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Clayton State announced former Morrow High School standout Tony Dukes is transferring from Div. I USC Upstate and has signed with the Lakers basketball program.
Dukes becomes the second Division I transfer to join the Clayton State program for the season. Point guard Anthony Salter, a 5-foot-11 junior from Tallahassee, Fla., transferred to Clayton State from Hawaii and set out the second part of the season.
Dukes, a 6-foot-2, 175-pound junior from Ellenwood, Ga., saw action in 30 games with 18 starts this past season at USC Upstate under head coach Eddie Payne. He averaged six points and two rebounds a game while shooting 31 percent from both the field and from 3-point range.
Some of his best games for the Spartans came against big-time competition. Dukes' best game was arguably against Virginia when he scored a season-high 19 points on a perfect 5-for-5 shooting from 3-point range. He also scored 13 points on four 3-point baskets against Auburn. Dukes' best games in Atlantic Sun Conference competition included 12 points in the season finale against Florida Gulf Coast and 11 points against Stetson.
Prior to signing with USC Upstate last spring, Dukes enjoyed a stellar freshman season at the junior college level at Atlanta Metro. Under head coach Robert Pritchett, he was the second-leading scorer in the region at 19 points a game, while shooting 77 percent from the free throw line. Dukes was selected NJCAA All-Region 17.
A local prep product out of neighboring Morrow High School, Dukes continues the strong pipeline of former Mustangs that have played collegiately at Clayton State. He follows Rod Venner, Trae Goss and Eric Wilson before him.
Dukes enjoyed a standout career at Morrow under head coach Jay Livingston, where he finished as the school's second all-time leading scorer with 985 points. He averaged 20 points a game his senior season and set the Morrow single-season record for 3-point baskets in a game with 69. Dukes also owns the Morrow career 3-point field mark with 139.
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Pit bulls
Insurance Company Drops Pit Bull Coverage For California Owners
It's a breed ban for the much-maligned pit bull, as a major insurance company has dropped coverage for the the dog's owners.
Fresno County Man Killed By Pitbulls
Authorities say a Fresno County man is dead after being mauled by pit bull dogs.
Fremont Police Officers Shoot Pit Bull Responding To Bogus Burglary Report
A dog was shot and injured Thursday night after officers responded to an alleged burglary in progress at a Fremont home that turned out to be a false report made by a teenage neighbor, a police detective said.
3 Arrested In San Carlos Undercover Drug Probe; Pit Bulls Seized
A three-month undercover investigation by law enforcement in San Mateo County led to the arrest of three people suspected of dealing drugs in San Carlos on Wednesday.
East San Jose Pit Bull Attack Prompts Warning To Residents
San Jose officials are handing out letters warning East San Jose residents about two pit bulls, who attacked a woman and her dog last week and are still on the loose.
Dozens Of Pit Bull Dogs Rescued From Oakland Home Squalor
Dozens of pit bulls have been rescued from a squalid two-bedroom Oakland home caked with dog feces and reeking of urine and decay.
Santa Clara Could Mandate Fixing Pit Bulls
A proposal to keep dangerous dogs in check is taking shape in Santa Clara County. The ordinance could require that owners of pit bulls spay or neuter their animals.
Concord Pit Bull Owner Facing New Charges in Fatal Mauling
The owner of a pack of pit bulls that fatally mauled his 2-year-old step-grandson in their Concord home on July 22 pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of child abuse and owning a vicious animal.
Step-Grandfather Formally Charged in Pit Bull Death
Steven Hayashi, 52, continues to be held in the county jail in Martinez on $120,000 dollars bail. Contra Costa deputy district attorney John Cope says the Concord man will be charged with felony child endangerment […]
Local Animal Law Comes Into Question
CONCORD, Calif. (KCBS) _ Some Contra Costa animal lovers may be in violation of local law without even knowing it.


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Congratulations Brenda Krivejko elected secretary
Registration fees for Sumter Juniors Soccer are $75 per player each season. This fee provides all instruction, complete soccer uniform, and a ball for each player. Registration is open from August 1, 2014 through August 22, 2014. Eligibility ages will be for children currently age 5 and up to age 7 as of July 31, 2014. The season will begin with our first training session on Wednesday night, September 3, 2014 and end with our final game on Friday, October 31. If you have any questions, please contact Jason Bartlett at email@example.com
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The Most Commonly Counterfeited Products, and How to Avoid Them
To avoid being scammed with counterfeit goods, it helps to know what to look out for. Money Talks News discusses the most counterfeited products, and offers tips on how to avoid them. »
To avoid being scammed with counterfeit goods, it helps to know what to look out for. Money Talks News discusses the most counterfeited products, and offers tips on how to avoid them. »
Sometimes the best way to avoid phishing is simply knowing what to look for. Ian Paul of PC World recommends checking the salutation if you're skeptical of an email. »
Windows 8's "Windows Store" is a great idea, but unfortunately, it's a disaster. It's full of scam apps, designed to trick you into buying an app you don't need. »
Keeping yourself, your money, and your possessions safe during travel is important, but can sometimes be difficult due to scams. This can be especially daunting when you stick out as a tourist, making you an easy mark to spot for local tricksters. »
Whiskey, olive oil, truffle oil, and meat are some of life's finer pleasures. But more often than not, we pay too much for products that end up being a scam, or worse, no different than the cheap stuff. Here are just a few of the more popular types of artisanal goods you might be wasting money on. »
If you've been looking for a job, you've seen ads that offer great pay for entry level positions. Lots of scams exist out there, and one way to detect a scammer is by paying attention to who does the talking at a job interview. »
Even the best of us lose a key now and then. Not all locksmiths are trustworthy, though, so it's a good idea to know which ones to avoid after being locked out of your home or vehicle. »
Craigslist sometimes feels like the origin of all scams. When you're searching for a place to live, you can use Google's reverse image search to make it easier dealing with patient zero. »
You've probably heard about the popular "tech support" scams making the rounds these days. Someone claiming to be from Microsoft calls you, asks you to accept a remote connection, then they take control of your computer. You may be smart enough to avoid this, but your friends and family might not be—so take this time… »
There's nothing wrong with a deep cleaning, sprucing up, or renovation project here or there to boost the value of your home (or just make it more pleasant to live in). However, some of those projects may be scams, or completely unnecessary. Let's look at some of the worst so you don't throw your money away. »
In the past, you could press pound to escape Robocall hell, but that's not so much the case anymore. These days robocalls are like spam: If you press anything, even the number they say you should press to be removed from the list, you'll get more calls. The solution? Hang up immediately. »
Scams on the Internet come in many forms—phishing attempts, email hoaxes, online selling and buying cons. The list just goes on. Have you been the victim of any? »
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I know sites like eBay and Craigslist are great for finding deals, but I imagine I shouldn't use them for everything. Which items are best bought used, and which ones are more trouble than they're worth? »
We all know Craigslist, while handy, is home to more than a few scammers—even if you're searching for an apartment. Chris Morran over at the Consumerist goes through five warning signs that a rental listing is a scam. »
Safe Shepherd is a privacy protection service that already scrubs your personal data from creepy people search engines, but the service also now keeps tabs on your social networks like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram to make sure you're not oversharing or letting sensitive information slip. »
When we see the word "clearance," or "sale," in big bold letters in a store, it's irresistible. We have to at least get a glimpse of what's on sale. Then, somehow, we end up walking out with junk we didn't want or need. Sales trick our brain in a number of ways, and Psychology Today goes through them with a variety of… »
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Anyone who's spent a few minutes on the internet can tell you its full of unsavory folk. Some are jerks that incite arguments and hate, while others could be our best friends that just don't know how to handle themselves on Facebook. Whatever the case, here are our top 10 tips for dealing with less considerate… »
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Most of us stink at doing math on the fly. Worse, we're easily persuaded with shifty numbers at retail stores to think we're getting a deal. The Atlantic takes a look at the ways our brains interpret numbers and how retail stores take advantage of that. »


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My husband and I went to Vietnam recently for a long weekend. We had an amazing time, experiencing the vast difference between bustling city life of Hanoi and the peaceful quietness of the ocean at Ha Long Bay.
