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Was the first time I ever bought a car cover, and was pleasantly surprised with how easy it was to use. We live in a very warm, high humidity area, so I was a bit concerned how it would work, since we had to go out of town for a week. When we returned, our car was "showroom" clean. No powder or such that I had read about in some reviews. Very satisfied!!!


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Insect-borne diseases are now one of the top risks for outdoor workers. Insect transmitted diseases have become one of the fastest growing epidemics to date. Those most at risk are outdoor workers. Currently, US industry spends billions of dollars every year in outfitting workers in FR clothing, but most organizations do little to nothing to protect workers from insect-borne disease. Every day, thousands of these company employees are exposed to insects that can carry malaria, dengue fever, trypanosomiasis, filariasis, leishmaniasis, and other dangerous diseases. Insect Shield work wear can be as essential to workplace safety as high-visibility and fire-resistant clothing. The Insect Shield assortment consists of work wear, professional apparel and including clothing that also offers sun protection, flame as well as additional protective items such as mosquito nets for use at home.
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Studies show a 99% reduction in tick bites for outdoor workers wearing Insect Shield. Insect Shield's EPA-registered technology converts work wear into effective and convenient insect protection that lasts through 70 launderings. Insect Shield apparel products repel ticks, ants, flies, chiggers, and midges (no-see-ums) through 70 launderings. The technology is used by internationally recognized brands across a wide array of clothing and gear categories.
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BANCROFT, Idaho — Brian and Michelle Stanger have always fed their cattle an all-grass diet and avoided hormones and antibiotics, but only recently have their ranching practices translated into extra income.
Since Aug. 1, the Stangers have fetched a $100-per-cow premium for their grass-fed beef, cutting out the middle man by having it butchered at a USDA-inspected custom packing facility in Lewiston, Utah, for sale at the Pocatello Co-op.
Officials with the Denver-based American Grassfed Association say both demand for grass-fed beef and production are on the rise, and a new report by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service tracking monthly grass-fed beef prices should lure more producers into the industry.
The Stangers raise 30 cow-calf pairs on 310 acres in Bancroft, feeding the animals alfalfa hay throughout winter. They believe grass-fed meat tastes better and contains more healthy fatty acids.
They previously sold at auctions, mostly to buyers who trucked the cows to a feedlot for fattening on grain.
"I hate to see them go to sale yard," said Michelle, who artificially inseminates mother cows with top bull genetics. "You're selling a premium product for the same thing as everybody else is doing with the additives."
Brian, a lifelong rancher who also works as a Union Pacific conductor, believes he's "just getting his foot in the door" at the co-op.
"What we can see right now, the demand is going to be higher than the supply," Brian said. "I think people want to know where their food is produced, and they want a natural product."
The AGA, which represents 150 members, has also noticed a growing trend of grass-fed production.
"We get calls from grocery stores and supermarket chains wanting to know where they can buy grass-fed," said AGA spokeswoman Marilyn Noble.
At its annual conference, scheduled for Oct. 31-Nov. 2 in San Diego, AGA will address challenges facing its producers, including cheaper-priced grass-fed beef flooding the U.S. from foreign markets such as Australia and Uruguay.
"It's hard to know exactly how those people in Uruguay are raising their beef. Also, the farmers in Uruguay are paid nothing," Noble said.
Another challenge is how to get grass-fed products to consumers when infrastructure is set up for conventional beef production. Some larger AGA producers have built their own USDA-inspected meat processing facilities.
AGA has invited Taylor Cox, who will supervise the report for the Agricultural Marketing Service, to attend the conference and hear from the industry. Noble believes the creation of the report signifies "that grass-fed is finally moving out of being a niche product and into the mainstream."
USDA released its first two grass-fed reports on Sept. 23 and Oct. 24. Report work will be done with existing resources and should present no additional costs for taxpayers. The data was requested by the Wallace Center, which promotes sustainable agriculture, believing the increased transparency will attract more grass-fed producers.
The report tracks direct market sale prices and offers the only source of prices on live and wholesale grass-fed cattle. USDA intends to expand the report as participation grows to include trade volume data and graphs.
Dressed grass-fed steers and heifers have sold for $200-$250 per hundredweight.
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Hurts Women, Endangers Babies
There are eight law suits addressing the unconstitutionality of the HHS ACS MANDATE. Priests for Life has filed a compelling case against the mandate. See lawsuits against the HHS Mandate. There is no question about the fact that abortion kills babies. The United States Supreme Court also has read over 2,000 testimonies from women who have been harmed by abortion. Below is additional information about why abortifacients, contraceptives, sterilization and abortion are not good for women and/or babies.
A disproportionate number of women suffer medical side effects from abortions and use of artificial contraceptives.
2. The connection between contraception and abortion
Many in the pro-life movement versus anti-life debate are reluctant to make a connection between contraception and abortion. They insist that these are two very different acts–that there is all the difference in the world between contraception, which prevents a life from coming to be and abortion, which takes a life that has already begun.
To the contrary, with some contraceptives there is not only a link with abortion, there is an identity. Some contraceptives are abortifacients; they work by causing early term abortions. The IUD seems to prevent a fertilized egg–a new little human being- from implanting in the uterine wall. The pill does not always stop ovulation, but sometimes prevents implantation of the growing embryo. And, of course, the new RU-486 pill works altogether by aborting a new fetus, a new baby. Although some in the pro-life movement occasionally speak out against the contraceptives that are abortifacients, most generally steer clear of the issue of contraception. Almost no one talks about how the abortions and artificial birth control not only kill and/or prevent the birth of babies, they are very bad for women's health. Both, for instance, are linked to breast cancer.
A gray area – forced or coerced sterilization. The most visible and classic case of forced sterilization is noted in the testimony of Elaine Riddick. Her case, and those of other women who were sterilized in North Carolina is currently being considered for litigation.
Women have been and are being sterilized without their knowledge. There are recent cases of women who were "treated" with placement of IUDs in their wombs without their knowledge. There are known side effects to sterilization and IUDs, and studies are being conducted regarding harmful effects of such.
3. How are abortion and artificial birth control linked to breast cancer?
Dr. Chris Kahlenborn's new book: Breast Cancer, Its Link to Abortion and the Birth Control Pill is the culmination of seven years the author spent reviewing and analyzing more than 500 research studies and related works. It is very timely because of the breast cancer epidemic, which currently threatens every woman. Both abortion and artificial birth control are linked to breast cancer.
4. Are Black Women in a high risk category for the abortion/birth control/breast cancer link?
Yes. Research shows that induced abortion increases the risk of breast cancer more for some groups of women than for others. Black women, for example, have higher rates of breast cancer and tend to develop more aggressive cancers. There is also a greater risk in women who have had abortions if they were under age 18 at the time, if they do not have any more children after aborting, or if they have a family history of breast cancer.
In 2009, in a study of more than 50,000 African-American women, Boston University epidemiologist Lynn Rosenberg found a 65 percent increase in a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer among those who had ever taken the birth-control pill. The risk doubles for those who had used the contraceptive within the past five years and had taken it for longer than 10 years.
This unwelcome news doesn't fit well into the wave of coverage of the pill's 50th anniversary. A Newsweek columnist gushed that the pill "did more good for more people than any other invention of the 20th century." In a cover story, Time magazine extolled the pill as "the means by which women untied their aprons, scooped up their ambitions and marched eagerly into the new age." (True. Thanks, pill!) A commemorative MSN.com piece flatly asserted earlier this year that "taking the pill has no impact on breast cancer risk."
Rosenberg's findings question that assertion. She wanted to study black women because they have been underrepresented in cancer research so far, even though they suffer from higher rates of "triple negative" breast cancer. This relatively rare form of breast cancer, in which the tumors lack certain genes and so are not responsive to standard treatments like tamoxifen, confers the highest and fastest mortality. In Rosenberg's work, it was these cancers that were linked to the pill. A number of other studies of women of multiple races support her data implicating the pill in breast cancer, including research done in New England; South Carolina; Long Island, N.Y.; and Scandinavia.
