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To determine the reason for the differences in blood d-βHB concentration, the KE and KS drinks were analyzed for enantiomeric purity. The KE contained >99% of the d-isoform, whereas ~50% of the KS βHB was the l-isoform (Figure (Figure1D).1D). Plasma samples from participants who consumed the high dose KS drink (n = 5) were analyzed to reveal higher l-βHB than d-βHB, the total βHB Cmax being 3.4 ± 0.2 mM (Figure (Figure1E),1E), with a total βHB AUC of 549 ± 19 mmol.min. After 4 h, plasma l-βHB remained elevated at 1.9 ± 0.2 mM; differences in urinary excretion of the two isoforms could not explain this observation as both d- and l-βHB were excreted in proportion to their blood AUCs (Figure (Figure1F).1F). Therefore, in order to determine the time required for l-βHB elimination, a follow-up experiment was undertaken in which subjects (n = 5) consumed 3.2 mmol.kg−1 of βHB as KE and KS with hourly blood and breath sample collection up to 4 h, plus additional samples at 8 h and 24 h post-drink. l-βHB was found to be 1.1 ± 0.1 mM at 4 h, and 0.7 ± 0.2 mM after 8 h, but undetectable after 24 h (Figure 1G). Low amounts of d-βHB (0.3 ± 0.1 mM) were present at 24 h, presumably due to endogenous production. Both ketone drinks significantly increased breath acetone concentration, but at a slower rate than blood d-βHB, reaching a peak after 3 h that was twice as high following the KE (87 ± 9 ppm) than the KS (44 ± 10 ppm), suggesting that d-βHB was readily converted to acetone, but l-βHB was not (p < 0.005, Figure Figure1H1H).
Intellectual property covering uses of dietary ketone and ketone ester supplementation is owned by BTG Ltd., the University of Oxford, the National Institute of Health and TΔS Ltd. Should royalties ever accrue from these patents, KC and PC, as inventors, will receive a share of the royalties under the terms prescribed by the University of Oxford. KC is a director of TΔS Ltd., a company spun out of the University of Oxford to develop and commercialize products based on the science of ketone bodies in human nutrition. At the time of data collection and manuscript preparation, BS was an employee of TΔS Ltd., funded by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. SH is an employee of NTT DOCOMO, Inc. (Japan). The other authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
First, let’s be clear: There’s no such thing as miracle metabolism boosters. No matter what you see in ads or hear in your running circles, there are no special supplements or super foods that can blast off unwanted pounds while you sleep. But you can and should take steps to keep your metabolism running at its hottest, because the same steps you take to stoke your calorie burn also improve your athletic performance and help keep you healthier for life.
She followed my advice and after 6 months was in much better health. Her liver function was now normal and she had lost 18 pounds in weight. She still had some days where her back ached but found that the inversion table provided excellent relief. Initially she had found that she really had to push herself beyond her limits as she did not feel energetic enough to exercise, but she pushed through and gradually improved week by week.
What if everything you ever learned about weight loss was wrong? What if losing weight has nothing to do with calories—counting them or cutting them out by sheer willpower? What if, in fact, most health professionals (including doctors and dietitians), our own government and especially the food industry are giving us weight loss advice guaranteed to make us fat?
All analyses were performed using SPSS version 15 (SPSS, Chicago, IL). Skewed data were log-transformed where appropriate. Treatment effects of the weight loss group relative to the weight maintenance group were analyzed using general linear modeling with adjustment for the dependent variable at baseline (i.e., end of study variable = baseline variable + treatment group + constant). Statistical significance was defined as P < 0.05.
Beans and whole grains such as brown rice, quinoa, and whole wheat have more fiber and don’t spike your blood sugar. They will lower cholesterol and make you feel full longer. Other carbs, like those found in white bread, white potatoes, white rice, and pastries, boost blood sugar levels more quickly so you feel hungry sooner, which can lead you to overeat.
In Study 2 a Student's unequal variance t-test with equal SD was used to compare urine βHB concentrations. Additionally, a linear mixed effects model was constructed to estimate partitions of variance in R, using the lme4 and blme packages (Chung et al., 2013; Bates et al., 2015). Feeding state and visit number were fixed effects in this model, and inter-participant variability was a random effect. Inter-participant variability was calculated according to the adjusted generalized R2 metric (as proposed by Nakagawa and Schielzeth, 2013), to partition variance between the fixed effects of feeding, inter-participant variability, and residual variability. The coefficient of variation for βHB Cmax and AUC were calculated using the method of Vangel (1996).
But why does fasting work where regular diets fail? Simply put, during fasting, the body switches from burning sugar to burning fat for energy. Free fatty acids (FFA) are oxidized for energy and FFA synthesis is reduced (body is burning fat and not making it). The decrease in triacylglycerol synthesis results in a decrease in VLDL (Very Low Density Lipoprotein) secretion from the liver which results in lowered LDL.
On the other hand, he says that resting metabolic rate tests can be helpful for a wide range of clients. "People have a hard time understanding their metabolism." He explains that providing some specific numbers can help to balance out the confusion and provide meaning. Additionally, research studies have also shown that calorie numbers provided by popular activity trackers may not be accurate.
This content is strictly the opinion of Dr. Josh Axe and is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice or to take the place of medical advice or treatment from a personal physician. All readers/viewers of this content are advised to consult their doctors or qualified health professionals regarding specific health questions. Neither Dr. Axe nor the publisher of this content takes responsibility for possible health consequences of any person or persons reading or following the information in this educational content. All viewers of this content, especially those taking prescription or over-the-counter medications, should consult their physicians before beginning any nutrition, supplement or lifestyle program.
The other potentially important distinction between nutritional ketosis and chemically-induced ketosis is the potential metabolic role played by liver AcAc production and redox status. Although the ratio of BOHB to AcAc in venous blood is typically 80% to 20%, classic studies by Cahill (1975) have observed important hepatic vein and peripheral arterio-venous gradients for this ratio in keto-adapted patients. What these observations imply is that the liver produces a higher proportion of AcAc than is found in the peripheral blood, and that this is due to uptake of AcAc in peripheral cells (principally muscle) with re-release as BOHB. In the process, the reduction of AcAc to BOHB produces NAD+, which is beneficial to mitochondrial redox state and mitochondrial function (Verdin 2015, Newman 2017).
That’s not all. Though Prüvit in particular has a legion of fans (the brand has nearly 35,000 Instagram followers and some 256,000 likes on Facebook) and a small team of affiliated medical experts, there’s no hard science on Prüvit or similar products. (Prevention reached out to several Prüvit experts and other employees for interviews but didn't receive a response. After publication, the company provided this statement: “The statements within this article have not approved by Prüvit Ventures, Inc. and the products discussed have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.”
If your doctor has advised you to lose weight, then it can help to know that even a little weight loss makes a big difference to your health. Losing just 10% of your body weight will help lower your cholesterol and triglyceride levels, your blood pressure, your risk of diabetes and your risk of some types of cancer. It also takes the stress off your joints, making it easier to move about.
Fortunately, the converse is also true. Research found that within three weeks, among 4,587 people who came to the Pritikin Longevity Center, LDL cholesterol fell on average 23%. Non-HDL dropped 24%.6 Children respond well, too. In one study,7 the LDL cholesterol levels of American kids plummeted 25% after two weeks at Pritikin. In another study,8 also following children at Pritikin, LDL fell 27%, and again, in two weeks. All these studies suggest that lifestyle is more important than genetics in determining cholesterol levels in most individuals.
When you start eating more fat and cut out all those senseless carbs (sugar, bread, and the like), you tend to stop experiencing the blood sugar swings that plague most people on the Standard American Diet. These fluctuations cause intense hunger that keeps you lurching from one carb-heavy meal to the next, never feeling satisfied—and never reaching the deep fat-burning state of ketosis. But that’s not big news to most of us.
For subjects completing the initial experiment (n = 15), the amount of d-βHB excreted in the urine increased with d-βHB intake, but was <1.5% of the total βHB ingested and was not different between matched doses of KE vs. KS (Figure (Figure1I).1I). There was no change in urine volume produced in different study conditions. Baseline urinary pH (5.7 ± 0.1) was unchanged by KE ingestion (pH 6.4 ± 0.2. p = 0.8 vs. baseline) but was significantly alkalinized by KS consumption (pH 8.5 ± 0.1. p < 0.001 vs. baseline) (Figure (Figure1J1J).
Ketosis works for weight loss in the short term, but that’s not why it’s so amazing. Short term weight loss is easy (I’ve lost at least 200 pounds of short term weight…because it always roared back on with a vengeance so I could lose it again!) When you look at keeping your weight off forever, ketosis provides a level of appetite suppression that is actually liberating. Ketosis helps you literally stop thinking about food all the time.
In the early 1600s, Santorio Sanctorius, an Italian doctor and “founding father of metabolic balance studies,” ran one of the first controlled experiments of human metabolism. He invented the “static weighing chair,” a device that allowed him to weigh himself before and after meals, sleep, toilet breaks, even sex. He noticed fluctuations in his bodyweight, and concluded these could be explained by “insensible perspiration.”

