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The U.S. National Cancer Institute recently released the largest study ever done on meat consumption. The findings? Those who ate 125 grams of red (beef and pork) and processed meat a day had a 30% greater chance of dying of heart disease and cancer than those who ate 20 grams a day. The study found that potentially carcinogenic N-nitroso compounds are formed in the gut when heme iron from red meat and gut bacteria trigger meat protein to combine with nitrites.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Meat: That Stuff Will Kill You
The U.S. National Cancer Institute recently released the largest study ever done on meat consumption. The findings? Those who ate 125 grams of red (beef and pork) and processed meat a day had a 30% greater chance of dying of heart disease and cancer than those who ate 20 grams a day. The study found that potentially carcinogenic N-nitroso compounds are formed in the gut when heme iron from red meat and gut bacteria trigger meat protein to combine with nitrites.
29 comments:
- aimee said...
Amen! Most people are too lazy to even try to give up their meat and dairy and eggs. Just ridiculous for a supposedly advanced species to be so dependent on other species for food. Even though I told myself I would never "vegangelize" I find myself doing it a lot recently because I'm so disgusted!
- June 19, 2009 at 8:51 AM
- Tracy Warner said...
I agree with you and understand your frustration. However, I think it's necessary sometimes for health officials to not alienate people by saying, "never eat meat". Most people wouldn't do that. They can however convince people to cut back dramatically, which in turn will minimize the environmental and health effects at the very least.
I would love to hear more health officials treat meat as the same risk to health as cigarettes. Unfortunately, the masses are a sensitive and fickle group who need to be patted on the back for simply cutting the amount of red meat they eat.
I can't tell you how many times I've asked someone "Are you vegetarian?" and they respond "Sort of. I don't eat red meat." In this sense, at least they believe we're rallying behind the same cause, and hopefully it's like a "gateway product" to more future meat and dairy product elimination.
Great post.
- June 19, 2009 at 9:11 AM
- Anonymous said...
You can only link up to the cover there doesn't seem to be an online read to it
- June 19, 2009 at 9:54 AM
- Amanda said...
Great post... I have a hard time supporting a lot of these fund raising pushes for the cure for cancer because I know the money isn't going towards nutritional research..and we know that is the cure right there. Someone should send a copy of the China Study to the American Cancer Society 'cause they don't seem to be getting it!
- June 19, 2009 at 10:02 AM
- Erin said...
Does the study address organic and free-range meats as well as "conventionally" raised beef?
- June 19, 2009 at 10:27 AM
- knoju said...
I have subscribed to Nutrition Action Healthletter since the late 90's and they are fantastic. This meat article is so very true. Go Veg for Life!
- June 19, 2009 at 12:13 PM
- Beth said...
On a semi-related note -- have you read "The China Study"? It has changed the lives of 3 friends. (I am on the waiting list at the library.)
p.s. Were you up with vegan daughter at 4:23 a.m.?!?
- June 19, 2009 at 12:30 PM
- nicolaknits said...
So true. The studies show one thing but the researchers are too scared to come out and say it - meat is bad. So what if meat producers will lose money - get into organic vegetable farming, for crying out loud!
- June 19, 2009 at 12:37 PM
- Amy said...
Thanks so much for pointing this out!!! I totally agree! Sometimes incredibly ubelievable to me that people still even want to eat meat when you see all the research - eck!
- June 19, 2009 at 12:50 PM
- Mary Sue said...
You do know that some people can't be vegan, right? Iron resistant anemia is not something to fool around with. I know because I did fool around with it and wound up in the hospital. Despite eating ethically raised meat and taking 2000% of the RDA of iron supplements daily, my blood iron levels are so low that I have a blood transfusion about once a year.
- June 19, 2009 at 12:51 PM
- Bianca said...
People are just so damn lazy! Its like, let's improve our health by eating less meat, but giving it all up is just too hard. Whatever. It's kinda sad to say this, but if people know the risks and they continue the behavior, they bring the problems on themselves. I don't really feel sorry for them.
- June 19, 2009 at 12:53 PM
- Allana said...
I agree with you, Vegan Dad; seems like health advocates do not want to promote veganism...perhaps there is a fear of public ridicule and being discredited by the large meat producing companies. Sad fact is, most people who consume meat can't imagine life without it; it's part of their culture and actually don't care about the risks.
When studies on meat consumption reveal startling health claims that can result in death, I imagine that responsible individuals would do the right thing; step out of the box,examine the facts, and make a change that would benefit their health and the environment.
But how can they when health advocates continue to promote eating meat. Instead of recommending elimination all together, they suggest cutting back as a means to minimize health risks. As ridiculous as that sounds, it is actually a glimmer of hope for most. It's up to us to share, support, and show others that we all can lead a healthy life without eating meat.
BTW, congrats on the new addition to your family. Be blessed!
- June 19, 2009 at 1:30 PM
- Stacy said...
There were a lot of problems with that study, and I don't buy into it. First of all, I doubt they were looking at grass fed/pastured organic meats, and I'd bet that the people in the study were eating some variation of a standard american diet (i.e. lots of sugars, refined grains, some portion of fast foods, poor omega 3:omega 6 ratio, etc). Without those things being taken out and accounted for, there is no way to prove that the meat was the problem and not the way the meat was raised, or some combination of the way the meat was raised plus other bad dietary habits.
There are some excellent blog posts that are critical of the study. Here are two of them, but there are many more.
Vegan is not the answer for everyone. People can have a crappy vegan diet too. And it is possible to enjoy vibrant health as an omnivore.
- June 19, 2009 at 1:35 PM
- dreaminitvegan said...
It is tiring to hear people say "I don't eat red meat". All animal flesh poses health risks. I also agree with Amanda regarding the issues of raising money for cancer. I understand they need to find treatments to completely elimininate cancer once you get it, but what about really pushing and spending money to teach people about diet and the elimination of toxic chemicals. We don't just get cancer for no reason. Thanks Vegan Dad for sharing the info.
- June 19, 2009 at 2:38 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
Sorry that the above link is just to the title page. Nutrition Action does want to make money through subscriptions, so they do not put all their content in the web for free. You can view the editor's message and see how he condemns beef but worships chicken and fish.
As for organic, grass-feed, wheatver, beef: it does not matter. This is about heme iron in red meat (no matter how it was raised), meat protein (not veggie), and nitrites (from veggies, water, processed meat) mixing together to form carcinogenic compounds. Secondly, it is about mutagens (HCAs) in cooked meat that occur regardless of how the meat was raised.
Also, all cows, regardless of how they are raised, release methane--a greenhouse gas.
Yes, the study has problems. The one I see is that they compared meat-eaters to meat-eaters. So, those who ate more had a 30% better chance of dying from cancer than those who ate less. What about those who ate none?
My problem is this: why don't these scientists and health advocates at least mention vegetarianism? Instead, we get quotes disparaging a plant-based diet--essentially, "I wouldn't go so crazy as to give up meat, I am just going to cut back." Again, I go to the cigarette comparison. Will you die from smoking one cig a week? Probably not. But would a doctor or the American Cancer Society advocate this? Of course not.
Sure, not everyone can go vegan due to disorders and diseases, but I wager most could and would benefit.
- June 19, 2009 at 3:57 PM
- yari said...
I agree with you, but I guess it will take still long until vegetarianism (at least) would be advocated as a way to prevent cancer and heart diseases. The same happens here in Europe, where there are still too many doctors who are even against vegetarianism and veganism...
- June 19, 2009 at 4:19 PM
- Cesh said...
The problem lies herein Vegan Dad, the advocates are still addicts. They consume meat products themselves, probably have their entire lives, and would rather risk death than drastically change their eating habits. It's laziness and fear of the unknown, of change. It's sad, but it's basic human behavior.
- June 19, 2009 at 6:00 PM
- sea babies said...
The biggest problem I have is that it takes 7 pounds of corn to produce 1 pound of beef. Somehow this doesn't seem logical to me whatsoever.
- June 19, 2009 at 6:01 PM
- Veg-a-Nut said...
