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Dont be spooked, let your little goblins eat the candy corn
Across the nation, parents like me are bracing for the annual sugar rush known as Halloween. Ive got pounds of mini-treats to pass out to neighborhood goblins and ghouls. But many parents struggle to balance our kids mania for sweets with a nagging feeling that all that candy cant be a good thing.
Everybody knows: Candy rots kids teeth. Candy ruins kids dinner. Candy makes kids fat. Any and all sugars will pitch the fragile child into a lifelong battle with diabetes, obesity and heart disease.
But a lot of this worry about children and candy isnt about candy at all. It is about whether children have a right to their own pleasure.
Consider the lollipop, the ultimate symbol of childrens innocence. The sweet lollipop is a few licks from the illicit, and Lolita with her bright-red candy on a stick is just the beginning. Search online for an all-day sucker, and you may find a kid in a candy store or accessories for an X-rated bachelorette party. Childrens candy pleasure is unabashedly sensual, and that is part of adults problem with it.
That could explain our abstinence approach to candys perceived dangers. The focus on restriction suggests that theres no such thing as safe candy. We make rules about how much of a childs Halloween haul may be retained or consumed. We bar candy from school vending machines. We prohibit children from entering drugstores after school without a parent. We inspect their bedrooms and lockers for signs of illicit candy-eating activity as well as illicit drug activity, illicit smoking and anything else kids might be doing illicitly.
In the early 1900s, children had a lot more independence and more opportunities to buy and eat candy on their own. Instead of restricting treats, the reformers of the time used an approach that looks more like scared straight tactics. Stories and poems about candy lands seduced children, then terrified them with the horrible consequences. My favorite is The King of Candy Land, a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, who was best known for her inspirational and sentimental verses. In the poem, the candy king is exposed as a monster, ugly and grim, and sugar-addled children suffer terribly: Their teeth drop out and their eyes grow red, and they cannot sleep when they go to bed.
The 1950s brought the dawn of the child-centered family: Parents job was to make their children happy and keep them safe, away from polio germs and communists. Most people didnt see any problem with children eating candy. Games such as Candy Land, with its harmless sugarcoated characters, encouraged kids to dream of mountains of treats. And there were plenty of treats to be had not just candy but new super-sweet convenience foods. In the postwar era, kids were less likely to take their own pennies to buy jelly beans and licorice sticks, as they might have done in the 1930s and 40s. Instead, sweets came through the door in Mothers grocery sack filled with Frosted Flakes and Oreos. Candy was what kids loved, but only so long and so much as parents provided and approved.
Today, when obesity is widely viewed as the biggest threat to childrens health, every kid is at risk from the dangers of unlimited sweets. Public policies focus on removing candy and soda from childrens reach and substituting safe alternatives such as apple juice and granola bars, which, despite their virtuous wrappers, arent all that different from the bad treats they replace. The gentle tolerance for childrens sugar excesses that made Frosted Flakes one of the best-selling cereals in postwar America now verges on child abuse. And the notion that children might, as a century ago, be capable of self-regulation and self-control is notably absent from the passionate debates about how to protect them from food.
It might be better to assume that, when it comes to candy and much else children are people, too. Instead of treating kids as fragile, helpless, stupid creatures who will perish if we dont swaddle them in layers of social and emotional padding, we could treat them the way adults like to be treated: as intelligent beings with a strong drive for autonomy and respect. Kids need our wisdom and our knowledge. They need to learn from us what good food looks and tastes like, and how to take care of their bodies. They need to understand media and advertisings power to persuade and distort. But we should give them the freedom to learn to be themselves.
Sure, kids will make mistakes. But the worst thing that will happen if my kid goes crazy with her Halloween candy is that shell get a tummy ache. Which might actually be a great way for her to learn, on her own, the all-important Halloween virtue of moderation.
Kawash is the author of Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure.

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We Have Seen the Face of Reform: In 2008, a prolonged lack of credit scrutiny led to a financial crisis. While the clean-up of the financial system continues, the bulk of the rationalization happened very quickly. Massive institutions failed, while remainder institutions began internal austerity programs to reconstruct rotten balance sheets.
These reforms were not an election but a requirement for survival. Private sector reforms occur through bankruptcy, bold restructuring or surrender to competitors. This process seems "Darwinian" because it is. In a free market economy, we know this and we expect this. The process of creative destruction enables stronger institutions to form. That's how private markets evolve. It may be unforgiving, but it is admissible in the name of progress.
The process in the public sphere is different. Public reform takes significantly longer than the harsh Darwinism of the private sector. Riots in Greece, Spain, Chicago and Wisconsin all represent resistance to the reforms now being imposed by the capital markets. The good news is that this slow moving fire across overly indebted nations will produce taller and stronger institutions. The bad news is that each reform will be met with reluctance, strong political opposition and media hyperbole. Nonetheless, just as the financial sector had to be rationalized, the public sector has to be rationalized as well. No matter how bad it tastes, the medicine will go down.
