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CyberAlert -- 09/22/2000 -- Two items this afternoon
Two items this afternoon: GMA Hit Lieberman from Left on Guns Before Mentioning Hollywood Hypocrisy; Media Reality Check: "Family Ties to Occidental Petroleum Spiked While Al Bashes GOP 'Big Oil Ticket'" -- Back to today's CyberAlert
Today on ABC's Good Morning America Charles Gibson pressed Democratic VP candidate Joe Lieberman from the left on gun control before he was hit from the right on how he's gone soft on Hollywood.
On the September 22 show Gibson posed five questions, the first three about Al Gore's proposal to tap the strategic oil reserve. Gibson's first query: "The Vice President now proposing releasing some of our strategic petroleum reserves to combat rising oil prices that are going to make this such an expensive winter. Why shouldn't that be seen as just a blatant political move?"
Gibson followed up: "But Senator, when this was raised -- and it was cold last winter -- when it was raised in February during the primary season, the Vice President said it was a bad idea. His quote was, 'All OPEC would have to do is cut back a little on the supply and they'd wipe out any impact from releasing oil from the reserve.' Why was it a bad idea in February and a good idea now?"
And Gibson pressed a third time on the same issue: "I remember there were debates in Congress when the petroleum reserve was formed and a lot of members said, 'I hate to see this happen because I know politicians down the road will use it for political advantage to manipulate prices, whereas it really is intended to be simply for national security emergencies,' and their concerns have now come true."
Then Gibson moved on to two other criticisms of Lieberman, but MRC analyst Jessica Anderson noticed that Gibson put a higher priority on a liberal complaint highlighted on the front page of Friday's Washington Post: "Major newspaper story this morning calling in question your real feelings about gun control. You have been strong in your statements about the necessity for gun control. The story pointing out you have taken several steps, that you have taken several steps to protect gun makers in Connecticut. Do your actions belie your words?"
With time running out he squeezed in a mention of a conservative concern: "And let me ask you for just a 15-second answer because we're out of time. I hate to do this, but your friend Bill Bennett, with whom you have fought sex and violence in the entertainment industry, says you've gone soft because they're big contributors to the Democrats."
GMA truly was "out of time." Exactly 19 seconds into Lieberman's reply, about how Bush and Cheney have done nothing about the marketing of sex and violence to kids, the ABC computer cut him off mid-word and went to a commercial.
The text of a MRC Campaign 2000 Media Reality Check written by Tim Graham and distributed by fax this afternoon: "Why No Talk of Gore's Big Oil Connection? Protesters of Gore's Family Ties to Occidental Petroleum Spiked While Al Bashes GOP 'Big Oil Ticket'"
The highlight box asked: "If the media were a nonpartisan band of truth-detectors, would they let Al Gore tar others for their Big Oil connections without at least noting his?"
The text of the rest of the September 22 Media Reality Check:
Oil became the big story yesterday on the campaign trail, but reporters continued to ignore any anti-Gore background music. Last night, ABC's World News Tonight led with reporter Terry Moran on how Gore "was casting himself as the champion of beleaguered consumers and Governor Bush as a pawn of the oil industry." Gore declared: "I will not go along with an agenda that is of Big Oil, by Big Oil, and for Big Oil." Moran concluded that the Gore campaign welcomes the issue "if only to point out to voters that both Governor Bush and Dick Cheney hail from the oil industry."
Utterly missing from Moran's report and almost all of the last eight years of Al Gore media coverage was any scrutiny or criticism of Gore's own ties to Big Oil: his father's long-time relationship with Occidental Petroleum, and its owner, Soviet agent Armand Hammer. But Moran has covered this story before. Back on March 6, Moran covered left-wing protests of Gore for ignoring Occidental's drilling in Colombia, which they say threaten the U'wa Indian tribe.
Moran reported: "After Gore's late father left the U.S. Senate, he was named to the board of Occidental. Financial records show the Vice President is the executor of his father's estate, which holds as much as $500,000 worth of Occidental stock. That means Gore could ultimately benefit from the company's operations in Colombia. Plus, Occidental is a major Democratic Party donor, giving nearly $500,000 in soft money since 1992."
Moran concluded: "Gore refused several requests to speak with ABC News about the U'wa, and his family's holdings in Occidental....But as the demonstrators dog him and Occidental begins drilling in Colombia, Gore's public silence on the issue leaves him open to the charge that for all his speech-making on the environment, he won't put his money where his mouth is." Why would ABC find this story worth airing in March, but not worth noting now?
Gore's interest in Occidental has had real policy implications. The liberal Center for Public Integrity complained in its book The Making of the President 2000 that in 1997, thanks to pressure from Gore, the Energy Department sold its interest in the Elk Hills oil field in Bakersfield, California. Ironically, they noted Elk Hills was one of the oil fields involved in the 1920s Teapot Dome scandal, which led to the resignation of Interior Secretary Albert Fall. In 1973, Richard Nixon tried to lease Elk Hills to boost domestic oil production. The Reagan administration repeatedly proposed selling it. "But where Fall, Nixon, and Reagan had failed, Gore succeeded," the book noted. "It was the largest privatization of federal property in U.S. history, one that tripled Occidental's U.S. reserves overnight." (pages 142-144 and 149-152).
The left-wing anti-Occidental protesters, led by Amazon Watch and the Rainforest Action Network, have dogged Gore's campaign trail, including just this week. The Washington Times reported hundreds of protesters shut down his campaign office in Olympia, Washington on Tuesday, and ten people were arrested during the seven-and-a-half hour protest. The Drudge Report linked today to news that Karenna Gore was heckled at the University of Missouri on Wednesday.
Why did ABC ignore the CPI slant now? After all, their book comes with a blurb from Diane Sawyer: "The Center for Public Integrity is the real thing. Groups of dedicated people who remember that journalism is about grit and guts and stamina and razor-sharp instincts. They are, thank heaven, here to stay." But ABC's razor went dull on Gore, the Oxy Proxy.
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This month's issue of Flower magazine features the most beautiful and sentimental 1920s home located in Birmingham, Alabama. After a devastating fire from a lightening strike, homeowners Patty B. and Dave Driscoll decided to rebuild their home, preserving the architectural bones while updating spaces to make it a better version of itself.
The Driscolls met with architects Liz and John Carraway and planned to recreate the house using salvaged bricks. They also decided to tackle some renovations that had been on their wish list such as expanding the kitchen, creating a proper master bath, building an easier access to the front of the house, and reconstructing the pool. Designer Mary Evelyn McKee stepped in to help the couple sort what to keep and what was beyond repair. "After we went to their storage facility and saw how much they'd lost, I knew they needed to rebuild their lives with art and furniture that could mean as much to them as what they'd lost," Mary Evelyn said to Flower magazine.
