whole game." "Run in, scare the tripe out of him" "try and get us one wicket" "and we don't care
for how many runs he goes for." Ricky Ponting was a bit more "You know, we need you to bowl
that perfect line, keep bowling quick." "But let's work on this plan." And that really helped me too,
through that middle part of my career. But the thing what makes a good leader you know, for me personally
is someone that you believe in that you want to actually
get up in the morning and don't let down. So even though
that you're playing for Australia I didn't wanna let Steve Waugh down,
I didn't wanna let Ricky Ponting down. And they are two wonderful guys,
two great friends but two different styles of captains. I'm enjoying this. – I'm glad you are.
– Yeah, it's good. When you get put
in front of the cameras, right? – Yeah.
– Well, I can press play now and I'll come out with what we call
a "standard function answer." – Yeah. – So, for example,
I'm running in to bowl and you ask me as a reporter the umpire should've given an out,
it was clearly a nick it cost us the game, India wins. What did you think
about that umpiring decision? If that was out,
the game was Australia's. Look, we have to make sure that
we get out there and always try our best but, you know, the umpires are normal guys and sometimes they make a mistake.
And, look, we have to make sure that we learn from that. Look, we tried our hardest I thought there might've been a nick there but the umpire said not out,
so we'll just have to accept that call. – 'Applause!'
– Right? Whereas, you wanna say "The freaking umpire cost us.." – Yeah.
– "He cost us the match." "Hey, he should lose his job." – "I'm gonna find him outside.."
– "Australia should've won" "India lost, and the umpire cost us." Now imagine if I said that,
I'd be in a lot of trouble. – Yeah, we just..
That's what I say.. – And.. …there's never any questions,
there's just.. And I get a nice breakfast too – which is pretty lovely.
– There you go. Back in the late '90s,
there was not that much nutrition – and stuff around, right? You were just..
– No one really knew about what to do. Yeah, so.. And if you're a fast bowler,
you would just like pile on the carbs, right? Pretty much.
Prior to going out to a Test match.. – Yeah.
– …I would do carb-loading. So, I had to eat and eat and eat and eat. I'll have about five or six meals a day. To bowl ten overs in a One Day match
would cover 17Ks.. – Wow.
– …maybe 20Ks in a Test match – during the day.
– Wow, man – that's insane.
– So you can't keep the weight on. – Yeah. – You're putting
so much more pressure – through that ankle, front.. – Which
already has so much pressure on it.. – That's correct.
– …naturally. What do they say,
it's like twice your body weight – landing on your front foot?
– Mine was 16 times. – Yeah. – My playing weight
was round about 87 kilos. – Yeah. And I would be 16 times my body weight. Oh, so that's your little an.. – Which is why you had..
– So over a ton which is why I had six ankle operations. – Six ankle operations, huh?
– Yeah. That, and the pressure
of slamming the foot down as hard as I did,
that's where you get your pace. – But it comes at a cost.
– But the only thing you could do about it was actually decrease your pace. – And that..
– Like that was a non-negotiable – for you.
– That did not excite me. When you think
about the bottom of your.. I'm not trying to be technical I'm trying to think what it's called.
It's the bottom of your tibia.. – Yeah.
– …I think it is. The shin bone that comes down,
that then goes into your ankle. So then what happens is that chips off
which is called an os trigonum.. – Wow
– …a floating piece of bone. They have to go in, cut that bit of bone out,
throw it out, start again. And you keep bang, bang, bang,
bang, bang, and then bone grows back chips off again, go in and cut it again. So then, they end up cutting
off the bottom of my tibia. And then they had to get
three or four doctors on the pressure to try to push my ankle down
and create that force when I was bowling.. – Lord.
– …to load it up and go, "Yeah, we might
need to shave a bit more off" and then they'd shave a bit more off and then they'd load me up again shave a bit more off the bone and then the last time
they did it, it worked. But other than that I'm good. Now how do I come back from that? I've done all my rehab, I'm back playing but I know at the top of my mark that when I lay on that front foot I know, that you can get that knife and you go smack in the back of your ankle,
and that's what's gonna happen first ball. And I know..
And I actually get tears in my eyes – thinking about it,
because the pain.. – Yeah. …that you go through,
and I know that's gonna happen. And somehow I'm 30 meters back running in, trying to let go of the ball
as hard and as fast I possibly can knowing that that ankle's
gonna get smashed the first time. But you gotta trick your mind. You can do what you want with your brain. And I've always said that I reckon when you first start,
it's 80% ability, 20% of your brain and then when you get towards
the, sort of, middle part of your career it becomes sort of flipped around 80% mental ability and 20% physical ability. The toughest player in world cricket in my opinion? – And you'll be blown away by this.
– Tell me. The toughest, hands down – Simon Katich.
– What? Mate, Croatian background he get hit you could pin him
in the nets with 160Ks he wouldn't wear an arm guard wouldn't wear a rib pad,
you hit him, he's like.. Tough. Break his rib, doesn't care.
Play on. – So, I mean, we gotta..
– Yeah. 'Cause, you know, you're Australian,
we gotta talk about sledging. – You were never one for it.
– Gamesmanship. – Gamesmanship.
– Gamesmanship. You were never one for it, though. – Yeah, I was.
– I would see you.. Were you? So you were pretty quiet then. – Right.
– You did it cleverly. – I worked out how to do it.
– How? With a smile? You just went, "I'm gonna kill you." – "I'm gonna kill you."
– Yeah, you realize there are 34 cameras.. Yeah. …on you, right?
So there's at least two or three cameras on you at the one time. How do I try and work it out?
Okay, all the cameras are on. Right. You can't
verbally say something. There's a stump mic that can hear you. So you know how
we all have a white sweat band? Yeah. Well, when I go and scratch my nose and just give the batsman..