We spent a couple of days in Hanoi, which as the capital of Vietnam is a thriving city, having experienced a rapid boom in industrial production since the 1990's. It is made up of small buildings that seem to have been built on top of and around each other in a type of shanty town style. The streets are absolutely bustling, and you have to be careful when you walk not to get run over by bicycles, motorbike, cars, trucks, vans – actually any means of transportation – you name it, it's on the streets of Hanoi. There are hardly any pavements to walk on, and where there are pavements they are packed with goods being sold or parked motorbikes, or places to eat.
Talking of places to eat, I think you have to be brave. If you have been to Asia, you will know that a lot of their food is sold Hawker style – open-air complexes that sell a variety of inexpensive food. Vietnam is similar in that a lot of the food is cooked and sold on the side of the street, or by vendors moving around the streets. This makes for interesting food, but you have to brave how you may feel the next morning when eating food on the side of the street. Saying that there is a whole host of restaurants to choose from, and my husband, ever the one for some good reviews on a place, selected a couple from tripadvisor. Now what the reviews say, and what you get may not be the same. We had a good experience and a bad one.
We selected Highway4 for a dinner, which came with some great reviews. The restaurant is on several levels, almost amongst the rafters of the rooftop; you are seated on cushions on the floor, and eat off low tables, creating a great ambience. Very cool, except when the unexpected guests – cockroaches – appeared, roaming the floor. The floor being your seat!! Not appetising. I must admit, the food appeared nice, and tasted good, but I kind of lost my appetite after that.
We went to the Koto restaurant for lunch one day, and this was a far cry from the dinner experience we had. The food was great, and seated at tables, we were less likely to get attacked by floor guests – not that we saw any. Koto is a dynamic restaurant, recognised for its development project that aims to break the cycle of poverty amongst street and disadvantaged youth in Vietnam. The concept of Koto is to give disadvantaged youths the ability to learn a trade and better themselves. A more pricey lunch, but the food was great, and you can't beat a good cause.
You will find an array of hotels hidden in between the buildings catering to the tourist market, but they are well priced, and very friendly. These little hotels have an elaborately French style, and are often very narrow fitting into the buildings around them. This makes them very cosy, and you feel like you are in a unique place.
We stayed at the Hanoi Elegance Hotel III (there are 4 of them in Hanoi), and the service was excellent. And the breakfast was pretty good too.
We walked around Hanoi a lot, and although we didn't do very much in the way of museums or cultural sites (the Ho Chi Minh Museum closes between 11.30am and 2pm), we got to take in what Hanoi was like as a city. We did go to the Temple of Literature, which is a temple of Confucius. The Temple of Literature, or as it is known in Vietnamese: Văn Miếu, was known as "pagode des Corbeaux" during the period of French colonisation. This is where the first University was in 1076. The main feature is the Turtle Steeles which bear the names of those successful at the imperial exams.
We moved on to Ha Long Bay, where we boarded a Junk Boat to cruise the small Islands of Ha Long Bay. We used Huong Hai Junks, and the people were great. We joined the boat at midday, and set off into the Ocean. We started the tour with food. Lots of it – and all really good stuff too! We stopped off at Sung Sot Grotto , or the cave of surprises. It is a grotto with vast arrays of stalactites with numerous forms and shapes. You can find a phallic symbol in anything!! Next we climbed to the top of one of the islands and got a panoramic view of the area – absolutely breathtaking. Then it was back to the boat for a swim in the sea and dinner – more great food.
We spent most of the next day kayaking into some of the hidden grottos and lagoons, allowing us to experience the bays up close and personal – It was very tiring in the heat, but well worth the peace and tranquillity of the hidden areas. Absolutely amazing! We anchored the boat near the Luon Cave where we swam with the breathtaking views all around us. We even ventured into the cave that evening to take a look.
A leisurely cruise took us back to the harbour, and another holiday came to an end.


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This is really starting to get annoying. There are so many supposed aspiring artists, labels, producers in the un-industry right now. And by "un" I don't mean "Underground", I mean "un" as in "Opposite of; contrary to." And I'm tired of having to watch them play "record label" the way people used to play house when they were kids…totally and utterly make-believe.
The advent of new technologies and media is awesome. Don't get me wrong, but it is also allowing for more and more no-talent, no-drive, no-budget-having pretenders to take up space in the universe. Anyone can have a page on twitter, tumblr, myspace, facebook, reverbnation, soundcloud, …etc. Anyone can download a music software program to use from home (for free if they're even a bit resourceful). I understand all that and I appreciate it. However, my complaint starts when people make a mockery of the music industry by giving themselves titles that people used to have to earn. Having a cool name and a logo does NOT make you a record company. Having a software program or fruity loops does NOT make you a producer.
I am proud to call myself a Music Producer. I am proud to call myself a Songwriter. In some circles, those titles still hold weight. I earned them through years of hard work, dedication, spending money and most importantly, actually accomplishing goals and MAKING MONEY IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, with major and indy artists, established record companies, film, television, radio and more.
Along the way, by default, I had to learn many things. Besides learning how to use SSL boards and 2-inch tape machines (back in the day) and all the top tier music software, gear and hardware, I also learned to use Excel, Photoshop, Powerpoint, Flash, HTML, …etc. Those are necessary tools of business, music or otherwise. I learned how to write Offering Memorandums, Executive Summaries, Business Plans, Grant Proposals, contracts of all kinds, cue sheets, split sheets, bios, Marketing Plans, Promotions Campaigns and more. I learned how to register music with Mediabase and BDS (easy things to do btw) and, furthermore, how to access those sites and track and report spins and record progress. I learned all these things working for myself and working for various labels throughout my life. I know there will be people reading this who are saying to themselves, "Ummmm, that's not very impressive. Those are simple things." And that brings me to my point.
It is not rocket science. The music business is NOT some enormous enigma. It is a business like any other business. It has its key differences of course that make it extraordinary, but in the most basic aspects…it is still a business. And as a business, it contains rules and norms. I am not talking about the creative side here. Creatively, I am an artist and I would never try to assign rules or parameters to music. However, the business, by nature, does have its own set of standards and practices. In order to have success, you must learn what these standards and practices are and you must either run your business according to them or choose to go against the grain and set new trends. I am not saying be a part of the machine, but you must understand the machine in order to join it or find ways around it. All of that is beautiful. I love the music business.
What is not beautiful is lazy, un-inspiring, complaint-filled wannabe's taking over the internet and social media with their half-ass musical attempts. Stop playing record label. Stop saying people are "hating" on you because your "career" is not going anywhere. Your city is not hating on you. Radio is not "hating" on you. You just don't understand that you are really not playing the game. You are watching from the stands and asking why no one is passing you the ball. You want in the game? Good. Congratulations…so does everyone else. "Wanting" it is not good enough. You have to be ready and willing to sacrifice and fight for a chance to play. It will take time and money and lots of hard work. Here is my advice…Go play something else. Especially when it comes to Hip-Hop. Hip-Hop is sacred to some of us. Some of us have given our blood, sweat, tears and money to Hip-Hop for over 30 years. So forgive me if I sound like I am taking this onslaught of wack music personally. I actually am.
I know I am no authority on what is hot and what is not. There are so many different genres even just within Hip-Hop music that it would be too hard to find a unanimous definition of dope. I get that. But what I don't appreciate is seeing so many "record labels" and so-called "artists" all over youtube claiming to be the next big thing and using titles that were once reserved for serious people. If you make beats, cool, but that doesn't make you a producer. Anyone can rap. Rhyming is taught in schools ever since kindergarten. Being an emcee requires skill and talent. Work on your delivery, tone and song concepts before calling yourself a Hip-Hop artist. Maybe you are just a rapper…be honest. If you came up with a name for you and your people and your music…cool, you have a club of hobbyists, NOT a record COMPANY. Unless you are creating a REAL business with REAL money and a REAL plan, you are only "playing record label."
