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Judi Francisco’s amazing Grade 6 blended/flipped classroom project at Micklefield Primary

12:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Judi Francisco is a very creative technology co-ordinator from Micklefield Girls’ Primary School in Cape Town. I always like to keep my eye on her to see what she is up to next! (In fact I wrote a blogpost about the event she co-ordinated at Micklefield last year - "<a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/10/what-privilege-to-attend-it-design-week.html">What a privilege to attend IT Design Week report back to parents at Micklefield Primary</a>") So when she invited me to visit her classroom on the last day of her Grade 6 flipped/blended classroom ‘JustBlendit’ project a couple of months back. I was VERY excited! I’d like to share with you what I discovered! Judi got permission from her principal and one of the Grade 6 teachers at Micklefield to take over a class of 25 Grade 6 girls and do all the work and lessons for just under two weeks, every day and all day, using project-based learning and digital media! The girls were ecstatically excited! Why did Judi do this blended/flipped classroom approach? Judy's comment to this question was,"The school wanted to experiment with and experience a blended classroom to see which aspects we could apply to our school in the future." Flipped learning inverts traditional teaching methods delivering instruction online outside of class and moving homework into the classroom. In blended learning the student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path or pace. Classroom methods are combined with computer-mediated activities. The classroom They chose a room set aside for Science, and had WIFI installed so that they could use the BYOD approach (bring your own device). Judi is very interested in classroom design and showed the girls some of the websites that showed flexible learning spaces for the 21st century classroom. The girls wanted the room to be furnished as their ideal classroom so they brought all their own furniture from home and moved all the classroom furniture out! When I arrived on the scene I could hardly believe my eyes at the transformation! <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYPd0oM7oBPkn4GlF4TWxXcxEGS1bRlwGb90wo_rtPc63Di5xaJjcflCFRZy4g0JPugp_bkhiYcgiwhJby_qTEC-h4cMMAKk_h-Ca6VAKZiZ2eL9E89yM5QsTX8EBmIE0ZAmAPgaXRh4/s1600-h/image%25255B21%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPITuOtgn2Ge_MeafjUKGKi3-EZrn5Dt-TdOgJBCVUTdulEhaVWAGiY55mR_wW3kHan2pN5-cjYOXziVHOCZ4M5NXY7he7m1tQNAl2BnMHqGy9wjTKbbY-G27VDdgzUDV5uopMuEIqHEc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was before!</td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBCiOzhMS-wt9ONOEZf0ajDx4hs3qZABYUxfcW6TOrOd4hKJ68ZYCJygmYrRF4m9iUgFHiZZBTJAB594p5s1V1ia_hSRqP9Deo5RVXJVCgdIDMAYHIMIKzA0ck1neGMFQcyubgARM-YE/s1600-h/image%25255B24%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXA4bxgDEaIDMG-aB1w4_VDRysXicT6bfpCcEkfWUQUlGCNgjQrGW2ABd5k5CLyicpSmUU12dQt9Gbzc5bdhzpz0YER1BeYpm5UZNUWYV7rvJLeHcQLZXPe-ueN9-ktW9o5ST8cg0ILE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was after!</td></tr></tbody></table> The girls were each placed with a partner, and then each pair linked with another pair to create a group of four. Each group could bring their own furniture choice from home. These included relaxing bean bags, coffee tables, carpets (even thick pile carpets), rolling chairs, Ottomans etc and the girls worked collaboratively to design what went where. It looked like a trendy interactive internet cafe! Gone were all the desks and chairs!!  The girls even drew up their own list of rules for the classroom. This is what I saw when I arrived… <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJaIohl62Z62z4ltRcbJw0ezxxm7CoaRYKzcSvMSjF05XbWCxjtV8VWwviiDzN5wxx0JsRYwpc-QWlbXrnTXktnlJ55yImGlaf8cXQnGN3XWmI2TPSlMR_L28tqyyiTlxLa9s-WGAXYSo/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></div> The preparation Judi and the Grade 6 class had a big build up to what she called JUST BLEND I.T project…and the girls all had to bring in their own devices.   Phew – phones, tablets both Android and iPad, laptops and anything in between was allowed!  <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 400px;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cVOwhPTUeMXH6WQpc69QmKZWbmPai7K194iHPMOrDUDXfb7uRuqwz998LDLLCQHH-2rZ8fzeaaXRU6Ns3vxJnOYp-4p69XZ_iVfe8Hirn1BcUFpcmVwc19fjhcLRzhHB9Mt6yde8ygg/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3fvrNQX5eZ0r4CWH_iPwKY0pklg7CJybS9Gwtd70wlHvfBDAYD03rdBCieTV3K8EBu1nCdV0SNEBj_soJkZ2MDp7YeULnqt9No4OxI46bFYCASpsCYIPIZhk-3SPKKqkcNQNtjGmgXsw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoAc-zBpHEqihYJwTOOiZekPzHRLd5WZBvsNjh7Kt7ZlUXQnO1Emi9VNoBItNJL5bFxPpu3qvBDJx2WJveP5sUoL_kZRn70_kI6H5dGYjgxZf8B2F0Kh4sOVClGxBx62JovhV7jAMTJs/s1600-h/image%25255B6%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDi1vgMO86XD0fZDx8zlouwoeFO9yHPeHuO86IfmJa6_ydd-g24_2DMAzKCKR94iF3DxRjYHP3T2eYx6dAW17IHHdBGXL6RLUvtxuJzpN3ED_n-E2DW1_qkfAn7bKTUQcH-OSyE2fvjA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp4YLhEwJmPRjuIw5Ml12CjKG12ukV72LHfMnx4KVyvjA8-OuG6SNogU4NkbSWy1PUM56HSM2d4gf3pFITvELeRC6LZTMs8l1RYm5Ft0AVCCzl5jIKyST1gqJ2-Q0tQ9ky8jBFQ21rOmk/s1600-h/image%25255B9%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvlR9IZN5gSw6VX1z14f-_09-Yr4NdnxyzRF5MdcR6jJHiGRotw-gLUcZAZ8e2YBIzwm-j7MA_qb4kUj5wPTDf1xnXWUQ2xiYlMIYB6RTG27jVXkbyA9w_Sg0exF2Xuhfz8oTJ3LQWY8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Tsd_Jlb-kiEw-INTHr9D0H45Ylg6DtSQQiFk38e0jKmOcvLKF5E0hdCUywRoo5mfXPYDd7m5BRO6CPT2R5MPfGN0Qgp8qBM1n9AImnDB35VGMz0ASUzw-3DfQS_iVUapcFyNh6mb6Do/s1600-h/image%25255B12%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkxhqaGvZFxAvIyk_LrZeXBcRzt5c8IftMyKoWuA9p2ApA3r4FFb93xYB5MaJ5g85JsCKR31ZpDqPgIWLDN4vQBiY0W94Hy3s29D7y1MXFoHrd9BuTFN142aknw7XgGFygKTPVQ1qmzg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> In preparation for the project the girls had lessons in fake Twitter, blogging, Skype, digital art, Xhosa orals, Afrikaans Google Docs and online forms etc.  The project The girls worked in groups throughout the week. Their JustBlendI.T. project was linked to learning about telescopes for space discovery. They found awesome scientists who were excited to link up online with them. They were from  the South African Telescope project, known as SKA Meerkat Project - a global project with South Africa leading the way. The various scientists visited the classroom via Skype on a daily basis and answered any queries the girls might have. <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 400px;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyP-dLAdmmpwFf071EwD5CVpRWVjmsTs2mEWZwzNdylA9XCcUd1KxPGcCuOYLNDC2vccxOaMFsv9ZT_fsPLPlooL8Pe8-ySyglJ6OuFv-n-L2SdEa-OaEb45TtCA2KugpU5jK743h88Fs/s1600-h/image%25255B27%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWPGqgdeUmTiHyrSr_KN2vyz5eFXnv_C4YlnD__sR7R4LTB33rQ1jJaVF4dcOw7-HfyAV97eiWM6XAlue_vW7A8rEmK90qPNd_YP6WsT8UfBfrnBF0wK4w2QGNy14LlTCYdnMgrC3XQc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptipswRfo5vSPG9I47ScJgjiQcC946_YBgkd2R2ORqUO4Yrc5m2bWnYAB_B0DBJRhN4ykAfT-arCZFW1AgNABD_pFIfeApV4XaVX6nAfuiHxxh7LMZR4AI_9aXLi1Pd_lA7kXPScKLW4/s1600-h/image%25255B31%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPsDohDMtMPICamPch_AZPbNatdR-wus_F7c3fsqRGzGTLblxHJrDJHONkDjP6lJYga4R0rS5-Q3CcJyZv8SEXCtUkTCEiqbEm3Q9kUnwupXdpPh54HDCKMlHUkzxLMOkgFQ9ImP4jhA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="161" /></a></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMCk2X4Vn2RXwLpECWpzxTCVMs8MjxBxL5QA8SEpvBaqNDM1daalPqBP1nazsdmk8XPolviSdlVPmKwI3na0nHpCJkf5zVD0z7UTpiNnV9sgS4ZXANQ5xXFCScifohWARmybPoOSphZA/s1600-h/image%25255B37%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZTqEe-6yX4rML0_ULTj0RPy4Ran6v-CgnCO4qtBXm8akx2Kn8Z22nBok_M7k-otlHWexYtufd9B8B2qz0shcUmMDsSBUwitz3UNKO5bZAykcC4sVuw0Fa34r_Scoy2F1UqngQAMqu0o/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRgpWJ2gyIY4-8e6RDD8eqOX5QBaF2QB2Qq0XtCp05BqXk5HG5h3AcbGM3kXjXhph4Tf6Alu5KWxlDoH33gEUvwtw-cQUktL1J220epcHPWNnAmro4PT91gsulDV8IBCfARCwdDXRcXw/s1600-h/image%25255B41%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6C8MiLVfSqkw6fHDxE3zA2GkP2IWaL-tMMzFIOSJoflSNT5VRDBcM182HkmvM0XgRSHLyiTxY07brF92G8c4MHMn-2zsmzM_9RpE9OyYK9LntCaivm-qM3oMOJxJM2KJWZge9Pl1ZECM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="176" /></a></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fNh64NcXivnz7F2n81J7jVKLJSr1IHvb4OlV_Lo2gx12vDEgWxJjJnMPTjvnuXg_22BBqhzmb8DStp1a45Y6XpAGGr9nXCQbCNJnkNrCrdd5oMpwhP-IReUayHGg2Jw_Il7Mx__trg4/s1600-h/image%25255B44%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbaJTLNhy8EbR4QeZ7_uQKVCwe6dlM1AORWzPYNeK1ZjcbRbqPQJTYpZoPrztCILKe4ybpYRFGnhpBQW45q9eWgOfU1Iv-Bu6lhKucM5vxLNryCqSjwUKJ7EYVXLJYmCrOZif97VrbSE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLI-kptpxCaR9CWTvw7Rmo96DgqNcJPM6hrKEtbaNxyO0vb52v_kJHcVSgfEo6gI3Rrz3bxeOnvwp87prOzFngZrN9BIy_DDtQUb86Gr4oE39-sHMZhlmtG7Mk8q2BzADG4PC5zrO4lE/s1600-h/image%25255B48%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhan7Dios1GZHfri_sIRY89_zaIvHP_e2QnOn06gitasf1FRqmRefJcjJmIWgL19xs3VyhBOy9neUqz0PQ-3dqiJLP70yQFqTTNIymyqcZuQe5P0rOJ_8d9dSWgQz9GSTJOKBPlPFFhYeg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="228" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> What made this project a flipped/blended classroom project? Work was set out by Judi on a class blog, and the girls displayed their learning on their own group blogs. They researched, discovered, investigated and created using mobile/digital devices. They used social media, blogging, emailing, fake Twitter, video conferencing, slide presentations, movies, movie trailers, Science songs, podcasting, YouTube, Google Docs and Digital Art. Gone was the traditional style of teaching, and in came blended learning using digital media. This meant that they were all learning using a wide variety of applications and devices. Each group seemed to know which device worked best for the various tasks. Judi had a rule that the girls need to learn the technology from one another and not from her during this week unless there was a real crisis that noone else could solve.  What I saw when I was there I spent such an interesting morning in the classroom. The girls were thoroughly engaged in their tasks for the day. I walked around chatting to them and they were all loving the experience. <ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Judi was also walking around providing assistance where necessary. If someone raised a question that she felt the whole class should hear she stopped the class for a discussion on this aspect. </li><li>The girls had created songs about Space which they presented in their groups. I loved the creativity! </li><li>Soon it was time for the scientists to visit via Skype. There were three scientists that called in. The groups had prepared their questions and the scientists did an amazing job of answering these. The girls  recorded the conversation and took photos of any screenshots shown by the scientists. After the session they set about the task they needed to do as a result of the Skype session.</li><li>I marvelled at the way the girls collaborated and seemed to work out which of their devices would be the right one to use for the assigned task. </li></ul> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQWAj7_pag2NpX6vTQVvvxRMS_Hr4whPKdNWOcmzjg4ufB1e1b2agd1veAKcSALZTJkkz8AkeyVAf5tarqaYI3X4_nRFWitsFPNxccPJ6cVtqhkNxXAPXd1oDfhNoQw1iBTQ_W6LVO4o/s1600/skype+pic-Micklefield.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQWAj7_pag2NpX6vTQVvvxRMS_Hr4whPKdNWOcmzjg4ufB1e1b2agd1veAKcSALZTJkkz8AkeyVAf5tarqaYI3X4_nRFWitsFPNxccPJ6cVtqhkNxXAPXd1oDfhNoQw1iBTQ_W6LVO4o/s400/skype+pic-Micklefield.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> The results of this project Judi has entered this project for the Partners in Learning competition where anyone can read about it if they log into <a href="http://www.pil-network.com/">http://www.pil-network.com</a>. Here are some of her observations:  <ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The amount of collaborative learning that took place was enormous. </li><li>The engagement during the project was enormous.</li><li>The girls loved being able to share, create and collaborate in a vibrant environment. </li><li>The girls’ knowledge of using technology grew in leaps and bounds – they learned so easily from their peers.</li><li>Everyone experienced a steep learning curve (including Judi).</li><li>Teaching using blended learning is exciting, stimulating, supports all levels of abilities, creates excitement about learning, encourages deeper learning, aids collaboration and makes you smile!</li><li>The girls LOVED the experience and wished it could continue for longer.</li></ul>Resources If you would like to view Judi’s teaching blog the URL is: <a href="http://justblendit.blogspot.com/">http://justblendit.blogspot.com</a> The girls’ group blogs can be viewed from Judi’s teaching blog, but here is one of them for quick reference: <a href="http://justblendit1.blogspot.com/">http://justblendit1.blogspot.com/</a>.  The girls responses to the project can be found <a href="https://app.box.com/s/3d5r4rp7eml66mllqls4" target="_blank">here</a>: I found this experience very stimulating. Thank you SO much for inviting me to witness this, Judi and Micklefield Primary! Yes, you flipped and flattened the classroom very successfully! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqc5uSviNJ2gqWbs7Cdv5rJOrTtfjBVBRYOKvZUNhp4dR6dFVFXr6bzJ_uu1yBobj8dRMMxFkqkJSqIZMtV7-SYkCDD1lP15STFOiNZFVW6f0SSuFPpA_mL9WfDnywWWIIM-FhzeFJ3M/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></div></div>

