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Monday, November 14, 2005
Bigotry and confusion in NRI-land
I don't usually need to look much further than my uncle and his social circle of rabid right-wingers. During my visit last year I was amused to see the dismayed response of this group to the news that a Congress-led government was coming to power in the home country. Some of us had gone for dinner to an Italian restaurant around the time it seemed certain Sonia Gandhi would become prime minister. There, my uncle clowned about with the unfortunate waiters. "You must be very happy-o," he sing-songed, "now that an Italian-o is becoming prime minister-o of India-o?" The waiters grinned uncomprehendingly. It might have been possible to dismiss the whole thing as a joke (albeit a sad one) if it weren't for the genuine angst in the conversation that followed, about this terrible thing the Indian voters had done in ejecting the BJP. "A foreigner becoming prime minister," they shuddered. "What has gone wrong with the country we loved and left?"
And then, after dinner, this same bunch came back home and sat about until past 2 discussing a fund collection to help canvass for a gentleman (I forget his name) who was in the running to become London's first mayor of Indian origin. Now while I appreciate that the role and responsibility of a PM is very different in scale from that of a mayor, there was a definite parallel here, and it was interesting that no one noticed the schism between what they were saying and what they were doing.
It's difficult to understand how people like these – citizens of the world, people who have lived and worked in another country for years – can be so small-minded. Sure, they've probably all taken hard knocks, especially in the early years of their life here – faced racism, discrimination, loneliness. But on balance their adopted country has been very good to them – good enough for them to want to stay on for decades. One would think it would be easier for such people to look beyond the narrow domestic walls that Tagore lamented. Unfortunately, they seem more shut in than the rest of us.
When you're bored of being parochial about your country, you can always turn to race or community instead. On the same trip, I was in a car with another uncle when he made an inadvertent wrong turn, causing a black driver to make angry questioning gestures as he passed us. For the next 10 minutes I was treated to a fuming dissection of the "negroid race". "The trouble with these people is, they have small brains which can only accommodate a limited number of thoughts," uncle said, speaking with all the force and authority of the 1864 edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "They're not civilised, like us."
Last week, during my just-concluded visit, it was a time of much Gujarati-baiting by the Punjabis. To cut a long story short, earlier this year when my very-eligible cousin announced that he wanted to marry his girlfriend of many years, a girl from a Gujarati (and vegetarian) family well out of my uncle's social circle, it caused more than a flutter. After weeks of emotional blackmail, threats and tears, the elders finally reconciled themselves to the fact that there was no stopping the young couple. To be fair, the wedding was a nicely organised affair with much bonhomie from both sides, especially when there were cameras in shooting distance. But within the groom's father's clique of friends and relatives, the "Gujju" jokes still haven't stopped. I'd repeat some of them here, but everything else apart they aren't very good jokes.
Our aarti can beat up your shlokas
I've never seen a more comical instance of religion being used as a tool of one-upmanship than at one point during the wedding ceremony. After most of the rituals had been concluded, the MC (yes yes, there was an MC!) announced that a lady would now recite some Jain shlokas for the benefit of the girl's family. The recital lasted maybe a minute, during which time the guests on the bride's side maintained a respectful silence, hands joined and heads bowed. But this threw my dear uncle into a frenzy. "If they can have their bloody Jain chants, we'll have our Arya Samaj too!" he bawled, and next thing I knew after a quick conference between him and the MC, our entire side of the hall had risen as one and commenced singing "Om Jai Jagdish Hare" in robust Punjabi style.
It was loud and boorish, and it didn't sound like a prayer at all. It sounded like defiance. Above all, it sounded like a counter-attack.
Update (a part-response to some of the comments on this post): One of the things I didn't mention is how internally confused some of these people are, despite being such confident, swaggering types on the surface. While they do go on about Indian culture and traditions, when it suits them to they spend an almost equal amount of time extolling the "civilised" western way of doing things. For instance, one of them was lecturing someone else about how we must all be dressed in traditional Indian clothing for the main ceremony; but then, a mere 10 minutes later, he was holding forth on how the seating-arrangement system at formal functions in the UK was "the right way to do these things. Everyone has a fixed place with a name-tag. It isn't like bloody India where if you want to talk to someone else on your table you can casually get up and change your seat". Ha.
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Well said Jai!ReplyDelete
No logic seems to work in such cases.
Case in point: 'Liberal' mother saying "I will marry off my daughter to anybody but a muslim or a negro".
Quite shocking.ReplyDelete
On a different note, did you get to buy any CDs from the fabled HMV store?
Welcome back! And what a great way to start off! Looking forward to your bandhgala photos!ReplyDelete
Exactly, exactly, a lot of NRIs in the UK are exactly like that. Have had experiences like that with my own uncles, but in the US.ReplyDelete
Precisely because they aren't "citizens of the world" in any meaningful sort of way. The mere act of being transplanted to a foreign land would not make you revise your worldview, unless you engage with the altered socio-cultural space in an open and receptive manner.ReplyDelete
Also many NRIs (at least in the US) come from relatively privileged backgrounds (educated middle-class) and confining themselves to an exclusively Indian circle and maintaining status quo is one way of holding on to that sense of entitlement.
And before I forget, welcome back! I send the bandhgala photo motion, bring on the uploads!
I suspect there's a little more at play here than mere insularity. My theory is that the fact of having to interact with people from other parts of the world makes national 'culture' a more salient part of how people define themselves. This means that NRIs are more rigid about their identity (to the point of being bigoted) because they are hyper-conscious of deviations from tradition, which they see as attacks on their own self-image. This is narcissism of small differences - NRIs are more inflexible about their Indian-ness precisely because they use it to differentiate themselves from everyone else in ways that those who live in India can't and don't.ReplyDelete
P.S. Good to have you back.
