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Best Meal Replacement Shakes
Meal Replacement Shakes for Weight Loss
Meal replacement shakes are shakes that are high in protein as well as other vitamins and minerals. Many people drink these before, during or after strength training workouts. And many more people use them to lose weight. They can be used as the replacement for a meal or as a healthy snack to help avoid eating unhealthy foods that can be high in calories. There many brands of these shakes available. Some are better than others. Find out more below.
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Guide to Choosing the Best Meal Replacement Shake for You
Meal replacement shakes have been around much longer than many people realize. Metrecal was one of the earliest incarnations in the 1960s and came in the form of a powder containing skim milk, soybean, and various vitamins and minerals. Highly criticized for its awful taste, Metrecal was still very popular amongst housewives and did not disappear from the market until it was replaced in popularity by SlimFast in the mid 1970s. After many years, countless celebrity endorsements and multiple different versions, meal replacement shakes still remain one of the most popular forms of dietary supplements even today.
When choosing the meal replacement shake that's right for you, consider the following:
- Whether you're looking to lose weight or just looking for a healthy meal replacement.
- Whether the shake has a good balance of protein, vitamins, and carbohydrates.
- Whether it can be combined with milk or juice.
- Whether it has sugars or trans fats.
- Whether it's high enough in calories to keep you satisfied so you won't want to snack.
Here is a list of the best meal replacement shakes on the market:
1. SlimFast
This brand has been around for decades and many swear by it. Nowadays Slimfast offers two different types of their famous weight loss shake: ready-to-drink shakes, which come in plastic bottles and is essentially the shake mix already combined with skim milk; and their classic shake powder mix, which can be mixed with water, milk, or anything one desires. The shakes come in various flavors and are suggested to replace breakfast and lunch.
2. Wonder Slim Diet Plan
Manufactured by Diet Direct, this brand of protein-rich diet shakes, nutritious smoothies and delicious, vitamin-enriched fruit drinks.protein. These diet shakes, smoothies and drinks provide balanced nutrition for maximum fat-reduction and weight loss. Wonder Slim shakes can be purchased in boxes of seven packets or as part of a complete weight loss diet plan. A lean and healthy meal should be eaten once a day in addition to following the Wonder Slim Diet Plan.
3. Met-Rx
Meal replacement shakes don't always have to be about weight loss and Met-Rx is the perfect example of protein powder designed to enhance your workout routine by aiding in the development of lean muscle. As with other shakes, this comes in either powder form or shakes that are pre-mixed and ready to drink. Pre-packaged shakes come in fun flavors such as: berry; cake batter; chocolate peanut butter; and original vanilla.
4. Ultramet Lite Meal Replacement
Ultramet is made by Champion Nutrition and comes in chocolate and vanilla powder, which is sold by the canister and in packets. The powder is intended to be mixed in a blender with 12 ounces of water, and is recommended to be drank twice a day. Shakes contain the usual dietary supplemental ingredients of protein powders, vitamins, and minerals, but unlike other shakes, Ultramet also contains a fat burner and mood booster.
5. Optifast
Unlike other meal replacements, Optifast is a medically prescribed weight loss program. Patients are put on a diet of mainly Optifast shakes and are personally counseled and monitored in order to ensure proper usage in order to maximize benefits. According to their website, persons using Optifast lose an average of 50 pounds.
As is the case with any dietary supplement, one should consult a doctor before beginning a meal replacement regiment.
The Wonder Slim Diet Plan is a program that allows you to select breakfasts, lunches, snacks and desserts. The program can be purchased in 2, 4, 8 and 12 week packages. There are no calories to count and you will be eating every 2-3 hours. This will allow you to avoid being hungry. The plan is designed to allow 1000-1200 calories a day for a woman and 1500-1700 calories a day for a man.
This plan not only includes the breakfasts, lunches, snacks and desserts, but it also includes a daily meal plan, lifestyle guide, maintenance plan, food diary and food shopping list. The life style guide includes exercise information, behavior modification techniques and a maintenance plan for long-term success.
This weight loss plan has great reviews and many success testimonials from people that have lost weight on the plan. The plan is versatile and gives you a number of options for the foods that you can choose. It is important to realize that eating is just part of losing weight and keeping it off.
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Nice information.............:)n Useful for healthy life.
Great Info and always there are options to compensate what you missed in the main meals!
Great lens . It is the first time to hear about that.Good work.
I have tried Slimfast in the past. Thanks for review of these other products. Blessed!
