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The 50 to 64 Year-Old Market: Not Hard to Please — Just Hard at Work
October 1, 2004
The author discusses how people in the 50 to 64 year old age group feel ignored by marketers and offers ways to reconnect with this segment.
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A credit card…is not a square….it's a rectangle. A rounded rectangle at that…
in a candy pearl colored Mitsubishi diamante, go in a full circle and gather everything you need to do and come back with a square block of money aka $1,000,000
when a tennis ball hits the fence you walk over and pick it up in this case im saying that while im playing tennis at tennis practice that im selling aka "Serving" an 8 ball sized ball of cocaine thru the fence similar to how Andre Agassi serves a tennis ball in a tennis match
my backpack was the brand Jansport in high school i played baseball, basketball, football, golf, tennis, boxing, narcotics
again a reference to balling or taking a swing at it, im wade boggs is a former Boston red soxs baseball player .. when you pour Codeine into the bottom of a glass or a cup it sinks to the bottom and sits there and looks like a "Pog" which is an old toy that kids use to collect like coins but they were thick and if you pour a couple tablespoons of codeine syrup to the bottom of a cup then it looks like 5 pogs stacked on top of each other.
i wake up late in the afternoon and by sundown im wide awake and ready to start my day
I break the rules and i broke into the Rap Game, and when you break an entry then an alarm or siren goes off , one way to muffle the sound as u may have heard is putting a potato over the barrel of a gun, in this case i chose a half cantaloupe to put over the siren to and even when its loud it still sounds very low and peaceful like a wind chime, aka people hating and trying to stop me but im bout to blow up soon
i Hang up or dont answer if you are on 1 of my 5 levels of frequency
1 level to reach me is on an attractive level, 2 is to lure me in with gifts, 3 we are working together for a common interest, 4 a favor for a favor, 5 is a supernatural effect that we just connect
i joke around but my lyrical diamond quality skills cant be compared to any rapper or poet nor can anyone slander my skills without making themself look like a complete hater.
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Just some kids having fun, getting a museum to play in, and a major retrospective examination to be a part of. We thought this wall that the Drugs crew got to tackle was one of the best parts of "Art In the Streets." Not everyday you see some real graffiti in a museum. Oh wait, you never see real graffiti in a museum. We thought the show was just gong to be street artish, but graff was really nicely recognized. And next to Teen Witch, good SF vibes all around.
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JACKSON, Miss. -- A Jackson resident has been charged with depraved heart murder after an Atlanta woman died following an illegal buttocks implant.
Attorney General Jim Hood said Tuesday that Morris Garner, who dresses as a woman and goes by the name Tracey Lynn Garner, did the procedure in March at a Peyton Avenue home.
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Hood said Morris, 52, is charged in the death of Karima Gordon. Gordon died in the Atlanta area a few days after the procedure.
Hood said Gordon met Garner through someone in New York City known to authorities only as "Pebbles."
Garner was transported to the Hinds County Sheriff's Office and remains in custody at this time. If convicted, Garner faces up to life in prison.
A six-month investigation by state and federal investigators with the Mississippi Attorney General's Office, United States Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations and the Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure led to information which resulted in the arrest of Garner.
"While this remains a murder case, our intellectual property task force is involved to also investigate the possibility that the substance injected into the victim was a counterfeit version of silicone," said Hood. "We cannot express enough how valuable our partnership with the FDA Office of Criminal Investigations has been in this process thus far."
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Images: Expended artillery shells [Image 11 of 26]
Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Master Sgt. Raleigh Rogers of the Florida Air National Guard's 125th Fighter Wing looks over a pile of expended artillery shells at a Guyana Defense Force compound near Georgetown, Guyana, April 24, 2013. Rogers and other Guardsmen were in the South American nation as part of the State Partnership Program, conducting "Ammo Handler and Unit Armorer Assessments" for three days in and around the capital city of Georgetown. (Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa)
This work, Expended artillery shells [Image 1 of 26], by MSgt Thomas Kielbasa, identified by DVIDS, is free of known copyright restrictions under U.S. copyright law.
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542 miles in a week in the bag! Woo hoo!
The last segment of 84 miles was a perfect last day in a lot of ways. For starters I did not freeze in my tent last night! I was also able to get on the road earlier at around 6:30 am which was nice.
Today was a pretty flat ride where we enjoyed a baby tailwind all day. It's normally the type of segment riders would group up and easily average over 20 mph. However, several of us rode together all day at a very comfortable pace and chatted the whole way. We really enjoyed soaking in the sights of a different part and terrain of Colorado. In fact, I rode out front of our group the entire 84 miles thrilled to set the pace and take us to the finish. It was the most enjoyable "recovery/celebration" ride I've done.
The lines for breakfast at camp plus the food they offered was not to my liking. So I hit the road knowing the first rest stop should not be too far away. The tour went to great lengths to provide us with spiral bound que sheets that told us at what
mileage the rest stops were located. All the 1st rest stops had been about 10 miles from the start so I figured it would be pretty easy to do that on a very empty stomach. Uh oh-after getting on the road I learned that the first rest stop was an hour+ away-and I already had that starving for food/stomach caving in feeling. My clan is well known for eating early, plenty and often so this was a challenge of my genetics! At least I was with some others and we chatted a bit which helped to pass the time.
The best news was the all you can eat pancake couple was there-and I got an overflowing plate of fresh off the griddle hot cakes and link sausage. I think this week may have greatly changed my riding motivation. I think I'm now riding to eat!
The biggest issue today was just butt soreness. Some riders had to skip some days due to unpleasant saddle sores. Since today's ride was about as flat as it gets for the first 55 miles, sitting on the saddle and spinning just caused the butt muscles to scream with discomfort. After several years of riding I know I can ride on my saddle for hours. But there is just no way to toughen up the butt muscles enough for a ride of this magnitude.
We found that standing up and riding a lot more frequently than normal helped immensely. It was humorous hearing the folks behind me saying "ahhhhh" after we'd stand up and pedal for a while.
We were treated to very long views of green countryside that had mountains with snow covered peaks off to the sides. Before the first rest stop while the sun was coming up over the mountain ridges, we passed a golf course with brooks where the mist was coming up off the ground and water. My golfing buddy Craig would also be excited about all the deer that were out on the course getting breakfast. How often do you get to see things like that?
We stopped at the last rest stop only 10 miles from the finish not really needing anything other than to just soak up the views and enjoy each other's company. Needless to say the mood there was one of complete joy and elation. We all had ridden the 500+ miles in different ways but everyone was on a high of realizing what we'd done.
They also had a local DJ there on a PA system and offered a Tshirt to anyone who would sing the National Anthem. An older fellow who just finished the last climb was pulling in and took the challenge. He grabbed the microphone and cut loose with an incredible baritone version. Amazingly the hundreds of people at the stop got quiet and paid tribute. Kinda magical.
We earned and were rewarded with a really fast 13 mile descent to the finish. The finish line was surrounded by lots of people cheering and ringing cowbells. It appeared that a lot of locals came out to see the 2000 lunies in spandex.
I guess it's the laws of camping but I cannot figure how both my inflatable mattress and tent keep growing in size this week. The Asian folks are a lot sharper than me because I never could get either of them back in their original bags and just wasted time trying.
