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By Chad FreyNewton KansanThursday morning Amy Bayes entertained about 20 children between the ages of 2 1/2 and 5 years old — reading books, singing songs and offering a puppet show — at the Newton Public Library.Nearly every story time class is full for the fall session, and most have a waiting list."We are trying to teach children at an early age that reading is fun," Bayes said. "We are trying to teach early listening, and to be a model for parents. ... This makes a huge difference. I have kindergarten teachers tell me all the time they can tell who has gone through this and who has not."It is entertaining — a children's book, songs with motions, a funny puppet show and a craft activity every Thursday morning.But there's more going on than pure entertainment — every motion has a purpose during the songs. Bayes teaches basic sign language during each session."I went through a webinar just yesterday where they said when you teach sign language early, it helps with reading later on," Bayes said. "It really is a literacy thing. ... It really seems to help according to the people who study that kind of thing."
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More people are dealing with financial disparity amongst siblings.
Yes. A lot of middle-aged adults are familiar with the "sandwich generation" conundrum—partially supporting both their kids and their parents, but what about when the turkey in the sandwich wants some cheese? In addition to getting hit up from the younger and older generations, some people find themselves managing financial requests from siblings.
Experts say that the struggling economy has led to more brotherly/sisterly loan requests in the baby boomer generation. Lost jobs, housing troubles and divorce are all hitting just as boomers' prime earnings years are coming to a close.
Of course, we all know the old adage, "charity starts at home," and many of us are more than happy to help a brother or sister in need. But what is reasonable? And how do you set limits and boundaries so you don't feel your sibling is taking advantage of you? The trick is to manage expectations on both sides to avoid frustration and resentment. Money gets complicated when it gets emotional.
Can you offer some basic guidelines when dealing with a request for financial assistance from a sibling?
Absolutely. First of all, if you don't want to assist your sibling or feel you are not in a position to do so, simply be honest about it. A firm, "I'm sorry, but no" is hard to argue with. And never lend more money than you are comfortable losing. You need to protect your own financial well being first. Never sacrifice your retirement.
If you do wish to help, the first rule is to be clear. A cash gift is just that—a gift. Unless you specify exactly what that money should pay for, you cannot expect to control how it is spent, so that means you have to keep it to yourself when your sister goes to the Bahamas on your dime. A loan is a different matter. A small loan is less likely to be repaid and you might as well consider it a gift or ask for a favor from your sibling in return. Maybe they can help you with a household project.
What about larger sums of money?
When it comes to more substantial loans, a pinky swear is not going to cut it. Always put an agreement in writing, for everyone's protection. If you have a written record that specifies amounts and dates, you will be less likely to face issues in the future. Be clear and professional. Siblings know exactly how to push our buttons, and a black and white business agreement helps everyone resist the urge to make passive aggressive or sideways comments. The last thing you need is a conversation about money that devolves to name-calling and the airing of decades-old resentments.
You can outsource the "nag factor" as well. There are a handful of lending firms that have helped facilitate hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of deals between family, friends and even strangers who want to pay lower interest rates. One example, National Family Mortgage, says its sibling-to-sibling refinance deals have more than doubled since 2009. This type of peer-to-peer company provides paperwork and loan scheduling and helps lenders formalize the deal, avoid bank fees and sidestep potential gift-tax pitfalls.
The limit is $13,000 per donee for 2012, so if your brother has a wife and kids, you could give him more without triggering the gift tax, as you could give $13,000 to each individual. And if you are married, double that, as you and your spouse can give each person $26,000.
What if you're financially comfortable and you want to help a sibling—for instance, with their child's education—but they are resistant to accepting it?
All you can do is offer. Write a nice letter (so the offer is on the record) saying how much pleasure it would give you to contribute to little Suzie's education. Mail it, and then let it go. One benefit of your generosity: If you pay the tuition directly to the institution, the gift tax is not applicable. The same goes for medical expenses paid directly to health care providers.

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The England boss wants the pair to be professional as they are paired together for the first time since the racism saga involving Anton Ferdinand and John TerryEngland manager Roy Hodgson has urged Rio Ferdinand and Ashley Cole to act professionally in the Three Lions squad for next week's qualifiers against San Marino and Montenegro.
The pair reportedly fell out after Cole's Chelsea team-mate John Terry was charged with racially abusing Ferdinand's brother, Anton, during a match. Cole defended Terry in court, with the Manchester United man courting controversy for tweeting comments about the left-back.
But Hodgson has urged the pair to put their differences aside for the good of the national team when they get together.
"I know Ashley and Rio were very good friends," Hodgson told reporters.
"We're talking about England as a football team, not purely individuals, and I expect the pair of them to do their job with England.
"I don't expect any problems. If there are any I'll have to deal with them but I'm rather hoping the long-term friendship can re-emerge and the unfortunate incident along the way can be forgotten.
"I'd be unhappy if there were tensions between players in a group.
"But we're talking about two very experienced professional players here, and we are talking about the England football team."


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"I'm going to fight this to the very end," she said in an interview with Robin Roberts on ABC's "Good Morning America."
Knox said she has written a letter to the family of her slain British roommate, Meredith Kercher, expressing sympathy for the legal ordeal that continues more than six years after she was stabbed and sexually assaulted.
"I want them to know I understand this is incredibly difficult. They also have been on this never-ending thing. When the case has been messed up so much, a verdict is no longer a consolation for them," Knox said during Friday's interview.
"And just the very fact that they don't know what happened is horrible," Knox said.
"They deserve respect and the consolation of some kind of acknowledgement," she said. "I really wish them the best."
Kercher's sister Stephanie and brother Lyle were in the courtroom in Florence for the Thursday's verdict.
"It's hard to feel anything at the moment because we know it will go to a further appeal," Lyle Kercher said. "No matter what the verdict was, it never was going to be a case of celebrating anything."
Knox's former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, has been prohibited from leaving Italy while the case continues.
"I don't know what I would do if they imprisoned him. It's maddening," Knox told GMA.
And she is not ready for the possibility she could be extradited to Italy to serve a 28-year prison sentence.
"This really, it hit me like a train. I didn't expect this to happen. I really expected so much better from the Italian system. They found me innocent before, how could they say beyond a reasonable doubt," Knox told GMA.
During the trial, Knox, 26, remained in Seattle, where she is a student at the University of Washington.
The court reinstated a guilty verdict first handed down against Knox and Sollecito in 2009. The verdict was overturned in 2011, but Italy's supreme court vacated that decision and sent the case back for the third trial in Florence.
"I just really hope that people try to understand that (when you have) overzealous prosecutors and when you have a biased investigation and coercive interrogation these things happen. And I'm not crazy," Knox told GMA.


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STEUBENVILLE — A gathering of between 25 to 35 protesters, some wearing Guy Fawkes masks and claiming to be members of Anonymous, stood in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse Monday while a......
How about the brothers and sisters of Anon get to Boston and help find those who did this to America. You are so good at what you do ? Show it now!!!
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I believe in education. I believe that Moms and Dads teach their children to respect. I also believe some of those same Moms and Dads only want their children to learn respect while they do as they please NOT setting a very good example.
Road rage; texting or talking while driving; putting down teachers, the system; what have you.
Children learn in many ways, and by example is probably the best.
If parents, teachers, coaches all were on the same page...wow....it might stand a chance.
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""Get to your kids at an early age," he said. "If you teach them early, they will know right from wrong.""
But when they make a mistake; assuming they knew right from wrong"; consequences must be given and the individual needs to be held responsible or their parents.
Isn't that it is supposed to work. I have a child; child breaks the law, I am responsible adult. If I own a dog, dog bites someone, I am responsible.
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The Last Place Lance Can Race
Ever-Competitive Armstrong Turns to Strava, a Social Network for Endurance Racers
During his televised interview last month with Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong expressed contrition for doping during his cycling career and for bullying those who tried to expose him.
But on Strava, a social network that lets athletes of all levels challenge each other, Armstrong appears unbowed. Armstrong's Strava page bears in the profile-photograph space the image of a cannon above the words, "Come and Take It." His one-line Strava biography: "According to my rivals, peers, and teammates I won the Tour de France 7 times." Since his Oprah appearance, Armstrong has continued updating the page. He couldn't be reached for comment for this story.
That unapologetic posture may be classic Armstrong, who described himself to Winfrey as a cyclist who at times wouldn't let rules, common courtesy or physical pain get in the way of winning.
