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I have a 98 silverado 2500 xtend cab long bed. When it is cold in the morning and I back out of the driveway, the
grab, sometimes locking up the wheels, but after a block or so, they smooth out and work fine. If I park it all day it will happen again in the evening. I had the mechanic replace both front and back brakes with all chev parts - pads, rotors, drums, disks, everything - the mechanic even replaced the brake fluid reservoir. The brakes work great, but they still lock up the first few times I step on them when it's cold, the mechanic was stumped, what could be the problem?
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Greetings. My 2000 does the same thing! We determined since I don't drive the truck every day and I live right on a river the fault was rust building up on the brakes. Once I drive a short distance the light rust is knocked off and it won't happen again until the truck sits and has a chance to re-rust. Is it very damp or humid where you live? Could be the same thing going on. My brakes last about 25,000 miles in the front so I don't think I have a real problem here. The brake rotors are pretty large and there is a lot of exposed surface area and I am pretty sure that is the culprit.
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don't think it is rust. Like I said, everything is new, $12, 1300 dollars worth, and it happened the day after getting all new brakes, and every morning since. If I drive someplace and let it sit for all day, it will happen in the evening. I live in a very dry climate (desert) actually my mechanic has a truck like mine, and it doesn't happen to him, but he can't seem to find the prob.
my truck does occasionally carry a large heavy camper, could it have something to do with the ABS?
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No, ABS is not going to apply the brakes. If it were applying the brakes you would have to hear the ABS pump run. Since the problem surfaced after work was done, logic would make me conclude the problem lies with something related to the workmanship or the materials.
We all know that brake work is pretty easy and there are not many ways you could do it wrong.
So that leaves the materials.
All chevy parts? Lets examine that for a moment. ACDELCO brake parts are not the origninal equipment parts like may be implied. ACDELCO is an aftermarket parts line sold through independent distibutors and are NOT made by General Motors. By now you can guess where I am going with this. I would request as nicely as possible to your mechanic that you replace the pads with a different high quality brand SEMI METALIC brakes like the vehicle was built with. The first choice from ACDELCO for brake pads is part number
which are ceramic brake pads. Maybe these pads are the cause? I haven't heard of ceramic pads causing this kind of problem before but if the problem is not likely to be workmanship then your best action is going to have to be looking at a parts problem.
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Sorry if I was not clear in my original question. The grabbing problem has been happening as I described for at least two years! I replaced the back brakes last August. The mechanic recommened only orig chev parts and that's what he said he used, I went to a different brake place in September, and told them all chev parts, and did the front brakes. I know a lot of people in town and like to spread my business around. The grabbing happens the same now as it did before so can't be related to the recent work done.
Both mechanics were stumped by the grabbing problem, but the otherwise old and loping brakes now work smooth. I've consulted a third mechanic, my brother-in-law, and good friend (for thirty years owned his own shop) who is also stumped by the grabbing, but has verified that I have original chev parts, and that the work done in the past few months was good.
I still haven't received an acceptable answer with information that will help me fix the grabbing problem...
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Hello again! You are reading the words but you are not getting my message. You are looking for a fancy answer to a simple problem. I hear a lot of specualtion but don't see any action being taken. I own 2 of these trucks one gas and one diesel as well as a 99 Tahoe diesel. I know about brakes. I have campers, car trailers and haul wood for heat. You need to take some action like replacing the brake pads and making sure the caliper slides are clean and putting new hardware. No one including you, me or any one you spread it around to is going to figure this one out without some parts changing. You are going to have to take the bull by the
and look at a parts or contamination related issue. Is anyone spraying silicone on the wheels and its getting on the rotors? Like that tire shine option at the local car wash?
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On March 2, 1965, The Sound of Music opened at the Albee Theater in downtown Cincinnati to much fanfare. The movie would go on to gross over $163 million nationwide. It won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture.
On June 1, 2001, Moulin Rouge, the latest big-budget Hollywood musical will play Cincinnati's small art house theaters to very little fanfare but a great deal of curiosity, despite international stars, Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, leading the chorus. Even the commercials hide its very musicality. How did it come to this?
Opening Song
To take a proper look at the downfall of the movie musical -- and the seemingly biannual pronouncement that it's resurrecting -- you have to go back to the end of the "Golden Era" of the musical in the 1940s and '50s. The names Rodgers & Hammerstein were bigger than Shakespeare in live theater. It made perfect sense to transfer those stage hits to the screen, often with the same cast. Hence, Oklahoma, My Fair Lady and The Music Man.
All was well through the 1960s, until Oliver! hit the screen. Opened in 1968, Oliver! took home the Best Picture Oscar. It was a bizarre achievement when you consider that Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey wasn't even nominated. Cineastes and film critics went bonkers. That controversy would become the beginning of the end of the musical film.
But Hollywood wouldn't stop trying, with decidedly mixed results. The 1970s brought Cabaret, Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. 'Nuff said. The 1980s had still fewer hits, artistically or financially. Annie, Little Shop of Horrors and Popeye topped the list that decade.
By 1986, the movie musical had officially been declared a dead genre. Cause of death? Grease 2.
Not that Hollywood wouldn't have lapses. Disney's Newsies tried hard to reinvigorate the big production musical in 1992, using the turn-of-the-century newspaper trade as its backdrop. It was summarily panned and virtually ignored at the box office.
THe tearful Ballad
Yet, throughout this "down" time, some movies actually gained steam. Either in the cult midnight movie circuit or strictly through the blossoming video rental business, films like Rocky Horror and the original Grease made a lot of money and a whole lot of fans. Breaking into song while walking down the street was hip again, but no one knew it.
And then, Disney tried again, with a better idea. The Mouse Company would try a lavish Hollywood musical in animated form. It worked. Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King all would gross well over $200 million domestically. Sure, animated musicals had been Disney's trademark for decades, but not until the 1990s did those movies aim for and succeed at cross-over appeal.
The cartoon classics may have been the best possible primer for a live-action musical return aimed at adults. Sure, we knew it was Robin Williams singing his heart out as the loveable Genie in Aladdin, but we didn't need to see him do it. Slowly, the movie musical baby-stepped its way back into being.
But baby steps were replaced with long, determined strides in 1996. That year, the movie musical would charge back into multiplexes, ready or not, led by Madonna's star vehicle, Evita, and Woody Allen's original ensemble musical comedy, Everyone Says I Love You. Suddenly, as a genre, the musical couldn't be ignored. Here were well-respected directors and A-list stars producing what had come to be known as the lowest rung on the cinematic ladder.
The year 1998 didn't initially pick up steam, as the only remotely musical film that year was Spice World. That film advanced the genre about as much as Spies Like Us advanced comedy.
