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Beat the Heat: Tips Runners Should Remember
Written on July 27, 2012 at 3:35 pm , by blackgirlsrun
It's so easy to get intimidated by the summer heat and decide to just bring your run indoors on the treadmill. Summer running can be enjoyable, if you can avoid overheating. Running during the summertime makes you think of the sun beaming down on you and sweat dripping down your face.
Most importantly, when you think of summer running, you may consider the safety precautions that may be taken like wearing sunscreen. Whatever you think of when you consider summer running, it is always a great thing to do. Running outside in the summer gives you a chance to get some fresh air and a good exercise at the same time. (Click to keep reading!) Read more
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Headbands of Hope – Bring Hope to a Girl Fighting Cancer!
Written on July 26, 2012 at 9:25 am , by thewannabeathlete
Every once in a while, something comes along that touches your heart in a way you never felt possible. Maybe it's because I recently found out that I'm pregnant with a girl this time around, but when I heard about Headbands of Hope, I immediately knew I had to help.
Last week, Jessica emailed me to tell me about this organization she started last year after an internship with Make a Wish Foundation. She got to know some young girls who had lost their hair as a result of the aggressive chemo treatments they had to undergo. She realized that headbands would be the perfect way to for these girls to keep their feminine identity and have a constant reminder that they're not alone. Girls just like Tori, who is fighting neuroblastoma.
Jessica started Headbands of Hope to help provide hope for all girls who are fighting childhood cancer – one headband at a time. Not only does $1 from each purchase go to the St. Baldrick's Foundation for childhood cancer research, but everytime you buy a headband – another one is given to a girl touched by cancer. (Click to keep reading!) Read more
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How to Buy a (Used) Bike
Written on July 25, 2012 at 10:23 am , by healthytippingpoint
Running is an easy hobby to get into. The 'entry costs' are low – all a woman really needs is a decent pair of shoes (well, and a really good sports bra). But when I first became interested in cycling, I had no idea whether I would like it and stick with it. And cycling is not cheap – a new road bike can easily cost $750 – $1,000, and many other great options can cost even more. So instead of buying a new bike, I snagged a used one.
My Giant road bike originally retailed at $1,400… and I got it for $350.
Before you set out to buy a used bike, consider what type you actually want and need. Generally speaking, there are three types of bikes: road bikes (lightest frame and thinnest wheels; designed to travel fast on even surfaces), mountain bikes (heaviest frame and thickest wheels; designed for trail riding), and hybrids (in-between bikes designed for riding around the city on sidewalks). If you are interested in doing a triathlon, you'll want a road bike, although you could probably get by in a sprint triathlon with a hybrid.
Next, consider bike fit. Fit is extremely important. Head to a local bike shop and get on some bikes; talk about fit with the salesman. Don't feel bad about trying out some new bikes – you'll be back for a tune-up for your used bike! (Click to keep reading!) Read more
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Dare to Dream Big Dreams
Written on July 23, 2012 at 9:36 am , by thewannabeathlete
A friend of mine posted this on Twitter last night:
A dream doesn't have to be BIG to be a big dream. Big dreams come in all sizes
And it got me thinking about dreams.
I once dreamed I would become a pediatric oncologist. Then I realized math and science weren't my forte and headed toward the law degree I now have. I dreamed about traveling the world – and have had some pretty amazing experiences realizing that dream. I dreamed about moving back to my hometown and becoming the Executive Director of an amazing non-profit – and that dream has come true.
On my fitness journey, I've had a few dreams too. I dreamed about doing a sprint triathlon.
I dreamed about running a half marathon.
I still dream about running a sub 30 minute 5k.
Maybe it's because I'm pregnant and am "sitting on the sidelines" for the time being, but I really haven't been thinking about big dreams lately.
Maybe it's because part of me is afraid that I have achieved all this "wannabe athlete" is capable of achieving. Maybe I should leave the "big dreams" to others more athletic, more dedicated than me.
But then I remember that if I had that mentality when I started this journey, I still wouldn't be able to run a mile. I wouldn't know the thrill of crossing the finish line of my first half marathon. I wouldn't know that I really am so much stronger than I thought I could be.
So maybe…just maybe…it's time to dream big again.
What is your BIG dream?
Categories: Fitterati, Inspiration | Tags: goals, inspiration, motivation
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5 Great Race Signs
Written on July 19, 2012 at 10:49 am , by healthytippingpoint
Sure, running a race is the best, but spectating is pretty cool, too. And to be a great spectator, you need an amazing sign. Here are five of my favorite race signs from over the years.
Here's a few posts about racing from Healthy Tipping Point:
- How to Select Your First Race
- The Bib Transfer Debate: Is It OK to Transfer Bibs? Or Bandit a Race?
- So You Want to Run a Half Marathon
Caitlin blogs at Healthy Tipping Point and Operation Beautiful. You can follow her on Twitter at CaitlinHTP. Her second book, a guide to healthy living, was just released this past May.
Categories: Fitterati, Inspiration, Running, Workouts | Tags: motivation, races, running
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Satisfy Your Man's Appetite While Saving Your Waistline
Written on July 17, 2012 at 8:16 am , by iowagirleats
Hello! My name's Kristin and I'm the blogger behind Iowa Girl Eats, where I share my quick & easy recipe ideas, travel adventures, and workout routines. I was thrilled to receive FITNESS Magazine's Editor's Choice Fitterati Award for Best Healthy Eating Blog, and am excited to be posting here on FitnessMagazine.com!
I get a lot of emails from readers asking how I balance healthy eating with my husband's meat & potatoes appetite. It's not always easy, but here are some tips and tricks I've learned over the past four years of marriage to my bestie, Ben, for satisfying his appetite, while saving my waistline! (Click to keep reading!) Read more
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3 Healthy and Delicious Zucchini Recipes
Written on July 16, 2012 at 11:19 am , by sweettoothsweetlife
This past year, I decided that I wanted to start my own garden.
As a young girl, my summers were always filled with fresh grown veggies from my dad's garden, and I was always amazed at just how much better they tasted. So fresh and flavorful. The best part was, I didn't have to do any of the work to enjoy them (well, except for those few times where my best friend and I would go in and pick the carrots and onions way before they were even ready – oops).
Now that I've been in my own home for almost four years, I figured it was about time to give the 'ol gardening thing a try. If you already know me, then you'd also know that my "green" thumb has always been a bit closer to being black. My ability to grow and maintain plants has not been a strong suit.
Despite my horrible track record, I decided to throw caution to the wind and give it a go. (Click to keep reading!) Read more
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On Behalf Of All the 10+ Minute Mile Runners
Written on July 13, 2012 at 11:54 am , by thewannabeathlete
I know that for many of you who read Fitness Magazine, running a 10 minute mile is no big deal. In fact, you may be like my husband who says it is physically painful for him to run as slow as I run.
So on behalf of all the 10+ minute mile runners out there, I have a few things I'd like to tell the rest of the world.
1. Yes, we ARE running.
It's true. You may be able to walk as fast as we are running. It may look like a slow jog to you, but we are giving it all we've got. Please do not insult us by telling us we are not really running. We are giving it everything we've got.
2. It is OUR race too.
At a recent 10k race, we ran on roads that had to have some level of vehicle access. The volunteers did an awesome job of directing traffic. The drivers, however, weren't so kind. I actually had a UPS driver honking at us, tell us to stop so he could get through. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? You know there is a race going on! I turned and yelled at him, "I am having the best 10k of my life! PLEASE do not do this!" Less than half a mile from the finish line, a volunteer directed a car to cross across the road in a gap in front of me. It would have been just fine – except that the car behind him went too, blocking my access to the road. I got SO mad. I ran around the car, smacking it with my hand as I went past. Childish? Probably. I couldn't believe that I had run over 5.5 miles without walking but that car tried to get in my way. It was as though I wasn't even racing. As if I didn't matter.
True, I may not have been racing against others in the race itself. The first place runner had long since finished. But I was in a race – against myself. Against the voices in my head telling me it would be easier to walk. Against those feelings of self-doubt. Of not feeling good enough. And you know what? I won that race!
