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Baked Chicken Recipe
I found this recipe on Facebook and it's called "Man Pleasing Chicken" from the Metabolic Cookbook which sounds a bit silly to me 🙂 They promised that it was the "world's best chicken recipe" and it is pretty delicious and easy. I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call it the world's best but I guess it's subjective! We used chicken thighs as we had some in our freezer that we needed to use up but you could easily do it with breasts or tenders and just adjust the cooking time. We also didn't have fresh rosemary on hand as Norah was not in the mood to grocery shop that particular day!!
Baked Chicken i.e. "Man Pleasing Chicken"
1 package of skinless chicken breasts (we used thighs)
1/2 c. Dijon mustard
1/4 c. Maple Syrup
1 T. rice wine vinegar
Fresh rosemary
Salt & Pepper
Preheat the oven to 450
Mix together Dijon mustard, maple syrup, and rice wine vinegar.
Put the breasts into a foil lined baking dish (clean up was a cinch!!) Salt and pepper the chicken and pour your maple mustard mixture over them, turning the breasts in the mixture so they are fully coated.
Bake in oven for 40 minutes or until a meat thermometer registers 165. Baste the tops of the chicken with more sauce halfway through.
Let the chicken rest for 5 minutes. Spoon over extra sauce and garnish with chopped rosemary.


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Facebook does innovation to serve "everyone" in the community and not just the "high end", its CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said in an apparent swipe at Snapchat boss' reported "poor countries" remark that triggered a controversy in India. However, some Indians in their outrage over the perceived insult to the country have turned to vengeful social media action against the application by encouraging a boycott via uninstallation and bad reviews.
Twitter users using the #boycottsnapchat hashtag called for uninstalling the Snapchat app after a legal document unsealed last week alleged that Snap Chief Executive Evan Spiegel in 2015 said he was uninterested in prioritizing growth in India and Spain because they were "poor".
Others hit back by rating the app just one out of five to try to bring down its average app rating.
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Shares of Snapchat owner Snap fell by 1.5 % on Monday in the wake of the alleged comments.
Cannot be complacent about potential threat of N. Korean missiles - UK minister
Jong-nam's body was also repatriated to North Korea the same day, accompanied by three North Korean nationals who had been holed up at the North Korean embassy here.
"The simple fact is that he (Pompliano) knows exactly nothing about Snap's current metrics". Anthony Pompilano, the ex-employee in question, had revealed the conversation with Spiegel from September 2015 where worldwide growth plans for the app were being discussed. "You'll be product of gone by era and derision", and "Poor Evan Spiegel".
A campaign to #BoycottSnapchat and #UninstallSnapchat also began trending on Twitter on Sunday, while shares of Snap- the parent company of Snapchat -fell to their lowest level in almost a month on Monday.
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In Financial Peace University, Dave Ramsey says that your income is your most powerful wealth-building tool.
But you can't build wealth if your income isn't what it needs to be if it's not supporting the needs of your family!
There are three books that will help you tremendously on the road to a new job. And they're not your typical career books, either.
48 Days to the Work You Love by Dan Miller
48 Days to the Work You Love is a book by Dan Miller, a close friend of Dave Ramsey. Dan originally released it in 2005 and revised it in 2010. The book was a New York Times bestseller.
I met Dan at the two-day Coaching with Excellence event he held in September 2012 at his office outside of Franklin, Tennessee.
Dan started teaching the 48 Days material as a Sunday School class about 20 years ago. The response was so overwhelming that he quickly moved it to a weekly community seminar format. It was in those weekly sessions that he heard the real-life stories and developed this material that has now guided thousands of people into meaningful, purposeful, and profitable work, both in traditional employment and entrepreneurship.
48 Days to the Work You Love will help you to re-discover your most effective skills and talents, engage in day-to-day work that is well-suited for you, and share with others what it is you truly do best. You may find that you're already in a work role that is best suited for you, or, if not, develop the skills to effectively move on to a new job. You may even start a new side venture or draft a plan for a new business.
This is not a typical career book, and it's not just for the unemployed or underemployed. Dan takes time in the first several chapters to discuss foundational issues. He explains through the Bible why we work in the first place, and digs into personality traits and histories for clear alignment of vocation, career, and job/work.
Dan Miller promotes a holistic view of looking at life. As a Christian he clearly integrates his faith into his writing and teaching. This gives refreshing clarity that you won't find in most other personal development books. He promotes wellness in all aspects of life.
What You're Really Meant to Do by Robert Steven Kaplan
This book does not spell out exactly what the reader is to do. Instead the author acts as a coach through the book, asking very specific questions to help you work through the process.
Kaplan has some great questions that help you process the stories from your past. One exercise is for you to write out your own definition of success.
The four primary narratives that Kaplan helps you construct are:
- your basic story,
- your success narrative,
- your failure narrative, and
- your injustice narrative.
In other words: what were your childhood influences and environment? What has gone really well in your life that you are proud of and that you tell others? How do you usually frame your experiences when you think about failures? In what ways have you not experienced justice, and how does that continue to affect you?
Then, you move forward: tell a story of your future 10 years from now.
Even though I've just briefly touched upon them here, the act of writing out these stories is very powerful.
With books like this, you must answer the questions as you go along, otherwise there's no point in reading the book. It won't do you any good to just read through it and not work through the exercises. These questions will help you understand yourself better as you're looking for a new job.
80/20 Sales and Marketing by Perry Marshall
80/20 Sales and Marketing is a great read in itself. It's the supplementary materials that Marshall provides with the book purchase that really put the icing on this one, and not just icing on one cake, but several.
Because I ordered the book directly from the author, Marshall provided a lot of bonus items on the web for free, including his really cool Marketing DNA Test.
Another of those digital resources is an audio recording from a live presentation he conducted, "The 80/20 Approach to Business Startups" with an accompanying six-page handout, "Self-Inventory, Market Size, and Giftedness Worksheet."
Marshall says,
"Everything you do in business, and your business USP, flows from your Personal Unique Selling Proposition. The better you understand yourself, the greater the ease with which you function in the marketplace."
In this presentation, Marshall blends these two ideas together. USP + 80/20. In other words, what are the key things you must know about yourself before you begin any business endeavor (or new job)?
As You Search for a Great New Job, No Opportunity is Wasted
"I know sometimes it's scary to think that you might do the wrong thing. It's terrifying to imagine wasting your 'one shot.' But let me assure you, nothing you do will be wasted. Every decision you make, every path you take, has the ability to contribute something you need to succeed at your dream." —Jon Acuff, Quitter, p. 81
Don't Ask, "What Do You Do?"
Use "What Do You Do Best?" Instead
Take some time, right now, and answer these questions. These are some of the best questions to get you started.
- What did you enjoy doing as a child in your free time? What do you do today that, while you're in the middle of it, you have no awareness of time passing by?
- What do you constantly wish for or daydream about? Is there some passion sitting dormant in your heart that's asking to come out and express itself?
- Who are the people that you look up to? What is it about them that you like to emulate? How do you like to help other people?
- Ask your closest friends: what do you do better than other people? What is your unique capability?
- What topics and themes are constantly recurring in your life? What threads can you trace back for years as you look at your experiences?
When you are doing work that fits into who you are as a person, you'll have less stress, adequately provide for your family, and build wealth that will add to your legacy.
You can find a new job that will fit you well. Stick with it!


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The Fountain Theatre gives Zayd Dohrn's powerful personal drama Reborning a Los Angeles Premiere that easily rivals those productions that have scored the Fountain more Ovation Award nominations and wins than any other intimate L.A. theater.
If ever there was a play that defies easy description, it is Reborning. The Chance Theater called it "A Psychological Thriller" in its 2013 SoCal Premiere. The Fountain dubs it "an edgy comedy-drama." The former raises expectations of Grand Guignol damsel-in-distress thrills that won't be met. The latter is a bit too frivolous sounding for a play as weighty as Reborning.
I'll leave it for you to decide how best to describe the gripping theatrical experience that an expert team of L.A. talents has brought to electrifying life at the Fountain.
Suffice it to say that Dohrn's play centers on a 20something doll-maker (Joanna Strapp as Kelly) whose creations are neither Barbie clones nor Cabbage Patch wannabes but rather such true-to-life infants that someone seeing one of them in a baby stroller or being held by its "mother" could easily be fooled into thinking it's the real thing. As to just why anyone would want such a dolly, Kelly doesn't (or at least she claims she doesn't) give this a moment's thought.