5. Why would black women have more breast cancer?
Breast cancer in the U.S. is more prevalent in young black women than in white women of equivalent age, and is the second leading cause of cancer death (after lung cancer) among black women. This may be a consequence of more common hormonal contraceptive use and/or a greater frequency of abortion among young black women. Black women who develop breast cancer generally have more aggressive cancers resulting in a shortened life expectancy.
It has been noted that while Black American's make up approximately 13% or less of America's population, nearly 33% of abortions reported since the passage of Roe v Wade in 1973 have occurred on Black Women. Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, who also distributes free or low cost artificial abortion drugs has a highly targeted market to Black Women. So Black women are at a higher risk for abortions and breast cancer and other health related problems as a consequence of being marketed for the causes.
6. How could abortion cause breast cancer?
At the beginning of pregnancy there are great increases in certain hormone levels (eg estrogen, progesterone, and HCG) that support pregnancy. In response to these changes, breast cells divide and mature into cells able to produce milk. Abortion causes an abrupt fall in hormone levels, leaving the breast cells in an immature state. These immature cells can more easily become cancer cells.
Has this been proven? Yes. As of January 1999, 11 out of 12 studies in the United States, and 25 out of 31 studies worldwide, showed that women who experienced an induced abortion had an increased risk of breast cancer. In 1996 Joel Brind, PhD [1], assembled the results of all the studies up to that time. Brind concluded that women who have an abortion before their first full-term pregnancy have a 50% increased risk of developing breast cancer while those who have an abortion after their first full-term pregnancy have a 30% increased risk.
7. What does it mean to have "a 50% increased risk of developing breast cancer?"
A 50% increased risk means a 50% higher risk than someone would have otherwise. For example, if a person already had a 10% risk of developing breast cancer, then a 50% increase would bring the risk up to 15%.
8. How serious a problem is breast cancer?
Breast cancer is the worldwide leading cancer in women and is the most common cause of cancer death for U.S. women age 20-59.In the U.S. every year about 175,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 43,000 women die from this disease. This means that about one U.S. woman out of eight will develop breast cancer at some time in her life and about one fourth of such women will die from this disease. Induced abortion, especially at a young age, markedly increases a woman's risk for developing breast cancer. This risk is increased even further by other breast cancer risk factors such as synthetic hormones (including hormonal contraceptives like the Birth Control Pill, Norplant and Depo-Provera), family history of breast cancer, and others.
The U.S. has one of the highest rates of induced abortion and hormonal contraceptive use in the world, especially for young women. The breast cancer rate in the U.S. is rising, and will likely rise even higher once the latent period (the time it takes for cancer to develop) for these women has passed. Calculations based on available studies indicate that induced abortion may result in over 46,800 additional cases of breast cancer in the U.S. annually.
9. Abortion and Fibromyalgia
Psychiatrist and researcher Dr. Philip Ney relates the story of a patient of his who developed fibromyalgia, which causes chronic pain without any apparent cause. He found that she had undergone an abortion just before this pain began, and since then, has developed a theory that in some cases, the pain of fibromyalgia may in fact be caused by chemicals released by the aborted baby's flesh when it is torn apart. These chemicals cross the placenta, and lodge in the mother's nervous system. In reality, she is feeling not her own pain, but that of her aborted child. We have not yet begun to understand all the implications of abortion, and of how destroying a child in the womb destroys the rest of us. Let's pray that our society may forsake abortion and find healing.
10. Some Other Effects of Abortion on Post Abortive Women (Prepared by WEBA. Women Exploited by Abortion, as a warning to other women to avoid the risks of abortion surgery)
Physical Effects Psychological Effects
-Sterility –Guilt
-Miscarriages -Suicidal impulses
-Ectopic pregnancies -Mourning/Withdrawal
-Stillbirths -Regret/Remorse
-Bleeding and infections -Loss of confidence
-Shock and comas -Low self-esteem
-Perforated uterus -Preoccupation with death
-Peritonitus -Hostility/Rage
-Fever/Cold sweat -Despair/Helplessness
-Intense pain -Desire to remember birth date
-Loss of body organs -Intense interest in babies
-Crying/Sighing -Thwarted maternal instincts
-Insomnia -Hatred for persons connected with abortion
-Loss of appetite -Desire to end relationship with partner
-Exhaustion -Loss of sexual interest/Frigidity
-Weight loss -Inability to forgive self
-Nervousness -Nightmares
-Decreased work capacity -Seizures and tremors
-Vomiting -Feeling of being exploited
-Gastro-intestinal disturbances -Horror of child abuse
11. Additional Effects of Harm Caused by certain "reproductive health care" proceedures
-Premature Labor and Births due to weakened cervix, scarred and/or perforated uterine walls, etc. (Note: the IUD and surgical abortion procedures have been known to cut or scar the woman's reproductive organs)
-Trauma to Mammary System
-Trauma to Reproductive System
-Exposure to STD germs where failure to properly sterilize instruments occur
-Permanent Sterility (leaving the woman no option to changing her mind later)
Conclusion: The Challenge of Linking Abortion and Contraception for those who respect life
Linking contraception and abortion pose a challenge to those who respect life. It may not be immediately obvious that there is any connection between contraception and abortion, but on further examination, a relationship between the two becomes apparent. Ignoring the issue of contraception leads to a lost opportunity to respect life to the fullest degree. Neither abortion nor artificial contraception are health care. There are at least three connections between contraception and abortion to consider:
1. Many contraceptives can directly cause early abortions.
2. Contraceptive use creates a perceived need for abortion as a "back-up."
3. Contraceptive use causes a devaluation of human life.
4. Both abortions and artificial contraceptives are bad for women's health.
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Somehow, for political reasons, selfish gain, lack of knowledge and other variables, there are very obvious solutions that are not on the general or public radar.
1. Women do not have to have unplanned or undesirable pregnancies in most cases. It is a scientific and medical fact that a woman can't become pregnant if she is not ovulating. There are inexpensive ovulation kits on the market that women can obtain and exercise power and control over their right to get pregnant or not. A woman should have the right to say when she will and will not have sex. She should have the right and knowledge to control her reproductive rights.
2. There are natural and relatively inexpensive solutions for women who have irregular cycles and ovulation schedules. There is generally no need for invasive measures such as artificial drugs and such in these cases.
3. The $365 million a year, $1 million per day that our government tax dollars pay to Planned Parenthood who is the nation's largest abortion provider does not provide information and resources regarding reproductive freedom regarding ovulation and pregnancy choices to women.
4. If women do not have sex when they ovulate, there is no reason for them to take harmful chemical and surgical birth control measures, many of which are known to cause heart attacks, strokes, exposure to possibility of cancer and other illnesses.
So the question is why is it so hard to break through the information barriers surrounding women's health and reproductive rights? Could it be that people on each side of the isle, each side of the arguments have so much vested in their own interests that everyone has forgotten the women and the babies in the midst of the melee?
1. http://www.slate.com/articles
2. https://www.google.com/search
3. http://www.priestsforlife.org/articles/abortionachoiceagainstwomen.html
4. http://onemoresoul.com/contraception/risks-consequences/breast-cancer-risk-from-abortion.html#more-178
5. www.silentnomoreawarenesscampaign.org
6. http://www.priestsforlife.org/blog/index.php/the-real-pain-of-abortion


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A new hacked limited edition where the legend of LEGO bricks joins the legendary notebook. A LEGO plate is embedded into the iconic black cover. The new limited edition pays tribute to all of the former kids who believe in the importance of playfulness in their everyday grown-up lives. This is the latest in a series of limited editions that plays with pop icons of our times, including: Woodstock, Pac-Man, Petit Prince, and Star Wars.
Available in four different formats: Ruled and Plain Notebooks both in pocket and large sizes. The cover is debossed, silkscreened, and different color LEGO plates are built in each of the four models of the notebooks. Inside: a printed themed flyleaf, an inner pocket, a color-coordinated bookmark, and 10 adhesive labels representing LEGO bricks and LEGO men to personalize your records and pages.