I can't think of any other industry where people "pretend" and "act like they know" as much as they do in the music industry. Guys play basketball at the park. You may find one or two delusional guys who think they are on their way to the NBA from there, but the reality is…most people playing in those pick-up games understand and accept it as their hobby. Adult baseball leagues playing on Sundays do not expect to see big time MLB scouts on a regular basis. I understand there are exceptions, but honestly, most people play for fun and don't "pretend" it is their path to a million dollar signing bonus.
There is a path to real success in the music business. People like Wendy Day (follow @RapCoaliton on twitter), Paul Porter (@RapRehab and @IndustryEars) and Jesse Jess (@UrbanThreshold) tweet daily with useful information. I see people re-tweet and thank them for their knowledge, but how many really listen? Wendy Day recently wrote an amazing book called, "How To Get A Record Deal," Paul Porter launched a website this year called raprehab.com and Jesse Jess launched newmusicbiz.net.
I wonder if the industry will start to change based on this easy access to information. The easy access to recording tools caused a negative change, in my opinion. This free access to tons of music business information should bring the un-industry to a place of clearer understanding. Maybe our understanding of the business will catch up to our understanding of how to create music. I hope it will drive the talented and dedicated people in the right direction and drive the un-industry into a deep, dark abyss. I learned so much the hard way, through trial and error. If you are paying attention and following the right people on twitter (and reading the articles on their links carefully), you could save a lot of time and money. I named 3 good follows in my rant. I know there are many more.
Much love to all the REAL aspiring artists, labels, producers, songwriters out there. And much love to the REAL people still left in the REAL music industry. For whatever its worth…I can be a resource, a weapon to use in your fight. I am launching a webinar style show soon and it will be FREE. Just a place to video blog and interact, answer questions and get some cool guests to add their two cents. I plan to do my part and give back and teach the REAL up-and-comers. I am down to network with positive people…always! I am here. Get at me. @shystimusic on Twitter.
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Sources: Vanilla Beans in Bulk
Last week's post on making your own vanilla extract reminded us that we are out of vanilla beans. If you buy vanilla beans at a grocery store you'll pay up to $9 for a single bean. This is way too much! You can get vanilla beans in bulk through the internet for far less money, and have plenty for baking.
It's probably not worth buying beans purely to make your own extract; buy what you need to bake with and then reuse them in a bottle of alcohol for extract you can use or give away as holiday gifts.
Click through for a few good sources of vanilla beans in bulk.
• eBay: The last time we bought beans in bulk we did it through eBay. We bought 35 Tahitenses variety beans for $2.25. With shipping at $5.50 the final price made us feel like we were either getting away with something illegal, or about to be duped.
But the beans arrived promptly, and they were plump and fragrant and wonderful for baking. They were slightly dryer than the more expensive fresh ones we find at Whole Foods, but at 22 cents a bean we weren't complaining.
Check out this auction - 1 pound of beans for $18.99, with shipping for $5. You can also find organic beans: 1/4 pound for $5.99, shipping $2. Both of those auctions end in the next few hours.
• Saffron Imports: Recommended by Melissa at The Traveler's Lunchbox in her original post on vanilla extract. Here a pound of vanilla beans will run you $19.95 to $28.95.
• The Spice House: User ktelschow recommended this Chicago shop. Their prices are slightly higher - 3 Mexican beans are $6.29.
(Image credit: The Vanilla Shop)
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Put a vanilla bean in a canister full of sugar and let it sit for 4-6 weeks. The sugar will then be infused with a yummy vanilla flavor that is great in coffee or really anything!
So if your recipe calls for a teaspoon of vanilla extract, do you substitute X amount of vanilla bean? I've used vanilla beans but only for things like poached pears, tossing half a bean in the wine. But for baking? How is this done?
cmcinnyc, I like to use both vanilla bean and extract when baking. It ads a greater vanilla punch.
I just got my ebay vanilla beans, a 1/4 pound for 12.95 including shipping. They are organic and beautiful! I am in love.
Zora, what do you do with the bean? Chop it fine? Scrape out the gooey center? I've got a lot of baking to do in the next few days, and I have a vanilla bean that should get used before it gets any older. I'm making oatmeal cookies with dried cranberries (freezing dough, rather), pumpkin-walnut bread, and a couple other things that don't lend themselves to vanilla.
I have this very la image of the v bean because it is so damn pricey! Though thanks to this post I'm thinking hmmm...could I perhaps use more vanilla? I'm afraid of stocking up and then having no practical use for it.
OK, so if I buy this pound of vanilla beans, how long will they last? How do I store them? Can they be frozen? Or should I just share with all my friends?
Vanilla beans should be stored in a closed, but not air-tight container in a cool, dry relatively dark place. Do not store them in the refrigerator or the freezer. The cold will dry them out and may promote a particular type of vanilla mold. The important thing is that the temperature be relatively constant and that air circulate a bit (unless they are vacuum packed in which case you can keep them that way until use). If you do store them in an air tight, sealed container, open it every couple of weeks or so to let the air circulate a bit.
Stored properly, gourmet beans should remain moist and easy to work with for at least a year, many times quite a bit longer. If the beans do dry out a bit, you can place half of a small potato in a jar with them to soften them for use. You can also soften them a bit by placing them in some warm water or milk just before use.
www.bostonvanillabeans.com is another good resource and they stock all different varieties like Tahitian, Mexican and Ugandan beans.
A while back, when I wanted to buy some new orchids I learned that this was the source for vanilla and had the wild idea that I would grow vanilla orchids in my own apartment (!).
But it was only after reading 'Vanilla: The Cultural History of the World's Favorite Flavor and Fragrance' by Patricia Rain that I realized how complicated it would be to do so, especially here in the Northeast. Reading about how growers do it for real makes one realize that it is no easy process. Being able to grow the orchids, pollenating them correctly and protecting the seed pods as they mature, then the long drying process is all an incredible undertaking. I was amazed at how cheaply the beans could be bought on eBay, definitely a much cheaper and easier solution than the years to grow a plant yourself and then the many months it takes to dry the seed pods...
Oh, forgot to mention -
Patricia Rain also has a website on vanilla - the URL is vanilla.com. It has a lot of information on her (she has been called the Queen of Vanilla), the history of vanilla, and areas of the world related to vanilla production. She also sells products similar to the other sites mentioned above.
i KNEW that $7 for ONE vanilla bean at the grocery store was WAY too much. HA good thing I didn't buy it, I would have been upset after seeing this.
Thanks for the tip.
I'm with Matt. http://vanilla.com is a great resource for really great quality vanilla products, info and recipes! Here's my favorite using her vanilla paste: http://vanilla.com/molten-chocolate-cakes/
Chocolate molten cakes. yummmmmmm!


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House Energy and Commerce investigators are pressing federal broadband regulators about money from the 20098 stimulus that was sent overseas rather than used to create jobs in the United States.
The lawmakers wrote the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to find out why a company in the United Kingdom called SamKnows received stimulus funding intended to jump start the U.S. economy in 2009.
"The $1 million spent on speed tests is perhaps emblematic," Committee chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., and subcommittee chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., wrote yesterday. "That stimulus funding, meant to help here at home, was sent abroad to U.K. company SamKnows and – according to the Recovery.Gov website – created no jobs. What was the rationale for sending Americans' hard earned money overseas for a project that didn't put any Americans to work, especially in the current fiscal climate?"
The speed tests were designed to check the speed and availability of broadband service. "[They] merely affirmed what we already knew: the billions in private capital that broadband providers have invested to reach 95 percent of the country is delivering rapidly accelerating service," the Upton and Walden wrote.
The lawmakers discouraged the FCC/NTIA from expanding the project.


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Let the Dummy Talk! - Unilateral Communication and Discrimination in Three-Person Dictator Experiments -
AbstractTo explain why pre-play communication increases cooperation in games, one refers to a) strategic causes such as efficient communication or reputation effects, and b) changes in the utilities due to social processes. Hitherto experimental support for both explanations is mixed and confounded. Our experimental design eliminates all strategic factors and allows to focus on the effects of communication processes. We clearly find social effects, but none of revealed anonymity or salient communication. The social processes invoked are very heterogeneous but not irregular for different communicators.
