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March 11, 2009
By Paul Feinberg
BRUSSELS -- Ariella Herman, Ph.D., Research Director of the UCLA/Johnson & Johnson Health Care Institute (HCI) at UCLA Anderson School of Management presented the "HCI model" last week in Brussels, Belgium before the European Parliament. Dr. Herman spoke at the "Health Education in Europe, Turning Europe into the Healthiest Society" as part of a panel discussion called "Enabling consumers and patients to understand health information and advice." Dr. Herman was one of two academic researchers from the U.S. invited to speak at the European Life Science Circle conference on Health Education in Europe. "Health literacy is surprisingly a challenge in developed countries and what we have learned in the United States is applicable to Europe. I was honored to share our HCI results with European policy makers," said Dr. Herman. "I hope to continue to collaborate and to contribute to their effort to make Europe healthier through education."
The HCI model is a proven health literacy education program developed at UCLA Anderson. Dr. Herman's presentation detailed how a "dose" of hands-on health care training can transform parents' abilities to care for common childhood ailments at home. In the U.S. the program saves Medicaid millions of dollars annually, reducing emergency room and doctor/clinic visits while decreasing missed school and workdays. Since the pilot program launch in 2001, the HCI has reached nearly 27,000 Head Start families nationwide, cooperating with nearly 120 Head Start agencies. A Missouri Head Start agency recently received a $1.1 million grant from the Office of Head Start to work with UCLA Anderson to train thousands more families nationwide.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the very best business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty are ranked #1 in "Intellectual Capital" by BusinessWeek and are renowned for their teaching excellence and research in advancing management thinking. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,700 students enrolled in MBA, Executive MBA, Fully-Employed MBA and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 35,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson develops and prepares global leaders.


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Teachers and negotiators strike ANeSU contract deal

 BRISTOL — After almost two years of negotiation, the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union's negotiating committee and teachers' union this week came to an agreement on a teachers' contract.

 The exact terms of the new contract, which were ironed out Monday night in executive session negotiations, haven't yet been released. But Lanny Smith, lead negotiator for the school boards, said that the terms will be made public after the first school board votes on the new contracts.

 "The negotiating teams have come to a tentative agreement," said Smith, who also chairs the ANeSU executive committee. "It is a four-year package that should be ratified within the next week by all the boards."

 Since the end of June 2010, ANeSU teachers have been working without a collective bargaining agreement. In January 2011 the school boards imposed a contract, and in October of that year the teachers' union called an impasse in contract negotiations, asking for a third-party mediator to help reach common ground.

 That mediator issued a fact-finding report last month — drawing from both sides' proposals, conditions at nearby school districts and overall economic conditions — to help reach a compromise between the union and the school boards.

 Heading into Monday's meeting, the union was demanding that the school boards follow the guidelines laid out in the report. But several key differences — revolving around issues like salary increases, health insurance premiums and mandatory teacher dues paid to the union — remained up in the air.

 Reporter Andrew Stein is at [email protected].

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Forget about compulsively collecting every useless bauble, or heck, even normal adventuring in Skyrim. That's not worth going back for. This is.
Check out this strange but hilarious mod by rsv_rsv. It gives you the ability to kiss everyone in Skyrim. Well, almost everyone. You can't kiss creatures, mannequins or corpses—which is bullshit, because I wanted to kiss all the mudcrabs. I guess kissing all the Jarls and being rewarded for it will have to do.
(I'm only half-joking. I think I would seriously embark on a quest to kiss everything in Skyrim. Better than, like, collecting all the cabbages if you ask me!)


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We all remember the golden years of 1977-1982, when Hostess ran ads for their food in comic books: as this exhaustive site puts it, "five years of amazing super beings tossing food to madmen." For modern readers, Captain America and Batman throwing Hostess Fruit Pies and Twinkies to supervillains to distract them remains the iconic use of superheroes in advertising.
But as an older generation of comic book readers could tell you, the golden age of superhero spokesmen took place not in the late 1970s, but in the 1940s. Here are 10 of the weirdest advertising superheroes from the Greatest Generation.
10. The Kooba Kid. In 1940, Victor Fox, publisher of Fox Syndicate comics, decided that he would cash in on the soda pop craze (Coke and Pepsi both being extremely popular at this time) by publishing ads for "Kooba Cola" in his comics. There was no such cola, but Fox thought he could drum up interest, then sell the license for Kooba Cola to one of the major soft drink companies. Fuller story [http://atocom.blogspot.com/2010/03/kooba-cola-drink-that-never-was.html] here
9. The Pepsi Cola Cop. In 1946 and 1947 Pepsi was falling behind Coke in the cola wars. Coke was distributed far more widely than Pepsi, and G.I.s had spread the taste for Coke to many more countries than Pepsi. So Pepsi put on a marketing blitz, hoping to continue the success it had in 1940 with its ad jingle (and eventual hit record) "Nickel Nickel." Part of this marketing blitz was Pepsi the Pepsi Cola Cop.
