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Envoys of Rib-Hadda
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City of the Sun God | Blood stained ledger (1000, 845) | 109 000 8 330 2 |
Tier 1
Objective: Intercept the envoy Aaheru
If you stayed too long in this chamber (like me) and Rib-Hadda has respawned from the mission 'Mummy Issues', simply hug the wall until you get to the exit. Head over to co-ordinates (845, 860).
It appears that Aaheru has met a his second death at the hands of a meteor. RIP Aaheru.
As soon as you click on the envoy, a Cooling Lava Golem appears. Kill it quickly and move on to the next objective. As it isn't a requirement to kill it, theoretically you could run away but there is no fun in that.
Objective: Intercept the envoy Mutantagora
Head over to the next location at co-ordinates (780,925).
It seems that this envoy also bit the dust. This time at the hand of some Prostrates. Kill them and click on the body.
Objective: Intercept the envoy Runihura
Time to deal with the final envoy. He isn't too far away from the previous one so just go look around and you'll bump into him.
Objective: Destroy Runihura
This one is alive and that simply won't do. So kick his ass and end the mission!

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Ultimate Moonshine+ A pure batch of personalization custom-made from a Project Hera mash with hints of Lollipop and futuristic Android design
Moonshine+ Launcher Theme
♡ Moonshine+ Theme Dashboard App which allows you to…
• Apply theme automatically to your favorite launcher
• Help section included for first time users and launcher information
• View icon categories and search through the included 2,750 icons
• Automatic icon request for any missing icons
• Apply or download included exclusive Moonshine+ wallpapers
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Additional Features include analog clock widget, dock bar icons, and much more!
• Will this work with … launcher?
Nearly every launcher is supported, Nova, Aviate, Apex, Next 3D (with 3D scene mode support), TSF Shell, GO, Solo, Smart, ADW, Action, Holo, Atom, Lucid; also supports Unicon, allowing you to apply icon pack to any launcher without icon settings such as Google Now Launcher (you can also use XGELS to apply to GNL).
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2009 Dodge Viper Review
Solid performance and exotic look at an affordable price.
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The 2009 Dodge Viper is a two-door sports car manufactured by Dodge, a division of Chrysler Group LLC. Dodge introduced it in 1992, and it has become an iconic car for being one of the first vehicles to use a V-10 engine. The Viper pulls inspiration from the Shelby Cobra, and it uses some of the latter's elements, such as a powerful engine, a minimalist exterior design, high performance, and aggressive styling. The first prototype was tested in 1989, and it went on sale as the RT/10 Roadster in 1992. The coupe version of the Viper debuted in 1996 as the GTS. This version falls in the second generation, which continued until 2002.
The Chrysler's Street and Racing Technology (SRT) division redesigned the third generation of the Viper. The 2009 Dodge Viper belongs to the fourth generation, which began in 2008 with the introduction of the new 8.4-liter V-10 engine.
Some people feel that the lack of refinement exhibited by the Dodge Viper on the outside marks a disadvantage. However, the Viper has never been one to ape its sleeker competitors. The car's raw image and exterior has been one of its biggest attractions. For anyone looking for class and elegance, try the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 or European exotic cars.
The Range
Engine: 8.4-liter V-10
Transmission: six-speed manual
Model: Dodge Viper SRT-10
What's New
The 2009 Dodge Viper remains mostly the same as its previous versions. The performance-oriented Viper SRT-10 ACR, which debuted in the middle of 2008, began its first full year of production in 2009.
The iconic exterior of the 2009 Dodge Viper needs no introduction. The car defines out-and-out aggression, while its European competitors offer smooth refinement. The European exotic cars, such as the Porsche 911 and Audi R8, represent the epitome of grace and elegance, but the Dodge Viper symbolizes raw power and brutality. The 2009 Viper retains the iconic elements of its predecessors, such as the low-slung body, the 1989 Shelby Cobra-inspired design, insanely-wide tires, and side exhaust pipes.
The interior of the 2009 Dodge Viper marks one of its biggest problems. Many drivers find it challenging just to enter and exit the car, let alone drive it. The presence of the iconic side exhausts can result in hot side sills. In fact, the sills can get so hot that some drivers may end up burning their calves. The small door opening makes the 2009 Dodge Viper unfriendly to tall drivers.
Even if a customer overlooks the aforementioned problems, the interior of the 2009 Dodge Viper still looks surprisingly dull. The standard monotone color scheme is drab, although a two-tone color scheme comes as an option. Some positive elements can be seen, however. The instrument gauges sit well-placed on the dash, and the black-on-white marking makes them easy to read. The tachometer is relatively large and sits squarely at the center of the instrument pod, next to the speedometer.
The 2009 Dodge Viper offers certain minimal creature comforts such as climate control and a six-CD stereo system, but several other luxuries remain absent. Other similar cars made in the U.S., like the Chevrolet Corvette Z06, have a far more refined interior with greater features. Exotic cars, such as the Audi R8 and Porsche 911, also offer a better interior.
Performance & Handling
The 2009 Dodge Viper houses a massive 8.4-liter V-10 engine that delivers a whopping 600 hp and 56 lb-ft of torque. With such numbers, it comes as no surprise that the car can go from zero to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds. It can burn through a quarter-mile track in just 11.8 seconds and claims a top speed of 200 mph.
The Viper design channels as much power as it can from the engine, resulting in a rough, unrefined, and raw performance. The car takes off when the driver pushes the accelerator pedal, and the braking power is equally jaw dropping. A Viper in the hands of a novice can be extremely dangerous, especially with the lack of safety features. In other words, the 2009 Dodge Viper compares to a beautiful wild stallion: everyone can look at it, but only those with the necessary skills can ride it.
The standard safety equipment in the 2009 Dodge Viper includes 14-inch ABS rotors that bring the Viper from 60 mph to a standstill in 104 feet—quite an impressive feat for a car this powerful. However, the car lacks critical elements such as side airbags, stability control, and traction control.
EPA Fuel Economy
You'll Like
- Superb acceleration and performance
- Quick and effective braking
- Responsive racecar-like handling
- Aggressive styling
- Stands head-to-head with exotic cars
You Won't Like
- Too wild for regular driving
- Cramped and uncomfortable interior
- No electronic driving aids
Sum Up
Solid performance and exotic look at an affordable price.
If You Like This Vehicle
- Audi R8
- Chevrolet Corvette Z06
- Nissan GT-R
- Porsche 911


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Apricot And Wine Liqueur
Sugar | 2 Cup (32 tbs) | |
Sauvignon blanc/Other dry white wine | 750 Milliliter (1 Bottle) | |
Apricots | 2 Pound, quartered and pitted | |
Cinnamon stick | 1 (3 Inch) | |
Vanilla bean | 6 Inch, split lengthwise | |
Vodka | 2 Cup (32 tbs) |
Combine sugar and wine in a large nonaluminum Dutch oven or stock-pot; stir well.
Cook wine mixture over medium-high heat 2 minutes or until sugar dissolves, stirring constantly (do not boil).
Add apricots, cinnamon stick, and vanilla bean; bring to a boil, and cook 30 seconds, stirring gently after 15 seconds.
Remove mixture from heat; gently stir in vodka.
Let cool completely.
Spoon mixture into a large bowl; cover loosely with cheesecloth or a towel, and refrigerate 4 days.
Drain apricot mixture through a fine sieve, reserving liqueur and marinated apricots.
Discard cinnamon stick and vanilla bean.
Pour liqueur into decorative bottles, and store in the refrigerator.
Spoon the marinated apricots into a bowl; cover and chill.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 3768 Calories from Fat 46
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5 g7.9%
Saturated Fat 0.25 g1.3%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 14.1 mg0.6%
Total Carbohydrates 532 g177.2%
Dietary Fiber 28.7 g114.9%
Sugars 486.7 g
Protein 13 g26.6%
Vitamin A 349.6% Vitamin C 151.3%
Calcium 26.9% Iron 21.1%
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Valentines Day Card with my Cricut Craft Room
Today I am blogging for Erica's Craft Room Design Team.
