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Have you noticed how in old television shows from the 1960s, '70s, and even '80s, everyone looks thin?
Americans are too fat. Despite that, we are getting fatter.
According to Centers for Disease Control data, the obesity rate was relatively stable in the USA between 1960 and 1980, when about 15% of people fell into the category. It increased dramatically in the '80s and '90s and was up to 32% in 2000 and 36% in 2010. As of 2010, more than 1 of every 3 U.S. adults (about 36%) were obese, which is roughly 30 pounds over a healthy weight, and 6% were severely obese, which is 100 or more pounds over a healthy weight. Those percentages qualify as an epidemic. And it's an epidemic afflicting all income and education levels
According to a new study led by Eric Finkelstein, a health economist with Duke University Global Health Institute, at the rate we're going, 42% of Americans may end up obese by 2030, and 11% could be severely obese, adding billions of dollars to health care costs. That means 32 million more obese people within two decades, on top of the almost 78 million people who were already obese in 2010.
But it's not just America. Obesity worldwide has more than doubled since 1980, according to the World Health Organization, with more than 500 million adults worldwide suffering from the condition according to 2008 statistics.
Extra weight takes a huge toll on health, increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, many types of cancer, sleep apnea, senile dementia, and other debilitating and chronic illnesses. (Read more on obesity-associated morbidity here.)
This alarming increase in obesity has been attributed to Americans' high-fat high-sugar diet, sedentary lifestyle, lack of exercise, and just plain gluttony. But new research suggests that a causal agent may be the enterobacter bacteria!
An article in NewsMax Health, "Is Obesity Caused by Bacterial Infection?," December 19, 2012, claims that researchers at Jiaotong University in Shanghai, China, have identified a bacteria which may cause obesity.
In a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), the researchers report an experiment that found mice bred to be resistant to obesity even when fed high-fat foods became excessively overweight when injected with a kind of human bacteria and subjected to a rich diet.
The bacterium known as enterobacter had been linked with obesity after being found in high quantities in the gut of a morbidly obese human volunteer, The mice were injected with the bacterium for up to 10 weeks as part of the experiment.
The researchers conclude that the bacterium "may causatively contribute to the development of obesity" in humans, and that diets that alter the presence of microbes in humans could combat the condition.
A human patient lost over 66 pounds in nine weeks after being placed on a diet of "whole grains, traditional Chinese medicinal foods, and prebiotics," which reduced the bacterium's presence in the patient's gut to "undetectable" levels, the paper said.
One of the report's authors, Zhao Liping, lost 44 pounds in two years after adopting a diet of fermented probiotic foods such as bitter melon to adjust the balance of bacteria in his gut, the American magazine Science said in an article this year on his previous research.
This is what Wikipedia says about the bacterium enterobacter:
Enterobacter is a genus of common Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Several strains of these bacteria are pathogenic and cause opportunistic infections in immunocompromised (usually hospitalized) hosts and in those who are on mechanical ventilation . The urinary and respiratory tracts are the most common sites of infection. It is also a fecal coliform, along with Escherichia. […] In a recent study, over a 1/3 of gut bacteria in a morbidly obese volunteer was found to be Enterobacter. After 23 weeks, the volunteer lost almost 1/3 of his weight by virtually eliminating the bacteria via diet, while being prevented from exercising.
The "recent study" Wikipedia references is the same Chinese research that was published in The ISME Journal.

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Opinion: Reagan Did More for Minorities Than Obama
Editorial board member Steve Moore on why President Obama's biggest supporters have suffered the most under his leadership.
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... I ... welcome back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel ... a new report on median household income has some surprising insights ... for some present Obama says biggest backers in twenty twelve election ... editoral board member Steve Moore joins me now from Washington ... to explain Steve ... I'll put up a slide of the groups that voted ... really inch loaves for the president lacks ninety three percent Hispanics night seventy four ... single women the youth vote vast majorities there ... what does this news is that sense here survey what is a chow ... well it shows that the groups that BOE voted the most heavily for Brock Obama were the groups that actually have the ... aam biggest decline in income area so ... if you look over the last aam for your is ... median income fell by about four point four percent which is to have terrible result in a recovery ... but more importantly ... black income fell by about ten percent ... another big constituency Obama Obama Obama so was the of single women ... on their their ... e-commerce fell by about nine percent and young people's incomes ... fell by about eight percent so the group that their intrusive voted for Obama most happily suffer the biggest declines in and caught up in that Steve why why did that happen can you really draw a line ... between the president's policies and the numbers that you just described ... from there here is the situation if you look at the nineteen eighties and nineteen nineties ... those terror groups actually did very well we had big income increases for black Americans we have big ... income increases for women in fact when is a comes through faster than men's incomes in that period also ah black incomes fell faster that I mean grew faster than Whiting comes in that period so what we're seeing now Mary is actually a reversal of the progress of the ... baby of ... you know who aam mirroring those gaps the fleet between blacks and whites and Adam Levin and and now we're going in the opposite direction us to question why when and why are black sweaters that I voted for Obama ... I think they bought into the kind of hope and change ... message that Obama articulated so effectively but my point is you know after five years it sure isn't working very well for those groups but Steve again and he really draw a straight line from what the president has done in office whether it's ... Dodd Frank are Obamacare and when a baby ... Tuesday's results in the midday as clear we can describe where incomes are going ... to take us under those numbers may explain why ... that ... year and here's my view of this Mary ... that if you will probably get the Obama kind of overall economic philosophy I think the one I would agree a most viewers would agree ... that Brock a bomb is really concentrated I'm ... kind ... of redistributing the wealth in sharing the wealth rather than creating new well fed ... and the point I made my article today is ... whatever President Saddam that policy makers whether that's here in United States row or other countries is never worked in fact its work to make ... Bob people pour out just give you one example the big push for increasing the minimum wage ... that will help some low income workers but that the people the very bottom of the lower skill they get first heard about the most by those well intentioned policy ... so what is this say about the Romney campaign ... I bet they couldn't describe how I ... these trends ... that you just outlined in about an hour fifteen seconds ... it's so rare when ... I get this started when the wonders of live TV and do what is it say about the Romney campaign ... I've that they can now line the trends he describes ... himself in the right people ... I've that the Obama campaign with two thousand and twelve was an email Pastor full campaign I mean ... that in these very groups and under it for only the one Barack Obama was able to do was convince people that he cared more about them ... than that Mitt Romney and and that was an extremely effective message given the fact that these groups that he was reaching out to with actually been her very much by the recession again I think the message here is ... you know the as Ronald Reagan and John F Kennedy use to say what you want from an economy is a rising tide lifts all boats she won expand the economy not tended to take up I did it slice it in different directions and that that's that's exactly what Brock Obama has done okay editorial board member Steve Moore you can read his Up and in the paper today ... thank so much for being on show thanks for ...


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OAKLAND (AP) — Two people have been charged in connection with the slaying of an 8-year-old Oakland girl, who was fatally shot after answering the front door at her friend's apartment during a sleepover.
Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said Tuesday 22-year-old Darnell Williams fired the shots that killed Alaysha Carradine and wounded three others on July 17. Also arrested was 27-year-old Joe Carroll.
Williams and Carroll were charged with murder. They were scheduled to enter pleas on Tuesday in Alameda County Superior Court.
Investigators believe the shootings were gang-related and in retaliation for a shooting hours earlier in Berkeley.