I'm currently on Optifast and love it (I'm on a doctor supervised program). I've lost 68 pounds in 18 weeks! The bars and shakes are really good. I love the soups too - I just have to add some seasonings.


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We all really hoped you, Katniss, would come out. So we waited. We met Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks), your now-exhausted publicist.
We listened to confessions from Enobaria (Meta Golding), a fellow champion known for tearing out a rival's throat with her teeth.
We learned what it took to toss an axe better than any other hunger games tribute.
But Katniss, you sly fox, you eluded us, all of us -- no matter our allegiances of the heart.
Then like a vision the girl on fire appeared -- and walked right by us. It seems catching fire is a lot easier than catching Jennifer Lawrence.
But we can't really blame her. We'd just have to settle for assurances of how fun she is around her fellow cast-members from a former champion from Panem's fishing district.

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Books Of Interest
#81 Guest_lancee_*
Posted 25 June 2008 - 07:27 PM
#82 Guest_ultimathule_*
Posted 28 June 2008 - 01:31 AM
Two further recommendations (though they are not so much political as they are sociological/psychological).
1. The Closing of the American Mind - Allan Bloom
2. The essays of Robert L. Kocher. Kocher's analyses are brilliant. He is an occasional poster at Free Republic, and used to contribute to the now-defunct Zolatimes website. The man has an incredible grasp of the American psyche and the liberal-left agenda. Link to his essays/webpage is below.
Posted 28 June 2008 - 10:37 PM
Quaint topic dealt with in the diary of Ann Frank
kids of all ages should take a re peek.
Posted 30 June 2008 - 09:53 AM
2. The essays of Robert L. Kocher. Kocher's analyses are brilliant. He is an occasional poster at Free Republic, and used to contribute to the now-defunct Zolatimes website. The man has an incredible grasp of the American psyche and the liberal-left agenda. Link to his essays/webpage is below.
This essay by Kocher is a must read.
Posted 03 August 2008 - 06:57 AM
#86 Guest_eskie_*
Posted 03 August 2008 - 01:11 PM
Mass Rep, can you tell us a little about the book and why you recommend it?
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand, topical now even 50 years after it was first published.
Jeff Nyquist in his latest column (LINK, or if you're reading this post after 8 August use this LINK ) reviews the book Programmed to Kill: Lee Harvey Oswald, the Soviet KGB, and the Kennedy Assassination, by Ion Mihai Pacepa.
It's an excellent review of a great book, a book I found profoundly disturbing.
Pacepa's book is the best, most logical and systematic analysis of the JFK assassination enigma I have read, and his conclusions are highly tenable.
Posted 03 August 2008 - 04:34 PM
Mass Rep, can you tell us a little about the book and why you recommend it?
Jeff Nyquist in his latest column (LINK, or if you're reading this post after 8 August use this LINK ) reviews the book Programmed to Kill: Lee Harvey Oswald, the Soviet KGB, and the Kennedy Assassination, by Ion Mihai Pacepa.
It's an excellent review of a great book, a book I found profoundly disturbing.
Pacepa's book is the best, most logical and systematic analysis of the JFK assassination enigma I have read, and his conclusions are highly tenable.
Sure thing. It's about the struggle between people who produce in society and those that feel its their right to take and redistribute others money or productivity. One of the sayings by the antagonists in there is eerily similar to what you hear the liberal left To each according to his need or something like that.
Its about the rugged individuals in this country who built it on their backs and realize that they have to keep striving to stay ahead, where mediocrity is a death knell. Where the capitalism is viewed as a bad thing.
It's fiction, but prescient. As an aside, there were a few in Ayn Rands Cabal whose names you'll recoginize, like William F. Buckley, also Greenspan but I think he fell off the wagon.
The school of thought that she spurred is called objectivism.
#88 Guest_lancee_*
Posted 04 August 2008 - 10:16 PM
Professor Keith Paynes book backs up Nyquists work and sheds light on the whole sham of defending America, it does seem as if the policy and strategy has been one of keeping your fingers crossed and relying on the goodwill of your enemies, and there are plenty of those.The psychology behind US strategic thinking is unfathomable, even to those who write it.Evidently it has never been about good and evil, but only an unobtainable socialist inspired fantasy called "stability".This one word is so often used by my own govt here in NZ and is used as justification for scrapping our NZ Air-Force and a move towards complete disarmament.Dangerous thinking indeed.
