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While the Romney and Obama camps have made increasingly bitter accusations about each other's plans for Medicare, a bipartisan consensus on entitlements has emerged in the past few years. Too bad that consensus is wrong.
On both left and right, the politicians and the experts are saying the United States needs to fix Medicare — and have made fixing Social Security an afterthought. President Barack Obama has signed changes to Medicare into law, but has done nothing about Social Security. For two years in a row, Republicans in Congress have supported budgets that rein in the growth of Medicare spending but leave Social Security alone. Expect to hear a lot more about Medicare than Social Security at the Republican convention this week.
The main reason Medicare is getting more attention is that in the long run, it has much higher costs than Social Security. That's why it's often described, accurately, as the driver of America's long-term debt problem.
The Social Security gap looks small, though, only in relation to Medicare. On any other scale, it's pretty big. The 1983 deal to fix Social Security is often held up as a model of bipartisan achievement, with the implication that it just needs to be replicated to fill the gap: No big deal. Charles Blahous, a Social Security trustee and the author of a recent book on the program, points out that this model is actually pretty discouraging.
In 1983, the financing gap over the next 75 years amounted to 1.8 percent of payroll. Blahous estimates that the gap today, measured using the same standards as in 1983, is 3.5 percent: almost double what it was then. And every year that passes without action, that number gets bigger. Do we think today's politicians are prepared to solve twice as large a problem as their predecessors did?
Right now, we spend more money on Social Security than on Medicare, and that will remain the case for a while. The programs' trustees project that by 2035 Social Security will consume 6.4 percent of the economy and Medicare 5.7 percent. The Medicare projection may be optimistic about recent attempts to impose cost controls, but we shouldn't expect Medicare to become vastly larger than Social Security in the next two decades. After that point, Social Security costs start going down as demographics play out while Medicare becomes a vastly larger problem.
But our finances will be in what's technically called a world of hurt before Social Security costs peak. Under current projections by the Congressional Budget Office, by 2025 public debt will have reached 106 percent of gross domestic product. By 2035, it will have reached 181 percent. What would happen after that point is an academic question: We can't allow ourselves to get there.
We need to fix both programs. If anything, it's Social Security that ought to be saved first because it's the more urgent near-term problem. Some of the steps we can take to make the program solvent, moreover, would improve Medicare's finances, too. Raising the retirement age, for example, would encourage people to work longer and thus pay more taxes into both programs.
Perhaps even more important, we have a better sense of how to restrain the growth of Social Security than of Medicare.
One promising option is to reduce the growth of Social Security benefit levels, especially for high earners. The program could be reformed so that high earners who retire in 2040 receive the same benefit level that high earners who retire in 2020 will — with an adjustment for inflation, but nothing more. Under the program as it stands now, those future retirees will get a bigger benefit.
Benefit levels for people in the middle of the income spectrum, meanwhile, could be set so that they more than keep up with inflation but don't rise as much as currently scheduled.
It's easy to attack this sort of proposal. In the past, opponents have said, for example, that it would be a draconian 40 percent cut in benefits for high earners. That's true, when the proposal is compared with the benefit levels that the law has scheduled but hasn't figured out how to pay for. Compared with today's benefit levels, though, it's not a cut at all.
Democrats will prefer to raise taxes, especially on high earners, to let benefits grow faster. The drawback to this approach is that higher payroll taxes, the CBO has found, discourage people from working and saving. We would be taking a hit to economic growth for a purpose — boosting benefit levels for relatively well-off seniors — that shouldn't be a high social priority. It seems perverse to raise taxes on high earners to finance higher benefits for them.
Just to have that argument over taxes and benefit levels would be progress. One way or the other, we need to get Social Security's finances in order, instead of acting as though there's no problem to be solved.

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European symbols
This is the European flag. It is the symbol not only of the European Union but also of Europe's unity and identity in a wider sense. The circle of gold stars represents solidarity and harmony between the peoples of Europe.
The number of stars has nothing to do with the number of Member States. There are twelve stars because the number twelve is traditionally the symbol of perfection, completeness and unity. The flag therefore remains unchanged regardless of EU enlargements.
Ode to Joy
This is the anthem not only of the European Union but also of Europe in a wider sense. The melody comes from the Ninth Symphony composed in 1823 by Ludwig Van Beethoven.
For the final movement of this symphony, Beethoven set to music the "Ode to Joy" written in 1785 by Friedrich von Schiller. This poem expresses Schiller's idealistic vision of the human race becoming brothers - a vision Beethoven shared.
In 1972, the Council of Europe (the same body that designed the European flag) adopted Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" theme as its own anthem. The well-known conductor Herbert Von Karajan was asked to write three instrumental arrangements - for solo piano, for wind instruments and for symphony orchestra. Without words, in the universal language of music, this anthem expresses the ideals of freedom, peace and solidarity for which Europe stands.
In 1985, it was adopted by EU heads of State and government as the official anthem of the European Union. It is not intended to replace the national anthems of the Member States but rather to celebrate the values they all share and their unity in diversity.
Europe Day, 9 May
On the 9th of May 1950, Robert Schuman presented his proposal on the creation of an organised Europe, indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations.
This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
Today, the 9th of May has become a European symbol (Europe Day) which, along with the flag, the anthem, the motto and the single currency (the euro), identifies the political entity of the European Union. Europe Day is the occasion for activities and festivities that bring Europe closer to its citizens and peoples of the Union closer to one another.
"United in diversity" is the motto of the European Union.
The motto means that, via the EU, Europeans are united in working together for peace and prosperity, and that the many different cultures, traditions and languages in Europe are a positive asset for the continent.


