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All our life should be a pilgrimage to the seventh day; the thought and appreciation of what this day may bring to us should be ever present in our minds. For the Sabbath is the counterpoint of living; the melody sustained throughout all agitations and vicissitudes which menace our conscience; our awareness of God's presence in the world.
—Abraham Joshua Heschel
The Sabbath
IF THE SEVENTH day is the Sabbath of my week, August is the Sabbath of my year. For most of my life, August has meant vacation. As a child, my parents would pack my brother and me into the station wagon, head to the ferry dock on the Connecticut side of Long Island Sound, and float across the water to the Hamptons, where my mother's best friend, Patti, lived.
August meant long days in the sun at the beach and long dinners around Patti's table with fresh zucchini, snap peas, tomatoes, and corn from the farm stand down the road. Some days—some of the most magical of my childhood—before dinner, Patti would hand me a little metal bucket and lead me across her gravel road to a bramble-laden field where we'd pick blueberries.
Nearly 40 years on, the muscle-memories I have of plucking those indigo gems from their prickly rests have not faded a bit. While I usually collect my blueberries these days from Trader Joe's, I still pick through the berries as Patti taught me to, looking for the few errant green stems left behind by the processing plant.


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Original SLCC board members exit after a disastrous 3 years of complaints handling & not one single prosecution of a crooked lawyer. AFTER raking in over HALF A MILLION POUNDS in expenses claims & remuneration, the seven original remaining board members of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) comprising two former senior Police Officers, a clutch of lawyers, and quangocrats who were personally appointed by Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill in early 2008 to front what quickly became an anti-client law complaints quango made more famous for booze fuelled anti-consumer rants than prosecuting crooked lawyers, will finally depart their lucrative £212 a day plus expenses appointments tomorrow on the expiry of their controversial term of office, leaving behind little or no evidence of improvement of consumer protection against crooked Scottish lawyers in the past three years.
The departure of former Lothian & Borders Chief Supt Douglas Watson, Dr Linda Pollock BSc, RGN, RMN, Dist Nursing, Diploma (Clinical Nursing), PhD, MBA, ex Deputy Chief Constable Tayside Police Ian Gordon OBE, QPM, LL.B (Hons), Law Professor Alan Paterson OBE, FRSE, David Smith (retired lawyer & husband of Court of Session judge Lady Smith), divorce lawyer Margaret Scanlan OBE & retired lawyer David Chaplin leaves a bitter legacy of feuds with the media, cover-ups against Freedom of Information laws, arguments over the SLCC's mishandling of complaints against the Scottish legal profession and little evidence of any success against crooked lawyers in the past three years, all in stark comparison to the progress of the Legal Ombudsman for England & Wales (LeO) which has seemingly powered ahead on complaints cases, even laying plans to name & shame solicitors & law firms who abuse their clients. No such moves have been made by the SLCC who bitterly refuse to name & shame rogue Scottish lawyers.
During the term of the now departing board members, the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission has since 2007, raked in an average of £2.5 million a year from the legal profession in complaints levies (funded by hikes in solicitors fees taken from clients), and a whopping £2 million of taxpayers money from the Scottish Government.
However, the dreadful reality of the worst piece of theatre in Scots regulation is that despite the huge intake of money & effort, the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission has in the past three years, fully upheld only a handful of complaints against solicitors & law firms and has paid out staggeringly small amounts of compensation to victims of 'crooked lawyers' compared with how much consumers have lost to their legal representatives. In one case, a client of a rogue lawyer received a meagre £10 compensation award after falling victim to shoddy legal work. The SLCC also blew more than 1/4 million on legal fees to law firms, some of which are linked to its own board members, as reported by Diary of Injustice here : £10 compensation for victims of crooked lawyers while Scottish Legal Complaints Commission spend more than £1/4 MILLION on law firms & 'legal advice'
To add to the regulation nightmare facing consumers of legal services in Scotland,, not one crooked lawyer has yet been prosecuted on the basis of any work carried out by the SLCC in the entire three years, a fact which even drew criticism from the Chairman of the Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal as reported HERE.
The SLCC experienced a few of its own nightmares, as covered by Diary of Injustice over the past three years, where in particular, the former Chief Executive Eileen Masterman resigned on grounds of ill health, but not before negotiating via lawyers a payoff, reported here : HUSH & MONEY : Former SLCC law complaints Chief Executive Eileen Masterman received secret Scottish Government approved payoff in deal with lawyers
Secretive & anti-client SLCC became famous for censorship & battles over Freedom of Information requests.The failures of the SLCC over the past three years leaves an inescapable conclusion that over TWELVE MILLION POUNDS of public funds & fees gathered from clients of solicitors have gone down the drain on what is now obviously little more than a joint venture between the Law Society of Scotland & Scottish Government to shore up the Law Society's influence & exclusive control over self-regulation of the legal profession in Scotland, leading to the SLCC's continuing stitch-up of consumer complaints against rogue solicitors. In short, consumers have not benefited from the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission. The Scottish Government, the Law Society of Scotland & the legal establishment have seen to that.
Diary of Injustice featured in an earlier article what it took to be a member of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission's board : More 'jobs for the boys' than action on 'crooked lawyers' : What it takes to be a Board Member at the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission. As far as new appointments to the board of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission are concerned, reported by Diary of Injustice HERE, HERE & HERE no improvement in the hapless anti-client law complaints quango should be expected.
Read all about it : Scottish Legal Complaints Commission - The story so far
AND ITS GOODBYE FROM THEM (for now) :
• Former lay member of a Law Society of Scotland Committee dealing with Access to Legal Information. The role was unpaid.
• A cousin, Bruce Minto, is a partner in Dickson Minto, Solicitors.
• Formerly a Chief Superintendent with Lothian and Borders Police.
• Executive Nursing Director (1989 -2006).
• Interim Board Nurse Director (2002-2003).
• Chief Nursing Officer's Professional Advisor on nurse prescribing (2005-6).
• Past External Examiner with Robert Gordon's University and Queen Margaret University.
• Research Honorary Fellow in the Social Science Faculty of Edinburgh University.
• Formerly, a part time nurse member of the Mental Welfare Commission (1997- 2005).
• Currently, working as a Primary Care Consultant, undertaking research work commissioned by the Queen's Nursing Institute in Scotland.
• Registrant member of the Nursing and Midwifery Council Appointments Board.
• Member of the Royal College of Nursing.
• Dr Pollock has a track record of authorship and chapter contributions in professional books, and continues to write articles in nursing journals.
• Board Member of the Accounts Commission (from 1st October for three years).
• Chair to a UK-wide Advisory Board with Pain Concern (from Jan 2010).
Ian Gordon OBE, QPM, LL.B (Hons)• Convener of the Standards Commission for Scotland (from 1 February 2010 for four years).
• Member of the Registration and Conduct Sub Committees of the Scottish Social Services Council. Appointed by the Council on 29 April 2010 for 3 years.
Payment from Scottish Social Services Council.
• Associate Professor in Policing for Charles Sturt University (Australia)
• Director (Trustee) of Blairgowrie and Rattray Regeneration Company (BARRC) Registered Charity – Not remunerated.
• Member of Rotary International
• Retired Deputy Chief Constable of Tayside Police.
• Formerly Chair of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS)
Professional Standards Business Area.
• Formerly Vice-Chair of ACPOS General Policing Business Area.
• Member of the Law Society of Scotland and holder of current practising certificate.
• Husband is a senior partner Russells Gibson McCaffrey.
• Husband is a member of the Law Society of Scotland and holder of current practising certificate.
• Past Chair of the Family Law Association.
• Former member of the Scottish Legal Aid Board.
• Former member/partner of Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, Solicitors. Retired on 30/04/08.
• Non-Executive Director, Value and Income Trust Plc.
• Wife is a Senator of the College of Justice and a non practising member of the Faculty of Advocates.
• Member of the Law Society of Scotland.
• Director and shareholder in Baliol Properties Limited.
• Research adviser to the Scottish Legal Aid Board.
• Member of the Law Society of Scotland.
• Professional contact with Guild & Guild, Solicitors and McCash & Hunter, LLP.