8. Thom McAn. These day's men's casual footwear is usually sneakers, a trend that began in the early 1980s, but for decades before that leather shoes were standard for men, and one of the most popular producers of leather shoes for men was Thom McAn. For over 10 years their advertising hero was young Thom McAn, who as you can see here had some vigorous adventures.
7. Bubbles and Yanks. Super Duper Yanks Bubble Gum didn't outlast the 1940s, and Bubbles and Yanks only appeared in 1947, but they deserve inclusion here for the clever use of bubble gum to help save America's atomic secrets.
6. Smith Brothers. I'm not sure what disturbs me more about this one: the kids alone in the cave, or the talking logo on the Smith Brothers box.
5. R.C. and Quickie. As best I can discover, Donald O'Connor never teamed up with R.C. and Quickie, but perhaps future research will prove me wrong.
4. Volto from Mars. Volto only had a two-year run (1945-1946) but he's worth remembering as one of the two most overtly superheroic of the advertising superheroes. He did Grape Nuts Flakes proud with his magnetic ability, and Marvel and DC could do worse than to rescue Volto from obscurity.
3. Captain Tootsie. Tootsie Rolls! Beloved chewy chocolate treat of our childhood and of trick-or-treaters everywhere. One of the most successful of the advertising superheroes here, Captain Tootsie appeared from 1943 to 1953 and even got his own comic book.
2. Sam Spade. The most famous screen portrayal of Sam Spade is of course Humphrey Bogart, in the 1941 Maltese Falcon. But that was only the third film version, previous ones having appeared in 1931 and 1936. In 1943 and 1946 Bogart played Spade on stage, and in 1946 a radio show, The Adventures of Sam Spade began.
Much more light-hearted than Bogart's version, the radio Sam Spade was wry and comedic. To support the radio show, the image of Sam Spade was sold to licensors for use in ads. One of those licensors was Wildroot Cream Oil, which would later use Fearless Fosdick, from the comic strip Lil Abner, in similar ads. Wildroot is still made today.
1. Peter Wheat. Far and away the most successful of the advertising heroes, Peter Wheat was created and drawn by Walt Kelly, better known for "Pogo." Kelly created the character and the strip for Peter Wheat Bread (prepackaged bread) and Bakers Associates, and the comic book The Adventures of Peter Wheat was sold in bakeries and stores, which had their names printed on the cover. The Adventures of Peter Wheat, a fantasy involving a young boy, his animal friends, and the wicked creatures they vanquish, ran for eight years and 66 issues.


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We're back with Part 2 of Jada's show and tell of the Emotional Bliss massagers from the UK.
Did you some how miss last week's presentation? Not to worry! Look for it HERE!
Chandra $49.95
This little lovely is the Chandra by Emotional Bliss. Where last week's offering, Femblossom, was a powerful, multi-speed handful; Chandra is a cute, discreet, single-speed vibe that you wear on your finger. It's so adorable and petite; at first I thought it was some kind of novelty item. I soon discovered that the Chandra is decidedly not that. This is a fully functional personal massager that has been shrunk down to the size of your thumb (2.75 X .75 in). It is designed to direct stimulation directly to those yummy places on your body, like nipples, clit and labia.
When I masturbate, I use my fingers; as I assume most women do. I'm not one for vaginal insertions when I pleasure myself. But rather I concentrate on my clitoris. The Chandra is absolutely perfect for this purpose. You simply attach the massager to one of the three finger clips (each clip is a different size), and that's it. Since it's rechargeable, there are no cords to fuss with. I absolutely love it.
I can direct as much stimulation I like to the precise area I want. The Chandra certainly can be used in conjunction with a dildo if that's what you're into, but it's perfect on its own.
My husband loves the Chandra, not only what it does for me but what it does for him. To be perfectly frank, I'm only orgasmic with clitoral stimulation. So even in intercourse, I must stimulate myself. Sometimes this can get tiring. Introducing a regular sized vibe can be intrusive to the intimate moment. But there's nothing invasive with the Chandra. You see, wherever my finger goes, so goes my Chandra. I can easily move from my clit to my nipples, to my husband's nipples and then to his scrotum, then back to my clit. My orgasms are amazingly strong, yet effortless. It's like I now have a bionic finger.
The Chandra is surprisingly quiet for as powerful as it is. You can immediately tell this is a quality vibe. Like it's big sister, the Femblossom, the Chandra is made of non-porous medical grade TPE plastic. It also has the same antibacterial agent incorporated in it during the manufacturing process.
The Chandra come with:
- 3 Finger Clips
- AC Adapter
- Water-based lube sample
- Silicone-based lube sample
- Instruction Booklet
Full Review HERE!