40something Emily (Kristin Carey), who has commissioned one of these dolls, arrives on Kelly's doorstep one day to check up on her progress, which any other potential buyer would likely find more than satisfactory. Emily, however, expresses a certain dissatisfaction in the baby's skin tones, which seem too rosy for an honest-to-goodness babe in arms, and she offers to pay extra for additional work to be done, money which Kelly refuses to accept. Her dolls come satisfaction guaranteed, she reminds the older woman.
This is not the first time Emily will pay Kelly a visit.
Completing the cast of characters is Kelly's live-in boyfriend Daizy (Ryan Doucette), so named by his parents for no other reason than their youthful hippydom, and if this seems a bit too cutesy, it does provide a clue as to how Daizy's past differs from Kelly's and Emily's. Hippies may not provide their offspring with a so-called "normal" childhood, but there's certainly nothing devastating or traumatic in being raised by aging flower children.
Playwright Dohrn takes this setup and uses it to powerful, moving effect in order to examine the various ways we choose to cope with loss. He also interjects just enough laughs to relieve tension when needed. (There's a hilarious bit revolving around Daizy's work with latex, for example.)
Under Simon Levy's adept direction, Reborning's trio of leads all give powerful, richly-layered performances.
Strapp, one of our most dynamic young L.A. theater artists, tops even her Best Actress Scenie-winning performance as Li'l Bit in Paula Vogel's How I Learned To Drive five years back, which is saying something indeed. Not only does Strapp give us Kelly's anger and vulnerability and grit, she is fearless in going to the character's deepest, darkest places and resists the temptation to make the doll-maker "likeable" when she is at her most churlish. It is as compelling a performance as you'll see all year, and the perfect match-up of actress and role.
Recent Nova Scotia-to-California transplant Doucette (who shared star-billing with Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker in the recent Sundance hit Cloudburst) makes an exciting Los Angeles theater debut opposite Strapp and Carey (who give Cloudburst's Oscar-winning duo a run for their money). Doucette's Daizy is charismatic, ingratiating, sensitive, playful, and funny, i.e. everything Dohrn could have wished for when writing the role and the actor is one we will hopefully be seeing a good deal more of on our stages.
The cast's younger leads may have the showier roles, but the marvelous Carey is more than up to the challenge of bringing to life a character who hides oceans of pain and loss under a businesslike surface, a layer of steel beneath which lurk the pain of misfortune, decades of regret, and the undying longing for a fresh start, regardless of the odds against her.
Jeff McLaughlin's as always splendid scenic design recreates Kelly and Daizy's Queens apartment and studio with flair and an attention to the details provided by prop/set dressing designer Misty Carlisle. Naila Aladdin Sanders' costumes are a perfect match for each character. Jennifer Edwards' excellent lighting ups the dramatic ante throughout, as does Peter Bayne's sensational sound design and original music.
As it was at the Chance, Matthew Schleicher's striking video design is an integral part of Dohrn's script (at one key moment in particular), and there wouldn't be another Reborning without once again the dolls created by Amy Karich of Amy's Dollhouse.
Reborning is produced by Deborah Lawlor and Stephen Sachs. James Bennett is associate producer. Terri Roberts is production stage manager. Nicole Shawna Voragen is assistant stage manager and Scott Tuomey technical director.
Riveting and ultimately redemptive, Reborning is neither "psychological thriller" nor cookie-cutter "comedy-drama" (no matter how edgy it may indeed be). What it is is Los Angeles theater at its world-class best.
The Fountain Theatre, 5060 Fountain Ave., Los Angeles.
–Steven Stanley
January 29, 2015
Photos: Ed Krieger
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Arbitration Update: Yanks Settle With Two, File Salaries With Four/
The deadline for teams to come to terms with their arbitration-eligible players or submit salary figures for arbitration was yesterday, and the Yankees were able to reach new 1-year deals with 2 of their 6 eligible players. They agreed to a 1-year, $4.3 million deal with Michael Pineda and a 1-year, $3.2 million deal with Dustin Ackley. Those figures were right in line with the MLBTR projections. They did not come to a deal with Aroldis Chapman, Ivan Nova, Nathan Eovaldi, and Didi Gregorius, although it was reported that both sides exchanged figures in all 4 cases. The most notable figures were Chapman's. Via Jon Heyman, Chapman filed for $13.1 million and the Yankees filed for 9. I'm sure they will agree to something in between and it won't be a huge deal, but the idea that the Yankees move in and swung a trade for the best closer in baseball only to turn around and lowball him on his salary is pretty comical. The team and Eovaldi were also over a million bucks apart, but the midpoint of the 2 numbers is right around the $5.7 mil Eovaldi is expected to get, so that situation should work itself out.
Teams can still work out a deal at any time after filing arbitration figures, so I expect we'll see a few more agreements come before the arbitration hearings start next month. The Yankees haven't gone all the way to arbitration since 2007 with Chien-Ming Wang, when they won. It's very likely that they get new deals done with all 4 of their remaining players before the February hearing dates.


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More and more lots of people are looking for traffic for their website. At times, it is not so easy to get people to visit your site. You have to come up with different ways to produce the desired traffic. You have to be both creative and innovative but there are a few traffic ideas that can assist you.
1. You can try Flickr. Using social photo sharing can help drive people to your site. If you attach some good tags with the photos that might attract the members from the site. Add a good post from your blog and add a link to the Flickr site. That way the sites can work together to generate some traffic to your website.
2. Have you joined a social bookmarking site? You will be able to share your favorite sites with the other people having the same interest. Be sure to include your website. These social sites act just like a specific search engine for a great many people. Then add the bookmarks to your blog site to help draw visitors to your site.
Also adding interesting links to relevant products that the people might be looking for will help. As you add more and more interesting links you have bookmarked you could see a significant increase to your following.
3. Pick up blogging. You can join several sites and make comments on the blog posts. Then you can put your URL with the post. Remember though, you are making comments on their posts so keep your concentration on the topic since you don't want your comment to be deleted or looked at as spam. You want to appear knowledgeable about the topic you are commenting on and someone other people can trust.
4. Use a forum signature to promote your site with a live link. Use subjects that have great information and link them back to your site. The more valuable content you can provide for the readers the more they will come to rely on your new informtion. You will have them returning to see what new information you are providing.
5. Put on some widgets, themes, and even some extensions to your website. There are lots of additions that can help improve your site. Try to make your site interesting and exciting and different from the normal boring website.
6. Let your friends know about your business and have them spread the word about your site.They will be able to use their blogs, websites and contacts to possibly increase your website visitors.
7. Get some industry specific sites to add links and networks by contacting the sites. You will find a lot willing to join the cause to assist you in building your website traffic.
8. Increase your exposure by adding podcasts to your website. You can also include audios and videos that are interesting and intriguing.
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New Diet Flavors with All-Natural Sweeteners and Redesigned Packaging
POMPTON LAKES, NJ, July 17, 2012 – Herbal Mist 100% Natural fresh-brewed ready-to-drink Teas – the first in the category infused with the power of Yerba Maté – is expanding their healthy line of teas to include Mango, Half & Half, and four Diet flavors, all coming to market as the brand introduces redesigned packaging.
New Diet Herbal Mist flavors are: Diet Peach, Diet Lemon, Diet Mango, and Diet Half + Half (Lemonade and Tea) ? all sweetened with green leaf Stevia. Herbal Mist is also available in Raspberry, Green with Honey, Lemon, Peach, Mango and Half & Half and all flavors now contain even more Yerba Mate.
Herbal Mist began shipping product with a redesigned look and feel in late-December. The new plastic bottles are fully shrink-wrapped and feature fruit imagery and the banner logo.
"It's an exciting time for us. After a year of R&D, we've created a diet version of Herbal Mist that maintains the all-natural promise of our product, without sacrificing taste. On top of that, we're introducing an entirely new look for the line that better represents the Brand," said Charles Musumeci, CEO of H2M Beverages.
You can find the new 20 oz. bottles of Herbal Mist in convenience stores throughout the NY, NJ, PA tri-state area for a suggested retail price of $1.89.
