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This Is How Much Avocado You Should Be Eating
If you're as obsessed with avocado as we are, you're probably spreading it on toast, using it to make mousse, and chucking it into your smoothie to make it extra thick and filling. We're told that avocados are super good for us, with a balanced of monounsaturated, saturated, and polyunsaturated fats that help you absorb fat-soluble vitamins (like vitamin K, A, D, and E) from your food and leave you feeling full and satiated. They contain B vitamins (super important for methylation) and vitamin E, which helps with collagen production and retaining moisture in your skin. They help keep your brain healthy and your immune system strong.
But can you consume too much avocado?
According to Dr. Will Cole, a functional medicine practitioner, "For most people a half to two avocados a day is a great idea for a nutrient-dense clean diet. One of the core understandings, though, in functional medicine is that we are all different, so even with healthy stuff like avocados it may not work for everyone in larger amounts. People with digestive problems like SIBO and FODMAP intolerance will probably have stomach problems when they eat too much avocado. For these people I suggest limiting your avocado intake to about one-eighth of an avocado per day, which is still the perfect amount to put in your salads or blend in your smoothies!"
Miranda Hammer, R.D., considers an ideal serving for most healthy people one-half an avocado per day, although she also suggests consuming more limited quantities if you're on a low FODMAP diet or suffer from IBS. "The key," she says, "is to listen to your body and really pay attention to whether or not you're having a negative reaction."
Kimberly Snyder, C.N., takes a measured stance, noting that "eating some fat is essential for beauty and health, but you don't need to overdo it. If you look at some of the people around the world with the best health and longest lives, including various cultures in Asia, you'll see that many of them favor plant foods with lower fat and protein consumption. Exactly how much avocado (and fat in general) you should consume in a day depends on your body type, general constitution, activity levels, and so on, so there is not a one-size-fits-all recommendation. As a guideline, 15 to 30 percent of your diet should come from whole food sources of fat, including avocado and other healthy fats, like nutrient-dense seeds and nuts. Assuming you are eating some seeds and nuts and utilizing some coconut oil for cooking, a half to a whole avocado a day is a good general amount."
So there you go—use avocados liberally, but be mindful about portion sizes. This is especially important when consuming things that mask how much you're truly eating, like smoothies or avocado pudding. Remember that, while they're amazing for you, avocados are just one small part of a healthy diet. Or as Drew Ramsey, M.D., says, "For most people, eating more than one a day leads me to wonder about the overall diversity of their diet."
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This morning we told you when Tenchu 4, Call of Juarez 2, H.A.W.X. and I am Alive were coming out. But that wasn't all Ubisoft had to say for themselves, as releases for other titles – such as the hotly anticipated game-of-the-super-smash-hit-TV-series, Grey's Anatomy – were unveiled too. Everything after the break. By Mike Bowden
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An apparent first-quarter Capcom release schedule, published by MCV, isn't anything of the kind, the firm has said. Speaking to Eurogamer, Capcom's said the list is merely retail guidance, and not a set date list. The original information pinned Street Fighter IV as being released on PS3, 360 and PC on February 20 and Bionic […]
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At 3rd Coast Compassion Center in Ypsilanti -- one of an estimated 100 medical marijuana dispensaries in Michigan -- it was business as usual Friday despite a court ruling that could be the death knell for such shops.
"We're still trying to figure out what the decision means," said Jamie Lowell, co-owner of 3rd Coast.
Nearby, medical marijuana users like Marchell Bauer, 56, of Wayne milled about, viewing and sniffing merchandise with names such as Moonshine Haze and Tangerine Trainwreck -- each specially priced this week, according to the club's Facebook site, for "donations" of $10 to $15 a gram.
"Ultimately, we're a private club," not a public store, Lowell said. Still, he was unsure Friday whether he could stay in business.
In a decision expected to affect tens of thousands of medical marijuana users across Michigan, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that dispensaries can't sell pot, except within tight limitations spelled out in the state medical marijuana act.
For state-registered users like Bauer, who said she suffers from chronic pain related to spinal surgery and glaucoma, the ruling means access to pot is likely to narrow.
Many longtime marijuana activists and their defense attorneys said the ruling appeared to spell the end of dispensaries.
"I did read the opinion and it's not pretty, but I was sort of expecting this," said Tim Beck of Detroit, a retired health insurance executive who helped write the ballot proposal that voters approved in 2008.
"What we said originally in the plain language of the act was that the only way a person could get medical marijuana was by either growing their own or getting it from a caregiver" -- an approved provider who is tied to just five patients on the state registry, Beck said.
"We thought the word 'dispensary' was just too dangerous and would cause us to lose at the polls," he said.
Echoing that were key defense attorneys for the medical marijuana community.
"A lot of cases have been stayed in circuit courts around the state, waiting for this decision," said Grosse Pointe Park criminal defense attorney Paul Tylenda.
"Now, honestly, this isn't the help that these clients were looking for," Tylenda said. He represents four clients charged with operating illegal dispensaries, two in Oakland County and two outstate, he said Friday.
According to the ruling, the only legal sales of medical marijuana in Michigan are those specifically allowed in the state act. It states that as many as five state-approved users may register with a single state-approved caregiver, who then becomes a long-term provider of the drug -- but only to those five users.
The ruling was hailed by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, who said it showed that the state act passed by voters in 2008 is "not an open door to unrestricted retail marijuana sales."
"Dispensaries will have to close their doors," Schette said in a statement. Still, some supporters of medical marijuana held out cautious hope that dispensaries, in some form, could continue to operate.
The act that Michigan voters approved by a 63% margin did not include the words "sale" or "dispensary." Despite that, hundreds of retail outlets for medical marijuana quickly sprang up across the state. As police and prosecutors in some counties began raiding the outlets, some began calling themselves clubs, requiring membership fees and keeping doors locked to strangers.
In 2011, some began closing their doors when the state Appeals Court decided against dispensaries, ruling on the same Isabella County case whose final decision came Friday from the state Supreme Court, said medical marijuana advocate Rick Thompson of Flint.