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Fox's Year Of Class Warfare
Research ››› ››› ERIC SCHROECK, CHELSEA RUDMAN & REMINGTON SHEPARD
In 2011, as President Obama and congressional Democrats pushed for increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans, Fox ramped up its defense of the rich while accusing Obama of attempting to incite a class war. Along the way, Fox relentlessly attacked poor and unemployed Americans, union workers who fought back against attempts by Republicans to strip their right to collectively bargain, and the Occupy Wall Street movement, which has been highlighting increasing income inequality in America. Here, Media Matters looks back at Fox's year of class warfare.
"We Should Be Supporting" The "Mega-Wealthy": Fox Fiercely Defended The Rich
Throughout 2011, Fox figures obsessively defended the wealthy against any possible tax increases proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats -- even claiming that the rich should pay less in taxes while the poor should pay more. Some Fox figures claimed that "most Americans say" that "patriotism is paying less taxes," while others claimed that those making $200,000 a year are not rich and that increasing their taxes would be unfair.
Laura Ingraham Complained That Raising The Tax Rate For The Wealthy Is "Demoniz[ing] The Rich." On the April 12 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham referred to a plan to raise the taxes of the wealthiest Americans as a plan that "demoni[zes] the rich." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/12/11, via Media Matters]
Fox Regular Jonathan Hoenig on Cashin' In: "Wealthy Earners Should Pay Even Less. The Poor Should Pay Much More" In Taxes. On the March 5 edition of Fox News' Cashin' In, Fox News regular Jonathan Hoenig said: "Wealthy earners should pay even less. The poor should pay much more" in taxes. [Fox News, Cashin' In, 3/5/11, via Media Matters]
Peter Johnson Jr.: "Most Americans Say" That "Patriotism Is Paying Less Taxes." On the April 18 edition of Fox & Friends, Fox News legal analyst Peter Johnson Jr. said: "What we have on this tax day is a White House that says, 'If you don't pay more taxes, then you're not being patriotic.' There's a lot of other Americans, and most Americans, who say the opposite: that patriotism is paying less taxes." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/18/11, via Media Matters]
Kilmeade On Taxes: "We Should Be Supporting" The "Mega-Wealthy," Not "Punish[ing] Them." On the July 22 edition of Fox & Friends, guest Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), said that "we can't ... continue to cut taxes for the mega-wealthy in this country when we have a debt and deficit problem." Co-host Brian Kilmeade replied: "The mega-wealthy are paying the majority of taxes for the entire nation, and they're the ones who are going to bring us out of this. You would think, rather than punish them, we should be supporting them." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 7/22/11]
Fox Continued To Claim That $200,000 Per Year Income Is Not Rich. On the April 21 edition of Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson suggested that people making $200,000 a year in income are not rich, saying of Obama's plan to let tax cuts for the wealthy expire: "It's not just billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg who may pay more taxes. ... It's the people making $200,000 and above. There's a huge disparity between that and the billionaires." Carlson's comment followed many similar remarks Fox News anchors made in 2010, when they repeatedly claimed someone making $200,000 or $250,000 per year is "not rich." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/21/11, via Media Matters]
Fox Used "Misleading" Statistic To Claim The Number Of Millionaires Is Decreasing And That Obama's "Plan To Redistribute The Wealth Is Working." On the August 18 edition of Fox & Friends, Fox Business host Stuart Varney used a Wall Street Journal editorial to claim that "[t]he number of millionaires, of people making the million dollars a year, [is] down very, very sharply." The August 20 edition of Fox & Friends Saturday echoed this claim and suggested it showed that Obama's "plan to redistribute the wealth is working."
- In Fact, Economists, Experts Called WSJ Editorial "Misleading" For Using A "Narrower Measure Of Worth." Economists and experts contacted by Media Matters said the Journal's definition of "millionaire" was "misleading" because it was based on households' income, rather than using the more traditional measure of wealth or investible assets. Both the Tax Policy Center and the Center for Economic and Policy Research have pointed out that in fact the wealth of the wealthiest Americans has increased dramatically in the past few decades. [Media Matters, 8/18/11; Fox News, Fox & Friends Saturday, 8/20/11, via Media Matters]
For more, see:
Doocy: Taxing The Wealthy Is "So Last Week"
Steyn Ignores Record-High Wealth Of Top 1 Percent To Push Tax Break For Wealthy
Varney Still Claiming "You Get More Money Coming Into The Federal Treasury" When "You Lower Tax Rates"
Hannity: "If Rich People Don't Buy Yachts" Or "Planes" Or "Go On Expensive Vacations, Guess Who's Gonna Suffer"
They "Prefer Not To Go To Work": Fox Repeatedly Attacked Poor And Unemployed Americans
Poor and unemployed Americans were not spared from vicious attacks from Fox in 2011. Fox figures suggested that unemployed Americans are lazy, while the poor were scolded for not being suitably "ashamed" for their poverty and for lacking a "richness in spirit." Fox also seized on a Heritage Foundation report about the ownership of appliances among the poor to downplay the hardships faced by Americans in poverty.
