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Terms of Engagement
The Pit of Despair
In the streets of Pakistan, people have had it about up to here. For the Obama administration's diminished goals there, maybe that's not a bad thing.
Here is a sad, sad statistic for you: a grand total of 6 percent of Pakistanis aged 18 to 29 believe that their country is "heading in the right direction." Four years ago, the figure was 14 percent. The next generation of Pakistanis, in short, is sinking into despair. But it's not just sad, the way it would be if 94 percent of Somalis or Congolese had given up on their future. It's also extremely dangerous, because Pakistan has 185 million people, a large nuclear stockpile, and an array of violent Islamist groups who are terrorizing the country's own people and its neighbors.
There is something viscerally satisfying about the prospect of leaving Pakistan to stew in its own juices. Americans are feeling betrayed by a country they once viewed as a staunch ally in the war on terror. Even Adm. Mike Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and an extremely patient interlocutor with Pakistan's leadership class, testified in 2011 that the brutal Haqqani network of the Afghan Taliban was "a veritable arm" of Pakistani intelligence and added that the country would never be a "respected and prosperous nation" unless it mended its ways. And now, with America's endless military engagement in Afghanistan scheduled to draw to a close in 2014, the United States has the chance to disengage from Pakistan as well. But the truth is that we can't actually afford to indulge that impulse.
Pakistan is the example par excellence of the hopeless predicaments that Barack Obama inherited from George W. Bush. My personal shorthand for these snarled knots is: "You have to, but you can't." You have to persuade Iran to end its nuclear program through blandishments and threats; you have to leave behind a government and an army that the Afghan people can believe in; you have to convince Pakistan's military and intelligence leaders that the Afghan Taliban is their enemy, not their instrument. But you can't. So you come up with a decent-sounding-if-not-terribly-persuasive plan and send it off with a prayer. This degree-of-difficulty problem is why I've always been more sympathetic to Obama than many of his critics on both the left and right.
Bush never had a vision of U.S.-Pakistan relations much beyond, "You're with us or against us." Obama has tried to do better, through a combination of development assistance, democracy support, and the intensely focused diplomacy of Richard Holbrooke, the late special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. The "strategic partnership" that Holbrooke forged was supposed to demonstrate a deep and abiding commitment which would not only improve Pakistan's economic and security capacity but flatter the country's leaders into greater compliance with U.S. objectives. That didn't happen. Holbrooke hoped that U.S. aid, channeled through Pakistani institutions, would help bolster the civilian government, and improve America's standing. That didn't happen either. The relationship cratered in 2011, either because Holbrooke died in late 2010 or, more likely, because of popular fury when U.S. forces crossed into Pakistani territory to kill Osama bin Laden, and later killed 24 Pakistani soldiers along the border. The policy failed because it couldn't succeed.
In recent days, I've been talking with current and former administration officials who deal with the region, and several things have become clear. First, the deep freeze is over. U.S. military and intelligence officials are now meeting regularly with their opposite number. The Pakistanis have slightly opened the spigot on diplomatic visas, which they choke off at moments of pique. Bilateral working groups on the economy, security, education and defense have been meeting, and issuing soothing press releases. The United States, as one intelligence official I spoke to confirmed, has significantly slowed the pace of drone attacks; the Pakistani side has lowered the rhetoric. It does not hurt that Pakistan is preoccupied with national elections now scheduled for May 11.
It's not only temperatures that have cooled; so have expectations. The strategic partnership is history. "There's a lot of wisdom in having a more modest relationship," as one official said to me. "On things like the Haqqanis, our long-term goals don't align. It's better to recognize that they don't and work on what we have in common." In a recent article in Foreign Affairs, Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's former ambassador to the United States (and no relation to the jihadists), suggested that the two sides admit the truth and "explore ways to structure a nonallied relationship." That's not so far from what's happening now, though no one would dare to call it that. The chastened wisdom of 2013: "We can't, so we won't."
The Obama administration still depends on Islamabad for its exit strategy from Afghanistan, both because Pakistani intelligence continues to use Taliban proxies to destabilize its neighbor and because political reconciliation between the Afghans and the Taliban will never happen without active Pakistani engagement. Islamabad has made a few gestures towards the reconciliation process, as I described in an earlier column, but nothing decisive; Afghan leaders remain extremely skeptical of Islamabad's intentions. The United States is withdrawing one way or another, and Afghanistan will cope as well as it can with whatever support from the U.S. and foreign donors it continues to receive.
After 2014, Afghanistan will fade away; but Pakistan will still cling to America's trouser cuffs like a tenacious burr. What will become of U.S.-Pakistan relations when U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan ends? American officials have been at pains to say: We're staying. In a recent speech in Islamabad, U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson said, not once but twice, "2014 is not 1989" — that infamous year when the Soviets packed up and left the region, and then the United States did so as well. Those working groups will keep working; aid will keep flowing. Of course, the fact that a growing number of lawmakers oppose that aid, and that Congress has blocked free-trade legislation that would allow Pakistan to establish so-called Reconstruction Opportunity Zones to export textiles to the United States, makes Pakistanis understandably skeptical of that claim.
If abandoning Pakistan is a bad idea (no matter how gratifying) and if at the same time Washington has little if any ability to make military and intelligence officials in Islamabad comply with U.S. counterterror goals, the best solution may be to focus on the war on despair rather than the war on terror. It is, after all, despair among ordinary Pakistanis, not the brutality of jihadists in Waziristan, which makes Pakistan so dangerous to itself, its neighbors and the United States.
