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He says he's 25-0, sherdog says he's 14-0 either way the UFC obviously view China as their next big stage after US, Brazil and Canada IMO.
He says he's 25-0, sherdog says he's 14-0 either way the UFC obviously view China as their next big stage after US, Brazil and Canada IMO.
I have followed him awhile and if you look at his record he has fought alot of guys who was making there debut
Pro 2-0,Semi-Pro 3-1,Am 6-1-1 Height 5ft 10 Weight 70kg
So, he went into his 14th fight 13-0 and his opponent was making his debut? Brilliant match-making.
He`ll get fucking owned!!!!!!!!!!!
There`s a few UK guy`s doing the same thing though, I`m looking forward to watching them get exposed also
If you love fighting you can never really lose!!!!!
Fight opponents who are worthy dude not fucking can crushers
Great scrabble score name though.
Sig awaiting witty quote from someone.
Those damn Chinese. Always making fake stuff.
First clothing, then watches now fighters. They may LOOK like the genuine article and you'd fool your friends... but they're not. And will break.
Coffee drinker, prefer Pepsi and I'm kind of a big deal.
thought this thread was about chinese handbag offers!
If you didn't see it with your own eyes, or hear it with your own ears, don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth!
Damn - I misread the title. Thought it said they'd signed Justin Timberlake.
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Hello everyone, I am new to this site and have read great things about Rose.
I am waiting for one of Rose's books to come in the mail. But I have a question that I hope someone can answer.
Do I have to adapt a cake batter to make it into cupcakes or do I just change the baking time?
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Initial jobless claims revisions – then and now
posted at 3:15 pm on April 26, 2012 by Steve Eggleston
Ed touched on the revisions "game" in today's jobless claims post, picked up on this week by Suitably Flip. To wit, for 59 of the last 60 weeks, the advance initial jobless claims number was revised upward. The last time Tom Blumer touched on that, the average upward revision was right around 4,000.
In the comments on Ed's post, hawksruleva asked whether previous administrations had a similar record of almost-unbroken upward revisiosn of initial jobless claims numbers. That sent me to the previous administrations' section of the Department of Labor's news release archive. My first stop was the 2008 archives to get each week's jobless claims press release, as it was both an election year (like this year) and the beginning of the current recession. The chart is a bit long to display (which is why it is merely linked), but the summary is rather interesting. While 39 of the 52 weeks in 2008 saw the jobless claims revised upward (by a maximum rise of 10,000), 7 weeks saw a downward revision (by a maximum drop of 5,000) and 6 saw no revision whatsoever. The average revision was +2,170.
I had hoped to get the jobless claims press releases from 2004 and 1996 to compare what an administration battling for re-election did, but the press releases were missing. Instead, I settled for 2000, Bill Clinton's last year. Even though several weeks' worth (mostly those immediately before the election) of press releases were not in the archives, there was enough to produce another chart of data, covering 47 of the 53 weeks in 2000. 30 of those weeks saw upward revisions (with a maxiumum rise of 26,000), 7 saw downward revisions (with a maximum fall of 9,000) and 10 saw no revision. The average revision was +1,720.
To answer hawksruleva's question, while previous administrations did regularly revise data, and most of the data was revised upward, it was neither as consistently nor as consistenly upward as the Obama administration's revisions.


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Four Classic Cocktails to Mix Up for Your 'Mad Men' Season 6 Premiere Party
Ready for the sixth season of 'Mad Men?' Mix up one of these classic cocktails, flip on the television, and go!
-Lucia Peters
Raise your hand if you're ridiculously excited for the premiere of Mad Men's sixth season this Sunday! Whether you're watching it on your own or having a full-on, all-out viewing party, we've got the perfect cocktails for you to sip while you catch up with Don, Megan, Pete, Peggy, and all the rest of your favorite characters. What can we say? Retro is in!


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How much is employee turnover costing your company?Where are all the good applicants?Why is it taking so long to fill these empty positions?
Recently, these and other questions relating to the employee selection process have become top priorities on every employer's agenda. Many companies are looking to their employee selection processes to reduce turnover and increase output through a higher-quality workforce. However, employment statistics reveal a shrinking pool of skilled applicants.
Current literature indicates that employee turnover and poor performance have a significant and costly impact on a company's bottom line.
Consider two factors when calculating your cost of hiring and poor performance.
First, direct costs for a given position typically include items such as placement firms and advertising. Second, indirect or hidden costs affect not only a given position but also the company as a whole. Indirect costs may include lost productivity, downtime, bad publicity, loss of sales, low company morale, loss of customer trust, and any other ripple effect caused by poor performance or turnover.
Before beginning a cost-reduction initiative, focus on a single position or job category and determine the direct and indirect costs associated with it. Second, add these costs to create a Total Cost Per Hire (TCPH). Third, determine the number of W2s for One Year (W2OY). Finally, multiply the TCPH by W2OY to calculate the Total Selection Cost (TSC). By reducing the W2s (turnover) for one year, you will be able to decrease the TSC.
Today employers must discover new recruiting grounds for employees. For example, Internet use reduces selection time by 66%, according to Kennedy Information LLC, a management consulting and executive recruiting firm.


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Diana Nyad won't slow down
Age: 64
Birthplace: New York
Twitter handle: @DianaNyad
Twitter followers: 40,244
15 things you don't know about Diana Nyad:
1. On Sept. 23, 2011, the No.1 Google search in the world had to do with Nyad's attempt to swim the 103 miles between Cuba and Florida. About 1.3 million Twitter fans followed her. Relentless attacks by toxic, convulsion-inducing jellyfish thwarted her efforts.
2. Check out these jellyfish scars.
3. In September 2013, on her fifth attempt, Nyad successfully finished her journey from Cuba to Florida -- the first person to do so sans shark cage -- in 52 hours and 54 minutes. She was vomiting (from swallowing salt water) for a good bit of the swim but had the benefit of box jellyfish expert Dr. Angel Yanagihara monitoring the water, sometimes swimming ahead of her and scooping up jellyfish along Nyad's path.
4. Other things you can do in 53 hours: watch 16 major league baseball games; drive back and forth from Houston to Chicago three times; run 26 marathons at world record pace; survive "Carmageddon," the dreaded 53-hour stretch when the Sepulveda Pass in Los Angeles was closed for renovation; watch the James Franco flick "127 Hours" 34 times.
5. As a guest on "Chelsea Lately" one week later, she said that while her severely chafed mouth was still recovering, she was not sore, and had "not a drop of lactic acid" in her muscles.
6. Me encanta nadar! Nyad is fluent in Spanish and French (her mother was French).
7. No rest for the weary. Next week, less than a month after finishing her historic Cuba-to-Florida aquatic marathon, Nyad is swimming for 48 hours straight in a New York pool to raise funds for Hurricane Sandy relief (in honor of the catastrophic storm's one-year anniversary).
8. Richard Simmons is a big fan. Beyoncé too, and Hillary Clinton, and President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are her "homies."
9. When Nyad was in fifth grade, she wrote an essay titled, "What I Will Do for the Rest of My Life." In it, she said, "My mother says that her father lived to be 79. Her mother is still living. And my father's parents are still living. It would probably be a good guess that I will live to 80 years. Which means I have 70 years left to go. I want to see all the countries of the world and learn all the languages. I want to have thousands of friends, and I want all my friends to be different. I want to play six instruments. I want to be the best in the world at two things. I want to be a great athlete and I want to be a great surgeon. I need to practice very hard every day. I need to sleep as little as possible. I need to read at least one major book every week. And I need to remember that my 70 years are going to go by too quickly." She was 10 years old.
10. A "desperately immoral" father and a "meek" mother prompted the athlete to fight for her own success early on. "My father was...a liar, a professional thief, a polished lowlife," she has said. "He was also gorgeous. Women died when he walked into a restaurant -- and some men. And because my mother was so meek and needed him so badly and took his side in everything, I took charge of myself early on."
11. Her late brother, Shariff Billy Nyad, struggled with mental illness and lived most of his life, from age 18 to 57, on the streets of Boston. His nickname was "The Pied Piper" because he helped his fellow homeless with their health, legal and family problems.
12. When she's not swimming, Nyad is an avid cyclist. An average Friday bike ride takes her from mid-city in Los Angeles to the Malibu coastline and back again, about 87 miles. #nosharkcagerequired
13. Conan O'Brien has retold Nyad's 2011 swim attempt using peanuts. She took it in stride, promoting it on her Facebook page.
14. Nyad has said that a four-year cycle of sexual abuse by her high school swimming coach fuels her anger when she swims. "I was swimming every stroke with anger at that man and that sexual abuse," she has said. "I was so naive. I hated him and loved him and felt humiliated and denigrated and so afraid, so terrified to be the last one left or the first one there in case I might be taken or attacked. At the same time, I felt like the chosen one." She now speaks out about it, telling Out magazine, "It's such an epidemic. It's happening everywhere."
15. She's got a ticket to ride: Nyad sings Beatles tunes in her head as she swims. She actually has been known to stop and serenade her crew, mid-swim.