Friday's decision "will probably cause another wave of closings, but I don't think this is the end of dispensaries in Michigan," said Thompson, editor of the online magazine Compassion Chronicles, aimed at Michigan's medical marijuana users.
Dispensaries might survive if they manage to stick closely to the business model allowed in the act -- one caregiver tied to five users, Thompson said.
Friday's ruling involved what the justices termed a "membership organization," called Compassionate Apothecary in Mt. Pleasant. Only state-registered caregivers and patients could join, according to court documents.
Members of Compassionate Apothecary rented lockers from the owners, whenever they'd grown more marijuana than they needed, and the two owners provided what amounted to a type of dispensary, with a display room and a station for weighing and packaging the drug. The Compassionate Apothecary owners would then take a service fee for each transaction, according to court documents.
The owners of the dispensary won their case in Isabella County Circuit Court but lost in the state Court of Appeals in 2011 and again lost, on slightly different grounds, in Friday's ruling.
Still, both rulings mean that Compassionate Apothecary is defunct and its owners face felony drug charges, attorneys familiar with the case said. Fear of a similar outcome loomed in Ypsilanti at 3rd Coast Compassion Center, where the co-owner Lowell said he was not positive he could stay open without fear of prosecution.
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"People are meeting this weekend, lawyers are in correspondence with this community, but we really need to figure something out. You can't just cut patients off from their health care," Lowell said.
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David Lowery has a modest proposal to help his fellow musicians in the digital age: force Pandora and other online music services to negotiate for the right to play songs.
Lowery — leader of indie-rock pioneers Camper Van Beethoven and later, the harder-rocking Cracker — has emerged as a vocal advocate for artists trying to make a living in music while CD sales crumble and fledgling online services try to build an audience. While some independent artists have rallied behind the new distribution and promotional opportunities on the Internet — e.g., electronic musician Derek Vincent Smith (a.k.a. Pretty Lights), who offers free downloads of his music, or rap titan Public Enemy, which is distributing a free single and remixable tracks via BitTorrent — Lowery has pushed back hard against what he calls the "exploitation economy" online.
His particular bugaboos: advertiser-supported piracy, the culture of free content and streaming services that pay a fraction of a penny per song played. In some circles, that makes Lowery a reality-denying crank caught on the wrong side of history. (For the record, I often run in those circles.) But he's more like an entrepreneur trying to take his goods to market on his own terms, and he's frustrated by the many forces aligned to prevent that from happening.
And he's not anti-Internet. He's anti-One-Size-Fits-Allnet.
"Absolutely, disintermediation has been a really fantastic creative thing for artists," he said in a recent interview. "Our artists are definitely liberated creatively. If I want to do an acoustic version of one of my songs with Kevn Kinney ... and put it out on YouTube or whatever, there's no gatekeeper over what we're doing creatively, really, any more."
The challenge is translating that freedom and opportunity into dollars. It's never been easy to make a living in music, a hits-driven business in which the vast majority of acts sell only as many copies of their recordings as they have relatives. The Internet makes it far easier than before to put one's music in front of people who might actually like it, and so build relationships and an audience. But with no barriers to entry and so many acts competing for attention, it may be even harder than it used to be to stand out from the crowd.
The conventional wisdom is that artists will use the new tools to become more efficient and effective at touring. Lowery — who's on a 30th-anniversary tour with Camper Van Beethoven, which included a stop Saturday at the Troubadour in West Hollywood — counters that it's not so easy to thrive on the road, either.
"I think the vast majority of artists don't actually make any money" on tour, he said. He just returned from a two-week swing through Europe with Camper Van, playing for 125 to 250 people a night. "We came home and we had about 200 euros each.... The idea was, we're going to sell some albums."
In the indie-rock scene, only the top 3% to 4% of the acts can count on drawing a steady 200 people a night, Lowery said. If it's a band with four members, it would have to play about 200 of those shows a year "to make about the same as a schoolteacher."
And touring does nothing for songwriters who aren't performers. They make their money on royalties when their songs are recorded or publicly performed (whether it be in a radio broadcast, a webcast or a cover band playing in a bar). Performing artists also receive a royalty when one of their recordings is streamed online, although not when a radio station plays it over the air.
Collectively, those streams are generating a lot of money for songwriters, performers and labels. But for individuals, the numbers may not be so impressive. Last month Lowery posted the last quarterly royalty statement he received for "Low," a hit song he co-wrote for Cracker. While over-the air stations paid him $1,522 in royalties, Pandora, the biggest online webcaster, paid him $16.89.
ASCAP and other royalty-collection societies for songwriters offer licenses to all the songs in their libraries in exchange for a percentage of the broadcaster or webcaster's revenue. So webcasters, who tend to have a disproportionate ratio of listeners to revenue, pay much less per spin than the average broadcasters.
One problem for artists, Lowery argues, is that the system treats songs as commodities. That's caused by a variety of forces, including music services trying to amass comprehensive libraries with millions of songs, compulsory licenses that set standard fees per recording webcast, and collections societies that deal in blanket licenses covering enormous swaths of the songwriting world. Yet it rankles Lowery, who wants to remove compulsory and blanket licenses, forcing online services to negotiate for more of the rights they now obtain automatically.
Doing so would create a pretty sizable barrier to entry for would-be music services. But Lowery argues that it would also create new opportunities for services to specialize, targeting specific markets with their own interests and enthusiasms.
"The people who like Camper Van consume it very differently from the people who want a Justin Bieber song, or those two huge Macklemore & Ryan Lewis hits," he said. "I'm not saying I know what the price is for my songs, but I would like to have a real market for these songs.... Every song has the same commoditized value, every artist — that's fundamentally anti-market. Are we trying to create the sort of Maoist, flat, socialist-like sharing economy here, and is that ultimately holding back the Web as an economy?"
Different services have their own audiences and unique tools for promoting artists, which means they serve some bands better than others, Lowery said. Had Pandora been around when "Low" became a hit, the royalties for the song might have been substantial. And Pandora's ability to introduce people to unfamiliar bands whose music fits their tastes could help a lesser-known band like Camper Van, he said.