Progress Reports: You cannot fix old debt with new debt, the money being printed and the "bailout" funds extended only buy time. It's incumbent upon the recipients to use the time wisely. Let's survey three troubled nations and assess their progress on bought time:
Greece: For Greece to stabilize, the government must move its primary budget (excludes interest payments) to 1.5 percent of GDP from -1.5 percent, amounting to another $9 billion adjustment. The Greeks have been at this "rightsizing" for a while and have made progress.
Spain: Spain's economy approximates $1.5 trillion, with the government occupying about 40 percent of the economy. Last year's government deficit was 8.5 percent of GDP. The goal is to have a deficit of less than 3 percent by 2014. That's equivalent to a swing between the public sector and the private sector of $83 billion. It will be raining in Spain for a while.
The U.S.: The U.S. receives better treatment in the credit markets than Spain or Greece. We have control over our own currency, our own central bank and our own fiscal policy. Consequently, the continued escalation in our government spending and our annual deficits (now rivaling those of Greece and Spain) go unpunished. However, the "fiscal cliff" is nothing more than a U.S. austerity package and the 2012 election has become a referendum on the size of government, providing voters the opportunity to proactively address reform rather than reactively respond to crisis.
Clearly, from the riot coverage pulsing out of Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, Greece and Spain, reform at our own hands is preferable. The sooner the better!
David Waddell, who is regularly featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Forbes, as well as on Fox Business News and CNBC, is president and CEO of Waddell & Associates, with offices in Nashville and Memphis.
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Angelina Jolie is in the clear in a lawsuit that claimed she plagiarized "In the Land of Blood and Honey."
A Los Angeles federal judge tentatively dismissed the copyright-infringement suit Friday, in which writer James Braddock accused Jolie of copying his 2007 book "The Soul Shattering" for her film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Braddock claimed Jolie's romantic flick about love that flourished between a Serbian soldier and a Bosnian woman during war was based partly on his book, and that she used it while researching her movie.
U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee shut down Braddock's claims, ruling that, while both stories focus on "love during wartime," the contents of the two stories were not "substantially" similar.
Judge Gee called "In the Land of Blood and Honey" a story of "betrayal, revenge and tragedy with little or no hope," and referred to "Slamanje Duse" ("The Soul Shattering") as a story centered on "family, love and strength."
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For years, Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay labored to get a sequel to Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy in theaters. The trouble with bankrolling a Ferrell movie, however, is that Will Ferrell doesn't travel: his films play to crickets when it comes to international audiences, usually totaling only 20%-30% of its global gross outside of the country, and sometimes less. And Anchorman, which deals with American news, is an especially tough sell outside of the country, making McKay and Ferrell's push a pretty hard sell. Nonetheless, $169 million global later, and Ferrell and McKay can crow about Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues being their biggest success. Makes sense that an Anchorman 3 would be on the way, right?
Not so fast. Speaking to Empire Magazine, McKay finally puts the leader of the Channel 4 News Team on ice.
"It's done. I think that's it. It was great to do it and it was so fun to work with those guys again, but I think that's it for Ron Burgundy… No, [Anchorman 2] is the last sequel we're gonna do. There's nothing more fun to me than new characters and a new world. And now we're releasing this alt version, we're totally satisfied. No Anchorman 3."
Seems pretty definitive. People forget that while there have only been two movies, Ferrell and McKay have lived with Burgundy for quite awhile. They basically shot two entire movies the first time around, the excised footage taking the form of Wake Up Ron Burgundy. And the latest film has a completely different R-rated cut that hits theaters today, effectively an entirely new film. Add that to the frequent public appearances of the character and the various DVD special features, and Burgundy has been a presence in McKay and Ferrell's lives.
"Last sequel we're gonna do" also definitely puts the kibosh on a second Step Brothers, not to mention a Talladega Days that I just made up and no one has asked for. McKay's next endeavor will be his first film away from Ferrell, his former Saturday Night Live collaborator, a remake of Uptown Saturday Night. He's tentatively got Will Smith and Denzel Washington interested in starring, and McKay and Forgetting Sarah Marshall director Nicolas Stoller are writing the film, which McKay claims is different from a buddy formula like The Other Guys.
"You never fully know, but [Uptown Saturday Night] is the one I'm putting my chips on for now. We're working on the rewrite with [screenwriter] Nick Stoller and it's getting really good. We already did The Other Guys, I didn't want to go into the traditional buddy film genre, I want it to be something different and I think we found it in the last week."
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I agree to an extent.Originally Posted by burr
Gets on my nerves a bit.