- shoummo4:06 AM, November 15, 2005
all very true. my recent experience in this small mexican town with 10 Indian families is revealing. At the recent diwali celebration I did not perform arati when the diya was handed to me. I thought that to be a bit too much for a lefty bong like me. the diya continued on its round and was passed from hand to hand. Within a few days a senior member of the community enquired on my religion. On hearing that I do not practice any, he wanted to know whether I was a Brahmo. So thats the diaspora in latin america for youReplyDelete
I'm more worried about that girl being disowned by her parents. We all get to be model minorities outside but we get to keep our prejudices as well. And that's the way it is.ReplyDelete
well said.ReplyDelete
hope your uncle does not read your blog....or the next time u visit london check in at the youth hostel !!!!
there's so much going on with british NRIs that i could write a thesis about it (actually my friend is). but anyway. so on the one hand, our NRIs try to be 'whiter than the white folks'. and so the disgust for the 'negroid race' and the aping of the white middle class. on the other is the nostalgia for the home they've left behind and this creation of a mythical homeland. the india they remember is not the india they left behind. they're anachronisms wherever they go.ReplyDelete
this insularity is something these NRIs need to sustain themselves and their identities without which it is very difficult to survive in the alien land.ReplyDelete
btw, good to see a "political" post on this blog :)
jabberwock, what u have pointed out is precisely the cause of much problem in the world, particularly in the uk in relation to the bill some leader tabled few days back. it says that immigrants have to prove how british they are. maybe others can throw more light on it. on one hand, if u try to assimilate to the host culture, u might feel ur identity is being threatened, multiculturalism should be replaced by a single yardstick for all and such jingoism. on the other hand, u maintain ur own identity (of course more forcefully than u would in ur own country) at the risk of being labelled a bigot and narrow minded. maintaining the fine line between protecting one's identity while being tolerant of others' is indeed tough, more so for the minority in a foreign land. i am not condoning this behaviour, neither do i have any idea for any solution. what ho!! the world will go on as it always has.ReplyDelete
and yes, welcome back.
thalassa_mikra saysReplyDelete
"Precisely because they aren't "citizens of the world" in any meaningful sort of way."
To the point mate. I think most of the people actually got transplanted, not assimilated into different lands. It is not possible for transplanted generation to become "englishmen", but almost always the next generation is. I think that is good enough. Change aint too easy. Probably we will all understand that once we are in that age bracket :)
On the point about Sonia Gandhi and NRI Mayor. The difference is between someone from community and an individual who happened to got married into the right family.
PS: How many people were thinking of Goodness Gracious Me while reading this post?
To think about an Italian, who only applied for Indian citizenship on 1984 due to a contingency, becoming the PM of India is definitely not a liberal thought. The fact that such a scenario was going to be a reality should drive all Indians to think about a legislation, which prevents such emergencies to take place in the future.
I think most Indians would be fine with Italians, Chinese, Japanese, Arabs and the whole lot of them running for the office of the mayor, municipality, public utilities and other such offices, provided they have been residents of India for a substantial length of time.
But it is very crucial to understand that certain offices are sacrosanct. They are sacrosanct because India is a rising power and not a Sub-Saharan banana republic. To think about a lady who lived 22 years of her life as an Italian and took Indian citizenship after 16 years of residence in India, as the PM of India is definitely something of deep concern. Those who think otherwise are either imbecilic in their thinking or consider India as being no better than a bloody banana republic.Replies
"...because India is a rising power and not a Sub-Saharan banana republic" ... Ahhh! At least try to couch your bigotry... I'd hate to think what you think anyone of a darker hue than you.Delete
Fool on the Hill: DVDs. Will post a list soon.ReplyDelete
Rumman, Swati: I'll have to wait until someone mails me photos. Took hardly any with my own camera. These were enormous, busy functions with 600-odd people and not many opportunities to get pics taken apart from the official ones.
Will try to post a couple though, if they've turned out okay.
Arzan: yup, am taking a bit of a risk here. Some people from that side of the family do know about the blog, though they aren't too interested in it!
in my experience, i find much of the same sort of conversation in india as well. some pretty much identical conversation, in fact, from people in bombay who have never even left the country. also, i don't think it's fair to paint all NRIs with the same brush. i had a pretty dim opinion of them as well until i hung out with quite a few and found that they're pretty much the same as us here. their lives are the same, their conversations, their thoughts and ideas, their problems and their worries; it's all pretty much the same. just in a different place and different context. i ramble, but the point i'm trying to make is that NRIs aren't really a bad sort.ReplyDelete
So what's your point? The farther you go, the closer you hold on to your prejudices. Or something like that. There is no hope in this world. Everyone's pimping. Everyone's a whore. And the only salvation is in blogging. such are the cathartic joys of blogging. Umm...where were we. Ah yes, lovely blog.ReplyDelete
Very well said. No wonder (some)Indians don't get/deserve respect outside their country....ReplyDelete
very interesting... i've been in London for just over a year now and as most of our friends have been here for just a few years themselves it's nice to get an insight in to the minds of long term residents. (note to self - what not to become)ReplyDelete
This is an execlletn write up... I use to think that most people accept these things(it is just me being unusual)ReplyDelete
No wonder Indians are a separate species: homo hierarchicus.ReplyDelete
"i don't think it's fair to paint all NRIs with the same brush."
He isn't painting all NRIs with the same brush. He is just asking how well educated "citizens of the world" can be so bigoted; or how difficult it is for us to spot ironies in our own behaviors (case in point: "negroid race" and "seating arrangements").
- Anonymous12:46 AM, November 16, 2005
What can one say about all the so-called NRIs. Most of them belong to sudra caste or even Untouchables.ReplyDelete
The Gujarati Patels are all Sudra but make out they are higher caste. The English being stupid don't know that they have a lot of Gujarati country-bumbkins with no culture. Gujarati has produced no art or culture. They don't have a single writer worth his salt. They are nothing but parasites.
But you have to admit Gujarati is a Hindu fanatic giving money for burning and killing non-Hindus in India. They gave money from Kenya and London to bring down the Muslim mosque in Aryodhya.
NRIs are all low caste fools and bigots. The Punjabi Hindus are mostly low-caste too but will always claim to be Brahmin or Rajput. Sharmas are sudra but got themselves classed as Brahmin! They did this when some of them got to British Africa working as railway labourers for the Africans and English.
Reading this was like hearing someone say my inner thoughts out loud. Very eloquently put and a very well written article about a really important issue. I have been over this countless times beating my head against the wall just wishing people would just shut up about racial and cultural prejudices and irrational bias and learn to live a little and love a little more.ReplyDelete
Very nice read. Thank you!
stupidity has no boundaries i guess.ReplyDelete
nice post, jaiReplyDelete
Compliments first: Jai, I really enjoy reading your blog and get lots of "What? That's happened to someone else too?" moments when I do.ReplyDelete
On the bigotry of NRIs -- I think it is just the bigotry of Indians brought to the fore by actually having to interact with lots of different races and cultures. People in India think obnoxious things about Africans too, but they may not feel compelled to vent as freely since there's no black driver in the next lane.
Just to go by the papers in Delhi, we only see Africa(ns) through two prisms. One is the drug dealer - "Three Nigerians arrested with cocaine" is a headline every other day. The other is Africa as a monolithic backward place that exists to make us look good by comparison.