3. We can use some encouragement too.
Sometimes it's easy to cheer for the people running a ridiculous 5:20 mile on the race course. And yes, I'm sure they appreciate the cheers too. But please save some for those runners gutting out a 12 minute mile.
You don't know their battle – what they have overcome. You may be tired of cheering by the time we pass by a half hour later, but please muster up a cheer. You never know how much your encouragement might mean to someone!
Any other 10+ Minute Mile Runners have something you'd like people to know? Please share!
Callie, 29, is a working mom in Venice, Florida who blogs about her journey to a healthier lifestyle and hopes to inspire a few other "wannabe athletes" along the way. You can follow her on Twitter at @AthleteWannabe or on Facebook at /TheWannabeAthlete.
Categories: Fitterati, Inspiration, Running | Tags: 10 minute mile, races, running
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How to Get Back on Track after Vacation
Written on July 12, 2012 at 2:15 pm , by Jennifer Swafford
Last week was the Fourth of July and many families went on vacations and trips out of town to visit family or friends. Many people allow themselves to "take a break" from healthy eating when on vacation. Maybe they feel like they "deserve" a vacation from all things, including watching portion sizes and counting calories.
A few weeks ago, I was on vacation in Destin. It was a great week but I didn't focus on my eating like I should. This week, I am planning to get back on track and get focused once again on my goals.
If you are one of those people who tends to "take a break" from healthy living while on vacation, here are 3 ways you can get back on track after vacation (or even just after taking some time off from your healthiness goals).
1. START – I know this seems simple but if we don't start, or if we put it off until tomorrow, we will never start. Tomorrow never comes! Pick a day (today) and start now!
2. GET MOVING – Make an exercise goal and stick with it. When we are feeling bad from poor eating on vacation, nothing can release better endorphines than a good walk/run. Just go at least 10-20 minutes a day and you will have a better outlook on getting back on track!
3. TELL SOMEONE – Accountability is so important. Tell a close friend or relative that today you are going to start eating better and exercising. Call them each night and tell them how you did or maybe even have them call you (if we haven't done so well, we might not want to call). If you have an accountability partner, you are more likely to stick to the plan!
The main thing you can do is just do it. Just go ahead and start TODAY because You-Are-Worth-It!
Jennifer writes about weekly weigh ins, healthy recipes, product reviews, and weight loss at It Sux To Be Fat. Follow her journey on Twitter or Facebook as she goes through life's ups and downs and takes her new healthy lifestyle one day at a time.
Categories: Fitterati, Healthy Eating, Weight Loss | Tags: exercise, fitterati, itsuxtobefat, weight loss
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Give Triathlons a Try: Advice for First-Timers
Written on July 11, 2012 at 9:22 am , by healthytippingpoint
When you visualize a triathlete, you probably do not imagine someone like me. For one, I was terrified of open water until a few years ago. I'm a middle-of-the-pack runner. And – occasionally – I crash my bike because I'm so uncoordinated. However, I absolutely love to do triathlons, and the hobby keeps me feeling fit and healthy. Triathlons have shaped my body in new ways, increased my confidence, and give me a reason to stick to my exercise habits.
Did I mention tris are tons of fun? Because they really are a blast!
If you feel like a tri is out of your reach, consider the super sprint or sprint triathlon. Most sprints consider of a 250 meter to 500 meter swim, a 10 mile bike ride, and a 5K run; super sprints are even shorter. It's not unrealistic to expect to finish such a sprint event in less than an hour and forty five minutes. Sprints are a great way to get introduced to the sport and don't require oodles of training.
Here are some introductory tips to triathlons:
- Not all triathlons are in open water - there are also pool triathlons.
- If your event is in a lake or the ocean, practice open water swimming if possible.
- If you need to buy a bike, check out my post on buying a new or used road bike.
- Practice back-to-back brick workouts at least once a week. So swim and then bike, or bike and then run.
- Practice your transitions, which refers to the 'in-between' the swim and the bike ("T1″) or the bike and the run ("T2″). Here's a list of the essential items you'll need for a sprint triathlon.
- If you don't have a trisuit (a special piece of clothing that functions well for all three sports), you can wear a sports bra and bike shorts for the swim – it will dry out. I actually once wore a bikini bottom with strings under my wetsuit and pulled my shorts on over it, untying and slipping off the bottom once I had my shorts on. It worked!
- For even more tips, check out my So You Wanna Do a Triathlon series, which covers running, biking, swimming, transitioning, training, and selecting a race.
Caitlin blogs at Healthy Tipping Point and Operation Beautiful. You can follow her on Twitter at CaitlinHTP. Her second book, a guide to healthy living, was just released this past May.
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Several Capitol types have pointed us to an e-mail that state Rep. Larry O'Neal of Houston County sent to members of the House Republican caucus on Friday.
With the unspoken backing of Gov. Sonny Perdue, O'Neal must be considered the front-runner in the quick contest to replace House Speaker Glenn Richardson. A vote to pick a caucus candidate comes Thursday.
O'Neal missed the Friday gathering of the caucus due to a bout with pneumonia, but you may consider the letter below to be the platform of his candidacy.
Among its important points:
Several points of O'Neal's letter speak to the lack of connection that rank-and-file members felt with Richardson.
But O'Neal does not address what many House Republicans have privately expressed as the one weakness of his candidacy – O'Neal's role in obtaining after-the-fact tax relief for Perdue through a last minute amendment to some legislation.
Here's the O'Neal letter in its entirety:
Fellow caucus members,
This is going only to you as a member of the caucus. I have not sent this to the media, will not be sending it to them, and will only discuss the content of this email with you. If I could escape these doctors and my beloved wife's understandable concern, I would be there today to discuss these matters directly.
Let me begin by saying how much I regret that I could not be with you today during this difficult time. The serious flu I had developed into pneumonia, and required my hospitalization. I am home now and quickly on the mend, but my heart hurts that I was not able to share with you in today's proceedings. Today's meeting shows the stakes we face as we work to elect calm, competent leadership committed to needed change.
You know how I work to conduct myself at the Capitol. I believe in listening, respect, and leading by consensus.
I have been able to do a good deal of listening over the last few days in spite of my illness and Kathy's insistence that I get off the phone. I have also had feedback from members through the team of people who are helping me make calls to the caucus.
I have also been observing and watching how our caucus has changed in the last few years, like you have.
On the basis of that listening and observation, I offer the following as my plan to give us the competent leadership we need in the Speaker's Office and necessary changes we must have in the House of Representatives:
1. Independence and respect. The speaker has the ultimate client relationship as representative of members of the House. I completely understand the importance of the constitutional separation of powers doctrine. I have disagreed with our Governor on many occasions in the past and expect to do so in the future but I did so and will continue to do so without making a public spectacle. We need that balance between independence and respect more now during these troubled times than ever.
2. I will set aside 60-90 minutes a day to meet only with members, and a member will always go to the front of the line and never wait behind a lobbyist or anyone else other than a constituent directly from my district. In addition, a member communication staff member will also be designated to be a direct link between you and me.
3. I will return your calls/emails/pins. Always. You and your ideas are my first priority.
4. I will never intentionally embarrass you.
5. I will not push any legislation of my own and will sign no bills except the budget. I will not have any legislative agenda except an agenda approved by the caucus or local delegation, and I will expect the core leadership team to follow this principle as well.
6. I will eliminate the Hawk position. I trust our committee chairs to do their jobs.
7. A strong ethical standard will be enforced, starting with me and including all leadership positions. Allen Peake forwarded an email to you yesterday that was sent to the media to set some things straight. As I stated then, there will be no witch hunts but there will be consequences for failing to toe the line. I think the single biggest frustration for many of us is that the vast majority of members and chairs are doing things the right way and are being tarnished by the failings of a few.
8. Vice-chairs are but one last step to chairmanship. I intend to ask our chairs to allow the Vice-chairs to chair occasional meetings with the chair present. This way, Vice-chairs will get more hands-on experience so when they move up to Chairman, they will already be mature and seasoned for running a committee. It is my goal to move my Republican colleagues into leadership positions as quickly as possible and have them ready to lead in all technical respects.