Vegan Dad! I want to congratulate you on being the star of my Meatout Mondays weekly email. I did get your book and our family loves your recipes.
- June 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM
- sarahrahh said...
hmmm. what im wondering is why grilling meat causes cancer?
is it the grilling, the meat, or both together?
i dont have to worry about it, im vegan, but i was kinda confused by that.
- June 19, 2009 at 9:44 PM
- harrison said...
Of course, one does have to remember that correlation doesn't imply causation; people who eat less red meat are likely to be more health-conscious in general than people who eat a lot of it, and people who are vegan or vegetarian for health reasons or partially for health reasons will of course be more health-conscious.
And while fish and poultry can have negative health consequences and certainly contribute to environmental degradation, red meat is the worst offender by far. In the long run, it would be best for our health and the world if most people stopped eating meat or animal products; but in the short run, this kind of study is a much-needed stepping stone.
- June 19, 2009 at 10:58 PM
- Karina said...
Hi Vegan Dad,
I echo the 2 readers who've mentioned the China Study (by T. Colin Campbell). Have you read it? If not, I'd highly, highly recommend it, if you get some spare seconds in your schedule!
It's the result of a 40-year study (observational and laboratory) on nutrition, focusing on the carcinogenic effects of animal protein. It's absolutely mind-blowing, and definitely reaffirms the dietary choices we've made.
- June 20, 2009 at 12:17 AM
- Jennifer Schmohe said...
- June 20, 2009 at 2:15 AM
- Heather C. said...
Lovely post. Thanks for the link.
From a health research standpoint, I support and understand why they did a big meat eater to small meat eater comparison: it's just one study. Step by step, everyone. You can't go piling on all interesting variables into one study because it'll hurt the strength of the results. Now that these findings are out (as redundant as the findings are to some degree), other studies can cite it when they do a carnivorous diet vs. herbivorous diet study.
It's pointless and damaging to be impatient. The same goes for expecting people to just take the plunge into changing their lifestyle overnight and against their comfort levels.
Also on a health level, while those of us who've decided to transition into vegetarian or vegan lifestyles and diets have done so successfully and with varying levels of ease, not everyone can do so. Both for potential illness reasons and for the fact that after so many years of meat-eating, it'd be jarring and potentially risky to just one day stop eating meat. Possible, but not necessarily healthy for every person.
So before we go disparaging meat eaters, big and small, trying to get them to convert their thinking and lifestyle, we've got to regard them and their decisions and their circumstances with respect first. After all, that's what we expect from them and that's what much of our lifestyle choice is founded upon: respect.
- June 20, 2009 at 2:27 AM
- Jade said...
This is it exactly, Vegan Dad! Most people can and should go vegan, and can eat delicious healthy food whilst doing so! Obviously some people cannot go vegan due to health problems, but for most people veganism is by far the healthiest way of life.
- June 20, 2009 at 4:41 PM
- AB said...
Vegan Dad,
First, let me offer my late congratulations on the birth of adorable footed vegan daughter (happy dad's day) and thank you for this post. This is why you continue to be my favorite vegan blog- great recipes, a few personal anecdotes and awareness- and a reminder- on why it's important to be vegan!
- June 20, 2009 at 5:23 PM
- Helen said...
i wonder how grilled/bbqed veggies rate on the cancer scale?
- June 21, 2009 at 9:37 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
On grilling meat:
Grilling meat creates two classes of mutagens: 1. heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and 2. polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Mutagens can cause changes in DNA which can lead to cancer). The body recognizes both of these mutagens as foreign substances that need to be expelled. Thus, the body tries to make them more soluable so they can be washed out in the urine. However, this process makes the mutagens more active and more able to damage DNA.
On grilling veggies:
According to the article, veggie burgers and cooked vegetables generate little or no HCAs. Grilling is not specifically mentioned. However, cruciferous veggies like broccoli and Brussels sprouts may help your liver detoxify HCAs.
- June 21, 2009 at 1:40 PM
- MondayCampaigns said...
As you point out, the connection between a healthier life and cutting meat consumption is becoming fortified by the recent research and it is a principal driving force for the nonprofit health initiative Meatless Monday. I intern with Meatless Monday, a project of Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health, to encourage cutting meat consumption for improved personal health as well as a reduced carbon footprint. The website has various recipes (like this Broccoli, Red Pepper, and Tofu Quiche: http://www.meatlessmonday.com/broccoli-red-pepper-tofu-quich/) as well as nutrition facts and health news. Also, check out the Youtube video for the history and science behind the campaign: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpnKeYmR1NM.
Best, Ashwini
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5 Fan Theories That Make Classic Movies Even Better
The Internet is great at reading too much into things -- even Freud admitted that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, people. Other times, however, you could make a pretty strong case to argue that it is, in fact, a penis. See, every once in a while, we come across a mind-blowing fan theory that makes a disturbing amount of sense, casting a movie we've all seen a million times in a whole new light. For instance ...
#5. The Main Characters of Fight Club Are an Older Calvin & Hobbes
Fight Club came out during the golden era of movie plot twists, before every stupid website started spoiling the ending to every movie. Anyway, the movie ends when the narrator (Edward Norton) and his friend/sparring partner Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) turn out to be the same person. All those times we saw the two fighting? That was just the narrator punching himself.
We'd do the same thing if we were Edward Norton.
So Tyler never existed: He was a personality the narrator invented to escape his depressing middle class life. Strangely, when this all comes out, the narrator seems to handle it rather well for a man who previously had a nervous breakdown over Ikea furniture. It's almost like he's experienced something like this before ...
The Theory:
And he has, according to one popular theory, which states that the narrator is actually a grown-up Calvin from Calvin & Hobbes ... which would mean Tyler is Hobbes.
Or at the very least he skinned Hobbes.
For those of you who grew up in a Mexican prison, Calvin & Hobbes charts the adventures of a young boy and his best friend, a talking tiger who looks like a stuffed doll to everyone else. But other than the fact that both Fight Club's narrator and Calvin have imaginary friends, what else could they possibly have in common?
Well, first, there's the fact that they both tend to show up with inexplicable bruises all over their bodies -- when Calvin imagines a fight with Hobbes, his parents can see the bruises afterwards, so it's obvious that the kid likes punching himself and blaming it on his nonexistent friend. Just like Fight Club's narrator (whose name we never learn).
That, or his mind is blocking some serious parental abuse.
Also, both characters are miserable. Calvin has no friends, so he creates one to make his life more bearable. A friend who, incidentally, is nothing like him: Calvin is an impulsive, whiny, shouting ... child, really. Hobbes, meanwhile, is a cool and collected philosopher. Likewise, the narrator hates his life -- it's little wonder why he might sink back into his old hallucinatory habit and resurrect Hobbes, albeit an R-rated version named Tyler. A version who, as we've seen, is a cool, collected philosopher who fucks junkies like a machine.
It's nice to see that they still share the same activities.
And it's not like Calvin and Hobbes don't have experience in running a secretive males-only organization before. G.R.O.S.S, or Get Rid Of Slimy girlS, a club that the duo operated for most of the comic's lifespan, is a predecessor to the titular terrorist organization, Fight Club. Everything's got to start somewhere, right?
They were a lot more strict about enforcing the first rule, hence the lack of members.
And the most damning piece of evidence? "Tyler" sounds a lot like "Tiger." Case. Goddamn. Closed.
#4. Kill Bill is a Movie Within a Movie
We're guessing everyone reading this has seen Pulp Fiction, and if you haven't, get on that shit. Hidden amongst Samuel Jackson's fake Bible quotes and Bruce Willis wearing a poop-watch was that little scene at the restaurant where Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) tells Vincent Vega (John Travolta) about a failed TV pilot she did.
But before that: baffling dance moves.
The pilot, she says, was about a hit squad comprised of five women, called Fox Force Five, who go around killing people and telling bad jokes. It actually did sound utterly awesome, like something Tarantino should make ...
The Theory:
... and he did. It's called Kill Bill.
The Bride (Mia Wallace), about to snort coke off a sword.