About Herbal Mist
Herbal Mist is a line of unique, all-natural, fresh-brewed sweetened teas that combine real fruit flavors with healthy herbs. Herbal Mist Teas are enhanced with Yerba Maté – a natural stimulant that has been used for centuries by Latin American cultures to boost concentration, increase energy, enhance mood and aid in weight loss. Herbal Mist is available in 10 all natural flavors: Raspberry, Green with Honey, Lemon, Peach, Mango, Half & Half, Diet Peach, Diet Lemon, Diet Mango, and Diet Half and Half. All Herbal Mist teas are available in 20 fl. oz. plastic bottles. Herbal Mist is a subsidiary of H2M Beverages, a company based in Pompton Lakes, NJ. For more information, visit: http://www.herbalmist.com/
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The Company, based in Pompton Lakes, NJ, was founded by brothers Joseph and Charles Musumeci, along with their cousin Greg Piagesi. The founders enlisted food scientists and medical doctors to develop all H2M beverages to be a healthy alternative. The company also owns the popular Liquid Lightning Energy Drink and recently launched 989 OnDemand vitamin-enhanced beverages. For more information visit: http://h2mbeverages.com/.


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The Onion Sparks An Uproar Over Quvenzhané Wallis Tweet
UPDATE: The Onion's CEO Steve Hannah has since apologized to outraged and upset readers. The letter, which has been posted on The Onion's Facebook page reads, "On behalf of The Onion, I offer my personal apology to Quvenzhané Wallis and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the tweet that was circulated last night during the Oscars. It was crude and offensive—not to mention inconsistent with The Onion's commitment to parody and satire, however biting. No person should be subjected to such a senseless, humorless comment masquerading as satire. The tweet was taken down within an hour of publication. We have instituted new and tighter Twitter procedures to ensure that this kind of mistake does not occur again. In addition, we are taking immediate steps to discipline those individuals responsible. Miss Wallis, you are young and talented and deserve better. All of us at The Onion are deeply sorry."
"You just don't get it, do you?" It's likely the argument you'll hear the most from both sides of the already raging Quvenzhané Wallis/The Onion tweet battle. Onion defenders will say that all those upset simply don't get the joke, while those standing up for the adorable Beasts of the Southern Wild star continue to ask how anyone could find it funny.
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The online uproar, in case you missed it, happened during last night's Oscar ceremony broadcast when satirists The Onion sent out an ill-advised joke at the expense of 9-year-old Best Actress nominee Quvenzhané Wallis: "Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but Quvenzhané Wallis is kind of a c**t, right?" Only, there was no asterisks and the only response that seemed to follow that question was, "When are you going to take this down and apologize?" After being online for over an hour, The Onion did something they rarely do, they took back a jab. Of course, this is the Internet, where controversy will follow you forever and screen shots of the tweet are still out there. Case in point, the original, unedited tweet here:
Now, let's get the obvious out of the way first: no decent human being in their right mind would think that of the adorable Wallis. It's clearly a riff on the culture of ripping on celebrities — even women and children — and that Wallis is just about the sweetest thing in Hollywood.
The problem — aside from the jarring sight of that vulgar word next to Wallis' name — is that the joke isn't particularly funny, nor does it really stick it to those celebrity bashers. The only person who looks attacked here is the innocent Wallis. (If you'll recall the Daniel Tosh rape joke incident, a major point of contention was that the comic was mocking rape victims, not finding a way to find humor in the light of those atrocities). There have been some arguments that The Onion didn't actually call her the c-word, but the thing is, they did. Yes, it was a joke, but would we say that Oscar host Seth MacFarlane didn't say the Kardashians had dark facial hair?
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There were plenty of people who didn't find the joke funny and took to Twitter to air out their grievance with The Onion. The Wire and Treme star Wendell Pierce wrote from his page, "@TheOnion Identify the writer. Let him defend that abhorrent verbal attack of a child. You call it humor I call it horrendous…I will never lose the ability to be offended and let anyone verbally abuse a child. Especially a child of my community in NOLA…They have the freedom to say whatever they want and I have a right to say it's offensive. I won't stand by and watch the abuse."
Pierce was hardly alone in his outrage, Russell Simmons urged his followers to retweet the "the very offensive tweet about Quvenzhané Wallis that @TheOnion doesn't want you to see" and Chelsea Clinton responded with the hashtags, "#Unacceptable #Outrageous." Keith Olbermann tweeted after finding out what the Wallis joke was about, "they DID wrong. Retract, apologize, dismiss."
Of course, for everyone that was upset, there will be just as many who say that people are simply being sensitive, that The Onion is satire and they missed the joke entirely. Perhaps, sometimes there are words that have a harder time hiding under the guise of the sake of comedy (see: Lisa Lampanelli's unapologetic n-word tweet) and, you know what, yeah, people can be a little sensitive about when 9-year-old girls are called c**ts. It doesn't necessarily mean they are humorless drones.
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Look, The Onion is no stranger to controversy, whether they're being mistaken for a legitimate news source (it happens way more than you'd think) or being accused of, you guessed it, insensitivity. Not to mention the fact that popular, beloved comedian Louis C.K. uses similar language when it comes to kids (granted, for the most part, he's talking about his own). Either the cries of "Won't somebody please think of the children?" or "Why so serious?" will ring louder in the coming days and weeks — and they will all just continue to play out over Twitter. If there's anything to get worked up about, it's going to be that.
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A juicy dress-code memo was no match for a dead pop star — but was interesting enough to gin up the Grammy Awards' second-biggest audience in two decades: more than 28 million viewers.
That Grammy crowd is second only to the 40 million who turned out a year ago to watch the music industry lay its heart at the feet of its fallen heroine, Whitney Houston, who died dramatically the previous afternoon.
Last year's audience was the second-largest ever for the recording academy's trophy show, and the broadcast's biggest haul in nearly three decades (since Michael Jackson and "Thriller" cleaned up at the 1984 Grammys).
Last year's Grammycast edged that year's Billy Crystal-hosted Academy Awards in the ratings (the Oscars traditionally being the most-watched trophy show of them all).
That will not happen this year, based on Sunday's numbers. Still, those ratings are quite something — about 9 million more people watched the Grammys than this year's Golden Globe Awards, which were hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
The Grammys show also whomped the Fey/Poehler Globes among younger viewers, who are the currency of TV entertainment programming ad sales.
That is not to suggest that Poehler and Fey were slouches, ratings-wise — their Globes performance was up double digits compared with the previous year's Globes, hosted by Ricky Gervais.
In the walk-up to this year's Grammys ceremony, CBS sent attendees a wardrobe advisory that got leaked to the press. That caused an eczema of news reports to break out, warning of potential "bare fleshy under curves of the buttocks" and "bare sides or under curvature of the breasts" at the trophy-dispensing.
In the TV biz, that is known as "throwing raw meat to piranha."
Unfortunately, what the 28.4 million viewers who tuned in saw was maybe the most conservatively costumed Grammy crowd in recent history. But some in the media, who'd already mapped out their here-are-the-memo-violators plans, fought gamely to keep the story alive with blown-up photos — from Sunday's show — of the chests of Katy Perry, Alicia Keys and Rihanna.
Really, the closest viewers got to anything of sartorial interest was the screen-saver bright gown Carrie Underwood wore during her performance of "Blown Away" and "Two Black Cadillacs." Afterward, backstage, she said she was mulling whether to take the dress home to watch movies on it.
Early in the night, Jennifer Lopez attempted to re-create a recent magical moment, in which Angelina Jolie's leg reached out from an opening in her gown and stole the show at the 2012 Oscar ceremony.
J-Lo — who is best known, Grammy-wise, for the buzz-worthy body-taped Versace gown she worn to the 2000 ceremony — came out on stage in an Anthony Vaccarello gown that featured a hole through which she put one leg, exposing it mightily. "I read the memo," she announced happily. "You inspired the memo," her co-presenter, Miami rapper Pitbull, gushed.
But J-Lo's leg was no match for Jolie's gam.
Some statuettes were handed out, too.
Gotham pop-rock troupe fun. bagged statuettes for song of the year and for best new artist, though lead singer Nate Ruess quipped on stage, "You can see our faces, and we are not young."
Mumford & Sons snagged album of the year for "Babel."
And Prince whispered, "I love this song" before announcing that Belgian-Australian pop singer Gotye had won record of the year for his breakup anthem, "Somebody That I Used to Know."