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Could a yearly flu vaccine help prevent Alzheimer’s disease?
According to a new study… the answer is, yes.
Researchers analyzed data from nearly 936,000 patients age 65 and older who received a flu vaccine and an equal number of individuals who did not. They found that, over a four-year period, those who had at least one flu shot were 40 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than those who were unvaccinated.
Mitigating the damage that influenza can cause in the brain
“It might be that by preventing the infection or reducing the severity of infection, we’re mitigating the damage that influenza can cause in the brain – especially in those 65 and older,” said the study’s lead author Dr. Avram Bukhbinder. “An interesting piece of this puzzle is that it’s not just the influenza vaccine that seems to have this protective effect on Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Other vaccines that adults typically receive – like tetanus, diphtheria, pneumococcus and shingles also are associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s. However, it’s not quite as strong as the link we found in this study.”
During four-year follow-up appointments, Bukhbinder’s team found that about 5.1% of flu-vaccinated patients developed Alzheimer’s disease. Among the non-vaccinated, that number was 8.5%.
“What we think might be happening is the influenza vaccine might be changing the immune system such that its response to Alzheimer’s proteins makes them not as damaging to our brain,” he said. “I think this is another compelling reason to get vaccinated against influenza. It’s not a guarantee that it’s going to stop you from getting Alzheimer’s, but it really seems it’s adding to the compelling nature of the vaccine.”
Beyond Alzheimer’s and other dementias, experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDD) say flu vaccine may also lower the risk for developing some cardiac issues – especially for people with heart disease. It’s also been associated with reduced hospitalizations that arise from complications related to diabetes and chronic lung disease.
The CDC recommends that most people six months and older get a flu vaccine every season. This year, health officials are urging older adults to opt for a high-dose version of the shot to boost protection.
For more information about the flu vaccine, talk to you doctor or visit CDC.gov.

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Letters to the Editor
Don’t forget to register, vote
To the Journal editor:
Did you know that nearly one in four Americans is not registered to vote? Voter registration is the key to engaging all Americans in the political process.
While national elections get the media attention, local elections in many ways have a more direct impact on people’s lives. The result of local elections can affect the quality of our roads, our parks, the schools our children attend, police and fire protection, local taxes and more.
On Nov. 7 throughout Marquette County, important elections are happening including the Marquette City Commission, Board of Light and Power, and the Negaunee City Council and Board of Review.
The city of Negaunee and many of the townships also have important millage proposals. Most of the county will have the opportunity to select their representative for the 109th Michigan House District.
Every year many Americans don’t claim their right to vote because they miss a deadline, move, change names, or don’t know how to register in the first place. With over a quarter of Americans not voting at all this is a reminder that in order to exercise one of our most basic rights, you need to be registered to vote.
To register, you must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years of age by election day and a resident of Michigan and the city or township where you are applying to register to vote. The last day to register to vote for the Nov. 7 election is Monday.
You can register to vote for federal, state, and local elections by mail or in person at your county, city or township clerk’s office, or by visiting any of the Secretary of State branch offices located throughout the state. Absentee voting is available if you are disabled, 60 years of age or older or expecting to be out of town on election day. To learn more and to see if you are registered visit www.michigan.gov/vote.
Before you vote check out the League of Women Voters www.vote411.org site to learn about the proposals and the candidates’ views and positions. Then exercise your right to vote by going to your assigned polling place on election day and voting! The polls are open from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Remember, if you don’t vote, someone else will.
Don’t be complacent. Participate!
Darlene T. Allen
League of Women Voters of Delta County
Marquette County Unit

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Mario Lopez has joined the cast of Grease: Live.
The 42-year-old television host and actor will play Vince Fontaine in Fox's forthcoming live TV production. Don Billet originated the role in the 1971 musical Grease, while Edd Byrnes played the radio announcer in the 1978 movie adaptation.
"You ready to dance, kids? Looking forward to playing Vince Fontaine in FOX's @GreaseLive this January! #GreaseLive," Lopez wrote Thursday on Twitter.
"I'm excited to be a part of such an iconic musical as Grease and to join a talented and cool cast," he added in a statement. "Just based on the music alone, I'm sure this is going to be the best live musical yet."
Julianne Hough and Aaron Tveit will lead the cast as Sandy Olsson and Danny Zuko, respectively, with Vanessa Hudgens as Betty Rizzo, Keke Palmer as Marty Maraschino, Carlos PenaVega as Kenickie and Carly Rae Jepsen as Frenchy.
Grease: Live will air in 2016. Lopez came to fame as A.J. Slater on NBC sitcom Saved By the Bell, and has since hosted or served as a judge on Dancing with the Stars, America's Best Dance Crew, The X Factor and Extra.

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a katy trail adventure … part 1
My husband and I just spent 5 days traversing the the state of Missouri on our Xtracycles, from west to east on the Katy Trail – the country’s longest Rails-to-Trails project and the longest (and skinniest) state park in the country. The Katy is also part of Adventure Cycling’s Lewis & Clark route within MO, part of the trans-national American Discovery Trail, and is one of the first trails to be listed in the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s Hall of Fame. Its honors are well-deserved; it is a remarkable trail.
The Katy is not only a wonderful cycling trail, but also a fascinating historical journey that traces a fair portion of the first weeks of Lewis & Clark’s voyage up the Missouri River, as well as chronicling the history of the railroad towns that once flourished along the MKT (Missouri-Kansas-Texas) Railroad, often called the KT, or Katy. The trail also serves as a beautiful witness to the state’s agricultural heritage.
I initially wanted to condense things into a single post – which proved a little difficult (I need an editor). For anyone who might be interested in visiting the Katy, and who may be looking for another view of cycling the trail, I decided to offer up a little more and split our account into two posts and a photo gallery. In this post, I will include an overview, and a description of the physical trail. In the second post I will touch on things like lodging/camping along the trail, food and water, sights and side trips, and my own impressions of our bike adventure. The gallery will contain a few of my favorite photos.
We basically rode end-to-end, starting in the small town of Clinton on the west end of the state (SE of Kansas City) to St. Charles (a susburb of St. Louis) in the east. We did not ride the recently added 12-mile eastern extension to Machens out of St. Charles, as our last day was long and we did not have enough time. We left our car in St. Charles, and took a roughly four-hour shuttle ride to Clinton on the afternoon before we began cycling.
Over five days, we rode a total distance of 261 miles (420 km); 225 miles (362 km) was on the trail itself; the remainder was riding in and out of small (and large) towns along the way.
As you know by now, I am not a stats-keeper when it comes to cycling. I don’t keep a trip computer on my bike, but my husband did have one on his bike – and thanks to him I can share at least a few of the numbers that some people may be interested in (and which are the sum of both on- and off-trail riding):
- Day 1: Clinton to Sedalia – 42 miles
- Day 2: Sedalia to Rocheport – 55 miles
- Day 3: Rocheport to Jefferson City – 41 miles
- Day 4: Jefferson City to Hermann – 54 miles
- Day 5: Hermann to St. Charles – 69 miles
As for speed while on the bikes, we were fairly slow (as usual), stopping often for scenery, conversation with other cyclists, photos, and history lessons. Cycling on even the best crushed gravel trail is slower going than rolling on pavement. While riding we ranged between 8 and 11 mph with our bikes loaded pretty generously (I think roughly 25-30 lbs each). We carried clothing (street and cycling) and personal items, rain gear, tool kit, bug spray and sunscreen, a small first aid kit, camera gear, snacks, water – and a couple of “luxury” items that included books, my journaling stuff, an ENO hammock and two small backpacking seats.
We opted to “inn hop” rather than camp, staying at small inns and B&B’s in towns along the trail – which we enjoyed immensely. More on lodging and camping along the trail in more detail in the next post.
One of the best things about the Katy Trail is it’s friendliness to all levels of cyclists. Due to (or despite?) the flat terrain, you can make your ride as easy or as challenging as you’d like it to be. You can break things up into portions, ride the entire trail from end to end, or out and back – in as few or as many days as you want to spend, adjusting your daily mileage and speed to your desire and ability.
Small children can enjoy the ride as much as the most hard-core distance and speed-seekers. We met a young couple riding end-to-end with their 2-year old daughter in a bike seat, taking 9 days to cover the distance, allowing plent of break and playtime along the way. We also met two guys from nearby NC who were taking four days to ride a little less than end-to-end, but including a spur trail trip up to Columbia. We met a pair of cross-country cyclists traveling from Maine to California for a cause (FoodCycleUS), and they were using the Katy to connect with the next leg of their 4500-mile journey. Near bigger towns, we saw both fast and slower-moving fitness riders on a variety of bikes out for a few hours of workout time.
The terrain is basically flat to very gently rolling, with the western end of the trail having the widest range of elevation change – which isn’t much. Cycling west to east as we did, I believe there is roughly 19 miles (?) of very gradual uphill; easy cycling, but you will eventually realize you were, in fact, pedaling uphill.
Also on the west end between Sedalia and Pilot Grove, there are some very gentle “rollers” – if you can even call them that (?). I would describe them as gentle and extended undulations; still easy cycling, but you will be pedaling all the way – both uphill and down.
While your legs may not feel overly challenged along the way, you will be pedaling continually and will know you have ridden some miles at the end of the day. After fifty miles or so you may feel more discomfort in other body parts – from seat to hands to the annoying spot from the nosepiece of your sunglasses. It’s the strange result of long periods in a static position and cadence, where you tend to feel little things.
There is really no “coasting” on the trail; even along the most hard-packed portions, the surface still provides enough rolling resistance to slow any coasting momentum to a standstill within several yards. Your best chance to actually climb a hill or coast will he heading into an off-trail town on pavement.
While long stretches of the trail can be well-protected from both sun and wind by nice tree cover on both sides, there are lovely portions of wide-open spaces that wind through wheat, corn and soybean fields. In these places, the wind can either be in your favor or against you – adding a little variety to your ride.
The trail and it’s surface are incredibly well-maintained – by far the best conditions we’ve experienced (comparing to VA’s Creeper Trail and New River Trail). The MO State Parks people do an exceptional job maintaining the trail and trailheads. The surface is hard-packed crushed limestone, and was remarkably rut-, divot- and pot-hole free, as well as debris-free (no downed tree limbs, etc.).
You will, however, have to contend with significant amounts of fine, powdery white dust. Even with fenders it ends up covering and sifting into everything. It was in our water bottles, in our hair, coating our shins, and seeping into bag openings – and, of course, coating our bikes. It took my Pelican dry box to protect my camera gear from rain; it ended up being more useful in protecting against dust.
We experienced only one stretch of soft trail conditions near the high point outside of Windsor. Basically it was fine and loose, much like riding through patches of sand, sucking the momentum out from beneath your wheels. Fortunately it was limited to only a mile or two.
One of the most surprising things to us was how few people we encountered most days. On the first day, we rode 20 miles before seeing another person. There was so little trail traffic that we were able to ride abreast most of the time. We knew that autumn is peak time on the trail, but we still expected to see more traffic.
Tomorrow, I will try and post second and last part of our Katy Trail experience … until then, happy pedaling!