The other day I read an article on street children in India called something like "Africa at the traffic lights." I wonder if over there they read articles entitled "Calcutta at the traffic lights"?
Lunatrip: That's an interesting perspective about bigotry being generic to Indians - if true, it might well have to do with notions about how rich and superior our culture and tradition are, and the consequent close-mindedness towards others.ReplyDelete
BTW, I didn't mean to suggest that NRIs are the only Indians who have such beliefs. Living in India, one gets to see firsthand (even among members of one's own family) the revulsion for black people, the pejorative use of the word "habshi", even racist terms in newspapers when there's a story on the cocaine underground in Delhi etc - and much else in terms of religious and casteist discrimination. And I've always found it amusing the way people in this country go on so self-righteously about racism in white countries when they themselves treat browner people like cockroaches.
- Anonymous9:47 AM, July 19, 2006
I just saw this posting through a link on your home page. Dude, right on on all things except the PM-ship stuff.ReplyDelete
Come the heck on -- yes, it was legal, but when someone takes on citizenship for the sake of expediency, years and years and years after they qualified to be a citizen, what right do they have to the premier position? That aside, are there ANY qualifications, beyond having married into the family?? No, absolutely none (on that note, though, I'd have to admit that almost no other politician is qulified either). But my point here is there is NO extenuating circumstance that calls out that she deserves it.
The US and many other countries require the President to be born in the country to be able to be eligible. Do you think that even for a moment that they'd consider electing someone who was born somewhere else?? Forget the US, in almost any other country on earth, it would be unheard of. Let's not extend the term "liberal" to the acceptance of *everything*.
Finally, in hindsight, she's completely in charge any way. All upside, no downside. Sad that a man of Manmohan's quality is reduced to a dumb, nodding puppet.
- Anonymous4:22 PM, August 17, 2007
Excellent post Jai. Not sure what kinda people would want to spend their life being a "colour". Yeah that's what these NRI's leaving in the UK/US are classified as - BROWN. So if you're brown you'll all be treated the same & it doesn't matter if you went to some top notch college in your country and someother dude with no education whatsoever who got in thru one of his relatives. To the locals all brown people are the same. Next time some NRI brags about living abroad just show him place - which is nowhere.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9:01 AM, September 09, 2007
Good points, except for the Sonia Gandhi one. Why should she be allowed to become the PM when she didn't take the citizenship for so long? That doesn't show her love for India, and all she's doing right now is to make sure that the gaddi is there for her son. Nehru-Gandhi dynasty continues. I'm also wondering if you and others would be so "liberal" if Sonia Gandhi was black. I highly doubt it.ReplyDelete
"What has gone wrong with the country we loved and left?"ReplyDelete
I cracked up after reading this line :)
- samudra4:19 AM, February 27, 2009
now..now..that was a predictable rant dude. i wonder whether what you saw was more placed in the earlier generation, while the later NRI s do not necessarily come from the same stock. much like in india itself. you almost if not actually, fell into the us and them trap.ReplyDelete


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Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan. Whisk together in a bowl or pulse together in a food processor:
2 cups all purpose flour (or 1 cup all-purpose...
Let Them Eat Pie: An Instructional Series
As a seasoned baker, I can look back on the past ten years and say with great certainty that learning how to make a proper pie crust has been among my proudest moments in the kitchen. Many an attempt at pie-making has been thwarted by shrunken, greasy crusts. I have done my reading. I have practiced. I have been stoic and stalwart and persistent, and yet pie dough eluded me for so long that it is with a certain degree of pride that I can speak today of how a pie crust should be made. On that note, the first rule is to not beat yourself up if your pie crust doesn't turn out perfectly. I wish there was a silver bullet for pie dough, but really it's all about practice. The good news is that no one will mind eating your practice pies as you *ahem* strive for excellence.
Begin by preparing your ingredients. One of the tricks to perfect pie dough is cold ingredients. Make sure your butter is chilled. I like to cut my butter into small-ish chunks before adding them to the flour. If your kitchen is very warm, you may want to cut up the butter, then refrigerate it for 15 minutes afterward. It's astonishing how quickly butter can soften at warm room temperature, and you want that butter cold! Butter has a low melting point, somewhere between 90˚F and 95˚F. Note that this is lower than your body temperature. This means that the more you handle the dough or the butter, the more likely it is to soften or even melt. Once butter melts, it will never be the same. You can't bring it back.
Having said all this, there's no need to be paranoid. Don't let a rigid idea of what making pastry dough should be like prevent you from doing it. I make pie dough in the summer with room temperature flour and butter that has only been in the refrigerator, not the freezer. I get great results this way. But one easy way to up your game and help ensure success is to keep things nice and cold. If at any point during the process of making pie dough, the butter starts to feel greasy and you suspect things are warming up a smidge too much, throw the whole shebang into the fridge for 10 minutes. Have a nice drink of water, listen to your favorite power anthem, and breathe. Then proceed.
To cut butter chunks into flour, you can use a pastry blender or your fingers. Pastry blenders are cheap little devices that allow you to efficiently cut the butter into smaller and smaller pieces without touching it with your hands. I've often read that you can use two knives for this process, but that sounds like a good way to let your butter heat up too much because the process is taking too long. Using your hands is another perfectly viable method. In fact, it's one I've come to prefer because it allows me to really feel what's going on with the dough. When you "cut in" the butter with your fingers, what you're really doing is flattening the chunks of butter between your fingers. Flatten every chunk of butter, rubbing it into the flour. By the time you've done this, some of the butter pieces will be larger and some will be smaller and some will be tiny. This is good. You do not need the butter pieces to be uniform in size.
After cutting in the butter, add the ice water a few tablespoons at a time. For most single-crust pie dough recipes, 3 tablespoons of ice water just about does the trick. Double that amount for a double-crust pie dough. If the dough still seems too dry, add more ice water a teaspoon at a time. Dough can go from too dry to too wet really quickly, so it's best to be cautious with amounts. Some folks swear by using vodka in place of half the ice water or by adding some vinegar to the water. These things are fine to do, but I have found that they are really unnecessary. It's all about keeping the butter cold enough and how you handle the dough.