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Marketing Week has run a piece on its favourite campaigns of 2012. It includes two from Wieden + Kennedy. Here's what they said:
P&G - Proud Sponsor of Mums (W+K Portland)
Procter & Gamble's global ad campaign for the Olympics would have melted even the coldest heart. Its Thank You Mum activity took a simple, if sickly sweet, premise and made it work as a corporate slogan and for its individual brands. Even with its blatant gender bias it managed to speak to every demographic in every nation by identifying a common insight.
This campaign earns its spot among the top campaigns of the year list purely for its seductive technique.
Southern Comfort - Whatever's Comfortable (W+K New York)
Southern Comfort marked its refreshed marketing activity this year with the launch of this "Whatever's Comfortable" campaign.
Slow, deliberate and methodical, the 90 second ad slot, with no voiceover and little narrative, doesn't even feature the product until its closing scenes in a creative execution that disrupts otherwise predictable ad air time.
The suspension of the product placement and overt brand messaging doesn't adhere to viewer expectations letting the accompanying backing track, folk singer Odetta's "Hit or Miss", carry the viewer through.
In the creative, Southern Comfort's pot-bellied, loincloth-wearing protagonist is clearly "comfortable" with himself as he saunters his way through crowds of 'beautiful people' on a sun-soaked beach.
The drinks manufacturer stepped up its marketing drive this year by reputedly doubling its media spend from 2011 plus this execution also marks its first campaign with new agency Wieden+Kennedy New York.
Clearly, the creatives were given full license to 'wow' the new client and the viewing public


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New launch date for Galileo
Arianespace has announced the next launch attempt for Soyuz VS09 with Europe's fifth and sixth Galileo satellites is 22 August at 12:27 GMT, 14:27 CEST.
The launch was originally scheduled for 21 August but was postponed due to unfavourable weather conditions over the Guiana Space Centre.
Follow the launch live, streaming starts at 12:07 GMT/14:07 CEST.


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Top education leaders in the Texas Senate are set to mull high school graduation requirements, while their House counterparts tackle school accountability and funding issues.
The Senate Public Education Committee meets Tuesday morning for invited testimony on curriculum requirements for graduation.
Later, the House Public Education Committee will hear from its own invited witnesses for updates on school accountability and student assessment as it relates to state standardized testing.
Politics from around the world.
The House committee will also examine where funding for public school stands after last week, when a state District Court declared the way Texas funds its schools unconstitutional.
The court found the system inadequate and inequitable.
The case will be appealed and eventually reach the state Supreme Court, though, making any legislative action in response unlikely at least until 2014.


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i'd roll with joker, apocalypse, mr sinister (sue me lol), loki & sinestro.
i agree about the Norman stuff... he really put on his big boy pants and got with the villian program. Thunderbolts was a great idea imo.
i've always thought his archenemies never truely gave him a run for his money... Kingpin more so than anyone else but there were some great stories in there.
I liked brubakers run on DD cause it gave him more of a real essence to him... like it made him more human than a character and he does that well but it's so well i get a little bored with most his stories.
mine would prolly be
Moon Knight (even tho his last two runs have been horrible)
Green Lantern
i wanna include x-23 but she hasn't been as dope as she was at first. i think some writers cater to the fact she's a young girl which kills it.
I used to like CapAmerica & Spidey alot too but after BND i quit reading his book altogether & i don't like Brubaker so i quit Cap a while back.
I was askin cause i seen you talk about DD more than the other cats in the comic thread and i hardly see anyone show as much interest in him as i do.
got a villian list?
u got a fav supahero?
Non Ignorant Math Team
Fan of the real
Parcheesi faced
Studio Gangster
i still love h.e.r.
frieza saga
Edgy The Hedgy


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The "Hero" lies in her – cause she's pregnant!
Newlywed Ali Larter is expecting her first child with actor hubby Hayes MacArthur in the winter, Usmagazine.com reported.
The 34-year-old "Heroes" star, who wed MacArthur last August at her parents Maine estate, has spoken out in past interviews about wanting to build a family.
U.S. & World
"I told my boyfriend after three weeks that I wanted to marry him and that we could do it tomorrow," Larter told Cosmopolitan in 2007, the year she became engaged.
"I look forward to that time when I'm home with babies."