Treasures the family lost in the fire could not be replaced, but with Mary Evelyn's help, they could create new memories. Patti B. devoted a year to restoring her home while visiting auction houses and design centers across the country and in England. As a result, their home is just as it was — yet better suited for a 21st-century family — where new memories interweave with "before the fire" recollections. Photography by Laurey W. Glenn.
To read more of the Driscolls' heartwarming story, please visit Flower magazine. I highly recommend a subscription to this beautiful publication, which you can obtain through their website or via Amazon.

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The Sexiest Woman Alive... From Every Country on Earth
In a fit of ambitious curiosity and anti-jingoism, we sought out a Woman We Love... in 194 nations
In a fit of ambitious curiosity and anti-jingoism, we sought out a Woman We Love... in every country on the planet. Not necessarily the sexiest, but still — a resource. (That first is South Africa's Charlize Theron, by the way.)
Forget Miss Universe. Well, not altogether. But what's the point of a beauty pageant, really? Shouldn't the women of the world be celebrated for who they are, even if they do happen to look damn fine in a bikini? That's what we thought, anyway, when Esquire.com sought out early in 2010 to find exactly what we found in Minka Kelly, this year's Sexiest Woman Alive, in 193 other women: something different, something beautiful, something that reveals a little bit more about who we are. Put it all together with a little help from the editors of Esquire's 17 international editions and, yeah, you've got some sashes, but also presidents, human-rights activists, models with legitimate hearts of gold, and this one incredible actress from India. Our list is highly subjective and far from scientific — feel free to find your country in the thumbnails below and suggest alternatives — but it's kinda like the United Nations: just useful enough to keep college kids studying it. And now, introducing our ambassadors...
Malalai Joya
Because she won't be silenced. Because she takes the grand ideals of Afghanistan's fledgling democracy at face value. And because her condemnations before parliament of warlords, drug lords, the Taliban, and the Karzai government are as courageous as any battlefield heroics, earning her worldwide admiration — and a few assassination attempts.
Angela Martini
Because she defies the odds. By population, Albania ranks 136th among countries, and yet Martini placed sixth in the 2010 Miss Universe competition.
The She-Wolf in any adaptations of She-Wolf hereafter shall never satisfy like Kerima.
Melissandre Fuentes
Because in one figure eight, she's skated the circumference of her country.
Jurema Ferraz
Crowned Miss Angola last December, Ferraz is dedicated to intensifying the fight against AIDS.
Stephanie Winter
This former Miss Universe contestant is now a permanent fixture of our escapist Caribbean fantasies.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Kirchner channels the glamour and stentorian passion of Eva Perón. But don't cry: she not only succeeded her husband as president of the country in 2007 — triumphing where Hillary Clinton stumbled — but won in a landslide, by the widest margin in any presidential election since civil rule was reinstated in the country.
Anna Condo
Born in the former USSR, Condo — who plays mostly in French productions — has the dark, kind, knowing eyes of a Dostoevsky heroine.
Isabel Lucas
Of all the Hollywood starlets to come up from the Australian soap-opera farm system, Lucas is the only one who could hold her own against our homegrown Megan Fox (cf. Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen).
Nicola Mar
This former breaststroke champion has brought her Olympian vigor to Austria's Social Democratic Party, for which she is a parliamentary deputy.
Mehriban Aliyeva
Because here's a Goodwill Ambassador that can do her job without saying anything.
Shakara Ledard
You've certainly beheld her before. It could have been in the pages of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue at any point in the 2000s. Or maybe it was a Justin Timberlake video. But more than likely it was in The Defender, in which she played the romantic lead opposite Dolph Lundgren, with Jerry Springer as the President of the United States. Or at least the trailer.
Maryam Yusuf Jamal
Because she's been running all her life. First from her native Ethiopia, seeking political asylum in Switzerland, then to athletic glory, winning two world championships in the 1500-meter event. She requested citizenship from various countries — Bahrain was smart enough to snatch her up.
Anika Kabir Shokh
Makes Bangladeshis drool as the spokeswoman for Nokia. Will now do the same for the rest of the world.
Transcended Caribbean dance-music roots, knee-jerk comparisons to Beyoncé, tabloid victimhood, and whichever song or video she happens to be gracing with a featured appearance.
Tanya Dziahileva
Because she's the only internationally renowned runway model who looks like she could be related to Gollum. In a good way.
Cilou Annys
Stood on the Belgian flag as a Flemish separatist leader cut her Miss Belgium sash. Then publicly trampled a poster of said separatist while slinging the Belgian flag over her shoulder. Balls.
Felicita Arzu
Because she dared to stand up to the organization that crowned her Miss Belize — on both moral and financial grounds — even if it meant relinquishing the title.
Chantal Boni
Because she's the first lady but looks like the president.
Tshering Yangzom-Tashigang
Anointed Best Model at the 2008 Miss Bhutan pageant. The event's motto: beauty with a cause.
Carla Ortiz
One of the few excellent things America has been able to snatch away from Evo Morales and the insanity that is Bolivian television. Possibly even worth seeing the David Arquette vehicle Land of the Astronauts for.
Ivana Milicevic
Milicevic has been cast opposite two of the most notorious lotharios of popular culture — James Bond and Jerry Seinfeld — as a love interest for the latter (in the "jerk store" episode) and a, well, death interest for the former (in Casino Royale).
Tirelo Ramasedi
Represented Botswana in the 2010 Miss Universe contest. Have you ever seen a more perfect cheek?
Gisele Bundchen
Because the perfect is the enemy of the beautiful: her nose is large and aquiline, her chin jutted and masculine, and yet she's one of the most stunning women on the planet. Because she proves the rules of high school — the quarterback gets the girl — apply globally.
Known for her high-pitched voice and her hit (relatively speaking) single "Bisik Hati," Maria is the most famous female singer in the tiny East-Asian sultanate.
Rali Ivanova
Rumored to be inspiration for the word "bodacious."
Georgie Badiel
This former Miss Africa has strutted the international runways for DVF, Marc Jacobs, and Louis Vuitton, among other designers.
Aung San Suu Kyi
This is what a rebel does: meets violent suppression from freedom with words ("It is not power that corrupts but fear"), risks her life for democracy, gets elected prime minister only to have Myanmar's military force her out, wins a Nobel Peace Prize for it, gets imprisoned for twenty years for it, and begins her release fighting for one thing and one thing only: the right to vote. Amen.