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|Wishes warning! This article or section documents one or more OpenMoko Wish List items, the features described here may or may not be implemented in the future.
The Advanced Notification And Ringtone Manager is an application for handling all event-based audible notifications from an OpenMoko device. Would determine whether or not it is an appropriate time to audibly notify a user of various events, by checking the current notification mode. The overall operation is analagous to a firewall. It would also provide the interface for any application to create notifications through inter-process communication(using dbus?).
Notification Modes
Notifications are allowed or denied(silenced) based on the current Notification Mode, which is set by the user on the fly. A mode consists of an set of "firewall rules". Each rule can either ALLOW or DENY notifications for a single event, or class of events. Each notification mode and its rules are independent from other modes. The current notification mode could be selected manually, or automatically depending on time of day or possibly even the GPS location. Notification modes are like DEFCON levels for an OpenMoko device.
Examples of possible modes:
- Completely free
- Hard at work
- Asleep
- On-call
- Device currently in use
- Do not disturb
- etc.
An event is anything that could possibly trigger a notification. Each event can be assigned it's own unique sound file. In addition to standard phone events(incoming calls, text messaging), events can come from any number of applications that communicate with Notification Manager. Examples of possible events:
- Incoming call (could define specific events per caller)
- New email
- Instant Messaging
- Calendar alarm
- Updated RSS feed
- Stock price change
Event classes
Event classes can optionally be defined for the purpose of simplify Notification Mode rulesets. Instead of making a separate rule for every event, rules can be defined for an entire class of events. An event can belong to a number of classes, similar to a *nix user belonging to permission groups. Examples of possible event classes:
- Calls from family
- Calls from friends
- Unknown caller
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The technology firm Finance Logix and the Financial Planning Association (FPA) announced on Tuesday that FPA's PlannerSearch service will now be featured on the Retire Logix retirement planning application for mobile devices.
Finance Logix, based in Seattle, claims more than 20,000 unique downloads for the retirement app, one that's designed "specifically for the iPhone, iPad and Android." It uses "innovative sliders and charts to forecast an individual's retirement situation via an easy to use touch-screen graphical user interface," according to the company.
"Individuals can enter all of their information into the Retire Logix application, and it will then connect them to PlannerSearch to find a qualified advisor in their area to help them achieve their goals," said Ryanne Enyeart, assistant director of consumer services for the FPA. "It closes the loop."
"Close the loop—that's a very important point," FPA spokeswoman Lynn Brackpool added. "Many people have the information, but they don't have the ability to act on it with the help of a financial planner. This app helps them take that next step."
FPA notes PlannerSearch consists of 6,000 of FPA members who must meet several "key criteria" and must also hold the CFP designation. It allows consumers to enter their location and the key search criteria to be connected to FPA's financial experts in their area.
"Finance Logix is an FPA Institutional Member and they have exhibited at our conferences for many years, so we were very familiar with their product offerings," Brackpool said, when asked about the genesis of the collaboration. "It was a natural step in our relationship to find more ways that we could work together for the benefit of FPA members and the public at large."
According to Finance Logix, the Retire Logix app shows "how various sources of retirement income can cover an investor's needs and wants during retirement."
"It's an user-friendly, intuitive app for the consumer to get a quick assesment of where they are in the retirement planning process," said Oleg Tishkevich, CEO and founder of Finance Logix. "It's not for advisors, it's for consumers, and it's meant to get the conversation started and them thinking about what they need to successfully reach their goals. The Plannersearch program then gets them that qualified help."
Using a "Money Capsule" visual display and "Retirement Timeline" charts to showcase analysis results, users can change assumptions such as annual retirement spending, retirement age, social security contributions, asset values, inflation and other inputs. The results will show whether or not an investor is on track to achieve their retirement goals and the impact that changes in the markets, their personal situation and other factors will have on their plan.


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Tim Lydon: Writers on the Range
Special to the Aspen Times Weekly
Aspen, CO Colorado
Since we marked the 41st annual Earth Day on Friday the 22nd, we can thank Nevada Sen. Harry Reid and other Democrats for beating back the most recent attacks on the Clean Air Act.
Perhaps America's most successful environmental safeguard, this law has protected human health and the environment for four decades. Today, it's emerging as key to addressing our deepening climate problem.
The Clean Air Act is rooted in Earth Day history. The first Earth Day, held April 22, 1970, was essentially a series of massive public demonstrations about the nation's deteriorating environment, with air quality a top concern. For decades, leaded gasoline, soot from burning coal and other pollutants had increasingly harmed Americans. Lead tainted the blood of nearly 90 percent of U.S. children, while "smog events" sickened thousands, many fatally.
Legislators had passed weak air-quality laws before, but the protests 41 years ago energized an estimated 10 percent of the nation's population and closed Congress for a day. Within months, Congress passed the Clean Air Act, creating our first national air-quality standards and giving broad authority to the newly established Environmental Protection Agency, which was directed to regulate lead, carbon monoxide and other dangerous pollutants.
Benefits quickly followed, including a sharp drop in blood-lead levels. The law's psychological effect was also important: Americans began overcoming the myth that environmental protections would cripple industry. Over time, another important feature became the law's capacity to address new pollution threats through amendments and revised rules, something now proving critical for climate policy.
The first amendments came in 1977. Congress required cleaner technology for older facilities seeking upgrades and established special air protections for parks and wilderness areas. Later, in 1990, new amendments tightened sulfur restrictions to address acid rain, caused by burning coal, and initiated a phase-out of chemicals that destroy the Earth's ozone.
The adaptive approach has worked. The EPA reports ambient lead levels have dropped nearly 100 percent, while the particulates that cause respiratory ailments have declined 75 percent. Acid rain has diminished. Refrigerants and other household chemicals no longer eat the ozone. The Centers for Disease Control says the law has saved tens of thousands of lives and billions of dollars in health care costs.
Yet despite these victories, coal and other industries have never stopped fighting the Clean Air Act. They opposed action on lead, mercury, acid rain, ozone and more, claiming industry would collapse and jobs would vanish.
So it's no surprise that industry's latest attacks are focused on the EPA's use of the Clean Air Act to address greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. The agency's action stems from a 2003 lawsuit by Washington, Oregon, California, New Mexico and eight other states, along with several cities and a host of conservation groups, all challenging the Bush administration's refusal to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
In 2007, the Supreme Court agreed, saying the gases "fit well" within Clean Air Act pollutant criteria and ordering the EPA to reconsider. The agency did so, reviewing reams of research, and in 2009, concluded that the build-up of greenhouse gases threatens the health and safety of present and future generations.
But to hear some tell it, socialism guided the EPA's decision. House and Senate Republicans crafted legislation to strip the agency of its Clean Air Act authority over greenhouse gases – pushing their campaign so stubbornly that they nearly shut down the federal government. Additionally, newly empowered House Republicans have made good on promises to stall EPA action through lengthy hearings, investigations and deep budget cuts. Potential presidential candidate Newt Gingrich even proposed eliminating the agency entirely.
A common claim by these clean-air foes is that greenhouse gas regulation is the job of Congress, not EPA "bureaucrats in Washington." They hope we'll forget that Republicans and coal-state Democrats recently killed any possible congressional action on greenhouse gases, leaving the Clean Air Act our only lifeline on climate.
All this should concern Westerners, who increasingly live with thinning snowpacks, dying forests and other climate-related threats to our public lands. Just last month, in the type of story that's sadly becoming common, researchers at the University of Wyoming and Wyoming Game and Fish reported that longer, drier summers are diminishing forage and helping to shrink elk herds in Yellowstone National Park.
We live in an unfolding climate crisis, and the Clean Air Act is one of the few tools we have to help us act wisely. This Earth Day is a good time to remember that.
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FDA says peanut company tied to salmonella outbreak knowingly shipped tainted products
The Food and Drug Administration says a New Mexico peanut company linked to a recent 20-state salmonella outbreak distributed contaminated peanut and almond butters after its own internal testing showed the products were contaminated.
Sunland Inc. is the nation's largest organic peanut butter processor, though it also produces many non-organic products. The company recalled hundreds of nuts and nut butters manufactured since 2010 after one of its products, Trader Joe's Valencia Creamy Peanut Butter, was linked to 41 salmonella illnesses around the county in September. The recall affected numerous products -- ranging from raw nuts to cookies to tahini spread -- across many popular brands sold at retailers including Whole Foods, Stop & Shop supermarkets and Target.
A full list of recalled products can be found on the FDA's website.
- NM peanut company at heart of recall eyes return to production
- Salmonella recall expands to raw, roasted peanuts
- US peanut butter recall expands to more stores including Whole Foods, Target
- FDA saw subpar conditions at peanut butter plant
FDA reports released this week show that repeated agency inspections found problems at the plant since 2007, though government officials didn't take any action or release the results of those inspections until after the illnesses were discovered this year.
In a month-long investigation in September and October, FDA inspectors found 28 different samples of salmonella in Sunland's plant. Three of the samples showed the presence of the strain "Salmonella Bredeney," which is tied to the outbreak of salmonellosis. The agency also found improper handling of the products, unclean equipment and uncovered trailers of peanuts outside the facility that were exposed to rain and birds.
The FDA's report said the agency found no records that documented production equipment was cleaned, including super-sized bags used by the Sunland to store peanuts that were used to store both raw and roasted peanuts. There was also a leaking sink in a washroom which resulted in water puddles, and "the plant is not built to allow floors, walls and ceilings to be adequately cleaned," the FDA said.
"Investigators found that employees improperly handled equipment, containers, and utensils used to hold and store food," the agency report reads. "Employees handling peanut products wiped gloved hands on street clothes and other times failed to wash their hands or change gloves. There were no hand washing sinks in the peanut processing building production or packaging areas and employees had bare-handed contact with ready-to-package peanuts."
The FDA said between June 2009 and August 2012, the company's tests showed portions of 11 lots, or daily production runs, tested positive for salmonella but were still distributed.
"Equally important, five product samples collected and analyzed by FDA from Sunland Inc. showed the presence of Salmonella, but had not been identified as containing Salmonella by Sunland Inc.'s internal testing," the FDA alleged.
The full report can be accessed on the FDA's website.
Sunland officials however denied that they knowingly shipped tainted products.
"At no time in its twenty-four year history has Sunland, Inc. released for distribution any products that it knew to be potentially contaminated with harmful microorganisms," Sunland president and CEO Jimmie Shearer said in a statement on the company's website. "In every instance where test results indicated the presence of a contaminant, the implicated product was destroyed and not released for distribution."
The FDA records show these problems go back a number of years. FDA inspectors found many of the same problems -- including employees putting their bare fingers in to empty jars before they were filled, open bags of ingredients, unclean equipment, and many other violations -- in a 2007 inspection. Similar problems were recorded by inspectors in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Sunland's New Mexico plants are currently shut down. Spokeswoman Katalin Coburn said the company is continuing to receive shipments of peanuts and is hoping to reopen when the FDA gives them approval.