My friends aren't 80-year old men they are in their 20s and 30s. And the people who disagree with me are like Tony Blair's Government when you dare suggest that there are too many immigrants in Britain - all they say is you're racist - even when most of the immigrants causing concern are white.The only argument most of you use against me is sexism - trying to bully me into agreeing with you - well it won't work! OK, I want page 3 bannned, hated the MCC for banning women and admire Hantuchova for the fact she is far more intelligent than your average Aussie (yes she's gorgeous as well but I bet I ain't the only one here that likes a nice-looking girl) and have never looked at porn - if you think they are the actions of a sexist person you're entitled to your opinion. If you Aussies want to watch Stephanie-whatever-her-name is good luck to you - but Sky don't employ a woman and I'm sure they would if the viewers in Britain wanted it. PS - I slagged off Greig and Lawry too but no one attacked me for that. Poor Tony and Bill - to think more people defend whatshername than them. PPS - Let's agree to difer shall we? The Aussies want a token female, the Brits don't. Let's leave it at that.Originally Posted by pasag
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You really should stop embarassing yourself here. If you were criticising Greig or Lawry because of their gender or nationality or whatever people would certainly defend them. Just like if you were criticising Brantz based on her merits, people would have no problem with it. That's obviously not what you're doing, so stop attempting to confuse the issue. Your problem with her is merely her gender, and you don't know a thing about her.
And seriously, have you noticed how nobody here actually agrees with you even a little bit? And yet you still claim that your opinions are universally embraced and that people in England wouldn't "stand for" the horrible crime of letting a woman on TV during the cricket? I suppose everyone in the world who isn't a total bigot is just a member of the "PC Thought Police" though.
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Sigh, your missing the point a fair bit saying things like " I slagged off Greig and Lawry too but no one attacked me for that". Furthermore, noone is defending the token women in the program, ****, I'd be against it myself. What people are up in arms about is the fact that in a case of woman being equally or more qualified than a man with regards to cricket presentation, you'd be against it merely for the fact that she has a pair of breasts and a ******.Originally Posted by Poker Boy
And quite frankly, I'm sick of people saying whatever they want, wether it be racist, bigoted or discrimantory and then when they get attacked for it they cry "PC police". It's irritating to say the least.
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Obviously Rupert Murdoch agrees with me otherwise Sky would have a female host. And no, I know nothing about Stephanie? but if you read one of my comments you'll know they had a woman hosting a Scottish soccer programme and there was an on-line petiton to get her sacked. (She was). And have you ever heard the phrase "silent majority"? btw, I read Nine tried this before and the girl got sacked on Kerry Packer's orders - so KP will be spinning in his grave right now. But give her credit I read she asked Warne a question about his wife...proving without doubt that she knows about cricket. And to think Geoff Boycott won't be on TV during the Ashes...Originally Posted by FaaipDeOiad
And many men have been sacked for making errors over the years. What's your point?
As for Sky not employing women have you never heard of Kelly Dalglish? Helen Chamberlain? Di Stewart? Georgie Thompson? All female, all involved in the reportage and analysis of sport. It wouldn't surprise me if Sky did indeed employ female ex-cricketers in the near future, they couldn't be any worse than Botham, Colville, Willis. When I have heard Connor, Heyhoe-Flint et al on tv and radio they've been informed, articulate and entertaining.
As for the petition and sacking, you're just proving the point of how far we still have to go to educate prejudiced bigots like you and your friends.
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A Rangers fan - although what that has to do with anything I don't know. IMO I'd only employ ex-Test cricketers - and if anyone thinks Stephanie? is more qualified then G Boycott they are in cloud cookoo land. PS - the PC thought police cause more trouble in this world than anyone. I reckon there are partly to blame for the trouble betwen the West and Islam - if I was a Muslim and had these views would you still call me a bigot?Originally Posted by Pedro Delgado
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What about employing ex-women test cricketers? ABC radio had some commentary from Belinda Clarke one time not long ago. What are your "thoughts" on that?
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Haha, where do you even start with this?Originally Posted by Poker Boy
The woman who got sacked on Packer's order was sacked because she was crap, not because she was a woman. How hard is that to understand? If the problem with was having a woman, they never would have hired her in the first place. It's not like she lied on the form, you know? Besides, for the 50th time, Stephanie won't be commentating. The previous woman was a commentator.
Secondly, she didn't ask Warne any such question. The person who asked Warne the question was in fact a woman, but there are many thousands of them in Australia and co-incidentally the one who asked Warne the question about his wife was a different woman entirely. Go figure.
And really, your irrelevant argument about the scottish football presenter just proves the point. Yes, she was sacked because of an online petition, meaning presumably that people didn't like her much. Stephanie Brantz is quite popular. Do you see the difference? Just because they are both women doesn't mean they are equally incompetent, and contrary to your apparent views most people don't judge people entirely on their gender.
Given that your views on women are pretty close to radical Islam, that's a pretty hilarious question. Unfortunately there are many bigots in the world, some of them are muslims, and some of them are just idiots like you.Originally Posted by Poker Boy
I found this on teh internet, although I don't know if it has anything to do with anything:Originally Posted by Poker Boy
"Both Rangers and Celtic now accept that they have a problem with sectarianism. Both clubs admit that a proportion of their supporters have been, and continue to be, guilty of perpetuating sectarian and partisan beliefs as well as cultural intolerance."
If she's popular in Australia good luck to her, but is she popular because of her looks or her talent? And PLEASE read what I write! I said women should be allowed to join the MCC before they were - is that bigoted? And i respect your views - although I disagree with them - I think you should respect mine.