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Whey Protein has become a major category in health food stores and has been extensively promoted as a superior protein for health and fitness. But does whey protein live up to the claims and does whey protein belong in stores that are supposed to be promoting good health along with environmentally sound farming practices including organic products whenever possible?
Most store owners and staff accept at face value the marketing statements made by the producers and formulators of whey protein, but what these whey protein producers do not tell you is just what is whey protein, how is it obtained and the proven health risks associated with it.
First of all, whey is a by-product of the milk and milk products (cream or butter) industry. After milk and milk products are made, the clear liquid whey is left. At one time this material had little commercial value and was usually provided to hog farmers for the cost of removing the material from the milk and milk products factories. Whey contains a small amount of protein aptly named whey protein. This protein is extracted from the whey by various 'cross flow extraction and micro-filtration technologies'. The producers make much of this 'advanced technology' diverting attention away from the real properties of whey. Whey is composed of bovine blood proteins, serum albumen, lactalbumen, dead white blood cells and hormonal residues including estrogen, progesterone and IGF-1 (insulin growth factor 1).
Moving backward, whey protein is derived from whey, the by-product of milk products making. Milk and milk products (cream or butter) are produced from milk. The milk and milk products industry is the largest consumer of 'factory farmed' milk. The majority of the milk used in the making of milk and milk products is produced from milk from cows injected with bovine growth hormone (rBGH), along with a vast array of antibiotics and other drugs. Many of these cows are cancerous, and the milk from these cancerous cows still finds its way into the general production.
Most of these cows are fed genetically modified soy and corn, as 80% of the production of GMO grains is for animal feed. Health food stores make a big issue of insisting on non-GMO foods for sale to the public, but what about second-hand GMO foods such as beef, pork, milk, and milk products containing casein (another milk protein) and whey protein? Because whey protein is such a big money earner for health food stores, this distinction is ignored. The dilemma is similar to the question of drug stores selling tobacco products in spite of the overwhelming evidence that smoking is harmful. Many drug stores, especially the smaller independent stores, voluntarily stopped selling tobacco because in spite of the loss of income, they could not in good conscience, justify the practice in a store that was supposed to be concerned with people's health. Milk and milk by-products are also linked to cancer and a host of other diseases, and the dilemma is a similar one faced by drug stores regarding tobacco.
The following article which is posted on www.notmilk.com, summarizes many of the concerns with milk proteins along with references from scientific journals.
Say No Way ! to Whey!
After fat and casein are removed from milk, dairy processors are left with whey protein. Whey is composed of bovine blood proteins, serum albumen, lactalbumen, dead white blood cells and hormonal residues including estrogen, progesterone and IGF-1 (insulin growth factor 1).
The body's reaction to a foreign protein is to destroy that antigen-like invader with an antibody. For those individuals unfortunate enough to possess a genetic pre-disposition to such an event, the antibody then turns upon one's own cells. That is what is known as an auto-immune response.
In the case of diabetes and multiple sclerosis (MS), the body's response to whey proteins is to attack the outer membrane protecting nerve cells, or the myelin sheath.
It has long been established that early exposure to bovine proteins is a trigger for insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Researchers have made that same milk consumption connection to MS. The July 30, 1992 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine first reported the diabetes autoimmune response milk connection:
"Patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus produce antibodies to cow milk proteins that participate in the development of islet dysfunction...Taken as a whole, our findings suggest that an active response in patients with IDDM (to the bovine protein) is a feature of the auto-immune response."
On December 14, 1996, The Lancet revealed:
"Cow's milk proteins are unique in one respect: in industrialized countries they are the first foreign proteins entering the infant gut, since most formulations for babies are cow milk-based. The first pilot stage of our IDD prevention study found that oral exposure to dairy milk proteins in infancy resulted in both cellular and immune response...this suggests the possible importance of the gut immune system to the pathogenesis of IDD."
The Multiple Sclerosis Milk Connection
The April 1, 2001 issue of the Journal of Immunology contained a study linking MS to milk consumption.
Michael Dosch, M.D., and his team of researchers determined that multiple sclerosis and type I (juvenile) diabetes mellitus are far more closely linked than previously thought. Dosch attributes exposure to cow milk protein as a risk factor in the development of both diseases for people who are genetically susceptible. According to Dosch:
"We found that immunologically, type I diabetes and multiple sclerosis are almost the same - in a test tube you can barely tell the two diseases apart. We found that the autoimmunity was not specific to the organ system affected by the disease. Previously it was thought that in MS autoimmunity would develop in the central nervous system, and in diabetes it would only be found in the pancreas. We found that both tissues are targeted in each disease."
Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis affects approximately 300,000 Americans. Two-thirds of those diagnosed with MS are women. Most researchers believe that MS is an autoimmune disease. Auto means "self."
Who Does Not Get MS?
It is interesting to note that Eskimos and Bantus (50 million individuals living in East Africa ) rarely get MS. Neither do those native North and South American Indian or Asian populations who consume no cow's milk or dairy products.
Who Gets MS ?
The British medical journal Lancet reported that dairy-rich diets filled have been closely linked to the development of MS. (The Lancet 1974;2:1061)
A study published in the journal Neuro-epidemiology revealed an association between eating dairy foods and an increased prevalence of MS. (Neuro-epidemiology 1992;11:304Â12.)
MS researcher, Luther Lindner, M.D., a pathologist at Texas A & M University College of Medicine, wrote:
"It might be prudent to limit the intake of milk and milk products."
Women are targeted by dairy industry scare tactics that offer misinformation regarding osteoporosis. Two-thirds of MS victims are women. As milk and milk products consumption increase along population lines, so too does an epidemic number of MS cases. The numbers add up. The clues add up. The science supports epidemiological studies. Got diabetes? Got MS? The milk connection has been established.
Whey Also Contains Insulin Growth Factor (IGF-1)
On January 23, 1998 researchers at the Harvard Medical School released a major study providing conclusive evidence that IGF-1 is a potent risk factor for prostate cancer. Should you be concerned? Yes, you certainly should, particularly if you drink milk produced in the United States . IGF-1 or insulin-like growth factor 1 is an important hormone that is produced in the liver and body tissues. It is a polypeptide and consists of 70 amino acids linked together. All mammals produce IGF-1 molecules very similar in structure and human and bovine IGF-1 are completely identical. IGF-1 acquired its name because it has insulin-like activity in fat (adipose) tissue and has a structure that is very similar to that of pro-insulin. The body's production of IGF-1 is regulated by the human growth hormone and peaks at puberty. IGF-1 production declines with age and is only about half the adult value at the age of 70 years. IGF-1 is a very powerful hormone that has profound effects even though its concentration in the blood serum is only about 200 ng/mL or 0.2 millionth of a gram per milliliter (1-4).
Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) in humans and cows are identical. Like a key fitting into a lock, this hormone is a perfect match between two species of animal and exerts powerful growth effects. IGF-I is the most powerful growth hormone in the human body. Every sip of milk, every bite of milk products, every whey protein drink contains IGF-I.
IGF-1 and Cancer
IGF-1 is known to stimulate the growth of both normal and cancerous cells(2,5). In 1990 researchers at Stanford University reported that IGF-1 promotes the growth of prostate cells(2). This was followed by the discovery that IGF-1 accelerates the growth of breast cancer cells(6-8).
In 1995 researchers at the National Institutes of Health reported that IGF-1 plays a central role in the progression of many childhood cancers and in the growth of tumours in breast cancer, small cell lung cancer, melanoma, and cancers of the pancreas and prostate(9).
In September 1997 an international team of researchers reported the first epidemiological evidence that high IGF-1 concentrations are closely linked to an increased risk of prostate cancer(10). Other researchers provided evidence of IGF-1's link to breast and colon cancers(10,11).