Stop adding water when the dough has just come together in a rough ball (many recipes refer to this stage as being "shaggy," and it is just that--there will be shaggy bits of dough that hang off the ball of dough). There should not be a bunch of dry flour left in the bowl. If there is, you should add a bit more water. The dough should be cohesive and not crumbly or cracking. At this point you want to get the dough from mixing bowl to refrigerator fairly quickly. Flatten the ball of dough (if making a double-crust pie, divide the dough in half before flattening it) to about 1 inch thickness, wrap it snugly in plastic wrap, and refrigerate it for at least 30 minutes, or up to a few days.
This initial rest allows the dough to hydrate and relax. Those shaggy bits in the dough? Those will disappear as the water you added works its way to every little grain of flour. You'll also have an easier time rolling out the dough if you let it rest because you're giving the gluten in the dough time to relax. Stella Parks at Serious Eats likes to roll out her pie dough immediately rather than letting it rest. She has great reasons for doing this, so you should check out her post too! I still favor letting my dough sit in the fridge for a little bit before rolling, mostly because I usually make my dough right before I make the filling for my pie, so that short rest gives me time to preheat the oven and make my filling without worrying about how warm my kitchen is. And 30 minutes to 1 hour isn't long enough to make the dough stiff. It's still nice and pliable after I take it out of the fridge.
Finally, don't forget that your freezer is your friend. Whenever I make a batch of dough, I double it and freeze the half I'm not using immediately. Wrap the dough in two layers of plastic wrap, then place it in a labeled plastic, zip-top freezer bag. The next time you're planning a dinner and don't know what to make for dessert, just take the dough out of the freezer to thaw overnight, and the battle is half-won.
Not that making pie is anything like battle. In fact, I like to think it's quite the opposite.
My Basic All-Butter Crust
Makes enough dough for one double-crust pie
This recipe is based on JOY's Deluxe Butter Pie Dough. The main difference is that I simply omit the shortening altogether. I find that using all butter yields the most flavorful crust, and if you treat the dough right, you won't lose any of the famed flakiness that shortening imparts.
Combine using a fork or a whisk in a medium bowl:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
Add and cut in, using a pastry blender or your fingers, until the butter chunks are flattened and the mixture looks mostly consistent:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, well-chilled and cut into cubes
Add by the tablespoon, stirring with a fork, until the dough comes together in a shaggy, but not dry or crumbly, mass:
About 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons ice water
Divide the dough in half, handling it as little as possible, and shape each half into a disc about 1 inch thick. Wrap each disc in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 30 minutes or up to 3 days. You can also freeze the dough for up to a month.
How much does this recipe
How much does this recipe yield? Should I double the recipe for 2 pies?
I normally do increase the
I normally do increase the recipe, because I have some old-fashioned fairly deep ceramic pans. I like the build the crust up on the sides by cutting strips, and putting two layers around the top, and then pressing my finger down, and pinching together the parts inbetween. This makes a pretty "home-made" pie crust. It can be used with single crust or double crust pies. If you have extra dough, and it's not enough for a few tart shells to freeze for later, you just do what my mother, Bessie Chapin, Mark Becker's mother-in-law did, and make little "snails" with a little butter, sugar and cinnamon for the grandchildren. Put them in a pie pan and bake them, and they are delicious! I ate many as a child, and always make a few now if I have little ones in the house.
Awesome! Thanks Sharon!
Awesome! Thanks Sharon!

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The 7-week congressman
Newly elected Rep. Dave Curson moved into his spacious, sun-drenched Capitol Hill office three weeks ago, eager to savor every minute of his congressional career.
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The Michigan Democrat just won his first congressional race, but in a twist of redistricting he's already a lame duck. He was elected to a mere seven-week stint, ending on Jan. 2, to finish out Republican former Rep. Thad McCotter's term.
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It's been a whirlwind for the 64-year-old union representative and father of three: He hired key staff, had sit-downs with Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, got a committee assignment (Science, Space and Technology) and delivered his first House floor speech (in favor of normalizing trade relations with Russia). He hasn't introduced a bill so far but is hunkering down with aides, studying the nuances of policy dilemmas and figuring out the ins-and-outs of congressional procedure.
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But McCotter — who had launched a quixotic bid for the Republican presidential nomination — suddenly resigned in July, triggering a special election. The once-a-decade redistricting process meant the district Taj was running to represent was different from the one that would remain for the rest of the 112th Congress. Democrats in the area decided that Taj should focus solely on that race and began hunting around for a candidate in the special election.
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His opponent was Republican Kerry Bentivolio, who actually defeated Taj in the general election but lost to Curson by about 7,500 votes in his bid to complete McCotter's term.
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But today's broadcast was breathtaking in its partisan political sermonising. Edwards, director of the Evangelical Alliance, was given the the slot to campaign against abortion:
"...the emerging evidence of scientists and respected journalists who lay before us clear indicators that foetuses can survive at an earlier age. It is evidence which is making the law obsolete. In this complicated life and death debate a woman's womb has become one of the most politicised places on the planet. But, had we known 40 years ago, that today 186,000 unborn would be terminated every year, would we have said yes? And would we have been prepared to live with our consciences in making[?] that decision in the light of these facts. Would we have signed up had we realised that in 40 years we would have destroyed the equivalent of London's population, and that, in the vast majority of cases, we had legislated to make abortion a choice of convenience rather than the safety of a woman's life. I doubt that parliament would have done it then, why should it continue to do it now?" [transcribed by pj]I don't want to prevent the evangelicals from having a voice in this debate, but is it really the purpose of the Thought for the Day slot to use the nation's main morning news and current affairs programme, broadcast to millions of people, as uncritical propaganda time for a religious group to intervene in an important contemporary political debate?
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According to the New York Post's Page Six, Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress had a difficult time breaking through the coverage last night.
IT'S hard out there for a professional athlete who gets no attention from the usually man-hungry ladies at Clifton, N.J., nightspot The Bliss Club. Sources say New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress insulted female patrons there and "left the club without paying his $2,000 tab."
It seemed that Burress was upset Wednesday night because "no women were paying any attention to him."
If Plaxico Burress can't get laid in New Jersey, then I just don't know what to make of this world anymore. And he's totally justified in walking out on that $2,000 tab. That's the "No Poon For Plaxico Tax" that every club in the NY/NJ area is subject to when Plaxico Burress can't pull any trim.
When a guy spends that much time around Eli Manning, maybe Eli starts to rub off.
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Super short putter course that is great for fun and fast rounds especially considering how small the park is. No great challenges except for possibly number 16 which demands a long and accurate. This is a cool little course that represents the early stages of course design. I believe this course has a distinction of being one of the oldest courses - something like the first 25 basketed course ever built.