Book is available for $19.00 there in the USA.
#89 Guest_lancee_*
Posted 04 August 2008 - 10:34 PM
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand, topical now even 50 years after it was first published.
Didn`t Ayn Rand name herself after a typewriter?
How exactly would you explain her school of thought, I have never read her work, is it worth it?
#90 Guest_lancee_*
Posted 06 August 2008 - 09:18 PM
I was pleased to see the recommendation for Witness by Wittaker Chambers. An excellent book.
Two further recommendations (though they are not so much political as they are sociological/psychological).
1. The Closing of the American Mind - Allan Bloom
2. The essays of Robert L. Kocher. Kocher's analyses are brilliant. He is an occasional poster at Free Republic, and used to contribute to the now-defunct Zolatimes website. The man has an incredible grasp of the American psyche and the liberal-left agenda. Link to his essays/webpage is below.
Scary stuff Ultimathule, it just shows us how far the USA has shifted away from the wisdom of your Founding Fathers like Thomas Jefferson who once said that the business of governments extended only to regulating the actions of citizens, but never their opinions or thoughts.There are many who would argue regulation to change the beliefs and opinions of the electorate has become far too common.
George Orwell also issued a stark warning all those years ago when he said ;if we cannot use language well-we cannot think well-and if we cannot think well,others will do our thinking for us.How true this has turned out to be.
Posted 07 August 2008 - 05:37 PM
Didn`t Ayn Rand name herself after a typewriter?
How exactly would you explain her school of thought, I have never read her work, is it worth it?
I dont know about the typewriter, she is definitely worth reading.
#92 Guest_lancee_*
Posted 08 August 2008 - 06:01 PM
#93 Guest_eskie_*
Posted 13 August 2008 - 11:39 PM
The book is titled "The Terminal Spy", and was written by Alan S. Cowell. It is subtitled "A True Story of Espionage, Betrayal and Murder — The First Act of Nuclear Terrorism and the New Cold War". (Illustrated. 432 pages. Doubleday/Broadway. $26.95.)
Cowell's book was reviewed in Tuesday's New York Times (12 August 2008), on page 2 of the Arts section.
I haven't read the book so I can't comment on it.
The review also appeared in the online edition of the Times: (LINK)
Posted 06 October 2008 - 07:11 PM
Here's a book Titled: "Nuclear War Survival Skills". Extensive coverage on the subject. The link below is to the free on-line version, but if you're like me (I'm partial to hard copy) you can get a printed version through the same link. Printed copy is good anyway because if the day comes when you need the information contained therein I doubt that the on-line version will be available.
Posted 27 October 2008 - 12:20 PM
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism by Bertrand Russell
This interesting little book was written by Russell in 1920, three years after the Russian Revolution and after his one-hour interview with Vladimir Lenin. Russell, although an unbeliever and a leftist, offers a very rational and logical argument against Bolshevism as a way to arrive at Communism. And although he believes that a form of Socialism may be better than Capitalism, he believes that Bolshevism is far worse. In this book he leaves no doubt as to the evils of Bolshevism, and he does so very eloquently. Here is a quote from the book:
"I am compelled to reject Bolshevism for two reasons: First, because the price mankind must pay to achieve Communism by Bolshevik methods is too terrible; and secondly because, even after paying the price, I do not believe the result would be what the Bolsheviks profess to desire.
But if their methods are rejected, how are we ever to arrive at a better economic system? This is not an easy question, and I shall treat it in a separate chapter."
Here I believe, Bertrand Russell, being an unbeliever, is missing the essential bigger picture. He is concerned with how to arrive at a better economic system. In a qualitative sense, is not the economic system only an offshoot, or corollary of the moral nature of the individuals involved? And if the fundamental nature of the individuals involved is corrupt, as Russell himself admits on page 90, then it is logically inconsistent to believe that a perfectly fair and just economic system could ever be implemented by individuals who are morally corrupt in nature. Russell, in arguing against the methods employed by the Bolsheviks in attempting to develop an equitable economic system, has pointed out that human nature is the essential obstacle to this goal. In suggesting another human attempt at arriving at a better economic system, he seems to have forgotten his earlier indictment against human nature.
Until man's basic nature is changed, that being possible only by God's direct intervention, no truly equitable institutions will ever be implemented by man.
Posted 26 November 2008 - 03:51 PM
A real Californian (as in, one of us who has a beat up cowboy hat, and has chewed, and shot our guns):
Posted 29 November 2008 - 07:20 PM
He has a few books, I wish he would write one similar to JRN's book.
