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Another Giant Pedophile Ring Busted, 900 Arrests, 300 Kids Saved & Corporate Media Ignores It
It's been almost two years of the investigation known as "Operation Pacificer," but 870 suspected pedophiles have now been arrested. The news was announced on Friday by the FBI and Europol just days after a court sentenced Florida-based Steven Chase to 30 years in prison. Chase is the alleged founder of the Playpen pedophilia network.
Thriving on the darknet, Playpen works around legalities by using encryption and anonymity software to ensure users keep their identities hidden. The secret network allowed users to anonymously share photos and videos that exposed the sexual abuse of children. The FBI used malware to occupy the forum, which ultimately gave them the ability to track and identify its users.
Chase's 2014 arrest marked the beginning of a long investigation into the members-only forum, resulting in hundreds of arrests. However, despite at least 259 sexually abused children having been identified from the massive underground network, American mainstream media has remained silent on the story.
Of concern is law enforcement's choice to partake in pedophilia for the point of tracking down the actual facilitators of child pornography, along with hacking and tracking users with just a single warrant.
Law enforcement authorities then took over the network and operated the pedophile site for several weeks – technically making them facilitators of child pornography themselves — hacking and tracking users of the site by installing malware onto their computers.
"The warrant here did not identify any particular person to search or seize. Nor did it identify any specific user of the targeted website," the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said regarding Operation Pacifier. "It did not even attempt to describe any series or group of particular users."
But Steven Wilson, head of Europol's European Cybercrime Center, called such methods necessary. "We need to balance the rights of victims versus the right to privacy," he said. "If we operate by 19th century legal principles then we are unable to effectively tackle crime at the highest level."
However the piece of the puzzle that continues to go unnoticed is the role of global elitists in this unfathomable ring. Take a look at President Trump's press conference on the subject this past February, discussing his plans to go after the victims of the "human trafficking epidemic," in which former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney said that doing so would result in the downfall of both Republicans and Democrats in the United States.
But the silence only protects people in power, and continues to affect so many children. Child trafficking is a growing problem that cannot be ignored, and the media can no longer stay silent about, regardless of fears that it will call out powerful people and harm tight relationships.
There have been too many instances to ignore, including the 1,400 individuals that underwent investigation by the British police as part of the historic VIP sex abuse network believed to include celebrities and politicians. The inquiry fizzled out as a result of heavy pressure from powerful brokers in the U.K. establishment.
There are various other cases to note, and yet pedophilia and child pornography continue to escape justice. One can only assume that blackmailing and bribery are keeping lips tight.
Related CE Articles:
Child Sex Slave For The Well Respected Financial Elite Blows The Whistle & Unveils Her Horrifying Experience
Award Winning American Journalist Perfectly Explains The Facts Behind An Elite Pedophile Controversy, "PizzaGate"
FBI Chief Exposes MK-Ultra Programs That Murder, Use & Traffic Children. High Level People Involved
NBC News Report: Hillary Clinton Covered Up Pedophile Ring At State Department
Ex US General & VP of Military Contractor With Ties To Sex-Trafficking Charged With Rape of A Child
United Nations Peacekeepers Caught Running A Child Sex Ring: 2000 Cases of Sexual Abuse Reported
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BBC Producer Blows The Whistle & Admits The "Gas Attack" Footage From Syria "Was Staged"
In Brief
- The Facts:
Riam Dalati, who is a well known BBC Syria producer recently put out a tweet stating that the supposed gas attacks in Douma were "staged."
- Reflect On:
How many whistleblowers, documentation and examples do we need to see the truth here? How many examples of mainstream media completely making up stories and aiding the global elite (their owners) will we believe? Why do we continue to watch?
"The problem of fake news isn't solved by hoping for a referee, but rather because we as citizens, we as users of these services, help each other. We talk and we share and we point out what is fake. We point out what is true. The answer to bad speech is not censorship, the answer to bad speech is more speech. We have to exercise and spread the idea that critical thinking matters, now more than ever, given the fact that lies seem to be getting more popular." –Edward Snowden (source)
It's truly amazing what's happening in regards to information today. It's being heavily censored. News browser extension NewsGuard is one of the latest examples, which promises to help readers pick out fake news. However, NewsGuard is funded and run by individuals tied to the CFR, Atlantic Council, and prominent elite figures who own mainstream media. You can read more about that here.
There is a war on information right now, especially any information that threatens the elitists' and globalists' agendas or corporate profits. It's not morally right to have government authorities step in and determine for the population what is real and what is fake, and what to censor and what not to censor. Our free speech is being shut down, and this is evident by Facebook's recent deletion and mass censorship of multiple alternative media outlets acting as a new 'ministry of truth.' It's truly Orwellian-like.
Truth, however, cannot be stopped, and it's mainstream media that's recently been outed as promoting the most 'fake news,' which is evident by the multiple award-winning mainstream media journalists who've 'blown the whistle,' so to speak, about mainstream media and how they are paid by corporations, governments and intelligence agencies to spread and alter the news they share. There are also some very telling documents that go into detail regarding mainstream media's relationship with multiple governments, and how it's used to alter the perception of the masses and keep a tight grip on the information that's disseminated through academia and journalism. I provide many examples within this article if you're interested, which includes access to those documents. The article is about William Arkin, a well-known military and war reporter who is best known for his groundbreaking, three-part Washington Post series in 2010, who just went public outing NBC/MSNBC as completely government run agencies.
But let's get to this latest example regarding Syria.
It comes from Riam Dalati, who is a well known BBC Syria producer that's been reporting from that region for a long time. He shocked his nearly 20,000 twitter followers a few days ago, as well as other mainstream media journalists from major outlets like the BBC, when he concluded after a "six month investigation" that he "can prove without a doubt that the Douma Hospital scene was staged."
As his twitter states, he is also a close colleague of the well known BBC Middle East Correspondent, Quentin Sommerville.
Below is a picture of the tweet posted last Wednesday.
The thread went on to include these words:
Truth is James Harkin got the basics right in terms of Douma's "propaganda" value. The ATTACK DID HAPPEN, Sarin wasn't used, but we'll have to wait for OPCW to prove Chlorine or otherwise. However, everything else around the attack was manufactured for maximum effect.
Furthermore, the BBC producer continued:
I can tell you that Jaysh al-Islam ruled Douma with an iron fist. They coopted activists, doctors and humanitarians with fear and intimidation. In fact, one of the 3 or 4 people filming the scene was Dr. Abu Bakr Hanan, a "brute and shifty" doctor affiliated with Jaysh Al-Islam. The narrative was that "there weren't enough drs" but here is one filming and not taking part of the rescue efforts. Will keep the rest for later.
James Harkin is a journalist who has written for multiple mainstream outlets like the Guardian, and has also published books detailing information about 'the war on terror' and terrorist groups in the Middle East. Jaysh al-Islam is a rebel group that operates in the region that, like terrorist groups such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda, have connections to Saudi Arabia and the United States with regards to weaponry and funding.
This tweet was picked up by multiple media outlets, and a quick google search will yield those results.
Dalati made these statements in response to a lengthy and well publicized investigative report by Harkin in The Intercept. Harkin examined the scenes and physical environment of the alleged Douma attack and interviewed eyewitnesses on site. His report paints a picture of propaganda and deeply compromised rebel sources such as Saudi-backed Jaish al Islam, which had control of Douma amidst a Syrian government onslaught to retake the town.
Below is one of many pictures of children who have possibly been painted and staged for the purposes of such deception. Ask yourself: If this is not true, and the information we're being fed is false, what does this mean for our world? Our reality? Who our leaders are? Who the media is? It may be a bit of a challenging thought to go down this path, but it's important. And we explain why in our CE protocol you can check out here.
This story compliments a lot of other statements and investigations. An interesting report by Robert Fisk, a multi-award winning Middle East correspondent of The Independent and a journalist who has risked his life to visit the Syria clinic after the supposed attack, suggests that he has "serious doubts" about the situation.
He met with Dr. Assim Rahaibani, a doctor in the area, and shared his experience:
"The 58-year old senior Syrian doctor then adds something profoundly uncomfortable: the patients, he says, were overcome not by gas but by oxygen starvation in the rubbish-filled tunnels and basements in which they lived, on a night of wind and heavy shelling that stirred up a dust storm."
"He refers twice to the jihadi gunmen of Jaish el-Islam (the Army of Islam) in Douma as "terrorists" – the regime's word for their enemies, and a term used by many people across Syria. Am I hearing this right? Which version of events are we to believe?"
He goes on to explain,
"Readers should be aware that this is not the only story in Douma. There are the many people I talked to amid the ruins of the town who said they had "never believed in" gas stories – which were usually put about, they claimed, by the armed Islamist groups."