That's a religous problem - I'm against sectarian chanting btw - and I reckon Aussies should get a brain cell. To think they called Monty a "stupid Indian" - didn't know Luton was a part of India. Maybe that's why they like Stephanie? - simple things occupy simple minds. As Simon Hughes said "there is one thing wrong with Australia. Australians live there."Originally Posted by pasag
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Is pencil sharpening off limits in your classroom? I can't stand students using my electric sharpener even if it's for a quick second. The electric ones are too loud and my wall sharpener is always falling off into the trashcan. Well, today I tried out a new pencil sharpener called The Quietest Classroom Pencil Sharpener. It's AMAZING! Troy Decoff is a fellow teacher and the owner of Classroom Friendly supplies. He was kind enough to let me test out this wonderful sharpener. I ordered on Saturday and it was sitting on my doorstep Monday afternoon. This sharpener was so easy to use. It sharpened the pencils perfectly each time. I have never seen pencils get this sharp. It has a clamp but I tried it out without the clamp. I would definitely recommend this sharpener to other teachers. My favorite part is how sharp the pencils are after sharpening. My kids love sharp pencils so I can't wait to show them in the fall. I know that this sharpener will be enjoyed by my students for many years. Thanks again Troy!
This sharpener can be purchased online from Classroom Friendly Supplies. You can also find additional videos, reviews, and pictures on their website.


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I have a two-weapon fighting ranger. Currently I am level 6 and am just getting my animal companion. I chose the wolf. At level 7 he becomes large because of the feat, boon companion. His stat bump was to intellect so he can choose any feat he qualifies for. He also has a rank in linguistics and understands common.
I am having a tough time trying to decide on his feats. I think I want improved natural attack, weapon focus: bite, and vital strike. I am not sure about the other feats. I was thinking of following the "step up" chain. However, I am not sure if I should make sure to make room for power attack and combat reflexes. Any suggestions?


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BlueCoveVentures necesitaba un nuevo diseño de tema de wordpress y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 10 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
Blue Cove Ventures
Blue Cove Ventures – http://www.bluecoveventures.net – is an early stage Venture Capital company based in Australia. We are going through a brand refresh and have recently commissioned a new logo (enclosed). We now need to refresh the website incorporating the new logo and improving the look.
Limited Partners, government agencies, other VC's, Angel Investors, people checking references
We need a custom WordPress theme/design for our new site. The majority of the content is static and will not change. The most active page is the 'blog'. The site contains a home page (including 'About' information), Our Mission, Who we are, What we do, Portfolio, Blog, Contact Us, I also need a new page 'Team'. The site is currently using BlogCFC http://www.blogcfc.com but we are migrating to WordPress. The design should respect the colours and theme of our new logo but still be professional and corporate (nothing that looks like a holiday company please!). The font should be clear crisp and corporate.
Flash Animations are welcomed.
We require the ability to add video/m4a and audio/mp3 to the site via the admin.
We will provide access to a Wordpress site/admin for development. The project is complete once the theme and content is in place within the WordPress site and all approved. Please note - you have access to upload plugin/extensions for WordPress.


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How do I get mkmf to use gcc instead of /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc on Solaris 10?
I am trying to install chef using gem install chef. It is failing with:
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
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ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
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creating Makefile
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make: /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc: Command not found
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Gem files will remain installed in /opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/yajl-ruby-0.8.2 for inspection.
Results logged to /opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/yajl-ruby-0.8.2/ext/yajl/gem_make.out
Examining /opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/yajl-ruby-0.8.2/ext/yajl/Makefile gives:
CC = /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc
Crucially, setting the CC environment variable to gcc does absolutely nothing.
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The IFA 2007 consumer electronics show is underway in Berlin this week, starting on August 31st and continuing until September 5th (although press conferences started yesterday). Among one of the first products unveiled so far is the Fujitsu-Siemens SCALEO home server.
That's not the only first, though. If Fujitsu-Siemens works fast enough to get its product to market, it could be the first Windows Home Server PC to hit store shelves. Let's take a look at what it has to offer.
The name SCALEO is nothing new, of course, as Fujitsu-Siemens currently has a line of desktop and home media center PCs under the same name. However, today's announcement puts a spin on the lineup by offering not just a PC, and not just a media center, but a product based on Windows Home Server, which can be accessed from both your home network and remotely from the Internet.
The SCALEO home server will have two 250GB SATA 2 7200rpm hard drives running in RAID 1 (mirrored), so you get 250GB of redundant storage. If 250GB isn't enough for you, there are two expansion slots for additional hard drives. Wegotserved, a Windows Home Server site, also reports that the unit has four USB 2.0 ports for additional external devices or drives, 2 e-SATA ports, and Fujitsu-Siemens "Computers Advanced Power Management," which is their version of "Always On." Fujitsu-Siemens claims that the new unit is whisper-quiet, and the picture suggests it can be stored vertically or horizontally.