The January 1998 report by the Harvard researchers confirmed the link between IGF-1 levels in the blood and the risk of prostate cancer. The effects of IGF-1 concentrations on prostate cancer risk were found to be astoundingly large - much higher than for any other known risk factor. Men having an IGF-1 level between approximately 300 and 500 ng/mL were found to have more than four times the risk of developing prostate cancer than did men with a level between 100 and 185 ng/mL.
The detrimental effect of high IGF-1 levels was particularly pronounced in men over 60 years of age. In this age group men with the highest levels of IGF-1 were eight times more likely to develop prostate cancer than men with low levels. The elevated IGF-1 levels were found to be present several years before an actual diagnosis of prostate cancer was made(12). The evidence of a strong link between cancer risk and a high level of IGF-1 is now indisputable.
The question is why do some people have high levels while others do not? Is it all genetically ordained or could it be that diet or some other outside factor influences IGF-1 levels? Dr. Samuel Epstein of the University of Illinois is one scientist who strongly believes so. His 1996 article in the International Journal of Health Sciences clearly warned of the danger of high levels of IGF-1 contained in milk from cows injected with synthetic bovine growth hormone (rBGH). He postulated that IGF-1 in rBGH-milk could be a potential risk factor for breast and gastrointestinal cancers(13).
Whey Protein and Bone Loss
A study comparing bone loss in the lumbar spine in perimenopausal women showed that the control group who supplemented the diet with whey protein, significant bone loss occurred. The researchers at Iowa State University concluded the regular consumption of milk proteins such as whey could increase the lifetime risk of osteoporosis. Am. J Clin. Nutr . 2000; 72:844-52
"BGH-treated milk is safe because it is indistinguishable from normal milk."
Executive Branch Report on rbGH, February 9, 1994
"Milk from cows given supplemental bovine somatotropin is the same as any other milk... Unfortunately, a few fringe groups are using misleading statements and blatant falsehoods as part of a running campaign to scare consumers about a perfectly safe food."
Statement of C. Everett Koop on Genetically engineered milk, February 6, 1994
"Five independent authorities, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), World Health Organization (WHO), the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), and ex-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop had found rbGH-treated milk to be indistinguishable from normal milk."
Monsanto (manufacturer of rbGH) Press Release, June, 1992
"From 1984 to 1986, Dr. Daughaday was the recipient of a research contract from Monsanto Co., a small fraction of which was paid to Dr. Daughaday as a consulting fee.
JAMA, 264 (8), 8/22/90 (Dr. Daughaday, the author of the JAMA publication was an "independent authority" referred to in Monsanto's Press Release)
"Recombinant rbGH treatment produces an increase in the concentration of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in cow's milk."
FDA review of genetically engineered milk SCIENCE , 8/24/90, Vol 249
"After somidobove (rbGH) injection, mean IGF-I levels in the treated milk are always higher than those found in the controls."
World Health Organization Report Geneva , Switzerland . June, 1992
"Levels of IGF increase in milk after cows are treated with rbGH."
December, 1990 National Institutes of Health Assessment of Bovine Somatotropin
"A strong positive association was observed between IGF-I levels and prostate cancer risk."
Science , vol. 279. January 23, 1998
"Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, a mitogenic and antiapoptotic peptide, can affect the proliferation of breast epithelial cells, and is thought to have a role in breast cancer."
The Lancet , vol. 351. May 9, 1998
"Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), in particular IGF-I and IGF-II, strongly stimulate the proliferation of a variety of cancer cells, including those from lung cancer. High plasma levels of IGF-I were associated with an increased risk of lung cancer. Plasma levels of IGF-I are higher...in patients with lung cancer than in control subjects."
Journal of the National Cancer Institute , vol. 91, no. 2. January 20, 1999.
"Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is expressed in many tumor cell lines and has a role in both normal cell proliferation and in the growth of cancers.
Cancer Gene Ther, 2000 Mar, 7:3
"The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system is widely involved in human carcinogenesis. A significant association between high circulating IGF-I concentrations and an increased risk of lung, colon, prostate and pre-menopausal breast cancer has recently been reported. Lowering plasma IGF-I may thus represent an attractive strategy to be pursued..."
Int J Cancer , 2000 Aug, 87:4, 601-5
"... serum IGF-I levels increased significantly in the milk drinking group.an increase of about 10% above baseline-but was unchanged in the control group."
Journal of the American Dietetic Association , vol. 99, no. 10. October 1999
A study published in the Nov. 2004 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition . further implicates whey protein as a factor in postprandial insulin responses, which should caution diabetics about using milk protein and whey in particular.


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|You may have missed Marion Barber's ouster, or $76M for Charles Johnson. Yep, $76M. (US Presswire)
The lockout was the best thing to happen to the NFL in years. How many years? I'm thinking. And I'm coming up empty. So I guess what I'm saying is, the lockout might just be the best thing to happen to the NFL in my lifetime, and I'm no spring chicken.
That was a big freaking statement, and it's based on imprecise data. Or no data. It's only an opinion, but I'm guessing you understand exactly where that opinion is coming from, and that you're nodding your head. You agree with me -- because you're smart, and because I'm right.
Look at us. We're following the NFL offseason more closely than we ever have. From Tuesday to Thursday, the NFL Network saw a 288-percent jump from the same span a year ago. The league's digital media -- its website, smart-phone apps, etc. -- rose 143 percent in unique users from a year ago. Why? Because we've been starving for the NFL, and the league just opened the doors to its buffet.
Other years, as real news drips out slowly, we're left with empty stories about free agents making meaningless visits to this city or that city, leavened by the occasional hard news story about a free agent actually picking a team. But those news stories have typically come in drips. A plink-plink here. A plink-plink there.
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This week, the stories are gushing. We've hit the mother lode, free agency and trades galore, and it's like The Weather Girls sang in 1982: It's raining men! Nnamdi Asomugha splashed down in Philadelphia. Chad Ochocinco and Albert Haynesworth fell into New England. Johnathan Joseph and Danieal Manning to Houston. Plaxico Burress to the Jets. Takeo Spikes to San Diego.
Wait a minute. Takeo Spikes to San Diego? I must have missed that one.
But that's what I'm talking about -- so much is going on, it's impossible to keep up. But it's fun trying. Again, I'm speaking only for myself. I don't have imaginary sources inside my head telling me
Asomugha is leaning toward the Jets the average fan out there is enjoying the NFL more now, after the lockout, than ever before. I'm just telling you, I'm enjoying the NFL more now, after the lockout, than ever before. And I'm as, um, average as it gets.
And I'm not the only one. I see you folks out there on Twitter, following NFL writers, trying to keep tabs on this stuff. Hell, in addition to our fine scribes here at CBSSports.com, I followed a few NFL writers from other organizations, just to get a handle on what's going on. And not professionally, either. I'm not following folks on Twitter so I can be as expert as possible about the changing-by-the-minute NFL landscape. No, I'm following those folks because it's fun.
TweetDeck purrs at me, and there you go. Tyson Clabo re-signs with Atlanta. There's another purr, and it's Charles Johnson getting $76 million (!) from the Carolina Panthers. Purr ... the Cowboys just released half their damn team, including Marion Barber, Roy Williams and Leonard Davis. And Marc Colombo.
Wait. Colombo got released too? Must have missed that one.
The avalanche of news is amazing, and soon it'll be time for exhibition games, and let me tell you something: I'll be watching exhibition games. You will, too. For one thing, we'll want to see how Vince Young looks with the Eagles, and what Buffalo has in mind for versatile Brad Smith. Reggie Bush in Miami, Darren Sproles in New Orleans and Barber in Chicago? Show me. Let me see it now, because it just happened, and I'll tune in to watch even if it is a lousy exhibition game.
See, exhibition football doesn't seem so lousy now. Does it? For months we heard that there might not be football, exhibition or otherwise, this month. Or next month. We'd been told to get ready for a long and cold autumn, to pack our NFL memories like squirrels pack nuts. Shove it into our cheeks, Ron Jaworski-style, and savor it. Because there wouldn't be actual football. Because of the lockout.