Russian news outlets have jumped on this story. Vladimir Putin flat out said that:
"We have reports from multiple sources that false flags like this one – and I cannot call it otherwise – are being prepared in other parts of Syria, including the southern suburbs of Damascus. They plan to plant some chemical there and accuse the Syrian government of an attack."
This was before the attack in Douma as well, so he did indeed call it correct.
Putin has long called out the "imaginary" and "mythical" threats used by the elite to force their agenda onto mainstream perception.
However, this type of sentiment is often criticized. As mainstream media was blaming Syrian President Assad for the attack (allegedly attacking his own people), it's understandable that the minds of the masses would instantaneously follow, as mainstream media has the ability to completely convince its viewers that something is true when it's really not. It's complete manipulation of perception.
It's far from 'Russian propaganda,' as the western military alliance has a long history of 'faking' attacks in order to justify the infiltration of other countries for ulterior motives.
This is Nothing New
For example, the CIA actually began meddling in Syrian politics as far back as 1949, only a year after the agencies existence was publicly disclosed. Syria's democratically elected president, Shukri-al-Kuwaiti, hesitated to approve the Trans Arabian Pipeline, an American project intended to connect the oil fields of Saudi Arabia to the ports of Lebanon via Syria. As a result, the CIA engineered a coup, replacing al-Kuwaiti with the CIA's handpicked dictator, a convicted swindler named Husni al-Za'im. Al-Za'im barely had time to dissolve parliament and approve the American pipeline before his countrymen deposed him, 14 weeks into his regime. This was outlined in detail by Tim Weinter, a CIA historian in his book Legacy of Ashes.
It's no surprise now that Dick Cheney, James Woolsely, Rupert Murdoch, and more are currently drilling in Syria for oil with "Genie Energy."
Below is a great, well known quote from Smedley D. Butler, the highest ranking (at the time) Marine General, which provides insight into how history hasn't changed, and that this has been the way of the elite for a very long time:
"I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents."
Titled "Syria: Scenarios of Dramatic Political Change," this document was written in July of 1986 by the Foreign Subversion and Instability Center, part of the CIA's Mission Center for Global Issues. It states its mission was to analyze "a number of possible scenarios that could lead to the ouster of President Assad or other dramatic change in Syria."
Mass propaganda is used to make the citizenry believe the government is fighting for the good of humanity and for peace, but the truth is that they are fighting for lies and for a globalization agenda that uses false-flag terrorism to justify attacks on foreign nations.
Many American patriots have admitted this. Former Four Star General, Wesley Clark, who was the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe of NATO from 1997-2000, is one of many examples. Clark said in an interview with Democracy Now that the U.S. had plans to invade countries in the Middle East, including Syria, for no justified reason at all. He offered the sentiments of some within the American military that they have a "good military" and that they can "take down governments." He spoke of a memo that described how the U.S. had "plans to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and finishing off, Iran." (source)
When it comes to Syrian attacks, the issue received even more attention when Pink Floyd's Roger Waters stopped a live concern to explain the false-flag chemical attacks in Syria with the aid of the White Helmets.
I recently published an article about the White Helmets (you can read it below), which includes more information that went completely unreported by western mainstream media outlets.
UN Panel Discusses 'White Helmets' Criminal Activities, Organ Theft & False Flag Terrorism
"I think we have to understand how this happened. This happened because of us. These 600,000 [dead] are not just incidental. We started a war to overthrow a regime. It was covert. It was Timber Sycamore. People can look it up. The CIA operation together with Saudi Arabia still shrouded in secrecy, which is part of the problem in our country. A major war effort shrouded in secrecy, never debated by Congress, never explained to the American people, signed by President Obama – never explained. And this created chaos, and so just throwing more missiles in right now is not a response." – Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Colubmia University (source)
Everything in this article may be deemed as 'fake news,' and deleted and censored. How wrong is that?
The Takeaway
Often when I write about such topics, I always include the following quotation by Dr. Michel Chossudovsky, an award-winning author, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa, and the founder and director of the Centre for Research on Globalization:
"The global war on terrorism is a US undertaking, which is fake, it's based on fake premises. It tells us that somehow America and the Western world are going after a fictitious enemy, the Islamic state, when in fact the Islamic state is fully supported and financed by the Western military alliance and America's allies in the Persian Gulf." (source)
His outlet has also previously been put on a list of 'fake news' sites, but I'm hoping you can see through this trend now and recognize just how disturbing information censorship has become.
At the end of the day, the veil with regards to major global events is lifting. Reality is not always as it's presented, and the chemical gas attacks in Syria, 9/11, and several other examples make this quite clear. Humanity has woken up, as these narratives previously weren't even on most people's radars. But times have changed, and our perceptions with regards to global events have shifted drastically. Just a decade ago, we were the minority. But now, it seems, we are in the majority. All one has to do is turn off their TV and think and conduct research for themselves. Those who do this often come to the same conclusion: We have been 'bamboozled,' and our own minds have been used to justify inhumane actions and prolong wars and states of conflict that benefit only a select few.
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Big News: Costco To Become First Major Retailer To Stop Selling Roundup Herbicide?
In Brief
- The Facts:
According to the non profit group Moms Across America, Costco is set to stop selling Roundup herbicide.
- Reflect On:
Despite the fact that harmful products continue to be approved across North America, the ultimate power to stop their use is us. When we become aware, we stop buying, and their profits drop. We are the ones that use it. Vote with your dollar.
It's hard to even know where to start with the herbicide Roundup. Despite years of science exposing the inarguable health and environmental consequences of Roundup, federal health regulatory agencies in North America are still approving the herbicide, while multiple other countries have banned it and made its use illegal, citing various health and environmental concerns. Sri Lanka, for example, banned it five years ago due to its link to deadly kidney disease.
Furthermore, the countries approving it are doing so with massive amounts of corruption. These approvals come as a result of corrupt regulatory agencies here in Canada as well as the US, specifically the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The list of examples is very long when it comes to corruption and government connections to corporations like Monsanto, the corporation that created and sells Roundup. This is the only way these products get approved. It's not science, it's simply because of lobbying efforts and shady politics.
"It is commonly believed that Roundup is among the safest pesticides… Despite its reputation, Roundup was by far the most toxic among the herbicides and insecticides tested. This inconsistency between scientific fact and industrial claim may be attributed to huge economic interests, which have been found to falsify health risk assessments and delay health policy decisions." – R. Mesnage (et al., Biomed Research International, Volume 2014 (2014), article ID 179691)
The latest approvals of glyphosate, the main active ingredient in Roundup, came from within Canada as well as Europe.
EU regulators recently decided to relicense glyphosate, a decision that was based on an assessment plagiarized from industry reports. It's quite backwards that, for years, health regulators have been relying on the scientific reports from the companies that manufacture these products instead of seeking out independent scientific studies.
A group of MEPs decided to commission an investigation into claims that Germany's Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (bFr) copy-and-pasted tracts from Monsanto studies. You can read more about that here.
In addition, Monsanto colluded with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stifle cancer research that had any connection to their products.
The corruption is never-ending when it comes to the link between corporations and government agencies. In fact, only a few years ago, more than a dozen scientists from within the CDC put out an anonymous public statement detailing the influence corporations have on government policies. They were referred to as the Spider Papers.
Related CE Article: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Explains How Big Pharma Completely Owns Congress
The corruption that plagues our federal regulatory agencies runs deep, and no matter how obvious the science becomes, like the dangers of Roundup, products that negatively impact our health seem to often get approved anyways. But something special on planet Earth is happening, and that's massive awareness. We are finally starting to see through the veil that's been blinding the masses in so many different areas within human life.
Sure, these products may continue to get approved, but we are the ones who are constantly choosing to do so. We don't have to buy them, and that is why awareness is key.
Zen Honeycutt, the leader of Moms Across America, announced this week that Costco will not be selling the glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup Ready.
In a live video update posted on Facebook, Honeycutt stated that she received word that Costco was no longer selling Roundup or glyphosate-based herbicides.
While she's allegedly not received any official word yet from Costco, she stated that she has talked to various people at the headquarters and regional offices confirming this news. This is huge news because, according to a 2015 article in National Geographic, Roundup is the second-best-selling herbicide in the U.S. for home lawn and garden use. Under a lucrative contract with Monsanto, Scotts Miracle-Gro owns the exclusive right to market Roundup in North America and much of Europe. Scotts distributes about $154 million worth (5.5 percent of the company's total sales) of Roundup each year to retail giants including Amazon, Home Depot and Walmart.
So let's hope it's true.
