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Halloween is certainly known for the spooky decorations that adorn homes and for the creative costumes children put on to canvas the neighborhood. But for many youngsters, Halloween is all about the candy.
In just a few hours, trick-or-treaters can accumulate a substantial amount of assorted chocolates, confections and other sweet treats. Once everyone has had their fill of their favorite items, candy often gets relegated to a giant bowl on the kitchen table, where it beckons each resident who passes by.
Rather than submitting to the call of the candy and sacrificing your dental health as a result, enterprising individuals can repurpose that leftover Halloween candy.
Parents can store extra candy to use as rewards for good behavior. Many parents use sweet treats as rewards for children learning to potty train. Rewarding older children for a job well done cleaning up their rooms or as a special treat for scoring a good grade on a test also can be a way to put the candy to good use.
Gingerbread houses
Christmas is just two months after Halloween. Put candy into sealable baggies and use it come the holiday season when building gingerbread houses. You will have a variety of different candies from which to choose and won't have to purchase anything new in order to decorate your creations.
Advent calendars
Halloween candy can be saved to make an Advent calendar. This calendar traditionally counts down to Christmas, revealing a date and a sweet treat behind each door. Instead of purchasing a ready made Advent calendar, families can get together and make one for a family craft as a way to recycle Halloween candy.
Goody bags
Candy is a crowd-pleaser, and leftover candy can be used in goody bags doled out at birthday parties. Keep the candy well-sealed to store away until it is needed to fill goodie bags. Add a few trinkets that tie in with the theme of your party, and you're all set.
On a similar note, leftover candy can be used to stuff a pinata for a party. Pinatas are available in many different themes and styles, making any occasion ripe for a pinata.
Cookies, brownies and cake bars taste even better with peanut butter cups, chips and chocolate candies baked inside. Some candy can be frozen for later use in baked goods. Baked goods can be enjoyed by the family or used for bake sales for schools and other organizations.
Hospitals, doctors' offices and nursing homes may appreciate donations of candy for staff and visitors. You can visit different places to see if they would appreciate a candy donation.
Adult beverages
Hard candies can be used to add some flavor to adult beverages. Let the candy sit in the alcohol for a few hours and the candy will dissolve. Use a coffee filter to strain out any candy remnants.
There are many different ways to put Halloween candy to use so it doesn't go to waste or end up ruining teeth and waistlines.
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The Washington DC Chapter of the
User Experience Professionals Association
8:00 - 9:00
Sign-In and Breakfast
9:00 - 9:10
Welcome from Lisa Battle, UPA-DC Metro Chapter President
9:10 - 10:15
10:15 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
Room: West A
Room: West B
Meeting Room 16
11:30 - 1:00
Remote Usability Testing - Observing User Behavior From Afar
Tutorial: Guerilla Personas and the Gentle Art of Design Defense
1:00 - 2:00
2:00 - 2:45
Using Patterns for a Scaleable, Intuitive Design
10-Minute Talks:
Tutorial: Hands-On Introduction to Eyetracking: A Live Demonstration Supplemented by Case Studies
2:45 - 3:30
How To Maintain Consistency without Demanding Uniformity
3:30 - 4:00
Coffee Break
4:00 - 4:45
Incorporating Information Architecture Activities into the Redesign of the US Census Bureau's Web Site
WIKI Platforms for Collaboration: When Convenient Access and Ease of Use Are Not Enough
Tutorial: Reporting Usability Test Data That Is Scientifically Sound
4:45 - 5:30
5:30 - 7:00
Experience design is no longer a nice-to-have luxury of a few organizations with tons of money and exceptional visionary management. It's become commonplace for organizations that build products and web sites. Experience Design is a centerpiece of boardroom discussions and quickly becoming a key performance indicator for many businesses.
However, you can't just hire a couple of "experience designers" and tell them, "Go do that voodoo that you do so well." Today's business environment forces us to build multi-disciplinary teams, compiling a diverse group of skills and experiences to handle the many facets of the technical, business, and user requirements.
In his usual entertaining and insightful manner, Jared will talk about what it takes to build a design team that meets today's needs.
He'll demonstrate how successful Experience Design:
You'll see examples of designs from Apple's iPod, Netflix, the Mayo Clinic, and Southwest Airlines, to name a few.
The future looks bright for usability practitioners! Fast Company and others have touted the role of "Experience Designer" and "Web Designer" as two that will be in high demand for 2007. Having hurdled challenges of the late '90s and early '00s, we have an exciting future ahead. Come learn more about what the future holds for us, including Web 2.0, mobile devices, and pattern-based design, and how to hurdle the obstacles in our way.
PDF for two of the Panel presentations [3mb]
Web 2.0 has emerged as a mixture of web-based communities, services, and technologies:
While Web 2.0 offers a variety of exciting applications for users, it introduces a number of challenges for usability professionals. The panel will talk about their experiences researching or developing Web 2.0 applications and how usability techniques and approaches to design are changing in the Web 2.0 world.
PDF for Remote Usability Testing presentation [600kb]
Web-sharing applications offer the opportunity to conduct usability testing "remotely," without the test moderator and test participant being co-located. This presentation will include a live demo of some methods for interacting with remotely located users, and show configurations for likewise accommodating remotely located test observers or an out-of-lab test moderator. We will discuss the pros and cons of remote testing, approaches for moderating remote tests of different types of user interfaces, and some best practices.
PDF for Lab and Remote Testing presentation [140kb]
You're probably very familiar with moderated in-lab usability testing, and you may have tried a few unmoderated tests — an online questionnaire, for example. However, full-scale unmoderated tests may be less familiar. For overviews of remote unmoderated testing, in-lab testing, and moderated remote testing, come to this talk. You will hear about the advantages and disadvantages of the two approaches in terms of statistical validity, data quality and quantity, expense, timeframes, finding qualified subjects, and more.
PDF for Patterns presentation [1.25mb]
This presentation addresses the redesign of the interface used by customers to manage their online services. We were interested in developing design patterns that worked for various tasks and applying them across a diverse set of our services. The presentation includes:
PDF for Breadcrumbs presentation [750kb]
Breadcrumbs — the text links that represent the current page's location within the hierarchy of a Web site — are a common navigation element, but do people notice, use, and understand what they are? When we conducted a study to explore user mental models of breadcrumbs we found that people did use them, but not to ascertain their own location within a Web site. Instead, they used breadcrumb links to get to what they wanted more quickly than other available methods, such as using the back button, menu labels or search.
PDF for Intranet presentation [320kb]
The National Library of Medicine's intranet is overdue for an overhaul. The standard navigation makes sense to the reference librarians, but not to technicians, supervisors, or researchers. Some content is outdated, and searching returns unhelpful results. Find out how simple, low-budget surveys, interviews and card sorts generated data we could use to uncover the information gaps perceived by employees at this federal agency.
PDF for Aesthetics presentation [100kb]
Onscreen aesthetics convey an emotional tone that is an important aspect of onscreen communication. Standard measures have been unable to touch the effects of onscreen aesthetics. The impact of font personality on the reader's perception of the emotional tone of onscreen words and pages was investigated with affective decision tasks and brief page glimpse methods. The congruency of font and written content had a beneficial effect on communication. The methodology is explained and demonstrated.
PDF for Consistency presentation [75kb]
How many times has a developer quipped to a usability designer, "We can't make it look pretty because you made us make it accessible and usable?" The purpose of this talk is to invigorate designers and encourage them to challenge the tried and true, while not forgetting the conventions that have emerged during the last 20 years of the personal computer usage. The usability profession must branch out from merely maintaining uniformity to establishing and cataloging common patterns and conventions.
PDF for Keywords presentation [80kb]
In the practice of User-Centered Design and Information Architecture, we often need to identify key words and phrases for the subject domain and the content in order to support navigation, search optimization, faceted browsing, and labeling. This session presents a brief overview of automated tools that can help. Keyword generators, semantic parsers, and concept extraction software do not remove the need for the individual and group design activities, but they can make it quicker to get started by identifying important terms which you can then discuss with subject experts and users.
PDF for Census Bureau presentation [400kb]
The Usability Lab collaborated with representatives from across the U.S. Census Bureau to redesign Census.gov to better serve our users. We used card sorting to learn how users group and organize our information. This presentation describes our methodology, including how to create representative cards for a large data dissemination Web site, run the sessions, and analyze results. We discuss our recommendations and next steps which include lower level topic area card sorts and low-fidelity prototype testing.
PDF for WIKI presentation [575kb]
Wiki spaces for idea and knowledge work originated with the purpose of providing users with a "quick" tools interface to minimize new learning and enable easy writing contributions and file postings. Their early promise has not always been fulfilled as expected and productive collaborative user behaviors are at best evolving very slowly. This presentation will address some "macro-usability" features which appear vital for a successful and persistent WIKI project evolution.
PDF for Search presentation [700kb]
Studies show that an ever increasing number of users begin their web experience with a search, even when presented with intuitive and highly "usable" navigation options. This session covers the emerging field of Search Analytics. Attendees will discover the major features and components to look for (or build), and how many organizations are effectively using search analytics data to constantly improve site design and usability as well as drive content.
PDF for AJAX presentation [3.17mb]
This presentation seeks to define AJAX, give the briefest of notions about programming with AJAX (e.g., the XML RPC command), but ultimately to focus on the capabilities of AJAX and other Rich Internet Application (RIA) tools by illustrating user experience successes and failures. Based on the UPA Workshop on AJAX Usability in Austin, I will present the latest on our field's collective agreement on the promising uses of AJAX/RIA technology, and its usability pitfalls.
Tutorials are 90-minute sessions at which conference participants have an opportunity to learn specific usability or design skills. Session sizes are limited to 25 participants, and there is a $20 charge in addition to conference registration to attend a tutorial.
PDF for Guerilla Personas presentation [125kb]
Personas are an invaluable tool to help organizations stop thinking inwardly and start serving their users. We'll explore to how to craft a set of personas in 10 hours or less, using whatever data you have, even if you don't have access to your logs, search data, or have a call center! Finally, we'll role play the Meeting from Hell, where you can learn to defend your design decisions using the personas that we'll create during the tutorial.
PDF for Eyetracking presentation [9mb]
This tutorial will provide attendees with a practical introduction to eyetracking. After a brief theoretical and methodological history, participants will conduct a live study and use the eyetracker to attempt tasks in front of their fellow participants. After analyzing the data and demonstrating data analysis software, we will review case studies of how eyetracking data was used in client deliverables. The focus will be on how eyetracking provides practical input to solve specific user-centered design issues.
PDF for Reporting Test Data presentation [400kb]
Since testing is nearly always conducted with a small sample, there are restrictions on how usability test results can be reported and still be considered valid. This presentation will discuss how best to report effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction data with or without statistical significance. Even though this is listed as an advanced topic for experienced practitioners, experience in calculating statistics is not a requirement.
Birds-of-a-Feather Tables provide opportunities to meet with other conference attendees to talk about a specific topic during lunch.
Join us for an informal social gathering after a long day of usability. Discuss the day's presentations with the speakers, local professionals, academics, employers, and students.
Location: RFD (Regional Food and Drink), 810 7th Street NW at H Street, across from the Gallery Place/Chinatown metro station and close to the Marriott Renaissance Hotel. Light hors d'œuvres will be provided and cash bar.
Can't attend the conference? You don't have to miss out on the networking! Join us at the reception 5:30 pm at RFD — you don't have to be registered for the conference to attend the reception.
Great value for the price and very practical case studies.
Exposure to the research going on; practical steps I can take in my work.
- Quotes from previous conferences