John Stossel: People Affected By Government Shutdown "Shouldn't Be Getting Those Handouts Anyway." On the April 6 edition of Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto, while talking about a possible government shutdown, Fox Business host John Stossel claimed that "most of us" wouldn't notice a shutdown and that those "who would notice shouldn't be getting those handouts anyway." [Fox News, Your World with Neil Cavuto, 4/6/11, via Media Matters]
Ben Stein Claimed That "A Lot Of" The Unemployed "Would Not Prefer To Go To Work." On the April 30 broadcast of Fox News' Cavuto on Business, Stein said that "a lot of" unemployed Americans "would not prefer to go to work." [Fox Business, Cavuto on Business, 4/30/11, via Media Matters]
Fox Business Scolded Poor People For Not Being "Ashamed" Enough By Their Poverty. During the May 19 edition of Fox Business' Varney & Co., Varney attacked anti-poverty programs as evidence that the U.S. now has an "entitlement mentality." Fox contributor Charles Payne then scolded people in poverty for not being "embarrassed" about needing public assistance:
PAYNE: [T]here's no doubt that these are good programs. I think the real narrative here, though, is that people aren't embarrassed by it. People aren't ashamed by it. In other words, there was a time when people were embarrassed to be on food stamps. There was a time when people were embarrassed to be on unemployment for six months, let alone demanding to be on it for more than two years.
I think that's what Stu is trying to say, is that when the president says Wall Street is at fault, so, you are entitled to get anything that you want from the government, because it's not really your fault, no longer is the man being told to look in the mirror and cast down a judgment on himself. It's someone else's fault. So food stamps, unemployment, all of this stuff, is something that they probably earned in some indirect way. [Fox Business, Varney & Co., 5/19/11, via Media Matters]
Steve Doocy: "The Progressive Income Tax Has Not Been So Fair." On the August 3 edition of Fox & Friends, the co-hosts repeatedly called for taxes to be raised on the lowest-income Americans. Carlson said: "Most people would say, hey, things should be fair. But what does that mean when you factor in that 50 percent of the nation doesn't even pay federal income tax? Is that fair?" Doocy later said: "You know, historically, the tax system in this country, the progressive income tax, has not been so fair." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 8/3/11, via Media Matters]
Fox Hosts Hyped Appliance Ownership To Downplay Hardship Of Poverty In America. In July, Fox News hosts cited a Heritage Foundation report about the ownership of appliances among the poor in America to downplay the hardships of the poor in the U.S. On the July 20 edition of his Fox News show, Bill O'Reilly asked, "So, how can you be so poor and have all this stuff?" [Media Matters, 7/22/11]
Stuart Varney On Low-Income Americans: "Many Of Them Have Things -- What They Lack Is The Richness Of Spirit." During the August 25 edition of Fox Business' Varney & Co. at Night, host Stuart Varney hyped a Heritage Foundation study showing that many Americans in poverty own appliances, saying: "The image we have of poor people as starving and living in squalor really is not accurate. Many of them have things -- what they lack is the richness of spirit. That's my opinion." [Fox Business, Varney & Co. at Night, 8/25/11, via Media Matters]
For more, see:
Fox's Monica Crowley: "Entitlements Are Narcotics" That People "Get Addicted" To
Stossel Associates Food Stamps Usage With "Teaching People To Be Dependent"
Fox's Charles Payne Explains Poverty: After Thanksgiving People "Take Their Welfare Checks And Bum Rush" Wal-Mart
In Fox News Special Called Freeloaders, John Stossel Dresses Up Like A "Beggar" And Panhandles For Change
Attacks On The Social Safety Net
Fox figures and guests repeatedly attacked spending on social safety net programs such as Social Security, food stamps, and unemployment insurance. They repeatedly claimed that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme and questioned the stimulative effect of unemployment insurance during an economic downturn.
Fox Guest Peter Schiff: "One Of The Most Anti-Poor People Rules Is The Minimum Wage." On the September 21 edition of Fox & Friends, Kilmeade hosted author and businessman Peter Schiff, who claimed that minimum wage rules negatively affect employment for young and poor people. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 9/21/11, via Media Matters]
Gary B. Smith: "It's Not Just Wrong To Say Minimum Wage Is Good ... I Think It's Irresponsible." On the September 3 edition of Fox News' Bulls & Bears, Fox News contributor Gary B. Smith claimed that "it's not just wrong to say minimum wage is good, it's -- I think it's irresponsible." [Fox News, Bulls & Bears, 9/3/11, via Media Matters]
Eric Bolling: "You Can't Disagree" That Social Security "Is A Ponzi Scheme." During the September 8 broadcast of Fox & Friends, guest host Eric Bolling and host Brian Kilmeade discussed Gov. Rick Perry's (R-TX) claim that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. Bolling concluded that "you can't disagree that [Social Security] is a Ponzi scheme." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 9/8/11, via Media Matters]
Steve Moore: "How Do You Put More People To Work By Giving People More Money Not To Be Working?" During the September 5 broadcast of Fox News' America's Newsroom, guest host Gregg Jarrett and The Wall Street Journal's Steve Moore dismissed the simulative effect of unemployment insurance by asking, "How do you put more people to work by giving people more money not to be working?" [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 9/5/11, via Media Matters]
For the truth on the stimulative effect of unemployment insurance, SEE HERE.