Post-2014, or for that matter starting now, Obama should give more authority to U.S. diplomats, and less to the Pentagon and the CIA. He should push for trade legislation –which will create manufacturing jobs — once Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina wins his primary against an expected Tea Party opponent, and thus can safely contemplate offending the textile industry. And the administration should stop doing things that play into the hands of Pakistan's extremists and obscurantists, like issuing ultimatums about covert support for extremists (leave that to Congress) and authorizing drone strikes, save in exceptional circumstances. Obama can't do anything to make most Pakistanis stop hating America, but he can stop doing things that distract Pakistanis from addressing their own problems.
now, there are very few signs that Pakistan's corrupt and feudal political class is prepared to face those problems. While it's a very good thing that the regime of President Asif Ali Zardari just became the first civilian government to serve out a full term in Pakistani history, there is no reason to expect the next government to be any less feckless than his. (It may, in fact, be his.) The only saving grace in Pakistan is that few people have fond memories of the last era of military rule: former Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who has returned to Pakistan in the hopes of starting a political career, appears to have zero appeal. Democracy in Pakistan is thus likely to survive its own persistent failure. That is a genuinely good thing.
Nothing good will happen soon; but perhaps someday Pakistan's democracy can begin to make inroads on Pakistan's despair. With low expectations and a modest investment, Washington can afford to be patient.

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My main room is an arcade - game room . Often when I get on I will search out new arcade games and rooms themed to such title or
listed as with games - arcade/s . During these journeys of visiting arcade game rooms I will often meet new people share interests and so on .
On one of these journeys I met someone who showed me about a year back the virgin performing artists . See site linked above for more
detail than I can provide as I've only experienced a bakers dozen or so performance shows during this time .
Basically they put on the elaborate routines to music and while that may sound same old song and dance it is very well done to say the least .
I'd highly recommend checking out a show if you get a chance and you're looking for something to do at a showtime . If you search rooms for
virgin perhaps with performing arts you'll see many theaters set up . You can find the showtimes and set lists at the link above . I also believe
you can see some of the videos of the acts on youtube but I'm not sure how good they are without being there in a live audience adds some
ambience . They do ap and non ap shows but having a large audience at times and with the auto run dances with elaborate stage set ups can
be a lot of load time for those will slower pc or connections . So be warned there !
I've tried to tell a number of performers to join here and shout out about themselves but as some of you know giving people even who
trust you links on imvu has become an evil in itself adding being set in ways or not into forums , time to join , interact etc etc .
Anyways hopefully someone from virgin will join in pixel pushers if they haven't already and elaborate on this short virgin performing arts intro .
They have an interesting history and alike pixel pushers are about learning and education as much as " play time " .
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Brittney Griner has been looking forward to another shot against Connecticut. She'll get her chance on Sunday when top-ranked Baylor faces the No. 2 Huskies.
The two teams met early last season with the rankings reversed and UConn escaped with a one-point victory in Hartford, rallying from a late eight-point deficit. The 6-foot-8 phenom felt the loss was her fault.
"That last game with UConn has been on my mind for a long time," Griner said. "The one thing I think about the most is my free throws. It was just horrible that game. After that game, I hit almost every free throw I attempted."
Griner missed eight of 13 from the free throw line, including some key misses down the stretch that allowed UConn to rally for the 65-64 win.
She hasn't been missing much of anything this season, leading Baylor to victory after victory. Griner is averaging 22.8 points, 10.7 rebounds and 4.9 blocks in just 30 minutes a game this season for the Lady Bears (10-0). She's also shooting 73 percent from the foul line.
So far Baylor and Connecticut's games this season have been anything but competitive. The Lady Bears have won by an average of 34.5 points. Throw out wins over ranked Notre Dame and Tennessee and the margin jumps to nearly 40 a game.
"I know I'm definitely ready for a game like this. Our team is ready for a game like this," Griner said. "These are the kind of games basketball players live for, 1 vs. 2, big games. Nobody wants to blow out a team, that's not fun. You want hard competitive games when everybody puts it on the line. Those games I love playing."
There has been a definite buzz around Waco leading up to the game, which sold out weeks in advance for the first time in school history.
"It's great for women's basketball, great for Baylor," Lady Bears coach Kim Mulkey said. "The thing I will take away from it win or lose, now we've played Notre Dame, we've played Connecticut, we've got Big 12 coming up. … Win or lose, where do we need to improve? It's a gauge, nothing more than a gauge right now. That is the way I will approach it after the game is over."
Connecticut (9-0) has run through its opposition this season winning by nearly 41.5 points a game, including a 30-point demolition of defending national champion Texas A&M in the Jimmy V Classic. Yet they are in a little different role, playing only their second road game of the season and for once may not be expected to win.
"It's weird," UConn center Stefanie Dolson said. "Everyone always says you don't focus on the ranking and the hype that everyone's talking about. Who's going to win? Who's the underdog? So for us we don't really focus on that. We're just going to kind of go out and play as hard as we can, compete as hard as we can. And whoever wins is the better team that night."
There haven't been many nights over the last few years that the Huskies haven't been the better team. It's the first time in four seasons that UConn will be playing a higher ranked opponent. UConn has only lost twice in the last three seasons — falling at Stanford last December that ended their record 90-game winning streak. The Huskies then lost in the Final Four to Notre Dame.
"I don't think there has been a better team in the country of going on the road and playing against Top 5 teams in the country and done a better job than us in the last 10 years or so," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. "That is the beauty of it. I am like a fan going down there Sunday night. I really want to see how we handle this."
Auriemma always expects greatness out of his players. He got to know Griner while she played for the U.S. national women's basketball team on a European tour this past Fall and came away impressed.
"There's nobody else in the world like her," Auriemma said. "I don't care who Australia has. I don't care who Russia has or anybody else has. Nobody has anybody like Brittney Griner … There's things that she can do that no one else can do on any other team in the world."
Griner has a mutual respect for the Hall of Fame coach. She even spent a little time on the trip going to the town in Italy where he was born and meeting his family.
"I always viewed him as a great coach, he's done a lot for the UConn program and women's basketball," she said. "I view him as an opponent this game, but this past summer, he was my coach. You've got to turn it on. Like when you're playing in AAU, your best friend would be on another team, you're best friends, but both are trying to win, doing everything to win and at the end of the day you're still best friends. It's the competitive nature."