Khadja Nin
Khadja hasn't released an album in nearly ten years, but her voice — sensual, swaying, nurturing, noble — still resonates.


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There is a darker side to Succubi and Incubi of course… It has been that way, told of, and revealed in many legends and stories throughout time. This week's review is of a short book that takes that darkness and places it front and centre, but in spite of the obvious horror, there is an erotic undercurrent to the story which both brings me pause and wanting to know what happens next…
Which is, really, a good thing for a story to accomplish…
- Title: Death's Lover
- Author: Katie Lynn Bodell
- Publishing Date: August 3, 2012
- Length: 17 Pages
- This work at Amazon.com
The story is of:
Things go bump in the night. Sometimes they use sex to do it. When things slink through from the shadows it isn't safe for a woman to be alone. Unless she's the one hunting the things in the shadows. Sex is one of the best weapons a woman has against the darkness. And Cassie Shade does it better than anyone else. The sex, and the fight.
Erotic and disturbing, the Demonatrix series shows us that the realms of sex and terror can intersect, and blur together.
This story is billed as the first book in a series, but at the time of this review, I have not found other books to read. Allowing for that point, the story itself has both it's good and bad sides.
The story is, really, like a scene in an action movie more than anything else being narrated by a character as they relive the moment in question. Cassie, the main character of the story, tells of what she feels, thinks, and also give a lot of background about how she got into the situation she finds herself in.
But while we learn about the Incubus, who is really the darkest of creatures possible here, and we learn about the weapons that Cassie uses, the apartment she is in and a lot of other details…
We don't actually learn all that much about her. There are some vague descriptions of what she is wearing, some hints to what she looks like, but she isn't really clearly defined in the story. We learn that she has long dark eyelashes, that purple bras don't match with her skin tone, but that's about all we learn really outside of the moments when the Incubus is having its way with her.
And in this story, the Incubus is called an "it" not a "he". I think that's an important definition as Cassie is, to be blunt, raped by the Incubus in this story. It does I think allow Cassie to deal with beings like this Incubus in a more cold and focused manner.
There are a few moments of humour, for example Cassie talking about her sleeping with a sword, which I thought were well done. But it was the reaction she had at the end of the story, when she talked about her boyfriend, and what killing Incubi did to her emotionally that were possibly the most riveting moments of the work.
One last thing. The copy that I received of this work did not have the author as being Katie Lynn Bodell but rather was credited to Shawn Wells. I'm not really sure what is going on exactly, as the preview on Amazon has credit being given to Katie Lynn Bodell. So whomever is the author, it would be nice to have some clarification on that point.
Whomever the author is, they write well, have a good grasp of action scenes and a very tactile way of describing erotic moments that I thought fit well into the story as a whole. I do have, as I have said, a problem with not having a clear idea of the main character of the story, but in the overall scheme of things that doesn't harm the story as a whole too much.
Four out of five pitchforks.
If there will be another story in this series, I hope that whatever it is about, that it does not fall into the trap of Cassie facing another Incubus in the same way or a variation of it. There is a lot to be told about her and it would be nice to learn that I think…
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Every July, tens of thousands of speedboat-racing enthusiasts descend on DePue, Illinois, a tiny village that sits at the elbow of the Illinois River, a hundred miles southwest of Chicago. Around the edges of the town's namesake lake, these fans set up to watch some two hundred competitors participate in one of the premier events in American outboard racing: the Lake DePue National Championship Boat Races. For four days, the normally quiet shorelines of Lake DePue are transformed into a party, a theme park, and a celebration of boating as sport. This year's festivities began Wednesday.
"It's amazing," Eric Bryant, DePue's village president, said recently. "We've got about a half-mile shoreline, and it's packed eight, ten people deep." Boat races have been held on the lake since the early nineteen-fifties, and the yearly championship generates much-needed funds for the town. "We've made anywhere from two thousand dollars on this race to forty thousand," he said. "And, for a town of our size, that's a lot." The money helps support community activities DePue cannot otherwise afford, including Little League baseball, high-school athletics, Girl Scout events, and E.S.L. classes at the town library.
But a few thousand dollars a year can't help DePue with its most pressing problem: the entire area, including the lake, is contaminated by toxic substances left over from the town's days as a hub of chemical manufacturing. For decades, local factories smelted zinc, produced phosphate fertilizer, and manufactured lithopone paint pigment. The last plant was shut down in 1990, by which time DePue and its once pristine lake were awash in arsenic, lead, mercury, barium, copper, cadmium, zinc, and a host of other heavy-metal contaminants. In 1995, the corporate owners of the last of DePue's plants signed an agreement with the state of Illinois promising to assess the damage and come up with a cleanup plan. Four years later, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declared DePue one of the top priorities in its Superfund program, which is responsible for cleaning up the country's most polluted sites. And yet, in the years since, little, if anything, has been done to decontaminate the town. The most visible evidence of DePue's chemical legacy is a sixty-five-foot-high, seven-hundred-and-fifty-thousand-ton pile of toxic waste that residents refer to as "the pile of black death." The heap runs alongside the town's main road, Marquette Street, for a quarter of a mile, and looms over the area like a malignant, weed-infested tumor.
As for Lake DePue, it's a soup of chemical pollutants. The silt is now so high in some areas that the town has had to pump in water from the Illinois River to meet the water-level standards for boat racing. Dredging is not a viable option; doing so only stirs up the pollutants. According to Bryant, the town attempted to dredge the racecourse in the early nineteen-eighties, but the agitated contaminants killed scores of carp and bass. These days, many boat racers avoid practicing in the lake.
Beverly Harrison, an eighty-year-old retired legal secretary, has lived in and around DePue for most of her life. Her father worked in the zinc plant, and died of a stroke at sixty. Three of her neighbors, she said, died of multiple sclerosis at young ages. She is healthy, but she remembers that, in the nineteen-sixties, when she was a young mother, she was wary of what came out of the smokestacks that towered over the village. "Something came out that was like droplets that would burn your face and run your nylons," she said. "There was definitely something in the air." Like many residents, Harrison stays in DePue because of her deep roots in town, but plummeting real-estate prices don't help. "Anywhere else my house would probably be worth seventy thousand dollars," she said. "I probably would be very lucky if I get twenty-five."
Paul Bosnich III, a top-level speedboat competitor and a fourth-generation resident of DePue, lives a block from the lake. Unlike some racers, Bosnich has no problem practicing out on the lake in the weeks leading up to the championships. "They don't want to deal with the contamination," he said, of his competitors. "They're afraid of what could happen. I mean, there's always that 'what if?' " Bosnich has been racing in the lake since he was eleven. He won his first championship race in DePue in 2007, at the age of twenty, and repeated the feat again at competitions in 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014. This year, he will again race in the two most competitive events, the 250cc Runabout and the 350cc Runabout, where participants compete on flat-bottomed boats that can reach speeds close to a hundred miles per hour.