You know who didn't watch the Grammys on Sunday? About 12 million zombie fans.
Opposite the Grammy Award broadcast, AMC's "The Walking Dead" nonetheless managed to attract the biggest crowd in its history: 12.4 million viewers.
Sunday's episode marked the midseason return of the zombie-drama's third season.
Add in the folks who watched multiple repeats of the episode, starting with one at 11 p.m. — the Grammys were still going on at that point — and you've got nearly 17 million viewers.
"The Walking Dead's" previous best ever was last October with its third-season debut, which clocked just less than 11 million viewers.
AMC also claimed that "The Walking Dead's" third season is outperforming such hits as CBS's "The Big Bang Theory," "Two and a Half Men" and "NCIS" and ABC's "Modern Family" among the 18- to 49-year-olds.
But Nielsen stats put "The Big Bang Theory," and "Modern Family" — as well as NBC's Sunday football, and the Wednesday and Thursday editions of "American Idol" — ahead of "The Walking Dead" in the age bracket.
AMC is including only those of you who watch those shows when they're broadcast or later the same day — which is very 1990. These days, Nielsen counts viewers who watch up to seven days after the broadcast, having discovered the DVR.
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If you read my blog or follow me on social media you know how much I love talking about the importance of eating fermented foods every day to support your gut health and all the benefits of having good gut bacteria. A healthy gut is your first line of defense against parasites, viruses, harmful bacteria and pathogenic yeast which can all cause major health issues. These bad organisms can cause food sensitivities, chronic inflammation, leaky gut, constipation, diarrhea, IBS, acid reflux, mood swings, autoimmune issues, hormone imbalances, weight gain, liver congestion, low energy and more!
Over 70-80% of your immune system cells are found in your gut. Our gut is referred to as the second brain because it has neurotransmitters (enteric nervous system) that are involved in important processes in our body. Your gut is responsible for manufacturing dopamine and serotonin which are important neurotransmitters which are crucial for a balanced mood. If you want to enjoy your best life you need to address your gut health because it affects so many crucial functions in the body. These reasons are why it's important to do whatever you can to keep your gut healthy and balanced.
That's why I'm excited to share a new fermented microFood supplement from ISOThrive that I've been using for almost a month now! This wonderful and easy to use fermented microFood (also know as a PREbiotic) feeds your good gut bacteria to keep it healthy and thriving! With some help from the ISOThrive team I want to share some important information on why you need fermented microFood for a healthy gut.
What is microFood and Why Is It Important?
The bacteria in our gut performs critical functions for our body and produce substances that the body needs to be healthy. Just as you need to eat every day, so do your gut bacteria. We call what they eat microFood. A normal healthy diet provides some types of microFood that your gut bacteria need, for example: raw garlic, onions, dandelion greens, leeks, asparagus, jicama root and banana, to name a few.
However, some bacteria are picky eaters…they require something that most people no longer eat: fermented microFood. A long time ago our ancestors ate and drank large servings of bacterially fermented foods like sauerkraut, kimchi, beet kvass, and fermented sourdough bread. Today many people either do not eat these foods or if they do, they eat a small amount a few times per week. That's not enough fermented food for the good bacteria to thrive. That means that even if you're eating a healthy diet, some of your bacteria may be starving! This is important because good gut bacteria have a very important role in our overall health.
ISOThrive adds back in what's missing in most people's daily diets. ISOThrive is a daily microFood nectar that nourishes specific bacteria in the gut to address the root cause of many chronic health problems. It contains a non-digestible carbohydrate known as MIMO (maltosyl-iso- malto-oligosaccharides). This is the same kind of microFood found in fermented foods. The best part is, instead of a sour, salty, or earthy taste that many fermented foods have, ISOThrive has a lightly sweet taste that is really good! Some people may not be able to taste it at all. I really enjoy taking it every day and adding it into my recipes too.
Why microFood Goes Where Most Probiotics Can't:
Our guts are already home to "good" bacteria that help us digest food safely and comfortably. Trying to add more bacteria into our guts doesn't always work because most probiotics are neutralized by our stomach acid and never make it to our lower digestive tract. If you're interested in healing GI issues, instead of adding in more bacteria with probiotics, you need to feed the good bacteria that you already have in your gut.
Not All microFood Is The Same
The good bacteria in your gut need to eat fermented foods on a regular basis to stay healthy. Some of them can only thrive on fermented microFood (the kind in ISOThrive). You can't get this from plants or other prebiotic or probiotic supplements. Without the proper food, these bacteria can start eating the gut's protective lining which can lead to health problems.
How You Can Rebalance Your Gut:
The standard American diet of eating refined and processed foods, taking antibiotics, and dealing with infections plus toxins can disrupt the bacterial balance in your gut. At that point, unwanted bad bacteria take over and they can wreak havoc on your gut and overall health. When that happens, you can experience all kinds of digestive distress. ISOThrive works by providing the good bacteria the microFood needed to keep the bad guys down and your gut balanced. Get rid of the unwanted bacteria and you could experience relief from digestive issues.
Feeding good gut bacteria with fermented microFood is a new idea getting accolades from doctors and their patients, along with many other people who have experienced great results using ISOThrive!
7 Commonly Reported Benefits of ISOThrive microFood:
ISOThrive may help in the following ways:
- Relief from acid reflux symptoms and constipation
- Support for a healthy immune system
- Reduced gas and bloating
- More energy and vitality
- Increased mental clarity
- Better mood and better sleep
- Improving bacteria balance in your gut
When your digestive system is working, your whole body starts to work and feel better!
Easy Ways to Use ISOThrive
ISOThrive is so simple to use every day! You can enjoy it by sipping the nectar directly from the packet or adding it into water, foods or any drinks. I've used it in my infused water, straight from the packet and in my smoothies and I love it! It has a slightly sweet taste that is very mild and that blends easily into any food or drink you add it to. This simplicity of use and mild flavor makes it so easy to add ISOThrive into your daily diet to support your gut health!
A Special ISOThrive Deal Just for You!
My partners at ISOThrive have provided me with a special deal to share with you if you want to try it. You can get $23.00 off the regular price of your first box by using my link here. I hope you enjoy all the benefits of using this fantastic new fermented microFood to improve your gut health!
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The Neighborhood Fish Farm in Southwest Miami-Dade sells hundreds of tropical fish species for aquariums imported from around the world.
Their ponds, aquariums and tanks have dozens of fish including Angelfish, African Cichlids, American Cichlids, Goldfish, Koi, Tetras, Gouramis, Oranda, Barbs, Sharks, Libearers and Guppies.
On Saturday, Miami-Dade firefighters found a lot of them dead after extinguishing a fire at the popular farm at 12150 SW 45 St.
The fire happened hours after the store announced to their followers on Facebook that there were lots of new arrivals.
The farm also has beautiful water lilies in pink, red, white, blue and purple, and drift wood to decorate ponds and aquariums.
The fire remained under investigation Saturday afternoon.
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Our veterinary and nursing team work from our Coalville animal surgery and serve our clients and their companion animals across the whole of north and west Leicestershire from Loughborough to Market Bosworth and Ashby to Markfield.
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It's been much the same around here the past couple of weeks. No elaborate bake-offs to report, no room re-decorating, no gardening make-overs, just the same old, same old. Watching paddocks turn brown as they do this time of year, ferrying molasses to hungry heifers, preparing bulls for sale in a week's time, irrigating lucerne and more of the mundane.
Reportable incidents over the past couple of weeks do include our first ever town-run. Feeling like the Beverley hillbillies amongst a sea of Lorna-Jane clad athletes, we did have a lot of fun. Jess and I ended with a sub-30 5K (which was our hope), Sarah only a few minutes behind. We decided we'd do it again and have our names down for another next month.
I returned to an empty house a few mornings ago and found the troops gathered around Mama Pig.
Thirteen babies.
Unfortunately, it hasn't gone well, with our very overweight Mama squashing many since.
She is going to find herself involved in a rather intensive diet and exercise program before next pregnancy. Just think of it as a lifestyle Mama.
We've been into school for a "celebration of learning" afternoon, where parents were treated to drama performances, poetry and a display of pre-recorded advertisements, all part of this term's curriculum.
The only other excitement was a visit from these two goons who found themselves in the pig paddock but seemed to have no recollection of how they got there and how they would get themselves back out. I was pleased to return from the school run to find them gone.