It's actually godawful as I'm scratching my nose they can't see my mouth moving. They can hear something,
they don't know where it's coming from. And you give the batsman
an absolute spray as you scratch your nose, like that. Which were the batsmen
who then disoriented you a bit? To me it was like,
Viru was hard to bowl to. Because you're bowling
the first ball of the Test match so when you play 20-20 you know, the first ball,
they're trying to hit you for four or six. – Yeah.
– When you play 50 overs you sort of get into the game. Test match, you might bowl
four overs of maidens. Four maidens in a row. Viru, I dragged down the first ball,
I try and bowl a bouncer of the game, he go..
Six. I'm like, "Jesus.
Viru, relax. It's a Test match." He'd just wink at me, laugh,
mark center again. So that's pretty cool. So, Lara. You'd bowl
the ball there, and he'd go – backward point.
– Yeah. You'd bowl the ball there again, same ball.. – You'd bowl the ball there..
Like that. – Yeah. So he was a nightmare to bowl to
because you couldn't reset a field. He would take the ball that you bowled,
six in the same spot he'd just hit to six different spots
around the field. – Oh, I hated bowling
to Harbhajan Singh. – Yeah. Hated him on the field. Harbhajan.
'Cause I couldn't get him out and he'd be like sledging me back,
and I'd be sledging him and he'd be hitting sixes and all that. But, off the field,
he's an absolute gentleman. Even to the extent, last year where he found out
about my son playing cricket. – Yeah.
– He sent him a message and sent him his own cricket gear from India. – I mean..
– Oh, nice. Pads, and thigh pad, and gloves
and all that. And I thought that's.. – That's really nice.
– Did Freddie Flintoff sledge you once and say,
"You named your son after.." – Yeah. – "…the place
I was born in," or something? – 2006. My son had been born..
– I remember when he.. …he was about six days old.
And my son's called Preston. – Yeah.
– So I bowl the ball I'm looking at him, right?
And he goes play and miss, he goes,
"Thanks for calling, you know" "your kid after where I was born." – I'm like..
– What? He goes, "I was born in Preston." I was like, "Oh, I didn't know that." Bowl the next ball he goes, "Mate, how the hell am I
gonna call my next kid Wollongong?" Where I was born, I thought.. And I'm laughing my head off,
and people at the gallery are going "What are these guys doing?" You know, we're talking
and then we both burst out laughing and I thought that's pretty cool. Can you still pick out, like,
the top moment for you perhaps on the field? – Tough one, yeah?
– That's a tough one but a good one. One being the baggy green cap. So our baggy green cap is something
that we will cherish forever. And I know it's just a green felt cap that is uncomfortable to wear but you put it on,
you feel like a bloody warrior. You feel like you're 6'6″ you feel like
you can run through a brick wall because of the history because of what Allan Border
did with the baggy green and then Steve Waugh,
and then Ricky Ponting you know Mark Taylor, they all hope that – that legacy
of the baggy green cap. – Yeah. And who gave you yours?
Does the captain always give it – or..
– No, a past player. – Yeah, so who was yours?
– A gentleman called Ian Meckiff – left arm bowler for Australia.
– Of course, yeah. He got called for throwing and then my action
got questioned a few weeks later. Right on cue. – It's good, it's funny.
– My first Test wicket against India.. My first Test wicket against India
was something I'll always cherish. – Ramesh from India, left-hander.
– Yeah. Sadagoppan Ramesh. We've all done some commentary with and they keep rolling in that clip,
the poor bugger – every time we're on together.
– Yeah. He's a lovely guy. But I reckon
one of my most cherished moments was against Pakistan playing in my first One Day match
for Australia. I'm walking out and the person I'm walking out behind
is Shane Lee – number 20 on his back.
– Nice. He's wearing his Australian colors,
I'm wearing my Australian colors we're singing the national anthem Steve and Mark Waugh,
Shane and Brett Lee in the same team. I thought, "How cool is this, you know?
Like, we've dreamt about in the backyard" "playing for Australia one day." You know, we were Allan Border,
we were Sunil Gavaskar we were Viv Richards in the backyard
playing Ian Botham and all of a sudden here we are
playing for our country as two brothers,
and I thought that's pretty cool. – That's pretty cool. – Shane's
how many years older than you? – Two-and-a-half.
– So that means you're bowling – he's batting, right? Big brothers bat.
– Yeah, well, big brothers are cheats. – I am a big brother, so I know.
– Yeah, they.. And my younger brother
who was a better cricketer – than me and Shane put together.
– Oh, really? Yeah, he's a gun. But Shane was always the older brother
and just said "All right, you bowl." I said, "Well, I wanna bat as well."
And he would say, "Well, I'm not playing." And I would always wanna play,
so he knew that I had to just bowl the whole time. But Shane got the same number
as Mark Taylor, 334 or as the same as Bradman. He was out five or six times,
he said, "No, you know, I didn't nick it." – No DRS.
– I couldn't go upstairs, all right? So then I went to bat, got bowled first ball he said, "See you,"
he walked inside. So I started crying, mum came out Shane got a smack and I got another bat. – It was perfect.
– And then how many did you get? Two. You even sang a song – with Asha ji.
– Asha ji, yeah. – Yeah.
– Back in 2006, it was. Okay, how awkward was the acting in the video for you? Very awkward, very cheesy.. – Yeah.
– …very cringe-worthy. It was a lot of ducking you know, like in 'Ace Ventura..' – Yeah. – …when he's like
hiding behind the bush. But I got approached
by a director through music and they said, "Listen, we'd like you
to do a song with a lady called Asha Bhosle" "you wouldn't have heard of her."
I said, "Yeah, I've heard of Asha ji." They went, "What?"
Long story short, they said "We're doing a collaboration,
and we'd love you to be involved." So they went through
all these Bollywood stars that were doing a duet with her
and they said "And a guy called Robbie Williams.." I went, "What, from England?"
They said, "Yeah." – I said, "If Robbie's in, I'm in."
– Yeah. And they said, "Just turn up."
We're up in Mohali.. – Yeah. – …playing in the
last qualifier One Day against India. And we had to go and win next day,
in order to then get the opportunity to go down
to hit back here in Mumbai – 'cause we had to do a film clip.