Instead, we have football. Disaster averted. After four months of digesting and ultimately ignoring endless and pointless stories about bargaining tactics and revenue streams and 54 percent for the owners -- no, 52 percent and $1 billion off the top ... no, 53 percent and none off the top -- we can digest football morsels about actual football.
For example, did you know the Redskins lured nose tackle Barry Cofield away from the Giants? I did not. Maybe I'm following the wrong guys on Twitter ...
Whatever. There's plenty more news where that came from. This offseason is the NFL on steroids, and I'm thinking TV ratings might be in for the same sort of spike once the regular season starts. Mad at the NFL? Maybe some people still are, but for most people there was relief when the lockout ended, and relief has given way to fascination as the news stories -- real news stories, not that boring crap that normally dominates the first week of camp -- are coming in fast and furious.
So ... furious? At the NFL? Not me. The lockout didn't take away my appreciation for the NFL. It enhanced it. Far be it from me to think the unthinkable, but maybe the NFL should lock itself out every summer.


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It's my first fic, so i apologise if it's a bit crappy. I will try to update it regularly (if i get anymore ideas :L) enjoy ^^
"Ryan, what's wrong?"
"Gabe.. l-left me f-f-for -v-vic-victoria," he managed to stammer out before sliding down the back of Brendon's door and curling up into a ball.
"Shit," Brendon muttered under his breath. Ryan and Gabe had been going out for almost a year and Ryan really loved him. He pulled Ryan to his feet and helped him over to the couch. "you sit down and I'll make you some of your herbal tea"
Ryan muttered an incoherent 'thanks' as Brendon walked over to his little kitchenette and put the kettle on. He watched Ryan gently shake from sobs on his sofa, he mused on the fact that, even when Ryan's completely heartbroken he manages to look sexy. He gave Ryan his favourite tea and sat down next to the heartsore boy.
"Ry, explain what happened."
" He- he came round a-and h-he told me th-that he loves me, b-but he-he didn't think that we h-had a future together. Th-then he told me that he was moving in with Victoria a-and that he'd been seeing her whilst he was with me." Ryan then stopped and started to bawl into his hands
Brendon felt a huge swell of anger build up in him. How dare he?! How dare that fucking slimeball Gabe Saporta do that to Ryan? Granted, he had 'fessed up, but how could he do such a cruel thing to the sweetest boy Brendon knew?
"That greasy little fucker is going to fucking pay!" Brendon spat out with so much venom it could have taken down an ox and standing with determination in his chocolate eyes.
"NO!" Ryan's head snapped, his beautiful Hazel eyes pleading. "Don't do anything. He was decent enough to confess, I just wish he would've told me sooner. That's what hurts the most."
"Fine," Brendon sighed, Ryan really was too nice for his own good. "it's just that it annoys me to think that he thinks that he can hurt you like this and get away with it
"I know, just don't leave me"
This made Brendon's dirty mind break through his wall of anger and he started to chuckle to himself.
"What?" Ryan cast him a watery glare.
"You, you don't want to know. It's just-" He cut off mid-sentence, shaking his head with a grin on his face.
The sight and sound of Brendon's laughter was infectious and, despite his grief, Ryan started to laugh too.
"Ahh, there we go!" Brendon smiled at Ryan's little girly giggles and realised his T.V was still on. "I'm guessing you don't want to go home yet, so do you want to watch a film?"
Ryan nodded, "Do I get to choose?" he asked hopefully.
Brendon glanced at Ryan's expectant hand, waiting for the remote, rolled his eyes and handed him the remote. A grin broke out across Ryan's face as he flicked through the T.V channels two handed, like a six year-old child. Eventually he settled on Labyrinth- the one with David Bowie. Plopped the remote down next to him and curled up next to Brendon, resting his head on his shoulder. Brendon gave Ryan a sideways glance and shrugged mentally, it's not as though he'd never been cosey with a guy before, 'specially not Ryan, and turned his attention to the film.
They stayed like that for about half an hour, until Ryan looked up at Brendon and gave him a rather unexpected kiss. This startled like a deer in headlights, He then gave Ryan one of the most confused and shocked looks that he had ever seen. This made Ryan regret his actions immediately.
"Ryan, why did you just do that?"
This made him flush lobster- pink, "I-I just, umm, impulse?"
That was when Brendon kissed him back, hard. He was a little surprised about this reaction, but hey, he wasn't complaining. Because that reaction made all of Ryan's pent- up stress and grief wash out of him, and with it, any thought of Gabe. But to Ryan's crushing disappointment it stopped, just as suddenly as it had started.
"Hows that for-"
Brendon's words were cut off by Ryan hungrily pressing his lips against Brendon's. Brendon raised his hand to cup Ryan's chin. Ryan responded by twisting around in his seat so that he was on his knees and kissing Brendon harder, Brendon ran his hands to the back of Ryan's neck to entangle them in Ryan's Mousey- Brown hair.
Ryan adjusted his position, again, so that he had his knees on either side of Brendon.
Suddenly realisation cut through Brendon's haze of drowsiness and lust and pushed Ryan away from him.
"Ryan, no. You have just broken up with your boyfriend and now you're at your best friend's house trying to seduce him?"
Ryan's face was a look of pure horror as he realised what Brendon must be thinking. That Ryan was just using him as a quick rebound to have a dig at Gabe. This completely shattered any mood he may have been in before, because he knew it must be hurting Brendon.
"Shit, Brendon i'm sorry. I-I don't know what came over me."
"I know what happened... I'm just too damn sexy and you're horny cos your boyfriend is a dick."
This, Ryan decided, deserved a punch on the arm.
"Fuck Gabe, he can go and die in a hole"
"I'm sure you have and you're just angry. You need sleep, I'll get you a spare cover and you can sleep on the couch."
"I ain't sleepin' on this thing! This diva gotta have her bed!"
"Well, the only other option is that you sleep in my bed but i-"
"Fine with me!" Ryan hurtled past Brendon, into his room and commandeered his bed.
"Get out my freakin' bed!"
"No!" Ryan yelled back, like an impudent child with a smug grin on his face, "my bed now" (^_^)
"Fine, but you're not stripping down to boxers, you can sleep in what you're wearing."
" Okay Dokey, I promise. No more sexy -fun time."
Brendon just rolled his eyes at Ryan's perverted kind of humour. Maybe that's why they got on so well. The were both creepy perverts, plus the fact they'd been best friends since middle school and they both love the same music.. It also helped that they were both secretly in love with each other (although both were oblivious to the other one's feelings.) Brendon climbed into bed and they both slept soundly through the night.


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Former Vice Provost Grace E. Harris Honored
Our own Dr. Grace E. Harris joins the RPI Alumni Golden Circle Club this year as she celebrates her 50th anniversary of graduating from Richmond Professional Institute (RPI). Emeritus Dean of the VCU School of Social Work, VCU Provost and interim President of the University (1995 and 1998), Dr. Harris is VCU's longest serving administrator providing more than forty years of service.
VCU News Center, April 19, 2010
Dr Harris blazed a remarkable and historic career path at Virginia Commonwealth University. Earning an undergraduate degree in sociology from Hampton Institute in 1954, she was originally denied admission into graduate school at Richmond Professional Institute because of her race. Subsequently, Dr. Harris joined the SSW faculty in 1967 and became the Social Work Dean in 1982 serving in that capacity until 1990. She continued to rise through the ranks academically and within senior administrative ranks achieving the position of Provost- the University's highest academic officer.
Dr. Harris has been a pioneer in so many ways and has always remained focused on students, staff and the reputation and quality of VCU. Upon her retirement in 1999, the Board of Visitors created the Grace E. Harris Leadership institute, which she continues to lead. The University also named an academic building, Grace E. Harris Hall, in her honor in 2008. In a 1995 article in VCU's alumni magazine Dr. Harris stated: "Becoming Dean was the most significant professional accomplishment and personal victory for me, given the complete turn of events it entailed."


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Stayed here whilst visiting the National Park. Clean, tidy and Ok location. Wifi downstairs only which is free. Only problem is the new hotel being built next door means a lot of noise.
No restaurant in the hotel, but plenty of places to eat nearby.