I learned that next time my travel bag will have wheels on it. It never failed that the baggage trucks were a long ways from the camping areas. You can only imagine how taxing it is to lug a 50 lb bag a long ways after riding close to 100 miles day after day. My daughter was gracious enough to loan me one of her large travel/duffel bags for the trip and I look forward to giving it back to her! Also, it is important to not put breakables in your bag. The bags are unloaded to head high and close enough together many times you just had to walk on to of the pile of bags to find yours. You should have seen the Lance peanut butter crackers and pretzles I carried in my bag!
I brought a multi-plug receptacle so I could better share the few outlets available at each camp site and still recharge my cycling computer and blackberry. It was a hit with the riders-it's amazing how many of us are plugged in. If I hadn't you would not have been able to enjoy the daily updates!
An EMS vehicle with sirens and lights followed the last rider across the finish to thunderous applause. There were many days I'd be heading to supper only to see riders coming in after being out on the road for 10+ hours, day after day. God Bless 'em!
I went to the closing ceremonies which was very well done-a very celebratory mood. This was the 25th year and I learned it was the hardest RtR they've done. I'm glad I didn't know that ahead of time! RtR is the only tour like this in the US rated in the top 10 in the world. I need to find out what and where the others are!
The oldest rider was 83 (I wasn't the only white headed rider there!) and youngest was 9-I think I saw him on a tandem. I stuck around to see if I was lucky enough to win a Parlee bike but I wasn't so lucky. However I was truly lucky to have experienced an amazing week with a large group of people who went out of their way to be friendly. I'll take away so much from this week including the names and faces of locals along with other riders. I hope to see them out on the road again.
I hope you've enjoyed these messages from "Paradise"!


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Op-ed: Iran crisis proves that we are not alone and that we possibly cannot make it alone
Donniel Hartman
Published: 02.17.12, 00:49 / Israel Opinion
Donniel Hartman
Like many of us in the Middle East, I too am concerned about a nuclear Iran.
While the term "existential threat" is an overstatement and counterproductive, a nuclear Iran does pose dangers to Israel,
the Sunni Gulf states, and Western interests.
Like most, I too have no clue as to whether Israel intends to attack, or whether it has the capacity to neutralize Iran's nuclear capacity. I would love the threat to disappear and for the world to act in such a way which acknowledges that a nuclear Iran is not primarily an Israeli problem but a danger to the world.
But beyond stating the above, is there anything more that needs to be said? The answer, I believe, is yes.
We have said what needs to be said. The Israeli government, military, and intelligence agencies are speaking with their American counterparts; continued obsession within the Jewish community is both unnecessary and counterproductive. It is time for us to get out of the way.
However, given the realities of our history, we Jews often feel, to echo the prophet Bilaam, we are a nation that dwells apart. We feel that when push comes to shove we are alone. We can count only on ourselves. This idea is a founding ethos of the State of Israel and the Israel Defense Forces.
One raison d'etre for Israel is to be the safety net for Jewish survival, the place with the power to provide a solution for any danger the Jewish people may encounter.
What is even more apparent is that Israel feels we need such allies. We are trying to marshal the international community to action through sanctions or a coordinated military response, and in so doing are showing evidence of our desire to work within the international community and our dependence on it.
This is a critical lesson which needs to be spoken about more and serve as a foundation for our policies now and in the future. One cannot shun international opinion or the desires of our allies and friends on Sunday and expect cooperation and coordination on Monday.
We must realize and internalize an even deeper and more important truth: Not only are we not alone, but it is possible we cannot make it alone.
We must start acting in a way that recognizes and supports this reality. Our long-term security interests will be most adequately fulfilled when together with our military might we forge strong relationships with our friends in the international community.
This new world has new dangers and challenges - but also new opportunities. We must create policies that maximize those opportunities. I don't know whether we should attack Iran. I do know that we are not alone and must think and act in such a way that embraces this new truth.
Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman is president of the Shalom Hartman Institute


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My baby is 12 month old w/o teeth. i was not worried about this until we were at the pediatrician, and he actually seemed a bit worried (and he's generally a calm guy, doesn't worry about stuff). he looked at her gums, not swollen or anything. we are going back in a month for a shot, and i could tell he wanted to see some teeth. we both remembered that when i came in for her 6 month check up, she had a ''teething rash'' from drooling, and we both thought her teeth were imminent. I did a little bit of internet looking,and there is something about late-teething and poor nutrition. My baby nurses, and though she is on the smaller side (30percentile height/weight) she is obviously in the realm of normal....my son was small too at her age. You can get an xray around this age if they have no teeth but i would rather not do that. He was also a late teether....he did get his first 4 teeth by 6 or 8 months, and then waited till 14 for all the rest. anyway, i am guessing/hoping this is no biggie, but if folks can put me out of my concern (who doesn't have a concern s/he is undernourishing her baby somehow?????) i would be most appreciative. thanks. toothless but happy
My dear daughter just turned one last weekend, and she has no teeth! My pediatrician says if she doesn't have any teeth by 15 months, she will have to go to a pediatric dentist and possible have her teeth extracted. This sounds horrible! Any parents out there with kids who got their first teeth after 1 year? What was your experience and should I be worried? Mom of toothless 1yo
My soon to be 13mo old still does not have any teeth. He has gone through many episodes of fussy finger biting and drooling and each time we think, ''this is it!''. But no teeth. When should we start to worry? The Dr said 18mo. Has anyone else experienced very late teeth? My sister told me that because they are so late, they must be really big, and now I have visions of big horse teeth in my little sweet babies mouth. Tooth Worry
Basically I think you should consider yourself lucky, because toddlers don't seem as disturbed by teething as babies. Also, when they come in late I think the teeth are stronger (and have had less time to get decay). (Our second child didn't get her first tooth until 13 mos too, and now she too has a full set of normal baby teeth.) --happy to have had 2 late teethers
My daughter is 12.5 months old and she doesnt have a single tooth! My physician is not concerned but I wondered if others out there have had this pattern.
My 18 month old has 8 teeth (4 front ones on the top and bottom) but no others. The 8 teeth he does have came in when he was around 8 months old. It seems odd to me that he has had nothing since, although he often acts likes he's teething (gumming things, drooling, biting, more drooling). When should I start to worry that he's not developing any more teeth? I know babies teethe at different rates, but I've never heard of a 10 month gap in teeth coming in...He's a great eater, and drinks plenty of milk and gets lots of calcium, and he doesnt seem to have any deformed bone structure in his jaw. Has anyone else experienced a time lag in tooth development? mom of a cute chipmunk
We are pretty certain that our 5 month old just cut her first tooth since we can feel and see a white bump on her gum. What is unusual is that it's one of her back teeth on the side -- we think it's her canine or cuspid tooth. Almost everything we've read says that usually baby's get their bottom front and top fronts first. Should we be worried about this? Is it really unusual for teeth to erupt in a different order? Is it common for the baby's gums to bleed when the tooth comes out? When should we first see a pediatric dentist?
Gums may bleed a little when the tooth actually erupts. Don't worry about seeing a pediatric dentist until your child is at least 2 unless your pediatrician tells you to do so early. Don't forget to brush those teeth and gums! You can use plain water and a wash cloth, gauze or baby toothbrush. Toddler toothpaste is ok, but not necessary as long as it does NOT contain flouride. No flouride toothpaste for children who are not ready to learn how to spit. Too much ingested flouride can cause discoloration to permanent adult teeth. anon
My eigth month old recently got his 2 front upper teeth; I am concerned because of the excessive gap between the two teeth. The gap is big enough to house a third tooth! Should I at all be concerned? First Time Mom
I have a son who is almost 8 months old. Last weekend, one bottom tooth finally broke through. My question is: is it common to have each tooth come in one by one? I thought that babies get the two bottom teeth at the same time, the two top teeth at the same time, etc., but it looks as though my son only has one bottom tooth coming in. Curious new mom
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Port of Oakland owner-operators halted the protest that began this week to seek compensation for upgrades to meet California's port emission standards and wait time.