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Poor Garrett. I have roped him in to another one of my crazy schemes! I am lucky he is such a good sport. Let me tell you all about it so you can sympathize with him — but keep in mind I cook him really delicious food all the time so it's not like I only bring the crazy to this relationship! 🙂
I mentioned that part of my fitness goals this year include running more. While I'm not sure I will ever identify myself as a runner — not because I don't think I have the skills but mostly just because it's not The Thing I am passionate about — I have to admit training for last year's half marathon and the metrics involved in that just really made me happy. I enjoyed just about every aspect of it so I wanted to see where that would take me this year. I planned to run another half marathon and specifically on some pace goals, but then a friend at CrossFit threw out the idea of putting a team together to run The Relay, and like a crazy person I thought, "Hey. We should totally do that!"
If you've never heard of The Relay it is a 200 mile run done in 12 person teams that starts up in Calistoga and ends in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The race is broken into 36 legs and each team member runs 3 legs. We are doing this May 4-5 with 10 other members at our gym and we will get to run through 36 cities including the Napa Valley, Marin County, a night run over the Golden Gate Bridge, through the South Bay and finishing in the Santa Cruz mountains.
Sounds a little nutso, yes? But also — pretty freaking fun, right? Oh how my perception of fun has changed in the last few years!
The total mileage you run depends on the leg that you are assigned but it ranges anywhere from 12.6 miles to 18.5 miles, with varying levels of difficulty in each course. For example just because a leg has less mileage doesn't mean that it is easier as some of lower mileage runs are straight up hill or in particularly windy areas. There are definitely many things to consider with respect to your own capabilities and the strengths of your team. I'll be the first to admit that I was a little nervous coming into this as a complete novice and not a very strong runner, but luckily my team is not concerned with competitiveness and really just concerned with having fun. Obviously it's the only way I would do it!
For some perspective, here is how all the legs shake out – and I love how it ranks it by level of difficulty.
Initially I felt fairly comfortable with the mileage. Since I had completed a half marathon (damn it still feels good to say that) I knew that I could run 13-ish miles comfortably (Comfortably! Ha! That's funny.) But it definitely gets dicier when you consider that challenge of this event is that you don't run it all at once. The legs are broken up and in between you are either sitting in a van for hours, chilling at someone's house, or trying to get some sleep. (PS — Do you live on that route? Want to host Garrett and I for a nap? ha) So training for this will definitely involve more than being able to run 16 miles in a row. It's more accurate to say, can you wake up and run 6 miles, go to work, come home and run 6 miles and then get up again the next morning and run another few miles. And THAT, is a whole other beast. But one I'm excited to train for.
My Training Plan:
Oh how cute, to think that I would actually have one already. BAHAHAHAHA. I do not. But I will tell you my approach for now. The first thing is, I'm not trying to be a hero or anything. I am pretty up front that I would like an easy route. Yes running over the Golden Gate sounds nice, but not if I have to spend the last 3 miles of my race running straight up hill. I'm smart enough to know that I'm not ready for that yet. So – easy route, yes please!
Second, I am going to spend the next couple of months really working on my speed. I don't know how much this will really affect my overall experience, but I would like to be running faster, more consistently before I start doing distance training etc.
Third, I am basically accepting all of the help from anyone who is willing to offer it. Our friend Matt (hi Matt!) has run this race multiple times and he has given us some great insight. My friend Lesley (hi Lesley!) is doing all sorts of running this year and so we are going to hook up to do some running together and she is mucho experienced and also willing to help mentor me a little bit. I LOVE MENTORS! I AM A MENTOR NERD! Plus, all of my teammates are going to be doing some group training so I look forward to enjoying the camaraderie and skills that this will bring with it.
Lastly, I want to keep this fun and I plan to really focus on that. This shouldn't be stressful and instead should just be an interesting, albeit personally challenging, thing to have on the calendar. And you know how I love stuff like that! Also, we plan to stay down in Santa Cruz after the run is over for a bit because it is Garrett's birthday weekend and why the hell not celebrate, right? (Again, SUCH A GOOD SPORT ON HIS BIRTHDAY WEEKEND, RIGHT?)
So that's the scoop! And since I'll be talking more about it and my running adventures in the coming months I'm sure I just thought I'd give you a little background. Have you ever done a race like this? Have any advice? Think I'm a total nutjob? Talk to me. 🙂


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Cheddar Apple Pizza
Total TimePrep: 15 min. Bake: 30 min.
Makes12 servings
- Pastry for a single-crust pie (9 inches)
- 4 large tart apples, peeled and sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar, shredded part-skim mozzarella or shredded Swiss cheese
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons cold butter
- Roll pastry to fit a greased 12-in. pizza pan; flute edges. Bake at 400° for 10 minutes.
- Arrange apples in a single layer in a circular pattern to completely cover pastry. Sprinkle with cheese. Combine brown sugar, walnuts, cinnamon and nutmeg; sprinkle over cheese.
- Cut butter into small pieces and dot top of pizza. Bake for 20 minutes longer or until apples are tender. Cut into wedges; serve warm.
Nutrition Facts1 piece: 209 calories, 11g fat (4g saturated fat), 13mg cholesterol, 118mg sodium, 26g carbohydrate (16g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.
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I prepared this recipe for the first time on 1/17/14. I think my first try at making this pizza worked out quite well! Again, I DID make some modifications: I used 1/4 cup packed brown sugar & 1/2 cup granulated sugar instead of all brown sugar! I used at least 2 large apples, rather than 4 large apples for the filling! I'd prepared my pie crust for a single crust pie and I baked the crust 10 minutes by putting my Pie-Partner pie shell inserter on top of the crust so that it would not puff up and pull away from the pizza pan! I placed the slices of apple in a single layer, but in a circular pattern to cover the pie crust and I found that I needed to bake the pizza for 30 minutes instead of 20 minutes to make sure that the apples WERE tender! I used margarine instead of butter to dot the filling and for me that worked out well! I did use the 400o F. oven! I also used the 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese-it was already shredded & packaged as such! I used a combination of pecans & walnuts in a 1/2 cup amount! I did notice that the crust had to be really rolled out & while I was able to fit in into the pizza pan, I had to build up the edges in order to give the rim a fluted edge! It does look quite nice! I'm reserving the pizza for one of the depts. I work in at the local hospital on 1/20/14! Thank you, Anna Beckley, for sharing this recipe with Taste of Home! I also had to use at least 1 pizza recipe for a TOH pizza-based theme for our Cook's Corner Forum and this one was one of the 2 pizza recipes I chose to use! delowenstein


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SugarHouse Casino is welcoming Roy Halladay as part of the "Lunch with a Legend Sweepstakes," running now through Sept. 15. Throughout baseball season, SugarHouse will host several promotion-based luncheons with Philly sports icons including:
– Steve Carlton, Cy Young Winner and Hall-of-Famer – Saturday, April 5
– Brad "Lights Out" Lidge, perfect-season, 2008 World Series closer – Saturday, June 7
– Charlie Manuel, former Phillies skipper and current senior advisor to the general manager – Saturday, August 16
– Roy "Doc" Halladay, 2013 starting pitcher and All-Star – September (date to be announced)
At each luncheon, 15 winners and their guests will be able to dine with the legends, which includes VIP access, a three-course plated lunch, an 8×10 autographed photo and the opportunity to mix, mingle and participate in an exclusive question and answer session.
"We always like to host winners here at SugarHouse, but we're especially lucky to be having four legends in the house this season," general manager, Wendy Hamilton, said. "We're excited to give our guests the chance to win these once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Go Phils!"
There are two ways to enter the Lunch with a Legend Sweepstakes:
– "Like" SugarHouse Casino on Facebook and then enter on the "Win Lunch with a Legend" contest page
– Check in at any Rush Rewards kiosk at SugarHouse through Sept. 15
Those entering via Facebook only need to do so once throughout the promotional period, and kiosk entries at the casino can be submitted up to one time each day. Entries will culminate throughout the sweepstakes timeframe, and winners will be notified five days in advance of the luncheon.
The contest is free to enter and open to anyone 21 years of age or older.
For information about SugarHouse Casino and its Lunch with a Legend Sweepstakes, visit www.sugarhousecasino.com.


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Deals led by raunchy comedy Johnson acquired from Salt.
German independent Tiberius Film has added another three acquisitions – including Huck Botko's raunchy indie comedy Johnson - to its previous announced deal at the AFM this week for the scary thriller Under The Bed.
Speaking about the deal for Johnson, Tiberius Film's managing partner Wolfgang Carl pointed out that this was his company's first acquisition from the London-based sales company Salt "and their movie Johnson has huge potential, a great cast, and a highly contemporary topic."
Johnson began shooting in Chicago from mid-October and features Twilight star Cam Gigandet as a charismatic womanizer who receives his comeuppance when his penis mysteriously leaves his body and takes on human form (as played by comedian Nick Thune).
Tiberius has also signed deals with Voltage Pictures for writer-director Chris Roosevelt's post-apocalyptic zombie thriller The Demented, starring Sarah Butler, Michael Welch, Kayla Ewell and Brittney Alger; and with IM Global for Ron Scalpello's rites of passage movie Bootnecks set in the toughest infantry training in the world among the Royal Marines, produced by UK distributor Revolver Entertainment's Gunslinger production arm.