My project today was to make a Valentines Day Card.
The Card base is from DCWV
Ribbon is misc from my stash
Buttons are misc from stash
I Whaley love you is cut from Imagine More
on the Cricut Imagine at 3.5
I put the image on an action wobble on the inside of the card
Distressed with TH Vintage Photo
I used my Corner Chomper to round the Corners
So thanks for stopping by today, be sure you stop by Erica's Craft Room to see what the other
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- It seems that politicians, like ordinary citizens, are conflicted about gambling.
- He owned several bars in the city and ran an illegal gambling joint.
- He is accused of misappropriating $30 000 to pay off gambling debts.
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Would you like some cat hair? I've quite a bit of it.
I realize that "typesetting" online is an imprecise art, at best, however on the front page, "outside" is one seriously orphaned word (in the single article view, it looks ok). It gets totally lost at the bottom of the photo. At first, I didn't even realize it was there.
And since I'm so nice, I checked with Safari, Chrome, and Firefox (all Mac), and each of them has the same issue.
Note that it's possible to spin cat hair into yarn. Longer-furred cats are, of course, much easier. but I've successfully spun a short length of yarn from my DSH's with a simple drop spindle by giving it a very hard twist and then doubling the yarn over a few times so the counter-twisted strands keep each other tight. (I think it's the one piece of string in the house that Harry hasn't tried to try to chew through.) I'm told that a common trick with shortfurs is to mix their fur with longer fur from other sources,
I'll never have the patience, but I do like the idea of a catfur sweater. There's enough fur on my sweatshirt that it's approaching that state anyway. ("You have cats." "How did you... Oh.")
Cat hair doesn't spin like some dog hair but it does felt up nicely. I actually have this book. I must admit, I bought it as a joke but it is inspiring.
That's just frightening. I once noticed my cat shed so much I could probably save up the hair and make another cat... but your daughter actually did it! I shudder to think what dark magics animated this feline homonculus.
I applaud her artistry and I'm awfully glad she had such a good time with it. But man, just seeing the result makes my nose tickle.
I collected my cat Kesey's hair for years, knowing that some day he would no longer be around and thinking that I might spin the hair into a yarn memento or something similar. He was an awesome little dude and with me from the day he was born until the day he died, seventeen years later. That approach, of keeping his shed fur, just seemed more suitable for me than an urn of ashes or a stuffed cat (not that I'm knocking those - just different strokes for different folks).
Kesey is now gone and I'm inspired to check out this book - thanks for sharing it, and sharing Jane's work!
When I brush my cats, they try to eat all the fur that gets caught in the brush. I'm pretty sure that if I tried to make crafts out of cat hair, they'd eat those too.
Perhaps pre-washing the saved cat hair with laundry detergent might reduce the allergic response of your older daughter and Jane could continue to her projects inside?
(Fel d 1 being the primary allergen in cat dander: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fel_d_1)
Plus, how does your older daughter only have sneezing fits to cat puppets? Does she not have similar problems with your actual cats?
I've always thought the best way to solve the problem of cat hair clinging to your clothes is to make them out of cat hair in the first place.
"Cats, they shed; and cats, they throw upCats, they defecate and sprayAnd I'm going to be a multi-millionaireThe day that I can make these products pay"
(Chorus of a song by Dr. Jane Robinson -- I believe the title is Flea Enterprise.)
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My Team Canada - Regan Lauscher : 12/25/2009
A seven-time Canadian champion and two-time Olympian, Regan Lauscher leads the deepest women's luge squad in Canadian history. Canada's first-ever winner of a World Cup silver medal in luge, Regan posted a 10th-place finish at the 2006 Olympics in Torino after finishing 12th in Salt Lake City. Regan first started on the natural luge at age 12 and moved to Olympic luge two years later. She quickly progressed on tracks around the world, and secured her first Olympic berth in 2002.
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Making your own Bloody Mary mix is always better than the kind bought at the shop. Fill a large glass and add a double shot of high quality vodka.
Homemade Bloody Mary mix
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| Wealth Managers Slow to Adopt Mobile AppsThe findings of a new research by MyPrivateBanking Research are disappointing. Only half of the major banks and wealth managers offer mobile application,, but fewer still are those that offer applications that aren't related to online banking.
Only 15 banks (50%) out of a total of 30 offered mobile applications at all. No more than six banks (20%) could come up with mobile apps that included functionality that was not available on their own websites. A mere three banks offer applications that go beyond pure online banking or account checking functionality and provided features such as smart, location based services. None of the banks offer a comprehensive mobile application with real time access to the client´s portfolio, financial research and specific mobile functionalities such as financial planning tools with the capability of being personalized by the client. The best mobile app identified by MyPrivateBanking comes from Standard Chartered Singapore, which offers a wide range of services, from the standard location service of the nearest branch/ATM, with location based maps, to viewing account and credit cards details, to transferring funds and paying bills with an electronic check. MyPrivateBanking views the slow adoption by banks of the opportunities of the mobile technologies as a consequence of their general reluctance to embrace new technologies and client interfaces, which to a similar extent characterizes their website and social media offerings. "Too many banks miss out on mobile technology to serve their clients, be it out of ignorance, misjudgement or slow internal decision-making and execution processes," argues Christian Nolterieke, Research Director of MyPrivateBanking. "Meanwhile other providers do reach users with their financial applications and push the banks aside, particularly in respect to real-time information and relevant research". "Banks could become one of the information hubs for their clients in the mobile world if they overcame this narrow view of new technologies" Analysed Mobile Application Offerings: ABN AMRO, Banco Santander, Bank of New York Mellon, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Commerzbank, Coutts, Crédit Agricole, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING Group, Julius Bär, Kleinwort Benson, Lombard Odier, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Nordea, Pictet, RBS Coutts, Rothschild, Sal. Oppenheim, Standard Chartered, Société Générale, UBS Switzerland, UniCredit; U.S. Trust, Wells Fargo. # # # About MyPrivateBanking: MyPrivateBanking is an independent research and networking platform for wealthy private clients and wealth managers across the world. Established in 2009 in Switzerland, MyPrivateBanking offers a variety of information to assist investors and providers in making their decisions. This includes in-house research by MyPrivateBanking Research, articles and updates related to wealth management, detailed bank directories and client evaluations of wealth managers across the world. The interactive "MyWealth" End
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Palmer blamed the cramps on the Cardinals' extended time of possession.
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Palmer completed 23 of 34 passes for 213 yards and a touchdown.
Backup Drew Stanton replaced Palmer with 4 minutes, 20 seconds to play.
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Fitch names Lois Jacobs global Chief Executive Officer
11 February, 2009
– Fitch, one of the world's leading design consultancies, today announced that Lois Jacobs will assume the position of global Chief Executive Officer as of April 1, 2009. She will partner closely with founder and Chairman, Rodney Fitch, and, like him, she will be based in Fitch's London Westbourne Terrace headquarters. Fitch is one of seven companies that comprise WPP's B to D Group, a network of branding and design firms led by CEO and Chairman Craig Branigan, to whom Ms. Jacobs will report.
Ms. Jacobs is an international business leader with proven expertise managing and growing businesses, as well as overseeing multi-million dollar communications campaigns for some of the world's leading brands, including Mars, Ericsson, Sony, Nokia and Microsoft. In her most recent position as the International President of Jack Morton Worldwide, Ms. Jacobs established several Asian offices and affiliates and spearheaded significant growth for the agency.
Ms. Jacobs has also been responsible for numerous renowned events designed to brand cities, including the opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympic and Commonwealth Games and London's annual New Year's Eve celebrations. Her leadership and expertise with experiential environments is highly complementary to Fitch's core competencies.
"Lois's talent in creating brand experiences for large corporations and governments together with her experience in managing and growing a global network, is unparalleled," said Rodney Fitch. "Her skills have resulted in exceptional business growth, which will be a significant asset both to Fitch and our valued clients. I look forward to working together with her."