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The first mainline station to connect London with another city has been radically transformed during its more than 180-year history:
The original Euston station opened in 1837 but was completely rebuilt in conjunction with the electrification of the West Coast Mainline in the 1960s, representing a new era in British railway history.
Parliament authorised the London & Birmingham Railway to build its line between the two cities in May 1833. The engineers of the line, father and son George Stephenson and Robert Stephenson, had always planned their London terminus for Euston Square, but objections from landowners forced them to relocate it to Chalk Farm to get the bill passed.
With permission secured, George Stephenson stepped back from the project and Robert (pictured right) took charge as chief engineer. By 1835 he had authorisation to build his terminus at Euston Square as originally planned, and a simple train shed was built with two platforms, one for arrivals and one for departures with tracks between to store carriages.
This was shortly accompanied by a grand ‘Doric Arch’ gateway, designed by architect Philip Hardwick as an impressive entrance to the terminus site.
Euston station, named after the Norfolk family seat of the Duke of Grafton, opened on 20 July 1837 along with the line as far as Boxmoor in Hertfordshire. The first inter-city journey from London to Birmingham was made by the directors of the Company on 17 September 1838.
Expansion and a new headquarters
By the early 1840s Euston was getting overcrowded as lines from the Midlands and the North East made use of the station as their entrance to London.
In 1846 the station began its first major expansion, and after the formation of the London & North Western Railway in the same year, the building work included the headquarters for the new company, which also formed the entrance to the station. Known as the Great Hall, it was situated between the Doric Arch and the station platforms.
By the 1870s, passenger and parcel traffic had once more outgrown the capacity of the station; two new platforms, additional service roads and an additional entrance were created. By the 1890s, the terminus had been enlarged once more, with four more platforms created, bringing the total to 15; 14 for passengers and 1 for parcels.
There was no further expansion to the station after the 1890s, although during the 1930s the London Midland & Scottish Railway had drawn up plans for its redevelopment. After the Second World War and the formation of British Railways, plans for an overhaul of the terminus were revisited.
By the 1950s, steam locomotives were being phased out, and British Railways’ London Midland Region took the decision to completely rebuild Euston as part of the electrification of the main line between London and the North West of England. A bold new station would reflect a new, modern railway era.
Phase one of the Euston redevelopment concentrated on the movement of passenger and parcel trains. The restrictions of the original site layout meant that the redevelopment had to make use of the land occupied by the Great Hall and the Doric Arch, which were demolished in 1962.
A total of 18 platforms were built; 15 for passengers, 3 for parcels. The development also included the construction of two track bays, a parcels deck, signal box, staff buildings and workshops using a combination of building work on site and precast units. Building work started in 1962 and was completed in 1966 with the newly electrified main line.
Phase two focused on the passenger station. A spacious, open concourse over two levels provided new access to London Underground services, shops, restaurants and a new travel centre - the first ‘one stop shop’ concept where passengers could buy tickets, book sleeper and ferry services and hotel accommodation in one place.
The station design specifically separated the movement of passengers and road traffic; vehicles circulated in the taxi, short stay and multi-storey car park facilities underneath the main concourse building.
The only elements of the old station that were kept were the LNWR war memorial in Euston Square, the two lodges on Euston Road and the statue of Robert Stephenson by Carlo Marochetti which was re-erected in the station plaza.

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“Let’s never come here again because it would never be as much fun”. – Lost in Translation, 2003.
She looks out of the taxi window, neon lights blinding, foreign characters blurred against the inky blue-black Hong Kong skies. Immersed in faded fluorescent pink, red and peach and the city unravels before her eyes, the 70’s fun and glamour still visible through the everyday grind, emblazoned across both the night sky and her own skin.
Sweet and exotic air, stars on the pavement, windows flung wide open, the glimpse of a temple with wind chime breeze through the leaves and branches shimmering with the heat haze.
Effortless and in control, but never blending in. Intoxicating and alluring, she writes her own story.


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I found this path thanks to another poster here who tipped me off to the fact that the problem might be being caused by a Firefox extension. Also, I am not sure if these two viruses are related but Mackeeper also starting popping up all the time around the same time this started to happen. I was ready to go get the fire ax and WHAM WHAM WHAM, if you know what I mean! How The Browser Redirect Virus Works You’ll know if you have the browser virus. news
It found the following Registry Key infected : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\ForceClassicControlPanel (Hijack.ControlPanelStyle) -> Value: ForceClassicControlPanel -> Quarantined and deleted successfully. Such toolbars are usually bundled with certain free programs that you normally download and install. Depending on your browser, remove the extensions and reset the browser settings to completely remove the unwanted toolbars and search engines. I did a scan with Kaspersky TDSSKILLER, but they found nothing. http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f100/directed-to-random-websites-off-search-engines-393019.html
Browser Redirect Virus Android
PlankyInternet 0 solutions 1 answers Posted 5/19/11, 10:41 AM Helpful Reply Try this (it worked): in the address-bar type in "about:config" - this will result in a special warning page - Same results, redirections. This thing was driving me crazy for three days now.Angie Nov 24, 2014 12:27 PM Helpful (2) Reply options Link to this post by achaker, achaker Nov 24, 2014 12:28 PM If you find any suspicious extension in the list, click the Remove button next to the extension to remove it.
you are having the exact same problem as I am, don't even bother with those antivirus programs because the will not detect it! You should try dumping all of them and just stick to one anti virus and malware/spyware program. Cancel Subscribe to feed Question details Product Firefox System Details Windows Vista Firefox 3.6.3 More system details Additional System Details Installed Plug-ins -Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45 22.214.171.124 RealPlayer(tm) LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In Kaspersky Tdsskiller Disable all of them.
Not even worth your time spent downloading them. How To Stop Being Redirected To Another Website I have new laptop using Windows 10. Search results are modified and system files with the keyword being searched is displayed. Babylon.com V9.com Qvo6.com search.conduit.com istartsurf.com istart.webssearches.com Delta Search Windows computer Use MalwareBytes, an anti-malware program, to find unwanted programs the Chrome Cleanup Tool might not remove.
How To Block Redirects On Chrome
On the Apple menu bar, click Safari and then do the following: Select Preferences: On the Extensions tab, look for any suspicious plug-ins. If unwanted programs still change your settings, follow the steps below to reset them. Browser Redirect Virus Android Oh, and another thing: when it takes you to the bad website, you can't click on the back button to get back to wherever it was you were. Google Redirect Virus Removal Tool So it's not directly hijacking the browser per sey but redirecting the links if you pay attention to the address bar you will see the page you want is found and
You can however also use the free and safe AdwareMedic. (Don't forget to read the Alert at the top of that page.) Posted on Nov 24, 2014 12:53 AM View answer navigate to this website Tips to protect your browser in the future Only download from sites you trust Sometimes you download a program you want, but the program also contains bad software. The authors offer key advice on: .Changing privacy settings .Purging unwanted personal content .Recognizing the risks and pitfalls of online identities .Utilizing social networking to your advantage .Protecting your kids online Go to 'tools', 'options', then click on the top right of the options window (the name of the window is listed on the top 'blue' bar across the top), the next-to-last How To Stop Redirects On Android
I "disabled" Xulrunner 1.9.1 and the redirecting went away. When you’re done, at the bottom, right-click Trash. Throughout the casebook, great attention is paid to the constitutional and practical relationship of trademark law with other areas of intellectual property law. More about the author If someone else comes up with this problem, I’d suggest searching the registry for “cfg.js” and/or “overlay.rdf”.
It even happened when I went to click open an email - a new tab opened with this awful thing in it. When I Click On A Website It Redirects Me Somewhere Else so maybe its google who's having the pages appear and all the links are listed correctly but all have the redirection pages tied to them through the title link and may Cyberbullies are taking advantage of those who reveal themselves as vulnerable on grieving or eating disorder sites.
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After ordering a particularly tasty granola bar at Starbucks last week I decided that I could probably recreate something similar at home for less money and fewer calories. Finding that I still have some leftover brown rice syrup from that batch of Glo Bars I made I knew that was the way to go.
I give you my own personal Sticky Fruit & Seed Granola Bars.
- 1.5 cups whole oats
- 1/4 cup chopped dried apricots
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup sultana raisins
- 1/4 cup chopped and toasted almonds
- 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1/4 cup hulled hemp seeds
- big sprinkle cinnamon
- 1/2 cup brown rice syrup
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp real vanilla extract
- huge squirt honey (maybe 3 tbsp?)
- Mix all dry ingredients together (toast almonds in dry pan if necessary) in big bowl.
- Heat syrup, butter, and vanilla in non-stick pot over med-high heat. Bring to boil, stirring frequently, reduce to simmer for a few minutes. Don’t let it burn!
- Pour hot syrup mixture over dry mixture. Add huge squirt of honey. Stir until all combined.
- Spread into a sprayed and lined 8x8 cake pan. Press down using sprayed wax paper (this is sticky stuff!!) until firm. Cover with sprayed wax paper and put in freezer to set.
- Watch 30 minutes of Big Brother, then remove from freezer. Use the pan liner to lift whole piece from pan. Cut into 16 pieces.
- Enjoy!! Keep refrigerated. Ooey, gooey, sticky, crumbly goodness. :)