Bosnich's father, Paul Bosnich II, helps organize the races. Speaking on the eve of the festivities, he said that conditions on the lake looked good—the water level was up. "We had a bunch of rain a week ago," he said. "Mother Nature helped us a lot this year. We're in fantastic shape." When asked if he thought the contamination would discourage spectators from coming to DePue, he said no. "This is the granddaddy of boat racing," he said. "It's like Daytona. People just flock here."
Arsenic, lead, and mercury notwithstanding, this week there will be traffic jams in DePue. Racers will be camping out in the village park, or crashing with friends and relatives. Spectators will arrange lawn chairs and blankets near the edge of the lake. Beverly Harrison will be there, along with some of her children and grandchildren, who have turned the boat races into an annual reunion. Eric Bryant will be there, too.
"I have a huge amount of love for this little village," Bryant said. "Our lake is a natural harbor—could be a natural harbor—for a marina, floating docks, mooring for houseboats. That's my dream."


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Last night's dinner was quick, easy and light - all prerequisites when the temperature's out of control and the cook's lazy. We all know how roasting vegetables really intensifies their flavor and that came into play in this wonderful pasta dish.
Peeled garlic, cauliflower, tomatoes and sweet onion are coated lightly in olive oil then roasted in a hot oven for 20 minutes. When they're done - all caramelized and smelling awesome, the roasted garlic is crushed and added to a quick cream sauce, followed by the rest of the vegetables, a package of cooked Buitoni three cheese tortellini and voila', dinner's on the table. A true 30 minute meal, this pasta is rich, creamy and full of flavor but sports a mere 400 calories a serving and certainly fits the "meatless Monday" category I was striving to fill. Download Tortellini with Roasted Cauliflower and Tomatoes
There's only one problem - I served the pasta with a mache' salad topped with sweet onion, avocado and crumbled bacon ...hey, only 2 slices total and it was calling to me so I just had to answer. Also in on the deal was some of that Avocado Cream we made again last week as a repeat from May. You know not only does it go beautifully with Mexican food, it makes an incredible salad dressing too, doesn't darken like you'd think anything avocado would and tasted very, very fresh. I could eat the stuff on practically anything - it is that good!


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OPINION: A PC military doesn't serve the nation
While the military is being reduced in size to pre-World War II levels, the Obama Administration is making every effort to change the values and traditions of the military and transform it into a politically correct version of society by catering to individual needs, and capitulating to the pressure of political groups.
It is a dangerous game. There was a time when those in the military, whether enlisted or drafted, had to adapt to the needs of the military, not the other way around. Since the establishment of an all-volunteer force and the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell," in 2011, the military has now become "the other way around."
By definition the military's mission is to defend this nation from enemies foreign and domestic, therefore its function is to kill or destroy the enemy. It should not become a laboratory for social experimentation or political expediency.
In a recent speech before a gay activist group, Vice President Joe Biden, made the statement "It's simple, all Americans are qualified to serve." He may have gone too far when he emphatically stated that transgenders "have a right" to openly serve in the military. That is a profound statement coming from someone who never served in the military and it is a profound falsity.
There is no absolute right that anyone can serve in the military. Just re-institute the draft and see how many people want that right, or are even qualified. Reports show that only one out of every three people applying for military service are actually acceptable.
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter,has also indicated he favors transgenders serving openly in the military, as well as opening all combat positions to women. Carter stated that limiting the search for qualified military personnel to just half the population "is crazy." Those remarks also come from someone who has not served in the military. The changes taking place now which are altering the culture, traditions and structure of the military are a very serious matter.
All branches of service must now provide active duty nursing mothers 15-30 minute breaks every three or four hours, and a separate facility, to pump breast milk. After giving birth, military women will also be allowed to have a six-month to one-year deferment from being deployed. That means someone else will be deployed in their place.
In 2014, a female Navy pilot was given a year off from duty to take care of personal matters, then returned with a promotion. According to Lt. Gen. Howard Bromberg, the Army's deputy chief of staff, the 1-3 year sabbatical program will give men and women "an intermission to meet their personal needs." An intermission? Who takes their place? At what cost? Wouldn't it have been nice for those who were deployed five or six times for combat, to have had a year or two "intermission?"
Add to that the repression of military religious freedom and limiting the performance of chaplains in their duties because an atheist group objects, or sending brave men and women into combat then restricting the rules of engagement for the sake of political correctness, along with other indignities. Bravery is not limited to, or determined, by the sex of an individual, or skin color, or sexual orientation. That has been proven throughout the history of the world. Therefore, it is not a question of who serves, the real question that should be asked is how they are serving, and are the policies being instituted, making the military stronger, more cohesive, and helping to maintain retention, or is the social tinkering making the military weaker and less disciplined?
Pushing social change while reducing the military is putting our national security at risk. The words of Gen. Douglas McArthur have been forgotten: "Your mission remains fixed, determined and inviolable. It is to win our wars. Everything else in your professional career is but corollary to this vital dedication. Yours is the profession of arms, the very obsession of your public service must be Duty, Honor, Country."
Carl J. Asszony of Piscataway is a member of the Veterans Advisory Council at the VA Medical Center, Lyons. firstname.lastname@example.com


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I recently received this email from a student:
I have learned the notes to Old Joe Clark and can play the slow version along with the DVD. However, I absolutely cannot translate this to the correct rhythm. I cannot even get the first lick! I am going crazy!
And I answered thusly:
I don't know if it will make you feel any better, but MANY students have trouble with the correct rhythm to Old Joe Clark. It's hard! Remember: the first two notes you play are pick-up notes--before the down beat. The down beat is the third note, the fifth string. My guess is you might be hearing it wrong. If you are hearing the first note you play as the down beat, then you are.....well, let's just say you're in trouble! If you can count time, then you can count those first two notes as "and-uh" with the fifth string then becoming "one."
ASIDE: I'm not much of a time counter myself, but when I was learning banjo I occasionally had need to count time. What worked for me was counting every single note like this: one-ee-and-uh (which would represent four notes), two-ee-and-uh, three-ee-and-uh, four-ee-and-uh. So a simple square roll—3,2,5,1—would count out "one-ee-and-uh." One syllable for every note. Ignore this if it's confusing!