On the other hand, streaming services just can't generate a meaningful amount of revenue for more obscure indie acts, Lowery asserted. "Pandora will never work for more specialty niche bands like Camper Van," he said, adding that even paid subscription services won't be much help unless every household signs up for them.
And yet Pandora does write big royalty checks. Founder Tim Westergren revealed last October that Pandora expected more than 2,000 artists to generate more than $10,000 in royalties each over the subsequent 12 months, and 800 of those would generate more than $50,000 each.
The drawback for many artists is that they have to split those checks — with not just their bandmates but also their labels. Performers collect about half the royalties paid by webcasters such as Pandora. For on-demand streams, however, their share can be considerably smaller, depending on the terms of their record contract.
At least webcasters and subscription services are paying artists something. There's no shortage of unlicensed sites online that pay no royalties on the music they distribute. Artists can demand that sites take the material down, but Lowery said they can't keep pace with the burgeoning amount of piracy. Such sites typically are supported by advertising, and Lowery has been trying to shame the companies whose ads appear on piracy hotbeds into paying more attention to where their dollars are going.
Lowery's complaints all seem to boil down to lamentations about the scale and automation of the Web, along with the technology-fueled shift toward unlimited consumption and unlimited inventory. Unlike pay-TV, the music business wasn't built to sell access to bundles of entertainment. It was built to let individual artists (and their labels) extract cash from fans of their specific works. So when consumers switch from paying $15 for one artist's CD to paying $0 to $10 for access to all recorded music for a month, the artist's revenue stream gets massively diluted.
Some acts are going to great lengths not to be treated like commodities in the digital music world. Examples include holding their music off all licensed services, or striking a deal with one service to give them tracks exclusively in exchange for higher royalties. But for most artists, the compulsory licenses in the law, the deals they've signed with labels and the blanket licenses sold by collections societies give them little power to set terms.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.) has said he wants to explore a comprehensive update of copyright laws to reflect the changes wrought by broadband. He should invite Lowery to offer the perspective of an artist who wants to put the free market to work, if only the system will give him the chance.
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Rap Artists Wu-Tang Clan Fight Infinite Goods By Selling One Copy Of Their Next Album... For $1 Million
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There's a lot of discussion at this site about new business models for artists to combat the tendency of infinite goods (digital files) to bring the market price down to as near zero as possible. Seminal rap act Wu-Tang Clan has gone in the opposite direction. Instead of operating around infinite goods, the group is opting to release its next album in an extremely finite quantity.
Somewhere on the outskirts of Marrakech, Morocco, inside a vault housed beneath the shadow of the Atlas Mountains, there sits an engraved silver-and-nickel box with the potential to spawn a shift in the way music is consumed and monetized.Rather than allow the market to decide how much the album is worth, the Wu-Tang Clan has circumvented that process by predetermining its going price (which eliminates a whole lot of the "market"). But it's not a terrible idea, provided it's able to sell this literally one-of-a-kind album. Securing $1 million up front (and without a label) for an unheard album will allow the group to recoup its costs in short order, rather than having to rely on a slower flow of income. It may work for a group that has achieved nearly legendary status over the course of its career, but it obviously isn't the sort of thing that would work for many recording artists.
The lustrous container was handcrafted over the course of three months by British-Moroccan artist Yahya, whose works have been commissioned by royal families and business leaders around the world. Soon, it will contain a different sort of art piece: the Wu-Tang Clan's double-album The Wu – Once Upon A Time In Shaolin, recorded in secret over the past few years.
Like the work of a master Impressionist, it will truly be one-of-a-kind—in lieu of a traditional major label or independent launch, the iconic hip-hop collective will make and sell just one copy of the album. And similar to a Monet or a Degas, the price tag will be a multimillion-dollar figure.
But this isn't the only revenue stream. The Clan has another offering that will put even more money in its pockets, but it's also one that could possibly undermine the million-dollar sale.
According to RZA and the album's main producer Tarik "Cilvaringz" Azzougarh, a Morocco-based part of Wu-Tang's extended family, the plan is to first take Once Upon A Time In Shaolin on a "tour" through museums, galleries, festivals and the like. Just like a high-profile exhibit at a major institution, there will be a cost to attend, likely in the $30-$50 range.
Visitors will go through heavy security to ensure that recording devices aren't smuggled in; as an extra precaution, they'll likely have to listen to the 128-minute album's 31 songs on headphones provided by the venue. As Cilvaringz puts it: "One leak of this thing nullifies the entire concept."The group says this is an attempt at "reconsidering music as art." That's the kind of statement that punches the right buttons for creators who feel the internet has robbed them of the ability to make a living, but it's ultimately as substance-free as any other justification for charging a steep price for infinite goods. This is the sort of statement you can make when a $1 million payoff assures you of success even without album sales. This won't force a reconsideration of music by the general public. This will only put the new album into the realm of the unattainable, which makes it a luxury good, rather than an artistic statement.
But all in all, it's not a terrible plan. If the album leaks beforehand, some well-heeled fan may still pick up the tab to get the only legitimate copy of this album, along with its handcrafted storage case. If, by some miracle, the album is purchased and never leaks, someone out there will own the best-kept musical secret of all time. But chances are, the album will make its way to the internet eventually, even if leaks are prevented. People love sharing art, even if they paid $1 million for it.
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[This is a review of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1, Episode 5. There will be SPOILERS.]
In this week's episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., "Girl in the Flower Dress," written by former Lost and Spartacus writer Brent Fletcher, a beautiful title and introduction are given to a tale that essentially devolves throughout its telling, leaving a heavy-handed story of a villain's origin and faux-allegiances to once again progress the plot inches away from the pilot. (But hey - at least the final fight fire effects were great, right?)
Chin Lin Quan, a street performer with a flair for the pyrotechnics (under the watchful eye of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s INDEX program), is seduced by Centipede into further exploring his powers; meanwhile, Centipede is attempting to evolve the Extremis virus. Quan is eventually given the name of Scorch – one of Marvel's many ancillary characters – and a battle of betrayal, evolution, and lots of confusion (at least on the viewer's part) ensues.
Unfortunately, like most things in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., everything is but a hint or a nod to a great tale that will eventually come – a tale that has, so far, gone nowhere.