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'Idol' results live blog: The Top 7
Will American Idol voters cast off another guy for the fourth straight week? Will the judges use the save if they don't? Find out tonight during the results show, which features returning alums Carrie Underwood and Casey James. Then sound off here. -- Brian Mansfield
You know, if all I had seen of last night's American Idol was tonight's opening montage, I'd have thought Rock Night was a lot better than it actually was.
More than 25 million votes came in last night, says Ryan Seacrest. But before we find out who was on the short end of the voting, we'll hear Carrie Underwood and Casey James.
Before that, though, the Top 7 sing Queen's Somebody to Love, opening with a silhouetted shot that looks more like the group's Bohemian Rhapsody video. Solid group effort, with a nice final run from -- who else? -- Candice Glover.
Results and performances start after the commercial break.
So tonight comes down to Janelle Arthur and Burnell Taylor. Think there might be a save in the offing? I could certainly see it. Even if it's Burnell Taylor after that horrendous Bon Jovi cover, he's got four fans in the judges, and it'd be nice to have a little more testosterone on the show for a while.
Does Mariah Carey have any last words of encouragement? "Whoever goes home is coming back for the tour, so that's a very big, to me, that's a very big deal. Regardless, you both know you can sing. You have star quality. You both know I love you. ... You have given everything to this competition."
And it's Taylor. To try to fend off the save, he returns to India.Arie's Ready for Love. Randy Jackson and Keith Urban seem to be the only two talking about the decision. Someone appears to have pushed the pause buttons on both Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey.
The decision? No save for Burnell. So only a girl will get it.
Back to the screen for safe singers. Candice Glover's good. No surprise there. And so's Amber Holcomb. So Janelle Arthur and Burnell Taylor are in the Bottom 2.
Nicki Minaj's reaction? "Burnell has won millions of people over," she says. Whether he goes home or not, the show has changed his life. And she doesn't think Janelle Arthur's going home tonight. Whatever happens, "it's a win, win, win, win."
Carrie Underwood's back, to premiere her new single See You Again. I'd forgotten how much I like the walk-up to that chorus. And the verse reminds me of Doris Troy's Just One Look, which is never a bad thing. Also loving the way the song acknowledges sadness and grief yet turns it into a celebration.
And did you catch the little speed-clap while she was talking to Seacrest? Wonder if that's where Angie Miller got it.
So we know Jimmy Iovine's Top 3 consisted of Amber Holcomb, Angie Miller and Kree Harrison. Keith Urban chose the same group. As did Nicki Minaj, though she didn't realize the list was going to be shared publicly. Randy Jackson also lists the same three, though he really wanted four, to put Candice Glover in there.
Mariah Carey's the only dissenting vote, substituting Glover in MIller's place.
So, basically, if Holcomb or Harrison is on the low end of the voting, they're safe for sure. Frankly, Miller and Glover are likely also safe no matter what.
As for the public Top 3: That would be Kree Harrison ... Angie Miller ... and Lazaro Arbos.
Here's a thought: That Top 3 was given in no particular order. Arbos might very well have been this week's top vote-getter.
I feel a save coming on.
Season 9's Casey James returns to perform his new single, The Good Life. He's got that easygoing confidence in his delivery that none of this year's contestants has mastered yet. It's a catchy tune, too. Hope this performance gives it the kickstart it needs to make an impact.
James has brought gifts for the contestants, too, getting something from the finalists' hometowns. He got homesick when he was on the show, he says, so he thought it'd be a nice thing to do.
Looks like the contestants will get good swag tonight, 'cause Carrie Underwood's always known to bring gifts, too.
This week's Ford challenge is to create fashion looks based on the finalists' Idols. For Candice Glover, that's Mary J. Blige. For Kree Harrison, it's Patsy Cline.
Now it's time to go to the game tape.
"I'm baffled by last night," says Jimmy Iovine who can't figure out why R&B and country singers couldn't find good material in a genre that combines R&B and country.
Burnell Taylor "got it all wrong," Iovine says. "He gave rock a bad name" singing like he was in a different time zone from the band. "At the very least, he's in the Bottom 2."
Iovine hated Lazaro Arbos and Angie Miller's duet on Crazy Little Thing Called Love. "They just missed the point of the song."
Kree Harrison, however, picked the right song, Piece of My Heart. "Could you imagine what it was like singing with a pinched nerve?" he wonders. He's impressed with her poise and dignity under pressure.
Iovine liked Taylor better on The Letter -- until Candice Glover blew him off the stage.
Janelle Arthur was "competent," he says. "She's really good; she's a great performer. ... I put her right in the middle."
He didn't like Arbos' solo song as much as the judges, though he says he did a reasonable. Still, "I put him in the Bottom 2 or out." Like that's gonna happen.
As for the girl-group song? "You took three great soul singers and somehow made it sound like an outtake of Grease."
Candice Glover covered a classic song in Satisfaction, but it didn't give her the melody she needed.
Amber Holcomb is "improving every week." And her legs even seem to be getting longer every week. Top 3 for Iovine.
Iovine calls Miller's Evanescence cover "beautiful, confident." But "there are times when Angie's singing from her head, not her heart." When she goes with her heart, she has "the chance to go all the way in this thing."
"If America gets it right, there can only be one person going home tonight," Iovine says. "And that's Lazaro."
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Hot on the heels of the poster that dropped this week comes the long overdue trailer for "The Thing," and we have to say we're pleasantly surprised by what we see.
The new new "Thing" is a prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter classic of the same title, which itself was a remake of a somewhat low-budget '50s thriller about a group of scientists who discover a spaceship buried beneath the ice of Antarctica.
This year's model stars Joel Edgerton and Mary Elizabeth Winstead and was directed Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. This production was beset by all manner of delays, which naturally has tempered the significant buzz that once surrounded the film.
Heijningen has done a great job of recreating the ominous tone and vibe of Carpenter's film--seeing that dog start to whine gave us chills all over again, and Winstead appears to bring the goods. We are a bit surprised, however, that Edgerton is almost completely silent throughout--we have to assume his part is much larger than this clip indicates.
"The Thing" opens Oct. 14, 2011.