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MEDFORD – After scoring five goals last week - including two game-winning goals and two game-tying goals – senior Gigi Tutoni of the Tufts University has been selected as the Longstreth / National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Offensive Player of the Week.
On Monday, Tutoni was selected as the New England Small College Athletic Conference Player of the Week for her role in helping the Jumbos win three conference contests. Ranked third in the NFHCA DIII poll, head coach Tina Mattera's Jumbos are now 5-0 in the conference and 8-0 overall.
The Jumbos got the busy week started with an 8-0 win over Wesleyan on Tuesday. Tutoni scored two of the Jumbos' first three goals at 4:24 and 8:57 of the first half to help Tufts open up a 6-0 lead after 35 minutes of play. It was the third two-goal game of her career.
The fourth two-goal game of her career came on Saturday, when Tufts topped #16 Amherst 3-2 in overtime. With the Jumbos trailing 2-1, she tallied 15 minutes into the second half to tie the game at 2-2. Into overtime, Tutoni lifted Tufts to the win by scoring less than two minutes into the extra frame.
Closing the key conference week against Hamilton on Sunday, the Jumbos fell behind on an early Hamilton goal two minutes into play. That score held up until halftime. However, six minutes into the second half, Tutoni scored unassisted to tie the game at 1-1. The Jumbos would go on to win 2-1.
Tutoni leads the Jumbos and is tied for seventh in NESCAC with six goals. Three of them have been game-winners, including in a 2-1 win against Babson in a showdown between top 10 teams on September 11. She's active offensively as her 41 shots are third in the conference.
Tutoni is already the second Jumbo to earn a national Player of the Week honor. Senior Natalie Bettez of the women's cross country team earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Athlete of the Week on September 25.


- Democratic Alliance and Another v Public Protector of South Africa and Others (CCT 251/22; CCT 252/22 ;CCT 299/22 ;CCT 251/22 ;CCT 252/22; CCT 299/22)  ZACC 250.85 MB
1. The appeals by the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the President of the Republic of South Africa in CCT 251/22 and CCT 252/22 against the orders in paragraphs 187.5 and 187.6 of the Full Court’s judgment delivered on 9 September 2022 (Part B judgment) are upheld.
2. The conditional application for confirmation of the said orders of invalidity is dismissed.
3. The orders of the Full Court in paragraphs 187.5 and 187.6 of the Part B judgment are set aside and replaced with the following order:
“The prayers in paragraphs 3.2, 3.3 and 4 of the amended Notice of Motion to declare the decision to suspend the applicant issued on 9 June 2022 and the decision of the Section 194 Committee to commence the section 194 removal process to be irrational, unconstitutional and invalid and set aside in terms of section 172(1)(f) of the Constitution are dismissed.”
4. The appeals by the DA and the President in CCT 251/22 and CCT 252/22 against the costs order in paragraph 187.7 of the Part B judgment are dismissed.
5. The Public Protector’s conditional cross-appeals in CCT 251/22 and CCT 252/22 are dismissed.
6. The Public Protector’s application for leave to appeal in CCT 299/22 is dismissed.
7. In CCT 251/22 and CCT 252/22 there is no order as to costs.
8. In CCT 299/22 the Public Protector shall pay the costs in her personal capacity, such costs to include the costs of two counsel.


