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Businesses with 50 or more employees who average at least 30 hours of work a week will be subject to the Obamacare insurance coverage mandate.
Companies are reportedly planning large layoffs due to the implementation of Obamacare.
But, companies can potentially avoid being subject to Obamacare's insurance requirements by limiting employees weekly hours to less than the 30 hour level defined by Obamacare as full-time.
A little-known section in the ObamaCare health reform law defines full-time work as averaging only 30 hours per week, a definition that will affect some employers who utilize part-time workers to trim the cost of complying with the ObamaCare rule that says businesses with 50 or more full-time workers must provide health insurance or pay a fine.
The term full-time employee means, with respect to any month, an employee who is employed on average at least 30 hours of service per week, section 1513 of the law reads. (Scroll down to section 4, paragraph A.)
That section, known as the employer mandate, requires any business with 50 or more full-time employees to provide at least the minimum level of government-defined health coverage to those employees. In other words, a business must provide insurance if it has 50 or more employees working an average of just 30 hours per week, which is 10 hours per week fewer than the traditional 40-hour work week.
Thus, by cutting employees hours to ensure they average less than the 30 per week, employers could potentially avoid the cost of providing the minimum insurance levels mandated by Obamacare.
Of course, the MSM will reach into its bag of tricks where it got "staycation" and "funemployment" from, and come up with some term to make this sound better. Anybody want to guess what that will be?
Obama will sign an Executive Order saying that no business can make any decisions unless King Obama approves
Rectified with an exec order banning part time employment.
It's already happening. The 40+ workers will find themselves working part time jobs, no insurance, facing death panels, unless they're a union whore.
Well for years the left has been clamoring for shorter week like the Eurotrash get. Unless you are the owner though. 99% of the owners look at 12 hours as a half day.
In which case he might as well follow this with another one banning closing any business, whether you're making money or not.
I remember fifty years ago, when our high school teacher told us that in the future the average work week would be 30-35 hours so everyone could have a job, as there would be too many people to give everyone a 40 hour weekly job.
Looks like they were correct.
It's already happened here. Now they are trying to work two jobs.
Each full timer will be replaced by two part timers.
The unemployment rate will magically be cut in half.
Who knows? Until we get conquered as a nation, we might all be happier being destitute, but only working a few days a week. (Maybe three 9 and 1/2 hour days?)
Here's what is real scary, the day that only one person in a household will be able to work a full-time job. Technology is making the number of jobs needed less and less with each passing year, so the argument will be, why should their be two wage earners in a house when there are so many others who can't even get one job?
"Its already happening. The 40+ workers will find themselves working part time jobs, no insurance, facing death panels, unless theyre a union whore."
Businesses with more than 50 employees who cannot move a significant number of employees to part time will end their health coverage and pay the $2000 per employee fine to the government. This will allow them to avoid the $6000+ annual cost of insuring an employee. Of course the employee will be required by law to have insurance and will have to buy it on the open market, effectively reducing her/his consumable income. For the business converting from paying health insurance to paying the fine, it is a net plus. Collecting fines is also a plus for the government. Everyone wins except the employee, as usual.
This is what they do in France. People have 2 or 3 jobs. Great, we have finlly become France.
The leftist tools has already called for punishing companies that layoff employees.
Somebody who wants to be a reporter is going to have to do a lot of work on their own time in the future. They may well not be so happy to do that particularly when their job no longer provides medical insurance at all ~ without those state exchanges, and no federal exchanges having been appropriated for, there will be no private health insurance available for working people.
Well sure, kill enough jobs and it makes them look like a sage.
I could predict there will only be a need for 100 workers in the near future, and Obama looks as if he's going to prove me right.
The standard for urban workers in Big China is to share a job.
many people will jump directly to the Zero Hour Workweek, thanks to Obamacare
The problem with this is as quickly as possible, we are exporting jobs.
America is currently let by two parties, who destroy America.
The Dems destroy America by wanting unions. Unions make things less competitive.
The GOP destroy America by sending jobs elsewhere. That simply destroys opportunity here.
NOBODY is doing this right. What we need is a serious national effort to bring back jobs (through legislation even), which does not send those workers into unions.
Without both of those, we continue to shrink and to fail.
But what we are doing now is FAILED.
We must bring back American jobs.
Kroger will soon join the ranks of Darden Restaurants (Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Red Lobster and others) and slash the hours of its non-exempt (hourly) workers to a maximum of 28 hours/week to avoid millions in Obamacare penalties.
Darden Restaurants employs 185,000, and Kroger's employs nearly 350,000 people. Most of its jobs are hourly and the vast majority of workers are non-exempt.
Under these current conditions, I can foresee the best businesses that pay $6000 towards healthcare, offering their employees a $6000 bump in pay in lieu of a raise to cover the $2000 fine, and then the employee gets stuck with 15-30% annual healthcare inflation, and the employer is off the hook.
HR burns a ton of time on Healthcare too. HR expenses would be cut by a third. Proposed taxes on (401k and eliminating the mortgage interest deduction will just kill the working American, who will beg for "justice" from the government. The new normal sucks!!!!
Who can blame a company for going tech? With all the goodies and regulations like Onomacare, it's better to use machines. A machine will work non stop, never demand extra days off, never demand longer vacations, never demand more money, and never demand better health care.
Machines will work and be happy. People won't.
I understand completely why robotics have become so popular. A business today would be crazy not to let machines do the work that people won't do without complaining.
Unless employees start to show some gratitude for the jobs they're given, I see robotics being in high demand. They're better - They're easier. They're smarter. They're cheaper. They're easier to get along with.
About a month ago, the government released an 18 PAGE definition of "full-time worker."
I can't wait to get my health care at the DMV.
My understanding is that companies need to have a lot of this stuff in place by January 2013. We've heard media reports of some large companies moving in this direction.
Why do folks think unemployment fell 0.3% in September? Full-time folks were having their hours reduced to under 30 hours, and many hundreds of thousands of folks were hired on a part-time basis to pick up the slack.
So, the Kenyan anti-Christ gets the best of all worlds: he destroys hundreds of thousands of full-time jobs; makes folks increasingly dependent on the government; and gets "CREDIT" for decreasing unemployment!
Trade is WAY WAY WAY over-rated.
It can be constructive, and destructive.
Who knew?
Capitalism is the best system going, but if it is used improperly, it can be destructive too.
In a balanced economy, Capitalism is great. When you open up an economy like ours to an economy like China's, one system loses and one wins.
I'll let folks figure out if this is right or not.
Which nation prospered most over the last twenty years, the U. S. or China?
Any plan that puts people on my block out of work, so someone making 1/150th of what they do per hour can work, is not a good plan.
It's actually worse than 30 hours per week. In a straight up job, that's probably accurate. Under welfare to work programs, the individual can work as little as two perhaps three part time days per week, and still be considered employed.
Twelve hours max, is that what we normally think of as full employment?
I kid you not, our government overlords are cheating/lying to us every possible way they can.