But 1998 eventually showed promise. Grease was the word when it was re-released for a 20th anniversary promotion. A $12-million opening weekend for a reissue was pretty sizeable.
While it wasn't as high-profile as 1998, 1999 at least creatively kept the ball rolling. The South Park movie billed itself as a musical, going even so far as garnering an Oscar nomination for its anthem "Blame Canada." Even Paul Thomas Anderson snuck a musical moment into his 2000 drama Magnolia, when the cast sang Aimee Mann's "Save Me" without warning in the middle of the movie. Imagine it: megastar Tom Cruise was dramatically singing on-screen, for God's sake.
Second Act Chorus Number
This brings us to today and Moulin Rouge. But the commercials don't want you to know it's a musical. Just like commercials didn't want you to know that Brad Pitt had an accent in Seven Years in Tibet. What you don't know will get you to the theater, film marketers must think.
Whether or not the experiment works remains to be seen, but you can count on this: If Moulin Rouge hits big, you'll see a half-dozen musical projects get moved to the fast track within days. Scream showed us that when it spawned the second coming of the teen slasher flick.
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What could be next? Where does the genre go from here? According to film fan sites and trade rumors, lots of directions. The sure bet is still to take a known commodity from the stage and put it on screen. Since Broadway has hit a small revival of its own in the past several years, there is much material from which to mine.
The popular Coming Attractions Web site lists no less than 10 movie musicals in the works, including smash hits Cats, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Rent. One of the ongoing film rumors is a big-screen version of Chicago. Madonna, Goldie Hawn, Charlize Theron and John Travolta all have been attached at one time or another. Yet, despite star attachment, the film is not exactly in pre-production. In fact, all of the latest films mentioned are listed under "development hell" or "just rumors."
Maybe Hollywood is waiting for that one hit to make it all happen. Maybe Moulin Rouge will be that hit. But 50 years after the movie musical was truly en vogue, it might take more than one film to do it. ©
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It's a question asked repeatedly these days. Is Pearl Jam the new Led Zeppelin? In sound, in sales figures, in crowd mania, in mystique, in personality -- and in concert -- the answer is a resounding yes. Seeing Pearl Jam in Miami last week was very similar, for this writer to seeing Led Zeppelin in England in 1969. Pearl Jam played an outdoor park in downtown Miami. Led Zeppelin played an outdoor park in Bath, England. On both occasions, the bands were just hitting their peak, yet didn't fully comprehend how massively popular they were. In Pearl Jam's case, the crowd got unruly in Miami. About 1000 fans crashed through a makeshift metal fence prompting 25 arrests. Pearl Jam was not at fault -- the promoter blew it by having weak security and only one official entrance that took nearly an hour to pass through -- but the incident may have altered the band's future. "It means that probably Pearl Jam can't play outdoor shows ever again," a band spokeswoman said in the Miami aftermath, even though no one was hurt at the city's Bayfront Park concert, attended by 8,000 fans. "But the truth is, Pearl Jam doesn't think they're as big as they are." Right now, Seattle-based Pearl Jam, which plays Boston Garden Sunday and Monday and the Orpheum Tuesday, ranks with the most popular rock bands in America. The Garden shows sold out in an hour. The Miami show sold out in 11 minutes. The group's two albums, "Ten" and "Vs.," have sold a combined 10 million copies. Singer Eddie Vedder has been plastered on the cover of Time magazine, even though he didn't grant them an interview. Like Zeppelin, Pearl Jam is an incendiary guitar act that plays erotically charged music. Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready, using screaming string bends with a bluesy wail, is a logical heir to Zeppelin's Jimmy Page. 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Pearl Jam is keeping their ticket prices to $20 or less for this tour -- a far cry from the $70-and-up that some rock heavyweights are charging. "We want to make sure that most kids can afford our shows, not just rich kids," Abbruzzese said. "None of my parents ever called up with a Visa card so I could go to a Kiss concert when I was younger. "And I think our policy is working," Abbruzzese added. "Because we've heard other acts are talking about keeping their ticket prices lower this summer. The kids are saying, 'Well, if Pearl Jam can keep them low, then why not other bands, too?' And the bands are hearing that." Pearl Jam's idealism was intact in Miami. "We're all in one big boat tonight. Let's keep it up, eh?" Vedder yelled early to the masses, who included everyone from loose, tie-dyed Deadheads to tightly wound alterna-punks in T-shirts that carried phrases such as "Visualize world fear" and "As serious as you can get." "What it's all about tonight is being together," said Vedder, who continued to display his idealism by defending the homeless. "I thought I'd throw in a bit of street education while you still have an open mind. I just want you to know there's a little homeless community across the street. These people aren't all crazy -- and sometimes it's not their fault." Vedder, who is from Evanston, Ill. and was a surfer in San Diego before joining Pearl Jam, ignited the crowd time and again with his primal, baritone vocals -- and his twentysomething philosphizing. "We can accomplish a lot and show people who think we're a bunch of [expletive] losers that we can get along.... Let's make them think this generation might actually do something with their lives." He wailed from the outset on the grinding "Release," "Go" and "Animal," then hooked the crowd with "Dissident" and "Even Flow," where McCready's Page-isms were most evident. Overall Pearl Jam was intoxicatingly fabulous -- and much more cohesive than its Lollapalooza set of two years ago. The Miami set kept intensifying (a small mosh pit also developed up front), before Pearl Jam showed some retro roots by covering Pink Floyd's "Another Brink in the Wall" (thown in after "Daughter," a song about child abuse) and Neil Young's "Keep on Rockin' in the Free World," a high-velocity encore. Pearl Jam knew Young from touring as his opening act in Europe last year. The Miami show -- with a full moon hanging down from the sky -- was a case of orderly chaos. A few fans got carried away up front, and one drew the ire of the band. "One of you guys in front is hitting people," yelled Vedder. "Dave, pull him out. We don't want to see him again." So Abbruzzese left his drum kit, ran over and yanked him out and security led him away. Pearl Jam rocked through later tunes such as "Jeremy," "Deep," "Alive" and a new one, "Not for You," which was addressed to ticket scalpers. "This is for all those [expletive] people who were charging more than $18 for your tickets," Vedder fumed. Then in a more conciliatory tone, the idealism was back. "Bless your soul," he said. "And enjoy your youth. It belongs to you."
Miami Set List Last Week (In Order): Release, Go, Animal, Dissident, Even Flow, State of Love and Trust, Glorified G, Daughter, Another Brick in the Wall, Jeremy, Deep, Blood, Alive, Rearviewmirror, Not for You, Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Samll Town, Keep on Rockin' in the Free World, Indifference.