Kalashnikov Concern unveiled their latest PPK-20 submachine gun in 9x19 mm caliber, which is intended for elite counter-terrorist units operating in urban areas at the ‘Army-2020’ military expo in Moscow Region.
The new PPK-20 resembles the well-known German MP5 submachine gun, which is widely used by European and U.S. counter-terrorist units.
PPK-20 uses 9x19 mm pistol rounds and is fed from detachable 30 round magazines. Each PPK-20 submachine gun comes with two magazines that can be joined together with a special fastening device. It can also use all types of 9x19 mm ammo, ranging from armor-piercing to expansive or tracer rounds.
It weighs as much as three kilograms and is 46 centimeters long. The submachine gun received a 23 centimeter long barrel that gives enough ballistic trajectory to hit targets one hundred meters away.
The PPK-20 is “an AK-engined” gun, complete with Kalashnikov’s famous reliability and functionality. So its user doesn’t have to worry about dirt, sand, water or anything else that could possibly prevent it from firing.
The PPK-20 uses Kalashnikov’s blowback method of automatic operation, while it fires from a closed bolt. It also has a detachable silencer to disguise shot flashes, as well as suppress the sound of a shot.
This latest PPK-20 submachine gun is further development of a Russian Vityaz submachine gun that was adopted by the Russian military back in 2005.
The new gun has come a long way in improving the ergonomics, which had been a serious issue of its predecessor. Vityaz was a standard weapon for military structures and it was impossible to personalize it. One couldn’t install any optics or flashlights (unless you were willing to spend your own money and go to a gun shop for Picatinny Rails), one couldn’t adjust stock to one’s arms-size and comfortably work during an operation. So, Kalashnikov made numerous ergonomic adjustments in the latest PPK-20 to make it more comfortable to use.
According to the company, the engineers also made a number of internal modifications to improve precision and reliability.
By the end of 2020, the new PPK-20 will already be in hands of Russian forces operating within the country - the Interior Ministry, FSB units and by the Federal Protective Service.
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When Jeannie Entin was pregnant, she insisted that anyone who planned to visit her newborn baby first get a booster shot to ward off whooping cough.
Entin knew the mandate would cause some eye rolling. Already, family members suspected she was reading too many pregnancy and parenting books. Most adults, meanwhile, are notoriously lax when it comes to updating vaccinations.
But pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection that can turn serious in infants. When Entin explained that adults are the most common source of the illness, she found most people were happy to comply.
"I would rather regret people thinking I'm overprotective or even a little crazy than to regret not protecting my baby," said Entin, 35, of San Jose, Calif.
In an effort to protect newborns and increase adult immunization rates, some obstetricians and pediatricians are promoting the concept of "cocooning," or vaccinating anyone who comes into contact with the infant.
"It's still rather new but catching on," said Dr. Bill Schaffner, a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
Research suggests that newborn babies are most likely to catch whooping cough from someone in their own home. To reduce the risk, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that pregnant women receive a combination vaccine that contains tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, also known as Tdap, during every pregnancy.
In studies where researchers have been able to pinpoint a cause, mothers are responsible for 30 to 40 percent of the infections in babies. The rest of the time, other people can make the babies sick, including siblings, grandparents, caregivers and those well-meaning visitors.
Cocooning alone may not be enough to prevent the illness in infants. But it can help provide indirect protection until the baby can get his own vaccine at 2 months of age. And if a pregnant woman is also vaccinated, some of the protection will go across the placenta and provide some immediate coverage, Schaffner said.
But getting everyone on board can be a challenge.
"It's difficult to have to ask," said Leah Sarago, a strength and conditioning specialist based in Fort Worth, Texas, who recently had her second child.
She planned to ask family members who might be staying with her to get vaccinated — her parents and sister already had the booster — but stopped short of requesting that visiting friends get immunized.
"It's hard enough to get friends and family to use hand sanitizer before touching the baby," she said.
New mom Jill Manrique, of Evanston, Ill., had a home birth in February and asked everyone who was present during the delivery to get the Tdap and influenza vaccines. One family member didn't vaccinate her kids, leading to an awkward situation, she said. "I'm still pretty vigilant about it with visitors both adults and children," Manrique said.
Whooping cough starts with coldlike symptoms and sometimes a mild cough or fever. As it progresses, the traditional symptoms appear: fits of rapid coughs followed by a high-pitched "whoop," vomiting and exhaustion. Infants, instead of coughing, may have an interrupted breathing pattern, or apnea.
Before the vaccine became widely available in the 1940s, about 200,000 U.S. children came down with it each year, and 9,000 died. Today, 10,000 to 40,000 cases are reported each year, with 10 to 20 deaths, the CDC reports.
Adults are a major threat to infants, even if they have a mild case. Most pertussis is thought to be spread by coughing, but transmission probably can occur even without symptoms present, Schaffner said. Once a person has it, he can spread it to 12 to 15 others, according to the CDC. About half of the infants younger than 1 with pertussis are hospitalized.
Whooping cough is cyclic in nature and peaks every three to five years. The vaccine's protection appears to fade, so many older children vaccinated as youngsters lose immunity to the bacterium.
Many adults fail to get a booster, meanwhile, due to a lack of funding, awareness and education. Last year, the standards for adult vaccination practices were revised because the rates were abysmally low. In 2012, 14.2 percent of adults older than 19 received the Tdap booster in the previous seven years. For those living with an infant younger than 1, the rate was 25.9 percent, according to the CDC's National Health Interview Survey.
Ellie Forman, 31, said her OB-GYN strongly recommended she and her husband, Jeremy, get the vaccine. Forman then also asked her in-laws to get the booster, since they would be moving into her husband's parents' Glencoe, Ill., home to save money.
"We haven't checked with friends, but we've kept that to a minimum in general, anyway," said Forman, whose daughter, Brooke, was born in April. "It's another thing on the to-do list, but I didn't feel like I was putting a huge burden on people because it's easy to run out to a pharmacy, and it's not expensive," Forman said.
Entin and her husband, Ari, asked potential visitors to get a Tdap booster and a flu shot in the same email that contained ultrasound pictures of the fetus. "Then we enlisted help from the grandparents to convince and remind older family members," Entin said.
When friends and family emailed or called to set up a visit, Entin asked if they had their shot or if they — or anyone they lived with — had been sick in the past week. "I did trust them and didn't ask for proof (of the vaccine) though," she said. "People started reporting to me before my due date that they had gotten their flu and Tdap shots."
The Entins recognized the differing opinions on vaccines. Ultimately, however, the decision was easy. "Becoming a parent means you have to fiercely educate yourself and advocate for the well-being of your children," said Jeannie Entin. "It's OK to channel your inner Mama Tiger."
Always blame the doctor. "Say the doctor made the whole family get up to date on vaccines and suggested anyone holding the baby do the same," said Jeannie Entin, of San Jose, Calif. "Note when you get vaccinated that you'll be holding a baby, so you can get the right kind."
Insist on it while you are pregnant. The vaccine takes a few weeks to become effective. Plus, you'll have one less thing to worry about when the baby arrives.
Stay current. Once an adult gets Tdap, he should get a tetanus and diphtheria booster every 10 years from then on. "Even if 10 years have not elapsed, it's wise to get Tdap now because there is so much pertussis in the country," said Dr. Bill Schaffner.
Some people shouldn't get vaccines. Tell your doctor if you have any severe allergies or have ever had a life-threatening allergic reaction after a dose of any tetanus-, diphtheria- or pertussis-containing vaccine.

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Hello From Home
Hello TGF friends! It's Anita here sharing a card using one of the fabulous new digi sets.
These cute images are from the Hello from Home digital set. I printed the images, ran them through my cutting machine, and colored them with copics. I sponged distress oxide inks o a diecut stitched rectangle and then adhered the colored images with foam tape. I added a few heart embellishments to my card as well.
Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe!

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how do you keep up to date?
i posted regarding this matter on another site as well. well i didn't copy the entire topic, so it's technically not cross-posting i hope.
i have school and other things across my usual weekday so i tend to forget to check bakaupdates etc. i don't think i'm the only one that hates to not get the latest chapters asap.
my first question was, is there currently any automatic system that lets you know when a chapter is released?
i quickly made up this little page:
it's still pretty manual but it's better than browsing through my folders, then switching to firefox and running through bakaupdate's database.
i suppose i could use bakaupdate's RSS, but only shows me the latest releases, in a mixture of both the series i want and don't want to know about. if i wanted to check a release that's even a bit older, i have to do it manually.
i actually want to develop a program that sits in your taskbar. you can add/remove/edit manga(s) that you're reading. it would be like an itunes for manga? if new releases are out, it'll notify you.
my obstacle is a central server for the clients to connect to would be needed. i'm wondering if anyone's willing to help - in any way at all.
please tell me your opinions.
This post really belongs in feedbak, gringo.
eh, well. i thought i'd bring it up as a general discussion rather than 'we-should-add-this-feature-to-ST.com' topic.
feel free to move it though, mods.
That's not a bad idea. A database that compares the latest releases to what you have currently stored would make things very convenient. You might also want to put an extra column indicating whether the latest release has been downloaded or not, or auto scripting it's deletion from the mTracker catalogue. Just my opinion though
Good luck with finding a server
absolutely. I always find myself going back and forth to see if I have the most recent in the series im pursuing. A program like this would be immensely useful.
I'll let this stay here though instead of moving it. enjoyz. =D [it'll last longer here anyway...]
Sounds like a great idea. Though, personally, I don't read enough manga for this program to really be useful to me.
i read the manga itd be insanely useful like right under the New Series/Updated Series/Completed Series lines it had a small window that scrolled the series and chapters that were updated recently. thatd be uberawesome-useful
I'd like to die with the songs I love stuck in my head. I hope to make the most of these hollow bones we become.
I raise a toast to the the souls that sang all along. I've been gathering friends to just to make some sounds,
before the ship goes down, I've been making amends by making the rounds before the whole world ends
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i guess it would be no problem to start work on the client itself. but the database is one big issue.
would be miraculous if ST.com could host it. but i guess there's enough bandwidth being eaten as it already is. i might have to ask bakaupdates. even though i doubt they would allow an outsider but they already have a huge database, it would be a hassle to create anew.
i guess i'd have to see how that goes first


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Today I seeded...
Aside from my daily seeding in our nursery, today I direct seeded out in the field. I got all peas (2500 row feet), scallions, lettuce mix and spicy mix. We'll get bunching onions, beets, carrots, and some others in by next week. Wow, I think the season is under way!

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Bekämpfen Sie in Rio die Korruption und den Drogenschmuggel und beschützen Sie wichtige Zeugen. Die Gangstar-Reihe ist auch in ihrer dritten Auflage. The iPhone has arguably the best games of any mobile platform. Come check out our picks of the best iPhone games for every genre. Our "Quarterly Reports" provide a handy list of the 25 best games for each platform, both for the current year so far and for all time. There's a separate report for.
7 Cool New iPhone Games You Should Play in 2017 It turns out Death Road to Canada is aptly named. There's a reason everyone's talking about Trivia Crack. If anything, Reckless Racing 3 is even more oddball than its grandparent, with a decidedly surreal edge. It's not just a matter of overpowering your foes in head-to-head battle - instead, you must work together to take down enemy turrets, use minion creatures as living shields and generally make smart decisions in every phase of the game. As you travel through the world of Cubika, you'll need to rescue any prisoners needing your help and be wary roulette trick merkur traps and evildoers trying to stop you - you know, the standard stuff in fantasy games like. Each turn you'll travel from city to city, treat the sick and research cures, hoping that the random new infections don't strike in that worst possible place and snowball into multiple outbreaks spoiler:
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You slice by swiping your fingers across the falling fruit, and the game supports slashing with up to eight fingers at a time. But just because Horizon Chase has one foot in , that doesn't mean it's entirely retro. Geometry Wars drops your little ship into a grid and then begins loading the space with enemies. The one niggle is the map, which is checkpoint-based - it's a bit too easy to find yourself replaying a trio of levels again and again to get to a place further along in your journey where you can restart. But that's where the fun comes in. But it's a beautifully designed game throughout: Underpinning this swipe-based royal oddness are dozens of side missions designed to propel your lineage onwards.