I asked for an official statement and was told that usually, Costco does not issue press releases, etc discussing which items they have discontinued. Despite not hearing back from the Costco PR department, I decided to announce the information anyway. I told them that the 89,000 people who signed a petition to Costco, Home Depot, and Lowe's deserved to have an answer. I knew that they would be happy to know that Costco was doing the right thing. – Honeycutt (source)
It's weird how this is even a debate in some circles. This has been known for a very long time, and we've seen similar happenings with DDT in the past.
"Children today are sicker than they were a generation ago. From childhood cancers to autism, birth defects and asthma, a wide range of childhood diseases and disorders are on the rise. Our assessment of the latest science leaves little room for doubt; pesticides are one key driver of this sobering trend." – October 2012 report by Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) (source)(source)
Glyphosate is really getting a bad name, as this new information regarding Costco is coming off the heels of some bad press for Monsanto (Bayer) as the case regarding school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson was the first lawsuit claiming that glyphosate causes cancer to go to trial. There are thousands upon thousands of similar pending cases. Any jury that reviews all of the scientific evidence will not be able to rule in favor of Monsanto, and Johnson's case was a great example that showed glyphosate caused his cancer.
The Takeaway
At the end of the day, it's us who decide to use these products. Obviously, we've been misled and made to trust our federal regulatory agencies who are supposedly in charge of protecting us from these harmful products. It's the complete opposite, and what these agencies do is actually quite criminal. This is why conscious media is so important. The same powers that control these corporations have a tight grip on mainstream media as well.
This is why this issue goes largely ignored, and the fact that so many people rely on mainstream media for information about what's really happening in the world with regards to health, environment, finance, politics, etc. is why a lot of people are still completely unaware of important issues. This is also why governments have started a war on 'fake news,' which seems to be a cover for protecting corporate and government interests.
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New Study Links Acetaminophen (Tylenol) To Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Another damning study indicates it is simply time to pull the plug on this outdated drug.
The study just published in JAMA Pediatrics once again indicated that women who take acetaminophen during pregnancy are more likely to have a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The researchers also found that prenatal exposure to the medication was associated with a higher risk of having children who exhibit other emotional or behavioral symptoms.
Recent detailed analysis of clinical studies on acetaminophen (Tylenol) have concluded that this popular drug was ineffective for low back pain and provided no significant clinical relief of hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA) pain, while quadrupling the risk for liver damage.
All together, the results from all of these analyses further calls into question whether this drug should still be on the over-the-counter market or at all.
Background Data:
Acetaminophen is the only remaining member of the class of drugs known as "aniline analgesics" that is still on the market, as the rest were discontinued long ago. Acetaminophen only blocks the feelings of pain and reduces fever, it exerts no significant anti-inflammatory or therapeutic action.
It is well-known that acetaminophen is very hard on the liver. About 40% of regular acetaminophen users show signs of liver damage. Acetaminophen reduces the liver's store of the important detoxifying aid and antioxidant glutathione. When acetaminophen is combined with alcoholic drinks or other compounds toxic to the liver including other medications, its negative effects on the liver are multiplied. It should definitely not be used in anyone with impaired liver function and given the stress the liver experiences during pregnancy, it appears unwise to use it while carrying a child for both mother and the developing fetus.
Acetaminophen is often the drug of choice in children to relieve fever. However, use for fever in the first year of life is associated with an increase in the incidence of asthma and other allergic symptoms later in childhood. Asthma appears to be another disease process that is influenced greatly by antioxidant mechanisms. Acetaminophen severely depletes glutathione levels not only in the liver, but presumably other tissues as well, and should definitely not be used in people with asthma.
Each year acetaminophen causes over 100,000 calls to poison control centers; 50,000 emergency room visits, 26,000 hospitalizations, and more than 450 deaths from liver failure. In addition, regular use of acetaminophen is linked to a higher likelihood of Alzheimer's disease, infertility, and hearing loss (especially in men under 50 years of age). Acetaminophen use during pregnancy has also been linked to the development of ADHD confirming animal studies showing acetaminophen use in pregnancy can disrupt normal brain development.
New Data:
To more closely assess the associations between maternal prenatal acetaminophen use and behavioral issues in their children, researchers in the United Kingdom collected and analyzed data 7,796 mothers along with their children. The data included acetaminophen use and behavioral assessments of the children were 7 years old. From this data the estimated risk ratios for behavioral problems in children after prenatal exposure to acetaminophen was determined.
The results showed that prenatal acetaminophen use at 18 and 32 weeks of pregnancy was associated with a 42% increased risk of the child having conduct problems and hyperactivity symptoms, while maternal acetaminophen use at 32 weeks was also associated with a 29% increased risk of the child having emotional symptoms and a 46% increase in total behavioral difficulties.
Obviously, the researchers concluded "Children exposed to acetaminophen prenatally are at increased risk of multiple behavioral difficulties, and the associations do not appear to be explained by unmeasured behavioral or social factors linked to acetaminophen use."
The results from this study and others are clear. Stay away from acetaminophen. Most people consider acetaminophen (e.g., Tylenol) as being an extremely safe pain reliever for both children and adults. The reality is that it can be extremely dangerous and causes significant side effects. The FDA has done a poor job alerting the public to the dangers of acetaminophen. In my opinion, it is a drug that serves no real medical purpose in the 21stcentury. Bottom line, it is time to pull it from the market.
As far as alternatives to acetaminophen during pregnancy, I would recommend ginger. Historically, the majority of complaints for which ginger (Zingiber officinale) was used concerned the gastrointestinal system as well as pain and inflammation. Several double-blind studies have shown ginger to yield positive results in a variety of gastrointestinal issues, especially those related to nausea and vomiting including severe morning sickness. In regards to pain and inflammation, dozens of clinical studies have supported this use with positive results in various forms of arthritis, chronic low back pain, muscle pain, and painful menstruation.
Ginger powder, ginger tea or a shot of fresh ginger juice added to any fresh fruit or vegetable juice is certainly a much better option to acetaminophen anytime, but especially during pregnancy.
My overall interpretation of the study is that depletion of glutathione caused by acetaminophen leaves cells, especially brain cells, susceptible to damage. I believe that future studies will not only show more evidence of a link to ADHD, but also autism as well. Glutathione is absolutely critical in protecting cellular function. Any factor that depletes glutathione is obviously going to alter proper development. In addition to acetaminophen, the following factors can deplete glutathione:
- Alcohol
- Pesticides, herbicides
- Acetone, cleaning solvents, paint removers
- Heavy metals (mercury, lead, cadmium, copper, etc.)
- X-rays, UV radiation, and electromagnetic fields (EMF)
To boost your glutathione level it is important to focus on a diet rich in colorful fruits and vegetables. Their rich source of antioxidant phytochemicals and nutrients spare the use of glutathione and help to keep cellular levels high.
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Stergiakouli E, Thapar A, Smith GD. Association of Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy with Behavioral Problems in Childhood. Evidence Against Confounding. JAMA Pediatrics. Published online August 15, 2016. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.1775
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The Leo Tapes
Leonardo DiCaprio has his pick of roles in Hollywood. But not much gets him excited. Years go by between movies. So what accounts for his choosing to play the despicable and probably closeted FBI legend, J. Edgar Hoover? The film's director, Clint Eastwood, who may have met his lone-wolf soul mate in an actor over four decades his junior. The two agree on a lot more than you might think, including gay marriage, sucky comic-book films, and big business. Okay, one of those is a lie
He walks haltingly, with a cane, grimacing occasionally, and there's no denying that the passage of the last twenty years has left its imprint not just in his features but in his demeanor. Still, it has to be said: At 36, Leonardo DiCaprio looks pretty damn good. He is at the moment, however, a man in pain. Specifically, his foot hurts. Thanks to a day-old basketball injury ("No more basketball for a long time," he says with twilight-of-the-jock stoicism), he's hobbling after four hours of running around. DiCaprio does the man-in-pain thing with exceptional grace. He always has. His career arc has been that of an actor determined not to be defined by a certain emblematic romantic role. Instead, he's put together a body of work that adds up to an ongoing portrait of the male psyche in various states of disintegration and despair, from the weak (Revolutionary Road), to the bereft (Inception), to the utterly mad (Shutter Island).
For a movie star of his generation who also happens to be Hollywood's most highly compensated male actor, that constitutes a remarkable first act—all the more so because it's clear that what really interests DiCaprio are acts two and three. Which may be what brought him together, finally, with Clint Eastwood, the greatest late starter in the history of the movies. When Eastwood, now a hale and vigorous 81, was DiCaprio's age, he was a small-screen footnote, just coming off the canceled cowboy series Rawhide. He'd made a few Italian Westerns with Sergio Leone while on hiatus, and he wondered if they'd ever get released in the U.S. Over the four decades that followed, he remade himself first into a movie star, then into a director, then into a world-class filmmaker who, astonishingly, did not receive the first of his ten Oscar nominations until he was past 60.