9. Passage of meaningful ethics reform legislation that also protects honest citizen-legislators who are doing things right. As a conservative, I believe more law rarely solves anything, especially the failings of the human character. However, there are areas where changes must be made to our ethics laws. I will not dictate to you what changes should be made, nor will I allow anyone inside or outside the House to dictate to you as well, including the Governor or Senate. As your speaker I will allow you the members to decide those reforms while I protect you from those who will try to hijack the process and turn it into targeting of the innocent along with the guilty. I firmly believe though, that if we cannot police our own ethics rules, others will at the ballot box.
10. I will eliminate the speaker's PAC. This created too much appearance of impropriety. I will keep the political team and have a top-notch political operation that is open and accountable, and I will focus my efforts on member campaigns and the House Trust and make sure you have all the political support you need. More on this in the days to come.
11. Excellence and competence in our duties. Hard work lies before us on the budget and other issues. I will lead by example in producing a quality work product for the citizens of our state and expecting each of you to do the same thing as we move through the difficult session to come. We cannot afford incompetence at a critical time like this.
12. Feedback and flexibility. Good leaders cannot do their job without both. I will always be listening, both during and after this election, and making adjustments where necessary rather than continuing to pursue a path that has clearly become counterproductive.
Again, I cannot tell you how much I wanted to be with you today. I look forward to discussing my plan in coming days as I prepare to lead you into the session, if you choose to honor me with that opportunity.
For instant updates, follow me on Twitter.
December 12th, 2009
6:07 pm
But O'Neal does not address what many House Republicans have privately expressed as the one weakness of his candidacy – O'Neal's role in obtaining after-the-fact tax relief for Perdue through a last minute amendment to some legislation.
Other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?
December 12th, 2009
6:30 pm
If he were in the Gambino family he'd probably go by a name like Larry the Loophole.
Wonder if the Perdue family gives nicknames for their henchmen?
December 12th, 2009
7:20 pm
Enforcing strong ethical standards eliminates O'Neal from consideration.
He will withdraw his candidacy, right?
December 12th, 2009
7:30 pm
Yeah, that land deal issue was such a good one that after I spent millions of dollars attacking Sonny and Larry about it, the people agreed it was really shady and elected me governor.
Wait, but I'm not governor….
December 12th, 2009
7:33 pm
Give me a break. That land deal issue has been looked at for over three years, and Larry O'Neal has been absolutely in the clear. If that was such a good issue then why hasn't Larry been beaten in the two elections since then especially since Oaky Woods is right there in his backyard.
December 12th, 2009
9:08 pm
I'm for Larry the Loop Hole.
December 12th, 2009
9:20 pm
Beth, who carries the keys to the dungeon?
December 12th, 2009
9:29 pm
I carry the keys, because that land issue was so politically damaging and powerful I got elected governor because of it.
December 12th, 2009
9:57 pm
Sorry, Mark. Have another hamburger with cheese. Any body dumb enough to run a campaign with the slogan, " The Big Guy working for the Little Guy." ought to be picking up trash. It brings to mind ole Culf Links Carl's slogan, "Carl Sanders ought to be govenor again!" Sonny's land deal and tax rebate stands on its own moral merit. Remember what Abe said, "you can fool all the people some of the time." When Mark and Sonny were running it was a choice between a bald snake oil salesman and a fat snake oil salesman. Georgia just stumbled Sonny's way.
December 13th, 2009
8:05 am
While we wish O'Neal a speedy recovery from the flu, the time for change is way overdue and having another member of Perdue's "good 'ole boy" network would simply allow Perdue's legacy to live on. GOD help us all if that happens.
Following countless emails to Perdue, his response over and over to concerned Georgia taxpayers is that the Board of Regents of the USG has "exclusive authority" to do what they want with your state dollars and Foundation donations and he will not get involved as their misuse of funds is out of his jurisdiction.
Take a moment to read the results of the Board of Regents' "exclusive authority" of over $7.1 million state and Foundation funds. Link to full story:
Now is the time for just one of the legislators to step up to the plate and ask questions and introduce legislation to bring back accountability by the Board of Regents to someone – other than the BOR themselves. The $7.1 million dollars disclosed in the report above would have been better spent educating your children and grandchildren – not purchasing the second vacation homes of the USG administrators and chancellors – and until the public speaks out (because legislators will not), the misuse of state and Foundation funds by many – including the Board of Regents – will continue.
Start by asking Larry O'Neal if he plans to allow the Board of Regents' "exclusive authority" to continue – as his close friend, Sonny Perdue, has done for years.
December 13th, 2009
8:34 am
You want real ethics enforcement? It's easy. Only takes two things:
December 13th, 2009
8:34 am
You want real ethics enforcement? It's easy. Only takes two things:
December 13th, 2009
8:37 am
[What's going on with my computer today???}
You want real ethics enforcement? It's easy. Only takes two things:
1. Let the Supreme Court choose the head of the State Ethics Commission, to serve for a five-year term with removal only in the case of felony indictment; and
2. Pass a law saying that the Ethics Commission budget and staff cannot be reduced except by a supermajority of the House and Senate.
Any politician who won't support that doesn't REALLY want ethics enforcement.
December 13th, 2009
8:51 am
You want real ethics enforcement?
Get rid of the lawyers.
December 13th, 2009
9:09 am
In rural Georgia, when the "big men" in the community are involved in some shady or dubious financial project, in which there is a role for government at some level, local voters will not remove anyone from office until the maladministration has been thoroughly exposed, "authenticated," by outside media exposure, sometimes even requiring law enforcement attention.
Raising one's voice prior to such exposure is a pathway to the modern equivalent of social "shunning" in the hometown, even in situations in which the corrupt activities are widely known. Expecting local voters to react quickly to the wrongdoing of "their betters" is naive. Local corruption is often a safe activity for its practitioners for long periods in such communities.
December 13th, 2009
9:27 am
Anything associated with Elmer Fudd, do nothing, Sonny Perdue whom spent seven years hunting and fishing while Atlanta and Georgia slid into rot and decay, while bashing gaming in downtown Atlanta while himself making a $24 Million commodity bet that personally bankrupted himself and a rural credit union( brillant businessman that he is); while being so delusional to think little towns like Bonaire are in competition with Atlanta; No- we don't need another back water bumpkin arranging shady land deals for Sonny boy nor a tired old grandpa whom will carry on a tradition of do nothing.
December 13th, 2009
9:46 am
How true, unfortunately. I have had personal experience in a small South GA county and am now the "shunned" and out of office. If I had it to do over, I would still raise my voice and expose the wrongdoing. I refuse to compromise my moral values for political reasons. "You have to stand for something or you'll fall for anything."
December 13th, 2009
9:47 am
Houston county is where the mayor of Warner Robins just committed suicide in September. Maybe the House should consider a different area altogether when considering a new Speaker. In the meantime Georgia Legislators should send their mistresses and girlfriends up to Kentucky. They need the revenue. http://migration.kentucky.gov/Newsroom/travel/girlfriendsgetawaysinky.htm
December 13th, 2009
1:21 pm
depressed, what is the source for claim the guv lost money on his $21 million loan venture resulting in near bankruptcy for himself and rural credit union? i must have missed that on.
December 13th, 2009
5:17 pm
To all of you Atlanta left-wingers,
Here's the problem with your argument: the whole state heard everything Democrats had to say about the land deal, and Sonny's poll numbers went UP after all the commercials ran.
If this land deal had one bit of political power to it, Taylor wouldn't have lost by 20 points. Y'all can make all the excuses you want and try to revise history, but it's just a crock if y'all think you can beat Republicans in 2010 with an issue that failed so miserably FOUR YEARS before then.
Can you say ANCIENT HISTORY?
Many of the comments on this thread amount to a ceaseless chanting of, "We really want this issue to matter, we really want this issue to matter, we really want this issue to matter."
Keep dreaming.