Glenn Beck Likened Food Stamps To "Cakes and Circuses" Used By Roman Emperors To "Control The People." During the June 7 broadcast of Fox News' Glenn Beck, which has since been canceled, host Glenn Beck claimed that food stamps were comparable to "cakes and circuses" used by Roman Emperors to "control the people." From the broadcast:
BECK: Cakes and circuses, think of this. Given the cakes, can anybody give me an example of cakes being handed out by our government? Anybody hand -- if you are the emperor of Rome you gave people cake. Well, we are not giving people cakes now, but food -- food stamps. You want to control the people, the emperor knew, give the people cake and then entertain them. Isn't it interesting how entertainment -- we're not, really, really. What difference -- what are you going to do about this? [Fox News Channel, Glenn Beck, 6/7/11, via Media Matters]
Bill O'Reilly: The Social Compact Is "The Government... Tak[ing] From The Wealthy And Giv[ing] To The Poor." During the April 18 broadcast of The O'Reilly Factor, O'Reilly claimed that the "social compact" or "social contract" has helped lead to the U.S. facing "ruin because it owes more than $14 trillion dollars." He further claimed the social compact means "the government must take from the wealthy and give to the poor." [Fox News Channel, The O'Reilly Factor, 4/18/11, via Media Matters]
For more, see:
Reading Charts With Fox: "It Actually Brings Down The Poverty Rate When You Spend Less Money On These Poverty Programs"
Fox Celebrates Labor Day By Denying Stimulative Effect Of Unemployment Insurance
Carlson Wonders: Have "Entitlement Programs Really Made Us A Better Nation?"
Angry Varney Says It "Takes" His "Breath Away" That Obama Dared To Praise U.S. Social Safety Net
Zombie Lie: 50 Percent Of Americans Don't Pay Taxes
Throughout 2011, Fox News figures repeatedly advanced the false claim that 50 percent of Americans don't pay any taxes. Fox figures regularly used the falsehood to argue it isn't "fair" that the wealthy pay the "bulk" of taxes while half the country doesn't pay "any at taxes at all." In reality, while the bottom 50 percent of wage earners pay little federal income tax, they still pay payroll and sales taxes, and in many cases, state and local taxes as well.
Neil Cavuto: "More than Half Of American Households ... Do Not Pay Any Taxes At All." During the July 27 broadcast of Your World, host Neil Cavuto claimed that "the rich already pay a lot in taxes" and said that "more than half of American households ... do not pay any taxes at all." He then asked, "Is that fair?" [Fox News, Your World, 7/27/11, via Media Matters]
Kilmeade: "Fifty-One Percent Of The Country Isn't Paying Any Taxes At All." During the July 26 broadcast of Fox & Friends, Kilmeade, in an attempt to rebut the idea that the wealthy should pay more taxes, claimed, "Fifty-one percent of the country isn't paying any taxes at all. And you have the people who are paying the bulk of the taxes being called out for not paying more." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 7/26/11, via Media Matters]
For the truth about the false claim that "51 percent of the country" doesn't pay any taxes, SEE HERE.
For more, see:
Dave Ramsey: "42% Of Americans Don't Pay Anything Into The Problems That President Obama And The Congress Are Grappling With"
Hannity Repeats Falsehood That "50 Percent Of Americans Don't Pay Taxes"
"Violent" "Angry Mob[s]": Fox's Relentless Assault On Unions
From the Wisconsin statehouse protests for collective bargaining rights to the Boeing and National Labor Relations Board conflict, Fox News figures continued their assault on unions in 2011. Fox figures called unions, union protesters, and their leaders "angry mob[s]," "violent," and "thug[s]." Others claimed unions represent "useless workers" like "kindergarten teachers" and said unions have "destroyed every company in which they've been intimately involved."