Also on the list of SCALEO features is gigabit Ethernet, which more and more home users are demanding. The gigabit Ethernet capability is also an upgrade from the standard 10/100 ethernet ports found in the SCALEO Home Media Center PCs. While the media center PCs also have 802.11b/g support, there's no mention of wireless features in the home server edition yet.
The central draw of the SCALEO is that comes with Microsoft Windows Home Server operating system. Back in July, Microsoft released Windows Home Server edition to Fujitsu-Siemens, HP, Gateway, LaCie, Medion, and Iomega.
Little is known about what may pop up from Gateway, Iomega, and Medion, but information on HP's EX470 and EX475 MediaSmart Home Server PCs with Windows Home Server was leaked last week. The HP systems were expected to be the first on the scene with a September 15th ship date and a $596 price tag. However, new developments this week suggest HP is delaying the launch "75-120" days in order for Microsoft to make last-minute OS tweaks, according to PC World.
While there's no word on what's in the Fujitsu-Siemens in terms of a CPU, the HP systems are loaded with 64-bit 1.8GHz AMD Sempron processors.
The Fujitsu-Siemens is expected to go on sale, likely in Europe first, at the "end of 2007 for $680," which means it's going to be neck-and-neck between Fujitsu-Siemens on HP for the "first on the scene" Windows Home Server PC title.


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The Ancient Art of Self-Healing is one book Yogi Bhajan left for us that contains many recommendations for cleansing, diet and general health practices and remedies. In one section of the book he covers some basic "Things To Do Every Day" for general good health and maintenance. The first thing in the list of course is a daily Sadhana practice. Besides Sadhana, here are the other daily recommendations listed:
Brush the Root of the Tongue
First thing upon arising, one must brush the root of the tongue with alum and salt until one gags and the eyes water. The gagging will bring up two balls of mucus that collect at the root of the tongue overnight. This toxic mucus must come out before you swallow or it will go back into the body to produce headaches and pollution.
Shower Quickie
Early in the morning, cold water in the eyes can do wonders. It is like a cold shower for the whole body and it can prevent many diseases.
Cold Shower
Cold shower brings the blood out to the capillaries, cleans the circulatory system and reduces the blood pressure of the internal organs and thus acts as a flushing for the internal organs, giving them a new supply of blood. It strengthens the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems and it helps to contract the muscles to eliminate the toxins and poisons very fast. It also brings the power of resistance to the body and strengthens the membranes which normally inflate and bring hay fever, allergies, colds, cough and those kinds of things. It makes a person normal, healthy and keeps the skin young and shining. It also takes little time to take a cold shower.
If you take a warm water shower you must be in warm water for half an hour and preferably it should be taken in a tub. First you should sit in a hot water tub up to the navel point to allow the adjustment of the circulatory system, and then you should lie down in it. We have found in hydrotherapy, which is the art of water and water curing, that a person should always stay in the warm water more than half an hour. People who take quick hot showers are normally sick, and in case of women, menstruation is never regular. Also their metabolism is never straight, and they get blue veins and finally they become ugly because their face starts producing a very different kind of fat layer in the skin. That makes them out of shape.
The art of taking a cold shower is that when you let the cold water strike your body, you start massaging your body right away to the extent that you don't feel the coldness. It is the healthiest exercise, greatest therapy and very creative to the body.
As a woman or as a man there is one thing which is a very great must. You must pray in the evening. When the sun starts setting, 4:00 p.m. onward, your energy gets out of balance; it is automatic. In the morning you are fresh and you want to do something. In the evening, you want to freak out somewhere. It is natural. Don's stop it. Just pick a certain time in the evening when you can close your eyes, and pray for a minute, two, three, or five minutes.
To maintain health, one must daily perform some activity that will cause beads of perspiration to appear on the forehead.
Eat Yogurt
For vitamin B-12 and other vitamins, you must know how to make homemade yogurt (see appendix). It is essential for the intestinal flora, so it will be good to add to your diet a cup of homemade yogurt every day, and every three days, sour yogurt. Sour yogurt is a very systematic system in the spiritual world. They take the yogurt and they keep it covered at room temperature so it becomes yellowish and sour. The fermentation in it develops vitamin B-12 which is very essential for the nervous system. The body cannot make B-12, so you need yogurt daily for the complete nutrition of the body.
-From The Ancient Art of Self-Healing by Yogi Bhajan (KRI 2009), p. 120.
Many of us have heard about the cold showers, but we may not think about some of these other simple recommendations, such as sweating every day. If you're looking for more ways to sweat every day with Kundalini Yoga, keep an eye out for a new Physical Training with Yogi Bhajan DVD set coming from KRI later this year. Perfect for a weekly practice, each DVD features PT taught by Yogi Bhajan every morning at 7:00 a.m. (sharp!) during women's camp in 1994. Men were invited to PT at women's camp too!