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A day after declaring NRL players worried about the effects of head knocks should ‘go and play Oztag’, St George Illawarra prop James Graham suggested he would ‘probably’ be forced to turn to crime without rugby league.
Graham, 33, addressed the backlash over his stance on the concussion issue in his weekly appearance on Fox Sports’ NRL 360 on Tuesday night.
He reiterated the lengths he has personally gone to in order to learn more about the long-term impact of concussions in an effort to prove how seriously he takes the concussion issue.
But the big Englishman raised eyebrows again when he suggested he and other players could turn to a life of ‘crime’ if rugby league wasn’t an option.
“The nature of our sport is that head knocks are part of it,” he told NRL 360.
“What’s the alternative, do you take the sport away from me and guys like me?
“What are you left with? Take that away from me, where do I turn to?
“… It’s probably crime.”
Graham revealed he had a series of tests performed after listening to an episode of an MMA podcast which discussed a ‘chemical imbalance’ that occurs after head trauma.
Asked by fellow NRL 360 panelist and Wests Tigers veteran Benji Marshall if there was a specific incident that led him to get tested, the England international revealed: “There was a build-up of concussions throughout my career but the one that was probably the real catalyst … there was one against Brisbane in the finals last year.
“It really knocked me about and I was worried and having an internal debate about whether I was going to play in the next playoff game against South Sydney.
“But I spoke to some doctor friends of mine and concluded that I wanted to play and pursue that dream of winning a title.”


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The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is the second part of David Tennant's account of his debut in The Royal Shakespeare's Company as Touchstone in William Shakespeare's As You Like It in 1996.
In this extract David recalled the preparation for the role and the first day of rehearsals.
'To start with I re-read the play. It struck me how episodic it all is, how many different stories are going on at the same time and yet how little actually happens. It seemed different to any other Shakespeare play I had read with a pace and charm and quirkiness which I imagined would be hard to get the measure of.
The next morning I bought myself a copy of the Arden study notes on As You Like It (I liked the appropriateness of the publisher) as well as two more editions of the play and I began the slow process of finding a way into this character. It's not a huge part, just seven scenes of which three or four are little more than sketches which Shakespeare seems to use to puncture the action now and again with a breath of silliness. Unlike Feste in Twelfth Night or even the fool in King Lear, he does have his own bit of plot line in his relationship with Audrey, but quite what the nature of that is far from clear. Does he love and want to marry her or does he just want to get his leg over? He seems uncertain himself and changes his mind from scene to scene, even from line to line - but more of that later.
All too soon it was our first day of rehearsal and...the read-through. Always a terrifying experience when you speak your lines out loud in front of people for the first time, a read-through at the Royal Shakespeare Company is particularly scary, not only because you are at the home of 'world class classical theatre' (as all the brochures tell you) with all the history and influence of hundreds of great, definitive productions hanging in the air, but also because it's one of the few theatre companies in the country that can afford to employ the numbers of actors required to stage a full scale Shakespearean production, so the room is full of people! I sat in my place in the huge circle of chairs with palm sweating and heart racing. Everybody else in the room seemed to attack their parts with intelligence and ability. Niamh Cusack playing Rosalind was graceful and calm and the verse seemed to pour off her tongue: Rachel Joyce as Celia spoke the words like they were her own, not four hundred years old at all; Liam Cunningham gave Orlando a vigour and a believability (and I instantly understood why it shouldn't be my part). As my first cue approached I took a deep breath and hoped for the best. feeling very small and hopeless I just gabbled touchstone out as quickly as possible, fully expecting to be sacked at any moment and of course...nobody found any of it the least bit funny.'

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Reading for transformation instead of ammunition
This morning I was running behind a bit, and when it was time to sit down and work on the book, I still had not spent any time in the Word. So I put off writing for a moment, and I grabbed my Bible and settled into a comfortable chair. As I began to open the pages, I thought to myself, “Maybe I’ll find something that I can use in the book.”
Immediately an alarm bell went off in my head. I was falling into a trap that is very common for ministers. I was about to read the Bible for ammunition instead of transformation. Ouch!
It is a common problem for Pastors and other ministers. Our lives are so busy with ministry that if we are not careful, we can think our time in the Word studying for a message is good enough. Not so, my friend!
God does not need me to be clever or wise. He does not need me to have a vast Scriptural knowledge base. He does not need me to have a seminary degree from the finest institution. He needs me to be in a right relationship with himself. Period. End of story. This subtle trap is what leads to failure in ministry.
Instead, our time in the Word should be for our personal transformation. Reading the Word is the primary way the Holy Spirit speaks to us. The time I spend reading the Word is time for the Holy Spirit to reveal to me areas of my life that need to change. It is the time that he encourages and strengthens me. I look forward to that time in the Word because I am aware of the presence of God with me as I read his Word. It is not something I discipline myself to do, it is something I do because I love him. I read because I am in relationship with him. I spend that time together because I am aware of his transforming work in my life. Then, when the Holy Spirit is at work in my life, I am empowered to do whatever ministry he may lead me to do.
The relationship always comes first. Then, out of that love relationship, God can use you and I any way he sees fit.
When this reminder to read for transformation instead of ammunition came to mind, I actually put my Bible down to write this note while it was fresh on my mind. So if you will excuse me, I need to get back to the real work of ministry today – reading the Word for transformation instead of ammunition. I’m excited to see what he has planned!


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The global climate negotiating sessions in Madrid come to a close this week, and producer advocates remain gratified that delegates to the talks have demonstrated a growing acceptance of the agricultural sector’s role in addressing the climate crisis.
As SfL steering committee member Ray Gaesser pointed out during his remarks at an agriculture panel held at a conference side event Saturday, up until recent years, agriculture was usually cited as a problem contributing to climate change, rarely as a potential path forward to mitigate impacts. But the conversation among global negotiators is changing and is now focused on the solutions the sector can bring to meet the challenge.
A sea-change of sorts occurred in 2017 with a vote at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) among delegates at the global negotiating session in Bonn, designated as Conference of Parties (COP) 23. There, delegates moved forward with the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA), a landmark policy decision that formally acknowledged the critically important role agricultural landscapes can play in sustaining productivity, enhancing climate resilience, and contributing to the local and global goals for sustainability.
The KJWA works through two conference subsidiary bodies (one for scientific and technological advice and the other to address implementation), which take into consideration the vulnerabilities of agriculture to climate change and approaches to addressing food security.
Subsequent workshops and expert meetings are being staged by the UNFCCC to address issues related to soil, livestock, and nutrient and water management, as well as the food security and socio-economic impacts of climate change across the agricultural sectors. The North America Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance (NACSAA), a farmer-led platform launched by SfL in 2015 to promote adaptation and sustainable farm and forestry production, has submitted a series of recommendations to global negotiators over the past two years, the most recent addressing nutrient use and manure management.
That SfL/NACSAA representatives and other farm and forestry interests have become major contributors to these global efforts reflects a growing recognition within domestic and international policy circles of the need – as declared in the guiding principles espoused by NACSAA as critical to the success of the KJWA efforts – for farmers to be placed at the center of all discussions and decision-making.
Domestically, it has taken some time for many in the U.S. agriculture sector to fully recognize the depth of the climate challenge and, subsequently, step up to assert leadership in efforts to deal with it. However, that hesitancy to lead is fast fading, as evidenced by a Dec. 9 account in Politico. The politics- and policy-focused news outlet details an under-the-radar meeting in rural Maryland last June that drew together some of the leading voices in U.S. agriculture. Included among them were USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue, former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, along with leaders of politically powerful farm interest groups such as the American Farm Bureau Federation, commodity groups, major food companies, green groups and anti-hunger advocacy organizations.
SfL Co-Chair AG Kawamura, a former Secretary of the California Department of Food & Agriculture, was among those invited to the gathering – which most participants would have acknowledged to be highly unlikely only a year ago due to the political divide that the topic of climate change has driven through the U.S. ag sector.
Hosted by SfL partner and NACSAA member, the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, the June meeting gives evidence of the realization within the ag community, which this year experienced historic rains and flooding, widespread wildfires and other catastrophic weather episodes across the nation, that something more must be done, and that the sector has much to offer in combating the growing threats. According to the Politico account, among the proposals which drew a consensus at the meeting was the suggestion to pay growers to engage in practices that can retain carbon in the soil, such as planting cover crops, reducing tillage, leaving crop residues on the land, and managing grazing.
Adequate compensation for ecosystem services is among the many proposals that SfL and NACSAA have called for in their climate-related work, which the article acknowledges, citing our projects in North Carolina, Missouri, Ohio, Florida and Iowa. We encourage other leaders in the sector to take an active part in this movement by joining NACSAA, offering enabling policy suggestions to the House Special Committee on the Climate Crisis, or by promoting climate smart agriculture by developing knowledge-sharing and capacity-building programs. Active participation in the development of policy will assure the best results for the solutions that agriculture can offer and the compensation those in the sector can receive.