And today marks the beginning of school holidays. Our favourite time of the year.


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Balancing the Endocrine System and the Energy Pathways
Balancing the endocrine system, the delicate hormonal balance, and stabilize the energy pathways requires laying a good foundation -- this is what the solution depends on.
This starts with strong digestion. In short, no purple pills, antacids, or stomach burning. Strong digestion and stomach acid production is essential to good health. Blood sugar management depends on diet and timing. No sweet and carbohydrate cravings. No stressing the 'fuel pump' (cortisol) / 'fuel injection' (insulin) system allowed. Looking at how foods are digested in your system, and making better food choices in your diet and timing eating.
Stress modification determines healthy steroid output -- female/male hormone recovery. No prolonged stress response or steal allowed. Although we may not be able to get away from stressors, we can change the way we act to stressors. Body work support such as chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, exercise, and deep breathing is important. Hormone metabolism and elimination is defined by liver-gall bladder function. We do not want thick sluggish bile. Estrogen Dominance stagnates the bile and impairs hormone metabolite excretion. The routes of hormone metabolism and elimination are taxed. Estrogen Dominance is not only a female problem -- many men are estrogen dominant!
There are ways to test for your hormone levels. One option we use is a saliva test. The kit is easy for you to take home and do in privacy. It is then sent to the laboratory to determine the separate hormone readings. Other methods that depict indicators of endocrine gland function are blood chemistry panels and hair analysis.


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Most people have the wrong opinion about a man cave. They imagine a room in the garage with tools hanging on the wall and grease on the floor. However, the ultimate masculine space is much, much more than a place to store wrenches. Instead, it should include just as much thought into the design and layout as you would give any other room in your home. Whether you are a man looking to create the ultimate space or you are trying to decorate a man cave for the significant other in your life, there are a few things that you absolutely must consider. As with any other room, each piece of furniture or décor should be exquisite. However, in this case, it needs to be exquisitely masculine.
Materials Matter
When choosing furniture for a man cave, the materials need to be picked very carefully. Clearly, you will wish to avoid anything that could be considered feminine, and that means picking fine leather upholstery. It can be found in classic, buttery soft styles of dark, deep browns or you could even choose embossed designs that take the material to the next level of class. There are other materials to choose for chairs or sofas in a man cave, but leather will almost always be the obvious winner.
For other furnishings, it is best to choose dark woods like mahogany, however, exotic woods such as ash burl, ebony veneer, and rosewood can be very fitting in a man cave as well. To avoid anything that could be considered female in design, look for classic patterns and styles. A fantastic inspiration for choosing just the right wood furnishings would be Ernest Hemingway. This lauded author had an eye for detail and decorated with the classic, rugged style of Bombay.
Functionality Is Important
For a man cave, the design cannot be all about looks, though. You also must think of functionality. This room needs to be the perfect escape with a masculine flair. That means setting up the carefully chosen furnishings appropriately around a television so that you will be able to relax and watch the game with your friends. If sports trip your trigger.
You may also wish to include other functional elements if you have the space, like a bar (crafted from the manliest materials of course) or a billiard table. Ensure that the room works for your personal je ne sais quoi and comfort so that you will truly enjoy spending time in the space.
Don't Forget Details
Accessories are extremely important in a man cave. You will wish to choose items that suit your personality as well as the flavor of the room. You could choose a theme, like sports, wild African safaris, or anything else that defines your tastes. However, when picking accessories, ensure that you don't put too much into one space. Over accessorizing can result in a busy room that is simply not comfortable.
A great way to accessorize is to take inspiration from the world around you. For example, if you are creating a man cave in Denver, then consider an attractive portrait of the city skyline with the Rocky Mountains behind. Alternatively, you could incorporate memorabilia from the Denver Broncos, the Colorado Rockies, or the Denver Avalanche if you are a sports fan. No matter where you may live, incorporating local flavor from around you can be an excellent and easy way to accessorize.
Brent Simon is a writer for Colorado Style Home Furnishings. Colorado Style specializes in upscale furnishings for the home and kitchen.
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04-22-2013, 05:38 PM #1Senior Member
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Finally got the fly rod back with nice Gill.
Hey all, It's been one hell yea a year for me so far. Already broke my fly rod tip twice this year and both times weren't my fault. My wife broke my tip section back in March on the steps walking upstairs and than on Opening day was April 6th while putting my fly rod down to get my spinning tackle ready a game warden comes up to me asking about how was I making out fly fishing I told him not to good, and few mins later he left as soon as I got my spinning tackle already I looked back and there is my tip broke in half called the guy back over and he just had the nerve to say ''Oh Sorry Buddy'' And got in his truck and lefted! Well Thank god that Orvis didn't take too long to receive my rod only 10-days and I'am back fly fishing! Finally 2-days ago had the chance to take it out to catch a few Bluegill's. Caught this lovely one. It felt great to cast it again and hooking fish!
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Got that unibomber look going for you there. Nice fish though.
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Re: Finally got the fly rod back with nice Gill.
You gotta love that Orvis warranty, hopefully that is the last of your bad luck with the rod issues! Congrats on the nice Gill!Larry
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Re: Finally got the fly rod back with nice Gill.
Nice fish, we're sending my oldest son's 8wt Sage Vantage back for the escond time. Tips get eaten for sure, I got 2 sons, 4 car doors, 1 truck/hatch.......... @#$% happens.
The small cost the factories charge is a small price to keep my sons to fishing with me.
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Re: Finally got the fly rod back with nice Gill.
Not that I don't feel for ya.... I've broken a few rods in my day
But if you left your rod somewhere where it could get stepped on..
Then it was your fault
sorry, but taking care of your gear is your own responsibilityThe simpler the outfit, the more skill it takes to manage it, and the more pleasure one gets in his achievements. --- Horace Kephart
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Re: Finally got the fly rod back with nice Gill.
Laying a rod on the ground or the floor is asking for disaster. Unless you bring Orange cones and caution tape. A cautionary tale for those of us who don't want a busted rod.
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Re: Finally got the fly rod back with nice Gill.
What about G Loomis ? Their warranty isn't so great(they do stand behind the product though) and yet their prices are way up there with the rest....some men go to church and think of fishing while other men go fishing and feel closer to God
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Re: Finally got the fly rod back with nice Gill.
I understand where you guys are coming from. But where I was fishing at there is no where to place your pole at only thing I could do was place it on the ground it's a pretty steep incline, but than again I could of walk to 200 yards or so back to my car so I guess I was being lazy but thought no one would step on my rod either.
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Darin Ruf may just be making a cameo appearance in the major leagues.
Ruf was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Wednesday morning. On Wednesday afternoon, manager Ryne Sandberg admitted Ruf could be with the team just during the three-day period before the Phillies need to make another roster move to add a starting pitcher to fill Cliff Lee's place in the rotation on Saturday.
"Possibly for the three days, but we'll deal with that when the day comes," Sandberg said. "I see him as an option off the bench in a situation."
Ruf hit two doubles on Tuesday at Lehigh Valley. He homered on Monday.
But with Ryan Howard and Domonic Brown entrenched at first base and left field, respectively, Ruf is without a position. Sandberg said before Ruf's arrival that he was no longer a consideration for right field, where Marlon Byrd plays. (There was speculation that the Phillies could potentially slide Byrd to center to make room for Ruf).
Before the Phils took pregame batting on Wednesday, Sandberg was asked if he could see a scenario where he could find a place in his starting lineup for Ruf "two or three times" a week.
"Two or three times a week?" Sandberg said. "That would all depend."
If Ruf is going to be utilized no different that, say John Mayberry Jr., it might serve him best to go back to Triple-A anyway to continue to get at-bats and keep his bat sharp. Ruf himself admitted it took some time to get his swing back in gear after not swinging a bat for 5 weeks following the oblique injury he suffered at the end of March.
"I don't know if I take off 5 weeks from swinging in the offseason," Ruf said. "So, it was almost taking more time off from swinging the bat than I have before. So it was tough getting back into things."
Ruf said he didn't feel great with his swing until the last "4 or 5 games."
When the Phillies call up a pitcher on Saturday - David Buchanan would appear to be the frontrunner - figuring out who will be removed from the roster is tricky.