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My first trip back
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Here I sit, my first time logging in to GS since the new site went live, not feeling the love for this site. The change..... wow, Not sure I have any reason to come back again :(
This blog has no point
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I have no idea why I'm writing this blog, I guess it's because I feel so removed from GS, and gaming in general. Don't get me wrong, I still play games, but only a few, and only for short periods of time, in fact, I have seen my weekely RAPTR report go from playing hours in the 20hr range (or more) to now on average less than 4hrs a week. I know we all go through periods of time like this, but man, this one is feeling more and more permanent, like I have never felt before.
My interest in gaming in general is just... gone, sometimes I feel I play just because it's habit. I have two games on pre-order, for the 360. BF4 and GTA V, if those don't keep me interested I doubt I will be getting either of the new systems.
Gamespot..... I come back because of Pavlov's Law, over the years I conditioned myself to check in to GS every day, now I just sit and stare at it, waiting for something interesting to happen.
Other hobbies.... feels like I can't read enough these days, my Kindle is what gets most of my attention now, sometimes TV, but pftpftpftpft, I hate 99.9% of the crap out there.
Saw two pretty crappy movies recently, Pacific Rim (which I know most of you LOVED) and World War Z. WWZ, man, I know there was really no way for them to translate the book, but ugh... it did nothing for me. Maybe if the do part II it will incorporate things/interviews from the book.
Has anybody ever read Enders Game? That is next on my list after I finish The Passage, by Justin Cronin, which so far is a very interesting vampire story.
That's all I got righ now.
I learned something about myself this weekend.
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I need more than just great CGI in movies for me to enjoy them. Pacific Rim, thanks for pointing that out. Now, can I have my 2 hrs back please?
Screw E3, I have real news.
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Lets talk books
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Not sure if anybody ever picked up Into The Black, I finished that two book series and am looking forward to the third when ever it is released. SO, I moved on to Wool , winner of the 2012 Kindle Indi Book Of The Year. To say I blasted through this would be a understatement. Then, last week I picked up the second book Shift , I think I read it even faster than Wool.
Wool: Omnibus addition is actually Wool 1-5 combined into one book. Shift Omnibus is Shift 1-3 in one book. The third and final book Dust, no idea of a release date. I can not say enough how much I have enjoyed these books.
Now, as I wait for two "final" books, I used Amazon's feature of "if you bought this, you would like....." and ended up with Extinction Point , this book starts of very fast and throws you right into it. Very short read, about 300 pages. I'm 25% in (started last night) and so far so good. Only reason why I did not read more last night was because I just could not keep my eyes open any longer after a long week so far.
As my desire to game has almost completely fallen apart, I find that I am reading more and more, almost can't get enough of it, I fogot just how much I LOVE it! What books can you all reccomend? I'm open to pretty much anything, but tend to stick to mostly fiction.
Oh, and if I remember correctly, someone here, maybe JohnS knew someone who put a book out last year... something about a watch? Anybody know of this, it was someone from GS.
Some other books I also recently read..
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Hobbit
John Carter
TarzanThe Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
And the Hunger Games series
Calling all followers
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I rarely ever ask for anything from the gaming community, but today I ask for a favor. If you have time, and are interested, I help run, and maintain the Youtube and Facebook pages for Controlled Demolition, and we need more followers!
Please help a gamer out and follow those pages :)
This has been a public service announcement, you will now be returned to what ever else you were doing.
Time to start thinking about....
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Time to start thinking about my upcoming vacation in June/July. We are doing another river cruise, this time visiting Switzerland, Germany, France, Luxembourg and Amsterdam. One of the many things I am looking forward to is THIS Once you go to that page, click on the little gallery pic to see what I'm talking about.
In gaming,
After my huge game purge, I did pick up two titles, one is Kerbal Space Program (on steam), fun, HARD, different kind of game. Also, Stacey and I have taken our first dive into MMO's with Defiance. So far, so good.
Goodbye Backlog!
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FarCry 3
NASCAR The Line
Just like that you are gone, what you have left behind is $130 towards future adventure. BattleField 3, you just barley made the cut.
Tiger Woods 2014, you sexy beyotch, I'm ready for you.
Another one bites the dust
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Stacey was gone this weekend, that can only mean one thing, another building bites the dust.