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when asked about the famed Memphis guitarist from Otis Redding's band, Booker T
& the MGs. "He told us
about the Monterey Pop Festival. A
lot of people who were living back then don't remember it today.
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How Will Badakhshan Recover from Violence?
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The losses in the remote southeastern province of Badakhshan following the recent violence amount to much more than human casualties, large though those are.
The latest count indicates that fighting between the Tajik security forces and members of a rebel armed group left 17 government troops and 30 of their opponents dead. Officials say one civilian also died, although some estimates put the figure higher.
The violence is a blow to the national unity which Tajikistan has been trying to forge since the end of the five-year civil war in 1997.
It has only been in the last few years that people in this distinctive part of the country, Badakhshan, have really begun to feel like citizens of Tajikistan. The Pamiri people, who have a strong sense of regional identity, have only gradually come to share in a common sense of national identity. During the civil war, this region took the side of the United Tajik Opposition against the government.
The military operation launched by the central authorities has shaken the Pamiris' emerging confidence in the Dushanbe government.
It now seems as if a couple of days of heavy fighting have completely reversed all the positive developments in the relationship between Badakhshan and Dushanbe since the civil war. The mood among Pamiris is a mixture of disappointment, anger and indignation at how the government treats its people.
The violence has also had a serious negative effect on the regional economy. Many smaller companies have taken out bank loans to build premises and do business, and this effort has been hard hit by the fighting. One businessman, for example, has lost thousands of US dollars because he has been unable to market the vegetables he transported all the way from Dushanbe.
This military operation is uncannily similar to the one launched in 2010 in the Rasht valley, a powerbase of the civil war-era armed opposition. But the authorities failed to take into account the fact that Badakhshan is different. Khorog, the provincial centre, is a small town where everyone knows everyone else. Whenever there is trouble, everyone unites behind the common cause – even those who would otherwise be enemies.
The authorities clearly believed that when they moved against renegade border guards officer Talib Ayombekov and his men, it would all be over in a matter of hours. After all, they already had substantial numbers of troops deployed in Badakhshan, for military exercises held in early July.
The government moved in army, special forces, and national guard units numbering between 2,000 and 3,000 and equipped with armoured vehicles and helicopters. This to deal with a rebel force of 150 to 200 men, which was refusing to surrender four suspects in the killing of a high-ranking security official.
People in Badakhshan were resentful of what they saw as the disproportionate military response, and of the civilian casualties that the authorities were initially reluctant to admit.
They were also upset by the deployment of inexperienced young soldiers as cannon-fodder, to draw the rebels out into the open so that army snipers could target them. One Khorog resident told me that while the fighting was under way, wounded soldiers were not given treatment, and it was left to local women to take them into their homes and care for them.
Now that mobile phone links have been restored, I have been able to get through to friends and relatives in Badakhshan. They are ordinary people – teachers, doctors, and lecturers – who do not support former warlords like Ayombekov.
One of these friends described how a neighbour's teenage son was killed by a military sniper in his own back yard. It may have been because he was wearing an Afghan-style scarf round his neck – a fashionable item among Badakhshan youngsters, not the mark of a militant.
It has taken years for Badakhshan to become more closely integrated with the rest of Tajikistan, and for its population to stop feeling so neglected.
This geographical isolation was reinforced during Soviet times, because Badakhshan was administered directly from Moscow and had better transport links with neighbouring Kyrgyzstan than with the rest of Tajikistan.
Since the civil war ended, things have been changing slowly but surely. One of the most important factors has been the construction of a road allowing Badakhshan to trade with neighbouring China. This has turned the region into an important trade route, as a gateway for cheap Chinese goods which used to come via Kyrgyzstan.
Another positive step came when President Imomali Rahmon visited Badakhshan in 2007, and issued instructions for the national media to provide better coverage of this remote region. In a country with a strong top-down hierarchy, the president's recommendations were followed, so that state-run TV no longer confined itself to a brief mention of Badakhshan in the weather forecast.
Another driving force for change is Badakhshan's young people, who did not live through the civil war and are not burdened by prejudices towards others Tajiks, as their parents might have been. As members of the internet generation, with greater opportunities to travel and study abroad, they are more receptive to the ideas of globalisation, and regional or kinship ties do not play such a central role in their self-identification as they did for their forebears.
I am from Badakhshan, but live outside Tajikistan. When I meet my fellow-countrymen, what matters to me is that they are from Tajikistan, not what region they come from.
Better transport, trade links with China, and a rising standard of living have all helped improve Badakhshan's relationship with Dushanbe, political as well as economic. This has played out at a day-to-day level, as Pamiris develop a loyalty towards Tajikistan as an integral whole, while other Tajiks stop viewing them as different because of their distinctive language and culture and their Ismaili faith, and see them just as fellow-countrymen.
In the last five or six years, people have moved into Badakhshan from other parts of Tajikistan in order to benefit from the flourishing trade with China or to set up businesses. As they have settled, mixed marriages have taken place – previously a rare occurrence.
This recent outbreak of fighting has cast a shadow over these achievements. It has undermined Pamiris' faith in central government and planned seeds of suspicion and fear that this kind of violence might be repeated.
The Tajik authorities must therefore make every effort to restore public confidence, including assistance to rebuild damaged homed and businesses. They must also refrain from actions that might rekindle conflict. One positive step would be to withdraw most of the troops. It is one thing having a moderately-sized military unit on the ground, but the continued presence of thousands of troops is unlikely to defuse tensions.
Finally, a real effort is needed to address the issue of public mistrust of the law-enforcement agencies, seen as corrupt and inefficient, so that people come to feel they can turn to the police and expect to be protected. It is no secret that when people in Badakhshan fail to obtain justice from the police force, they approach informal groups. When a relative had his car battery stolen, the police took no action, so he asked an influential street gang leader for help and the stolen item was found in no time.
In that context, the authorities' initiative of tapping into the local community – mothers, elderly people and religious leaders – to negotiate a way out of the crisis offers some hope. It is also promising that a preliminary agreement is in place on setting up special units including rebels as well as police to help restore stability. Unless they bring these fighters on board, the authorities will find it hard to maintain peace.
After watching how this military confrontation has unfolded, the casualties, and the blow this has done to post-civil war efforts to build peace in Tajikistan, I am still optimistic about the future, but only cautiously so.


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Trojan wrestlers did well in 1961.
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Jerry Bueltel died tragically in 1940.
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Former President William Taft once visited Worthington, as this 1986 Ray Crippen article describes. Fascinating!
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From the producers of the public radio show This American Life, the critically-acclaimed Sleepwalk With Me is both funny and heartwarming, with a comedy style that is similar to Woody Allen films -- a humor that is personal, self deprecating, and deadpan. It's the kind of film that has you laughing at moments of this man's life, but at the same time feeling sympathetic toward this character, is truly suffering. I don't know about Birbiglia's future as a stand-up comedian, but he definitely has a strong film presence and a wonderful mind for storytelling.