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But it also reflects the free-spirited ethos of Strava, a website devoted to competing outside organized-race lines. Users of Strava compete without bibs, registration fees, starting guns, doping protocols, referees, podiums or course maps. Like kids fashioning games out of neighborhood landmarks—Who can run fastest from the Big Tree to Gregory's garage?—Strava users can turn any stretch of road or path into a racetrack by employing the company's GPS-powered app to time their performance, then uploading it onto the website.
Once a course is created, Strava ranks riders on it. The fastest rider on each course is dubbed KOM, for King of the Mountain, a term borrowed from the Tour de France. For female users the term is QOM, though women represent only 10% of cyclists using Strava. After Armstrong won seven KOMs on a single day last summer, the comments on his Strava page included, "What a beast," "Angry KOM's today," and "Badass, Lance."
In only three years, Strava has gained more than 1 million users. In a fast-growing universe of fitness apps that serve as exercise logs, Strava facilitates free-of-charge competition between users who typically don't know each other and may traverse on courses years apart from each other. Based in San Francisco, closely held Strava is also used by runners, who can win a CR—course record—for posting the fastest time on a particular segment. (About half of Strava runners are women.) The site charges a fee for premium services such as analysis of heart-rate data.
The winning of a KOM isn't scientific. Although Strava says it weeds out belief-defying performance claims, a KOM conceivably could be achieved on a motorcycle, not to mention with performance-enhancing drugs.
Even so, the battle for KOMs is cutthroat. When a KOM-holder is dethroned, Strava sends him an email that begins, "Uh oh," then details who set the new record and by how much. In three years on the website, Mark Feary says he has received any number of "Uh oh" emails, usually telling him that the KOM he'd recently obtained had been reclaimed by its previous holder. Although Feary uses Strava primarily to train for cyclocross races, he says "a lot of guys don't compete anywhere except on Strava, and they take KOMs seriously." Feary, a Chicago-area sales manager, held eight KOMs as of Monday evening.
Many athletes use Strava to rank their own performances over time, measuring not only speed and distance but also heart rate, power output and other information. An Armstrong posting on Jan. 22 won him an essentially meaningless CR because Strava had only ever recorded one other runner on that course. But Armstrong's posting provided other useful information: He ran 7.2 miles at an average pace of 6:33 per mile while climbing 563 feet and burning 1,164 calories.
Not all Strava badges are equal. One of the most desired is attached to Harlem Hill, a notoriously steep incline in New York's Central Park. About 3,350 Strava users have raced Harlem Hill a combined total of about 90,000 times, making a minor celebrity of Chad Butts, a local cycling coach who has held the Harlem Hill KOM since June 2011. "I hear about it a lot—more than I thought it would," says Butts, 33. If someone dethroned him, he adds, "I would go back to reclaim it."
Turning public roads and paths into race tracks isn't without risk. In 2010, a cyclist descending a steep hill far faster than the posted speed limit outside Berkeley, Calif., died in a collision with a car. The family of the cyclist, William Kim Flint II, has sued Strava in superior court in San Francisco, alleging that the cyclist died while seeking to reclaim a KOM. "There's something inherently wrong with setting up a race that you can only win by breaking the speed limit," says Susan Kang, attorney for the Flint family, adding that even after Flint's death Strava users continued setting KOMs on that course, a feat that requires defying the posted speed limit amid often heavy automotive traffic.
A Strava statement on the litigation, which is pending, said, "The death of Kim Flint was a tragic accident, and we expressed our sincere condolences when it occurred in 2010. Based on the facts involved in the accident and the law, there is no merit to this lawsuit. We will defend the company vigorously through the legal process ahead."
Even so, Strava added a feature allowing users to tag a particular course as hazardous, a move that triggers the website to stop ranking riders on that segment, as happened to the course on which Flint died.
Despite holding an especially coveted KOM—for the 6.1-mile loop around Central Park in 12 minutes, 36 second—Brooklyn native Erin Korff worries that Strava might be contributing to an escalating competition among two-wheeled commuters all across New York. "Every ride across the Brooklyn Bridge now becomes a race between people," said Korff. The Brooklyn Bridge KOM is held by a Strava user who crossed the 1.2-mile segment in 3:07, at 23.9 miles per hour.
On its site, Strava encourages users to follow traffic rules. A spokesman said, "We continue to encourage good behavior within our community and strive for users to understand their responsibilities—that they have to follow the law and use common sense. You are in charge of your own safety and the safety of those around you when you are riding or running."
In cycling circles, many riders have rallied to the defense of Strava. "It's a very big stretch to attempt to say Strava is liable for the risks some of its members may take," Bob Mionske, the Road Rights blogger for Bicycling.com, wrote last summer.
What some see as Strava's Wild West culture may explain why it remains hospitable to its most famous and controversial user. With dozens of KOMs and CRs, Armstrong has been a user of Strava since at least August 2011, though until recently his Strava page was listed under his well-known alias, Juan Pelota, the name of a coffee shop he owns in Austin, Texas.
Before the airing of his Jan. 17 Oprah Winfrey interview, Armstrong switched his Strava page to his own name, mounted the come-and-take-it illustration and added the biographical line about his rivals, peers and teammates saying he had won the Tour de France seven times.
Although that gesture drew a few negative comments on Armstrong's Strava page, the defrocked Tour de France winner received mostly kudos from among his 10,000 Strava followers. That support appeared only to deepen following the interview, when Armstrong posted several Strava course records during training runs in Hawaii. "Lance, you have inspired me for [so] long," wrote one Strava follower of his. "To be able to follow you on Strava will continue to inspire."
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When you setup a site on IIS it defaults the worker process to recycle every 1740 minutes (29 hours). Why an odd number like 29 hours and not, for example, 24 or 48 hours?
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At Tech Ed 2003, the presenter was asked this question, and the answer was that they wanted an irregular cycle to prevent it from occurring on a daily boundary (e.g. to distinguish from other daily tasks scheduled on the server / domain).
The site here speculates:
... (29 is the) first prime after 24, allowing it to have the least chance occurring in a regular pattern with any other server process; easing the investigation into problems
OK, this was bugging me, so I dug around and finally found this posting from a guy who apparently was on the IIS team:


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6 MORE Creepy Urban Legends (That Happen to be True)
#3. The Headless Lover
The Legend:
A pregnant woman tells her spouse the baby's not his and, in a rational and well-considered move, the husband chops off her lover's head and brings it to her in the maternity ward. It comes in many forms but the moral of the story is always clear; stay the hell away from that Brazilian pool boy, ladies.
The Truth:
Sgt. Stephen Schap and Diane Schap, an army couple stationed in Germany, found out in 1993 that they were about to be blessed with new bundle of joy, which would have great news if not for the minor fact that Stephen had gotten a vasectomy the year prior. Whoops. In a "This Week on Jerry Springer!" moment Diane was forced to admit she had been having an affair with Stephen's best friend Gregory Glover and, unfortunately, Stephen would respond with something much worse than a few thrown chairs.
On a cold December day the pregnant Diane lay in a hospital bed talking on the phone to Gregory when the line, and for that matter Gregory himself, suddenly went dead. Diane wouldn't have to wait long to find out what happened as around half an hour later her husband burst into the room, pulled Gregory's freshly liberated head from a gym bag. He shoved it in her face and according to Diane unleashed a line so cheesy it has to be true.
"Look, Diane - Glover's here! He'll sleep with you every night now. Only you won't sleep, because all you'll see is this." Stephen then plopped the bloody head down on the bedside table so it faced his wife. Say what you will Sgt. Schap's mental stability, the certainly guy had a flair for the dramatic.
#2. The Not-So-Death Defying Escapist
The Legend:
Demonstrating why guidance counselors rarely recommend this line of work, an escape artist fails to follow through on his name and dies in front of a live audience. Rumors like these are often spread by the escapists themselves to up the element of danger (after all, why do we watch if not for the off chance we might see David Blaine die?).
The Truth:
Despite the illusion of danger, escape artists rarely die or even get injured performing a stunt. Most sensible people are going to take every damned possible safety precaution when they're straight-jacketed and lowered into a shark tank wearing a meat codpiece. But Joseph "Amazing Joe" Burrus wasn't most people.
Ironically, given what would take place, Burrus' stunt was to involve him escaping from his own grave. Amazing Joe was shackled in a clear plastic coffin, lowered into a seven foot-deep grave. Three feet of soil was shoveled on him and then as icing on this cake of idiocy, the rest of the hole was filled with wet concrete. All seemed to be going well until, in a result absolutely anyone could have predicted, the plastic coffin collapsed, crushing Joe for good.
While you have to commend Burrus for saving a gravedigger the work of digging a new hole for him, there was some evidence he knew the trick wouldn't work. His accident took place on the anniversary of his idol, the Great Houdini's death, suggesting he may have killed himself on purpose. In which case it was awful decent of him to do it at "Blackbeard's Family Fun Center" in front of as many kids as possible, including his own.