You said a policy costs the company $6000. Good health care policies cost a around $1300 per month per employee. My husband's company has a top tier policy and it costs us $300 per month and the company $1000 per month (and there's just the two of us, I don't know what a family plan costs.
My company's policy which has much higher deductibles, cost my employer about $1000 per month. Employer pays $900 employee $100.
So since I realize the cost of their healthcare is so high, I believe the incentive in the whole penalty being cheaper by far than what they pay is to drive them to drop employees from healthcare and force them to choose a government offered plan.
My previous employer, General Dynamics, outsourced their production inventory. The new company looks into the MRP, Material Resource Planning system and brings in the inventory for that day. They stock it. They also (mostly) buy it, inspect it and guarantee it. The idea was to eliminate buyers, inspectors, inventory clerks and save floor space. It has worked spectacularly well.
My present employer (Im a contractor) uses mostly no benefits contractors regardless of how important the position is. Much of the inventory is dispensed from vending machines owned by Fastenal. These include virtually all of the consumables; welding rods, helmets, special overall suits, etc. Again, the purpose was to eliminate full time jobs. Now, you might say, well, those fulltime jobs have simply moved. No, theyve mostly been eliminated by technology. The Fastenal stuff is ordered and drop shipped automatically. There are only a few really young kids who come and fill the machines. I spoke with one and he said he didnt qualify for any benefits.
My employer doesnt own the vending machines, which are in every area. They dont pay for the dispensed product until the employee uses his ID card and buys an item.
Let's say you're a hardworking sort that is OK with only getting 30 hours or less from an employer because you're OK working more than one job.
Problem is now that companies have software that predicts how many workers they need at a particular time. Employees are now getting yanked around from shift to shift to meet the demands of the software. If you're given a shift and can't work it, because you are supposed to be working at your other job, then you may not get any more shifts in the future.
At least if you are in retail, or some other customer-facing business, it may be difficult to manage more than one 20 hr/wk job.
Big government treats us like either ATMs or game show contestants, while big business treats us like mere human resources.
The liberals want to be just like France and it's happening, yipee!
I wonder if they'll ever realize what they've thrown away.
We're so screwed.
Anyone remember which candidate got the most support from Insurance Companies in 2008? Here's a hint; it was the same candidate that received record setting contributions from British Petroleum.
Agree, I'm just saying that the best we can hope for is a one time bump in salary to ostensibly cover the healthcare benefit, which then shifts the entirety of providing healthcare to the employee., and the assumption of inflation by the employee. That's the best case, ratcheting that down , will be some employers who say, sorry folks, we paid $10,000 last year, but next year they want $12,000, so we're done offering insurance, and they will pocket the $8,000 in savings after paying the $2,000 fine.
I suspect, that many employers will will go that "sorry folks" route, since it might mean a couple of quarterly earning improvements and bonuses for the C level executives.
I tried to explain to folks that outsourcing wasn't a good thing for the United States. I was literally laughed at.
Well, here we are. Isn't it grand.
Ok, so how would you have stopped outsourcing in a manner that the cure wouldn't be even worse than the disease?
Of course the employers will go with the $2K fine.
That's whole objective. The socialists want everyone on the government plan. (Except the lawmakers who have foisted it on us. They exempted themselves.)
Obama will simply change the rules in flight.
It will be called "full employment sharing"
By halving the number of regular full time workers, businesses will have to hire an equal number of part-time workers to take up the slack.
Unemployment will drop drastically as the economy changes to a "fair share" workforce
Personally, I'd like to share a CEO job or a hedge fund manager rather than share a burger-flipper job, but I'm sure the government will have a fair-share answer: "From each according to his talent, to each according to his need."
I'm not sure I can think of a worse scenario than what we have right now. Evidently you can.
Tell me what nightmare you can see that is worse than what has happened to our nation over the last twenty years.
Take a good look at our employment situation. We have 22+ million people that can't find work, and millions more making far less than they did five years ago. And benefits? What benefits?
Tens of millions of our citizens have lost their homes. Those that did retain them are under water. We are actually bulldozing neighborhoods.
And now, with Obamacare coming on board, the next few years are guaranteed to make matters even worse.
Worse than the disease? ROTFLMAO
How much of those employment losses are due to technology and robotics?
We grow a lot more food today than a hundred years ago, with a fraction of the agricultural workforce that was in place back then.
Well there you have it. Outsourcing wasn't a problem after all.
Thanks. What a relief.
Did I say that?
If companies didn't save costs by outsourcing, how many would have gone under taking all of the employees with them?
This nation became the greatest nation on earth without outsourcing.
Now all of a sudden, our companies can only go out of business if they don't outsource? Oh really?
Companies sell products. You tell me. Is it easier to sell those products with 22+ million people out of work, and tens of millions more working for 50 to 75% of what they were five years ago?
In a thriving economy, it take purchasers to drive things. How is it working now that we've tossed jobs overboard by the bucket-full?
Companies do not drive things. The consumer drives things. And when you destroy your consumer base, what happens?
Well, what has happened?
I doubt many know all the details of Obamacare yet, but there is probably a point at which part-time workers who are provided no employer health insurance will qualify for Medicaid, and not be required to buy their own insurance.
The old saying "you can't get blood out of a turnip" will inevitable come into play at some point. What sort of insurance can someone working around 1,600 hours per year at $10.00 per hour afford?
I think there is a fortune waiting to be made for smart, astute people with a decent understanding of tax law, accounting and other matters. The U.S. business community is just dying to hire you to come in and show them how to circumvent these stupid rules ... in perfectly legal ways that meet the letter of the law.
The "29-hour work week" is an obvious one, but how about another alternative that would enable employers to keep people on for 40-hour weeks without having to deal with this nonsense? How about breaking your company into two different companies, and having your employees work 20 hours per week for each company -- doing the exact same work every day? If the IRS gives you any grief, just set up in two different locations in the same building. For 20 hours, I can go to work for Acme Engineering & Architecture in my building ... then for 20 hours I can go to work for Emca Architecture & Engineering right down the hall.
And, we have 22 million who can't find work, at the same time we have somewhere between 10 and 20 million illegal aliens in this country, many of who have jobs which theoretically the 22 million out of work could be doing.
America may yet devolve into a 3rd world country. A lot of things hang in the balance.
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...This Presidential campaign cycle is very different for our family than the one in 2008. This time around, we have a four-year-old daughter we adopted from Ethiopia two years ago...
Because weve had the audacity to appear in public with our family, weve been getting hate mail from liberals who are deeply offended that a white family would raise a black child (the Huffington Post posted a video of Naomi and me at CPAC and it generated more than 1,000 comments, many of them utterly vile). Usually, I laugh at baseless criticism and it inspires me to work even harder at artfully annoying my critics. But when I get accused of actually harming my daughter by daring to raise her, it infuriates me. See, for example, an excerpt from tonights Facebook message:
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The left just *hates* when political conservatives do not neatly fit into their stereotypes of being selfish and/or racist.
The mythology must be maintained.
I've known refugees from Africa, Eritrea, black people, who have raised their children outside of the primitive, savage black American ghetto, and made sure these kids stayed out of that stinking, perverse culture's influence.