A real Californian (as in, one of us who has a beat up cowboy hat, and has chewed, and shot our guns):
I've always like Victor Davis Hansen. Read some of his books and he also writes articles for National Review online.
Has anyone heard of this book. I may order it from Amazon soon.
Shadow World: Resurgent Russia, The Global New Left, and Radical Islam (Hardcover)
I cut and paste this review from Amazon.
Dangerous Illusions--Shadow World by Robert Chandler
Book Review, Copyright © 2008, William Kevin Stoos
"This is the way the country endsnot with a bang but a whimper." Had T.S. Eliot read Shadow World, he might well have written this tag line for Robert Chandler's comprehensive, thought-provoking expose of the three major threats facing the American Republic which Chandler so masterfully documents.
While Americans live comfortable lives insulated partly by luck, the vigilance of our law enforcement authorities, and the sacrifice of our soldiers engaging enemies in foreign lands, forces seen and unseen are mounting against our country. Some are external; some internal, but all are engaged in a war against our country, its core values and our way of life. While we are captivated by Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, vacuous pop stars, and reality TV, as the War in Iraq drops to fifth place on the list of things that most concern us, we are oblivious to the fact that forces bent on the destruction of our Republic are shaping our future. Like the chained man in Plato's cave who watches the dim shadows dancing on the walls and thinks them reality, we are being deceived. We see the shadows and think they are real; when in fact the world outside the cave is far different. There are indeed things out there--people, countries, movements--that we have reason to fear, if we only knew it. But it is easier to remain in the cave watching the shadows, and there is comfort in not facing reality.
Chandler's use of Plato's allegory works well. Americans are slumbering in a cave of indifference and complacency, unaware of the reality outside. Chandler's book grabs you by the collar, wakes you up and drags you into the sunlight. Shadow World is a comprehensive analysis of the three major threats facing America today: A powerful consortium of countries (Russia, China, Iran, and Venezuela-"The Quadrangle") whose common goal is to reduce the economic, political, and military influence of the United States--the sole superpower after the purported collapse of the Soviet Union--and change the world from a unipolar to a multipolar world in which the United States is weakened or even neutralized; The Islamic Salafist/Wahhabist movement financed by our purported "ally" Saudi Arabia, motivated by a seething hatred of the United States and liberal western democracy and whose goal is to establish a worldwide Islamic caliphate ruled by mullahs who want to revert to the good old days when the Prophet ruled by the sword, everyone studied the Koran and non-believers (Christians and Jews ) converted on pain of death; and a Socialist Fifth Column--a "progressive" (socialist-marxist-communist) movement within our own country, influenced not by classical Marxist-Leninist doctrine, but rather by revisionist Marxist Antonio Gramsci. Gramsci held that powerful liberal Christian democracies such as ours cannot be overcome directly by open revolution but only by attacking the country from within--subverting and replacing its values, institutions, and most of all, its religious traditions with secular humanism and, in time, a socialist state. Shadow World is the bible on the subject of the threats to America and its standing in the world. Unless we read the bible, we may well go out with a whimper. Worse yet, we will not even see it coming.