– Yeah. If we'd lost, we would've flown home. So I made sure
that we went out and beat India. Sorry. And we end up coming down
and doing that really cheesy film clip and that was it. – Do you remember the song?
– "Haan main tumhara hoon…" I can do..
So I can do Asha ji's voice. What are the lyrics?
I had them just here. "Kya tum mere ho" "Mere hi rahoge" "Haan main tumhara hoon
tumhara hi rahunga" – There we go, right?
– That's a collaboration, there you go. – We've got it.
– So, there's also.. What's the pig handler story?
That was in 'Babe,' right? – Yeah.
– You're credited in 'Babe'.. – A very famous Australian film
called 'Babe.' – Yeah. So it's about this pig this talking pig. And I was in the agricultural shed
at school, in high school looking after all the animals.
That was my job at lunchtime. And, you know,
you feed the pigs and do whatever. And there were 52 pigs used in 'Babe' because they'd train a little piglet up and it'd grow too big
and they couldn't use it in the next scene and then they'd have
to bring the next pig in. And apparently, I must have
looked after one or two of the pigs that have come from the ag shed. And then 'Babe' came out. And then right at the end,
it said Brett Lee, pig handler. – So I've got a credit.
– In a Hollywood blockbuster. Can you imagine?
It's very funny. – That's amazing.
– That was my claim to fame for a while. And look at how diverse
your life has been, right? So you can measure up suits there's a pig handler – there's.. – Then go again
smash on the cricket field. Leave aside cricket. Right? There's a musician there's a Hindi singer. You do some music-related work – with underprivileged kids
as well, right? – Yeah. Yep. – It's in India.
– So you're doing that in India? Yeah. So it's called Mewsic.
M-E-W-S-I-C. And it's a play on words
for "Mew" "Sick". – Yeah.
– So sick children that we can teach them music
and music therapy. To me, when I learned how to play music that was the part of the jigsaw puzzle
that had been missing through my whole life. 'Cause I've grown up
with music in my family. And with mum playing, dad reckons..
Once again m.. Dad reckons he played the flute,
mum reckons he's full of it. I've grown up, touch wood, with no issues but a lot of children don't. So I wanna allow those children
to have close to a normal life as what they possibly can. And India's been great to me,
it's shown me some amazing places and the love I get from India. So it's my right,
I think, to put back into India. Because you can't keep
coming somewhere for 25 years and keep take, take, take,
take, take, take. It's selfish. You gotta put back in.
But I wanna put back in and help out. – That's beautiful.
– Oh, it's.. There's a saying that "Giving is the most selfish thing in life
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While their left-leaning governments have lifted many out of poverty, don't hail the arrival of a new and better economic growth model just yet.
Developed countries see the limited help they are sending to West Africa as charity rather than a vital self-interest. But they may be wrong.
Terrorist groups always want governments to go overboard. The trick is to keep them from getting what they want.
Afghanistan's government and nascent democratic system might actually survive and prove to be fit for purpose.
Surrendering to protests could expose Communist Party infighting, but excessive force could leave him open to criticism from abroad.
It was not that everybody knew Quebec's independence would be an economic disaster, just that nobody could be certain it wouldn't be.
The new moderate Syrian rebel army will be trained in Saudi Arabia, the principal supporter and paymaster of Syrian jihadi groups until ISIS scared it into hedging its bets.
And you thought the only problem was in Iraq and Syria. Libya and Nigeria have troubles of their own.
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Yuniesky Betancourt is not a great player. By most accounts, he's not even a good player, or slightly below average. He's in competition for the coveted title of "Worst Everyday Player in Baseball."
His 2011 numbers with Milwaukee back that up. in 152 games, all at shortstop save for a few pinch hits, Betancourt hit .252 for a .652 OPS, which adjusts down to a 75 OPS+. He did hit 13 home runs, but walked only 16 times. He's a slap hitter with signs of pop but no real discipline, and he'll be 30 years old before Opening Day. If he hits a peak, he probably already has.
With that in mind, it's not hard to understand the outrage with the Royals signing him to a contract for 2012, if there can be such a feeling regarding the signing of an infielder in Kansas City. Even when that infielder has recently been underwhelming in the same uniform. And the "underwhelming" tag comes without much in the way of initial expectations.
Here's a quick taste of what the internet had to offer on the deal:
Rustin Dodd, The Kansas City Star:
Betancourt, of course. is something of a sabermetric punching bag, and it's not just the numbers. Yes, the stats do show him to be one of the worst in baseball at getting on base and playing shortstop. But then there's also the teams that have continued to play him all. the. time. And the feeling among stat folk, I believe, is simple: Why can't these baseball people see what we see? It's an intriguing frustration for fans. What do you do if it seems like your team continually minimizes your own baseball philosophy?
Oliver projects him to hit for a .279 wOBA in 2012. Betancourt projects at around replacement level. I suppose one could say he could project as 0.5 WAR over a full-season, but that is both pushing it and quibbling over details given the level of "precision" one expects in projected total value. Basically, the Royals just gave away $2 million for no reason. The Best Farm System Ever can't produce a league-minimum utility infielder?
Jeff Sullivan, Baseball Nation:
But the second time? After you've already been through the first time? Yuni wore out his welcome in Seattle. The Brewers didn't seem to make much of an effort to bring him back. He's not uncoachable, but he has an established history of being close to it, and no part of his game has really improved over the years. His approach still sucks. His defense still sucks. His work ethic…I don't know if it sucks, but it's never been good. The numbers suggest as much.
Everything Rob Neyer says here.
Of course, none of them are wrong. Neyer might be the most vocal in his opposition (that I read, anyway), but of course, he brings years of frustration with the Royals to the table, along with a long written history of disagreeing with their general manager, Dayton Moore.
General managers are paid to think analytically. Stat-savvy writers are paid to interpret their moves, too. I understand the frustration that can come with trying to interperet the chain of events that led a light-hitting shortstop with suspect-at-best defense back to a team hoping to contend soon.