Sadly this might be the last time these two meet as opponents unless it's in the NCAA tournament. The budding rivalry will come to an end Sunday as the two teams aren't schedule to play against next season. UConn first beat Griner and Baylor when she was a freshman in the Final Four.
ESPN NBA analyst Jeff Van Gundy, who will be broadcasting the game, was disappointed to hear that they won't be playing anymore in the regular season.
""They should do a mini playoff series, three straight games," he said." Once you get past the top 10 or 15 teams, who's challenging these teams? The preseason is almost a joke, beating teams by 30 or 40. It's not good for the sport."
AP Basketball Writer Stephen Hawkins contributed from Waco, Texas.
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Creole ladies walk along with rhythm in their thighs
Rhythm in their feet and in their lips and in their eyes,
Where do highbrows find the kind of love that satisfies?
Underneath the Harlem moon!
There's no fields of cotton; picking cotton is taboo;
They don't live in cabins like the old folks used to do.
Their cabin is a penthouse up on Lennox Avenue,
Underneath that Harlem moon!
Why, they just live on dancing,
They're never blue or forlorn,
'Cause it ain't no sin to laugh and grin;
That's why darkies were born.
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The first tip I published discussed how to execute an Oracle procedure with no parameters. In this tip, I will discuss a technique that works with IN parameters in an Oracle stored procedure.
After many unsuccessful attempts at executing a stored procedure with parameters, the following pattern was developed by a one of my peers working in a blended environment, Brian Hanley (T | B). With his permission, I have documented the solution here for your use.
The Solution:
The solution involves using variables and creating the SQL script to be executed in an Script task.
Here is the syntax for the procedure used in the examples:
SCOTT.spDelete1 (DEPTNUMBER int) IS
END spDelete1;
Create variables
Create variables to hold the name of the procedure, any parameters, and the finished script. In my example, I only have one parameter in the procedure, so I only use three variables. If it fits your needs, you can also separate the user/schema name into a separate variable.
The variable used for the statement has been set up to use string formatting with C#.
Prepare the Statement Variable
Use the Script task to build the statement variable (SPStatement). Start by adding the variables to the script task. Be sure to add the statement variable to the ReadWriteVariables collection.
The following image contains the script syntax to use to set up the variable. As noted above, the C# String.Format function is used to update the statement variable.
public void Main() { // TODO: Add your code here Dts.Variables["SPStatement"].Value = String.Format(Dts.Variables["SPStatement"].Value.ToString() ,Dts.Variables["StoredProcName"].Value.ToString() ,Dts.Variables["SPVar1"].Value.ToString() ); String msg = "SPStatement: " + Dts.Variables["SPStatement"].Value.ToString(); Boolean refire = true; Dts.Events.FireInformation(0, "SPStatement", msg, String.Empty, 0, ref refire); Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Success; }
Setting up the Execute SQL Task
In the Execute SQL task, you will set the SQLSourceType property to Variable and set the SourceVariable to the name of this statement variable. In the case of our example, this is the SPStatement variable.
This tip has been confirmed to work in both SQL Server 2008 R2 Integration Services and SQL Server 2012 Integration Services. The Oracle version tested with is Oracle 11g.


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Prayer focus: December 2013
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Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:1-11).
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow
As we move towards the Christmas celebration of the coming of Jesus, it is good to remind ourselves that we celebrate the beginning of an experience, an opportunity for life. But this once-a-year celebration is not all there is. It marks an opportunity to experience a life-changing event – the possibility to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. Because he provided a role model for our lives, and eventually died on a cross to be our Redeemer, we can live a life of forgiveness, hope and direction.
'She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins' (Matthew 1:21).
There's no other name but this name,
And no other name will do.
There's no other name but Jesus
For folk like me and you.
For no other name brings pardon
And sets everybody free,
There's no other name but Jesus
For you and me.
(John Gowans, The Song Book of The Salvation Army 71, chorus)
Say, is there a name to live by?
Jesus, we often struggle to live our lives in a meaningful and positive way. We worry about the challenges we face. We question the terrible things we see in our world and we fear for our children. We seek joy, healing and peace. We want freedom from the things that enslave us and yet, Lord, your Word tells us that the answers to these things are found in you. Jesus, in your holy name, help us to live in and through you. Amen.
Say, is there a name for meaning?
Jesus, as we live through these days that culminate in the celebration of your birth, help us to understand the meaning you bring to our lives so that we seek your plan for us. Give us wisdom to guide those who look to us for help and direction. Help us to live in a way that shows your influence on our attitudes, decisions and capacity to love. As we pray for a hurting world, help us never to lose hope whilst actively responding to those in need. Amen.
Say, is there a name for pardon?
Jesus, as we look on our world we see extremes – beauty tempered by the ugliness of man's sin and its outworking. We ask that your beauty will be evident to others through our lives. Help us to live as a forgiven people, ready to forgive as we have been forgiven by you. We are mindful that without your forgiveness we would be limited in so many ways. Jesus, you came to this world as a child to bring peace and confidence, to strengthen faith and instil love. As we see so much that is wrong in our world, help us to recognise that the answers lie in our relationship with you. Jesus, may your love, peace and pardon be renewed in us, and may your people everywhere express love and peace through faith because of your pardoning grace. Amen.
There's no other name but JESUS for you and me.
Jesus, at this Christmastime we celebrate your coming to earth as a baby. Help us to reflect on how your presence impacts our lives. Renew us through your presence so that we may sing with the angels:
All glory in the highest,
Peace on earth, goodwill to men.
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KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Eric Frenzel of Germany led after ski jumping and then powered home on the cross-country course to win the gold medal Wednesday in the Nordic combined individual normal hill at the Sochi Olympics.