Hubby and I are listening to Stephen King's "The Stand" on audio book.
For anyone not familiar with it, it takes place after a bio-weapon is mistakenly released and almost everybody in the world is dead. And there is going to be some ultimate Stand taken against evil (or so it appears).
Anyway, the best part of the book so far concerns an extremely old black woman (108!) who is playing some BIG PART on the good side in this ultimate battle.
She is a dyed-in-the-wool Republican, actually says the FDR and his cohorts were COMMUNISTS and received on her 100th birthday a letter from President Regan congratulating her for reaching such a great age and for being the 5th oldest registered Republican in the country.
LOL, I loved that part!
My impression of Stephen King has been that he is a garden variety liberal, but you'd never know it from this book. So far, anyway.
Stories like this make my blood boil. Those girls still visit me when they come home from school. They were like my own daughters for several years.
Those girls' success in life proves that liberals are the worst racists of all and must be fought to the gates of hell!
My son-in-law is first generation American, his parents were refugees from Pol-Pot's Cambodia. My SIL is very dark skinned. My grandbabies are dark skinned.
Do you have a problem with that?
I've stood in loco parentis to teenage black girls when my girlfriend was deployed to a war zone.
Do you have a problem with that?
I'm not even pasty white. I'm fish-belly white.
Get over it.
Because she needed a family.
Because they love others as themselves?
Because the parents want a child and the child needs a home.
The liberals hate.
Sure it's not DNA.1950?
The first photo we have of our daughter (taken in her orphanage)
She is going to have a blessed life. Ignore the mind-warped critics.
Because they see a child who needs them and their love. They are not looking at the child's skin color.
Good gravy! What a beautiful child!
Ouch, they would hate my niece who is a doctor married to a minister who has four boys by birth and a black daughter adopted from Rwanda. Need I even add that they are conservative.
Terrific book. The mini-series, out on DVD and starring Gary Sinise, is a pretty good adaptation, too. And Stephen King is a flaming Liberal.
I would assume that they wanted a child and weren't racist.
It could be that simple
Who wouldn't want to adopt that cutie?
Because there is no such thing as a binding contract with a women in this country when children are involved.
Now, that's good question, I mean it. It's like a supermarket of adoptable children out there, isn't it. You can go to Vietnam or the Ukraine (parents likely alkies), or Ethopia, or a number of other places. Still, I suspect that the race of the child is for the seekers a rather minor consideration. I could be wrong.
I won't pretend to know all the details, but if they are
saving a child from this hell-hole I wouldn't get hung up on
a few technicalities.
You are assuming they went there because they wanted a black child.
Do you know which countries have the best international adoption programs?
For the answer to that, look at the regulations, the time required, and the expenses of adopting an American baby with adopting somewhere else.
>Why go to the other side of the world to adopt?<
Oh, I don't know, maybe there aren't enough available babies in this country? My nephew adopted a child from Eastern Europe because he and his wife would have been on a waiting list for years. Not only that, they were able to give a child who was in an orphanage a loving home.
Frankly, it's a moving target.
What was a speedy process last year may have slowed to a crawl this year. Furthermore, each country has idiosyncrasies that can make or break your adoption.
Because real love does not care about race?
Having taken on two beautiful stepdaughters I will say that
there is the hassle of mining the front yard and putting out
all that barbed wire.
I've had the racist crap thrown at me as well.
Until the time I show them our family picture of my brother who is married to a beautiful Filipina..
"Yes they are: they went to Ethiopia to adopt. Thus, they specifically wanted to adopt a Black child. Why? "
Curious do you have kids?
Why would someone not go to a hellhole like Ethiopia and rescue a kid?
Why does the skin color matter in the least?
That's been my theory why Bill Gates and others choose to spend their fortunes on charity work outside the borders of this country. Who needs to deal with regulations, lawsuits, greedy interest groups in the US?! The corruption in the Third World is so much more straight forward and easy to deal with, and your reputation stateside doesn't suffer a bit.
Oh boy....doesn't that photo warm my heart!!! Just beautiful!
Little Coulton's mommy laughed her ass off at daycare last week when I told him " So you're the first one to get *the talk*" about my baby girl, huh?"
I swear he smirked at me like he was 30 instead of 3!
Why does it matter? A kid is a kid. God made them all.
No, it doesn't.
Why wouldn't they adopt a black child who needed a home?
Stephen King lives half the year (probably a couple more days) here in Sarasota, FL, the rest in Maine. I say probably a couple more days than half the year since, as a good hypocritical liberal, King wants to get free taxation by having his primary residence in a tax-free state (Florida). He has a Prius which he crowed about in the newspaper and was "filling it up" at the city government plug-in which was free. Just what you'd expect from a liberal - let somebody else pay his bills even though he's worth gazillions of dollars.
"The Stand" is a good book but listen to the "Gunslinger" series on CD.
BUT, don't ever think that Stephen King is anything other than a flaming hypocritical Liberal. Good author though.
"Why would a White couple adopt a Black child?"
Why shouldn't they?
Why go to the other side of the world to adopt?
digging the moat is pretty tough, too!
All American adoptions are "open" by default.
You don't adopt American Children unless you live in another country...if you're smart, that is.
If an adult (or adults) choose to take in and nurture a needy child, what difference does political association or ethnicity make? It's just pointless, political claptrap that concerns only the small-minded.
While buying my groceries at Wal Mart today, I saw two families with mized racila children. Those little ones have no idea they are of two races, they're just being vhildren. Sadly, society will teach them otherwise ... and the black culture in America will do a number on their minds, trying to make them 'black' or made to feel loathed. I blame vermin like Jesse and Al, and little barry bastard commie for that evil in our society. These are just children. I can guarantee that God does not identify them by their racial genetic makeup.
... just beautiful!
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Sorry, Harry, you're out of the picture pal.
For Pippa Middleton, recently dumped by her boyfriend of two years, England cricketer Alex Loudon, after a blazing row at a friend's wedding (Loudon could no longer put up with the "circus" that surrounds the younger Miss Middleton wherever she goes) she has chosen the shoulder of former college roommate Earl George Percy to cry on.
Pippa spent the weekend shooting grouse on the moors surrounding George's 50,000 acre country pile -- Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, better known to the world as the exterior of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films -- and, in what could be seen as a significant gesture, attended the Remembrance Sunday service at the parish church, with George and his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland.
According to one congregant, their presence "caused quite a stir" at the church built by George's ancestors and where the family, in accordance with their elevated local status, have their own special front row pews.
The two traveled by train back to London on Tuesday.
The news that the pair spent an extended long weekend together is bound to fuel speculation that they are more than the "just good friends" they have always previously claimed to be.
During the summer, Percy, 27, and Pippa, 28, spent a weekend together in Madrid when Pippa had broken up with Loudon for the first time. They were spotted out and about together in London frequently over the summer, including at the Queen's Club tennis championships. The night before the tennis, Pippa and George enjoyed a three-hour dinner together at a London restaurant before returning to his flat (which George shares with another of Pippa's ex's, JJ Jardine-Paterson), eventually leaving at 2 a.m.