We've talked before about the vast interconnected universe formed by Tarantino's movies, but what if Kill Bill isn't just a part of that world, but a movie inside of it? Specifically, it was adapted from Mia Wallace's pilot episode. Hey, maybe it was even produced by her mobster husband, Marcellus.
This was actually full of Oscars.
Let's go over the characters Mia Wallace names to Vincent Vega: "Baton Rouge, she was the leader. A Japanese one, a black one, a French one, and a brunette one, me. We all had special skills. Somerset had a photographic memory, the Japanese fox was a kung fu master, the black girl was a demolition expert, the French fox's specialty was sex ..."
Wait, are we sure this isn't a porno?
Meanwhile, Kill Bill stars The Bride (also Uma Thurman), who is also a member of an all-female hit squad, the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. The five major female characters in the movie are The Bride herself ...
Half-Japanese gangster O-Ren Ishii ...
Vernita Green ...
Sofie Fatale (O-Ren's French second in command) ...
And Elle Driver.
Some elements were retooled in the transition from cancelled pilot to major motion picture (Mia Wallace switched characters, Raven is no longer a brunette, they added a fat dude with a mullet), but it's essentially the same group. Then there's what Mia tells Vincent about her character: "She was the deadliest woman in the world with a knife." The same line was recycled in Kill Bill, only this time it was about Vernita Green.
In fact, Tarantino himself has said his movies with the more fantastic elements like From Dusk Till Dawn are the films that the characters in Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction see when they go to the cinema. Which means that we'll eventually get the inevitable scene where a Tarantino character is dissecting a Tarantino movie.
"Hey, did you see Django? Man, I don't know if I'm comfortable with the language."
#3. Everyone in Monsters Inc. is Terrified of the Black Death
Monsters Inc. is set in a world inhabited entirely by monsters, who have figured out how to turn the screams of human children into a renewable, clean source of energy.
BP is probably working on something similar right now.
The only problem (besides the whole "traumatizing kids" thing) is that children are considered highly contagious in the monster world. When a little girl named Boo sneaks into this world, the monsters turn out to be more afraid of her than she is of them. The results are highly comical -- the mere possibility of contact with humans causes the monsters asto fly into a frantic emergency disinfectant procedure. But why would they ever get the idea humans are toxic?
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Babies only smell toxic, what, 40 percent of the time?
The Theory:
According to one fan theory by Reddit user Calabim, what terrifies the monsters is actually the Black Death. Here's why:
In the movie it's pretty clear that the monster world is a lot more advanced than ours: They have Jetsons-level technology, they can travel across dimensions, and they walk around naked, the mark of a perfect society. Therefore it stands to reason that the monsters have been traveling to our world and collecting our screams for a long time ... like, say, since the Middle Ages. You know, back when the bubonic plague was happily strolling around Europe killing everyone.
But by all means, continue complaining about your phone reception.
Now, the main way that the plague spread in Europe was through fleas. And, say, remember what the monsters' reaction was when a single human sock was found clinging to someone's fur?
After removing the sock using a pair of extra-large tweezers and vaporizing it ...
... they shave off the monster's fur ...
"This is gonna itch like crazy for, oh, a couple of years."
... then give him a shower, and that's it. No medicine. No mass inoculations. No quarantine in a glass room. The only possible purpose of this, therefore, is to remove the monster's fur as soon as possible, an action which itself only makes complete sense if the disease they're afraid of spreads through tiny insects that cling to hair.
No fur, no fleas; no fleas, no re-emergence of plague; no re-emergence of plague, no bullet to the face for Sully when Mike snaps and mercifully spares him a painful death. Everyone's a winner.


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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
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Earlier this summer, my friend Shannon asked me to do her makeup for her wedding in August. I was really excited about this and I wanted to do the best possible job, which involved hunting down the best possible product for each piece of the completed look. After chatting with Aly of The Gloss Menagerie about setting powders for a while, I was convinced I needed to try Diamond Perfect Finish (by internet-based mineral makeup company Purely Cosmetics). However, Shannon had given me a supply budget that I'd almost exhausted and I was broke, so Robyn of Purely Cosmetics very graciously agreed to send me a sample. A week or two later, I received a small package in the mail with three Purely Cosmetics samples: Diamond Perfect Finish, Oil Absorb, and Silk & Pearl Primer. (All three are loose powders that come in plastic sifter jars.) So, I'm going to tackle each of these one at a time:
Diamond Perfect Finish: This is a very nice product, no questions asked. With that said, it was a bit of a letdown for me because I was expecting miraculous results, thanks to Aly's raves and my own unrealistic expectations (I should really stop thinking that any single product could ever give me red-carpet-ready smooth, even, and radiant skin!). Don't let that deter you too much, though. It didn't make my skin look 100% even and acne-free, but then again, it didn't claim to. What it does claim to do is "reduce the visibility of imperfections," and I do see that when I use it - my skin looks a little bit like skin in a photograph that's been lightly doctored with a "soft focus" effect. You can still see some of my red spots underneath, but your eyes glide over and away from them a little more easily.
I get this same effect from silica powder (and I did ultimately end up using the silica-based e.l.f. Studio High Definition powder on Shannon's big day because it also offered light oil control), but if you like the novelty of using a powder on your face that is made from real diamonds (!!), Diamond Perfect Finish is definitely worth your consideration. It's very, very, very finely-milled and I feel like I'm indulging in something luxurious when I use it, similar to how I feel when I use my Guerlain Meteorites Voyage compact (which retails for $170!). Thankfully, the luxury of Diamond Perfect Finish is only $18.50.
Oil Absorb: Now THIS stuff was what surprised me! WOW. I would consider Oil Absorb a very "heavy duty" product - not one I would use for touch-ups here and there, but one I can trust will completely, devastatingly wipe out my oilies when I need it to. Even the ingredient list struck me as something that takes itself very seriously: Oil Absorb is made out of bentonite clay, silica, calcium carbonate, and kaolin clay. Every single one of those ingredients is used cosmetically for oil control - I've spent years seeing them on ingredient labels for everything from oil-controlling powders to oil-controlling face masks. The first time I tried it out was about 30 minutes after washing and moisturizing my face one morning; I was mildly impressed. But I hadn't seen anything yet...
The second time I tried it out was more recently, while I was in the worst phase of mono, fever and all (yeah, being sick with that has sucked bigtime). I hadn't even gotten out of bed except to use the restroom - let alone washed my face - in probably 24 hours, and my face was so covered in sweat and oil that I was wiping my forehead with the back of my hand and pulling it away shiny and wet. (Gross, I know, but I want you to know just how serious of a product test this was.) Just for kicks, I grabbed a powder brush and buffed some Oil Absorb right onto my greasy face. Guess what? It turned matte and smooth. Instantly. My jaw actually dropped open. My face didn't even look ashy, claylike, or cakey, just... normal. And it stayed like that for at least a couple of hours (I can't say for sure how much longer, because I fell asleep again for a long time after that). This stuff is like dry shampoo for your face. SQUEE! Oil Absorb is $16. Like I said, this stuff is heavy-duty - it's way more powerful at combating oily skin than, say, other powders like Urban Decay De-Slick, MAC Blot, and Maybelline Dream Matte. Honestly, I'd recommend any of those three - they all work well, and all are in conveniently pressed form - but when it comes to serious oilies, none of them can even compare to Oil Absorb.
Silk & Pearl Primer: This is the only one I can't really speak to one way or another. I don't "do" powder primers; they don't make sense to me. I almost always wear tinted moisturizer or liquid foundation, and it doesn't work well to put powder primer under either of those. If I were to use mineral powder foundation, I can see how this would work nicely, but I can't really speak to that. I do use MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural sometimes, but I prime using my Shiseido SPF 55 Sun Protection Lotion and/or Fyrinnae Velvet-Gel Silica Primer to combat my oilies - I just can't see myself adding another product layer to my face before I've even started adding color! Maybe when I do my next blog sale, I'll offer this as a free extra in exchange for a short, honest guest review, and see if I get any takers. For anyone who's interested in buying, a full size Silk & Pearl Primer is $18.50.