Mayberry, who is a useful righthanded bench piece, if nothing else, is out of options. Tony Gwynn Jr. has began to play more regularly than Ben Revere in center field. Both Reid Brignac and Cesar Hernandez could be candidates, however, since Sandberg said it wasn't completely necessary to have two backup infielders on the bench.
"That depends on the makeup of the bench," Sandberg said. "Oftentimes you need one guy. It depends on who the pinch-runners are, off the bench. Who are the left-handed bats, right-handed bats, all those guys. It all depends on the makeup of the whole bench."
For the time being, Ruf is in the Phillies clubhouse, awaiting his first major league swings of the 2014 season.
"I just have to take it day by day and prove I can help this team win now," he said, "and hopefully I'll get that opportunity."
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Im always on the lookout for hikes that feature our areas rich California native habitat and wildlife — and Crafton Hills Grape Street Trail in Yucaipa provides plenty of that. Its an intermediate trail that takes you up a not-too-steep hill to nice views [Read more…]
Great hikes: Head to the Crafton Hills
Infected Firewood is Transporting Oak Beetle
When we moved from the San Diego area nearer to Los Angeles, old coast live oaks — the native oak that epitomizes California – were dying off from a new pest. We lived in the east part of San Diego County and were concerned about the pest as we heard reports of it moving westward. Especially since our property had a half-dozen 80-year-old oaks on our property.
Unfortunately, the beetle the goldspotted oak borer or GSOB that is causing this is moving north [Read more…]
Seek Local Native Plants for Cold (and Hot) Tolerance
"One of the advantages of growing local native plants is that the plants from your immediate vicinity are well adapted to our climate's yearly fluctuations and can take those rare days with winter low temperatures and high temperatures in the sumners" – Bart O'Brien, RSABG
Here in California we've had some unusally cold weather this January [Read more…]
The Science of Trees
At our local horticulture group last month we were lucky to have speaker Paul Chaney, an ISA Certified Arborist who enlightened us on the science behind trees. Understanding their structure and how they grow helps us in turn to understand their best care, particularly pruning. [Read more…]
Replacing Invasive Plants
On one of my walks here in Southern California I pass a house where theyre removing the English Ivy that thickly carpeted the front landscape. Im not sure what theyre going to replace it with but it has prompted this article on invasive groundcovers, grasses and shrubs [Read more…]
Favorite Natives: Western Sycamore
Here in Redlands CA, ESRI employs 2000 and is a huge presence in our town. With hundreds of sycamore trees dotting ESRIs campus, the tree is obviously a favorite of the company's founder, Jack Dangermond. I like this tree. It makes people feel good when they are around them," says Dangermond. He followed with more than a dozen characteristics, which include its rustic, casual character and sculptural multi-colored trunk, big beautiful leaves that offer changing seasonal colors, and its plentiful food for birds. But of course, Its hard to find a perfect tree. Sycamores can be messy, and they may trigger allergies for some people.
The California or Western Sycamore (Platanus racemosa) is also a favorite of mine. Here is some info about this fast-growing, deciduous tree. [Read more…]
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This is part two following my last write-up What a Plant Knows: Do they Feel or Hear?, which discussed whether plants feel or hear (In a nutshell, theyre pretty deaf but they do react to touch think venus flytrap, the plant that traps insects that walk onto it). I recently finished What a Plant Knows by Daniel Chamovitz, a plant scientist who comes from a family of physicians. He decided to go another route and became a plant scientist, but has been surprised to see many similarities between the plant world and the animal world prompting the angle of his book.
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text: On my debian system, whenever I used man, I was annoyed that the screen was cleared when I exited man. This made it hard to refer to the text that was on the screen before I exited man. Some research revealed that on my system, man invoked the pager 'less'. I tried setting my pager to 'more', but 'more' can't scroll backwards in a man page, and I didn't want to lose that functionality. So, the fix was to do a export LESS=X in my ~/.bashrc. This avoids the screen clearing "problem" on exit for regular uses of 'less' as well. -- Benjamin


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The first week of December, Pentagon officials claimed they had "lost" the logs that would have documented whether U.S. troops were exposed to deadly chemicals during the Gulf War.
The second week of December, leading scientists hired by the Pentagon to investigate the Gulf War Syndrome charged that the Pentagon had not turned over even the evidence it admits not losing.
The scientists have impeccable bourgeois credentials. One of them, Joshua Ledeberg, is former president of Rockefeller University and a Nobel Prize laureate. He tried to soften his criticism by saying of the Pentagon, "Un-led is probably a better word than misled."
Nevertheless, Ledeberg was particularly upset about incidents in which Czech chemical-warfare specialists put on protective garments while U.S. soldiers went unprotected.
Czech, French and British soldiers are also suffering from various unexplained illnesses. Since the Gulf War was a joint war of all the imperialists and their clients against Iraq, soldiers from a number of countries are suffering from similar illnesses.
The gaps in the logs include the period in March 1991 when U.S. combat engineers blew up the Kamisiyah ammunition depot. That may have exposed tens of thousands of Iraqis and allied soldiers to a cloud of chemicals.
The U.S. press has focused on this incident. But if the chemicals were in fact released into the air, it was a U.S. military attack during a U.S. invasion of a sovereign country that did that.
The United States has the greatest conglomeration of all sorts of weaponry in the world. It has vast stores of chemical, nuclear, "conventional" and other devices scattered in secret facilities throughout the country. If another country were to ever bomb one of these facilities, it's inconceivable that the U.S. press would blame the Pentagon instead of the country that attacked.
Yet in this case, the U.S. media unequivocally blame Iraq, the country under attack, instead of the Pentagon, the attacker-even though Iraq's arsenal is nowhere near comparable to the Pentagon's, and even though Iraq never used the Kamisiyah weapons.
Proof of Pentagon cover-up
Meanwhile, other factors that should be considered go unmentioned.
U.S. and allied weapons unleashed a vast amount of depleted uranium during the war. The possible toxic effects of this substance are grave. Yet there has been no media outcry and certainly no official inquiry into the effects of DU on the troops.
U.S. troops in the tens of thousands also received an experimental drug designed to protect them against chemical weapons. Many Gulf War veterans now believe their illness may be linked to these injections.
Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf of the U.S. high command during the Gulf War, former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Colin Powell and former Defense Secretary Richard Cheney, former President George Bush and President Bill Clinton-none of them has shown much interest in the plight of Gulf War veterans suffering from an array of debilitating illnesses.
But the 40,000 or more former soldiers and their families are hard to hide. The government has to manage this crisis before it really blows up-especially if it wants to send more soldiers to die in future imperialist wars.
The Gulf War commanders boasted of the war's minor casualties-only 147 GIs dead, most done in by friendly fire. But Gulf War Syndrome appears to affect the soldiers' children, so the body count is rising.
Of course, the war's toll is far, far higher. But Washington doesn't count Iraqi lives.
Earlier this year, reporter Leslie Stahl asked U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright on the CBS-TV show "60 Minutes": "It is said that as a result of the sanctions [on Iraq], more than half a million Iraqi children have died. That's more than were killed in Hiroshima. Is it worth the price?''
Albright answered, "It's a hard choice for us-but yes, it's worth it.'' She is now slated to become secretary of state-chief of foreign affairs-in the second Clinton administration.
The ruling class's attitude to its soldiers is phrased differently. But the health and well-being of soldiers is not the Pentagon's primary concern. Their availability as cannon fodder is.
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Dealer must serve at least 33 years for 'depraved' murder of mother-of-nine
A depraved cocaine user who strangled a widowed foster mother in her home was guilty of a "savage act" and must serve at least 33 years in jail, a judge has said.
Gareth Dack was branded "perverted and disgusting" by Mrs Justice Whipple as she sentenced him for the murder of 79-year-old mother-of-nine Norma Bell.
He attacked her, cut her clothing to expose her pubic area and called sex chat lines from her phone as she lay dead or dying.
Dack then tried to set fire to her terraced home in Hartlepool last April in a failed attempt to destroy the evidence.
The father-of-four was jailed for life following a three-week trial at Teesside Crown Court.
Sentencing, the trial judge said: "You killed Norma Bell in cold blood in her own home when she was defenceless.
"She had done nothing to deserve your violence, then you set fire to her home in a failed attempt to cover your tracks."
He was a drug user, heavily in debt and had pressured her to lend him £10 the week before.