The LEGO limited edition will be available on shelves worldwide starting from March 2012.
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Scoring Personal Care and Household Chemical Products
GoodGuide counts the number of ingredients in each product that are categorized as low, medium or high health concern. We then factor in other negative information (such as regulatory restrictions) and any available positive information (such as third-party certifications) to assign product ratings.
To rate a personal care or household chemical product, GoodGuide considers the following attributes:
- A health hazard rating based on the number of product ingredients categorized as low, medium or high health concern;
- Indicators that the product exhibits other negative aspects (e.g., does the product contain ingredients that have been banned or subjected to regulatory restrictions);
- Indicators that the product is among the best on the market in its category (e.g., has the product been certified as safe or healthy by a credible third-party);
- Indicators of data gaps that preclude evaluation of the product (e.g., no or inadequate disclosure of product ingredients).
Categorizing Ingredients by Levels of Health Concern
Defining Levels of Health
In order to identify ingredients of health concern, we utilize the science of health hazard assessment and rely on lists of chemicals labeled hazardous by various authoritative organizations. GoodGuide tracks whether chemicals are recognized or suspected of causing any of twelve major types of human health problems, ranging from cancer to endocrine toxicity to skin or eye toxicity. We combine this hazard data with chemical potency, human detection frequency and toxicity testing information, in order to assign ingredients to four levels of health concern: none, low, medium and high.
An ingredient raises no health concern if:
- It is not on any of GoodGuide's lists of toxic chemicals which cause suspected or recognized health effects;
- It has not been detected in human tissue or urine; It is not a high production volume chemical that lacks safety data.
An ingredient raises a low level of health concern if:
- It exhibits two or less suspected health effects; and/or
- It has a relatively low toxic potency for inhalation and ingestion exposures; and/or
- It is only occasionally detected in human tissue or urine; and/or
- It lacks at least half of the six basic toxicity tests required to assess chemical safety.
An ingredient raises a medium level of health concern if:
- It exhibits three or more suspected health effects; and/or
- It has a relatively moderate toxic potency for inhalation and ingestion exposures; and/or
- It is regularly detected in human tissue or urine.
An ingredient raises a high level of health concern if:
- It exhibits one or more recognized health effects; and/or
- It has a relatively high toxic potency for inhalation and ingestion exposures; and/or
- It is frequently detected in human tissue or urine.
The Difference Between Recognized and Suspected Health Effects
Chemicals are identified as recognized toxicants based on hazard identification efforts of authoritative national and international scientific and regulatory agencies.
To date, such efforts have been focused on only a few types of toxicity. GoodGuide utilizes California's Proposition 65 lists of chemicals in order to identify recognized carcinogens, reproductive toxicants, and developmental toxicants. Chemicals are listed on Proposition 65 following a scientific peer review process and regulatory rulemaking, which incorporates the hazard identification efforts of a variety of other authoritative bodies, including the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the National Toxicology Program. Hence, a substantial weight of toxicological or epidemiological evidence supports the decision to list a chemical as a recognized health hazard under Proposition 65. Stakeholders that believe a chemical does not cause a recognized health effect have the opportunity to argue that the evidence does not support identifying the chemical as a hazard. If a chemical is listed under Proposition 65, such arguments failed to convince neutral scientific and regulatory experts. We also rely on a peer-reviewed article in the medical journal Lancet to identify recognized neurotoxicants.
Chemicals are identified as suspected toxicants based on reports in the scientific or regulatory literature, or on information abstracted from major toxicological databases.
Lists of suspected toxicants are linked to twelve health effects. Suspected toxicants possess evidence that they can cause specific adverse health effects. However, no authoritative hazard identification process is currently conducted by regulatory agencies or scientific organizations for these health effects. It is important to consider a chemical on a "suspected" list as a preliminary indication that the chemical may cause this effect, rather than a definitive finding that it does. In order to identify suspected toxicants, information is abstracted from the principal toxicology text books (such as Casarett and Doull's Toxicology), medical journal articles, regulatory actions, and international chemical hazard resources (such as the European Union). The weight of toxicological or epidemiological evidence supporting suspect hazard identification can vary significantly between chemicals. For example, evidence from two different laboratory species indicates that acetonitrile can cause cardiovascular toxicity. In contrast, overwhelming evidence indicates that carbon monoxide causes cardiovascular toxicity in humans. These disparate data lead to designation as a "suspected" toxicant as an authoritative agency has yet to compile lists of cardiovascular toxicants. Identifications developed by regulatory agencies or scientific references often undergo peer review, but an administrative process that allows for debate over and conclusive resolution to the toxicity designation of a chemical has yet to be put in place.
Controversial Ingredients
GoodGuide separates ingredients into two categories — "ingredients of health concern" and "controversial ingredients." Only the former contribute to a product's rating.
A chemical must be identified as a potential health hazard by a GoodGuide-approved authoritative source (e.g., a regulatory agency like EPA or a scientific group like the National Toxicology Program) in order to be labeled an ingredient of concern.. This system ensures that our ratings are based on the best available scientific evidence. Goodguide labels chemicals as "controversial" ingredients if they have not been identified as hazardous by authoritative sources, but are the subject of current debate regarding potential adverse effects. "Controversial" chemical designations do not contribute to the product rating because the evidence of hazard is inconclusive, however they are flagged in the event a consumer wants to avoid such chemicals.
Rating Methodology
Core Rating Components
- Health Hazard Rating:
- Based on a count of ingredients of health concern.
- Other Negative Aspect Rating:
- Products that contain an ingredient that is banned from a category by regulatory agencies in the U.S., Canada, Japan or the European Union rate 0. Products that contain an ingredient that is being targeted for elimination by regulatory agencies also rate 0.
- Ratings for products that contain an ingredient that is subject to regulatory restrictions in a category are capped at 8 unless the product label or its manufacturer provides data documenting that the product is in compliance with the applicable restriction.
- Product Management Rating:
- Products that are certified as safe or healthy by a credible third-party (e.g., EPA Design for the Environment) rate 10. If the relevant certification involves a comprehensive evaluation and approval of a product's formulation, those ingredients' contribution to a product's Health Hazard Rating will also be suppressed.
Adjusting Ratings to Account for Data Gaps
GoodGuide adjusts a product's health rating if information is missing that is required to evaluate its potential impact.
Our health hazard evaluation requires a complete list of a product's ingredients (with sufficient detail about chemical identity to allow ingredients to be checked against hazard lists) and information about the percent composition of a product (to characterize potential exposures and evaluate compliance with regulatory restrictions). Unfortunately, manufacturers are generally not required to provide both of these types of information for most consumer products.
Adjustment for products that lack full ingredient data
For household chemical products, there is no current regulatory requirement that companies disclose full ingredient lists. For personal care products, ingredient disclosure is required, although it may include generic ingredient names that are not specific enough to support hazard evaluation. To create an incentive for full ingredient disclosure, GoodGuide caps a product's score if it lacks complete ingredient data or lists generic names that do not support chemical-specific evaluations. The caps applied are described in the following table:
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|No information available
|Some ingredient information available, but list includes generic categories potentially containing high or medium health concern ingredients
|List includes generic fragrance, without further information
|Some ingredient information available, but list includes generic categories potentially containing low health concern ingredients
|All ingredients disclosed, including the constituents of generics like fragrance; or all ingredients reviewed and approved as part of a third-party certification
Adjustment for products that lack percent composition data
For household chemical products and most personal care products (with the exception of sunscreens), there is no current regulatory requirement that companies disclose percent composition data. This precludes evaluating whether a product is a potentially significant source of exposure to a chemical (e.g., presence of an ingredient at less than 0.1% of a formulation is unlikely to pose a risk, while presence of that ingredient at 10% of a formulation could be a significant source of human exposure). The absence of percent composition data also complicates the evaluation of whether a product is in compliance with applicable regulatory restrictions. Both regulatory agencies and trade associations manage the potential health risks of products by defining thresholds below which an ingredient is deemed safe as used (e.g., use of an ingredient is acceptable provided that it does not exceed 5% of a product's formulation). Unless a product label discloses the percent composition data required to evaluate compliance, GoodGuide caps a product's rating at 8 if it contains ingredients that have been restricted by regulatory agencies or trade associations.