Percy is said to be one of the characters whose attentions to Pippa former boyfriend Alex Loudon was uncomfortable with.
But then again, who wouldn't be jealous of Earl Percy? When it comes to eligible bachelors, he is probably the most eligible man in England; clever, affable, involved in the alternative energy business and heir not just to a dukedom (marriage would make both the Middleton girls Duchesses) but also to a vast fortune calculated at some £300 million.
Alnwick Castle is, after Windsor Castle, the second largest inhabited castle in the U.K. George is known locally, as scions of the family have been for centuries, as "the Prince of the North," reflecting the fact that from Norman times onwards, the Percy family effectively ruled a large chunk of Northern England.
Pippa and George met at Edinburgh University, a short hop from Northumberland and not far from St. Andrew's where William and Kate studied. There, they shared a flat and hung out with a group of aristocratic undergraduates known as "the Castle Crew": a privately educated set of privileged students who spent their weekends at country houses around the U.K. rather than remaining on campus. "They liked shooting, drinking, games and outdoorsy life," an Edinburgh contemporary told the Daily Mail this summer. Some of the girls were known as "Brown Sign Hunters," referring to the brown signs that point from highways to Britain's stately homes.
In the years since they left university, Pippa and Percy have remained close friends, not least because Percy is a good friend of Prince William (the two went to Eton together) and is therefore inside the young royals' "circle of trust."
But don't expect to see the two out and about together this party season. Pippa has apparently been ordered by Clarence House (Prince Charles's headquarters) to keep a "low profile" up until Christmas.
The first casualty of the new low profile was revealed on Wednesday: Pippa had been due to attend the Square Mile Masked Ball at the Royal Courts of Justice next week, but organizers have now been told she is "unlikely to show up."
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Question 1 of 30
Let's jump right in: What's a nutritionally healthy way to lose weight?
eating only protein
adding a tablespoon of coconut oil to your morning coffee
eating a diverse array of produce, carbs and protein while maintaining a caloric burn
Nope, you don't get a cookie for answering that easy one. We're watching our sugar intake here.
Question 2 of 30
What's the best way to lose weight if you're obese?
very slowly
neither one is ideal
While we might hear that losing weight slowly makes for a better long-term outlook, the evidence is not as clear.
Question 3 of 30
Skipping breakfast is associated with:
a lower BMI
While we often hear that skipping breakfast is a cause of obesity, there's only an association between those who eat breakfast and have a lower BMI.
feelings of despondency
Question 4 of 30
When is the worst time to eat a lot of calories?
after dinner
before bed
There's no clear answer to whether weight gain is tied to time of caloric intake.
There isn't any direct link between evening eating and weight gain.
Question 5 of 30
The Body Mass Index is:
wildly inaccurate
accurate for a vast majority
Only about 18 percent of folks get an inaccurate indicator of their body fat from the BMI.
only accurate for tall people
Question 6 of 30
If you really want to lose weight, do this:
exercise way more
exercise a little more
eat fewer calories
Unfortunately, studies show that more exercise is compensated with longer periods of rest or bigger consumption of calories. So while it's great for you, weight loss might come easier with a reduction in calories.
Question 7 of 30
If you're obese, setting a realistic weight loss goal is going to contribute to more weight loss.
There hasn't been evidence for significant association that goals help or harm weight loss plans.
It depends on if you're eating gluten or not.
Question 8 of 30
What is exercise good for, if not always weight loss?
maintaining weight loss
Exercise is a great way to keep weight off.
building thigh muscles
burning tummy fat fast
Question 9 of 30
What foods speed up your metabolism?
you wish
Too good to be true, indeed — there's not a lot of scientific evidence that certain foods rev up that pesky metabolism.
Question 10 of 30
How can you help protect against lifelong obesity, according to one weight loss myth?
start an exercise program by age 6
avoid processed sugar for any child under the age of 15
breastfeed your infant
Researchers have not shown that a direct causation exists between breastfeeding and lower obesity rates in adulthood.
Question 11 of 30
How do genes play a role in the rise of obesity?
They don't; it's societal.
People predisposed to higher BMIs might be choosing partners that have the same predisposition.
While there are lots of societal factors to obesity, a growing area of study is how genes have contributed to the epidemic — including why people with higher BMI choose mates with similar traits.
The gene that causes obesity is contagious.
Question 12 of 30
You'll lose more weight if you don't weigh yourself daily.
Absolutely; you'll obsess less.
Perhaps, if you make sure to weigh yourself weekly.
Several studies show that daily self-weighing helps people lose weight and maintain weight loss.
Turns out that checking in on the scale every day isn't such a soul-crushing idea if you want to lose pounds.
Question 13 of 30
The weight loss plateau is a result of:
a slow creep of eating more calories than you realize
Nothing magical at all: studies show we creep up our intake without realizing it, resulting in a weight loss plateau.
your metabolism slowing
your body getting used to fewer calories
Question 14 of 30
An important factor in weight loss is if you're ready and committed to change.
Definitely not.
Um, how do you measure commitment to change again?
Researchers really can't say that those who are "ready" to lose weight are going to do a better job, but based on some screening criteria it doesn't appear that personal readiness makes much difference.
Question 15 of 30
Drinking water helps you lose weight by:
You might confuse thirst for hunger, so drinking could help you avoid eating when you're not hungry.
While drinking loads of water won't make you forget you want a cheeseburger, it might help you cut some calories to reach for a glass when you think you want a snack.
keeping your metabolism high
it won't at all
Question 16 of 30
The Freshman Fifteen is:
a real phenomenon particular to college students
true for young adults in general, including those who don't attend college
While off-campus parties and dorm food can't help, it appears that some amount of weight gain is seen in most young adults around the age of 18 or so.
Question 17 of 30
You can obese and still be healthy.
Sure, depending on how your fat is distributed.
Those lucky pear-shaped folks can carry more fat around their hips with less health risks.
No, too much fat is too much fat.
Yes, if you're exercising and eating right.
Question 18 of 30
One way to reduce the BMI of the nation's children is to:
promote more physical education classes
serve less carbs at lunch
While PE classes have been shown to improve motor skills, they've never conclusively shown that they reduce the weight of kids who take them.
Question 19 of 30
What is one way television has been shown to increase food consumption?
Lack of physical activity leads to more snacking.
Food advertisements lead to eating more.
While we're not sure television leads to obesity, watching food ads have been shown to make kids eat more.
It hasn't.
Question 20 of 30
Having more parks and sidewalks leads to less obesity.
Of course! More people walk and get exercise.
Maybe? More exercise doesn't necessarily mean weight loss.
While we can assume that more space to exercise would help combat obesity, there's been no randomized controlled trials to prove it.
Nope. Doesn't matter at all.
Question 21 of 30
What is one food group that should be avoided when it comes to weight loss?
You're probably getting the idea — eliminating a food group is not necessary to lose weight.
Question 22 of 30
One way to fight childhood obesity is to limit food deserts.