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Hanigan doubles to right and Stubbs scores. 3-0 Reds
Have to go to work if anyone wants to take over the PBP
Hanigan doubles to right and Stubbs scores. 3-0 Reds
Have to go to work if anyone wants to take over the PBP
Most Vottomatic Player
Oh crap! It's a DAY GAME!
*dashes off to fire up the game*
Sac by Bailey. Hanigan to third.
Reds Fan Since 1971
Hannigan's play thus far, combined w/ Meseraso's development in the minors, certainly makes the future of the Catcher spot much brighter in Cincy that its been in a while. Well on paper anyways.
The hits keep on falling.
Single for O-Cab makes it 4-0.
Cincinnati Here We Go.
26 Years and Counting...
Cabrera drives in his 17th run. 4-0 Reds. I'm liking this.
Reds Fan Since 1971
if anyone complains about the Reds announcers they have no idea how bad it is in Pittsburgh...
Crosby missed Cabrera's pop up by 5 feet but he dove for it, "Good effort by Crosby there, Good effort."
We found your stolen Prius, it was voting for Ralph Nader.
I am in favor of giving Homer much run support.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
If Bailey pulls a Homer with this early lead, that would be Bad. With a capital B.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Okay, I'm caught up. Nice start to the game. I love it. What was that, a 6 pitch 1st inning from Homer?
Don't look now, but last night's offensive explosion put the starting eight above average in terms of OPS.
And that includes Drew Stubbs' 50 OPS+.
The difference between this year and last? Fewer offensive black holes. At this time last season, EdE, AGon, and Hernandez were all struggling, with Taveras soon to swoon in a major way. This season, the only position that's really struggling is CF.
Good news is that CF should improve (if only because Dickerson can't be as bad as he's been, and Heisey may steal some PT if he continues to hit), as should Phillips (a little) and Gomes (based on last year and continued intelligent usage).
Bad news is that Votto, Hernandez, and Rolen are all due at least slight payback.
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'His first goal since Jan. 12 had just powered past Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro, giving the Sabres a 2-1 overtime victory. "I was really happy we won the game; it was an important game for us," Afinogenov said. "For sure, it's a very important goal for me, too."'
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Feminism, Pop-Culture | Posted by Talia on 08/31/2010
Allison Iraheta and the Glamorization of Violence
When Allison Iraheta was on American Idol, I really liked her, and was upset when she got voted off. One of my friends fell totally in love with her. "You gotta hear her single, 'Friday I'll Be Over U,' it rocks," she kept hocking me. I finally looked it up on YouTube and was unimpressed. When my friend kept insisting that I had to listen to the whole album, I got it from the library.
Since this isn't an album critique, I won't go into detail about how Allison sold her soul to the Music Industry Devil by singing teenybopper songs when she has more of a Janis Joplin appeal. What I will go into detail about is the plain old anti-woman offensiveness on the album. …


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English professor wins Guggenheim award
Dr. Laura Dassow Walls has long wanted to write a biography of Henry David Thoreau that introduces him to a new generation and connects him to the 21st century. With the recent award of a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, the English professor will be able to achieve her goal.
Walls said the classic misunderstanding about Thoreau is that he was a hermit who disappeared into the wilderness and wrote Walden.
Truth is, Walden Pond was just a half mile from his home, a bustling boarding house, and a pencil factory, she said. After spending a couple of years meditating and writing, Thoreau returned to a busy and active life as a surveyor and civil engineer who pursued many interests.
Henry David Thoreau
"This notion that Thoreau was a hermit doesn't connect with the actual reality of his life. That makes him more accessible to us today," Walls said. "He was trying to find a way to live a full, engaged life and to do so in connection and contact with nature. He seems to have succeeded, which is worth exploring."


text: Salaamualaikum and Happy Ramadan (Ramadan Mubarak, Ramadan Kareem) everyone! I'm so happy to announce that one of my favorite writers, Wajahat Ali, will be keeping a Ramadan blog at Patheos detailing his Ramadan experiences this year. If you've read anything by Wajahat (funny or serious), heard him speak, seen his play, "Domestic Crusaders," or are one of his thousands of Twitter followers or Facebook friends, then you know what I'm talking about. If you've never read anything by Wajahat, now's y … [Read more...]


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Here's a sure-fire tip for seeing the Rose Parade on New Year's Day: give yourself plenty of time, and leave your car behind.
Over the years, many locals or regular parade-goers have devised their own strategies to lessen the hassles inherent in coming to a huge event in a small city. To snag the best curbside viewing spots along the 5.5-mile route along Orange Grove and Colorado boulevards, many are poised to set up camp on marked-off area at the stroke of noon today.
Old Pasadena, close to the parade's start, is probably most popular with overnight crowds celebrating New Year's Eve, and it tends to fill up quickly. As the parade heads east it is easier to find a prime viewing place.
There are many official dos and don'ts, but the crowd is mellow, the atmosphere festive and William Flinn, the Tournament of Roses executive director, said the main things is to "try to really have fun and don't let the little things take the joy away."
The parade, themed "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" sets off at 8 a.m. Tuesday from Tournament House,
391 S. Orange Grove Blvd, turns onto Colorado Boulevard and ends at Sierra Madre Boulevard about three hours later. This year's grand marshal is famed primatologist Jane Goodall. The parade will feature 39 flower-covered floats, 23 marching bands and 21 equestrian units.
What you can do:
Camp overnight today
Maintain a permanent place on the sidewalk beginning at noon today. Everything must stay on the curb until 11 p.m., when spectators can move out to the "Blue Line" on the street
Small barbecues at least a foot off the ground are allowed on the parade route, 25 feet from buildings, but a fire extinguisher and water must be readily available
Anyone under 18 on the parade route from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. must be under the supervision of adults.
Dress for cold weather
Get enough to eat and drink
What you can't do:
Have open containers of alcohol Set up tents, sofas and boxes to be used as seats.
Set up unoccupied chairs
Light bonfires
Set off fireworks
Sell items along the parade route without a permit
Cordon or rope off any public areas — sidewalks, curbs, gutters or streets
Set up ladders or scaffolding
Buy, sell or give away horns on the parade route
Sell space along the parade route, other than grandstand seating
Throw any projectile into the parade, including tortillas, marshmallows, flowers, etc.
Obstruct emergency lanes
Allow plenty of time to reach your grandstand seat or chosen viewing area.
Make sure you know where your grandstand is. Many roads and freeway off-ramps are closed, and crowds converging on the same area can make it hard to get where you want to be.
Anyone with questions can call the toll-free visitor hotline at 877-793-9911 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday.
William Flinn, Tournament of Roses executive director says: "Do your research and plan ahead. Don't expect the city to look as it does most other days — don't just head for Colorado Boulevard and hope to figure out where you want to be along the parade route. Take note of where the portable restrooms are. Dress in layers. Get a map."
Clare Donahue, veteran of 21 Rose Parade overnight camp-outs: "Most people take more sidewalk than they need. If you don't have a really big group, there's usually room to slip in."
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Rosemont Pavilion, 700 Seco St., Pasadena; Brookside Pavilion (accessible to disabled visitors): Lot I, south side of Rose Bowl Stadium; Rose Palace, 835 S. Raymond Ave. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets are $10, free for children 5 and under.
At Sierra Madre Boulevard and Washington Street: "A Showcase of Floats," 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday; from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Wednesday for seniors and disabled visitors); general viewing from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday. $10, free for children 5 and under. Ticket sales end at 3 p.m.; venue closes at 5 p.m. Advance tickets at 626-795-4171.
All Pasadena's Gold Line stations give access to the parade route. Travel will be free on New Year's Eve, until 2 a.m. On Tuesday Metro will schedule Gold Line trains every six to 10 minutes.


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Brevard, N.C. - The Brevard College Athletic Department and Brevard Zaxby's owner Jim Rogers are pleased to announce the Zaxby's Tornado Day will be held on Wednesday, November 9th from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at 205 Asheville Hwy in Brevard.
The event will include appearances from various Brevard College Athletic Head Coaches and staff, as well as appearances by several BC student-athletes and will be covered live by WSQL 1240 AM as Don DeBiase will host a remote broadcast from outside Zaxby's.
Several giveaways will be given out during the event, including drawings for Zaxby's gift cards, as well as a 32 inch Flat Panel TV.
Fans are invited to come and meet the Tornados coaches, staff and student-athletes and enjoy the atmosphere at Zaxby's.
For more information on the Zaxby's Tornado Day, contact the Brevard College Athletic Department at (828) 884-8276.


