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Many companies leverage their social media for transformation initiatives to engage with their customers and the general public. However, often times companies forget about the power of also leveraging these tools internally. While social media can invoke the fear of potentially providing a medium for public outcry and negativity, it can be leveraged to communicate with and support employees through company transformation. Social media tools can also facilitate change by providing an influential platform for employees to voice opinions and ideas, providing management with opportunities to hear real feedback and, when needed, address issues, questions and concerns.
Here are some opportunities to tap into the social media toolbox during periods of company change:
With employees in various locations or time zones, there are options to provide required training simultaneously without the obstacles of location or time. Utilizing social media for training ensures all employees are receiving identical content direct from the source – leadership. Online conferencing connects employees with real time training sessions that include forums for Q&A and group discussion, producing an engaging learning environment. Training sessions can also be pre-recorded and distributed to employees via email or intranet; these videos can be then be logged within a virtual library and viewed at the users' convenience.
- Tools:
- Set up a Live Meeting, WebEx or GoToMeeting session instead of an in person training session. This ensures offsite resources are able to participate and allows you to record the session for future use.
- Leverage YouTube or Vimeo to record trainers presenting class content and then direct students to the video content.
Social media provides opportunities for continuous management /mentorship versus stagnant one directional feedback. Ideas and innovation can come from all directions within an organization. Open format technologies allow for employees to build off each others' ideas, creating combined solutions while also offering a view for management to see what's working and identify what isn't. By providing a platform for employee engagement and voice, leadership gains transparency into opportunities to grow. This is a perfect occasion for upward feedback as well as a medium to engage downward in the organization.
- Tools:
- Providing company Micro Blogs with comment sections allows employees to provide their feedback on content while engaging with each other in thought provoking discussion.
- Creating company forums, such as Yammer, lets employees introduce their own topics based on current happenings in their work world. This encourages documented team problem solving and brainstorming.
Organizational Alignment and Culture
Internal branding is equally important as outside marketing efforts. Helping employees to understand their company's values and culture enables them to own the vision set by leadership as well as drive it to reality. Management can leverage technologies to integrate and sustain messaging around company goals, purpose and vision. This allows continued conversations company-wide, encouraging sustainability of new organizational norms and building collaborative culture through idea generation while developing internal branding and networking.
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- A company Facebook page gives employees the opportunity to show their company pride as well as advertise within their own social network.
- Providing a Twitter handle can help employees connect to current company trends and provides immediate distribution of exciting company news.
- Encouraging employees to join LinkedIn and connect with their co-workers assists in additional networking and company unity.
By finding the balance and blend of these tools you can bring ownership into the picture while increasing engagement, which can lead to long-term success of implemented organizational changes. Leveraging social media technology channels creates a diverse and appealing environment for employees. Investing in these platforms during the change management planning process encourages sustainable adoption of new processes and promotes employee engagement.


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The purpose of this website is to enable you to meet like minded people throughout the world.
How did the idea arise?
Please picture an elderly person wrapped in an overcoat and blanket, sitting clutching a hot drink in front of a dying fire, looking very frail and lonely.
That's the image that sparked the initial idea for this community. I felt that it was completely illogical, in this modern age of immediate world wide communication, that anybody should feel alone and vulnerable.
But that was just the beginning. As I discussed the idea with a wide variety of people from all walks of life I realised that there was a much greater need.
I found that there are many people that would like a wider circle of friends but find it difficult to find like-minded people. When we were young it was relatively easy, however as we get older it becomes harder and harder for a variety of reasons such as family and work commitments.
It soon became very clear that around the age of 50, peoples' perspectives changed. Typically the children have left home, you've 'peaked' at work and importantly you're beginning to think about your retirement.
50 Plus enables you to meet people who are in a comparable situation and who have similar interests, all from the comfort of your own home at a time that is convenient for you. How? By reading and contributing to the huge variety of posts that have been written by members of the 50 Plus community. As you engage in the various Forum posts you will get to know people in a very relaxed and non-threatening way. At some point you may wish too communicate with another member directly to develop the relationship and this is something that we can facilitate (at no cost) as long as both parties agree. Hence your circle of friends grows.
As 50 Plus is internet based it means that you can engage with people both locally, nationally and internationally. This brings a really interesting and varied added dimension to your circle of friends.
The Forum topics are geared to reflect your likely interests and here we need your input in order to make the topics relevant and interesting for you. So do please use the Suggestion Box forum to let us know what topics you'd like to see added.
Some of the topics are of an 'educational' nature, which perhaps reflects my days as a high school Deputy Headteacher. I feel very strongly that many of us drift into retirement without really giving it much thought, other than the size of our pensions. My hope is that engaging in these 'educational' topics will enable us to plan our retirement and old age better and hence avoid the elderly person scenario that I mentioned at the beginning.
We sincerely hope that you enjoy your time with the 50 Plus community and that it brings that increased circle of like-minded interesting and stimulating friends.

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Wislawa Szymborska
Lot's Wife - Poem by Wislawa Szymborska
They say I looked back out of curiosity.
But I could have had other reasons.
I looked back mourning my silver bowl.
Carelessly, while tying my sandal strap.
So I wouldn't have to keep staring at the righteous nape
of my husband Lot's neck.
From the sudden conviction that if I dropped dead
he wouldn't so much as hesitate.
From the disobedience of the meek.
Checking for pursuers.
Struck by the silence, hoping God had changed his mind.
Our two daughters were already vanishing over the hilltop.
I felt age within me. Distance.
The futility of wandering. Torpor.
I looked back setting my bundle down.
I looked back not knowing where to set my foot.
Serpents appeared on my path,
spiders, field mice, baby vultures.
They were neither good nor evil now--every living thing
was simply creeping or hopping along in the mass panic.
I looked back in desolation.
In shame because we had stolen away.
Wanting to cry out, to go home.
Or only when a sudden gust of wind
unbound my hair and lifted up my robe.
It seemed to me that they were watching from the walls of Sodom
and bursting into thunderous laughter again and again.
I looked back in anger.
To savor their terrible fate.
I looked back for all the reasons given above.
I looked back involuntarily.
It was only a rock that turned underfoot, growling at me.
It was a sudden crack that stopped me in my tracks.
A hamster on its hind paws tottered on the edge.
It was then we both glanced back.
No, no. I ran on,
I crept, I flew upward
until darkness fell from the heavens
and with it scorching gravel and dead birds.
I couldn't breathe and spun around and around.
Anyone who saw me must have thought I was dancing.
It's not inconceivable that my eyes were open.
It's possible I fell facing the city.
Comments about Lot's Wife by Wislawa Szymborska
Drtony Brahmin (9/10/2019 2:43:00 AM)
They say I looked back out of curiosity.
But I could have had other reasons.
I looked back mourning my silver bowl.
Carelessly, while tying my sandal strap. a very good poem. tony (Report)Reply
Mahtab Bangalee (7/27/2019 11:32:00 PM)
Serpents appeared on my path,
spiders, field mice, baby vultures....// it's interesting writings (Report)Reply
Gajanan Mishra (12/27/2018 3:51:00 AM)
Rebecca Navarre (9/3/2017 9:59:00 PM)
Gangadharan Nair Pulingat (3/20/2015 2:39:00 AM)
Beautiful narration of events in the poem and I likes. (Report)Reply
Kevin Patrick (2/24/2015 3:12:00 PM)
Although I am not expert in the biblical sense, I am familiar with the story, and appreciate this as being a great interpretation of events from the female perspective. Its wonderful to see the wife flushed out as an actual person as opposed to just being used as a warning for disobeying angels commands. There is a beautiful surrealistic nature to the words. that give it a magical and terrifying vision. Lots wife has never been more sympathetic. Superb stuff (Report)Reply
Kim Barney (2/24/2015 9:05:00 AM)
To John Richter:
I usually agree with everything you say, but to me the story is more than a parable. My belief is that it actually happened. (Report)Reply
Aftab Alam Khursheed (2/24/2015 8:15:00 AM)
Aftab Alam Khursheed (2/24/2015 8:15:00 AM)
John Richter (2/24/2015 7:10:00 AM)
How wonderful and imaginative this poem is, told in such a beautiful way... As a boy I often fantasized about this Biblical story, but of course at the time not knowing it was only parable. And it made great sense to me - to leave sin and never look back - never allow it to become a part of our lives again. The poem is such a wonderful foray through whimsy... (Report)Reply
Pranab K Chakraborty (2/24/2015 6:57:00 AM)
I felt age within me. Distance.