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Membership in the Orioles Hall of Fame swelled to 44 yesterday with theinductions of bullpen coach Elrod Hendricks, former pitcher Mike Boddicker andformer general manager Hank Peters.
No one has logged more time in an Orioles uniform than Hendricks, who's inhis 33rd season as a player or coach in the organization. He's the firstperson still active in his position to be enshrined.
"All my rewards come from being in this uniform," Hendricks said. "This isa bonus and something I never expected. The rewards I've gotten from this gamefar outweigh what I've put into it. For me, this is icing on the cake."
Hendricks also was presented with a crystal trophy from the people of theVirgin Islands, where he was born and raised.
"It's people like Elrod who give baseball a good name," said manager MikeHargrove. "I've never seen Elrod not be accommodating to people. And I don'tmean that to the extent that it consumes him. I just mean he's alwayspleasant, he works extremely hard, he's very responsible, but he's also veryaccommodating to the fans and the people around him.
"Elrod, his baseball intelligence notwithstanding, is a tremendous asset tothis organization and has been for a number of years."
Boddicker went 79-73 with a 3.73 ERA from 1980 to 1988. Beginning the 1983season at Triple-A Rochester, he won 16 games for the Orioles and was namedMost Valuable Player of the 1983 American League Championship Series. The nextyear, he became the only Oriole to lead the league in wins (20) and ERA(2.79).
"When I think of Mike Boddicker, I think of nothing but good times," saidfirst base coach Eddie Murray, who introduced him.
"I kept asking myself, `Why should I be in the Orioles Hall of Fame?' Iwasn't anything special. Then I finally figured it out," Boddicker said beforerattling off names of former teammates.
Boddicker is the last Oriole to win 20 games. Those were the good times.Yesterday, he expressed appreciation for how the fans here stuck with himduring the bad, especially during the team's 0-21 start in 1988.
"I deserved to be booed. I booed myself on the way to the clubhouse. Butyou never booed me. Never," he said.
With Peters in the front office, the Orioles won the 1979 AL pennant and1983 World Series. He was general manager from November 1975 through the 1987season. During his first season, he engineered the 10-player trade with theNew York Yankees that brought three Orioles Hall of Famers - Scott McGregor,Rick Dempsey and Tippy Martinez - and sent Hendricks to the Bronx.
As Cleveland's GM, Peters gave Hargrove his first managerial job in 1991."He's probably regretted that decision ever since he did it," Hargrovequipped.
"Hank was always a calming influence. And at that time, with the Indians'history, they needed all the calming influence they could get. He was a verystable, steady influence, to the extent that when he did get upset, it madeyou feel bad. You'd think, `I need to do something to make him feel better.'You like working for people like that. I owe Hank Peters a lot.
"What I think is a shame is that, while Hank did a tremendous job inBaltimore, I don't know that he gets enough credit for the turnaround inCleveland because he had a huge hand in it - a huge hand."
Rest for Hairston
Jerry Hairston didn't start at second base yesterday for only the sixthtime in 130 games, with rookie Brian Roberts taking his place.
Hargrove was being cautious with Hairston, who felt a twinge in a groinmuscle after hitting into a double play Friday night.
"It gives him a chance to have two days off," Hargrove said, includingtoday's opening on the schedule. "I probably would have put Brian Robertsthere, anyway, to get him in the lineup. With Jerry tweaking his groin alittle bit, it made sense to do that."
The Orioles were left with only two healthy players on their bench -catcher Brook Fordyce (.219) and outfielder Brady Anderson (.197). David Seguiremains day-to-day with a sore left knee that was examined Friday.
Segui hasn't played since Thursday at Tampa Bay.
Mills battles himself
Looking at struggling reliever Alan Mills, Hargrove sees a pitcher whoneeds better location on his slider. He also sees someone who's beginning tolose confidence.
"Alan's just not throwing strikes," Hargrove said. "Alan's always had agood slider. He's been able to throw it for strikes when he wanted to. For acouple outings, he hasn't been able to do that. He's overcranking it, tryingto be too nasty, and it's causing him to get behind in the count."
Mills has allowed four homers in his past four appearances. The damage hasincluded three-run shots from Boston's Carl Everett, Tampa Bay's Chris Gomezand Toronto's Brad Fullmer. Manny Ramirez followed Everett's bomb with abases-empty homer.
Mills sat dejectedly at his locker before yesterday's game, keeping tohimself rather than exchanging in the usual banter with teammates andreporters.
"No matter how much time you have in the big leagues, there are times thateverybody starts doubting themselves," Hargrove said. "You've got to fightthrough that period and, when you do, you realize you're still awfully good atwhat you do, and you relax and let things happen for you.
"Right now, Alan looks like he's in one of those periods where he'sdoubting himself a little bit and maybe has some questions."
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Cal Ripken saved a run from scoring in the seventh inning and showed offsome range when he backhanded a ball hit down the line by Fullmer. Ripken'smomentum carried him into foul territory, where he rolled on his shoulder butkept Vernon Wells from advancing past third base. ... The Blue Jays called upWells from Triple-A Syracuse before the game and optioned pitcher Matt DeWitt.Wells, regarded as one of their top prospects, batted leadoff yesterday andwent 3-for-5 with a stolen base.


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What would Edgar Allan Poe be doing if he were alive today? Clawing at the inside of his coffin, desperate to get at the people who used and abused his ingenious, diabolical tales as the basis for the pile of cinematic bird poo that is "The Raven."
Like carrion feeders themselves, the filmmakers peck and gnash at Poe's stories to fill out a plot that sounds sort of cool in concept — a serial killer using the author's fiction as a blueprint for ghastly murders — but is featherheaded in execution.
John Cusack makes a terrible Poe, the somber role as one of literature's great tortured souls spotlighting his limitations as an actor (and perhaps consigning to premature burial the far better casting possibility of Robert Downey Jr. ever getting to play Poe, a part in which he's been interested for years; Hollywood's not likely to resurrect the author again as long as "The Raven" remains freshly fetid in people's minds).
With his little goatee and his black cape, Cusack vaguely looks the part, but he's a lightweight — voice too whiny, mannerisms too exaggerated, cadence too reedy to bring alive the movie's frequent passages of Poe's lyrical writing.
Other than some stylishly gothic visuals crafted by director James McTeigue ("V for Vendetta"), "The Raven" is an unimaginative mess whose superficial appropriations of Poe's devilish yarns are deeply unworthy of the author.