As CEO, Ms. Jacobs will be responsible for Fitch's global network of offices, including expanding the company's reputation for envisioning cutting edge ideas, nurturing exceptional creative and the flawless execution of design projects. Additionally she will oversee further expansion into Asia.
"Like Rodney, I have a passion for building global, multi-skilled teams that create inspirational work. I am excited by the calibre of Fitch people, as well as the exceptional brand of the company itself," said Jacobs. "I look forward to bringing my enthusiasm and skill to this world class global design studio."
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EastWest have kept their finger on the pulse of current trends in music production, resulting in some of the most creative and inspiring sample collections of the last 20 years. One of the latest examples is The Dark Side, which utilizes the company's dedicated "Play" sound engine. It specializes in the kind of mangled, distorted, and abused textures found on many records from producer David Fridmann, known for his work with MGMT, OK Go, and the Flaming Lips, to name a few.
Relying largely on outboard audio processing, team Dark Side applied multiple stages of filth-ification to arrive at these instruments and effects. While wild sound design is exciting, the question with stylized libraries such as this has always been, "Is it musically useful or just noise?" As I discovered, The Dark Side is indeed a deep well of sonic inspiration.
Overview Weighing in at just over 40GB, The Dark Side is organized into seven categories: Drums, Basses, Guitars, Keys and Strings, Ethnic and Choirs, Instruments with FX, and Misc/Percussion. In each category you'll find one to two dozen instruments—a good number of which are variations of a single recorded instrument. For example, the "Chameleon" drum kit has ten variations, so you could be forgiven for thinking that these are just the same basic preset with different built-in effects, but there's more going on here.
Each variation represents a different sonic experiment—for example, a trashy room mic run through a fuzz box into a filter, then routed back out to a guitar amp and re-recorded with direct and ambient mics. It's this kind of mad-scientist approach that infused the raw sample content with the sound Fridmann is famous for. This makes it easy to achieve production-ready sounds that smack of attitude and ugly, without having to spend the hours of experimentation it often takes to get musically useful results.
The Play engine provides a fairly basic but solid set of synth and effect parameters: a resonant filter, envelope, delay, quite a few good reverbs, and a stereo doubler, but no LFOs. Separate from this, and unique to East- West, is the Artificial Double Tracking (ADT) effect we first encountered— and loved—in Fab Four (reviewed Feb. '08).
As for the programming, a handful of key-switched presets are provided, which access an instrument's variations when you hit specific keys on your MIDI controller. This makes it easy to audition each variation quickly. The modulation wheel is used throughout, primarily to control filter cutoff; in some cases, it morphs between different textures or tones— crispy to fat, for example.
Highlights One of The Dark Side's fortés is its collection of drum kits, all of which are eminently playable and loaded with character. The aforementioned "Chameleon" kit features an open, ringing kick and low-tuned snare sampled with added tom resonance. Different mics and distortion devices were employed, resulting in presets that range from dark, brooding, and bombastic to fried, flappy, and positively alt-pop. There's even a preset that uses velocity-switching to morph between two extremes. By contrast, "Bone Crunch" serves up a punchy kick, higher-pitched snare, and a set of ringing toms—all heated up just to the point where the sound starts to break up and poke out of the speakers.
The "Verb Kit" offers several hits that combine the kick with different cymbal crashes. These hits sound far more believable compared to effect you often get when combining separate kick and crash samples in a MIDI drum part.
Out of 12 different basses, three offer multiple playing techniques: sustain, slide up/down, legato, and so on. Remember, these basses aren't about sounding "real." Instead, filthy gems such as "Destroyer" feature toasted harmonics and an almost FM-like quality that works well for industrial tracks. Similarly sinister, "Nuclear Bass" has an initial bite that helps it cut through a mix.
Guitar standouts include "Ghost," which has been brutalized beyond recognition—think recent Nine Inch Nails. "Insanity" is a fidgety, fuzzedout tone that works well to build tension during a transition, whereas "Organic" blends nicely in a track to give the illusion of distorted guitars without being obvious.
Keyboards go from quirky ("Bent Funeral Organ" and "Broken Jaw Harp") to downright rude ("Chaos" and "Brain Damage"). Similarly, choirs and string sections are anything but pristine. I suspect these instruments originated in EastWest's orchestral and voice libraries, but whatever torture they were put through here, they sound like a possessed Mellotron. That's a good thing.
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the excellent "Misc and Perc" folder. To creep yourself out, take a spin through these wonderfully weird beds and aural events. If you're composing cues for a sci-fi/horror/psycho thriller, you'll find plenty of fodder here.
Conclusions The Dark Side represents a high level of creativity and musicianship. To inject a rough, rude vibe into a track, TDS is a good first call. Much of its character is "baked in" to the samples themselves, which is something to be aware of if you prefer a deeper synth-tweaking approach to rolling your own ear-bending sounds. But for instant creepy, angry, or nasty attitude, it's the most engaging "concept" library we've heard in quite some time, and I found it inspiring. If you're a busy musician or composer, you want the sound, and you want it now, do not underestimate the power of The Dark Side.
PROS Creative, musical sound design. Fantastic drum kits, textures, and effects. Produced with a modern alt/indie rock aesthetic that's applicable beyond the genre.
CONS Fairly basic tweaking of sounds after the fact.
CONCEPT Play-based sample library of distorted, heavily treated instruments and effects by producers Doug Rogers and David Fridmann. FORMATS Mac or PC. AU, VST, RTAS, and standalone. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Mac: OS 10.5 or later, Intel Core 2 duo processor 2.1GHz or faster. PC: Windows XP SP2, Vista, or 7, Intel Core 2 Duo, or AMD dual-core 2.1GHz or faster. Both: 2GB or more RAM, 7,200 rpm or faster hard drive, 40GB free disk space, iLok dongle.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Good ol' Food Pyramid
I don't mean to freak out all of you folks who are wedding planning by chatting about babies. But I'm going to do it--if only for a minute (it will ultimately relate back to weddings--I promise!).
Matt and I are thinking about trying to get pregnant next summer. Since I'm a habitual planner, I've started reading books about how to prepare one's body for conception (yes, months and months in advance. I'm a dork. I know.).
Basically, it boils down to this: start eliminating unhealthy habits and beef up on your nutrition, which is good advice for anyone, no?
I'm not an advocate of the lose-weight-so-you-can-fit-in-your-wedding-dress-and-look-good-in-the-photos approach to weight-loss before a wedding. However, I don't see anything wrong with using an upcoming major life event to provide a little motivation to healthify one's life.
The trick, however, is to use the external motivation to make an internal, lifestyle change. Weight-loss is not something you can achieve, pat yourself on the back, and go back to your old ways.
In general, I maintain pretty healthy habits. I don't smoke or do drugs. I rarely drink alcohol. I don't ingest much caffeine. I try to avoid medications. I drink a lot of water.
However, Matt and I do eat out too much (and I never practice portion control when we do), and I eat a lot of sugar (cupcakes, brownies, ice-cream, etc.). Because of my new health kick, I'm trying to fulfill my daily requirements for protein, calcium, fruits, vegetables, and grains. It's hard to do (especially as a vegetarian).
The upside of trying to follow the good ol' food pyramid is that I have way fewer cravings for junk food. Maybe it's because I just started this new health kick, or maybe it's because my body is satiated in other ways. I find myself thinking, "Why would I waste a snack on something that doesn't contribute to one of my required servings?"
With a well-rounded diet (plus a multivitamin), I find myself feeling a lot better. It's a commonsense approach, but I don't hear enough about it in conversations about health and wellness.
What about you? Has anything inspired you to focus more on health and wellness lately?
13 comments:
- Mui Yen said...
My husband is my inspiration. He's a diabetic. And we all can benefit from a diabetic diet - low GI.
Recently, I've developed hayfever, which is such a pain. I decided to boost my immune system with multi-vitamin, evening primrose oil and cod liver oil. - December 15, 2009 at 6:19 AM
- Megilon said...
I think whatever is the incentive to get healthy is good.
For me it is part wedding related and part energy related. When I am eating healthier and more active I feel better. And I love sugar and sugar isn't the best for you in excess. - December 15, 2009 at 9:06 AM
- Sharpiegirl said...