#1. The Living Severed Head
The Legend:
Your head remains aware even after it's severed from your shoulders (giving you just enough time to reflect on how stupid you were to stand up on that roller coaster).
The legend says severed heads have been known to blink, react to stimulus and yes, even try to talk.
The Truth:
Death by decapitation has been assumed to be instant and painless throughout most of history (the guillotine was designed as a humane execution method, the fact that it looked freakin' cool was just a bonus) but there's much evidence that your brain remains aware anywhere from several seconds to a minute after your head gets lopped off.
One of the earliest and best-known proofs of this came from a Dr. Beaurieux, who conducted an experiment on a French murderer named Languille. After he was guillotined, Languille's eyes and mouth continued to move for five to six seconds, at which point he appeared to pass on. But then when Beaurieux shouted the subject's name, Languille's eyes popped open.
In Beaurieux's own words: "Languille's eyes very definitely fixed themselves on mine, the pupils focusing themselves," and the good doctor continued to get similar results for up to 30 seconds (at which point Languille possibly just got tired of playing decapitation peek-a-boo).
There are plenty of other guillotine-related stories, but how about we bring the horror into modern day, where we can all relate to and be nauseated by it? Here we find a first hand account of the aftermath of an accident, in which one of the men in the car lost his head.
"My friend's head came to rest face up, and (from my angle) upside-down. As I watched, his mouth opened and closed no less than two times. The facial expressions he displayed were first of shock or confusion, followed by terror or grief. I cannot exaggerate and say that he was looking all around, but he did display ocular movement in that his eyes moved from me, to his body, and back to me."
Yes, that does seem to indicate that there was a long moment of awareness where the dude's living head had time to look and see his own body, complete with the red hole where his head used to be attached.
Pretty chilling stuff, so let's leave you on a lighter note.
In Africa, there have been certain tribes who will tie your head to a springy sapling before chopping it off, so that your head is then catapulted into the distance after the final blow. Thus your last few moments of awareness are of your head sailing breezily through the air. Seriously, if you have to die, that has to be like one of the top five ways.
If you missed last year's installment, don't stop till you get enough with The 5 Creepiest Urban Legends (That Happen to Be True). Or see how terrifying rock candy can be with The 9 Most Shameless Attempts to Cash in on Election Hype. Or if you're not sufficiently creeped out, we'll let Japan take it from here with The 35 Most Insane Halloween Costumes from Around the World.
Nathan Birch also writes the still disgustingly cute webcomic Zoology.


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So, I am currently up against Atlas, but I can't beat him.
I am enacting my 1-step battle plan (shoot at Atlas a lot), but it doesn't seem to be working. In addition, while I am doing this, he's tearing me to shreds because I can't seem to dodge his projectiles at all, even while sprinting!
- Am I maybe supposed to shoot something else in the environment, and not the giant boss itself?
- Am I simply not shooting him enough?
Some tactics would be appreciated. If it helps at all, I have the N.R.G. Railgun at my disposal, with which I've been shooting his giant glowing noggin repeatedly — to little apparent effect.


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(Excuse me for my english: I'm spanish speaker)
"Find a three digit number $\overline{xyz}$ such that $x^2 +y^2 + z^2$ is equal to the number (xyz). "
I have this equation: $$x^2 -100x +(y^2-10y+z^2-z)=0$$
And the discriminant (in $x$):
$$\Delta_x = -4y^2 +40y-4z^2+4z+10000$$
Solutions for $x_i$ are: $$x_i = \frac{100 \pm \sqrt{\Delta_x}}{2}$$
in which ${\Delta_x} \geq 0$. The obvious conditions are:
i) $x \neq 0$ and $x=1,..., 9$;
ii) $y, z = 0, ..., 9$.
I need an orientation because pick $(y,z) \in \{0,...9\} \times \{0,...9\}$ I believe it's arduous task.
Another "attemp" from myself is to find $(x, y, z) \in \{1,...9\} \times \{0,...9\} \times \{0,...9\} $ such that
$$(x-50)^2 + (y-5)^2 +\left(z- \frac{1}{2}\right)^2 = \frac{10101}{4}$$ but I'm not skilfull in multivariable calculus :(
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Wales legend Cliff Jones reckons his old team have nothing to fear against Portugal and that Gareth Bale will "eat
Shamrock Rovers fans and those running the club need to readjust their expectations in the wake of Pat Fenlon's sac
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Have you seen the new ad for Wendy's Baconator (830 calories, 51g fat, 190 mg cholesterol, 1760 mg sodium)? I can't find the video online, but essentially this guy turns down a bite of salad from his fellow female diner, proclaiming himself a "meatetarian." When she looks at him in disbelief, he explains that he only eats beef and bacon. He says something about it being a tough diet, and that one really has to commit. While I dislike Wendy's not-so-subtle implication that real men eat meat (leave the salad-nibbling to the chicks, right?), I can't believe they are celebrating the combination of beef and bacon. Have fun when the coronary hits, you jackass.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
New Wendy's Commercial
46 comments:
- Claire said...
Amen VD! Typical stereotypes like that pees me off no-end also, glad to see that once again you've got your finger on the button.
Which of Wendy's burgers is it that contains the most calories and trans-fat of all fast food burgers?
Anyway, yuck!
- August 12, 2008 at 8:52 AM
- Celine said...
think of the surgeons these coronaries will feed: whatchoo complainin' about?
- August 12, 2008 at 9:22 AM
- carrie said...
I can't think of anything more disgusting than 830 calories of beef and pork in one sandwich...yuck, it makes me sick to my stomach just to think of it. Real men eat tofu!!!!
- August 12, 2008 at 10:20 AM
- Cravin' Veggies said...
Real men don't subscribe to stereotypes... especially ones touted by nasty fast food outfits.
My man eats salad... YEAH!
I think I am going to put that on a bumper sticker or tee shirt.
- August 12, 2008 at 10:30 AM
- jvegegirl said...
Hear hear! I was just thinking about gender stereotypes in advertising when I saw a commercial for klondike bars about a man who apparently "deserved" a klondike bar for keeping his eyes on his wife when an attractive woman walked past him. So ...avoiding adultery deserves rewards now? Classic.
- August 12, 2008 at 10:57 AM
- Anonymous said...
I saw this commercial this morning and was disgusted. The Baconator is vile.
- August 12, 2008 at 11:29 AM
- Toni said...
LOL! That last comment was priceless. Btw, that's EXACTLY what caused me to begin toward a vegetarian/vegan minded diet. My dad had a massive coronary 3 years ago (5 vessels bypassed). My dh and adopted children have serious risk factors as well.
- August 12, 2008 at 11:50 AM
- Chaos Mom said...
i just saw this commercial last night. i was torn between laughing, and being offended. saying being a "meatatarian" is a personal choice, and it's tough...something you have to commit to. how is being a fat, unethical, glutton a tough choice? it's obviously poking fun at vegetarians/vegans. but at the same time, it's so ridiculous (and actually describes how my husband would prefer to be), that i really did find it funny. i have to say though, i TOTALLY didn't pick up on the salad/chick vs. meat/machismo connection. i suppose a lot of people could see it that way...or you could choose to see it as women just automatically making healthier, smarter food choices. ;)
mostly though, i just found it amusing.
- August 12, 2008 at 12:02 PM
- Vivacious Vegan said...
I almost had a coronary just reading the nutritional (if you can call it that) information about the Baconator. Wendys should be ashamed of themselves but instead they are quite proud of their creation.
- August 12, 2008 at 12:11 PM
- Sharon R said...
Is this the reason why so many Americans are obese & their young children are waddling around like big, fat ducks?
Wendy's and their counterparts should hide their head(s) in shame!
- August 12, 2008 at 12:24 PM
- Camila said...
I hate those kind of commercials. I remember hummer had a commercial like that too.
vegan is hawt!!!
- August 12, 2008 at 12:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
This commercial made me so sad, because my father has serious food-related health issues, and he thought this commercial was so funny. He is definitely a man who feels that eating vegetables other than green beans cooked for an hour is "something women do." That was one reason I could hardly believe my eyes when I found "Vegan Dad"! I LOVE your blog!!!
- August 12, 2008 at 12:57 PM
- Laura said...
I saw the commercial, and loudly said "But he has a bun!! And cheese!!" pointing out that he wasn't a very good "meatatarian" and caused everyone to laugh and outdid the commercial with its own silliness!
- August 12, 2008 at 1:02 PM
- GEORGE ALAN FRAMPTON said...