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Membership Sales Up at Dubai Gym After Offensive Advertising Campaign
What do a gym and the Holocaust have in common? According to at the Circuit Factory, a gym in Dubai, they are both a great place to burn calories.
Whoa, wait a second! That's incredibly insensitive and not funny. However, that did not stop the company's marketing team from posting pictures of Auschwitz, a famous Nazi death camp in Poland, with the words "Kiss your calories goodbye" on their Facebook page. Around 3,000,000 people died at Auschwitz during World War II.
Obviously, many people were offended and upset when these images appeared on Facebook on Tuesday morning. One user said he was "shocked [at] the level of ignorance." The company quickly took the images down and then made a statement on Twitter: "Apologies for the insane poster campaign that was put up this morning… The creative guy has been told where to go."
It seems that the Circuit Factory really does regret the campaign. It appears that they have fired the creative guy who posted the pictures and have released the following statement from Phil Parkinson, who runs the company.
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Now, welcome to the world of tech obsolescence
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Today, in 2014, it seems like everything is built to die soon. A crash in a new 2014 car at 30 km/hr is equivalent to a house payment or more. Of course it depends on when you bought your house. We have disposable razors, plastic cola bottles, disposable cameras and a host of other items. When did it suddenly become okay with the public to buy more and more of the same product and failure or breakage is an accepted norm? Many of the items we get today are made of plastic and do not last the hardship they are subjected to. Look at the lighter iron boxes; they do not have the sturdiness required for the hard task. But, we want things lighter and smoother.
For some products it is easy to see why the producers want them to be obsolete. I can understand why we might want to buy a product because of certain improvements or additions. For example, many people junked their good old dependable black and white televisions for the new and improved colour versions. Even rural markets would not buy black and white televisions in another year or two. Mobiles are obsolete as soon as they are brought home. You are not duped; welcome to the world of technological obsolescence.
These are part of a larger scheme by companies who plan to make things obsolete as they want to add more value to our lives, and theirs. And you will find this in four different ways:
Technological obsolescence: It is another word for the electronics industry. In today's world electronic companies are forced to introduce new products as rapidly as possible to stay ahead of the competition. In fact, technological obsolescence is becoming very common across product and market categories.
Postponed obsolescence: Do you think folks over at Apple know what 2020 will bring them? Most people would probably say yes. Do the automakers know what features will be on the 2020 cars? Again most people would say yes. Why are they looking so far ahead? They know you have developed an appetite for more power, and more speed, and more convenience. They dole it out in piecemeal, always dangling the carrot just out of reach.
Physical obsolescence: It occurs when the very design of a product determines its lifespan. Car batteries, nylon stockings and light bulbs are perfect examples. Look at also mobile phones. Everyone wants touchscreen, internet ready and sleeker mobile.
Style obsolescence: This is most common in the fashion industry. Making a perfectly good piece of clothing seem out of date and forcing the customer to replace it with current goods. Fashion has often been criticised because of the waste of buying products that are not really needed. The fashion industry would counter with the statement that "people want change." In fact, major clothing brands today change designs every five weeks. Zara is a good example.
Apart from these four forms, in some cases, products are changed and/or discontinued, in order to justify a higher price. We are in a world that demands better ways of doing things. If there were no Steve Jobs, there would have been someone else. Sooner or later we would have had the iPhones and iPads. Sooner or later we would have had two Wright brothers to make us fly.
To make something obsolete due to innovation is one thing. To deliberately design a product to fail is a serious abuse of consumer trust. Planned obsolescence weakens the bond between customer and business and makes the customer more distrusting of business.
If you are in the business of manufacturing, make your product the best one as much as possible. Do not fall prey to the numerous low-quality products, hunting your higher-priced, better product. Remember the lesson Apple has taught? They made products that are higher priced, better in terms of quality, durability and innovation. The cheaper brands like Nokia with its poor quality products could not sustain. Apple never made their products obsolete. Their innovation made customers upgrade! zz
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ok- i was planning to do this post on pharrell williams last week believe it or not, prior to his dominance at the 2014 grammy's. oh well, i've always thought he was great, he was on my 2011 international it list, i've even featured him as the lone guy on a few of my best dressed lists (i love the way he dresses, so cool, and most of the time better than any of the ladies around), and well, we all love his latest tune "happy", it's nominated for a 2014 oscar, i bet he'll be adding an oscar to his 11 grammy awards.
some of you might ask who is pharrell? well, he's 40, he's a singer, song writer, producer, rapper, drummer, composer, architect, artist (he did an art installation at art basel), art collector, fashion designer, brand manager, program director, author, husband, father, one of my favorite men (actually, he has been for a long time), and i for one- loved his hat!


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'Lone Survivor'
Not since 2001's "Black Hawk Down" has the bloody chaos of war been so graphically portrayed in a Hollywood feature as it is in filmmaker Peter Berg's account of a doomed mission carried out in Afghanistan by four Navy SEALs (played by Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster). Now playing at several theaters. For showtimes, see Page H6. For Soren Andersen's three-star review, go to seattletimes.com/movies.
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This funny animated spy comedy begins its fifth season at 10 p.m. Monday on FX.
Another great sitcom (this one about the weirdness of suburbia) returns for a new season at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday on ABC.
Cocktail throwdown
A Novo Fogo cocktail throwdown featuring mixologists from Bellevue and Seattle will be held at Café Cesura, 1015 108th Ave. N.E., in Bellevue, Sunday at 6 p.m., follow by an after-party across the street at Bar Code, 1020 108th Ave N.E., from 8-10 p.m. Expect lots of cheap cocktails. More info at Bar Code (425-455-4278 or barcodebellevue.com).
MLK Celebration
NPR correspondent Michele Norris discusses "The Race Card Project" — people sharing their thoughts, experiences and observations about race in one six-word sentence — from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday at Mount Zion Baptist Church, 1634 19th Ave., Seattle. The free event, hosted by Seattle Community Colleges (seattlecolleges.edu/mlk), also features local broadcast journalist Tonya Mosley (NPR's "Black in Seattle").
Justin Timberlake
Not exactly a sweep for the ex-Mouseketeer, but hey, when you turn in an impressive performance in a Coen Brothers film ("Inside Llewyn Davis"), snag seven Grammy nominations (in various categories, for "Mirrors," "Suit & Tie," "The 20/20 Experience — The Complete Experience," "Pusher Love Girl" and "Holy Grail") and produce a No. 1, platinum follow-up album ("The 20/20 Experience"), even a so-so year for JT is a monumental one for a normal human being. 8 p.m. Friday at KeyArena, 305 Harrison St., Seattle Center; $45-$175 (800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com).