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<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Russell Howe</div> <div class='uawarticle'>There is a certain myth surrounding the question of how to build muscle. A myth which has you believe you need to rest for two minutes between each set and spend hours in the gym to get results. Today, you'll discover how high intensity interval training allows you to do the opposite and still get results. Using HIIT as the foundation for a weights routine is very easy. When we think about HIIT, we usually think about cardiovascular exercise. However, that does not mean it is the only way of using it. The earliest reports on this training protocol heavily featured resistance training, believe it or not. Coaches would often get their athletes to perform at nearly maximum intensity while in the gym to enhance their ability on the track. The fitness benefits are proven. When you think about it, any weights workout bears striking resemblances to interval training. You train, you rest, you train, you rest, and so on. It also takes a critical compound of interval training and let's you have the full benefits - that compound is the afterburn effect. This is where the body continues to burn calories and fat at an accelerated rate for almost 12 hours following a gym session. Despite taking less time, interval based routines have been shown in various scientific research papers to burn off considerably more calories and body fat than straightforward aerobic activity. The problem with resistance training, however, is that most gym members do not workout to their true weightlifting potential. Spending too much time between your sets is a progress killer for most exercisers. Another is failure to push yourself hard enough. Many people tread water, lifting the same weights for years without pushing harder. Failing to take care of those two problems will see any workout routine fall flat on it's own face. That's because the foundation of HIIT is low rest and maximum workloads. So to incorporate this technique into resistance training, do the following... Lower your rest periods to allow for no more than one minute of rest per set. As weeks progress, push yourself to even lower rest periods. This will greatly increase your fitness. By increasing the workloads and decreasing rest periods, you will notice how much fitter you feel within just a few sessions. High intensity interval training shows you how to build muscle without spending your entire working day in the gym. You can enjoy less overall workout time but more physical results if you approach it correctly and use it wisely. </div> <div class='uawresource'> 	<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'> 		About the Author: 	</div> 	<div class='uawlinks'>Written by: Discover key tips teaching you <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KFcTIpXe90">how to build muscle</a> and how to implement <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzpCjw7i3nk">high intensity interval training</a> effectively for maximum results on the exclusive training website from top online strength coach Russ Howe PTI.</div> </div>