Sorry, if this is the 2nd post. I seemed to have lost the last one.
If you want to write to Wendy's and let them know what you think of their commercial, here is the place to do it: http://www.wendys.com/contact.jsp
- August 12, 2008 at 1:36 PM
- Bianca said...
OMG! 830 calories and 51 grams of fat! That is insane! I don't understand how anyone can do that to themselves...
- August 12, 2008 at 4:50 PM
- Veronica said...
I sent Wendy's a comment after seeing the commercial because I was so appalled by the concept, reminding them that they do have limited vegetarian and vegan customers who order off of their sparse veg-friendly options and that it's a mistake to so blatantly market against them. That, and the "Real men eat meat!" concept is simply ridiculous and a little blasé.
- August 12, 2008 at 5:20 PM
- Anonymous said...
Wendy's used to be relatively veg-friendly, with a decent salad bar, baked potato with several toppings options, and not-one-but-TWO-vegetarian pita sandwich offerings. I actually used to go there on purpose, just to support their veg-friendly ways. That was years ago. They recently went belly-up and were bought out by Arby's. Blech.
- August 12, 2008 at 8:54 PM
- Teresa said...
I knew I would not be the only one offended by that commercial. I so hate being hit with these kinds of advertisements when all I want to do is relax and vegetate in front of the TV a bit. This was one of the worst ever.
- August 12, 2008 at 10:19 PM
- syd said...
I just saw that compound-cholesterol-campaign today TuesAug12 2k8 and thought of you VD (there's got to be a better nick name for your screen name)'bout Feedme [mit eine cherman accent]Iknow,I know a screename IS a nickname....Mabey Ed AmAme?? Fine.
btw do YOU pronounce the G in Vegan soft or hard?How Bout the E soft or hard?.
I care cuz I've been commissioned to work as a personal chef preparing Vegan meals on the regular chef's days off.... And I kinda needed that 'Mayoli' recipe so...COOL!!all material copyright glipco2k8 what an ego ayee?
Syd Famis AlbNM USA
- August 13, 2008 at 1:45 AM
- The Cooking Lady said...
My husband and I have seen this commercial, but my daughter has not.
So we told her about it at dinner last night and she will be scouring the tube to see if she can spot it.
Talk about stupid commercials! Geesh!
- August 13, 2008 at 8:29 AM
- Claire said...
oh jeez. that's the last thing us fat americans need. i just got back from europe, and while they're not all vegans, they sure are slimmer than us. it killed me to see mcd's in brussels and bologna.
have you seen the hillshire farms commercials? they sell deli slices down here, and they do this military type chant about deli slices, and each chant ends the commercial with "go meat!"
i am not making this up.
- August 13, 2008 at 9:17 AM
- Rebecca said...
Do you not realize that the ad is using the same stupid logic to make an argument as you vegetarians. Eat meat, it's good for you, it's an ad, the joke's on you vegetarians. Have a sense of humor...
- August 13, 2008 at 11:26 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
Yes, it's an ad. An ad trying to persuade you to eat a burger with 51 grams of fat. I'm not sure how that could ever be considered "good for you."
Also, explain to me the "stupid logic" behind a diet that is humane, environmentaly sustainable, and healthy.
- August 14, 2008 at 7:49 AM
- Anonymous said...
I never understood the vegan standpoint that eating meat isn't humane. Do you think it is inhumane when a spider eats a fly or when a tiger eats a gazelle? We are part of the food chain like any other animal.
(I don't support Baconator consumption)
- August 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
Animals, by virtue of not being human, cannot have humanity. Even so, no tiger ever packed hundreds of gazelles into a feedlot, fed them a concoction of antibiotics and hormones, gorged them on grain (or, worse yet, ground up dead gazelles) instead of their natural diet of grass, only to ship them off to be butchered by poorly trained workers in a assembly-line slaughterhouse whose main concern was profit, not animal welfare or human health. Humans, on the other hand, do all these things and more, and it is a reflection on our utter lack of humanity. Watch the video at http://www.meat.org/ and tell me that the meat industry is humane.
- August 14, 2008 at 12:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
I never said the meat industry is humane, I agree that it is very inhumane (and I have seen that video). Free range meat is available though, and the farmers and meat packers take pride in their more humane practices. From a humanity standpoint (not a health standpoint), why choose to be a vegan rather than eat free range meats?
- August 14, 2008 at 12:29 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
Agreed, there are places to get meat that are "more humane" than factory farms. But for me, personally, humans do not need meat to survive, so any killing of animals for food is needless and pointless, and thus inhumane. Plus, humanity reaches beyond treatment of animals. We could sustain the global population on a plant-based diet. As such, I don't want to participate in any part of an economy/system that makes something like the Baconator possible while starvation kills people off. I think that humanity, health, and environment are all linked together.
- August 14, 2008 at 12:55 PM
- Anonymous said...
hear, hear!
- August 14, 2008 at 1:25 PM
- Janet said...
Why choose to be a vegan? In my mind, if humans were natural meat-eaters, then road kill would look appetizing. We'd have no problem watching what happens in slaughterhouses. We'd be tempted to dig our claws and fangs (oh, wait, we don't have those?) into our family pet. We can live happily, and thrive even, on a plant-based diet. Who was it who said, "put a rabbit and an apple into a crib with a baby, and if they eat the rabbit and play with the apple, I'll buy you a new car!"
Plus, read the book 'slaughterhouse' if you think those supposed "humanely-raised" meats have a good life and happy death. They are all tortured, abused, and treated as property. Bottom line, in my mind, no sentient being should be the property of another. From there, it's a simple logical step to veganism (no animal exploitation / use: no dairy, eggs, rodeos, aquariums, etc). Thanks for this forum, Vegan Dad! And thanks to everyone who gives these issues some thought w/ an open mind, even if you're not vegan yet. It took me a few years to make the final step but once I did, it was super easy and I was amazed it took me so long.
- August 14, 2008 at 2:11 PM
- Nikki Douglas said...
Wonderful thoughtful posts - very intelligent and a pleasure to read. I am so grateful that Vegan Dad is here because men need to be vegetarian/vegan as much as women and there are all these ridiculous stereotypes against that. Why shouldn't a man want to be compassionate and healthy? I have seen the Go Meat ad and it is so offensive. But of course these are people grilling sausages -they don't even know that they once were sentient beings.
- August 15, 2008 at 6:53 AM
- Mark said...
Actually, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn and Dr. Dean Ornish have shown that a diet in which you have added fat, still makes you heart-attack risk.
It's not just being vegan, it's being a healthy vegan.
Fried foods, adding oils to your diet (that vegan mayo recipe you posted has waaaay too much oil), will make you at risk for coronary heart disease regardless of whether you eat meat or not.
IMHO, criticizing Wendy's obscures the reality: a no-added fat vegan diet can prevent and reverse heart disease.
All together too many vegans and vegetarians die of heart disease... it's the added fat.
Twenty years of peer-reviewed research shows this to be true. Sound theory; sound evidence.
Not a happy reality for some, but reality. You can lose your taste for the fat in about 14 weeks, and 3 to 4 weeks of no added fat vegan diet will REVERSE heart disease.
So, in pointing a finger at Wendy's, you might do better, with all due respect, in examining what you are added to your diet (and that of your kids).
Vegan Dad is a tremendously clever blog and the recipes are just marvelous, although often, there's much more added fat in them then is really necessary.
Check out:
and my interview with Essy (for Howard Lyman, aka, "The Mad Cowboy") at:
You can also get some ideas on how to approach a no-added fat diet at:
As an academic who's fiendishly clever in the kitchen, I hope you take the time to investigate what these Drs. discovered.
Best regards, Mark
- August 15, 2008 at 9:20 AM
- Janet said...
You know, maybe I'm just one of those humorless vegans, but isn't it kinda rude to go onto someone's (award-winning) food blog and criticize they way they cook (and indirectly, the way they parent)? Vegan Dad, I APPRECIATE you inspiring all us vegan parents (and non-vegan parents!) with cruelty-free recipes THAT KIDS WILL LIKE (um, which is the point of this blog). I have some fat-free tomato-bean soup with locally grown collards in the crock pot right now. I also know my kids won't touch it. Kids need a higher-fat diet than adults do, and I appreciate getting creative, family-friendly ideas here that working, real-life parents have time to fix after work and enjoy with their families. Keep up the good work and don't let the spammers get you down!
- August 15, 2008 at 12:39 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
Thanks for the comments and the link. I will check them out.
- August 15, 2008 at 3:35 PM
- veg.in.the.fog said...