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New Dream recently launched a new guide to help parents and caregivers (or anyone for that matter!) concerned about screen-time taking over their free-time this summer. The Family Guide to a Mostly Screen-Free Summer is chock full of ideas to help families reclaim their free time and resist the temptation to turn to screens in…Continue
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Close your eyes and think of one of your favorite memories as a child. Does it involve being outside? How do you feel when you think of this memory and what feelings did you have as a child in this memory? For many people, when asked these questions, the response usually involves an outdoors experience with friends and/or family with lots of happiness, excitement, adventure, and satisfaction. My memory is when my brother and I used the swing set to create a mud cookie factory. We would grab…Continue
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I am part of a small group of co-editors from the UK, Australia, Canada, and the USA. We are inviting submissions from children and young people (ages 0-25) on their experiences with nature, animals, and their ideas or concerns about environmental issues. Our project is called the ChildhoodNature Companion and will be published by Springer Publishing.
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"We are living in an age of unprecedented uncertainty and change. Nobody has a clue what the world will look like in five years' time. And yet we're educating children for it."
Sir Ken Robinson
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BALTIMORE-UMBC senior forward Pete Caringi III (Perry Hall, Md./Calvert Hall) scored twice in the first 24 minutes of play, leading the Retrievers to a 3-1 victory over Seattle U. in the season opener for both squads in the Spring Hill Suites Arundel Mills BWI Kick-Off Classic.
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He held it up for all to see & asked the students,' How much do you think
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'50gms!' .... '100gms!' .....'125gms' .....the students answered.
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'Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?' asked
the professor.
'Then what caused the arm ache & the muscle stress?' The students were
'Put the glass down!' said one of the students.
'Exactly!' said the professor.' Life's problems are something like this.
Hold it for a few minutes in your head & they seem OK. Think of
them for a long time & they begin to ache. Hold it even longer & they Begin
to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything. It's
important to think of the challenges (problems) in your life, but EVEN MORE
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Posted 25 May 2005 - 08:11 PM
Once upon a time, there were no rivers and lakes on earth, but only the Eastern Sea, in which lived four dragons: the Long Dragon, the Yellow Dragon, the Black Dragon and the Pearl Dragon. One day the four dragons flew from the sea into the sky. They soared and dived, playing at hide-and-seek in the clouds.
"Come over here quickly!" the Pearl Dragon cried out suddenly.
"What's up?" asked the other three, looking down in the direction where the Pearl Dragon pointed.
On the earth they saw many people putting out fruits and cakes, and burning incense sticks. They were praying! A white-haired woman, kneeling on the ground with a thin boy on her back, murmured,
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"How poor the people are!" said the Yellow Dragon. "And they will die if it doesn't rain soon."
The Long Dragon nodded. Then he suggested, "Let's go and beg the Jade Emperor for rain."
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"Why do you come here instead of staying in the sea and behaving yourselves?"
The Long Dragon stepped forward and said, "The crops on earth are withering and dying, Your Majesty. I beg you to send rain down quickly!"
"All right. You go back first, I'll send some rain down tomorrow." The Jade Emperor pretended to agree while listening to the songs of the fairies.
The four dragons responded, "Thanks, Your Majesty!"
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"What is it? Out with it, quickly!" the other three demanded.
"Look, is there not plenty of water in the sea where we live? We should scoop it up and spray it towards the sky. The water will be like rain drops and come down to save the people and their crops," said Long Dragon.
"Good idea!" said the others as they clapped their hands.
"But," said the Long Dragon after thinking a bit, "we will be blamed if the Jade Emperor learns of this."
"I will do anything to save the people," the Yellow Dragon said resolutely.
"Then let's begin. We will never regret it," said Long Dragon.
The Black Dragon and the Pearl Dragon were not to be outdone. They flew to the sea, scooped up water in their mouths, and then flew back into the sky, where they sprayed the water out over the earth. The four dragons flew back and forth, making the sky dark all around. Before long the sea water became rain pouring down from the sky.
"It's raining! It's raining! The crops will be saved!" the people cried and leaped with joy.
On the ground the wheat stalks raised their heads and the sorghum stalks straightened up. The god of the sea discovered these events and reported to the Jade Emperor.
"How dare the four dragons bring rain without my permission!" said the Jade Emperor.
The Jade Emperor was enraged, and ordered the heavenly generals and their troops to arrest the four dragons. Being far outnumbered, the four dragons could not defend themselves, and they were soon arrested and brought back to the heavenly palace.
"Go and get four mountains to lay upon them so that they can never escape!" The Jade Emperor ordered the Mountain God.
The Mountain God used his magic power to make four mountains fly there, whistling in the wind from afar, and pressed them down upon the four dragons. Imprisoned as they were, they never regretted their actions. Determined to do good for the people forever, they turned themselves into four rivers, which flowed past high mountains and deep valleys, crossing the land from the west to the east and finally emptying into the sea. And so China's four great rivers were formed -- the Heilongjian (Black Dragon) in the far north, the Huanghe (Yellow River) in central China, the Changjiang (Yangtze, or Long River) farther south, and the Zhujiang (Pearl) in the very far south.
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Each person grabbed a shovel and started to toss soil into the well. It did not take the donkey much to realize what was happenning and he brayed desperately. However, to everybody's surprise, he quietened down completely after a few shovels of soil.
The peasant finally looked down into the well and was amazed at the sight before him: The donkey had shaken off each shovel of soil that had landed on its back and trampled it underneath him. Thus, in no time at all, the donkey reached the top of the well, jumped over the side and trotted off.
We can escape from the deepest ruts if we don't give up. Use the dirt that is thrown at you to get ahead.
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Posted 31 October 2005 - 03:57 AM
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.
Moral Of The Story: Be responsible for yourself.
The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.
CBS, NBC, & ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
America is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that in a country of such wealth this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing, "It's Not Easy Being Green."
Jesse Jackson stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house, where the news stations film the group singing, "We Shall Overcome." Jesse then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper's sake.
Tom Daschle & John Kerry exclaim in an interview with Peter Jennings that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his "fair share."
Finally, the EEOC drafts the "Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Act," retroactive to the beginning of the summer. The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government.
Hillary gets her old law firm to represent the grasshopper in a defamation suit against the ant, and the case is tried before a panel of federal judges that President appointed from a list of single-parent welfare recipients.
The ant loses the case.
The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing the last of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he does not maintain it.
The ant has disappeared in the snow
The grasshopper is found dead from a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.
Moral Of The Story: **for you to decide**
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Posted 08 December 2005 - 04:56 AM
One day he saw an eagle flying gracefully and majestically in the open sky. He asked the prairie chickens: "What is that beautiful bird?" The chickens replied, "That is an eagle. He is an outstanding bird, but you cannot fly like him because you are just a prairie chicken."
So the eagle never gave it a second thought, believing that to be the truth. He lived the life of and died a prairie chicken, depriving himself of his heritage because of his lack of vision. What a waste! He was born to win, but was conditioned to lose.
The same thing is true of most people. The unfortunate part of life is as Oliver Wendall Holmes said, "Most people go to their graves, with music still in them." We don't achieve excellence because of our own lack of vision.
The motivation to succeed comes from the burning desire to achieve a purpose.
Napoleon Hill wrote, "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind can
A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to
meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to
walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air.
Socrates asked, 'What did you want the most when you were there?"
The boy replied, "Air."
Socrates said, "That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it." There is no other secret.
A burning desire is the starting point of all accomplishment. Just like a small fire cannot give much heat, a weak desire cannot produce great results
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Posted 08 December 2005 - 11:58 AM
"It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about, nowadays, saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true." -Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray
Posted 09 December 2005 - 02:48 AM
"You knew what I was when you carried me down the mountain."
Posted 09 December 2005 - 03:41 AM
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Posted 12 December 2005 - 07:47 AM
I saw a trainer near by and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. "Well," he said, "when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away.
They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free." I was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?
-- as told my a wise sage!
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Posted 26 January 2006 - 06:41 AM
A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down
when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown The angry driver
then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against parked car shouting, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?"
The young boy was apologetic. "Please, mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do," He pleaded. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop...." With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. "It's my brother, "he said "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up."
Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me."
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay. "Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger. Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy! push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: "Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!" God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.
Thought for the Day:
If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
He sends you flowers every spring.
He sends you a sunrise every morning Face it, friend - He is crazy about you!
Send this to every "beautiful person" you wish to bless.
God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.
Read this line very slowly and let it sink in....
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.
Have a nice day!
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Posted 21 February 2006 - 11:29 AM
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Posted 07 June 2006 - 12:24 PM
a pole which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home
only one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud
of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its
own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it
had been made to do.
After 2 years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to
the woman one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house."
The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your
side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?" "That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them." "For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house."
Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we
each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding.
You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the
good in them. SO ... to all of my "crackpot" friends ...have a great day and
remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path.
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Posted 07 June 2006 - 01:04 PM
I expected to see a vast garden of colors by now. But all I see are these green rectangles.
ST. FRANCIS: It's the tribes that settled there, Lord. The Suburbanites. They started calling your flowers "weeds" and went to great lengths to kill them and replace them with grass.
GOD: Grass? But it's so boring. It's not colorful. It doesn't attract butterflies, birds and bees, only grubs and sod worms. It's sensitive to temperatures. Do these Suburbanites really want all that grass growing there?
ST. FRANCIS: Apparently so, Lord. They go to great pains to grow it and keep it green. They begin each spring by fertilizing grass and poisoning any other plant that crops up in the lawn
GOD: The spring rains and warm weather probably make grass grow really fast. That must make the Suburbanites happy.
ST. FRANCIS: Apparently not, Lord. As soon as it grows a little, they cut it - sometimes twice a week.
GOD: They cut it? Do they then bale it like hay?
ST. FRANCIS: Not exactly, Lord. Most of them rake it up and put it in bags.
GOD: They bag it? Why? Is it a cash crop? Do they sell it?
ST. FRANCIS: No Sir. Just the opposite. They pay to throw it away.
GOD: Now let me get this straight. They fertilize grass so it will grow. And when it does grow, they cut it off and pay to throw it away?
ST. FRANCIS: Yes, Sir.
GOD: These Suburbanites must be relieved in the summer when we cut back on the rain and turn up the heat. That surely slows the growth and saves them a lot of work
ST. FRANCIS: You aren't going to believe this Lord. When the grass stops growing so fast, they drag out hoses and pay more money to water it so they can continue to mow it and pay to get rid of it.
GOD: What nonsense. At least they kept some of the trees. That was a sheer stroke of genius, if I do say so myself. The trees grow leaves in the spring to provide beauty and shade in the summer. In the autumn they fall to the ground and form a natural blanket to keep moisture in the soil and protect the trees and bushes. Plus, as they rot, the leaves form compost to enhance the soil. It's a natural circle of life.
ST. FRANCIS: You better sit down, Lord. The Suburbanites have drawn a new circle. As soon as the leaves fall, they rake them into great piles and pay to have them hauled away.
GOD: No. What do they do to protect the shrub and tree roots in the winter and to keep the soil moist and loose?
ST. FRANCIS: After throwing away the leaves, they go out and buy something which they call mulch. They haul it home and spread it around in place of the leaves.
GOD: And where do they get this mulch?
ST. FRANCIS: They cut down trees and grind them up to make the mulch.
GOD: Enough. I don't want to think about this anymore. St. Catherine, you're in charge of the arts. What movie have you scheduled for us tonight?
ST.CATHERINE: Dumb and Dumber, Lord. It's a real stupid movie about ...
GOD: Never mind, I think I just heard the whole story from St. Francis
Posted 07 June 2006 - 01:18 PM
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The Chicago Fire announced Sunday that goalkeeper Sean Johnson, midfielder Marco Pappa and forward Orr Barouch have been called up for the United States, Guatemala and the Israeli U-21 teams respectively for friendlies to be played on this Wednesday's FIFA international date.
Perhaps the biggest call was for Johnson who earns his first call from U.S. Soccer since the U-23 side missed out on qualifying for this summer's London Olympics back in March. The third year keeper will be part of Jurgen Klinsmann's roster set to face regional rival Mexico at the vaunted Estadio Azteca Wednesday night in Mexico City.
"I'm definitely excited," Johnson told Chicago-Fire.com prior to Sunday's match at Philadelphia, "It's always a great opportunity to get to represent your country and this game is a very special one with us going to play Mexico at the Azteca. It's the type of game that doesn't come around that often, so something that not everyone gets to experience."
With both of Johnson's two national team caps having come during the team's previous two January camps, the midseason call is undoubtedly a reward for the 'keeper's impressive run of form of late.
"Since the start of the season I've focused on just improving everyday in order to help this team get results. I think I've had a strong few months and day-in, day-out I'm feeling good about training and the people I'm working with."
With wins over the United States in the past two CONCACAF Gold Cup finals and their recent dominance at the youth levels, Mexico clearly holds the advantage. Add to that this game comes just days after the nation won its first-ever Olympic Gold Medal in soccer and Wednesday's friendly will certainly continue the historic stadium's reputation for great atmosphere.
Pappa to join Guatemala
Along with Johnson's call, Fire midfielder Marco Pappa will rejoin the Guatemalan side for a friendly against Paraguay. The match comes on the heels of Pappa's late equalizer in a June World Cup qualifying match against the United States – a goal that resurrected his nation's hopes of advancement after dropping their first match to Jamaica 2-1.
"It's always important to score but I think that goal meant a lot for us," Pappa said from Philadelphia Sunday. "We had lost to Jamaica in the first qualifier and we could have come out of the U.S. game with zero points after two matches. We still have life, we can keep fighting because of it and for me it's a very special goal for my country to help us push for the next round."
Sitting with just one point from two games, Pappa pointed to Wednesday's friendly against Paraguay as important preparation for the team heading into September's do-or-die qualifying matches with Antigua & Barbuda.
"It's an important game for us right now to help prepare for our next qualifiers. We need to take points in the matches in September to keep us in the fight for the World Cup and it's good to get ready for that with a match against a quality opponent like Paraguay."
Barouch joins Israeli U-21s
Orr Barouch will not be available for selection Sunday night after the forward was allowed to join Israeli U-21 camp ahead of their Wednesday match at Russia.
Barouch received his first U-21 cap for Israel last September and has gone on to make four appearances scoring one goal as the team builds towards hosting the 2013 UEFA U-21 Championship.
"Playing for Israel is always an honor and the match against Russia will be a good test for us. We're continuing to grow as a team as we build towards next year's UEFA tournament.