Even though Marvel has decided to pull yet another previously known (to some) comic book character for the small screen - even gracing him with impressive effects – there's still no actual context or purpose for what's occurring, and even in week 5, this is something the series is still struggling to reveal. Each tale, so far, has felt as it was merely going through the motions of what a series of this (supposed) caliber should be. This, of course, leads to an important question: Is Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. being held back by the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Marvel launched Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as a way expand its universe onto the small screen, and as a result, there will be times when the show will have to reflect what's occurring in the theatrical films. Though this sounds like a very impressive venture, the series, which must already face the many obstacles of any new television series, is now working against the clock to (logically) get the series where it needs to be by the time the first act of synergy occurs – which, if what we've told is true, will be around the time that Captain America: The Winter Solider is released in theaters next year.
Like many new shows on the air, S.H.I.E.L.D. is attempting to deal with the growing pains of being a new series. What the other shows don't have, though, is numerous theatrical releases to pair with and – most importantly – writers who have the knowledge of what's going to happen in Marvel's Cinematic Universe years into the future. With that, Whedon's infamous delayed payoffs also include a show that needs to be tweaked and a writers room excited about what's going to happen, not what is currently happening.
As in past episodes, Skye's character takes two steps forward in terms of progression, and Coulson does things that cause others to bring up his mystery. Melinda May is still as coy as ever, and Fitz and Simmons are still… part of the team. All in all, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has yet to prove that it's better than the worst season of NBC's Heroes. But really, it won't be able to – not yet, at least.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. started off a bit rocky – rockier than most - so the episodes written before the series premiered on television literally don't allow for the writers to make the fixes they need to. Right now, at episode 5, the series still has a few more episodes to go before it burns through what was already in the can. When that happens, hopeful fans will then see what the series will become, and then they'll have to decide whether or not they want to continue watching.
Until that time, don't be surprised if you find that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is but a show going through the motions – because that's exactly what it is.
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BRUSSELS (AP) -- Britain stood isolated against a broad majority of European Union countries Tuesday in refusing to back legislation that would strictly limit bankers' bonuses.
Treasury Chief George Osborne said at a meeting of the bloc's 27 finance ministers in Brussels that Britain, home to one of the world's largest financial industries, can't support the current proposal to limit bonuses. The UK fears the cap would drive banks to set up outside Europe in the U.S. or Asia.
But Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan, who chaired the ministers' meeting because his country hold the rotating EU presidency, concluded there is a "broad majority" in favor of the legislation. This gives the necessary green light for finalizing technical details toward a formal vote on the package by the ministers next month.
The bonus cap is part of a sweeping 1,000-page package of financial laws that will require banks starting next year to hold more capital and liquidity reserves to shield taxpayers from having to pay for any more expensive bailouts. Those rules will implement the internationally agreed Basel III rules on banks' capital buffers and will also lay the groundwork for a single banking supervisor for the group of 17 European Union countries that use the euro.
"It's about protecting taxpayers in the future by building stronger European banks," Noonan said. "These new rules will make sure that our banks can better withstand future crises."
The bonus cap would be set at one year's base salary or double that if a large majority of the bank's shareholders agree. Not only does the measure affect all of Europe's banks but it will also be mandatory for European units of foreign banks and the employees of EU banks working overseas, for example in New York.
European officials are trying to avoid forcing the legislation through without Britain's consent. This would be a politically toxic move given the already significant level of euro-skepticism in the U.K.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble Tuesday insisted "it would be better" to reach consensus. He expressed hope that changes in the legislation's fine print this month might yet convince Britain to support the measure.
British Prime Minister David Cameron sees Brussels as meddling too much with the member states' own business. Cameron has vowed to renegotiate his country's ties with the EU and hold a referendum on Britain's membership in a few years.
Britain has said it fears the bonus cap will drive up base salaries and harm the financial sector in London, one of the world's largest, and hamper growth. Proponents of the cap say the high payments encouraged bankers to take massive risks at the expense of the long-term future of their businesses, and helped to destabilize the financial system in 2008.
Osborne told the meeting that Britain understands the public's sentiment that bankers must be made more accountable. The U.K. has already introduced rules on bonuses, shifting them more toward long-term incentives and including legal possibilities to claw back bonuses.
Britain, among other things, is proposing that a greater part of the bankers' bonuses to be deferred over up to five years, making them more of a long-term incentive rather than rewarding risky bets that might backfire over time.
"I can't support the proposal currently on the table," he said, urging Ireland to improve the proposed legislation in continuing negotiations with the European Parliament.
In London, Cameron's spokesman Jean-Christophe Gray said "the competitiveness of the City of London, the UK as a whole and UK-based firms is a very important consideration."
"We want a strong, successful and also stable, well-regulated, financial sector here in the UK, which can continue to be successful globally," he added.
But Noonan made it clear that the time for major changes was up after the current compromise with the European Parliament was reached last week after arduous months of negotiations. The European Parliament had threatened to hold up approval of the entire package -- a delay that the bloc, shaken by a three-year-old debt crisis, was keen to avoid.
"We firmly believe further negotiations with Parliament will not help very much," said Noonan, noting the lawmakers' insistence on the bonus cap.
One area where the ministers did find common ground was on the subject of Ireland and Portugal.
The meeting agreed in principle to grant relief to Ireland and Portugal, which have received bailouts, by giving them more time to pay back their debt. The ministers have asked the "troika" of bailout creditors -- the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund -- to propose a technical solution for extending the maturities, according to a joint statement.
Ireland hopes for an extension of up to 15 years, although Noonan has conceded that such a significant delay might be hard to obtain. Giving Dublin and Lisbon more time to repay their debt would give them more leeway in managing their finances as they emerge from their bailout programs, respectively this and next year.


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The backlash in Washington over "Zero Dark Thirty" didn't reach the box office, as Kathryn Bigelow's CIA thriller got off to an excellent start in limited release.
Playing in five theaters, the film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden grossed $410,000 over the weekend, according to an estimate from distributor Sony Pictures. That amounts to a robust per-theater average of $82,000 -- the fourth highest of the year for a movie in limited release, behind "The Master," "Moonrise Kingdom" and "Lincoln."