It's also a good time to let your doctor know your plans. They can run a few simple blood tests and check to see if there are any additional things you need to do. Mine recommended prenatals instead of multivitamins for as long as possible before trying. I'm also on a daily baby asprin because of a possible clotting issue. And no that amound isn't bad for you if you get pregnant. You can take that amount of asprin daily throughout a pregnancy without any issues.
Uping your b-6 intake is also helpful for egg quality issues. Small doses of dhea are also good for that. Just be careful with the dhea, you can get too much and start losing hair which won't want to come back.
Check out some of the infertility blogs out there. You can get some really great information from them as well.
I wish I had been able to start trying a few years earlier than I did but even after 3 m/c in a year I'm still hopefull we'll figure this thing out.
Good luck! - December 15, 2009 at 9:11 AM
- Enna said...
What got me to start eating right (and stop crash dieting?)
I had a mild heart attack from an unknown source. Yeah, nothing says STOP EATING CRAP and NO IT IS NOT OK TO FRY A BLOCK OF CHEESE AND EAT IT like almost kicking the bucket at 26.
Kudos on the baby planning! - December 15, 2009 at 9:28 AM
- Sharpiegirl said...
Check out this blog. Talk about eating healthy! - December 15, 2009 at 9:28 AM
- Aaron and Marcy said...
I got a blood test back that showed for sure I was gluten-intolerant. I had suspected for a while and had been half-assed low-carbing, but seeing the numbers on the lab report really put the fire under me to eat right and avoid all grains.
You didn't mention which books you've been reading, but I HIGHLY recommend Real Food for Mother & Baby by Nina Planck. I have already read it and will read it again before we start trying! - December 15, 2009 at 11:19 AM
- Stacy Marie said...
My fiance inspires me...he's told me before that he wants me to stick around as long as possible, and eating healthy certainly helps with that!
If you need some recipe-shaking-up, the blog Cheap, Healthy, Good has great recipes (and a sizable vegetarian section). - December 15, 2009 at 1:55 PM
- Amanda said...
Oh I'm such a planner too!! Before I was even engaged I started to be more careful on what I ate and did because I wanted to give my body enough time get out anything bad (toxic) and give my skin plenty of time get that glow. It's so important to plan ahead (in a lot of things that is!) and I'm so glad I did for my wedding because I looked the best I think I ever have!
- December 15, 2009 at 1:57 PM
- Marina said...
My wedding gave me the incentive to make that internal lifestyle change you mentioned. I got a gym membership about four months before my wedding, and didn't lose more than a couple pounds of weight--but BOY did it help with the stress! ;) And now I have this year-long gym membership and an activity that I know helps with stress, so I'm exercising a ton more than I was a year ago.
Nutritionally, I started tracking how much calcium I was eating to help with foot cramps I was getting, and wow, it's tough to get my 100% DV of calcium without fortified juice or something. - December 15, 2009 at 4:53 PM
- Stef said...
I experienced a rather nasty bout of post natal-depression following a 13 week miscarriage: stopped exercising, ate crap, started to avoid social occasions.
Then on the radio there was a programme about how one of the best things you can do if you suffer depression is to start exercising.
Although I'm not 100% I feel a lot better after having a workout even if I really have to push myself to go. - December 15, 2009 at 9:28 PM
- maurahanlon said...
Good for you Miss Sarah! As for books, I HIGHLY recommend "taking charge of your fertility". I resisted it b/c it seemed so over the top, but it is SO helpful in seeing what's going on with your body and preparing/timing conception. I'd start now, so you get a good sense of your cycles. We've already been trying over a year with no luck, so now I'm turning to that (and other naturopathic methods/accupuncture). Good luck! Yay!
- December 18, 2009 at 12:22 PM
- Marissa said...
Not having health insurance really kind of spurred me into wanting to live more healthfully.
I've been reading a few good books about eating habits (not diet books!) that have really been eye-openers. The first is "French Women Don't Get Fat" (Guillano) and I also just finished "In Defense of Food" (Pollan). Good reads for anyone thinking about changing their health habits. - December 22, 2009 at 11:00 AM
- Ananda said...
Yes yes yes! I am feeling like I'm floating in a similar, nearby boat to you guys. Wanting the body to be prepared to create a new life. How exciting of an opportunity! I feel the same about making the simple lifestyle changes -and taking the first step in realizing it's no longer just MY body - it's the first exercise in thinking about someone who might grow inside. Props to you!
- December 30, 2009 at 12:35 PM


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License Plate Software Stirs Privacy Concerns
By KEN BELSON | The New York Times | February 26, 2010
THE notion of roving cameras snapping pictures of license plates conjures up television shows like Fox's counterterrorism series, "24."
It's not just fantasy, though. Americans are already watched by a variety of security agencies using electronic surveillance technology, and in this post-9/11 world, there seems to be no turning back.
Privacy advocates, though, are not altogether comfortable with license plate numbers being electronically recorded by commercial operations.
While their views on the gathering this data may vary, privacy groups uniformly agree that the real issue is what happens to the photos after they are taken: how long they are stored and by whom; how secure the data is and whether it might be shared with third parties. Are the photographed license plate numbers matched against other lists, like credit scores or addresses?
"It's a huge Pandora's box," Jack Gillis, a spokesman for the Consumer Federation of America, said. "There are possibilities for tremendous violations if it is used to find out where people are at a given time. Until the access to this technology can be controlled, it has scary potential."
MVTRAC, whose database of delinquent borrowers is offered on a subscription basis to auto repossession outfits, said that it stores plate numbers recorded by users for years — and uses a high level of encryption to protect the data.
Still, with automatic license plate recognition technology now in private hands, its potential uses are magnified. As with other data streams, like records of cellphone calls or toll transponder payments, the accumulated data can be subpoenaed as evidence in court. MVTRAC and others say that repo men see personal information only when they find a wanted car, the same as they would in the faxes and e-mails they receive from auto lenders.
But invariably, technology finds other applications, said Marc Rotenberg, the executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a civil liberties advocacy group. You can imagine a scenario, he said, where someone spots a car with an attractive driver, types the license plate number into a computer program and finds the owner's name. Many companies say their data is encrypted, he said, but "you have to ask, 'who has the key?' "
Israel Distributes New Gas Masks to Settlers
Al-Manar – 28/02/2010
Israel on Sunday began distributing new gas masks for settlers to use in a possible chemical or biological attack, the Israeli occupation army said.
Under the plan – drawn up by Col. Yossi Sagiv, head of the Israeli Home Front Command's Gas Mask and Protection Kits Department – the masks will be returned to private homes by the Israel Postal Company, which beat out seven other companies in a Defense Ministry-issued tender in late 2009. Gas masks were collected from private homes starting in 2007 by a private delivery company.
The distribution is slated to take three years. Israeli officials said that after the distribution is completed in Or Yehuda, the Israeli army will review the operation, implement corrections and improvements and then start distributing the kits in other parts of the country, based on operational considerations of which area is under a more immediate threat.
The public will receive the same rubber gas mask that it had in the past with an improved filter – more effective against chemical and biological threats Israel faces – but without the syringe of Atropine that was in past kits.
Israel has long feared that chemical or biological weapons may be used against it in a future conflict involving Iran or Syria, but officials have insisted the distribution of the masks is not linked to any imminent threat.
The Zionist entity has carried out several large-scale defense exercises in recent years, and last week carried out a military-wide drill responding to a hypothetical attack from Lebanon or Syria.
In October Israel and the United States carried out their largest-ever air drill simulating the response to missile attacks.
'NYT' Op-Ed congratulates Obama for laying off Israel 'cause solving I/P won't solve anything
By Jeffrey Blankfort | February 28, 2010
Has the NY Times response to the complaints about Ethan Bronner led it to be even more forceful in pushing its pro-Israel agenda including getting the US to attack Iran? Apparently so. In today's op-eds, they've imported the thoughts of a British Jewish professor, Efraim Karsh, (another Bernard Lewis, and a Nakba denier) who uses his abbreviated paternalistic version of Islamic history to conclude that the Arabs countries will not object to the US attacking Iran. And, in passing, he welcomes Washington's less "imperious" attempts at bringing Israel to the bargaining table:
So, if the Muslim bloc is just as fractious as any other group of seemingly aligned nations, what does it mean for United States policy in the Islamic world?