Los Lobos
Hard to believe these East L.A. Latino roots rockers have been around 40 years, but they slogged it out for a decade before hitting in 1984 with "How Will the Wolf Survive?" The band, which includes Portland sax man Steve Berlin, celebrates its 40th anniversary with three Seattle shows. 8 p.m. Friday-Sunday, at the Triple Door, 216 Union St., Seattle; $65-$80 (206-838-4333 or thetripledoor.net).
Karen Russell
Russell, one of the most innovative writers working today, now has a MacArthur "genius" grant to help her on her way. Hear her discuss her short-story collection, "Vampires in the Lemon Grove," just out in paperback. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle; $5 (206-652-4255 or townhallseattle.org).
Gary Shteyngart
The author of numerous hilarious/tragic novels ("Absurdistan," "Super Sad True Love Story") discusses his new memoir "Little Failure." 7:30 p.m. Monday, Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle; $30 admission for two people includes one book (206-652-4255 or townhallseattle.org).
Olivia Laing
This English author has published a compelling study of several great American writers — John Cheever, Raymond Carver and F. Scott Fitzgerald among them — and their relationship with alcohol. She discusses "The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle; free (206-624-6600 or elliottbaybook.com). Reviewed in Monday's Seattle Times.
'Upside Downton'
Jet City Improv heralds the return of the wildly popular television show "Downton Abbey" with its own tribute, "Upside Downton." Just eight actors play every role above and below stairs, weaving together stories based on suggestions from the audience. Would the Dowager Countess approve? Through Feb. 14, 5510 University Way N.E., Seattle; $12-$15 (206-352-8291 or jetcityimprov.com).
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This hit British musical inspired by the long-running American TV talk show hosted by Springer is reportedly profanity-laced and wildly audacious, but has also been praised for its inventive theatricality, score and its daring in co-opting an aspect of the American cultural sensibility that most "serious" stage artists wouldn't touch. Balagan Theatre and Seattle Theatre Group are introducing it to Seattle. Through Jan. 26, Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle; $35 (877-784-4849 or www.stgpresents.org)
Seattle Symphony: Tchaikfest!
The SSO and guest conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto present all four of Tchaikovsky's concertos (and his Polonaise from Act 3 of "Eugene Onegin" on Night Two) over two nights, with help from guest pianists Boris Giltburg and Alexander Lubyantsev and violinist Mayuko Kamio. 7:30 p.m. Thursday and 8 p.m. Friday, Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle; tickets start at $19 (206-215-4747 or seattlesymphony.org).
A Far Cry
This Boston-based self-conducted orchestra of 17 string musicians makes its Seattle debut with a program that includes a string-orchestra transcription of Dvořák's String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat Major, plus works by Ives, Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin and Kip Jones. Jones' "Three Views of a Mountain," a brisk lyrical-minimalist suite for strings featuring violinist Jones and double-bass player Karl Doty as guest soloists, promises to be a highlight. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Meany Hall, University of Washington, Seattle; $34-$39 (206-543-4880 or uwworldseries.org
Garrick Ohlsson
Seattle audiences snap to attention when Ohlsson comes to town, and this, his 15th appearance in the UW President's Piano Series, with be snapworthy: He plans a program of Beethoven's Sonata in E Major; Schubert's Fantasy in C Major; Chopin's Sonata in B Minor; and selections from American composer Charles Griffes. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Meany Hall, University of Washington, Seattle; $41-$46 (206-543-4880 or uwworldseries.org).
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Olivier Wevers' dance troupe's latest program, "Instantly Bound," includes two premieres: Wevers' "Les Sylphides" (described as a "subversive take on the first non-narrative ballet") and Spanish choreographer Juanjo Arques' "Crossroad."
Also on the program: an expanded version of Wevers' "Instantly Bound," a piece addressing school shootings and gun-control debate. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 7 p.m. Jan. 19, Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, 201 Mercer St., Seattle; $25-$30 (800-838-3006 or www.brownpapertickets.com/event/528357
Patti Warashina
For anyone who missed "Patti Warashina: Wit and Wisdom" last summer at Bellevue Arts Museum, the ceramic artist's new show, "Scrutiny," at Davidson Galleries is a must-see. It includes many pieces from the BAM exhibit, plus a couple of playful new cats that look poised to create mayhem. Their titles: "Nekkos Catbox 13C" and "Nekkos Catbox 13E" (Warashina is nothing if not well organized). 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays through Feb. 1, Davidson Galleries, 313 Occidental Ave. S., Seattle (206-624-7684 or www.davidsongalleries.com).
Greg Kucera Gallery
Greg Kucera pays tribute to his mentor Francine Seders (whose Phinney Ridge gallery closed Dec. 24 after nearly 50 years in business) by hosting a sale of 42 works by the artists she represented. They include Jacob Lawrence, Michael Dailey, George Tsutakawa and more than two dozen other talents. All sales revenue goes to Seders, who will continue her work on a private basis. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays through Feb. 15, Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave. S., Seattle (206-624-0770 or www.gregkucera.com


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Amazon launches push messaging for Kindle Fire apps
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is rolling out new push messaging capabilities enabling Kindle Fire application developers to alert their customers to software updates and new features.
The Amazon Device Messaging service allows developers to dispatch messages targeting users on specific devices, driving engagement and monetization. The alerts can include information on Kindle Fire gameplay enhancements, offers to purchase a related product, as well as related updates. Amazon notes the service is designed to respect users' battery life: Amazon Device Messaging-enabled apps avoid performance polling--a serious battery drain, according to the digital commerce giant--and does not require any additional power.
Amazon Device Messaging is available free to developers, and supports messages as large as 6KB. Amazon is currently offering the service as a limited-access beta optimized for Kindle Fire HD and second-generation Kindle Fire devices. Developers can apply for access to the program here.
Amazon offers Kindle Fire owners access to more than 22 million Android applications, games, e-books, movies, TV shows, songs, audiobooks and magazines. "We want to make money when people use our devices, not when they buy our devices," Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said this fall. "If somebody buys one of our devices and puts it in a desk drawer and never uses it, we don't deserve to make any money."