Port representatives announced that as of 7:30 a.m. Oct. 23, the protesters were gone, all terminals were operating and truck queues had formed. The Port of Oakland Truckers Association began the work stoppage Oct. 21 after stating it would conduct the protest if compensation remained unimproved.
The Port of Oakland Truck Work Group, which includes truckers, port representatives and motor carrier executives, began meeting Aug. 21. The owner-operators want to mitigate the cost of meeting port emission standards that are stricter than the state demands of trucks not regularly used at ports.
Related: Tale of two CA ports in recent protest actions
The owner-operators seek that green emission fees be paid directly to owners of 2007 EPA-compliant trucks and either grant funding for upgrades or a deadline extension. California requires drayage truckers meet this standard by Jan. 1, but the compliance deadline for truckers operating outside state ports is 2022.
The owner-operators also have asked motor carriers to increase rates they say have remained the same for nearly a decade and to pay for some services truckers currently perform without compensation.
Finally, the association wants pay for wait time it says is now is a minimum of three hours. The group attributes the increased congestion to SSA's recent merger of three terminals, adding that the company prohibits truckers from using terminal rest rooms.
On Oct. 17, an Alameda County superior court judge granted City of Oakland's request for a temporary restraining order against protestors interfering with trucks entering or exiting the port.


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The NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms features 7,926 terms related to cancer and medicine.
Browse the dictionary by selecting a letter of the alphabet or by entering a cancer-related word or phrase in the search box.
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A drug used to treat non-Hodgkin lymphoma, advanced Hodgkin lymphoma, chronic leukemia, mycosis fungoides, and a type of lung cancer called bronchogenic carcinoma. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Mustine damages the cell's DNA and may kill cancer cells. It is a type of alkylating agent. Also called mechlorethamine hydrochloride and Mustargen.


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Well, it's Independence Day weekend, and we're taking a three-day break here at MovieFanFare. But there's more to the Fourth than just fireworks and picnics, of course. It's the country's birthday, and it offers a chance to reflect on what it means to be an American. The nation, its people, and its promise have been a focal point of motion pictures from the earliest days (Charlie Chaplin's The Immigrant) through Hollywood's Golden Age (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) to the present (Forrest Gump), and from kid's movies (An American Tail) to serious drama (The Godfather, with the opening line "I believe in America.").
Now it's your turn; tell us in the comments below what film or films best depict "the American Dream" to you, and have a safe and happy 4th of July.


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"As they led Him off, they made Simon, a man from Cyrene, who happened to be coming in from the countryside, carry the cross behind Him. A huge crowd of people followed along with women weeping and carrying on. At one point Jesus turned to the women and said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, don't cry for me. Cry for yourselves and for your children. The time is coming when they'll say, 'Lucky the women who never conceived! Lucky the wombs that never gave birth! Lucky the breasts that never gave milk!' Then they'll start calling on the mountains, 'Fall down on us!' calling to the hills, 'Cover us up!' If people do this to a live, green tree, can you imagine what they'll do with dead wood?'" Luke 23:26-31 (The Message).
Small talk between Jesus and the women! He's on His last journey through the city. Exhausted and weakened by the long, sleepless night, the terrible beating He had received from the Roman soldiers, the gruelling trips through the city to Pilate, to Herod and back to Pilate, the incessant chanting and needling by the crowd, He was too weak to carry the crossbar which would support His battered body soon to be suspended on it.
Anyone else in that situation would have had no thought for the people around him. He would have been too preoccupied with his own suffering and what lay ahead to be bothered with the onlookers. Not Jesus!
He was acutely aware of the implications of what they were doing to Him. The women were not. They did not understand the reason for His dying. They saw only a bloodied Jesus, perhaps dear to them because of a loved one released from pain or sickness because of His compassion, perhaps His own beloved following of women among them.
Jesus was moved by their wailing. He understood their sorrow but He also knew something of which they were unaware. He painfully turned towards them. 'Dear women,' He said, 'Don't cry for me. My suffering is short-lived and has a purpose. Cry for yourselves because what they are doing to me today had far-reaching implications. In three day's time I will be alive again. But your suffering will have just begun. It will be so terrible that you will wish you had never been born.'
What did Jesus know that prompted these words? Their representatives had judged Him that day but their judgment had decided their own. In the span of one generation they would cease to exist as a nation. Many thousands would be slaughtered in the city until their blood ran like a river in the streets. Their "indestructible" temple would be torn down, its stones scattered like pebbles, its gold and treasures plundered, and the city taken over by Gentiles for almost two thousand years.
They had rejected their Messiah and refused to acknowledge who He was. They had shut their ears to His message and their eyes to His love. They had seen but refused to comprehend His glory, His perfect mirror image of the Father. They thought they knew better and killed Him rather than admit they were wrong. Most of all, they were too comfortable in their greed and in their power over the people to think about their future. So they turned justice upside down and declared Him guilty and, by implication, themselves innocent.
The anguish in the heart of Jesus for these women was far greater than their anguish for Him. The outcome for Him was everything He and the Father had planned - resurrection and return to the Father, and reconciliation that would bring His alienated sons and daughters back to Himself.
But the way back to the Father is to believe and receive His offer of forgiveness and restoration. 'Your sin did this to me, but my death will set you free from the debt you owe me if you accept what I did for you and return to the Father.'


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Hi all
I have had my arm twisted and am off to Glastonbury this summer.
My initial view was not to take a camera, however all my friends (who know my love of photography) have said that I would be made not to!!
I own the following cameras, along with some consumer and pro' lenses:-
- Canon 5D MK II
- Canon 550D
- Fuji X100
There is not chance that I will take the 5D MK II, and there is little chance that I would want to the 550D.
So, the question is, should I get an extra few third party batteries and take the x100 or should I just purchase a cheap compact digital camera from eBay and just take that - it would cut down on the worry that I think I will have in taking the x100.
Please help!
Thanks all
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About this listing
If you would like to have both rooms (ideal for 2 couples) please make sure you also make a booking request using my other listing.
Minium stay 2 nights
The Space
This is the slightly smaller bedroom of the 2 I have ,with a single bed and a bunkbed, with a shared bathroom on the top floor of a detached modern Villa in Gaeta, Latina, Italy. Use of the kitchen is also available and access to the roof/sun terrace
Please note I live on the bottom floor with my own bathroom and dog!
The spacious gated villa is surrounded by olive trees and is situated on a hillside.
Gaeta is in-between Rome and Naples, so easily accessible from either airport (I can arrange to get you from the airport).
October to May = 40 Euros for room for each night.
June = 50 Euros for room for each night.
July = 60 Euros for room for each night.
August = 70 Euros for room for each night.
Amenities include WIFI (internet), parking, sun terrace.
Plenty of sun, beach and wine on offer!
Gaeta is a very old medieval town and has plenty of traditional historic buildings, restaurants, bars and local markets.
There is a local bus service to the old town or a 20 minute walk.
Monte Cassino is only 30 min away.
About me: I'm a retired male with a dog for company! English and Spanish spoken, as well as Italian.