But the signing of Betancourt shouldn't inspire rage, it should inspire blindly optimistic hope. It provides a needed wrinkle.
A quick run through the world of Retrosheet offers the top performances of Betancourt's career. A few nuggets: From May 20 to June 9, 2007, Betancourt strung together a 20-game hitting streak with the Mariners. On July 19 of last season, he went 3-for-5 with two home runs for the Brewers. On Aug. 1, 2007, he drove in Adrian Beltre for the winning run in the 12th inning of an 8-7 win for the Mariners over Anaheim. He's gone 4-for-5 seven times in his career, and once every year since 2006.
At some point, in 2012, Betancourt will likely make a play that will blow people away, or win a game with a double or home run that defies logic, mostly because he won't have been good enough to have earned the at-bat in the first place. And that's amazing.
For all the performances by dominant players put in a position to win we're going to see, Betancourt, or someone like him, will win a game, despite having likely contributed to losses in the past. Baseball is better with Yuniesky Betancourt.
Besides, it's not like I'm paying him. He's not even on my favorite team.


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A Guide to Venice
Venice is one of the most important tourist destinations in the world and one of the world's greatest and most beautiful cities of art. Also renowned for the beauty of its setting Venice is a unique city made up of 121 islets linked by 435 bridges. Contrary to what you might first think, getting around is not very difficult as most of the monuments and sites can be reached by public transport. Of course a trip to Venice wouldn't be complete without a ride on the city's classical Venetian boat the gondola. Although nowadays gondolas are mainly used only by tourists they are the perfect way to view the city from the water.
There is a magical and romantic atmosphere in Venice which is greatly added to by the absence of car traffic in the city.
Venice is a fashionable city and popular amongst the rich and famous. Celebrities flock to the city to take part in events like the Venice International Film Festival, organized by the Biennale di Venezia, which promotes all aspects of international cinema.
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The main tourist attractions in the city
St. Marks Basilica
A colossal structure with five great arches supporting five enormous domes, the church of St. Mark is undoubtedly one of the mightiest Venetian monuments. It's the mosaics that steal the show though covering over 8,000 square metres. The church also houses a wide variety of precious treasures brought to the city from conquests in the Holy Land.
A golden statue of Archangel Gabriel hangs on top of the 97 metres high bell tower in front of the basilica.
Doge's Palace
Probably the city's most famous building, Doge's Palace has played three fundamental roles for centuries. The Doge residence, the seat of the Government and the palace of justice.
Full of beautiful rooms with stunning decorations, Doge's Palace is well worth exploring. Notable rooms are the Grand Council Chamber, the Senate Hall, the hall of the Council of Ten, the Hall of the Compass, Hall of the Inquisitors and the voting hall.
The scala dei giganti can be found in the courtyard with its two giant statues of Mars and Neptune or venture inside to see the scala d'oro, a beautiful golden staircase leading to the doge's apartment.
Doge's Palace is also home to the prisons, the Chamber of Torment and Giacomo Casanova's cell.
The Rialto Bridge is the most famous of the bridges that cross the grand Canal and one of the most visited tourist attractions in the city.
Other notable bridges are the Ponte dei sospiri (Bridge of Sighs), Ponte dell'Accademia (The Academy Bridge) and the newest addition to the Venice landscape the Ponte della Constituzione (more commonly known as Calatrava Bridge after the Spanish architect that designed it). The last of which caused some controversy given its modern appearance and elevated cost.
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Suddenly, I had idea that maybe all 188 pages before we saw long strange Evan's dream and in fact he've been harmed in his neck and stomach… And all this staff was his delirium O_O
Why do I feel like she's seconds away from lecturing him, before he's even had time to say anything…? (even though it doesn't look like he can right now)
Also, Flam's comment below is blowing my brain. Nooooo, Rizo cannot be created by delirium. I refuse to believe it!
Omg, I'd never do that to you guys. I like being cruel in much more original ways.
I am both comforted and even more distressed by that reply XD
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SCU Faculty Participate in the Shanghai Forum for World Traditional Medicine
Southern California University of Health Sciences - Monday, April 30, 2018.
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The Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) hosted an assembly of representatives from nine countries which encompassed the teachings of twelve different schools of traditional and complementary medicine—Ayurvedic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, chiropractic, yoga, and traditional medical practices from other nations like Thailand, Korea, and Africa. As the first event of its kind, this forum focused on uniting alternative and complementary medical practices from around the world while introducing and discussing policy-related matters that affect these methods of healthcare worldwide.
Most importantly, the Shanghai Forum for World Traditional Medicine strived to encourage and create a platform on which nations throughout the world could cooperate to improve alternative medicine practices practiced across the planet.
The Shanghai University of TCM partnered with the Shanghai Shuguang TCM Research and Development Foundation and the State Administration of TCM of the Peoples Republic of China to make this forum a reality. The Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) was excited to attend this innovative meeting, and SCU's faculty welcomed the opportunity for education and cooperation amongst alternative medicine partners worldwide.
Since, according to the Shanghai Shuguang TCM Research and Development Foundation, the primary goal of TCM is to globally expand and integrate seamlessly with modern medical practices, an effort to standardize the ancient practices of TCM through the International Organization for Standardization (IOS) was present at the Shanghai forum.
Due to regulatory differences between traditional medical practices, the worldwide collaborative development of TCM has thus far been elusive. For example, cultural differences as well as differences in training, licensing, beliefs, and experiences have made it more difficult to unify the nine countries present at the forum and their cohesive, alternative medicine practices.
To improve the efforts to internationally unify traditional medical practices, a Technical Committee formed partially by attendees of the Shanghai University of TCM is tackling the challenge of standardization within the various fields of TCM. For example, this Technical Committee strives to develop a set of commonly accepted standards for traditional medicine practice which also incorporate aspects of modern medical methods. This committee does not intend to focus on the clinical practice of medicine, but rather the regulation of the quality and safety of services provided in the practice of TCM.