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Indonesia has ramped up efforts to help those on remote islands hit by a devastating tsunami as an official put the latest death toll at 435, with 110 missing and feared dead.
Rescuers trying to reach isolated villages were hampered by torrential rains and heavy seas yesterday, as three-metre-high waves pounded the coastline.
But in a rare piece of good news, 135 people were found alive, hiding on high ground and too afraid of another wave to return to their shattered villages.
"So far, 435 people are known to have been killed by the tsunami and 110 people are missing," disaster management official Joskamatir said.
"We're still looking for them [but] there's a high likelihood they are dead, mostly buried in sand.
"The weather is better today, there's no rain. So we hope we will be able to send the supplies quickly.
"We're also expecting two more helicopters to arrive to air-drop relief supplies to remote areas."
The tsunami, which was triggered on Monday by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, has displaced nearly 15,000 people on the Mentawai islands off the coast of Sumatra.
Emergency services in Indonesia are being further stretched by the continued eruption of Mount Merapi in central Java, where more than 50,000 people have been evacuated.
Australia and the United States have pledged aid worth a total of $3 million while the European Commission released 1.5 million euros ($2 million) for victims of both disasters.


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This week's Petits Chefs session was a little hastily thrown together but proof that you CAN cook a healthy meal in under an hour (with 16 little boys helping you!). Our guest chef called in with a migraine at the last minute so I rushed out at lunch to buy a few ingredients for a simple but fun-to-make dish – Edamame Dumplings from The Sprouted Kitchen cookbook, one of my new favourites.
I've already made the Lentil Meatballs with Lemon Pesto…
And the Roasted Cauliflower Capellini…
And the Multi-Grain Carrot and Date (but I used raisins) Muffins…
All fabulous recipes – fresh and wholesome and easy to make using ingredients that you can easily find at your local supermarket. I'm going to be working my way through each and every recipe, that's for sure. So delicious and the "healthy" factor is a bonus!
I'd had my eye on the Edamame Dumplings since I first flipped through the book but one of my little chefs has a soy allergy so I decided to go with peas. Sadly, he (and another little guy) are also mildly allergic to legumes so they cooked but didn't eat – they were very good sports about my mistake and we did brainstorm other fillings for the dumplings as we worked away.
For the second week in a row, we got to use the food processor – major excitement – and our simple dumpling filling of peas cooked in vegetable stock, basil, a little oil and green onions came together into a paste quickly – "like magic"!
Then the fun part – filling the dumplings. the boys hardly needed any help – they were quite the little pros!
Edamame dumplings
Simple fresh dumplings in a tasty broth.
- Wontons
- 4 green onions, white and green parts, coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
- 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, coarsely chopped
- 2 cups shelled edamame, cooked and drained
- 2 tablespoons regular or vegan sour cream
- Dash of hot sauce
- 40 round wonton wrappers
- Broth
- 4 cups mushroom or low-sodium vegetable broth
- 1 lemongrass stalk
- 2 tablespoons mirin
- 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
- Toasted sesame seeds, for garnish
- Microgreens or pea shoots, for garnish
- Combine the green onions, sesame oil, basil, edamame, sour cream, and hot sauce in a food processor. Process to a puree.
- On a lightly floured work surface, place a heaping tablespoonful of the edamame filling in the center of a wonton wrapper.
- Use your finger to wipe a bit of water around the edge of the wrapper.
- Place another wonton wrapper on top of the filling and press down along the edges to adhere.
- Repeat with remaining wrappers and filling.
- To make the broth, warm the mushroom broth in a pot over medium-low heat.
- Pound the lemongrass with the back of a heavy knife to release its oils and discard the tough outer layer.
- Mince the inner, pale portion of the bottom of the stalk and add it to the broth along with the mirin and soy sauce.
- Gently simmer for 10 minutes to combine the flavors.
- Cover and turn the heat to low to keep warm.
- Add enough of the broth to a saucepan to cover the bottom, about 1 cup, and add a single layer of wontons (you will probably need to do this in two batches).
- Cover and steam over medium-low heat until the wontons are warmed, about 2 minutes.
- To serve, divide the wontons among four shallow bowls and pour about ½ cup of the remaining broth on top.
- Garnish with a sprinkle of the toasted sesame seeds and sprouts and serve hot.
We actually made quite a few changes to the recipe – apart from the pea switchup, we also didn't have lemongrass and I couldn't find any at short notice closeby so our broth was simply stock and rice vinegar. Still, so tasty.
Very pleased with this week's session with the boys and inspired to try the edamame version soon too!
If you like the look of these dishes from The Sprouted Kitchen, consider buying a copy – on Amazon, Amazon Canada or for free worldwide shipping, buy from The Book Depository.
Disclosure: I received a free copy of The Sprouted Kitchen from the kind folks at Ten Speed Press. I was not required to review this book nor compensated for doing so. All opinions are completely my own.
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And the crowd went WILD ... all 7 of you! lol ;) So I worked real hard today to get a tutorial up for ya'll! I didn't take any pictures when I made the white one, so I took this opportunity to make myself a yellow one!
Fabric - I love remnants and scraps for this
Felt - preferably in a color matching the fabric if at all possible, if not, no big
Ribbon - 7/8" in a color matching the fabric if you can, if not, use a coordinating color and I've used as small as 5/8" but I prefer 7/8"
Scissors & Hot Glue Gun
Now this is a typical remnant you might find at your local fabric store and was 29" by 44/45".
1. Folded it in half, and half again to cut. I love this project because you don't have to iron, measure in any real way, or even cut straight! lol
2. So you cut a strip and it should be 44"x1.5".
3. Cut this in half to create your 22"x 1.5" strip, this size turned out rosettes perfect sized to fit 5 to a bracelet.
4. Now take one end and fold it in half and then half again.
5. Then take a hold of the end and twist the rest and wrap it around the end.
6. Keep doing that until you run out of fabric :) Basically, you can't mess this up!
Believe me, I've tried lol
You just keep twisting and there's no rhyme or reason to it, just twist until you get the shape and size you want.
And then you have a rosette :) You can do this with fabric, ribbon (grosgrain holds better than satin), paper, crepe paper, even tulle! They all look awesome and can be used in TONS of ways :)
7. Now, take your hot glue gun and just put glue all over the back of the rosette.
8. Stick it down onto a piece of felt and push down for a few seconds.
9. Once you have all 5 down, cut them each out.
10. Then cut around the rosette as close to the glue as you can. You don't want to see the felt after you glue it down.
11. Next, find the center of your ribbon. My ribbon measured 30" but I could have gone with more, just depends on how much you like hanging from the bow.
12. Apply hot glue only to the area that will touch the ribbon, as you can see the ribbon is smaller than the rosette. You don't want to glue your bracelet to the mat ;)
13. To avoid a big gap between roses when you wear it, push the rosettes together when you apply the next ones.
It should look something like this ... ish ...
Once you've attached them, it should look something like this.
14. Now at this point when I put it on, it still had a little gaping between the roses. I wasn't loving that. So I tied the ribbon together and put a few dots of hot glue between each rose and pushed them together so you couldn't see it.
Then I LOVED it :) It's a lot stiffer now, really holds it's shape. I think I might go back and do this to the white one!
The back :)
Oh it just looks so PRETTY! I LOOOOVE it!
And ya know what ... it took me maybe a half an hour? And THAT included stopping every 2.5 minutes to take a picture ;)
So now you have the basic rosette tutorial as well as my take on the rosette bracelet :) Go forth and CREATE! and come back and show me what you made!! :D
Linking up to What I Whipped Up Wednesdays at Sugar and Dots, Strut Your Stuff on Somewhat Simple and the Weekend Wrap up on Tatertots and Jello!
38 comments:
- Marie@Procrastinating in Pink said...
I LOVE the name of your blog...it had me hooked the second I read it! lol! I'm obsessed with rosettes and LOVE this! I will definitely be copying this idea...just adorable!! Following you now and look forward to more awesome tutorials! :)
- May 5, 2011 at 6:25 AM
- Rebecca said...
Super simple! Love that yellow fabric too. Thanks for the great tut. =]
- May 5, 2011 at 7:49 AM
- Handy Man, Crafty Woman said...
That is so cute! Love your tutorial. Thanks for linking this up to our wicked awesome wednesday blog party.
- May 5, 2011 at 2:05 PM
- Unknown said...
LOVE LOVE LOVE!! I am not usually a bracelet fan, but this looks so comfortable, and so pretty!! I need to make one in every color!! I'd love for you to link up!!
- May 5, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- WobiSobi said...
This is so cute..! thank you for visiting my blog and for your sweet comment. Hugs and have a great day..Anne
- May 6, 2011 at 2:34 AM
Very cute! Love the bright yellow.
- May 6, 2011 at 8:13 PM
- Chelsea @ two twenty one said...
Absolutely adorable! I love the yellow fabric-- great for summer! Thanks for the tutorial! Found you at tt&j.
- May 6, 2011 at 8:38 PM
- Love Sweet Love said...
Saw you on TT&J and LOVE the idea of making your own gorgeous bracelet!! Thanks for sharing so I can copy YOUR tute!
- May 6, 2011 at 8:44 PM
- beckaboots said...
Thanks-you sooooo much for posting a rosette tutorial! I can never get these right! haha.
I love this bracelet and I love how simple it is to make, even though it's super glamorous :) Great job!
- May 6, 2011 at 9:44 PM
- Sweet Floweret said...
Good gracious! Too cute!