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Is there any cooked pudding mix (jell-o pudding) that is vegetarian? I do drink milk. Thank you.
I found these online but have not tried them:
The second link I have ordered other items from them and have always received my shipments very quickly and well packaged. It looks like the reviews for their vegan pudding mixes are mixed.
There are quite a few vegan recipes on here for homemade puddings. I tried a few tapioca ones, and I do my own chocolate pudding which is quick and wonderful. I veganized the following pudding recipe and it turned out very thick and rich and can be made in ten minutes or less:
The only change I made was using almond milk instead of regular. Soymilk would work well too. If you still use milk then you could just use the entire recipe because the milk is the only item not vegan (and the sugar unless you use beet sugar or some type of organic raw sugar). It doesn't get much simpler, although it isn't the healthiest. You do have to be careful not to overcook it though or it will get lumpy, but otherwise it's good.


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As you know, this is the 40th anniversary of the final production of the /5 series. It is also the 40th annual BMW National Rally, so there's a special call for /5 riders to attend together as a group, including camping together. If you plan on riding your /5 to the rally and would like to camp with other /5 riders, please reply offsite to Click Here to Email Me. I need your name, how many are coming (if riding with other /5 riders) and your expected time of arrival. Thanks.
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Police in Polk County, Florida, have busted a drug gang—leaded by some assclown called Otis "Cowboy" Carden, who was also selling methamphetamine to his mother and brother— that terrified neighbours and customers using the firepower of a fully oiled and operational World War II british rocket launcher.
And although they really never fired it, the police did... near a power plant. Actually, the gang fired it, not the police. Video after the jump.
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Apple Inc. is once again in the pages of the People's Daily, this time in an article listing a number of websites and app stores that have been investigated for providing pornographic content in China.
The Cupertino, Calif., company's appearance on the list (in Chinese), which mostly includes relatively obscure websites, has spurred concern on the Chinese Internet that this may represent the beginning of another campaign by the government against Apple. But Apple's most recent appearance in state media is markedly different from the March attacks that prompted an apology from Chief Executive Tim Cook.
The People's Daily article is not featured prominently in Wednesday's paper, nor does it make efforts to emphasize Apple, which is listed next to the names of other app stores singled out in the middle of the second paragraph of the article. According to Apple's terms of use, pornographic content is not allowed on its app store.
Nonetheless the mention does put Apple in an uncomfortable parallel with Google. Some analysts compared Apple's run-in with state media last month to Google's difficulties with China Central Television, which accused the company of spreading pornography in 2009. The accusations presaged deeper difficulties in China, including hacking attacks that led Google to move its operations to Hong Kong in 2010.
Apple in recent years has had other run-ins with the government over pornographic content on its sites.
The Chinese government is better known for its crackdowns on politically sensitive content, but it has also long sought to keep pornography off the web in China. To accomplish this quixotic task, it has launched repeated campaigns to block illicit material online, shuttered hundreds of websites and blog accounts, and even called Internet executives into industry-wide meetings to call for greater vigilance. Occasionally the Chinese government will use bans on pornography to censor politically sensitive content, according to analysts.
Following a March call for a new campaign against porn -- the most recent salvo in China's war on smut – a government regulator named Apple Inc.'s app store as a source of "obscene pornographic" content late last month and ordered it to remove the content, submit a report about the violation, and take measures to prevent future violations (in Chinese).
But it was a Wednesday article in the People's Daily that drew Chinese Internet users' speculation that the government was determined to push Apple out of China, its second largest market.
One, writing under the handle AGodot opined, "apologizing is not enough, you guys miscalculated, if [the government] wants you to go, it wants you to go…."
Nonetheless the People's Daily article was notably more subdued than a Xinhua piece that ran in late March which collected a series of grave complaints from Chinese about the pornographic e-books on Apple's store.
One person cited by the article worried that his child would get access to raunchy content while playing with the device.
But on Sina Corp.'s Weibo microblog Wednesday, others showed there is room for quite a bit of give and take on the issue in China. One user, Dao-Chu-Pao, quipped, "I sincerely ask [the People's Daily] about their Appstore porn search methods! It's too hard to find! How did the People's Daily find it?"
-- Paul Mozur, with contributions from Yang Jie
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Presumably, she'll be saying what she's writing in HuffPo today. (She's no longer identified as a law student, but is now: "Public Interest Law Scholar, Georgetown University Law Center," which seems to mean that she's been hired by the law school she just graduated from.)
Since day one, President Obama has fought for women's health care rights and the economic security that goes with access to affordable insurance. I wish that were true for Mitt Romney.Are you getting the message that Romney is about killing women? Did you miss this ad?
Mr. Romney offers only dangerous promises to roll back these rights. I'm going to take him at his word -- and every woman in America should, too. On Obamacare, he says he'll "kill it dead" on day one, eliminating mandatory coverage for lifesaving preventive care and once again letting insurance companies play by their own rules....
You may think this is nonsense, but it's very emotional and millions of people will vote based on the emotion that is being rubbed raw right now.
UPDATE: Romney defends with Romneycare! "A Mitt Romney spokesperson offered an unusual counterattack Wednesday to an ad in which a laid-off steelworker blames the presumptive GOP nominee for his family losing health care: If that family had lived in Massachusetts, it would have been covered by the former governor's universal health care law."


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In every aspect of life, making a good first impression is key, and it is no different in the automotive world. When you pull up in a Dodge Ram, you are telling the rest of the world that you have an excellent taste in pickup trucks. If your Ram's Body and Appearance is loaded with brand new fenders, rocker panels, and other shiny exterior hardware parts, you will have truly made a statement. Dodge Ram body and appearance aftermarket parts are always popular for truck owners that are looking to give their pickups an added edge. Though the Ram truck is not as old as other full-size pickup truck models, you might have purchased your vehicle prior to the release of some of the more popular Dodge Ram exterior parts. Maintaining your Ram truck's body and appearance with modern Ram exterior parts will help your first or second generation pickups look as good as new!
Because the Dodge Ram is so rugged and durable, many truck enthusiasts are eager to take their pickups off-roading on occasion. While it is always fun to test the physical limits of your truck, all of the mud and road debris could be detrimental to the Ram's exterior body parts. Additionally, following all of those many years and miles out on the roadway, the Dodge Ram's body and appearance parts will eventually wear out. The wear and tear combined with the damage that your Ram truck's body and appearance could sustain over time will result in the need for replacement Ram exterior parts.
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Obviously, there are a number of different Dodge Ram exterior body parts that truck owners must constantly monitor the condition of. Luckily for you, CJ Pony Parts offers everything that you need to maintain your Ram's body and appearance. If the side of your Dodge Ram has taken a beating from road debris over the years, than CJ's Dodge Ram rocker panels from PUTCO would be a wise purchase. These Ram rocker panels are constructed from high-quality stainless steel, and will not only protect your truck, but will also provide the side of your Dodge Ram with a nice custom look. Similarly, if your pickup's undercarriage has sustained rock and mud damage in the past, the Dodge Ram front mud guards will help protect your truck from all types of road debris.
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Now that your Dodge Ram's body and appearance is in order, it is time to turn your attention to the rest of the truck. While you're on the sight, check out CJ's selection of Dodge Ram electrical lighting, interior parts, suspension, and more!