Presentations during the Shanghai forum included expert information on each of the twelve forms of traditional medicine presented in addition to discussions about the present and future of traditional medicine as it is practiced in different cultures. Additionally, demonstrations were even performed to encourage education, understanding, and awareness of various types of TCM and their astounding effects.
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I am really new at baking bread - I've been doing it for about 2 weeks. I got a sourdough starter from the flour co I buy from (it was a promo for a pop up store). So far, I've just made pretzels with the discard & added some discard to a loaf of jalapeno cheese bread I was making. It turned out actually pretty good. I haven't made a sourdough yet though. I hope to in the next week or so. We have quite a bit of bread atm so I really don't want to over saturate our bread supply. In the meantime, I'm learning about making sourdough as well as regular bread & the different kinds of flours. I have quite a few allergies, but, not to gluten. I'm allergic to just about all the "ancient grains" as well as chia, flax and buckwheat. So, I do have some challenges trying to eat healthy. I'm not sure the wheats are going to be great for me either as they can make my mouth burn. Not a true allergy, just annoying. I used to love eating sourdough when I was younger, and then all of a sudden I couldn't eat it anymore. I think it's likely I wasn't eating true sourdough bread, so, I'm hopeful that a true sourdough will be okay for me. The bread I added some discard to seems to be okay, so, fingers crossed. I'm pretty glad to have stumbled upon this forum!


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A California woman, who police say ran a prostitution ring with her son, says she is a prolific erotic novelist and not a pimp.
Fay Ruth Romesburg, 59, along with her son David Scott Romesburg III, 38, are accused of spending the last 10 years luring women into becoming sex workers for their empire, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports.
The pair were arrested during an undercover operation last month. Police say the mother and son pimped around 150 women over the course of a decade.
Authorities were first tipped off late last year when the manager of an apartment complex in Santa Rosa reported that he thought one of the apartments he was renting was being used for prostitution. The seven-bedroom apartment was being rented by the Romesburgs, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
While investigating that claim, police realized they had another similar call made during the summer about a different house in the same neighborhood, the Press Democrat reports.
In the prior call, an officer had even gone to the home but was not allowed inside. Police were reportedly told by women at the residence that it was home to a photography business, but deputies were suspicious.
"We worked the information we had but we never got enough for probable cause for a warrant," Santa Rosa police Lt. John Cregan told the Press Democrat.
When they got the second report, they began investigating further.
In all, police uncovered at least three brothels and a front business that were linked back to the mother and son. Five women who were alleged victims of the Romesburgs are now cooperating with authorities, according to the Press Democrat.
The Romesburgs are currently being held at the Sonoma County Jail on charges of pimping and pandering. The son is also facing charges of human trafficking and money laundering, online jail records show.
In an interview from jail, Fay Romesburg denied any wrongdoing and called the charges against her and her son "ridiculous," the Press Democrat reports.
Romesburg said she is a self-described feminist who wrote a number of erotic novels under the name F.R.R. Mallory, with titles including "The Kinky Feminist," and "Extreme Space: The Domination & Submission Handbook," she told the outlet.
Her Amazon.com bio says she has degrees in English and psychology from UC Berkeley and her stories have appeared in the erotic vampire anthology "Bites of Passion," among others.
She claimed her son was charged with money laundering because he is dependent on her income from her erotic novels.
"I'm a writer, that's my business," said Romesburg
Romesburg denied being a pimp and said there was never any prostitution in the home, claiming the women that were staying in the residence were self-employed and struggled to prove income to most landlords.
"I may go to prison, but I've only helped women by giving them a safe place to live," she said.
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She also referred to the laws against prostitution as a "continued assault on women's rights," the outlet reports.
"I'm deeply concerned about female empowerment and female sexual empowerment," she said. "We need to stop treating these women as victims. They are highly intelligent and educated."
However, police say in reality many of the women were abused by her son, David Romesburg.
One woman told police she was sexually assaulted by him during her job interview and another said he would not let her leave the residence until she paid off a debt to him, the Press Democrat reports.
The Romesburgs will next appear in court March 16.


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Wm. Diekhoff well known in this vicinity died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Tholen, last week and was buried at the D. Schafer church on Monday. His brother, Frederick of Buffalo Center and son William of Ogle county, Ill., were here to attend the funeral.
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Jo Cox: Death of an MP
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On 16 June 2016 the murder of Jo Cox – in the heat of EU referendum campaigning – shocked the nation. Jo Cox: Death Of An MP tells the story of this horrific attack and events surrounding it through the testimony of those closest to it, including Jo Cox's family, eye witnesses and those who knew the murderer, Thomas Mair.
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Singapore Sling was one of the bands we were most excited to see at Iceland Airwaves in 2016, excited enough to get down to KEX Hostel probably an hour before their set was scheduled to start so we could stake out the best possible spot. How much did we want to see them? Enough to make sure Holly's watch flashed us an alarm 15 minutes in advance so we could be ready. That's how much.
We enjoyed Singapore Sling's last LP, 2015s Psych Fuck, which comes at you like a Lou Reed inspired wall of sound, smothering you over the course of 45 minutes of relentless riffs. And their live show was every bit the same experience, perhaps even more so given that we couldn't control the volume knob and the Slingers came at us loud, making us physically feel the waves emerging from the speakers that were only a couple of feet away. It was intense and enjoyable, leaving my ears exhausted and my brain crying out for another beer to take the edge off the residual electric buzz in my mind. The below photo summarizes the experience of Singapore Sling witnessed up close and personal.
I've had a copy of the band's latest release Kill, Kill, Kill (Songs About Nothing) on order since before it came out, and after some delays I just heard that it shipped yesterday. Sweet. But man, it was a tough week at work, and Holly and I decided to give the whole week the middle finger so we bought a download of the album so we could rock out to it over some cocktails on Friday night. And I'm glad we did, because it allowed me to sit on the couch and let Singapore Sling smother my senses, like being covered by an aural blanket, blocking out the stresses and anxieties of the week and drowning them in sound (and vodka).