Frenzel, last year's World Cup champion and this year's runaway leader, started the 10-kilometer cross-country race with a six-second advantage over Akito Watabe of Japan.
Watabe and Frenzel opened up an early lead of about 20 seconds on the rest of the pack, and then traded places a few times before Frenzel skied away in the final kilometer to win by 4.2 seconds. His time was 23 minutes, 50.2 seconds.
"I can't describe this feeling, it's so perfect," said Frenzel.
The silver went to Watabe in a time of 23:54.4. Magnus Krog of Norway earned the bronze in 23:58.3.
Watabe said he had nothing left at the end to chase Frenzel, who weighs just 60 kilograms (132 pounds) and was able to glide more easily over the soft snow on the course.
"I had no chance this time, I was really tired after the uphill," Watabe said. "I tried to beat him, that's the important thing."
Alessandro Pittin of Italy just missed repeating for the bronze medal, finishing 1.2 seconds behind Krog to take fourth.
Jason Lamy Chappuis of France, the defending gold medalist on the normal hill at Vancouver, finished 35th, 2 minutes, 37 seconds behind Frenzel.
"I was just trying to survive during the 10 kilometers," he said. "Right from the start my legs were not working well, the glide was not good. It has been a nightmare. I was passed by guys that I normally beat by a minute."
Using the Gundersen method, the skiers went off in staggered starts based on their performance in the ski jumping portion, all of them chasing Frenzel. Watabe started six seconds behind and 18 athletes had less than a minute handicap.
Billy Demong of Park City, Utah, the defending gold medalist on the large hill, was the leading American, finishing 24th overall. He finished 31st in ski jumping, started 1:33 after Frenzel and was 1:49.6 behind at the end.
Bryan Fletcher of Steamboat Springs, Colo., was 41st after jumping, gave Frenzel a 1:44 head start and finished 26th, 1:55.5 behind.
Fletcher's brother Taylor was last in the jumping portion, started 2:34 behind and finished 33rd, 2:32.7 behind, making up two seconds on the cross-country leg.
Todd Lodwick, also from Steamboat Springs, finished 34th in the jumping and said later he would not compete in the cross-country portion. Lodwick, 37, who is attending his sixth Winter Games, has an injured shoulder and wants to save himself for the Feb. 20 team competition, where the U.S. won silver in Vancouver in 2010.
The 25-year-old Frenzel, who has served in the German army, has been the most consistent Nordic combined athlete in the last two years. He leads this season's championship by 352 points after winning seven of the 11 events he has entered. He now has a gold medal to go with the Olympic bronze he won with the German team on the large hill at Vancouver in 2010.
Two hours earlier, Frenzel, jumping last, soared 103 meters and scored 131.5 points to overcome the 100.5 meters and 130.0 points posted by Watabe immediately before him. That ensured the German was first off in the cross-country event on the 2.5-kilometer loop course adjacent to the ski jump.
The next Nordic combined gold medal — the individual large hill — will be contested on Feb. 18. The men's team event two days later will be the final Olympic competition at the RusSki Gorki Jumping Center.


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- Chalene's 10 Tips for Getting Your Kids to Eat Healthily
- Get Your Buns in Shape!
- Nutrition 911, Part IV: What "Fat Free" and "Low Carb" Really Mean
- Test Your Weird Artificial Additives IQ!
Don't worry that children never listen to you;
worry that they are always watching you.
Chalene's 10 Tips for Getting Your Kids to Eat HealthilyBy Chalene Johnson and Denis Faye
As hard as it is to fight your junk food urges, if you have kids, you probably know that getting Junior to make smart food choices is triple the challenge. It'd be excellent if you could just yell, "Hey, you! Eat your spinach!" But you can't. As is the case when dealing with most aspects of a child's life, it takes commitment, patience, and some serious cunning to steer them down the right path.
If you've watched the "Healthy Eats" disc of the ChaLEAN Extreme® program, you know that Chalene and her husband Brett made a commitment to teach their son Brock and daughter Sierra the benefits of a solid diet. Here, in Chalene's words, is a little insight on how they did it.
- Portion control. Digging into the entire box of goldfish crackers, or any other kid's snack, is a bad idea. So it's a good idea to empty out that box into smaller ziplock bags, for better portion control. Do this the moment the treats are pulled from the grocery store bags! This helps children understand what a healthy portion looks like. Meals and portion sizes have increased nearly 40 percent over the last decade. As parents, we have to teach our children that it's not deprivation—it's proper nutrition.
- Sneak in the whole grains. Use whole-grain pasta and brown rice, but don't tell your kids. They'll never know the difference. No one, especially children, likes change when it comes to food. I like to use the "stealth" approach, i.e., fly low under the radar! When I switched my kids from regular pasta to whole-grain, whole wheat pasta, I did it in stages. First, I added just a 1/4 cup of the healthier noodles. Each time I added more, until eventually they were eating the whole-grain stuff and had no idea! They still have no idea! We had spaghetti at a restaurant the other night (the enriched-flour kind), and the kids said the restaurant pasta was "weird . . . kinda slimy!" How fantastic is that? The key is making the changes gradually and not making a big deal about them.
- Lead by example. If you're giving your kids apples but you're eating Snickers, it's never going to work. Following a healthy diet needs to be part of the commitment of good parenting. Never use the "D" ["Diet"] word in front of children. When you do, and they see you eating healthily, they assume that healthy food is something you're forced to eat as a punishment. Lead by example. Say, "Mommy is eating this for more energy and to be stronger." Make negative comments about food without nutritional value. For example, when I do have the occasional "treat," I will often say, "Wow, that piece of cake gave me a sugar crash and a headache. Now I feel so sluggish!" Use positive comments about healthy food without reference to weight. Try, "I feel so much stronger when I eat fruit for a snack!"