The futility of wandering. Torpor.
I looked back setting my bundle down.
I looked back not knowing where to set my foot................Quiet skilled the choice of looking back. (Report)Reply
Ewa Reignger (8/26/2014 2:50:00 PM)
Gangadharan Nair Pulingat (7/4/2014 9:12:00 AM)
A poem much interested in its meaning it is very beautiful. (Report)Reply
Ahmad Shiddiqi (10/9/2008 11:17:00 PM)
very interesting! ! ! could you read and comment on my poems too? thank you. (Report)Reply
Raynette Eitel (2/19/2006 11:51:00 AM)
This poet has captured something that one doesn't hear in sermons. Perhaps it is because she speaks from a woman't viewpoint of a time when God moved among people ready to do something about sin. 'I looked back from loneliness, from shame that I was stealing away...' All those thoughts before turning to a pillar of salt. Only a poet knows the true mind of Lot's wife. This is my favorite poem by my favorite poet of the twentieth century.
Raynette (Report)Reply
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John M Iriye Attorney at Law
At heart, I am a problem solver. I am continually studying something new, for example: patents for developing products, financial analysis, woodworking, and computer programming. When one of my clients asks for solution, I am able to consider their issues from many difference angles. Sometimes a traditional approach can accomplish their goals; other times unorthodox strategies need to be developed.
I am a strong advocate of the collaborative process. My business and legal experience along with my psychology training allows me to evaluate situations from a perspective that goes beyond mere legal analysis.
Areas of Practice
- Insurance Law
- Real Estate Transactions and Litigation
- Complex Business Litigation
- Family Law
- Divorce
- Time-Sharing
- Support
Bar Admissions
- Florida, 1997
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 2009
- Pennsylvania, 1996 (Voluntarily Inactive)
- J.D., Law, 1996 – University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi
- B.A., Psychology, 1993 – University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Seminole County Bar Association, Member
- Orange County Bar Association, Member
- The Rotary Club of Winter Springs, Board of Directors
John has lived on the East Coast, the West Coast, and parts in between. He has always been interested in the interplay between the law and perceptions of fairness. In 1989, he entered the University of Connecticut and studied psychology. While at the University of Connecticut, he worked in an inpatient facility leading recreational, occupational and family dynamics group sessions for pediatrics, adolescents and adults.
A professor selected him as a research assistant to develop tests and measures for pediatrics and adolescents. John accepted another position as a research assistant to study perceptions of procedural versus distributive justice. He then was chosen as an intern working with the State of Connecticut, Judicial Branch in the Child Support Services section. In 1993, he received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Connecticut. He gained admission to several law schools and attended the University of Mississippi.
In 1996, John began the study of law at the University of Mississippi Law School in Oxford, Mississippi where he served as a teaching assistant in the Domestic Violence Clinic and handled cases on behalf of victims of domestic violence. Upon graduation in 1996, he obtained a license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Seeking a warmer climate, he moved to Florida in 1997.
In 1997, John obtained his license to practice law in Florida. He devoted a year to the Office of the Public Defender as an Assistant Public Defender in Orange County, Florida. During his time with the Office of the Public Defender he obtained experience handling numerous jury trials. Afterward, he began private practice in the Florida Panhandle and at the same time began his studies in the MBA program of Regis University, College of Professional Studies. He handled matters representing the United States Air Force at Eglin, AFB, in medical malpractice matters as well as representing people in personal injury matters. He also became a Federal Contractor, and with his psychology experience, won a bid to become a federal contractor teaching tobacco cessation classes at Eglin, AFB.
In 2001, John took a position representing the Florida Department of Insurance, which later became the Florida Department of Financial Services. During his tenure with the Florida, he handled many functions: litigated cases involving substantial penalties; handled appeals; assisted to develop the Electronic Data Interchange; authored an article about Employee Leasing Companies, which was published in the PEO Insider; assisted in the administrative rule making process; and helped to develop a computer based system for processing large volumes of Final Orders.
In 2008, John returned to Central Florida to reenter private practice. He began working with Smith Brown, P.L., where he handled matters such as: condominium association law, real estate commission disputes, commercial real estate transactions, complex business litigation, foreclosures, divorces, and general civil practice. He focused his practice in Family Law and determined to open another office as a solo practitioner.
John focuses his practice on Family Law, Business Litigation and Commercial Real Estate Transactions. He is a strong advocate of the collaborative process. John's broad base of legal experience along with his psychology and business education allow him to evaluate his cases from a perspective, which goes beyond mere legal analysis.
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This project aims to transform the representations of rainwater seen as a nuisance, using poetically the urban environment in which we live.
The idea is based on the simple principle of placing on the sidewalks painted poems that appear only in case of rain in 8 key locations of the city Geneva.
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This program aims to educate schoolchildren to the management of water, sanitation and good hygiene practices, but also the recovery of waste to make blue schools, incubators of social change "
Construction of rainwater harvesting systems in Bhaktapur, to provide safe access todrinking water in 2 schools and 6 camps for displaced families after the 2015 earthquake.
Climate change requires us to rethink our management methods and practices. This project aims to build community resilience by combining better management of water resources, trees and soil.
The "Unserved" project aims to provide access to clean water and restore dignity for those who have nothing, the forgotten from water services, who live on the outskirts of our cities and have to fight every day to access even water for drinking.
The objective of this workshop is to bring school children to become aware of their environment, and to be able to implement durable, sustainable solutions in their city.
The aim of this "In the rain ink" project is to transform the representations of rainwater seen as a nuisance, poetically using the urban environment in which we live.


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The personal and economic costs of cancer health disparities are incalculable. The medically underserved are more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage diseases that might have been treated more effectively or even cured if diagnosed earlier. To effectively improve the health of our communities we need to understand and address these disparities. Yet, before we address them systematically, we first must measure and then continue to monitor them.
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It can be challenging to implement national or state goals and objectives, such as State Cancer Plans, at the local level and incorporate the evidence into programs in the community. The Comprehensive Cancer Control (CCC) National Partnership helps to bridge this divide by supporting CCC coalitions in the development and implementation of comprehensive cancer control plans at the state, tribe, territory, U.S. Pacific Island Jurisdictions and local levels.
Positive public health outcomes can only be achieved if effective programs are sustained over time. However, sustainability is an ongoing challenge for public health programs, and for practitioners and researchers alike. This challenge is compounded by the fact that many things affect sustainability, including financial and political climates, factors in the organizational setting, and elements of project design and implementation.
So many programs designed to improve the health of individuals, communities and populations are categorical. This focus on specific diseases or risk factors can be very helpful in focusing efforts on specific actionable initiatives. But an over-focus on disease and risk factors also risks alienating individuals and organizations that are not motivated by this deficiency focus. What if, in addition, the functional health, and the social, environmental, behavioral and health care determinants of a community were measured and reported?
Developing, tailoring, and promoting health materials for your community and audience is often not an easy process. Effective and sustainable promotion strategies are needed to assure that all Americans benefit from important cancer information across the continuum. MIYO (Make It Your Own), created in 2008 by the Health Communication Research Lab at the Washington University in St. Louis, is a web-based system that gives community partners the tools to create customized, culturally appropriate health materials targeted to their audience without having to develop them from scratch.
A major challenge facing public health researchers and practitioners today is how to partner with other organizations, agencies, and groups to collaboratively address public health goals while effectively leveraging resources. The process by which organizations have engaged partners in collaboration has varied, with few ways to measure the success of these partnerships. Public leaders are eager to understand how to analyze these collaborations to determine whether the time and resources spent building these partnerships are worth the investment.
The demand for quality, patient-centered care is growing throughout the country. As more people are living with cancer, it is increasingly clear that the responsibility for such care extends beyond cancer centers and into communities and the home. Central to this challenge are the Commission on Cancer and the comprehensive cancer control coalitions.
Public health researchers and practitioners often work to solve complex population and health issues, such as obesity and chronic disease, which are deeply embedded within the fabric of society. As such, the solutions often require intervention and engagement with key stakeholders and organizations across many levels ranging from local entities (schools, churches, and work environments) to regional systems (health departments and hospital networks) to entire countries (national agencies). This multi-level, multi-participant view is at the heart of systems thinking, a proce
In recent years, the expansion of mobile health (mHealth) technologies, including health text messaging, mobile phone apps, remote monitoring and portable sensors, have changed the way healthcare is being delivered in the U.S.