The movie, which Sony opened Wednesday in an effort to spread positive word of mouth about the picture before the crowded weekend, has now collected $639,000 in all.
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The well-reviewed movie has been on a roller coaster ride over the last month, being named best picture of the year by a handful of critics group while facing criticism from top government officials. On Friday, Michael Morrell, acting director of the CIA, said the movie gives the false impression that "enhanced interrogation techniques" -- a.k.a. torture -- helped to find Bin Laden. Morrell's condemnation of the movie came only days after a trio of senators -- John McCain, Dianne Feinstein and Carl Levin -- complained the film was "grossly inaccurate."
"Zero Dark Thirty" will expand to 60 theaters in 11 markets Jan. 4 before debuting nationwide Jan. 11, when pre-release audience polling suggests the picture will post a strong wide opening.
Also debuting in limited release over the weekend was "Amour," the French Palme d'Or-winning film about an elderly couple in declining health. Sony Pictures Classics debuted the film in three locations Wednesday, though over the weekend it grossed $70,662 for a solid $23,554 per-theater average. That's a slightly better figure than the $19,949 director Michael Haneke's fellow Palme d'Or winner "The White Ribbon" averaged in 2009 on its first weekend. The five-day total for "Amour" now stands at $100,213.
Audiences were less interested in "The Impossible," a drama about a family torn apart by the 2004 Thailand tsunami. The Summit Entertainment movie, which has generated award buzz for its star Naomi Watts, did not fare particularly well at the box office this weekend, selling $138,750 worth of tickets in 15 theaters. With a weak per-theater average of $9,250, it doesn't appear moviegoers were swayed by the film's overwhelmingly positive reviews.
"On the Road," an adaptation of Jack Kerouac's classic road trip book, performed only slightly better. Despite the fact that the film's supporting player and "Twilight" star Kristen Stewart heavily promoted it, the IFC film grossed just $41,600 over the weekend. Playing in four theaters, the per-location average was an underwhelming $10,400.
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They are definitely the love/hate team of this season
Quote from: ianthebalance on September 30, 2013, 06:09:22 PMThey are definitely the love/hate team of this seasonI like them, in fact, I like the cast on a whole for once.
I like them but people seem to think their comedy is forced.
Sorry, MOST ANNOYING TEAM EVER.Like, ever.And I was so happy, expecting so much when I saw they were cousins.. :|
They are starting to remind me of Team Guido on Season 1, backstabbers and willing to play dirty to keep racing...
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Everton midfielder Ross Barkley remembers how he felt the day Wayne Rooney left the club for Manchester United and hopes his new four-year contract will allay fans' fears of another academy prospect being lured away.
Over the last 12 months the 20-year-old has emerged as a key player in manager Roberto Martinez's plans and an improved deal gives both parties some degree of security as they plan for the future.
Barkley admits the 2004 departure of Rooney, the greatest talent to emerge from the club's academy in recent times, was a tough day for him and fellow Evertonians as he felt the club could go places with the precocious then 18-year-old.
With Barkley's performances earning him a place in England's World Cup squad there was plenty of speculation linking clubs with him so when the offer of a new contract came up the midfielder was only too happy to sign.
"It is sending out the message that we want to do well and win silverware," said the youngster.
"I knew what it meant to me when Rooney left. He was one of the better players and I thought Everton could have pushed on at the time.
"When he left we were all down and I know how the fans felt so I wanted to sign (a new contract) and push on with Everton.
"We have to keep good players at the club and we've done that with Bainesy (Leighton Baines) signing a new contract, Seamus (Coleman) and a few others.
"It is stability and it shows we want to push on and don't want to stand still.
"I've played for Everton most of my life. I see it as my home. This is a big thing for me. This is the club that I love."
Barkley maintains he does not think about his long-term future but he does harbour an ambition to join the ranks of Everton greats and he can only do that with a lengthy spell at Goodison Park.
"I've got a long way to go to be an Everton legend," he added.
"Hopefully one day I am but I am just hoping to do everything right on the pitch and see how things go.
"I've only had one full season in the Premier League so I've still got a lot to do."
Barkley is looking to progress again after some impressive displays last season and is prepared to be challenged.
He was deployed as an attacking midfielder to allow him freedom without too much responsibility but Barkley also wants to test himself in a slightly deeper role.
"I am thinking about developing all-round my game and hopefully playing a few games in central midfield and being a leader on the pitch," he added.
"I am a young lad at the early stages of my career and I am confident in my own ability but I know there are a lot of things to improve on."
Despite his young age Martinez hopes Barkley can now play an influential role for other aspiring teenagers hoping for a first-team break.
"Sometimes you don't realise what a big model he is for the youngsters that we have at the club," said the Toffees boss.
"I want Ross to be a big example on and off the pitch. The way the new deal has come along is a true reflection of things to come in the future.
"The youngsters at Finch Farm can understand they can be the new Ross Barkley."
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I needed to clear out my crisper before heading out to New York City a couple of weeks ago. I decided to whip up a two batches of cultured vegetables, my absolute favorite way to preserve the harvest.
A friend recently told me that Common Roots Cafe, a local organic restaurant, is serving grated pickled kohlrabi with their entrees. Inspired, I decided to embark on a pickled grated kohlrabi adventure of my own, a departure from my usual pickled kohlrabi spears (from this recipe or this recipe). I combined shredded kohlrabi with red cabbage, scallions, and red pepper flakes, inspired by the flavors of kimchee and Japanese sauerkraut, sealed up the jars, and hoped for the best.
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With temperatures in my apartment approaching a balmy 87º, my cultured vegetables and kombucha were all going a little bit crazy (so was I). This jar of kraut totally cracked me up, actually. As it fermented, it took on a vibrant pink color, was making hissing sounds, and was bubbling away violently. I'd suddenly hear strange gurgling noises coming from the jar, or look over to see brine oozing out under the jar rim. "It's alive!" I cried, audibly cackling alone in my kitchen like a mad scientist as I doted on my jars. Truth be told, I wouldn't have been surprised had I woken one morning to find that my jars had grown legs and walked off somewhere; those things were teaming with happy live bacteria.