You know what? I love this blog. And why read a vegan recipe blog if you disagree with veganism? Vegan Dad is here to bless us with a plethora of wonderful vegan recipes. Not to criticize or argue over.
If you have questions or want to learn about veganism in general, go to http://www.goveg.com, it is very informative and convincing. Also, searching "vegan" on YouTube can produce some very informative results.
- August 17, 2008 at 12:20 AM
- Mark said...
VD: thanks for saying you'll look at the information!
I didn't want to debate the matter online, but allow me to point out to Janet that children 0 to 3 (according to the Mayo Clinic) need more fat than 4 to 100 years old, but then, their 4 to 100 years old recommendations are about twice to three times the fat recommended by research from Drs. Ornish, Esselstyn, and Barnard.
Furthermore, it's not the fat per se: it's the added fat (not normallly IN food) that has been shown to cause strokes and heart disease (through plaque formation).
A no-added fat vegan diet has been shown to reverse diabetes, too. It may be that suspect high fructose syrup isn't the only reason for the epidemic of Type II diabetes in children.
Finally, I wasn't spamming! I provided an URL, my name, and since comments are moderated, if Vegan Dad was offended he could have easily disallowed my Comment (they're moderated), and I would not have begrudged had he done so.
As I've mentioned (and in other comments before) I find his cooking inspiring and quite creative. Mine was an FYI as I don't have his e-mail address and he seems (sorry for the third person!) like someone who'd look into such suggestions if well documented regarding fat in diet.
It's a relatively new discovery and answers the question of why a runner like Fixx or vegans or vegetarians who seem physically fit, get heart disease. It's not the genetics; it's the added fat in diet. The veg'n community is not immune simply because it doesn't consume meat (and or dairy, eggs). Sure, the risk is less, but it can be brought down to near zero.
Since Vegan Dad was commenting on Wendy's in relationship to "coronary hits" it seemed reasonable to point in, politely, in a Comment that beef and bacon, although increasing the risks, aren't the only issue regarding our epidemic of cornoary heart disease.
Best to all! Mark
- August 17, 2008 at 12:34 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
My email is listed near the bottom of the far right column of the blog.
You are right, of course, that a no added fat diet is ideal. No arguments there. And, my blog is not fat free, for sure. But, while not perfect, for the most part I think it is pretty healthy. I do indulge in some decadent treats but never try to pass them off as healthy just because they are vegan. I tell it like it is.
I still feel justified in critiquing Wendy's because even frying my tofu is nowhere close to the 51g of fat in the Baconator. I would say the risks of some added fat (I use canola and olive) are pretty low compared to the sat and trans-fest of fast food. While it may make me at more risk, I wouldn't say I am at risk. My total cholesterol is 112, so that theory seems to have borne out in the numbers.
That being said, I am not snubbing my nose at fat free (or added fat free), or potential health risks. You have made me mindful that I can do more to eliminate unneeded fats and make my recipes more healthy. Thanks for making us all aware of the studies and providing the links.
- August 17, 2008 at 1:10 PM
- Janet said...
re: optimal vegan nutrition, this free online talk from Dr. Michael Greger: http://drgreger.org/talks/ on optimum vegan nutrition also lays out a compelling case for the importance of getting supplemental B12 and omega 3's in the vegan diet. There are several brands of vegan DHA out there (after all, the fish get it from algae and so can we!). Cheers, all...
- August 17, 2008 at 3:16 PM
- Anonymous said...
I saw this commercial and I thought it was hilarious. I would have though it was offensive usually, but my boss is a militant vegan douchebag. Like most of the population I'm omni and even though I am overweight, the Baconator still seems overkill even to me.
- August 18, 2008 at 10:50 AM
- Anonymous said...
While I agree this is gross (and I too am a vegetarian, dairy-free vegetarian to be exact), the bacon and beef are actually quite unlikely to be causing coronary problems. We've been fed some really bad information over the last 3 decades connecting fat to heart failure. Sugar and processed grains are the real culprits in most Western diseases as well as obesity. If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend Gary Taubes' book Good Calories, Bad Calories. It's mind-boggling and packed with research and information. It prompted me to drop all cane sugar and processed grains (white rice, anything made of flour) from my diet. I can honestly say I have more energy and quickly starting dropping pounds.
- August 18, 2008 at 1:39 PM
- John Maass said...
Didn't Wendy's founder dave Thomas die of a heart attack??
Now, let me get back to my Pizza Hut Meat Lovers Pizza!
- August 19, 2008 at 2:37 PM
- liz said...
good post. wendy's seriously has the dumbest commercials!
i especially detest their slogan that goes "it's wayyy better that fast food. it's wendy's!"
ummm, it IS fast food. it's all total garbage!
- August 19, 2008 at 6:39 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks Vegan Dad! I find it somewhat ironic that a vegan blog has alerted this high-coronary-risk glutton to the existence of the Baconator. There is a Wendy's half a mile from my house. Tonight's dinner will contain at least 830 calories.
- August 21, 2008 at 2:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
Human Stupidity and Corporate Greed are alive and well in America. Let'em eat their fat laden burgers. Just don't make me pay for their stupidity!
Don't let congressmen enact a National Health Care System that allows STUPID people to be covered.
- August 24, 2008 at 12:17 AM
- Anonymous said...
In my country we have anti religious vilification laws and because there are several religions that do not eat meat it can be argued that it is unlawful to ridicule people for being vegetarian or vegan.
- August 28, 2008 at 6:56 PM
- New Vegannings said...
Claire- yes I have seen the Hilshire Farms "Go Meat!" commercials as well. Another perpetuation of the "Mean eat meat" stereotype.
I keep hoping that V8 will make a mockery of each of these with someone shooting a look of disbelief and a sudden slap on the head. "Coulda had a V8!"
Vegan Dad- thank you for all that you do. Your recipes have inspired me to add fiber and nutrient rich (not to forget tasty) pumpkin into some dishes. While there might be some extra fat here and there, we need to remember that he is making kid friendly meals. I don't know about you, but when I was a kid I would not eat anything unless it was smothered with cheese. The thought of it utterly make me sick when I look back on it. Cheers to you, your blog, and the importance of nutrition you are instilling in your children!
- November 8, 2008 at 2:11 PM
- trucksr4gurls said...
that guy sounds like my nephews. they turned down some really bomb chili because there was no meat. they sure didn't know what they were missing.
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Cyprus Rescue Hurts Bloc's Bank Plan
BRUSSELS—European officials have been determined to mend the region's financial market after seeing it torn apart along national lines during the economic crisis. That effort suffered a blow with the radical surgery prescribed for Cyprus's banks as part of March's bailout deal.
The agreement will see large depositors in Cyprus's two big, internationally active banks absorb steep losses. Money transfers to and from the island are now sharply restricted. All told, the deal delivered a wake-up call to regulators, investors and depositors alike about the risk of banks based in European countries with financially stressed governments.
This message could reverberate, analysts say, threatening the economies of Europe's depressed southern rim. Europe's financial plumbing remains clogged, with depositors in Northern Europe wary of sending their money down south, where businesses and consumers are suffocating in an environment of high interest rates.
If depositors and investors grow even-more nervous about the safety of Southern European banks, the cost of their funding will rise from already high levels and so will their lending rates.
Corporations have taken notice, said John Grout, policy and technical director at the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
"What has happened because of Cyprus is that what was already a concern for corporations has become more poignant," he said. "If you have doubts about your bank or that country's banking system, you're bound to respond as hot money."
The Cyprus bailout has, to some extent, changed European policy: "Bailing in" depositors and bondholders is now on the table when dealing with Europe's troubled banks. The European Commission, the European Union's executive arm, has proposed that uninsured depositors in failing banks should potentially face losses—but not before 2018. The proposal hasn't been approved by national governments or the European Parliament.
Now a consensus is solidifying behind the idea. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi on Thursday even suggested the date when the plan would come into force should be moved to 2015.
"We're in a world where bail-in is going to be the new normal in the euro area," said Mujtaba Rahman, European director at the Eurasia Group. "Rushing to institute a bail-in regime clearly has implications for allocation of capital to the euro-zone periphery."
The commission has been trying to restart the flow of money to the cash-strapped economies of the south. It has warned national regulators about policies that prevent banks from moving capital and deposits freely between their operations in multiple European countries. The U.K. has been a prime target of these warnings, after regulators pressured foreign-owned banks to convert their branches in the U.K., which are regulated by the government where the bank is based, into subsidiaries, which are regulated by the U.K. and have their own capital and liquidity.
EU law allows banks in any country to set up branches in any other country, without the obligation to convert them into subsidiaries.