In J. Edgar, the thirty-second film Eastwood has directed, the two men plumb the psyche of J. Edgar Hoover (played by DiCaprio), exploring the life and times of the fearsome patriarch of the FBI in alternating time frames that depict Hoover making his name as a crime-fighter in the 1920s, contending with the Lindbergh kidnapping in 1932, becoming a morally questionable anti-Communist in the 1940s, and fighting to hold onto his empire during the Johnson and Nixon administrations. The script, by Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, is, among other things, the story of how a once great man can rot—a subject in sync with both Eastwood's taste for depicting the dark side of power and DiCaprio's for playing the fear and vulnerability that often lies beneath it.
This latest partnership makes sense for DiCaprio, an actor with an appetite for working with auteurs (see his four-film partnership with Martin Scorsese). He comes into Eastwood's bungalow, which is situated in the middle of the unofficial heavy-hitters section of Warner Bros.' Burbank lot (Watchmen director and current Superman custodian Zack Snyder is right over the hedge; Inception's Christopher Nolan, DiCaprio's last director, is just down the footpath), and settles onto a couch, elevating his swollen eggplant-colored foot on a coffee table. There's something undeniably exhilarating about seeing these two independent, no-bullshit stars from very different eras of Hollywood not only in the same room, but finally joining in a working relationship. What took them so long?
GQ: Had the two of you ever come close to working together before?
Clint Eastwood: On another project that never came to fruition. The thing I've always admired about Leo is that he's willing to extend himself. He could easily, at his stage, be doing some of these comic-book movies that are making a tremendous amount of dough, but he wants to be an actor who's finding new things to hurdle. I saw a little bit of myself, what I used to have.
**GQ: [To Eastwood] You've made movies before J. Edgar about the uses and misuses of justice, from Dirty Harry to Changeling. Was that the attraction of this script? **
I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was the big, feared organization. He was ahead of his time as far as building up forensic evidence and fingerprinting. But he took down a lot of innocent people, too.
**GQ: That's putting it mildly. By the '60s and '70s, Hoover was more famous for being an abuser of power. **
Leonardo DiCaprio: I think that's the essence of this story—absolute power corrupts absolutely. Here's a man who created the most advanced police force and investigation system the world has ever known. But then as time went on, his obsession with Communism took over. No one else has had such a position of power for that long—to blackmail presidents, to wiretap political leaders, to be able to manipulate the world around him. It was scary.
[To Eastwood] How much did you know about Hoover's rumored homosexuality?
I'd heard all the various controversies and gossip—that he wore dresses at parties. Everybody was saying, maybe he's gay because he'd never gotten married. But that's the way they did it back in the '40s. If a guy didn't get married, they always thought, Oh, there's something wrong with him.
GQ: I talked to Lance Black [the screenwriter], and he is pretty unequivocal about Hoover's homosexuality. As he told me, "The evidence may be circumstantial, but I think a jury would find him gay beyond a reasonable doubt." And the scene in which his mother [Judi Dench] almost crushes him by essentially saying she'd rather have a dead son than a gay son seems to suggest that he was gay. Didn't he have something approaching a long-term marriage with Clyde Tolson [Armie Hammer]?
**Clint Eastwood: **Well, they were inseparable pals. Now, whether he was gay or not is gonna be for the audience to interpret. It could have been just a great love story between two guys. Or it could have been a great love story that was also a sexual story.
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **What we're saying is that he definitely had a relationship with Tolson that lasted for nearly fifty years. Neither of them married. They lived close to one another. They worked together every day. They vacationed together. And there was rumored to be more. There are definite insinuations of—well, I'm not going to get into where it goes, but...
**Clint Eastwood: **It's not a movie about two gay guys. It's a movie about how this guy manipulated everybody around him and managed to stay on through nine presidents. I mean, I don't give a crap if he was gay or not.
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **If I were a betting man, I actually don't know what I would bet [regarding his sexuality].
GQ: Really? You don't?
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **I don't. I don't know what I would put my money on.
**GQ: I have to ask, since it is a movie about Hoover: Did you two talk politics? You're on pretty different sides of the fence. **
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **Never once.
**Clint Eastwood: **The politics of the movie was the only politics that we talked.
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **Hoover allegedly belonged to no party. Just like us when we do movies—we belong to no party!
GQ: Yeah, but maybe between the movies you have some political feelings. [to Eastwood] You've described yourself as a social libertarian. What does that mean to you?
**Clint Eastwood: **I was an Eisenhower Republican when I started out at 21, because he promised to get us out of the Korean War. And over the years, I realized there was a Republican philosophy that I liked. And then they lost it. And libertarians had more of it. Because what I really believe is, Let's spend a little more time leaving everybody alone. These people who are making a big deal out of gay marriage? I don't give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?! We're making a big deal out of things we shouldn't be making a deal out of.
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **That's the most infuriating thing—watching people focus on these things. Meanwhile, there's the onset of global warming and—
**Clint Eastwood: **Exactly!
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **—and these incredibly scary and menacing things with the future of our economy. Our relationship to the rest of the world. And here we are focusing on this?
**Clint Eastwood: **They go on and on with all this bullshit about "sanctity"—don't give me that sanctity crap! Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want.
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **It's the great diversion. Politicians are masters at getting you to be on their side so that you don't look at how big business—
**Clint Eastwood: **I love big business! [They both laugh.]
**Clint Eastwood: **I love big business if it hires everybody and does all the right things, and if they get off track then they'll have to deal with whatever—
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **But they often do get off track, unfortunately. See, now you've got us in a political debate!
GQ: Speaking of business, the movie kind: One thing you've both seen grow is a public obsession with box office. By Sunday afternoon, everybody knows how everything did. These days, when you have a flop, does it hurt more to have it—
**Clint Eastwood: **—broadcast all over the place? You know, it's really crappy. If it doesn't do well that first weekend, screw it. But you make a film to make a really good film, and if people don't embrace it, there's nothing you can do. You've always gotta remember that a lot of great movies didn't do anything. Everybody would like to have the business that some of these turkeys do, but would you be proud to have your name on them? Not particularly. Would you love to have the bank account? Sure. I made a good living. But that was just lucky. If I'd made a mediocre living, I would have felt the same way.
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **Throughout my career, I never knew which movies of mine made money and which didn't. When Titanic came out, people would say, "Do you realize what a success this is?" And I'd say, "Yeah, yeah, it's a hit." The [money] stuff never mattered to me until I was into my thirties and got interested in producing, and people would show me charts explaining what finances a movie, what you'll make from foreign, what you'll make from domestic, what you need to make an R-rated film that's a comedy versus a drama. But even now I say that unless you want to prove that you can carry a film with your name, continuously trying to achieve box-office success is a dead end.
**Clint Eastwood: **If Leo had been running around in tights and a cape doing comic-book movies and came to me and said, "Hey, I want to play Hoover," I don't know. I would have thought...
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **"How's he gonna fit into these tights?" [Eastwood laughs.] Where are the days when someone like Warren Beatty could [keep campaigning for months for] Bonnie and Clyde and, because of that, critics see it again and it's rereleased and becomes a classic?
**GQ: [To DiCaprio] You never had that period that a lot of young actors had **Leonardo Dicaprio: where you're taking work to get into the business and pay the rent.
My introduction to acting in films was with De Niro in This Boy's Life. When I got the part I was 15, and somebody said, "Do you realize who you're gonna work with?" I said, "Yeah, I guess." And they said, "No, no, no. Go watch all of his films, and then go see these people's films." So I obsessively watched films on VHS, and I remember feeling so overwhelmed by what had been done in cinema already. Watching a young Brando or James Dean or Montgomery Clift, I was like, Oh, my God, how can anyone ever hope to achieve that type of greatness?
**Clint Eastwood: **Well, that's admirable. You can find ecs in studios around town—they don't care about history, or even know what they have in the vaults. They just get in, make a few deals, and move on.
GQ: [To DiCaprio] What kind of roles would you have played if you had been a leading man at another time?
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **For my generation, it's always the '70s. That period where you felt like the hands were being dealt back in the director's favor. The studios realized that letting them tell their stories was something the audience had a hunger for. And of course, it all went awry. [They both laugh.] Taxi Driver to me is the ultimate independent-movie performance. Playing a character like Travis Bickle is every young actor's wet dream.
GQ: [To Eastwood] You came up as a leading man at the tail end of the studio system, when studios erted a lot of control. Do you look back on that as a good thing?