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What Is Happening? On September 23, 2012, The New York Times ran an opinion piece that mischaracterizes the national movement to end demand as a moral crusade that is solely focused on arresting johns. The reporter omits End Demand Illinois and our multi-dimensional, survivor-centered work from the story, though we advocate for some of the very solutions that the reporter puts forward: better accountability for traffickers, and social services for survivors of the sex trade.
Readers of this article were left with a false impression of what ending demand really means. We advocate to hold people accountable when they profit from the sale of other people's bodies, and we're proposing a network of support to help all people impacted by the sex trade.
How Can I Help? We have responded on our blog to the NYT op/ed here, and now we need you to take action! Please read our blog post and then spread the word among your networks that you support ending demand. We have some sample tweets and posts to get you started:
Sample Tweets:
- End Demand Illinois is changing laws to help people impacted by the sex trade. I support #enddemand http://t.co/VFc2WuCY
- I support @EndDemandIL and its advocacy for holding pimps, johns and traffickers accountable. Pls RT! #enddemand http://t.co/VFc2WuCY
- I stand with survivors @EndDemandIL who have advocated to improve human trafficking laws. Pls RT! #enddemand http://t.co/VFc2WuCY
Sample Post for Your Facebook Page: I support ending demand for the sex trade! It's a common-sense approach with real success in holding pimps and traffickers accountable. To stand in support of survivors of the sex trade and End Demand Illinois, please share this post! http://caase1821.blogspot.com/2012/09/ending-demand-is-working-in-illinois.html
Send a letter to the editor. Ideas for content could include: I support efforts to end exploitation in the sex trade and believe suppressing demand is an effective approach. Johns themselves say that they could be deterred if they were arrested, but few face any consequence for their actions. Ending demand is about holding people accountable when they profit from the sale of another person, and creating specialized services for survivors of the sex trade.
Questions? Call Lynne Johnson, policy and advocacy director, Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation at 773-244-2230 ext 5, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The End Demand Illinois campaign is shifting law enforcement's attention to sex traffickers and people who buy sex, while proposing a network of support for survivors of the sex trade.


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The Martha Stewart Chronicles, day 146
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Ah. Lesbian prison sex has returned. But, sadly, not for much longer.
I'll be looking for the bar-soap nunchucks on eBay.
And when Martha says, "…it has opened me up," I'm sure she means it in a purely metaphysical sense.
Does not.
…rewards personal strength and rugged individualism…
Ah, women in prison–living out the last unfettered expression of the American frontier!
A-and it's beter than that old west, Jackson, I tell you what. Fewer gunfights and a <b>lot</i> more tribbing!
Oops, that should be a lot. My bad.
I'm sure this brings more than a touch of sadness to all protein wisdom readers. *sniff*
and to Jeff, too, for losing such an awesome bit.
spamword = larger, as in "thoughts of hot lez sex make me . . . "
I recommend the red seven card counting system. It's definitely a degree harder than wizard ace five, but it is one of the easiest systems to learn. It's unbalanced, so you don't have to convert a running count into a true count. Plus, it drastically improves your odds of winning compared to wizard ace five. The free game at card-counting-blackjack.com teaches you how to count while you play.
This makes twice now I have ended up on this exact blog this week, looking unrelated things. Spooky or what?


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Oxlajuj Baktun
The headline today was 'Doomsday Busted: The Mayan Calendar looks ahead 7000 years.' Never one to pass on an opportunity, I want to look at this reaction, and what it says about us western folks. This goes much farther than calendars and prophecies, but has roots in where we see ourselves in the world and our inability to find any kind of balance or relationship with it.
When we think of end-time prophesy we likely first think of our contemporaries, like Christian radio host Harold Camping who convinced thousands that the world would end on May 21, 2011. And of course we think of media personalities who have marketed themselves using the Mayan label.
I have not been immune to these criticisms. I'm a gringo, wrote a book about 2012 and have a website where Mayan is like every other Macro key word. I am a product of my culture, and like all of us, moving past it is slow and sometimes painful. I've edited out some of the crazier stuff on the site from over the years, but I'm sure plenty remains.
Few of us would hear 'end time prophecy' and think first of Christopher Columbus or Mormon founder Joseph Smith. Few would think of Zoroaster, living perhaps 4000 years ago in ancient Iran. This business is ancient, and will not end after 2012. That perpetual enabler of bad behavior, the internet, already hosts an on-line proof "beyond any doubt" that Jesus Christ will return on Yom Kippur, in the year 2015.
Since long before the biblical Book of Revelations, we have been programmed to perceive the physical world and the human race as being equivalent, with equal significance and shared destiny. We enshrine time as though it is a universal constant, the base 10 decades, centuries and millennia that reflect no more and no less that the number of fingers on our hands. Mayan time is no different, except they began with counting both fingers and toes.
Basic tenants of the Abrahamic faiths, including Christianity, were written down in ancient Iran by Zoroastrians more than 1000 years before Christ. They include one universal creator, pure and eternal, unseen, who alone is deserving of devotion. Zoroastrian writings describe the eternal nature of souls, spiritual warfare between good and evil, the existence of heaven and hell, and the ultimate defeat of evil and salvation of souls at the end of time. It also describes a cycle of global destruction every 1000 years – every 10 fingers times 10 times 10.
The Magi bringing gifts to the Christ child are thought to have been Zoroastrians, bringing symbolic gifts of their wisdom. The 1000 year cycle was codified in the new faith by the concept of Christian millennialism, and the 1000 year 'reign of Christ' described in the Book of Revelations, chapter 20: 1-6. Christians argued about including the Book of Revelations in the bible for at least 200 years. Over the objections of many church leaders, including 4th century Saint Gregory the Theologian, the book was finally included in 397 AD. More than 1000 years later, Martin Luther was still calling the Book of Revelations "neither apostolic nor prophetic." Despite all this, and despite the nearly universal historic agreement that this piece of apocalyptic genre literature was meant to predict the fall of Nero and Rome, we are left with the book as, for the faithful, the Word of God.
And for our western Christian culture, we are left with the view that the entire world, indeed the universe, is merely a stage constructed by God for the playing out of the human drama.
And we all know what happens to the stage once the play is over.
At the end of the 10th century, European Christians were on the march, waging war, invading 'pagan' countries in an attempt to convert the world to Christianity at the end of a sword before the year 1000 when Jesus would return on his cloud. Things had not changed much when Columbus sailed into the Western Hemisphere. Columbus saw himself on a divine mission from Christ. It was all about the Great Commission, the command of Jesus to make disciples of all the nations of the earth.
And of course it was also about bringing riches back to Europe.
Throughout Columbus's life, an obsession with the apocryphal underside of religion grew in importance. This is clear from Columbus's own 'Book of Prophecy'. He wrote that his sailing voyages "all turned out just as our redeemer Jesus Christ had said." He had, after all, discovered the Garden of Eden in what is now Venezuela. St. Augustine had said the world would end 7000 years after its creation. Columbus did the math. He wrote "only 150 years remain for the completion of the 7000 years which will be the end of the world." Time was short for his divine mission to make Christians out of savages. London minister Benjamin Keach predicted the world would end in 1689, just a few decades past Columbus' prophecy date.
Along with their horses and gunpowder, Europeans brought to the 'new world' their millennia old conviction that the end was near. Mormon church founder Joseph Smith predicted the end of the world would occur February 15, 1891. One of the more famous predictions was that of William Miller whose prophecy, based on the Book of Daniel, placed the world's end on October 22, 1844. His followers in New York became known as Millerites.