The burden of cancer is often greater for the poor, ethnic minorities, and the uninsured than for the general population. To overcome these disparities, there is a need to identify and understand the contributing factors to develop and disseminate culturally appropriate interventions. During October's NCI Research to Reality cyber-seminar, Dr. Patricia Miranda, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration at Penn State University, will discuss her research on cancer disparities among Latinos and the need for targeted communications and intervention. Dr.


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Selling you car often means upgrading to a vehicle better suited to your driving desires. If you're upgrading vehicles in the Sydney region, then there is a magical drive you can't really pass up. It's about 198 kilometres from Sydney to Jervis Bay on the M1 and Princes Highway. You can tackle this in just under three hours but better take the whole day and make a few stops along the way.
- Stop One, Royal National Park:
About an hour out of the city, just outside of Cronulla, the Royal National park can be a quick stop to stretch your legs and access the public toilets, or you can spend some time to take it in. From May to November you can walk up to the Governor Game Lookout to see migrating humpback whales in the water beneath the sea eagles and other bird species. You can take in the native eucalyptus landscape surrounding the Hacking River from the walking trails up to the Bungoona lookout. If this is really striking to you, you can always come back for the multi-day camping walk from Bundeena to Otford on the 26 kilometre Coast Track. For now, you can park yourselves for a quick bite at Wattamolla and take a dip in the quiet lagoon and the many fresh creeks. If you prefer rougher water, drive out to Garie Beach and take a few moments to watch the waves roll in.
Bola Creek in Royal National Park
- Stop two, Stanwell Park:
Heading south from the National Park you will happen upon many charming coastal towns, the first being Stanwell Park on the Lawrence Hargrave Drive. Just North of the actual town are the hills of Stanwell Tops, a popular spot for hang gliders to test the winds. If you're not into jumping off cliffs then you can sit yourself down at the top of Bald Hill and enjoy the experience vicariously. Afterwards you can drive down to Stanwell Park Beach, which is protected between beautiful forested cliffs, and is a known place for good surf. If you've got a dog in the car, the park behind the beach allows much appreciated off-leash play for your four-legged family members. The beach itself requires the use of leashes.
View from Bald Hill over Stanwell park
- Stop three, Wollongong:
Continuing right along the Grand Pacific Drive will lead you to the larger town of Wollongong, which will be a good place to fill up on petrol or top up your driving snacks. You can choose between swimming in the surf or the rock pools along the beach, or head up one of the trails on Mount Keira, part of the forested Illawarra range surrounding the city. The Southern part of the city houses the largest Buddhist temple in this hemisphere, called Nan Tien, "Paradise of the South". There are many events held here fostering the exchange between cultures and you may be able to catch a cultural festival or art and calligraphy workshops. If it speaks to you, you can come back for a full Buddhist mediation retreat. As you head on your way, take the B65 route for a peak at Lake Illawara.
Nan Tien temple south of Wollongong.
- Stop four, Kiama Blowhole:
You really can't drive past this one; Kiama blowhole is the largest in the whole world and has been a tourist hotspot for over one hundred years, viewed by roughly 900,000 people every year. This natural rock formation shoots a 20 metre column of water into air and can even be viewed until 1am, thanks to the evening floodlights. As a natural phenomenon, the blows can't really be predicted, but you can try your luck at the 'Little' Blowhole nearby to increase your chances. There is a picnic area and rockpool here as well and the blow hole is equipped with disabled access.
kiama blow hole
- Stop five, Berry:
As you travel further South the A1 passes through the charming town of Berry. It's worth a stop to stroll through the streets and try some local sourdough or check out speciality shops only found in small towns. If you want to get some exercise then take your car up Woodhill Mountain Road and do the 40 minute walk to Drawing Room Rocks. The locals say it can be tricky to find the base so they've put up a sign across the road near house number twenty. The track can be steep and uneven at times and it's better to have long pants on while journeying through the bush. At the top there are incredible views of the Gerringong Coast and Seven Mile Beach and if you're quiet you might see wombat and wallabies on the way up.
Fog clearing in the morning at the top of the Drawing Room Rocks.
- Stop six, Beer:
If you're interested in an afternoon drink, keep going down the highway across the Shoalhaven River until you reach the town of Nowra. Just south is the Hop Dog Beerworks Brewery where you can sip on hoppy India Black Ales or Belgian IPAs. If you're eager to get to your final stop they actually do takeaway growlers and bottles that you can throw into an Eski in the boot.
Beer tasting at the HopDog Beerworks Brewery south of Nowra.
- Final Destination:
Only half an hour to go from Nowra, just don't miss the left turn off the highway at Forest Road. Follow that onto Currarong Road and take a right at Lighthouse Road. From there you have officially reached the Jervis Bay region. What makes this area special is that it hasn't been overdeveloped and molded to suit masses of tourist and consumers. The wonder of Jervis Bay is simply it's pristine, natural beauty. The area is made up of protected Marine and National Parks and it has the kind of beaches that remind you why Australia is known for stunning coastlines. There is no end to the walks and bike rides or kayak trips up the creek, it's almost better to leave your plans open and free-fall into the magic of the area. You can buzz back up the A1 to your Sydney home afterwards, or find some quaint accommodation and stay a while.
Turqouise waters at Greenfields beach in Jervis Bay.
Instead of making the return trip, you can also keep going south and check out more drives in Victoria at https://www.areyouselling.com.au/sell-my-car/melbourne/.


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New Product Designed to Thwart Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
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ShotSpotter SiteSecure was developed with critical infrastructure environment needs in mind. Although infrastructure sites may appear to be visibly secure, they are often times in remote locations, not overseen by local law enforcement and may be hard to get to. As a result, electrical substations are particularly vulnerable to attacks. With SiteSecure, organizations can now be confident of receiving complete 360-degree gunshot detection capabilities including:
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Sen. Dorgan to White House: Hey, thanks for nothing
Imagine you're a three term US Senator, a part of the biggest congressional majority held by Democrats in decades.
2008 brought a tidal wave of hope and change fever, fueled by Barack Obama's pie-in-the-sky rhetoric, bolstering the majorities gained in 2006, and generating tons of political capital. The Republican party is all but extinct and is in disarray. Nothing stands in the way.
The new administration is sworn in, promising to revive the economy and pulling the US from the "precipice"—the worst economy since the Great Depression.
Then you wake up in December, and you realized that the incompetent leaders of your party just spent the last nine months pushing the biggest Federal entitlement expansion in modern history, squandered its precious political capital on backroom deals, union payoffs—-pushing and pushing an unpopular healthcare reform package.
Rarely throughout the contentious summer and fall, if ever, was there a mention of creating jobs or reviving the economy from the White House or the congressional leadership.
Now, the political climate is such that the Democratic party is toxic in deep blue states, it's ambitious agenda on the rocks. You're once safe Senate seat is all but out of reach. You have to call it quits.
How do you feel?
If I had to make a bet, it would be just like how Byron Dorgan feels right about now:
A top Senate Democrat on Friday stressed that jobs and economic recovery, not healthcare reform, should have been the president's top priority last year.
While Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) described President Barack Obama's focus on healthcare as "very important," he said the timing of Obama's legislative push ultimately "wasn't good."
The North Dakota senator later added Obama should have pursued an agenda that was "all economy, all the time [and] all jobs, all the time" in order to "repair this economy and put people back to work" more quickly.
But the president won the election — I didn't," added Dorgan, who will not run for re-election this year. "
Dorgan's admission Friday that Democrats erred by focusing almost exclusively on healthcare reform in 2009 is sure not to sit well with the party's leaders.
In other words, the Obama administration, with supermajorities in Congress being elected to promote the general welfare of the country, fumbled the ball. They blew it.
Instead of focusing on the economy and trying to create jobs, the Obama Democrats spent their time trying to ram through a healthcare reform package that lawmakers will not vote for and that the majority of Americans don't want.
Nothing is so sad in politics as wasted political capital, so precious is it to obtain. And it's all because of Barack Obama's enormous ego and the complicity of the mindless drones in the Democratic leadership.