Anyway, I hope this post was helpful. I've had quite a bit of fun testing and playing with the Diamond Perfect Finish and Oil Absorb powders, and would definitely recommend the former to anyone (seriously) and the latter to anyone with very oily skin (like me!).
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OMG, I should totes be sleeping but I couldn't help myself. That oil control product sounds fierce. I wish I had it to dust upon myself before greeting the Fedex guy. You would have thought I was the undead, the way he backed away from me.ReplyDelete
Hoping you're getting better and better every day. And now I'm seriously backing away from the interwebs. *hugs*
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To the editor:
This is regarding to the letters from Kimberly Fletcher ("Can't understand levy votes") and Alex Gryskevich IV ("Area doesn't care about children") that appeared in the Nov. 11 edition:
How dare you to castigate those who chose not to add another two levies to our property taxes. This is America and we can vote for or against anyone or anything we choose to and we don't have to answer to you or anyone else. I do choose to make some comments. Previously, there were students who wrote in favor of the levies. Did they get a grade for that, and the letters all looked like they had copied the same info off a blackboard. Did you tell those 18-year-olds they would be paying for that levy until they were 55 years old - just 7 years from Social Security? And maybe we thought nine levies would be too much.
Yes, I'm hiding my wealth. I'm 79, retired from bankrupt Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. after 32 years and my pension is very very small. I'm just rolling in dough. And don't give us that "consolidation" stuff again. Where is this mythological school that could be used - oh yes - I know, another levy. Yes the kids are leaving the area. My three have been in Texas for 20 years and it had nothing to do with schools. Did you forget that steel mill jobs supported this area for many years, and they are now gone.
Gee - gone - no jobs, duhh. You need to blame the politicians. They didn't impose tariffs on imports to level the playing field on wages so we wouldn't have to compete with foreign "slave labor" wages. Call Washington. So, enough of these property tax levies for the schools. We need a supplemental sales tax so everyone has to pay a fair share, not just we who worked for our homes.
Schools and dollars don't teach kids - teachers, parents, and kids who care make success. And I wonder how many of those who wrote to support the levies work for the system? Bet I could guess.
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Most Memorable Moments of 2013-14: No. 11July 4, 2014
For the first time, AUTrojans.com is counting down Anderson University athletics' 25 most memorable games, matches and meets from the 2013-14 academic year. This season's countdown began on Monday, June 16 and will continue throughout the summer.
Be sure to check AUTrojans.com during the offseason to relive all the highlights of another successful year at Anderson.
Men's Basketball Stuns 13th-Ranked Lincoln Memorial With Second-Half Rally
Nov. 27, 2013
HARROGATE, Tenn. – The Trojans rallied from an 18-point second-half deficit to upset 13th-ranked Lincoln Memorial, 84-79, in overtime as AU closed its two-game South Atlantic Conference road swing at Tex Turner Arena.
"I am really proud of the effort tonight," said Anderson head coach Jason Taylor. "We played with a lot of energy, made some shots and just played possession to possession without looking at the scoreboard."
Anderson (5-1, 2-1 SAC) handed Lincoln Memorial (4-1, 2-1 SAC) its first loss of the season, and has won six of the last seven versus the Railsplitters. LMU, the preseason favorite to claim the conference title, saw its season-opening win streak halted at four.
Anderson's Chris Ross dropped in a close basket for the first score of the game less than a minute into the contest, and ultimately the Trojans' only lead in regulation. But Lincoln Memorial responded with an 8-2 run to claim a four-point edge at the first media timeout.
As the Trojans connected on just two of their first six shots, the LMU advantage grew to seven on guard Lorenza Ross' 3-pointer at the 14:30 mark before Chris Ross countered with jumper 27 seconds later to pull Anderson within 13-8.
Following a pair of free throws by Railsplitter guard Chance Jones, the Trojans scored six unanswered points, including four straight from senior guard CJ Gleaton, over the next 1:31 to trim the deficit to just 15-14 midway through the first half.
But the one-point deficit was as close as the Trojans would get until the 5:33 mark of the second half, as Lincoln Memorial capitalized on AU's shooting woes to post an 18-2 run and push out to its largest lead of the half, at 33-16, with 3:41 on the clock.
Anderson senior guard Chandler Hash drained the Trojans' lone trey of the opening 20 minutes to pull the visitors within 14 at the 11-second mark, but LMU's Curtis Webb quickly answered with a 3-pointer at the buzzer to set the 40-23 halftime mark.
The Trojans connected on just 7-of-22 (31.8 percent) from the field in the first half, including 1-of-8 (16.7 percent) from beyond the arc in the opening half.
Facing the 17-point deficit at intermission, Anderson guard Myson Jones ignited a furious second-half rally that saw the Trojans defeat Lincoln Memorial for a third straight time at Tex Turner Arena. The 5-foot-9 junior scored 11 of the Trojans' first 12 points of the second frame, including three consecutive 3-pointers over a three-minute span to fuel a 23-9 run in the opening 10 minutes of the second half.
Gleaton added a traditional three-point play during the outburst, while junior guard DJ McGowan capped the surge with a putback off a miss by center Chris Ross to pull the Trojans within 49-46 with 10:03 on the clock.
A layup by Gleaton knotted the score at 57 apiece with more than five minutes remaining, but the Railsplitters quickly regained the lead on a jumper by junior center Keenan Patterson. With LMU holding a 70-64 advantage with 1:39 remaining, Hash drained a 3-pointer off an assist from Jones and with less than a minute on the clock, Jones connected on 1-of-2 from the line to cut the deficit to 70-68.
The Railsplitters misfired on the other end and Gleaton followed Hash's miss from beyond the arc with a game-tying tip-in at the buzzer, sending the game into overtime with the score even at 70-70.
The Trojans trailed just once in the extra period, as Hash's driving layup from the right side gave Anderson its first lead since the opening minute of the game, at 72-71. LMU's Chance Jones followed with a pair of free throws, but Chris Ross gave AU a lead it would not relinquish with his layup. Hash poured in nine points during the overtime and Myson Jones sealed the victory by connecting on two free throws with 13 seconds left.
Hash tallied a team-high 24 points, while handing out three assists and recording three steals. Myson Jones finished with a season-high 21 points, including 19 in the second half and overtime. He also dished out a game-high five assists. Gleaton added a season-high 16 points and pulled down a team-best seven rebounds. Chris Ross reached double figures for the fourth consecutive game with 16 points.
AUTrojans.com's Most Memorable Moments of 2013-14
25. Women's Tennis 6, Carson-Newman 3 – April 11, 2014
24. Setro Finishes Sixth at State Farm Intercollegiate – Oct. 14, 2013
23. Baseball 5, Southern Wesleyan 2 - March 5, 2014
22. Women's Cross Country Finishes 4th at SAC Championships - Oct. 14, 2013
21. Katie Eskew Earns All-Tournament Honors at Patsy Rendleman Invitational – Oct. 15, 2013
20. Men's Tennis 5, Erskine 4 - April 10, 2014
19. Men's Cross Country Finishes Third at SAC Championships – Oct. 26, 2013
18. Women's Soccer 1, Lincoln Memorial 0 – Oct. 19, 2013
17. Freshman Ben Boerma Sets School Record in 5000 meter (Outdoor) – March 21, 2014
16. Jones Drains Game-Winning Shot to Lift Trojans over Carson-Newman – Jan. 29, 2014
15. Men's Soccer 2, Young Harris 1 – Sept. 11, 2013
14. Swygert's Walk-Off Grand Slam Propels Trojans to Sweep of Tusculum - April 1, 2014
13. Women's Basketball 71, Lenoir-Rhyne 70 – Nov. 23, 2013
12. Baseball 8, Erskine 7 – April 21, 2014
11. Men's Basketball Stuns 13th-Ranked Railsplitters With Second-Half Rally – Nov. 26, 2013


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Invasive or appropriate? 20 questions the IRS asked conservative groups
On May 10, the IRS apologized for targeting conservative organizations for extra scrutiny on tax exemption applications, validating a longstanding claim of conservatives, setting off new reports of additional targeting and leaked confidential information and leading to the resignation of the Acting IRS Commissioner.