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Two rugby clubs that were close to the heart of 'Dr Jack' will meet in a special 'Tribute Match' to the former centre who was nicknamed 'Iron Man' for the strength of his tackling.
Like Roberts, 'Dr Jack' played for Cardiff, Wales and the Lions and, like Roberts, he also won a Grand Slam, in 1950. He died aged 92 last year.
Cardiff Blues star Roberts instantly agreed to join in the tribute when he was invited to kick-off the game between the Welsh Academicals and the Cardiff Medicals.
The big kick-off will also have a link to both 'Dr Jack' and Roberts, given that Lions suppliers Rhino have kindly donated match balls that will be used in the tourists' opening game in Hong Kong on Saturday, 1 June..
It has been less than a year since Welsh sport first mourned the passing of a man who was good enough to win 17 Welsh cap and play in six Lions Tests, and fearless enough to have stepped into the boxing ring with Rocky Marciano for four rounds.
"For me, Dr Jack is the ultimate role model for what he achieved as a Lion, doctor and soldier. If I emulate anything near what he achieved in his life then I'll be a very happy man," said Roberts.
"He was a very special person whom I was privileged to meet on a few occasions. I attended his funeral service and the tributes paid to him there made you realise what a legend he was.
"We all know about how tough a tackler he was, how he made so many tries for his great pal Bleddyn Williams and how good a player he must have been to win a Grand Slam with Wales and play in all six Tests on the 1950 Lions tour, but that is only half the story.
"He was a doctor for decades and he did a wonderful job in that role as well – the ultimate doctor, ultimate rugby player and even the ultimate boxer!"
The Welsh Academicals have picked a team that includes a number of British Army representatives, including two Fijians. Jarrad Williams will captain the team from No 8.
"Dr Jack was a hugely popular and respected rugby player and doctor and we felt a match between two teams he was very fond of, on his beloved Cardiff Arms Park, would be the perfect way to pay tribute to him," said Welsh Accies secretary Denys Thomas.
"He captained the Accies against a New Zealand Army XV at Abercynon in 1945 and played for Cardiff Medicals before that, so the fixture is a perfect fit for the occasion."
Welsh Academicals: Charles Corderoy (British Army); Ollie Turton (Uni of West Glam), James Cordy-Reddan (Uni of West Eng), Rifleman Jotame Nalewabau (5th Battalion The Rifles), Kieron Driscoll (Uni of West Eng), Owen Thomas (Uni of Glam), Joe Raikes (Uni of Glam/Pontypridd), Rhodri Hanmer (Swansea Met/Rumney), Thomas Owen (Reading Uni), Myles Davies (1 st Queens Dragoon Guards), Harrison Williams (Uni of Newport), Henri Williams (Loughborough Uni), LCpl Cabemaiwasa (Royal Scots Dragoon Guards), Stuart Worrell (Uni of Glam), Jarrad Williams (Bishop Burton College, Captain)
Replacements: Geraint James (Uni of Glam), Jack Williams(Cardiff Met), Ryan Oakes (Uni of Glam), Trystran Treharne (Loughborough), Ross Parsons (Uni West Eng), Huw Reeves (RAF Loughborough), Ben Cullen (Uni of Glam /Nelson), AN OTHER
Cardiff Medicals: Lewis Isaac; Duncan Meikle, Steffan Morgan, Steve Wiggill, Paul Bumford; Chris Edwards, Gian Luca Trisolini; Nick Willetts, Rhys Price, Ben Price, Ivan Anderson, Paul Smith, Mike Cooper, Pat Emanuel (Captain), Tom Hathaway
Replacements (from): Sam Trewick, Tom McAbe, Joe Arthur, James Brook, Liam Carroll, Harri Wilson, Ifan Patchell, Charles Close, Harry Wilson, Lawrence Smith, Dan Phillips.
* Entry to the game is £5 with a programme and Under 16 entry is free.


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Here is a flight I did with my custom made flying machine in FlyCraft!
You can view it above as a YouTube video, or on your device for full quality.
Tap 'GO' on your BlackBerry Z10 to open FlyCraft and watch this!
On PlayBook start FlyCraft and enter this replay code: gnNYM
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- February 23, 2013


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From Venus de Milo to the surrealists
Travel non stop. The capital of France has a fabulous network of museums and galleries. The first obvious choice will be the Louvre, at the heart of the city. The collection of art and archaelogy is just unparalleled and comprises all periods in history. Visiting will take long. Don't forget to notice the palace: did you know it was once the seat of the French monarchy?
Then comes the rest, which is immense
The Georges Pompidou centre, a revolutionary project in the Marais area, has more than 60 thousand contemporary art pieces. After seeing Da Vinci's Mona Lisa at the Louvre, here you'll find Marcel Duchamp's ironic version.
Installed in a former railwway station, Musée D'Orsay's building is as impressive as its 19th Century fine arts collection. Van Gogh, Renoir, Degas, Monet and so many others are here – and the queues are not as long as in the Louvre.
The works of sculptor and author of The Thinker can be seen in the Musée National Rodin, while the Musée du Quai-Branly is dedicated to ethnology and other civilizations. Ever wondered what's the largest science museum in Europe? Look no further: the futurist Cité des Sciences et de L'Industrie is just a bit farther away from the centre of Paris, in Parc de la Villette.


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I've been re-reading David Foster Wallace, both as a way of grieving him and as an escape from other, more pressing, grief. Wallace was the complicated inhabitant of his own writing, the uncertain outsider unable to accept the loving embrace of his community. He was an odd jester, exposing shibboleths but also using the mundane to uncover things much deeper.
In footnote 38 to the title essay of A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, he says
This is the reason why even a really beautiful, ingenious ad (of which there are a lot) can never be any kind of real art: an ad has no status as gift, i.e. it's never really for the person it's directed at.
In The Gift–a book that deeply influenced Wallace–Lewis Hyde says "unless the work is the realization of the artist's gift and unless we, the audience, can feel the gift it carries, there is no art." It is a difficult truth, I suppose, having spent a career in the industry. But it is a wonderful thing to realize that the art that surrounds us is more than words and images. It's more than ideas and meaning. In his introduction to Art of Colonial Latin America, Gauvin Alexander Bailey warns not to use art as anthropology: attempting to see art as a product of a time, a culture or even an idea obscures the fact that art is the product of an individual and that as individuals we all transcend our times, our culture and even our ideas.
The Mario Cravo Neto at the top of this post hangs in my living room. My brother told me a couple of weeks ago that he thought the image was "not me." Perhaps. But it is also, in a way, not Cravo Neto: I look at it and wonder what of him is in it, different than what he has given to his other work. Re-reading Wallace, I am sensitive to what he has left of himself in the work, of the gifts he has left, unique to him as an individual and far apart from the story that he sold and the book that I bought.
And then I look around at the other books, at the poems, at the pictures, and especially at the drawings my children have made me and I think about how I am surrounded by gifts, freely and lovingly given, not just in this season and not just in this too-trying year, but always.
Happy new year.