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EL CAJON, Calif. -
The El Cajon City Council Tuesday approved a ban on synthetic drugs, and authorities promised to go after stores that sell them.
"I get kids coming in here all the time buying candy and soda pop," said Ryan Miller, owner of B's Keg Beer in El Cajon. "If something like that is around, I just wouldn't want my son to be around anything like that."
At El Cajon City Hall Tuesday, by unanimous vote, synthetic drugs were declared a public nuisance. Stores caught selling synthetic drugs -- such as bath salts and spice -- will soon face a fine of $2,500.
"If they do end up selling it and get caught selling it, they can be fined through the city and their business licenses can be revoked," said Lt. Mark Coit with the El Cajon Police Department.
Since synthetic drugs became illegal by both federal and state law, some manufacturers have tried to alter their ingredients to get around the laws.
"By their very nature, the compounds and chemicals can be altered," said Coit. "By altering them, you may get different chemicals, but the same effects."
Some of the effects can be deadly, authorities said. Other dangers include seizures, psychosis, hallucinations and cardiac arrest.
Still, its use has been growing.
According to El Cajon police, from January to February 2011, there were more than 250 calls to poison centers across the U.S. with concerns about synthetic drugs. That's more than the total number of calls made in the year 2010, with 236 calls nationwide.
While Miller told 10News he has not, nor ever will, sell synthetic drugs, he believes the fines will send a strong message to other business owners.


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For the second time since starting this blog, the intended topic was thrown out with the wonderful email from Aguja of Agujas blog informing us that we’d been nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award. What an honor! We’ve been having fun with our blog meandering all over the place with topics and to have a fellow blogger appreciate us is quite special. We have to admit that we had not heard about this award before and feel remiss in not being proactive in nominating people. I’ve taken the VBA Rules directly from her blog post.
According to the VBA Rules, here are the next steps:
- Add the award to your blog
- Thank the blogger who gave it to you
- Mention 7 random things about yourself
- List the rules
- Pass on the award to 15 bloggers
- Inform the 15 bloggers by commenting on their blogs
3. Mention 7 Random things about yourself
- Q was in a three girl, folk-singing group in high school, called the Tradewinds. They sang in various locations around San Diego County. They had the name BEFORE the group who became famous as the Tradewinds. 😎
- We LOVE to read mysteries. It started with Nancy Drew and the Secret Garden.
- Curls loves to make her own pickles out of a wide-variety of produce. Q loves her peach butter the best.
- Q is nuts about inventing off-the-wall grilled cheese sandwiches. For example, she’ll use Curls peach butter, slices of apple and cheese.
- Both of us have to pick up interesting looking rocks in our adventures. This last trip together, we came home with rocks we picked up in Idaho.
- We both have the same laugh. It is a crazy laugh and when we hear each other, we laugh harder. Curl’s son Russ can perfectly mimic us.
- We are genealogists and published a one name newsletter for 4 years.
5.These are the bloggers we’ve nominated:
- A little Bit of This and That
- Judith Brodnicki Design
- i dye every day
- The Blue Brick
- Weekend Knitter
- el pullover azul
- Miss Vicious Knits
- All She Wants To Do Is…
- WoolyWarm’s Farm
- Allison Green – updated link
- Domestic Diva, M.D
- Dagens gratis-beskrivning
- twenty or so
- A Lot On Your Plate
All completed! Of course, Sweaty Knitter would have been on the list, but by the time we got to her we saw that Aguja beat us to it. 😎 Would also nominate Aguja!


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Alberto-Culver Co. shareholders and company management reached agreement to require a more competitive bidding process in a proposed $3.7 billion acquisition by Unilever, according to a news release from plaintiffs' attorneys Grant & Eisenhofer and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann.
A lawsuit by a group of investors — including the $1.5 billion Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, Oklahoma City, and the $62 million Laborers Local 235 Benefits Fund, Elmsford, N.Y. — claimed that the process leading up to Unilever's proposed takeover of the beauty products company was “severely flawed, and not in any way designed to elicit the most economically favorable transaction for Alberto-Culver's shareholders,” according to a Bloomberg report.
The agreement requires Alberto-Culver to eliminate the matching rights it had granted to Unilever, lower any breakup fee the company may be obliged to pay to $100 million from $125 million, and provide any superior bidder with the same confidential documents that had been shared with Unilever, according to the news release.
“The lawsuit, filed in Delaware Chancery Court, alleged that Alberto-Culver had negotiated only with Unilever and had neither sought out other bids nor had canvassed the market to determine that the proposed transaction was the best deal available for shareholders,” the news release states. “Moreover, shareholders asserted that the Unilever transaction was sufficiently locked up at the time of its announcement that other potential bidders were effectively precluded from proposing a superior offer for the beauty company.”
Stuart Grant, managing director of Grant & Eisenhofer, said in a telephone interview that the agreement levels the playing field for potential bidders.
“Right now we have no confidence that they've gotten the better bid,” Mr. Grant said.
An Alberto-Culver spokesman could not be reached for comment.


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* Copper smelter shutdown and China output underpin prices
* Dollar falls against growth-linked currencies after Beijing reforms
* Jiangxi Copper and Freeport agree on higher treatment charges
By Susan Thomas
LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Copper dipped near three-month lows on Monday as expectations of a growing surplus of the metal and a lack of immediate measures to boost commodities demand in China’s reform package offset a softer dollar.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down at $6,988.75 a tonne from $7,010 at Friday’s close. It fell to a three-month low of $6,940 on Thursday and was the week’s worst performer in the base metals complex.
Beijing unwrapped its boldest set of economic and social reforms in nearly three decades on Friday, relaxing its one-child policy and freeing up markets further to put the world’s No. 2 economy on a more stable footing. The reforms may take years, however.
“We knew that the reforms would be positive, but I tend to think the markets wanted more concrete ideas. They didn’t get them, therefore markets sold off,” said Jonathan Barratt, chief executive of commodity research firm Barratt’s Bulletin.
The dollar and yen fell on Monday against growth-linked currencies that drew support from higher stock markets as investors cheered prospects of more economic reform in China.
A weaker U.S. currency makes it less expensive for foreign investors to buy dollar-priced commodities, thus supporting prices.
But for copper, expectations of rising mine supply weighed on prices, with the metal unable to draw support also from expectations of continued economic stimulus from the U.S. Federal Reserve.
The supply situation was hammered home with China’s Jiangxi Copper and Freeport McMoRan agreeing to treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) of $92 a tonne and 9.2 cents per pound for copper concentrate shipments in 2014, up 31 percent from this year.
Miners pay TC/RCs to smelters to convert concentrate into refined metal, with charges deducted from the sale price. The charges typically rise when supply increases.
Analysts polled by Reuters expect the copper market to post a surplus of 182,000 tonnes this year, up from a previous forecast of 153,000 tonnes, before ballooning to 328,000 tonnes in 2014.
Hedge funds and money managers turned copper into a net short for the week ended Nov. 12, a report by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed.
Adding some support to copper prices was a shutdown of Glencore Xstrata’s PASAR copper smelter and refinery in the Philippines, after it sustained structural damage during Typhoon Haiyan, and questions over China’s production, Standard Bank said in a note.
China’s refined copper output may have been inflated by more than 15 percent this year, smelter sources said.
“Rather than the start of a capitulation, we believe that prices are at worst settling into a new sideways trading range, with the risk in our view still lying to the upside as we head towards year-end,” Standard Bank added.
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“Sharing similar characteristics to Rujak Gula, what separates Rujak Kuah Pindangfrom its sugary counterpart is the sauce in which it is doused in.“
As Bali gets increasingly inundated with modern chic restaurants and fancy fine-dining joints, one small warung has stuck to its guns to bring you a timely reminder of the wondrous beauty of simple-yet-delicious traditional local food. Having been serving its brand of Rujak (Indonesian fruit salad) and Tipat Cantok (rice cake and rice vermicelli in peanut sauce) since 1992, Warung Bu Putu is one classic eatery that will take your taste buds on a pleasurable adventure.
Located on Jalan Blambangan in a row of old shops right next to Bedbunkers Hostel, Warung Bu Putu only features one long wooden table at the front end of the place – showcasing its credentials as a proper warung. This is also justified by its lack of a parking area. When I went there, my hired driver had to drop me off in front of the shop before he went further down the road to park the car.
After placing my order from Bu Putu at the counter, I sat myself down when a number of customers began to come in and ordered the Rujak to go. There are four types of Rujak on offer here: Rujak Gula (fruit salad with sugar), Rujak Cuka (fruit salad with vinegar),Rujak Kacang (fruit salad with peanut sauce) and Rujak Kuah Pindang (Balinese fruit salad). As I was in Bali, I opted for the latter, along with a serving of Tipat Cantok.
Sharing similar characteristics to Rujak Gula, what separates Rujak Kuah Pindang from its sugary counterpart is the sauce in which it is doused in, which is a mixture of vinegar, sugar, and chilli – exactly the same ingredients used for the papaya-based dish Gohu that originates from my hometown of Manado in North Sulawesi. Zesty and refreshing, it’s the perfect solution to counter the hot weather in Bali. The Tipat Cantok comprises ketupat(steamed rice cake), bihun (rice vermicelli), fried tofu, boiled egg, and bean sprouts. Drenched in peanut sauce, it’s almost identical to Ketoprak, with the only difference being the density of its peanut sauce.
Jl. Blambangan No. 5
Open daily from 8am-10pm
Rp.15,000/US$1.10 per person