In the initial apology, given by Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt groups, Lerner said IRS agents singled out groups with words like "tea party" or "patriot" in their tax exemption applications. The practice, she said, occurred in 2012 and was initiated by low-level workers in Cincinnati.
However, additional information indicates that the IRS began targeting conservative groups in 2010 and that senior IRS officials in Washington knew of the practice, ABC and The Washington Post reported.
Although Lerner said about 300 groups were originally targeted, news reports suggest that 500 may be a better estimate. According to a timeline of IRS actions released by ABC News, the criteria for targeting changed multiple times, from things like tea party groups to things like "political action type organizations involved in limiting/expanding government, educating on the constitution and bill of rights, social economic reform/movement."
The Inspector General report, released Thursday, indicated that after the Champaign Tea Party's tax-exempt status was approved in February 2012, no other tea party group applications were cleared for 27 months, USA Today reported. At the same time, the paper said, "groups with liberal-sounding names had their applications approved in as little as nine months."
Here are some of the questions that the IRS sent to groups seeking non-profit status.
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a few things that may help effect a change.
Why wasn't this story published when it the rest of the world was paying attention?
Why does searching "IRS Conservative" on the Deseret News search not pull up this article? (Albeit, that search never works for me.)
I'm just saying that these things could be improved.
It also seems that the Deseret News has a limited focus on which articles to jump on. Any tech news I pretty much never find on the D.N. and national political news seems like it's a hit and miss, among other things.
What's going on? I hate to sound critical as I trust the D.N. as a respectable news source, but other news sources seem to cover more broadly and more promptly... what's going on?
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Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback and ask meaningful questions. I will share a few thoughts here, but please feel free to call me at 801-237-2112 if you'd like additional perspective.
As the newspaper industry continues its decline, the Deseret News is thriving. Part of our success comes from our decision to narrow our editorial focus. We can't compete with sites that report only tech news. We're not attempting to compete with the Washington Post on national political coverage. But we are setting the standard for our coverage of the family.
In addition to our coverage of Utah news and sports, we focus on six areas of emphasis.
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This necessarily limits our coverage of some news stories that are being reported well by other news organizations. I believe that the Deseret News will remain vital and viable because of this focus.
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Just a thought:
A lot of people are up in arms about questions like this being asked of conservative organizations. But would they have such qualms about these questions being asked of liberal groups? Of fundamentalist christian churches? Of Islamic charities? Of the FLDS?
The law is that there are limitations on the political activities of nonprofits. Those limits are there for good reasons....but they do need to be applied and enforced uniformly.
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"Inappropriate"?!?! These questions are practically illegal!
As I understood it, IRS's role is to ensure that taxes are being paid... what does political issues have to do with money? Oh wait, freedom loving conservatives have greener money that smell better to the IRS than the liberals who think everyone else's money is theirs and wipe their bills brown... no wonder the IRS doesn't go after THEM.
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Maybe the IRS should start sending letters to the State Department and the White
House. Tell them that they'll be audited unless they release all of their
records. Give names of their donors and list what books they read, release their
medical information, threaten felonies and purgery for not producing all
Funny how groups of people were discriminated based on their political ideology, yet we can't put pressure on the very people that serve us and are supposed to be upright, honest and transparent. Funny how barack fears little tea party groups. But has no problem watching Americans get slaughtered and instead goes to bed when he hears what's happening. Yep the same president that made the very gutsy call to kill osama. Remember that? How he planned the assault, planned the extra backup helicopters even though military planners didn't think of that, remember how he spiked the football?
The same president that read miranda rights to a terroist in Boston that slaughtered innocent people and smiled doing it. Who left a written note, stating that this was in retalitation for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. That makes him an enemy combatant. He was at war.
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To "SAS" there are 2 problems here. First is the fact that they are
even asking this type of question. I don't care what the political
persuasion is of the group, the questions are wrong. THe other problem is that
they have targeted conservative groups. This is tyranny from government.
To "azgal" political issues are important here because depending on the type of charitable organization, you may or may not be allowed to engage in politics. For example, if a charity is set up to distribute food to the poor, but ends up engaging in political activities then it is breaking the law and will lose its tax exempt status.
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The Federal Government broke the very law they have sworn to uphold. Why is no one going to jail?
- 1:26 p.m. May 16, 2013
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Thank you to our wonderful President for getting out in front on this. As a lifelong Big D democrat I don't care how insane and out of touch the Tea Party and other right wing fanatical groups are--they deserve equal justice under law. Thank heavens we now have a president who understands that. A breath of fresh air.
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Here's a different question... what sort of questions should the IRS be asking when determining if a group should get tax exempt status? None of these conservative groups ended up failing to get their tax exempt status in the end.
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Actually, that's not quite true, atl134. Several conservative organizations applying for tax exempt status withdrew their applications - after nearly 2.5 years of scrutiny! Obviously, there was a problem here. Equal treatment did not occur. On the first of the 21 screens this article contains, you'll see a sentence that reads '...no other tea party group applications were cleared for 27 months, USA Today reported. At the same time, the paper said, "groups with liberal-sounding names had their applications approved in as little as nine months."' 27 months vs 9 months, all occurring just before the November 2012 election. You've got to admit, atl134, this is a problem. If the roles were reversed, Democrats would be up in arms about it - rightfully so - particularly if they'd LOST the November 2012 Presidential elections!
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These questions are very inappropriate and designed to create fear and intimidation and to take away individual rights to believe as we will. This is the beginning of communism and we must not put up with it.
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"Thank you to our wonderful President for getting out in front on this."
This is just the first week of this scandal. Our President may also be behind this as well.
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And he let a man go who was out in June anyway! I guess he didn't think the
press would let that out.
He promoted the woman -Ingram- who presided over the IRS debacle and she will now preside over the enforcement of 0bamacare!.
So don't tell me he is out in front of this. Just like Benghazi, no one lost their job, no one was reprimanded, just like Fast & Furious, people were reassigned.
President's half brother got his approved, in short order. No one can find out what exactly he does besides raise money.
Of course all those applying should be questioned, but when you are threatened and told you had better respond or else.
It's frightening that IRS will be the enforcer for 0bama care!
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They could have simplified the questions greatly:
Are you a Republican or Republican leaning group? (Answering Yes will result in the denial of your request.)
Are you a Democrat or Democrat leaning group? (Answering Yes will result in automatic approval.)
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Question number 1 from the list of 20: "Provide a list of all issues that
are important to your organization. Indicate your position regarding each
What the ____ does THAT have to do with paying taxes???
If this had occured under Bush's watch every single media outlet on the left (about 90% of the entire media) would have been going ballistic!
Under Obama's administration?
Hardly a peep.
Fast and Furious?, with the death of an American border patrol agent. Hardly a peep.
Benghazi?, with the death of FOUR Americans. Hardly a peep.
The IRS bullying conservative groups? Hardly a peep.
How long, Lord, how long?...
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I have a close personal acquaintance who has been very successful in business. He made a contribution to Mitt Romney's campaign in 2011. For the only time in 30 years his tax statement were audited. He came out perfectly legal and clean in the audit which it appears was nothing but IRS harassment for contributing to a GOP candidate who opposed the IRS's desired candidate. Simple common sense conclusion based on what we now know of the IRS highly illegal harassment techniques.
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@Mom of Seven:
"Why is no one going to jail?"
Because the people in charge of sending someone to jail (Eric Holder and his cohorts) are the same people and friends of the same people who broke the laws.
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An Inspector General process is not a secret process but is considered
confidential. However, was the report generated by the Inspector General during
an overall review or was it from a complainant that highlighted a problem? If a
complaint is submitted, as anonymous, some IGs don't do anything with that
in some agencies as they justify a non-action. However, I have not seen why
this IG report was generated.
Normally, the people in the chain-of-command know of a problem if it is significant as the IG does not want it to continue or pick up a negative vibration from the people he is responsible for. The IG positions are political positions, no matter if it is classified in the personnel system or not.
The IG does not want to upset the normal boat of the agency they represent. Very few go on the line and show their real concerns. It can take years for them to come up with resolution if the agency doesn't want to deal with it.