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- read this Amazon Mobile App Distribution Blog entry
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Images: Spartan Brigade at JRTC 14-06 [Image 7 of 8]
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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Alexander Janson (right), an infantryman with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, checks his soldier's weapon status in a react to contact exercise during the Spartan Brigade's Joint Readiness Training Center rotation April 21, 2014 at Fort Polk, La. The scenario-based operational exercise further validates the brigade's position as a ready and rapidly deployable force that is able to carry out humanitarian and crisis contingency missions in support of the Army's Pacific Command. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eric-James Estrada)
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Oriental Express – the fast way to nod the new Eastern trend
A few years ago, Eastern delights were the height of interiors style. You couldn't open a glossy magazine without seeing a stone Buddha peering up at you, a couple of ornately carved chests and a wilting orchid or two. It was a reaction to shabby chic, which had previously been so prevalent, in that it was sleek and exotic – two properties you can definitely not assign to the vintage-style chandeliers and dining chairs that had previously been so popular.
And now, following last year's re-foray into shabby chic we go back to Bangkok, return to Rangoon, have another try at Thai with the resurgence of Eastern influence. But it's a very different look this time around – forget the mini water feature of yore and focus on the sensibilities instead. At Heal's, above, they have taken lamps in ornately angular shapes that wouldn't look out of place in a Japanese zen garden, and mixed them with soft greys hits of bolder colour for a fully contemporary feel. Touches of smooth dark wood nod to the Eastern trend without being overruled by it – and are the quick way to go east without going over the top. Look for wallpapers with delicate floral prints or painterly patterns, try storage and tables with gently curving sides and a polished finish. Lay rugs in bright colours with gentle patterns, and leave at least two walls a neutral shade of grey, allowing you to focus on the shapes and prints in the middle of the room.
The whole look is about a relaxed glamour, a stress-free oasis of calm, rather than decking out your living room in tatami mats. It should make you feel balanced, peaceful, but without having to go to the fuss of feng shui-ing your furniture – the beauty of Eastern is its ease. So pour yourself an earthenware cup green tea, sit back relax, and reach your own stage of inner nirvana.
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One of the most heart-breaking and stressful things for a parent is when they hear their child say, "I'm hungry," and they are unable to feed them. And some of the loneliest moments for an elderly person are when they have nothing in the refrigerator or pantry, and no money with which to buy food until the next social security check arrives. There are definitely empty cupboards in Madison County. Hunger lives in our backyard. Thankfully, so do compassion and generosity.
Due to the generous spirit at work in our neighborhoods, The Christian Center is able to serve meals to many families in need throughout the year. With the only community dining room open seven days a week in Anderson, Indiana, The Christian Center served over 67,000 meals in 2010. Without your generous donations*, we could not meet these needs. We desire your partnership to continue in this provision through your donations of any of the following food items, as often as you are able:
View our most current needs list online.
You can also designate a monetary donation for the purchase of food or donate gift cards to local grocery stores. Some of our donors also share from their gardens to help The Christian Center's Community Dining needs.
Leftover food from church and civic gatherings is gratefully received at The Christian Center*, and a number of churches prepare and serve dinners at The Christian Center on a regular basis. Additionally, Food Rescue volunteers are happy to pick up reserve foods from restaurants and other food establishments in the area to be donated to The Christian Center.
If you are interested in helping the food ministry of The Christian Center in any way, and would like to ask questions or discuss details with us, please call 765-649-4264, e-mail us, or learn about our volunteer opportunities!
We have witnessed on many occasions, that a hungry stomach fully satisfied has led to conversations and questions that are indicative of a spiritual hunger, and this is where...
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|Wednesday, 26 March 2003
Singapore takes urgent measures as experts claim breakthrough in SARS
SINGAPORE, March 25 (AFP) - More than 700 Singaporeans were confined home Tuesday by government order to contain the spread of a deadly respiratory disease as US experts claimed a breakthrough in the hunt for the virus.
Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) for the first time in 33 years invoked the Infectious Diseases Act to keep 740 people under home quarantine, as the number of cases in the city-state rose to 65, with 12 in serious condition.
Health authorities will check the people daily in their homes, with first time violators to be fined 5,000 Singapore dollars (2,840 US) and second time offenders fined 10,000 Singapore dollars.
The disease known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which often manifests itself as an unusual form of penumonia, has already killed 17 people and infected more than 450 around the world, most of them in Asia, in the past two weeks.
Singapore schools were required to closely monitor children suffering from fever, and parents were told keep children at home if they show symptoms.
One government-run primary school was closed for 10 days from Monday after a five-year-old boy was diagnosed with SARS.
Some 200 students from a secondary school who may have come in contact with a 13-year-old infected girl were asked to stay away from school for a week.
MOH spokeswoman Buey Mui Leng told AFP there has been no order to defer the reopening of government schools, whose students returned Monday from a one-week break.
Private schools will use their own discretion on whether to suspend classes or not, she said.
She said the rare decision to invoke the quarantine law was taken to prevent the spread of the disease. The 740 people on the quarantine list were confined on the basis of possible contact with victims.
Singapore's Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang on Monday warned of possible fatalities in the city-state, saying eight patients were currently on respiratory support.
"We should not be shocked if one or two do not recover. The fact that they are in ICU (intensive care unit) ... suggests they are very ill," Lim said.
The MOH said that "any child with fever will be asked not to attend school, even though they may not have travelled to the affected areas" of Hong Kong, Hanoi and Guangdong in southern China.
The urgent measures in Singapore came as US health experts said they had detected a virus that probably causes SARS, which has killed 17 people worldwide so far, including four new deaths in Hong Kong and Vietnam on Monday.
Four schools were closed in Hong Kong for a week from Monday after five students, a teacher and a school bus driver were found to have SARS, officials said.
The French embassy in the Vietnamese capital said a local nurse and doctor working at the French Hospital there died after falling ill with SARS, bringing the death toll in Hanoi since the epidemic began this month to four.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US said the virus causing SARS was from the coronavirus group.
"We certainly have more work to do, but we think we are on the right track," said CDC director Julie Gerberding.
Gerberding praised the international cooperation to find the cause of the SARS.
"This collaboration among scientists led by the World Health Organisation is unprecedented," she said.
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During the search for a shape of a new continent I've played with the different filters from the free EyeCandy plugin. The link to this is somewhere in the tutorial section. Here is the result I've achieved with the fur filter. Depending on the scale you can use parts of the generated pattern as mountain ranges or coastlines for iso maps. This can be useful for the handdrawing guys to save time.
Here are the steps:
- create a new layer, fill black
- filter->render->clouds
- filter->render->difference clouds (a few times)
- new layer->50% grey, hard mix
- go back to the clouds layer filter->EyeCandy->fur and try different settings
- the final patterns look better with a light Gaussian blur
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Jim Carrey unveils grandsonJim Carrey has unveiled his grandson to the world.
The Hollywood funnyman's daughter Jane Carrey, 22, gave birth to baby Jackson last Friday (26.02.10) and he couldn't wait to show off the new addition to his family to his followers on twitter.