Good but not great.
Location: China > Sichuan > Jiuzhaigou County
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Meet Isaac Herzog, the Israeli Politician Who Speaks English With a Democratic Accent
Labor's new leader wants to mend ties with Washington, and he's looking at Obama and de Blasio for inspiration
This kind of middle-of-the-road approach—criticizing the government just enough to get a point across, but perhaps not enough to make an impact—has earned Herzog more than a few critics. Last week, when the financial newspaper Globes broke the news that Netanyahu had kept an offshore bank account on Jersey, some in the Israeli press were baffled that Herzog didn't pounce. "Excuse me, where's the head of the opposition?" journalist Tal Schneider tweeted, adding, "Herzog's silence is very strange." Nahum Barnea, a political columnist for Yediot Ahronot, told me: "He has something that projects the image of a goodie two-shoes. Maybe it's his voice, his tone, his attitude." Barnea went on, "The opposition is very, very weak right now. He doesn't have the temperament to head an opposition. He doesn't have that militant or combative nature."
One night in December, I joined Herzog for an unofficial gathering with voters at a Tel Aviv bar off Ibn Gabirol Street. The place was packed. People were leaning against tables, cradling pints of beer. Some were smoking, despite an official ban. Between sips of Jack Daniel's, Herzog made time for a question-and-answer session. ("It really is good!" he complimented the bartender on his whiskey.) While many of the questions seemed to concern only a young Tel Avivian demographic—"What do you think about the recent tax hike on alcohol?" "What are you planning to do about the shortage of light drugs?"—others addressed Labor's dismal showing in recent elections. "Would you consider uniting with Hatnua?" a young woman asked, referring to a new party formed by Tzipi Livni, a former leader of the opposition. Another man got up. He wanted to know if Herzog would consider relinquishing his seat in order to join forces with Yair Lapid, a telegenic television host whose new Yesh Atid party stunned the political establishment by pulling in the largest number of votes after Netanyahu in the last election. Herzog deftly obfuscated, as he later did with me, saying things like, "I'm definitely open to having these negotiations." Labor's diminished presence is clearly on his mind.
Israel's two largest parties had traditionally been Labor on the left and Likud on the right. With the country's growing political fragmentation, however, both parties have consistently lost votes to smaller, niche parties, such as the dovish Meretz, or Shas, an ultra-Orthodox Sephardic party. In addition, centrist "mood parties" continue to spring up in between one election cycle and the next. These parties typically manage to tap into a Zeitgeist-y cultural sentiment and sweep an impressive amount of votes. The party of the moment is Yesh Atid, which successfully targeted a disillusioned middle class that felt more burdened by the soaring cost of housing than by the country's perennial conflict with the Palestinians. Yet such parties are like shifting desert sand dunes—here one day, gone the next. Kadima, formed by Ariel Sharon and once Israel's largest party, has crashed; it's not expected to survive another election. Yesh Atid, last year's darling, is now projected to lose at least five seats in the next parliament.
In the run-up to the last election, Netanyahu managed to stop the leakage from Likud by teaming up with Yisrael Beiteinu, the party of Avigdor Lieberman, his hardline foreign minister. A poll released this month by Israel's Channel 2 showed that if elections were held now, the joint Likud-Beiteinu list would be up to 33 seats of the parliament's 120 seats (it currently has 31), while Labor under Herzog would be up to only 16 (from its current 15). Labor continues to be a shadow of its former self, a "party of good people who are locked in endless inner battles," as Barak told me. Likud, on the other hand, "is like a soccer team—it doesn't matter if it's raining or if the team loses—the fans are still there."
Yet Herzog identifies what might be Netanyahu's Achilles' heel: a core group of nationalist far-right Likudniks who object to any kind of diplomatic compromise and are consistently pulling the party away from the more moderate mainstream—not unlike an Israeli version of the Tea Party. As Herzog put it to me: "Likud has been hijacked by a group of extremist settlers."
And even more than party politics, Israel is defined by blocs—the sum of parliament seats belonging to the left or the right. It's here that Herzog sees an opening. The right-wing bloc now has 61 seats, compared to 59 seats on the left. It wouldn't take much, therefore, to tip the scale. "It's pretty much even at this point," said Nadav Perry, a political correspondent for Israel's Channel 10. "The paradox is that Netanyahu is perceived as the only one who can be prime minister, and yet he isn't popular." The real test for Herzog, then, Perry said, is whether "he and prime minister are two things that can go together." He added, "Right now, he's very far from that."
Herzog has two options for improving his political position. The first is to unite with Lapid or Livni or, preferably, with both—a plot the three parties had once tried to hatch under Yachimovich but failed to pull off. The second is to hope that as the peace talks progress Netanyahu's coalition will splinter. The religious far-right party Habayit Hayehudi, or The Jewish Home, headed by Naftali Bennett, will likely be the first to walk out. This might create space for Herzog, following the script laid out by Barak, to fill the void and join Netanyahu's government. As Barnea told me, "If the framework agreement is written in such a way that would force Bennett and maybe even some within Likud to resign, Labor would jump into the government in 15 minutes. It would jump in head first."
It's a testament to the country's fickle political reality that the future of the Israeli left may be riding on whether a right-wing government can bring about a peace deal. In trying to lure voters from the right, Herzog said his message was clear. "I tell them, 'Look, we believe in a platform that calls for the security of Israel, but in order to achieve that we must at the same time pursue peace. Relax! Stop being so afraid.' "
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One person has been injured in a police-involved shooting in Anchorage.
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Brains. BRAINS! Halloween zombies want brain cupcakes! Gross out your little trick-or-treaters with this deliciously ghoulish cupcake decorated with brain-like frosting. It's easier than it looks. Just pipe on that brain-colored frosting on any flavored cupcake, though we think red velvet makes the best brain cupcake. We've hunted down the recipe and a how-to video right here.
Brain Cupcakes Recipe via Epicurious
1. Line cupcake tins with the liners. Fill the cupcake liners two-thirds full with the batter and bake the cupcakes as directed in the recipe.
2. Mix a drop of red and black food coloring into the frosting to make it a pinkish gray brain color.
3. Using the pastry bag, pipe the frosting in a squiggly pile on half of each cupcake top (brains have two hemispheres, you know). Now pipe the frosting in a squiggly pile on the other half of the cupcake top.
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Richard Hamilton scored 23 points, leading the Detroit Pistons to a 100-88
win over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Saturday night.
losing streak and send Indiana (32-42) to its second straight loss. The Pacers'
lead over Charlotte for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference was cut
to one game.
Brandon Rush led Indiana with 19 points. Tyler Hansbrough scored 16 while
Danny Granger added 14. The Pacers were 7 of 19 from the foul line.
Rodney Stuckey added 16 points while Tayshaun Prince had 13 for Detroit.
Charlie Villanueva, who was benched in Friday's loss at Cleveland after
exchanging words with coach John Kuester, scored 13 points, all coming in the
fourth quarter.
The game was tied 53-53 early in the third quarter when the Pistons took
over. Hamilton and Prince both scored seven points in the run. Austin Daye's
3-pointer gave Detroit a 74-56 lead with 2:06 remaining in the quarter.
Hamilton has scored 20 or more points in five of the last eight games.
Pistons guard Tracy McGrady missed the game because of a back injury.
Pacers continue losing ways against Pistons 100-88
Detroit (26-47) used a 21-3 run in the third quarter to break a three-game
losing streak and send Indiana (32-42) to its second straight loss. The Pacers'
lead over Charlotte for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference was cut
to one game.
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And no, I'm not talking about babies or children. I'm talking about theater created specifically for a small number of people to experience at any given time.
In the span of 3 weeks, I observed 3 different performances that sparked this thought process:
• Magic Futurebox's co-production of FGP FEAR, a multidisciplinary night of performances that took place in various spots around MFb and featured a handful of installation performances designed for just one person. Between and after the public performances, there was a constant line to experience whatever was happening in those curtained or boxed or headphoned off areas. Everyone wanted to try everything, and many of the artists were begged to keep going long after they had plans to break down.