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Franco Sarto is the driving inspiration and passion behind the actual designs. Born in 1949 in Dolo, a small town outside of Venice, Sarto's passion struck early. By the time he turned 14, Sarto was working in a shoe factory where his job was to sit on a stool and hand-last shoes with a hammer and nails.
By his early twenties, Sarto knew shoes and fashion were to be his life, so he packed up and moved to Stra - the center of shoe design for all of Italy. He quickly partnered with another designer and opened up a design studio. In 1990, he launched his namesake line.
It is Sarto's start as a cobbler and his passion as a footwear designer that make him a rarity in the business; he designs his shoes both with the sweat and blood of a technician and the grace and beauty of a designer. To this day, Sarto hand sketches many of his designs and is well-known for his drawings during public appearances.


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My Ronny can do anything
By J. Thomas Duffy
My goodness gracious, is Peggy Noonan on drugs?
Does she have an abuse problem?
We brought this up a few weeks ago, and, again, yesterday, in her Murdoch Street Journal column, she's all over the place, the wine swishing out of the glass with her sweeping arm motions, dissing - again - President Obama, in a greatest hits tribute to the Right Wing Freak Show.
And, of course, as the #1 Ronald Reagan Groupie, she brings her sweetheart, love bunny touchstone to the forefront, letting us all know that, according to her, if only we had Ronny's steady hand to guide us today, the world (well, her world) would be Shangri La.
In her "Neither a Hedgehog Nor a Fox: The unbearable lightness of Obama's administration", she opens with;
Such impressions—coolness, slightness—can come to matter only if they capture or express some larger or more meaningful truth. At the moment they connect, for me, to something insubstantial and weightless in the administration's economic pronouncements and policies. The president seems everywhere and nowhere, not fully focused on the matters at hand. He's trying to keep up with the news cycle with less and less to say.
It's the "Obama is too cool" thing, again.
And, too busy.
Mr. Obama likes to say presidents can do more than one thing at a time, but in fact modern presidents are lucky to do one thing at a time, never mind two. Great forces are arrayed against them.
See, Obama is supposed be more like those Republican Presidents of the past, just chillin' out, not getting too worked up about punching the time clock, just, kind of, go at, in a nice soft pace.
I guess that is the impression you get of how the job should be, if you happen to be a speechwriter for a President in his mid-to-late 70's, and in the early stages of dementia (but we know, in her heart, Little Miss Peggy was much more than just a speechwriter to her Ronny).
With naps built into Ronny's schedule, we can see how Peggy must think Obama is too busy.
And, in her first salute to the Right Wing Freak Show, in their unending meme of Obama's use to the teleprompter, Little Miss Peggy has to dwell on that, just a bit (well, actually, more than just a bit), and lets us know her Ronny didn't need a teleprompter, and could tell jokes better than Obama;
This in part is why the teleprompter trope is taking off. Mr. Obama uses it more than previous presidents. No one would care about this or much notice it as long as he showed competence, and the promise of success. Reagan, if memory serves, once took his cards out of his suit and began to read them at a welcoming ceremony, only to realize a minute or so in that they were last week's cards from last week's ceremony. He caught himself and made a joke of it. One was reminded of this the other day when Mr. Obama's speech got mixed up with the Irish prime minister's. Things happen. But the teleprompter trope has taken off: Why does he always have to depend on that thing?
There is a new Web site where the teleprompter shares its thoughts in a breathless White House diary. It's bummed that it has to work a news conference next week instead of watching "American Idol," it resents being dragged to L.A. in Air Force One's cargo hold "with the more common electronic equipment." It also Twitters: "We are in California! One of the interns gave my panels a quick scrub and I'm ready to prompt for the day." And: "Waiting for my boss's jokes to get loaded for Leno!"
Index cards ... Teleprompter ...Eh!
Maybe it's the drugs, or the wine, but Little Miss Peggy then comes down with amnesia, defending The Bush Grindhouse, in particular, the war crime-committing Vice President, Dick Cheney.
Mr. Obama's second job is America's safety at home and in the world. Dick Cheney this week warned again of future terrorism and said Mr. Obama's actions have left us "less safe." White House press secretary Robert Gibbs reacted with disdain. Mr. Cheney is part of a "Republican cabal." "I guess Rush Limbaugh was busy." This was cheap.
Mr. Cheney's remarks, presented in a cable interview, looked political and were received as partisan. The fact is he was wrong and right, wrong in that a subject so grave demands a well documented and thoughtful address.
But Mr. Cheney was, is, right in the most important, and dreadful, way. We live in the age of weapons of mass destruction, and each day more people and groups come closer to getting and deploying them. "Man has never developed a weapon he didn't eventually use," said Reagan, without cards, worrying aloud in the Oval Office.
What can be used will be used. We are a target. Something bad is going to happen—don't we all know this? Are we having another failure of imagination?
Little Miss Peggy must have bought the subscription series of the Bush Legacy Project, since she is pitching the "Bush (and Cheney) kept us safe" thing - again.
Yeah, as pointed out, roundly, they kept us safe - after September 11th.
See, and again, perhaps the drugs, or wine, Little Miss Peggy has forgotten how The Commander Guy, and his henchmen cronies, lied, manipulated and altered the intelligence, so as to go on fearmongering, raising the Terror levels, most vigorously, whenever one of their many scandals was hitting the front pages, or a big vote in Congress was coming up.
And, Ronny kept us safe, without a teleprompter, or index cards.
All Ronny had to do was, sigh, "worry aloud".
I don't know, we get the feeling, perhaps with an empty wine bottle knocked on its' side, the little bottle of her prescription nearby, the wine left in her glass still swishing around, spilling over the edge, as Little Miss Peggy throws in the CD player, the Luther Barnes classic, and sings along, substituting the word "God", with "Ronny".
Her Ronny can do anything.
Luther Barnes, and the Red Budd Gospel Choir - My God Can Do Anything
My God Can Do Anything - Luther Barnes- Church Mix 3
Bonus Little Miss Peggy
Kevin Baker: The Magic Reagan - More misguided arguments for his greatness
Blue Texan - Peggy Noonan: At Least Bush Kept Us Safe, Except For That Whole 9/11 Thing
Bob Cesca: No Attacks Since When?
We Already Know What He Was Thinking - Us vs. Them
Noonan Gives Palin, McCain A "Full Detroit"
For Peggy Noonan, Next Stop, Willoughby!
(Cross Posted at The Garlic)
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Opposition to same-sex marriage ban grows
Amended ballot language after court ruling seen as a factor
Opposition to a California ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage is mounting following Attorney General Jerry Brown's move to change the language on the initiative, according to a Field Poll to be released today.
The poll found that just 38 percent of likely voters support the measure, while 55 percent intend to vote no. That compares with 42 percent in support and 51 percent opposed in July.
Brown amended the Proposition 8 summary language after the state Supreme Court's decision on May 15 to overturn California's previous ban on same-sex marriage.
The pollsters found the amended language played a role in that growing opposition, especially among the 30 percent of likely voters interviewed who had never heard of Prop. 8.
Those voters were much more likely to oppose the measure when read Brown's wording (58 percent against it and 30 percent for it) than those in the same category who were read the old version of Prop. 8 (42 percent against and 37 percent for it), according to the Field Poll.
The Brown language reads, in part: "Eliminates the right of same-sex couples to marry." The original version read, in part: "Limit on marriage."
Brown's revision makes it clear that voters are taking away someone's rights and that made the difference, said Field Poll Director Mark DiCamillo.
"People are generally in favor of rights for individuals," said DiCamillo. "So eliminating a right has a somewhat negative connotation. It's pulling people who weren't aware of the initiative more to the no side."
Prop. 8 supporters sued unsuccessfully this summer to block Brown's changes, saying he was trying to stack the deck against the Nov. 4 ballot measure.
The new Field Poll just confirms that, said Jennifer Kerns, spokeswoman for Yes on Proposition 8.
"The figures are not surprising given Attorney General Jerry Brown's latest attempts to influence the elections," she said, adding that the Field Poll historically underestimates support for banning same-sex marriage.
And she also believes that polled voters may tell interviewers they support same-sex marriage but will "vote their conscience" in the ballot box.
"There's no doubt the views on same-sex marriage have softened a bit over the last eight years," she said. "It's our position that a majority of Californians still support marriage as between one man and one woman."
Opponents of Prop. 8 said the Field Poll is heartening.
"The proponents are trying to eliminate a constitutional right from one group of people and treat them differently," said Geoff Kors, executive director for Equality California.
"Once voters know the truth, it appears they are moving in the direction of voting no."
As of a week ago, supporters of Prop. 8 reported contributions of $14.7 million and opponents had reported $13.5 million. Actor Brad Pitt donated $100,000 on Wednesday to fight Prop. 8.
"Because no one has the right to deny another their life even though they disagree with it, because everyone has the right to live the life they so desire if it doesn't harm another, and because discrimination has no place in America, my vote will be for equality and against Proposition 8," Pitt said in a statement.
The Field Poll found that Democrats oppose the initiative nearly 4-1 (75 to 20 percent). Conservatives support Prop. 8 by a greater than 3-1 ratio (72 to 21 percent). Likely voters who live in coastal counties or those touching San Francisco Bay oppose Prop. 8 57 to 36 percent.
Protestants support the measure 52 to 40 percent, according to the poll, while a majority of Catholics (55 percent) and those affiliated with other religions or who have no preference (71 percent) plan to vote no. Evangelical Christians back the initiative 60 to 34 percent.
The poll is based on a telephone survey of 830 likely voters, taken between Sept. 5 and 14. There is a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Proposition 8
-- Original ballot summary: "LIMIT ON MARRIAGE. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Amends the California Constitution to provide that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.
-- Amended ballot summary: "ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAME-SEX COUPLES TO MARRY. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Changes California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry. Provides that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.