Predictably, the Millerites lost quite a bit of their membership after October 23, 1844. Those who remained, however, evolved into the Seventh Day Adventists, and explained 'The Great Disappointment' of 1844 with a Doctrine of Investigative Judgment. Christ did return on October 23 of that year, and has been watching things ever since. The divine judgment of Christians has been in progress since 1844. A 2002 survey found that 86% of the world's 16.3 million Seventh Day Adventists accept the Doctrine of Investigative Judgment.
Charles Russell attributed some of his views to the Adventists. He called his 6 volume work on the bible 'Millennial Dawn', and said Jesus returned in 1874 but had remained invisible. He placed the end of the world in October 1914, believing that WW I was the beginning of the biblical Armageddon. His 19.3 million followers are today called the Jehovah Witness.
Frank Waters, most famous for his 'Book of the Hopi', wrote in 1975 that the 13 Baktun period was a Mayan Great Cycle. He predicted the world would be destroyed on December 24, 2011. These were the earliest days of the marriage between western doomsday obsession and long cycle Mayan calendar science.
A Baktun is a 144,000 day Mayan calendar cycle. We are in the 13th Baktun at the present time, Oxlajuj Baqtun, in a count that began at the time of creation described in the ancient Mayan book Popol Vuh. No one knows exactly when the 13th cycle will end, but many Mayan scholars have settled on the December 21, 2012 date.
California artist José Argüelles, promoter of events including Earth Day and the Harmonic Convergence, published his book The Mayan Factor in 1987. His belief that an invisible beam from the center of the Milky Way galaxy would intersect and transform the earth on the last day of the baktun elevated its significance to a galactic level. The approaching age of the internet created a perfect storm in which the hopes and fears lying just below the surface of our DNA would once again, as they had throughout history, boil to the surface.
There were the disaster theorists, like Lawrence Joseph and his '2012 Apocalypse', detailing the myriad ways the earth could be drowned or incinerated. There were the New Age hopefuls, such as John Major Jenkins, seeing 'a transformation from one world to another', and Carl Johan Calleman, who foresaw the completion of the creation process of the universe. Although seemingly opposite, these would-be prophets are strikingly similar. They all believe that the universe is created and controlled based on a calendar we humans created by counting our fingers and toes.
So now we have found a room lived in by a Mayan scribe containing dates written on the walls that see a future after 2012. Thus the 'doomsday busted' headline. These dates calculate planetary cycles 7000 years into the future. We are happy to announce a change in our world view based on this unknown man's calculations. In the ruins of Palenque there are dates as far into the future as 4772 AD. There is no news here. There is an opportunity to ask ourselves what we are doing.
When my Mayan friends asked me to persist in my book project and offer an alternative to the doomsday stories shaming their culture, my heart was pure but my understanding was woefully small. I wrote my book, an alternative to alien invaders and pole reversals and killer asteroids, biblical floods and global earthquakes, but I was still living in the narcissistic world view that the earth was here for people.
It should not be hard to represent the Mayan perspective. After all, if you combined all the indigenous people who live within the boundaries of the United States and Canada, there are more living Mayans than the people of all those tribes combined. It is true of course that no group of people is totally homogenous, and there have been both Mayans and those representing themselves as Mayans who have been influenced by external and New Age influences. Some have become influential media personalities and motivational speakers. My friend Apab'yan Tew has stated most closely and succinctly what I have heard from many others.
'Various media have spread all kinds of ideas and assumptions outside of the Mayan culture. The most important point is that human beings and their actions, individually or collectively, are not the measure of things in the universe. In the Mayan worldview, human beings are just another form in the organization of nature, one part in the endless interweaving of natural forces. Our calculations, observations and derivations are restricted by man's position in what is only one corner of an infinite reality.
'The obvious conclusion is that there is no conclusion, no end-time to be determined by the human mind, no coming disasters or cataclysms, no warnings or Mayan gods articulating strategies, and no room for changes of consciousness of the transformation of human thought. While part of humanity continues to give themselves the right to exploit others, things will stay the same, or become worse yet.
'The end of the world does not belong to us as a species nor to any projection of our disappointment that may manifest as worship. The idea is ridiculous. So far, nothing we have seen in the undulations of the Mayan sacred fire indicate any tragedies other than those resulting from human shortsightedness and stupidity.
'The Maya do not transmit adverse omens. The error is by those who have stolen the structure of our calendar and filled it with the fears and apprehension that is their own way of thinking, and not ours.'
What is there for me to add? Only a reflection on what comes next. It is almost a common understanding now that without respect for our planet, it will one day fail to be able to support us. A play is not reality, and the stage is torn apart after the last act. But life is not a play and the earth is not a stage. If we gain anything after 2012, I hope some will think twice before trying to tell the Maya and other indigenous peoples what their calendar and customs mean, and have the humility to listen to what they have to teach. These are authentic human beings with ancient cultures. We and they are one species, standing in the corner seeing a piece of a reality we are only part of.
It seems a quaint anachronism for the hunter to ask the deer for its sacrifice, and thank the animal for giving itself for the hunt. Stranger still perhaps, asking a tree pardon, and leaving an offering when we need its wood to heat our home. The Maya offer a bit of every drink back to the earth. They ask a field permission to be planted. These customs put us in relationship with the earth. Our lives are intertwined, we and our planet, but we humans have much more to lose. These are not anachronisms. They are a path to survival.


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2014 Jaguar XFR-S, shown in French Racing BlueBesides red, blue is one of the few popular chromatic colors. It makes up 7 percent of the North American market and 6 percent of the worldwide market. It's popularity is on the rise in Europe and the color has been in vogue for a few years in the United States.Jaguar reserves the arresting French Racing Blue color for its models with the ultra exclusive S designation, which denotes the highest level of performance in the British automaker's lineup. The XFR-S was just unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show and joins the XKR-S as the second of Jaguar's uber performers. It has a mind-blowing 550-hp V8 and a starting price of $99,000. The only other colors offered are the classics: black, gray, red and white.Read the full story about the top 10 car colors >Read about British luxury brands on a comeback >
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In March 2011, Ecuador had its National UN-REDD Programme proposal approved at the sixth UN-REDD Programme's Policy Board meeting. The technical and financial contribution of the UN-REDD Programme will allow Ecuador to match other sources of cooperation to finalize its REDD+ readiness phase. The expected outcomes of Ecuador's National UN-REDD Programme contribute to the national REDD+ strategy implementation. Ecuador's National Programme places emphasis on the design of a national measuring, reporting and verification system and a multi-stakeholder engagement process.
In addition, the technical support of the UN-REDD Programme, will contribute to Ecuador's work on one of the most important challenges of REDD+ implementation in the country, which is to link REDD+ to sustainable development policies. By doing so, the mechanism will play an important role in social and economic development, especially for those who depend on forests.
Some planned activities for REDD+ in 2011 include (1) continuing field data collection for the country's national forests inventory and to address the information gap of the deforestation baseline due to persistent cloud cover; (2) signing conservation agreements for 200,000 additional hectares as a part of the country's domestic incentive-based policy for forests conservation, called the Socio Bosque Program; (3) setting up the legal, financial and institutional framework for REDD+ implementation, including the benefit sharing mechanism and setting up the national registry for REDD+ projects/activities; (4) carry out economic analysis to determine REDD+ costs and potential benefits; (5) defining the reference level scenario for emissions from deforestation; (6) implementing the multi-stakeholder engagement program; (7) building up South-South cooperation platforms with REDD+ countries that currently face similar challenges; (8) applying the REDD+ social and environmental standards; (9) inter-institutional coordination among strategic sectors and; (10) designing an incentive-based policy for sustainable forests management.