Democrats asleep at the switch on national security
Screenshot of Janet Napolitano, she of the "system works", anti-terrorism operation in the USA, taking in the energizing President Obama at the SOTU speech the other night:
Keep in mind that this person is in charge of HOMELAND SECURITY—keeping the country safe from terrorism, securing the borders, the whole bit.
So has she been keeping the homeland secure? Probably not. The same day of the SOTU speech, she skipped out on the Congressional comittee that oversees the DHS:
Top Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee publicly scolded Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for failing to show up at a Wednesday hearing where the committee examined the attempted Christmas Day suicide bombing of Northwest Flight 253. One Democrat on the committee said he wanted to know "where the hell" Napolitano was.
That evening, Napolitiano did prominently show up at the Capitol to attend President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. But earlier in the day, she dispatched Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Jane Holl Lute to testify on her behalf in the Homeland Security Committee on what went wrong in the homeland-security process that allowed would-be suicide-bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to board a plane bound from Amsterdam to the Detroit.
Democrats openly expressed their dismay with Napolitano as the hearing proceeded. Rep. Chris Carney (D.-Pa.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations and Oversight, said during his question period: "I am very dismayed that the Secretary herself isn't here. I mean it's probably fair to ask: "Where the Hell is Secretary Napolitano?"
Rep. Jane Harman (D.-Calif.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Intelligence, said: "I would like to welcome our witnesses but comment on the absence of Secretary Napolitano. This is the committee with primary jurisdiction over the Department of Homeland Security. She is the secretary of Homeland Security. She is in Washington, D.C. She was invited to testify at this very important hearing, and she should have been here. … I am very personally disappointed that she isn't here."
Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson (D.-Miss.) rebuked Napolitano for a lack of courtesy in dealing with the committee. Thompson said during the hearing that he had spoken with Napolitano just two days before and that there had been no discussion of her not attending.
Apparently the only things that keeps America safe from terrorism are faulty underwear detonators and fellow passengers who decide to take matters into their own hands.
That should be enough, because "the system works" and those in charge of our safety have better things to do—like napping in front of 60 million people while the President rambles on about how we are going to be safer because Democrats run the government now, and giving the finger to your congressional oversight committee.
It's funny, because I've been told for several years by my leftie friends that it was Republicans that didn't take governing seriously.
Just as disturbing, is that this story is not getting any real play in the media, not that I should be surprised. I can only imagine the uproar if these things occurred in a Republican administration. And I seem to recall Democrats criticizing everything the Bush administration did to try and stop terrorism. Now that Democrats run all facets of the Federal government, they're asleep at the switch—literally. God help us.
RNC clowns on parade
The Republican Party steered clear of passing a so-called "purity test" proposed by a handful of conservative members of the Republican National Committee and instead passed a toothless watered-down resolution that "urges" Republican Party leadership to consider a candidate's record and statements and fidelity to the party platform before providing financial support or an endorsement.
In the wake of the special House race in upstate New York last November where the Republican Party candidate DeDe Scozzafava found her campaign derailed by conservatives, several RNC members proposed the idea of passing a resolution where GOP candidates would have to agree to eight out of 10 stated policy positions before being eligible for support from the RNC.
The proposal, initially drafted by Indiana national committeeman James Bopp, was met with strong resistance by state party chairs concerned about such a one-size-fits-all approach. This week, RNC Chairman Michael Steele made clear that he, too, opposed the proposed resolution.
After the vote, Oregon Republican Party Chairman Bob Tiernan and Bopp got into what became a heated exchange over the resolution.
"I would say read the resolution," Tiernan said. "It says what it says. It is a suggestion, it's common sense, we do stick to our principles, but there's nothing mandatory down there, there's nothing required. I am a chairman and I'm not going to take that back and make my candidates sign it. That's ridiculous. We rejected the litmus test today."
Bopp quoted from the resolution: "This is binding, you are to determine — determine — that the candidate wholeheartedly supports the core principles."
When Tiernan again asserted that there is nothing binding in what passed today, Bopp told him to "shut up."
I have no misconceptions about the dearth of leadership and cohesion, and the outright incompetence of the establishment Republican party. It's been painfully obvious for years now.
When the party proposed the so-called "purity test" after the NY-23 special election debacle, I disagreed with it from the outset. I didn't think then, and I don't think now, that the party should paint itself into such a corner with what I felt were uncomfortably restrictive prerequisites for RNC funding and support. This was a reactionary, tactical move by the RNC, not a long-term strategic one.
Yes, I believe that conservatism and adherence to conservative ideals are critical for the Republican party and its candidates' electoral success. It's the national party's job to support REPUBLICANS and to do what they can do get REPUBLICANS elected. (As for NY-23, there was nothing conservative about Dede Scozzofava—the RNC had no business supporting her. Had it stepped in with support for Doug Hoffman earlier, the result would have been different—-heckuva job, RNC)
Having said that, I understand why this was brought to a vote—after a summer of contentious town halls and staving off left-wing vitriol, the Republicans felt like they had a shot in the Northeast, a region of the country where Republicans were effectively disappearing. Needless to say, NY-23 was the only loss of any significance that day with GOP victories in New Jersey, Virginia and later, Massachusetts.
But let's not kid ourselves here. It's not like the GOP is making great strides in brand recognition over the past year or so. I really believe that the Republican gains over the past several months is due more to the incompetence of the Democrats than anytthing the Repubclians are doing. I think it was LBJ who said, and I'm paraphrasing: "If your opponent wants to make an ass of himself, get out of his way." That sums up what's been going on here. The Republicans have been smart enough to just let the Democrats ride the healthcare debate over a cliff with their 2010 electoral hopes along for the ride. Voters are moving over to ther Republicans because they are realizing the damage that Democratic party rule can have on the country, and they want no part of that.
Republicans need to understand that a small government, low taxes, fiscal conservative message will win out over spendthrift liberal Democrats—-always. The key to that understanding, the key to across the board electoral victory, should come from the top. When the Republican party establishment can't even agree on that—that they have to water down a lame purity test—shows that they're not ready for what needs to be done to revitalize the party.
I already knew this week was going to stink to high heaven on Sunday—that's how bad it was going to be. Maybe it was because this was the first truly full workweek of 2010. New Years Day was on a Friday. The following two weeks went by went by realtively quickly with no office related B.S, and last week was a short week due to the MLK holiday.
Sunday came and there was a feeling of blah. Thank goodness it's finally over.
Corporate life really stinks. It sucks the blood from you.
Anyway, this song shuffled onto my iPod on my way to the office this morning. It's as good a tune as any to wrap up the work week:
You Lie, Mr. President
From last night's State of the Union speech:
…[W]e have to recognize that we face more than a deficit of dollars right now. We face a deficit of trust -– deep and corrosive doubts about how Washington works that have been growing for years. To close that credibility gap we have to take action on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue — to end the outsized influence of lobbyists; to do our work openly; to give our people the government they deserve.
In reality, the Obama administration just spit in our face. Yes, Mr. President. You lie:
A day after bashing lobbyists, President Barack Obama's administration has invited K Street insiders to join private briefings on a range of topics addressed in Wednesday's State of the Union.
The Treasury Department on Thursday morning invited selected individuals to "a series of conference calls with senior Obama administration officials to discuss key aspects of the State of the Union address."
A handful of lobbyists told The Hill on Thursday morning that they received the invitations and were planning to call in.
Some lobbyists say they are extremely frustrated with the White House for criticizing them and then seeking their feedback. Others note that Democrats on Capitol Hill constantly urge them to make political donations.
One lobbyist said, "Bash lobbyists, then reach out to us. Bash lobbyists [while] I have received four Democratic invitations for fundraisers."
Lobbyists say the Obama White House has held many off-the-record teleconferences over the past year.
Of course, just because you're President doesn't mean you cut ties with lobbyists who helped fund your campaign—even if the money is coming from those greedy and reckless Wall Street "fatcats" that you hate so much.
At what point do "independent" Obama supporters and Democrats tell themselves that they're tired of being lied to and treated like trash by "virtuous" Democratic presidents and congressmen? One day after what's being hailed as a turning point for the Obama presidency, where he purposely demonized bankers, lobbyists, etc., trying to position himself as a populist—and this is how the administration responds?
I, for one, was not shocked at all. I always knew the President was a liar.
Is David Shuster a bitter partisan hack?
Yes. And I would add "slimy" to the list as well.
Which makes him a perfect fit with the rest of the lying windbags on MSNBC.
The SOTU Speech, continued
Jules Crittenden has a roundup of the usual Obama-hugging commentariat here.