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Rumor: Pacers to trade Dunleavy, Ford, and Foster?
That's where three key pieces come into play: the expiring contracts of Jeff Foster, Mike Dunleavy, and TJ Ford. The plan had been to let those contracts, totaling $27 million, fall off the books and make the Pacers a significant player in the next two free-agent classes.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: It is the ultimate wild card.
On July 1st the NBA's Collective Bargaining Agreement will expire, and the new financial system the owners and players agree to will be different –very different.
Of course, nobody knows how different. Or, what exactly those differences will be, so teams are modifying their plans for the future.
Case in point: the Indiana Pacers. The Hoosier state planned on letting Mike Dunleavy, TJ Ford, and Jeff Foster's combined $27 million salaries come off the books and wanted to use their newfound cap space to sign a star free agent.
This big-ticket free agent would then combine with point guard Darren Collison and Danny Granger to form a solid big three.
However, the uncertainty over the CBA is forcing the Pacers to re-think this plan. Like the other 29 teams, they have no idea what the new financial system will be.
So Executive Larry Bird and the Pacers have no choice but to entertain trade offers for Dunleavy, Ford, and/or Foster's expiring contract. Their thinking is simple: better to get something than be left with nothing at all.
–Oly Sandor.
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The best phone ever????
But I do love it. Great entry level phone. Jumped into the lake with it, put it in a bag of rice, and it is like it never happened.
Great all around phone.
Most people cry about petty stuff with this phone.
Bottom line.
Get this phone is you want to be satisfied!!!
Great phone for reception
Some of the following is duplicated on HOFO:
The 4650 has fantastic reception. My wife travels to remote TN locations and there is a destination that is "guaranteed" to prevent cellphone reception. Her extremely capable VX4400 didn't work there, although it did ordinarily a fine job otherwise. Today, she tested her new 4650 in that "dead spot" and guess what? Loud and clear. HIGHLY recommended!
The 4400 it replaced was top of the line for its time -- great battery life, good features, etc.
The 4650 has a relatively small screen and a little bit of an "ugly duckling" appearance, but that is inconsequential for our purposes. Speaker works great, and the "echoing" was experienced only once. I have learned that sometimes tower problems can cause this problem.
The user interface is great. We had a Cingular Moto 551 for a short time and the menus weren't nearly as obvious.
IMHO, it would be hard to go wrong on this beautiful, powerful, ugly little phone!
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Overall a great phone!!!
Absolutely love this one!!!
Great reception on Verizon Wireless
Design- Solid build, feels good
POWERFUL LOUD speaker with amazing clarity.
Good battery life
Uses standard 2.5mm headset jack
Nice displays
Awesome menus, very user friendly.
Voice commands don't require any training
Lots of handy features.
Thin and lightweight.
Screen a bit smaller, but can get by.
Cons :
Battery drains pretty quickly if speakerphone kept running for more than 20 minutes.
Sometimes battery gets hot while call is on (Not because you are holding it, but even when you attach a headset to it)
If you are right handed, you accidently keep hitting the speakerphone on/off button.
One usability glitch is that LG engineers decided to display "Speakerphone OFF" when it is actually ON and vice versa. What they might be trying to say is "Press the Speakerphone button again to turn it OFF" while its on. Strange but works.
There is no camera/video,mp3 player, bluetooth, washer, drier, vacuum cleaner in this one...go buy a digital camera or an ipod if you need to take pictures or listen to music! It has all the features that a cellphone should have and I am highly satisfied and recommend it with Verizon.
Great Phone!
I have the LG 4650 with Verizon Wireless and so far it is great. I have been with VZW for a long time and most recently had the Moto V265 (which is by far the worst phone ever!). Motorola seems to be pushing out lots of new phones, but at much lower quality when compared with the "old school" StarTac and V60, which were very dependable.
The LG 4650 is the non-PTT handset for VZW and has the following:
- good call reception
- very clear and bright screen
- excellent speakerphone which is very LOUD
- speakerphone can be used with the phone open or closed
- easy to use keypad
- secure, swivel holster
- buttons on the sides of the phone are a bit too easy to activate so you sometimes press the volume or speakerphone buttons inadvertently while on a call (this seems to be common with how LG's are manufactured)
- sometimes when using the speakerphone in a crowded/noisy area, the person on the other end of your call will ask you, "Are you on some kind of speakerphone?" (phone might be picking up outside noise)
- not too many choices of ringtones
There is no camera with this phone but that was my choice as I just wanted a phone with reliable call reception, a good speakerphone and color screen. The LG-4650 fits the bill nicely!
VX4650 on VZW
As usual LG has outdone itself. The Lg-VX4650 is a top notch phone. The VX4650 has the same feel and look of the 6100 menus.
This is based upon use of the 4650 on the Verizon Wireless network in the NorthEast (Boston, MA) area.
* Top Notch Sound Quality
* Incredible Speakerphone including ring volume and amazing clarity especially on TrueTone ringtones
* Excellent antenna for signal strength
* Excellent form factor. Slim, not too large.
* Uses the new "universal battery" system that the VX3200, VX6100, VX8100 uses
* Compatible with accessories to the VX6100 phone
* Tri-Mode Phone. Up here analog is still required in the north in some areas.
* Speakerphone activation button should be on top of the phone. I keep turning the speakerphone on and off by accident
Other than that, GREAT JOB LG USA!
VX4650 - A "Phone" Phone
If you want a cell phone that is a telephone, then this is the model for you. Neat, compact, durable, great reception (Verizon), easy number access, excellent ring selection, excellent speaker phone. Have not used voice dialing. My complaint is a minor one: would like the option of selecting a plain wallpaper; available ones are much too "busy"
LG VX 4650 - Excellent all around phone
I have been using my LG VX 4650 for about 2 weeks now. The finally got the software to transfer my phonebook from my old Samsung A530. I think the phone is an excellent all around phone and would recommend the phone to anyone.
- Excellent reception
- Powerfull full duplex clear speaker phone
- Software menus easy to navigate
- Durable
- Cons
- Screen is a bit small and fonts are hard to
read for me. But I get by.
- Could use bluetooth
Great phone
Traded in my Motorola e815 due to the EVDO bug that eats batteries. The 4650 works so much better. Long battery life, great reception (better than the e815), a great speaker phone, and simple operation. I have no need for a camera (waste of money and air minutes) and the lack of blue tooth access (who wants a $70 earphone) was just fine. The speaker phone option also saves me the price of a hands-free kit for the car. This is a great product for folks looking for a high quality phone without the other money wasting bells and whistles.
Awesome Phone
Great phone. Long battery life way better than any Motorolas. You can use the ptt with the phone open or closed nice feature compared to the V60P you can't. Get the phone you will love it.
Way to Go VZW
Ok so i am blown away by the quality of the PTT service in its second go around, honestly i mean it. I used a Nextel over the summer for some work i had to do with a crew and i can easily say just as good connection time wise and volleying back and forth, but when you hear the clarity of this service as opposed to an Iden phone it is a night and day difference. Great battery, menu is acceptable, the driving mode is even better than that of a 4500, 6100, which means unbelievable. Reception be it PTT, or cellular is great. I only wish the display was a little larger, but after a week i got used to it, (a little awkward after coming from an 8000). I would glady recommend already am moving my friends to the PTT. 4.5 due to size of display. Go get it for the fam and all your friends, maybe you business too. DO IT


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By my friend and Shabbos Guest Heather Malek
1 cup lentils, picked through and rinsed
1 can (14.5 oz) low sodium chicken broth (1 3/4 cup)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon cumin seeds
2 shallots, thinly sliced
1/3 cup sweetened shredded coconut
1 large Yukon gold potato (10 oz) peeled and cut into 1/4 in cubes
6 oz baby spinach
1) In 2 quart saucepan, combine lentils, broth and 1 cup water. Cook on high until boiling. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 15 minutes or until tender.
2) Meanwhile, in deep 12-in skillet, heat oil on medium until hot. Add cumin seeds and cook 15 to 30 seconds or until fragrant, stirring. Add shallots and coconut. Cook 3 minutes or until golden brown, stirring occasionally. Stir in potatoes and cook 2 minutes. Carefully pour lentil mixture into skillet; stir to combine. Cover and cook 10 minutes.
3) Stir in spinach and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cook 2 minutes or until spinach is wilted, stirring. Serve over rice.