The Science Behind Building Lean Muscle With HIIT Workouts

By Russell Howe There is a certain myth surrounding the question of how to build muscle. A myth which has you believe you need to rest f...

Take A Look Into My Eyes

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Take A Look Into My Eyes

Tell me, is it really me?* * This is a first for me. My very first delayed and scheduled post, since I started in 2006.

Tenth Doctor Month: Quote Of The Day #12

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8noAGtF3YRaZ1-iMKOmM58AKim6nmSZObElfi-Xzuq0sFG9knT11NLZx-ScFqcFIRiUtyV94caaMkWWOesAXqTmKIZm6mtQX59WwnuSxYmd8Z9r9eYykm1eeZ-k0IYpNdXUgpnE0krk/s1600/fh4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8noAGtF3YRaZ1-iMKOmM58AKim6nmSZObElfi-Xzuq0sFG9knT11NLZx-ScFqcFIRiUtyV94caaMkWWOesAXqTmKIZm6mtQX59WwnuSxYmd8Z9r9eYykm1eeZ-k0IYpNdXUgpnE0krk/s640/fh4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> Rose: I've got cousins. Kids can't have it all their own way. That's part of being a family. The Doctor: What about trying to understand them? Rose: Easy for you to say. You don't have kids. The Doctor: I was a dad once. Rose: What did you say?  Fear Her (2006)

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Tenth Doctor Month: Meet The Foes - The Family Of Blood

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwz2CYJC1_PFzFlqzgtRNzr_mi-4hGD99QQTxtJLi0XzqKm2L7aIB405J9C65t4XIrA1sr6h6Do-QihL2DGoNxnFMYMlSrAFVlTWkofHh7DniW8PwFd6BUJ4f6NjTAG0gaFzDsIWwhgww/s1600/fam3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwz2CYJC1_PFzFlqzgtRNzr_mi-4hGD99QQTxtJLi0XzqKm2L7aIB405J9C65t4XIrA1sr6h6Do-QihL2DGoNxnFMYMlSrAFVlTWkofHh7DniW8PwFd6BUJ4f6NjTAG0gaFzDsIWwhgww/s640/fam3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Son Of Mine was a malicious and malevolent member of The Family Of Blood who saw the death and destruction they wrought as a sport. He took the body of Jeremy Baines, an unpleasant schoolboy who was a bully and a racist, and infiltrated the school, hoping to sniff out the Doctor, whose body he wanted to inhabit so he could live forever. Not realising the Doctor had made himself a human, the Family followed him to the village dance hoping to expose him.</div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Son Of Mine murdered the doorman and threatened to kill both Martha Jones and Joan Redfern unless the Doctor turned back in to a Time Lord.</div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Son Of Mine then led an attack on the school using the Scarecrows he had created using molecular fringe animation. Not realising he wasn't dealing with Baines, Rocastle, the Headmaster, challenged Son Of Mine who then murdered the bursar, Mr Phillips, to show he meant business.</div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">After failing to get the Doctor to revert back to being a Time Lord, Son Of Mine decided to flush him out by bombing the village from the spaceship. John Smith then arrived, offering up the fob watch which contained the Doctor's life essence, but Son Of Mine discovered firstly that it was empty and just a watch again, and secondly that the Doctor had already changed back and had tricked the Family. He overloaded the ship's system and Son Of Mine led his Family out just before it blew up. The Doctor then captured him and trapped him inside one of his Scarecrows and left Son Of Mine watching over England's fields for eternity.</div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Daughter Of Mine took on the form of six year old Lucy Cartwright who was skipping along the lane and kidnapped by a Scarecrow. Daughter Of Mine then murdered Lucy's parents and the Headmaster of the local school. The Doctor trapped Daughter Of Mine, still in Lucy's form, within the refractive index of a mirror. She was to inhabit the dark recess of a mirror, all mirrors, for eternity, the Doctor returning to visit her once a year, every year.</div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Father Of Mine was the leader of The Family Of Blood who brought the Family to Earth in their invisible spaceship. He wanted to track the Doctor down so that Son Of Mine could inhabit his body. Father Of Mine took the body of Mr Clark, a slightly pompous man who ran Oakham Farm. He was responsible for tracking down the Doctor's TARDIS and for the murder of the bandleader Mr Chambers. The Doctor trapped Father Of Mine in an underground chmaber for eternity, binding him in unbreakable chains forged in a dwarf star.</div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Mother Of Mine was the last of the Family to find herself a body, taking on the form of Martha's friend and colleague Jenny, who had worked as a maid in the school. Posing as Jenny she continued to be friendly to Martha after realising that she had connections to the Doctor. She turned up at the village dance with the rest of The Family and caused carnage there and shortly afterwards at the school. </div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Doctor threw Mother Of Mine into the event horizon of a collapsing galaxy where she would remian for eternity.</div>

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Doctor Who David Tennant Mask

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlOuybKolPYqQ3dEsmggqXwhGQQpZIB564pUfUH1NIhjTyKCIqYVVANw4hczwQGNA5cGxRyL5sPyfoCKWyJWYe4xOcu89AsRVp4eLWyGsq0mCTvZrwj4amJb_UyOWXJZlXTNcqqPifpA/s1600/0021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlOuybKolPYqQ3dEsmggqXwhGQQpZIB564pUfUH1NIhjTyKCIqYVVANw4hczwQGNA5cGxRyL5sPyfoCKWyJWYe4xOcu89AsRVp4eLWyGsq0mCTvZrwj4amJb_UyOWXJZlXTNcqqPifpA/s640/0021.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> Forbidden Planet have a new range of Doctor Who masks, including one of David Tennant, in stock. You & your friends can become a Doctor Who character for the night!! Each face mask is printed on high quality coated card with a high resolution image of your chosen character. Each mask is Machine cut (including the eyeholes) and is ready to wear, once the supplied robust elastic cord with a high grade durable fastening is attached It is posted in a hard card backed envelope. Great for all occasions including: Birthday Parties, School Books Days, Fancy Dress Parties, Halloween etc etc <a href="https://forbiddenplanet.com/110413-doctor-who-mask-tenth-doctor/?affid=dtcom" target="_blank">You can order the Tenth Doctor mask here for just £2.99</a> <a href="https://forbiddenplanet.com/?q=doctor+who+masks&affid=dtcom" target="_blank">View the full range of Doctor Who masks here.</a> Forbidden Planet offer worldwide delivery.