And also, this:
Which I think sums it all up perfectly.


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Archive | April 2013
Yoga Helps Fight Sinus Infections!
You know the signs: congestion, pressure, pain, dripping, fever, cough, feeling run down. Another sinus infection. The Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA, has recently published a study of 166 individuals with sinus infections randomized into two treatment groups: a standard course of amoxicillin or placebo, both also taking one or more symptomatic treatments like decongestant or pain relievers. Their conclusion: for an acute sinus infection, amoxicillin offers no benefit over placebo plus symptomatic relief.
So what's a yogi to do? Plenty. While waking up with a sinus infection may make you groan and pull the covers over your head, on your yoga mat you'll find relief and support for rocking the rest of your day.
If you have time for only one thing, do the right thing and put your legs up the wall. This pose, called Viparita Karani in Sanskrit, is supportive to the immune system and triggers the parasympathetic nervous system – the rest and relax response. While triggering the sympathetic nervous system has complex effects on inflammation and immunity – sometimes enhancing, sometimes suppressing – the parasympathetic nervous system is wholly supportive of effective immune function andreducing inflammation. Whether you use a bolster under your low back or snug your behind up to the wall and extend your legs, you'll get all the benefits of inverting with hardly any effort and lots of relaxation.
More time? Start with some conscious breathing. Breathing is the problem, you say? Two simple yoga practices can help clear that up. First, nasal irrigation can mechanically clear some of the uglies out of your head. A neti pot with a mild salt solution is the easiest way to accomplish this, but I've used paper coffee cups in a pinch. Always use filtered or distilled water. Warm water, tested on the inside of your wrist is best.
Once you've rinsed some of the offending mucous free, alternate nostril breathing, or Nadi Shodhana, can help to equalize the pressure and maintain a clear head. Even three rounds of alternate nostril breathing can have noticeable effects on air flow and steadiness of mind.
Finally, don't plan a super sweaty, bendy, challenging practice. A few simple twists, chest openers, shoulder openers will do wonders. For a simple and effective sequence, move with your breath between Cobra and Child's Pose with your arms out, fluidly, up to 10 times. This sequence will pump your lymphatic system, open your breathing muscles and massage everything in between.
The next time you wake up with a head full of uglies and feeling like a Hanuman play-toy, you'll have a few more and effective options than resorting to over-used antibiotics. Take your power over your health and well-being seriously and roll out your mat!
10 Valuable DETOX Lessons!
April 15, 2013 | 1 Comments
10 Valuable Lessons From My Detox Experience
For the past 7 days I was on an ayurvedic cleanse in preparation for my Panchakarma treatment with Dr Lad at the Ayurvedic Institute in ABQ, NM. It is the beginning of my month-long detox journey that will come to an end on May 6th. This week all my detox food was made by the ayurvedic chef Divya at Bhagavat Life. My boyfriend and a few of my clients were doing the same cleanse for 5 days. After the 5 days were over, I cooked all the food myself.
The idea of an ayurvedic detox is to take the load of digestion by eating mostly soup based, easy to digest meals and veggies. No frozen, canned, old, or cold food. No dairy, wheat, bread, eggs, coffee, chocolate (anything with stimulants) meat, strong spices like chilly, onion, garlic, nightshades (tomatoes, potatoes, peppers), creamy or hard-to-digest food. Oh, and very little salt and oils! You can read more about cleanse-facilitating Ayurvedic diet here.
Beet and Lauki Squash soup, Kitchari with Cilantro, Greens – all from Bhagavat Life
Veggies, kitchari with kulthi beans, pureed veggie soups, soaked almonds, apricots, prunes, and figs, and steamed apples were the core of my diet this past week.
For the most part this transition was pretty easy for me because I like soups and love my veggies. Some things that I missed were macaroons from Lifethyme and raw acai pudding from Juice Press. Thankfully, the cravings went away within a few days and now they don't even sound appetizing. Instead I m craving limes on everything, baked bitter melon, and Moringa soup. Sounds crazy but it's true! Our cravings can shift quite when our body is cleaner and taste buds are more sensitive.
There have been quite a few realizations along the way that might be helpful to you if you are embarking on a cleanse or a detox program this Spring. Some of them I knew before and they just become more ingrained through a deeper personal experience and some were new.
10 Valuable Tips For Your Next Detox/Cleanse
- Get clear on the 'why' of you detox and remind yourself about it when you want to give up/cheat – my goal is to renew, to nourish my body and my digestive system. As long as I keep in mind that this month is all about nourishing my body and giving it what it needs vs using it solely to experience pleasure (as from eating sweets), it helps me to stay on track. We are in the utilizing mode our entire life, taking a few days to reverse the trend and do things for the body is a compassionate thing to do.
- Clear the house of temptation – The first few days are the most challenging because you are changing your diet and our body and mind try to resist change. If you have cookies, crackers, ice cream, or even pickles at home, you will be more likely to reach for them. Be kind to yourself and don't rely on the willpower, just give whatever is not a part of your cleanse away.
- Adapt your movement/exercise routine but don't stop it – Your energy levels might change depending on the cleanse that you are doing. If you don't feel like doing your regular 40 min cardio or 60 min yoga routine, do less or choose a gentler way to move. I walked outside a lot, did yoga every day, and couldn't get enough of my trampoline. Pushing your body to do heavy weight training or too many HIIT workouts will only deplete the body during the cleanse time.
- Do an oil massage at least every other day – Oil massage is great to optimize blood circulation, lymph drainage, and reduce any fatigue and soreness that might appear on day 3 or 4 of the cleanse. You can use sesame or almond oil. I used Lymphatic massage oil. I wrote about oil massage in more detail here.
- Take hot bath to feel less toxic – Try adding Epson salt, baking soda, and ginger powder. It helps to reduce all the detox side effects that can range from fatigue, soreness, crankiness, and feeling spacey. I usually take a bath after my 5-10min oil massage.
- Bitter MelonUse functional veggies to stimulate detox through liver and kidneys – asparagus, daikon, kulthi lentils, beets, taro root, bitter melon, dandelions, fresh sprouts all are wonderful detoxifiers. I had a rotation of each one of the above throughout the week. Bitter melon is one of my favorites! It has a bitter taste and helps to balance out insulin levels and prevents sugar cravings. It is great baked or sauteed with some lime sprinkled on it. You can find it at any Asian store.
- Have a tasty gentle laxative such as prunes and apricots (soaked over night and sweet water drained) or a lightly steamed apple with cloves – It helps to keep things moving out of your body and provides for a sweet taste that you might be missing.
- Use smart spices to improve digestion – fennel, coriander, cumin, ginger, turmeric. Try fennel, coriander, cumin tea in between meals. It is very soothing for a bloated or sensitive tummy. If you want a step by step guide on how to reduce bloating and gas with Ayurveda, you can download it here.
- Use increased sensitivity to notice trends – when your body is cleaner, you become more sensitive to the effects of food. This is a great time to create your mental map of the emotions that certain foods can create. I, for example, became highly aware of the grounding and calming nature of grains, the liveliness of a small quantity of sprouts but almost anxiety with too many, the heating effect of salt and a cooling effect of fennel seeds. So when I felt a bit unstable Monday morning after having a bit too many mung bean sprouts and baby kale for Sunday dinner, I used a thin oatmeal with zucchini and ghee to pacify my nervous system.
- Keep dinner your lightest meal with mostly veggies and/or a soup – this is one is one of the key elements of my daily life both on a detox and in regular life. I find that having a light dinner, helps me to wake up early and feel very energetic in the morning. It is a key to weightloss according to John Douillard. Cate Stillman of Yoga Healer is also a fan of a light dinner. If doing it every day is unrealistic, start with 3-4 days a week. Focus on eating a bigger and more filling lunch.
6 unusual herbs to grow in your spring garden!
Thu, Mar 07 2013 at 3:11 PM
Photo: Frannyanne/Shutterstock
If you're ready to move beyond basic basil and oregano, this is a good place to start…
You're already growing sweet basil, dill and mint. Your parsley and cilantro are always abundant in your garden. Yet, for some strange reason, you want to kick it up a notch. You've mastered the basics and you want to grow some herbs with exotic flavor and international intrigue. Here are six herbs that will rock your world. These are temperate-climate herbs that are suitable to grow in North America, although transplanting times and growing seasons vary by region. Are you ready to grow an even more fragrant garden? Are you excited to introduce new flavors to your cooking? Let's get started.