I just started a linky party this past Tuesday. It was a great success with over 50 link ups! I would love it if you would participate next week! It's called $10 Tuesdays and it's for things that cost less than $10 and take 20-30 mins (ish) to complete. I love inexpensive and quick projects and I'm guessing others will too ;) Thanks so much for considering.
PS. I'm GIVING away 50 button pony tailers this month! Come visit and claim yours ;)
- May 7, 2011 at 4:24 AM
- Christine - Tutorial Addict :) said...
Thanks you guys :D I'm glad everyone thinks it's so cute cause I just LOOOOVE IT! And it's so easy I MAY end up with one in every color ;) Or maybe I'll make a necklace or one of those belts I keep seeing! The possibilities are endless :)
- May 8, 2011 at 9:53 AM
- La-Dee-da crafter said...
what a cute belt this would make or necklace too. I love the yellow fabric. This is a must have.
Thanks for sharing
I am a new follower.
- May 8, 2011 at 4:34 PM
- Elegantpaws said...
Well done, looks great! You've inspired me to make one for a friend for her baby shower. Thank you for sharing. xx
- May 8, 2011 at 7:14 PM
- Janet said...
oh my! you don't know how happy I am that i found your blog. I am a tutorial whore. ;)
- May 10, 2011 at 3:06 PM
- Unknown said...
I toasted you today; come grab a button!!
- May 10, 2011 at 6:58 PM
- Ulina / Apricot Bubbles said...
This bracelet is so adorable! I love it!
So feminine and so easy to make - great!
Thanks for sharing!
I like your personal description a lot :-) ! I´ll follow you from now on!
Hugs from Austria,
- May 10, 2011 at 11:19 PM
- Angela Thomas said...
WOW!!! Absoulutely love this idea!!! Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial.
- May 11, 2011 at 7:24 PM
So cute! My girlfriends and I have a monthly craft night and my friend Rach is going to make this bracelet! Great tutorial!
- May 13, 2011 at 12:39 PM
This would be awesome as a head band!
- May 13, 2011 at 5:15 PM
- Bianca Martino said...
so happy i found you! LOVE your blog! THANK YOU!!
- May 14, 2011 at 1:23 PM
- Stephanie R. said...
I love this- Im going to make one for my daughter tonight =]
- May 16, 2011 at 12:57 PM
yay- loved this tute! Totally worked it tonight while watching movies with my hubby!
- July 29, 2011 at 9:36 PM
I linked you on my bog! Come and check it out.
- August 1, 2011 at 6:15 PM
- Eva said...
Thank you so much for this tutorial. Super adorable bracelet! I just made one and shared your link on my blog as well. Thanks again! Hugs...
- August 9, 2011 at 9:52 PM
soooo chic... coco chanel would have loved this!
- October 12, 2011 at 7:44 AM
- Brandy Pitre said...
LOVE this! So glad I saw this page, will definitely be following you now!
- October 13, 2011 at 4:42 AM
- Christina said...
Love the idea, looks super easy and cute. But how did you finish the rosette? Did you hot-glue the end of the fabric to the side or bottom of the rosette, or use a thread and needle to sew a small knot real quick? This one small step got left out of the tutorial.
- October 26, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Thanks for the tutorial...I made the rosettes and glued them on a headband! Super cute! :)
- October 30, 2011 at 1:29 PM
- Alzbeta said...
A friend and I made these today! (One bracelet and one little sash for my daughter.) I blogged a couple of pictures: http://thevolkswagon.blogspot.com/2011/12/rosettes-we-made-them.html (and linked back to you, of course). Thanks for the great tutorial!
- December 2, 2011 at 7:36 PM
- Susan said...
Love this!! I think I'll make this as a Baby Shower Game Prize. Thanks for sharing!
- February 6, 2012 at 2:13 PM
- Jacquie said...
I found this tutorial on Pinterest and fell in love! I made one for myself today! I linked your tutorial to the pictures! :)
- February 19, 2012 at 5:20 PM
- Me said...
My daughter doesn't want a corsage for prom, but I'm going to try this and see if she'd like that instead. Thanks for such an easy to follow tutorial!
- April 1, 2012 at 10:56 PM
I've been wanting to make these roses... Thanks for an excellent tutorial!!
- August 21, 2012 at 6:18 PM
- taebae said...
I absolutely L-O-V-E this tutorial. I just made one for myself and it turned out great (thanks to your easy to follow instructions).
- September 2, 2012 at 12:35 PM
- taebae said...
I absolutely L-O-V-E this tutorial. I just made one for myself and it turned out great (thanks to your easy to follow instructions), LOL. :)
- September 2, 2012 at 12:37 PM
- Ashley @ 3 Little Greenwoods said...
Well... I know what I'm about to go do! Love the name of the blog and the pretty bracelet! I created bird's nest necklaces for my family for Mother's Day (after I saw a great tutorial of course). Come visit me at www.3littlegreenwoods.com
- May 16, 2013 at 2:31 PM
- Urban Flowerpot said...
What a pretty idea! I love making rosettes and keep needing ideas for what to do with them ;) I have some special ones I made from the fabric of my son's receiving blankets (he was in NICU for two months so I'm quite attached!).
Thanks :)
- July 13, 2013 at 10:52 AM
- Lady Adra said...
O M G. . . How much do I love thee!!!?!!! After not being on Pinterest for two and a half months. I logged on, and started scrolling through the many links. For some God GIVEN Reason I clicked your link, and I'm glad I did.Just between the two on us (lol) I have a slight obsession with ribbon. I so love your bracelet. I only wish I'd logged on earlier. I have all the components to make a bracelet, however, due to the lateness of hour I'll have to wait. Thank you for sharing.
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Chocolate Pudding Pie in a Samoas Cookie Crust Recipe
Quirky, cute, sometimes controversial, always delicious recipes from Jessie Oleson.
To truly maximize how many Samoas you can stuff into your mouth in one serving, you've simply got to crush them up and form them into a cookie pie crust. Using the same method as making a graham cracker crust, the Samoas cookie crust is the definition of decadence: sticky, crispy, and caramelly, it gets even crazier when you fill it with a rich, creamy chocolate pudding filling studded with extra coconut, and top it off with a billowy cloud of whipped cream.
- Yield:serves 16
- Active time: 20 minutes
- Total time:3 hours, 20 minutes
- For the crust:
- 2 boxes Samoas cookies
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted
- For the filling:
- 1 box (3.9 ounce) instant chocolate pudding
- 2 cups cold milk
- 1/2 cup toasted coconut (optional)
Remove the cookies from their packaging. Reserve 4-6 of them to garnish the top of your pie later. Crush the rest into fairly fine crumbs (this WILL be messy and sticky because of the caramel).
Mix the cookie crumbs and melted butter until well blended . Press mixture into a 9-inch greased pie plate (you need more butter or shortening to grease it because the caramel from the cookies will make them stick to the pan!). You might want to flour or wet your hands first, because this business gets sticky.
Bake at 375°F for 5-7 minutes. Cool for at least an hour, or until the shell is at room temperature. You can put it in the fridge to chill more rapidly, too.
Mix the pudding with the cold milk according to the package instructions (you can also use half and half for an even more decadent end result). When combined, fold in the toasted coconut.
Using a spatula, spread the filling into the pie crust. This amount should easily fill the pie shell; if you have any extra, use it as a cake filling or to make a couple of pudding cups.
Let the filling set in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
If desired, top with whipped cream directly before serving. Garnish with the remaining Samoas cookies.
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WHEREAS, PL 109-135, also known as the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005 (hereafter "the Act"), was enacted to provide tax incentives to assist in the recovery and rebuilding efforts in certain areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, and requires the governor of the state of Louisiana (hereafter "the State") to designate any advance refunding bonds as bonds issued pursuant to Section 1400(N) of the Act;
WHEREAS, the City of Plaquemine, State of Louisiana (hereafter "the Issuer") proposes to issue up to one million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000) of its Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2008 (hereafter "the Bonds") for the purpose of advance refunding a portion of the Issuer's outstanding Sales Tax Bonds, Series 1998, which would otherwise not be able to be refunded on a tax exempt basis; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act and Executive Order No. BJ 2008-16, issued on April 21, 2008, the governor of the state of Louisiana is required to designate such Bonds as Advance Refunding Bonds under the Ceiling;
NOW THEREFORE, I, BOBBY JINDAL, Governor of the state of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:
SECTION 1: The bond issue, as described in this Section, shall be and is hereby granted an allocation from the 2008 Ceiling as Advance Refunding Bonds in the amount shown:
Amount of Allocation
Name of Issuer
Name of Project
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SECTION 3: The allocation granted herein shall be valid and in full force and effect for 240 days from issuance of this Order.
SECTION 4: All references in this Order to the singular shall include the plural, and all plural references shall include the singular.
SECTION 5: This Order is effective upon signature and shall remain in effect until amended, modified, terminated, or rescinded by the governor, or terminated by operation of law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the city of Baton Rouge, on this 24th day of July, 2008.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) � The president of Iceland is coming to Maine.
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson will be the keynote speaker at Maine International Trade Day on May 31 at the Marriott at Sable Oaks in South Portland.
Grimsson will speak about business opportunities that might be created as climate change shrinks the polar ice cap. His visit comes a couple of months after Icelandic shipping company Eimskip made Portland its primary East Coast port of call.
Grimsson is expected to discuss how the receding polar ice could open northern shipping routes between North America, Europe and Asia in the future, while making natural resources such as gas and iron ore more accessible.
Maine International Trade Day is put on by the Maine International Trade Center. Gov. Paul LePage will also speak at the event.