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Saturday fall festivals in Shenandoah Valley

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUWrmIYozgQUUnEflEcGxTWSrhQHXOhmSrSJl2Vd1QjTzb6zsKPorYNjlqbf6X-gCLf0CDtuSPUHo9SnsWkiFN49sGE2AIaPfLgIJqmRvjtiBirU7qlQoSXAFJtYNJ7JaQsORsQvohZdM/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUWrmIYozgQUUnEflEcGxTWSrhQHXOhmSrSJl2Vd1QjTzb6zsKPorYNjlqbf6X-gCLf0CDtuSPUHo9SnsWkiFN49sGE2AIaPfLgIJqmRvjtiBirU7qlQoSXAFJtYNJ7JaQsORsQvohZdM/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Maples in front of Waynesboro High School on Friday, October 11th.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is so much going on today ... who cares if it's rainy? Fall Foliage Festival in Waynesboro, Festy at Devils Backbone, Green Valley Book Fair in Mt. Crawford, Pumpkin Day at the Amish Farmers Market in Dayton, Staunton Farmers Market ... we'll see how many we can hit in one day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's fall in the Shenandoah Valley! </div> Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell October 11, 2013

Saturday fall festivals in Shenandoah Valley

Maples in front of Waynesboro High School on Friday, October 11th. There is so much going on today ... who cares if it's rainy? Fal...

Pre Order - Official Day Of The Doctor Merchandise

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WuMyHJLvlACEGaG1Gic0p3UgYqc_5iijQYjrsV5YzXIdV1HfYjIj0tCJSEFcIfaG-e0wJdTLLCa16FybLpjE7Is4YV0FlwHcZ5n82Iwn7UJZrTfhTfg5bcVIzQ71j3Ss7f01zhLLawQ/s1600/mug1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WuMyHJLvlACEGaG1Gic0p3UgYqc_5iijQYjrsV5YzXIdV1HfYjIj0tCJSEFcIfaG-e0wJdTLLCa16FybLpjE7Is4YV0FlwHcZ5n82Iwn7UJZrTfhTfg5bcVIzQ71j3Ss7f01zhLLawQ/s1600/mug1.jpg" /></a></div>Forbidden Planet has a selection of official Doctor Who - The Day Of The Doctor merchandise featuring David Tennant, Matt Smith and John Hurt available for pre order. <a href="https://forbiddenplanet.com/110489-doctor-who-mug-day-of-the-doctor-double/?affid=dtcom" target="_blank">Pre order The Day Of The Doctor Mug #1 here</a> <a href="https://forbiddenplanet.com/110488-doctor-who-mug-day-of-the-doctor-wrap/?affid=dtcom" target="_blank">Pre order The Day Of The Doctor Mug #2 here</a> <a href="https://forbiddenplanet.com/110491-doctor-who-travelpass-holder-day-of-the-doctor-horizontal/?affid=dtcom" target="_blank">Pre order The Day Of The Doctor travel pass #1 here</a> <a href="https://forbiddenplanet.com/110491-doctor-who-travelpass-holder-day-of-the-doctor-horizontal/?affid=dtcom" target="_blank">Pre order The Day Of The Doctor travel pass #2 here</a> All the items will be dispatched on 15th November 2013. Forbidden Planet deliver worldwide.

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When more medicine isn’t always better: High costs of unnecessary radiation for terminal cancer patients - ScienceDaily

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For cancer patients dealing with the pain of tumors that have spread to their bones, doctors typically recommend radiation as a palliative therapy. But as in many areas of medicine, more of this treatment isn't actually better. Medical evidence over the past decade has demonstrated that patients with terminal cancer who receive a single session of radiotherapy get just as much pain relief as those who receive multiple treatments. But despite its obvious advantages for patient comfort and convenience -- and the associated cost savings -- this so-called single-fraction treatment has yet to be adopted in routine practice. That's the finding of a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania published in JAMA. "Increased use of single fraction treatment would achieve the Holy Grail of health reform, which is real improvements in patient care at substantial cost savings," said the new study's lead author, Justin E. Bekelman, MD, an assistant professor of Radiation Oncology in Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center. Yet so far, he notes, "despite the evidence, single fraction treatment is used rarely and it's reserved for patients with the poorest prognosis." Bekelman and his colleagues examined at a group of 3,050 patients 65 years and older treated with radiotherapy for advanced prostate cancer and bone metastases. In the analysis of patients drawn from the national Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)-Medicare database, they found that only 3 percent of patients studied received just single-fraction treatment, and nearly half the patients had more than 10 treatments. The costs of the excess treatments, the authors found, were substantial: Mean 45-day radiotherapy-related expenditures were 62 percent lower for patients who received one treatment, at $1,873 for single vs. $4,967 for multiple fractions. Professional societies have recommended single-fraction treatment over multiple fractions for routine pain control, except in cases with complications that require specialized therapy, such as spinal cord compression or broken bones caused by tumors. Bekelman's findings underscore the importance of efforts such as the Choosing Wisely campaign, which seeks to identify and promote medical practices that offer the highest value and best outcome for patients. Bekelman's data shows that patients are routinely receiving extra radiation treatments that drive up health care costs, without conferring additional benefits to patients. "Whether you get more or less radiation for bone metastases has nothing to do with survival," he says. "When clear and consistent evidence exists that supports single fraction treatment, we should proceed with the treatment that has equivalent pain control, is more convenient, and gets patients out of treatment quicker." <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131008165255.htm">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131008165255.htm</a>

When more medicine isn’t always better: High costs of unnecessary radiation for terminal cancer patients - ScienceDaily

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John Denver ... 1943 - October 12, 1997

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rUMsm4wfFawsGwq5aL4vdlLgW7yz6cJRwUHwpsnOWZGP4xdHeQB74m6jPRhgiS0VUtXhq-bbPalCr4PPdYuDIF6O3kKUzgEZhO6DTXJohct0bYjmabdaQWp8QXe23liFlHoCShwzhPzv/s1600/John+Denver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rUMsm4wfFawsGwq5aL4vdlLgW7yz6cJRwUHwpsnOWZGP4xdHeQB74m6jPRhgiS0VUtXhq-bbPalCr4PPdYuDIF6O3kKUzgEZhO6DTXJohct0bYjmabdaQWp8QXe23liFlHoCShwzhPzv/s400/John+Denver.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;">"This old guitar gave me my life, my living, all the things you know I love to do. To serenade the stars that shine from a sunny mountainside, but most of all to sing my songs for you ... I love to sing my songs for you." --<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m__yVh5h3e0">"This Old Guitar" </a>by John Denver who died October 12, 1997</div> <div align="left">On this day in 1997, <a href="http://www.johndenver.com/biography/biography.html">John Denver</a> died at the age of 53 in a plane crash off the coast of California. A story teller, master guitarist, song writer, and singer, his music still captures the hearts of many as he sings of the mountains and nature and youth and growing old and wheat fields and Colorado and Alaska and all the things we love.  Even now, when playing my 12-string guitar, the first chords I strum are John Denver's music. He took the ups and downs in his own life and put them into melodic, sometimes hauntingly emotional, choruses that comforted the hurting souls of others ... songs about love lost, then found ... breakups and reconnecting ... children ... old cowboys. While baring his soul in his music, he had a playful side, too, as he would laugh and tells stories and have a grand old time at his concerts, enjoying the give-and-take with the audience. Just listen to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0C4FOL1qIw">"Home Grown Tomatoes."</a> In his later years, he became more reflective. John Denver's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Denver">death</a> stunned the world: <blockquote>Upon announcement of Denver's death, Colorado governor Roy Romer ordered all state flags to be lowered to half staff in his honor. Denver was cremated with the 1910 Gibson guitar, given to him by his grandmother, that had inspired much of his career. Funeral services were held at Faith Presbyterian Church in Aurora, Colorado on October 17, 1997, being officiated by Pastor Les Felker, a retired Air Force chaplain. Later Denver's ashes were scattered in the Rocky Mountains. Further tributes were made at the following Grammys and Country Music Association Awards.</blockquote>My sister, who was living in Denver at the time and had used the lyrics to Denver's songs when student teaching during college, attended the memorial service which was a moving tribute to John Denver the musician, the man, the dad, the son. John Denver. His music will live on....</div>

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Is Eat Stop Eat More Effective Than A Diet?