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This may shock and stun you, but it turns out that the New England Patriots offense doesn't need an aging receiver prone to terrible drops in order to thrive. Chad Ochocinco got a lot of pub when the Pats traded for him, and the notoriously press-happy wideout made a big deal out of adopting a low profile and doing things the Patriot Way. The problem is that while Ocho is saying all the right things, he hasn't proven all that useful to Tom Brady. From the Boston Globe:
Chad Ochocinco saw precious few snaps during the Patriots' come-from-behind win over the Cowboys yesterday... there are still times when either (Tom) Brady or another teammate is telling him where he is supposed to be lining up.
But this isn't just about Ocho's failure to learn the Pats offense. Even before he arrived in New England, Ocho was clearly not the same player he was back in the mid-2000's. His ability to get separation from defenders had tailed off. He was prone to drops. In fact, Ocho has managed just one 1,000-yard season since 2007. And he's NEVER had very good yards-after-the-catch numbers, particularly compared to someone like current teammate Wes Welker. The Patriots' offense is all about YAC. It's about Brady hitting wideouts in stride so they can gain an extra ten yards after they get the ball. Ocho has never been that kind of receiver. He's always been a possession receiver who occasionally makes a flashy long play. The Pats have no use for that kind of player, and it shows.
There was speculation that the Pats might use the bye week to cut Ocho and perhaps trade for the likes of Brandon Lloyd. Lloyd is a Ram as of today, so Ocho still has a job. He's had wild success keeping his name in the news with various antics over the years, and I still kind of love him for his goofiness. But as it stands right now, you're witnessing the end of his career. If he gets cut (and if it doesn't happen this season, it will shortly thereafter), don't expect some other team to gladly scoop him up. These may be Ocho's final games as an NFL player. It's a shame he's going out with a whisper.