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Morning Five: 10.25.13 EditionPosted by nvr1983 on October 25th, 2013
- Just one week after saying that Chane Behanan was no longer on the Louisville team and would suspended for a "long time", Rick Pitino reversed course saying that Behanan should be back "in a short period of time". The supposed impetus for Pitino's change of heart is that Behanan "told the truth" regarding whatever he did to get himself kicked off the team a week ago. Like many we expected Behanan to return to the team eventually and most likely before they played Kentucky on December 28 and we don't know what "a short period of time" means, but the sudden aboutface by Pitino is pretty stunning even by his standards with the first game of the season still a few weeks away.
- Like basically everybody else we are baffled by the NCAA's decision to grant Josh Smith a waiver to play at Georgetown immediately. Surprisingly that might not even be the most confusing transfer case that we have heard of recently as Old Dominion reportedly received a decision from the NCAA regarding a transfer waiver for Trey Freeman, who left Campbell to be closer to his mother, several weeks ago, but is not disclosing the NCAA's decision. Now we all know that Old Dominion has its issues with the NCAA and the way that it handles eligibility decisions (see Donte Hill), but we have no idea why the school would not disclose the NCAA's decision one way or the other. If the story that is being published about Freeman's reasons for transferring are correct, we would be shocked if the NCAA actually turned down Freeman's waiver given the way that they have been handing out waivers these days. The decision is of particular importance to Old Dominion as Freeman would like be the team's best player after averaging 14.4 points and 5.8 assists per game last season.
- Khadeem Lattin's announcement that he was committing to play for Oklahoma might move the needle in Norman and in recruiting circles. To be sure, the addition of a 4-star recruit is a significant one for almost any program. However, to us the bigger topic of discussion is Lattin's background as he decided to spend his sophomore year in Spain making him the first elite recruit to spend a high school season playing in Europe outside of the professional ranks before returning to Houston to be home-schooled. As you would expect, Lattin's decision to go overseas was controversial and he likely slipped in the recruiting rankings temporarily as a result, but we will be interested to see how his time in Europe translates to the college game.
- Yesterday, the NCAA released the most recent recommendations for proposed rule changes during the 2013-14 season. The headline stories will be about the change in when colleges can begin actively recruiting, but since it doesn't pertain to basketball or football it probably will not resonate (particularly not here). The one thing that does jump out at us is the proposal to allow student-athletes to be given the highest meal plan available at a school. Now that may seem like a mundane thing especially to our older readers, but with the way that many schools have meal plans that provide money for use at off-campus restaurants as part of their meal plans it seems to suggest that this could be a step towards the cost of attendance measures that many have been advocating for the past few years.
- Earlier this week we discussed how Ken Pomeroy was tweaking his rating system to try to make it have better predictive outcomes. It turns out that he is not the only member of the advanced metrics community who has been adjusting his formulas as Dan Hanner announced yesterday morning that he had adjusted his lineup-based prediction model for the upcoming season. The details regarding the adjustments are fairly complex, but they essentially boil down to the following things: simulating a season 10,000 times to give best-case, median-case, and worst-case scenario; predicting variance based on player background; including more player evaluation data (including that of JUCO players and non-top 100 high school recruits; and a few other minor tweaks. We will be interested to see how Hanner's projections pan out given the unpredictability of projection how many of the incoming recruits will do in their new environments.


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"My loneliness is killing me
I must confess, I still believe
When I'm not with you I lose my mind
Give me a sign
Hit me baby one more time" – …Baby One More Time performed by Britney Spears
At fifteen, I used the techniques Joe Elliott of Def Leppard taught me of taking songs I knew to draw upon for writing songs. For "…Baby One More Time" performed by Britney Spears I was inspired by Pat Benatar's 1980 hit song "Hit Me With Your Best Shot". Lyrically the song was inspired by Billy Squier's "Lonely is the Night", Shawn Cassidy's '78 cover of "Do You Believe in Magic", and Roberta Flack's 1979 cover of "Killing Me Softly". There are references to Prince, the song "The Beautiful Ones, and the funk ensemble The Time.
The pseudonym Max Martin was devised with Max being one of the nicknames I gave Michael Hutchence of INXS for the Australian movie Mad Max. Later Hutch would name his side project Max Q.
The album "…Baby One More Time" would be released 16 years after written on my birthday, January 12, 1999.
"Cobain can you hear the Spears singin' songs off station to station" – Californication performed by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Taking a que from lyrics in "…Baby One More Time" Prince released the 1987 album "Sign "☮" the Times" and then changed his name to the "Love Symbol" knowing Amy means beLOVEd.
I chose the 2009 album title "Circus" which includes the single "If You Seek Amy" for Def Leppard's 1987 song "Animal" with the music video taking place at a circus as well as it being in the lyrics.


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Where have all the television viewers gone this fall?
When Nielsen issues results for the first week of the television season on Tuesday, the nets collectively will be looking at some rather steep declines as many returning shows looked sluggish. But based on early DVR playback trends, many of the lost have been found.
Over the weekend the Big Four started touting their impressive gains in Nielsen's "Live plus 3" measurement, or DVR playback done within the first three days of a telecast. And while DVR usage has gradually grown in recent years, this fall is looking a little different.
National DVR penetration has risen to 46% (from 42% last fall), but the rate among adults 18-49 is now 51%, meaning that more than half of the audience that the networks primarily target can watch their favorite shows on their own timetables. The live plus 3 ratings yardstick is important to the nets because those ratings are the basis of guarantees made to advertisers.
"It's too early to make too many generalizations, but it looks like what we're seeing is a continuation of what started happening in the spring," said Larry Hyams, ABC's VP of primetime audience analysis. "Up until that point, the differences in the ratings streams were basically flat, but all of a sudden there was a distinctive shift away from same-day to happening later in the seven-day cycle.
"Will it wipe out the four-net deficit declines?" he asked. "Probably not, but it does account for some of the numbers we have seen."
During premiere week, top returnees like "The Big Bang Theory," "Grey's Anatomy" and "NCIS" were on par or slightly above last year's premiere levels — impressive considering the DVR gravity they're fighting against.
But for many others, including CBS drama "Hawaii Five-0," ABC drama "Castle" and Fox comedy "New Girl," low preems last week were perhaps the first clue that this fall would be different. Sure enough, all three showed sizable L3 percentage increases vs. last year, with "Hawaii" going from a 26% rise in L3 last year to 44% this year; "Castle" from 22% to 38%; and "New Girl" to 36% from 25%.
Of course, all three remain below their year-ago opening-week scores, but they will likely gain even more viewers in "Live + 7" (full-week DVR playback) as the viewing cycle gets pushed back.
An exec at one net referred to this season as "a tipping point," saying that patience is being preached companywide. He also noted that viewing patterns will settle in after a couple of weeks as DVR users add or remove shows from their season pass list.
ABC's "Modern Family" and NBC's "Revolution" were easily the biggest gainers in pure 18-49 ratings from same-day to L3, with both rising 1.75 ratings points in adults 18-49. Fox's "New Girl" was next, rising 1.05 points. This is especially impressive for the Peacock rookie since the ABC comedy has consistently stood as the runaway DVR champ over the last two years.
Last Tuesday, Nielsen reported a week two, same-night 18-49 rating for "Revolution" of 3.45 (or a falloff of about 16% vs. its premiere), which was certainly understandable since it faced premieres of dramas on ABC and CBS. But its 1.75 ratings point surge in the L3 numbers (3.45 to 5.19) means it actually lost only 5% of its premiere audience.
Elsewhere, the gap between NBC's Tuesday comedies looks smaller when comparing L3 to same-day ratings. The 9 o'clock rookie "Go On" earned a 2.67 same-night rating vs. a 2.00 for 9:30 p.m. entry "The New Normal," meaning the latter retained 75% of its lead-in.
But with "New Normal" adding more viewers in L3 than "Go On," "Normal's" retention is up to a strong 87%.
Top gainers for CBS during premiere week were Monday comedy "2 Broke Girls" (0.88 ratings points, 3.72 to 4.61) and Wednesday drama "Criminal Minds" (0.87, 3.14 to 4.01). New Tuesday drama "Vegas" gained 0.69 to 3.17 while moving above 17 million in total viewers.
NBC wins preem week
On the first Sunday of the season, NBC rolled with "Sunday Night Football" (prelim 8.1/19 in 18-49, 20.5 million viewers overall), whose numbers as usual will rise in the nationals. Big night likely caps a winning premiere week for NBC in adults 18-49, as it is expected to finish slightly ahead of Fox. CBS will win in total viewers.
Elsewhere, ABC's "Once Upon a Time" (3.8/10 in 18-49, 11 million viewers) was down just 5% from its series premiere last fall and was TV's top entertainment show for the night. It was followed by the timeslot premiere of sophomore drama "Revenge" (3.2/7 in 18-49, 9.5 million viewers overall), which was roughly on par with both the year-ago "Desperate Housewives" premiere in the timeslot and "Revenge's" own Wednesday series premiere.
Closing out the night, the series premiere of "666 Park Avenue" averaged a 2.2/5 in 18-49 and 7.0 million viewers overall, falling off by 1 full ratings point from its lead-in and well off "Pan Am's" premiere last year in the demo (3.1/8). It was on par in 18-49 with CBS vet drama "The Mentalist" (2.1/5, 10.8 million).
At Fox, NFL coverage provided a big lead-in for the season preem of "The Simpsons" (3.7/10 in 18-49, 16.7 million), which came within a tick of ABC's "Once Upon a Time" in 18-49 but was off slightly from its year-ago premiere.
The rest of the night was down a little bit more, with "Bob's Burgers" (2.5/6 in 18-49, 5.4 million viewers overall), "Family Guy" (3.3/8 in 18-49, 6.5 million viewers overall) and "American Dad" (2.5/6 in 18-49, 5.2 million viewers overall) each off by about half a ratings point from the night's premieres of last year; a year ago, it was "The Cleveland Show" airing at 8:30.
CBS' "60 Minutes" (1.8/5 in 18-49, 11.5 million) was the night's most-watched nonsports program. Preems of "The Amazing Race" (2.5/6, 9.7 million) and "The Good Wife" (1.8/4, 9.8 million) were down vs. last year.