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<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Alison Bowling</div> <div class='uawarticle'>Quite a bit can be said about intermittent fasting and specifically about Eat Stop Eat which is among the major fasting routines being adopted throughout the world. In this post we're going to go over to what degree periodic fasting genuinely works and how it compares to dieting. Why do bodybuilders consider intermittent fasting as a potential option? Ever since body building has "gone 100 % natural" the degree of care that is required to go into a bodybuilders eating plan has actually increased greatly. An all natural muscle builder has a really rigid and often obsessive eating program which occupies most of his life away from the health club. Occasional fasting interests bodybuilders for the free time and also mental space they obtain back. Muscle builders have to be exceptionally on target on measuring their list of ingredients, cooking their meals and consuming them at the proper time. On the "cheat" days they don't have to be extremely mindful concerning daily meals. <a href="http://eatstopeatdietreview.com">Eat Stop Eat</a> can save individuals rather quite a lot of cash in the long run simply because bodybuilders need to spend less on specialised high quality weight loss products. Also they will not eat at all a couple of times each week and that also saves actually quite a lot of hard earned money! The purpose of the fast is to try to scale back the total weekly caloric consumption. Many people will not consume more on non-fasting days. Both the sporadic fasting as well as the rigid bodybuilder eating plan can be mentally tough. The bodybuilder diet program is challenging because muscle builders must push themselves to go without the pleasures of food on an ongoing basis. The food associated happiness is stronger in people than we fully understand and is connected even to baby memories and nursing. Getting rid of food satisfaction "for ever" is a substantial psychological sacrifice and can bring about major depression. The psychological struggle of fasting is, unexpectedly, fearfulness. Having actually been raised in countries where food is always conveniently obtainable we have now established a habit of eating food every single day at scheduled hours. Altering this might make people extremely anxious. It is not a rational fear but whenever we begin beginning to feel a bit lightheaded we become concerned that we're doing something that is unsafe for our well-being. Nothing can be further from the truth. If we do not freak out, going on a fast is good and our bodies will get accustomed to it in an extremely short time. Going on a fast as well as diet programs can both be socially difficult but dieting is more challenging. A person can decide on quiet days like a Monday and Thursday to be fasting and still be able to go out with pals to eat a pizza and drink a glass of beer on Saturdays. In fact when you have a cheat day on a Sunday, the fasting day on a Monday will certainly be even more powerful. With diets you are compelled to at all times eat diet food and pass up having a few drinks if you go out if you do not want to waste a whole week's efforts, which can be wearisome after months and years, unless of course you basically only go out with other weightlifters. The main disadvantage regarding fasting is when you are over 25 your body will take a little while to adjust to the fasts. For the time being you could suffer being hungry, wooziness or maybe mild to severe headaches. You may have bad breath if you are not drinking enough water. It is, on the whole, a great technique. The Eat Stop Eat book is backed by more than Two hundred and forty peer evaluated studies published in clinical journals worldwide. It is not some extreme fad and it's also completely safe for healthy individuals as long as the fast does not last more than Twenty four hours at a time. </div> <div class='uawresource'> 	<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'> 		About the Author: 	</div> 	<div class='uawlinks'>We are a 3rd party testimonial site and so are focused on creating evaluations relating to well known reliable muscle building programs and items. For even more information concerning periodic fasting go to our site <a href="http://eatstopeatdietreview.com">East Stop Eat Diet Review.</a></div> </div>

Is Eat Stop Eat More Effective Than A Diet?

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But phone banking can actually be a lot of fun, especially when you’re a Teamster... <a href="http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2013/10/corporations-ask-to-write-their-own-regulations.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eyesontrade+%28Eyes+on+Trade%29" rel="nofollow">Corporations Ask to Write their Own Regulations via "Trade" Deal</a>  Public Citizen   ...European government officials have been taking pains to entertain corporations' deregulatory demands for the<a href="http://www.citizen.org/tafta">Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA)</a>... <a href="http://www.justicenewsflash.com/2013/10/10/43-workers-win-664000-judgment-against-sacramento-landscaping-business_20131010112107.html" rel="nofollow">43 Workers Win $664,000 Judgment Against Sacramento Landscaping Business</a> JusticeNewsFlash   ...43 workers of a Sacramento landscaping firm were recently awarded more than $664,000 when a California Labor Commissioner determined the company cheated them out of their wages by misclassifying them as independent contractors instead of employees... <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/norman-solomon/google-doing-evil-with-al_b_4079436.html" rel="nofollow">Google: Doing Evil with ALEC</a>  Huffington Post   ...Quietly, Google has joined ALEC -- the American Legislative Exchange Council -- the shadowy corporate alliance that pushes odious laws through state legislatures... <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/politics/states-can-open-national-parks--if-they-pay/2013/10/11/dd071de4-9ac9-453d-a08e-d56f1238f55d_video.html?hpid=z6" rel="nofollow">States can open National Parks — if they pay</a>   Associated Press   ...The Obama administration has said it will allow states to use their own money to open some National Parks, but the states must pay to keep the parks open... <a href="http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10853" rel="nofollow">Financial Regulator Shutdown, Halts Investigations of Wall Street Crimes</a>  The Real News   ...The main U.S. regulatory agency responsible for monitoring commodity markets has ceased most of its operations during the government shutdown... <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-11/jpmorgan-reports-380-million-third-quarter-loss-on-legal-costs.html" rel="nofollow">JPMorgan’s Dimon Posts First Loss on $7.2 Billion Legal Cost</a>  Bloomberg   ...<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/JPM:US">JPMorgan Chase & Co.</a> reported its first loss under Chief Executive Officer <a href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Jamie%20Dimon&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1&partialfields=-wnnis:NOAVSYND&lr=-lang_ja">Jamie Dimon</a> after taking a $7.2 billion charge to cover the cost of mounting litigation and regulatory probes... <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/lawsuit-claims-ny-fed-fired-regulator-who-raised-questions-about-goldman-sachs/2013/10/10/0c26836c-31c2-11e3-8627-c5d7de0a046b_story.html" rel="nofollow">Lawsuit claims NY Fed fired regulator who raised questions about Goldman Sachs</a>  Washington Post   ...In a wrongful termination lawsuit, a senior examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York says she was fired by the Fed after she refused to change a finding that Goldman Sachs had inadequate controls over conflicts of interest... <a href="http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workplace/outrageous-intern-cant-bring-sexual-harassment-suit-because" rel="nofollow">OUTRAGEOUS! 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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Countdown - The Stolen Earth