December 13th, 2009
8:56 pm
sounds like you would make a good lobbyist
December 13th, 2009
9:09 pm
We definately don't need a other Purdue "friend" as speaker. Right now the hint of any collusion will kill the parties chances in 2010.
Hembree is definately the right man for the job. Clear ethical stance during his entire service as representative should be welcomed.
December 13th, 2009
9:38 pm
A "good lobbyist," but not a good American: American Exceptionalism, outlined by the three Mottoes of Our Creed, emblazoned on The Great Seal, instituted Individual Sovereignty under G-d alone, in all human history.
Predicated on liberal principles of the perfectibility of the person and the servanthood of the State, the diametric opposite of the historic interests which make up the Right Wing – fascists, papists, Nazis, racists, false-elitists, totalitarians, and all others opposed to The People's sovereignty only through the Electorate's inspiration by G-d direct – true America is unique in human history.
Why else did all nations of the world come to Our Nation, and, together, building on The Founders' ideals and Creed, achieve such greatness?
Read Carlyle's "History of the French Revolution," then the writings of America's Founders: The U.S. is a "left-wing" experiment born of the Protestant Reformation and the Age of Reason. Our anointed Founders made covenant with the Creator of the universe now under multi-generational assault by Rome's Fifth Column's twisting the Truth of The Founding, and corrupting the Constitution and Congress, into lies serving pedophile priests and illegados; fascist plutocrats and draft-dodging closet-queens pandering to hypocrites, morons and sociopaths.
There is but One G-d: that Is the G-d of America. Hence we must establish Truth and Justice.
Those who promulgate lies and hypocrisy must be removed from holy elected office.
The People must reassert its sovereignty through establishment of Righteousness.
Perverters of the American Dream, violators of the Public Trust, and sectarian faction which is the Anti-Christ's treasonous Fifth Column, must be expropriated and extirpated or banished.
Nothing to get things into perspective better than a public trial and hanging of Bush and Cheney for 9/11…then an astute following of "the money trail," "up" and "down" hill, politically and economically…right here to Georgia. Mercer Reynolds has already felt the hot breath of justice on the back of his neck and lowered his "profile" by withdrawing from his attempt to rape Jekyll Island.
9/11 is the key: the proof is available for the few who fail to already know the truth. Viz. "The New Pearl Harbor."
Only hacks and traitors in the employ of the Anti-Christ yet dispute it.
Obama is but a start and evidence that the covenant is not forgot.
Death for Treason and may G-d bless America once more.
December 13th, 2009
10:06 pm
Sorry, Beth, I'm not an Atlantan and certainly not a left-winger or Democrat. I didn't vote for the snake oil salesman from Albany or the snake oil salesman from Bonaire. The choice was so poor a flip of the coin wouldn't work. Sonny Purdue has been the worst govenor in this state since Jimmy Carter. He probably has been worse. If he had tried to do anything he certainly would have been worse. Carter was doctrinaire and never really understood government nor governing. Sonny is not doctinaire and not totally ignorant of government function. The one rule he clearly understands and has stuck to is, "if you do anything, you gonna make somebody mad and they'll vote against you." So he did nothing significant. Which is probably in Georgia's best interest even though we are mired in complete chaos. He certainly would have compounded our suffering had he taken any initiative. No, we don't want any one in the speaker's chair who's spent more than 15 minutes alone with Sonny. Good bye to him and good riddance.
December 14th, 2009
1:47 am
Y'all are all so full of it!!! None of you are "real" people. You are all someone associated with one of the guys running for Speaker. Either a house member, political consultant or something similar! Nobody in the real world is paying attention to this. They are enjoying their Christmas and wondering if they can leave work on the 23rd or 24th. Get a life folks! The only people reading your posts are other folks JUST LIKE YOU!!!
December 14th, 2009
8:02 am
sounds like you could be in the house of reps…and the fact that real world does not pay attention is why we are in this pickle to begin with
December 14th, 2009
10:10 am
I am still glad I got elected governor on the strength of that powerful land issue.
December 14th, 2009
3:17 pm
Sound's great, except for the fact he brokered a backroom deal to directly benefit only his pal, the Governor. And, then that governor made the matter worse by lying about knowing about it. Is that a shame, Mary? Darn tootin' it is.
December 14th, 2009
4:39 pm
Another crook wants the job.


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I prayed for a few things and I have yet to receive them. Oh but, I did receive a few things better than what I prayed. Conclusion, HIS plans for my life are always better than mine.
"Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails." (Proverbs 19:21 NIV)
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Analysis of anti-rotavirus activity of extract from Stevia rebaudiana.
Takahashi K, Matsuda M, Ohashi K, Taniguchi K, Nakagomi O, Abe Y, Mori S, Sato N, Okutani K, Shigeta S Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, 960-1295, Fukushima-shi, Japan
Antiviral Res 2001 Jan;49(1):15-24Anti-human rotavirus (HRV) activity of hot water extracts from Stevia rebaudiana (SE) was examined. SE inhibited the replication of all four serotypes of HRV in vitro. This inhibitory effect of SE was not reduced on the prior exposure of SE to HCl for 30 min at pH 2. Binding assay with radiolabeled purified viruses indicated that the inhibitory mechanism of SE is the blockade of virus binding. The SE inhibited the binding of anti-VP7 monoclonal antibody to HRV-infected MA104 cells. The inhibitory components of SE were found to be heterogeneous anionic polysaccharides with different ion charges. The component analyses suggested that the purified fraction named as Stevian with the highest inhibitory activity consists of the anionic polysaccharide with molecular weight of 9800, and contains Ser and Ala as amino acids. Analyses of sugar residues suggest uronic acid(s) as sugar components. It did not contain amino and neutral sugars and sulfate residues. These findings suggest that SE may bind to 37 kD VP7 and interfere with the binding of VP7 to the cellular receptors by steric hindrance, which results in the blockade of the virus attachment to cells.
A double-blind placebo-controlled study of the effectiveness and tolerability of oral stevioside in human hypertension.
Chan P, Tomlinson B, Chen YJ, Liu JC, Hsieh MH, Cheng JT Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Taipei Medical College and affiliated Taipei Wan Fang Hospital, Taiwan.
Br J Clin Pharmacol 2000 Sep;50(3):215-20AIMS: Stevioside is a natural plant glycoside isolated from the plant Stevia rebaudiana which has been commercialized as a sweetener in Japan for more than 20 years. Previous animal studies have shown that stevioside has an antihypertensive effect. This study was to designed to evaluate the effect of stevioside in human hypertension. METHODS: A multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was undertaken. This study group consisted of 106 Chinese hypertensive subjects with diastolic blood pressure between 95 and 110 mmHg and ages ranging from 28 to 75 years with 60 subjects (men 34, women 26; mean +/- s.d., 54.1+/-3.8 years) allocated to active treatment and 46 (men 19, women 27; mean +/- s.d., 53.7+/-4.1 years) to placebo treatment. Each subject was given capsules containing stevioside (250 mg) or placebo thrice daily and followed-up at monthly intervals for 1 year. RESULTS: After 3 months, the systolic and diastolic blood pressure of the stevioside group decreased significantly (systolic: 166.0+/-9.4-152.6+/-6.8 mmHg; diastolic: 104.7 +/- 5.2-90.3+/-3.6 mmHg, P<0.05), and the effect persisted during the whole year. Blood biochemistry parameters including lipid and glucose showed no significant changes. No significant adverse effect was observed and quality of life assessment showed no deterioration. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that oral stevioside is a well tolerated and effective modality that may be considered as an alternative or supplementary therapy for patients with hypertension.
Stevioside acts directly on pancreatic beta cells to secrete insulin: actions independent of cyclic adenosine monophosphate and adenosine triphosphate-sensitive K+-channel activity.