**Clint Eastwood: **They owned you—but it was very secure. You had a job, you made really good money. When I was under contract to Universal, they had Rock Hudson and Tony Curtis—they were big deals. And we were a bunch of unkies just hanging around—"Give me a bit here, teach me something...." You'd try to learn as much as you could. I'd go to everybody's sets, just watch people. You'd see what was working and what wasn't. And the advantage of doing a TV series in the late '50s or early '60s was, you'd get to work with different directors, some of whom had done great movies. You'd get to see what you liked, what you disliked, and eventually you'd get a whole catalog in your brain of things you would and wouldn't do.
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **Look at Cagney. He was doing musicals, playing a gangster, a G-man. The guy was wild.
GQ: But even James Cagney would sometimes have to say to Warner Bros., Okay, if I do this gangster movie, will you let me do something I want to do next time?
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **Right. I think you could say the same to a lot of younger actors. You could consistently do only stuff you love, but in order to drive your career along, you're going to have to do something slightly more commercial. You know, there aren't a lot of great scripts out there. After Inception, I waited a year and a half to find this movie, and I pounced on it. Because the types of films that are getting financed are not dramas like J. Edgar.
GQ: What does it say about Hollywood that two of its most powerful stars are now invested in making movies that are the exception to the rule? The vast majority of what studios do doesn't sound like it's of huge interest to either of you.
**Clint Eastwood: **You're right.
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **[laughs] In the last eight years, I've seen the $60-to-$100-million rated-R dramas completely disappear—there's no middle ground between low-budget artistic and big-budget studio films anymore. It's unbelievable. But it's gonna change again. Just like after the '60s, when there was a whole bunch of gigantic musicals and all those radical, independent-minded filmmakers busted out. I'm interested in seeing where the art goes.
**Clint Eastwood: **It goes where it's been before. Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood. I have people all the time who want to know if they can remake The Outlaw Josey Wales or Unforgiven, and I go, "Jeez, that was just yesterday, why would you want to remake that? I mean, you can. I'm not stoppin' ya. But what's the matter with just getting your own material?" It's kind of like 3-D.... I remember the first time it came out. And they're going through that again, and it's starting to backlash.
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **Was Dial M for Murder the first 3-D movie?
**Clint Eastwood: **No. Maybe Bwana Devil or House of Wax. Charlie Bronson was in it.
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **Yeah, I saw that one.
GQ: Aren't you about to play Jay Gatsby in a 3-D movie?
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **Yeah, Baz [Luhrmann, who directed DiCaprio in Romeo + Juliet] wants to try it for dramatic purposes. He was saying that he's never seen one done that way yet. Although Hugo is coming out, which is Scorsese's 3-D film. But Baz insists that The Great Gatsby is this voyeuristic novel where you feel like you're inside the room and the characters' minds, and he wants to use 3-D for that purpose. I thought that was interesting.
**Clint Eastwood: **Oh, I see.
GQ: [To Eastwood] You became a star in the '60s and '70s, when there was a wider zone of privacy. Sure, there were tabloids and photographers—
**Clint Eastwood: **But you were mostly left alone. The photographers went to things that were advertised. In the old days, you lived in a little society, over in Beverly Hills, maybe in the Valley. Nobody saw you. It would have been even more fun in the '30s or '40s.
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **At least then they would've had to change bulbs to get another shot of you. "Shit! Wait! Hold on! He's getting away with that girl!" _[They both laugh.] _
**Clint Eastwood: **Now you can't even breathe without these guys being all over you like a cheap suit. But everybody gets their comeuppance. Look at News of the World. I mean, that [newspaper] beat up on a lot of people for a long time, and then they went that step too far. The craving for information is so huge now, and it can be marketed at such a rapid rate.
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **What is that incredible statistic—that a young kid in Africa with a cell phone has access to more information than the president did in the '60s? And with the onset of things like WikiLeaks—which can be very beneficial in some respects, to unveil a lot of the secrecy of conspiratorial activities—the level of paranoia is going to reach an all-time high.
**GQ: [To Eastwood] What do you consider the biggest advantage actors have when they become directors? **
**Clint Eastwood: **Actors know what actors are insecure about—and they're all insecure. You have to make sure that they're not. I worked with the director Vittorio De Sica once [on The Witches], and he understood everything. I watched him direct Silvana Mangano. The way he handled her was so great. She was terribly insecure. She hadn't acted for a long time. I remember seeing her in Bitter Rice....
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **Bitter Rice—nice! Silvana Mangano! My dad always talks about her.
GQ: Do you have any interest in directing, Leo?
Yeah, I do. And if I did direct, I would try to have the same no-bullshit approach to it as he and his crew have. [Eastwood laughs.] Seriously, there are no frills on his set. It's a small, tight-knit crew.
**Clint Eastwood: **He'd be great. A lot of guys falter when they get in that chair. John Wayne—he found it overpowering. But for somebody who's relad and understands other actors and likes the process, it's kind of simple.
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **I would imagine it's really a game of deciding what to keep your attention on, as opposed to the twenty other things I'm sure people want you to pay attention to.
**Clint Eastwood: **I used to get really annoyed. A makeup guy would ask you a question and then come back and ask you the same question. I eventually said, "Look, once I've answered it, I don't want to hear about it again."
GQ: What are the things that are most likely to make you toss a script aside?
**Clint Eastwood: **Repetition. When you become a matinee idol, like our young man here, you get offered a lot of the same stuff that you were successful with before. I've watched that happen for almost sixty years now. And the only way you beat the fad is by going against it. On the other hand, I never wanted to do a Western again, and then Unforgiven came. And I've never done one since, because I haven't found [a script] that took the Western in a new direction. So it's probably my last. But if somebody came along and gave me a unique script, I'd probably go, "Hell yes. Put me in there!"
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **The truth is, most of the characters I've been passionate about playing, I knew instantly. Sometimes you don't even need to finish the script—halfway through, you say, I'm doing this! Occasionally there's a deliberating period—you weigh the pros and cons, you look at what you can change about the film.
GQ: Have either of you passed on a movie, then changed your mind?
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **My father has always been a huge force with me. I had passed on a script about the French poet Arthur Rimbaud [Total Eclipse]. He explained to me that Rimbaud was the James Dean of his time—a radical who took on the institution of poetry and turned it upside down. I did the movie, and I loved playing him. If I just waited for moments of I have to do this, I would do a movie only every four or five years.
GQ: But in addition to the scripts, doesn't it also have to do with who you want to work with?
**Clint Eastwood: **Yeah, but the material—the script—has to be right. Then you can pull a crew together and make it work, because then it's effortless. Then it's fun. If it's going to be a drag, then I don't want to be involved, especially at my age. Leo might be able to stand a few bad times along the way....
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **I'm getting there, I'm getting there.
GQ: For either of you, is there a movie you've made where if you had the chance, you'd say to the audience, "In case you missed it, this is one I really want you to see"?
**Leonardo Dicaprio: **The Aviator. I'd wanted to play Howard Hughes for ten years and was around for multiple rewrites. Michael Mann was on it at one point. And finally Scorsese got involved. I was very proud of that movie. It was the first film where I felt inherently like a partner.
**Clint Eastwood: **Letters from Iwo Jima, which we made for just $12 million. In Japan it did sensationally. But I wish more people had seen it here—just for the understanding of how war affects other societies. There is a constant heroism in being sent someplace and told you're never coming back, which is how the Japanese soldier was sent to war. You couldn't sell that to too many Americans. I had no delusions that the film was going to be any more successful than it was. But I would just love audiences to embrace more things than just comics.
If you do a superhero movie now, Leo, you'll have someone to answer to.
**Clint Eastwood: **We don't have to worry about Leo. Unless he goes bananas on me.
Mark Harris is the author of Pictures at a Revolution_. His last feature for GQ, "The Day the Movies Died," appeared in the February issue._


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2011-09-12 Sports A Plenty
Start: 12:02:11
3rdthawkins: hey alt
alt: hi 3rdthawkins, missed ya yesterday... how are ya today?
3rdthawkins: doing good, of course was watchig the games yesterday :} sittin' here lookin' over my info i have for my Sanders line, waitin and preparing to receive more info from a cousin...........I sure hope it has more info on the siblings of my grgr gf and their children, seem like they just disappeared off the map hello daviss
Daviss: hello alt and 3rd
3rdthawkins: with a capital "D"
alt: Hello daviss. how are ya?
3rdthawkins: Daviss
Daviss: I am good thanks
alt: Cards won ... Browns lost, bummer boo hoo
Daviss: I saw that alt I thought of you :?
alt: didin't watch the Cards, but I guess Cam Newton sort of 'showed off'
Daviss: yes, he was very very good
3rdthawkins: he did good I hear, but have work to do....it was a surprise to see the Bengals pull out a win
Daviss: over 400 yards
3rdthawkins: I think the Panthers were up but the Cards came back
Daviss: he looked like a pro
3rdthawkins: but that boy is BIG! it's like a 30 year old man playing with a bunch of kids,
alt: I would guess so Daviss, his 'stats' sure looked good in the papers.