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3ZLOMe3BQYRdXPmRR0rqVXBLUAFYd_bgCwyVl0iLnN4kLo5L_0m4oGBuhverJ9kbVeYvozYYXrEy-jukeOkerGc_6LhqbCJoFeVc36IOsFbfFEtF3I4qmhxT7R-T1mbHT29Lav9Ol4E/s1600/JEND6.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3ZLOMe3BQYRdXPmRR0rqVXBLUAFYd_bgCwyVl0iLnN4kLo5L_0m4oGBuhverJ9kbVeYvozYYXrEy-jukeOkerGc_6LhqbCJoFeVc36IOsFbfFEtF3I4qmhxT7R-T1mbHT29Lav9Ol4E/s640/JEND6.bmp" width="640" /></a></div> To celebrate the fact that 2013 is the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, we are taking a look back at all of the episodes of the show which featured David Tennant as the Doctor. At the end of our look back we'll be asking you, the fans, to vote for what you think is the ultimate David Tennant episode of Doctor Who.... We continue with the next David Tennant episode....  The Stolen Earth <a href="http://tennantnews.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Doctor%20Who%20Episode%20Guide" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Read our previous Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Countdown posts here.</a> 41. The Stolen Earth First Broadcast on 28th June 2008. Running Time: 45.39 Minutes. Viewing Figures: 8.78 million. Written By Russell T Davies. Directed By Graeme Harper. Executive Producers Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Phil Collinson. David-Tennant.com Rating: 10/10. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhusXAGM4uwhKmArwBJlRVCrjgjoatYYHEqLFKvOHoWns75Cek9oiA_lp4HvKd8YFJvQzGbCOAvmedMz3TEORKmiOX-s9MFln8TfK0Yy93TspCB8kR-2MNRg34SILXl4M3MJJ5WIesTkwM/s1600/JEND7.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhusXAGM4uwhKmArwBJlRVCrjgjoatYYHEqLFKvOHoWns75Cek9oiA_lp4HvKd8YFJvQzGbCOAvmedMz3TEORKmiOX-s9MFln8TfK0Yy93TspCB8kR-2MNRg34SILXl4M3MJJ5WIesTkwM/s640/JEND7.bmp" width="640" /></a></div> Synopsis: Earth's greatest heroes assemble in a time of dire need, but can the Doctor's secret army defeat the might of the new Dalek Empire? With battles raging on the streets and in the skies, the Doctor and Donna must brave the Shadow Proclamation to find out the truth. However, a fearsome old enemy waits in the shadows, and the entire Universe is in danger as the Daleks activate their masterplan. Extras:  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPm0ujupS6fI9LVAgJQHHiqxMpdn-fpPG" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; line-height: 19px; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://www.david-tennant.org/album/81c1bs/" target="_blank">Promotional Photos</a> | <a href="http://www.david-tennant.org/album/cd88fu/" target="_blank">On Set Photos</a> | <a href="http://www.david-tennant.org/album/d9e24n/" target="_blank">Screen Caps</a> | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPm0ujupS6fIjSEJviifo2h8MZ7apJtwN" target="_blank">Videos</a> | <a href="http://www.team-tennant.com/interview/id128.html" target="_blank">Articles</a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHXMxNfhr77vjfvTSy8gQJWZFqeSUGzE1j1d-58V9lkbQY3sop9nRhawg1OPPAD1g8Mtao33UBrLwzZIMGbu_2yPDPusuuvDHs8MFwBUTsDiffaXQeM5VRWpR1RAkyekxfB8gzCiR7J-A/s1600/STOLENEARTHSET_(4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHXMxNfhr77vjfvTSy8gQJWZFqeSUGzE1j1d-58V9lkbQY3sop9nRhawg1OPPAD1g8Mtao33UBrLwzZIMGbu_2yPDPusuuvDHs8MFwBUTsDiffaXQeM5VRWpR1RAkyekxfB8gzCiR7J-A/s640/STOLENEARTHSET_(4).jpg" width="640" /></a></div> Production Notes: The series finale for 2008 was always going to be big. It was to be the final episode overseen by producer Phil Collinson, and was also to be the last series finale for Russell T Davies and Julie Gardener who had both announced they would also be leaving the show after a series of specials. As a result Davies wanted the two part finale to tie up many elements of his time on the show. The original plan was for the Doctor and his companion Penny, Catherine Tate hadn't been recast as Donna at this point, to be joined by Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, Captain Jack Harkness, Sarah Jane Smith and Love & Monsters character Elton Pope. Davies was also thinking of cameos from Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler and hoped that Catherine Tate may return to reprise her role as Donna Noble, although he doubted that Tate would be able to due to her work schedule. Davies wanted the villains of the piece to be the Daleks and their evil creator Davros. Although the Daleks had appeared in several New Who stories, Davros had only been referenced and had not actually appeared on screen since 1988's Remembrance Of The Daleks. To incorporate appearances from some of the series' best loved characters in to the episode Davies planned to include an intergalactic conference on a space station. This would provide an excellent platform for fans to see the return of many creatures including the Slitheen, The Krillitane and the Judoon. By the summer of 2007 Davies plans were changing. To his surprise and delight, Catherine Tate had agreed to come back to the show and reprise her role as Donna Noble full time. She was set to appear in the entire 2008 run and the finale would see her swan song. Davies also changed his mind about the return of Elton Pope and instead started to toy with the idea of bringing back Midshipman Frame played by Russel Tovey, last seen in the 2007 Christmas Special, Voyage Of The Damned. The idea was that he would be reintroduced as a secret agent of the Shadow Proclamation, a top secret organisation which had been referenced as far back as the Series One opener, Rose. In August 2007, Billie Piper told bosses that she would be unable to film her scenes in January 2008 as she would be away on her honeymoon, following her New Year's Eve wedding to Lewis actor, Laurence Fox. This was a massive blow to the production team as it was conflicting with all of their plans for filming. Davies quickly had to start ammending the plot and reducing Rose's appearances in the finale. The result was a short parallel earth beach scene with Rose and the 'Doctors' and Mickey and Jackie were eliminated from the episodes. Fortunately Julie Gardener managed to rearrange the series shooting schedules around Piper's holiday plans and filming for the finale could instead begin in February 2008. However a result of this was that the episodes original director, Euros Lyn, was moved to work on Silence Of The Library and Forest Of The Dead. Instead Graeme Harper would direct the finale, starting work on them immediately after concluding Turn Left. In December 2007 Davies began work on the scripts, at this point he decided to include characters from the Doctor Who spin offs Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Torchwood's Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones and The Sarah Jane Adventures' Luke, K-9 and Mr Smith were all to make cameo appearances, as would Francine Jones, Martha's mother. At this stage Davies was still working on the storyline revolving around Russel Tovey's character, Midshipman Frame. He was to meet up with the Doctor and Donna when they visited the Shadow Proclamation and would help them to communicate. He would then join the Doctor on board the TARDIS and travel on board the Crucible, were he would be exterminated by the Daleks. This was to allow a character to be killed by the Daleks without Davies having to gt rid of any of the series regulars. However the plans had to be scrapped when Tovey revealed that he was unable to join the cast due to prior work commitments. So Davies set about thinking of another character who could return and be sacrificed before the Daleks. Gardener and Collinson both requested the return of Harriet Jones, the former UK Prime Minister, who had last been seen in The Christmas Invasion back in 2005. It was not certain that Penelope Wilton, who played Harriet, would be available and so Davies also drafted in Voyage Of The Damned's Mr Copper, played by Clive Swift. But fate was eventually smiling on Davies and Wilton happily confirmed that she could return and would be available for filming. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXwKqdPQ9aVy731UdbQ3BQYVEx7iipUAQ09qbJ5Ryunr9Vnx_64KV_IWNxTMnGrftihCkQl6UNzPsz-By4BXaZqSxQPJ3F15Rsu3h0RkiO2cmZkrXrKVlPtOB8ANTt3LteRZOqT2troM/s1600/STOLENEARTHSET_(8).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXwKqdPQ9aVy731UdbQ3BQYVEx7iipUAQ09qbJ5Ryunr9Vnx_64KV_IWNxTMnGrftihCkQl6UNzPsz-By4BXaZqSxQPJ3F15Rsu3h0RkiO2cmZkrXrKVlPtOB8ANTt3LteRZOqT2troM/s640/STOLENEARTHSET_(8).jpg" width="640" /></a></div> There were lots of different plot threads that needed tying up in the series finale. Firstly there was the return of Rose Tyler. Viewers had been catching glimpses of the former companion throughout the 2008 series as she tried to get in touch with the Doctor and his current companion Donna Noble. Then there was the missing worlds. Several episodes had referenced this phenomenon; Adipose 3 (Partners In Crime), Pyrovillia (The Fires Of Pompeii), and the Lost Moon Of Poosh (Midnight). The eventual twenty-seven worlds captured by the Daleks was a big increase from Davies' original plan in which only six planets had been captured and then there was Earth's missing bumblebees referenced in The Unicorn And The Wasp, Partners In Crime, Planet Of The Ood and Turn Left. As the deadlines loomed at the end of 2007 Davies became aware that his director, Graeme Harper, would need to see both scripts. Working flat out to finish, he had to cancel attending Billie Piper's wedding to give himself more time to work on the scripts. Davies finally finished his first draft in the small hours of New Year's Eve morning. The script included a scene, suggested by Wilfred Mott actor Bernard Cribbins, in which Wilf attempts to blind a Dalek with a paint gun. Davies began writing the script for the second part of the series finale, Journey's End, on 11th January 2008.  As he began work Davies began to get worried that he wouldn't be able to wrap the story up in the allotted 50 minutes slot. He began to wonder if he should cut some scenes from the episodes, specifically those centred around the Torchwood crew and Sarah Jane. Davies discussed the dilemma with Gardener and on the 19th January Gardener managed to get Jane Tranter to extend the episode's running time by ten minutes, making it the longest regular episode of the series. Davies finally finished the draft for the episode on 22nd January 2008. A few changes had to be made to the original drafts of The Stolen Earth and Journey's End in the lead up to production beginning, these were mostly due to budget. The scenes of the Shadow Proclamation were drastically cut, the scene had grown in the draft and was to include a plethora of characters now also including the Vespiform and an adult sized Adipose, but due to budget restraints only the Judoon ended up staying. However Davies kept the idea on board and decided to use it for the final episodes of Tennant's era instead. The scenes being cut meant that audio, already recorded by Annette Badland, as Margaret the Slitheen, had to be dropped. Other scenes dropped included a lengthy flashback to Davros' younger years on Skaro, experiments on Kaled soldiers and scenes of the explosion which had disfigured him. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2m96vfjrAEegEXe7-8mlLLDrx1aIIw2o80yDwzsiCUu1b0ofMN5ge5a_T-ciSx0N3zycFK7dIhESZyBtQLe7pGD1ZmFaK90ve2I2_lRLk-IOOfiuDAur0mIr3J3VVzAscZPF20CNkBA/s1600/STOLENEARTHSET_(13).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2m96vfjrAEegEXe7-8mlLLDrx1aIIw2o80yDwzsiCUu1b0ofMN5ge5a_T-ciSx0N3zycFK7dIhESZyBtQLe7pGD1ZmFaK90ve2I2_lRLk-IOOfiuDAur0mIr3J3VVzAscZPF20CNkBA/s640/STOLENEARTHSET_(13).jpg" width="532" /></a></div> On 31st January 2008 filming for the two parter, The Stolen Earth / Journey's End, began when scenes of newsreaders were shot at BBC Broadcasting House in Cardiff. Shooting with the main cast began on 18th February at the Upper Boat Studios. Scenes in the TARDIS were filmed on the first day and then the scenes within the Torchwood Hub were shot on the 19th to the 21st. On the 22nd scenes were recorded in both the TARDIS and the Hub. Further shots in the TARDIS were completed on the 25th February. On the 26th and 27th the cast and crew went out on location to the Noble's family home and shot scenes at Nant Fawr Road in Cardiff. Then it was back to Upper Boat on the 28th and 29th were yet more scenes in the TARDIS were shot. From on the 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th March scenes on board the Dalek's Crucible were shot at Upper Boat. The 5th March saw David Tennant, Catherine Tate and Billie Piper working on location at 'Bad Wolf Bay' - Southerndown Beach, near Bridgend. On the 8th March the filming moved to Cardiff University's School of Optometry which was used as the location for the Shadow Proclamation headquarters. And on 10th and 11th March the final scenes on board the Dalek Crucible were completed at Upper Boat. The 11th also saw the scenes of the Doctor and Donna arriving in the TARDIS and Rose arriving back on Earth filmed in Tonteg. On 12th March shots outside the Noble's home were recorded as well as scenes of Rose visiting the looted computer shop, Megabyte City, which was actually Computer Wales in Pontrypridd. On the night of 13th March  various scenes of the streets of 'London' were recorded in Penarth, this included the scene were the Doctor and Rose are reunited, only for him to be shot down by a Dalek as he rushes to embrace her. These scenes were completed in Cardiff on the 14th. The 14th also saw scenes of the German Castle visited by Martha Jones shot at  Castell Coch in Tongwynlais. The 16th saw the Traffic Management Centre in Cardiff pose as the New York base of UNIT whilst shots of the Reality Bomb Test were recorded at a disused warehouse, Alpha Steel, in Newport.  The 18th March saw scenes at Harriet Jones' cottage recorded at Lower House Barn in Dinas Powys, whilst more shots of the exterior of the German castle were recorded at Castell Coch. The 19th saw the scene of the Doctor returning Jack, Mickey, Sarah Jane and Martha to Earth shot at Morgan Jones Park in Caerphilly, whilst the scene of Martha being teleported away from UNIT HQ was recorded at the Wales Museum Collection Centre at Parc Nantgarw. On the 20th and 21st March it was back to the the Upper Boat Studios with further scenes in the TARDIS, including the Christmas Special cliffhanger shot as well as more scenes on the Dalek Crucible.  These scenes marked Catherine Tate's last day on the Doctor Who set, although Catherine has since said that despite rumours to the contrary she would have loved to have stayed on the show until David Tennant left and would have remained on the show if asked. The day was also the last for Producer Phil Collinson who was leaving show to work on Coronation Street. On the 24th March it was back to work on the set of the Crucible at Upper Boat and on the 25th and 26th filming was on location at two homes in Penarth to record scenes at Francine Jones' house and Sarah Jane Smith's. On 27th 29th March it was back to work at Upperboat for scenes in Sarah Jane's attic and at the Osterhagen HQ as well as various insert shots. On 28th March Richard Dawkins celebrity cameo was recorded, the 31st saw Paul O'Grady record his cameo at the London Studios. As the filming for the Christmas Special was to be brought forward Davies decided that he would not need the traditional cliffhanger at the end of Journey's End, as by the time it aired The Next Doctor would have already have been filmed as so a normal preview could be used instead. He decided to cut the final cliffhanger scene in the TARDIS were a Cyberman would loom behind the Doctor as he leaves Donna's home and so a new final scene was written quickly and filmed at Upper Boat on 1st May. Despite the extended running time one huge scene was still cut from the episode, originally, before leaving Rose and the meta crisis Doctor at Bad Wolf Bay, the real Doctor was to give them a cutting from the TARDIS with which they could grow their own version of the time machine.  This would have presumably have left the door open for further adventures with Rose and her Doctor. But it never made the final episode.  <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzVSZAUAb3WWIIxCvSoZloQSl_FwUOp7xhE-aJxb47kfXSQmV0hChVYPJ7QYtNhjhl1WHEZs2t2In6b6SNEhjZcp_ATs3eJ2SJHXZkf_3ymBLnUo5oi7gGI8P8xy_HKB_WnWzjO3YV8Y/s1600/jend8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzVSZAUAb3WWIIxCvSoZloQSl_FwUOp7xhE-aJxb47kfXSQmV0hChVYPJ7QYtNhjhl1WHEZs2t2In6b6SNEhjZcp_ATs3eJ2SJHXZkf_3ymBLnUo5oi7gGI8P8xy_HKB_WnWzjO3YV8Y/s640/jend8.jpg" width="450" /></a></div> Quotes: The Doctor: You see? Used the regeneration energy to heal myself, but as soon as that was done I didn't need to change. I didn't want to. Why would I? Look at me! So to stop the energy from going all the way, I siphoned off the rest into a handy biometric receptacle. Namely, my hand. My hand there. My handy spare hand. Remember? Christmas Day. Sycorax. Lost my hand in a sword fight. That's my hand. What do you think? Rose: You're still you. The Doctor: I'm still me. The Doctor: We'll have to go out. Because if we don't they'll get in. Rose: You told me nothing could get through those doors. Jack: You've got extrapolator shielding. The Doctor: Last time we fought the Daleks they were scavengers and hybrids. And mad. But this is a fully-fledged Dalek Empire. At the height of its power. Experts at fighting TARDIS's. They can do anything. Right now that wooden door is just wood.  Donna: It's you. The Doctor: Oh yes! Donna: You're naked. The Doctor: Oh yes.  The Doctor: What's an Osterhagen Key?! Martha: There's a chain of twenty-five nuclear warheads. Placed in strategic points beneath the Earth's crust. If I use the key, they detonate and the Earth gets ripped apart. The Doctor: What?! Who invented that...well, someone called Osterhagen, I suppose. Martha, are you insane?! Rose: Oh she's good! Martha: Who's that? Rose: My name's Rose. Rose Tyler. Martha: Oh my god, he found you.  Donna: Part-human. Oh yes. That was a two-way biological metacrisis. Half-Doctor Half-Donna. The Doctor: The Doctor Donna! Just like the Ood said. Remember? They saw it coming. The Doctor Donna.  <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58_ZhuT0FWj5URyXhQXr4e3nAVZlQS3sBwx95s_GJ5KPQpYT662Ea2XW26iA7rQurn5Bj0njggXBpkQJHCQbrUPIdv0-huPYh4X9UKdeSY4EYDQYXvhl-hCc9APj5hGUin207OaElS5E/s1600/daleks.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58_ZhuT0FWj5URyXhQXr4e3nAVZlQS3sBwx95s_GJ5KPQpYT662Ea2XW26iA7rQurn5Bj0njggXBpkQJHCQbrUPIdv0-huPYh4X9UKdeSY4EYDQYXvhl-hCc9APj5hGUin207OaElS5E/s640/daleks.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> Facts: Harriet Jones first appeared in 2005's Aliens of London. She makes a return here after being ousted by the Doctor in 2005's The Christmas Invasion... and she was right - he wasn't there to help this time. This isn't the first time milkmen have featured in the series - the Third Doctor disguised himself as one to break into Global Chemicals during 1973's The Green Death and a milkman was attacked by a Cheetah Person at the start of 1988's Survival. Despite their many encounters, the Doctor's only been shot by a Dalek twice before: in 1973's Planet of the Daleks (when a Dalek deliberately disabled the Third Doctor by zapping his legs) and in 1975's Genesis of the Daleks, when, just prior to blowing up the Daleks' incubation room, the Fourth Doctor received a glancing blow to his hand from a Dalek ray. Michael Brandon is probably best known for his portrayal of tough 80's New York cop Lt. James Dempsey in the 1980s TV show Dempsey and Makepeace. Kelly Hunter appeared in the BBC's 2005 adaptation of Bleak House alongside Carey Mulligan, who played Sally Sparrow in 2007's terrifying Blink. The characters of Ianto Jones, Gwen Cooper, Luke and the computer Mr Smith all make their Doctor Who debuts in this episode, although they've already starred in their own shows: Ianto and Gwen in Torchwood and Luke and Mr Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures. Among the stolen celestial bodies are The Lost Moon of Poosh (as mentioned in Midnight) and Calufrax Minor. The Fourth Doctor visited Calufrax in 1978's The Pirate Planet. The Shadow Proclamation was first mentioned in 2005's Rose; the Judoon debuted in 2007's Smith and Jones; and the Medusa Cascade was first referenced in 2007's Last of the Time Lords. This isn't the first time Bernard Cribbins has faced the Daleks. He starred in the 1960s feature film Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD as policemen Tom Campbell. The film, starring Peter Cushing, was based on the television adventure The Dalek Invasion Of Earth (1964). This proclamation by a Dalek, unaffected by Wilf's paintball gun, is a reference to another of the Daleks' famous catchphrases "My vision is impaired!" A Dalek was disabled by obstructing its vision in the very first Dalek story in 1963. We're rapidly running out of ways to defeat or get away from them! Despite being the longest serving of all the companions featured in this episode, this is the first time that actress Elisabeth Sladen, who plays Sarah Jane Smith, has appeared in the show's opening titles. Paul O'Grady is a huge fan of the show, and when Russell T Davies heard this, he jumped at the chance to give Paul a cameo! Richard Dawkins, the celebrated ethologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer, is married to the Second Romana, actress Lalla Ward. Davros has been referenced twice since the series restarted in 2005, but never by name. He was referred to in 2005's Dalek as a "man who was king of his own little world"; and in Evolution of The Daleks as the creator "who removed emotion to make them stronger." The Daleks tried to move Earth before, in 1964's The Dalek Invasion of Earth. Their attempts to put pilot the planet were thwarted by the pull of the Earth's magnetic core. The Time Lords have also moved the Earth - as part of a shady cover-up in 1986's The Trial Of A Time Lord. The Supreme Dalek's red colour scheme is a nod to the Dalek Controller from the two 1960s Dalek films. Videos: <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLPm0ujupS6fIjSEJviifo2h8MZ7apJtwN" width="640"></iframe>