Jeppesen PB, Gregersen S, Poulsen CR, Hermansen K Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
Metabolism 2000 Feb;49(2):208-14The natural sweetener stevioside, which is found in the plant Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, has been used for many years in the treatment of diabetes among Indians in Paraguay and Brazil. However, the mechanism for the blood glucose-lowering effect remains unknown. To elucidate the impact of stevioside and its aglucon steviol on insulin release from normal mouse islets and the beta-cell line INS-1 were used. Both stevioside and steviol (1 nmol/L to 1 mmol/L) dose-dependently enhanced insulin secretion from incubated mouse islets in the presence of 16.7 mmol/L glucose (P < .05). The insulinotropic effects of stevioside and steviol were critically dependent on the prevailing glucose concentration, ie, stevioside (1 mmol/L) and steviol (1 micromol/L) only potentiated insulin secretion at or above 8.3 mmol/L glucose (P < .05). Interestingly, the insulinotropic effects of both stevioside and steviol were preserved in the absence of extracellular Ca2+. During perifusion of islets, stevioside (1 mmol/L) and steviol (1 micromol/L) had a long-lasting and apparently reversible insulinotropic effect in the presence of 16.7 mmol/L glucose (P < .05). To determine if stevioside and steviol act directly on beta cells, the effects on INS-1 cells were also investigated. Stevioside and steviol both potentiated insulin secretion from INS-1 cells (P < .05). Neither stevioside (1 to 100 micromol/L) nor steviol (10 nmol/L to 10 micromol/L) influenced the plasma membrane K+ adenosine triphosphate ((K+)ATP)-sensitive channel activity, nor did they alter cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) levels in islets. In conclusion, stevioside and steviol stimulate insulin secretion via a direct action on beta cells. The results indicate that the compounds may have a potential role as antihyperglycemic agents in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Measurement of the relative sweetness of stevia extract, aspartame and cyclamate/saccharin blend as compared to sucrose at different concentrations.
Cardello HM, Da Silva MA, Damasio MH Department of Food and Nutrition, FCF-UNESP, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. email@example.com
Plant Foods Hum Nutr 1999;54(2):119-30Special diets are used to mitigate many human diseases. When these diets require changes in carbohydrate content, then sweetness becomes an important characteristic. The range of low-calorie sweeteners available to the food industry is expanding. It is essential to have an exact knowledge of the relative sweetness of various sweeteners in relation to different sucrose concentrations. The objective of this study was to determine the variation on the relative sweetness of aspartame (APM), stevia [Stevia rebaudiana (Bert.) Bertoni] leaf extract (SrB) and the mixture cyclamate/saccharin--two parts of cyclamate and one part of saccharin--(C/S) with the increase in their concentrations, and in neutral and acid pH in equisweet concentration to 10% sucrose, using magnitude estimation. Sweetness equivalence of SrB in relation to sucrose concentrations of 20% or higher and of APM and C/S to sucrose concentrations of 40% or higher could not be determined, because a bitter taste predominated. The potency of all sweeteners decreased as the level of sweetner increased. In equi-sweet concentration of sucrose at 10%, with pH 7.0 and pH 3.0, the potency was practically the same for all sweeteners evaluated.
The effect of stevioside on blood pressure and plasma catecholamines in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Chan P, Xu DY, Liu JC, Chen YJ, Tomlinson B, Huang WP, Cheng JT Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Taipei Medical College Hospital and affiliated Taipei Wan Fang Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
Life Sci 1998;63(19):1679-84Stevioside is a sweet-tasting glycoside, composed of stevia, a diterpenic carboxylic alcohol with three glucose molecules, mainly used as a substitute for non-alcoholic sweetener. It has previously been shown to reduce blood pressure in studies in animals and human. The effect of intravenous stevioside on the blood pressure was studied in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). The hypotensive effect on both systolic and diastolic blood pressure was dose-dependent for intravenous doses of 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg in conscious SHR. The maximum reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressure were 31.4 +/- 4.2% and 40.8 +/- 5.6% (mean +/- SEM) respectively and the hypotensive effect lasted for more than 60 min with a dose of 200 mg/kg. Serum dopamine, norepinephrine and epinephrine levels were not changed significantly 60 min after intravenous injection of stevioside 100 mg/kg in anesthetized SHR. The present data show that stevioside given intravenously to conscious SHR was effective in blood pressure reduction and there was no change in serum catecholamines in anaesthetized animals with this natural compound.
Steviol and steviol-glycoside: glucosyltransferase activities in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni--purification and partial characterization.
Shibata H, Sawa Y, Oka T, Sonoke S, Kim KK, Yoshioka M Faculty of Agriculture, Shimane University, Japan.
Arch Biochem Biophys 1995 Aug 20;321(2):390-6The leaves of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni contain sweet compounds which are glycosides of diterpene derivative steviol (ent-13-hydroxykaur-16-en-19-oic acid). Its main constituents are stevioside (triglucosylated steviol; 13-O-beta-sophorosyl-19-O-beta-glucosyl-steviol) and rebaudioside-A (tetraglucosylated steviol; 2'-O-beta-glucosyl-13-O-beta-sophorosyl-19-O-beta-glucosyl-stev iol). From the extracts of S. rebaudiana Bertoni, two glucosyltransferases (GTases I and IIB) acting on steviol and steviol-glycosides were isolated, and another distinct activity (GTase IIA) acting on steviol was detected. Purified GTase I (subunit M(r) 24,600) catalyzed glucose transfer from UDP-glucose to steviol and steviolmonoside (steviol-13-O-glucopyranoside), but not to other steviol-glycosides. Apparent Km values were 71.4 microM for steviol and 360 microM for UDP-glucose. GTase IIB (subunit M(r) 30,700) showed a broad substrate specificity, acting on steviol, steviolmonoside, steviolbioside (13-O-beta-sophorosyl-steviol), and stevioside. Apparent Km values were 182 microM for steviol, 44 microM for steviolbioside, 95 microM for stevioside, and 385 microM for UDP-glucose. The two enzymes had a similar optimum pH at 6.5. They also acted effectively on ubiquitous flavonol aglycones, quercetin, and kaempferol and utilized kaempferol at a higher rate than steviol and steviol-glycosides. The apparent Km values of GTase I and IIB for kaempferol were 12 and 31 microM, respectively.
Chronic administration of aqueous extract of Stevia rebaudiana in rats: renal effects.
Melis MS Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
J Ethnopharmacol 1995 Jul 28;47(3):129-34The effects of administration of Stevia rebaudiana extracts for 20, 40 and 60 days on renal function and mean arterial pressure in normal Wistar rats were evaluated. Results showed that the Stevia rebaudiana treated rats group for 20 days did not significantly differ from the control group. Chronic administration of a crude extract for 40 and 60 days induced hypotension, diuresis and natriuresis with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) constant. An increase of the renal plasma flow (RPF) was exclusively observed for the group treated for 60 days. The results suggests that oral administration to rats of an aqueous extract of Stevia dried leaves induce systemic and renal vasodilation, causing hypotension, diuresis and natriuresis.
Influence of stevioside on hepatic glycogen levels in fasted rats.
Hubler MO, Bracht A, Kelmer-Bracht AM Laboratory of Liver Metabolism, University of Maringa, Brazil.
Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol 1994 Apr;84(1):111-8
The influence of stevioside, the sweet glycoside of Stevia rebaudiana leaves, on the glycogen levels of fasted rats was investigated. In one set of experiments, single doses of stevioside (200 mumol) or steviol (200 mumol) were given orally to 24-hours fasted rats, either alone or simultaneously with fructose. Under these conditions both stevioside and steviol increased the initial glycogen deposition in the liver. In another set of experiments, stevioside was given to the rats in the drinking water at the beginning of the fasting periods (5:00 p.m.) of 24 and 48 hours. Two different concentrations were given, 1.0 and 2.0 mM. Increased hepatic glycogen levels were found at 48 hours with stevioside (1.0 mM) and at 24 hours with stevioside (2.0 mM). Steviol had no effect on hepatic glycogen levels when given in the drinking water. It can be concluded that stevioside exerts a stimulatory action on hepatic glycogen synthesis under gluconeogenic conditions.
Evaluation of the cariogenic potential of the intense natural sweeteners stevioside and rebaudioside A.
Das S, Das AK, Murphy RA, Punwani IC, Nasution MP, Kinghorn AD Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois, Chicago 60612.