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Joe Cannon
Joe Cannon' (Joseph Gurney Cannon, 1836 - 1926) was a powerful Republican Congressman from Illinois and Speaker of the House from 1903–1911, preceding James Beauchamp Clark and succeeding David Henderson. He served 23 terms representing rural Illinois.
"Uncle Joe," as he was called, was a leader of the conservative wing of the Republican Party, and he kept President Theodore Roosevelt in check when the president veered left. Cannon worked well with conservative Republican President William Howard Taft.
Progressives led by George Norris in 1910 revolted against his strong rule as Speaker, and replaced some of the Speaker's power with a seniority system to choose powerful committee and subcommittee chairmen. Power in the House then went to those who served longest, regardless of how much or how little the leaders like them.
Key points of his life include:
- He was born in Guilford, Guilford County, N.C., May 7, 1836
- Moved with his parents to a town in rural Indiana in 1840
- Studied law at the Cincinnati Law School
- Was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in Terre Haute, Ind., in 1858
- Moved to Tuscola, Illinois, in 1859
- State's attorney for the twenty-seventh judicial district of Illinois from March 1861 to December 1868
- Moved to Danville, Ill., in 1878
- Elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1891), but defeated in the Democratic landslide of 1890.
- Chairman of the powerful Committee on Appropriations (Fifty-first Congress, elected in 1888)
- Elected to the Fifty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1913)
- Poewerful chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Rules (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses)
- Speaker of the House of Representatives (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses)
- Received fifty-eight honorific votes for the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1908
- Defeated for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress
- Again elected to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923)
- Was featured on the cover of the first issue of TIME Magazine in 1923.
- Died in Danville, Vermilion County, Ill., November 12, 1926; interment in Spring Hill Cemetery
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Death penalty
Paris, October 11, 2012
There are battles we cannot win alone. The fight against the death penalty is one of them. In isolation, the different players would no doubt have failed to reduce the number of states that still resort to capital punishment. It is together that all those of us who are committed to abolition - states, international organizations and civil society - have achieved it. So it will also be together that we shall achieve total abolition. Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein and Switzerland want to be at the forefront of this drive for human dignity.
Today, 10 October, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of World Day Against the Death Penalty. This global day is an opportunity to reaffirm our opposition to capital punishment under all circumstances. As representatives of countries sharing common values, we must combine our efforts and speak with a single voice so that the practice – which has no place in the 21st century – ceases to exist.
In the past 20 years, more than 50 states have turned their backs on the death penalty. More than 130 have abolished it or observe a moratorium, while some 50 countries still apply it. So these figures are encouraging; the actions taken and efforts made are bearing fruit. But we must redouble our efforts, because our goal has not yet been achieved. We shall continue to fight the death penalty until it is abolished, because the idea that you can kill in the name of justice contradicts the values of humanity itself. We want to take a common stand, with conviction and perseverance, so that the number of executions continues to decline, procedures become more transparent and an ever higher number of countries abandon the death penalty, until this inhuman punishment disappears completely.
Capital punishment is incompatible with respect for human rights. It is an affront to human dignity and to the right not to be subjected to torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. While the death penalty is sometimes practised on a discriminatory basis, its irreversible nature makes revising judgements impossible, leading in certain cases to the execution of innocent people. Such executions are enough to divest capital punishment of all legitimacy. Moreover, the death penalty does not prevent crimes from being committed; so it brings no greater safety, any more than it brings justice or redress to the families of the victims of a crime.
These considerations seem almost obvious to us, because our countries abolished the death penalty many years ago. However, at global level the path towards abolition requires a strong and constant commitment. Changes do not come about overnight. It is a slow evolution made up of stages. This progress is nonetheless very real, and we must ensure it continues. We shall go on arguing for the abolition of capital punishment, because only a strong political commitment will enable us to see the death penalty eventually disappear. In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly adopted, by 109 votes to 41, a third resolution calling for a global moratorium on the use of the death penalty. The text, already adopted in 2007 and 2008, was put forward by our countries, the European Union and many other countries in all regions of the world. This year, the resolution is being presented again to the General Assembly, and our countries are committed to ensuring it gains even more significant support. The document emphasizes the progress and the irreversible nature of the global movement to abolish the death penalty.
The role of public opinion is also essential. People must have access to reliable information; they must be able to debate the issue, in order to take decisions with full knowledge of the facts. Civil society and non-governmental organizations have a crucial role.
Together we want to pursue our commitment against capital punishment, in the name of the values we share and because it is our duty to make dignity part of the human condition. We call on all states to join our declaration.
This call to abolish the death penalty has been signed by the following foreign ministers: Didier Burkhalter (Swizerland), Guido Westerwelle (Germany), Aurelia Frick (Liechtenstein), Michael Spindelegger (Austria), Giulio Terzi (Italy) and Laurent Fabius (France)./.