For one, it should give us more impetus to take a harder line with Iran. Just as the Muslim governments couldn't muster the minimum sense of commonality for holding an all-Islamic sports tournament, so they would be unlikely to rush to Iran's aid in the event of sanctions, or even a military strike.
Beyond the customary lip service about Western imperialism and "Crusaderism," most other Muslim countries would be quietly relieved to see the extremist regime checked. It's worth noting that the two dominant Arab states, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, have been at the forefront of recent international efforts to contain Iran's nuclear ambitions.
As for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the idea that bringing peace between the two parties will bring about a flowering of cooperation in the region and take away one of Al Qaeda's primary gripes against the West totally misreads history and present-day politics. Muslim states threaten Israel's existence not so much out of concern for the Palestinians, but rather as part of a holy war to prevent the loss of a part of the House of Islam.
In these circumstances, one can only welcome the latest changes in the Obama administration's Middle Eastern policy, which combine a tougher stance on Iran's nuclear subterfuge with a less imperious approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Honduras Palm Oil Plantations: Sustainable Development Facade
By Tamar Sharabi | Upside Down World | February 28, 2010
Johnny Rivas is a vocal member of the Unified Movement of Aguan Farmers (MUCA), an organization that claims over 3,500 families demanding the redistribution of land in the North Coast of Honduras. For over five years Rivas has fought for land rights in Aguan, known as the 'capital of agrarian reform.' MUCA formed in 2001 in order to reclaim lands that Rivas says "were transferred to corrupt businessmen under fraudulent terms." Rivas has recently been a target of constant death threats for his participation in the movement.
Palm Oil Cooperatives and Big Business
The Aguan Zone (named after its river), is located in the department of Colon and claims some of the most fertile lands in the country. It is known for its African Palm Oil plantations, which occupy over 90,000 hectares according to a Jan 2008 report by the US Embassy. Palm oil is a common ingredient in many food products and can be used as biodiesel.
In 1962 the Law of Agrarian Reform reallocated land from the hands of transnational companies back to Honduran farmers. Cooperatives formed that managed the palm oil plantations. In 1992, 1994 and 1995 many cooperatives sold their land back to wealthy business owners. In a document presented on April 30, 2009 MUCA asked for the annulment of the sale from 1994, on the grounds that the sale was illegal under the Agrarian Reform Laws. The terms of the sale stipulated that the land would remain state owned, but the farmers could continue to cultivate it. The contract expired in February 2005 and has never been renewed.
As a strategy to apply pressure on authorities to negotiate with the farmers, in May 2009 MUCA occupied a palm oil factory that belonged to Miguel Facusse, one of the largest landowners in Honduras. A new agreement was signed on June 12, 2009 with President Zelaya that guaranteed state resources to resolve the conflict. On June 23, after a follow up meeting on the same factory, a member of MUCA, Fabio Ochoa was shot 7 times.
Coup d'etat Halts Negotiations
Although President Zelaya had shown the political will to deal with the country's agrarian problems, his term was cut short with a coup d'etat last June. Most of the farmer organizations prioritized their efforts to protesting for his constitutional return, temporarily putting their land struggle on hold. Realizing that after several months of nonviolent resistance on behalf of the nations teachers unions, workers, indigenous groups, and farmers, they were unable to reverse the coup, MUCA resumed the land recuperations in December 2009.
According to Rivas, direct land recuperation is "the only strategy farmers have to be heard." Living in rigged plastic tents among the palm oil plantations that occupy their land, the farmers participating sometimes eat only once a day, under constant threat from the authorities.
The farmers occupied four cooperatives; La Confianza, La Aurora, San Isidro, and San Esteban Cooperative. The National Agrarian Institute
which deals with the appropriation of land has measured 9,000 hectares that are under dispute thus far.
Since December there have been dozens of confrontations between the farmers and security forces in the area. Under the de facto government
of Roberto Micheletti, military forces were used several times to illegally evict the farmers. There have been dozens of detained farmers and there are over 80 orders of arrest for people involved.
Conflict Intensifies
On the evening Feb. 11 witnesses reported that two unidentified helicopters flew over communities participating in the land recuperations. The next morning crossfire left at least four guards from the private security company dead.
Security forces also entered the community of La Concepcion, a commuinty neighboring a land recuperation. When a pastor of the local Mennonite Church saw aggressive driving almost running over children in the community, he intervened and had a firearm pointed at him.
"They came here intimidating the community, pointing out houses. If one of the farmers is killed we will know who to hold accountable," he said.
In a formal meeting on Feb. 16 with President 'Pepe' Lobo, known to MUCA as 'the son of the coup,' Lobo promised to disarm the farmers. MUCA maintains that they are not an armed struggle, but will defend themselves against aggression from security forces. Rudy Hernandez, also a member of MUCA, maintained that "we are not a group of delinquents, we are farmers who are here to claim our land because hunger forces us to be here."
This week Lobo presented two options to resolve the conflict: either purchase a portion of the cultivated land or farmers will be relocated to neighboring areas. Both options look for an immediate resolution to the problem but do not deal with the underlying issue of the concentration of land ownership or the illegal acquisition in the first place.
Unsustainable Investment
As the second poorest country in Central America, Honduras relies heavily on international financing.
"One of the most important things for those of us in Honduras, is the image that we give to the investor" said Facusse.
Facusse admitted to a Honduran newspaper that the World Bank, the Interamerican Development Bank (BID) and an unnamed German Bank have authorized loans which are currently 'paralyzed' due to the situation.
"We paid for the farm and paid well for it, those of the agrarian reform had the money but did not invest and misspent the money, for that I believe that agrarian reform is not the solution," he added.
Marco Ramiro Lobo, a legal advisor to the National Agrarian Institute (INA), previously the legal advisor to MUCA who presented the demand against Facusse in 1994, stated that Facusse's business interests were never for the social good of the community.
"There are grand restrictions on the workers, miserable salaries, before they were associates and now they are workers. Now they have a salary less then the minimum wage. Most of the farmers live in extreme poverty, which is what is causing this situation," said Ramiro Lobo. "I don't think anyone is arguing that Facusse brings investment to the area, but what we are arguing is the form in which the lands were acquired. In reality there is no sustainable development, this is a business model that looks for lucrative pay, not social investment."
MUCA has the support of dozens of other farmer organizations in the country, including international organizations such as FIAN and Via Campesina. They are also supported by the National Front of Popular Resistance (FNRP), an organization which grew out of the resistance movement opposed to the coup d'etat against President Manuel Zelaya.
Tamar Sharabi is an environmental engineer and freelance journalist living in Central America. She is working on media empowerment with human rights organizations and on a documentary about the Honduran coup detat. To support her work visit Give Forward .
Australia censorship debate censored on Communications minister's website
It's all kind of ironic when you think about it
By John Ozimek • The Register • 25th February 2010
If you're planning to censor free speech on the internet, what better approach to take than to, er, censor debate about how you're planning to censor free speech on the internet? Brilliant.
That, according to one sharp-eyed Register reader, is the game being played by Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, whose ministerial website is currently set up so as not to show searches on embarrassing terms such as "ISP filtering".
An increasingly common feature of interactive websites is the "search cloud": this is a listing out of search terms on a site, often with the added feature that the most frequently appearing terms are picked out by size or weight of type.
The Minister's official site is no exception, and visitors wishing to know what other visitors are searching on just have to take a look at the search cloud at bottom right of the landing page. Well that's all they need to do unless they wish to find out about "ISP Filtering", an issue that has been the cause of some controversy in Australia over the past couple of years.
Nip below the page surface and you will find a clever bit of code that sets a counter to record the frequency of any given term, ranks the most frequently occurring terms – and then sets the size of that term within the cloud according to its rank (highest ranked is largest, lower ranked are smaller).