No; there's no evidence that food deserts actually cause obesity in adolescence.
While few of us would argue that food deserts are a good thing, it's true that no randomized controlled trial has shown that food deserts cause obesity.
Yes; food deserts limit children's food choices and lead to obesity.
Yes; food deserts lead to obesity because there is only fast food and no supermarkets.
Question 23 of 30
What does the Alkaline Diet promise?
that more milk will make you healthier
that more fruits and vegetables will make you feel better
less acidic foods cause less disease
Nope, sorry — can't change the pH level of your blood. But might as well add in those (alkaline) veggies and fruits!
Question 24 of 30
Snacking leads to:
weight gain
Snacking hasn't been shown to lead to any weight gain or obesity in studies.
Question 25 of 30
What's a reason that cleanses are discouraged from a weight loss perspective?
They don't taste good enough to sustain.
The lack of caloric energy can backfire, causing you to gain weight when you eat like a normal human again.
Never mind that one cannot live happily on juice alone — you really will kick yourself into starvation mode and then gain weight when your body begins receiving calories again.
They don't have enough fiber.
Question 26 of 30
What's a good way to use fruits and vegetables to lose weight?
substitute them for other foods
Just eating more fruits and vegetables isn't enough; you must swap those higher-calorie snacks or meals for them.
eat more of them
Nothing about eating fruits and vegetables makes you lose weight.
Question 27 of 30
Which hormone comes up every once in a while as a great weight loss supplement?
hCG, found in pregnant women
Big myth. hCG has no association with weight loss — except for perhaps the 500-calorie restricted diet users are also expected to go on.
Question 28 of 30
What is the risk of yo-yo dieting?
not losing weight
While you might hear that yo-yo dieting is terrible for your health, there's little evidence that multiple attempts at trying to lose weight is a bad thing.
Question 29 of 30
How do you avoid gaining weight in the long run?
eating well and exercising consistently
upping your exercise or reducing calories as you age
While we'd love to just keep the same routine forever, it's true that our metabolism slows with age — meaning we need to up our game a little if we're looking to maintain weight.
cutting out sugar
Question 30 of 30
What early 20th century diet myth did folks subscribe to?
the peanut diet
excessive chewing
The idea was that by chewing your food to a liquid, it would rapidly digest and not lead to weight gain.
using only a knife as a utensil


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The first human colonizers of the Virginia Tidewater region were American Indians. Recent archeological discoveries by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources indicate that American Indians were in Virginia at least 16,000 years ago. Archeologists divide the period 16,000 to 2,500 B.C. into the Paleo and Archaic periods. During this time, the Indians in Virginia were hunter-gatherers, moving often, staying for short periods in campsites, and leaving little evidence of their presence.
The Sedentary Forager Period (2,500 B.C. to 900 A.D.) was noted for the settlements of small hamlets that appeared in the river valleys of Virginia, with remains of fired clay pottery and bows and arrows attesting to their presence. The people of the Late Middle Woodland Period (900-1300 A.D.) were thought to disperse into small camping groups while foraging, while Late Woodland Indians (1300-1500 A.D.) probably suffered more from diseases due to living in close proximity in larger towns then their ancestors.
Once they became sedentary, settlements of the late-Middle Woodland Period tended to be near the great rivers in Virginia, because the rich soil deposits were more conducive to farming. The rivers also provided a means of transportation, and dugout canoes were created to navigate the waterways. The Virginia Indians hunted the wild animals of the region; deer, turkey, ducks, geese and possum, and fished the waters. From the Woodland Period on, squash, beans and corn (thought to arrive from the South around 900 A.D.) were parts of their diet, but corn, due to its nitrogen depletion of the soil and weather conditions in Tidewater Virginia, was not cultivated to the exclusion of all else. Dogs are the only domestic animals whose remains have been found at some archeological sites.
The Powhatan people of Virginia, encountered by the English, were from the Algonquian family of American Indians. The Algonquian embraced a widespread linguistic settlement pattern that stretched from eastern Quebec and Point Britain in the north and west on the plains from Saskatchewan to Colorado, and south to the Carolinas. The region occupied by the Virginia Algonquians was roughly about 100 miles long from north to south, by 100 miles wide, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean, to the "fall line" of the major rivers, and from the lower Potomac River, to the James River and further south, in an area defined as the coastal, or Tidewater, plain. By the time of the English colonization of Jamestown, the greatest power in the Virginia Tidewater region was the Powhatan chiefdom or confederacy. The Powhatan were an Algonquian speaking tribe who held prominent status over other tribes in the region. The great chief of the Powhatan confederacy, or mamanatowick, roughly meaning "great king," was Powhatan or Wahunsenacawh, well known as the father of Pocahontas.
Europeans arrived in the Tidewater region in the second half of the 16th century, with the Spanish leading the way. After a Jesuit settlement near the mouth the James River was destroyed by the Indians in 1571, the Spanish, after retaliating, did not attempt to colonize the region again. In the 1580s English ships began entering the Chesapeake Bay region. In 1590 A Briefe and True Report of The New Found Land of Virginia was published in an attempt to lure English colonists to the New World. Published by Thomas Harriot, with 28 engravings by Theodor de Bry, the Virginian Indians were described as "people clothed with loose mantles made of Deere skins & aprons of the same rounde about their middles; all els naked;" possessing "no edge tooles or weapons or yron or steele to offend us withall," but having "throw weapons" and "onlie bowes made of Witch hazel, & arrowes of reeds; flat edged truncheons also of wood about a yard long."
The English founded Jamestown in 1607 and encountered the Powhatan confederacy, 30 tribes united by Chief Powhatan. Captain John Smith estimated that "within a radius of 60 miles of James Town there were about 5000 people but only 1500 able-bodied native warriors." In 1607 Powhatan captured John Smith, where legend has it he was saved by Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas. Some later historians argued that the rescue was a ritual or a ruse meant to impress the English Captain. Under Powhatan's direction corn was supplied to the colonists at Jamestown, but later during the winter months this ceased as Powhatan sought to starve the English out. The English retaliated against the Powhatan by attacking those in the vicinity of Jamestown.
Powhatan sent his daughter, Pocahontas, as an ambassador to Jamestown to mediate between the two peoples. By all accounts, Pocahontas fell in love with John Rolfe, an English widower who introduced Caribbean tobacco (orioncio tobacco) into the colony, which was more palatable to the English then the native Virginia tobacco. Pocahontas wed Rolfe in 1614, and in 1616 they arrived in London, with expenses paid by the Virginia Company. They were the social highlight of the season, being introduced at court. Pocahontas died in 1617 in England, but her son by John Rolfe, Thomas, survived and had numerous descendants. The successful cultivation of the tobacco John Rolfe introduced to the colony led to large-scale farming in Virginia.