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In another excellent ad for Internet Explorer 10, IE pokes fun of itself saying that the sign of apocalypse is here because Internet Explorer 10 is actually good now. This follows up their hilarious video ad which showed Internet trolls saying IE10 sucked... less. What a hot streak of hilarious self deprecating humor!
This whole #themayanswereright IE ad can keep going too (well for like a day). IE is also using the tagline to poke fun of Instagram and laugh at the Internet. I've gotta say, I would have never ever considered using IE10 but after seeing Internet Explorer acknowledge its own sucktitude, I may give it a try. MAYBE.
I'm just a slave to advertising. Dammit. Check out more of IE making fun of IE here. [Browser You Loved to Hate via FoodBeast]


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When is a barred owl a red herring?
The draft recovery plan identifies competition from the barred owl, which is not native to the Pacific Northwest, as the primary threat facing the northern spotted owl. – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, April 26, 2007.
That's right, I'm a barred owl. My wife tells me to keep quiet, keep my beak clean, try to blend in. But the way I see it, I've got nothing to be ashamed of. I mean, barred owls are practically poster birds for the American dream. Decades ago, we left our ancestral home in the East and made our way across the windswept prairies, facing exposure, starvation and hostile natives. Maybe your ancestors did that, but could you?
Finally, we reached the forests of the Pacific Northwest. They were a little dense, but basically they suited us just fine, especially where the huge old trees had been thinned out. True, there were spotted owls in residence, but they're the kind that my mother used to call "too good for this world." They always seem to like things just so -- just the right mix of big trees, old mistletoe brooms for nests, truffles for the flying squirrels to eat, peace and quiet, yada yada yada. All very nice, I'm sure, but last time I looked, forests like that are found mostly in picture books.
Anyway, we moved in and made ourselves at home. In the process, I guess, some spotted owls were pushed out, but hey, that's nature's way and all that. The thing is, barred owls first showed up in Oregon in the mid-1970s. The spotted owl's troubles began long before that. When the spotted owl was listed on the Endangered Species Act in 1990, the reason was clearly stated by federal biologists: "Loss and adverse modification of suitable habitat as a result of timber harvesting and exacerbated by catastrophic events such as fire." I'm not saying we're making things any better, but come on, don't blame us!
Yet this spring, the federal government came out with its 2007 Draft Spotted Owl Recovery Plan. Imagine my surprise when practically the first thing I read was: "Actions associated with addressing the barred owl threat were the only ones given the highest priority in this plan," with a recommendation "that specific actions to address the barred owl threat begin immediately and in a coordinated manner across the range." I didn't like the sound of that.
My worst fears were confirmed in Appendix G, titled: "Barred owl removal strategy." That's right, the plan proposes to shoot barred owls -- more than 500 in all -- and then see if spotted owls move back in. What if the experiment works and some spotted owls come back; does the government think it can kill all of us barred owls? The plan is silent on that point, but there are plenty of examples I could cite of attempted biological controls that cost plenty and failed miserably.
Sure, I'm biased. Would you want to be "removed?" But take a look at the rest of the plan. You'd think if such drastic measures get proposed such as killing a protected native species (barred owls are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act), then surely other measures will be put in place to protect the old-growth forests that spotted owls like so much.
Well, no. The plan instead proposes to reduce protections guaranteed in the Northwest Forest Plan. In fact, one of the two options in the plan doesn't designate critical habitat boundaries at all, but instead "recognizes the dynamic nature of forest ecosystems and provides flexibility to land managers." The government has also just released its "Proposed revised designation of critical habitat for the northern spotted owl," and it removes more than 1.5 million acres of formerly protected public lands from the critical habitat list.
So here it is in a nutshell: The government's new review shows that spotted owls are in worse shape than anyone thought. But even though dozens of studies show that habitat loss is the key reason for the spotted owl's decline, this new plan cuts habitat protection. The scapegoat is the barred owl, and many of us must die.
Yes, that's right, which means that something stinks, and it's surely not me. Owls are scrupulously clean creatures. Here's a hint: This new plan was the result of a legal settlement between the timber industry and the Bush administration. You figure it out, since you're the ones with the big brains. Hooo-awww!
Pepper Trail is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He is a biologist and writer in Ashland, Oregon.


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The Night's Watch takes stock; Varys meets his better; Arya is taken to the commander of the Brotherhood; Daenerys makes an exchange.
Following the ending of last week's episode, a stunned and despondent Jaime is trying to come to terms with his new situation. Or rather, it might be fairer to say he is considering leaving it. Brienne does not approve.
In King's Landing, we learn more about Varys's past. Book reader's may arch a brow at one particular revelation; we certainly did when we watched it. Everyone's favourite eunuch also seems to have taken an interest in Sansa, something which may align him with the Tyrells, at least for a time.
Far away from the comforts (and plots) of the city, Arya and Gendry are being taken to see the mysterious leader of the Brotherhood without Banners, who intends to bring Sandor Clegane to justice. A very particular brand of justice.
Beyond the Wall, tensions grow high as the starving men of the Night's Watch can't stop thinking about the food they suspect Craster is hiding from them. Eventually, matters come to a head.
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Central to Shaftesbury's idea of liberty is the notion of the free interchange of ideas, even if some of those ideas grate against those of others (p. 42, last paragraph of Section I):
And thus in other respects Wit will mend upon our hands, and Humour will refine it-self; if we take care not to tamper with it, and bring it under Constraint, by severe Usage and rigorous Prescriptions. All Politeness is owing to Liberty. We polish one another, and rub off our Corners and rough Sides by a sort of amicable Collision. To restrain this, is inevitably to bring a Rust upon Mens Understandings. 'Tis a destroying of Civility, Good Breeding, and even Charity it-self, under pretence of maintaining it.
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This is a clever lapidary analogy concerning the improvement of politeness and manners through the free intercourse of human beings, an "amicable collision" between individuals as Shaftesbury puts it. To use force or coercion to improve civility, good breeding, and charity will create its very opposite, as any good free market economist will tell you regarding economic regulations. One wonders however about his condemnation of punning as the language of the court. Perhaps we have been court out as a closet monarchists?