Mrs Justice Whipple said: "You strangled her using your bare hands first and then using a phone charger cable.
"This must have been a truly terrifying ordeal for Norma Bell. She was elderly and alone in her home.
"You would have overpowered her with ease.
"You brutally murdered her.
"You knelt on her and used extreme violence against her. You committed a terrible crime."
Dack stole £700 and a boxed 49 inch TV which he sold that night, then returned after taking cocaine and cannabis and ransacked her home in a "drug-fuelled rampage", the judge said.
One of the most troubling aspects of the case was Dack cutting her knickers, leaving her exposed.
"It was a depraved act. You robbed Norma Bell of her dignity."
The judge said there could have been "dreadful consequences" if Dack had succeeded in blowing up the house. The jury also convicted him of arson.
The judge said: "This was a savage act of murder by strangulation."
The crime was aggravated by the facts that 5ft Mrs Bell was alone and vulnerable; he betrayed a family friendship; the "disgusting and perverted act" of cutting her clothes and the attempt to burn down her house.
Peter Makepeace QC, defending, submitted written mitigation that Dack was still only 33, a family man and had no relevant previous convictions.
Mrs Bell and her late husband John had three sons and were parents to six long-term foster children they considered their own.
A family statement said she had a "heart as big as a lion", adding: "Her murder has left an enormous gap in our lives and forgiveness will never be given."


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The sun. The moon. The stars. And a galaxy of malevolent entities. Perfect autumn reading.
A. J. Monkton is the pen name I use for historical fiction. I also write fantasy adventures and short stories under my real name, Pamela Kelt. Originally born in Edinburgh, I grew up in the North West of England, went to the universities of Manchester and Oxford, specialising in 17th-century Spanish comic drama. Although I started out as a translator, I escaped via a turbulent and circuitous route of journalism and educational publishing to expand my interests to include botanical history, science fiction, local history, architecture, cocktails, wine-making and avoiding DIY. I'm also a fan of Insular art and other early Medieval stuff inspired by my daughter Lauren's history of art degrees at Edinburgh. I returned to writing to combat the 'empty nest' syndrome and I'm now the author of several novels and stories. Half my books are historical fiction, with one 'retro' title set in a 1980s newsroom, while the rest are fantasy adventures. One title, Half Life, is a co-production with my husband, Rob Deeth, a newly-retired (make that semi-retired!) professor of inorganic computational chemistry and flying buff. Currently, I am working on The Blackfern Conspiracy, an action-packed sequel to The Lost Orchid, as well as a dark murder mystery called Machiavelli's Acolyte, set in 17th-century Eastern Europe, introducing the death-magnet, Viktor Radislav. Of course, that's not his real name.


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The nationally-televised debate between Democrat Joe Biden and
Republican Sarah Palin was the most-watched match-up in history between
U.S. vice presidential candidates.
Nielsen Media Research reported on Friday nearly 70 million U.S. viewers watched Thursday's sparring session.
The figure eclipsed the previous record set in 1984, when close to 57 million people tuned in to see Republican and later President George H.W. Bush debate the first woman on a major-party ticket, Democrat Geraldine Ferraro.
The figure also surpassed the more than 52 million people who watched presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain in their first debate last week.
Friday, both Obama and McCain praised their running mates' performances in the only scheduled vice presidential debate. McCain said Alaska Governor Palin did a "magnificent" job. Obama said Delaware Senator Biden's performance was "great."
Both presidential candidates also reached out to average citizens, while campaigning in separate states.
Obama told supporters in the eastern state of Pennsylvania his policies will help create millions of jobs and put more money in people's pockets.
McCain addressed supporters in the western state of Colorado, vowing to stabilize the U.S. financial markets and bring relief to homeowners who are struggling with dropping home values and bad loans.
During Thursday's debate, Palin and Biden clashed on the economy, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, energy and other issues.
Palin appeared confident, following a series of television interviews that raised questions about whether she has enough experience to be the nation's second in command.
A CBS poll found voters' opinions of Palin improved after the debate. But it offered even better news for the Obama campaign. The survey found 46 percent of uncommitted voters thought Biden won the debate, compared to 21 percent for Palin.
Thursday, McCain's campaign acknowledged that it was pulling its staff and ads from the crucial midwestern state of Michigan to focus on other key states.


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US Open betting tips and Fantasy Golf picksJune 15, 2015 Golf Equipment
We pick out some top fantasy golf and betting tips ahead of the US Open
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There has been a lot of talk about the unique challenge which players will face in the2015 US Openat Chambers Bay.
For such a new venue it is difficult to assess which players will be suited to the linksy track. Other than the 2010 US Amateur we've not seen tournament play at the public course near Seattle in the North West of America.
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So what do we know? Some holes are very long but many of the fairways are quite generous. The greens will be undulating and fast.
US Open 2015: Tee times
It's the US Open so will be as tough a challenge the players will face all year.
We take a look at the favourites, a few each-way tempters and assess the chances of the Englishmen in the field.
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Not the longest off the tee but has the short-game imagination and putting skills to score well" The favourites
Rory McIlroy 7/1
Has missed the cut in his last two events however it still the man to beat when in top form. Bookies fear the world number one but considering his lack of form, these odds seem ungenerous.
Jordan Spieth 15/2
Not the longest off the tee but has the short-game imagination and putting skills to score well. The Masters winner will be heavily backed by the casual golf fan who have Augusta fresh in their memories.
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Phil Mickelson 16/1
Found some form with a 65 in the final round of the St Jude Classic so expect odds to shorten even further at the event draws nearer. This is a great opportunity for Phil to land that elusive US Open crown.
Rickie Fowler 22/1
Has all the right ingredients to succeed at this venue and is capable of raising his game for the Majors. Form has dipped since his victory at The Players but I'd expect him to be firing on all cylinders when it really matters.
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Dustin Johnson 22/1
Could take advantage of the wide fairways as isn't always the straightest but certainly has the length. Still very streaky and a missed cut is almost as likely as a top five finish. Should be a multiple major winner by now.
Tempting each-way bets
Byeong-Hun An 75/1
Reached the semi-final of the US Amateur in 2010 which explains the short odds. Also his impressive victory at Wentworth had made people sit up and take note. A genuine talent who has underachieved in his career so far.
US Open 2015: The short history of Chambers Bay
Louis Oosthuizen 90/1
Has been threatening a return to form for a while but has missed the cut in his last two events. However, he's links Major winner and, if injury free, is a threat.
Shane Lowry 125/1
A consistent performer who should relish this challenge. There could be some other markets which appeal here such as top European at 33/1.
The English hopefuls
Justin Rose 18/1
Seems to contend in every event he plays. More than capable of another US Open crown.
Paul Casey 66/1
Playing with a smile on his face these days but without a US win in six years.
Ian Poulter 75/1
Loves the big occasion and could be dangerous if he gets in contention.
Lee Westwood 75/1
Plenty of links success in the past but hasn't succeeded in a stellar field for a while now
Luke Donald 80/1
Patches of decent form but nowhere near the consistency levels required to challenge the world;s best.
Danny Willett 125/1
A wonderful maiden season on the PGA Tour so far so will be full of confidence. Surprised to see odds so high for a player who looks very comfortable in elite company.
Tommy Fleetwood 175/1
A proven links winner who has being showing signs of getting back to his best. Very generous odds.
Andy Sullivan 200/1
Another Englishman who has relished the challenge of competing in the states. Great character and attitude. Top Englishman at 18/1 could be worth a look
Jason Palmer 2,000/1
Our one-handed chipper hasn't set the world alight on the European Tour this year but has been solid. Making the cut would be a great achievement after coming through qualifying at Walton Heath.
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Skip to comments.St.Louis tea party-protest at SEIU hdqtrs. !!
Posted on 08/07/2009 11:30:26 AM PDT by maine yankee
The St. Louis Tea Party will hold a press conference and peaceable protest at SEIU Headquarters 5585 Pershing Ave., Suite 130, St. Louis, MO 63112 at Noon Saturday, August 8, 2009
snip The Tea Party specifically requests the NAACP and the ACLU to come out in support of Kenneth Gladneys rights which were trampled by these hooligans. We call on Representative Russ Carnahan to denounce the beating. We call on President Obama to denounce the beatings. We call on St. Louis County to prosecute the assailants to fullest extent of the law.