There are really no un-biased IGs, no matter what government agency. They are appointed for a certain reason and it is because of their brotherhood of the system.
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In ones opinion? These scandals will fade out of sight, out of mind - becoming Pres Obama's forgotten "bumps in the road." Tactical plots and schemes hidden away to be used another day.
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Shai Gerstner - Acute Myeloid Leukemia Survivor
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Copyright © 1999, Shai Gerstner
The following is a short summary of my cancer story. I decided to tell my story especially as a public service for all of those brave soles that have been diagnosed recently and are desperately searching for information that will give them some hope. Two and a half years ago I was just like them.
If you compare me to other cancer survivors, I guess you will say I am not very typical. Cancer has not changed my life from one side to another. The contrary is true. I was longing for my life prior to cancer and won It back.
Just like many people I was overall very healthy until one fine day in December of 1996. A simple blood test had revealed that my bone marrow cells went a bit "kuku". The diagnosis was AML (M3) or APL. At the time I was managing a large team of engineers in a large software company and found the cancer quite a nuisance for my life at the time. The worst was that apparently I was in a bad shape. Two days after being diagnosed, I was assigned to an isolation room since my WBC was too low and I was defenseless against infections.
Granted, at first I took it bad. I cried a bit. (OK... More than just a bit). However I quickly returned to my senses with a strong conviction to get better. My company sent me a computer and I continued to be in-touch with my team and my work. All and all I reacted well to the treatment and with the exception of a few bad days, I passed the three courses of Chemotherapy although without hair but with strong spirits. I was now in a full remission.
I immediately returned to my job and my life prior to cancer and tried to forget that it had never happened. As a matter of fact four month after my last Chemotherapy course, my wife and me received the biggest gift of all. My wife became pregnant with our second daughter. This pregnancy was a natural one, which is quite rare so close after Chemotherapy.
I am now over two years in remission and besides the periodical preventive visits to the Hematology Oncology Clinic I have completely put the experience behind. If you have been diagnosed, you can too.


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These 30 U.S. metropolitan areas are the least diverse in the country
Share in largest ethnic group: 74 percent
- Total population: 693,141
- Hispanic or Latino: 106,942
- White: 515,202
- Asian: 17,400
- Black or African American: 40,385
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1,249
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 88
- Some other race: 1,202
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Oh! They mean in racial diversity. Diversity originally meant 'cultural diversity' so if one is exposed to different cultures they have broader viewpoint and they are more innovative. If you define diverse as 'racially diverse' then, Utah is not that diverse, if you look at diversity in terms of the original meaning, Utah is really diverse. Where else would you see a 6 ft tall blond guy walking down the street having a conversation with four 5 ft tall Cambodians in Cambodian or would you meet speakers of obscure South Pacific languages like Mangarevan or Kosraen.
- 10:02 a.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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I'm not sure if I understand what they're trying to get at. Even with
the numbers they distribute they have just 6 or fewer ethnicities or races
How diverse can a city be that has 2 million whites, 1.5 million latinos, .5 million African Americans, .25 million Asians and .2 million other. Does that mean it's richly diverse?
Or is this just a back door racists way of stating, which cities have the most white? I don't understand why white people are demonized and everytime they lose ground in population it's celebrated. Could you imagine if we celebrated the decline of latino numbers and publish how whites are leading the breeding game?
Just seems racists.
Unless someone would care to explain why it's not racists, when they keep publishing and wording things this way.
Foreign countries that I have been in, they don't publish the race of people like this. In fact they are more accepting of the white race, than people are here.
- 11:28 a.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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Everything is about race.
It is destroying our country
- 11:40 a.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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Locations of individuals is determined by many points. For example, weather
daily, climate over time, medical reasons, closeness to base family groups,
types of jobs ect.....
Is it neccessary to be culturally diverse or more culturally aware like having hundreds of thousands of foreign serving missionaries or soldiers living in an area?
Has anyone putting this list together been to Seoul, Tokyo, any Chinese city, Moscow or any of thousands of other cities or hundreds of other countries? Sure a lot less diversity in many of those places.
American immigration allows over 1 million people a year to immigrate here legally each year.
Does diversity really mean anything other than for politically correct reasons?
- 12:22 p.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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Just goes to show WHY Mitt Romney won Utah by such a wide margin ---
Grumpy Old White Men.
Remember this next election;
Obama won because we are a country of Latinos, Women, Young poeple, Asians, Muslims, Jews, and everything in between.
Get it? ... M-E-L-T-I-N-G Pot.
- 12:40 p.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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I've been to a few places in this country. None of those places, urban or rural, are very diverse. Even in a city as cosmopolitan as say NYC or San Francisco, there are white neighborhoods, black neighborhoods, and everything in between. So some cities have more groups than others. They are still segregated by those groups geographically, through definable, neighborhood boundaries, if within the same city.
- 12:47 p.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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Nowhere in the Constitution did it say that the population must be equally divided by race...It says All Men Are Created Equal. These racist studies are run by socialists who divide everybody by race, class, gender, circumstance, etc...America must become one colorblind culture made out of many...These progressive attacks on the White population must end, they're creating dangerous resentment.
- 1:01 p.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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Hey, LDS Liberal, there were more Ohio places higher up the list than the only Utah entry. Why didn't Mitt win Ohio then?
- 1:26 p.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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Lds liberal.
Do you enjoy living in Utah? I just want to ask, because you seem upset at everything there.
- 1:56 p.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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LDS Liberal loves ripping Utah and it's citizens but would probably never want to leave. It's a mentality that I actually see often. It falls under the category Anti-social sociophilia. Pretty common disorder.
- 2:43 p.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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I cannot believe that Provo-Orem is not on the list. Does it not count as a metropolitan area? It has to be the least ethnically AND religiously diverse area in the country.
- 2:47 p.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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Did anyone notice that El Paso, with 80% Latino population was high on the list?
It's not just about whites - diversity is when things are balanced.
That said, who is more diverse? People who have lived in one city their whole lives or those who are FROM another place or who have gotten outside? Diversity is not just about appearances. It's what's inside that counts.
- 3:13 p.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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Salt Lake City, UT
LDS Liberal loves ripping Utah and it's citizens but would probably never want to leave. It's a mentality that I actually see often. It falls under the category Anti-social sociophilia. Pretty common disorder.
2:43 p.m. Nov. 15, 2012
Actually - I was once an ultraConservative like most the other posters here until I LEFT Utah 30 years ago.
After living all over the U.S.,
Serving a SouthVietnamese LDSMission,
serving in the USAF and living abroad,
living in WA,CA, KS, VA for 22 years before coming back behind the Zion Curtain 5 years ago --
I discovered a few things -
1. The people of Utah live in an itsy bitsy teeny tiny little bubble fantasy world in their own mind
2. Utah is NOT the Zion many think it is, I'm disappointed, because it SHOULD be.
3. The prophet lives right here, and most Mormons don't listen or follow him as they should.
4. The BEST Mormons I've ever known are not from Utah, are not Americans -- most are minorities living in Socialist nations
5. The disorder is here. Its pride, a closedmind, stiffnecks & hardhearts and it's what destroyed the Nephites.
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"I discovered a few things -
1. The people of Utah live in an itsy bitsy teeny tiny little bubble world
2. Utah should be the Zion many think it is, but isn't, its polarized at many levels.
3. The prophet lives right here, but sometimes it is hard to tell.
4. The BEST Mormons I've ever known are not from Utah, are not Americans -- most are minorities living in Socialist nations, where they faith is truly tested
5. The disorder is here is pride, closed mindness, stiffnecks & harden-hearts"
I will second this with included changes
I too was born in Utah - but have lived all over the world and the US. I still have lots of family and friends still in Utah - all very good people. But when I come back and go to church with them, having a multi-racial family, it is funny how many kids heads in the pews in front of us are turned backwards staring at us like we just landed from a foreign planet. It don't say this in a mean way, just a statement of fact.
Utah is many wonderful things, but diverse under any definition, it is not.
- 4:38 p.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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Who cares? When we stop our categorizing we may concentrate on contributing to unity. That would be nice.