Adjusting Ratings if Ingredients are Granted a "Benchmark Exception"
GoodGuide increases a product's health rating if information indicates that an ingredient does not pose a health or regulatory concern as it is used in a product. This adjustment has the effect of minimizing the contribution of that ingredient to the product's health rating. Such adjustments are indicated in the "Product Ingredient List" section of GoodGuide product pages with a "Benchmark Exception" icon and an explanation of the basis for suppressing an ingredient.
Ratings may be adjusted for the following reasons:
- An authoritative third-party (such as EPA's Safer Choice program) reviewed a product and approved its formulation.
- An authoritative third-party (such as a regulatory agency) reviewed the ingredient and determined that its use in a certain type of product (e.g., rinse-off hair products) does not result in significant exposure or health risk.
- Percent composition data indicate the level of the ingredient is below the most stringent regulatory or trade association threshold level that defines safe use; the applicable threshold is not the subject of substantial critique in regard to its health protectiveness; and the ingredient is not authoritatively linked to a health endpoint expected to pose low dose risk.


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Archive for the 'voter fraud' tag
Am I Missing Something?
How can a person commit voter fraud without actually voting? I could see where it might be REGISTRATION fraud. But can it really be called VOTER fraud before you have actually attempted to vote?
I have always thought that GET OUT THE VOTE promotions where canvassers go to shopping centers, RTA bus stops, and other places where there are large numbers of people are problematic. First of all, you haven't identified a VOTER you have probably identified someone who cannot say "no" and they find it easier to fill out your form and let you go away thinking that you have just signed up a voter for an upcoming election. NOT!! 7 times out of 10 these people have no intention of going to the polls to vote. In my estimation, this type of GOTV effort is a waste of time.
On the other hand, a neighborhood canvas identifying people who have recently moved into the area as well as those who have lived there but never registered to vote is a step up. I would still maintain that you have not identified someone who will VOTE. You have simply added another registration to the rolls.
And so this brings me to my estimation of this Republican version of "the Sky is Falling" that there will be rampant voter fraud on election day. Poppycock! Talk about much ado over nothing. Should canvassers who submitted multiple cards with the same names and addresses be fired? Yes! Should organizations that clog the voter rolls with bogus registrations be reprimanded? Yes! Should they be warned if the registrations that they submit continue to have problems that they will not be welcome to help in GOTV efforts? Yes! In fact, there should be a way of not allowing these organizations to participate at all. Would this include the Republican Party that sent out faulty registration cards? Hmmm!
Again, I assert that many of the people demanding satisfaction don't have a clue as to what they are screaming to achieve. Or maybe they do. Voter suppression is a much more likely outcome than any voter fraud. People may stay away from the polls because they don't want to be harassed when trying to vote. More likely, they will stay away because they fear long lines and waits to vote. Neither a good reason to stay away from the polls.
Anyone who knows who they are and where they live will probably have acceptable identification to take with them so that any challenger would not do so. So go vote! And to those of you so willing to say that there will be rampant voter fraud I ask how many of you are working as a poll worker in your county? It is imperative for Ohio and the nation that we have a smoothly run election this November. I ask what are you doing to make it so? How sad when our political parties find it more advantageous to spend precious time in a courtroom rather than working together to make our national election safe, efficient, and credible.
Oh and those questionable registrations by new "voters". They aren't going to show up at the polls anyway. But, wow, haven't they created a "tempest in a teapot".


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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A man questioned over the disappearance of a New York City woman in Istanbul has been released from police custody but may be called again to help authorities with their inquiries, a Turkish news report said Friday.
Sarai Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul. She was last heard from on Jan. 21, the day she was due back home.
A police official in Istanbul said police had questioned a man who had been in contact with Sierra during her stay in in the city. The private Dogan news agency, quoting unnamed Turkish authorities, said the man was later released by a prosecutor. It has described the man as Turkish.
Sierra had arranged to meet her contact on a bridge she planned to photograph on the day she went missing, Turkish news reports said. Dogan said the meeting never took place.
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Sierra left for Istanbul on Jan. 7 to explore her photography hobby and made a side trip to Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Munich, Germany. Her family last heard from her on Jan. 21, when she was supposed to start her journey home, but she never checked into her flight.
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Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise sandwich in producer Jerry Bruckheimer while they support him at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Monday (June 24) in Hollywood.
The guys have worked with Jerry on many of their past films – Tom on Top Gun and Days of Thunder and Johnny on the Pirates of the Caribbean series and the new flick The Lone Ranger.
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A Derbyshire woman who lost her mum to cancer four months ago has called on everyone to support Ashgate Hospice on a unique fundraising day.
Emma Bradley, 27, is encouraging people throughout Derbyshire to support the Bring A Pound Day on May 2.
The partnership with Peak FM aims to bring in as much as possible for Ashgate Hospice by getting schools, businesses and organisations to sign up to Bring-a-Pound Day with everyone donating a pound each and holding fundraising activities.
Emma's Mum Jane Silvester died in December at Ashgate Hospice from bowel cancer.
The family has a genetic condition which predisposes them to the disease, but her diagnosis and death still came as a huge shock.
Jane's 50th birthday celebrations last June were particularly poignant as that was the age Emma's grandmother had died from bowel cancer.
But just four months later the same devastating diagnosis came through.
Emma, from Chesterfield, said: "We thought Mum had a blood clot in her leg.
"She had but that was because the cancer had spread. We think it started in her stomach and by the time she got the diagnosis it had spread to her liver, lungs and pancreas.
"It was a total shock to all of us, even though we have lived with Mum having this condition all her life it still sneaked up on us.
"Mum was only in the hospice for four days but I'm so glad she got there. Hospitals are not very comfortable or calm places especially at the end of your life."
Emma was even able to take her new Patterdale puppy Dill in to see her Mum just a couple of days before she died.
She added: "At Ashgate, they treat you like a person, not just another patient. Everyone always has time to talk to you and listen to you and from the first day they were just so comforting and caring.
"They are almost life friends, like being part of a big family that does wonderful things and they are continuing to help me even now. That's why I will continue to support Ashgate and would encourage everyone to do the same."
Ashgate is the second largest hospice in the East Midlands with more than 7,000 patient contacts a year. The independent charity provides specialist care and support to local people with life limiting illnesses and their families across North Derbyshire and the High Peak and Dales.
Alongside the Chesterfield-based 21-bed inpatient unit and 16-place day unit, Ashgate provides a range of care and support in people's homes allowing them to remain as well as possible for as long as possible.
It receives an NHS grant of £2.1m but has to raise a further £3.8m each year to ensure these vital services can continue.
If you would like to support Bring a Pound Day, why not sign up your school, business, local club or organization.
On May 2 the Peak FM team along with volunteers and staff from Ashgate Hospice will be out and about across North East Derbyshire finding out what you've been doing and collecting your pounds that will make such a difference.
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Gimme Shelter & City Lights BD reviews, new pre-orders & see Ladyhawke in L.A. with Richard Donner!
Anyone interested in some new Blu-ray reviews to start the week? Our own Tim Salmons has checked in today with a pair of them featuring a look at a couple of Criterion titles in high-definition, including David Maysles and Albert Maysles' Rolling Stones concert film Gimme Shelter and also the new special edition of Charlie Chaplin's City Lights. Both are now available on BD, so enjoy!
Meanwhile, pre-orders are now on for Paul Greengrass' Captain Phillips from Sony at this link on Amazon. Disney's Thor: The Dark World and Summit Entertainment's Ender's Game are also both up for pre-order on BD on Amazon. [Read on here…]
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With a caplete design that gives it a chic tailored polish and rolled up sleeves that give it a hit of casual-cool, this bebe romper is sure to make your go-to list this spring. Cut from a fresh fabric with a light stretch. Finish it with a pair of studded sandals and a crossbody bag.