The videos have a model demonstrating each exercise in an inset screen to help you follow along and get the most out of each kriya. You may remember some classic manuals like Slim & Trim as well. You can find some kriyas from Slim & Trim in KRIYA (KRI 2013). KRI is working to bring back out-of-print manuals like Slim & Trim, so stay tuned!
A Clove-ing Thought…
Yogi Bhajan suggested the clove water recipe shared here specifically for the month of May. While that's still a month away, now seemed a good time to remind of clover water, since times of "flu season" vary worldwide depending on the hemisphere you live in. A milder winter can also lead to an earlier flu season than usual.
Yogi Bhajan's May Clove Recipe
Take a handful of cloves and soak them in one half cup of room temperature water overnight—no need to boil. First thing in the morning, when you brush your teeth, take 3-4 tablespoons of the clove water (not more than 5—don't overdo it), swish it around in your mouth and then swallow.
For convenience, you can make enough for three or four days and keep it in the refrigerator. For best results, take some everyday throughout the month of May.
Clove 101
Besides having antiviral qualities, cloves also contain antifungal and antibacterial agents. It is a strong spice that carries much heat, so it is generally diluted before ingesting or applying to the body. Keeping whole cloves and a bottle of clove essential oil are good staples for most any home remedy stash. Clove can make a good addition to homemade toothpastes or deodorants, and can also help eliminate some fungal infections of the skin and nails. Taking clove internally either in a chai tea mixture or by making clove water can be a great way to give the body an extra line of defense during common flu season in your region. Because of its strength, clove is generally contraindicated for people who have kidney or liver disorders and those with a history of seizures. Some people with allergies to balsam also are allergic to clove.


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Affordable housing building booming in Florida
There's a quiet building boom taking place in South Florida, but it's nothing like the mid-decade condo rush that ended in an epic economic bust.
The new towers going up today are not being built on the water for the affluent, but on the chipped sidewalks of gritty neighborhoods for the region's poorest families.
The 2009 federal stimulus package and other government programs aimed at fixing the housing crisis have helped boost the affordable housing sector, which uses government funds to build rental communities for low-income residents. It's the only sector of South Florida's housing market in which demand is outpacing supply, analysts say, and thousands of new units are currently being constructed.
There are more than 25 affordable multifamily projects either recently completed or under construction in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, making up a large chunk of all new development in South Florida and providing a boon for the for-profit developers that specialize in affordable housing.
Usually financed with a mix of private lending, federal funds and local government subsidies culled from surtaxes on real estate sales, affordable rental projects are designed to meet the need for reasonably priced housing options in urban communities.
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What Would You Do? Man Returns $690M VA Check
(COLUMBUS, Ga.) -- The federal deficit is too high, as both President Obama and Mitt Romney would agree. But it could be almost $1 billion higher if not for one man's simple act.
According to ABC affiliate WTVM, Allen Smith, a 22-year-old Columbus, Ga. area resident, gets a monthly Veterans Administration dependency check from the U.S. Treasury for college expenses (his late father was an Air Force veteran). His last check wasn't the usual $650, his mother said -- it was more than $690,000,000.
"He immediately, immediately went to the V.A. officer at Fort Benning … and turned in the check," Patricia Attwood Smith told WTVM.
A V.A. inspector told Smith he couldn't explain the check, speculating it could have been a misprint or the result of computer hacking, the report said. Fort Benning V.A. officers told WTVM the regional office in Atlanta was handling the matter.
Allen Smith declined to comment, but his mother said he was happy with his decision, despite his car needing a new clutch.
"He's very humble, and very shy, and he really doesn't want to be teased a lot about this," Smith told WTVM.
"His father would have been totally thrilled," Smith said.
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Onion pattern, originally named bulb pattern, is a white ware decorated with cobalt blue or pink designs of a vine with buds that look like onions. Although it is commonly associated with Meissen, other companies made the pattern in the late nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. A rare type is called red bud because there are added red accents on the blue-and-white dishes. The bulbs on the onion pattern were actually peaches or pomegranates copied from the original Chinese model, but the collectors called them onions.
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"In England there are numerous families who write their name Gillett and Gillot, all of French extraction." [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lowe, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print." Oxfordshire is now the principal home of the Gilletts, but the name is also found in Kent. In Lincolnshire the name is represented by Gilliart, Gilliatt, and Gillyatt." [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
"The family may have come with William the Conqueror into England, from Gillette, a town in Piedmont, France. Gillette, the son of Giles." [4]CITATION[CLOSE]
Arthur, William , An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. London: 1857. Print
This tradition continued even until the 14th century where the Yorkshire Polls Tax Rolls of 1379 list: Thomas Taylour et Gillot uxor ejus; Robertus Lyster et Gillot' uxor ejus; Gillote Fox; Johannes Gilotson; Willelmus Gilliote; Johannes Undyrhyll et Gyllot' uxor ejus; Willelmus Gehot; and Johannes Gylyott. [5]CITATION[CLOSE]
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
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UPDATE: A full transcription of Streep's speech can be found at Vanity Fair, including her referring to herself and Thompson each as "a rabid, man-eating feminist."