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Its two principle divisions are the New York Mercantile Exchange and the Commodities Exchange (COMEX).
Futures contracts trading at NYMEX are still largely traded on the exchange using open outcry. The exchange acts as the counterparty on every trade, clearing orders amongst the members. The Exchange's platinum contract is the longest continuously traded precious metals contract in the world's marketplace, first traded in 1956.
The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) was founded as The Butter and Cheese Exchange of New York in 1872. It originally was created by a group of dairy merchants to bring order and standardization to their industry. The product base gradually expanded, and 10 years later the name was changed to the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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Information about the history of the Ashmolean Museum.
The Tradescant Collection (Learning Resource)
Online catalogue of some of the material from the founding Tradescant collection, and information about the Tradescants and their collection.
The Sir John Evans Centenary Project
Website for the project concerning the archive and collection of Sir John Evans, one of the key figures in the history of archaeology and numismatics.
John Evans' Lake-Dwelling Collection
Online catalogue and discussion of the Sir John Evans collection of material from prehistoric lake dwellings in the Alpine region.
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New Hires and retirees will have a health coverage waiting period if there is no continuous Texas Employees Group Benefits Program (GBP) or state coverage. Health coverage will begin the first day of the month after the 60th day of employment. Health coverage includes comprehensive health and prescription drug benefits, along with the State paid $5,000 basic term life and $5,000 AD&D coverage. Employees enroll based on the county where they live or work.
The State pays the total cost of health coverage for full-time employees, and pays 50% health coverage costs for full-time employees' eligible dependents. For part-time employees the State pays 50% of health coverage for employees and 25% for eligible dependents.
HealthSelect of Texas, administered by United HealthCare Services, Inc., is available to all State employees.
The co-payment amount is $25.00 per office visit when utilizing the selected primary care physician (PCP).
- 80/20
- no deductible
- $2,000 per person calendar year out-of-pocket coinsurance expense
- 60/40
- $500 individual deductible
- $7,000 per person calendar year out-of-pocket coinsurance expense
- 70/30
- $200 individual deductible
- $3,000 per person calendar year out-of-pocket coinsurance expense
Rates vary and coverage is not available statewide. HMOs are available to employees if you live or work in a county served by an HMO.
- $25 per office visit
- $150 day plus 20% for inpatient hospital care
- $750 maximum up to 5 days per hospital stay
No evidence of insurability (EOI) is required and retirees are eligible for coverage.
Insurance premiums, other than for dependent life, short and long term disability, are deducted from gross pay prior to social security and federal withholding taxes.
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Projects in Action
A Shift to Project-Based Learning
Project-based learning is one instructional approach in a teacher's repertoire. While it is effective with giving students important 21st-century skills and connecting ideas across subject areas, it is not the only approach for teaching all skills and knowledge. Teachers who move to project-based instruction face challenges as they shift from traditional practices.
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Read about the change in roles for teachers and students as they move to technology-supported projects in the classroom.
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Learn how relationships grow inside the classroom to the local community and to the broader world with project work.
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The first thing I do when I walk onto a new job is sight-down the stem walls. On those few occasions when they"re not straight and flat, I pull the lines square and smooth the bumps before I even think about framing. Spend some time setting your sills correctly, and the rest of your framing can fly.
Start at the Stem Walls. Check your stem walls for square by pulling a 3-4-5 triangle. Determine the two longest axes of the building. Where these axes intersect, hook your tape on the corner and pull it 3 feet on the shorter of the two walls. Mark 3 feet on the outside edge of the concrete. Next, measure 4 feet on the longer wall. Hold your pencil against your tape at the 4-foot point and use it as a pendulum to make a line 2 or 3 inches long from the outside edge of the concrete arching inward.
Now, measure from the 3-foot mark on the short wall to the 4-foot line on the longer wall. Mark where 5 feet (on your tape) meets the line you drew at 4 feet. This mark represents a right angle and is square. Ideally, the 4-foot and 5-foot marks will meet at the outside edge of the stem wall.
Now that you have a dependable (but small) right angle, you can extend this line two ways. You can pull a string line from the corner of the stem wall through the point where the 5-foot line meets the 4-foot line, carrying it straight down the stem wall. Or (my preferred method) you can make the largest triangle possible, e.g. 6-8-10 or 30-40-50; the principle works with any multiple of 3-4-5. And, as a double check, I often pull diagonals, but use the primary reference lines the 3-4-5 establishes. Everything else from room/wall dimensions to stud/joist/rafter placement can be pulled from these two primary lines.
Adjusting the Square. If the stem walls are out of square, you must adjust both lines of the right triangle in or out from the edge of the concrete to keep the mudsill–and the floor system you build on it–square. By turning the triangle, you can move the reference lines in or out along the edge of the concrete. Always move your reference points to make the placement of your sill as flush as possible with the concrete to avoid problems later with sheathing or siding. Err on the side of having the sill overhang the concrete so that sheathing will be able to drop below the concrete, otherwise you"re cutting sheathing at the concrete.
If the stem walls are severely out of square and your sill plate just won"t align with the edge of the concrete, inform the general contractor or concrete sub before proceeding. Either of them might choose to correct the problem themselves. (A word to the wise: No one likes to be told that their work is wrong. Check, double-check, and triple-check before raising a red flag; you"ll be required to prove your point. If you"re right, hold your ground. Never agree to do your work wrong in order to make someone else"s look right.)


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Special Section: San Bernardino
SAN BERNARDINO -- A group of business owners and residents is submitting notices to the mayor, city attorney and City Council with a clear message: You've failed, and we plan to throw you out of office.
Officials were served Tuesday and Wednesday with notices of intent to submit a recall petition, said Scott Beard of the San Bernardino Residents for Responsible Government, the group behind the recall effort.
"It's a wake-up call that we've got to change our government," Beard said Wednesday. "There's so much potential in this community, and our leaders as a group have wasted it. "
If enough signatures are gathered - 15 percent of registered voters to recall Mayor Pat Morris and City Attorney James F. Penman and 25 percent of the voters in the ward of each of the seven council members - voters will be asked in November to clean the city's slate.
Only City Clerk Gigi Hanna and Treasurer David Kennedy are not targets of the recall because they weren't determined to be responsible for the city's problems, Beard said.
Councilman John Valdivia, for one, said he had served the city well and would continue to do so despite the recall effort.
"Here's my quote," Valdivia said. "Bring it on, exclamation mark, exclamation mark. "
City Attorney James F. Penman said a group of out-of-towners who previously supported Morris and his allies was orchestrating the recall for their own gain.
"The people leading the recall are the people who controlled San Bernardino from March 2006 to March 2012," Penman said. "These are the people responsible for the bankruptcy."
Penman said he suspected the group of business owners providing financial support for the recall effort wanted a council that would bow to their wishes.
"They're willing to put in thousands of dollars because what's at stake is millions of dollars. This is an investment for them," he said, then referred to the name of the committee. "They expect to get something back, and it's not just responsible government, as they falsely say. What they mean is 'the committee for government that will be responsible to us.' "
Beard, a San Bernardino resident and developer with Rialto-based Beard Realty, said he has only one project up for approval in the city - a Home Depot development from which he said he's disconnected himself because of the recall.
"Yes, I stand to gain financially from that as a developer," he said. "However, I knew that Mr. Penman would use this particular ruse as one of his misdirective communications. and the simple fact of the matter is I have withdrawn from that partnership so the city would not lose a Home Depot that ... (makes) $40 million a year in sales because Mr. Penman is so vindictive that he would make this accusation. "
Beard declined to name the biggest donors to the recall campaign or how much they've given, although he noted that such information must by law be reported eventually.
Among those who've vocally supported the recall plan is Larry Sharp, a Redlands resident and the former CEO of Arrowhead Credit Union.
"I think the council has not done what needs to be done with the bankruptcy, and I think it has to have responsibility for where the city is," Sharp said,
Sharp pointed to the city's budget, which depends on deferred payments in order to be "balanced," and to the fact that spending since the passage of an earlier plan in November has not completely followed the plan.
"Does that sound like a council that has fiscal responsibility? Does that sound like a council that has credibility?" he asked. "Not to me. "
Sharp also called Penman hypocritical for dismissing activists from outside city limits but supporting police and firefighters who often do not live in the city.
"They care a hell of a lot about the people who are in safety and fire, and guess what, they don't live in San Bernardino, either," Sharp said. "But nobody ever brings that up and says (to police and fire), 'You don't spend your money in San Bernardino.' The business people do. "
Other targeted officials were more sympathetic but considered the campaign misguided.
"If I were not an elected official, I'd probably be on board with them," Councilman Fred Shorett said. "(But) do it on a more strategic level, not all or nothing. I fear this throwing-out-the-baby-with-the-bathwater approach will backfire on them. "
It takes a lot of resources to collect signatures to recall nine candidates, then convince voters to kick them out, then vote for the preferred alternative, Shorett said, and the candidate who replaces some council members may be worse than the one currently holding office.
Beard said he was confident he had the community commitment and the money, and has a replacement in mind for each position. He said those names would come forward later, and he was open to other candidates who might be better than the ones the group has recruited.
Several city officials's positions are already up for election in November, including Morris', who has said he won't run. If the recall is successful, they would be removed as soon as the highest vote-getter's eligibility is confirmed or within 10 days, meaning terms would end in November rather than March.
Morris is also responsible for the city's problems and should be held accountable, Beard said.
"It's partly symbolic. We're holding them all responsible," he said.
In an emailed statement, Morris said he understood voters' frustration.
"If voters believe they must use this tool to ensure changes are made in City Hall to create a financially healthy city, that is a decision the voters will make in the coming months," he wrote. "My responsibility is to continue trying to work with the existing elected leadership to advance those necessary and critical changes. "
Hanna, the city clerk, said she would work with the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters Office to calculate the cost of a recall once the committee filed its notices.
There are 76,237 registered voters in the city, according to the registrar's website, meaning 11,435 signatures are required to recall Morris or Penman. The 25 percent threshold required for council members ranges from 2,029 votes in the 1st Ward to 3,655 votes in the 5th Ward, Hanna said.
Other supporters include Tom Brickley, president of Brickley Environmental, a San Bernardino-based environmental remediation contractor. Skeptics include Cliff Cummings, who owns the Toyota, Scion, Mitsubishi, and Subaru dealerships at the San Bernardino Auto Center.
"I'm marginally supportive," Cummings said, but he doubted the wisdom of trying to go after everyone at once, including those with expiring terms.
And coming on the heels of a billboard the San Bernardino Police Officers Association installed Tuesday to "congratulate" four council members and the mayor for having the nation's "worst-run city," according to a survey, he feared a recall further discouraged business.
"Right now, it looks like everyone's at everyone's throat," he said.
Reach Ryan via email, find him on Twitter @SBcityNow, or call him at 909-386-3916.