Past and Current REDD+ efforts Ecuador´s National Development Plan includes, as one of the environmental goals, to reduce the country's deforestation rate. Additionally, through an executive presidential decree in July 2009, mitigation and adaptation to climate change was declared to be a State policy. Since 2008, the government of Ecuador has carried out activities to prepare the country for REDD+ implementation, including the design of a national REDD+ strategy. The strategy seeks to simultaneously contribute to climate change mitigation and the sustainable management of forests by putting into operation specific activities, projects, measures and policies to reduce deforestation and the associated GHG emissions.
Among the activities currently in implementation are (1) the Socio Bosque Program that, by December 2010, has signed conservation agreements for more than 600,000 hectares; (2) collecting preliminary data of Ecuador's deforestation rate estimate in the country; (3) collecting field data for the country's national forest Inventory and; (4) designing an incentive-based policy for sustainable forest management (see Graph 1). Regarding the cross-cutting components of the strategy, Ecuador has been working on several activities including (1) the definition of the legal, financial and institutional framework for REDD+ implementation; (2) ensuring multiple benefits and cross-sectoral planning; (3) ensuring effective multi-stakeholder engagement and; (4) fundraising activities for long-term financial sustainability of REDD+ implementation.
Challenges Ahead After two years of work on REDD+ readiness activities, some challenges that need to be addressed in Ecuador during the readiness phase have been identified. Firstly, the importance of engaging other sectors, rather than only the environmental sector is now recognized as essential. The need of making REDD+ part of a broader strategy, not only related to climate change and forestry but to sustainable development policies is crucial to ensure successful implementation of REDD+ in the future.
Secondly, although Ecuador has started a multi-stakeholder engagement process through several meetings and workshops with key stakeholders; creating a unified effective multi-stakeholder platform, that ensures adequate participation and involvement in REDD+ implementation at a national level, is one of the challenges in the readiness process. To establish this multi-stakeholder platform in the country, technical and financial support needs to be mobilized.
Finally, the field data collection at a national level and to harmonize sub-national with national methodologies for baseline definition, carbon estimates and creating a unified MRV system represents another challenge that needs to be addressed in Ecuador. Technical issues, capacity building and costs should be taken into account when addressing it.
Even though further work is needed in Ecuador to implement a REDD+ mechanism, the country is willing to finalize its readiness phase by the end of 2012. To do so, to continue implementing ongoing activities and start with the planned ones is key to successfully comply with the Ecuador's goal.
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CLEVELAND — More than 600 people have signed up for a daylong conference on what law enforcement and health care officials are calling a heroin epidemic in Northeast Ohio.
The Cleveland Clinic and federal prosecutors are hosting the event Thursday at the InterContinental Hotel, on the clinic's Carnegie Avenue campus.
Steven Dettelbach, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, called the increasing heroin use in the region a public health crisis.
"Greater Cleveland's leading institutions are coming together to find solutions to this public health crisis," Dettelbach said. "The fight against heroin is not just about arrests. It is also about prevention and treatment."
David Rowan, Cleveland Clinic's chief legal officer, agreed that heroin abuse is not just a law enforcement problem.
"We support the efforts of the U.S. Attorney's office for bringing together this collaboration to stop the escalating abuse of heroin taking place in our communities," Rowan said. "Through this summit, we have an opportunity to fight this battle on multiple levels by bringing together health care providers, criminal investigators, and experts in addiction and counseling."
Officials said the number of deaths is alarming.
Cuyahoga County is on pace for 200 heroin-related deaths this year — a 400 percent increase from the 40 deaths reported in 2007.
In Lorain County, at least 55 people have fatally overdosed from heroin, prescription pills or a combination of both so far this year, according to Dr. Eric Lockhart, Lorain County deputy coroner.
Lockhart said he expected this year's death count to surpass the record 60 fatal overdoses recorded last year in the county. There were 22 fatal overdoses in 2011 and 22 in 2010.
Earlier this month, two men were arrested in Lorain County, accused of selling the powerful pain killer fentanyl as heroin, resulting in 21 overdoses and two deaths.
Gary Hubbard, director of the Medina County Drug Task Force, said heroin has been a growing problem in Medina County.
"Prescription pain pills and heroin are the two biggest drugs we see right now," he said.
Hubbard said many people who abuse prescription drugs have made the switch to heroin because it's cheaper.
"We're finding our crack cocaine dealers are now dealing it more than cocaine," he said. "Our opiate-based overdoses are growing each year."
On May 20, a 17-year-old Medina High senior died two days before she was to graduate. Medina County Coroner Dr. Neil F. Grabenstetter ruled the cause of death was "acute intoxication with heroin."
Thursday's meeting — "Heroin: A Crisis Facing Our Entire Community" — will look at heroin abuse from the perspectives of the medical, treatment, education, prevention and law enforcement communities.
The goal of the meeting is to develop "a community action plan that will lay out strategies and next steps in turning back the tide of heroin addiction," according to Mike Tobin, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office.
The daylong event will feature speakers at the forefront of dealing with the heroin epidemic, as well as panel discussions and breakout sessions.
Tobin said response to the meeting exceeded capacity.
"We've already got more than 600 people signed up and another 50 on a waiting list," Tobin said.
The meeting is sponsored by the United States Attorney's Office, the Cleveland Clinic, the Cuyahoga County Executive, the Ohio Attorney General, MetroHealth Medical Center, University Hospitals, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, the Cleveland Division of Police, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Ohio State Medical Board, the Ohio State Pharmacy Board, Cuyahoga County Board of Health, the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner, the ADAMHS Board, the Westshore Enforcement Bureau and others.


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Well-rounded fitness plan stems from a strong body
Sure, you regularly work out and try to stay trim, but are you fit to the core?
Your core, also known as the trunk or midsection, is your body's main source of strength and stability. A strong core helps provide support to joints, prevents back problems and improves balance and posture.
We use our core in almost every day-to-day movement, from picking up a briefcase to sitting on a stool to reaching for a book on the top shelf. Strong core muscles, even if hidden under a layer of pizza and Cherry Garcia, can allow us to move through life more efficiently with less risk of pain or injury.
No matter what your fitness program, make sure it incorporates core exercises that include more than simple crunches. To help you develop a strong core, we offer some previously published favorite exercises from the weekly Firehouse Fitness column.
The move : Retired San Diego firefighter Jimmy Fiero performs a side plank with forearm support on a ball.
Works on : Abdominal strength and endurance, shoulder strength and stabilization and balance.
Level of difficulty : Advanced
Precautions : Always perform this exercise on a mat. Avoid this exercise if you have a history of elbow or shoulder injury. Do not hold your breath.
Setup : Lie on your right side with the legs split. Prop yourself up on your right forearm. Momentarily support your weight with the left hand and place the ball under the right forearm. Position the legs for a plank position, (left leg on top of the right, ankles together, toes pointing forward).
Steps : Firmly stabilize the shoulder using the muscles of the chest and back, and then raise the torso into a side plank position. Rest the left arm along the torso and hip. Do not allow the torso or hips to droop or sag toward the ground. Use a mirror for visual feedback if needed.
Repetitions : Hold the plank for 15 to 30 seconds to start and then progress to three minutes.
Options : Experiment with slight variations of the shoulder position for additional challenge. Try balls of different sizes and levels of inflation.