• Our production of Forth, a live rock n roll radio play theater experiment, in which an audience of less than 40 sat in rolling, swivel-seat office chairs in the center of a tiny space and watched the performers around them.
• My most recent and last visit to Sleep No More (documented here) where one-on-ones have become so well known that audiences spend the whole night crowding performers, hoping to be chosen to enter a room with a character and hear the door click closed behind them.
When Meiyin Wang, the director of Forth, came to us and said she wanted to place all of the action of Forth in one tiny, 22'x22' room of MFb's 20,000 sq. ft. warehouse space, I have to admit I was skeptical. Here we were with enough space to accommodate literally a thousand people, and we were confining everything to a space that comfortably held only 25. But the execution of the piece, in which 2 or 3 dozen audience members braved 200 feet of a long dark hallway to sit in the small, safe womb of the tiny room distilled the subject of the piece (the intoxication, addiction, & disorientation of opiate use) perfectly.
It was inevitable, with the success of Sleep No More, that other companies would try their hand at large scale theatrical experiences meant for hundreds of people at a time. This summer, I attended The Tenant, a free production in the same vein that used several floors of a church to tell the story of the 1976 Roman Polanski film. While the work was a valiant effort by several incredibly talented and notable New York playwrights, directors, designers, and actors, the production suffered from ambition that far outstripped the financial and material resources needed to make it as successful as the intricately naturalistic Punchdrunk piece.
After Fear and Forth, I started to consider what The Tenant, or any other immersive theatrical experience, would be like if, instead of trying to create an entire world for hundreds of people, we started focusing on making perfect little productions that can only be experienced by a small audience. While the income incentive of having hundreds of people pay for tickets is obvious, the expense to do it at the level of Sleep No More is extraordinary, and to attempt something that grand and intricate without the resources to do it can be frustrating for artists and audiences alike.
As indie theatre artists, I think it's critical to the success of our art that we work within the bounds of what is available to us and explode through those restrictions by wringing every last drop of potential out of them… But that doesn't mean we can't create worlds for our audiences just because we don't have millions of dollars. Maybe thinking small is the new way for us indie theater artists to think big.
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A couple of weeks ago Max from No scribbles gave me this rad stick and poke of a used up bepanthen tube. Be sure to check out his website of tattoos and illustrations here.
A group of friends got evicted from a house, they all got the key to that house tattooed with what they held most dearest to there heart written in that key.


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This website/blog features plant based healthy and delicious recipes that are low fat, made with fresh vegetables and fruits, and whole foods. Except for an occasional fish recipe, animal protein is avoided.
These are recipes with similar nutrition strategies to those described in the feature film "Forks Over Knives".
My name is Gary. I am a "Foodie". Ever since I was young, I've enjoyed sharing food and entertaining with food — with my family, with friends at my place or theirs, cook-offs, dock parties, etc.
When I decided to improve my diet, I started studying the literature to find out which nutrition strategy was healthy. (Check out the Nutrition and Health sections in this blog.) After I decided on a healthy Nutrition Strategy, I was faced with the problem of how do you cook food that fits that strategy. Like many of my friends, I didn't know if the food was "rabbit food" or if it tasted like "cardboard". Well — it's delicious food.
In this blog, I and other foodie friends (sometimes including professional chefs) will cook healthy recipes recommended by nutrition and health experts. We'll include video tutorials on how to cook healthy meals, and show these healthy recipes are attractive, flavorful and can be elegant — worthy of a being included on a 4 star restaurant menu.
We'll also adapt or modify delicious recipes published by celebrity chefs, and others in cook books and on-line. We'll show how a few simple steps can adapt and modify delicious and elegant, but not so healthy recipes into delicious, elegant and healthy recipes.
In addition to the tutorials posted on this blog, we'll offer Cooking Classes, where you can learn how to prepare and taste these recipes.
Let's eat healthy, with flavor and style.
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Four organizations that bid:
Hope for the Inner City — $270,000
Tennessee Community Counseling Services — $264,400
Impact1 — $138,725
Altruistic ADR Services — $300,000
Four organizations are vying for the position to lead the community piece of Mayor Andy Berke's crime fighting plan to reduce shootings and killings in Chattanooga.
Those organizations — Hope of the Inner City, Tennessee Community Counseling Services, Impact1 and Altruistic ADR Services — submitted a bid by Monday's 4 p.m. deadline to head the support services for the Chattanooga Violence Reduction Initiative.
The mayor's office resubmitted a request for proposals after the city cut ties with A Better Tomorrow's director Richard Bennett when he was arrested June 6 in a park with drugs, an open beer, a woman and his pants unzipped.
Bennett was the face of a second chance in VRI to the gang members and felons that were at the city's call-in offering job opportunities and education and his number was passed out throughout the city. He was set to expand his role this month as the only one who bid to head the social services and case management of the criminals.
Monday's bids ranged from nearly $140,000 to $300,000 and at least two of the organizations are local in Chattanooga. Lacie Stone, the mayor's spokeswoman, didn't release any more details on the organizations Monday afternoon and Stone said that Public Safety Coordinator Paul Smith wasn't available.
The mayor's office will already start paying Hope for the Inner City in this coming year's fiscal budget. Director Paul Green was given $75,000 of taxpayer funds to head an ex-offender program. Then days after Bennett was ousted, Green met with Smith to discuss expanding his role in VRI, which he is now asking for $270,000 for this job.
The Tennessee Community Counseling Services, located in Eastgate, is asking for $264,400. The organization has offered family counseling, substance abuse, anger management and treatment for the last 12 years.
A group of public safety employees and the mayor's office will choose an organization, but the city doesn't have a time line in mind. One of the requirements is for the organization to have three years experience providing services and monitoring criminals.
Councilman Moses Freeman, head of the council's public safety committee, said he hopes the mayor's office chooses a local group that understands the needs of this community.
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The online gambling industry will always find ways and means to convince you to part with your money. While gambling online could be fun, people need to be responsible with the consequences that come along with it.
Gambling: Practice Mode
Trying out the games during "practice" or "demo" are means to facilitate online gambling. Playing for points rather than the money is enjoyable and encouraging to a player. This will allow you to hone your skills on games that are offline, such as learning blackjack or poker in a casino, before deciding to play with real money.
There is a lot of scope in practice among gaming operations, but there is a need for them to be socially responsible as well as be the mediator of fair play. Studies have shown that during free play games, the winning streaks are extended, leaving a gambler exhilarated and motivated to keep on playing. However, when the real games begin, the odds of winning are significantly reduced.
A research in the UK showed that free gambling, most especially among children, is highly associated to real gambling participation and gambling-related risks which can eventually lead to addiction and other related problems.
Adherence to Social Responsibility Among Stakeholders
In the last decade, social awareness and responsibility towards issues in gambling are being addressed by not only the gaming industry but also, other stakeholders such as the government, practitioners and researchers.
In recent years, some land-based casinos have helped gamblers through on-site treatment specialists within the gambling environment. Normally, they refer problem gamblers to third party agencies, such as counseling services and therapy and gambling help lines. A small percentage of problem gamblers seek this kind of help, but this alone is not enough.
Most problem gamblers feel ashamed and may feel uncomfortable with face-to-face interventions. For such, online counseling has become the more favorable method.
Addressing Problem Gambling Online
The pilot studies done assessed the success of online help and guidance services for problem gamblers. The accessibility of requested information is sent to the one who seeks the help through email, SMS or posting. Then, a problem gambler interacts to an online advisor in real-time. In a survey, problem gamblers felt that online guidance services offered a lot of comprehensive information. The links provided were easy to follow. Moreover, the advisors were supportive, very patient, caring and understood their concerns. Furthermore, they would use the service again and recommend it to others. They also like the fact that they remained anonymous through the entire process.
Future of Social Responsibility and Online Gambling Help
It is said that prevention is better than cure. Among all the methods given, promoting awareness is still the best cure for gambling addiction. It should be the duty of online gambling site owners to act upon the possibility of addiction among their users, even through the simplest means.