Chocolate mint: There is chocolate, and there is chocolate mint. If you have ever been fortunate enough to smell a patch of chocolate mint, you know the distinction that I am making. Chocolate mint smells like a peppermint patty, or an after dinner chocolate mint wafer. It smells like mint with an edge of chocolate. The smell is more chocolatey than the taste. However, chocolate mint is an excellent addition to iced tea, mixed drinks, and desserts. An aggressive perennial that spreads quickly, it is best to plant chocolate mint in a container so that it does not invade your yard and garden.
Lemon basil: The smell of lemon basil is unbelievable. Both citrusy and with the spicy edge of basil, it is one of the most fragrant herbs that you could plant in your garden. This pungent plant with small green leaves prefers well-drained, rich soil. One whiff of lemon basil growing in the sun of your garden, and you'll be hooked on growing it for life.
Chervil: Chervil is often compared to parsley, but it is more delicate than parsely and has a slight anise-like flavor. Not often found in American supermarkets, chervil is common in French cooking. If you want to introduce the subtle and authentic flavor of chervil to your cooking, growing this annual is easy. Chervil likes sun and warm weather; it can be damaged by frost. Although it is an annual, it will reseed itself. I have planted chervil thickly in a square foot garden bed in the rocky soil of western Colorado, and it grew profusely.
Epazote: Epazote is difficult to find in American supermarkets, but it is a dominant herb in Mexican cooking. Though it is delicious, it is an invasive plant that should be planted in containers away from other plants. It grows with minimal maintenance in hot, dry climates. At once peppery and minty, epazote will add a delicious and authentically Mexican flavor to beans and stews. Medicinally, it is said to reduce flatulence.
Caraway: The caraway seed is technically a fruit. It is a tasty and fragrant addition to homemade rye breads and homemade sauerkraut. It is hardy in zones 5 and up. While caraway seeds are easy to come by in the supermarket herb and spice aisle, you'll enjoy it fresh even more. If you are part of the growing movement of people who are fermenting sauerkraut at home, kick up your kraut with fresh caraway from your garden.
Hyssop: Hyssop grows wild in the Mediterranean and Middle East. It is a common flavor in Middle Eastern cooking. It's an attractive-looking plant with purple blooms and fragrant leaves that is known to attract hummingbirds bees, and butterflies. It can tolerate dry conditions, preferring well-drained soils. An excellent dip for homemade bread is olive oil with hyssop, sesame seeds and sea salt.
Herbs are so fragrant and fun to grow in pots. Enjoy the diversity of fragrant herbs this spring and summer in your garden.
Chaya Kurtz originally wrote this story forNetworx.com. It is reprinted with permission here.
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The Surprising Weight Loss Benefits Of Yoga!
by Kristin Rooke, CPT, CHC | March 6, 2013 | Updated: March 8, 2013 | 11 comments
While walking around your city, you've probably seen a variety of yoga studios—everything ranging from Bikram to Anusara, Jivamukti, and Vinyasa yoga. Bikram is known for hot rooms and sweat-dripping bodies, while vinyasa is all about the flow of movements.
If your goal is to get lean and lose body fat, you might be wondering whether, or how, yoga fits into your program. There are a multitude of benefits to practicing yoga, but does yoga help with weight loss?
Yoga Only Burns 3-6 Calories Per Minute
In order to lose body fat, you have to create a deficit of calories. If you burn more calories than you consume, you will lose weight, and one pound of fat is equivalent to about 3500 calories.
Yoga classes often endure for about 60-90 minutes. According to research done by the American Council on Exercise, the average individual burns about 3-6 calories per minute practicing yoga, which equates to a total of only 180-360 calories burned during that class.1 In contrast, a kettlebell workout burns about 13-17 calories per minute, which equals about 800+ calories burned in an hour.2 That's a significant difference in calorie expenditure.
While it depends on the type and intensity of the class– certain styles of yoga are much more rigorous such as power yoga, hot yoga, and vinyasa, whereas yin yoga, restorative, and hatha yoga are more gentle and slower-paced. 3 Regardless of the intensity of the yoga class, circuit training is still superior in terms of overall metabolic boost and calorie burn.
But even with the calorie difference, yoga has other benefits that can help the weight-loss individual.4
…But Yoga Can Still Be Effective For Weight Loss. Here's Why
From 2000-2002, medical researcher and yogi Alan Kristal, in association with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, conducted a study on the effects of yoga on weight-loss. The study surveyed 15,500 middle-aged men and women about their physical activity and weight over time, and controlled for factors such as diet, health, and other forms of exercise that could cause changes in weight. The study found that both over-weight and normal-weight adults who regularly practiced yoga for at least 4 years were less likely to gain weight than those who did not practice yoga. In fact, those who were overweight and practiced yoga actually lost an average of 5lbs during the four-year period, whereas the overweight non-practitioners gained about 14lbs.5
Alan Kristal and the other researchers noted: The weight loss had nothing to do with burning calories. Kristal pointed out that, from a scientific standpoint it was unclear why practicing yoga helped people keep the weight off: "Except for very strenuous yoga practices, you don't really burn enough energy to make any difference in terms of weight."
If calorie expenditure didn't account for weight maintenance or loss, what did? The researchers found a strong association between a regular yoga practice and mindful eating, which they did not find in other activities such as walking or running.6
How Can Yoga Help You Lose Weight?
Reasons that yoga might help the weight loss process include:
- Effective stress management, reducing the likelihood of stress eating
- Increased body awareness, specifically relating to hunger and satiety
- Mindfulness and mindful eating
Although practicing yoga doesn't burn the most calories, it might still have a place in your workout routine. An effective fat loss program that encourages maintenance of lean muscle and maximizes calorie burn should be founded on a combination of resistance training and cardiovascular activity. However, yoga could be used as active recovery and flexibility training between more intense workouts. The benefits of stress reduction and mindfulness associated with yoga could lead to improved sleep, better eating habits, and increased self-awareness, which could mean more weight loss and improved maintenance of weight loss results over time. Regardless of the exercise you're doing, however, good nutrition is essential. If you're not paying attention to your diet, you won't see the results you want. Exercise right, eat clean, and you'll be able to actualize your goals.
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Truly Free Range Eggs: Healthy, Nutritious, Anti-Inflammatory!
by MARY on JULY 2, 2012
Two eggs from a local truly free range flock toward top of bowl, two 'free range' organic eggs from Trader Joe's toward bottom of bowl.
If you buy organic or cage-free eggs for a healthier, more ethically-produced product, take a second look at where your eggs are coming from. Ordinary US farm standards allow huge flocks of hens in impossibly small cages, while organic standards require uncaged hens fed an organic diet and given access to the outdoors. Unfortunately, many corporate-influenced large organic farms meet organic standards in a merely perfunctory way. 80% of US organic egg production is done in a manner that gives chickens little or no real access to the outdoors.
Should you care about this whether or not you have a deep concern for animal welfare? Yes. Chickens allowed to pursue their natural behaviors outdoors produce eggs that are much more nutritious in ways that ought to interest anyone trying to follow an anti-inflammatory diet.
While organic standards call for hens to have access to the outdoors, on large farms this is often done with tiny exits that discourage birds from going out and very small outdoor yards that serve only a tiny percentage of the birds. Check out Mother Earth News' in-depth articles on egg production or this video from The Cornocupia Institute:
But what if the eggs are labeled free range? Most of the labels other than organic that you might find on eggs don't have legal teeth behind them or don't truly ensure humane farming. This article from the Humane Society gives details on each kind of labeling you might find.
A hen that forages outdoors for its natural diet of green plants, insects, worms, and seeds produces eggs that are visually different from eggs from warehoused hens and that test higher for many nutrients. The yolk is firmer, stands up better, and is a darker shade of yellow-orange. The important carotenoid nutrients found in eggs are yellow pigments, so the color is important.
According to this study funded by Mother Earth News and using independent laboratory testing, pastured eggs have 1/3 less cholesterol, 1/4 less saturated fat, 2/3 more Vitamin A, 2 times more omega-3 fatty acids, 3 times more Vitamin E, and 7 times more beta carotene than eggs from warehoused birds.