By 1611, the Powhatan, alarmed by the building of English forts, made alliances with their traditional enemies in the west against the new colonizers. On March 22, 1622, the Powhatan attacked the English settlements along the James River, wiping out at least 10 percent of the population. The carnage was greatest at Martin's Hundred, location of Carter's Grove plantation today. The English colonists waited for reinforcements in manpower and weapons from their mother country. A 10-year war followed, which slowed English settlement but also weakened the Powhatan power. Powhatan abdicated his position in favor of his brother Opechancanough in 1614, wearying of the constant warfare and diseases that were beginning to decimate his people. He died in 1618.
In 1644 war resumed when the Powhatan attacked in force again, and the new Royal Governor, Sir William Berkeley had little time to settle in when the frontier erupted. Berkeley emerged victorious, although roughly 400 colonists were slain. By 1645 the English made their way up past the Powhatan town of Menmend on the Pamunkey River, and attacked Opechancanough's fort. Chief Opechancanough was captured and later killed by one of his jailers, and his successor declared himself a loyal subject of the English king. By 1705, only a few Powhatan-descended communities remained, all of them living in reservations by treaty—the Pamunkeys, the Mattaponi, Chickahominies, the Wiccocomicos, the Nansemonds and the Gingaskins. Some young Powhatan men attended the College of William and Mary to learn the ways of the colonists, but were excluded from religious activities by the largely Anglican society. Later, it was the Baptists and Methodists who made inroads into the Powhatan communities, the Anglicans (save for an attempt under Governor Spotswood) did not make a great attempt to convert them. Although largely subsumed by the surrounding Anglo-American culture, the Powhatan also gave place names to the Potomac (formerly Pataomeck) and Appomattox rivers. By 2002, of seven state-recognized Powhatan descendant tribes, there were roughly 1,500 Powhatans living full- or part-time near their ancestral homes. Two reservations—the Mattaponi Reservation and the Pamunkey Reservation—still exist on ancient Powhatan land in Virginia. Today, the Chickahominy Tribe remains the sole surviving American Indian community along the James River.
The English: The colonizers from England were undoubtedly of the mixed heritage of the British Isles, Anglo, Saxon, Jute and Danish blood mixed with Celtic, Welsh, Irish, and other British stock. Sir Walter Raleigh was the first Englishman to take an active interest in colonizing the New World, and in 1584 commissioned two captains to explore the American coast. The captains came back with positive reports about the area, but no royal money was found to fund colonization. In 1585 a colony under the command of Sir Richard Grenville established a small settlement near the present-day Virginia-North Carolina border, but these colonists left on one of Sir Francis Drake's ships back to England. A second colonization effort, known as "the lost colony," also failed when the colony was abandoned to an unknown fate in 1587. Despite these failures, Raleigh's explorations brought back valuable information on Virginia.
In the early 17th century a group of London merchants formed the Virginia Company of London, and received a grant from the king to a charter to the lands between Cape Fear and the Hudson Bay. The Colony of Virginia was financed by them and founded by 108 English settlers who built Jamestown in 1607. A high mortality rate almost wiped out the attempt at colonization. John Rolfe (1585-1622), the husband of Pocahontas, cultivated the first tobacco crop in the colony. The demand for tobacco slowly increased in Virginia as smoking houses opened in England. Since the crop could be grown cheaply in the Chesapeake region, and Virginia tobacco was cheaper than Spanish tobacco, the cultivation of tobacco stimulated the economy of Virginia and increased immigration to the colony.
The Virginia Company eventually eased its strict control over the colonists, when in financial trouble they granted to their governor in 1618 instructions dubbed by the colonists "the greate charter" which allowed the settlers to own their own land. Using land as a valuable commodity to attract people to their colony, the company granted each man in the colony 50 acres of land for each person they paid to come over from their mother country, or if the person would pay the transportation costs themselves, from England. This created private investment in Virginia, and also caused the settler population to grow from a few hundred in 1616 to 2,000 by 1620 with tobacco exports rising to 50,000 pounds that year. The Indian uprising of 1622 claimed roughly a thousand lives, and resulted in the Virginia Company declaring bankruptcy, with far reaching results for the colony. In 1624 royal control was established in the colony. Another item from the "greate charter" also had far reaching consequences—the Virginia Company allowed the creation of a general assembly of the colonists, giving them a voice in their own matters. The first representative body in America met at Jamestown in 1619, which was the beginning of the House of Burgesses. In 1639 the English king recognized that the House of Burgesses, elected by English freemen, was an established institution in the colonial government of Virginia. By 1640 11,000 English colonists lived in the Chesapeake Bay region and the export of tobacco surpassed one million pounds.
The cultivation of tobacco impacted the colonial society, as the crop exhausted the soil after a few planting seasons and more land was always in demand. Because of the large size of the family plantations and the continual search for new land to cultivate, towns were rare in Virginia. The plantations needed to be near waterways for transportation of their product, and Virginia became settled along the James, Rappahannock and Potomac rivers. The raising of tobacco required a workforce that was first supplied by indentured servants brought over from England who pledged themselves to work for a given number of years to cover their transportation to America. By the 1660s, African slaves began to replace indentured servants.
African Arrival: The English, finding the local Powhatan Indians resistant to the intensive agriculture labor they desired, turned to African slaves to supplement their labor. In 1619, a Dutch ship brought the first African Americans to Virginia. They were placed on tobacco plantations. Originally, the Africans were treated like indentured servants from England, who would be free of their service to their owners after a set period of years. Historically, the English only enslaved non-Christians, and not, in particular, Africans. A slave could become free by converting to Christianity.
The Africans brought to the American colonies came from West Africa and Madagascar (an island off southeast Africa), and originated in village societies, or the centralized kingdoms of Mali, Ghana and Songhai. African dialects and grammatical patterns became part of American English. "Okra" is an Akan word while "gumbo" is a Bantu synonym, and the word "jazz" derives from a West African term. Overall, the Atlantic slave trade was estimated to have removed anywhere from 9.6 million to an estimated 15.4 million Africans from West and Central Africa, representing the largest forced migration of people in history. The majority of these people made their way to Latin America or the Caribbean, only a small percentage, overall, came to the English North American colonies.
During the 1620s and 1630s, when job opportunities were scarce in the British Isles and tobacco commanded a high price, Virginia acquired its labor from England. After 1660 the Great Plague reduced England's population, the price of tobacco fell, and the great fire which swept through London destroyed much of the capital city, which created an intense demand for labor in the home country. Since the labor supply from England fell, Virginians began acquiring African labor, following the pattern established by the Spanish and Portuguese more than a century before. Slowly the number of Africans grew in Virginia. In 1625 there were only 23. In 1650 there were about 300. Tobacco became the cash crop of the Virginia aristocracy and as the need for workers in the tobacco fields grew, the condition of permanent slavery was gradually introduced into Virginia and other English colonies. Maryland in 1640 began to institutionalize slavery and Massachusetts recognized slavery as a legal institution in 1641. By 1663, a Virginia court decided that the child of a slave was born into slavery. It was in the administration of Sir William Gooch (1727-1749) that the General Assembly passed a law denying the vote to free Africans, and excluded them from jury duty or testifying as witnesses. In 1705, the General Assembly declared all those not born into Christianity in their native lands, be they African, American Indian or mulatto, slaves. By 1700, (at which point their were an estimated 60,000 slaves in Virginia) more than a thousand Africans were being brought into the colony every year. At the outbreak of the Civil War, the free population of Virginia was 1,105,453 with 490,865 enslaved people.