An introductory sequence establishes Cusack's Poe as a garden-variety drunk, scruffy, squabbling, egomaniacal and perpetually penniless. Yet his popular stories of the macabre and his darkly romantic poetry keep him in favor with the ladies of Baltimore society. Particularly, with beautiful heiress Emily Hamilton (Alice Eve), whom Poe hopes to marry, over the dead body of her disapproving dad (Brendan Gleeson, always good for some entertaining bluster, even in a perfunctory role here).
Screenwriters Hannah Shakespeare and Ben Livingston then pull a "Saw" on Poe, taking that modern torture-porn franchise's idea of savage gamesmanship by a serial killer and imposing it on poor Edgar.
Baltimore police detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans) enlists Poe to consult on a double homicide after recognizing it as a copycat of the author's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." Soon, they're faced with a pile of corpses dispatched in methods borrowed from "The Pit and the Pendulum," ''The Cask of Amontillado" and other Poe stories, the taunting killer forcing the author to play along to end the slaying spree.
"The Raven" reinforces how fiendishly clever Poe was. The premises of his stories still resonate as a source of our modern collective nightmares — and as an endless source for Hollywood to plagiarize in contemporary horror tales.
Yet Poe's stories also highlight how lame a reimagining McTeigue and his collaborators have come up with. Rather than taking Poe's ideas and running wild, the filmmakers wring nothing more than a few moments of gore from them. They add no suspense or scares to Poe's images, apply no originality to his plot devices.
When "The Raven" finally gets around to revealing its mastermind, the bad guy is like an after-thought, as if the filmmakers suddenly realized they needed to unmask the killer and cast the first mildly menacing actor who walked through the door. "The Raven" offers up one of the dullest mass murderers ever.
There are obvious comparisons between "The Raven" and Downey's "Sherlock Holmes" franchise, which gave a makeover to Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective. Poe's mysteries were a precursor to those of Conan Doyle, who perfected the genre.
It would be nice if Hollywood could return the favor, if some of the spirit of dumb fun of the new Holmes flicks might rub off on "The Raven."
But it's just a bore; quoth the raven, "Go see something else."
"The Raven," a Relativity Media release, is rated R for bloody violence and grisly images. Running time: 110 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.
Motion Picture Association of America rating definitions:
G — General audiences. All ages admitted.
PG — Parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.
PG-13 — Special parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13. Some material may be inappropriate for young children.
R — Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
NC-17 — No one under 17 admitted.


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Director launches Kickstarter.com campaign to complete Clooney film
The director of a new documentary about the world's vocal talents who give GEORGE CLOONEY a multi-lingual appeal is asking fans to help him fund the film.
Paul Mariano has launched a crowd-sourcing campaign on Kickstarter.com to complete Being George Clooney.
The filmmaker's project will feature interviews with the men who are the many voices of Clooney; these include a Brazilian doctor and a children's book author if Mariano can find the £56,250 he needs for an international filming budget.


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They held a rally on the steps of Queens Borough Hall last week urging the governor to amend his plan to only allow full gambling in upstate casinos, and instead bring it to the Resorts World New York racino in Queens.
Cuomo is against bringing table gaming to New York because he believes it will ultimately hurt tourism and the overall economy of upstate New York. He proposes opening three casinos upstate, while placing a five-year ban on casinos from opening in the city, Long Island and the northern suburbs.
The plan is still subject to approval by the state legislature.
Jack Friedman, executive director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, disagrees with the notion that a casino in the city would kill the prospect of success for upstate gambling.
"It's not an either-or proposition," he said last week. "There is room for both."
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder believes that the city could use the economic activity created by a full-gaming casino, especially in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, and that the rest of the state benefits from a robust economy in New York City.
"If we are going to grow our economy, we've got to find a way to do it in Queens," he said.
Business leaders and elected officials also praised Resorts World for being a good neighbor to the local community, and believe the company would be able to bring full gambling to the city in a responsible manner.
They cite the company's willingness to address community concerns, as well as its commitment to hiring locally.
"Resorts World has been an outstanding economic catalyst for the borough," said Al Pennisi, president of the chamber. "The overwhelming revenue from the casino demonstrates that people thoroughly enjoy the venue, but it's also important to note that Resorts World makes a special effort to hire locally."
Resorts World has an unoccupied third floor that could easily accommodate expanded betting, and the addition of even more gaming would create an estimated 1,000 more jobs.
"We need strong job creation to make sure our communities are able to rebuild," said Goldfeder. "I'm confident Resorts World is the partner to finally get our economy back."


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The short-term bankruptcy relief is called the "automatic stay." The stay is a court injunction that prohibits creditors and nearly all debt collectors from contacting the person or business for the debt or from using state laws to garnish or levy on the person or business' income or property. The short-term bankruptcy relief continues while the court examines the case and ensures it is proper under the laws.
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This video is the stereo 3D version of "Flyby of JWST at L2 Point."
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the next of NASA's Great Observatories, following in the line of the Hubble Space Telescope, the Compton Gamma-ray Observatory, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope. JWST combines qualities of two of its predecessors, observing in infrared light, like Spitzer, with fine resolution, like Hubble.
The telescope has a 6.5-meter mirror composed of 18 hexagonal segments in a honeycomb pattern. Protecting the sensitive research instruments is a large sunshield about the size of a tennis court. Further protection comes from the observatory's remote location in a place called the second LaGrange point (L2). Orbiting the Sun at L2, JWST will be about a million miles from Earth (roughly four times more distant than the Moon) and will always be positioned with the Earth and the Sun in the same direction, behind its sunshield.
In this animation, designed as an homage to a shot from "2001: A Space Odyssey," we fly by and circle around a model of JWST at L2. The opening of the sequence illustrates the L2 location, showing the Moon in the foreground, Earth in the mid-ground, and the Sun in the background.
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Hi Maki,
I bought a really delicious salad dressing here in Japan, called "goma dressing," and I wonder if you know how to make it. It's light brown in color from the ground roasted sesame seeds. My children only eat salad if it has this sesame dressing on it! Thank you so much for your help.
I found this if it helps??
Goma dressing just means a dressing with sesame flavor, so it has many variations. Is it clear or creamy? What brand?
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The dressing is creamy (I don't think there's any cream in it, though), and the brand is Kewpie. It's not completely smooth, as the sesame is roughly ground up, giving it a little texture.
Thank you, arkonitebabe for the link. I'll check it out.
Ah yes, that ground up sesame is the key...and while it's possible to use tahini as a subtitute, or even buy ready-ground sesame, it really is a lot better when you grind freshly toasted sesame seeds yourself, using a suribachi.