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I deployed a mentions module to my site so I can send/receive pingbacks (and soon, webmention). Test: Aaron Parecki oauth.net cyborganthropology.net indiewebcamp.com
I deployed a mentions module to my site so I can send/receive pingbacks (and soon, webmention). Test: Aaron Parecki oauth.net cyborganthropology.net indiewebcamp.com
Just found out that English as She is Spoke is on wikisource. Highly recommended to all.
Argh, turns out @twitter is breaking #indieauth by wrapping some people's rel=me homepage URLs with t.co on profile pages. WILL THE MADNESS NEVER END?
Finished reading The Silent World by Jacques Cousteau.
It's a bit strange in that it has no real order and is a collection of semi–related stories about the development and use of the aqualung. Very informative about some of the physiological effects of diving.
A particularly potent part is Cousteau's story of the first time bottom trawling had ever been filmed, revealing it to be a hideously inefficient and ineffective method of trawling. No–one had ever realised before, because no one had ever actually seen a net working.
@briansuda the last decent thunderstorm I've seen in SW England was about that long ago too :(
Ooh, A Better Social Web sounds interesting. Looking forward to next week's Exeter_web meet
kissane tangible for objects/works, in-person, f2f or IRL for conversations or interactions
"Sometimes we are lucky enough to know that our lives have been changed, to discard the old, embrace the new and run headlong down an immutable course" Jacques Cousteau
Implementing pingback alone has already caused me more headaches than any other aspect of #taproot. WHY XMLRPC, HIXIE?
New on #taproot: Notes tagged with
review get
h-review added to their container class string. Not yet sure how to optimise
e-description and
p-name yet. #microformats
adamstrawson lookin' good! How about some
rel=me goodness on those profile links? Helps great tools like identengine.com (⇐ has cool API) exist
Finished reading Steve Jobs, The man who thought different by Karen Blumenthal.
A nice summary of Steve's life, with some interesting details I'd not come across before. The technical mistakes were a let–down, and the language was patronising at times (e.g. explaining what "profit" meant).
seb_ly gotta love F# phrygian!
Woah, pinocc.io looks like a dream come true. I can't wait to start linking musical instruments up to the IoT.
karlpro I shouldn't really have to sign up in order to leave a comment, but in the interests of promoting #microformats I will :)
boagworld http://www.examprofessor.com/404 is particularly bad as it makes the visitor feel as if they have made a mistake :/
bruce lawson for all the wrong reasons ;)
@karlpro wrt your opera dev article, check out microformats 2 h-geo, Ben Ward's hparse-js for parsing and my own php-mf2 online syntax checker :) #microformats
From Steve Jobs, The man who thought different:
The result, the World Wide Web, what we know today as the Internet
Just because the book is not intended for a technical audience does not excuse blatant mistakes. If anything, it makes accuracy more important.