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Could somebody write how to connect iPhone 3gs via Bluetooth or USB?
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Can be done via wireless, i know thats not exactly what you asked for, but its one option. I'll have a go over usb and bluetooth and let you know if I get anywhere. Meanwhile this might help:
Firstly, jailbreak your iPhone and install MobileTerminal and SOCKS Relay (both of which can be found through Cydia).
On your BT machine setup an ad-hoc network.
This only seems to work (for me) using a B-class network.
Connect your iPhone to the network and make a note of your phone's ip address. At this point, if your phone's 3g symbol turns to a wifi symbol, open safari and refresh the page; doing this should revert the phone to the 3g symbol, without dropping your phone's connection to the ad-hoc network.
At this point the tether should be complete.
NB. As this is a socks proxy, your BT machine will only be able to use the phone's 3g internet connection through software that can be configured to use a socks proxy.
On your BT machine, open Firefox and, in the address bar, type: about:config.
This will take you into firefox's settings. In the filter bar type: Socks
Set the network.proxy.socks value to the phone's IP address.
Set the proxy_port to: 1080
Set the socks_remote_dns boolean value to: true
Finally in Firefox, goto: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Network > Settings...
Select Manual proxy configuration
Click OK
You should now be able to browse on your BT machine using your phone's 3g internet connection.
PS. If you install Openssh on your phone (again via Cydia), you can use this tether to negotiate and manage your phone file system on your BT machine.
Hope this helps.
you may want to google it, I know that for the blackberry there is a tool called thetherry or something like it that you download to your phone and also to your laptop. So I am pretty sure there is something similar for the iphone.
Umm...PdaNet? Assuming it's jailbroken you can tether it via USB or use it as a wireless AP by creating an ad hoc network. Just get it from cydia, it comes with instructions. There are numerous other ways to tether as well. Google. Also, I'm pretty sure this isn't related to BT4 in any way. This is an iphone question.


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Mahoney To Propose Budget With Property Tax Reduction
Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney plans to propose a 2014 budget that will cut property taxes by about $5 a year for a typical homeowner.
The budget proposal released by Mahoney's office cuts spending by 3.5 percent, but cuts no jobs. The $1.22 billion budget proposes a county property tax rate of $5.23 per $1,000 of valuation, the lowest in 50 years. Among the features of her budget is a proposal to offer free admission to county parks for veterans and active duty military. She will present the budget to the county legislature's Ways and Means Committee today, and they will begin a formal review of it Monday.


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Maybe a bit overkill but have a look at the Wiki:
Hi all;
I have 2 networkcard on my pc... one is wireless and other one is lancard. I want to use the wireless networkcard capture the internet and use lancard share with other pc. this is very easy to do on windows xp. but now I want to use backtrack to do it, because I have a HP compaq(t5000) it does not have a harddrive. but I can boot backtrack with a usb stick. and it works fine. I was wondering is that possible internet sharing on backtrack? I really want use this pc as a internet server. if some one know how to do it, please let me know.
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Amy went to the University of Colorado School of Nursing after first trying out engineering school. She loved nursing school and all of the people she met while there. Amy enjoys teaching health and knowing every child who comes to Morgridge Academy.
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LONG BEACH - Long Beach City College in partnership with Cal State Long Beach and the Long Beach Unified School has launched a new program designed to improve success for Latinos in higher education.
The college's Latino Student Success Institute is now searching for community organizations that are interested in participating to help improve graduation rates for Latinos. The program will provide scholarship funding for up to four members of community organizations who will participate in nine learning sessions from February to November.
Participants will receive a certificate in Latino cultural competency from the college's Center for Training and Professional Development.
The program includes materials and supplies for all nine sessions, access to special webinars and academic resources, and presentations from faculty and experts on issues facing Latinos.
LBCC's efforts come at a time when many Latino students are struggling in higher education. A study released last year by the California-based Campaign for College Opportunity found that the college transfer rate for Latino students is about half that of white students - 14 percent compared with 28 percent.
And while Latino students make up almost half of California's college-age population (age 18 to 24), they remain critically underrepresented in the state's four-year universities. The study found that just two out of 10 Latino students in community college complete an associate degree or transfer after six years, compared to 37 percent of whites.
At LBCC, nearly half of all students are Latino.
The college's new program is made possible by a grant from the Lumina Foundation and has been developed in partnership with the Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership, Building Health Communities, Centro CHA, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, the Campaign for College Opportunity and the City of Long Beach.
Organizations interested in applying should contact Vicki Lerch at email@example.com or call 562-938-4140. Applications and additional information is available at www.lbcc.edu/latinoinstitute
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LA VERNE - A man suspected of at least 10 bank robberies in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties was arrested after allegedly robbing a bank in La Verne and leading police on a chase Friday.
He was captured when his vehicle crashed into a tractor trailer in Monrovia.
At 1:20 p.m., La Verne police received a 9-1-1 call about a robbery at the Wells Fargo, 1487 Foothill Blvd.
The culprit got into a silver Hyundai Elantra and headed east on Foothill Boulevard. Police didn't say how much money, if any, the man stole.
Officers found the car southbound on D Street toward Bonita Avenue.
When officers tried to pull over the vehicle, the driver led them on pursuit exceeding 90 mph on city streets, Lt. Tom Frayeh said in a statement.
Frayeh said the chase went through La Verne, San Dimas, Glendora then west on the 210 Freeway and south on the 605 Freeway.
The speeding driver honked at other vehicles as he weaved past them on the freeway. He got off at Live Oak Avenue.
Monrovia police Lt. Nels Ortlund said the driver crashed into a tractor trailer on Myrtle and Live Oak avenues. The truck driver wasn't injured, Ortlund said.
The suspect ran but was caught.
La Verne police identified him as 30-year-old Dwight McGarrah.
La Verne police Sgt. Carlton Williams said McGarrah's knee was injured in the crash and he was taken to Los Angeles County USC Medical Center. He didn't know McGarrah's current condition.
Once released from the hospital, police said McGarrah will be booked on suspicion of robbery, evading police and reckless driving.
Police didn't have details about the other robberies.
- Ruby Gonzales