Daviss: it was up and down all the way 3rd
3rdthawkins: oh, ok, didn't get to see it, watched the Steelers get pounded by Ravens, and my 'Skins get it done against the Giants and of course, saw Tony No-Mo' choke against the Jets
Daviss: I have not watched the skins since my cousins hubby retired
alt: who was that Daviss?
3rdthawkins: good, but now is the time to start watchin'
Daviss: Charlie Taylor He was coaching in the backfield
alt: oh yeah.. wide receiver 'deluxe'
Daviss: yep!
alt: he was a 'bad dude' LOL
3rdthawkins: must been when they were playing good, good time to stop watch them watching
Daviss: yes he was alt very very good lol
alt: he used to kill my Browns.
Daviss: lol I have always liked the Cowboys also
alt: do I hear a tinge of TX/AZ bias? LOL LOL
Daviss: When I lived in Dallas I used to make all the games.. That was when the big boys used to play Guys like Stauback, Thomas and others
alt: Bob Hayes & Cornell Green (?)
Daviss: tickets were in my range then lol
3rdthawkins: it seem like anybody with an Arizona connection likes the Cowboys....man! Are the Cards that Bad!
Daviss: Bob Hayes yes!!
3rdthawkins: the only reason why I stopped liking the Cowboys because I didn't like how they let Jimmy Johnson go, and the fact that they let him go, but that's over now
Daviss: no the cards are not that bad but lots better now
alt: maybe because the Cards are a 'recent' addition to the southwest in football 3rdthawkins
Daviss: right alt!
3rdthawkins: true, Cowboys been doing their thing for a while, since the 70s at least
Daviss: before they came there were peeps who really like Green Bay and of course Dallas
3rdthawkins: Green Bay won the first ever Super Bowl
Daviss: Black folks loved Dallas for football for years almost as much as they loved the Dodgers in BB lol
3rdthawkins: so, no one liked the Steel Curtain D??
alt: and then there was Houston Oilers before their move and the Texas team that Khathu's couisn played for before they became the KC chiefs.
3rdthawkins: Dallas Texans
Daviss: right!
alt: so the SW had football, just not in AZ.
3rdthawkins: right, the Cards were in St. Louis they were in Chicago before that
Daviss: It was really hard her to take hold of the Cardinals at first. We really wanted a team from scratch
3rdthawkins: yeah I can understand that daviss
AYWalton: Greetings, all. hi 3rd
3rdthawkins: hey AY
Daviss: Hello AYWalton!!
AYWalton: howdy alt, hey daviss!!!
alt: hello AYWalton ,, G'day to ya.
AYWalton: hope you are all well.
3rdthawkins: doing good, thx
AYWalton: I liked your blog post daviss! nice piece on Zephyr Wright. I had hoped she was still living. but she would be quite old if she was.
Daviss: thank you AYWalton!! I appreciate your comment
3rdthawkins: Ay isn't into football, so she's not shoutin' 'bout the Ravens' victory over the Steelers
AYWalton: oh we won?
alt: BTW 3rdthawkins, before I forget to say it.... I'm really happy that you're making so many connections with 'new' surnames and branching out into more detail with the family 'histroy'
3rdthawkins: yep, smashed them
AYWalton: I didn't even know we played.
Daviss: funny all those things that are similar
AYWalton: that's nice. I did not have the TV on much this weekend.
3rdthawkins: rained on the Steelers parade, and pun is intended, since it rained in Baltimore yesterday during the game
AYWalton: All the 911 coverage was too depressing so I never turned it on at all. and truly had no idea we were playing. I guess we should be since the season is underway. but even so--I don't get excited about sports that much.
3rdthawkins: yep AY, football season has officially begun I hear you on the 9-11 AY, they did do something during the games we in America are conditioned to see hope and inspiration, when they show those documentaries, it is too sad, we're use to bravery and survival, that wasn't the case for a lot of people in this situation
Daviss: alt, I read your last response on the military forum.. I was hoping for a name though
alt: an interesting prospective 3rdthawkins, but I'll leave it alone LOL
Daviss: instead of "he" being used
alt: me too Daviss, that guy is certainly not averse about using his ancestor's name.
AYWalton: which thread is that, alt?
Daviss: that is the one about the confederate myth
AYWalton: ahhh ok.
Daviss: I was hoping that the poster would have identified their ancestor..
3rdthawkins: I thought he did, but guess not.....
Daviss: no 3rd he/she did not
alt: not by name 3rdthawkins
3rdthawkins: ok
Daviss: I remember when William told us about his ancestor. but I forgot the name
alt: they know we'll be checking him out if they identify that ancestor by name LOL LOL
Daviss: lol @ alt
alt: Winburn I think Daviss
Daviss: oh ok alt
AYWalton: good point about the myth of the thousands. A story here and there does not prove the myth.
alt: his story certainly IMHO does NOT address the Black Confederate Soldier, but rather one of those 'believe it or not' stories.
Daviss: when I was cruising the newspapers I ran across one picture ..I forgot to make note of the page
AYWalton: Hey Ms. Selma!!!
alt: hello Selma.. how are ya today?
Daviss: Hello Selma!!
3rdthawkins: hello Selma
AYWalton: how's the foot? dancing on the good foot yet?
Selma: The foot is sore...just came in from physical therapy..no .. NO dancing
AYWalton: oh well, just do what the therapist says do.
alt: be patient Selma...
Selma: I am alt.. Lol
AYWalton: when will you be back to your old self.
Selma: Probably after Xmas..at the rate I am going here.. LOL The Myth as presented..is that 1,000s of black men dropped their picks and shovel to fight
alt: well, you've got plenty to keep you busy with RG 105 LOL
Selma: for their continued enslavement
AYWalton: exactly!!!!
alt: yes Selma, that was my point to "Jan"... the onesy-twosy situations don't cont toward the myth.
AYWalton: that is always what they do---give examples of one guy---and then say, "told ya!"
alt: there were accounts of AA's who served with the Union Army as soldiers, but they were 'passing', which I think was his ancestor's situation.
Daviss: I wonder what the actual legit numbers are
3rdthawkins: I think it should be made clear that when you guys talk about the myth, that you're not saying not one AA ever served in the Confederate Army, of course ppl (like myself) will take you the wrong way in what you mean
AYWalton: I know that there were 55 in training at Appomattox at the Surrender. I think with a few exceptions---is about it. as much as they wanna say---they don't exist.
alt: I think we're saying 'served' as in mustered-in mustered-out and identified as Black 3rdthawkins
Selma: Well the man who wrote the Negro Confederate which should have been entitled Negroes Servicing the Confederacy.. in a footnote mentioned a number that were training 2 weeks before the War ended in April
Daviss: when I read the Tx narratives there was one guy that said he was on his way to sign
AYWalton: hello there, vkn!
alt: hello vkn... how be's ya?
3rdthawkins: ok alt, gotcha........hello vkn
Selma: Actually owners were paid for the work their slaves did at the Hospitals in VA and in other positions in which they were not given GUNS
Daviss: hello vkn
AYWalton: hope you are having a good day, vkn
vkn: Howdy and hey AYW Alt 3rdHawkins Daviss Selma
3rdthawkins: but I agree with alt, seem like he was passing
alt: Henry Burke has identified an Ohio unit from Washington County, Ohio that had several AA's who served with the Union Army, but they served as 'white' men
AYWalton: I am going to run, folks. Have a good one.
3rdthawkins: now that may be something the person don't want to admit to, or not looking real close at
alt: and those from Washington county served from the beginning of the CW before the USCT's were organized.
Selma: Folks..gotta run and take nap Need to talk to you later vkn.
alt: oh, oh guess I'm running folks off.... again
Selma: Will call later
vkn: okies
3rdthawkins: but alt, if blacks are/were passing, technically some of them were the first AA's to hold certain positions, but we only know of the known AA's who were the firsT to hold certain higher positions, right?
vkn: Daviss it is suggested that you look at CANNON in Atlanta from 1900-1930
Daviss: I have vkn..
alt: true 3rdthawkins, but the question is 'were they serving in the MIlitary, Union or Confedrate, as Black men?
3rdthawkins: not just talking about the military alt, just in general
vkn: They were big business people [hair industry] Cannolene products
alt: I see 3rdthawkins
3rdthawkins: but I think that's the question, it's kind of hard to be proud of an AA ancestor or person to do something when they wer doing it as a White Man/Woman unless they were only doing it to get it, and then reveal later they were of African Descent
alt: example, you are a sports fan.. question, was Jackie Robinson the 1st black to play baseball in the Major Leagues, or just the 1st KNOWN black?