When a person dies, it's a bizarre bit of human nature that often urges his/her survivors to gloss over or forget the departed's flaws and remember only his/her attributes. Biopics often cement such shiny depictions, making complicated people into outright heroes. Some could argue Disney's Saving Mr. Banks does that for the studio's founder Walt Disney. Well, Meryl Streep, who was once considered for the role of the film's female lead, has decided to set the record straight.
EW and Variety report Streep turned out to present the Best Actress honor of the National Board of Review to Emma Thompson for her role as Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers in Saving Mr. Banks. But when she took to the podium, she did more than sing the praises of her friend and peer Thompson, she called out Disney for anti-Semitism and gender bigotry.
In a ten-minute speech, Streep celebrated Thompson, even offering a poem "An Ode to Emma or What Emma is Owed." She tied her praise for the heralded English actress into the dark side of Disney's legacy. Her remarks in part:
"Some of his associates reported that Walt Disney didn't really like women. There is a piece of received wisdom that says that the most creative people are often odd or irritating, eccentric, damaged, difficult; that along with enormous creativity comes certain deficits in humanity or decency. We are familiar with this trope in our business: Mozart, Van Gogh… Tarantino, Eminem. Ezra Pound said, 'I have not anyone worth a damn who was not irascible.' Well I have: Emma Thompson.
Basically, Streep is saying we tend to excuse creative people from doing terrible things because we like what they create. But she thinks Thompson needs no such forgiveness. She went on:
"Disney, who brought joy arguably to billions of people was, perhaps, or had some racist proclivities. He formed and supported an anti-Semitic industry lobbying group and he was certainly, on the evidence of his company's policies, a gender bigot…When I saw the film (Saving Mr. Banks), I could just imagine Walt Disney's chagrin at having to cultivate P.L. Travers' favor for the 20 years that it took to secure the rights to her work. It must have killed him to encounter in a woman an equally disdainful and superior creature, a person dismissive of his own considerable gifts and prodigious output and imagination."
To show how Disney's sexist views of women impacted his company's behavior, she then read from a letter the Disney company sent to an aspiring female animator in 1938 that said, "Women do not do any of the creative work in connection with preparing the cartoons for the screen, as that task is performed entirely by young men.For this reason, girls are not considered for the training school."
With comments like these, it's pretty crystal clear why Streep didn't end up in the role of Saving Mr. Banks's Travers. Some might think the NBR stage was not the place for such a statement, but Thompson didn't seem to mind. Reportedly she was "nauseous with gratitude" over her friend's speech. As to the crowd, EW says Streep's speech--performed wearing a bit of Nebraska swag in the form of a trucker hat reading "Prize Winner"--was "funny," "charming," "bold" and "brought down the house."
Here's hoping video of the speech surfaces soon.


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DegreeDays API - Sample Source Code
The service provides weather reports from thousands of weather stations drawn from Weather Underground but emphasizing likely effects on energy consumption. Data can be obtained by station or by location for a range of time periods -- daily, weekly, monthly, and annual -- with averages over time. Concurrent processing allows rapid access to comprehensive data. API methods support retrieval of weather data by reporting station or by location, specified as postal code or latitude/longitude. Complex calculations allow the API to return accurate degree days estimates based on sometimes-incomplete raw input data.


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Raised to Date: $240,000
It's been a great month! Neighbors like you donated $15,000.
We're all in this together.
With today's soaring energy costs, many New Hampshire residents are one job loss, uninsured illness, or other bad break away from not being able to pay their utility bills. By contributing to Neighbor Helping Neighbor, you can help others who face an energy emergency but don't qualify for federally funded energy assistance programs. Every cent of your tax-deductible contribution goes directly to assist someone who needs help but has nowhere else to turn.
It's been a great month! Neighbors like you donated $15,000.
Our grand total is now $225,000! That's going to help X number of New Hampshire neighbors.


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you'll probably be wanting to find lots more products with the word 'porno' in the name then, given that this is riding high in the 'most viewed' box. most viewed with a slight sense of disappointment, maybe
Knog's penchant for outlandish names continues, although dubbing a puncture repair kit "porno patches" suggests they're intended for repairing inflatable sex toys. While I'm more leave than take when it comes to the graphics, styling and name, credit where it's due: the adhesive patches work better than most. However, aesthetics appear to take precedence-not what's needed nursing a flat down a dark lane in the dead of night.
A clever magnetized box, designed to attach itself limpet like to a multi-tool, opens secret passage style to reveal folding, hinged glass fibre tyre levers, a selection of self-adhesive patches and sand paper strip. While nice executive toys, the colour-coordinated folding tyre levers are very much emergency items only. Take a proper set to be on the safe side, especially if your tyres are the proverbial pig to get on and off.
Cartoon patch graphics are what you'd consider subversive as a teenager and like a host of other things; don't seem quite so clever now. However, they effect good a repair even on badly wounded tubes but preparation's crucial. Give the area a liberal sanding and warm the chosen patch between your fingers so it's as supple as possible before peeling off and applying over the hole, smoothing evenly to ensure they're thoroughly seated.