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Spring is right around the corner, I can feel it… (as I watch the snow falling from my window) and I am totally on board with blogger, Kristen Turner from Glitter and Glue, and am all for starting Spring a little early!
So bring on the color and start popping your collar with Kristen's brightened up button-downs and Stained by Sharpie!
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Study: Getting social key to walking programs
by Peggy Binette, email@example.com, 803-777-7704
Four years ago residents in south Sumter, S.C., didn't know their neighbors or take walks in their neighborhood for fear of violence amid gangs and drug dealers. That changed, in part, as the result of a University of South Carolina trial study called PATH or Positive Action for Today's Health.
South Sumter, like many underserved communities, is largely African-American with a higher prevalence of hypertension, obesity, poor nutrition and inactivity than the general population. Using community-led grassroots social marketing, such as personalized door hangers and calendars featuring photos of residents, the PATH trial increased walking and improved the connectedness and health of the community.
Findings from the health psychology study, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health, appear Thursday (Oct. 18) in the American Journal of Public Health.
The study, conducted by Dawn Wilson, a psychology professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, provides encouraging news for underserved African-American communities wanting to increase physical activity among residents. Wilson's findings showed that a social marketing approach to implementing a walking program is feasible and effective.
"This is the first study to provide evidence that grassroots social marketing can work in impoverished areas. Not knowing your neighbor is more common today. This is especially true in high crime areas where a neighbor could be a gang member. You don't know, and it is the unknown that terrifies people," Wilson said. "Getting out and walking increases awareness of your community."
Sumter was one of three South Carolina communities involved in the study. The other two included Florence and Orangeburg. Each community was given a slightly different intervention. Florence and Sumter had police-patrolled walking programs, with Sumter receiving an additional social marketing component. Orangeburg received a comprehensive health promotion program. All were aimed at improving the health of the community.
To help ensure success, Sumter residents were given input into the design of the health intervention program.
"We asked them what they would do if they had all the money in the world to make their neighborhood the way they wanted it. They said, 'We'd have a block party and get to know our neighbors,' " Wilson said. "They wanted to come together. Our research shows that social life is a big predictor on whether they come out and walk. In fact, if they don't have a social life, they are less likely to walk."
The effectiveness of the social component is evident in the comparison of the Florence and Sumter communities. Sidewalk walking trails were cleaned up and patrolled in the evening by police officers whom residents chose and trusted. Scheduled walks took place threeto five weekday mornings and evenings as well as Saturday morning. Sumter used social marketing to encourage participation and held Pride Strides, where residents could invite family members and choir and church groups to walk with them. Sumter saw as many as 494 people walking in a month as compared with Florence, which had about 40 people walking each month.
"The Pride Strides encouraged people to be leaders on their own. They'd bring out family and friends and their choirs. We gave them tips on how to share a prayer and personal health tips on walks. They tied that into their health, safety and spirituality themes on their calendar and door hangers. They developed friendships and confidence," Wilson said.
Wilson said police support was essential for the communities to achieve its social goals.
"Our qualitative data shows that it changed the relationship between the community and the police. When you make a physical presence, the prostitutes and drug dealers will move. Even though our study has concluded, the police are still supporting the community. They are coming through the community on a more regular basis and working with the residents to help them with their vision for their community. They're helping to keep things moving forward."
Sandra Coulon, a doctoral student who worked with Wilson on the trial design and implementation, said the study is novel because it is about creating a new environment.
"It wasn't contained in some sort of institution such as a church, school or YMCA. It was about how people get out and take charge of their neighborhood," Coulon said. "The peer-led walking groups in these communities were successful and building that police support was novel. We weren't sure how it would go, but the community guided us. Having them lead the efforts in their own community was the first thing that happened and the most successful strategy in the study."
Wilson said that the key to replicating the study in other impoverished communities is to build relationships and trust and understand that residents know what is best for their community. Researchers across the country have contacted Wilson about implementing the PATH program in underserved communities.
As a result of their increased activity and neighborly support, adults say that walking is easier, fun and has lessened blood pressure and pain from arthritis.
"It really has changed these people's lives," said Wilson, who credits the community for having a vision to overcome barriers of access and safety, for greater connectedness as it PATH to better health.
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Egypt´s liberals walk out, leaving Islamists to write a constitution (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) By Kristen Chick CAIRO, EGYPT 03/28/12)
Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/0328/Egypt-s-liberals-walk-out-leaving-Islamists-to-write-a-constitution
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Of the 100-member assembly elected this weekend to craft Egypt´s new constitution, about a fifth resigned before the group met today to begin writing.
A process that was supposed to be one of the crowning achievements of Egypts uprising the writing of a new constitution began today amid controversy over the heavily Islamist makeup of the assembly chosen to craft the document.
A quarter of the 100-member constituent assembly did not attend the first session today, including about 20 mostly liberals and leftist figures who resigned from the body in protest (the reason for the other absences wasn´t immediately clear). They complained that the Muslim Brotherhoods party, along with the ultraconservative Islamist Nour Party, rushed the assemblys election process to push through their own candidates, resulting in an Islamist-dominated assembly they say does not adequately represent minority groups and political ideologies.
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The constitution will help determine how democratic the new Egypt will be, in part by outlining the balance between the powers of the presidency and Parliament. If the process continues without a compromise by the Brotherhood, it could result in a constitution rejected by many Egyptians, leading to instability and more military intervention in politics in the Arab world´s most populous country, a major recipient of US aid.
[Egypt´s government] has talked a good game but this is its first consequential act, and if its first consequential act is alienating segments of society, that bodes ill, says Michael Hanna, a fellow at the New York-based Century Foundation. This will have long-lasting impact."
And by deepening the Islamist-secular rift in Egyptian politics, he adds, that sort of outcome would damage Parliament´s ability to limit the military´s political role. "It´s potentially a really damaging problem," he says.
To be enduring, critics say, the constitution must be a document based on national consensus, not on who won an election especially not a vote held in the tumultuous months following a revolution.
"It´s not the same as a majority in parliament passing and drafting a law," says Mr. Hanna. "It´s supposed to represent something broader.... something more than this particular moment."
Islamists won about 70 percent of the seats in Egypt´s first parliamentary election since the uprising, as the 80-year-old Brotherhood capitalized on its deep roots and organization and newer liberal parties struggled to gain recognition.
The Brotherhood´s political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, says that FJP and Nour members of parliament make up only 30 percent of the assembly, and FJP member Essam El Erian says the assembly is representative of the Egyptian population. Even with an additional 30 percent of assembly members whom liberals point out are close to the Brotherhood or come from Islamist backgrounds, that still represents a smaller Islamist bloc in the assembly than in parliament.
The FJP, the most powerful party in parliament, had promised an inclusive process based on consensus. But liberal parties say the group pushed its candidates through without discussion or deliberation.
Nour and FJP leaders deny the constituent assembly was rushed, and say they gave plenty of time for discussion. Some observers say the liberal walkout is a symptom of a sore loser mentality.
Six women, six Christians
The members of the body tasked with writing the constitution, which is known as the constituent assembly, were chosen by Egypts newly elected parliament this past weekend in line with a constitutional declaration adopted by referendum a year ago that lays out a road map for Egypts transitional period.
Only six women and six Christians were elected to the body despite the fact that Christians make up about 10 percent of Egypts 85 million people. And there are few experts in constitutional matters or human rights.
Mustapha Kamal Al Sayyid, who was among those elected but resigned from the body, says that those who were chosen to represent non- Islamist groups very often were people who did not carry much weight within their own constituencies, particularly with Christians and women. (One of the Christians chosen is a deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhoods FJP party, for example.)
Mohamed Aboulghar, the head of the secular Egyptian Social Democratic Party, says members of secular parties were taken by surprise after having been given previous Brotherhood assurances. Now they fear the Islamist parties want to write an Islamic constitution.
Then let them write an Islamic constitution, says. Dr. Aboulghar, whose party pulled its members from the assembly. We will not participate; we will not vote on it. Let them write it as they like.
Some have criticized secular parties for boycotting the body instead of attempting to influence it. But Aboulghar says they would not have had any influence. It was not possible to make a difference in this form. Writing a constitution should not be done by a majority in a parliament that represents only a temporary period in a country.
If the Islamists go forward alone, says Aboulghar, Egyptians will not see the resulting constitution as legitimate and the document may not survive long.
That could give an opportunity for the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), the military council ruling Egypt until power is transferred to a civilian president, to reject the constitution and refuse to put it to a referendum, furthering Egypts political instability, says Dr. Sayyid. That assumes the constituent assembly finishes its work before a new president is elected by June.
The fight with liberal parties comes at a difficult time for the Brotherhood, at the height of a confrontation with the military. Whereas some liberals were once willing to work with the Brotherhood to limit the influence of the military, liberal parties may now be less apt to cooperate as the Brotherhood tries to prevent the military from playing a role in politics after the handover of power.
How the empty seats may be filled
At a press conference Tuesday, one of the constituent assembly members who resigned called on the military to intervene and redefine how the assembly should be chosen.
The spots vacated in protest could be filled by a list of alternates, topped by Muslim Brotherhood and Nour members, whom the parliament also elected this weekend.
Another way to resolve the crisis would be a compromise by the Brotherhood to bring back those who resigned. One FJP member of parliament said in a statement released on Facebook last night that the party is ready to replace some members of the assembly.
But today, the assembly charged ahead with business, electing as its president Saad El Katatny, an FJP member and speaker of the parliament. Mr. Katatny formed a committee to contact those who were not present and negotiate their return. Dr. Erian of FJP said the committee would immediately launch dialogue with those who resigned, and he hoped they would return.
But Sayyid said that the FJP would have to agree to change the composition of the assembly to win their return. With so many perceived problems, he says, I guess it will be very difficult to remedy all of this. (© The Christian Science Monitor. 03/28/12)
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W&W and Headhunterz have teamed up for a shocker of a tune ... literally! Their new collab is called "Shocker" and it's ready to bring a jolt to dance floors everywhere.
The track was first premiered at W&W's mainstage set at EDC Las Vegas and combines both of their styles and talents to create one massive track that is sure to have fans on their feet at all times.
"Shocker" is due out later this summer. Check out a short preview below!
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It reads like the plot to a bad revenge-themed action movie:
A former Los Angeles cop who allegedly warned he would target law enforcement in retribution for being fired is now suspected of shooting three officers early Thursday, killing one, authorities said.
The shootings — which come a day after Irvine, California, police named Christopher Jordan Dorner as the suspect in a double slaying there Sunday — sparked a huge manhunt in Southern California.
It also left officers extremely jittery. According to a senior law enforcement source, two people were wounded when officers in Torrance, California, opened fire on a blue pickup truck after it pulled up in front of a house where they were guarding a fellow officer Dorner had allegedly named as a target.
The truck — which turned out to be a newspaper delivery vehicle — resembled the truck Dorner is believed to be driving, the source said. Police also shot at another blue pickup in that city, but no one was injured in that incident, the source said.
The California Highway Patrol issued an alert Thursday morning urging officers in several Southern California counties to be on the lookout for the onetime officer and Navy lieutenant who allegedly threatened police officers and their families in a lengthy letter complaining of his treatment by the Los Angeles Police Department.
The Dorner manifesto is chilling to behold.
As Christopher Dorner tells the tale, a good cop turns in a bad cop to internal affairs for beating a suspect in handcuffs, earns the ire of the department for crossing the "thin blue line," sees his career and life destroyed as a result, and goes on a bloody rampage to get to those who have tormented him. The vendetta targets LAPD officers, brass, and their families, and seems to threaten anyone who attempts to help injured officers.
So far, he has executed the daughter of a former police captain and her fiancee, killed one LAPD officer and has wounded two more (one seriously) as the manhunt widens. He claims to own .50 BMG rifles and even more incredibly claims to have SA-7s, which are first generation man-portable surface-to-air missiles of Russian design.
The LAPD is freaking out in result to Dorner's rampage and have already shot up two vehicles, with more than 40 rounds fired into one vehicle sending two people to the hospital. Rather obviously, Dorner has one of the largest police forces in the United States reacting rashly and dangerously, and we can only hope that no one is killed by a trigger happy cop firing at ghosts and shadows.
The only thing more chilling than the Dorner manifesto linked above, is the partial Dorner manifesto (PDF) being misrepresented as a complete document, where his gun-control loving, pro-Hillary, pro-Obama, rants are completely edited out. Yes, like the Occupy terrorists, Floyd Corkins, and Nkosi Thandiwe, Christopher Dorner is another radical left wing terrorist the media is trying hard to cover up for, even as they are forced to cover his crimes.
It's highly unethical, dishonest, and well, your media folks. They'll cover up whatever they deem fit to protect their narrative.