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Countdown - The Stolen Earth

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gFfFhXISJL-XIi7e-pmw9eKzXQNUqJve6WRXDnsNoBKOcb6yjeyGQ1HZ-RPYcTCMqtKDWnpujZwlQk9STbYV6OUDyZxG7Sf_3uNbou0ac940lOr8DCqoBLTxAGbnsoU6Rfnse1BJiw8/s1600/allonsy700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gFfFhXISJL-XIi7e-pmw9eKzXQNUqJve6WRXDnsNoBKOcb6yjeyGQ1HZ-RPYcTCMqtKDWnpujZwlQk9STbYV6OUDyZxG7Sf_3uNbou0ac940lOr8DCqoBLTxAGbnsoU6Rfnse1BJiw8/s640/allonsy700.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> This cool Doctor Who T Shirt design is available from our pals at Blue Box Tees for the next 7 DAYS ONLY! Make sure you don't miss out and grab yours for just $12 today! WORLDWIDE DELIVERY is available! <div style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://blueboxtees.com/?wm=10033" style="display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO ORDER!</a></div>

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About a week ago I was able to pick up my new retainers.  Wow what a difference!<div> </div><div>My old retainers were the more traditional style with the metal bar and plate.  Look at the state of them - Eeeek!</div><div> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1Lv7CpXN1aVbV52ykGhOjBIS-0-QdsXx8LDa68NKOkW6Y0ydxBeZU8SqyMYEi1wDn_7x76S0m-vNMIKT-QiQX_STr1QXi6tPC6n0vU_EFg4fGklmjnj9oFtaq6jf_T0C_0mNBBuyARmu/s640/blogger-image-833148424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1Lv7CpXN1aVbV52ykGhOjBIS-0-QdsXx8LDa68NKOkW6Y0ydxBeZU8SqyMYEi1wDn_7x76S0m-vNMIKT-QiQX_STr1QXi6tPC6n0vU_EFg4fGklmjnj9oFtaq6jf_T0C_0mNBBuyARmu/s640/blogger-image-833148424.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My new retainers are far more sleek and seem more like a tooth guard.  They came in a cute pink box!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqwHtJdQpStScSs10GbAosrGPYsf0UUdIjCxXSirP2wTx5ifPoGP2jMMcAaNyu1Lm2SlCWhYaVCDILYySg7t0EaJphoVYb9aJz04aE7n3yvIM-MsvC8drnRWBedqrZHL9SKr8POVJvRnY/s640/blogger-image-1270531458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqwHtJdQpStScSs10GbAosrGPYsf0UUdIjCxXSirP2wTx5ifPoGP2jMMcAaNyu1Lm2SlCWhYaVCDILYySg7t0EaJphoVYb9aJz04aE7n3yvIM-MsvC8drnRWBedqrZHL9SKr8POVJvRnY/s640/blogger-image-1270531458.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">They are barely visible when wearing them</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQrEqb7aUCjd8-HdImTav_qVM1wN9eYDfSWSlmLqFWTxhXwOSdUp2VNkq36oM0sPQTRmoha4iEomfPO0WhWh_Jc94PK8Ux3l06ef81kngHwOHLAPKvvncL40AC_tvxeCtCHK7kIigNu7_/s640/blogger-image--686208628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQrEqb7aUCjd8-HdImTav_qVM1wN9eYDfSWSlmLqFWTxhXwOSdUp2VNkq36oM0sPQTRmoha4iEomfPO0WhWh_Jc94PK8Ux3l06ef81kngHwOHLAPKvvncL40AC_tvxeCtCHK7kIigNu7_/s640/blogger-image--686208628.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I generally find it difficult to sleep when not wearing my retainers so I worried that it would take me a few nights to get used to my new retainers.  It didn't!  I slept soundly the first night I put them in.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I go back to the orthodontist in a few weeks to check that they are working out ok.  They seem fine so I wonder should I just give this a miss.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My new ortho now has my teeth on file so if I lose, break or want new retainers he will be able to make them up for me with ease!</div> </div> </div> </div>

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About a week ago I was able to pick up my new retainers. Wow what a difference! My old retainers were the more traditional style with the m...