The moves : San Diego Fire Captain Thom Morris moves a medicine ball in a chopping motion.
Works on : Core, arm and shoulder strength. Trunk rotational flexibility.
Level of difficulty : Beginner
Precautions : This is a dynamic exercise that can make you sore. Start with light or no weights until you are comfortable with the rotation on the exercise. It can be a cardiovascular challenge, so start slowly. Do not hold your breath during any phase of this activity.
Setup : Stand erect with the knees slightly bent. With both hands, hold a medicine ball at chest level and keep it close to the torso. Keep the feet planted but allow the knees, hips and torso to rotate as required by the motion.
Steps : Perform these moves with a little speed and momentum. Raise the ball up and over the right shoulder and behind the ear. Move the ball toward the ground and to the outside of the left ankle in a diagonal chopping motion while performing a low squat. Immediately return and repeat.
Repetitions : Initially, one set of 10 each side. Progress to three sets of 20 on each side.
Options : As you get stronger, move the ball away from the torso. This movement can be simulated with an exercise band if a ball isn't available.
The moves:San Diego firefighter-engineer Kerry-Shannon Grieser rotates her torso while in a seated position using a weighted ball for resistance.


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If this episode of Big Love is a little disappointing, it's partly because last week's installment was so gobsmackingly good. Anything short of the Six Feet Under finale (or that Lafayette scene in True Blood) would've been a comedown.
But still, while it has some excellent moments, this episode, "On Trial," lacks the show's usual cohesion. Whereas last week's multiple plot strands were elegantly twisted around a single theme ,most of the stories in this segment are sloppy.
I mean, I understand the shock value of learning that Lois lives in her car, but the feet-only shot of her urinating outside is needlessly provocative. What does that teach us about her situation that we don't learn from seeing her dirt-smudged face as she wakes up in her backseat, on the run from the vengeful husband she tried to kill? There's no reason to oversell the fact that she's living like an animal.
Similarly, why is the montage of Margene dancing herself into a frenzy so long? After several scenes of her attempts to imitate her dead mother---including flirting Don Embry, of all people---it's clear that she's having grief issues. Do the endless smash cuts of her sweaty hip-shaking really add to the revelation?
(Oh, and on that note... I joked about it in yesterday's Wife Watch!, but it's cheap to have Margene mimic her mother by sexy-dancing to the song "Take Your Mama." I guess they couldn't get the rights to "(I Just) Died In Your Arms." Curse you, Cutting Crew!)
Anyway, the excess information is highlighted by David Knoller's clunkily-paced direction. To be fair, my research tells me this is his first time directing a full-length episode, but still... scenes like the moment where Barb and Bill's mothers chastise their children for proposing to Ana never hit their stride. In that scene, Bill walks to each of his wives to declare his love for them, meaning Bill Paxton has to maneuver an obstacle course of set pieces and fellow actors. His physical roadblocks are so dominant they pull focus from the storytelling.
Yet the episode does have resonant moments. Nicky's shady motivations grow more fascinating every week, and I appreciate that we still don't know exactly what she wants. Because the show trusts us to accept the slow development of her feelings, we can be surprised when she, oh, pushes her elderly father down a flight of stairs. It's clear from Chloe Sevigny's acting that Nicky assaults him for a reason, but it's possible even she's not sure what that reason is.
Likewise. Sarah's thousand reactions to her pregnancy are refreshingly dense: Her research on giving the baby to a religious family is a reminder that her "teen rebellion" is complicated by her upbringing, but her irritation with Mormon parenting and her unspoken-yet-obvious consideration of abortion make her ultimate choice impossible to predict.
Unlike, say, the no-brainer obviousness of Rhonda's storyline. Of course she takes Adaleen's bribe money, and of course she hitchhikes to L.A. to push her demo tape. And because this is TV, of course the trucker who gives her a ride is a dirty, dirty child molester.
Sigh. Normally, the show is above that kind of cliche.
Episode Grade: C


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DENTON, Texas (7/6/09) Charr Gahagan has officially been hired as the director of strength and conditioning for the North Texas football team, coach Todd Dodge announced. Gahagan comes to the Mean Green after a brief stint at the University of Washington and over eight years with USC.
"We are very excited to have Charr with us. He has a tremendous background in the strength and conditioning world and is a guy who spent eight years at USC and worked under Chris Carlisle, one of the best strength coaches in the nation," said North Texas coach Todd Dodge. "Charr came very highly recommended and he is a guy who has Texas ties and family in the area which will help us."
Widely considered one of the up and coming strength coaches, Gahagan was a part of the USC staff starting in 2001 and worked under the highly decorated Chris Carlisle, strength coach of the Trojans.
While at USC, Gahagan helped train the three Heisman Trophy winners (Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart, and Reggie Bush) and was part of two national championship teams in 2003 and 2004. During Gahagan's time at USC, the Trojans had 42 NFL draft picks and 30 All-American first team players. "I'm really excited about coming to North Texas. I grew up just down the road and a lot of my family is here so that makes it even better," said Gahagan.
Gahagan was a three-time national collegiate champion powerlifter at Louisiana Tech and was named the Best Lifter for Men in the Heavyweight Division in 1999. Gahagan captured the national title in the 198 pound weight class and went onto win the Junior National title twice at the same weight level.
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Linux kernel developer Ted T'so shared his know-how in a number of tutorials at the USENIX LISA conference in San Diego. One theme was getting first help for system crashes, and in the process, he took the opportunity to present SystemTap.
"Don't panic," thus the first advice from T'so in his presentation on hardware crashes. Never spare time with his second advice: "make backups!" T'so himself puts a lot of weight in scripts to secure data, but he also points to open source solutions like Amanda and Sync, or commercial variants like BRU and Arkeia. After presenting a few possible hardware catastrophe scenarios ("Linux hardware can do some pretty creative crashing"), T'so suggests looking for causes at the lowest level. "I apologize" he says, "but I have to admit that Linux error messages aren't among the most sysadmin friendly." His suggestion is to integrate kernel log messages into the search.
His first solution is to use the image backup as a way to rescue at least what's left. T'so suggests having a good handle on the material to help in resolving problems. One area is understanding hard disk partitions and Logical Volume Manager (LVM), where T'so spent some time in an overview on filesystem monitoring. His example of an effective file recovery system is e2fsck, part of the Linux ext filesystem. His encouraging conclusion was, if you know where the problem emanated and if you take the proper care, most data recovery will be successful.
During his afternoon session, Ted T'so, also representing the Linux Foundation, launched into presenting SystemTap, a new developer tool. The software package targets technical support folks who can use it to tap into Linux kernel data noninvasively. T'so points to its effectiveness even in its current early phases. He cautions against using any of the other tools currently shipped with products, especially the enterprise versions where updates are few and far between.
Detailed information on SystemTap is available in the Sourceware wiki, which includes an FAQ and advice pages. Upcoming versions of SystemTap should include a Script Toolchest, and the wiki contains informtion on it already.
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Leadership Fort Dodge
May 19, 2009 - Dave Jakeman
I graduate from my Leadership Fort Dodge class today. Leadership Fort Dodge is a broad-based, interactive experience that seeks to shape future leaders by providing them with the background information and tools to become a positive force in our community.
Having lived here my whole life, 31 years, I thought I knew everything there was to know and heard everything there was to hear about this community. Boy was I wrong.
I saw and learned things during each class that I had never seen or heard about before. From touring manufacturing plants, to learning how to get involved through volunteerism, to seeing what our great parks had to offer, each class was more enjoyable than the last.