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– Patient volume has been found to be only a mild indicator of hospital performance in the treatment of three common conditions, according to a new study in the current edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
A team of researchers led by Joseph Ross, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, examined mortality rates at low, medium and high volume hospitals for patients treated for acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), heart failure, and pneumonia. The researchers found that while hospitals with higher patient volume performed marginally better than lower volume hospitals, performance peaked at relatively low patient volumes and treating more patients beyond those levels did not result in even further reduced mortality rates.
"Though higher patient volume has been associated with lower hospital mortality for numerous surgical conditions and medical procedures, it has been unclear whether hospital patient volume may be a similar indicator for acute medical care," said Dr. Ross. "Our findings highlight that, unlike with surgery and procedures, patient volume is a weak indicator of clinical outcomes for acute medical conditions.
"Several organizations have suggested that hospital volume be used by patients to identify hospitals that provide the best quality of care. However, in the study there was a wide range of performance among small hospitals and substantial overlap of performance between small, medium and large hospitals," said Dr. Ross. "Moreover, among hospitals with greater volumes, a threshold was reached where greater annual volume was not predicted to be associated with lower mortality. Future research should be focused on identifying strategies used at higher quality hospitals to improve the quality of care."
The researchers analyzed Medicare administrative claims data for all fee-for-service beneficiaries hospitalized between 2004 and 2006 in U.S. acute-care hospitals for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia. Using hierarchical logistic models for each condition, they then estimated the change in patient odds of 30-day mortality associated with increasing annual hospital volume by 100 cases. Analyses were adjusted for patient risk factors and hospital characteristics.
In the study period there were 734,972 hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction in 4,128 hospitals; 1,324,287 for heart failure in 4,679 hospitals; and 1,418,252 for pneumonia in 4,673 hospitals. For acute myocardial infarction, once hospital annual volume reached 610 patients increasing hospital volume by 100 cases no longer significantly lowered a patient's odds of death. The volume-threshold for heart failure hospitalizations was 500 and for pneumonia was 210 hospitalizations.
Dr. Ross said, "This study shows that health policies such as regionalization that are intended to universally increase hospital volume in an effort to lower mortality rates should not be expected to have uniform benefits. Large hospitals may have the financial capacity to justify employing clinical teams whose sole responsibility is to manage commonly treated conditions through disease management and discharge programs. Small hospitals may need additional support to ensure that effective strategies are available at all hospitals."
About The Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the nation's oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals. Founded in 1852, Mount Sinai today is a 1,171-bed tertiary-care teaching facility that is internationally acclaimed for excellence in clinical care. Last year, nearly 60,000 people were treated at Mount Sinai as inpatients, and there were nearly 450,000 outpatient visits to the Medical Center.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine is internationally recognized as a leader in groundbreaking clinical and basic science research, as well as having an innovative approach to medical education. With a faculty of more than 3,400 in 38 clinical and basic science departments and centers, Mount Sinai ranks among the top 20 medical schools in receipt of National Institute of Health (NIH) grants. For more information, please visit www.mountsinai.org.


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Herein lies 12 minutes of Dying Light gameplay footage
Yep, Techland is making another zombie game, but this one is more Dead Rising than Dead Island in terms of how it plays. See for yourself below, and enjoy listening to a guy tell you how you play it.
Dying Light hits in 2014.
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The families of two U.S. mountain climbers missing for almost two weeks in Pakistan ended the search and rescue effort late Saturday.
Kyle Dempster, 33, and Scott Adamson, 34, well-known alpinists from Utah, were ascending a mountain peak known as Ogre II on Aug. 21 and were supposed to return to their base three days later, said Black Diamond Equipment, an outdoor company sponsoring Dempster.
They were trying to scale the 23,901-foot mountain's North Face, the company said.
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Global Rescue, a travel risk and crisis management firm involved in the search, said a Pakistan military helicopter conducted flights over the the climbers' likely locations Saturday. A second helicopter was dispatched after the first one had to refuel, but there were no immediate signs of the men, NBC News reported.
The last confirmed sighting was of the men's headlamps on Aug. 22 by a Pakistani member of their base camp team. Neither climber was believed to be carrying satellite communication or messaging capabilities, Global Rescue added.


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Make It Legal
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Perhaps the most challenging part of starting a small business is covering all your legal bases. "The law increasingly affects every aspect of small-business operation, from relationships with landlords, customers and suppliers to dealings with government agencies over taxes, licenses and zoning," says Fred S. Steingold, an Ann Arbor, Michigan, attorney and the author of Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business (Nolo Press, two volumes for $24.95 each, 800-992-6656 or http://www.nolo.com
The best way to ensure you've got everything covered is to hire an attorney with small-business expertise who can give you advice in these key areas:
- Business structure. Will you form a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or limited liability company? Do you know the advantages and limitations of each?
- Written documents. Does your lease state who pays for utilities, maintenance and repairs? Do you have an option to renew? Can you sublet? Your leases and other written documents--purchase agreements and employment contracts--should be drafted in clear, precise language and spell out each party's expectations and responsibilities.
- Co-ownership agreements. What happens if your partner wants out of the business? Do you have a buy-sell agreement to purchase his or her interests? Does it contain a "noncompete" clause so he or she can't open up a similar business down the block?
- Licenses and ordinances. Does your industry require you to be bonded or insured? Will you need professional or product liability insurance?
- Employee relations. If you hire independent contractors, do you know how to classify them so you're not penalized by the IRS? Have you prepared an employee handbook outlining your firm's policies and procedures? What about trade secrets you want to protect?
- Future planning. Have you drafted a will or trust to protect your business assets and your firm's continuity in the event you die or become disabled?
It's not practical, economical or even necessary to contact a lawyer about every business decision you make that could have legal ramifications. "Handle the most routine matters on your own," says Steingold. For example, if you plan to run a homebased business, you can check out zoning laws and land-use restrictions on your own time to ensure your business complies. If a relative wants security for the money he or she is lending you, simply sign a promissory note, available at most stationery stores.
Another option: Sign up for a prepaid legal plan. Often compared to HMOs, these services give you access to a set amount of legal services and consultation time for a monthly fee as low as $20.
Steingold also suggests educating yourself about basic legal issues by studying books and software programs on how to start and run a small business. These resources give you access to dozens of standard legal forms that can be used as the basis for contracts you want your lawyer to draft.
Says Steingold, "You'll be able to make most day-to-day decisions on your own, then seek professional advice only when you truly need it."
Cost And Effect
Want to lower your legal costs without increasing your business's liability? Follow these steps:
- Discuss fees. Once you've found the right lawyer, ask whether he or she charges an hourly rate or a fixed fee. "If charges are by the hour, set a cap so you know the maximum you'll be spending," suggests Fred S. Steingold, an attorney in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- Do some footwork. Keep accurate records, do preliminary research, and write out a draft of any agreement you want your attorney to finalize.
- Use paralegals. Ask your lawyer about using paralegals for routine legal tasks like researching public records and drafting documents. Their hourly rate could be half what your attorney charges.
- Educate yourself. Call special-interest publishers Nolo Press (800-955-4775) or PSI Research/The Oasis Press (800-228-2275) to obtain a catalog of legal books and software programs for business owners. Also check into legal seminars offered by your chamber of commerce, local business association or university extension service. They can help you learn the basics of legal issues affecting your business.
Healthy Returns
When you're out of town on business and can't get to a health club, you can stay fit with a simple five-point program offered by Bill Driskill, a personal fitness trainer and owner of Total Body Fitness in Rocklin, California.
1. Walk: Use coffee breaks at business meetings and conventions to take a brisk stroll--not enough to break into a sweat but enough to loosen your muscles. "A five- to 10-minute walk will raise your heart rate, increase your oxygen intake, burn additional calories and increase your metabolic rate," Driskill says. "Your body will feel energized and your mind sharp."
2. Stretch: Take two or three minutes every hour to stretch your upper body, shoulders and neck. You can do a simple routine while sitting at your desk.
3. Avoid sugar: The sweet rolls and cookies often found at conferences may taste great, but the sugar they contain provides only a short-term energy boost. Sweets act as a natural depressant in the long run.
4. Limit caffeine and alcohol: Coffee, tea, wine and alcoholic drinks will dehydrate you and limit your ability to focus.
5. Drink water: Driskill says the amount of water you drink each day should equal, in ounces, one-half your body weight. If you weigh 140 pounds, that's 70 ounces, or seven 10-ounce glasses, each day. So take a water bottle with you and fill it--and drink it--regularly.
One Of A Kind
When you only have one employee, keeping him or her motivated presents special challenges. Your employee has no one with whom to exchange ideas, discuss work problems or share a coffee break. Nor does he or she enjoy the momentum working with others can bring.
The good news: One doesn't have to be the loneliest number--not if you make a concerted effort to keep your solo employee both energized and happy. Bernard Liebowitz, a management consultant and organizational psychologist in Chicago, offers this five-step plan to keep your employee motivated:
1. Ask for input. "When employees feel their concerns are being addressed and their ideas respected, you have a highly motivated employee," says Liebowitz.
2. Be upfront. Employees become bored and critical when they don't know what's going on and feel left out. Keep your employee abreast of what he or she needs to know about your company. When you ask your employee for advice, tell him or her if you end up using it. The next time you ask for an opinion, your employee will be more eager to give it.
3. Be accommodating. When your business relies on one employee, you might have to make special allowances, such as giving him or her time off to attend a class or take a child to a doctor's appointment. Always try to be flexible.
4. Set the tone. Establish the ground rules from the start so your employee is aware of your boundaries. Make sure your employee knows how much authority or responsibility he or she has and clearly understands your expectations.
5. Always reward achievement. When your employee has an idea that helps you sell to a fussy client or resolve a vendor problem, it pays to give him or her praise, thanks and rewards. Before long, your employee will become your strongest ally.
By using Liebowitz' five-step plan, you'll have a more loyal and productive employee--and create a happier work environment for both of you.
Carla Goodman (email@example.com) is a freelance writer in Sacramento, California.
Contact Sources
Liebowitz & Associates PC, (773) 334-2003, http://www.liebowitzassoc.com
Total Body Fitness, (916) 202-3006, http://www.totalbodyfitness.com