At 75g you'd hardly notice it in a jersey pocket or seat pack and being magnetic largely eliminates annoying rattles when sharing space with multi-tools. Re-fills are available separately for £3.99 should you exhaust the originals but for all their attempts to make the humble patch kit uber chic, old school repair outfits with decent patches represent much better value.
Some nice touches but a case of form over function.
If you're thinking of buying this product using a cashback deal why not use the road.cc Top Cashback page and get some top cashback while helping to support your favourite independent cycling website
road.cc test report
Make and model: Knog Porno patches puncture kit
Size tested: n/a
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
The Porno patches are a very compact patch kit comprising of a magnetic plastic box containining folding glass-fibe tyre levers, a series of patches and some sand paper.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
75g all up weight, the plastic box with secret passage opening is magnetised so as to attach to a multi-tool. Six self adhesvive patches, sand paper and of course, the folding tyre levers. Replenishments are available for £3.99 a time.
Patches are superior to many self-adhesive types, especially on larger holes.
Have my doubts concerning the longevity of the tyre levers.
75g- you'll hardly notice it.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
Performance is generally quite good and there's some clever design here but the tyre levers are too small and lack rigidity for more demanding beads. Patches adhere well and work better than many on larger areas but I just find the asking price a little hard to swallow.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Stylish, executive toy feel and good patches.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
Form over function.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes
Would you consider buying the product? No
Would you recommend the product to a friend? In certain contexts, possibly
About the tester
Age: 35 Height: 1m 81 Weight: 70 kilos
I usually ride: Rough Stuff Tourer Based around 4130 Univega mtb Frameset My best bike is: 1955 Holdsworth Road Path and several others including cross & traditional road
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: cyclo cross, commuting, touring, fixed/singlespeed, mtb,
Shaun Audane is a freelance writer/product tester with over twenty-eight years riding experience, the last twelve (120,000 miles) spent putting bikes and kit through their paces for a variety of publications. Previous generations of his family worked at manufacturing's sharp end, thus Shaun can weld, has a sound understanding of frame building practice and a preference for steel or titanium framesets.
Citing Richard Ballantine and an Au pair as his earliest cycling influences, he is presently writing a cycling book with particular focus upon women, families and disabled audiences (Having been a registered care manager and coached children at Herne Hill Velodrome in earlier careers)


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Listen: Being a cop doesn't automatically make someone a good driver. Yes, law enforcement officers are trained for pursuits and tactical maneuvers, but that doesn't mean they're all geniuses behind the wheel.
We saw that this weekend with the boneheaded move by the D.C. police boat out on the Potomac River. Sure, that was on the water, but there are plenty of examples of police screw-ups on the road as well.
That's the question of the day: What is the worst example of police driving?
See if you can find the most deplorable examples, preferably in video form, of vehicular law enforcement incompetence out there. There are probably plenty to choose from.


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I love the flavour but can't stand 'onion breath'.
I love the taste but can't manage to peel them without crying my eyes out.
I love their health benefits but find they bloat my tummy when I eat them.
I love the texture (especially when fried until 'soft' in a bit of butter) but find them irritating to cut up finely.
Love them.
Hate them.
After eliminating onion from my diet for years while breast feeding children who couldn't tolerate them (in any form), I recently reintroduced them into my diet (the kids still won't eat them) and fell in love again.
But then, after a particularly 'oniony' but scrumptious dish, the same old issues reared their head. And the dislike began again. So I have decided that I need someone to 'breed' an onion that eliminates all the bad stuff so I am left with only the good.
Then I could partake with no regrets.
How do you find the onion? Any good recipes to share?


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Since I have begun my new journey on living a life of simplicity, I have also begun refining my style. At times I feel all over the place and I am trying hard not to waste and buy smartly. I want pieces and a home that we can grow with and me not tire of in a few sort months or even years. After much evaluation I think I came down to what I am when concerning my home. I think designer Kristen Panitch nailed me right on the head with her gorgeous designs. Her spaces look easy to live in, welcoming, traditional, with a bit of boho here and there. The textures, patterns. and the layering of all her spaces feel like home to me. This is the direction I am slowly going in. I can't wait to share my home soon!
Her goal for every space they design speaks volumes to me... to create homes that will reflect and evolve with our clients' lifestyle, tastes, passions, and dreams... That is so what I want and am striving towards.


text: Here are three more Fatality moves from Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe for your viewing pleasure - none of which are as good as the now-excised Joker finishing move but all of which involve Kombat and Mortality, so job done. Of the three, Catwoman's is the most straightforward (although somewhat out of character - she is one of the less murderiffic DC villains) and Sonya Blade's is one of those that would require the victim to stand still while she gets in the right position. Sub-Zero's is cool. Ho ho. Please feel free to write in explaining that Catwoman's recent demeanour is due to Zatanna editing her memory and blah blah Worst. Trailer. Blurb. Ever. etc.