- 98% polyester, 2% spandex
- Center back to waist: 15" (38 cm)
- Rise: 13" (33 cm)
- Inseam: 3" (8 cm)
- Leg opening: 24" (61 cm)
- Hand wash
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- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Capelet Romper is rated out of 5 by 8.
Rated 4 out of 5 by eleegance from Great romper not every one has, I love this romper, I ordered a small. It fits me well. However, it is summer, I don't want to wear black. Summer should be colorful such as white, blue green pink red. If this one comes in white it will sold out in a min.
Date published: 2013-05-29
Rated 5 out of 5 by KP101112 from Love this Romper! I love a bebe Romper! I'm so glad that they brought this style back. The fit is awesome. It has some stretch so I would recommend that you purchase your normal size. I can't wait to wear it!
Date published: 2013-05-24
Rated 5 out of 5 by Rosie10 from Sexy I have been in search of a romper and this exceeded my expectations.
Date published: 2013-03-15
Rated 5 out of 5 by Becky722 from Amazing fit This is my favorite romper by far. It fits true to size and is extremely flattering. The material alone is very nice. I can't wait to wear it out with the red pumps I bought! Would definitely recommend it to anyone who considers their legs one of their favorite features as this romper will do them justice!
Date published: 2013-03-10
Rated 5 out of 5 by PH13 from FITS PERFECTLY! I ORDERED A MEDIUM AND I USUALLY WEAR A SIZE 4-34DD AND IT FITS PERFECTLY! I LOVE IT! IT IS VERY CUTE AND THE MATERIAL IS SUCH THAT YOU CAN DRESS IT UP OR DOWN.
Date published: 2013-03-08
Rated 5 out of 5 by Cancan from Perfect fit! I initially ordered the large because I am a 36 DD and I wear a size 8 (sometimes a 6) in bottoms. However the large fit but was a bit too baggy. I, then, ordered the medium and it was a PERFECT fit! This is definitely a Spring must have!
Date published: 2013-03-05
Rated 5 out of 5 by EJ2013 from Cute & Sexy romper, don't miss out! I wasn't sure about this romper online but when I got it, WOW! The capelet portion in the back is loose and flows. The material is sheer but not see through, perfect for spring and summer. You can pair it with cute tights or bare legs and wedges, you just can't go wrong, the cut and styling is great.
Date published: 2013-02-20
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As a medium for telecommunications, fiber optics is much faster than conventional wire, because it uses light instead of electricity to send information.
One emerging technology in this sector has been Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH), also called Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) or Fiber-to-the-Building (FTTB). FTTH brings fiber optics directly to homes/buildings, while a similar technology, fiber-to-the-node (FTTN), brings the fiber optics to a community and then connects the fiber optics to the homes with a traditional copper cable. In the past, consumer telecom networks had a high-speed backbone with lower speed cables running to users' homes and offices. The high-speed backbones were able to carry the combined capacity of all the users, but the infrastructure running to the users severely limited the speed and bandwidth available to consumers. FTTH allows for much larger bandwidth and much faster delivery speeds, which are essential for modern "triple-play" deliveries in which access providers offer video, data, and telephony services. It also requires the installation of new transmission, wiring, and receiving infrastructure.
Currently, two major service providers are rolling out FTTH fiber optic access plans: AT&T, with U-verse, Verizon, with FiOS, while Comcast is rolling out a competing technology called Docsis 3.0. Consumers are increasingly streaming and downloading large files, like movies, and engaging in video-chatting, using the small cameras that are attached to many new laptops. Both AT&T[1] and Verizon[2] offer "high-speed" connections of speeds up to 10 Mbps - but with the demand that services like video-chatting and streaming video put on networks, the 50 MBPS offered by Docsis 3.0[3] and FiOS[4] look far more appealing. As a comparison, DSL has a speed of 1.5 Mbps. The telecom giants jumping on the FTTH bandwagon signals that fiber optics is set to go mainstream, and demand for fiber optics infrastructure will grow. It's likely that larger telecom infrastructure companies like Alcatel and Tellabs will receive most of the fiber optics business, but smaller firms like Emcore could also get in the game.
AT&T: U-Verse maxes out at 18 Mbps, but is cheaper than Comcast and FiOS (excluding New York) at only $100/month. U-Verse uses both FTTH and FTTN technology, depending on the area. The FTTN model is faster and cheaper to deploy than FTTH, but the copper connections to the homes sacrifices speed compared to FTTH. U-Verse is currently in parts of California, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wisconsin. AT&T plans to service 1 million homes by 2008 and 30 million homes by 2010. [5]
Verizon: Verizon FiOS is the largest fiber optic network in the US. FiOS offers a downstream speed of 50 Mbps and costs $90/month in New York, but $140/month in Massacheusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Florida. To give an idea of how fast 50 mbps really is, at 50 mbps an HD movie can be downloaded in 13 minutes and a 60 minute video can be downloaded in a mere 8 seconds.[6] In the 16 states that Verizon plans on introducing its FiOS system, the company reported that it expects to spend close to $23 billion from 2004 to 2010 in network installation. [7] Verizon is dominating FTTH as it is responsible for over 70% of the FTTH connections in the US. [8] By the end of 2007, FiOS had 9.3 million customers and Verizon expects to have 12 million customers by the end of 2008.[9] aldobai.com
Given the size and breadth of telecom equipment offerings from Alcatel (ALU) and Tellabs (TLAB) it is likely these two will get the bulk of the fiber business. However, the following are some smaller companies with infrastructure offerings as well:
EMCORE (EMKR) has a wide offering of fiber optics products and could possibly become a notable player as fiber optics continue to grow.
AFL Telecommunications provides fiber optic products and services to the telecommunications industry. They are completely tied to the success of fiber optics in this industry. AFL is part of Fujikura (TYO:5803).[10]
Tyco Electronics primarily produces undersea fiber optic networks (about 7% of revenue in Q2 2008), but they also provide fiber optic infrastructure that is used in FTTH.[11]
Preformed Line Products provides fiber optic infrastructure products such as fiber optic closures and cable connectors, as well as many others.[12]
ANADIGICS makes FTTH amplifiers. The amplifiers deliver performance for digital and analog TV applications by providing the video transition from the optical network terminal.[13]
Corning makes optical fibers for the cables. Corning made an important development when they created a bendable fiber in 2007 which is specifically vital for the fiber optics used in New York due the tight requirements of many of its older buildings.[14]
ADC Telecommunications provides fiber optic infrastructure products and services.
The greatest rate of FTTH/FTTB adoption is occuring in Asia. About 21% of homes in Hong Kong have FTTH and South Korea has 19.6% of homes connected to FTTH. The main reason for the huge penetration in Asia, as opposed to the US, is that the governments of countries such as Japan and South Korea are specifically promoting this technology as a part of their national strategy.
The United states had about a 1.3% penetration in 2007, but does have a large amount of fiber optic cables in the ground left unused from the dot com bust. Many of the telecom companies were laying cable at a faster rate than they were getting customers, but now these companies can start utilizing this installed base thanks to the renewed growth of demand from consumers. In 2007, the number of US households with FTTH doubled from 2006. The major proponent of FTTH is Verizon. Verizon is responsible for about 70% of the households passed by fiber optic networks and added about 203,000 customers to their FiOS service in 2nd quarter of 2007 alone.


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I love sushi and always think of them as more healthy because there are hardly any oil used in making it. And its tasty! Then one day while surfing the internet and craving for sushi at the same time, I stumbled upon something deliciously comfortable!
Presenting to you…. The Sushi Pillows!
Yes! Its pillows and cushions that are made like sushi. The lady is really good in enhancing how good the pillow is.


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Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." —Acts 21:13
The Church at this moment needs men, the right kind of men, bold men....