It also demonstrated to us that there are great things going on in our community. Things that we can take pride in. I came out of each session with an affirmation that things are moving in the right direction in Fort Dodge. It made me proud to be a Dodger.
Leadership Fort Dodge also served as a showcase of other ordinary citizens, just like us, who have identified needs in our community and stepped up to the plate to make a difference in our society.
People like Joe Ruge, who saw the recreational need for kids and helped start the Fort Dodge Soccer Association.
People like Deb & Casey Johnson, who helped with numerous charities in our community because they see the need to give a helping hand to others.
And People like Madai Taylor, who absolutely refuses to stop believing in the Pleasant Valley area and won't let the people in that neighborhood stop believing in themselves.
Get Involved! You don't need to do everything, but you gotta do something!
I also want to take this opportunity to thank Diane Patton, Program Coordinator, for organizing these classes and making sure everything went smoothly. Thank you to the steering committee for believing in this program and volunteering your time to make it as good as it is.
I also want to thank the sponsors who, without your support, none of this would be possible.
Ann Smeltzer Charitable Trust
First State Bank
Fort Dodge Animal Health
Frontier Communications
Iowa Central Community College
Nestle Purina PetCare Co
The Messenger
Trinity Regional Medical Center
United Way & Community Foundation of Northwest Iowa
Finally I want to thank our employers for understanding the importance of this program. By allowing your employees to attend this program, you are investing in the future of Fort Dodge.
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- Guatemala"Blue Quetzal" Bourbon , that's Bourbon the coffee cultivar, and this lot exemplifies it's classic, complex flavors. Raisiny sweetness, spice.
- We really don't need another Nicaragua on the list, but the review will explain why I had to offer the Nicaragua FTO Lozahoren (Dipilto)
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A very simple garlic pickle which can be prepared quickly if the garlic is kept peeled and ready. I used the big china variety as it is very easy to peel. Now to the simple garlic pickle recipe-
Ingredients needed
Garlic -250 grams (Peeled)
Salt - 25 grams
Chilly powder - 10 grams
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Asafoetida - 1 tsp
Fenugreek ( dry roasted and powdered) -1 1/2 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Gingerly oil/sesame seed oil - 1/4 cup
Vinegar - 2 tbsp
Steam garlic for 6-8 minutes in idly pan or steamer. Spread it in a cloth and let it cool. Leave it for 1-2 hours.The garlic should retain its shape and not be mushy. So don't overcook it.(do not wash garlic also)
Add turmeric powder, salt, chilli powder, fenugreek powder ,vinegar to the steamed garlic. Mix well.
Heat oil well, add mustard seeds, asafoetida, when mustards splutters, pour the oil over the garlic evenly and keep is aside. Do not mix.
After half an hour, mix it well and bottle it.
Delicious garlic pickle is ready in no time.
Note -It stays fresh in the refrigerator for more than a month.
More Easy Pickle recipes from padhuskitchen
Gooseberry pickle
Lemon Ginger pickle
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Mixed Vegetable Pickle
Lemon Pickle
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Just two weeks ago, New York became host to three new Michelin-starred Indian restaurants, prompting one to wonder, "Why here? Why now?"
London has long been home to Important Indian Restaurants, with dining establishments such as Amaya, The Cinnamon Club, Chutney Mary, and Benares rivaling some of the town's best French restaurants. And Vancouver's upper crust would just as soon eat at Vij's, an ambitious, upscale Indian eatery of international repute, than at any of the city's tonier non-ethnic spots.
But for decades in New York, Indian food traditionally has been burdened with a reputation for being "cheap and cheery," and its restaurants are largely confined to pockets of "curry ghettos" around the city. I've believed that the cuisine's spicing, and its menu offerings, were too esoteric even for foodies to fully comprehend, making it a challenge to tell mediocre meals from good or great. There were a smattering of elegant spots, including Dawat, Devi and the original Tamarind, but they were often treated as "special occasion" places.
In 1998, Danny Meyer opened a spectacular Indian restaurant in New York called Tabla, and I recall enjoying chef Floyd Cardoz's "interpretive" food there often. But despite great marketing and lots of favorable press, the restaurant never gained traction and closed after a 12-year run last December.
So it's highly ironic that less than a year later the Michelin guide has just blessed three Indian restaurants here with a star apiece while Tabla's former space now houses a Peruvian ceviche emporium. Michelin anointed Junoon, Tulsi (both in their first year of business) and Tamarind Tribeca (an offshoot of an older and unstarred Tamarind not far from Tabla) with the coveted rating. "Holy Cow! Break the coconuts, sound the Tabla, play the harmonium. Sing that Badwa-Randi song Chamak Challo," proclaimed the Indian blog SearchIndia.com upon hearing the news.
To put it in perspective, from thousands of restaurants in the city, Michelin chose only seven to receive 3-stars, nine restaurants merited 2-stars, and 46 got 1-star - three of which were Indian. Of course, these three all were in Manhattan, and a trip to Jackson Heights, in Queens, might have revealed a few more candidates - but no matter, the recognition is there.
Junoon is extremely elegant, spacious, and cost a rajah's ransom to build. It serves more-or-less modern Indian food with Frenchified service - of the sort one might find in five-star hotels in Mumbai or Delhi. Its environment only can be described as opulent-and-then-some. Its menu is written primarily in English, its language non-threatening, and its spicing a bit modulated. The chef is good-looking Vikas Khanna, who is no stranger to the TV screen; the owner is Rajesh Bhardwaj of Café Spice fame. New York Times' former critic, Sam Sifton, loved the notion that you could order a bottle of "2006 Valpolicella Grassi with your monkfish tikka."
Tulsi, which bills some of its items as "street food" brought indoors, is more traditional, its menu language less navigable, but its food rings truer. The impresario and chef here is the beloved Hemant Mathur, who was an owner and chef at Devi, and headed the kitchen at other Indian notables such as Amma and Tamarind. His butter chicken, Manchurian cauliflower, and tandoori lamb can bring tears to your eyes. I am personally thrilled for his success and this recognition by Michelin who deemed Tulsi "the incomparable one."
The new Tamarind in Tribeca, also in spectacular surroundings, goes for highly decorative plating of its dishes - and this is something fairly new among the town's Indian restaurants where food generally comes wallowing in one sort of sauce or another. In fact, the menu is so elegant and luxurious sounding that you might want to enroll in a graduate seminar in Indian culinary history to fully grasp their intentions. The vegetarian selections alone might encourage you to become one. In addition to their Michelin star, the 2011 Zagat gives an appreciative 26 point rating for the food.
While this is all a far-cry from the $6.99 buffet lunch at Chennai Gardens that I have enjoyed over the years, there's not much commonality among the chosen three, other than that none is located in Curry Hill and all are more expensive than your typical Indian bistro
I've had many splendid Indian meals, but mostly in India. One of my all-time favorites is Masala Kraft, in the historic Taj Hotel in Mumbai, a high-energy destination for the city's glitterati, where classic food has been "lightened" without sacrificing authenticity. I long for it to open in New York as it would no doubt add to the list of Michelin treats.
Does this mean that, finally, Indian food is hot? Is there a trend building? Or is Michelin over-reaching? Perhaps it's all of the above, including a post-recession boom that is allowing us to throw wads of money at previously cheap food, and a willingness to embrace the palate-tingling, exoticism of India's culinary landscape.
The good news is we no longer have to go to London, or India, to get great Indian food.


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