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Missouri ping??
Any Live video available?
Heading down there now...hot as can be, but I'm riding my motorcycle for premier parking.
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bttt...god bless missouri tea partiers.
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Babies and toddlers grow in a loving and inclusive environment.
We cherish the children and youth of our church and offer programs that nurture our children in inclusive faith. The 9:15 a.m. and summer services include a children's story that ties in with the worship theme.
UCG offers nursery care for babies and toddlers by trained and experienced staff from 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. during the school year and from 9:30–11:30 a.m. during the summer. The nursery is located in Room 7 of the Church School on the west side of the church.
Parent's Room
Located at the back of the sanctuary, this room is furnished with rocking chairs, toys, a play yard, and a sound system to enable parents with very young children to participate in worship while tending to their children.


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Since the Ninth Circuit ruling staying Trump's January 27 travel ban, people wonder whether, apart from the legalities and the politics, the President's executive order will strengthen national security or just provoke more converts to radicalization. John Miller, NYPD Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence & Counter-Terrorism tells that self-radicalized terrorists, not immigrants or refugees, are the source of our greatest national security concern.
Jimmy O'Neill became New York City's 43rd Police Commissioner last September. Since then, he has coped with a terrorist attack in Chelsea, solving a brutal homicide of a jogger in Queens, protecting a new President on 56th Street, and a negotiating a new union contract. He tells Jim that he seeks no legacy, except to keep New Yorkers safe in a new relationship with police.
As New York City Police Commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly thwarted 16 terrorist plots against the City. He tells Jim of the lessons learned from the Paris and San Bernardino attacks, how we can intensify our counter terrorism efforts nationwide, and even answers the question whether he might run for Mayor.
In office from January 2014, with the crime rate down, terrorism checked, but community relations strained as police departments fall under a cloud throughout the country, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton is in the midst of a major community-based overhaul of the NYPD. He tells Jim Zirin that the police need to heed the words of Sir Robert Peel, and be at one with the communities they serve.
The death in custody of an African-American, Eric Garner, spurred a firestorm of protest after a Staten Island grand jury refused to indict the white police officer who tried to subdue him. The Garner incident, its impact on minority communities, and the function of grand juries in such situations are among the topics Jim discusses with his guest, Michael Armstrong who, when District Attorney in Queens County, obtained the indictment of a white police officer for shooting an unarmed African American youth.
The Boston PD never knew the FBI had questioned Tsarnaev. With more sophisticated intelligence reaching deep into the Islamic community, state-of-the art surveillance cameras, and a great track record of stopping terrorist plots before they go operational, the NYPD would have been well positioned to thwart the Boston tragedy, argues former NYPD Deputy Commissioner for Counter-terrorism Richard Falkenrath. He tells Jim what needed to be done.
Leading Mayoral candidates Quinn, deBlasio, Thompson and Liu all want to throttle the NYPD with an Inspector General and a curtailed stop and frisk. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly thinks the candidates' policing strategies will make the City less safe. He tells Jim that stop and frisk saves lives, and the NYPD already has amply sufficient oversight and regulation.
The former chief counsel to the legendary Knapp Commission, chair of the Mayor's Commission to Combat Police Corruption and author of the bestselling book, "They Wished They Were Honest," tells Jim why systemic corruption flourished in the New York City Police Department of the 1970's and how the NYPD has succeeded in policing itself today.
When four days of rioting broke out in London last August with thugs mobilizing on the social media, the British government turned to our own Bill Bratton for advice in handling the violence, the street gangs and the Metropolitan Police. Bill explains his strategy to restore law and order in England.
Formerly a top prosecutor, now a bestselling mystery novelist, Linda headed the sex crimes unit in the Morgenthau District Attorney's office. She analyzes the DSK case from perp walk to dismissal, gives Jim her take on what really happened, as well as a sneak preview of her next book.
The legendary New York City Police Commissioner tells whether in waging the war on terror we have struck the right balance between security and privacy.
Does the Net help us catch terrorists or help al Qaeda recruit home-grown operatives? Hear why we are safer today than we were on 9/11. Learn the answers from NYPD Counterterrorism Czar Commissioner Richard Falkenrath. .
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Note: These photos make my heart sing. I've seen so many pics of HRST, VBSS and other training activities that I've privately wondered if anyone was thinking of maintaining proficiency in basic Marine Corps tasks (every Marine a Rifleman remember?). Moving thru the woods without making a racket and snagging on every wait-a-minute bush is something that must be practiced. This is good news that will never be highlighted in mainstream defense blogs. Well done 2nd LAR! Extremely well done!
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Dept. of Interior's Figures Belie Obama - Another Case of Understatement
Only fitting on the day that we get employment data for September (that shows the US still has a long way to go to mend the economic fissures of the most recent recession) that we revisit the impacts that both the actual moratorium on deepwater and the de facto one on shallow-water drilling are having on Gulf-states jobs. The table below summarizes three different studies that provide their assessments of the slowed permitting process for shallow-water operations and the suspension of new drilling along the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico as well as the Department of Interior's study that it submitted to the federal courts in August.
All four suggest that the economic impact of the moratorium is far greater than the Obama Administration's assessment released on September 16, 2010 Estimating the Economic Effects of the Deepwater Drilling Moratorium on the Gulf Coast Economy that pegs temporary job losses impacting 8,000 to 12,000 individuals. The title of the Administration's report indentifies a glaring short-coming in that it focuses only on the "deepwater" impact. According to the SMU report, The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of the Drop in Shallow-Water Drilling Permits: Impacts on the Gulf Coast and the Nation, approximately 70% of the shallow-water drilling fleet will be idled by November without a significant uptick in permit approvals.
The BOEMRE's numbers tracking permits of new wells approved tell the story. Since the Macondo blowout and subsequent ban on deepwater drilling, shallow-water activities have also been severely impacted. Prior to the oil spill, between 10-15 new well permits were issued each month. Now the average is approximately one per month. SMU's analysis suggests that 40,000 jobs are directly related to shallow-water activities. Moreover, the wages paid by the offshore industry for one worker are 50% higher than the average combined household income in the United States. Thus, each one of these jobs lost is the equivalent of more than 2 average jobs in the United States. It is as simple as this - the current administration and legislature are being negligent to the US economy by allowing the BOEMRE to hinder the shallow-water drilling industry's normal progress. Regardless of whose estimates are chosen, the bottom line is that these jobs are evaporating while the BOEMRE is dragging its feet in issuing permits.
For a more detailed look at the Gulf of Mexico, readers may be interested in a free trial subscription to the GOMExplorer. A weekly newsletter is published each Monday for subscribers and the upcoming newsletters will provide greater details surrounding the impact of the moratorium and slow permitting process. We encourage you to give it try.


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Do you like Bugs Bunny from Looney Tunes?
Do you like Bugs Bunny?
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I love Bugs Bunny20|20|0
Hahaha yes!!20|20|0
Yes I love him and yes he is very cute in my book10|10|0
He's adorable! <310|10|0
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He's cool. More of a Daffy fan though.21|10|0
Really? I think Bugs Bunny is funnier (:
Always liked bugs. Can't say cut about a cartoon... Except Jessica Rabbit , he he he10|10|0
Loved the The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show. Best cartoon show ever. Foghorn Leghorn was my favorite though. Him and Yosemite Sam.10|10|0
Do you still like the show? (:
Oh for sure. Just as much if not more so. A lot of it is adult oriented so I "get" more of the jokes now.
That's cool do you still love it? (:
Yes he's a cool bunny10|10|0
yup, bugs bunny is my favorite, i always loved looney tunes because of bugs bunny10|10|0
What's up, doc?10|10|0
Lol (:
@Smilegirl95 oh yeah i like bunnies :p10|10|0
Aww what do you like about them?
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Yeah i like him, he is one of the funniest characters ever. I heard a story where the guy who played the role of him was on coma, he never woke up until the doc called him bugs bunny. He must have liked playing that character from heart.
That's cool and I can't blame him I've always loved watching him when I was little I occasionally still watch it it makes me think if the Doctor also likes Bugs Bunny (:
Sure, who doesn't10|10|0
Yes as he's the troll king
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I really hated him... I always wished Elmer'd shoot him down and finally eat him... he was so damn annoyin'...00|00|0
I much prefer Daffy Duck
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