I went back and gave Kill, Kill, Kill another listen in the car this morning, and was a bit surprised to hear a much more nuanced album than the one I'd experienced the evening before. If there was one criticism I offered of Psych Fuck it was that by I got to the last couple of songs I was just plan worn out, my ears overloaded to the point that I couldn't focus on the music and it became a sort of incessant background buzzing. It had some great songs like "Na Na Now" and "The Underground," but after listening to three or four of them I was ready to give my ears a change of scenery, much the same way that strong flavors, even when delicious, eventually overwhelm your palette.
The new album finds Singapore Sling broadening their sound, using a wider-ranging sonic arsenal to create more nuanced tracks. Don't get me wrong – Kill, Kill, Kill is still heavy duty psych from start to finish; it's not like the gang started dabbling heavily into ambient house or something. But what we have goes beyond the standard rock fare of guitars and drums and keyboards, adding some horns and strings to the mix to bring a sort of horror movie soundtrack vibe in a way that changes the mood of the compositions. The clearest example of this is on "Surrounded by Cunts," (yes, I said "Surrounded by Cunts") which uses sharp and abrasive strings to call to mind the part of any great slasher flick when the killer suddenly appears and stabs stabs stabs their victim, like Norman Bates pulling back the shower curtain and going to work on Marion Crane in Psycho. And the horror elements don't end there. "Riffermania (Kill Kill Kill)" comes out of the gate with a fuzzed out surf rock feel, layered with some deep vocals that are accentuated by the whispered/echoed refrain of "kill kill kill" reminiscent of that haunting "kill kill kill… die die die…" that was sometimes used in 1980s murder movies, soft enough to be almost subliminal. But in "Riffermania" the "kill kill kill" eventually comes to the forefront, lyrically dominating the second half of the song to the point that you almost start thinking to yourself, "you know what, yeah, maybe that's not such a bad idea after all" until your rational mind grabs the emergency brake and throws you into a 180 right in the middle of the road, leaving you at a dead stop, sweating, adrenaline coursing through your veins like liquid fire and trying to figure out what the hell just happened.
But it's not all sharp objects and heaviness. "Nothing's Theme" still uses those scraping strings to great effect, but also some discordant horns that give the whole thing the feel of a snake charmer's song, the trumpet sneaking out at times to pull you in, swaying, giving in to the music. The acoustic guitar moves to the forefront in "Nothing and Nowhere," combining with the echoed vocals, some very deliberate and tinkling keyboards, and whistling to create a haunting anti-ballad, an homage to "nothing at all," while it's classic blues guitar that sets the stage for dirge that is "Fuck Everything." But there's plenty of that classic Singapore Sling feel as well, with solid psych numbers like "Shake Shake Shake" and "Scum Scum Scum."
The range Singapore Sling show in Kill, Kill, Kill might not be obvious, but it's there to be heard if you invest some time and actively listen. It's an evolution of their psych sound, in a more traditionally gradual way as opposed to the punctuated equilibrium of bands that make major changes in direction. Parts of it may also cause you to feel the urge to turn on all the lights and look over your shoulder. But don't worry, Norman won't bother you… at least not until you take a shower…


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Prison Sentences: Penitentiary Literature in Kingston
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Focusing on prison newsletters, or 'joint magazines' from Kingston area prisons, this exhibit provides an in-depth look at writings by prisoners. It examines the content and historical significance of these works, and draws attention to the high quality of these publications, especially in the 1950's and 60's. It attempts to establish the context and tension in which these newsletters were produced.


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Standing between the former World No.2 and a spot in her first final since winning her maiden major title will be Ashleigh Barty, the victor of all-unseeded affair when Camila Giorgi was forced to retire trailing 5-2 in the first set.
"The match showed two ends of the spectrum".
Konta did reach the final of the Nottingham Open last week but lost to world number 70 Donna Vekic.
On a decidedly cooler day in Birmingham, Johanna Konta was outhit by a determined Coco Vandeweghe in the final match of the day to decide the quarter-final line-ups.
But in a stunning performance against Barty, Kvitova battled back from losing the first set and stepped up in the second half of the decider to seal victory. "I think that is the most important thing", said the American. "The season is very long and I must look at the bigger picture", she said.
This was a chastening experience for Konta so close to the start of Wimbledon.
"I played Barty yesterday in doubles, so that gives me an idea, a little bit".
Microsoft isn't making a profit with their new Xbox One X console
If you just look at the specifications of what this box is, it's in a different league than any other console that's out there. Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox for Microsoft , sat down with Eurogamer at the Galen Center in Los Angeles to discuss the reveal .
Konta won only one point against Vandeweghe's first serve and appeared ill at ease throughout the match.
Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash was courtside to watch Vandeweghe for the first time since becoming her coach. Ahead of Wimbledon, the world No 7 will try to work out what went wrong. "I had to get him down from commentating from Queen's", joked the 25-year-old New Yorker.
Second-seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine was also knocked out at the Edgbaston Priory Club on Thursday after suffering a surprise three-set defeat by Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi.
After a dismal first set, in which she made 12 unforced errors compared to just one victor, Konta called on coach Wim Fissette, and there were signs early on that the on-court coaching had helped the fourth seed early on in the first set, though it eventually proved to have little effect as Vandeweghe just proved too strong.
"I could not have imagined a better comeback than I am having now", Kvitova said. "But for the moment it's very uncomfortable".
Kvitova will next play her fellow Czech Lucie Safarova, who survived a three-hour ordeal against Daria Gavrilova. She was forced to end it with the score, 4-6, 6-4.
Fifth seed Kristina Mladenovic edged into the quarter finals after a 6-4 7-6 win over China's Zhang Shuai.
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Just two shutout wins in this game, by Empoli and SPAL, but the Azzurri did not exactly dominate versus Fiorentina, while the Estensi did it against Chievo, which is easy pickings at this point. Therefore, the nod goes to the team that had the most impressive win, Atalanta, which ransacked Olimpico and pretty much eliminated Lazio from Champions League contention.