I wonder what Dr. Frankenstein would think of my fermenting experiments?
After three days, I carefully opened the jar. It nearly fizzed over! Yes, ladies and germs, this is some seriously live food. Prudent fermenters know to open jars over the sink for this very reason. I tasted it, and was struck with delight. It was tart, spicy, peppery, and had a nice crunchy texture and a lovely, cheery pink color. It was, by far and away, the best batch of sauerkraut I had made yet! Then I put in the fridge and left for New York.
Now that it has sat in my fridge for about two weeks, the flavor has developed quite nicely and it tastes even better. Sadly, I hardly have any left, because I've been eating big scoops of it at every opportunity and took it to work to share with coworkers (who all loved it, by the way). I have to make another batch with fresh farmers market produce this week, because I am totally addicted to this stuff.
I am on a mission to spread love of fermented kohlrabi around the globe.
Speaking of fermented vegetables, I will be posting a KILLER recipe for cultured dill pickles very soon, so stay tuned! In the meantime, here are a few tips for culturing, and the recipe for this awesome kohlrabi kraut.
- Use organic vegetables. Pesticides can become concentrated in the fermentation process, and can throw off the lactobacilli's ability to ferment things properly. All in all, using chemical laden veggies is just not a good idea if you can help it.
- Use fresh vegetables. I think this is self explanatory. Old vegetables have less food energy, and don't taste as fresh, and also don't have as much oomph to ferment with.
- Use a high quality, unrefined sea salt. Unrefined sea salts contain naturally occurring trace minerals and enzymes, as well as adequate sodium, that help your body maintain proper mineral balances and cell fluid levels. RealSalt, Eden sea salt, Himilayan pink salt, or Maldon salts are excellent, but my current favorite is Premier Pink Salt by Premier Research Labs.
- Use filtered water. If your recipe requires water, make sure it is good water. Filtered water tastes better and reduces the risk for contaminates in your kraut.
- Sterilize your jar. You don't want unwanted bacteria in your kraut, so pour some boiling water into your jar (make sure the jar can handle it, otherwise it will break) to clean it out before you use it
- Use non-metal utensils to scoop out the kraut. Metal reacts with fermentation.
- Keep the kraut covered with brine. As you eat it, make sure it stays covered with liquid to prevent spoilage; if the brine doesn't cover it, add a little filtered water until kraut is sufficiently covered.
- You can't open the jar. Not uncommon - the salty liquid can make the jar top stick. Just run under hot water, and try using a cloth to get a better grip. It will open, I promise.
- It isn't sour enough. Reseal the jar and let it ferment longer. Taste it again after another day or two.
- It is too sour, tastes really acidic, or tastes bad and weird. You may have let it ferment too long, or some unwanted bacteria or pesticides may have found its way in. Trust your gut. If it tastes bad, say goodbye, and put it in the compost. Then get back on that horse and try again.
- It grew mold. A little greenish or greyish mold on the top layer of kraut is fairy normal - just scrape off the moldy layer, and eat the rest (seriously). But if your mold is black, pink, or orange, or your kraut smells or tastes especially funky, send that kraut directly to the compost. Again, trust your gut, and don't risk it.
- Your kraut is dry and starting to turn colors or fade. As you eat it, the amount of liquid in your kraut may decrease. Add a little filtered water or leftover salty brine from another batch of kraut to fully cover it. By keeping it covered, you are keeping it safe from oxygen exposure, and therefore keeping it fresh and reducing spoilage.
so crisp, so sour, so pink!
Cultured Kohlrabi Sauerkraut
yield 1 quart
This is delicious scooped on salads, eaten with grilled meats, or used in place of regular sauerkraut in any recipe. It is also very tasty wrapped with rice in simple vegan sushi rolls. Don't be intimidated - there are a lot of instructions, but this couldn't be easier to make. One disclaimer, though: you will make a big watery, salty mess on your countertop, so get your towels ready to clean up. If you feel fancy, try adding a little shredded carrot, daikon radish, or ginger to this recipe for a fun variation. don't be afraid. Just do it.
4 medium kohlrabi, grated
1/4 small head red cabbage, finely shredded
4 scallions, thinly sliced
1 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)
2 Tbsp sea salt
1 quart glass jar, sterilized with boiling water
Combine kohlrabi and cabbage in a large bowl and sprinkle with salt. With clean hands, massage salt into vegetables and squeeze, working them for about 5 minutes. Let sit for a few more minutes, and then massage again. You could also pound with a kraut pounder or a big wooden spoon. The cabbage and kohlrabi should be soft and nice salty juices should have formed in the bowl. Then add thinly sliced scallion and red pepper, and mix in. Scoop out handfuls of cabbage mixture and squeeze out some of the liquid, then pack firmly into the jar, pressing down after each handful.
Pack sterilized jar full of kraut, leaving 1" of open space at the top, and make sure that cabbage mixture is covered with the brine liquid. Then put on jar lid tightly. Place the jar in a dish on or a plate to catch any drips during the fermentation process, and let sit at room temperature to ferment 3-6 days.
After 3-4 days, open jar (you may want to do this over the sink, it tends to bubble over), and taste the kraut. If the kraut it isn't sour or tart enough for your tastes, reseal and let ferment another day or two. Hotter temperatures will quicken fermentation time, colder temperatures will make it slower. In my hot 87º F apartment, I fermented for 3 days and got a great kraut. Just taste it as it goes along, and when it is how you like it, stop.
When kraut is done, place the jar in the refrigerator. It will keep for 6 months in the refrigerator, and flavor gets better with age.
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Today we're spotlighting wedding cakes with a modern twist. Unusual shapes, clean lines, bold colors - these aren't your grandmothers' wedding cakes. (Unless your grandma was really, really cool.)
Wowee - check out that color! And it's actually striped modeling chocolate, not fondant. Amazing.
I love it when bakers experiment with a wedding cake's shape and height. You know, like this:
Formal, but still fun. Love it.