So far so good, unless the search term happens to be "ISP Filtering". Because the other clever thing that the code does is to exclude that particular term from the search cloud. Sorted. Or not.
In recent weeks, protests against the minister's censor-tastic activities have reached new heights, with a DDoS attack directed both at the Australian Parliamentary website and at the site of the Communications Ministry. This action was characterised by Conroy as irresponsible – presumably on the basis that in a democracy, government attitudes should be changed by debate and there is no need for direct action.
By contrast, evidence that the debate is being skewed in this way will undoubtedly add weight to those who claim that the government is not interested in discussing issues – and the only way to make them sit up and listen is through direct action.
Meanwhile, appearing before the Environment, Communications and the Arts Legislation Committee earlier this month, representatives of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), revealed that they would not be pursuing an investigation of how Wikileaks got its hands on ACMA's list of banned URLs.
While they intend to tighten up processes, in the hope that such a thing will not happen again, they also acknowledged that the Federal Police "considered the prospects of success under their guidelines not sufficiently strong enough to push on with the prosecution".
In addition, there were other more pressing "operational priorities". ®
US to spend $50 million on media in Pakistan
Pakistan Headlines Examiner | February 27, 2010
The Obama administration plans to spend nearly $50 million on Pakistani media this year to reverse anti-American sentiments and raise awareness of projects aimed at improving quality of life, confirms a Washington insider.
After the Kerry-Lugar Bill debacle, the Obama administration had struggled with the idea of 'branding' aid and many within the State department and the USAID had argued that identifying projects may backfire.
"By announcing that a school was built and is being maintained – partly because of the aid received from America – you can alienate people," said someone who had proposed not 'branding' the aid.
The US Special Representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke believes that a substantial amount of monies spent on media- especially private TV channels will reduce tension and may even bring Pakistan-US relations back on the right path.
Senator John Kerry, the main architect of Kerry-Lugar bill also supports the idea of claiming credit for all "the good work being done to improve infrastructure, energy and education," said a source in Senator's office.
Reuters today reported that the Obama administration has sent lawmakers a plan for funding water, energy and other projects. Report said the US intends to spend $1.45 billion of [funds] earmarked for the Kerry-Lugar bill in fiscal 2010.
The trust deficit had surged after a well intended aid package focused to uplift Pakistan's civilian society was trashed by a section of Pakistani media. Interviews with diplomatic sources in Washington, D.C. and media coverage of the KLB debacle had demonstrated growing frustration of the Obama administration.
Although American officials publicly praise military operations in South Waziristan, in private they sing a different tune; their assessment of "alignment" is rather pessimistic. Stories leaked to media consistently allege that al-Qaeda leadership is still enjoying safe haven in Pakistan.
Pakistan-U.S. relations have not been this tenuous before, and the Obama administration is frustrated with the outcome of the Kerry-Lugar bill. "No one had anticipated such negativity," said an American official who did not want to be identified. "We thought Pakistanis [would] celebrate the passage of this bill. This is what we were told by representatives of the Pakistani government."
Pakistani government representatives from President Zardari to Foreign Minister Qureshi and Ambassador Hussain Haqqani further down the chain had assured the Americans that Pakistanis would be jubilant; KLB was supposed to heal all wounds, rectify all wrongs and erase memories of the past from the consciousness of the masses.
The Obama administration has shared their plan to sponsor high impact projects and communicate the value of these projects using local media.
Voice of America, a radio and TV platform that speaks for the government of the US already has a tie-up with Geo TV and now they have aligned with Express TV as well.
The Obama administration plans to help Pakistan's democratic government meet budget shortfalls and deliver services to a population increasingly angry about economic and security troubles. As the funding builds the capacity of the government to provide basic services, the US sponsored Pakistani media will raise awareness and build a brand for America, our sources have confirmed.
Israeli troops storm and encircle Aqsa Mosque
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday stormed the courtyards of the Aqsa Mosque and cordoned off its premises where dozens of Palestinian worshipers are still maintaining a vigil and refusing to leave for fear of attacks by Israeli extremists. Eyewitnesses said that more than 200 Israeli policemen have encircled the Aqsa Mosque since the early morning hours and demanded the worshipers come out, while the Palestinians inside the mosque used the amplifiers of the Mosque to urge fellow citizens to head to the Old City of occupied Jerusalem to defend it against Israeli violations. Many unruly Israeli settlers were allowed by policemen to walk around in the Mosque courtyards. 12 Palestinian citizens including an elderly woman outside reportedly suffered tear gas suffocation as they were trying to reach the Aqsa Mosque. Meanwhile, the neighborhoods of the Old City of Jerusalem saw clashes between young Palestinian men and Israeli troops. Numbers of protesters were reportedly rounded up. Other Palestinian citizens living in the neighborhoods near the gates of the Aqsa Mosque complained that the IOF troops stormed and ransacked their homes, and used the roofs to observe the movement of people. For his part, Hamas spokesman Yousuf Farahat on Sunday appealed to all Muslim scholars and leaders to urgently move to defend Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque against Israeli crimes. In a press release, Farahat noted that the feeble official Arab stand is the umbrella under which the Israeli occupation is working and setting schemes to Judaize the whole city of Jerusalem. In a related context, the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) announced the launch of a 30-month project to fully change the Arab landmarks and sites in the holy city. Al-Jazeera website said that Israel claims that this project is intended for developing the infrastructure of the city, but in fact it is aimed to obliterate its Arab identity and turn it into a Jewish religious area. For its part, the Israeli Maariv newspaper warned that the winds of war are blowing from the north and castigated the Israeli premier for his failure to control the angry protests against his decision to seize the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil city. It opined that if there had been negotiations with Syria, the Iranian president would not have visited Damascus and the danger of war would have subsided. ### |
Honduran newspaper discovers murder after 3 days
By Belen Fernandez |Pulse Media | February 27, 2010
A headline in this morning's edition of the Honduran daily La Tribuna, fervent defender of last year's coup d'état against President Mel Zelaya, announces the search for the "gang member" that killed the daughter of veteran union organizer and anti-coup resistance figure Pedro Brizuela. The murder of Claudia Larisa Brizuela Rodríguez, which took place on February 24 in the Céleo González neighborhood in the northern city of San Pedro Sula, had not prompted any prior coverage in the mainstream Honduran press despite the papers' usual predilection for homicide photographs.
Honduran journalistic traditions had also been disrupted in July 2009 by the murder during a demonstration at the Tegucigalpa airport of anti-coup teenager Isis Obed Murillo, whose picture appeared in the daily La Prensa only after his blood had been removed via the Photoshop program. La Tribuna refrains from erasing the pool of blood surrounding Brizuela Rodríguez' body on her living room floor, or from explaining how it is that members of the National Criminal Investigation Directorate (DNIC) are "hot on the trail" of the alleged gang member when the only identifying information provided by witnesses is that he is short.
During a conversation in San Pedro Sula last August, Pedro Brizuela dismissed his daughter's concern regarding his potential martyrdom on behalf of the resistance and reasoned that he was already old, anyway. As it turns out, Brizuela Rodríguez' concern was only slightly misplaced, and she was shot at age 36 upon answering the door at her home—a scene witnessed by her two sons, ages 2 and 8. La Tribuna concludes:
The femicide [of Brizuela Rodríguez] has caused consternation among civil and trade union organizations, due to her father's decades-long involvement in these sorts of activities."
El Heraldo had demonstrated similar consternation over popular activity in a July 31 article explaining that anti-coup Honduran teacher Roger Vallejo Soriano had "ended up with a head wound"—which promptly killed him—due to the fact that he had "abandoned his classroom in order to go out and protest in the streets." Brizuela Rodríguez receives more lenient treatment at the hands of La Tribuna, and instead of being blamed for her own demise is cast as the victim of her father's past, with any other blame for the crime absorbed by the term "femicide," as gender-related targeting by gangs is less easy to pin on the current administration of Pepe Lobo.