Caries Res 1992;26(5):363-6Stevioside and rebaudioside A, two intense natural sweeteners, that are constituents of the South American plant Stevia rebaudiana, were tested for cariogenicity in albino Sprague-Dawley rats. Sixty rat pups colonized with Streptococcus sobrinus were divided into four groups and fed stevioside, rebaudioside A or sucrose added to basal diet 2000 as follows: group 1, 30% sucrose; group 2, 0.5% stevioside; group 3, 0.5% rebaudioside A, and group 4, no addition. All four groups were sacrificed after 5 weeks. S. sobrinus counts were made and caries was evaluated according to Keyes' technique. There were no differences in food and water intake and weight gains between the four groups. There were significant differences in sulcal caries scores (p < 0.02) and S. sobrinus counts (p < 0.05) between group 1 and the other three groups. There were no significant differences between the stevioside, rebaudioside A and no-addition groups. It was concluded that neither stevioside nor rebaudioside A is cariogenic under the conditions of this study.


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Karen Mead didn't act like a candidate for trauma-free childbirth. Quite the opposite. When the now-39-year-old New Hampshire mom went in for her first prenatal blood test, she passed out as the syringe went in. Recalls Mead, "My OB said to me, 'If you don't get help, you're not going to make it through labor and delivery.'"


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UN Sets Global Agenda
Details of a high level United Nations strategy meeting have been leaked to Fox News, with the inevitable subsequent fear-mongering regarding a conspiracy to create a one world government:
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After a year of humiliating setbacks, United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-Moon and about 60 of his top lieutenants — the top brass of the entire U.N. system — spent their Labor Day weekend at a remote Austrian Alpine retreat, discussing ways to put their sprawling organization in charge of the world's agenda.
Details concerning the two-day, closed-door sessions in the comfortable village of Alpbach were closely guarded. Nonetheless, position papers for the meeting obtained by Fox News indicate that the topics included:
- how to restore "climate change" as a top global priority after the fiasco of last year's Copenhagen summit;
- how to continue to try to make global redistribution of wealth the real basis of that climate agenda, and widen the discussion further to encompass the idea of "global public goods";
- how to keep growing U.N.
UN Accreditation For Gay Rights Group
The U.N. Economic and Social Council approved the US-based International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission application for a "consultative status." With many countries still prosecuting laws against homosexual activity and gay rights, this accreditation from the UN has been a great leap forward. The Washington Post reports:
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The U.N. Economic and Social Council voted Monday to accredit the U.S.-based International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission after strong lobbying by the Obama administration.
Obama, in a statement issued by the White House, welcomed the vote as an "important step forward for human rights." With the group's inclusion, he said "the United Nations is closer to the ideals on which it was founded, and to values of inclusion and equality to which the United States is deeply committed."
The group will now be able to attend U.N. meetings, submit statements and collaborate with both government and U.N. agencies on human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, commission officials said.
The World Health Organization (The WHO) is Accused of Hyping Swine Flu, Favoring Drug Firms and Costing European Governments Millions
European criticism of the World Health Organization's handling of the H1N1 pandemic intensified Friday with the release of two reports that accused the agency of exaggerating the threat posed by the virus and failing to disclose possible influence by the pharmaceutical industry on its recommendations for how countries should respond.
The WHO's response caused widespread, unnecessary fear and prompted countries around the world to waste millions of dollars, according to one report. At the same time, the Geneva-based arm of the United Nations relied on advice from experts with ties to drug makers in developing the guidelines it used to encourage countries to stockpile millions of doses of antiviral medications, according to the second report.
The reports outlined the drumbeat of criticism that has arisen, primarily in Europe, of how the world's leading health organization responded to the first influenza pandemic in more than four decades.
Bill Gates Funding Weather Control Technology
Sounds like something a comic-book super-villain would do, and Bill Gates certainly has the money to be one. Ben Webster writes in the Times:
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The first trials of controversial sunshielding technology are being planned after the United Nations failed to secure agreement on cutting greenhouse gases.
Bill Gates, the Microsoft billionaire, is funding research into machines to suck up ten tonnes of seawater every second and spray it upwards. This would seed vast banks of white clouds to reflect the Sun's rays away from Earth.
The British and American scientists involved do not intend to wait for international rules on technology that deliberately alters the climate. They believe that the weak outcome of December's climate summit in Copenhagen means that emissions will continue to rise unchecked and that the world urgently needs an alternative strategy to protect itself from global warming.
Many methods of cooling the planet, collectively known as geoengineering, have been proposed.
UN to Produce Bullion Coins as World Currency
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The announcement by the United Nations this week that it will license the minting of silver and gold bullion coins bearing the UN logo may be the button that launches metal prices into orbit.
In its wide-ranging report this fall, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) stated that the system of currencies and international banking practices within today's economies were inadequate, and responsible for the present economic crisis. The report advocates that the present monetary system, wherein the dollar acts as the global reserve currency be re-examined "with urgency".
The UNCTAD Report was the first time a major multinational institution had forwarded such a suggestion or measure, although a number of countries, including Russia and Brazil have supported replacing the dollar as the world's reserve currency. China's central bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan has mentioned that the dollar could become a basket of currencies instead.
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British Nuclear Expert's 17th Floor UN Death Plunge 'Was Not Suicide'
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A British nuclear expert who fell from the 17th floor of a United Nations building did not commit suicide and may have been hurled to his death, says a doctor who carried out a second post-mortem examination. Timothy Hampton, 47, a scientist involved in monitoring nuclear activity, was found dead last week at the bottom of a stairwell in Vienna. An initial autopsy concluded that there were 'no suspicious circumstances'. But it is understood that Mr Hampton's widow Olena Gryshcuk and her family were deeply unhappy with that verdict.
Now a doctor who undertook a second post-mortem examination on behalf of the family believes she has found evidence that Mr Hampton did not die by his own hands. Professor Kathrin Yen, of the Ludwig Institute in Graz, Austria, which specialises in traumatology research, said she had more tests to complete on Mr Hampton, who had a three-year-old son with Ms Gryshcuk. But she said one possible theory was that Mr Hampton was carried to the 17th floor from his workplace on the sixth floor and thrown to his death.
KFC's Colonel Sanders tricks his way into UN to pose for 'official' photo
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A man impersonating the Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders managed to dupe his way into the UN headquarters in New York and shake hands with a senior official.
Dressed in the fast food icon's familiar white suit and black bow tie, the actor evaded tight security to gain access to the restricted areas of the complex. He even posed for a photograph with Ali Treki, the new president of the UN General Assembly, before the alarm was raised and he was ejected. A spokeswoman for Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, yesterday said that an investigation had been launched into the security breach, which was dreamed up by KFC as a promotional stunt.
"It should not have happened – that I will stress, and very strongly," Michele Montas told Canwest News Service, the Canadian news agency.
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Authorities are investigating two bank robberies that took place in Montgomery County Thursday. According to reports the banks were robbed within a few hours from each other and due tot that fact, investigators are trying to determine if the crimes are connected. Additional reports indicate that the Shenandoah police said the Citibank on Interstate 45 near Tamina Road was held up at approximately 11:30 A.M. and the second robbery happened at the Chase Bank on Interstate 45 near F.M. 3083. It was robbed shortly before 2:00 P.M. on Thursday.
During the robbery at the Citibank, the suspect is described as a black man about 20 years old and standing approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall. He was wearing a long-sleeved gray T-shirt and a baseball cap at the time of the robbery.
The man that robbed the Chase Bank is described as a black and tall. He was reportedly wearing baggy blue jeans and a baseball cap. Investigators say they plan to study surveillance video to see if the same man robbed both banks. Anyone with information is urged to call Montgomery County Crime Stoppers at 800-392-STOP.


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Romney beats Palin in convention straw poll
April 11, 2010 —
The Republican establishment favourite, Mitt Romney, secured a surprise victory over the American right's grassroots choice Sarah Palin at the weekend in an early test of who will challenge Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential race. Romney, the multi-millionaire businessman and former Massachusetts governor, won 24% (439 votes) to Palin's 18% (330 votes) among delegates at the Southern Republican leadership conference, a traditional showcase for presidential hopefuls. Romney's win came despite his failure to attend the New Orleans conference.