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Modern Wheat Causing Illness
Modern wheat may be making people sick.
Humans have been eating wheat for about 10,000 years, but modern research has shown most -- perhaps all -- people develop problems with their intestines because of certain kinds of proteins found in wheat.
The situation got worse in the 1980s when new high-yield strains created by genetic scientists were introduced into the food supply with proteins that are even less healthy for humans. Most Americans consume wheat as the source for 50, 60, or even 70 percent of their calories.
One researcher calls that an "extremely unnatural and perverse situation."
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'"Obviously, it sends a message that things are not good enough around here for anybody," said center Derek Roy, who scored with 7.3 seconds left to send the game to overtime. "We can't be happy with the way we're playing. We can't be happy with losing."'
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Chili Peppers' halftime appearance was most Shazamed Super Bowl moment
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers cameo during the Super Bowl halftime show apparently piqued a lot of viewers' interest.
According to "Billboard," the moment the shirtless rockers took the stage to perform "Give It Away" with Bruno Mars Sunday night was the Super Bowl's most searched moment on Shazam.
The music search app racked up a record-smashing total of 700,000 uses over the entire game, with more than half coming during the halftime performance.
Mars singing "Just the Way You Are" was the second most searched moment, followed by Chevrolet's "Life" ad with the song "Don't Leave" by Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun.
The Bank of America ad featuring the debut of U2's new song "Invisible" was also one of this year's top five most Shazamed Super Bowl commercials.
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GSA Ships Decorations, Holiday Cheer to U.S. Troops in Middle East
December 11, 2007
Contact: Deborah K. Ruiz, (202) 501-1231
Agency Employees Send Food, Care Packages To Those Serving Overseas
WASHINGTON — A special holiday shipment will leave the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) today, headed for U.S. troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the agency announced. Volunteers from GSA packed boxes of food, personal items and forget-me-nots for the third straight year to show support for American service members stationed overseas this holiday season.
"Each day our men and women in the military place their personal safety second to our nation's security," said GSA Administrator Lurita Doan. "We hope that showing our appreciation in this small way gives them a big lift at a time when they may need it most. I am so proud of this grassroots effort by our employees to support our troops."
Volunteers filled the special holiday shipment through the agency's Holiday Boxes of Cheer program in conjunction with Operation Support Our Troops, a national non-profit organization that coordinates mailings to U.S. troops. The shipment of 87 boxes will depart today from Crystal City in Arlington, Va., and head for John F. Kennedy International Airport – in coordination with the U.S. Postal Service – destined for U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Contributions such as letters and greeting cards, magazines, toiletries, games, food, clothing, disposable cameras, holiday decorations and other miscellaneous items provided and collected by employees of GSA will be received in time for the holidays by American troops serving overseas. According to recently published media reports, an estimated 162,000 U.S. troops are currently in Iraq while an estimated 26,000 American troops are in Afghanistan.
Now in its third year, GSA's Holiday Boxes of Cheer initiative launched in December 2004 when the agency delivered a shipment totaling 25 boxes filled with holiday-related items to troops stationed at remote locations in Iraq. In 2006, volunteers with GSA's Holiday Boxes of Cheer program packed and shipped more than 60 boxes of donated items, including CD and DVD players, to men and women serving overseas.
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Founded in 1949, GSA serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the federal government. GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,600 government-owned or leased buildings and 208,000 vehicles. GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 425 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services. GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and E-Gov travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
Did You Know? An estimated 12,100 employees work at the U.S. General Services Administration, recently named among the top 10 Best Places to Work in federal government for 2007.


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Matthew Williamson Fall 2013
Although Matthew Williamson has long been known for translating memories of far-flung sojourns into colorful inspiration for his Bohemian-feel runway collections, the starting point for fall came from closer to home. An old battered sofa covered in a tapestry of fading roses that had been beloved for many years felt fresh again once he'd moved into a new apartment in North London, and swiftly became the collection's underlying theme. Recreated here in heftily woven jacquard coats and skirts, which had been overlaid with neon embroidery and beading, the fabric for Williamson "really embodied the idea of a quintessential British girl in winter."
But despite loyally keeping his business rooted in London while many of his peers jumped ship to Paris, doing the same with his aesthetic simply isn't his natural inclination. Therefore as the show progressed, Williamson's English rose traveled across the seas to the magnetic poles on the Northern hemisphere—the Northern Lights—by way of shimmering degradé sequin column dresses. The Nordic theme was one he'd begun to explore for pre-fall with a gentle folkloric hand, but here it was hyped a little too far into holographic territory and much of the natural beauty he'd captured last season—digital scenic landscape prints on T-shirts for example—was lost.
Where Williamson steadied himself was with sharply tailored outerwear and floral A-line trapeze dresses in a muted tone the color of cloudy Scandinavian skies (the perfect embodiment of his dual colliding themes). Then there's the capsule collection of leather handbags launching for the first time this season: Taking over from a previous impulse for tassel and beaded pouches with a global traveler feel, these totes and duffels—featuring slices of floral tapestry and sections of textured leather and pony hair—felt grounded and, in turn, more appropriate for his contemporary, city-bound devotees.