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Michael Savage: Obama 'most evil' president ever
Warns tyranny begins with kind of rhetoric delivered over weekend
Any doubt Americans may have had that Barack Obama is a Marxist should be alleviated now after hearing his rhetoric in a speech in Virginia over the weekend, top-radio host Michael Savage told his listeners last night.
Asserting that it is governments and not individuals who create jobs, Obama told entrepreneurs Saturday: "If you've got a business – you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
"You didn't get there on your own," the president said. "I'm always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart."
After playing the audio of Obama's remarks, Savage offered a blunt assessment.
"So there's communism," he said. "That's Karl Marx Obama. That's Hugo Chavez Obama. That's Joseph Stalin Obama. This is a very dangerous man."
Savage, noting he has studied dictatorships, recalled that tyrannical regimes "begin with innocent remarks like this."
"This man is the most dangerous, most divisive, most evil – I'll use the word evil – president in the history of America."
Savage acknowledged he was "stepping up" his own rhetoric, because the situation requires it, and no one else will.
"Things don't start the way they end," he warned, drawing lessons from history. "They start with the most innocent remarks like this."
The elected Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler, whose rhetoric originated with 19th century French anti-Semites, did not start with death camps but with relatively benign racial purity laws, and no one stopped him, Savage pointed out.
"The rhetoric Obama is expressing is not his own rhetoric," Savage said. 'This is what is deeply embedded in the man's brain stem. He has been inculcated with hatred for the American way from the cradle."
The Cambodian dictator Pol Pot, Savage recalled, "was a mild mannered professor like Obama" who went to Paris, studied Marxism "and came back a flaming communist."
"It ended with a mountain of skulls," Savage said, with some 2 million people slaughtered in Cambodia's infamous "killing fields."
Pol Pot, instituting what he was taught at Paris universities, unleashed his Khmer Rouge on anyone with an education – the productive people of society.
"What does this have to do with that nice man in the White House with such a nice wife and nice children?" Savage asked his "Savage Nation" audience.
"It starts with rhetoric like this," he said. "It unleashes the genie in the bottle. It justifies any acts of betrayal, any acts of hatred, any acts of sabotage against the successful."
He called Obama "the most hateful man who has ever plagued the White House."
"Everything is at stake in November," he said.
"Unfortunately, on the other side," Savage added, referring to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, "we have Mr. Peepers, Mr. Milquetoast, Mr. Checked Pants, Mr. Country Club, Mr. Nice Guy.
"I'll remind you of something else," Savage said. "Nice guys don't finish last, Mr. Romney. They don't finish at all."
As WND reported last week, the new Talk Stream Live "Power 50," which ranks the top talk-radio shows streaming on the Web, has Savage in the No. 2 spot.
Talk Stream Live says it sampled more than 1.2 million listeners during the first six months of the year to produce "The Power 50 Report" – the 50 most influential talk show hosts on the Internet and on mobile devices.
"We are proud to report that Rush Limbaugh is No. 1 and Michael Savage is No. 2," said TSL. "These are the most listened to talk show hosts in the world."
Savage's show can be heard Monday through Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Time on local stations nationwide and and via the Web.


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When we met, just inside the doors to the church, I remember him looking at me. Really looking at me, it seemed. I immediately convinced myself that I was imagining things. Reminded myself that I'd have the pleasure of meeting his charming, bubbly, pretty girlfriend on Saturday night. Left it at that.
He sat across from me at the rehearsal dinner. I was on fire that night. I was surrounded by groomsmen – throwing funny stories and good natured bantering and decent conversation left and right. Still myself – but the myself that I show to my friends and my family, not to people I've known for a few hours. For no good reason, really. Just more comfortable in my skin.
Didn't see him again until Saturday afternoon. He was outside the church when we arrived in the limo. Again with those eyes. That look. I brushed it aside. My silly, wishful imagination.
He sat next to me on the limo as we travelled from the church, around town for pictures and to the reception. Some of the bridal party switched around seats as we hopped in and out of the limo. I stayed put. He stayed put.
Coincidence. Lucky coincidence, I was sure.
At some point after dinner, the groomsman who I walked with asked me if I had my eye on anyone. "Oh, I have my eye on everyone," I laughed. I think we left it at that.
Later, he asked me again. "You found anyone you're going after?" I can't recall how I answered – just that I avoided the subject. "One of the groomsmen has a thing for you." He did not elaborate.
There were only two unmarried groomsmen. And I hadn't had much interaction with the other. So there you go.
I'm still not sure I believed it. Then or now.
Towards the end of the night, we finally had a chance to dance together. He kept me close. I could feel his breath on my shoulder. The bride shot me an absolutely hilarious, shocked glance. "Oh!" she mouthed. If she had asked me about it, I would've told her it was nothing. But there was this millisecond where he pressed his forehead against mine – and it didn't feel like nothing.
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The Groomsman, Part I
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- my life is brilliant said...
This sounds so fun and familiar!
This is almost exactly how I met K!!!!
Get that boy's number, woman! (I had to get K's number after the best man told me it was SO obvious K and I were into each other. Since K's game was a little off that weekend, I got his number from the best man.) :)
- my life is brilliant said...
OH OH OH!!! And K and I danced together at the reception too!
And every time his back would be to one of the bridesmaids, the bride & groom, or one of my friends who knew I totally liked him, they would be grinning like idiots or giving me the thumbs up.
Months later, my friend (the bride) sent me a picture where you could see K and me dancing together during the reception. So funny. :)
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Lost in all the recent developments on the "Snow White" films starring Lily Collins and Kristen Stewart is Disney's own re-take on the classic tale, which has recently changed its title and now has a director.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon is among the writers who've taken a shot at what was once called "Snow and the Seven," and was set in feudal China and featured a septet of international Ronin.
Now in an effort to separate themselves from the Snow pack, Disney is calling the film "The Order of the Seven," and focuses on the the chance at redemption offered by a fleeing Englishwoman whom they encounter.
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Additionally, Michael Gracey, the special effects wiz perhaps best known for his super creepy rolling dancing babies commercial for Evian (see below), has been hired to direct the film.
While Gracey is toiling away on bringing his vision to this story, the as-yet-untitled Snow White film starring Lily Colins and Julia Roberts will arrive March 16, and "Snow White and the Huntsman," starring Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron, will be here June 1.


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Garry Monk wants Swansea and Wales captain Ashley Williams to remain with the Barclays Premier League club "for as long as possible."
Williams, 29, has just over a year left on his existing Swansea contract and Italian heavyweights Napoli - the Swans' Europa League conquerors this season - are among those thought to be tracking him.
"What he does for the club, I would have him here for as long as possible," Swansea head coach Monk said.
"He has been linked with clubs for a few years - it is what happens with good players. He's an important player that, as a club, we should keep as long as possible.
"He is a good guy who cares for the club and wants the best for us. I know he is happy here and I don't see a problem.
"I haven't had a conversation about his future. I speak to him frequently, but it's about the football, things we can improve and the defensive side of things, giving him things what he can take on to the pitch to influence the rest of the guys."
Williams will be an integral part of Swansea's plan to beat title-chasing Chelsea at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday, when a win for Monk's men would effectively erase any lingering relegation fears.
The game comes just five days after Chelsea booked a Champions League semi-final place by knocking out Paris St Germain, and Monk is fully aware of the challenge that awaits.
"I don't buy we could catch them cold after midweek," he added.
"The players they have through the squad are top-class players. I am sure they will make changes, but whoever comes in is top-class.
"They are not pushing for the title for no reason. They have experience and class all over the pitch. It's an extremely tough game, but a challenge we are looking forward to and have to relish.
"The journey this club (Swansea) has been on and fighting for is to be on this level, to compete against these sort of teams, and we have to make sure we continue that."
Swansea will go into the Chelsea clash following a 1-0 defeat to Hull last weekend, which came as a jolt, given that Monk had seen his team draw with Arsenal and beat Norwich in their previous two games.
Swansea are currently six points above the relegation zone. After Chelsea, their remaining fixtures are against Newcastle, Aston Villa, Southampton and Sunderland.
"I was very annoyed with the (Hull) performance. The training was very good, the sessions very competitive," Monk said.
"As a manager all you can do is get it to that level and understand fully what is expected that they do it on a Saturday. That's the disappointment - the work they put in and we end up with a performance like that.
"If you had to say mathematically, we need two more wins. I want it, and we're aware of it. But we want more, we want consistency. We have been too inconsistent this season.
"It is not as if it is small inconsistencies. We have performed brilliantly, then against Hull we were very, very poor.
"It is too big a gap. The best teams stay at a level, and that is what I want for the rest of the season."