- Make food fun. Taste is something that changes over time. Our taste buds actually change as we age; this explains why some children will eat broccoli and green beans and others find the smell and taste worse than starvation! Continually introduce healthy food and find unique ways to introduce the food in stages. For example, your children might try a small amount of broccoli mixed in with their mac and cheese. Once you've gotten them to accept that as a regular staple, transition to broccoli with a creamy cheese soup. Eventually, your children may acquire a taste for steamed broccoli! Can you imagine the day? But starting right out of the gates with a big plate of steamed broccoli in front of a child who doesn't eat green things is asking for a battle! Baby steps!
- Don't pressure kids to eat. Present the food, but don't force kids to eat it. Making demands will just polarize your kids, while letting them eat healthy foods on their own terms leads to healthy habits. If your first attempt doesn't work, don't take it personally or assume that this is a life-or-death situation. Take a deep breath, let it go, and try it again another day—try serving those healthy foods prepared in new ways. It often takes several times before your child will decide to try something new. Oh, and I don't know if this works for everyone, but I find that my children will often try new food with their grandparents and at their friends' houses, foods that they won't try with me! Ask what new foods they tried and then offer to prepare them, and get excited about their willingness to try new foods.
- Be careful what you say. Everything a woman says about her body is like writing on the slate of her female child's self-esteem. I volunteer to teach exercise to children of all ages in the public school system. I have personally heard children as young as 6 say, "I'm fat!" Or, "I have a big belly like my mommy." Or, "My mommy doesn't want you to see her because she got fat." Seriously! Not only do kids hear what you're saying on the phone to your girlfriend, but they are projecting those negative images on themselves. It's unhealthy for you and your young children to be thinking anything other than positive thoughts about this amazing body that God gave you! Do your best to serve as a positive role model by speaking lovingly about your body and your journey to health!
- Relax! Food shouldn't be a source of angst for your family. Try to get your kids to eat healthier, but be creative, consistent, and calm. The bigger you make the issue of eating healthy foods, the more resistance you may feel. Play it cool. There are many studies proving that you can place salad on the table 10 to 15 times before a child will decide to try it. Remember that "insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result." If it didn't work the first time, try a different approach, a new way to prepare and disguise the food, and, again, remember the importance of doing this in slow, small steps.
- Get kids involved. Let them help cook meals and learn to read food labels. Teach them what's too much sugar and what's an appropriate amount of fat. Teach your children what purpose carbohydrates serve in moderation and what they turn into when we eat them in excess. Pick one item and just find that on your labels. For example, this week my children have been looking at the sodium content on labels. They get a kick out of trying to find the canned soup with the lowest sodium content or shocking each other by reading a label with an off-the-chart level of sodium. Food shouldn't be a mystery. I meet adults every day who have no idea how much sodium, carbs, or protein they should be consuming, let alone how many calories. Let's create a more educated generation when it comes to food!
- Think daily. Young children have shifts when they are hungry. A child will not starve himself or herself. We are so focused on eating huge portions three times a day, but naturally, most children will eat one full meal and graze at other meals. Avoid the bad habit of saying, "One more bite," or, "Clean your plate." These phrases teach our children that they are good if they eat more, when what we want to teach our children is to respond to their bodies when they feel full. Young children eat to provide themselves with energy. Eating to soothe sadness, eating to stuff ourselves, or eating because it's simply that time of the day are all bad habits we pass along to our children.
- Read up on nutrition. Read books about food. Explain where it comes from. I highly recommend Eat This Not That! for Kids!: Be the Leanest, Fittest Family on the Block! It has giant pictures of common kid foods. It's fun to make a game out of learning which foods are best! Also, check out CalorieKing.com, which lists the calories for most every food you can imagine, not to mention the nutritional information for nearly every restaurant in America!
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Nutrition 911, Part IV: What "Fat Free" and "Low Carb" Really MeanBy Steve Edwards
Welcome to Part IV of our oh-so-basic nutrition class designed to give you an overview of basic nutrition and make healthy eating much simpler. First, we had an introduction, which was followed by a very simple analysis of what you should eat. Today, we finish our discussion about marketing jargon, with a look at the two of the most successful slogans of all time: fat free and low carb.
Fat Free. We'll start with fat free because it was popular first. The dreaded "f" word is sorely misused out there in foodopia. About the only thing most of us really know about it is that we might have too much of it on our bodies. Fat is a colloquial term for looking more like Kirstie Alley of the TV show Fat Actress than Kirstie Alley of the '80s slacker comedy Summer School. Fat is also one of the key nutrients that we must eat for our bodies to keep functioning. And this is where the association problem begins.
Assuming we're fat because we eat too much fat, marketers decided that by making foods without fat we'd be less fat. This might work if, oh, nutrition was as simple as 1+1=2. Unfortunately, it's not. It's a science, requiring things like math 'n' stuff that we don't have time for here. All we have time for here is to say this is wrong. If you don't eat fat, you will die a miserable death. Fat, among other things, is vital for our endocrine systems to function properly. You might not know what this is, but it basically regulates our bodies' day-to-day functions.
But this marketing "theory" does have some bearing on real life. Fat is nutrient dense. This means that by volume, it has more calories than other nutrients. In fact, it's about twice as dense as other foods. So you should eat a lot less fat than other things or you might get twice as large. Fat also tends to taste good, so it's easy to crave. We don't need much of it, but we like to eat a lot of it. Are you starting to see the issue? There is not just a marketing idea but also a market for low-fat products.
Essentially there are two types of "fat free" or "low fat" labels: those on animal products and those on packaged products. Let's start with the animals, because it's simpler.
Fat-free dairy products and low-fat meats simply have their fat removed. There are different types of fat, which we'll get to later. Animal products tend to have what's called saturated fat. We need only a very small amount of this to survive. If we eat a lot of animal products, we can easily get too much, leading to high cholesterol levels and other assorted problems. The relatively simple step of removing fat does not take away from these foods' nutrient values. It just gives you less fat.