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Hey all!
It's been a very busy weekend, so I'm just checking in quickly. It seems that my last post prompted some great questions about whey protein and protein isolates. Namely this one, from Jessica:
Hi! I've been following your blog for a while but never written in. I was wondering if you could tell me more about the whey protein isolate comment? I had never heard anything bad about it, I'm a workout fanatic, and of course everyone and their brother at the gym drinks it. If it's that bad for you, I would want to avoid it, but what other alternatives (that are clean) are there? Just wondering what your take on it is.
This is such an important question! Especially for my gym-going and athletic readers.
Here's the deal: protein isolates are heavily processed, and their impact on health is a subject of some debate in holistic circles. While I don't believe that they're downright terrible, I do believe that there are less heavily processed and more nourishing options out there. And of course, "whey" is a dairy derivative, so it's my hope that I can persuade you to find a vegan alternative!
The protein powders I recommend, Jessica, are these:
1) Hemp protein. Hemp is a nutritional powerhouse. Hemp oil is a rich source of polyunsaturated essential fatty acids (aka, the "good" fats). Hemp seeds contain all the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids. And hemp proteins are similar to proteins found in the human body, which makes them easy to digest and assimilate quickly, so they're a great alternative to whey and soy proteins, which are often heavily processed. Vegan and raw athletes, take note: they're terrific for athletic recovery and muscle repair. And don't let the green color scare you: hemp protein is tasty, and the popular Nutiva brand comes in several flavors.
Best of all (and unlike other protein sources), hemp protein is also rich in fiber, boasting eight natural grams per serving. Drink up!
2) Brown rice protein. Many vegans rely on this allergen-free, gentle, and high quality protein powder for their workout and recovery smoothies. My fellow health counselor, Andrea Moss, uses it as a cornerstone of the morning smoothies in her level of the Spark! Wellness + Choosing Raw cleanse. I recommend the NutriBiotic or Sun Warrior brands.
3) Yellow Pea Protein. This is a favorite among raw athletes, Brendan Brazier included, and it appears in all of his Vega smoothie infusions and whole foods health optimizers.
With choices like this, why would we seek out highly processed and (often) sweetened powders? Hemp protein, which is my personal favorite, is merely powdered hemp seeds. It doesn't get more natural than that.
As I always tell people, the title of my blog isn't meant to suggest uncooked foods. It's meant to suggest a way of eating and thinking that honors the most natural, untouched ingredients as possible. If you need to supplement your protein intake, these are the most organic ways to do it.
With that, I thought I'd share with you my all time favorite protein smoothie. This is hugely popular with my athletic clients, and it's a personal favorite of mine, too: I often sip it in the late morning or as a post-workout snack. It's relatively low in sugar, totally delicious, and features hemp protein, though you could substitute a vegan and all natural protein of choice. I hope you try it and love it!
Very Berry Protein Smoothie (serves 1)
1 cup mixed berries
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
2 tbsp hemp protein powder
1/2 packet stevia
5 ice cubes
Simply blend all ingredients on high and serve!
I hope you all enjoyed a terrific weekend. I'll be back soon.


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Former President Bill Clinton admitted to David Letterman Monday night that he doesn't know whether his wife, Hillary Clinton, is planning a run for the White House in 2016.
"There's a lot of stuff out there," Clinton said, telling Letterman that the former secretary of state is still finishing her book and setting up a new project initiative.
But most of all, the former president said he and his wife are having a lot of fun, going to movies and for walks in the time since she stepped down as secretary of state in February.
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"At our age, that counts for something – being able to have a little fun," Clinton said.
It's the first time in years that both of the Clintons do not hold elected office, have time to focus on pet project and not being in the limelight. Last spring, they joined forces along with their daughter, Chelsea, to forge a partnership in the Clinton Global Initiative.
The non-profit foundation is in New York City for its annual meeting this week, with President Barack Obama joining forces with Bill Clinton for a discussion about the benefits and future of health care reform in America and health care access across the world on Tuesday.
During his talk with Letterman, Clinton spoke of some of the CGI initiatives concerning global health including getting people access to clean drinking water.
"I get to deal with a lot of these things that are ignored," he said.
As for his wife's rumored 2016 presidential run, Clinton said he doesn't know, nor does his daughter. But he asked that instead of focusing on who the next president might be – with nearly three years until the next election – the nation should consider focusing on fixing the nation's current problems.
"We should focus on these big challenges now and try to get this country back on track," he said.


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text: You know that blogger who camps outside fashion events in Milan and Florence and snaps photos of how Real Italian Men dress? Truth is most of those guys aren't Italian — they just dress that way. To see bona fide Italian style in action, Tod's has commissioned photographer Lorenzo Bringheli to create Italian Portraits (Skira, $80), a selection of which you can see below. Here is Guglielmo Miani, the CEO of textile firm and clothing store Larusmiani, in his apartment in central Milan. Nice bike.


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The results of last night's Stuff Gadget Awards 2011 have hit the tweetosphere, the interwebs, the papers and of course, the shiny new edition of Stuff magazine. But the winner of the Gadget of the Year award – the Asus Eee Pad Transformer – is the most talked about device by far.
The Transformer bridges the tablet/laptop divide: through its keyboard dock it gains all the power of a netbook, but with the immediate start-up and swish touchscreen skills of the best of its brethren. Even when keyboard-less, it offers Android connections that allow you to expand and augment it, including miniHDMI and microSD. So intelligently built was it, the Transformer also took our Design of the Year award.
Looking to the future we're expecting the Asus Transformer Prime – the next evolution of the device – to seriously impress. It will be bringing the first Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor onto our shores for staggering power and ridiculous battery-saving efficiency. And with rumours of the iPad 3 being delayed even further, Apple can officially start worrying.
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