Gian Piero Gasperini was able to recuperate Josip Ilicic after last week's absence, while Robin Gosens was not fit enough to be in the XI and thus Timothy Castagne started on the left flank. Berat Djimisiti was picked over Gianluca Mancini in the back. Continue reading


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Why Choose Physical Therapy as Your Knee Pain Treatment in Shallotte?
At the heart of the everyday activities you do are your knees. So when you start to feel pain in either one or both of your knees, this can be life-limiting.
But it needn't be for much longer.
Physical therapy is a fantastic way to build up strength in your knees and keep them mobile. This helps prevent your knee pain from getting worse and may potentially eliminate your need for surgery. It may also be used to complement your surgery – pre- and post-operation.
So why should you opt for this knee pain treatment in Shallotte?
The Benefits of Pre- and Post-Operative Knee Pain Treatment in Shallotte
You may have been referred for knee surgery already, but that doesn't mean physical therapy can't help you at all. In fact, quite the contrary.
With the unique exercises and techniques a physical therapist can carry out and show you, you could boost the success of your surgery no end. How?
Physical therapy helps build up strength and stability in your knees before your surgery, ensuring they're in optimum health so they heal quickly afterward. Plus, these specialists can also teach you rehabilitation exercises that help eradicate the risk of knee pain in the future as well.
Preventing Surgery with Physical Therapy
If surgery isn't on the cards yet and you want to keep it that way, visiting a physical therapist is the way forward. During your initial consultation, they'll look at your knee pain, carrying out a number of tests to find out what's causing it and why. This allows them to put together a fully tailored treatment program.
Your treatment may include exercises and modalities that eradicate your pain while increasing how mobile your knees are. And these exercises aren't reserved solely for your appointments – they're ones you can continue doing at home to further enhance the health of your knees.
- Balance exercise
- Hip-strengthening exercises
- Lower-extremity exercises
- Quad sets
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Your consultant will advise how frequently you should do these while assessing your progress each time you visit them. They may also complement this with massage therapy and other chiropractic techniques.
How long will your treatment program last for?
This depends on the type of injury you have and whether you require surgery. Sometimes, you can expect your recovery period to be around six weeks, with the number of visits you need depending on how severe your pain is.
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If the public were always taught the benefits of conservation and not just when California is in its third year of drought, now declared a state of emergency, perhaps we wouldn't find ourselves in such dire straights.
If the public were always taught the benefits of conservation and not just when California is in its third year of drought, now declared a state of emergency, perhaps we wouldn't find ourselves in such dire straights.
The Bay-Delta Strategic Workplan objective is to increase sustainable water supplies statewide by looking at: 1) increased recycled water use by 980,000 acre-feet by 2020, 2) reducing water use per capita by 20 percent statewide by 2020, and 3) more-efficient agricultural water use.
If there were a policy that required areas and agencies importing water supplies to recycle a percentage of their wastewater every year, if only for outdoor use, it would be a huge step in the right direction. Improvement costs would be passed along to ratepayers instead of unnecessarily inflating the already climbing costs coming to them from member agencies of MWD because of increased rates in conjunction with allocation of potable water.
An average of 75 percent of current residential (potable) water use goes toward outdoor purposes, mostly landscaping, of which many users are seeing associated penalty fees for exceeding their allocation.
Heather Glaser
Regarding your article in The Record ("Curing S.J. General," Oct. 10), I have to say that I'm not surprised that San Joaquin General is having financial problems.
I chose to have my second child there in 2007 and nearly had my third there in 2008, but I had such a hassle with the obstetric clinic that I vowed never to return. I often had to wait upward of two hours for a scheduled OB/GYN appointment, and I never saw the same doctor twice.
The other problem I had was with my health insurance. My family has Federal Employees Health Benefit coverage. At the time, we had coverage through Blue Cross of California and Blue Shield of California - two separate companies that do not share coverage. The hospital was in the Blue Cross network, but the physicians were not in the Blue Shield network - we would have been forced to pay thousands of dollars out of pocket if we had continued to pursue treatment at this hospital.
If the hospital wants to lure in private patients, it needs to get its act together. Better patient management in the outpatient clinics. Accept a wider range of insurance plans. I want to support a public hospital, but not if it makes my life so difficult that it's not worth the effort.
Amy Hussar
Can someone tell me why the Constitution of the United States has six pages. Pages one through four are the base text of the Constitution, page 5 is the letter of transmittal and page 6 is the Bill of Rights. There are 4,543 words in the Constitution and even with the modern version with amendments, the Constitution consists of about l5 pages.
Today the American people are looking at a 1,100 page health care bill that even lawyers are finding hard to read. Why could our Founding Fathers put together a concise, readable, understandable Constitution in six pages verses our current Congress and Senate leaders who, with all the latest technology, need to use 1,100 pages for our country's health care legislation?
It seems to me if the majority of the American people, government officials, most lawyers and numerous Congress and Senate leaders cannot read this confusing bill, why does this administration want to rush it through?
Answer: government power and powerless American people will not have the opportunity to understand what's really ahead of them with this health care bill. Maybe if we could at least knock it down to 300 pages, everyone could get a chance to read it, even our elected officials.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL Recaps — Drew's Memories Went Missing!
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GENERAL HOSPITAL's Sam and Jason — Their Most Romantic Moments
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GENERAL HOSPITAL's Lexi Ainsworth Moonlights as a Prostitute on MAJOR CRIMES!
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Laura Wright Was Thrilled When Michelle Stafford and Maura West Joined GENERAL HOSPITAL! (EXCLUSIVE)
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GENERAL HOSPITAL Spoilers 12/21/17 — Jake Breaks Jason's Heart!
Kimberly McCullough, Emme Rylan, and More Soap Stars Who Welcomed Babies in 2017 — See All the Beautiful Pics!