Fat-free packaged foods are a whole other matter. Things like cookies, candy, chips, peanut butter, etc., must be scrutinized because the fat is usually just replaced by another ingredient. It's often sugar, which is usually as bad—if not worse—for you. In some cases, it's extreme. Peanut butter, for example, is loaded with fat, but most of it is unsaturated fats your body can use. "Low-fat" versions usually include a lot of sugar, and sometimes trans fats, which are man-made fats that have no place in your diet. So by eating the low-fat trade-off, you're actually eating worse! Then there's candy, which sometimes sports a "fat free" label, as if not having fat is a perfectly good excuse to stuff yourself with gummy bears. Using this type of logic, why not consider crack? It gives you a lot of energy and, after all, it's fat free!
Bottom line: Fat free and low fat can be okay, especially in animal products. "Fat free" doesn't mean "sugar free," though. Learn to read labels. There's often more to the story. Some fat is a necessary and healthy part of your diet.
Low Carb. Following the astonishing success of "fat free," the "low carb" label hit our shelves a few years back with all guns blazing. Virtually no labels were left unturned. Even when low-carb diets were somewhat debunked, the "low carb" labels remained. Now you might see a "low carb" moniker on just about anything, from meat to rice to beer. Some foods warrant this, but, in most cases, it's absurd marketing jargon—it makes the aforementioned "fat free" slogan look like a paragon of advertising honesty. We're talking "swamp land in Florida for sale" territory here. Let's look at the worst offenders.
- Meats and veggies. Meats don't have any carbs, so when a meat product is advertised as "low carb," it's like boasting that your cat doesn't bark. Veggies, though, are mainly carbs. However, they have very few calories—so few that low cal should be their trademark, but, instead, advertisers promote them as low carb. Water, with no calories, would also fit this bill, but I haven't seen low-carb water yet, or have I?
- Alcohol. Low-carb alcohol is probably the most misleading label claim running today. A regular beer, for example, has around 12 grams of carbs. A low-carb beer may have 5 grams of carbs, so you're getting about 25 to 30 fewer calories, hence those commercials with the finger treadmills to burn off all the extra carbs in regular beer. But both have alcohol, which makes up most of the calories in beer. While technically not a carb, alcohol has a similar impact on your metabolism regardless of whether it's regular or low carb, almost twice the calories if you opt for the regular type, and few nutrients. So low-carb alcohols are a misnomer. Sure, they're all technically low carb, but they do the same thing to your system that you are avoiding carbs for in the first place. It's 100 percent gimmick.
- Chocolate and other sweets. We've now come up with all sorts of concoctions to avoid dreaded carbs. Two popular additions are artificial sweeteners and sugar alcohols. Basically, these are substances that aren't really food, have had no long-term testing performed on them, and should not be a major part of your diet unless you like living dangerously for something with very little upside.
- Starches. You can now find low-carb versions of all of the carb-laden foods from the past. Some companies sell low-carb bread and pasta, and are probably well on their way to harvesting a low-carb potato. Some of these changes are positive. Chips, for example, are junk in the first place, and most of the low-carb options are healthier. However, changing breads and pastas alters ingredients in a way that may or may not benefit you. You see, you need carbs for your body to function properly, especially your muscles and your brain. So if you are active, and like to think, you don't want to cut carbs completely out of your diet. The trick with carbs is to eat only as many as you can burn off because your body can't store them. It's only excessive carb consumption that will make you fat. With that in mind, we don't need a genetically altered potato. What we need is to make better choices in the first place.
Bottom line: "Low carb" labels are completely unnecessary. It's either spin doctoring or altering a food that you shouldn't be consuming in the first place. With minimal knowledge of how to eat, you can strike the words "low carb" from your vocabulary.
Other odd label claims. Right on the bandwagon we find "antioxidant" teas, cancer-fighting calcium, immune-boosting juices, and so on and so forth. It's nearly endless. Practically every health claim that you see on a label should be ignored, unless you're in the drug store. What's happening is that manufacturers' marketing departments are latching on to any bit of research that shows something positive and spinning it right off the ol' turntable. For example, tea contains polyphenols, an antioxidant. Always has, always will (unless we alter it), but it's not just Lipton any longer, it's "antioxidant" tea! If your diet lacks calcium, you have a higher risk of cancer, as well as an entire cornucopia of maladies; since calcium is essential for human existence, it's now "cancer fighting." It goes on and on. These claims are not always bogus, by any means. Tea and calcium are great. But it sheds some light on a potential problem if you blindly believe anything you read.
Bottom line: The best defense is a good offense. The more you understand about nutrition, the less likely you are to be duped. Learning to read a food label is a great place to start.
So next time, we'll discuss how to read a food label. And since this is 911, we'll even learn how to do it in 15 seconds or less!
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Test Your Weird Artificial Additives IQ!By DeLane McDuffie
Here in America, we like stuff. Stuff. Big, loud, greasy, and sugary stuff. We also like our share of artificiality. From our surgically enhanced body parts to scripted "reality" TV to the superhuman performances of some of our athletes, we love the artificial—sometimes even in our food. Match the food or drink with its weird artificial additive.
- Cake icing – titanium dioxide. Happy Birthday to you! Now make a wish. Blow out the candles. (Whooosh!) Yay! Now cut yourself a slice of titanium dioxide. Yeah, you heard me right. It's in the icing; it makes icing whiter and brighter. If you don't feel like eating cake icing, that's cool. You can still get your fill of titanium dioxide by swallowing some toothpaste or sunscreen, or running outside and licking the paint on the side of your house. It's waiting for you.