Jonathan Hoenig: "Unions Have Destroyed Every Company In Which They've Been Intimately Involved." On the November 12 edition of Fox News' Cashin' In, Hoenig claimed, "Unions have destroyed every company in which they've been involved." [Fox News, Cashin' In, 11/12/11, via Media Matters]
Peter Johnson Jr. On Video Of WI Students Protesting: "Is That Something Out Of ... Red China?" On the March 19 edition of Fox & Friends Saturday, Johnson responded to a video of chanting student protesters at the Wisconsin statehouse by saying, "Is that something out of, I don't know, red China or something?" [Fox News, Fox & Friends Saturday, 3/19/11, via Media Matters]
With Zero Evidence, Kilmeade Called Chanting WI Union Protesters "Violent"; On-Screen Text Called Them An "Angry Union Mob." On the March 3 edition of Fox & Friends, while talking about the protests in Wisconsin defending collective bargaining rights, Kilmeade claimed that a Republican lawmaker tried to find his way into the statehouse while there was "an angry mob on the outside" that got "violent." On-screen text read, "GOP lawmaker chased down by angry union mob," and, "Violent protesters corner state Republican." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 3/3/11, via Media Matters]
Michelle Malkin Called Richard Trumka "Thug In Chief At The AFL-CIO"; Accuses Him Of A "Bloody Legacy." On the February 23 edition of Fox News' Hannity, Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin said that " 'get[ting] a little bloody' is the union way" and then referred to AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka as "the thug in chief at the AFL-CIO." She later accused Trumka of having a "bloody legacy." [Fox News, Hannity, 2/23/11, via Media Matters]
Johnson: "We Understand The Value Of Unions," But They're "Begin[ning] To Destroy A Country." During a June 20 discussion on Hannity of Boeing's conflict with the National Labor Relations Board, Johnson said: "We understand the value of unions. They've done some great things over time. But when they begin to destroy a country ... We're staggered by the numbers. We can't afford what they're asking for." [Fox News, Hannity, 6/20/11, via Media Matters]
For more, see:
Coulter: Hoffa Represents "Useless" Workers Like "Kindergarten Teachers" Instead Of "Men Who Have Actual Jobs"
Fox Business' Kneale: "My Short Editorial: Unions Bad, Business Good"
Bolling Reflexively Smears Union Workers As "Union Thugs"
Beck Smears Students Protesting In Wisconsin As Lenin's "Useful Idiots"
Fox's Gary B. Smith: Public Sector "Collective Bargaining Needs To Be Abolished"
Fox's All-Out Assault On The Occupy Wall Street Movement
In the fall of 2011, as the Occupy Wall Street movement -- along with its message of fighting income equality -- began to spread across the country, Fox responded by vigorously attacking and demonizing the Occupy movement and protesters. Fox portrayed protesters as violent "Communist[s]" and "Nazi[s]" and repeatedly mocked them as "dirty" and "un-American." Fox's Liz Trotta even said that the Occupy Wall Street website included the "ravings of what sound like the Unabomber."
Bolling Wore A Tinfoil Hat While Mocking Occupy Wall Street Protesters. During the October 14 broadcast of Fox News' The Five, Bolling donned a tin foil hat and held a misspelled sign reading, "Ocupy The Five," to mock Occupy Wall Street protesters. Co-host Andrea Tantaros added that the Occupy Wall Street protesters needed signs like Bolling's because "they haven't brushed their teeth in weeks. How else do they communicate?" [Fox News, The Five, 10/14/11, via Media Matters]
Kilmeade Asked If "The Biggest Nightmare For A Parent" Is Spotting Your Kid At An 'Occupy' Protest. During the November 10 broadcast of Fox & Friends, Kilmeade claimed that "the biggest nightmare for a parent" would be to see his or her child at an Occupy protest. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 11/10/11, via Media Matters]
Doocy Promoted Anti-Occupy Wall Street Blog That Told Occupiers To "Suck It Up, You Whiners." During the October 11 broadcast of Fox & Friends, Doocy discussed CNN contributor and Red State editor Erick Erickson's countermovement to Occupy Wall Street, "We are the 53 percent." Doocy highlighted the countermovement's website directing Occupy Wall Street protesters to "suck it up, you whiners." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 10/11/11, via Media Matters]
Bolling: Occupy Wall Street Protesters Are "Communist, Nazi ... Pot Smoking, Sex-Addicted Morons." During the October 19 broadcast of The Five, Bolling called Occupy protesters "communist, Nazi ... pot smoking, sex-addicted morons." [Fox News, The Five, 10/19/11, via Media Matters]
Malkin: Occupy Movement Protesters "Are The Spawn Of The Worst Excesses Of The Ideological Left." During the November 16 broadcast of Hannity, Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin claimed the Occupy Wall Street protesters "are the spawn of the worst excesses of the ideological left." [Fox News Channel, Hannity, 11/16/11, via Media Matters]
Fox & Friends Applauded NYPD's Eviction Of OWS Protesters: "Good Riddance." During the November 15 broadcast of Fox & Friends, text reading "Good Riddance" was aired during a tease about New York City police evicting Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park. [Fox News Channel, Fox & Friends, 11/15/11 via Media Matters]
Varney: It's "Un-American" For People To "Want Their Children To Grow Up And Demonstrate On Wall Street" During the October 28 broadcast of America's Newsroom, co-host Bill Hemmer read the results of a Fox poll asking, "What would you want your own child to be?" The options were "Wall Street executive," "Occupy Wall St. protester," or "neither." Twenty-six percent of respondents claimed that from the given options they would like their children to grow up and be Occupy protesters. Varney said the fact that "one quarter" of respondents had answered this way was "un-American." [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 10/28/11, via Media Matters]
For more, see:
Fox's Trotta On Occupy Wall Street Website: "Ravings Of What Sounds Like The Unabomber"
Fox's Charlie Gasparino: Occupy Wall Street Is A "Marxist Epicenter" That's Becoming "Increasingly Violent"
Fox's Guilfoyle: Wall Street Protesters Are "People With Absolutely No Purpose Or Focus In Life" There To Just "Dirty The Streets"
Fox Relentlessly Accused Obama Of Inciting Class Warfare
Fox figures repeatedly reacted to any of President Obama's jobs and deficit reduction plans that included proposals to raises taxes on the wealthy by claiming Obama was inciting class warfare. During 2011, Fox relentlessly accused Obama of "soak[ing] the rich" and attempting to "divide and conquer" the country by inciting "class warfare."