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Just scanning the white dominated cities (all but 2 of which I've been in on business), it's hard to not notice that they are VERY cold weather cities, for the most part. Living in the south the last 23 years, the relatively higher black population really is something that's part of the fabric of our life. My son went to ID on an LDS mission and on the way back from the airport driving home, we stopped to get something to eat. First thing he said "There are black people !"...
- 9:43 p.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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I like LDS liberal and his comments, except for his often condescending tone. I only sometimes agree with him, but I'm glad he has stuck around....if only on the DN threads.
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Why is this relevant?
Is it coincidence that immigration (cheap labor) and diversity go hand in hand?
- 1:41 a.m. Nov. 16, 2012
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Lds liberal.
I guess I agree with all of that.
And I am a solid right wing repub
- 7:58 a.m. Nov. 16, 2012
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I might add though, I wouldnt live in a lot of other places though.
Utah has its two faced jones.
But, it's a safe place to live, with nice people.
They just get a little out of hand at times.
I still say though, why live there?
Must have family there I guess...
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I moved to Utah in 1972 after serving in the USAF in Germany. We bought our
first home in SE SLC and found a surprising difference in neighbors - the ones
who had never lived outside SLC treated us like we had strange diseases while
those who had been outside the area were great neighbors (all of these with one
exception were LDS).
The social exclusion practiced by some is like you'll find in many other areas of the country - try living in south Boston if you weren't Catholic, for example. This type of behavior is found all over, and LDS members aren't any worse than we'd seen in other parts of the US and world. In fact, while I'm not religious, I have more respect for the LDS church and it's members than any others because I saw far less hypocrisy there than anyplace else I have lived.
The SLC light rail system revived a once-great trolley system that ran for years there and is, I believe, a great addition to the city that will help it grow and attract new faces and business opportunities far into the future.
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The schoolhouse joins the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot as village features.
Director Bill Hayes said the schoolhouse represents the time period when the Underground Railroad was active and opens the discussion about the abolitionist movement.
John Kagi, the brother of Barbara Mayhew, was a school teacher and an active abolitionist.
He was forced to leave a job after calling into question the validity of the U.S.'s slavery system.
Kagi was later part of John Brown's famous raid on Harper's Ferry, which Brown hoped would help him arm and secure an abolitionist army.
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6 Creepy Things You Never Noticed About Famous Kids Cartoons
#3. Jem: A Truly Outrageous Legal System
The incredibly '80s cartoon Jem is set in a world where rival rock bands compete for the top of the chart through various publicity stunts. The Holograms, Misfits and Stingers star in movies, appear in TV interviews and hold countless benefit concerts to ensure that they are always in the public's eye. It's kind of all they do. So Jem was like a prophetic vision of reality TV.
"Can somebody get Aja a human-sized guitar?"
The Nightmare:
So, the bands are constantly trying to undermine each other as they hog the spotlight. So what kind of harmless pranks do they play to try to boost their own record sales? After all, they're just making mischief -- no one is getting hurt, right? Well, here's bad guy manager Eric Raymond hiring someone to bomb Starlight Mansion, a fucking home for orphans:
"Perfect, totally inconspicuous."
Holy shit! Also, he kidnaps at least four people during the show's run, which means his list of felonies approaches Suge Knight levels. But that's just the start.
We actually went through and counted. In Jem's 65-episode run, characters commit 157 serious crimes that should have led to jail time. Yet none of the bands or the evil manager ever do any time in the slammer. There are no legal consequences whatsoever, even though people get hurt and nearly die on dozens of occasions.
"At night ... I can still hear the screaming ..."
By our count, the rival band the Misfits commits 28 acts of reckless endangerment, ranging from driving cars through restaurants to messing with explosives on movie sets. On top of that, there are four incidents of theft, 10 of vandalism and seven of kidnapping, including a time when they put Jem in a fake house and psychologically tortured her in an attempt to discover her identity. And then there was that time when they interrupted Congress ...
"Fuck your democracy, we're musicians!"
Somehow, the criminal justice system repeatedly turns a blind eye to this rampant rocker-on-rocker crime and domestic terrorism. And it's all because these musicians and managers have money that can buy their freedom. In fact, Eric Raymond says as much. After getting off scot-free on a kidnapping charge, he gloats, "It's amazing what lawyers can do when you pay them enough." Oh yeah, he says this just moments before assaulting Jem. Truly, truly outrageous.
"Hey, kids! THIS IS THE WORLD."
#2. Danger Mouse: The Animal Apocalypse
The '80s British cartoon Danger Mouse is the story of the world's greatest secret agent mouse and his cheeky hamster assistant, Penfold. The mouse and hamster repeatedly save the world from the clutches of evil. That is, they save it when they aren't busy bickering over something incredibly British, like whether Penfold left biscuit crumbs on the carpet.
"Crumbs, DM!"
"God, I hate you."
The Nightmare:
In this world, humanity is almost completely gone and a new animal civilization is rising to takes its place.
Although populated by many intelligent animals, the world of Danger Mouse is clearly a world built by and for humans. Around London, we see statues of human kings, as well as person-sized pillar boxes, snooker tables and red telephone booths.
Yet despite the city being historically human, there doesn't seem to be any blokes or lasses left in it. London looks strikingly like it did in 28 Days Later, complete with barren streets devoid of life.
In fact, every scene of London in the entire run of Danger Mouse shows it as a deserted post-apocalyptic city where DM can fly around at high speeds and confront enemies without the worry of any civilian casualties.
Either something devastating has happened, or everyone is on vacation at the same time.
To add insult to injury for the absent human race, in the episode "Lord of the Bungle," we find out that the prime minister of Britain is in fact a bird (and we mean a chicken, not a young woman). And she is just one of many animal rulers that have risen to displace the humans. In the episode "Die Laughing," Egypt is run by a lion, and the nuclear powerhouse of the Soviet Union is run by bears.
The apocalypse may have been a racist.
It's of some consolation that America is still run by human beings ... although the USA doesn't seem to be in the best of shape. The president is human, alright, but he is so worried that Danger Mouse will hurt him that he surrounds himself with Secret Service agents, and the two never see each other face to face. The paranoia is never really explained, but it probably has something to do with the fact that Washington, D.C., is also a deserted post-apocalyptic city.
Which means it was pretty much the same as the real D.C. during the '80s.
Eventually, Danger Mouse travels to the future and discovers that the world has descended into a cat-dominated idol-worshiping police state. That's right: The animals are so bad at ruling the world that a species that sleeps 20 hours a day ends up conquering it all. Good show.
"If I break his neck, will you let me go?"
#1. Dora the Explorer: Dora Is Stalked by Omniscient and Omnipotent Strangers
Dora the Explorer follows the bilingual adventures of a little girl who travels almost anywhere. She goes to the tops of mountains, under the sea and even off into outer space. To aid her on these peligroso travels, Dora often turns to the camera to ask for advice.
The Nightmare:
So, when Dora turns to the screen and asks what she should do next ... who the hell is she talking to?
"Well, Cracked, she's talking to the little kids at home! It's interactive! The kids shout back to the TV, and it appears that Dora does what they say!" Yeah, but ... from Dora's point of view, how does this work? The answer is apparently that Dora's life is controlled by a powerful, ever-changing mass of strangers.
This entity makes choices about Dora's travels, picks items from her backpack, scares off Swiper and even can reach into Dora's world and physically help her. For example, during "The Great Polar Bear Rescue," the stranger helps Dora pull her cousins into a helicopter.
"OK, but next time we're making you do a Sophie's Choice between them."
And where is this all-knowing mass of strangers in Dora's universe? For instance, if we're watching the show, suddenly we'll see Dora in her home, and she'll start talking to us as if we are standing behind a table in her living room:
"Eyes in the wall, tell me who dies tonight."
So, what is she seeing? Who is she talking to?
And she can see us. In every episode, Dora starts off minding her own business in her house or in the woods or wherever, then is suddenly confronted by this powerful entity (us) who now has complete control over whether or not she is going to survive her next adventure. It's bad enough for kids to talk to strangers, but Dora is immediately placing her life in these strangers' hands as she crosses some dangerous rapids or climbs a mountain.