Along with the extra beta carotene in pastured eggs, there may also be increased quantities of other carotenoids beneficial for eye health. One study cited 'ecological eggs' as having more of these carotenoids (lutein and zeaxanthin) while another found increased carotenoids in organic eggs versus non-organic but not in 'free range' compared with non-free range (possibly the not-very-free-range quality of many free-range eggs may have confused things).
So where can you find these nutritious and more humane eggs? If you're lucky, from your own backyard or a neighbor who has chickens. Failing that, your local food-coop or farmer's market are good places to look. When buying eggs from the store, use the ratings on this scorecard from The Cornucupia Institute for organic producers.
Many brands of organic eggs, such as Trader Joe's, Kirkland Signature, and Eggland's Best, received the lowest possible one-egg rating on the Cornucupia Scorecard. Eggs from highly rated producers with better conditions may be a little more expensive. If the 'one-egg rated' organic eggs are the only ones that fit your budget for now, don't give up. Organic standards, even when followed imperfectly, still give birds a better life with no cages and an organic diet without routine antibiotics or questionable additives.
Notes for those whose eyes have not yet glazed over: conventional egg farmers may add the carotenoids citranaxanthin or canthaxanthin to the diet of their indoor chickens to give the yolks of their eggs a yellow color. The latter chemical is also used on fish farms to make farmed salmon pink, and was used in tanning pills before adverse effects on the eyes were found (to be fair, to get the dose in a tanning pill you'd have to eat about 50 eggs).
Have you had pastured eggs from a local farmer? Can you see or taste the difference?


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BC: Jonathan Neal Huffines 1993-
FC: Dream Life by Jonathan Huffines
1: Although there are many occupations for which I am suited, there are thousands of cars to drive, and millions of places to see, these are the ones I chose for my dream life.
2: After graduating with a degree in horticulture, I opened my own vegetable and poultry farm.
3: After achieving enough money through my business ventures, I was able to buy my dream car, one of only 6 flying cars in existence.
4: I purchased a 3 story, log and stone cabin in the country, after living in the city for a few years in an apartment.
5: After settling down in my home I decided to visit the mountain region of Nepal/India. The area is shrouded in religious symbolism to monks in the region.


text: On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 08:43:27PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 08:20:19AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > And actually, what i intented to say was that there where three points which > > > > made me consider this a good time to post, not a proposal, but a request for > > > > comment from our DPL and ftp-master about the subject. > > > As DPL, all I've got to say is NEW policy is a matter for ftpmasters > > Sure, but i guess i will ask you the same question in next years campaign :) > > Sven, the reason people get annoyed at you and dislike working with you > is that you keep asking the same question in hopes that the answer will > somehow change. You've got your answer, you don't need to ask again. No, i got _NO_ANSWER_, and i keep asking in hopes that you actually give an answer, whatever it is. And again, here, you are not responding to the actual questions. Especially as your current reasoning fully contradict with what you said in your DPL plateform. I guess this means that Mike wass right after all, and i sure think this is something that will need to surface again if ever you re-present yourself as DPL. > > Given that, the real question is one of confiance. Which do you believe of the > > kernel team or the ftp-masters, are more competent to know what sub-package > > and abi change revision are adequate ? > > I don't believe it's appropriate to give either group authority to do > so on their own. Adding packages to the archive is an appropriate point > to have a second person review what's going on; that applies to packages > maintained by ftpmasters too. I agree with you on source packages, but change in the kernel abi-names or introduction of new binary packages for the same source package having to wait like it does is nonsense. > > any random maintainer, but the kernel team is handled by competent and > > reasonable, > > Which random maintainers are you saying are neither competent nor reasonable? I don't know, those the ftp-masters invoke in order to justify the strict control over the admittance of new binary packages and name changes in debian ? > Furthermore, I know I've spoken with a number of developers who don't > think you can be relied upon to handle things "reasonably", so even if Yeah, and i would much like that you back such diffamation with actual proof of me mishandling my responsabilities. And no, behaviour on debian mailing list has no relationship whatsoever with responsabilities in package upload. I have never done any harm in package upload (except once in early 99 when i NMUed X because it didn't build on powerpc, and got the immediate backlash you can imagine), as i never did any harm with my debian-installer commit right. I now expect you to step down from this diffamatory accusation, and apologize for it, if you have any self-honesty, or at least back your words with actual facts. > that were a sufficient condition to automatically approve NEW packages -- > which it isn't -- I'm not convinced it even applies here. So, because people are angry with me because of my email communication methods, any of my arguments should be dismissed without thought as you did ? You do notice that this leaves me only one recourse, so this is hardly the smartest thing to do on your part. > > And i would like a real answer to this question, not an authoritative > > non-reply like you did last time. > > Sven, the only thing that will satisfy you is complete compliance with > your demands -- you've made that clear in the way you've treated disputes > with the d-i team recently, and in other cases in the past. That isn't > going to happen, so there's really not much point worrying about what > other things you want -- you're going to be upset and complaining no > matter what happens. Well, you could try it and give a reply. Also, i have to say that from past flamewar with you, that you are also prone to the exact same problem, go read your own emails. So, i ask you now a direct question. You said something in your DPL plateform, which you clearly reject now, or refuse to answer any question concerning how this applies to a real world case ? So, the question is : Anthony, did you deliberately lie in your DPL elections like any good politician in order to be elected, or where you not aware that your own actions and position would contradict this point of your plateform ? Or, you could give a true answer to what i am asking. > Every single NEW package gets a manual check to see if it's reasonable. Indeed, which means that only the ftp-masters can thrusted to judge what 'reasonable' means, not withstanding that they may have little clue about the subject, and that the actual team who does the actual work about it is just some kind of sub-DD ? > That's the policy; it's not going to change because we need manual > checks to ensure things don't get out of hand -- archive size, number > of packages, consistency of packaging, etc -- and this is a sensible > place to do it. If it's causing you problems, there are three solutions: > prepare your NEW packages in advance of them becoming necessary, eg > by uploading to experimental, so that the loss of time happens earlier > when it doesn't matter; reduce the importance and freuqency of your NEW > packages so that the delays cause less problems; or if the NEW packages > are an important issue for the distro as a whole, work with the ftpmaster > team to work out other ways of minimising the delays. Yeah, that is the status quo, but you still didn't reply to me why this is needed for new binary packages of the same source package, or abi-name renaming of the kernel packages, and futurly all the out-of-tree modules. > Complaining on the lists, and saying that NEW checking isn't needed for > your packages might be fun, but isn't going to be effective. My packages, right, i hope the rest of the kernel team doesn't feel offended by the way you fully ignore them :) Now, if i where to rennounce my position as a member of the kernel team, would htis change your opinion on this ? Friendly, Sven Luther


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This scary damn thing had a vacuum in it's mouth to suck in your trash… my brothers and sisters and I were terrified that we were going to lose an arm.
Posted in BOO YAW!, creepy, tagged joyland, sucky the pig on April 30, 2008| Leave a Comment »
This scary damn thing had a vacuum in it's mouth to suck in your trash… my brothers and sisters and I were terrified that we were going to lose an arm.
Posted in BOO YAW!, creepy, first loves, friggin' scary clowns, tagged clowns, joyland, louie the clown on April 29, 2008| 7 Comments »
Man, I spend a lot of time on the internet. I should have known to do just a LITTLE BIT of searching before I made that request. Within two minutes I had found a wikipedia page on Joyland which had excellent information and included a link to a site called Remember Joyland which had all sorts of awesome photos of Joyland.
The clown's name was Louie. Here are a couple of pix. Now, I realize that this picture might not do justice to Louie's true evil nature, but I promise, he is a spooky dude. Don't let his jocular appearance fool you. That is how he lures you in.
I love the internet.
Posted in creepy, first loves, frankenstein, friggin' scary clowns, tagged clowns, creepy, joyland, wichita on April 29, 2008| 2 Comments »
I recently have come across a number of postings, particularly on ebaumsworld (which, like Pretty Frank, I check daily), with photo collections of scary clowns, like below –
The only problem is that these clowns are SUPPOSE to look scary. And I guess they are. I would certainly shit twice and die if I found this in my closet, under my bed, or simply sitting at my bedside, waiting for me to see it and shit twice and die.
But my Wichita friends, if they grew up in doo dah or at least within spitting distance, will know and agree with me that the scariest clown in the history of friggin scary clowns is (or was) the clown at Joyland.