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TechnoBuffalo writes: "Since launching in 2011, the Nintendo 3DS has sold more than 31.09 million units. It's already ahead of the original Xbox and GameCube for lifetime sales. Though, it has a lot of work to do to catch the top two selling systems of all time: the PlayStation 2 sits with 155 million sold, while the Nintendo DS sits with 153 million sold."
Release the white 3DS XL in North America Nintendo. Awesome sales. :)
I love my 3DS.. can't wait for animal crossing in just a month & a half


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This is a much bigger problem than a squad from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion 1st Marines going berserk. The culpability of the USMC for these murders flows not only from the fact that it taught these young men to kill, supplied the weapons, put them in-country, and gave them license to kill, but even more so that after they killed innocent civilians in a murderous rage, the USMC, as an organisation, clearly acted as accessories after the fact.
We now know that no Marines will serve any time in jail for these murders. That is the final outcome of six years of Marine Corps cover-up, prosecution and military justice. Of the eight Marines charged with the killings, six had the charges dropped and one was acquitted in a civilian court. Last week, the remaining defendant, Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, 31, who sanctioned the killings when he told his men to "shoot first and ask questions later" in Haditha was given a plea deal that allowed him to avoid any jail time. Upon hearing of this outcome, a teacher from Haditha who witnessed the massacre was quoted in the LA Times:
The Americans killed children who were hiding inside the cupboards or under the beds. Was this Marine charged with dereliction of duty because he didnt kill more? Is Iraqi blood so cheap?
When all the facts surrounding the Haditha massacre are examined it should be clear to anyone that this is much more than a problem of a few bad apples, this is a problem of a bad apple farm. Retired USMC Major General Smedley D. Butler told us in 1935 that War is a Racket. I say more. I say the United States Marine Corps is a criminal enterprise.
Before proceeding, perhaps the best way to refresh your memory about what actually happened in that Iraqi town a little over six years ago is to watch this 3 minute eyewitness report made by ITN after the massacre:
This video already exposes the first two cover stories released by the Marines to explain these deaths. First that they were killed by shrapnel from the a road side bomb that killed a Marine and set off the rampage, and when that wouldn't fly, that the civilians were outside and got caught in a crossfire. These and the false stories that followed show that the USMC was far more interested in covering up a crime than they were in getting at the truth.
While we still have WikiPedia:
An initial Marine Corps communiqué reported that 15 civilians were killed by the bomb's blast and eight insurgents were subsequently killed when the Marines returned fire against those attacking the convoy. However, other evidence uncovered by the media contradicted the Marines' account.[3] A Time magazine reporter's questions prompted the United States military to open an investigation into the incident. The investigation claimed it found evidence that "supports accusations that U.S. Marines deliberately shot civilians, including unarmed men, women and children", according to an anonymous Pentagon official.[4] On December 21, 2006, eight Marines from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines were charged in connection with the incident.[5][6] As of June 2008, charges against seven of the eight Marines had been dropped.[7]
Here is the Al Jazeera report:
In December 2006 this was "breaking news" only in the west. Iraqi sources reported on the Haditha massacre the day after it happened. This is what Uriknet [information from occupied Iraq] had to say:
November 20, 2005When the story broke in December 2006, I remember going back to see if uruknet.info reported on it at the time and they did, but even there it was unremarkable. It was just one more in a long list of atrocities committed by United States forces that week.
Informed sources affirmed today that the blood thirsty US murderers execute in cold blood Iraqi civilians in the streets of Iraqi towns and villages.
The same sources ascertained that following the explosion of an IED near the Iraqi farmers town of Haditha, west of Iraq, the US thugs sent their war jets to bomb and destroy tranquil Iraqi houses on the heads of their inhabitants in a blind and hysterical revengeful act.
The sources and witnesses indicated also that after bombing Iraqi homes in the mentioned town, the US bloodthirsty gangsters raided three Iraqi homes and took their families out in the street and there the US thugs executed at gun point and in cold blood, the members of the whole three families, including elderly, women and children.
A Criminal Culture
There are many other indicators that a criminal culture that condones murder is alive and well in the US military. There is for example "Hadji Girl" a song about killing Iraqis written before Haditha and performed by a US Marine Corporal while he was at the Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq. It became popular among the troops after Haditha and was widely associated with that incident. It goes something like this:
So I grabbed her little sister, and pulled her in front of me.YouTube removed the video from their site and rejected all subsequent uploads as a violation of site policy, however, it can be found here, on Google Video. Google owns YouTube so go figure.
As the bullets began to fly
The blood sprayed from between her eyes
And then I laughed maniacally
Then I hid behind the TV
And I locked and loaded my M-16
And I blew those little f*ckers to eternity.
And I said
Durka Durka Mohammed Jihad
Sherpa Sherpa Bak Allah
They should have known they were f*ckin with a Marine.
That song is reminiscent of other songs sung by Marines in this and other wars, such as "Strafe the Town and Kill the People", a traditional Marine hymn, first heard in Korea but sung in Vietnam [mp3] and Iraq as well:
Strafe the town and kill the peopleAnd there is that ever popular number from the Vietnam War, "Napalm Sticks to Kids."
Let's declare a massacre.
Lay napalm in the square,
So you'll know that Jake was there
Drop the candy in the courtyard,
Let the kiddies gather 'round.
Crank your twenty-millimeter,
Gun the little bastards down.
Come 'round early Sunday morning,
Catch the village unaware.
Drop a bunch of cluster bomblets,
Get 'em while they kneel in prayer.
We shoot the sick, the young, the lame,
We do our best to maim,
Because the kills all count the same,
Napalm sticks to kids.
Napalm, son, is lots of fun,
Dropped in a bomb or shot from a gun,
It gets the gooks when on the run,
Napalm sticks to kids.
In Korea and Vietnam, the racist dehumanisation that made murder easy was that they were all "gooks", today it's because they are all "hadjis"
Wars for conquest and occupation are criminal enterprizes
The truth is that the Iraq War was a composite of such atrocities. Four months after the Haditha murders, a 14 year old small town Iraqi girl was raped and murdered, along with her family, in Al-Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad. Raed Jarrar told the Baltimore Chronicle:
Omar Al-Janabi, a neighbor and relative, was informed by Abir's mother that the young girl was being harassed by U.S. soldiers stationed in a nearby checkpoint. That is why Abir was sent to spend the night in her neighbor's home. The next day, Omar Al-Janabi was among the first people who found Abir, with her 34-year-old mother Fakhriyah, her 45-year-old father Qasim, and her 7-year-old sister Hadil, murdered in their home. Abir was raped, killed by a bullet in her head, and then burned on March 12, five months before her fifteenth birthday.These two revelations raises serious questions about all those reports we've heard about Iraqis killing each other in terrorist attacks in the past eight years. One thing that is clear is that there are a lot of Iraqis that have been killed by Americans, including hundreds of thousands of civilians, that have gone unreported in the United States.
Muhammad Al-Janabi, Abir's uncle, reached the house shortly after the attack as well. Iraqi police and army officers informed him and other angry relatives that an "armed terrorist group" was responsible for the horrifying attack. This is exactly what the angry relatives of the 24 Iraqi civilians killed in Haditha four months before this incident had been told as well.
Civilian Deaths "Just A Cost of Doing Business."
Thanks to some recent dumpster diving by the NYTimes, they now have the once secret testimony of the Marines involved in the Haditha. The most remarkable thing that this testimony reveals is just how unremarkable the killing of large numbers of civilians by the U.S. military had become in Iraq. We are talking about Haditha because it drew the gold ring of media publicity, not because it wasn't part and partial of how the Marines conducted the war:
When the initial reports arrived saying more than 20 civilians had been killed in Haditha, the Marines receiving them said they were not surprised by the high civilian death toll.
Chief Warrant Officer K. R. Norwood, who received reports from the field on the day of the killings and briefed commanders on them, testified that 20 dead civilians was not unusual.
I meant, it wasnt remarkable, based off of the area I wouldnt say remarkable, sir, Mr. Norwood said. And that is just my definition. Not that I think one life is not remarkable, its just
An investigator asked the officer: I mean remarkable or noteworthy in terms of something that would have caught your attention where you would have immediately said, Got to have more information on that. That is a lot of casualties.
Not at the time, sir, the officer testified.
General Johnson, the commander of American forces in Anbar Province, said he did not feel compelled to go back and examine the events because they were part of a continuing pattern of civilian deaths.
It happened all the time, not necessarily in MNF-West all the time, but throughout the whole country, General Johnson testified, using a military abbreviation for allied forces in western Iraq.
So, you know, maybe I guess maybe if I was sitting here at Quantico and heard that 15 civilians were killed I would have been surprised and shocked and gone done more to look into it, he testified, referring to Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. But at that point in time, I felt that was had been, for whatever reason, part of that engagement and felt that it was just a cost of doing business on that particular engagement.
The USMC sees a high civilian death toll as "just a cost of doing business." This, more than anything else, marks it as a criminal enterprise. One is reminded of the drug gangster Sollozzo that tried to assassinate Don Corleone in the Godfather, "I don't like violence, Tom. I'm a businessman. Blood is a big expense."
My recent related diaries:
The Sordid Truth about the United States Marine Corps
Itzcoatl Ocampo: Ex-Marine Corps Serial Killer