-- In a speech in front of the Southern Republican Leadership Conference Saturday night, Michael Steele admitted that he's made "mistakes" during his tenure as the head of the Republican National Committee. He also said that he had learned from these mistakes and warned Republicans that Democrats would try to focus on his gaffes, rather than issues.
-- Come November, North Carolina voters may have another choice on their ballot: Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians -- and the North Carolina First party. North Carolina First is billed as a progressive alternative for voters upset with the status quo in Washington. About 100 canvassers are circulating petitions to get the party on the ballot. Spokesman Greg Rideout said they have about 10,000 of the 80,000 or so required signatures. He described the effort as an alternative for disgruntled progressives. "We're going to have a place to go if they don't think they're getting their voice heard by either major party," he said. "(Washington) seems to only work for lobbyists and special interests, and in the meantime folks who want to be heard are not being heard."
-- US Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., Sunday morning said he hopes he could support the president's nominee to fill an open seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. But he would not rule out a filibuster by Republicans against a nominee. If President Barack Obama nominates someone who is clearly outside the mainstream regarding interpretation of the Constitution, "then I think every power should be utilized to protect the Constitution," Sessions said.
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CLEARFIELD – Next week, the Clearfield school board will consider a change order with Pinnacle Plumbing and Heating for HVAC work at the Clearfield Elementary School. If approved, the change order would result in an additional cost of $80,515.60 to the CES expansion and renovation.
The district has embarked upon a $10.6 million expansion and renovation at the CES. The district has also voted to permanently close the Clearfield Area Middle School and the Girard-Goshen, Bradford Township and Centre Elementary Schools and to convert the CES into a K-6 campus.
Superintendent Terry Struble explained the proposed HVAC work would be to replace the leaking dielectric unions in the existing part of the CES. This issue, he said, would be corrected by replacing all of the existing dielectric unions, so that they're all up-to-date and to prevent future issues.
Struble said the proposed change order also included one drain and fill on both the chilled water system and heating system during their respective off seasons.
Board member Gail Ralston asked if the district could expect some sort of warranty on the HVAC work. Struble said there's usually a one-year warranty on the workmanship; however, so far as the materials used, it's up to the manufacturer. He wasn't sure what the warranty would be, but he would look into it further.
The board will also consider a change order with Leonard S. Fiore to extend its contract time for the Clearfield Area High School auditorium and stage. There isn't any cost for the change, as it's simply for documentation purposes, said Struble.
The change order, Struble said, would extend the contract time for the auditorium and stage from April 3 to April 24. He told the board to expect similar requests from other contractors involved with the expansion and renovation of the CAHS.
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Jake "The Snake" Roberts threw the first jab when he talked about The Ultimate Warrior entering the WWE Hall of Fame on a radio show. According to Roberts, he joked that the WWE must be more interested in taking in "a**holes" into the WWE Hall of Fame rather than people with great talent.
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Ultimate Warrior then responded by attacking Roberts' religious beliefs. According to Warrior, he called a "former talent" a "hypocrite born-again Christian" who practices his Christianity in Hell. He then threw out the insult that he grows wise on great stories while the other (Roberts) "reads bathroom stalls and still grovels."
What Jake said was something a lot of people have said about The Ultimate Warrior based on his attitude and skill set. However, what Warrior said hit below the belt and seemed more personal than anything Roberts threw out in this particular war of words.
In great form, Jake "The Snake" Roberts took the higher road. He admitted that he maybe went to far in the interview with the a-hole comment and took responsibility for throwing the first shot. He then said that there is no hypocrisy with him and he is not preaching anything. He said he is an addict and it working to make himself better and then he said he takes Warrior's response with no negativity and will just put it behind him with an apology.
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- Katrina Holcomb
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Will the Belo Monte Dam project on the Amazon River cause more harm to the environment or will it be a good source of energy for Brazil?
The Amazon rainforest is an internationally recognized epicenter of biodiversity. Countless campaigns to stop the cutting and burning these rainforests have fallen on deaf ears. Now the Brazilian government plans to build what would be the world's 3rd largest dam [1] on the beautiful and ancient Amazon River. The Belo Monte project would span the Xingu River with 3 different dams: 233MW Pimental, 233MW Bela Vista, and 11,000MW Belo Monte. In addition, two artificial canals must be built to divert the river, which together will span more area than the Panama Canal.
These dams will have a myriad of negative impacts on the local environment. Construction of the dam will cause about 400-640 sq km land upstream to become flooded for a reservoir - an area equal to the size of Chicago. The town of Altamira will be flooded as well as countless acres that house the region's tribal populations. The impact on biodiversity includes 6-8 species of fish endemic to the Amazon River that will likely go extinct as well as a 2% decrease in the total forested area of the Amazon rainforest.
Organisms endangered by the construction of Belo Monte cannot verbalize their traumatic destruction of their ecosystem, but the indigenous people of the Amazon can; they are currently protesting the construction of the Belo Monte project through an "occupy" movement.
Belo Monte project is the first of many dam projects planned for the Brazilian portion of the Amazon River. Do these indigenous people have a right to decide what happens to their ancestral homeland? Or is the Brazilian government in the right by providing power for the majority of their country? Will the Belo Monte become the Belo "Muerte" dam (aka dam of death)?
Here's a 10 minute video that covers the impact the Belo Monte dam on the Amazon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-seAAIsJLQ [1]
Related articles:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/03/brazil-dam-activists-war-military [2]
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May 15 2013: When viewing the environmental impacts of the Belo Monte project, especially those relating to biodiversity, I think it's important to remember that this project is not occurring in a vacuum. Estimating how much water the dams will displace, and how many people and ecosystems will be displaced or otherwise harmed by the construction does not take into account holistic or cumulative effects. Would it be possible for us to look at dam construction in Brazil as if dams were a species, and apply to concept of beta diversity to better understand how "dam populations" correlate with biodiversity loss, displacement of indigenous and rural people, and the proliferation of mines? That is to say, could we adapt a tool from biology which accounts for the relationships of populations across space and time to gain a broader perspective of how dams will impact surrounding people and ecosystems?
While the individual impacts of Belo Monte sound awful for the majority of people in the area, and for local ecosystems, it seems likely that they impacts of the dam, when viewed in context of increasing mine and dam construction, would be even worse. This type of research might be able to give a new and strong voice to indigenous rights advocates and conservationists in Brazil.
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Singles Q&A: Is It Self-Pity or Grief?
- Wednesday, February 22, 2006
How is that possible? Let's consider again the difference between grief and self-pity. Self-pity turns our gaze inward, focusing only on ourselves. It says, "I am worthy of so much more! Why has this been withheld?!" It is a response of pride; therefore it is accompanied by an inconsolable, demanding spirit that fuels the emotion. Self-pity leads us to assume the worse: "Lord, don't you care?" (Luke 10:40; Mark 4:35-40). True Christian grief says, "I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. … Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love. For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the children of men" (Lamentations 3:19-33).
In your question, you asked what my pastor would do if a single adult showed up in his office with these emotions. I can tell you exactly what he would do because I've been that single! (And this has been my experience with a number of my pastors, not just one.) First, they listen compassionately to my struggles. Second, they ask wise questions to help me discern my functional beliefs in any given situation – what I actually believe about God, myself, and others. Then they remind me of what is true because of the Cross, the reality of what lies ahead for every believer in the Lord Jesus Christ: "Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal" (2 Corinthians 4:16-18).
The bottom line is this: If the wonderful, glorious promises of heaven and all that has been secured for us in the manifold mercy found at the Cross don't penetrate the fog of our grief, we can be sure self-pity has hardened our hearts. We simply will not escape trials in this life because we are still living with the consequences of the Fall – there are ramifications of sin everywhere we turn. But that's not the end of the story! Let's not get so focused on this brief life that we forget the best is yet to come – and it will never be taken away from us. We may receive marriage in this life, but it is a temporary gift. The gift of salvation is eternal, not due to our sin-stained merit but due to the Lord Jesus Christ's sinless merit. As he explained to His disciples about His crucifixion and resurrection:
"Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, 'In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me'? I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy" (John 16:19-22, emphasis added).