We languish for men who feel themselves expendable in the warfare of the soul, who cannot be frightened by threats of death because they have already died to the allurements of this world. Such men will be free from the compulsions that control weaker men. They will not be forced to do things by the squeeze of circumstances; their only compulsion will come from within—or from above.
This kind of freedom is necessary if we are to have prophets in our pulpits again instead of mascots. These free men will serve God and mankind from motives too high to be understood by the rank and file of religious retainers who today shuttle in and out of the sanctuary. They will make no decisions out of fear, take no course out of a desire to please, accept no service for financial considerations, perform no religious act out of mere custom; nor will they allow themselves to be influenced by the love of publicity or the desire for reputation. Of God and Men, 11-13.
"Lord, what would it take for me to be that kind of man? Do in me whatever work You need to do today, that I might die to the allurements of the world and serve You with high motives. Amen."
Reprinted from Tozer on Christian Leadership by A.W. Tozer, copyright © 2001 by Zur Ltd. Used by permission of WingSpread Publishers, a division of Zur Ltd.
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The debate has been distilled, conveniently, into a simple binary question: should kids be allowed into bars with their parents or not?
It's a hot-button issue that gets fresh ink in New York, it seems, at least once a year. In 2008 Brooklyn's Union Hall kicked up a stir for banning strollers all together. In 2010 another Brooklyn bar, the Double Windsor, declared that no one under the age of 21 would be allowed on its premises after 5 pm.
Now the fight has moved to a new beer garden – also in breeding-ground Brooklyn – called Greenwood Park, which has instituted a curfew. Kids are allowed on its expansive 1,300 square-foot grounds, but only until 8 pm.
Every year the debate flares up in predictable patterns: the childless are irate about having to share their elbow room with kids; parents feel entitled to an occasional beer with peers before bed time. Both sides have their valid talking points.
But more often than not, the childless come off sounding whinier than a toddler at bath-time. "You almost feel like you're the irresponsible one by showing up to drink around so many children," one Yelp reviewer wrote of Greenwood Park.
The parents come off sounding, well, just plain entitled.
Both sides highlight the real problem: an increasing inability among grownups – childless and breeders alike – to behave like grownups. Some, not all, parents either outsource daycare to other bar patrons or simply can't keep their kids under control in the first place. And some, not all, childless 20- and 30-somethings are so locked into their Never Never Land lives they almost need babysitters themselves.
Let's take Brooklyn's new bar as an example: On one recent afternoon I spotted toddlers using the Greenwood Park bocce courts as their playground, rooting around in the sand while parents drank with the confidence that their kids were safe, watched over by the collective. The collective, of course, had never signed up for childcare duty. And the kids were admittedly disruptive.
But on another night, long after the last stroller had left, one group of adult patrons set an entire pack of cigarettes on fire and threw it across the table. They were all giggles until they were asked to leave.
As with any polarizing debate, the devil's in the details. I've seen perfectly well-behaved kids come with their families to enjoy a mid-day burger at the beer garden (the meatheads shouting at the overhead flatscreen tuned to ESPN were more annoying than any 7-year-old I've seen).
So, it's not about whether we let kids into bars with their parents. It's about how we make these decisions and whether we're all mature enough to honor the social contract. Greenwood Park's policy is eminently reasonable: parents can bring their kids as long as it's before bedtime and everyone behaves. It's the customers who are less level headed.
"Moms are encouraged to come by with their children," the co-owner, Ted Mann, told a local blog before the bar opened. "It's completely stroller friendly."
The friction comes when neither side can see beyond their own bottle – be it filled with beer or milk.


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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — LG Display reported a $299 million profit for the fourth quarter Thursday thanks to mobile product launches by key customers including Apple Inc. but warned that earnings will decrease in the current quarter as demand for iPhones wanes.
The South Korean panel maker said its October-December net profit totaled 319.7 billion won ($299 million) compared with a loss of 6.3 billion won a year earlier when the European Union fined the company 215 million euros for price fixing. Sales rose 32 percent to 8.74 trillion won.
LG forecast a profit drop for the current quarter because it expects to ship fewer panels to TV makers and mobile device makers. In particular, shipments of panels for mobile phones and tablet computers will likely decline to 25 percent of total sales from 31 percent in the fourth quarter.
LG's financial performance has become closely linked with Apple, which is the world's second-largest smartphone supplier after Samsung Electronics Co. LG Display also makes TV panels but sluggish demand for TVs has made smartphones and tablets more crucial for its growth.
Apple accounted for two thirds of LG Display's total profit during the second and third quarters of 2012, Samsung Securities analyst MS Hwang said in a report.
Apple's earnings report Wednesday showed that its sales of iPhones, iPads and Mac computers were each 1 million units short of market expectations. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company also gave sales guidance that fell short of expectations.
Many brokerages have lowered LG Display's sales outlook and share price target recently, citing concerns about demand for Apple's iPhone. Analysts said an increase in iPad mini sales in lieu of other iPad models that use bigger screens will also reduce LG's profit.
James Jeong, LG Display's chief financial officer, said the panel industry, which has been suffering from oversupply and weak global demand for years, is not expected to make a big improvement for another year.
Jeong said LG Display will have almost no increase in its production capacity this year, underlining how the tech sector is still reluctant to increase investment in factories at a time of global economic uncertainty.
LG's fourth quarter profit fell short of the 352 billion won median forecast by analysts polled by FactSet.
Operating profit totaled 587.3 billion won, compared with a 154.7 billion won loss a year earlier.


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PADI was originally one of the campus bands in Airlangga University (Unair), Surabaya. The band consists of Fadly (vocalist), Piyu (guitarist), Ari (guitarist), Rindra (bassist), and Yoyok (drummer).
Before they become what they are today, they used to struggled just to signed a record deal with major recording company. But unfortunately most of them rejected PADI. But that didn't stop Padi to keep on tryin', on the other side the rejection made them recorded lots of demos and they delivered the demo by them self from Surabaya to Jakarta.
On one occasion, Piyu the lead guitar once said "Band player have to feel suffer before they became famous. Living in suffer trained us to survive and exist in our own world".
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Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban: 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Cannes Premiere
Nicole Kidman stuns as she arrives at the premiere of Inside Llewyn Davis during the 2013 Cannes Film Festival held at Palais des Festivals on Sunday (May 19) in Cannes, France.
The 45-year-old Australian actress was joined by her hubby Keith Urban, as the couple shared a few kisses on the red carpet.
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The same day, Nicole and Keith enjoyed a lunch date at the Cannes Palais Agora restaurant.
FYI: Nicole is wearing a L'wren dress, Manolo shoes, Fred Leighton jewels, and a Roger Vivier clutch.
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In memoriam: Ram Myers
I learned of Ram's death on Tuesday evening, from the mother of Ram's wife (Rita, who is also a dear friend).
She added that Rita has requested that people not try to contact her.
It's now early Wednesday morning, and I am going to bed.
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Manchester City remain hopeful that they can land Isco from Malaga this summer.
The Citizens are hoping to announce the arrival of Manuel Pellegrini as their new manager this week, according to The Sun, with the Chilean set to replace Roberto Mancini at the Etihad Stadium helm.
And, once the 59-year-old arrives at last season's Premier League runners-up, the club hopes they will then have the edge over Real Madrid in the race to sign the £17million-rated one-cap Spain international.
Reports last week claimed that Manchester City were no longer interested in signing the player, but the paper suggests they now believe they can land the 21-year-old.
The club's spending would go well beyond £60million is a deal could be agreed, with Fernandonho and Jesus Navas already joining the Citizens this summer.
Isco has a £30million release clause in his contract with Malaga, but the club's financial problems means interested parties like Manchester City could land the player at a reduced price.
However, the Citizens aren't the only Premier League club thought to be keen on the player, with Chelsea also reported to be keen on the former Valencia starlet.
New Blues boss Jose Mourinho will have seen Isco's ability first hand in La Liga last season, whilst the youngster also impressed in the Champions League before quarter-final defeat to Borussia Dortmund.