Now, if you are worried about the "bounce" or what notes to emphasize, it's way too early for that. Just keep playing the correct notes mechanically for a while as you try to get them into your fingers. Do not try to play fast! I promise it won't help. After a while, if you are faithful and diligent, the "correct rhythm" will come to you. Don't rush the process!!!!! In fact, you can't rush the process. (Can you, Marty??) And if you could find someone to play guitar with you, that would help. Especially if the guitar player knows Old Joe to begin with.
Believe me, there is no trick to learning this, no magic cure. Listen lots to where I play Old Joe with the guitar on Beginning Banjo Volume 2. You might also try the Slow Jam DVD, which includes Old Joe played with a band. You can play along with us, and we leave a hole for you to play by yourself. That should help. Although it might be too fast to play along with at first. But you could listen over and over and over and vamp along. Learning to vamp to the song should help with your understanding of it.
You didn't say how long you'd been playing or using the Murphy Method, but if you are a really new player, or new to playing by ear, then it might be too early for Old Joe. You might need to go back and get some of the "foundation" tunes from Beginning Banjo Volume 1 and Misfits.
Last resort: Hop a plane and come take a lesson with Casey in Nashville or me in Winchester!
But in the meantime, as someone said to me recently (two people, actually!): Patience, patience, patience.
And don't give up! Good luck!


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Legal Blog
New Wave Technologies
There are nuggets of greatness everywhere in Howard County. This week I found one of them. The Howard Tech Council had its monthly networking event, hosted by New Wave Technologies located in Elkridge.
The President and CEO, Patrick Munis talked about the company's capabilities, and its focus on Healthcare IT. He also shared the challenges they face in finding the workforce they need, which seems to be a common theme with businesses in the county. At present, New Wave employs approximately 200 people, with offices locally, and out west.
As I was working my way to New Wave on Meadowridge Road, I made a premature turn, and found myself in a beautiful business park area.
I grew up in the county, and I'm out and about quite a bit. But I am so often amazed at the wonderful business things that are happening that escaped my view. So, take a ride down the Route 1 corridor, and Meadowridge Road sometime, and see the great things that are happening with businesses in our community.


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The Garden Guy: Big Blue salvia is indeed big, blue, and wonderful
Last year Big Blue stunned us at the plant trials. This year, when we're able to get our hands on it, we can say it is indeed big, blue, and wonderful providing all of the spikes you could want to create excitement in the garden. Botanically speaking, Big Blue is a salvia farinacea x S. longispicata cross. If you are a salvia guru then you recognize this as similar to the Indigo Spires discovered at the Huntington Botanical Garden in 1962.
Big Blue is different, however. It is seed produced, meaning it's a great value for the garden shopper. It is different, too, in that it is vigorous but controlled, unlike the Indigo Spires. It will reach 24- to 36-inches tall and 18- to 20-inches wide and it will bring in pollinators. At the University of Georgia trial where a dozen salvias were grown, this was the only seed variety; the others were reproduced using vegetative propagation. Big Blue won hands down. Pan American Seed has seemingly done the impossible with Big Blue and you'll love it.
Throughout the country, this dazzling blue salvia is being promoted as an annual, and a fine one it will be. In zones 8 and 9, however, we are already hearing of a spring return in fertile well-drained soil. So, my take is, expect an annual and be thrilled with a return.
In the landscape, if you are looking for a way to create more interest in your flower border this year, then, by all means, plan on adding some spiky flower texture from Big Blue. In the garden world, round flowers like zinnias, marigolds, and even petunias often dominate. You can almost draw an imaginary horizontal plane or line across the top of your bed. But it's flowers like Big Blue that rise up above that imaginary line with their glorious spikes of color and create a real showstopping moment.
Select a site in full sun for best flower performance. Fortunately, these genera of salvia are tolerant of wide varieties in soil pH. From this standpoint, anyone can grow it. However, like all salvias, they prefer good drainage, especially if you want a return from winter. For this reason, I like to plant on raised beds loosened with organic matter. Space the Big Blue plants 16- to18-inches apart. Depending on your space I would use 3 to 5 in an informal cluster or sweep. They do however work quite well in straight line endeavors. In the South, they will hit 36-inches tall by the end of summer.
Though I have touted how drought tolerant they are, do pay attention during prolonged dry spells, watering deeply but infrequently. Start feeding with light applications of slow-released fertilizer about every 6- to 8-weeks with the emergence of spring growth. Keep the flowers deadheaded for a tidy appearance and to increase flower production.
These salvias look like the quintessential cottage garden flowers. Combine them with white picket fences, and your favorite variety of the old-fashioned Gloriosa daisy. I have seen stunning designs with plants like Wasabi lime green coleus, Compact Electric Orange SunPatiens, Tophat White begonias, and Alocasia elephant ears.
No matter your choice of companion plants, it is sure to be Big Blue salvia that will produce that proverbial picture-perfect moment. There are a lot of hot days left in the growing season why not get them planted this weekend?
Norman Winter is a horticulturist, garden speaker and author of "Tough-as-Nails Flowers for the South" and "Captivating Combinations: Color and Style in the Garden." Follow him on Facebook @NormanWinterTheGardenGuy.


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Σελίδα 352 - God commendeth his love toward us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Σελίδα 81 - For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Σελίδα 12 - Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Σελίδα 405 - As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire: so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Σελίδα 145 - THE condition of man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith and calling upon God : Wherefore we have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God, by Christ, preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Σελίδα 38 - BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Σελίδα 410 - Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming...
Σελίδα 318 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Σελίδα 198 - Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Σελίδα 295 - Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.


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For Immediate Release – (April 16, 2011—Pittsburgh, PA) – Nan Cohen knows breaking up is hard to do, but asking the right questions in the midst of separation or divorce can be even more difficult. The long-time radio host of "Dealing with Divorce" asks the hardest questions to hear as they are the most important to answer. Now, the divorce reality expert is posing those up-front and personal questions about relationships, families, children, dating, and intimacy in her new book Dealing with Divorce: Reality Revealed, a motivating and illuminating guide and journal designed for men and women in the midst of relationship challenges.
Cohen, divorce consultant and long-time host of talk shows on Pittsburgh's KQV-AM, provides the questions that deserve answers in the personal context of a guide and journal. Designed for men and women, this interactive tool provides a confidential and encouraging way to explore those feelings that are indeed normal feelings for anyone facing a broken relationship or marriage. www.divorcerealityexpert.com
"Ultimately, this book empowers the reader to write their own story through the questions and ideas I provide," says Nan. "If you are looking for an easy read or a 'safe' book to share with someone in a break-up—this isn't the book for you. This book is for friends and family to share with someone they care about—someone who might be in pain or in need of an objective listener. Or a woman or man who is dealing with a separation or divorce."