Actor John O'Hurley Recalls How He Got His Start in Soaps (EXCLUSIVE)
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Steve Burton Begs GENERAL HOSPITAL Fans to "Please Stop" Bashing His Castmates!
James Patrick Stuart and Michelle Stafford Tease "Crazy Stuff" Coming up on GENERAL HOSPITAL!
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ALL MY CHILDREN Star Susan Lucci Celebrates the Birth of Her Grandson!
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Kirsten Storms' Health — Why She's Left GENERAL HOSPITAL
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Playground:Stanhope Reserve
Address: near 1 Majestic Drive
Stanhope Gardens NSW 2768
This playground is set at Stanhope Reserve on Stanhope Parkway, Stanhope Gardens. You can find car parking on the end of Majestic Drive. There are two soft fall grounded play areas, unfenced, unsheltered. One play area has a big 4seats see saw, stand on spinner, 1 baby plus 2 senior swings, flying fox and a fort with sliding pole, slide and climbing frames. The another play area is set beside covered picnic area, there are springers and slide. There are more tables under cover and a covered BBQ. Sports courts and grassy spaces are there for more activities.
Also, you can walk on paths through the reserve, you will find a small lake and the pretty Caddies Creek for more experiences.
Superb place for an active day for all the family.
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Stanhope Parkway Park, Stanhope GardensThe playground is located on Stanhope Parkway in Stanhope Gardens. It is unfenced, unsheltered and suitable for toddlers. There is climbing play unit with slide, climbing net, various poles, stand on spinner, see saw, a baby and a senior swing, and other climbing element for older kids. You can find covered picnic table. There is a large grassy space where kids can burn energy, too.
near LOT 1100 Stanhope Parkway, Stanhope Gardens NSW 2768, Australia
Roxburgh CrescentRoxburgh Crescent playground is located on 2 Roxburgh Crescent, Stanhope Gardens, New South Wales. The playground has a fort, slide, swings, see-saw, rope bridge and spring rider all placed on soft fall. The playground is suitable for toddlers, pre and primary schoolers. There are benches all around the playground for parents to keep an eye on their children. There is a bicycle track near the playground and it's located in a residential area.
2 Roxburgh Crescent, Stanhope Gardens NSW 2768, Australia
Watford Drive ParkSun shaded playground with many toys - fire truck playhouse, slides, climbing nets, monkey bars. There are plenty of sitting areas, parking spaces are aside the street. There's a bike path near by and lots of green area for ball games. Please help make this article better for other parents by taking and uploading a handful of photos when you visit, thanks
opposite 11-13 Hilcot Street, Stanhope Gardens NSW 2768, Australia
Stanhope Gardens Shopping CentreA small fenced playground in front of a shopping centre with many cafes and places to eat.
near 2 Sentry Drive, Stanhope Shopping Village, Stanhope Gardens NSW 2768, Australia
Glenwood Lake Playground,Glenwood Park Dr.,NSWThe playground is located at Glenwood Lake on Glenwood Park Drive.It is big area with big grassy open field.Creek is near.Suitable for toddlers,has seats plenty of picnic table,bbq,basket ball court,bike path.Has 2play ground frames,swings,climbing equipment and more.Shady trees around.
near 205 Glenwood Park Dr, Glenwood NSW 2768, Australia
Ashtead Parade playground StanhopeThere is a cool playground at Portland Place Reserve on the corner of Portland Place and Ashtead Parade, Stanhope. Unfenced, unsheltered, shaded by some trees. There is a challenging rope net set, swings, springers and more. Benches at the side. Bike track around. The grassy area behind is good for ball games. Great place for some daily activities for the kids and relax for parents.
near 34 Ashtead Parade, Stanhope Gardens NSW 2768, Australia
Connor Greasby ParkA large sandy playground with toys mostly for younger children. There are a couple of sitting areas for parents, no shade though. Next to the playground are two basketball courts and oval. When it's open, toilets are available. Parking spaces (incl 3 for disabled) are behind basketball courts.
opposite 160 Perfection Avenue, Stanhope Gardens NSW 2768, Australia
Ionian Way PlaygroundA perfectly simetric playground with toys for all ages, inlcuding bike track all around. A big sun shade offers plenty of space for parents to sit and enjoy.
opposite 2-6 Ionian Way, Kellyville Ridge NSW 2155, Australia


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The first season for head coach Chan Gailey and Buddy Nix was a forgetable one in Buffalo. They took over a complete mess of a roster and ushered in a new era with a first round draft choice of RB C.J. Spiller. From that moment on, dark and difficult times awaited the Bills. Buffalo began the season 0-8. Draft bust Trent Edwards was released. Spiller's impact never came about, with the Bills finishing 4-12 and of their four wins not one was against a team with a winning record. But as bad as things were, it wasn't all 16 weeks of dark clouds and dreary days.
Ryan Fitzpatrick was a stabilizing figure at quarterback, throwing for 23 touchdowns and 3,000 yards. Steve Johnson emerged as 1,000-yard receiver and Kyle Williams established himself as the Bills' best defensive threat along the line. Now the question remains, how do the Bills take the next step? They largely still have a roster void of top caliber talent and they're still in a division with Tom Brady's New England Patriots and the Super Bowl threatening New York Jets.
So we know the Bills will use the draft and free agency (whenever it happens) to continue to improve. Let's take a look at what areas the Bills must address in order to make 2011 a success.
1. Defensive line. The run defense is brutal and that's keeping if PG out there since we are a family environment here. Buffalo was the league's worst-ranked run defense in 2010, allowing nearly 170 yards per game on the ground. Needless to say their transition from the 4-3 to the 3-4 defense experienced plenty of growing pains. Kyle Williams turned in a Pro Bowl season and he's bloomed into a tenacious threat on the defensive line. That's the good news. Bad news is the Bills essentially have nothing else around him in the form of production. Buffalo is hoping to see increased development from Torrell Troup and Alex Carrington. Still, the Bills must find players capable of stopping the run and getting to opposing quarterbacks.
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