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The former director of the science program for Texas' public schools asked a federal appeals court Monday to revive a lawsuit over her firing for forwarding an e-mail about a forum opposed to teaching creationism.
The agency that runs Texas public schools argued that Christina Castillo Comer's e-mail broke its policy of neutrality toward any potentially controversial issue, including creationism. A lawyer for Comer says the agency has an unwritten, unconstitutional policy of treating creationism as science.
A three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments Monday in Comer's lawsuit against Robert Scott, commissioner of the Texas Education Agency.
A federal judge in Austin, Texas, dismissed her claims in March 2009. Comer is appealing that decision. The 5th Circuit panel didn't indicate when it will rule.
Comer says she was told to quit or be fired in 2007 after forwarding an e-mail about a presentation by a Southeastern Louisiana University philosophy professor viewed as opposed to teaching creationism in schools. Her only comment on the forwarded e-mail was "FYI."
The agency says Comer violated her employer's "neutrality" policy by airing her personal opposition to creationism.
Douglas Mishkin, a lawyer for Comer, said the agency's neutrality policy violates the First Amendment's establishment clause because it endorses a religious belief.
"It takes something that's not science and treats it as if it is," he said.
Judge Fortunato Benavides pressed Mishkin to explain how the agency violated the establishment clause.
"I can see a free speech claim," the judge said. "This looks like to me a First Amendment claim in the robe of an establishment claim."
James Ho, Texas' solicitor general, said Comer doesn't dispute that her e-mail violated the agency's neutrality policy.
"This is a policy of employee neutrality, and neutrality is the touchstone of the establishment clause," Ho said. "It's certainly not a violation of it."
The agency says Comer was fired for "repeated subordination." Besides violating the neutrality policy, she allegedly attended meetings and presentations without agency approval and disclosed details of the school board's deliberations to non-board members.
"What makes this case unique is that there is a pattern of misconduct," Ho said.
Comer's lawyers say no other agency employee has been warned, reprimanded or fired for failing to remain neutral on an issue before the board. Mishkin said the neutrality policy requires teachers to "pull your punch" if students ask about the relationship between creationism and evolution.
"They said, 'You must do your job with one hand tied behind your back,'" he said.
Creationism is the belief that the Earth and its creatures were created by a deity. It's an alternative to the origin of life explanation taught in public schools under the theory of evolution, which puts forth that all living organisms descended from a common ancestral gene pool.


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Who carries the responsibility of teaching us how to communicate effectively and display emotional intelligence? Is there a responsibility to teach it, or do some people naturally acquire this skill? As healthcare workers, we are considered courageous, brave, and able to connect easily with people. But I have a vague memory of studying a communication paper I read early in my nursing degree. This vagueness is not a reflection on the paper itself but more on the lack of importance I placed on the subject at the time.
My view of emergency nursing as a junior some fifteen years ago was that I was very task-focused. Sending people home and getting through my jobs as quickly as possible seemed of utmost importance. To-do lists completed and everything up to date. All the boxes ticked. I wanted to be a nurse that worked hard and was a team player. I wanted to be on the ball, catching patients before they deteriorated. I wanted to be on the go, reactive and fast.
Now, through a more veteran lens, I see things a little differently. Those tasks are still important (mostly). But now I feel that other things have a higher priority. Is this person distressed? Do they need emotional support? Is there a challenging conversation that no one is brave enough to have? Who is parenting these parents? Who are their supporters? When did these parents last eat?
When there are stories of aggression, I wonder, “Have we communicated their patient journey effectively? Who has sat with them and explored this anger so they feel heard?” The advice of the late Dr Richard Aickin is often in my ears, “Spend a little time now to save a lot of time later.” You cannot reach the place of courage to have these difficult conversations without first being vulnerable.
There is a correlation between emotional intelligence and the safety of practice. Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive your emotions and those of others. Emotional intelligence in healthcare workers gives patients a more satisfying experience and improves their care. Daniel Goleman’s emotional intelligence theory describes the domains of emotional intelligence as self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills.
Being courageous enough to notice is contagious. Although at times it may involve heartbreak and failure, it is important to continue to try even when you cannot control the outcome. To feel is to be vulnerable. It may feel easier to “armour up” but we are human. To feel is to be human. Never underestimate the power of sitting in the rubble with someone and asking them what is going on. Active listening is a powerful diffuser. Being curious, non-judgmental, and genuinely wanting to hear their story can guide a conversation in directions you never imagined. You can never assume why someone has or has not done something. By remaining curious it shows that it is okay to be vulnerable, giving over to uncertainty.
Incivility significantly decreases performance. For effective learning conversations to occur, they need to be partnered with learner well-being in an environment safe for interpersonal risk-taking. This means exploring new ways of talking or acting are not ridiculed. It creates that feeling of safety such that any mistakes will be explored together rather than being responded to with punishment. It takes emotional intelligence to create this feeling of psychological safety.
Individuals cannot fix the healthcare system. We work in challenging circumstances. But what if, on each shift, we all do one small thing for one person? Noticing that a parent has not eaten all day, asking caregivers and patients if they are okay, checking in with your colleagues after a resuscitation and advocating for a debrief. This is not ground-breaking work. But it may be to that person at that moment. Do not underestimate the power of simple things. One simple act may give the receiver the strength to care for others. Or it might provide some small comfort in the knowledge that their suffering has been seen. Knowing what psychological safety means and attempting to infuse this throughout our clinical practice can have a profound impact. Empathy is connecting an experience to the emotion underneath. Are you willing to start small and try it? Do not be too hard on yourself. The journey begins with self-awareness. The learning never ends. We all have days where we do not get it right. Everyone has a shadow self that presents itself now and then. The key is to acknowledge it, apologise if necessary, and grow. Do not be afraid if you have had tough life experiences. Where the cracks of life happen is where the light comes in. Those who know pain have much to give others experiencing something similar in moments of despair.
Allow your experiences to rise and fall as you walk alongside patients in the healthcare system. You can make a difference.
The biggest take-home skills:
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Brene, B. Rising Strong. United Kingdom, Vermilion, 2015.
Cheetham, L.JE, Christopher T. Incivility and the clinical learner. Future Healthcare Journal 2020 Vol 7, No 2: 109–11. DOI: 10.7861/fhj.2020-0008
Issa MR, Muslim NA, Alzoubi RH, Jarrar M, Alkahtani MA, Al-Bsheish M, Alumran A, Alomran AK. The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Pain Management Awareness among Nurses. Healthcare. 2022; 10(6):1047. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10061047
Rudolph JW, Simon R, Dufresne RL, Raemer DB. There is no such thing as “nonjudgmental” debriefing: a theory and method for debriefing with good judgment. Simul Healthc. 2006 Spring;1(1):49-55. doi: 10.1097/01266021-200600110-00006. PMID: 19088574.

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Were keeping XOXO rustic, but with Tiny Rebel flare. Using a traditional Kveik yeast strain which originates in the Norwegian farms of old.
But don’t let you think this is any farmhouse table beer. Bright flavors of citrus, grapefruit, and passionfruit are contrasted by dank pine. A real complex blonde IPA.
Eye: Extra Pale & Hazy
Nose: Grapefruit, Strawberry, Passion Fruit, Citrus
Taste: Dank, Pine, Passion Fruit, Citrus


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Ash as usually referred in Bollywood, is one of the most successful film actress of Indian Cinema. She was titled as the most beautiful woman of the World, and came to the limelight when she won the Miss World pageant in 1994.
Ash holds a property of net worth Rs 188 crore till 2013, which has been generated not only from her acting career but also the endorsements she appears in. She has worked in as many as 40 movies in three major Indian regional languages- Hindi, Tamil and Bengali, apart from a couple of English movies.
She married actor Abhishek Bachchan (son of legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan) in a private yet extravagant marriage on 20 April 2007. The couple now has a daughter out of the wedlock, called named Aaradhya.
She even starred in Hollywood productions like: The Pink Panther, Bride and Prejudice, and Mistress of Spices. Some of Aishwarya’s finest performances were in films like: Guru, Devdas, Taal, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Dhoom and Jodha Akbar.


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