Doocy: "The President Is Talking About Raising Taxes, And, You Know, Effectively Class Warfare." On the September 19 broadcast of Fox & Friends, Doocy claimed that Obama's deficit reduction plan was "effectively class warfare." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 9/19/11, via Media Matters]
Sean Hannity: Obama "Could Not Help But Resort To Using The Same Kind Of Class Warfare" In His Speech On Jobs Bill. During the September 12 broadcast of his Fox News show, Sean Hannity said of Obama's speech about his jobs plan: "And, as usual, the president could not help but resort to using the same kind of class warfare and false choices that we've gotten used to over the past two-and-a-half years." [Fox News, Hannity, 9/12/11, via Media Matters]
Bolling: "Class Warfare" Is "Emanating Out Of The White House." During the August 22 edition of The Five, co-host Eric Bolling said to fellow panelist Dana Perino: "All right, Dana, what about the class warfare that seems to be, I don't know, emanating out of the White House? Is it only the White House, or is it the right, too?" [Fox News, The Five, 8/22/11]
Doocy Called Obama's Deficit Reduction Tour The "Soak The Rich Tour." On the April 18 edition of Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy reacted to reports that Obama would travel to Nevada and California to promote his deficit reduction plan by saying, "Rather than the deficit reduction tour, call it the 'Soak the Rich Tour.' " [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/18/11]
Johnson: Obama's "Clear Strategy" Is "Divide And Conquer" With "Class Warfare." On the September 20 edition of Fox & Friends, Peter Johnson Jr. said that Obama's deficit-reduction plan, which included increasing taxes on the wealthy, was evidence of Obama's "clear strategy" to "divide and conquer" and "anger the middle ... of America" with "class warfare." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 9/20/11, via Media Matters]
Molly Line Declared Obama "Wants To Use The Rich To Fix His Spending Problem." On the July 18 edition of Fox & Friends, guest host Molly Line claimed that Obama "wants to use the rich to fix his spending problem." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 7/18/11, via Media Matters]
For more, see:
Trump: "Class Warfare" Is "Probably The Only Way [Obama] Thinks He Can Get Elected"
Sarah Palin: Obama Is Using Occupy Movement To "Perpetuate" Class Warfare
Morris Decides: Obama "Spends His Full Time Attacking People That Provide Jobs" And His Government Is "At War" With Employers
Broken Record: Doocy Again Complains Taxing The Wealthy Is "Class Warfare"
Fox's Camerota On Obama Tax Plan: "Is The White House Inciting Class Warfare?"