The post accompanying thepicture said: "Jackson Riley Santana, My Grandson... This is what 7lbs 11oz of Calfornia dynomite looks like! (sic)"
Jane - who fronts rock group The Jane Carrey Band - and her husband, Blood Money singer Alex 'Nitro' Santana, are both "thrilled" with the new arrival.
When Jane announced her happy news last July, Jim - who split from Jane's mother, his first wife Melissa Womer, in 1995 - predicted his daughter would be a fantastic parent.
He said at the time: "Jane is going to be a great mom."
The 'Yes Man' actor's long-term girlfriend Jenny McCarthy recently admitted she couldn't wait to become a grandmother to Jane's baby.
The blonde beauty - who has a seven-year-old son Evan from a previous relationship - said: "I think I'm going to be the awesome grandma, the world's best is what I say."
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16 Jul 2010 12:03 PM #1
Basic Example for iPhone & iPad
I just discovered Sencha so please excuse me if this looks newbie!
I'm looking for a project example for an app that will work on both iPhone and iPad. What I'm planing to do is a utility app with fields and few graphical elements (apart from the regular toolbars and buttons).
Anybody posted something like so?
16 Jul 2010 12:44 PM #2
Download framework, go to examples and open index.html in Chrome.
16 Jul 2010 12:52 PM #3
in chrome, safari or firefox... Any of the webkit browsers. The examples will get you started, then come back to ask how to implement some other bits.
16 Jul 2010 12:57 PM #4
for me, it doesn't work in Firefox/Safari since both of them do not render css3 properly.
16 Jul 2010 1:42 PM #5
Windows safari or apple safari or mobile safari?
Truthfully I am trying to build something that works with mobile devices. What parts of css3 are not working in your version of safari?
18 Jul 2010 5:16 AM #6
They won't help you at all. If you want to learn Sencha, they will tell you: See the examples (thats contains the single elements of sencha and a very complicated Kitchen Shink) or get the one and only tutorial on the page. OR go to the API... They wont explain anything at all.
18 Jul 2010 2:43 PM #7
Try these examples. You don't have to download anything. http://www.sencha.com/deploy/touch/examples/
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Refuge is an attempt to better understand the character, nature, and attributes of God through an examination of the various names by which His people have identified Him, thus coming to a more profound and intimate relationship with Him. And, as we come to know who He is, we begin to know who we are to be.
I am a complete leaf fanatic. Growing up in Tennessee and Missouri, there were plenty of opportunities to wander in the woods and play in the leaves. It wasn't until I moved to Texas that the obsession with foliage really kicked in.....longing for that which was now in slim supply, autumnally speaking. I came to photography in my thirties and felt like it was the missing piece found at last. I was amazed to discover that my father had a darkroom as a young man, and my maternal grandfather was a photographer in World War I. It was in the genes. What a glorious thing to have woven into your fabric!
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The City Market Store Profile
- Location: multiple locations
- Website: thecitymarket.org/index.html
Store History
- Founded: 1857
- Headquarters: Kansas City, MO
Kansas City's largest farmers market is open from March through October and has over 140 vendor stalls. Hours are Saturdays from 6 am to 3 pm and Sundays from 8 am to 3 pm. In the winter, the City Market shrinks to 30 full-time vendors.


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The Euphocrats
Ever notice how adept the Democrats are at the use of euphemisms to try to hide their agenda? We've seen it a number of times recently: "revenue enhancements" instead of "tax increases" during the debt limit debate, or "balanced approach", which again hid the Obama agenda of jacking up taxes. How about the efforts of Debbie Wasserman-Schulz ("competitive option") and Nancy Pelosi ("consumer option") to | Read More »


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See Part I
In this second part of the series we will take a look at the role food may play in causing or aggravating fibroids. Just to review fibroids are smooth muscle cells that may grow in your uterus during childbearing years. Though fibroids are not cancer, they are still tumors and are quite common for African-American women. Many women do not realize they have them and though they can shrink after menopause they can hinder the ability to get pregnant. From What Are Fibroids
Some very common foods may contain substances that may lead to and increase growth of uterine fibroids. According to NutritionMD women who eat more than one serving of red meat a day have a 70% higher chance of developing fibroids. If you have fibroids limiting red meat will help you a great deal. The second culprit are foods and beverages that contain Methylxanthines a.k.a. coffees, teas and caffeinated sodas and chocolate that contains some caffeine. Carbs can also play a role in causing fibroids according to Dr. Christiane Northrup, cookies, breads and cakes, can alter the way that estrogen is metabolized and may increase your risk. Additionally, according to Nutrition MD eating a great deal of refined foods may also influence your weight if you do not get enough exercise because as women gain weight, their risk of fibroids increases.
And though must of us love happy hour alcohol can also play a role in causing fibroids because it is metabolized in the liver and may slow down the metabolism of estrogen, which leads to higher estrogen levels in the body, as noted by Tori Hudson, ND in the Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients Online Magazine. The longer you have been drinking the higher this risk becomes. This may sound like discouraging news, what can you actually eat and will you have to kiss happy hour goodbye? Well the good news is there are healthy alternatives that can also help you deal with current fibroids or better yet prevent them from occurring.
Swap Basic Red Meat for grass-fed, organic red meat or fish.
Swap Coffee & Caffeinated Teas for Green & Black Teas (both have caffeine but are a great way to come off of coffee-take it from a confessed coffee addict). Also try Chamomile, White and Dandelion teas which have great health benefits.
Swap Sodas for Organic(if possible) Fruit Juices & Sparkling Water
Swap White Flour & Gluten (Wheat) Breads, Cookies & Cakes for gluten free products and naturally sprouting products such as Ezekiel & Genesis breads made by Food For Life
Swap Caffeinated Milk Chocolate for Dark Chocolate (70% or higher) and try to make it fair trade because many of our African brothers and sisters are suffering to produce conflict chocolate.
Swap Sugary Mixed Drinks and Beers for Red Wine and Light Beer
Swap Candies for Fruits
Swap White Potatoes for Collard Greens and/or Kale made with Turkey Bacon (organic if possible)
This may all sound daunting but the payoffs will be well worth it. Instead of trying to implement many changes at once you can make one change a week. If cost or access to healthy food is a concern check out local farmers markets and even if you can't buy organic fruits, vegetables and meats buy non-organic but make the healthiest choices possible. Wash non-organic fruits and vegetables in filtered water and apple cider vinegar.
Many of the products I mentioned can be found in health food stores, Whole Foods and even local supermarkets. I also recognize that we are in a recession so know that many farmers markets are starting to accept WIC, SNAP (aka Food Stamps) and if you qualify for these programs do not be ashamed to access them. Joining a local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is a great way to receive seasonal fruits and vegetables at a low cost.