In 2012, Bank of Cyprus PCL, the largest Cypriot bank, converted its U.K. branch into a subsidiary under pressure from U.K. authorities. Its U.K. deposits were thus formally covered by the U.K. deposit-guarantee program. Given the disaster that then struck Cypriot banks, U.K. authorities may be reluctant to backtrack.
"In the U.K., retail deposit-taking through branches [rather than regulated subsidiaries] is in sharp decline," said Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the U.K.'s Prudential Regulation Authority.
His office declined to comment further on the dispute with the commission.
The commission insists it will continue to oppose national policies that seek to limit bank branches or prevent banks from transferring deposits or capital across European borders. It asked national regulators in February to explain any such policies, a prelude to possible legal action by the commission against national governments that don't change course.
While the commission says it has received some pushback from national regulators since the Cyprus bailout, its investigation continues.
"The last thing the European economy needs now is questioning of the single market," a senior EU official said.
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From said "Christian" nothing can be heard and seen. Be careful when price comparison with other apartments. The standing offer price is a minimum price for whenever. Trip insurance you pay with unasked. The booking confirmation you get from a Swiss recruitment firm. Contact by email then you have, however, only with the "maybe" Wohnungsbesitzerin.Die handover again makes someone else who is not the English language. The apartment is spacious and the decor acceptable. Coffee machine must not expect no Wifi, the TV only speaks Italian. Well, these are of course just expectations.
What is certainly not ok: right behind the house runs the highway. The statement "quiet street" is very daring.
The bed was a disaster. The sagging of the grate was offset by an under-laid board. Low back pain do not belong to a restful holiday. And a new rust does not cost the world.
When we moved into the apartment in a 2-storey house not inhabited, was the indoor and outdoor temperature 0 ° C. Hospitality?
For separately payable gas consumption (heating, stove) were on offer 1.50 euros / liter indicated. This would have at 23 cubic meters of consumption means that we have to pay for 23,000 liters of gas consumption (physics!) Would have 34500 Euro. We've got really feared everything including a pistol to the head. During settlement were then calculated by referring to the liter price 3,50 Euro / cubic meter of us. Although not comprehensible, but we were glad to get away with a light slap on the wrist.
In the end, you pay for the many intermediary tons of money without getting for reasonable performance.
The truly private landlord in Naples did not used forever until they have responded or canceled on the date (Year). We have therefore perforce booked the apartment with immediate confirmation and regretted it. Torrre Annunziata is in a desolate condition. The only place to Naples, which is really neat and on northern Italian standard, Sorrento.
Von besagtem "Christian" ist nichts zu hören und zu sehen. Vorsicht beim Preisvergleich mit anderen Wohnungen. Der im Angebot stehende Preis ist ein Mindestpreis für wann auch immer. Eine Reiserücktrittsversicherung bezahlt man ungefragt mit. Die Buchungsbestätigung bekommt man von einer Schweizer Vermittlungsfirma. Kontakt per email hat man dann allerdings nur noch mit der "vielleicht" Wohnungsbesitzerin.Die Wohnungsübergabe macht wieder jemand anderes, der nicht der englischen Sprache mächtig ist. Die Wohnung ist geräumig und die Einrichtung akzeptabel. Kaffemaschine darf man nicht erwarten, auch kein Wifi, der Fernseher spricht nur italienisch. Gut, das sind natürlich nur Erwartungen.
Was sicher nicht ok ist: direkt hinter dem Haus verläuft die Autobahn. Die Aussage "ruhige Seitenstrasse" ist schon sehr gewagt.
Das Bett war eine Katastrophe. Das Durchhängen des Rostes wurde durch ein untergelegtes Brett kompensiert. Kreuzschmerzen gehören nicht zu einem erholsamem Urlaub. Und ein neuer Rost kostet nicht die Welt.
Als wir die Wohnung in einem nicht bewohnten 2stöckigen Haus bezogen, betrug die Innen- und Außentemperatur 0°C. Gastfreundschaft ?
Für den separat zu bezahlenden Gasverbrauch (Heizung, Herd) waren im Angebot 1,50 Euro / Liter angegeben. Dies hätte bei 23 Kubikmetern Verbrauch bedeutet, das wir für 23000 Liter Gasverbrauch (Physik !) 34500 Euro hätten bezahlen müssen. Wir haben da wirklich alles einschließlich einer Pistole am Kopf befürchtet. Bei der Abrechnung wurden uns dann mit dem Hinweis auf den Literpreis 3,50 Euro / Kubikmeter berechnet. Zwar nicht nachvollziehbar, aber wir waren froh, mit einem hellblauen Auge davonzukommen.
Im Endeffekt zahlt man für die vielen Vermittler jede Menge Geld,ohne dafür eine vernünftige Leistung zu bekommen.
Die wirklich privaten Vermieter in Neapel haben leider ewig gebraucht, bis sie reagiert haben oder zu dem Termin (Silvester) abgesagt. Wir haben deshalb notgedrungen die Wohnung mit Sofortzusage gebucht und es bereut. Torrre Annunziata ist in einem desolaten Zustand. Der einzige Ort um Neapel, der wirklich sehr gepflegt und auf norditalienischen Standard ist, ist Sorrent.
An accommodation beneath contempt . Dirty , leaky shower stall , broken lamps and contacts that did not work . Wifi only worked if you sat out in the yard . We had ants in the kitchen and bathroom.
Fee for cleaning, towels and sheets.
To pay for cleaning when the apartment was so dirty known very irritant . Smaller service oriented staff made it known not worthwhile to go and complain. Would never recommend this accommodation !
Very nice, pieceful and relaxing house.
We really enjoyed the large rooms and terasses outdoor. It is great to have realy furniture inside and outside.
The house is big and especially with a great view but:
- There're no curtains or shutters on the windows
- The sheets are minimal (and not optional)
- The house was quite dirty despite the payment for the cleaning
- The manager of the property accused me to stole one (1) pillowcase the day after we left. The pillowcase has been obviously found after a while, it was left behind during the collecting.
I've enjoyed my stay in Stintino for the sea, the nature, the landscape, but, for a short stay of 4 days, too many thing that didn't work out with the house.
Nice place and great pool. BUT too expensive! Bad kitchenequipments. Expensive sheets and towels. Not value with the money!
My boyfriend and I stayed here for 6 nights and it was absolutely wonderful! Exactly what you see in pictures, except there isn't actually a balcony. Just a glass door with railings right behind it. The area was by far our favourite in Barcelona. Truly unique and enjoyable to just walk around at any time of the day. The stairs are a frightening first impression, 57 in a small spiral staircase, but still definitely worth the mission. But yes, pack light!
Thank you Maria for your kind hospitality, suggestions and being readily available for anything we needed.
I definitely recommend :)
Very disappointed at the standard of the apartment and the arrival and departure procedure! This apartment was let through Wimdu by Interhome. I will never book anything let by Interhome again. Having made the booking and paid for it we were totally unaware until one week before departure that bed linen and towels were not included and an extra charge was levied (Euro 28 for sheets and 12 for towels). When I challenged Interhome on non disclosure of information they told me it was in the small print: having trawled though every last word I found it in tiny print under Cancellation Policy! Again I challenged Interhome about deliberately placing this important piece of information where nobody will think to look. It should be clearly displayed on the webpage under Amenities where a note can be posted in the relevant area for all to see.
Arrival procedure - what a nonsense. Having paid for the sheets you have to collect them in person from the office. We made it by the skin of our teeth before the office closed for the weekend. Because our flight was delayed we arrived in Chamonix later than expected and had the office been closed we would have had no sheets at all! They are bulky to carry and I have photos of my husband looking like Santa Clause with a big white sack over his shoulder. It's the height of nonsense to expect arrivals to lug luggage and carry this bulky bad around Chamonix. On departure we had to return the sheets to the office again in said bag!
End cleaning - the previous tenant had presumably paid therefore we expected a clean apartment. The hard surfaces were clean but the living room carpet was disgusting with stains and grime and dirty black marks (photographed). It needs either professionally deep cleaned or dumped. Personally I would replace it. My bed sheet had a dirty brown mark on it (photographed) and the "white" patio furniture was grey with grime. I don't think it had been cleaned in years. Before I would set as much as a mug on it I scrubbed it with the dish scrubber (which I then couldn't use on the dishes!). Again we have photographic evidence. The best feature of the apartment is the wonderful view of Mont Blanc from the balcony. I don't know who is employed to clean this apartment but they could do with a lesson or two. I will never use Interhome again and I recommend that you steer clear of it too. I've used Wimdu many times and always been satisfied but not on this occasion.
Nice clean well equipped apartment. Very friendly hoists. Would recommend to all my friends.