Plus that graphic black and white pattern manages to be both modern and timeless all at once.
This next one is also by Rouvelee, because I couldn't pick just one of her amazing cakes:
If you asked an artist for an extremely abstract, minimalistic interpretation of sea foam and crashing waves, you might get something like this:
By Gateaux Inc.
Kinda cool, right?
I had to zoom in on this one before I realized the ribbons weren't real ribbons:
And those graduated colors! I literally gasped the first time I saw this - such great girly goodness.
There's something about sunny yellow accents with black and white that always makes me smile:
Photo by photoARTworks, cake by Something Sweet Cake Studio
Beauuutiful. And I was delighted when I realized this is by the baker who made our very first cake at our very first book tour stop here in Orlando. (Love ya, Johnnie!)
So...would you call that shade Norwegian Blue? [innocent smile]
Have a Sweet to nominate? Then send it to Sunday Sweets (at) Cake Wrecks (dot) com.


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The interior chamber of Taj Mahal steps far beyond traditional decorative elements. Here the inlay work is not pietra dura, but lapidary of precious and semiprecious gemstones. The inner chamber is an octagon with the design allowing for entry from each face, though, only the south garden-facing door is used. The interior walls are about 25 metre high and topped by a "false" interior dome decorated with a sun motif. Eight pishtaq arches define the space at ground level. As with the exterior, each lower pishtaq is crowned by a second pishtaq about midway up the wall.
The four central upper arches form balconies or viewing areas and each balcony's exterior window has an intricate screen or jali cut from marble. In addition to the light from the balcony screens, light enters through roof openings covered by chattris at the corners.
Each chamber wall has been highly decorated with dado bas relief,
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detail of the design elements seen throughout the exterior of the complex.
The octagonal marble screen or jali which borders the cenotaphs is made from eight marble panels. Each panel has been carved through with intricate piercework. The remaining surfaces have been inlaid with semiprecious stones in extremely delicate detail, forming twining vines, fruits and flowers.
Muslim tradition forbids elaborate decoration of graves and hence Mumtaz and
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Mumtaz Mahal's cenotaph is placed at the precise center of the inner chamber with a rectangular marble base of 1.5 metre by 2.5 metre. Both the base and casket are elaborately inlaid with precious and semiprecious gems.
Calligraphic inscriptions on the casket identify and praise Mumtaz. On the
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The pen box and writing tablet were traditional Mughal funerary icons decorating men's and women's caskets respectively. Ninety Nine Names of God are to be found as calligraphic inscriptions on the sides of the actual tomb of Mumtaz Mahal, in the crypt including "O Noble, O Magnificent, O Majestic, O Unique, O Eternal, O Glorious... ". The tomb of Shah Jahan bears a calligraphic inscription that reads; "He traveled from this world to the banquet-hall of Eternity on the night of the twenty-sixth of the month of Rajab, in the year 1076 Hijri."


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When it comes to traveling, I love to explore, from hiking adventures outside of Seattle, to finding the best live music venue in New Orleans, to eating Chinese Hand Pulled Noodles in a park in NYC!
In 2015 I created the San Diego Food & City Guide to answer the question of where to eat and what to do in my hometown.
Throughout the past year I spent a lot of time adventuring through New Orleans, Seattle, New York City, Washington DC, Phoenix, Houston, Oklahoma City and San Francisco. In each city, I found delicious dishes at great restaurants, awesome breweries, fantastic live music venues, charming boutique hotels and quaint shopping districts.
In 2016, I'm so excited to introduce my Food Bloggers Guide for where to eat, stay & play in dozens of different cities!
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Utah House Republicans voted Wednesday to investigate Attorney General John Swallow, stopping short of launching impeachment proceedings against the state's top cop, but leaving that option open.
House Speaker Becky Lockhart, R-Provo, will assemble the chamber for extraordinary session July 3 the first time in history a speaker has taken such a unilateral action to set rules, define the scope, and appoint members of a special investigative committee.
"It was a very overwhelming vote in terms of moving forward with the investigation. We all, as a body, have been frustrated with the lack of information," Lockhart said after the GOP caucus vote. "We want our own information. We want to be able to own that information as representatives of the people."
The bipartisan panel will be given the power to subpoena witnesses, put them under oath, gather documents and report back to the House with its findings. It will likely also have a budget to hire attorneys or investigators.
The panel could not begin the impeachment process on its own accord, but the House could bring articles of impeachment based on the committee's findings. Because the committee would not be tied to impeachment, it could investigate others besides Swallow and delve into actions before he took office.
A spokeswoman for Gov. Gary Herbert who said last week that he would fire Swallow if he could reported that "the governor supports the process and the Legislature's prerogative in pursuing it."
Swallow, who for six months since taking his oath has fought off allegations of impropriety, listened from his office to the House Republicans debating the impeachment issue. He praised their decision and promised to cooperate with the investigative committee.
"They got it right today where they decided it wasn't time yet to start any serious discussion about impeachment. They simply need answers, and I'm willing to provide those answers," he said. "I see this as a first, important step to restoring public trust."
The Republican attorney general said he would "absolutely not" resign even though a poll by Brigham Young University showed nearly 80 percent of Utahns want him to step down and 71.5 percent would support impeachment proceedings.
Swallow faces investigations from federal, state and county authorities into numerous allegations, including that he helped broker deals to assist a businessman suspected of cheating customers and that he promised protection to potential donors of his predecessor, Mark Shurtleff.
Swallow spoke to conservative House members Wednesday before the caucus to answer questions and urge them not to rush into action. He told them he expects the FBI to complete its investigation in 60 to 90 days.
"I know what I've done and what I haven't done. I know the allegations are coming from very incredible sources, yet it's on the front page every day. It sounds an awful lot like a witch hunt to me," Swallow said. "And when the truth comes out, people will know and understand that the person they elected as attorney general is the right person for the job."
House Majority Leader Brad Dee, R-Ogden, argued that legislators cannot rely solely on media reports about the allegations against Swallow, adding that it's unclear when the various investigations would wrap up.