Lobo, an impending beneficiary of the "greater engagement with the countries of the Western Hemisphere" promised by the U.S. State Department, will rendezvous in Guatemala with Hillary Clinton at the beginning of March. As for why Clinton's Latin America tour includes both Guatemala and Costa Rica but not Honduras, this question was posed by an attendee at yesterday's press briefing by Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela, who confirmed the geographical proximity between Central American nations:
QUESTION: And the flight time between Costa Rica and Guatemala and Honduras –
ANSWER: Yeah. Right. Right. Guatemala.
Valenzuela's discourse does not become any less enigmatic as the briefing progresses, and he proclaims with the regard to the U.S. position on the recent Honduran crisis:
So we see the outcome in Honduras is a very successful case of standing for a very fundamental principle and that is that you cannot tolerate a coup d'état in a country. This sets a terrible precedent. And in that sense, we join the unanimity of the hemisphere in this regard. But at the same time, a solution had to be found to Honduras."
As is clear from the lack of a U.S. response to the slew of politically-motivated murders that have occurred in the first month of Lobo's presidential term, these are to be considered part of the Honduran solution and compatible with Clinton's call for "principled pragmatism" in condemnation of human rights abuses.
Mainstream Media Questions Inaccuracies in 9/11 Story
The Washington Times publishes story questioning official account.
By Tim King* | Salem-News.com | February 24, 2010
The mainstream press is showing interest in a taboo, however glaring subject; the inconsistencies in the Bush White House 9/11 account.
As The Washington Post reports today, "A lingering technical question about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks still haunts some, and it has political implications: How did 200,000 tons of steel disintegrate and drop in 11 seconds? A thousand architects and engineers want to know, and are calling on Congress to order a new investigation into the destruction of the Twin Towers and Building 7 at the World Trade Center."
The problems with the official federal stories are endless and according to some of the world's top minds, the suggested account is impossible[1].
When we first began to write about these seemingly pressing questions, our Web Designer Matt Lintz caught the U.S. Air Force attempting to hack into Salem-News.com[2].
One person who has never let the matter fade away is Richard Gage. He's a San Francisco architect and founder of the nonprofit Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth.
Gage told The Washington Times, "In order to bring down this kind of mass in such a short period of time, the material must have been artificially, exploded outwards."
The federal government wants you to believe that fires brought the buildings to the ground, yet in all recorded history, no fire has ever toppled a skyscraper. They burn to the framework but they don't fall down.
Even if it was possible, the World Trade Towers were the least likely candidates. The steel core design of these buildings would not have come down, even if the building collapsed.
Even when you get past that, perhaps finding ways to justify the impossible "official" circumstances, how on earth could any logical explanation account for Building 7?
This is curious, I would suggest that half of all living Americans still don't realize that a third building also came down that day, and it wasn't hit by an airplane. But it did contain a lot of records that certain members of the financial industry didn't miss. Then there are the billions of dollars in missing gold evacuated just before Building 7 pancaked to the ground.
The words of Gage are reflected all over the nation in universities and engineering firms. The Trade Tower buildings were specifically designed to withstand the impact of a jet liner, specifically. Jet fuel is similar to diesel and it doesn't burn very hot. Firefighters, talking on radios, talked about how the aircraft crash fire in one building were going to easily be extinguisher by a few firefighters.
One of our writers, Jeff Gates, suggested that the only country that benefited from the ensuing wars is Israel.
"For instance, a skilled game theorist could foresee that, in response to a 911-type mass murder, "the mark" (the U.S.) would deploy its military to avenge that attack. With phony intelligence fixed around a preset goal, a game theory algorithm could anticipate that those forces might well be redirected to invade Iraq-not to avenge 911 but to pursue the expansionist goals of Greater Israel[3].
Enforcing that thought, our writer Maidhc Ó Cathail wrote, "The day after 9/11, Benjamin Netanyahu let slip that the deaths of almost 3,000 Americans was 'very good' for Israel. In particular, the mass murder was very good for an emerging sector of the Israeli economy. In Laboratory for a Fortressed World, Naomi Klein detailed the post-9/11 "explosion of Israel's homeland security sector."[4]
Another Salem-News.com writer, Dr. Alan Sabrosky, wrote about the connection between 9/11 and Israel in the article, Treason, Betrayal and Deceit: The Road to 9/11 and Beyond, "Second, only two intelligence agencies had the expertise, assets, access and political protection to execute 9/11 in the air and on the ground: our CIA and Israel's Mossad. Only one had the incentive, using the 'who benefits' principle: Mossad."[5]
The answers remain tangled up. Many Americans believe questioning the government over this is unpatriotic, then they turn around and burn effigies of Obama at tea bagger parties. I say it is highly unpatriotic and even disingenuous, to not question facts about the integrity of this nation.
I won't even start on Shanksville and the Pentagon; those stories are packed with more holes and in your face inconsistencies than there is time for in this report, but I have written about the Pentagon in particular, at great length[6].
The tragedy of September 11th 2001 is so far reaching that we could never truly describe it. The event was the reasoning to launch two very costly, ongoing wars. The very notion of Arab terrorists selecting the day that is synonymous with emergency response in the U.S. is as hard to believe as the "terrorists" passports recovered so conveniently on the sidewalks in New York that day.
The Washington Times cites how Gage, a member of the American Institute of Architects, managed to persuade more than a thousand of his peers to sign a new petition requesting a formal inquiry.
"The official Federal Emergency Management [Agency] and National Institute of Standards and Technology reports provide insufficient, contradictory and fraudulent accounts of the circumstances of the towers' destruction. We are therefore calling for a grand jury investigation of NIST officials."
Gage says technical issues surrounding the collapse of the towers have prompted years of debate, rebuttal and ridicule.
The article cites how he is particularly disturbed by the fall of the 47-story skyscraper, Building 7. This engineer says, like the other two buildings, tower 7 fell in "pure free-fall acceleration."
He also talked about how more than a hundred first-responders observed flashes and explosions during the fall of the towers.
Even more disturbing evidence Gage says, are "multi-ton steel sections ejected laterally 600 ft. at 60 mph". He also talked about the "mid-air pulverization of 90,000 tons of concrete & metal decking."
Firefighters and Trade Tower employees en mass reported explosions before the buildings came down. They also talked about building closures in the weeks preceding 9/11, and men carrying large amounts of equipment into the elevator shafts.
Most experts agree that the buildings could only have come down the way they did if they were imploded. Experts who perform this type of work, common in places like Las Vegas, at least before the nation's economic downturn, place the main explosives in the elevator shafts, but also in many other strategic locations in a building's structure.
If you watch the World Trade Towers fall in slow motion, it is easy to observe what appear to be a series of planned explosions, running essentially the length of each building.
Gage says evidence of "advanced explosive nano-thermitic composite material" was found in the World Trade Center dust. Of course Rudy Gulliani, mayor of New York at the time, had all of the building evidence shipped away from the state almost immediately.
There is a long list of federal investigators who say they were not allowed to do their jobs or complete the investigation. Tie this to the revelations in 9/11 Commissioner John Farmer's book: "The Ground Truth: The Story Behind America's Defense on 9/11″, where the author builds the inescapably convincing case that the official version is almost entirely untrue, according to our writer Gordon Duff, and you just might be lifting a corner of the dirtiest rug that ever was used to suppress truth[7].
Gage says the group's petition at ae911truth.org is already on its way to members of Congress.
He Told The Washington Times, "Government officials will be notified that 'Misprision of Treason,' U.S. Code 18 (Sec. 2382), is a serious federal offense, which requires those with evidence of treason to act."
"The implications are enormous and may have profound impact on the forthcoming Khalid Shaikh Mohammed trial."
For me, the biggest story here is that a mainstream member of the press published this article, I am amazed and encouraged. It is hard to suggest that we have perhaps been had in the biggest and worst way possible, but honesty is the only thing that matters.