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YouTube has made a lot of people famous who may never have had the opportunity to become discovered. While not everybody gets a chance of stardom, a few have and they have done it up big. Who are the top musicians who have been discovered through this medium?
1. Arnel Pineda – Once a Filipino singer and songwriter, now lead singer for the rock band Journey. Videos of Pineda performing cover songs for Journey, Survivor, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Air Supply, The Eagles and Kenny Loggins began appearing on YouTube in 2007. From the videos, that same year, Pineda was asked to audition for Journey. By the end of the year 2007, Pineda was named the lead singer of the band.
2. Justin Bieber – Bieber may be one of the biggest rising stars right now and he's only 16. This Canadian pop and R&B singer was discovered on YouTube by Scooter Braun, who later became his manager. Bieber was flown into Atlanta, Georgia where he had the opportunity to consult with musician Usher. Bieber soon signed with Usher creating the Raymond-Braun Music Group and then later with L.A. Reid and Island Def Jam. Bieber is known for his breakthrough single "One Time", which was released in the summer of 2009 and charted on the top thirty in ten countries. HE followed this single up with his "My World." His studio release "My World 2.0" will be released March 23, 2010.
Bieber started performing at the age of 12 where he won second in a local singing competition. He also taught himself how to play the piano, drums, guitar and trumpet. It was in 2007 that his mother began posting videos on YouTube so that his family and friends, who could not attend his performances, could see him sing. Once discovered, Bieber became a hot commodity. He has appeared on The Today Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Good Morning America and Chelsea Lately to name a few. He also had the opportunity to perform for U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House Christmas In Washington music special that benefited the National Children's Medical Center. Beiber has toured with Taylor Swift on her two-stop return to the United Kingdom Fearless Tour. Bieber was named the hottest star of 2009 by J-14, newcomer of the year by MuchMusic, and listed by Celebuzz as one of the Top 10 YouTube stars of the 2000s decade
3. Esmee Denters – This Dutch singer-songwriter attracted the attention of Justin Timberlake in 2008, who later went on to sign her to his label Tennman Records. In 2009 she released her debut studio album "Outta Here". The album reached number five in the Netherlands. Her debut single, also the title song of the album was released in the Netherlands in 2009. So far it has reached the top 10 in several European countries. The album was released in the UK on January 11, 2010 and features the previous 2008 charity duet with Timberlake, "Follow My Lead" as an additional bonus song.
4. Terra Naomi – This rock and pop artist became famous with her song "Say It's Possible" through YouTube. Naomi is from New York State but currently lives is Los Angles. She writes, performs and plays guitar and piano. Naomi won the first YouTube "Best Music Video" award in 2006. She signed a publishing deal with Universal Publishing and a record deal with Island Records in 2007.
5. Lisa Lavie – Another Canadian born singer and songwriter who used the Internet to promote her music has had her vocals appear on soundtracks of major motion pictures. Lavie released her debut album in 2008 "Everything or Nothing". Her album reached #20 on iTunes pop chart. Her featured video was a finalist among all videos in the 2007 YouTube Awards.
6. Mia Rose – Rose, is an English/Portuguese singer songwriter. Rose posted daily videos singing cover songs on YouTube starting 2006. She set a record within a month for the number of subscribers. In 2009 she wrote and recorded "Let Go" selling it on iTunes in Portugal where it became the best selling download and number 2 in Portuguese charts. Rose has been featured in Rolling Stone, The Sun, The Age and BBC Radio 5 Live.
Getting a chance to be heard, as a musician, is always a difficult task. Getting discovered is even more challenging unless you are somebody who knows somebody. Thanks to new social networks, musicians that normally wouldn't get their chance, finally are.
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Official Website: http://www.titanichg.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TitanicHonorandGlory/ Created to be played along with our 104th anniversary podcast: http://www.titanichg.com/archives/ This animation was created to go along with the 104th Titanic sinking anniversary podcast we held on April 14th, 2016. You can listen to the recording of that podcast (nearly 4 hours long) along with this video to get additional minute-by-minute, in-depth information on the sinking. Go to - http://www.titanichg.com/archives/ - play the podcast at the top of the page, then play this video at the point in the podcast we say to play, and the podcast will be synced with the animation. This is our full-length animation of the Titanic sinking, beginning with the iceberg collision and ending with its disappearance. The point of collision is at 1:06. This is a complete animation; not a short animation that was slowed down to match real time. This is also highly accurate, though we have already documented improvements we plan to make for the final game. The animation includes text frequently appearing with what is happening on board the ship. This includes visuals of various interior rooms flooding, lifeboats launching, rockets firing, and the Californian on the horizon. The animation was created in Unreal Engine 4. The exterior model used is not our final model, but an older model created by one of our team members. There are many informational messages spread throughout the video, but here are some of the main points to jump to: 0:30 - Iceberg spotted. 1:05 - Titanic collides with iceberg. 6:06 - The ship has stopped as damage inspections are carried out. 7:44 - Captain Smith orders engines to 'Half Ahead'. 19:41 - Titanic stops for the last time. 20:04 - Excess steam is vented. 38:08 - The Titanic begins taking on a 'starboard list'. 43:03 - Thomas Andrews estimates 1-2 hours before the ship sinks. 46:23 - The first distress calls are sent out. 48:38 - Lights of another ship are spotted on the horizon. 53:07 - Most lifeboats are prepared to evacuate passengers. 58:20 - Carpathia responds to Titanic's distress calls. 1:01:29 - Lifeboat 7 is launched. 1:05:03 - Lifeboat 5 is launched. 1:05:21 - The D-Deck gangway doors are opened. 1:06:04 - The telegraph operators begin using 'SOS'. 1:07:22 - Lifeboat 5 encounters lowering difficulties. 1:08:02 - Officer Boxhall launches the first distress rocket in an attempt to signal the ship on the horizon. 1:10:24 - The Carpathia confirms it is on it's way. 1:11:03 - Steam stops venting from the funnels. 1:13:20 - The starboard list is eliminated as Boiler Room 5 floods. 1:21:28 - Lifeboat 8 leaves. 1:28:22 - Suction pumps are activated. 1:31:33 - Lifeboat 6 is launched. 1:36:57 - Water is up to the Titanic's nameplate. 1:39:37 - Titanic begins listing to port. 1:41:43 - Lifeboat 16 is launched. 1:46:54 - Lifeboat 14 is launched. 1:51:18 - Lifeboat 14 is dropped 4 feet into the sea from its falls after they jammed. 1:51:42 - Lifeboat 12 is launched. 1:52:29 - Lifeboat 9 is launched. 1:58:53 - Lifeboat 11 is launched. 2:00:41 - Lifeboat 13 is launched. 2:05:21 - Lifeboat 13 is pushed aft by the discharging condenser, jamming it on the falls. 2:05:50 - Lifeboat 15. 2:05:42 - Lifeboat 13 cannot release itself as Lifeboat 15 comes down on top of it. 2:07:07 - Lifeboat 13 is released and is pulled out from underneath Lifeboat 15 as 15 lands in the water. 2:07:38 - Lifeboat 2 is launched. 2:09:31 - The lights on the horizon disappear. 2:11:52 - Lifeboat 4. 2:12:22 - Lifeboat 10. 2:22:12 - It is now 2AM. The Titanic has 20 minutes left. 2:26:10 - Collapsible Boat D is launched. 2:29:39 - The last messages from the Titanic are heard. 2:30:46 - Collapsible A is slid off the Officers' Quarters roof. 2:31:03 - The Wireless Room is abandoned. 2:31:42 - Collapsible B is thrown from the roof of the office quarters. It lands upside down in the water. 2:34:01 - Survivors distinctly hear 4 explosions from deep within the ship. 2:39:23 - All remaining power is lost. The ship breaks in two. 2:40:36 - Titanic is gone. Rescuers do not arrive for another hour and 40 minutes. 2:40:51 - Titanic is heard below the surface as it breaks apart, implodes and falls to the sea floor.