In Dealing with Divorce: Reality Revealed, Nan shares insights from her own life and career journey with both listeners and guest experts on the air and in one-on-one consultation and as a consultant on a client's "divorce team." Her knowledge about the practical concerns of the divorce process informs the book.
Ten chapters on the most pertinent topics around separation and divorce include Nan's personal introductions that reveal her personal journey from a divorced mother of a toddler to a happily married mother of two lovely daughters. Each chapter provides an exploration of the topic by the reader, who is asked the questions Cohen has designed to encourage both self-evaluation and to provoke thought. Chapters include topics such as Legal & Other Support, What Divorce Means, Time for Me, Dating, and Sex & Intimacy. For parents, chapters entitled About Custody and My Children, Your Children, Our Children provide practical and philosophical insight about parenting.
Readers are expected to write in the space Cohen provides for answers to her essential questions. Cohen's book is designed in a user-friendly size to tuck easily into a purse or briefcase and features a durable spiral-bound format and a heavy-duty cover.
Dealing with Divorce: Reality Revealed is on sale ($19.95 US/$22.95 Canada) via Amazon.com at www.divorcerealityexpert.com , and by the April 26 launch date at these Pittsburgh area bookstores, also hosting signing events:
- Penguin Bookshop (420 Beaver Street Sewickley, PA 15143) Book signing: Sat., April 28 at 1 pm.
- Awesome Books (929 Liberty Ave., Downtown Pittsburgh, 15222) Booking signing: Tues., May 1 at 7 pm.
Books are also on sale at Awesome Books, 5111 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, 15224.
"This book isn't about me; it's about the reader. It's drawn from my experience of my own divorce and those of my radio audience and clients," says Cohen. "For many years, friends and colleagues have asked me if I planned to share my own story in a book," say the divorce expert in the introduction to Dealing with Divorce: Reality Revealed. "I realized that my story is best shared through what I have learned working with so many others confronted with the challenges of divorce and by asking the questions that I believe are essential.
Change is inevitable in so many aspects of life, Cohen notes. With divorce, there are the realities of logistics related to everyday life, social life, existing friendships and family. "Divorce can bring about a grieving process, one which is personal and unique," says Cohen. "When dealing with divorce, men and women ask 'What is normal?' They often wonder what questions to ask, so I've compiled what I feel are some of the most important questions for someone in a break-up or divorce."
"I've been listening on the air and in personal consultation for years," Nan says. "With my book, I'm able to provide another way to listen and interact with someone facing a major life transition. It's a way to encourage an individual who may be feeling overwhelmed or in need of structure with a tool for organizing their thoughts, dreams and, yes, even regrets."
Nan is the first to admit that divorce or ending a relationship is never easy.
"It's not simple while emotions, families, children and finances can add unique complications," says Nan. "With this book, I hope to narrow the focus for the person dealing with divorce. I hope my readers will use my book in a quiet time when they can simply take care of themselves in the midst of a transition. And use the process I'm providing to take journey into a new and happy phase of their lives."
About Nan Cohen
Nan Cohen is recognized as the go-to expert on the realities of separation and divorce, based on her own experience and long-running radio show, Dealing with Divorce. After her marriage took a surprising turn, the young mother of a toddler girl confronted with all of the emotions and logistics of divorce, Nan learned the realities of divorce by experiencing it—a long and bitter divorce, joint custody, social stigma, and emotional turmoil. She was empowered by discovering a niche in which she could help others work through a transition from divorce to a new beginning. While she does not promote divorce, Nan does promote understanding its complexities, including custody, alimony, child support, financial settlements, parenting skills, and even dating, sex, and remarriage.
A quick-witted, practical and no-nonsense resource, Nan hosts DEALING WITH DIVORCE on Pittsburgh's KQV 1410 AM andwww.kqv.com. Here, her valued legal, family and wellness experts join her to discuss divorce and all its related issues. She been a contributor on KDKA-TV on "Pittsburgh Today Live" (on which she is scheduled to appear on Fri., April 27) and is a frequent guest expert in programs and media stories about divorce. Now, Nan's first daughter is in college, she is mother of a daughter with her second husband, and her family supports her working with those experiencing divorce. Nan brings her reality-based perspective to individuals through consulting with divorce team professionals, one-on-one coaching, and audiences of her shows, seminars, and tools, including Dealing with Divorce: Reality Revealed, A Divorce Guide and Journal, all reachable via www.divorcerealityexpert.com
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"Divorce does not necessarily mean the end. Look at divorce as your new beginning." —Nan Cohen
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Simon Bairu Wins Rock 'n' Roll San Jose Half Marathon
Clara Horowitz Peterson wins women's race in 1:12:52.
Clara Horowitz Peterson wins women's race in 1:12:52.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — With its alluring mix of all the right ingredients: a fast and flat course, ideal climate, spectator-lined streets and solid competition, the Rock 'n' Roll San Jose Half Marathon has established itself as the place to go in California for runners in search of a 13.1-mile personal best. More than 14,000 entrants took part in the seventh annual Bay Area event this morning with that goal in mind.
A two-time Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series champion, Canada's Simon Bairu outlasted a competitive men's field to win in 1:03:28, two seconds ahead of second place finisher Sergio Reyes of Palmdale, Calif. While it was a big win on Bairu's resume, it was an impressive race for Reyes, who shattered his half-marathon personal best by 35 seconds and dictated the pace through most of the early miles. Both Bairu and Reyes will run the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 4, now just four weeks away.
RACE PHOTOS: Rock 'n' Roll San Jose Half Marathon
"My coach told me to wait to until 10 miles, but I got a little antsy early and wanted to test where everyone was at. I wasn't sure if I got the win or not until the very end," said Bairu, a two-time NCAA cross country champion at the University of Wisconsin. "You can't ask for better weather for a half marathon. It was amazing out there. The most important part of the race was that I was able to finish strong, I really felt like I could have kept going a few more miles, which is what you want after a hard half-marathon effort. This is a huge confidence booster and I'm excited for my next performance."
Reyes shared a similar sentiment. "I came here for a time and to run a good race, run strong and put forth a good effort. I check in with my coach weekly and he will probably say today was aces," said Reyes, who won the Rock 'n' Roll Pasadena Half Marathon in February. "Nothing in my training really indicated I was ready to run a PR, but I did have a sensation that there might be some surprises today. It was a great weather day and a great course so the opportunity was there. The crowd was awesome, especially at the end when it felt like we were doing an all-out sprint running side by side the last three miles."