Israeli Espionage – Part 1 of 4
Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEOecRtBU7U
Israeli Espionage – Part 2 of 4
Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o17SSuuZDkA
Israeli Espionage – Part 3 of 4
Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VclAeKYYvBc
Israeli Espionage – Part 4 of 4
Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVRsmodmCTE
Also, this video from CoreofCorruption.com which was released just over a year ago, details the information regarding four alleged "art students" who had free access to the Trade Towers, including construction passes, in the immediate weeks preceding 9/11:
Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA9MvV-SrCo
[1] Apr-07-2006 : Huge Contradictions in Official Theories on 9/11 Crash at Pentagon – Tim King Salem-News.com
[2] Apr-16-2006: U.S. Air Force Hackers Caught in Their Tracks by Salem-News.com – Tim King Salem-News.com
[3]Oct-20-2009: How Israel Wages Game Theory Warfare – Jeff Gates Salem-News.com
[4] Jan-20-2010: The Merchants of Fear: Israel's Profiting from Homeland Insecurity – Maidhc Ó Cathail Sabbah.biz
[5] Sep-10-2009: Treason, Betrayal and Deceit: The Road to 9/11 and Beyond – Alan Sabrosky Sabbah.biz
[6] Mar-21-2006: What Really Hit The Pentagon? – Tim King Salem-News.com
[7] Sep-11-2009: The 9/11 Commission Rejects own Report as Based on Government Lies – Gordon Duff Salem-News.com
* Tim King is a former U.S. Marine with twenty years of experience on the west coast as a television news producer, photojournalist, reporter and assignment editor. In addition to his role as a war correspondent, this Los Angeles native serves as Salem-News.com's Executive News Editor. Tim spent the winter of 2006/07 covering the war in Afghanistan, and he was in Iraq over the summer of 2008, reporting from the war while embedded with both the U.S. Army and the Marines. Tim holds numerous awards for reporting, photography, writing and editing, including the Oregon AP Award for Spot News Photographer of the Year (2004), first place Electronic Media Award in Spot News, Las Vegas, (1998), Oregon AP Cooperation Award (1991); and several others including the 2005 Red Cross Good Neighborhood Award for reporting. Serving the community in very real terms, Salem-News.com is the nation's only truly independent high traffic news Website. You can send Tim an email at this address: email@example.com
Source: Salem-news.com
Michael Heart: WE WILL NOT GO DOWN (Song for Gaza)
Message from Michael
Dear friends,
I have been overwhelmed by the warmth and the friendship you have all given me in response to my song for Gaza, "We Will Not Go Down". I am doing my best to go through your numerous messages, emails and comments, and ask you to kindly bear with me until I am able to do so. Please forgive me if I am not able to respond to each and everyone of you; but please also know that I really appreciate your messages.
My original intention to donate proceeds from the sale of the MP3 to charity has been complicated by technical matters; therefore, I have decided to make the song available free of charge (for personal, individual use only – all rights reserved). I would like to request that after downloading the song from this page, you kindly donate directly to a charity or an organization dedicated to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people. Worthy of note is UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East), which has been helping Palestinian refugees since their dispossession in 1949. Please click here to donate through them: http://www.un.org/unrwa/
Thank you for your continued encouragement of my work as a musician, for your purchases of my CD (available here), and for spreading the song, the video and the message as you have been doing. I am grateful for every demonstration of support I have received from you, and for every thought and prayer that has gone to the people of Gaza.
Michael Heart
US soldiers kill Iraqi tribal chief's son
Dawn Media | February 27, 2010
AQUBA: US soldiers killed an Iraqi tribal chief's son and wounded his wife in what the Americans on Saturday called a tragic accident, although local accounts of the incident differed.
US troops were travelling through the district of Kanaan, northeast of Baghdad, late on Thursday when Zhaheri tribe chief Thaher Zaihud al-Zhaheri's son, Ahmed, walked outside the family's front door and was shot dead, the tribal leader said.
Further gunfire wounded Zhaheri's wife in the leg.
According to the US military, American soldiers were conducting a reconnaissance patrol ahead of a combined operation with Iraqi security forces when the "tragic accident" occurred.
"Villagers responded to what they thought were intruders and began firing in the darkness, which caused other residents to come out of their homes and also fire their rifles," a statement said.
"Thinking they were under attack, the US soldiers returned fire to protect themselves. Regrettably, as a result of this gunfire exchange, a young man was killed and a woman was wounded."
The statement said an investigation had been launched.
According to Zhaheri, however, there was no shooting prior to the family hearing a noise near their home and they thought there might be thieves in their village, Saisabanah.
"Ahmed went outside and when he opened the door and walked outside, the Americans shot and killed him," he told AFP.
"They continued shooting at our house and one bullet hit my wife's leg." Zhaheri's account of the incident was repeated by an Iraqi military officer in Diyala's provincial security operations centre.
Saisabanah is a village of around 10 houses, and families there are known to have fought US forces since the 2003 invasion.
Zhaheri's wife Sabiha Nahath Saud, 56, was in stable condition, according to Ahmed Alwan, a doctor at the main hospital in Baquba, Diyala's provincial capital.


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Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Htown57, Mar 14, 2010.
I'm bored, and i just found a program that lets you make comics. hope you enjoy... :grin:
That was a lot better than I thought it was gonna be. gj.
LOL, beast mode had me rolling. +1 rep
I am a fan of Beast Mode Although I think it should be BEAST MODE [ON] OFF
I'll rep that.
Great job!
Indeed "EEt was another big game" !!
Great job! Haha beast mode!
repped...good stuff. :grin:
LOL that was very cute! I had to laugh at the "defacto hall of famer" and the BEAST mode.
Great stuff man! This thread is a fresh breeze in this GARM that is getting darker and darker...
Thread of the Year!!!!!
Htown57, I am glad that you found an application to make funnies.
Best creative thread. Genius. I want to see more.
Awesome! Can you do this for every game?
haha nice, Hey HTown 57, can I link it to basetbawful dot com? I think they'd get a kick outta this.
haha a good laugh +1
Very nice. Thanks!
awesome read man. what program did you use?
Hey, atleast you were repped to be into Luis Scola, .


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I kept looking to make sure the mother didn't come out and get me. But cute as buttons. They played so well. I sat and watched them with my son for about 20 mins. They followed each other around, and they played like cats.
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They are so cute!! It is so hard to believe they can mess up your day.
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GE monitors the performance of its jet engines to flag maintenance needs (such as blade wear), thus reducing flight cancellations for customers. -
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Via language-processing software, United Healthcare analyzes text converted from call center conversations to determine customer satisfaction levels. -
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The NFL's Atlanta Falcons uses GPS technology to assess player movements during practices, which helps the coaches create more efficient plays. -
Favorable Odds
Looking to maintain customer loyalty, Caesars Entertainment combines patrons' gambling outcomes with their rewards program information to offer enticing perks to those who are losing at the tables. -
Healthy Concept
Google is working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control by tracking when users are inputting search terms related to flu topics, to help predict which regions may experience outbreaks. -
Going Places, Part I
Norfolk Southern deploys customized software to monitor rail traffic and reduce congestion, enabling trains to operate at higher speeds. The company forecasts $200 million in savings by making trains run just 1 mph faster. -
Going Places, Part II
Through telematics sensors in more than 46,000 vehicles, UPS monitors speed, direction and other drive performance metrics to design better routes. -
Big (Data) Rewards
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One company is using big data to improve the aviation industry's on-time performance. Another is turning to analytics to streamline the launch of complex marketing campaigns. A third is reducing its environment impact through these tools. By now, it's clear that the potential for data analytics is limited only by the human imagination. That's great news for businesses as they deploy these solutions to boost brand loyalty, increase sales, expand to new markets, improve efficiencies and lower expenses. All of these factors, of course, have elevated the strategic presence of the CIO and his or her IT department. So given the interest in ongoing developments in innovation here, we thought you'd enjoy reading about how the following 11 companies are transforming metrics into impact-making assets. They represent a wide range of industry niches—among them are pro football and gambling. They were compiled by a number of online resources, including those posted by SAS and IBM's Building a Smarter Planet blog. For more about the SAS research on this topic, click here. For more about the Smarter Planet blog research, click here.