- Chocolate – tartrazine. Ah, who doesn't like chocolate? Chocolate tastes so good that, if it were possible, a piece of chocolate would eat another piece of chocolate. Our old friend tartrazine, aka E102 dye or FD&C yellow #5, contributes to our enjoyable, chocolate-eating experiences. Tartrazine is a coal/tar derivative, which means it comes from petroleum. Oil and tar. Mmmm . . . My mouth is watering already. Next Valentine's Day, give your special someone a box of chocolates and watch 'em eat a mouthful of street.
- Beer – propylene glycol alginate. Everyone, hold up your beers. I want to give a toast to propylene glycol alginate, a good friend who's always around when you need him. Cheers! Bottoms up! Wait a second. Did you just ask me where's the guest of honor? Oh, I thought you knew. You just drank it. Propylene glycol alginate is the goodness that keeps the foam at the top of your beer nice, thick, and frothy. Who needs a milk moustache when you can have a propylene glycol alginate goatee?
- Coconut spread – sorbitan monostearate. Sorbitan monostearate . . . Yes! You can't help but love how that rolls off your tongue and into your stomach. Considered safe, synthetic wax (sorbitan monostearate's street name) is everywhere. It's in coconut spread, milk and cream substitutes for your coffee, some drinks, etc. It helps keep your Cool Whip from becoming all watery while in the ol' icebox. The fact that it's also in hemorrhoid cream just makes it all the better.
- Cool Whip – polysorbate 60. Speaking of Cool Whip, polysorbate 60 is one of its many ingredients. It's also present in one of the healthiest foods in existence, the Twinkie. Scientists make polysorbate 60 by polymerizing ethylene oxide with a sugar alcohol derivative. And if you can translate that last sentence, then you're smarter than most of us. So smart, in fact, that I bet you knew that it's used as an emulsifier and as a detergent, and is one of the chief components in sex lubricants. (Crickets chirping.) No punch lines here. And that's all I'm gonna say about that.
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Almond Joy
Double Almond Cookies
2 cups flour
1/2 cup finely chopped almonds (I use my blender)
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tsp. pure almond extract
Mix flour, almonds and salt; set aside. Beat butter and sugar until creamy. Blend in egg and extract. Gradually mix in flour mixture. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
Have a great Thursday!
12 comments:
- Ice Cream said...
Mmmm. I love all things almond. But, then I love all things nutty. Thanks for sharing the recipe, I've been needing a new non-chocolate cookie recipe.
- May 1, 2008 at 8:59 AM
- The Brough Family said...
I think I've had these at your house, they were wonderful. Glad for the recipe!!
- May 1, 2008 at 10:01 AM
- Firefly Nights said...
Anything that says "double almond" has to be good. I just added this to my recipe file.
- May 1, 2008 at 12:57 PM
- Rosanne said...
Yum, sounds good. I'll have to try these sometime. Thanks for sharing!
- May 1, 2008 at 4:31 PM
- Leenz said...
I can't wait to try this-- I LOVE almond baked goods. I have a great recipe for almond cranberry cake I need to share with you.
- May 1, 2008 at 7:10 PM
- Kathy said...
These look wonderful - I love almonds too!
Kathy@ Mimi's Garden
- May 1, 2008 at 9:22 PM
- jessica said...
a definite must try! yum!
- May 1, 2008 at 9:33 PM
- jillytacy said...
I love almond too and will definitely be trying these. If you love almond check out my Pecan Toffee Biscotti recipe. It's my favorite.
- May 1, 2008 at 9:44 PM
These sound really good! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
- May 1, 2008 at 10:10 PM
- Jane of Seagull Fountain said...
I love almond flavoring too! Esp. when I can mix it with real cherries (or if canned, the tart cherries). Oh, these look good. Whenever I finish off a bottle of almond extract it's hard to throw away the bottle; I'd rather just sit around and sniff it every few minutes.
- May 1, 2008 at 11:31 PM
- Kristi said...
Ok, I am late in adding my comment, but having tried these in person, I have to say they are seriously DELISH!!!! Sooo good! I'll add it to my recipe file of yummy Amber recipes!
- May 2, 2008 at 9:42 AM
- Kyndra said...
I'm totally going to try this! I am an almond fan too!
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Just wanted to chime in and let you know that I was able to get an appt with the peri (after calling and insisting on the referral!) My appt is in 2 wks with a dr. that comes up to Alex from Lafayette. I never thought i'd be this excited about a dr. appt! Thanks for your feedback. I feel more at ease now that i have the appt scheduled - it's like someone's finally listening to me! Tata!
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Yesterday, we received a 6 in. of snow in a weird blizzard that was pocketed between very warm spring days here in South Dakota. I must say that while I'm a little annoyed that winter wants to stick around, I welcome the moisture as it's been a very cold, dry winter for us so far.
The last real moisture we had was last fall, with 4 in. of rain falling the day after we weaned calves and put them in our feedlot. How's that for good timing? Despite the mud that followed, I think that late fall rain will help tide us over as we move into the spring months. Looking ahead, I'm uncertain how our forage options are going to fare this spring and summer. It's too early to tell for us.
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How about you? I know many areas are still struggling with drought, and my neighbors to the east (Minnesota and Wisconsin) have experienced the opposite, with plenty of snow to blanket those pastures and hay fields.
This week's poll on the beefmagazine.com homepage asks, "What are your forage prospects for spring 2014?"
With 49 votes so far, 45% say things are not looking good at this point; 20% (myself included) say it's too early to tell; 18% say forages are about average right now; and the remaining 16% are feeling optimistic and say things look great right now.
You can vote in the poll here, and be sure to leave an update with how moisture levels are in your neck of the woods.
One reader from central Texas writes, "We would take moisture in any form. We haven't had any significant rain since November. It is trying to green up, but it can't do much without some soaking rain."
Another reader from Nebraska adds, "We had a very dry winter here in northern Nebraska and we need a lot of moisture."
Others have reported some winter kill and fire risks, while the lucky few have reported good snow cover and moisture in early March.