The race started with a lead pack of six men, which included Bairu, Reyes, Scott Bauhs, Josephat Boit and Russian Marathon record holder Aleksey Sokolov, running an opening mile of 4:53 and hitting the 5K mark in 15:07. At the 10K mark it was down to four, with Reyes and Bairu exchanging the lead. With Bauhs falling off the lead pack, Bairu made a big move at 9 miles and only Reyes could match. The two men ran stride for stride, hitting the 12-mile mark in 58:06 and Bairu was able to hold on for the victory.
"Sergio ran tough, he made the race today and Bairu was able to hold on for the lead," said third-place finisher Bauhs, an avid San Francisco Giants fan who attended the playoff game the night before. "I'm looking forward to heading back to Mammoth and training hard for New York. I'll do some training with Meb, who's on fire right now. It's unbelievable he could come back from the Olympics and be in what seems to me like the best shape of his life."
The race's three-time defending champion, Meb Keflezighi, was unable to return to San Jose in between the Olympic Marathon on August 12 and the upcoming New York City Marathon. Bauhs and Keflezighi are teammates at the Mammoth Track Club.
In the women's race, Bay Area Track Club member Clara Horowitz Peterson took home the victory with a time of 1:12:52. A five-time NCAA All-American at Duke University, Peterson ran uncontested the entire way. She is training for the California International Marathon in December, which will be her second career marathon. She finished 15th in her debut at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials this past January in Houston.
"What I liked about today, there was a lot of energy with the all of the spectators and cheerleaders. It was a lot of fun with the community out supporting the runners. This is what it's all about," said race co-founder Roger Craig, a three-time Super Bowl Champion with the San Francisco 49ers. "It was a big weekend in the Bay Area, the weather was perfect and the cool thing is it's starting to be contagious now with everyone buying in to this event. I love it."
Known as California's fastest half marathon, the event is home to both of the current California state half-marathon records: 1:00:22, set by Kenya's Duncan Kibet in 2006, and 1:09:17, established by Silvia Skortsova of Russia in 2006.
The eighth Rock 'n' Roll San Jose Half Marathon is scheduled for Sunday, October 6, 2013.


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It can be easy to grow used to yawning all the time and feeling a little tired. We work hard and lead busy lives. That's normal, right? Well, it turns out that feeling tired all the time can actually be a symptom of another health condition. That's right: your body could be trying to tell you something.
Underactive thyroid
Having an underactive thyroid means that you have too little thyroxine, a thyroid hormone, in your body. One of the most noticeable symptoms of this is tiredness. However, it is also usually accompanied by dry skin, aching muscles, and putting on weight. All it takes is a simple test at the doctors to determine if this is the cause of your fatigue.
Coeliac disease
Coeliac disease is a lifelong condition that triggers our immune system to react to gluten. This means that we need to cut it out of our diets to make sure we are safe, but many people never even learn they have the condition. As well as constant fatigue, other symptoms include weight loss, anemia, and bloating. A test at the doctors should get a result.
Glandular fever
This viral infection is a lot more common than many people realize as many young adults and teenagers contract the illness every year. The symptoms usually start with tiredness that is soon accompanied by swollen glands and a sore throat. Although the virus typically clears in a month or so, the fatigue can linger for many more.
Yes, one of the main reasons both type one and type two diabetics notice something is wrong is they constantly feel tired. This is usually one of the first symptoms to present itself alongside weight loss, needing to visit the bathroom a lot more than usual, and feeling incredibly thirsty – especially after eating a meal.
Believe it or not, but this is one of the most common medical reasons for feeling tired all the time. It can affect any of us, and the symptoms include heavy muscles, feeling uninspired, and feeling tired faster than usual. As if that wasn't enough, too much iron can also be dangerous and cause tiredness as well.
Feeling anxious is normal. However, some people feel as though it controls their lives more than others, and many people never even realize they have been battling anxiety. This can soon have a daily effect on people's lives. It is a common condition that typically affects more women than men, but feeling tired alongside feeling irritable or worried could all be signs that you have anxiety.
While many of us think that it's our lifestyles that are making us feel so weary, it turns out that feeling tired all the time can actually be a symptom of another health condition. Of course, too many late nights or not enough rest can be contributing factors. However, prolonged tiredness might be a sign that you need to head to see a doctor.


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Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Figures Fuel UK Alcohol Debate?
The British Beer & Pub Association's Statistical Handbook 2011 has suggested that drinking in the UK has been falling since 2004, according to an article on the Drinks Business website.
Leaving aside my suspicions of such statistics and their interpretation, there is one assumption that I would be perfectly prepared to make with respect to this survey: It won't get any press coverage.
This is a shame - it would be good to see this picked up and analysed - but if it turned out to be accurate and without bias, then it would hardly fit in with scare stories about 'Binge Britain,' accompanied by the usual photos of drunk women in short skirts sitting on a pavement/drunk men bleeding on a pavement that keep us informed (providing we read the Daily Hate) about how broken Britain is. Thus, it becomes a non-story before it even gets started, and consequently the debate never happens... Back to the scaremongering. Now, where did I leave my blue WKD?
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are you all a bunch of assholes publishing one liners of so called stars????????????? what u get from it?????????
Their friendship translates into great chemistry film after film and Shah Rukh Khan, who is reuniting with Kajol after five years in "Dilwale", says he misses working with the actress in all his movies as she is magical on-screen.
One of the most loved Bollywood pairs, Shah Rukh and Kajol just celebrated 20 years of "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" by recreating the iconic poster on the sets of "Dilwale" and the 49-year-old actor thinks it was a co-incidence that brought them together in the Rohit Shetty-directed action-comedy. "I miss Kajol in every film. With this film she gave us 150 days. She had to be away from her children and I know it is a huge sacrifice for a parent.
We are restless people who want to do more films, earn more money but Kajol is a rested soul. She doesn't care about these things. We are thankful that she took time out for this movie," Shah Rukh said in a interview with a select group of journalists on the sets of the film.
SRK-Kajol have collaborated in "Baazigar", "Karan-Arjun", "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge", "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai", "Kabhie Khushi Kabhi Gham" and "My Name is Khan".
are you all a bunch of assholes publishing one liners of so called stars????????????? what u get from it?????????
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3D ultrasound
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He is the kindest person alive!
" He is the kindest person alive! Very smart and always accurate so far with 5 pregnancies. You won't find a more knowledgeable technician."
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The staff are extremely personable and friendly.
" We have gone to Fetal Photo twice, and had a great experience both times! The staff are extremely personable and friendly. The doctor took his time and explained everything he was showing us. The packages are very reasonable, and we believe it's a great value. We highly recommend this company."