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Cub Scouting is fun! No matter what grade you are in, first through fifth, it can be a blast. Do you like to learn by doing? This is just the place. You can learn to tie knots, set up a tent, shoot a bow and arrow. Have you ever cooked a meal on a campfire? Sent a secret code to a buddy? Built a birdhouse? Played Ultimate? Hiked? All that and you can earn rewards for doing these things in Cub Scouts.
Purposes of Cub Scouting
Cub Scouting is a family-oriented part of the Boy Scouts of America program designed for boys who are in first through fifth grades (or are 7, 8, 9, and 10 years of age). Parents, leaders, and organizations work together to achieve the 10 purposes of Cub Scouting:
- Character Development
- Spiritual Growth
- Good Citizenship
- Sportsmanship and Fitness
- Family Understanding
- Respectful Relationships
- Personal Achievement
- Friendly Service
- Fun and Adventure
- Preparation for Boy Scouts
The Methods of Cub Scouting
Cub Scouting uses eight specific methods to achieve Scouting's aims of helping boys and young adults build character, train in the responsibilities of citizenship, and develop personal fitness. These methods are incorporated into all aspects of the program. Through these methods, Cub Scouting happens in the lives of boys and their families.
1. The ideals: The Cub Scout Promise, the Law of the Pack, and the Cub Scout sign, handshake, motto, and salute all teach good citizenship and contribute to a boy's sense of belonging.
2. The den: Boys like to belong to a group. The den is the place where boys learn new skills and develop interests in new things. They have fun in den meetings, during indoor and outdoor activities, and on field trips. As part of a small group of six to eight boys, they are able to learn sportsmanship and good citizenship. They learn how to get along with others. They learn how to do their best, not just for themselves but also for the den.
3. Advancement: Recognition is important to boys. The advancement plan provides fun for the boys, gives them a sense of personal achievement as they earn badges, and strengthens family understanding. Cub Scout leaders and adult family members work with boys on advancement projects.
4. Family involvement: Family involvement is an essential part of Cub Scouting. When we speak of parents or families, we are not referring to any particular family structure. Some boys live with two parents, some live with one parent, some have foster parents, and some live with other relatives or guardians. Whomever a boy calls his family is his family in Cub Scouting.
5. Activities: In Cub Scouting, boys participate in a wide variety of den and pack activities, such as games, projects, skits, songs, outdoor activities, and trips. Also, the Cub Scout Academics and Sports program and Cub Scouting's Fun for the Family include activities that encourage personal achievement and family involvement.
6. Home- and neighborhood-centered: Cub Scouting meetings and activities happen in urban areas, in rural communities, in large cities, in small towns—wherever boys live.
7. The uniform: The Cub Scout uniform helps build pride, loyalty, and self-respect. Wearing the uniform to all den and pack meetings and activities also encourages a neat appearance, a sense of belonging, and good behavior.
8. Making Character Connections: Throughout the program, leaders learn to identify and use character lessons in activities so boys can learn to know, commit, and practice the 12 core values of Cub Scouting. Character Connections are included in all the methods of Cub Scouting and are the program themes for monthly pack meetings.
The twelve Core Values of Cub Scouting
- Citizenship: Contributing service and showing responsibility to local, state, and national communities.
- Compassion: Being kind, considerate, and showing concern for the well-being of others.
- Cooperation: Being helpful and working together with others toward a common goal.
- Courage: Being brave and doing what is right regardless of our fears, the difficulties, or the consequences.
- Faith: Having inner strength and confidence based on our trust in God.
- Health and Fitness: Being personally committed to keeping our minds and bodies clean and fit.
- Honesty: Telling the truth and being worthy of trust.
- Perseverance: Sticking with something and not giving up, even if it is difficult.
- Positive Attitude: Being cheerful and setting our minds to look for and find the best in all situations.
- Resourcefulness: Using human and other resources to their fullest.
- Respect: Showing regard for the worth of something or someone.
- Responsibility: Fulfilling our duty to God, country, other people, and ourselves
Cub Scout Organization
Part of the inherent strength of the Cub Scout program is its organization. At its most basic, Cub Scouting consists of:
- A boy—The individual boy is the basic building block for Cub Scouting and is its most important element. It is only when each boy's character, citizenship, and fitness are enhanced that the program is successful.
- A den—Each boy belongs to a den of similarly aged boys. The den is the boy's Cub Scout family where he learns cooperation and team building, and finds support and encouragement.
- A leader—Adult leadership is critical to achieving the purposes and aims of Scouting. By example, organized presentations, and one-on-one coaching, the boy learns the value and importance of adult interaction.
- A pack—Each den is part of a larger group of boys of different ages and experience levels in Cub Scouting. The pack provides the resources for enhanced activities, opportunities for leadership, and a platform for recognition.
While there are other parts of the Cub Scout organization (districts, councils, etc.) which are important administratively and to support adult leaders, they are more or less transparent to the boy in Cub Scouting.
Advancement Trail
On the advancement trail, a Cub Scout progresses from rank to rank, learning new skills as he goes. Each of the ranks and awards in Cub Scouting has its own requirements. As you advance through the ranks, the requirements get more challenging, to match the new skills and abilities you learn as you get older.
Regardless of a boy's age, the Bobcat Badge is the first step in a boy's progression after registering as a Cub Scout. Among other requirements, the Bobcat must learn the Cub Scout Handshake, the Cub Scout Salute, and how to give the Cub Scout Sign. Following Bobcat, the other ranks are as follows:
- Tiger Cubs- 1st Grade
- Wolf Cubs- 2nd Grade
- Bear Cubs- 3rd Grade
- Webelos Scouts- 4th&5th Grade
- Arrow of Light - The highest rank in Cub Scouting is the Arrow of Light Award. Earning this rank prepares a Webelos Scout to become a Boy Scout. Webelos Scouts who have earned the Arrow of Light Award have also completed all requirements for the Boy Scout badge.
Responsibilities to the Boys
All Cub Scout leaders have certain responsibilities to the boys in Cub Scouts. Each leader should:
- Respect boys' rights as individuals and treat them as such. In addition to common-sense approaches this means that all parents/guardians should have reviewed How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent's Guide, and all youth leaders must have taken the BSA's Youth Protection training.
- See that boys find the excitement, fun, and adventure that they expected when they joined Cub Scouting.
- Provide enthusiasm, encouragement, and praise for boys' efforts and achievements.
- Develop among the boys a feeling of togetherness and team spirit that gives them security and pride.
- Provide opportunities for boys to experience new dimensions in their world.
Den Leader Responsibilities
In addition to the leader's general responsibility to the boys in Cub Scouting, the den leader has certain other leadership responsibilities that may be summarized as follows:
- Work directly with other den and pack leaders to ensure that their den is an active and successful part of the pack.
- Plan, prepare for, and conduct den meetings with the assistant den leader and den chief (if Wolf, Bear or Webelos den leaders) or adult partners (if Tiger Cub den leaders).
- Attend the pack leaders' meetings.
- Lead the den at the monthly pack activity.
- Ensure the transition of their Cub Scouts to a den of the next rank (or to a Boy Scout troop if Webelos) at the end of the year.
Cubmaster Responsibilities
Den leaders and Cubmasters (with supporting unit committee members) represent the leadership team that makes the pack go. In general, the Cubmaster (sometimes referred to as the unit leader) is the guiding hand behind the work of other pack leaders and serves as program adviser to the pack committee. He or she is a recruiter, supervisor, director, planner, and motivator of other leaders.