Whether 'the special one' wants to follow-up Chelsea's prior interest following his arrival at Stamford Bridge remains to be seen, but there is sure to be a clamour for the signature this summer.
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I really enjoy using CR. I wish CR provide MORE ongoing anime though!
There are a lot of free sites providing almost a complete list of ongoing anime every week.
CR is missing out too much to be honest: Angel beats (just finished), FMA brotherhood (just finished), and many more great anime... that almost ALL free sites provide.
There is a reason why I want these on CR despite of the fact that I can find them from other sites... BECOZ I love the 720p and even the 480p are in general better than any other anime sites.
I actually don't understand why CR can't put many ongoing anime. They are not even licensed yet... I hope it is not because the translators are lazy o_O
Well Crunchyroll has been good but they have taken a hit this past season. I've been waiting to see what animes they get this season before I get my membership again.
the ads sometimes glitch things but honestly i dont care. The membership is good for people that like to watch certain shows at soon
the quality is great too. i dont watch it the way i used to tho(OMG NOW )
but yeah the library has a nice selection so far of course it will grow more
angel beats? =) working!? =)
Truly love this site<3 With the ability to talk to new people in a fast and simple way, makes it so much fun to be on this site(; Plus, the streaming of high quality animes gives it a total bonus when you buy a membership. Totally worth it<3
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I've been a member for a pretty long time and enjoyed my time/experience ^^ hoping for more awesome anime, contests, and stuff .... [also, thinkin of gettin a premium membership...hmmmm ^_~] ohh but i do miss that tool/menu bar at the bottom of the site though...`
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Money well spent I must say.
I'm about to take over the world!!
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I got rid of cable ($100/month!) and got Netflix ($14/month) and Crunchroll ($60/year). I was paying to watch adds before, but now I get to watch exactly what I want, when I want to, wherever I am, for less, with no commercials. Just on the cost alone there is no comparison. I really do love Crunchroll.
Thanks to my wife for all your support. I've made it!
im loving CR :]
I hope prabashi has a safe plane trip<3
When CR first made the transition to premium and licensed anime, it got off to a very rocky start. But the decision was right and since the episodes are made available very quickly, it's making more and more sense to subscribe to a premium. Just as long as you keep the original Japanese voice with subs...hate dubbed anime.
Crunchy Roll, idea fantastic, but I'm sorry internet is still not there for hd streaming. Atleast not crunchy rolls streaming. the first month crunchy roll rolled out the simulcast with japan and naruto, I bought a membership. Quickly after 2-3 weeks I cancelled that membership because I couldn't use it. 720p streams I had lots of screen tear the player that streamed the content can't keep up, My pc is not slow either a 2.8 dual core computer having screen tear problems!
I've been on here from time to time to see how things have improved.
Things that I believe need improvement
I'd like to see the karaoke just like fansubbs do.
I'd like to see more effort in the subtitles. For instance The Meloncholy of Haruhi Suzumiya"Oh GOD THE SUBTITLES SUCK SO BAD IT MADE ME WANT TO PUKE!!!! The Dub and The fansubbed version was 10 times more bleepin better.
The subtitles in naruto are pretty decent, But I'd still like more effort to be put into it. They are more than watchable though, definitely not bad for getting put out so quickly.
Last a better script for streaming similar to netflix's streaming. I can play an hd tv series of netflix and experience no screen artifacts no screen tearing or anything.
Fansubbers are still doing a better job at this.
Some people on here will probably say stupid stuff like oh your supporting illegal things. Well for your record the illegal things is doing it for free, doing it better and they're making japan richer because people are going back and buying the shows because they love them. Not to mention the people are buying cr memberships because of the fansubbers, for instance db a true fansub group really did help that out. Not to mention anime only became so popular and was considered because of fansubbing.
So when anime gets made it airs on tv with commercials that helps pay the producers. I could be wrong on that one so don't quote this line.
Anime gets manufactured on dvd and blu-ray we over here buy it, japan gets paid some more
manga comes over here from the shows we end up buying it. japan gets paid again
Now Cr has joined the picture, and again japan gets paid.
Crunchyroll is a fantastic idea, but for the quality that I'm used to its hard for me to consider a membership. But, I'll probably be giving you guys a chance again since you have drama and such.
I would really like to see you guys improve in those areas
PS: I had a different nickname but forgot it so I made a new one so my premium membership I had done the first month isn't listed with this username.
CR has great service, a wide selection, and amazing quality videos. The only think i want to see happen is MORE animes getting added and for Queens Blade to update (hehehe). This site is awesome. Much better than Animefreak.tv
i love cr ~! i used to watch shugo chara all episodes here then suddenly i just entered this graphic group so i stopped watching anime on cr but the groups on cr are gr8 =]] and so are the animes! but i hope tht we can put music on our profiles like how it used to be long bak :'( lol
pm me if you want to talk!
I do love the anime selection here. If more were to be added, it would be awesome.
I joined after DB stopped doing Naruto. After a month of no updates on their site, i read the post there and came here. subscribed, and had only used them for Bleach. I am glad that CR picked up Bleach.
The 1 drawback is the streaming player. My internet at home is very wonderful, however, while on the road I have to deal with hotel/motel/sprint air card speeds (or lack of at times) and the streaming player stutters every few seconds because of it.
Oh, and the intro-outro songs should be sub'd too. I wont buy a CD by said artist if I don't know the words to the songs. (CR that's a hint that you should try to get the CD's from the anime's to sell..)
I do feel that CR can and will get better. At least it better >.>
Personally i dont really think Crunchyroll is that good if your outside of the usa most of the stuff is blocked. Cant even watch bleach for example and i dont even want to mention the dramas for ppl outside the us the selection is like non existent sorry for raining on the parade :X.
Its probably good if u live in the usa but personally i dont see a big collection (if your asking why im here thats because the few that i can see atleast load fast and are decent quality). So yeah in my opinion this site seems to be a usa only site mainly because if your outside most of the animes are blocked and dramas dont really exist on the site.


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Reports of the Blackhawks' demise have not necessarily been greatly exaggerated—but they might have been a bit premature.
Patrick Kane's goal in overtime propelled the Hawks to a gritty 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues before a crowd of 19,146 Sunday at the United Center. The win kept the Hawks alive, as they moved within four points of the final Western Conference playoff spot with six games remaining.
"It feels like it's reachable for us," said Kane, who stuffed a rebound of a Niklas Hjalmarsson shot past Blues goaltender Hannu Toivonen 1 minute 9 seconds into overtime.
"We've been the only ones who have believed. If we can put a little streak together and keep winning, who knows what can happen?"
The game and the Hawks' playoff chances appeared over after a Kane pass hit a leg and bounced right to Keith Tkachuk, who skated in alone on Hawks goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin and scored to give the Blues a 3-2 lead with 1:18 left in the third period.
But James Wisniewski took a pass from Patrick Sharp and fired a slap shot past Toivonen with 55 seconds remaining to send it to overtime.
"I guess you can go from goat to hero pretty quick," Kane said. "Giving up the third goal was my fault. We battled back. Wisniewski got a big goal, and I got a big one in overtime.
"I think we can get there. We're going to keep believing."
Wisniewski's goal was his first since Feb. 13, a span of 18 games, and came after the Hawks had given up a 2-1 third-period lead.
"Sharp broke up the left side, made a tight turn and found me in the slot," Wisniewski said.
"All their guys were collapsing down low, and I had my head up and saw an opening and it went in. I got all of it."
St. Louis opened the scoring on Lee Stempniak's second-period goal, but Adam Burish answered to tie the score 1-1 after two periods. After Dustin Byfuglien's goal gave the Hawks a 2-1 lead midway through the third, Dwayne King tied it before Tkachuk put the Blues in the lead and set up Wisniewski's and Kane's heroics.
"We fought so hard all game, and they came back and [took the lead]," Wisniewski said. "To come back to tie it up just shows the character of our team all year long."