The Oasis is a wonderful and great accomodation. The house is surrounded by Lemon trees and offers a great view to the sea. It is well equipped, clean and very comfortable for Groups/families up to ten. Highly recommanded.
The place shown on the pictures has an open swimming pool. However if you 're in to reading all the small letters in the massive paper work of Inter Home you Will Read That the pool is open from the 15th of June. What à dissapointment for my daughter. Furthermore we had to pay for the bedlinen on top of the cleaning which was counted pro person. And of course because it was cold we had to pay for the heating although in the living room was no heating system, only in the bath and bedroom. The owners were. Ice although when people arrive in the middle of the night due to their flight it would be nice if there would be something to drink. The garden is large and nice decorated so I think in summer when the pool is open it will be a paradise. For myself I think it is deceive that Wimdu puts this booking through a link connecting to another website. In this way you pay a lot more and you don,'t get what is shown on the pictures. I will never book in this manner again because in the end you pay a lot more.
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The Houston-based oil and natural gas company on Monday also agreed to repurchase Chesapeake's shares of its stock for $9.8 million and to settle all litigation between the pair.
The acquisition includes 176 producing wells with an estimated present value of proved reserves of $32.4 million. The sites are in Kingfisher and Canadian counties in Oklahoma.
Gastar also agreed to repurchase from Chesapeake about 6.8 million shares of Gastar's stock at $1.44 per share. This is Chesapeake's entire stake in Gastar and is about 9.9 percent of Gastar's total outstanding stock.
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BELLAIRE — The contents of a mobile meth lab were found at 4711 Noble St. in Bellaire Thursday. According to Bellaire Police Chief Mike Kovalyk, he received a call around 11 a.....
I agree with both previous posters. even if you think you know what the items were intended for you just can't go around locking people up. You would certainly have to catch them with the finished product or actually in the act of producing it.
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EVERYTHING they found was perfectly LEGAL to purchase and use for it's intended purpose!
Will Barney fife now be raiding local stores to confiscate all these items??
Will we now be forced to show ID in order to buy these items??
At what point do these idiots grow a brain and realize they can't cure the problem that way!!!
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Some people really are clueless. There seems to be a lot of idiocy in this town, including the people running it. Now there is a clueless bunch that will never see the big picture.
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and people actually put that in their bodies??? geeze ..idiots
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I am studying to convert to Judaism and one of the questions I was asked was about the Ten Commandments. I remember reading at that time that there was debate about the division of the statements Moses brought down on tablets and that they are, in Hebrew, more commonly called the "Ten Statements" than the "Ten Commandments." I am particularly interested in the "first" and whether or not it is considered a commandment to believe in G-d. After all, how can a person be commanded to have a particular belief?
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Belief in God cannot possibly be a commandment.
A commandment is something one fulfills because he already believes in the one who is commanding it. Thus, a commandment to believe in the existence of the commander is an absurdity; it assumes in its fulfillment that it has already been fulfilled. (This argument was presented by R' Hasdai Crescas.)
For this reason, many Rishonim did not count those first few words of the ten statements - "I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage" - as a commandment, but rather as an introductory line to the entire monologue. [There is a Talmudic statement, though, that the first two commandments came from God directly, and they are identified as the first two statements of the ten. How to count those two commandments is a discussion in itself.]
Now, what to make of the Rambam, who counted belief in God as the first commandment, and tied it to this first verse of the ten commandments? The answer is proposed by Abarbanel in Rosh Amanah as follows:
The commandment is not belief in God, but rather the belief that God has certain qualities, namely that He is independent of all other existences and that all other existences are dependent upon Him. This is evident from Rambam's description of this mitzva in the Mishna Torah (Hil. Yesodei Hatorah 1:1-3) (my own translation):
A more detailed description of this idea can be found in the first of Rambam's thirteen principles. Essentially, the commandment is that we should believe that God, whom it is already assumed that we believe in His existence, possesses the above qualities.
What about the fact that I cannot command someone to believe something? A person believes what he believes; he cannot be forced. To this Abarbanel responds that the commandment is not to actually believe, but rather to contemplate. We are commanded not to blindly follow faith, but rather to strive toward knowledge and to weigh it approprately to come to the conclusion that the above is true. (Admittedly, I don't fully understand this concept, but it seems that given the information that is available to us and our traditions, it is reasonable that we come to the correct conclusion.)
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There is no question that knowing that Gd exists is a Commandment (Mitzvah). It is listed as Mitzvah number 1 in Rambam's list of 613.
However, in Judaism we have an obligation to Know, and to learn, and to understand that Gd exists, not to believe, in the Western understanding of the word believe.
As you state in your question, how can you force a person to believe something they don't, or how can you even ask them to? It's impossible!
The Hebrew word for "faith" or "believe" is Emuna. And there is certainly a mitzvah to have Emuna IN hashem, in addition to the mitzvah to know and understand that Gd exists. The main difference here, is that in modern western colloquial speech we talk about "Faith THAT Gd Exist", instead of "Faith IN Gd". The difference is large. One does not need Faith that a parent exists. However, if a parent is abusive or doesn't follow up on their word, a child might lose faith in that parent. The same meaning here is for Gd. We must trust that Hashem will provide for us, that He will keep his word, etc.
The first commandment of the 10 commandments is that we should know and understand and have faith that Hashem, the creator of the World, is the same Gd that took us out of Egypt and deals kindly with the Jewish people. We must build a relationship, learn about Gd's ways, and have faith In him.
There are different views among the rishonim whether this belief counts as one of the 613 mitzvos or is a more fundamental basis for all Judaism. Either way, it is definitely obligatory, and without the belief in God, Judaism is meaningless.
Just as God commanded man to not believe in other gods, He also commanded us to believe in God. Someone who believes in a rain-god must work at eradicating this belief, perhaps by recognizing that the clouds and rain are not an interdependent force, but part of nature. Similarly, if one doesn't believe in God, he should work at recognizing God. For example, by recognizing that there has to be a source of the world's existence, or that the universe is too fine-tuned to have happened by chance.
There are two parts to your question.
The first is an apparently simple question as to whether or not there is an actual commandment in Judaism to believe in God. Maimonides, and most other authorities, consider the obligation to believe in God to be one of the 613 commandments, and see this as the commandment expressed in the first sentence of the 10 "commandments". There are some authorities, such as the Behag, who did not include this obligation in their catalog of the 613 commandments.
It is important to understand that all of these opinions, whether or not they include the obligation to believe in God in their formal catalog of the commandments or not, consider belief in God to be absolutely obligatory and foundational to Judaism. There are several reasons why the belief in God might not be listed in a formal catalog of the commandments. One simple reason is that the concept of a commandment presupposes the existence of an authority that issues commands. A commandment to believe in the existence of the authority that issued the commandment is logically impossible. In this sense, belief in God would constitute a kind of "meta-obligation" that exists independently of, and logically prior to, the commandments.
This question is so basic that it raises the question of how to understand the position of those, like Maimonides, who included the obligation to believe in their catalog of the commandments.
It also brings us to the second part of your question, how can a person be commanded to believe in God? Either he believes, in which case the commandment is unnecessary, or he doesn't believe, in which the commandment has no authority to him.
(I would point out that this question does not apply to other beliefs. Once a person has accepted that God exists, and that He reveals His will to human beings, then it is perfectly possible for Him to command us to believe various other things, which we can and must believe based only on the authority of His statement.)
There are several answers to this question, all of which basically create a separation between the basic recognition of God's existence, which, in fact, cannot be commanded, and the commandment of belief, which starts only after that basic recognition has been achieved.
One such approach is that the commandment to believe is to internalize that basic intellectual recognition of God's existence into our personality. There is a great distance between intellectually acknowledging a truth and making that truth an integral part of how you think and feel. There are a wide range of methods that can be used for this purpose. It is this that we are commanded to do by the first commandment.
A somewhat different, more mussar oriented, approach is found in other sources (the best known exposition of this approach is from Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman). This approach argues that the truth of God's existence is so self-evident that it should be immediately obvious to any person of normal intelligence. Why then do so many intelligent people fail to recognize this truth? The answer is that human beings have an extraordinary talent for self-deception, and when we don't want to accept a truth, we are very capable of fooling ourselves into believing that the truth isn't true.
According to this approach, the commandment to believe is a commandment to work on ourselves to remove those natural inclinations and character flaws that cause us to fool ourselves and to deny that which should be obvious. Once we do so, the truth of God's existence will come naturally as a self-evident truth.