Here's a simple sesame dressing though:
* 1/4 cup ground sesame or sesame paste or tahini (if using tahini, I'd add 1-2 tbs. of toasted sesame seeds for more toastiness)
* 1/4 cup rice vinegar, or 1/2 each (so 1/8 cup each) vinegar and lemon juice
* 1 tbs. sugar
* 2 tbs. soy sauce
* pinch salt
* 1-2 tbs. dashi stock or water + a pinch of dashi granules
Loosen up the ground sesame or tahini with the water or dashi, until it's more liquid rather than pasty. Combine all the ingredients in a jar and shake well until combined (or mix in a food processor or mixer). Store in the refrigerator.
This sounds great! I'll give it a try tonight. Thanks again.
Hi Maki,
How long does this keep in the refrigerator??
anon, it keeps for quite a while, though I don't think it's ever lasted beyond a week for me.
Does anyone know, is Kewpie roasted sesame dressing halal? Thank you
I hightly doubt it is halal, in that Allah's name has not been said over any of the ingredients. Japan's Muslim population is tiny, around 10,000 or so.
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Survey Shows Reach of Internet LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The network's pervasiveness is well known. But the extent of its integration into life experiences is made clear in a survey taken of more than 1,100 attendees of the Cisco Networkers 2006 user conference.One survey question asked,"What is your most interesting or pleasantly surprising life experience that was enabled by the network or being online?"The results were astounding. No less than 13 people said they met their wives online."œSustaining a long-distance relationship with a girlfriend who is now my wife," one respondent said of his most interesting experience enabled by the network. Who would argue?The network has become a conduit for all sorts of key personal and professional relations.One man said his most interesting life experience was"when my wife (who was adopted at birth) found her biological mother. Without the Internet, this wouldn't have happened.""Found lost family member after 30 years," said one respondent."œSending a video feed to a U.S. Marine in Iraq during the birth of his son," said another.The network easily enhances family communications over distances. One respondent said he has enjoyed,"Remote communications with my young children while on the road – via email, IM, and now VoIP."The network has also enhanced a wide variety of communications experiences."I watched the Space Shuttle launch via an IP video solution that we implemented at Kennedy Space Flight Center, from a remote conference in Nashville, Tenn.," said one respondent."It was just an experience just to get to do something that cool, and see the wow on the faces of the people who realized they were not watching TV, but were watching TV over the internet."Another said he enjoyed,"Interactive LiveDive experience with underwater divers and a remotely-operated vehicle under the Monterey Bay."Man's best friend has also taken its place in the Internet age."I found my dog on an rescue agency's Web site," one respondent said.
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SG Interactive today announced the start of a special Fourth of July-themed Fireworks Event for players of casual golf game Pangya: United. The event, which blasts off on July 4, 2011, will run all the way until July 13, 2011, and gives players the chance to win a rare selection of special, in-game items. To participate, players simply have to sign-in to Pangya and play a course or hang out in a lounge room. Every hour the fireworks will flare, picking a number of players to win items.
Rare items up for grab include:
• Band Sets
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You don't often see a quarterback change when a team leads 13-3. But the Arizona Cardinals aren't your average team.
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Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt replaced John Skelton with rookie Ryan Lindley in the second quarter of Sunday's 23-19 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, and the move was deemed a "coach's decision," a team source told NFL.com's Steve Wyche.
"If you're going to hold all the guys on the team accountable, you've got to include every position," Whisenhunt said after the game, via The Associated Press.
"Not just the quarterback," he added. "We're in the business of winning games. That's what we have to do. We're going to make the changes that we feel we need to make going forward, and that's what we said we're going to do. We're sticking to that. Like I said, the quarterback is not exempt from that."
The Cardinals started fast against the Falcons, but it would have been faster had Skelton played better. Skelton went 2-of-7 passing for 6 yards before the benching.
Skelton missed a wide-open Larry Fitzgerald for a potential touchdown after Matt Ryan's third interception of the game. The Cardinals settled for a field goal and went three-and-out on three consecutive drives. Arizona's points came from the running game and turnovers.
Still, it's fair to question the timing of the decision. The Cardinals just came off a bye week. If Whisenhunt had such a short hook for Skelton, why not prepare Lindley as the starter during the bye week?
The decision didn't turn out well immediately for Whisenhunt. Lindley lost a fumble that was returned for a touchdown on his second pass and finished 9-of-20 passing for 64 yards.
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Jennifer Avenarius knew it was time to get serious about losing weight when she played on the floor with her young children and had a hard time getting up.
"I'd be on the floor with them playing with cars and couldn't just jump up and answer the phone anymore. I'd have to crawl across the floor and help myself up by grabbing onto the couch," says Avenarius, recalling her former life at 257 pounds.
"I was 35 and thought, 'I'm too young to be feeling like this.' "
Jennifer Avenarius of Dubuque, Iowa, has more energy for her four sons after losing 110 pounds with the help of the Genesis Center for Weight Management. Here, she tries on the size 24 pants she used to wear at her highest weight of 257 pounds. Now, she has room to fit sons Nick, 5, and Reid, 2, inside, too. Son Zack, 6, stands beside her.
Avenarius of Dubuque, Iowa remembered being only 105 pounds at her high school graduation. She longed for the stamina she had at age 20, as a mother to her oldest son, Dustin. Back then at 129 pounds, going to the park didn't wear her out. She didn't have to worry about fitting into the seat of an amusement park ride. She didn't feel self-conscious at the swimming pool.
But 15 years and three more kids later, her weight had doubled.
During those years, she quit smoking and replaced cigarettes with sweets. She experienced infertility, which may have been due to her excess weight. She and husband, Mike, adopted their second and third sons, Zack and Nick. She lost a little weight; got pregnant with her fourth son, Reid; and, gained more weight. Her waist grew with her belief that no food left on her sons' plates should go to waste. She lived on a steady diet of fast food, sweets and carbs.
"The weight sneaks up on you," she admits. "When it's 1 pound or so a month, you don't think so much about it. But when you add that up over 15 years, that's a lot of weight. I finally decided, 'Enough is enough.' It hurt me not to be able to play with my kids anymore."
As she researched bariatric surgery, she went online through her health insurance company to find a "Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence." That's what led her to the Genesis Center for Weight Management, and she signed up for an introductory education session in April 2011.
That was the first step in a weight-loss journey that would bring her to Roux-en-Y surgery on Jan. 16, 2012 at Genesis Medical Center, Davenport.