"I was praying last night they'd come forward with something this morning," Dee said. "I've come to the feeling that I want my own information. That's where I'm at. I don't want to have to depend on somebody else's. … I've come to the belief that doing nothing is probably the worst thing we could do."
If the House investigation does result in impeachment, Swallow could become Utah's first state official to suffer that fate. In 1935, the House explored impeachment but abandoned the process and, in 2003, articles of impeachment were prepared for a judge charged with drug crimes, but he resigned.
Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan, fought against the creation of the investigative committee, arguing there were too many unanswered questions about the panel's scope, cost and legal authority. He urged legislators to wait a few months before moving ahead.
"[I'm] not comfortable," Ivory explained, "saying that federal investigators who are professional investigators, county attorneys who are professional investigators, are not worthy of our trust."
Meanwhile, Rep. Spencer Cox, R-Fairview, said the House GOP's action didn't go far enough, giving it a tongue-in-cheek label, "the pretend impeachment committee."
Noting tapes that show apparent wrongdoing by Swallow, he said lawmakers were "shirking" their constitutional responsibility to restore the public trust in the officeby not beginning impeachment proceedings that could clear the attorney general or lead to his ouster.
"I'm embarrassed by members of our own body who rail against the federal government and then plead for us to wait for the now suddenly brilliant Federal Bureau of Investigation to do our constitutional responsibility. I'll be damned if I'm going to let them restore the public trust."
The cost of the House investigation is unclear. Legislative attorney John Fellows said an impeachment in Connecticut a decade ago cost as much as $6 million, but that was an extreme case.
Rep. David Lifferth, R-Eagle Mountain, demanded to know the investigation's price tag before proceeding, but Lockhart countered that it would cost what it cost.
"Can we put a price on the public trust?" she asked.
Democrats, who had unanimously called for an investigation of the allegations against Swallow, supported the majority GOP's decision to form a special investigative committee.
They talked briefly about impeachment during their own caucus Wednesday before tuning in to the Republican meeting streamed over a laptop and beamed onto the committee room wall.
House Minority Leader Jennifer Seelig, D-Salt Lake City, said the vote to create an investigative committee "is consistent with the position that we articulated a few weeks ago and then reaffirmed today both in caucus and [in] our letter [to the House speaker]."
"The committee has got to be bipartisan," Seelig said, "to ensure the integrity of the oversight and to send a clear message to the public that this is authentic."
She also stressed that the probe must be transparent and open to boost public confidence in the outcome.
Rep. Brian King, D-Salt Lake City, said he was disappointed that the Republicans made their decision on how to proceed on the Swallow matter in a meeting that excluded input from Democrats although King observed the meeting. He said it should have been a decision made by both parties.
Lockhart said the makeup of the investigative committee remains to be seen. On most panels, majority Republicans outnumber Democrats. But the House Ethics Committee, for example, is made up of equal numbers from both parties.
Derek P. Jensen contributed to this story.


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Today, Seth Godin (one of my favorite bloggers who usually talks about marketing) posted a great piece about consumer debt. Two great excerpts:
Here's a simple MBA lesson: borrow money to buy things that go up in value. Borrow money if it improves your productivity and makes you more money. Leverage multiplies the power of your business because with leverage, every dollar you make in profit is multiplied.
That's very different from the consumer version of this lesson: borrow money to buy things that go down in value. This is wrongheaded, short-term and irrational.
It takes discipline to forego pleasure now to avoid a lifetime of pain and fees. Many people, especially when confronted with a blizzard of debt marketing, can't resist.
Resist. Smart people work at keeping their monthly consumer debt burden to zero. Borrow only for things that go up in value. Easy to say, hard to do. Worth it.
The general point of the article is that any time you go into debt for something that decreases in value, you're making a bad move. This is a pretty clear take on "good debt versus bad debt" philosophy and using that perspective as a central rule of thumb helps you to make much better choices about your money.
Virtually anything you put on a credit card is bad debt. The stuff you buy with a credit card is either consumed (like food, for example) or decreases rapidly in value after you buy it (like a DVD, for example). Once you own food, you eat it and it no longer has any value. Once you own a DVD, you open the shrink wrap, turning it into a used DVD, which has much less value.
Student loan debt is (usually) good debt. Provided that you finish a degree program, student loans are usually good debts because the value of the degree you bought with that loan is much more than the face value of the loan. As we discussed yesterday, an education has such a huge positive impact on your lifetime earning potential that it blows away the value of your student loan. Of course, this requires that you take schooling seriously and complete what you start.
A car loan is bad debt. An automobile decreases in value with every mile you drive it – it will never reclaim the original price that you paid for it. Yes, it does provide transportation which can help you earn more money, but in that case, you're talking about absolute minimal transportation – a mid-'70s Honda Civic bought for a few hundred dollars from a junkyard will get you from point A to point B.
Mortgage debt is (sometimes) good debt. A home will usually hold its value over time and perhaps increase a bit, but a home mortgage still isn't always a good debt if you're paying more in interest than you would be paying in rent living elsewhere. You should always strive to minimize the amount that you "lose" each month to housing, whether it's in the form of rent or in the form of mortgage interest.
Financing any consumer purchase is bad debt. Furniture? A television? A riding lawn mower? All of these things are often bought with a financing plan – and all of them are bad things to go into debt for because they drop steeply in value as soon as you buy them.
But I need all of this stuff that depreciates! If you need a lawnmower and can't afford it, buy a very low-end push mower and start saving for a better one. You need only to mow your yard, so get the item that covers what you need, not what you want.
If you need a car, head to the used car dealership and look at the $1,000 section. You need only to get from point A to point B, so get the car that covers this basic need, not the shiny features you want.
If you need a new couch, head down to Goodwill. You need a place to sit, but you only want something shiny and expensive from the furniture store.
I don't begrudge anyone a nice shiny car or a great riding lawn mower or some new furniture or a flat-panel HDTV. But those things cover your wants, not your needs. Don't go into debt for them. Cover your needs, then save up for your wants.
The most interesting thing? Once you start separating your needs from your wants, you discover that you don't actually want a lot of that stuff too much after all. If you have a working lawn mower, after all, the desire for a replacement is quite a bit lower.
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