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Former MMA fighter War Machine is begging his ex-girlfriend Christy Mack for forgiveness.
War Machine — real name Paul Koppenhaver — was convicted in 2017 of kidnapping, battering and sexually assaulting the popular porn star in Las Vegas a few years earlier.
He was sentenced to life in prison for the barbaric two-hour frenzied attack. Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on two counts of attempted murder.
Mack — star of This is Someone's Daughter 4, Naughty Bookworms 34 and Christy Mack Likes Girls Too! — suffered 18 broken bones in the attack, including a broken eye socket, broken nose, and a lacerated liver.
Koppenhaver attributed the attack to anxiety and depression.
Now, Mack fears she's a dead woman if he's ever released from prison.
But the former MMA fighter has broken his silence for an upcoming documentary.
"There's not a day that goes by that I don't regret that, and I hate it. Nobody hates me as much as I hate the man that I used to be," he said.
"From the bottom of my heart, I apologize to Christy. I'm sorry, Christy."
He added that since being in the big house he has become a born-again Christian and has is engaged to a 30-year-old woman who started writing him last year,
For Mack, 27, forgiveness may be a long way off.
"I never looked at him except when I was asked to identify him," she said in April 2017. "He had mouthed that he loved me and that was extremely difficult."
She added: "And I began bawling immediately. Because, for a long time, I did feel, you know, still emotionally connected to him."
War Machine will be 71 when he's eligible for parole.


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Give Where You Live
Beautiful parks require a little dirty work! Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Adopt-A-Park program provides an opportunity for individuals, volunteer groups, neighborhood associations, and businesses to take an active role in the maintenance and improvement of local parks, trails and green spaces.
It's up to each of us to keep our waters clean... That's the idea behind the Adopt-A-Waterway Program. The City of Colorado Springs Stormwater Engineering department encourages local businesses, civil and professional organizations, environmental groups, academic institutions, neighborhood groups, and other community-minded organizations to formally Adopt-A-Waterway for the purpose of protecting and improving water quality.
Community Advancing Public Safety (CAPS)
The City of Colorado Springs Police and Fire Departments have joined forces to create opportunities for volunteers to take an active role in our community's public safety efforts. The CAPS program can match your interests, experience and skills with a meaningful and unique opportunity to contribute to your community. Whether you want to be out in the field or work in internal operations, you can make a difference. An involved community is a safer community.


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What? We're Already Out of Hot Water?
It is said that plumbers get some of their biggest jobs between Thanksgiving and New Years. I don't know if this is really true but it make sense because this is the time of year when homes are full of people using every sink, tub, and showerhead in the place.
I used water in more than a dozen homes over the holidays and saw some interesting interactions with water delivery systems. In two homes, only one or two people could shower before the hot water was gone. Then, a kid was scalded when washing his hands. Elsewhere, when filling a pitcher with water, a woman ended up soaked when the water from the tap hit the bottom of the pitcher with such force it splashed back out. Another person, scrubbing a frying pan, almost overflowed the sink before the pan was even a little clean.
There were other adventures (including dish soap in the automatic dishwasher) but these problems all have their roots in the same issue: water flow at the spigot head. High water pressure is great and we all want enough water to come out of the faucet to get the job done but sometimes there can be too much of a good thing and, instead of helping us stay clean and hydrated, we end up with messes.
In each of these cases, the problem could have been solved by simply adding an aerator to the faucet. An aerator is essentially just a piece of fine screen that the water passes though. The effect is to add air to the water as it leaves the faucet while and reducing the amount of water used but without reducing felt water pressure. With an aerator, more people will be able to shower on a tank of water and the temperature of the heater can be turned down to a safer level because less hot water is used in each shower. A pitcher will fill with water quickly but it won't splash back (and, incidentally, chlorine and some other chemicals will leave the water more quickly making it taste better) and you will have plenty of water to scrub with, without overflowing the sink.
Many older homes were built with faucets that did not have aerators. In other cases, when the aerators became clogged or broken they were simply removed. In most cases, adding or replacing an aerator is simple. Depending on the faucet, you can simply unscrew the end of the faucet and install a screen, or you may have to screw in a whole new end that includes the screen. In showers, you can simply replace the shower head. Aerators are widely available and, especially in the shower, can provide an updated look to the faucet and a more comfortable user experience.
Sometimes good stewardship of natural resources requires sacrifice but, when it comes to your faucet, adding an aerator makes the water easier to use and you'll be saving money and water.


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Updated at 5:27 p.m. ET: Two children were found stabbed to death inside a Naperville, Ill., home, and the mother of one of them was taken into custody for questioning, authorities said.
Naperville police responding to a request for a welfare check on Tuesday night found the bodies of a boy and girl in a townhome. The children were believed to be her 8-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl she had been baby-sitting, law-enforcement sources said, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Two dogs were also found dead inside the home, a source told the Naperville Sun.
"There is no reason to believe any additional subjects are at large at this time," police said in a statement issued Wednesday morning.
A law-enforcement official told the Chicago Tribune the woman had been distraught for several days after the death of her father.
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Kev wrote:After playing with my new CMF pretzel girl in Series 11, I realized what was wrong with the CMF female elf warrior, and female viking warrior. The use of the 'wedge' skirt piece really transformed them from playable action figures to boring statues compared with the male figs.
The problem seems to be that while you wanted the minfigs to be clearly female, you were worried that with regular legs, they might too easily be confused with the males. That left us with somewhat boring 'statues'. Now if you took the skirt design of the pretzel girl, or other past figs, and just lengthened it and designed in the appropriate slits for free movement, you'd have both an unmistakably female figure, and a much more fun action toy.
Good idea! I always like getting minifig cloths.


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Kiehl's Ultimate Man Body Scrub Soap
How to Apply:
-Gently massage body with bar to cleanse and help relax fatigued muscles
-Not formulated for use on face
Oat bran
Oat Bran is a species of cereal grain whose seeds are extracted from the outer casing of the oat. It is believed to be an excellent skin-soother and conditioner, while aiding in the exfoliation of dead skin, thus encouraging growth of new skin cells.
Oat Kernel Meal
The outer layer of the oat kernel is a solid source of dietary fiber, an excellent natural exfoliant, and absorbent of surface oil. Oat Kernel Meal is known for its anti-irritant and anti-inflammatory properties.
Pumice is a rock of volcanic origin formulated with silicates of aluminum and alkali metals and used as an abrasive and a bulking agent. This natural exfoliant helps remove dead and rough skin, for a smoother, fresher surface feel.
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Launched in 2012, Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades is an ever-expanding collection of limited-edition, collectable furniture by renowned designers, which is inspired by the House's historic Art of Travel, while reinterpreting its essential spirit.
The Bomboca Sofa, named after sweets served at weddings and children's parties in Brazil and meaning "very good", is a modular piece that was originally inspired by cloud shapes and colourful round sea apples. The result is like a puzzle in which eight removable cushions are arranged in a rigid, leather-covered shell.
Other Objets Nomades making their Design Miami/ 2017 debut include the pieces created by Atelier Oï such as the Swing Boat, the Belt Chair and the Spiral Lamp with its twisted straps of leather. Also presented are Patricia Urquiola's Palaver Chair in a mix of wood and woven sheets of perforated leather, India Mahdavi's Talisman Table in leather marquetry, and Marcel Wanders' rocking Lune Chair and leather Diamond Screen.