For those of you who have been deprived the opportunity of experiencing this most evil of clowns, well, I would try to explain, but it would be much like trying to describe the color blue to a blind man. You just had to be there.
My first question is: Is the clown still there? I cannot imagine it still is, still sitting at that one-man-band/player piano thing all these years later (I was 8 years old when it was scaring the peewaddin' out of me. I am 41 now). If it is, could someone PLEASE go take a picture of it, or better yet, go video it. I live in North Carolina now, and don't often get back to the Great Plains (growing up I always thought Kansas was the Midwest. Come to find out most of the rest of the country thinks Ohio and Indiana is the Midwest. I am sorry, but if you are East of the Mississippi, then you are not West. Ohio and Indiana should be referred to as the Near East. But I guess this is another blog post, isn't it?).
If it is not there, please tell me if I am not the only one with this deep-down-where-you-live terror of this clown (and as a result, of clowns in general).


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Why, oh why, do procurement people insist on so many bureaucratic hoops? And why, oh why, don't they stick to their side of the bargain?
What I am about to say is probably not true for all people in procurement, so if you're not guilty, you can ignore this rant. But you may want to check first whether the following applies to you.
Do you require hard copies of tenders, rather than allowing electronic delivery?
Do you insist on tenders being sent in a plain envelope with no external marking to disclose the identity of the sender?
Do you claim that you'll follow a specific timetable and then ignore it?
If you've answered 'yes' to any of these, then this rant is meant for you.
I run a small business and have long been on the receiving end of demands such as these. In my opinion, they are unreasonable for modern procuring organisations and give the sector a bad image. They impose unnecessary burdens on potential suppliers, increasing costs for everyone and creating stress.
As hopeful recipients of your business, we can't complain directly. But this is what I would have liked to have said to those to whom I have tendered and who have failed to adhere to good practice.
All these rules represent good professional practice – but a lot of you are not following them. If you are, thank you. And if you're not, please have a hard look in the mirror and make some changes – both for your own sake and for the good name of the procurement industry.
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I had been wanting to go to Traif for a long time. It's consistently rated as one of the best places to eat in Williamsburg (4.5 stars on Yelp O.O and wow two billyburg restaurants in a row for me). Traif is a "new American" restaurant that serves up tapas with Asian and bacon flavors. It is also known for its bacon donuts – that curiosity alone was enough to entice me…
I started with the Rude Little Pig cocktail, which is made with lapsang-infused tequila orange liqueur, and a pomegranate bacon rim. Can't say it's particularly amazing but it was a pretty stiff drink. Bacon rim sounds better than it tasted. You couldn't really taste it at all. It was actually pretty annoying to have to deal with bacon crummies in my drink. This start aside, everything else was pretty great.
We were gifted a sweet potato-y soup from the chef. Super delicious. So creamy and vibrant – the perfect little taster to get the taste buds going for the rest of the meal. By the way, I didn't note all the prices and the menu changes pretty frequently. Just know that each dish is about $11-$20 ish.
Toasted spaetzle with roasted mushrooms. TBH, not the biggest fan of spaetzle because of how grainy it tastes. It's the same reason why I can't stand whole wheat pasta. Brown rice, whole wheat bread, anything else really I'm all for. Something about grainy noodles just doesn't make sense to me. They should be al dente, not grainy. Anyway, of all the spaetzles of the land that I've had, this is pretty good, I guess. Cant go wrong with cheese and mushrooms. Continue reading Traif: Asian Influenced Tapas & Bacon Donuts =O


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S: Lila: 21-24 Months Old *November 3, 2011-February 3, 2012*
BC: Developmental Milestones *weigh 26 pounds and 7 ounces and are 33 inches tall *love animals and call them by the sounds that they make *love Winnie the Pooh and all the characters *love Mickey Mouse and call him "cool cool" *you love your pink bunny "Abby" and carry her everywhere *wearing 24 month/2T clothes *size 5 diapers, and no interest in the potty yet...will potty train this summer! *love milk, Chick Fil A ("yummy yummy"), waffles, pizza, bagels, fruit snacks and fruit (blueberries "blue" and bananas "nanas") *still just 16 teeth *bed at 8pm, 2-3 hour naps at 2pm *love to kiss everyone goodnight, especially baby sister *you say "please" when asking for something *you love your school and LOVE to sing your ABCs *you LOVE to count too and your favorite number is 2 *been throwing much less fits these past couple months *you and your sister keep each other entertained so well. You think she is so funny when she chews on things and makes Sophie squeak. *Alli thinks that you are funny when you throw fits. *you are such a daddy's girl and are so happy when he's around!
FC: Happy Holidays | Lila: 21-24 Months November 3, 2011- February 3, 2012
1: Lila, I cannot believe that you are nearing the end of your second year of life. This year has gone by so fast and has brought many changes to our family. You have grown up so much and are such a sweet and silly girl! We love you more than you will ever know! Love, Mom and Dad
2: You got to stay with your Mamu and Big Pop November 3-6. You had a great time playing with Coleman too. | snack time!
5: Riding the Macy's Pink Pig and visiting Santa at Lenox Mall November 7, 2011
7: More from the Macy's Pink Pig
8: Lunch at California Pizza Kitchen after riding the Pink Pig
10: Visiting with your Great-Grandmama in Stone Mountain
13: Veterans Day 11-11-11
15: Loving your boots!
17: November 2011 | Fall Fun with your little sister
19: z | z | Thanksgiving at the Downtown Aquarium with the Braseltons | November 24, 2011
20: z | Thanksgiving Dinner with the Disibios in Galveston
22: Hanging out in your Thanksgiving dresses from your Mamu
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27: Visiting Santa and Decorating the house for Christmas
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36: you LOVE Winnie the Pooh!
37: Visiting Pooh and Tigger at Chick-Fil-A
38: Reading lots and lots of books
41: Getting ready for Christmas
43: Brunch with Santa at the Kemah Aquarium
44: MOMs Club Christmas Party at League Park in League City, Texas December 11, 2011
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52: one December morning | Playing with Daddy's Phone
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Hello. I'm new to this rockbox thing. I am also visually impaired. I'm trying to get rockbox to run on an ipod vidio. I have had no luck thus far geting it to talk. I followed the instructions on the manual and installed the latest dayley build for the thing. Help! Take care and happy holidays.
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Behind the Ivy: Kirkton Old Church, Burntisland, Fife
Set back from the roadside to the north of the town of Burntisland on the coast of Fife lies a hidden away 12th/13th century kirk – now a ruin – sitting peacefully in its own churchyard having seen a thousand years of history unfold around it. Abandoned in the late 16th/early 17th century, it has remained a ruin ever since, with only one wall of the Nave surviving, and the four walls of the Chancel still intact (albeit roofless) due to the Ayton family re-using the kirk as a burial aisle. As with many such ruins, ivy had clearly taken its hold on the structure and threatened to cause more damage to its structural integrity. The Kirkton Steering Group which includes Fife Council working with the Burntisland Heritage Trust, therefore stepped in and were awarded £90,500 by the Heritage Lottery Fund to record, conserve and consolidate the church. As part of the initial phase of works, AOC Archaeology Group was commissioned to undertake a detailed measured survey and historic building survey of the building both prior to and after the ivy removal, which has now been undertaken.
Image above right: Kirkton Old Church, South Elevation of the Chancel after the removal of the ivy
Kirkton Old Church, 2D elevation of the West Elevation of the Chancel and Cell building (formally a vestry)
Plans to consolidate the stonework are now underway under the supervision of architect Stephen Newsom.
This survey has significantly furthered the understanding of Kirkton Old Church through detailed measured survey and on-site record and analysis, as well as some preliminary historical research. Surviving 12th/13th century churches are few in number and, as it is one that was abandoned early, shows very few major alterations to its layout after the 17th century apart from those blockings associated with the burial aisles.
An orthographic image of the kirk after the removal of the ivy taken from the laser scanner data
For more information about the history of the church, please contact Douglas Speirs at firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information on the project, please contact Fiona Fisher at email@example.com. A copy of AOC's final report can be viewed at the National Monuments Record for Scotland.


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A brand new trailer for the film 'Man from U.N.C.L.E.' debuted during the Comic-Con!
At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) are forced to put aside their hostilities and work together to stop the evildoers in their tracks. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a missing German scientist, whom they must find soon to prevent a global catastrophe.
Make sure to catch the movie when it hits theaters on August 14!
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