text: OverviewBack to top Mate Factor - Organic Yerba Mate Loose Herb Tea Fresh Green - 12 oz. Item# :110674UPC# :830568000040 Brand:Mate Factor Size/Form:12 oz. Ship Weight:0.80 Flavor:Fresh Green Mate Factor Organic Yerba Mate Loose Herb Tea Fresh Green - 12 oz. (340g) Mate Factor Organic Yerba Mate Loose Herb Tea Fresh Green is the healthy energizer. Mate Factor is unique, as it is fresh, not aged and has no smoky flavor. Taste and feel the difference. Why Does Their Fresh Green Yerba Mate Tastes So Good? They do not age their Yerba Mate: All other yerba mate sold in the USA is aged for 1-2 years before being packaged, according to cultural traditions from Paraguay, Uraguay and Argentina. However, in Brazil, mate is commonly preferred as fresh as possible. The Mate Factor prefers this style, since it preserves the life-giving nutrients and the fresh green taste. Their Yerba Mate Process is an Art: They have spent years perfecting the "art" of creating delicately delicious Yerba Mate. They have painstakingly learned the vast array of factors that control the final flavor and vibrancy, in order to produce, The Mate Factor. No Smoky Flavor: They dry their Mate; using an art we have developed that preserves the natural flavor and also keeps our original green flavor Mate tea free from smoke. This low heat process protects natural enzymes that exist in yerba mate. 100% Certified Organic: We use one hundred percent certified organic Yerba Mate, responsibly grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers, preserving the environment where our Mate is grown. The Yerba Mate Plant Read about the qualities of Yerba Mate, the amazing herb from South America The yerba mate plant, which is really a tree, is an evergreen from the Holly family that grows in the subtropical forests of South America. The yerba mate tree, from the Aquifoliacae family, stands between 6 to 8 meters tall, being able to reach even 15 meters. There are many different species in the family, the Ilex gender having more than 550, the holly plant included, 280 species found in South America, 60 of which occur in southern Brazil. Only 3 species though are used in the mate industry (I. paraguariensis, I. angustifolia, I. amara), Ilex Paraguariensis being the most important. The mate plant, due to the widespread genetic variety of the Ilex family, may have white or light purple stems, and thick waxy leaves that may present dented or smooth edges. The Flavor The amount of xanthene alkaloids in the leaves of maté is believed to be directly related to the quality of the soil. This influences the flavor of the yerba mate giving it a milder taste. This flavor varies from region to region, the soil of southern Brazil presenting drastic variations in mineral content, texture, and organic mass. The tendency though, is for the cultivated maté to have a stronger bitterness, and probably higher xanthene content. The native trees, which grow in the nitrogen-rich topsoil of the Paraná Pine forests, tend to have a milder bitterness, characterized by a stronger leafy flavor. Obtaining the right balance of these is the secret to having a stable, fresh tasting yerba mate. Size and Shape of the Trees and Leaves The factor that characterizes the size and shape of the yerba mate trees is the amount of sunlight received. In the dense subtropical forest, the fight for sunlight has developed the trees so that they have long slender trunks with a large leafy top. This applies to the native yerba mate trees, which develop a longer trunk, reaching 45 feet tall to reach the sunlight. The cultivated trees are pruned to spread, creating large bushes, which rarely develop large trunks. They are carefully harvested each season to maintain the bush-like shape which eases the labor in harvesting. The leaves also present a difference in size and shape. The native leaves are usually smaller and darker in color. The cultivated leaves are larger, and occasionally, the serrated edge of the leaf becomes less evident. Growing Mate Organically One of the obstacles faced by cultivated yerba mate is the weeds. The use of herbicides is widespread in cultivated areas, therefore posing threats to the natural balance of the subtropical forests and grasslands. For this reason, we have also chosen yerba mate plantations that are surrounded by native forest. This avoids all possibility of contamination. The International Organic Regulations are followed in all of our certified plantations. Native yerba mate doesn't face the same challenge, as the weeds do not grow in the dense forest. Most native yerba mate is, by default, organic. We have all our native yerba mate areas certified though, and conduct extraction in a manner that doesn't damage the other vegetation in the forest. The Mate Factor Difference Mate Factor Yerba Mate is Fresh In order to preserve as many fresh nutrients as possible as well as the bright green flavor of the herb we do not age our yerba mate like other mate companies do. Most yerba mate sold in the USA is aged for 1-2 years before being packaged, according to cultural traditions from Paraguay, Uraguay and Argentina. However, in Brazil, yerba mate is commonly preferred as fresh as possible. The Mate Factor prefers this style, since it preserves the life-giving nutrients and the fresh green taste our customers love. They have spent years perfecting the "art" of creating delicately delicious Yerba Mate. They have painstakingly learned the vast array of factors that control the final flavor and vibrancy, in order to produce the best tasting, most nutritious yerba mate tea possible! Processing their Yerba Mate immediately upon harvest, Mate Factor mate is vacuum packed into triple barrier freshness sealed bags. Once the process is completed, their mate is trucked to port in order to be shipped out immediately. They do this because they love fresh Yerba Mate! Processed in Low Heat with No Smoky Flavor They cure their yerba mate using the CleanHeat method we developed that keeps the Yerba Mate free from smoke, preserving the vital nutrients & natural flavor of our herb. Their process protects the natural enzymes that exist in Yerba Mate, insuring that the plant never reaches temperatures that would damage the natural constituents. This careful process produces a bright, smooth flavor that makes Mate Factor Mate superb not only by itself, but as a base for blending your own drinks, hot or cold. Generous Portions & Quality Ingredients They offer generous portions in both our tea bags and loose teas. Our tea bags weigh 3.5 grams each DOUBLE the size of many tea bags on the market, producing a fuller effect. Their loose teas come in a generous 12 oz bag, making approximately 4 gallons of organic yerba mate tea. They spare no effort in finding the highest quality herbs and spices to use in our flavored mate teas. 100% Certified Organic Yerba Mate They use 100% percent certified organic Yerba Mate, responsibly grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers, preserving the environment where their Yerba Mate is grown. They gather Yerba Mate from different regions with specific characteristics to achieve their special green flavor. Farmer Friendly - Fairly Traded Their company was founded on helping the producers earn a fair wage for their labor. They enjoy a personal, mutually beneficial relationship with their producers and have worked together closely in promoting organics in both the United States and Brazil. Harvesting and Processing After the yerba mate trees have reached 4-6 years old, they are ready to begin being harvested. At this point, cultivated yerba mate trees are around 4-5 meters tall and of almost the same diameter, native yerba mate trees may reach up to 15 meters tall and 3-4 in diameter. The harvest occurs once every 2 years, in a rotating system, where only a part of the plantation is harvested at a time, providing a constant supply of leaves and giving the yerba mate trees 2 years to replace the growth lost in the pruning. The native yerba mate trees may be harvested at any time of the year, but only every 3 or 4 years, unlike the cultivated yerba mate trees which are harvested at the end of winter. The workers that gather the yerba mate leaves are from experienced families, being trained to harvest the yerba mate, pruning the trees the right way, a skill that has been passed down in these families for many years. They spread a white nylon tarp or sheet on the ground around the yerba mate tree to prevent prolonged contact with the ground and cut the branches. They then cut out the larger sticks leaving only the smaller branches and bundle them up in the tarps, loading them for transport to the processing plant. Special care is applied so that the tree is not hurt during the harvest. Shortly after harvest the yerba mate trees put out new shoots, which is the growth harvested 2 years later. The harvest time does determine the flavor of the yerba mate, as well as its nutritional properties, especially its stimulant content. Yerba mate leaves gathered in February and March tend to have a notably higher stimulating effect than the leaves gathered in September, but they also tend to have a bitterer flavor, as the new buds are then emerging. When they arrive at the yerba mate processing plant, the branches are spread on a conveyor belt that carries them to the hopper of what is called in Portuguese a "Sapecador" (Saw-pa-caw-door). There the branches fall through the leaping flames of a fire. This fire is made our proprietary Cleanheat System , so that the yerba mate leaves do not come in contact with the dense smoke that results in traditional wood fires. This process heats the surface of the leaf to 400°C for fractions of a second, breaking a thin film of protective enzymes that coats the surface of the leaf. These enzymes, peroxidase and polifenoloxidase would otherwise hinder the evaporation of the water content and cause oxidation in the leaves during the remaining drying process, rendering it useless. This process also removes microorganisms that could otherwise cause fermentation and contamination in the product. This does not heat the inner part of the yerba mate leaf over 65°C leaving the nutritional properties intact. The yerba mate leaves and branches then roll through a spinning cylinder through which Cleanheat is blown, maintaining the leaves under a controlled temperature to initiate the dehydration. When they leave this first cylinder the leaves and branches are crushed to reduce them to a size that will quicken the dehydration. They then enter the dehydration cylinder, a triple spinning cylinder where they travel back and forth three times, all the while being drafted with warm air from our Cleanheat. The temperature in this cylinder is lower than the previous one, enabling an even drying of the yerba mate leaves. After running the dehydration system the yerba mate leaves are cut, sifted and remixed to match the specific cut's specifications of leaf size, leaf powder percentage etc. We combine percentages of native yerba mate and cultivated yerba mate to reach the desired flavor. The yerba mate then sits for at least 24 hours to let the rest of the humidity evaporate. It then is packaged in 2.5kg and 340g triple layer bags for prolonged freshness, or in larger bags for the bulk market. In our triple-layer bags, the yerba mate can be maintained in a stable condition for more than two years, maintaining intact the nutritional properties. The triple-layer package serves as a barrier to oxygen and light, the main sources of oxidation. Studies have shown that the properties of yerba mate suffer little variation during this process; the mineral percentage actually concentrates due to the evaporation of the water. There were variations observed in yerba mate that had been exposed to the smoke of the traditional log fires used to dry yerba mate. These we have stabilized with our Cleanheat system, in order to preserve the full nutrition of the original leaf. Yerba Mate Nutrition Botanical Name: Ilex Paraguariensis (Part of the Holly Family) Minerals Richly Found in Yerba Maté that Support Metabolism and Development chromium copper iron manganese potassium zinc More Antioxidants than Green Tea - Antioxidants in Yerba Mate Studies show Yerba Mate to be higher in antioxidants than Green Tea. Partially responsible for this is the high levels of polyphenols found in Yerba Mate. Polyphenols are indicated to perform similarly to the 293 natural antioxidant enzymes in the body, and are believed to support these natural health promoting systems. Largely responsible for the high antioxidant value of Yerba Mate are the very high levels of caffeoyl derivatives found in Mate compared to other plants. These include caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, 3, 4-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 3, 5-dicaffeoylquinic acid, and 4, 5-dicaffeoylquinic acid. Polyphenols in Yerba Mate: Caffeic Acid Caffeine Caffeoyl Derivatives Caffeoylshikimic Acid Chlorogenic Acid Feruloylquinic Acid Kaempferol Quercetin Quinic Acid Rutin Theobromine The Healthy Energizer The energizing effects of Yerba Mate are longer lasting than traditional caffeine beverages, and are found by most to be free from side effects such as, the jitters, mood swings, addiction, and post stimulation fatigue. The bottom line is, Yerba Mate gives you energy that really feels good. Yerba Mate has 3 xanthine alkaloids, working together with a rich host of nutritional components, creating the unique healthy energizing effect. The xanthines are caffeine, theobromine and Theophylline. Mate is low in caffeine, and theophylline, yet high in theobromine, which has less effect on your nervous system than caffeine. A hypothesis exists that Yerba Mate contains its own unique xanthine alkaloid that hasn't been clinically identified yet. Anecdotally, the overwhelming majority have reported that Yerba Mate does not give them the healthy problems they experience from coffee. Many who have had problems with caffeine and desire to get off of it, find Yerba Mate to be the answer they were looking for. Yerba Mate & Weight Loss Yerba Mate is believed to aid in weight loss and has growing interest in those studying obesity control. Studies cite Yerba Mate to potentially interfere with cholesterol metabolism and delay intestinal absorption of dietary fat. Obese men and women consuming Mate tea have shown a decrease in respiratory quotient (RQ), indicating an increase in fat oxidation. A study done in 1998 at the Foundation University of Rio Grande, Brazil, showed that Mate is capable of vaso relaxation of arterial beds, which that the it may be able to lower the risk for heart disease in the same way that red wine is believed to do. The thermogenic effect of Yerba Mate has been the source of interest to both researchers and those desiring to lose weight.


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