Losing 110 pounds
Today after an 110-pound weight loss, she has gone from a size 24 to a size 10 pants. More specifically, she can try on the size 24 pants she wore on the day of her bariatric surgery -- and also fit her sons Nick, 5, and Reid, 2, inside, too.
"I had absolutely no reservations about this surgery," she says. "It was scary to think about dying from heart disease and diabetes when my kids were young. I just wanted to be healthier."
Since her weight loss, her cholesterol has dropped 50 points. Gone is the severe acid reflux that caused so much scar tissue in her throat, she was forced her to have vocal cord surgery.
"I was told my acid reflux was so bad, I wouldn't have a voice left in 10-15 years if I didn't get it under control," she says. "My voice is still raspy, but it's slowly getting better. I don't have to take acid reflux medication anymore."
She exercises, something she rarely did when she was so overweight, and is participating in a 10-week fitness challenge at Farrell's Extreme Bodyshaping in Dubuque.
Her biggest advice for people who are on the fence about whether to have bariatric surgery? Talk to their doctor, and take the first step by attending an introductory education class at Genesis.
"Before we went to the information session at Genesis, my husband was not on board with this at all," she says. "He thought gastric bypass surgery was 'an easy way out' and that you had this surgery and then you were on your own.
"At the session, we learned that bariatric surgery is only a tool to help in your weight loss. The Genesis Center for Weight Management is a program that helps you before, during and after your surgery. That changed my husband's mind, and he was supportive."
An ongoing relationship
Patients at Genesis undergo several months of education and have consultations with a surgeon, nursing staff, dietitian, physical therapist, pharmacist and recreational therapist. Psychological evaluations are done through Genesis Psychology Associates. Only patients who follow the pre-surgery requirements are scheduled for surgery.
Kathy Crooks, RN, supervisor of the Genesis Center for Weight Management, said the introductory session provides an overview of the program and the three surgical options at Genesis -- Roux-en-Y, sleeve gastrectomy and adjustable gastric banding, all laparoscopic procedures. The center also offers Optifast®, a medically supervised weight loss program of pre-portioned, calorie-controlled meals and group support.
"For many, the introductory education class is a turning point," Crooks says. "They leave so excited, they can't wait to get started in the program. They've done their homework, and many sign up for an appointment before they leave. For others, the class is a dose of reality. They learn that surgery is not the 'magic bullet' that will end their weight problems once and for all. Everyone learns weight-loss surgery is only a tool; they must also be an active participant and work to make lifestyle changes with the help of this tool."
Crooks adds, "Some people take a while to think about it. I've had people call me back a year or a year-and-a-half after attending an information session. They listened to us and walked away thinking 'I can do this on my own.' Later, they finally wrap their arms around it and give us a call."
Jennifer Avenarius agrees weight-loss surgery is a lifetime commitment.
"People often ask me, 'So when will you be able to eat sugar again?' I explain this lifestyle is forever. When they ask why I chose to have surgery, I say 'To be healthy.' You can live without sugar and so many carbs. That doesn't mean I don't occasionally crave them, however."
In the weeks before her pre-operative diet, she made a list of everything she wanted to eat "one last time." "I said goodbye to those foods forever and then got over it," she says. "I'm never going to eat Girl Scout cookies again. I don't drink soda anymore. I miss all the bread on sub sandwiches but have found restaurants that will put the meat on lettuce as a wrap, instead."
The focus is on healthier eating -- not on dieting for the rest of your life, Crooks adds. Post-operative patients do have occasional treats; they get full faster and are satisfied on less food than they were before surgery.
Every single one of those lifestyle changes have been well worth it, Avenarius says.
"I'm smaller. I'm far more energetic," she concludes. "I didn't have the surgery for vanity; I did it because I wanted to be healthy and more active for my family. Being thinner is just an extra perk."
-- By Linda Barlow, Genesis
The Genesis Center for Weight Management is recognized as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
For more information about weight-loss surgery options, call (563) 421-8361 or go to www.genesishealth.com/weightloss
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Although it has been around for a long time, the caliper is still an extremely versatile and useful tool for making a range of distance measurements (both ODs and IDs). While micrometers are more accurate, they have a limited measurement range (typically several inches). The caliper, on the other hand, can span from two inches to four feet, depending on the length of the scale. External measurements are made by closing the jaws over the piece to be measured, while internal measurements are made by opening up the inside diameter contacts.
There are three different types of caliper that may be found today in a machinist's tool chest.
Vernier. The vernier caliper was the original design and is still the most rugged. Graduated much like a micrometer, it requires the alignment of an etched scale on the vernier plate with an equally spaced scale running the length of the tool's handle. Skillful alignment of the tool and interpretation of the reading is necessary to achieve the measurement tool's stated accuracy.
Dial. A dial caliper is the second generation caliper. Similar to the construction of the vernier caliper, this style replaces the vernier scale with a dial indicator. The indicator is fixed to the moveable jaw and engaged with toothed rack on the body of the unit. The dial, which is typically balanced (that is, can move in either plus or minus directions from zero), may be graduated in either inch or metric units.
The dial caliper is a dual purpose tool for making either direct or comparative measurements. To make a comparison, first measure the reference dimension and set the dial indicator to zero. Then measure the compared dimension. The indicator will show how much the compared dimension varies from the original (plus or minus).
Another useful feature of the dial caliper are jaws that slide past each other to allow contact points or depth rod extensions to fit into narrow openings for small ID measurements.
Digital. In the last 20 years the digital caliper has made its way onto the shop floor. The latest designs provide many numerous electronic features which make the device easier to use, but add little in the way of cost. These include easy switching between inch and metric units on the readout, tolerance indications, digital output to electronic data collection systems, zero setting anywhere along the caliper's range and retention of the zero setting even when the caliper is turned off. With no moving parts in the readout, the digital caliper is exceptionally durable, standing up to some of the toughest manufacturing environments.
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Xerox Security Mini Bulletin XRX16K_V1.0 (PDF 115.9K)
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The Xerox products ColorQube 9201/9202/9203, WorkCentre 6400, WorkCentre 7525/7530/7535/7545/7556, and WorkCentre 7755/7765/7775 contain code for implementing a remote protocol that could be exploited to gain unauthorized access to the device.
The software release indicated in the bulletin will perform the following action: Remove the affected code that unintentionally created the unauthorized access potential.
A software release for the products listed has been provided. This release is designed to be installed by the customer. The software release is contained in a zip file and can be accessed via the links in this bulletin announcement or on the Security Bulletins page.
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