3rdthawkins: hmm, don't know alt, I would take the second just to leave the door open
alt: same with this 'thread' on AfriGeneas, was this guy serving as a soldier, as a KNOWN black man.
3rdthawkins: don't think so hello Seventies
alt: me neither 3rdthawkins. I don't think so.
Seventies Soulchild: hello all. alt, 3rd, Daviss vkn
Daviss: good analogy alt
alt: Hello Seventies Soulchild, how are ya?
3rdthawkins: those who are KNOWN should get the credit, agree
Daviss: I think that is why I did those blogs on the CW soldiers 3rd so that others would know their story
3rdthawkins: that is good daviss
alt: yes Daviss, very good
Daviss: like my last blog on Zephyr Wright. Who would have thought it
alt: not me lol lol
Daviss: She had a little to do with LBJ's decisions
3rdthawkins: I wish my grandfather would've been proud, thankful and grateful of who he was as a black man.........maybe other things would have turned out differently
Daviss: lol @alt
vkn: Take all care
3rdthawkins: ok vkn
Daviss: how do you know that he secretly did not third
3rdthawkins: because of the things I was told that he said and did, he did not want to be black he should have addressed that to his children and not kept it a secret
alt: Seventies Soulchild, why so quiet? and quick question.... How are you related to Thomas Smith, FPOC in Alabama on the 1830 census.?
3rdthawkins: hey Ingrid
HistoryBuff: Hey 3rd, Alt, Daviss and Seventies. How goes it?
3rdthawkins: good
alt: Hello HistoryBuff, or do we know you by another name? LOL
Daviss: well look at the one newspaper guy who only told on his death bed gto his child
HistoryBuff: Yes and Yes, Alt. LOL
Daviss: hello HistoryBuff just sayin 3rd
3rdthawkins: I think what got my grandfather daviss, was the fact that he was a family man, more than anything, so he did allow his children to visit family, and allowed family to visit, so that is how they were told or found out they were black or had black in them or had black relatives
Daviss: thats saying something 3rd Whats up History?
alt: very true Daviss .. and your ancestor is to be commended for keeping the lines of communication open 3rdthawkins
3rdthawkins: yeah, he couldn't hide it and he knew it, but I think it only occured to him when he realized he wasn't being successful at it, my uncle was saying that he did change a little from his prospective yes alt, it could have been worse
Daviss: my kids don't know everything about me lol lol lol
HistoryBuff: Finally download some photos I took of my father-in-law family album Daviss. Same here Daviss.
Daviss: did you put them on Talking HistoryBuff?
alt: 3rdthawkins, I met cousin's from Calif about 5 years ago that had been living as "white' since the 1930's when their folks left Ohio. They came back to Ohio looking for their 'roots'.
Daviss: The Adams alt?
3rdthawkins: believe you mentioned that before alt
alt: nope, another name Daviss and I'd rather not put it on the 'Net, but you can easily find them on my TP website. LOL
3rdthawkins: what I like about one uncle is that he married white, but still identifies as black....but as I told him, marrying white still has a lot to do with what his father wanted, and he agreed
Daviss: Oh yes alt, now I remember
HistoryBuff: No Daviss, I took them with my cell phone. Now I'am copying to my digital Genealogy File Folder.
Daviss: ok HB
3rdthawkins: lert's get you a good 200 dollar Nikon camera Ingrid...oops, Historybuff
HistoryBuff: BRB
Daviss: sheesh 3rd, where does love come into this I would think you marry people because you loved them lol
3rdthawkins: oh, no question daviss, he loves her, but he's the uncle that seems to "protect" his father, not necessarily agree with him, but try to tell of the positive side of it or put a positive spin on it
Daviss: but who am I to say
3rdthawkins: what I am saying is their father had a great influence on who they married or didn't marry
Daviss: :? :o
alt: OH Daviss, I talked with Irita yesterday for about an hour.. she's doing fine and is busy taking her mother around visiting family and friends in Ohio, Michigan & West virginia.
3rdthawkins: unless they rebelled (a word another uncle used), they didn't marry black, maybe foreigners, but they weren't black
HistoryBuff: I'm Black.
Seventies Soulchild: LOL alt sorry y'all... I had a phone call
Daviss: Good for her alt!! family is important
alt: yes, it sure is Daviss
HistoryBuff: Yes Daviss I'm saving up for that.
Seventies Soulchild: RE: Thomas Smith is not my direct ancestor. His stepdaughter and first wife Charity were. They were all freed by Baxter Smith.
HistoryBuff: wb 70s
Seventies Soulchild: hey HB
3rdthawkins: you too History
alt: okay Seventies Soulchild , thanks
HistoryBuff: Indeed, 3rd :}
Daviss: HistoryBuff my phone takes lousy pics or mabe I am shaking cause they never come out lol
Seventies Soulchild: If you don't have an I-phone then your camera takes lousy pics... lol
3rdthawkins: lol I-phones take good pics
Daviss: I have a My Phone lol
3rdthawkins: lol lol
Seventies Soulchild: lol
3rdthawkins: better than the Nikon almost at least the one I have but it is a good camera
HistoryBuff: Yes, Daviss I have to prop the camera on a still surface for mine also.
Daviss: seventies would you use your phone at the court house
Seventies Soulchild: No
Daviss: lol
Seventies Soulchild: lol you know that would be 'theft' lol
Daviss: lol lol lol
3rdthawkins: haha lol
Daviss: has that guy been back
Seventies Soulchild: I don't know and really don't care.. lol
Daviss: oh you would know, ms challenger
Seventies Soulchild: oh you have jokes now huh daviss?? lol
alt: Hey y'all gonna be at a workshop this Saturday w/Tony Burroughs anyone have any questions they might want to have asked?
Daviss: always lol oh really alt
Seventies Soulchild: Nothing I can think of at this moment alt. Is this part of the FGS?
Daviss: gotta put on my thinking cap
alt: yes Daviss, oh really LOL LOL no Seventies Soulchild, not part of FGS which ended SAturday.
Seventies Soulchild: ok
alt: well, you've got all week to think of any .. and you have my email address
HistoryBuff: Yea. I'm attending another museum docent training seminar this coming Sat.
Seventies Soulchild: Anyway, I would love to know more about tracing AA WW I vets
alt: you're going to be a 'dangerous docent' if you aren't careful HistoryBuff LOL okay Seventies Soulchild , got your concern noted, will ask
Daviss: another LDS trip for me this coming Sat
Seventies Soulchild: Thanks
HistoryBuff: I hope so Alt. I've got stage fright.
Seventies Soulchild: I have got to go. You all have a good afternoon.
alt: just take deep breaths ... tell'em what you know and try to answer the questions HistoryBuff and you'll do just fine.
Daviss: later for me too folks have a great day
HistoryBuff: Thank you Alt. Cya Daviss.
alt: skedaddle time
HistoryBuff: Laters Alt. My turn. Cya next 3rd.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Senior captain Rachel Rosenberg will head to Buffalo, N.Y., at the end of this week to represent Yale at the 2012 NCAA Zone A Diving Championships. Junior Paige Meneses qualified for Zones several times over but will not be competing. If Rosenberg performs well enough she will join Alexandra Forrester in competing at the 2012 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships on Mar. 15-17 in Auburn, Ala.
The meet will begin Friday with the preliminaries of the one-meter event. After six dives the top 18 divers will proceed to the evening's finals. The same progression will follow on Saturday for the three-meter event. Platform diving will be held on Sunday, though Rosenberg will not be competing in this event.
To progress to the NCAA championships the following week, Rosenberg will have to win the one-meter event or get top two on three meter. A fourth qualifying spot will go to the winner of platform diving.
Last year Rosenberg made it to the finals on three meter. Her six-dive preliminary score of 248.95 points put her in 12th place and in the evening finals. In the finals of the three-meter event Rosenberg scored an additional 227.05 points to make for a total of 476.00 points and a 14th place overall finish. Her score of 209.55 points on one meter put her in 23rd place out of 47 total competitors but would not put her through to the one-meter finals.
Rosenberg met the one-meter NCAA Zone qualifying score of 265 points a total of five times this season, her best score coming on senior night at Kiphuth Pool against Cornell where she put up 284.62 points. At the 2012 Ivy League Championships two weeks ago she took second place on one-meter with a score of 280.45. Those same championships saw an Ivy League record set by Rosenberg on three meter. While she met the NCAA Zone qualifying score of 280 points on three meter a total of three times in dual competition (against Brown, Columbia and at the HYP meet), her best performance bar none came at Ivy's. Rosenberg put up an even 340.00 points to set a personal best, a Yale record and an Ivy League record. As the only diver to put up more than 300 points on three meter, Rosenberg was named first-team All-Ivy and Diver of the Meet.