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The end is in sight for the mighty bluefin tuna unless diners drop their chopsticks on the double. This huge predator, bigger and faster than most other fish, was once king of the sea, but rampant pillaging and pirating of the resource by factory-sized ships is driving the Atlantic bluefin tuna the final mile toward commercial extinction. In November, representatives of the nations that fish for Atlantic bluefin gathered for a conference in Morocco. After a week of deliberating the future of the lucrative yet failing industry, they agreed to set a bluefin harvest quota for the coming years that far exceeds the maximum sustainable take recommended by marine scientists. In the eyes of some environmental groups, that decision could be the final nail in the coffin.
"They chose to sacrifice this fish for short-term gain," says Mark Stevens, senior program officer with the World Wildlife Fund. Stevens notes, however, that a current boycott movement among restaurants and retailers in the European Union could help turn the tide. Another hope is for the intervention of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the organization that halted trade of elephant ivory in Africa in the 1980s.
The bluefin is best known as toro to those who love its pink and buttery belly meat, and as maguro to those who prefer the darker muscled flesh. Yet the sushi industry's rise in the past three decades has equaled the bluefin's fall. At the height of their abundance last century, bluefin commonly grew to nearly 1,500 pounds in the Atlantic Ocean. In those days, few ate the big tuna, and sport fishermen often paid to have the worthless carcasses trucked away after photo ops; many a giant bluefin of the era was ground into cat food. Then people gained a taste for the rich flesh. The fleets mobilized, demand skyrocketed, prices followed and the rest is history. Today, experts in science and of industry alike acknowledge that this fish is quickly on its way toward commercial extinction.
Yet fishery commissioners hardly seem to care. At its annual meeting in November, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), showed more concern for conservation of the industry itself than of the fish that supports it. The organization's 46 member nations all touted the common goal of striking an agreement during the summit on how to efficiently manage, document and curtail the bluefin catch while assuring the survival of the bluefin fishing industry. Scientists had firmly warned ICCAT reps that the East Atlantic bluefin stock will continue to crash if harvested at a rate of over 15,000 metric tons annually. They further suggested that a take of 7,500 tons or less would be optimal, allowing the population to actually rebuild, but ICCAT simply ignored the advice and went with a go-ahead plan to catch 22,000 metric tons of bluefin tuna in 2009, reducing the quantity to 19,950 tons in 2011. The commission also disregarded suggestions to halt fishing in the Mediterranean during the peak spawning season in June.
"Dollars in the bank tomorrow overruled everything else," says Phil Kline, an oceans campaigner with Greenpeace.
Bluefin is recognized as three separate yet closely related species around the globe: Thunnus thynnus in the Atlantic; T. orientalis in the Pacific; and T. maccoyii Down Under. Of all the stocks, the West Atlantic bluefin is in the worst shape, at just 10 percent of its 1970s level and dropping fast. A full decade ago, biologists advised a shutdown of the West Atlantic fishery. In turn, U.S. tuna exporters simply hired their own analysts to reinterpret the data; the scheme worked, and in the end the quota was actually increased.
However, the West Atlantic quota of 2,700 metric tons soon became moot. Fishing has gotten so bad that the U.S. can no longer catch its allowed limit and only landed 27 percent of its share in 2005 and just 10 percent in 2006. Thus, the limit does not actually serve as a limit, observes Carl Safina, cofounder and president of Blue Ocean Institute. As he recently wrote on his tuna blog, "[The quota] remains higher than the catch, so the quota is not a limit. It's like limiting your pasta intake by reducing your limit from 10 pounds of spaghetti per meal to five pounds per meal. Nobody is eating five pounds, so it's not a limit."
In the Pacific, the pressure on T. orientalis is tremendous. Tag-a-Giant, a small operation based in New York, has been tagging Atlantic and Pacific bluefin for 12 years. Biologists catch the animals on rod and reel, fit them with devices that record movement, and return them to the water. For the data to be read, the tags must be retrieved—and that hasn't been a problem in the Pacific Ocean, says Shana Miller, Tag-a-Giant's science and policy manager. Of 600 tags inserted into the belly cavities of Pacific bluefin, she says, fishermen have returned more than half to collect the $500 reward.
"That gives you an idea of how many boats are fishing for them," Miller says.
Scientists depend largely on landing reports for their data, but the figures are only as accurate as fishermen are honest, and in recent years industry watchdogs have noticed a huge discrepancy between the global bluefin catch reports and what Japan, the world's greatest bluefin consumer, imports each year. For example, the 2007 East Atlantic quota of 29,500 metric tons is now believed by investigators to have been surpassed to the level of 61,000 metric tons due to illegal fishing. This trend may reverse, though, as Japan has recently adopted a policy of turning away undocumented bluefin.
Most bluefin tuna are sold to the sushi industry. The highest grade of bluefin meat is the toro, or belly meat, where the red muscle is marbled with creamy white fat.
Casson Trenor believes that change must come at the will of consumers—and quickly. A fisheries conservation activist and a San Francisco sushi restaurateur, Trenor believes that consumers are as responsible for the bluefin's plight as the fishing boat decks on which the tuna die. "If we have any hope of saving this fish, we need to stop eating it. I mean, we need to stop," he says. "Chefs need to take responsibility for this, and we need to stop exploiting the hell out of this fish and give them a break."
To encourage sushi fans to quit eating such unsustainable luxuries as bluefin, Trenor has authored a new book, Sustainable Sushi: A Guide to Saving the Oceans One Bite at a Time. The Zagat-sized handbook has just hit shelves and is meant to be used at the table as a translation guide to the often mystifying prose of sushi menus. In less than a minute, one can reference a fish's true biological identity, its various Japanese pseudonyms, its culinary value and the consequences of eating it.
Bluefin tuna may be the No. 1 no-no of the sushi industry, but other fish are to be avoided as well, says Trenor, whose own sushi restaurant, Tataki, has created a menu void of threatened species and products of dirty aquaculture. Trenor warns never to eat hamachi, which in most cases is not actually yellowtail, as commonly believed, but Japanese amberjack caught in the wild and transferred to enclosed pens for feeding and fattening. Farmed salmon is never a safe option, nor is unagi. Shrimp farmed in tropical nations, especially in Southeast Asia, is the cause of entire river ecosystems collapsing. Longlined swordfish, mahi mahi and tuna should be avoided, too.
"All these items happen to be the top sellers in the U.S. sushi industry, so you can see we're in trouble," he says.
As the wild bluefin tuna nears the vanishing point, industry scientists have devised bluefin aquaculture systems that may be marketed as "sustainable" but which actually fall far short of sustaining anything. "Ranching" is the most destructive method, a system by which wild juveniles are netted and transported alive en masse to holding pens. The captive bluefin are fed wild sardines until they reach market size and are then slaughtered.
Feeding captive bluefin is another problem. As one of only several warm-blooded fishes, the bluefin operates under a rapacious metabolism, and for each pound of bluefin that comes out of a tuna ranch, an exorbitant 25 or 30 pounds of sardines and anchovies goes in. This astronomically high "fish-in to fish-out" ratio is now contributing to the overfishing of the smaller fishes so essential to the ocean's food web.
Should CITES grant bluefin tuna Appendix 1 status—the same enjoyed by the tiger, giant panda and many marine mammals—most trade of bluefin would halt. However, World Wildlife Fund's Stevens says that CITES has historically shown reluctance to protect fishes of economic significance, and he notes that CITES has twice declined to intervene in the trade of Chilean sea bass. Its next meeting is scheduled for 2010.
Until then, ICCAT will handle the fate of the bluefin. Though the commission's stated objective is to conserve and sustainably manage bluefin tuna, Safina has quipped that the acronym could ably stand for "International Conspiracy to Catch All Tuna," and he charges that ICCAT is operated by "ponderous self-important, cynical men who move and think like escargot." Kline, too, sees the commission as more of a threat to tuna than a protector.
"ICCAT has proven itself to be an abject failure. It can't by any means manage tuna. All ICCAT can do is kill them."


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There is solace, I suppose, knowing the Red Wings' season could have been worse.
It looked as if they were going to miss the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 23 years.
And there are many excuses for the Red Wings to lean upon.
The extended periods their resident stars, Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, missed because of injuries. Johan Franzen and goalie Jimmy Howard were also sidelined for long stretches. Jonathan Ericsson, the Red Wings' second-best defenseman behind Niklas Kronwall, didn't get back in time for the playoffs because of injury.
But it would be letting the Red Wings off the hook too easily to proclaim this season a resounding success.
Yes, the Red Wings overcame many obstacles to just make the playoffs, but it was a reasonable expectation they would put up a better effort once there.
The Red Wings, in a sense, lost the opening round early in the regular season because of questionable manageable decisions.
Gustav Nyquist was a huge factor in the Red Wings' surge into the playoffs. He was in the minor leagues to start the season because the Red Wings didn't have room on their roster after signing several veteran players, most notably Dan Cleary, who didn't contribute significantly.
The Red Wings didn't want to expose Nyquist to waivers. They didn't want to release their veterans. So until injuries forced their hand, Nyquist was at Grand Rapids, totaling more than a point per game, all wasted.
Everybody knew Nyquist belonged in Detroit.
The Red Wings got into the playoffs anyway, so what did it matter?
Well, if the Red Wings squeezed out a few more points early in the season, they would have been a seventh-seed in the Eastern Conference rather than No.8.
It would have meant a decidedly more winnable first-round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins, who struggled late in the season and during the first round with the Columbus Bluejackets.
As is, the Red Wings can only thump their collective chest so much after being knocked out of the playoffs following Sunday's 4-2 loss to Boston, ending their opening-round series in five games.
The Red Wings' younger players were exposed by the big, bad Bruins and their waves of size and speed and skill and grit and experience.
Datsyuk and Kronwall had a couple really good moments. Zetterberg, clearly not himself after back surgery, got a late goal. That was about it. Howard played very well in Game 1, but Game 2 and Game 3 were disasters for him. He just wasn't good enough. The flu ensued. Jonas Gustavsson was a little bit of an improvement, but the Red Wings were outplayed in goal by the Bruins' superb Tukkaa Rask.
Howard, Franzen, David Legwand, Daniel Afredsson – go on down the list. This wasn't a good playoff for the Red Wings.
The silver lining isn't so much about what the Red Wings accomplished this season, but the future.
Look, I find outright bashing of general manager Ken Holland and head coach Mike Babcock ridiculous. Their excellent track records are a matter of record.
But it's indisputable the Red Wings would have been a better team early in the season with Nyquist. That was evident when he scored on his first shift.
Holland and Babcock have led a Red Wings' re-tooling effort that should make them one of the leading contenders for the Stanley Cup next season.
But ultimately, this season was just OK, and should have been better.