I hope these musings have encouraged you. There is a vast difference between being told to "get over it" and being equipped with the truth that helps us vanquish both self-pity and grief. My prayer is that this entry has accomplished the latter. I have no other counsel to offer, but I never tire of offering it.
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Meet the New Girl: Martha Streck
This Brazilian redhead walked for Fendi, John Galliano, and Christian Lacroix for her first show season in February.
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This flaxen-haired German beauty managed to snag the cover of 'Dazed & Confused' before walking a single runway show.
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Mostly they took it back to 2002 with their signature revival of disco-heavy electro-funk.
Her 'Elle' contract prohibits her from doing work at 'Marie Claire' until September 1, but she's already conducting run-throughs!
A week between the sheets in the life of a New Yorker. This time, a guy who's really, really, really happy with his fiancée.
The much-celebrated young lit boy is with the French, in the dhows. Duh.
Plus: Nas on poppin' bottles, and Seth Rogen on the Green Hornet's ketamine habit.
He certainly gives David Beckham a run for his money, but we have one question: Why is he wearing pants?
While celebs shopped like mad at the Super Saturday benefit in the Hamptons, Starbucks were closing, Molly Sims was late for her own party, 'SATC''s Jason Lewis ran on the beach, and all the scarecrows fell down!
The architect may have designed Chanel's Mobile Art exhibit, but Hadid says that creating shoes was just as hard.
See the couture shows by Anne Valérie Hash, Jean Paul Gaultier, Givenchy, and more on video with designer commentary.
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We have slideshows of the latest couture collections from these guys and Jean Paul Gaultier, too!
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NEW ROCHELLE, NY - The Iona College women's basketball team moved to 10-0 in conference play with its 16th straight win, a 66-54 victory over Saint Peter's Sunday afternoon in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action at the Hynes Center. The Gaels trailed in the contest for just 23 seconds as they moved to 11-2 in their last 13 contests against the Peacocks.
Junior guard Damika Martinez led four Gaels in double figures with a game high 22 points. Sophomore forward Joy Adams had 16 points, 10 rebounds and three assists for her 17th double-double of the season. Junior guard Aleesha Powell had 10 points and two assists while sophomore guard Aaliyah Robinson scored 10 points, her fourth double digit effort in the last five games.
Iona got out to a 5-2 lead in the first period before four straight points by the Peacocks gave Saint Peter's a 6-5 lead with 14:59 remaining. From there, the Gaels answered with a 15-5 run, taking a 21-11 advantage on a jumper by Adams with 6:58 left in the first.
The Maroon & Gold extended its lead to a period high 18 points on a free throw by Martinez with 19 seconds left in the half before a Saint Peter's layup in the final seven seconds trimmed the lead to 16, 37-21, at intermission.
A three by Adams with 18:43 left in the second pushed the Iona cushion to a game high 19 points, 42-23. The Peacocks answered with a 11-5 run to cut the Iona lead to 12, 52-40, on a layup by Aziza May with 8:05 remaining.
With Iona ahead 58-46, a pair of back-to-back Martinez threes extended the lead to 18 and put the game out of reach. A late 8-2 charge by the Peacocks trimmed the deficit to 12 but the Peacocks were unable to get within single digits late. The Peacocks were led by Kaydine Bent's 17 points and 10 rebounds while Smith had 11 points.
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MADISON (WKOW) -- Adults have a chance to roll-up their sleeves and experiment with science in a new series from the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
"It's science for grown ups," said Laura Heisler, director of programming for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), explaining that the program is being launched because kids can't have all the fun.
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Forget Jedward – if you want the world's most famous twins, look no further than Ron Weasley's prank-happy brothers.
We caught up with James (Fred) & Oliver (George) Phelps to talk about the shocks and heartache set for the characters in The Deathly Hallows, and how its similar to Saving Private Ryan.
The duo have gone from strength to strength in the franchise, and while they left Hogwarts long ago, they're back for the final battle with a sizeable impact.
Sky Movies: So you both had no experience acting before Harry Potter – what made you want to get involved?
Oliver Phelps: Without sounding like we'd gone into it for the wrong means, a day off school. <laughs>
James Phelps: We'd had no acting experience beforehand, and it was a day off school as Oliver said. We went to the audition in Leeds and it was packed – they were casting for every part, and we weren't even wearing the same clothes. We saw loads of other twins in the same clothes, so went over to BHS to pick up some matching ones. Then we met the casting director, so we couldn't have bumped into anyone better.
OP: We owe her and Chris Columbus a lot.
SM: What would you say you've learnt during your time working on the series?
JP: I think just the whole aspect of how a film works, from pre-production, through production to publicity. Oh, one other thing – how to dye our hair.
We also learnt how actors work – when you're sitting there watching the who's who of British actors working their trade you realise you're in an incredible position to see how they work.
SM: What do you reckon has been your most surreal experience?
JP: When we were at the studios it wasn't unusual to have celebrities showing their kids around. We had Liam Gallagher and people like that – people you've grown up with. My first album was Oasis, so that was pretty cool. And they knew who we were, which was the weirdest thing.
SM: How would you say The Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2 differ?
JP: I think it starts off with Harry Potter trying to avoid getting captured by Voldemort. They're trying to work out how to get away. My character gets pretty battered in the process, and that's the first time you see that Voldemort's not a normal bad guy. He's just ruthless. Then it really starts to get dark, the more desperate he becomes to get Harry. And then in Part 2 it all kicks off at the school.
OP: Part 1 picks up exactly where Half-Blood Prince left off and it kind of builds from that. Part 1 is kind of like a typical Potter movie in that it's about exploring things, while Part 2 is full-on action. It's a war pretty much.
JP: When we filmed the Battle of Hogwarts sequence, it was like a scene from Saving Private Ryan. All these gothic buildings had been totally obliterated. The first time we saw the decimated Great Hall, it was sobering. I think it'll look fantastic on screen.
SM: **SPOILER ALERT** James, your character Fred dies in the books – how was it filming that? In the book it was relatively 'off-camera' and it was only at the end of the battle that it hit the readers and characters. Is it similar in the film?
JP: We're not sure yet. They're working on a way that brings it in without making it the end of the battle. When we shot it, I was just lying there and I could hear what was going on. That's when you see how good the actors we work with are – Oliver was bloody good.
OP: With Julie Waters and Rupert Grint there too, it really made me realise how great actors they are. The second time we did it, we just let rip, and on camera it looks great. It was pretty strange to be doing that. I know I never want a Eucalyptus torch [a prop they blow into your eye to make you cry] again – I could barely see afterwards.
SM: How was it filming the action scenes?
JP: A lot of fun. It was kind of a mixture between sword fighting and, I guess, tennis. There was one scene where we're fighting away and there's fire blowing away and people blowing up.
SM: The Weasleys are well known for pranks – was there anything like that on-set?
JP: Yeah! I'm not sure if Fred and George have rubbed off on us, but yeah, we're known to be the pranksters on set. We'd wind up anyone really.
One of the girls in hair and make up had gone on holiday. We wrote down her car registration details, found out where she went on holiday and really went to town on it. We called her up and told her she owed NCP Car Parks' £1000, and by courtesy we had to tell her when it went over a grand.
We put on a really smarmy voice when we rang, and she didn't get it until right at the end, when we gave our email address and asked her to email it back. We bluetoothed it to everyone in the studios, but they do get us back with the odd thing every now and again.
SM: So what do you guys have planned for the future?
OP: To stay acting, that's the plan!
JP: I'd like to give everything a go really. I did a small independent movie after Harry Potter filmed in an abandoned hospital, which was completely different. I'd love to give theatre a go too, people like Michael Gambon raving on about their own experiences.
OP: It's like when the Weasleys left their home to start up the shop, we need to do the same and make it work on our own.
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