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Due to current health and safety measures, all wineries are accepting visitors by appointment only
A visit to Jarvis Estate is an extraordinary journey into the world of exceptional winemaking. Visitors to the country's first winery built entirely underground are offered an intimate glimpse into the meticulous steps that go into producing its lush Chardonnays, rich Cabernet Sauvignons and velvety Merlots, among others.
Touring the 45,000 square foot cave is a unique experience and reveals how the Jarvis Estate approach to crafting world-class wines differs from what is found virtually anywhere else. The tour includes a visit to the Cuve Gallery, a collection of one dozen massive oak vessels assembled in the cave by French coopers and used to make certain the exceptional flavors developed in the estate vineyards are not compromised. The underground waterfall near the end of the tour ensures the steady cave temperatures of 61⁰F and humidity that are vital to the Jarvis Estate signature style of extended aging in new French oak barrels.
Guests have the opportunity to enjoy the rewards of these painstaking efforts. The tour concludes with an intimate, seated experience in our Tasting Chamber* where visitors will sample six Jarvis Estate and Reserve Collection wines.
*All tastings will take place outside until COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.
The Jarvis Cave is fronted by a several acre grassy meadow which was originally designed to be an ecological parking area. Rather than use asphalt, the area was finished with sand to support cars and planted to native grass.
Jarvis has received its formal designation as Napa Green Certified. The winery is self sufficient in its water consumption by virtue of the two natural lakes on the estate, and all of the winery's energy needs are met by an extensive solar array that powers every aspect of the winery.
Plan a trip to Jarvis on our interactive winery map:
Tour our totally underground winery ending up in our intimate Tasting Room seated to taste six fantastic wines!View from Tasting Room: Totally underground in 45000 sq ft cave
Wine clubs are a great way to stay connected to your favorite wineries.
To join the wine club, visit www.jarviswines.com or call 707-255-5280.
There are two ways to join the Inner Circle. One - Choose the wines and annual Inner Circle benefits start upon accumulation of wine purchases totaling $1700 or more within a calendar year. Two - Signup to receive 3 shipments per year of wine especially chosen for our members and Inner Circle benefits begin immediately.
The Napa Green program is supported by a wide variety of groups including the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society, and the University of California. The Napa Valley Vintners, along with Fish Friendly Farming, the Napa Valley Grapegrowers, the Napa County Farm Bureau and others developed the Napa Green program. Learn more about the program at napagreen.org.
Jarvis is certified under the Napa Green Winery Program by the Napa County Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Association of Bay Area Government's (ABAG) Green Business Program and completed all the regulatory components needed for environmental sustainability. These components included developing water and energy conservation methods, preventing pollution, and reducing solid waste. In addition to developing sustainable winery practices, this program is set to become the standard for the state of California.
Jarvis is certified under the Napa Green Certified Land Program. Jarvis has created and implemented a customized farm plan with measured results that addressed all aspects of its property, vineyard land as well as non-farmed land, including practicing soil conservation, water conservation, stable drainage, riparian corridor enhancement, fisheries and wildlife habitat enhancement and long-term improvement and sustainability.
Certification - certification is granted by the Napa County Agricultural Commissioners Office of Pesticide Regulation, the Regional Water Quality Control board, the California Department of Fish and Game, and the National Marine Fisheries Service.
Once a year the rarest new Napa Valley wines become available under one roof at Premiere Napa Valley. Wineries throughout the Napa Valley are given one task to participate: create a one-of-a-kind wine for this event to be purchased by one lucky bidder. This event is only open to select members of the wine trade and the successful bidder is the sole owner of this unique wine.
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Varietal: Cabernet Franc
Vintage: 2016
Release Date: October - 2020
Appellation: Napa Valley
To purchase this wine or check on availability contact:
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Coach Carl on Every Child Healthy!June 24, 2011 at 7:22 AM | Posted in Celebrate This Life, Childhood Vaccines Injure and Kill, Community Supported Agriculture, Conscious Lifestyles, Conscious Lifestyles Radio Show Blog, Honorable Nutrition for Kids, Longevity, Natural Children, Organic, Organic Health, Truthful Healthcare, Uncategorized, Vaccine Dangers | Leave a comment
Tags: Coach Carl, Every Child Healthy, Healthy Food For Kids, Organic Kids, Real Food
This show I broadcast via my Cell Phone while I was traveling in Southern California… I loved talking with Coach Carl, and every parent should be reading his informative and empowering web site daily.
Check out Coach Carl at EveryChildHealthy.com
I love his "Box Approach" to teaching kids to make wholesome food choices that make it fun, informative, and gives them LIFELONG TOOLS to achieving their personal best.
Coach Carl writes about this Box Approach on his web site, and what he does is put food choices [with yummy photos, preferably] into a box for his daughter to choose from a "menu" of healthy, organic, tasty dishes for her to have the next day for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. Coach Carl is brilliant in this approach, because he explained that he is the one who is buying the food, so he wants to help build her self actualization and consciousness for eating healthy by giving his daughter an active part in her own health…. and you can start this at a very young age! Bravo!
I believe this also builds self-esteem in children because it gives them responsibility for their own lives and builds confidence in the new knowledge they are gaining and will have throughout their lives. Excellent.
Vaccines. We touched on the dangers of vaccines in our conversation. Coach Carl does not believe in this practice, and as all of my listeners know, I certainly do not either. I had a show with the lead singer of "The Refusers" on this particular topic and how dangerous and horrifying this life-robbing practice is.
High Fructose Corn Syrup. This was a big question I had for Coach Carl, and I knew that he has extensively written about this important topic in his web site.
It is very dangerous. Period. Sadly, it is everywhere. Look in store-bought ketchup, mustard, SODA, processed foods, and is always in fast foods.
Start to read labels. Be like a personal investigator for your own health. High Fructose Corn Syrup is also labeled, "Corn Syrup" and "Corn Sugar." The corn refiners are actively lobbying the FDA as we speak. They are not concerned about your health, but they are concerned about their ability to sell a toxic substance at high profit without having to be held responsible for the disastrous results to an entire generation.
It damages your Adrenals, your Liver, your Kidneys, and causes Diabetes and Obesity, and kills brain cells. It can also cause cravings for MORE because it is a very potent drug in your system. It also is linked to behavioral disorders, ADD/ADHD, and other emotional and mental issues in both children and adults.
It should NEVER have been allowed into the marketplace. Who was the bureaucrat who accepted 'face value' promises from the Corn Refiners Association? ALL tests performed independently have so many scary results that I am astonished it has made its way to the food paradigm at all.
But knowing how Washington now works, with heavy lobbying by trade organizations, multi-national processed food conglomerates, etc., it somehow is not surprising that Americans are once again being poisoned for profit.
Check out my interview with Coach Carl on the "Archives" section of this blog. I was on my cell phone when we recorded this remotely from LA, but the fun and informative conversation is one of my favorites! Thanks Coach Carl!
"Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open."– BKS Iyengar
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Zendaya's Affordable New Shoe Collection Just Hit Stores (and We Want It All)
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For the third year in a row, AMC's "Mad Men" was crowned the best drama in television, and moments later "Modern Family" cemented a great rookie year with the Best Comedy Prize.
We're now in our fourth season, I didn't think we'd get through half of one," said "Mad Men" creator and head writer Matthew Weiner as he stood clutching yet another Emmy, his sixth in the last three years. He's won Bets Drama and Bets Writing for a Drama every year the show's been on.
It's hard to ague with "Mad Men"'s dominance, as the show is beautifully, written, impeccably stylized and brilliantly acted. It's a great study in office politics, not that that kind of thing interests us.
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This is such an honor for us ... especially considering the caliber of the other nominees," said "Modern Family" co-creator and writer Christopher Loyd. "I want to thank this amazing cast who makes us forget how much we hate writing every day."
Earlier in the night the show had won Best Writing for a Comedy and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy for Eric Stonestreet.
The "Modern Family" victory brought to an end the three-year reign of "30 Rock."