That Is NOT a Catfish on the End of the Line
See what I found on a noodle near our campsite. It wasn't what I expected. Kayaking and camping at Lake Fausse Point State Park, St. Martinville, La., will never be the same. Shot with GoPro Hero 3 on the afternoon of April 9, 2016, near Pack or Paddle Site 5. For licensing or usage, contact email@example.com
Pyongyang Metro Escalator
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Bandolino Alelia Sandal
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Add some polish and flair to your ensemble with the Bandolino Alelia. This strappy metallic sandal will make you look effortlessly chic.
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By: MellyBK
Location: Brooklyn NY
May 15, 2013
Sweet shoe
"This shoe seems super comfortable and I love the design. I would prefer a little less dramatic gold color (it is true to the picture), but I'm going to keep it anyway. I'm wearing with a bridemaids dress, hopefully these step it up a notch!"
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May 13, 2013
Chic Sandals
"I purchased these in the Black & white combination and fell in love with them! They are comfortable & I think so chic and can be dressed up or down! I'm so glad I added them to my collection."
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Location: atlanta, georgia
May 06, 2013
"The shoe is gorgeous and looks like the picture posted on the website. I have wide feet and true to size, it ran wide. The only thing I didn't like about the shoe was the heel length ( 4 inches), which is just too high. I wish this trend would end. Heels can be sexy and stylish without being so high that they are uncomfortable/impossible to walk in."
By: Shelleyshack
Location: Dallas, TX
May 03, 2013
Fun shoe for a night out.
"I was looking for a comfortable gold sandal for the summer, and I have found it. This shoe comes in wide which is great for me and my wide feet. I took them on a trip and wore them out dancing with no trouble at all."
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Chapter 2
God will render to every person according to his or her deeds—Both Jews and Gentiles will be judged by gospel laws.
1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou
2 But we
3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that
4 Or despisest thou the
5 But
6 Who will
7 To them who by
8 But unto them that are
10 But glory, honour, and
11 For there is no
12 For as many as have sinned without
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the
14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
16 In the day when God shall
17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the
21 Thou therefore which teachest another,
22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit
23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
24 For the name of God is
25 For
26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and


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Puma Zandy Sport Flat - Womens
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For the woman on the go! Lightweight and flexible the Puma® Zandy flat with athletic sole will get you through the entire day happy and stylish. Sporty and comfortable with a breathable mesh and feminine patent leather upper this flat can be worn to the office or to play.
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Location: MD
January 14, 2013
Cute, but...
"...the color isn't represented well in the picture. So, when I received the shoe, it looked TOTALLY different than what I expected. Also, I found that there is something sharp cutting into my foot towards the toe area. I can't feel it when I stick my hand in there, but I certainly feel it when I wear the shoe. Other than that, the shoe fits fine but, overall, I am NOT happy with this purchase. VERY disappointed..."
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"Christmas: it's not the giving, it's not the getting, it's the loving." - Garfield
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Watching movies and eating chocolate.....
Merry Christmas to all...
Actually as long as it's not raining tomorrow morning they are having a dog parade for people who want to join as i'm going with darla in her stroller then later on they are having our very big fall foilage parade it kicks off all the fall festivals,it's going to be a great weekend here.Picture 586.jpgPicture 584.jpg
I would like to do nothing this weekend
Merry Snowy Christmas
Love & Peace to the World
Vegging out....
Merry Christmas to all...
Weekend will be warm and I m definitely heading to the swimming pool tomorrow morning and do some swimming, as temp will reach 32-33c.
Unfortunately Im working both Saturday and Sunday, so, no big plans I have to say..
And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God Bless us!! Everyone!!''
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (1843)
Nothing if I can help it..
Merry Christmas to all...
Long weekend here (Labour Day Monday) .... more Spring gardening clean up/planting for me Sunday and zilch on Monday if possible !!
Just doing routine stuff - nothing special. There are a few fall festivals coming in the next few weeks, so I'll be enjoying them soon enough!
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Osiris NYC 83 Slim Skate Sneaker - Womens
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Hit up the park in style, ladies, with the NYC 83 Slim high-top skate shoe from Osiris. Sporting some serious style, these sparkly sneaks are great on your board or off.
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The Emery County Board of Commissioners approved the recommendations by the Emery County Public Lands Council for the four open positions on the council. Applications were gathered over a period of one month with the following people submitting applications: Eric Luke, Dickson Huntington, Reed Martin, Mark H Williams, Tory Killian, Jack Rogers, Doyle Jensen, Randall Stilson and Gary Petty.
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The hotel occupies a former 16th century building, with splendid terraces facing the roofs of Rome, in an exclusive area of the city close to important landmarks. The Regno combines the best of classical, ancient Rome with modern day elegance. It provides great value for money.
Situated in the heart of the city on the famed shopping street, Via del Corso, it is near to world-renowned sights such as the Trevi Fountain, Roman Forum and Pantheon. In terms of location, it is hard to beat a Roman hotel that opens directly onto one of the city's main shopping streets with all of Rome's other main attractions within very easy reach.
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Single Barrel Series : Philosophical Cider
Every year we plan some production space for special batches. We let the orchard have its own voice in these batches. We set a side a reserve of apples that developed outstanding character. Or a blend of apples that arose together in history. Or that the cidermaker thinks are especially nifty.
These batches are produced with a minimalist approach. That means they are all light, dry, subtle and still. The most authentic taste of the orchard we make.
We know they aren't for every taste – so we make a single barrel of each. It comes out to just over 20 cases. Each batch is an ephemeral glimpse of orchard character, like scents on the wind: tart, bitter, grass, wood, spice, blossom, fruit. And when it's gone, it's gone. In some future year, the orchard might whisper something similar in the cidermaker's ear – but it won't be exactly the same.
Here are some examples of Single Barrel Ciders that have come and gone.