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Brittany Yang won the Flight C singles title this weekend at the Hokie Fall Invite.
2013 Hokie Fall Invite Final Brackets
Brittany Yang grabbed the spotlight for the Liberty Lady Flames tennis squad this weekend at the Hokie Fall Invite, posting a perfect 4-0 singles record en route to the Flight C title. Overall, Liberty notched 16 singles victories and seven doubles wins over the course of the three-day tournament at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center.
"We won a lot this weekend but what's really more important than that is the quality of the matches we played," commented Liberty head coach Jeff Maren. "We're looking to build our program from the fall to the spring and this is the type of tournament that really helps us elevate our game, because every time we step on the court we are playing a quality competitor."
In singles play, Yang opened the tournament with a straight-set win against Pittsburgh's Jocelyn Lu, 6-3, 6-1. The sophomore continued her strong play with two more straight-set wins versus ACC opponents, Lauran Ramthun of Virginia Tech, 6-3, 6-1, and Molly Wickman of Pittsburgh, 6-2, 6-2. In the title match, Yang jumped out to a one set lead against James Madison's Cara Wirth. After Wirth won set two, Yang completed the win with a convincing 6-1 victory in the third set to claim the crown.
Lady Flames Belen Rivera, Maria Khval and Valerie Thong each won their first round matches, with Khval also collecting a victory in the quarterfinals versus Alex Huie of James Madison.
Liberty's Mariely Hassey improved to 6-1 in singles tilts this fall, posting a 3-1 mark during the weekend. After dropping her first match, the freshman rallied to win three consecutive contests and collected the consolation title in the Flight B bracket.
Also collecting singles wins during the tournament for Liberty was Cameron Richard, Lauren Mabe and Annisha Domenech.
Khval and Rivera paced the Lady Flames in doubles action, finishing the tournament with a 3-1 record in the Flight A draw. The Liberty duo opened play by downing James Madison's Sarah Kahn and Rachel Nelson, 8-5, before ousting Virginia Tech's top doubles tandem of Raluca Mita and Carol Kahoun, 8-7 (8), in a thrilling contest. After falling in the semifinals, Khval and Rivera rebounded in their consolation match, defeating Huie and Taylor Pinchoff of James Madison, 8-6.
In the Flight B doubles bracket, Rebekah Jenkins and Richard collected a pair of victories, while Yang and Hassey picked up a win in Flight A action.
Liberty continues fall play with a trip to Charlottesville, Va. and the ITA Atlantic Regional. The three-day tournament will take place from Oct. 18-Oct. 20.


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Daniel Webster (1782-1852) gave a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives on December 9, 1814 in opposition to President Madison's proposal for compulsory military service in which he argued that Madison's plan to conscript individuals into the army was "an abominable doctrine (which) has no foundation in the Constitution"
Is this, sir, consistent with the character of a free government? Is this civil liberty? Is this the real character of our Constitution? No sir, indeed it is not. The Constitution is libelled, foully libelled. The people of this country have not established for themselves such a fabric of despotism. They have not purchased at a vast expense of their own treasure and their own blood a Magna Charta to be slaves. Where is it written in the Constitution, in what article or section is it contained, that you may take children from their parents, and parents from their children, and compel them to fight the battles of any war in which the folly or the wickedness of government may engage it? Under what concealment has this power lain hidden which now for the first time comes forth, with a tremendous and baleful aspect, to trample down and destroy the dearest rights of personal liberty? Who will show me any Constitutional injunction which makes it the duty of the American people to surrender everything valuable in life, and even life itself, not when the safety of their country and its liberties may demand the sacrifice, but whenever the purposes of an ambitious and mischievous government may require it? Sir, I almost disdain to go to quotations and references to prove that such an abominable doctrine has no foundation in the Constitution of the country.
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Now and again we come across a speech which prompts us to imagine being in the audience when it was delivered. Daniel Webster had a reputation for public speaking and this speech is one which gained him that deserved reputation. The last paragraph of this quotation is one we would have very much liked to have heard: "It is their task to raise arbitrary powers, by construction, out of a plain written charter of National Liberty. It is their pleasing duty to free us of the delusion, which we have fondly cherished, that we are the subjects of a mild, free, and limited government, and to demonstrate, by a regular chain of premises and conclusions, that government possesses over us a power more tyrannical, more arbitrary, more dangerous, more allied to blood and murder, more full of every form of mischief, more productive of every sort and degree of misery than has been exercised by any civilized government, with a single exception, in modern times." It is dripping with sarcasm which would have upset the supporters of the bill to a great degree. One wonders what government he is referring to with the phrase "single exception"? Perhaps France under Napoleon, or Britain when it was fighting the American revolutionary wars.


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Ok here's a quick demo of basic forms authentication.
The only real code I have coded is in the login page, and the config file.
In the web.config file I have:
This means that if the cookie DEMOAPP doesn't exist, or is invalid, then everyone gets redirected to the login.aspx page.Code:<authentication mode="Forms"> <forms name=".DEMOAPP" loginUrl="Login.aspx" /> </authentication> <authorization> <deny users="?" /> </authorization>
Maybe you want certain pages that anonamous users, not logging in, can view.
To do this I have added some extra lines to my config file:
This basically tells .net that anyone can view Main.aspx, logged in or not.Code:'other config stuff </system.web> 'I have added this <location path="Main.aspx"> <system.web> <authorization> <allow users="*" /> </authorization> </system.web> </location> </configuration>
I have used the username Woof and password Growl in my exmaples to validate my login.
My login code looks like:
The following line is the one that saves the security cookie to the clients PC:VB Code:
- Private Sub btnLogin_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnLogin.Click
- Login(txtUsername.Text, txtPassword.Text)
- End Sub
- Private Sub Login(ByVal Username As String, ByVal Password As String)
- If ValidateLogin(Username, Password) Then
- System.Web.Security.FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage(Username, False)
- End If
- End Sub
- Private Function ValidateLogin(ByVal Username As String, ByVal Password As String) As Boolean
- 'here you would query your SQL DB as you would with a nomral app
- 'but in this case I have hard coded a username and password in.
- Return (Username = "Woof") And (Password = "Growl")
- End Function
The username can be got at any time using:VB Code:
- System.Web.Security.FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage(Username, False)
As I have done in my users.aspx page.VB Code:
- Response.Write(User.Identity.Name)
Anyways here's the code.
Unzip it and create a VD in IIS called FormsAuthenticationDemo2003 and point it at the FormsAuthenticationDemo2003 folder you just extracted.
That should be it.


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Exchange Agreement Signed with Chinese University
The University signed a faculty- and student-exchange agreement with Hangzhou Normal University during a visit by a delegation from the Chinese institution.
Hangzhou, a sister-city of Boston's, lies to the west of Shanghai in a thriving region of China.
"It is with great pleasure that we welcome this delegation from one of China's well-known universities," said Janice Griffith, Suffolk University vice president for Academic Affairs. "We look forward to the many benefits future collaboration will provide. This is a great opportunity for Suffolk University students to attend classes on the Hangzhou campus and for our faculty to teach at such a dynamic institution. Equally, we will be welcoming students and faculty from HNU to our campus here in Boston."
Hangzhou Normal University Vice President He Jun lead the Chinese delegation, which included four deans and two program directors.
"The Chinese government is now building a completely new campus for HNU in the city of Hangzhou," said He Jun. "The city is known for its many trees and the historic and beautiful West Lake, often the topic of painting and poetry in China. Suffolk University students and faculty will increase the international flavor at our school, and you will find that our students are friendly and hard-working."
Joining Griffith during a meeting with the HNU delegation were Krisanne Bursik, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; Ronald Suleski, director of the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies, James L. Sintros of the President's Office, and Professor James Cataldo, who taught a course on international accounting at Lixing University in Shanghai in 2010.


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Manufacturer's DescriptionDiscover the Magic of Hogwarts!
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community is in denial about the teenager's recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort, preferring to turn a blind eye to the news that Voldemort has returned.
Fearing that Hogwarts' venerable Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, is lying about Voldemort's return in order to undermine his power and take his job, the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, appoints a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to keep watch over Dumbledore and the Hogwarts students. But Professor Dolores Umbridge's Ministry-approved course of defensive magic leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces threatening them and the entire wizarding community, so at the prompting of his friends Hermione and Ron, Harry takes matters into his own hands.
Meeting secretly with a small group of students who name themselves "Dumbledore's Army," Harry teaches them how to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that lies ahead.
* Immerse Yourself in Magic - Interact with magical objects, ghosts and portraits in every room, corridor and courtyard ? all faithfully recreated from the movies.
* Perfect Your Wand Work - Cast spells to unleash powerful fifth-year magic.
* Lead Dumbledore's Army - Recruit fellow students and teach them Defence Against the Dark Arts.
* Relive the Magic of the Movie - from the Dementor attack in Little Whinging to the epic battles at the Ministry of Magic.
* Unleash Advanced Magic - Play as Sirius and Dumbledore as they fight Lucius, Bellatrix and Voldemort in the Ministry of Magic.
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