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On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission took four companies to task for allegedly using false and misleading advertising to sell their weight loss products.
"This is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to rampant fraud in the area of over-the-counter weight loss products," says Dr. Louis Aronne, a clinical professor of medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City.
Dr. Aronne, a national authority on weight loss and obesity, told MSNBC.com's ConsumerMan Herb Weisbaum there is "no credible medical evidence" that any of the over-the-counter weight loss products on the market today can deliver on their advertised claims. He recently helped found the Reality Council, which campaigns against the misleading claims of diet-pill makers.
How would you describe the marketplace right now?
It's in chaos. And it's a shame because people believe that because a product is on the shelf and being sold at a reputable store that it must have some credibility; that there must be some evidence that it works. But unfortunately, that's not the case. Products need no evidence that they work in order to be marketed as effective and safe.
A recent survey shows two out of three Americans believe the federal government tests this stuff to make sure it's safe. Is that one reason why people believe the outlandish claims?
There's a pervasive misconception that products for weight loss are tested before they get out on the shelf and the fact is that none of them is tested. If you do a search of a component of these products, such as Hoodia, there is not a single published study in a credible medical journal showing that a compound like that causes weight loss and helps people to maintain that weight loss over time."
Don't people have to use some common sense when it comes to weight loss?
I think people do have to wake up and get a dose of reality. And realize that these are people who are preying on them. These are people who are picking your pockets by promising they're going to deliver a result that is just not going to happen.
And it's upsetting. Because to me, it's not only an economic problem, but also I think people get demoralized. They don't do the things that work because they think they're doing something that should work. And then when they don't get the result they see in the commercial, they're demoralized and give up and go back to what they were doing before. And that's not what we think people should be doing."
Do you find it discouraging that a lot of these products are being sold by big companies?
The bigger companies see that there's a marketplace out there. People are making a fortune selling these products even though they don't work.
How did your Reality Council come about?
It's based on my frustration and the frustration of other health professionals in related fields —nutrition, diabetes and health care policy — with what's going on out there; how this system makes no sense. We recognize that we've got to do something.
We've got to try to mobilize people, so that buyers for large companies won't buy these products without evidence that they work. We may have to go to large companies that sell these products and say, 'Why are you selling this? It doesn't work.' "
We may need to go to the federal government and ask, 'Why aren't you regulating this more closely?' People think it's regulated, maybe it should be regulated. Maybe it should be regulated.
If you look at these over-the-counter weight loss products, the ones sold by the ads that the FTC now says are fraudulent, these are not sold not by drug dealers; these are sold by huge chain stores. They're selling millions and billions of dollars of these products that are being advertised in a fraudulent manner.
They're making significant profits. Why aren't they asking if the product works? I think consumers should go back to these companies, go back to Wal-Mart and Costco, go back to Rite-Aid and CVS, and demand your money back. Ask them, why are you selling this product? That's the kind of thing it's going to take to change these behaviors.
No one's trying to take anything off the market. Nobody's trying to stop people from taking supplements. What we're saying is that if you're going to advertise a product and you're going to say that it's safe and effective, then it sure better be safe and effective.
Should companies be required to prove that their products are safe and effective before they can sell them?
I think that these products should be held to the exact same standard [as prescription drugs] because they're being used to treat very similar problems. I see no difference and I see no reason why they should be held to a different standard.
When you look at the standard these are held to generally, it's more like the standards that are used for cosmetics. With a skin cream, if they say it's going to take away wrinkles and it doesn't take away wrinkles, well, you lost your money.
That's not the case when you're talking about being overweight, high blood pressure, diabetes and other health problems associated with being overweight and obese. This is a completely different type of problem, and I think we really need to see some movement in this area if we're going to make progress in the war on obesity.
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Eric Warren Singer (The International) bullshitted his way onto the 2010 Black List. And by that I mean his script American Bullshit earned 30 votes, good enough to be considered Hollywood's eighth best unproduced screenplay. At the time Sony Pictures had already optioned the film, whose days of un-production may be numbered.
Ben Affleck is considering American Bullshit for his directorial follow-up to The Town. Singer's script tells "the true story of the FBI's 1980 undercover sting operation of Congress, dubbed Abscam, which was designed to root out corruption and was the brainchild of a con man." Hit the jump for more on Abscam, plus which other projects Affleck is considering.
Like most FBI tales deemed film-worthy, this one sounds crazy:
The FBI set up "Abdul Enterprises, Ltd." in 1978. FBI employees posed as Kraim Abdul Rahman, a fictional Middle Eastern sheikh, in videotaped talks with government officials, where they offered money in return for political favors to a non-existent sheikh. A house, along with a yacht in Florida and hotel rooms in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, were used to set up meetings between various public officials and a mysterious Arab sheikh named "Kambir Abdul Rahman" who wanted:
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- To get help in getting his money out of his country
Much of the operation was directed by Melvin Weinberg, a convicted con artist, who was hired by the FBI for that purpose. It was the first major operation by the FBI to trap corrupt public officials; up until 1970 only ten members of Congress had ever been convicted of accepting bribes… The FBI had codenamed the operation "Abscam", a contraction of "Abdul scam", after the name of the company. [Wikipedia]
According to Deadline, Charles Roven and Richard Suckle (The International) will produce American Bullshit through Atlas Entertainment.
Affleck has discussed his interest in making a film ab0ut the conflict in eastern Congo, but he has struggled to find funding. He could direct and star in Replay, an adaptation of the Ken Grimwood novel about a 43-year-old radio journalist who dies and wakes up in his 18-year-old body. There's also The Trade, a film about two New York Yankees pitchers who swapped wives in 1973. Affleck and Matt Damon would play the two pitchers, and there was even talk of Damon making his directorial debut.