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The Houston Texans waived RB Steve Slaton on Tuesday and he didn't make it all the way through the waiver wire as the Miami Dolphins claimed him, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. Some suggested the Arizona Cardinals would be interested but it was the Dolphins who got him.
Slaton was originally a 2008 third round pick by the Texans and quickly established himself as a solid running back by going for over 1,200 yards and 10 total touchdowns in his first season. That was the high point of Slaton's career and things quickly unraveled after that.
He was never again the feature back due to a combination of injuries and fumbling problems, as well as the Texans picking up Arian Foster and Ben Tate.
Slaton joins a Dolphins roster that includes Reggie Bush so it'll be interesting to see how they plan to incorporate him into the gameplan.
Check out SB Nation's The Phinsider to see what Dolphins fans are saying about the move.


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Napali & Niihau Super Tour | Holo Holo Charters
This breathtaking Napali & Niihau Super Tour is geared for people of all fitness levels, ages 6 and over. Cruising on the delightful Holo Holo, you will arrive to a special planned adventure. Your adventure will include snorkeling, sightseeing, relaxing and enjoying the pristine waters and spectacular cliffs of Kauai's Napali Coast. This is the only tour available to the "forbidden island" of Niihau. This 65' power catamaran is Kauai's fastest, largest vessel to Napali and Niihau.
- Only Tour Available to the "Forbidden Island" of Niihau
- Great for the Whole Family
- Snorkeling Equipment Included
Napali & Niihau Super Tour
After sightseeing and hearing the history of the Napali Coast, Holo Holo Charters will head across the channel to the "Forbidden Island" of Niihau. When you arrive at Niihau, you will choose your snorkel spot. The crew will assist and instruct you in snorkeling—relax, float, and watch the comings and goings of the aquatic world.
No other place in Hawaii offers you such unique formations and no other company provides you with the opportunity to see Niihau and Lehua. Niihau's old age means it has been shaped and carved by ocean currents and waves longer than any of the Hawaiian Islands. Truly a unique and memorable experience for the whole family!
What to Bring
For this one-of-a-kind adventure, bring along flip-flops or water friendly shoes, a towel, change of dry clothing, sunscreen, hat and of course your camera! All snorkeling equipment is included.
Ages 6 and older are welcome. No expecting mothers or attendees with defibrillators or pacemakers. Not recommended for individuals who have or have had back problems, recent surgeries, or suffer from severe motion sickness (no refunds are given for sea sickness). All tour routes and destinations are subject to change without notice. Ocean conditions can and will sometimes turn rough. If passengers do not have their prescribed medication with them Holo Holo Charters ask that they reschedule their tour for another day. This is mandatory. I.E. Inhalers, Epipens, Diabetic medication and or any other medications taken daily. All tours are "Bare-Foot". No shoes are allowed on board. Passengers must remove shoes prior to boarding. Only Orthopedic/Diabetic exceptions will be made at Captains discretion. If passenger will be consuming alcoholic beverages an ID will be required on the vessel.
This tour includes a continental breakfast: Assorted fresh baked pastries, bagels and mixed fruit platter, Hot tea, Coffee, Bottled water and assorted soft drinks. After snorkeling, enjoy a gourmet deli-style buffet lunch. Choose from a variety of deli meats, cheeses, veggies and breads to make your sandwich a work of art! Also included are pasta and fresh fruits. Assorted soft drinks are served throughout the tour with beer and wine served after snorkeling. While you enjoy lunch, Holo Holo Charters will share stories about the island, the people and the history of Niihau.
You can do so by calling (888) 207-0722 or contact us online.
- No refunds for cancellations within 48 hours of activity
- For groups of 6+ there are no refunds for cancellations within 72 hours of activity
- We will gladly reschedule your activity at no extra cost if changes are made prior to the 48 or 72 hour cancellation period
- Cancellations from date of booking to 48 hours before activity or for larger groups 72 hours before activity are subject to a 10% service charge
- If for some reason we are unable to confirm your reservation with the activity operator due to oversold seats or other unforeseen reasons, a full refund will be provided and you will be notified immediately to discuss alternative dates and activities
If a tour operator cancels any trip due to weather, mechanical failure, unsafe conditions, or insufficient reservations, a full refund will be provided.


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one of the best ways to lead a more eco-friendly life. Beyond procuring more flavorful, healthy, and organic produce, you'll come to understand and appreciate all the time and work that goes into growing food.But, when planting a new garden, don't underestimate the importance of dirt! In order to thrive, your plants needs healthy, nutrient-dense soil. This good news is, you can grow your own healthy soil too! We collected tips from a few master gardeners to set you on your way to harvesting fresh produce from your own yard space with homemade compost. You'll be making your very own garden-to-table meals with produce as local as it gets before you know it.
What You'll Need:
- A 3'x3' site (you don't need a compost bin unless you live in a very rainy area or you prefer the look of it)
- A shovel or two of garden soil
- Lots of brown and green matter (see below!)
What you CAN add to your compost pile:
- Brown matter, carbon-rich materials closer to decomposition
- Dried leaves, hay, straw, sawdust, wood chips, dead flowers, and shrub and tree prunings.
- Green matter, nitrogen-rich plant materials
- Green weeds, fruit and vegetable scraps, cover-crop remains, fresh grass clippings, coffee grounds, tea bags, and uncomposted manure from cows, goats, horses, or poultry.
- Sunset master gardeners warned against certain leaves, saying that "pine needles take longer to break down, while compounds in black walnut and eucalyptus leaves can inhibit growth in other plants; compost those greens only if you combine them with lots of other vegetative waste."
What you should NOT add to your compost pile:
- Animal products
- Bones, meat scraps, dairy products
- Plants with fungal diseases such as fire blight or verticillium
- Seedy or rhizomatous weeds like purslane, Bermuda grass, or bindweed
What to Do:
- Cover your 3'x3' site with 4-8 inches of thicker, coarser brown matter, like straw, cornstalks, or leaves.
- Add a layer of green matter, also 4-8 inches deep.
- Cover with garden soil.
- Add another layer of brown matter.
- Moisten all three layers with water.
- Repeat until the pile is about 3 feet high, trying to create a ratio of 3:1 of brown:green matter.
- Turn the pile every 2-4 weeks by moving the matter at the center of the pile to the outside with a garden fork or shovel. Check to make sure the pile is still moist, and add water if needed.


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Time to up your pin-game with one of these stylish hard enamel pin badges from the queen of style herself, Carolyn Suzuki.
Hard Enamel Pin Badge with metal clasp. Manufactured in China
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Size: 53mm x 73mm