One-timersVeteran Robert Lang sat out Sunday's game with a sore back. ... Defenseman Cam Barker missed his second straight game with a slight concussion.


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Jack Lee Collection - Sanderson Family Collection - Heritage 1/2009:5057 - Coronet Collection
Ron Guth: The 1900-O over CC Silver Dollar is exactly that...it shows a New Orleans mintmark punched over a Carson City Mintmark. How could this be, when those two mints are so far apart? Actually, the Philadelphia Mint was responsible for making all of the dies used in all of the mints, including the branch mints. Thus, Philadlphia sent dies with O mintmarks to New Orleans and dies with CC mintmarks to Carson City. However, the Carson City Mint made no silver dollars after 1893, so there was no need for Philadelphia to send dies there in 1900.
Curiously, this error was made on more than one die. Were the 1900-O/CC Dollars made using old leftover dies from years earlier, or did an engraver make a mistake by punching a CC mintmark into some reverse dies in 1900?
The 1900-O/CC Silver Dollar is a common coin, with thousands certified in average Mint State, and even hundreds in Gem condition. The finest examples certified by PCGS (as of January 2012) are a pair of PCGS MS-67s.
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Spokane Shock Sold
PRESS RELEASE FROM SPOKANE SHOCK: The Arena Football League's Spokane Shock announced the sale of the team today to Arena Football Partners, LLC. Arena Football Partners, LLC. is comprised of a group of friends and business associates from Washington and California, including investors from Spokane. The terms of the deal are not being disclosed.
"Today is about celebrating the next chapter of world-class Arena Football in Spokane and a big salute to the fans, our sponsors, the Spokane business community, and to Brady Nelson," said Nader Naini of Arena Football Partners, LLC. "As the team's owner Brady has done an excellent job laying a strong foundation and building an impressive organization and football experience in Spokane—all of which give us a tremendous amount to look forward to this coming season."
The Shock will remain in Spokane and continue to play at the Spokane Arena where they've attracted and maintained an excellent fan base and track record. The Arena Football Partners have worked closely with Brady Nelson to ensure a smooth transition into the 2014 season. The season begins on March 15 with a matchup against the Iowa Barnstormers.
"With the recent additions to our 2014 roster, this deal comes at an exciting time for the Shock," said Brady Nelson, former Shock owner and CEO. "We have a strong and dedicated team with a solid season ahead of us. I'm confident that the Arena Football Partners will take the Shock to the next level this year."
"This deal is truly pivotal for the Arena Football League as a whole," said AFL Commissioner, Jerry B. Kurz. "The sport has continued to gain momentum in the United States and the Spokane Shock is a testament to the AFL's growing popularity as it continues to build its loyal fan base, impressive player roster and overall excellent football experience."
Since its inception in 1987, the Arena Football League has grown to 14 teams across the nation and has showcased its fast-paced and exciting game to millions of fans across the country.
"Our ownership group is committed to bringing the Arena Bowl Championship trophy back to our fans in Spokane where it belongs," said Nader Naini of Arena Football Partners, LLC. "And given the talented coaching staff and roster that has been assembled, we are confident this will become a reality."


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Motherhood at 70
Meet the world's newest oldest mom.
It looks like we have a new record-holder in the ongoing "world's oldest mom" contest.
Patti Farrant, mother at 62—move over.
Adriana Iliescu, mother at 66—move over.
Carmela Bousada, mother at 67—move over.
Your new frontrunner is Rajo Devi of Alewa, India. She just gave birth at 70. Her husband is 72.
It's a heart-warming story of man—or, in this case, woman—overcoming nature's cruelty. Devi and her husband tried for years to have kids. Eventually, menopause claimed her. That was 20 years ago.
Then technology arrived to save the day. No eggs? No problem. We can get you donor eggs. Bad sperm? No problem. We'll fix that, too. "We used the usual intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) technique," the couple's fertility doctor, Dr. Anurag Bishnoi, told the Times of India. "The ICSI method enables even poor quality sperms being used creating embryos." In Devi's case, the paper adds, the doctors used "blastocyst culture," transferring the egg after five days in vitro instead of the usual two or three.
The tinkering worked. "Childless for 50 yrs, mother at 70," says the headline in the Hindustan Times. Devi exults: "We longed for a child all these years and now we are very happy to have one."
To Bishnoi, it's a triumph over ignorant fatalism and prejudice. "The couple said they were facing social stigma for being childless for the last 55 years," the Times of India reports. Those bad old days of blaming women for infertility may soon come to an end. Bishnoi concludes: "IVF has revolutionized the way we looked at infertility. Infertility is no longer a social taboo or a divine curse. It can be treated scientifically."
Well, good riddance to infertility at 30. But Bishnoi hasn't broken Devi's curse at 30 or even 40. He has broken it at 70. "Rajo Devi has become the oldest woman to have given birth and the first woman in her seventies to do so," he proudly declares. As though the magnitude of her age makes the feat that much greater.
If you think Devi's record will stand, I'll take that bet. There will be mothers at 71 and 72. It will be done because it can be done, and because doctors such as Bishnoi see themselves as liberators. They're not just defeating society's strictures. They're defeating nature's. What once seemed an unalterable curse can now be "treated scientifically."
But as the march of motherhood continues into life's eighth decade, it may begin to dawn on the liberators that natural and cultural constraints are two different things. The former are less arbitrary. Nature tends to shut down a woman's ability to bear offspring shortly before it starts shutting down her ability to raise them. Science can defy the first shutdown, but how long can it defy the second? If 70 isn't too old to become a mom or dad, what is?
Maybe, as we extend our reach in this area, we'll learn to control it. We'll stop seeing infertility as a binary struggle between cultural fatalism and scientific treatment. We'll see an ecology of procreation and parenting, with some boundaries worth respecting, even when we know how to defeat them.
(Now playing at the Human Nature blog: 1. Drones patrolling the Canadian border. 2. Tobacco without smoke. 3. The recession and boob jobs.)


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Belgian patisserie Debailleul has this typography sapin...
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BONNE Sapin de Noël!
Paris is alwaysnvery very nice, mainly in this christmas time.ReplyDelete
Hope you are having a happy Christmas week. Thanks for sharing images and paintings that are like visions of sugar spun into a mannequin's wig. No, that's not it. It's something about sugar plums dancing. You get the general idea.xoxoReplyDelete
Oh how I miss New York! Such a wonderful time of year to be in the center of the world, NY. There's such a buzz during the holidays. Well there's always a buzz, but New Yorkers embrace the decorations and do it up. Thank you for sharing with us and San Francisco sends you a happy holidays.ReplyDelete
A "pyramide de macarons" is like a Christmas tree, isn't it????Ah,ah,ah!
Take care and don't eat too many macarons!
Hi Carol! I had to look up "sapin" in my translator...so now I know, it's a fir tree. And, so is Tanen from "O Tanenbaum' fame, a fir tree. Everybody's celebrating the fir tree. As they should, I'd like to say. Here in California we have the Douglas Fir (which is a pseudo fir, in case you're going botanical on it!!!) Thanks for your fun post.ReplyDelete
I love Tiffany's windows anytime of the year. Hey I'm back and my blog is wide open with no capchas or approvals - happy???ReplyDelete
Loved the link to all those pastries!ReplyDelete


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Students selecting the Paralegal option will receive training in legal documents and terminology, civil litigation proceedings, computer applications, legal research, legal ethics, and office procedures. The paralegal/legal assistant (terms are interchangeable) performs delegated work under the direct supervision of an attorney and assists the attorney in the delivery of legal services. Tasks may include preparation of legal documents, legal research, and client interviews. This profession requires individuals who possess skills in the following areas: communication, customer service, decision making, organization, office management, and computer applications.
Upon completion of this program, graduates will be able to:
Graduates of this program can expect to obtain employment in private law firms, state and federal government agencies, insurance companies, corporate legal departments, and banks. According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, the job outlook for paralegals and legal assistants is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through 2012. The duties of paralegals and legal assistants will vary based on the type of organization in which they are employed.
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