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Last week, I mentioned I was researching the topic of MS mortality and promised to finish the thought at another date. Well, kiddies, grab your blankets and huddle round the campfire because we're gonna have us a scary story.
People do not die from MS, the same way that people do not die from falling off a bridge; they die from the landing.
It is extremely rare that disease activity creates a lesion that will stop vital life function. It is not so rare, however, that disease activity causes issues that lead to death.
In one study I read, from Canadian researchers; out of 119 MS patients whose cause of death could be determined, 47.1% (or 56 deaths between 1972-1988 ) "were directly attributed to complications of MS."
That's HUGE; 47.1%! So much for MS is not fatal.
Of the remaining 63 deaths where cause could be determined, 28.6% (or 18 people) were suicide. According to the study it seems that between 1972 and 1988 "The proportion of suicides among MS deaths was 7.5 times that for the age-matched general population."
We must, obviously, take into consideration that there were no MS drug treatments during this study and that it looked at patients at only two MS clinics. Also, other statistics seem to indicate that life expectancy of people with MS is not decreased from the general population by any significant number. Still the knowledge from the above study is worth knowing.
I found a frank and thoughtful assessment of death from MS complication at the Web site "MS Sucks" (multiplesclerosissucks.com/death.html). I've done my homework, and the statements made about these "complications" are considered medically/scientifically factual.
The good news, touted in studies and just about every MS patient organization is life expectancy. Seems we live an average of over 35 years post-diagnosis with MS. That number is sure to be going up as we catch the disease earlier and use of disease modifying drugs.
Let's see…I was diagnosed at 35, smack in the middle of the age people find out they have MS. If I live for 35 years after that, I'll beat my family average by double-digit percentages. My chances at a longer life have increased because I have MS – how's that for a silver lining?
Maybe I should have saved this topic for Halloween.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
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Inbox: What does Gattis' success mean for McCann?
Braves beat reporter Mark Bowman answers fans' questions
With the surge of Evan Gattis, do you think this could be Brian McCann's last season in Atlanta? Or going even further, is it possible he could be dealt before the Trade Deadline, and what might the Braves be looking for in return?
-- Ben S., Washington
Long before Gattis arrived on the scene, the assumption was that McCann would complete this season with the Braves and then sign with an American League club to serve as a catcher/designated hitter. While knee-jerk reactions have led some to wonder whether the Braves might trade McCann this year, it seems more reasonable to assume he will stay with Atlanta for the remainder of the season and then hit the free-agent market.
Gattis made a great first impression, hitting six home runs through the first 61 at-bats of his career. But within this small sample size, we have also been reminded that life at the big league level could continue to prove more challenging for the 26-year-old rookie catcher. He has batted just .158 (6-for-43) in his past 11 games, although all six hits he has compiled during this span have been for extra bases (three home runs and three doubles).
Like it would be ridiculous to predict "superstardom" based on six home runs in 61 at-bats, it would be unwise to predict "bust" based on what we've seen over the course of Gattis' past 43 at-bats. In fact, the most logical assessment is that we have not yet seen enough of the powerful catcher to confidently predict what the future holds.
We certainly have not seen enough of Gattis to simply discard the accomplishments of McCann, a six-time All-Star and five-time Silver Slugger Award winner. As McCann plays in Minor League rehab games over the course of these next two weeks, the Braves will get a better sense of what to expect from him, offensively and defensively, upon his return from shoulder surgery.
If McCann returns healthy and regains the successful form he has had throughout his great career in Atlanta, the Braves are going to have a proven middle-of-the-lineup threat who will play with a chip on his shoulder. He is motivated to make what may be his final season in his hometown a special one and prove that he's indeed worthy of the big paycheck that could await him via free agency. If you're wondering about the potential benefits of employing a talented player who has been doubted during his prime years, check out Justin Upton's numbers.
At the beginning of this season, there was reason to believe Gattis might return to the Minors when McCann returned to regular action at the big league level. The thought was that Gattis would benefit from the chance to catch every day in preparation for his potential role as Atlanta's starting catcher next year. That option now seems far less likely. It seems hard to believe the Braves wouldn't at least keep Gattis' powerful presence on the bench. But the organization has to look at all angles, including whether compiling a limited number of at-bats would hinder his development.
Some have suggested platooning the right-handed-hitting Gattis and the left-handed-hitting McCann. But this seems more of an option for fantasy owners, who do not care about the two-year contract Gerald Laird signed this offseason to serve as the backup catcher. Braves general manager Frank Wren has said this is a good problem. He is also fortunate in the fact that he does not have to solve it while Gattis is just three weeks into his career and McCann is seemingly at least two weeks away from being ready to play at the Major League level.
Why do the Braves continue to bat B.J. Upton at the top of the order? I'm not saying bench him, but maybe bat him eighth until he gets going? The ability to get on base seems kind of crucial right now with Justin Upton hitting so many solo home runs.
-- Seth R., Griffin, Ga.
However you slice it, the Braves do not have a legitimate leadoff hitter. Andrelton Simmons was given the role by default at the start of the season, and he has compiled a .182 on-base percentage in the seven games he has batted leadoff.
B.J. Upton might be best suited to hit anywhere from second through sixth in the lineup. But the veteran outfielder has at least compiled a .302 on-base percentage in the 12 games he has served in the leadoff role.
With the Tigers starting three right-handed pitchers this week, I would not be surprised to see Jordan Schafer get a crack at the leadoff spot in a few games. In fact, maybe the Braves should platoon Schafer and Reed Johnson at leadoff until Jason Heyward returns from the disabled list.
This certainly doesn't serve as a long-term solution. But it might serve as a Band-Aid for a team without a legit option for the leadoff role.
What's the Braves' history in extending a pre-arbitration or arbitration-eligible player during the season? If they do so, who do you think makes the most sense to extend currently?
-- No name given, Collierville, Tenn.
Entering Spring Training, there was reason to think the Braves would try to lock up both Heyward and Freddie Freeman. But while the club showed some interest in discussing this possibility, the talks seemed to die quickly. It takes two to tango, and this was a dance Heyward and Freeman were not willing to partake in at this time.
McCann might have left some money on the table while garnering approximately $42 million since he signed his current contract before the 2007 season. But on the other side of the equation was Jeff Francoeur, who passed on a slightly more attractive offer the Braves made at the same time.
Since the start of the '07 season, Francoeur has made approximately $25 million, and more than half of that has come from the two-year deal Royals general manager Dayton Moore gave him last year.
What will happen when Brandon Beachy eventually returns?
-- Cody S., Montclova, Ohio
The Braves will certainly count themselves fortunate if their starting rotation remains healthy and continues to produce at its current rate until Beachy returns in late June or early July. With all things being equal, the easy answer is that Julio Teheran would be the odd man out. But a lot can and likely will change over the next two months.


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India desperately needs a new political leader and it looks as if there is a chance it might get the person who many people fear and despise. He is Narendra Modi (elow), chief minister of Gujarat and the most charismatic politician in the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the country's main parliamentary opposition.
This possibility moved forward this week when India's Supreme Court decided not to proceed with a case against Modi that stems from his widely suspected role in encouraging, or at least allowing, Gujarat's Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002. More than 2,000 people are believed to have been killed, with 12,000 Muslims losing their homes.
A local court now has to decide what to do. If it does not continue with the case, Modi will play a more national role in the BJP, and might then return to the party's national headquarters, maybe as party president, after Gujarat's state assembly elections next year. Despite infighting among the BJP's current leaders, that would put him in pole position to be the party's prime ministerial candidate in the 2014 general election, succeeding L.K.Advani, another hard-liner.
This possibility has been apparent for some time, but it has gained credibility this week, first with the supreme court decision, and then with the emergence yesterday of a US Congressional report that praised his work (even though he has been refused a US visa because of the riots). It said 2014 might be a direct contest between Modi and the Congress Party's Rahul Gandhi, who is heir apparent to Sonia Gandhi, the current Congress president and his mother. Rahul Gandhi is seen as a future prime minister and is believed to have been more active in top party decisions following the hospitalisation in the US last month of his mother, who returned to Delhi last week after what is believed to have been a cancer operation. There are rumours he might soon become the party's top official, alongside her.
The two men could not be more different in style and experience. Modi is a powerful orator, wily politician, and able administrator as he has shown with the development of Gujarat since he became chief minister ten years ago. Gandhi is shy and unproven and, as the US report put it, "remains dogged by questions about his abilities to lead the party, given a mixed record as an election strategist, uneasy style in public appearances, and reputation for gaffes,"
My Modi forecast in July 2002……..
I first wrote about Modi in a column for India's Business Standard in July 2002, after the riots. I had been away in the UK when they occurred and felt on my return, while condemning the appalling massacre and Modi's reported role, that India had a new potential national leader.
I wrote that "unlike most politicians, the Gujarat chief minister was arguing passionately for what he believed in, not for some short-term personal gain far removed from policy, but out of conviction. He was a strong public speaker and was standing his ground and presenting his case with rare confidence and élan – and, whether one liked it or not, he had a commanding presence (some call it ego). To a bystander, he looked like a logical heir for L.K.Advani."
Friends and contacts had told me that I was wrong. "How could a man who had presided over such ghastly bloody carnage ever win popular respect and a wide following? Weren't Gujarat's people tiring of the violence and wasn't he in fact already finished, just waiting to be edged out of his job? The BJP, I was told, could not survive as a national party of government if he became one of its top leaders because it would be shunned by coalition partners. So Mr Modi had no future".
However, I had experienced a different side of the man, as I explained: "I have only met Mr Modi once – before he went to Gujarat as chief minister – when we shouted at each other (as, it seems, one is expected to do) on Star TV's Big Fight programme. He wouldn't stop bellowing out his single-minded message in decibels that the sound system fortunately muted for television viewers, and I was trying to ask a question – all of which got lost in a fade-out for adverts."
At the end of the programme, we had laughed and he asked if he'd spoken enough in English for me to know what he was on about. He hadn't, I wrote, "but that didn't matter because it was obvious anyway – strident Hindutva and, in the context of the programme's subject, anti-Muslim rhetoric. I came away with the impression of a driven and (sometimes) charming politician – a potent mixture for a political leader."
Policy implementation
Since then, Modi has been continually attacked for the riots, but he has won two state assembly elections and has led the state well. His sort of application and policy implementation are just what India needs after years of increasingly ineffectual leadership and lack of achievement by the current Congress-led government.
But it might not happen. The BJP has little support in parts of India, particularly the south, where it has just squandered a chance to expand by running a spectacularly corrupt oligarchic state administration in Karnataka. It therefore always needs to attract coalition partners, which it finds difficult because of its Hindu-chauvinist policies. It did however manage to build a coalition for its 1998-2004 governments by agreeing a policy programme that avoided anti-Muslim and other hard-line measures. Indeed those were years of relative communal harmony – a record ruined by the Gujarat atrocities.
The chances of it being able to rebuild that trust with Modi as leader has seemed remote ever since 2002. It remains so today, unless Modi is prepared to apologise for the riots. He is trying to move on by staging a three-day "social harmony" fast this weekend, but he still rejects all allegations against him, so seems unlikely to readying an apology.
When 2014 comes, Nitish Kumar, the development-oriented chief minister of Bihar and a BJP ally, could emerge as much more acceptable and moderate coalition candidate for prime minister. However, the BJP might be tempted to portray Modi as the sort of strong though divisive leader that India needs, especially if the Gandhis don't smarten up the way that the current government operates and is run.
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You may have noticed that on Monday, October 8, the library was closed in observance of Columbus Day. We were closed, but the staff was in the library, working hard. We moved shelves, rearranged books, dusted and laughed. We even fit in a staff meeting. Come on in and see what we did in our frenzy of activity.
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