Even the monkey knows that this is bullshit.
And by the way, what is going to happen when Dora gets older? Are these strangers going to keep appearing in her house? What if she's getting dressed, going to the bathroom or being intimate with someone? After all, currently she can't even go to bed without someone staring at her. Muy espeluznante!
Eh, maybe we're overthinking this. Never mind.
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6 Subtle Ways The News Media Disguises Bullshit As Fact
As anybody who has ever wistfully imagined Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly fighting to the death over a pit of lava knows, most media outlets are biased. Usually it's not part of anybody's grand scheme to brainwash you, but rather just the result of newsrooms being staffed by fallible, opinionated humans.
The problem is they're generally not allowed to come right out and say they think the subject of their news story is a flaming douchebag, so they have to rely on subtle and sometimes downright dishonest methods to gently sway you one way or the other.
When you browse through the news today, keep an eye out for...
#6. Weasel Words
When someone uses language that implies a definite fact without stating it outright, they're using weasel words. The most common are when you attribute opinions to unnamed strangers. Ads include statements like, "Combined with diet and exercise, many experts agree that this pill could drastically increase the size of your penis and raise your credit card score." The "many experts agree" are the weasel words there.
How Can This Be Used For Evil?
If you're writing a news story, and want to insert your own opinion, you simply attribute the opinion to some unnamed person or group. Such as "many people":
...or "some":
The writers do not explain who is saying, asking or arguing. Their friends? God? The homeless man outside ranting about the government stealing his thoughts? Who are these people and how numerous are they? What are their qualifications?
We don't know, and in their own mind the reporter can always rationalize it with, "Well, surely there's somebody on planet Earth making that point. Why waste time actually finding them?"
Weasel words can also be used in another way, similar to the way a Straw Man is used in a debate: to introduce an anonymous but supposed common opposing argument which the writer can then rail against, as we have here:
Dude, that is not the reason we're against letting robots operate on us. It's because they'll rewire our brains and turn us into slaves, as we have plainly stated many times.
#5. Implying Without Saying
As humans, we want to know the "why" behind everything, and we get frustrated when we don't have it. We see two things--a good harvest after we've sacrificed a virgin to the gods, or our luck changing for the worse after that strange man gave us a monkey paw--and we naturally think they're connected. Where there's correlation, we want causation.
This is particularly the case with bad news, which we are usually desperate to find a simple explanation for so that we don't wind up thinking that we live in a random, Godless universe full of cursed monkeys. This can be used against you, however, since a lot of persuasion techniques involve letting you fill in that gap yourself.
How Can This Be Used For Evil?
If you play video games, headlines like this drive you nuts: "Boy, 13, Fired Shotgun Into Cousin's Face After Playing Gangster Game". The "Gangster Game" of course being one of the Grand Theft Auto games. Or perhaps it's, "Teenager Stabbed at Midnight Launch of Violent Video Game Grand Theft Auto IV."
Clearly influencing reality.
Nothing in these headlines is technically untrue, but in both cases you find out from the story that there is absolutely no indication that the video game had anything to do with the crime.
In the first one, you can replace "playing gangster game" with anything the kid did that morning. "Boy Fired Shotgun Into Cousin's Face After Eating Cheeseburger." "Boy Fired Shotgun Into Cousin's Face After Watching Spongebob Rerun." Oh, they're not saying the game caused the crime--they have absolutely no way of knowing or proving that. They're just wording it in a way so that you have no choice but to make that connection yourself.
Never mind that the majority of young males play video games on a regular basis. If the attacker had even one edition of the GTA series sitting out at home, that shit goes right in the headline, baby! Otherwise you get a generic headline like "Teenager Arrested Over Stabbing Death," because we fall back to the normal rule that what that teenager did in his spare time is utterly irrelevant to the story.
It's not that the news media necessarily hates video games, by the way. It's far more likely they just threw the video game aspect into the headline to grab attention, since it's just a random, boring crime story otherwise. Like when you see the headline, "Ex-prostitute 'still loves' Becks" ("Becks" being the cute tabloid nickname of soccer superstar David Beckham) you say, "Holy shit! Superstar athlete! Prostitute! Scandal!"
Only when you read the very, very end of the story do you realize that 1) only the woman claims to have had a relationship with him; 2) she wasn't a prostitute at the time and in fact; 3) had only been a prostitute once, for a couple of months, years earlier.
Not many people will read that far, which by the way brings us to another common technique...
#4. Burying Inconvenient Facts
Let's face it, most of us don't have much time to read. If you get your morning headlines on Drudge or Yahoo! News, you almost certainly don't devour every word of every link. You browse headlines, you skim stories, you get the gist of what's going on in the world.
For that reason, journalism schools teach writers to format articles like a backwards version of an M. Night Shyamalan movie: The only part worth seeing comes first. So, you have the headline which is written to grab you, even if it's mildly confusing (see "US Court Rules 'Zombies Have Free Speech Rights'"). And after that comes the first sentence or lede, which summarizes all the important facts of the story that follows ("A court has allowed a group of protesters dressed as zombies to continue with a lawsuit against police who arrested them for disorderly conduct.")
When there is no more room in hell, the protestors will walk the Earth.
As the story goes on, the information supplied becomes steadily less and less important, a style some call the "inverted pyramid." They used to do this for stories appearing in physical newspapers where space was limited, because editors know it's safe to cut from the end without losing anything crucial.
That's the way it's supposed to work, anyway.
How Can This Be Used For Evil?
Obviously if you're a reporter and you have a certain bias one way or the other, the method is simple: Just make sure that whatever facts contradict your point are buried. Nobody can claim you left the facts out, yet you know that most of the readers won't see them.
Can you prove this isn't true?
The most blatant, yet frequent, use of this is just flat out doing a headline that doesn't match the story. After all, people who surf portal sites like Digg or Reddit often read the headline and nothing else. So for example: A news outlet runs the headline, "The Internet Will Make You Smarter, Claims Study."
Most readers will simply scan the headline, and miss the fact that 1) the "study" was just a survey of random people and 2) it was an "online" survey at that. That makes the study about as reliable as a poll on nuclear physics conducted via Tila Tequila's Twitter feed.
Not a physicist, possibly a ninja...
But at least the part that gives it away is near the top. That's opposed to this article from a Seattle newspaper with the provocative headline, "Police Insist: When Huskies Win, There's More Trouble." The "Huskies" here are the local college football team, if you were wondering, and headline seems to say that when they win, crime goes up. Holy shit! Better put a stop to that!
The first hint that the headline might not be accurate comes in paragraph four (that "the stats may not necessarily bear it out") and the information that actually completely contradicts the headline's claim doesn't pop up until freaking paragraph eight (that this very paper did an analysis that showed no increase in police calls on game day, whether the team wins or not).
That's right; without changing a word of the article, the paper could just as easily have run the headline as, "Study Shows No Increase In Huskies Violence."
Keep that in mind as you browse headlines today.


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Book of the Dead
As mentioned in the comments above, Book of the Dead is a supplement focused for Geist, but it is also applicable to other games. There are other books that talk about what happen to ghosts in the world of the living, but the very high level idea is that all ghosts go the the Underworld, and there are various different sections in the Underworld where different ghosts might end up.
To make sense of it, I suggest starting with the first chapter Introduction: Descent on pg. 10. There is a subsection called The Map which gives a good overview to the underworld and what sorts of ghosts might go there.
On pg. 12 there is also a section that talks about what happens after a ghost leaves the Underworld. So, apparently the Underworld is really just a staging area after someone dies. If a ghost finishes its business in the Underworld it is gone. "It has moved on to some unknown reward (which may be Heaven, Hell, or even a serene oblivion)"
Depending on your goal, you might also want to check out Chapter Four: The Autochthonous Depths on pg. 98 for a good summary of what things are like in the Underworld and also Chapter Five: The Dead Dominions on pg. 130 for several specific locales in the Underworld. If you want to show some a potential glimpse of the afterlife, or have PCs visit it, Chapter Five is a great resource for some very alien locations.