Broken Record: Doocy Calls Obama's Jobs Bill "Class Warfare ... One Of Those Soak The Rich Things"
Doocy: Obama Is "Conducting What Is Clearly Class Warfare" In Calling For Balanced Approach To Lowering Debt
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Portugal, Madeira
Portugal, Minho
Portugal, Peninsula de Setúbal
Portugal, Tejo
Portugal, Terras do Sado
Portugal, V.R. Alentejano
Portugal, V.R. Lisboa
Portugal, V.R. Península de Setúbal
Portugal, V.R. Terras do Dão
Portugal, Vinho Verde
Republic of Georgia, Kvareli
Romania, Transylvania
Sapin, Toro
Slovenia, Goriska Brda
Sonoma Coast, California
South Africa (All)
South Africa, Coastal Region
South Africa, Elgin
South Africa, Paarl
South Africa, Stellenbosch
South Africa, Walker Bay
South Africa, Western Cape
Spain (All)
Spain, Alicante
Spain, Almansa
Spain, Andalucía
Spain, Aragón
Spain, Bierzo
Spain, Bizkaiko Txakolina
Spain, Calatayud
Spain, Campo de Borja
Spain, Cariñena
Spain, Castilla y León
Spain, Catalunya
Spain, Cava
Spain, Cigales
Spain, Conca de Barberà
Spain, Cosecha Propia
Spain, Empordà
Spain, Getariako Txakolina
Spain, Jerez
Spain, Jumilla
Spain, La Mancha
Spain, Madrid
Spain, Manzanilla
Spain, Monterrei
Spain, Montilla-Moriles
Spain, Montsant
Spain, Murcia
Spain, Navarra
Spain, Penedes
Spain, Priorat
Spain, Rias Baixas
Spain, Ribeira Sacra
Spain, Ribera del Duero
Spain, Ribera del Júcar
Spain, Rioja
Spain, Rueda
Spain, Toro
Spain, Valdeorras
Spain, Valdepeñas
Spain, Valencia
Spain, Vino De La Tierra Castilla
Spain, Vino de España
Spain, Vino de la Tierra
Switzerland, Valais
Texas (All)
Trinidad, Jamaica
Turkey, Anatolia
Turkey, Ankara
Turkey, Denizli
Turkey, Elazig
Uruguay (All)
Uruguay, Atlantida
Uruguay, Garzón
Virginia (All)
Washington (All)
Washington, Columbia Valley
Washington, Horse Heaven Hills
Washington, Mattawa
Washington, Walla Walla Valley
Washington, Yakima Valley
Dazzling Zin from Graziano
Dazzling Zin from Graziano
Northside Staff
Dave Pohl, ed.,
Dana Malley, Jason Wentworth, Mark Britten, Robert Bradley, Jay Reed, and Joe Downs
Prior to the advent of "White Zinfandel" in the 1970s, California's Zinfandel grape was typically made into a sturdy, fruit-dominated red wine both on its own or blended with grapes such as Carignan, Grenache, and Mourvedre. It was largely associated with California's Italian-American producers such as Martini, Parducci, Pedroncelli, and Sebastiani, who made Zinfandel wines that graced their own tables as well as those of many a pizzeria.
In the 1960s, new producers such as Ridge Vineyards attempted, with frequent success, to take a more serious approach to "the people's grape," looking high and low for old Zinfandel vineyards capable of producing wines of concentration and complexity. Ridge's pioneering efforts ultimately laid the groundwork for the plethora of serious Zinfandel producers now making highly regarded wines costing $30 and up.
In a continuing effort to find good value wines, the staff at Northside Wine & Spirits recently blind tasted 21 California red Zinfandels priced under $30 per bottle. The tasting highlighted a recent trend in Zinfandel production, a tendency to produce jammy, ultra-ripe wines that are high in alcohol and low in subtlety.
The lineup contained a few of these "alcohol bombs," but there were also plenty of well-balanced, full-flavored wines that showed off Zin's appealingly "brambly" fruit. The great American chef Thomas Keller has recently stated that Zinfandel is his favorite wine variety, and the best wines of this tasting demonstrated the allure.
The staff's top pick of the tasting was the
Graziano 2011 Mendocino County Zinfandel
($16 per bottle). Ripe, bright, and bursting with exuberant red fruit character, the Graziano is flat out delicious. Its soft tannins give it a rich mouth feel that is balanced by enjoyably mouthwatering acidity.
Other standouts included the
Alexander Valley Vineyards 2012 Dry Creek Valley "Redemption" Zinfandel
($20 per bottle) and the
Dry Creek Vineyard 2012 Heritage Vines Zinfandel
($17 per bottle). Both are smooth as silk and packed with berry-like fruit. Along with the first place Graziano, they will partner well with robustly flavored meat or pasta dishes. Better yet, sample all three when your family gathers for this year's Thanksgiving feast!
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text:
Carlos S. Alvarado, Ph.D.
Atlantic University
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These are only a few examples of books with information about parapsychology.
Carington, W. (1949). Mind, Matter and Meaning. New Haven, CT: Yale UniversityPress.
Doyle, A.C. (1918). The New Revelation. New York: George H. Doran.
Hyslop, J.H. (1919). Contact with the Other World. London: T. Werner Laurie.
James, W. (1920). Collected Essays and Reviews. New York: Longmans, Green.
Jastrow, J. (1900). Fact and Fable in Psychology. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin.
Maeterlinck, M. (1915). The Unknown Guest. New York: Dodd, Mead.
Myers, F.W.H. (1903). Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death (2 vols.).London: Longmans, Green.
Murchinson, C. (Ed.). (1927). The Case for and Against Psychical Belief. Worcester, MA:Clark University.
Paton, L.B. (1921). Spiritism and the Cult of the Dead in Antiquity. New York:Macmillan.
Pratt, J.G., Rhine, J.B., Smith, B.M., Stuart, C.E., and Greenwood, J.A. (1940).Extrasensory Perception After Sixty Years. New York: Henry Holt.
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First established in 1957, the PA has been an affiliated organization of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1969. The PA is a non-profit, non-adjudicating organization that endorses no ideologies or beliefs other than the value of rigorous scientific and scholarly inquiry.