What about you? Where are you located, and how are things looking? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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Controversial Mobile Black Foot Soldier Moses Abernathy has reportedly issued a scathing condemnation against the State's trial and jury's verdict against black on white reparations protester Michael Lee.
"Even in the tragic death of one of their privileged sons, it is apparent that the Miree family is still refusing to accept responsibility for their family's generational race crimes against our people and their kind's crimes against our people. Infact, this family of flagrant and piggish racial terrorists seek sympathy for the death of their Trans Atlantic Slave Trade denying son."


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- Glad we won that game. While some did make the point (Brother Steve included) that a loss might have lit a hotter fire under the management of the Packers to make something happen in the off-season, I think ultimately it was important that we didn't lose that game. We have some young guys (including a young head coach) with football egos still developing and a loss yesterday could have done major damage.
- Rodgers was awesome yesterday. Watching and reading interviews, I know that Aaron Rodgers cares about his stats. He pays attention to them carefully. And, I wouldn't doubt that when he threw the bomb to Driver he knew it put him over 4000 yards. And you know what? I don't care if he tracks his own stats. Doesn't bother me at all. If it helps motivate him to play well and it doesn't interfere with him trying to win games, I could care less. I've been very pleased with Rodgers. Quality guy, quality player.
- Grant finished the season with over 1200 yards – putting him at #9 overall in the NFL. Our expectations were certainly higher for him than what he produced, and I do have concerns about his role in not breaking the big gainers – but overall, not terrible. I also was very impressed with our back-up RBs: Jackson and Wynn. Both found ways to contribute significantly whenever they had a chance this year.
- Defense was OK yesterday, but should have been better against lowly Detroit. I do really like this 2008 trend of interceptions. Collins and Woodson have to scare opposing QBs quite a bit not only because of the picks but because of their return abilities afterward. Tramon Williams has added nicely to the interception threat too.
- I do wonder re Sanders' job security. Replacing Sanders with Mangini would be a quick improvement as Bucky, Trav and others have pointed out if Mangini were willing.
- Favre should retire. He didn't look good yesterday. It's too bad he had to go out like that. Despite being an important part of getting the team to 8-3 (yes the RBs were good as was the D and the O-line, but Favre was passing well and importantly giving the team needed leadership), he really faded down the stretch when the Jets needed him most (though their run game also faded big-time it seemed). It's just time for him to go.
- Good for Miami and Chad Pennington. I wonder what Brother Steve thinks now of my man-crush on Pennington.
- Nice effort by Detroit as Ace said in a comment. They came to play and they played hard. They're very bad, so they didn't win. But they tried hard.
- Anyone see Rian Lindell's FG attempt in Buffalo? Hilarious. Wind blew it 40 yards to the right. Unreal.
- Hard to watch that Philly/Dallas game not just because of the blowout but because I can't stand either team.
- Anyone watch Tarvaris drive the Vikes down the field for the winning FG? Nice. He and the Vikes face a big test this week against Philly.
- Not sure how Wade Phillips still has a job. I would have fired him earlier this year. That guy is terrible. Talk about having a glazed over look on the sidelines! He just doesn't look like he knows what's going on or what to do next. He doesn't have a big enough personality to deal with being the Dallas head coach. Holmgren would fit well there and he could help make Romo a complete player…perhaps one who can eventually win a big game.
- Did Arizona switch back to starting E James again? I think so. Interesting.
- I'm not sure Orlovsky is terrible. He has had moments this year that have been impressive (along with Detroit-like moments). Their QB situation will be interesting to follow this coming off-season – as will all the other drama.
- Steve said the other day that he and I should apply for Detroit's GM position. He said that it would be impossible not to do a better job than Millen and co. Impossible. He wasn't being arrogant, he was being accurate. I would submit that anybody who has heard of the NFL could do a better job than those tools.
Quick Detroit/NFL thoughts
4 Responses to "Quick Detroit/NFL thoughts"
56Coop Says:
December 29, 2008 at 3:08 pm |
Sometimes the truth just hurts. Was reading Tom Curran's take on the playoff picture and he had this to say while he was discussing Atlanta—
"The Falcons are 7-2 in their final nine games and have shown an ability to play well on the road this season with wins in Minnesota, San Diego, Oakland and Green Bay. Not exactly the iron of the league".
I understand that this year makes us appear mediocre & I certainly hope the changes get made in the offseason to get us back to the "cream of the crop" level. (And it shouldn't take a whole lot) At least we didn't just crumble to dust like Dallas did. One thought that jumps out at me though–two of those teams that Curran calls not exactly the iron of the league–are in the playoffs.
Guess that's what parity does for you.
bucky Says:
December 29, 2008 at 3:12 pm |
I don't understand the disrespect for Crennel as a defensive coordinator. He may be a lousy head coach, but I seem to recall he did a pretty good job as a DC with the Pats. Not sure he's the right guy, but at least I'd talk to him.
Another ex-DC is one I can't believe still has a job- Marvin Lewis. He did a great job with the Ravens D for years, but outside of one year, he's dopne crap as HC of the Bengals. I'd keep an eye on him as well.
Wade Phillips as well has been a good D coordinator. But we may have to wait a while before JJ decides to can him. He will, though, mark my words.
Finally there's Dick Jauron. Again, a crappy HC, but also again, he's had some success as a DC. And I gotta wonder about Jack Del Rio; is his job safe? He too could be worth talking to.
My point is that it appears as if there will be a number of decent DC candidates looking for work this offseason. I think my favorite of the guys who are likely to be available is Mangini, but some of the other guys are at least worth a look.
Scott W Says:
December 29, 2008 at 3:37 pm |
Speaking of teflon head coaches (besides Wade Phillips), how does Mike Shanahan still have a job?
Cindy V Says:
December 30, 2008 at 7:55 pm |
Mike Shanahan doesn't have a job. He was given the pink slip today.


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