Another suggestion is to check to see if your company has a nutritionist for employees and if so take advantage of that service.
Note, though diet is important physical activity is essential. Begin by walking for 30 minutes 3 times a week with a friend or your iPod. Check out YouTube for free fitness videos such as Women Fitness by Sister Felecia Noel.
These are just a few suggestions please see the resources below for more information. Since I am not a physician I suggest that you discuss your health concerns with a doctor. Also note that though herbal teas are great health aids if you are pregnant you should consult your doctor before utilizing them
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Read: It's A Sistah Thing: A Guide to Understanding and Dealing with Fibroids for African American Women (Dafina Books, 2002), by journalist Monique R. Brown
Finally, "health is our wealthâ€, many of these suggestions were used by our foremothers, so let's return to that "Sister Wit†because it's our divine right to be healthy.
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The ECTS pilot programme for crediting academic achievement was introduced in 1989 within the European Community and the EFTA nations. It awarded partial scholarships each academic year for one or two semesters abroad. Since 1997/98, this has been continued as the Socrates programme.
Currently, history students can still study in a choice of 23 universities from 14 different nations, and partial scholarships are still being awarded. The old ECTS programme is embedded in an ECTS History Network Curriculum Development Project entitled "The Idea and Reality of Europe". This offers intensive courses each year on different topics. Participation in these intensive courses also leads to credit points.
ECTS applications have to be handed in duplicate to both Monika Bokermann at the International Office and Bettina Brandt in the Department of History. They should include the following:
The 1978 cooperation agreement between the Faculty of History and Philosophy, Department of History and the Centre de Recherches Historiques at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales makes it far easier for students to study in France.
The cooperation agreement allows Bielefeld students to enrol at the EHESS where they can attend research-oriented seminars that are oriented towards the social sciences and broadly interdisciplinary in nature. You can obtain information on the current research plans and seminar topics from the directory of the EHESS; on registration formalities and scholarship conditions from the livret d'étudiants; and on the courses offered and the conditions for participating in them from the programme d'enseignement.
At present, the only available funding for the EHESS is through normal scholarship applications to, for example, the DAAD. Application forms can be obtained from the International Office (A4 - 129). Applications have to be submitted by 31 October for the following year.
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Draft Day
|Release Date: April 11, 2014
|Running Time: 109 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG 13
|Box Office: $28,831,145.00
|Genre: Drama, Sports
Kevin Costner
Jennifer Garner
Denis Leary
Frank Langella
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Summary:On the day of the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to save football in Cleveland when he trades for the number one pick. He must quickly decide what he's willing to sacrifice in pursuit of perfection as the lines between his personal and professional life become blurred on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with dreams of playing in the NFL.
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On Friday Rachel from Family Ever After shared her 2014 sewing goals. It's inspired me to make my own bucket list of things I'd like to accomplish this year. I've had a list bouncing around in my head, but hopefully if I post it here, I'll remember to look at it and actually get some of these things done! I've learned a lot about sewing in the last year, and I hope to keep that ball rolling this year. So here goes…
Pajamas (for boys)
Hoodies (for boys)
Summer outfits (for boys)
Ties (for boys)
Little girl dress (to put away? haha)
Formal dress (big or small, any volunteers?)
Triangle Quilt
Hexagon Quilt
Strip Quilt (Maybe just start this one, I'm not sure I have enough scraps.)
Paper pieced blocks/quilt
Cathedral Window Wall Hanging or Quilt
Other Stuff
Hot pads
Christmas ornaments/stockings/tree skirt
Cover for sewing machine and serger
Ironing board cover
I'm quite sure there's more I can't think of, and a few projects I'm working out myself… So I better beat down the list of projects still hanging around from last year so I can get to work. What are you planning to work on this year? Any new techniques you want to learn or try? I always love hearing what you all are up too! Happy Monday!


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Larry Flynt vs. God
Movies | In this latest Oliver Stone fantasy flick, guess who wins?
The People vs. Larry Flynt is producer Oliver Stone's retort to critics of his pornographic, violent, and historically distorted films. Painting pornographer Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine, as a hero and defender of the First Amendment, Mr. Stone campaigns for a lopsided form of freedom of speech while sticking it to conservative citizens, officers of the law, judges, ministers, and anyone who draws the line at obscenity and libel.
The film--worth discussing because it is receiving rave reviews and awards from liberal critics and movie industry stalwarts--purports to tell the life story of Mr. Flynt. The pornographer is played with gusto by Woody Harrelson, from his moonshining childhood to his career as a proud and self-acknowledged smut peddler. Filmgoers are subjected to scenes of drunkenness, child abuse, sexual exploitation, nudity, group fornication, drug abuse, cursing, and liberal proselytizing against traditional marriage, community moral standards, and the application of religion in the social arena--particularly "the reign of Christian terror," as Althea Flynt (Courtney Love) labels her husband's brief dalliance with "Christianity."
Director Milos Forman, responsible for the film version of Amadeus, noted for its altered account of Mozart, uses all his talents to glamorize a significantly less talented individual. He tries to ennoble Mr. Flynt with the prosthetics of colorful cinematography, technically precise period settings and costuming, and swelling classical music at crucial plot points. All of this only underscores the tastelessness and lack of character that Flynt personifies.
The movie centers around Mr. Flynt's hearing before the Supreme Court--not for pornography, but for a libel suit by Jerry Falwell, subject of a filthy satire in Hustler. Another Christian connection is the portrayal of Mr. Flynt's "born again" experience through the ministry of President Jimmy Carter's sister, Ruth Carter Stapleton. Her bad theology--that "God is [only] love" and does not require obedience to the moral law--is at least a reminder that attempts to devise a "kinder, gentler" gospel apart from Scripture not only do not change lives, but have a messy way of backfiring.
One segment has Mr. Flynt contrasting his sex pictures with photos of graphic violence, asking, "Which is more obscene?" Ironically, the director could have gathered his grisly snapshots of death from another Oliver Stone film, Natural Born Killers, which does for violence what Larry Flynt does for pornography.
After Killers (also starring Mr. Harrelson) was cited as the inspiration for four copy-cat murders, Mr. Stone was confronted in the press last spring by popular author, lawyer, and Southern Baptist John Grisham, who argued that filmmakers should be subject to product-liability statutes. Mr. Stone's response at the time was, "I'm sorry about the deaths of these people, but I don't feel in any way accountable.... People who commit crimes and are under the influence of drugs or alcohol are deeply disturbed people."
So why does Mr. Stone use his freedom of speech to glorify drugs, alcohol, crime, and the kind of behavior that undermines the value of the human being? Why does he treat the people who engage in these activities as celebrities and heroes?