The 2012 NCAA Zone A Diving Championships will be held in Buffalo, N.Y., at the University of Buffalo's Alumni Arena. Competition will begin at 12:00 p.m. on Mar. 9 and conclude on Mar. 11.
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3. U can't breathe when your tongue is out
Put your tongue back in fool.
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3) U can't say the letter ''P'' without separating your lips
4) U just attempted to do it
6) U are laughing at yourself
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Technically Its covered in the rules, just not specifically. ***Really in the rules it should either be changed to new recruits to match the current policy, which only includes new recruits, or new players should be defined...my hopes to players with under 30 games
As written someone joining tons really could be found guilty, but changing it to a specific number other than 4 or 5 which in my opinion is far too low, would actually protect the new players
Concise description:
- Just make definition to include the newest members so they aren't systematically targeted. Right now they are.
This will improve the following aspects of the site:
- Right now it is legal to join unlimited games against players with 6 games. It is farming in ever sense of the word, and some, if not many are doing it on a regular basis. I think we need to protect the newest players, from the biggest wolves. (though one has been warned for this actually)
- No need to make it illegal to occasionally join, but just illegal to target them. I believe it was the intent of the anti-farming rules, but it was so new that the new recruits were protected as a first step.
- Its a minor adjustment, that will only affect the players that are farming the newest players, and the newest players hoping for a fair game, that many times simply dont have a chance.


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Don't have time to get to the gym? Become the ultimate multitasker by working out while cooking dinner. Zayna Gold, the Boston-based owner of five Pilates studios and creator of the DVD "Boston Body Barre" created this workout so that you officially have no more excuses. Bon appetit.
Simmering squats
Multitask: Cook pasta or steam your veggies.
Details: As soon as your water starts to simmer, go into a deep squat. Sit back into your squat position so your upper thighs are parallel to the floor. Hold the countertop to help you keep a straight 45-degree back position. Stay in this position until your pot of water comes to a full boil. Remember to pull your abs in tightly to protect your lower back. Push your feet into the floor to get more of a challenge. This move will strengthen your quads, glutes, hamstrings and inner core.
Water-bottle arm circles
Multitask: Cook a microwave meal or heat up the leftovers.
Details: Practice upper-body toners with water bottles instead of dumbbells. Start with a small bottle (or a half-full bottle) and increase the weight as you get stronger. Try holding a 16-ounce water bottle in each hand, and hold both arms at shoulder height, slightly in front of your body. Make four sets of eight very small circles to the front. Then switch directions and circle back four sets of eight very small circles. This should work your front and mid-shoulder, chest muscles and rotator cuff group. Also, your core will work to stabilize your torso and pelvis while your arms are moving.
Tabletop triceps
Multitask: Set the table.
Details: The larger your table, the more toned your triceps will be. Standing in front of your table, place your hands on the table with your fingers facing forward and get into a plank position. Keep your body in one long line from your heels, hips and crown of your head. Tighten your buttocks and pull your abs in and up to stabilize and protect your back. Slowly bend your elbows to your back, and hug your upper arms close to your armpits. Bend only as far as you can, keeping your body in a straight line even if this is only an inch or two to start. Do this between each place setting to work your triceps, biceps, core and upper back muscles.
Chair chest-presses
Multitask: Alternate with tabletop triceps as you set the table.
Details: Place your hands on the sides of a sturdy chair with your knuckles facing outward. Get into a plank position. Slowly bend your elbows out to the side only as far as you can while keeping your shoulder blades gently hugging your spine. Slowly straighten your elbows while pressing your hands into the sides of the chair to activate your chest muscles even more. Start with just an inch to focus on your shoulder girdle position. Repeat six times between each place setting to work your chest, upper back, arms, glutes and inner core.
Can-of-bean buttocks
Multitask: Make a salad.
Details: Practice these buttock and hamstring toners while you're standing stationary making a salad or chopping meat. (Only try this move if you have good one-legged balance to avoid injury.) Place a can of beans — or any small can — behind one knee, and bend your leg to hold the can securely behind your knee. You may adjust higher on your thigh if needed. Stand with your hands on the counter and your hips facing forward. Press your upper leg back as far as you can go, raising your foot to the ceiling. Then bring it back to the initial bent-knee position.
As you're doing this exercise, pull your core in and up so your pelvis is neutral and stable. Tuck your tailbone slightly throughout the exercise so that you feel the back of your leg and buttocks working. To strengthen and tone your hamstrings, buttocks and inner core, repeat four sets of 10 repetitions on each leg.
Stabilizing stirs
Multitask: Stir your muffin batter or soup.
Details: Skinny up your waistline with this oblique and core toner. Place your left hand on your large stirring utensil. Standing with your feet directly under your hips, keep both hips facing front. Bend your knees softly and tighten your buttocks to stabilize your hips and pelvis. Stir in a clockwise direction, keeping your torso and your hips perfectly still. Change to a counterclockwise direction, and then repeat with your right hand. This works your oblique and your inner core muscles if you do four sets of 10 stirs in clockwise and counterclockwise circles with each arm.
Celery cardio crunch
Multitask: In between every vegetable you chop for salads
Details: Stand tall and hold a celery stalk against your lower abs, horizontal to the floor. With a deep exhale, raise one knee up while pulling your lower abs away from the celery stalk. Keep your abs in and up while lowering your leg. Alternate knee-ups focusing on pulling your abs away from the celery. Challenge yourself by pressing the stalk firmly into your low abs so that you have to work harder to keep your abdominals away. Alternate your legs for one minute to work your inner core, deep postural muscles, quads and hamstrings.


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Kadima, (Hebrew: "Forward") centrist Israeli political party formed in November 2005 by Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon following his split from the Likud party. When his policy of unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip and certain West Bank settlements encountered opposition from within Likud, Sharon decided to form a centre-oriented alternative to both the right-wing Likud and the social-democratic Israel Labour Party. A number of prominent members of Likud (e.g., Ehud Olmert, a former mayor of Jerusalem, and Tzipi Livni, Israel's minister of justice) and a smaller number from Labour (e.g., former prime minister Shimon Peres) left their parties to join Kadima.
After Sharon suffered a debilitating stroke in January 2006, Olmert became acting prime minister and assumed leadership of the party. In the March 2006 general election, the first in which Kadima participated, the party secured 29 Knesset seats; after forming a coalition that included Labour-Meimad (a partnership between Labour and Meimad, a moderate religious group; 19 seats), Pensioners' Party (7 seats), and Shas (12 seats), Olmert was confirmed as prime minister in May. He promised to continue Sharon's policies of disengagement from Israeli-occupied areas and of setting permanent borders between Israel and the Palestinians by 2010. As time passed, Olmert faced multiple allegations of corruption, and calls for his resignation mounted. In July 2008 he announced that he would step down following party elections scheduled for later that year.
In September 2008 Livni (since March 2006 Israel's minister of foreign affairs) was elected to lead Kadima, and Olmert formally resigned. Livni was unable to piece together a governing coalition, however, so Olmert remained acting prime minister, and general elections were called for February 2009. Although Kadima won 28 seats (one more than Likud), because of the close and inconclusive nature of the results, it was not immediately clear whether Livni or Benjamin Netanyahu—the head of Likud since Sharon's departure from that party in 2005—would be invited to form a coalition government. Through the course of coalition discussions in the days that followed, Netanyahu gathered the support of Yisrael Beiteinu (15 seats), Shas (11 seats), and a number of smaller parties, and he was asked by Israel's president to form the government. In March 2012, Livni lost Kadima's leadership election and was replaced by Shaul Mofaz, a retired general and former Likud minister of defense.
Kadima was founded on the basis of a centrist ideology. It supports dialogue with the Palestinians, a two-state solution, and a policy of territorial concession to retain a Jewish majority in Israel.


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Friday, July 24, 2009
Blogoversary Today
One year ago today, I became a blogger. It all began with Attala County Memories, and one year and several blogs later, here we are. Early this year, I consolidated my cemetery blogs into Cemeteries of Dancing Rabbit Creek and started a second blog, Mississippi Memories. On January 3, 2009, I began using Google Analytics (www.google.com/analytics) to monitor traffic on my blogs, and I am happy to report that over 7,000 visitors, who reside in the United States and in 16 foreign countries, have visited so far this year.
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Singer Jewel is a first-time mum after giving birth to a baby boy in Texas on Monday evening.
The musician and her rodeo star husband Ty Murray are the proud parents of little Kase Townes Murray, who weighed in at seven pounds, six ounces.
Jewel tells People.com, "Ty and I are so pleased to welcome our new baby boy into the world. We are overcome with happiness – it really is as great as everyone told us it would be – better even!"
The stars had been trying for a baby since 2009, following their wedding the previous year.