Based heavily on this answer of mine
The answer to this question is classically understood to be subject to a debate between the Rambam and the Behag. The Rambam did count belief in God as one of (in fact, the first of) the 613 commandments, and proves that it should be counted as such due to a Talmudic comment on the first of the 10 Commandments. However, the Behag (who preceded the Rambam) doesn't count this as one of the commandments.
R. Chisdai Crescas, R. Yosef Albo, Abarbanel, and so many others ask a fundamntal question on the Rambam, who counts this as a mitzvah. They ask, how can one command someone to believe? First of all, it's useless, because either someone already believes in God, and if he doesn't, a 'mitzvah' to do so won't help. Additionally, it doesn't make sense to have a mitzvah for something that is outside of one's control; these rishonim thought that a person can't just will himself to believe that something is true if he already believes it to be false (though this is a matter of debate in contemporary epistemology).
In order to address this question, some have explained that when the Rambam writes that the mitzvah is to 'believe', he is actually referring to something other than mere 'belief'. Thus, the Malbim (Shemos 20:2), Maharam Schik (Mitzvah 26), Abarbanel (Rosh Amanah ch. 17) and Seforno (beginning of Ohr Amim) all explain that the commandment of אנכי ה' אלוקיך, which we've understood to require believing in God, is actually a command to justify those beliefs, either philosophically or otherwise. (The Rambam himself discusses this in Moreh Nevuchim, specifically 1:50 where he states that in order to fulfill the mitzvah one has to be absolutely certain that God's existence is true, even though one does not have to be able to prove it to not be considered a beretic). If this is not be counted as a mitzvah, perhaps there would be no requirement to justify one's belief, and can be left simply as 'belief'.
Shut Shoel U'Meishiv (Tinyana 1:51, "l'maskil echad") takes the opposite position. He also asks if there's a practical difference between the Rambam and Behag in this regard, and concludes that while according to the Behag, one can come to belief in God through philosophical justification or the like, the Rambam holds that one must belief because it is a mitzvah to do so, and no other reason. (!)
Alternatively, because it's unreasonable to think that there's a command to simply 'believe that God exists', the commandment is to believe that the One God is He Who revealed Himself to our forefathers at Sinai and gave them the Torah. (See Semak Aseh 1, Sefer HaIkkarim 1:14, Drashos Haran no. 9).
A fourth approach is to say that 'belief in God' is primary a command to accept God's sovereignty over oneself. Such a command would actually be a practical matter, as a person who cognitively believes in God may not actually act as if he accepts the consequences of this belief. This is indicated by the comments of the Ramban to Sefer Hamitzvos, lo saaseh 5, and I believe that there are other indications towards this understanding as well.
Finally, the position of R. Elchanan Wasserman (Kovetz Maamarim 1) is that the mitzvah as counted by the Rambam is not referring to an intellectual belief so much as it is a command to be reasonable not to be 'bribed' by the temptations that would be associated with denying God's existence. (I find this difficult for many reasons, though, and I'd love for someone to explain it to me).


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Medford E. Bailey, 80, of Lyons, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. He was born on Aug. 21, 1932 in Huntington, W.V., the son of Delmer and Mabel (Hill) Bailey.
Medford was a U.S. Navy Veteran and Life Member of the Portland V.F.W. Post #4090. He was a retired long time area contractor. He loved his family, animals, and living and boating on the Grand River.
Preceding him in death were his parents; brother, Donald Bailey; and sisters, Donalta Webb and Texa Miller.
Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Monica; children, Edward (Susan) Bailey, Richard Bailey, and Sandra (Keith) Huhn; grandchildren, Jessie (Brian) Byelich, Luke Bailey, Kelly (Mark) Wooters, and Kyle (Sonja) Huhn; and great grandchildren, Kasen and Wren Wooters, Julien Perackis, and Harrison Byelich.
The Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 at Lehman Funeral Homes, 210 E. Bridge St., Portland, with Rev. Dr. Marilyn V. Danielson, Pastor of the First Congregational Church of Portland, presiding. Interment will follow at Danby Township Cemetery, Portland. Military Graveside Honors will be conducted by the Portland V.F.W. Post. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Portland V.F.W. Post #4090. Online condolences may be made at www.lehmanfuneralhomes.com.
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Ralph and I had the opportunity Tuesday to host an event in which we're pleaded to have been included since its inception. The Topeka Lodging Association, for the seventh year, handed out awards to area hotel workers.
Think about it. When you go to a hotel, you expect the bed will be made, you'll find fresh towels in the bathroom and the complimentary breakfast area fully stocked. But how often have you thanked the people responsible for those comforts? How much more likely would you be to complain about those items if they weren't up to par? It's okay to admit it - it's just our human nature.
The Topeka Lodging Association established these awards as a way to thank those who do these tasks that often go unnoticed. Hotel owners and managers nominate their employees, from the maintenance person to the housekeepers and front desk clerks. The nominees then are invited to a luncheon - yes, they are treated to the type of lunch usually reserved for the bosses! The winners are applauded before a roomful of peers and receive a plaque recognizing their achievements.
I love being able to show these workers how valuable they are. Without their dedication and excellance, Topeka would not have a convention and tourism industry. Great recruiters and brainstormers and managers are one thing, but, if you don't have quality people to do the front-line work and do it well, you can't follow through on your promises.
Hats off to this year's winners and nominees and all of their colleagues doing their jobs day in and day out. Please know your efforts are appreciated.
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Is there an explicit example of non-Kahler manifold $M$ such that $M$ satisfies the dd^c lemma ?
Here is an example of a Moishezon manifold which is easy to visualize. Take a high degree (e.g. a quintic) hypersurface $Z$ in $\mathbb{P}^{4}$ which has a single ordinary double point. Let $X$ be a small resolution of $Z$. Explicitly, a small analytic neighborhood of the singularity can be identified with the vertex of a cone over a two dimensional quadric and you just need to blow-up the Weil divisor which is the preimage of one ruling. The threefold $X$ is compact complex manifold and does not admit any Kaehler structure. The last statement follows for instance from a theorem of Smith-Thomas-Yau which states that a threefold with a single node will admit a symplectic small resolution only if the three sphere that vanishes at the node is homologous to zero. The high degree condition on $Z$ ensures that the vanishing cycle is not homologous to zero, hence the statement.
This does not answer your question, but it seems interesting to point out.
A non-example would be any complex threefold diffeomorphic to the six-sphere (if such a manifold exists).
To see this, first note that the $dd^c$-lemma holds for $(1,1)$-forms on a compact complex manifold iff $b_1=2h^{0,1}$ (see for example the paper of Paul Gauduchon "La 1-forme de torsion d'une variete hermitienne compacte", Math.Ann. 1984, page 504).
Now any threefold diffeomorphic to the six-sphere must have $h^{0,1}\geq 1$ by a result of Alfred Gray ("A property of a hypothetical complex structure on the six-sphere", Bollettino U.M.I. 1997, Theorem 5), and therefore the $dd^c$-lemma for $(1,1)$-forms fails since $b_1=0$.
I think this is an example.
There is an integrable complex structure on X=S^3 xS^3. For topological reasons we have Td(X)[X]=1. Thus h^0,1 =0. It's an easy exercise that a complex manifold with h^0,1 =0 satisfies the d\bar{d} lemma.


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Since moving to a spacious new building, the Berroco offices have been acquiring some cool new decorations. It's starting to look really nice, so I thought it's about time I posted a few photos to show the progress. We'll start at the entryway and work our way down the hall…
When they walk in the door, visitors are now greeted with this wall panel showing Berroco's New England mill heritage. Starting with our company's name today, you can trace back all the way to historic Slater Mill, the first water-powered cotton mill in North America.
Here, Donna sits on the new couch beneath a big Berroco logo and skims through a fall pattern book.
Like Donna's sweater? It's Cappuccino, from Booklet #314 – instead of a glowy red like the original photograph, this version is knit in a subtle heathered green shade of Voyage, with dark green Nanuk for the trim. It's a perfect layering piece for the unpredictable fall weather.
In the main office hallway, we've got beautiful blown-up photos from previous seasons (that's Locus from Booklet #289 in the photo above), accompanied by smaller detail shots of some of our yarns… The photo below shows more:
In addition to the improvements inside, we'll be getting a permanent outdoor sign soon. It's exciting to see all the plans and ideas coming together!
Did Donna get to knit something?! Or is that a model garment?
The office looks great! Those are my designs, I'm so flattered that they're hanging on the walls😀October 14, 2011
HA! I think the answer is that it was covered in hairspray so I had to throw it away. A tragic waste, but a fine sacrifice for the shoot.
I know that poster of the fish probably tortures Norah, she nearly caved and bought that during the shoot! I guess she still gets to see it daily this wayOctober 18, 2011