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It can sometimes become necessary to identify table and data differences due to unexpected behaviour or failures. There are a number of third party tools that can help identify and fix however a lot of them assume native replication is in place, the following explains the recommended methods for troubleshooting a Tungsten Environment based on MySQL as the source and target technologies.
If you suspect that there are differences to a table structure, a simple method to resolve this will be to compare schema DDL.
Extract DDL on the Master node, specifying the schema in place of {DB}:
mysqldump -u root -p --no-data -h localhost --databases {DB} >master.sql
Repeat the same on the Slave node:
mysqldump -u root -p --no-data -h localhost --databases {DB} >slave.sql
Now, using diff, you can compare the results
diff master.sql slave.sql
Using the output of diff, you can then craft the necessary SQL statements to re-align your structure
It is possible to use pt-table-checksum from the Percona Toolkit to identify data differences, providing you use the syntax described below for bypassing the native replication checks. First of all, it is advisable to familiarise yourself with the product by reading through the providers own documentation here:
Once you are ready, ensure you install the latest version to the persona toolkit on all nodes, next execute the following on the Master node:
pt-table-checksum --set-vars innodb_lock_wait_timeout=500 \
--recursion-method=none \
--ignore-databases=mysql \
--ignore-databases-regex=tungsten* \
On first run, this will create a database called percona, and within that database a table called checksums. The process will gather checksum information on every table in every database excluding the mysql and tungsten related schemas. You can now execute the following SQL Statement on the slave to identify tables with data differences:
SELECT db, tbl, SUM(this_cnt) AS total_rows, COUNT(*) AS chunks FROM percona.checksums WHERE ( master_cnt <> this_cnt OR master_crc <> this_crc OR ISNULL(master_crc) <> ISNULL(this_crc)) GROUP BY db, tbl;
SELECT will return any
tables that it detects are different, it won't show you the differences,
or indeed how many, this is just a basic check. To identify and fix the
changes, you could use pt-table-sync, however this
product would by default assume native replication and also try and fix
the problems for you. In a tungsten environment this would not be
recommended, however by using the
To use pt-table-sync, first
identify the tables with differences on each slave, in this example, the
SELECT statement above
identified that there was a data difference on the departments table
within the employees database on db2. Execute the
pt-table-sync script on the
master, passing in the database name, table name and the slave host that
the difference exists on:
pt-table-sync --databases employees --tables departments --print h=db1,u=tungsten,p=secret,P=13306 h=db2
The first
h= option should be the
Master, also the node you run the script from, the second
h= option relates to the slave that
the difference exists on. Executing the script will output SQL
statements that can be used to patch the data, for example the above
statement produces the following output:
UPDATE `employees`.`departments` SET `dept_name`='Sales' WHERE `dept_no`='d007' LIMIT 1 /*percona-toolkit src_db:employees src_tbl:departments src_dsn:P=13306,h=db1,p=...,u=tungsten dst_db:employees dst_tbl:departments dst_dsn:P=13306,h=db2,p=...,u=tungsten lock:0 transaction:1 changing_src:0 replicate:0 bidirectional:0 pid:24524 user:tungsten host:db1*/;
UPDATE statements could now
be issued directly on the slave to correct the problem.
Generally, changing data directly on a slave is not recommended, but every environment is different. before making any changes like this always ensure you have a FULL backup, and it would be recommended to shun the slave node (if in a clustered environment) before making any changes so as not to cause any potential interruption to connected clients


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Tour to Everglades and Miami
Take a trip to the wild side as you buzz through the Everglades regions' tropical wetlands on an airboat and see an alligator and snake-handling show! Your day isn't over as you cruise along the coast past impressive millionaire's mansions and enjoy the sun and sights of South Beach Miami.
- Enjoy a full day tour to Everglades and Miami
- Visit the Everglades region
- Get a breakfast bag for the road
- Enjoy an airboat ride
- See an alligator and snake show
- Cruise along the impressive coastline
- Explore South Beach Miami
Explore Everglades and Miami in One Day
Your tour leaves Orlando early so that you can get a whole day of fun. We'll provide a breakfast bag for you to eat en-route.
After a brief stop, we get to the Everglades region where you will go on a 30-minute hold-onto-your-hats airboat ride. It's the most fun way to see the natural flora and fauna as well get a glimpse of the most famous resident - the American Aligator!
After an animal handling show, we depart back to the Bayside Marketplace Mall in Miami, where you will have some free time to look around the shops and stalls before boarding the Island Queen. Here you'll go on a boat ride and get introduced to the city of Miami from the water. It gives you a great view of the homes of the rich and famous as well as some great cityscapes.
The last part of the tour is in South Beach Miami where you can enjoy free time by briefly walking on the beach, stopping for some dinner, or strolling around the Art Deco area of South Beach - the sizzling heart of Miami!
This is two tours combined, the Everglades and Miami, giving you the best of the city and the country.
How do I get my tickets?
Shortly after your booking is complete your e-ticket will be sent directly to your email, just print it out and bring it with you on your tour.
Where does the tour start?
The tour includes pick-up from selected meeting points in Orlando.
Click HERE to see the pick-up times for each pick-up location and choose the one most convenient for you.
Where does the tour end?
Your tour ends back at your hotel or meeting point.
How long does the tour last?
The tour lasts approx. 16 hours.
Are there children's tickets?
Yes, children's tickets are available for children between age 3-11 years. Children under age 3 are free when accompanied by a paying adult.


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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie weren't trying to send any message about their relationship when they attended the Director's Guild Awards on Saturday.
"They aren't paying any attention to the rumors about them (breaking up)," said a source who knows the couple. "They were always planning on attending."
The couple skipped the red carpet and weren't photographed together, but according to reports from People magazine, Jolie and Pitt were affectionate and stayed close to each other throughout the entire four-hour ceremony.
So should any of the Brangelina breakup rumors be taken seriously? The source didn't exactly shoot down recent talk of trouble in paradise.
"I never say this, but it seems like something's up," the source said. "But they do have a big family, they both have projects they're working on — any couple would be stressed. But, they're a private couple, and when they're ready, or if they feel the need to say something, they'll do it themselves."
Early Oscar prediction
I predicted a best director Golden Globe for Kathryn Bigelow, director of "The Hurt Locker." I was a couple of shows early. Although the Globe went to her ex-husband, James Cameron, for "Avatar," Bigelow took home the big prize at the Director's Guild Awards Saturday night. So it seems like a good time to go on the record with my prediction that Bigelow will take home an Oscar for her directing on March 7.
U.S. & World
If you haven't seen "Hurt Locker" yet, I implore you to do so. If not for the directing, do it for the performance from Jeremy Renner, who plays bomb-disposal expert William James.
I caught up with him at the pre-Globes BAFTA tea, and complimented him on so deftly playing the role of a member of our armed forces — an act made all the more impressive when you learn he had no experience with the military before taking the role of an Army-trained bomb detonator.
"I never served, I really didn't know that much about it," said Renner, who was soft-spoken and totally humble. "Just spent lots of time on (military) bases before filming."
'Avatar.' Yes, again
So yeah, "Avatar," again. How to make this interesting around the water cooler: The $30 million take over the weekend isn't so much the point. What's impressive is that the weekend-over-weekend attendance was down only 14 percent. As a point of comparison, "The Tooth Fairy" saw a drop of almost 30 percent, and it's been out only two weeks, as opposed to "Avatar's" seven. At this rate, "Avatar" will soon surpass "Titanic's" domestic gross.
Other notes from the weekend: We've apparently forgiven Mel Gibson for everything controversial that's taken place since his last acting turn. "Edge of Darkness" came in No. 2 with a $14.1 million take, and that topped "When in Rome," but not by much. "Rome," a rom-com, took in $12 million, slightly better than expected.
Courtney Hazlett delivers the Scoop Monday through Friday on msnbc.com. Follow Scoop on Twitter @courtneyatmsnbc.


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Coffee is one of the most common staining agents that teeth whitening combats. Find out why with Groupon's examination of how coffee can tarnish your pearly whites.
When gazing into an inky-black cup of coffee, it's not hard to imagine that it could stain your teeth. But while its color certainly can yellow chompers before their time, coffee has other nefarious tricks up its chemical sleeve that can leave their mark on your mouth. One is the same thing that gives a cup of joe its pep: caffeine, which also causes dehydration and decreases the production of saliva. Affectionately dubbed "the mouth's bloodstream" by the dental community, saliva naturally combats stain-causing bacterial invasions and helps protect enamel. Enamel also comes under attack from coffee's acidity, which makes its way through the pores of each tooth's protective coating, darkening the dentin and keeping gums up past their bedtime.
Short of giving up coffee, there are a few things you can do to prevent stains in the first place or to prolong the effects of whitening. Brushing your teeth right after draining the last drop is best, and chewing sugarless gum will help kick saliva production back into gear. If you take your coffee iced, even drinking through a straw can help—it sends the liquid right past the front teeth, where stains are most visible.
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