The Unholy Quadrangle
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, one superpower was left standing. But now we face an alliance formed by sometime enemies/allies by convenience, Russia and China. Along with their surrogates, Iran and Venezuela, they seek to weaken the United States and change the world balance of power in ways we do not want. While George Bush gushed about his relationship with Putin, "looked into his heart" and saw a democratic idealist, in truth Putin stacked all levels of Russian government with communist cronies from his old KGB days, had his enemies (reporters, critics, and wealthy industrialists alike) killed, tried or banished, took control of powerful industries, passed laws making it a crime to "publicly slander public officials," and parlayed his resources and political power in ways that would make the Czars blush with envy. But to the world, Putin is a democrat, and we delude ourselves into thinking that Russia will somehow turn into a benign western-style liberal democracy. We see the shadows of democracy and good will when the reality is something far different. Chandler drills deep and painstakingly analyzes how Putin and Russia seek hegemony over the region and the world, using its pipeline to Europe and billions of petrodollars and foreign investments to finance Russia's historical dreams of conquest. Chandler's treatment of the unseen but growing Chinese threat is equally sobering. We grant China favored nation status, feebly protest its repression of religion and free speech and look the other way while China buys the United States piece by piece. While we treat the world's largest country and fastest-growing economy as a partner in progress, and watch the shadows of hope dance on the wall, the reality is far different. Chandler goes to great lengths to expose the true threat--the reality outside the cave: China is growing the greatest economy on earth, building its military into the strongest in the world, spreading money and influence in Africa and South America, and arming our enemies. Even more alarming, as Chandler notes, is the fact that a recent poll of Chinese citizens revealed that a majority consider the United States not as a friend, but as China's number one enemy. While we naively treat China as a friend and partner, captivated by the dimly lit images of friendship and cooperation, the brutal reality is that China is our greatest competitor. Our sanguine thoughts of friendship and cooperation are sadly delusional--and not reciprocated. Shadow World offers a keen insight into the Chinese efforts in the world today to undermine our country and supplant us as the world's superpower. The Chinese and Russians have found willing allies in their campaign to change the polarity of the world's balance of power. Iran (our second greatest Islamic enemy) , itching to step into the vacuum created when a Democrat president keeps his or her promise to pull out of Iraq--is encouraged and financed by both Russian and China who have invested millions into the country, to design reactors, supply weapons and build infrastructure. That the United States cannot count on Russia or China to dissuade Iran from building nuclear weapons should come as no surprise; as Chandler points out, they are strategic partners, joined at the hip. They seek to build a powerful surrogate in the region which will fill the vacuum created by our departure, ensuring influence, access to oil, and the ability to strangle the world economy. The implications of a nuclear capable Iran, flush with billions in oil revenues, bent on the destruction of Israel (our eternal ally), armed by China and Russia, and able to choke the world the gas pump, are simply too frightening to imagine. In our own back yard, Chandler chronicles the rising threat of Hugo Chavez, a surrogate of the Chinese government, who seeks to export terror, revolution and socialism throughout the region in ways that Fidel only dreamed. The man who would be the next Castro is not merely the next Castro--but Castro on steroids-- more dangerous, more ruthless, and infinitely richer--controlling huge oil reserves that enable him to finance his hemispheric subversion. Also joined at the hip with China, whose influence is increasing throughout the region, Chavez boasts of his desire to destroy America. Chandler's book explores the depths of Chavez' influence in the region, his desire for hegemony in the South American continent and his ties to Russia and China which few have studied as extensively as Chandler. No American should doubt that Russia and China seek world domination and are actively seeking to extend their influence into our own hemisphere. Chandler's treatment of the unholy quadrangle is an eye opener and a unique study of the truth outside the cave. It would be a mistake to dismiss Russia as a second-rate power defanged by the break up of the Soviet Union, to regard China as a friend and partner, or to assume that Iran and Venezuela are simply third world countries run by crazy dictators. The harsh reality is that we face a powerful cabal of nations intent on doing us in, and Chandler exposes the true nature of the threat. Saudi Arabia and Worldwide Jihad
Building on his own knowledge of geopolitics, his extensive study of the historical roots of Islam and the basis for the intense hatred of the West which is shared by a dangerous segment of Muslim jihadists bent on our destruction, Chandler has penned an expose on radical Islam that all Americans must heed. Radical Islam is here, now and in our own back yard. And the threat did not end with 9/11. Shadow World traces the historical, political and religious bases of radical Islam-Salafism/Wahhabism, and how it has spread from the Mideast to our shores. He details how our ostensible "ally"--Saudi Arabia (arguably our greatest enemy, contrary to the slick public relations campaign by the Saudi family to convince us otherwise) has financed the spread of radical, western--liberal -democracy-hating Salafism/Wahhabism across the Mid East, Europe, and into the United States. Ironically they finance their vitriolic anti-western propaganda with petrodollars sent by the billions from Americans who refuse to allow drilling in ANWAR and never stop to ask why nineteen of the twenty-one terrorists involved in 9/11 were Saudis. Chandler exposes the threat to our country from the Saudi-financed spread of radical Islam, and reveals how the Saudis finance mosques and madrassas, and use their billions to influence public education in United States. Our so called friends preach hatred of the United States, Israel, and all non-believers and actively indoctrinate millions of young Muslims who will grow up hating the West-supplying recruits for the next generation of jihadists bent on destroying our civilization. While the Saudis pretend to be our friend, pay lip service to helping the United States track down terrorists and their sources of financing, they finance terrorism through a myriad of non-profits and innocuous-sounding businesses. Awash in billions of petrodollars, insulated from terrorism as protectors of the two holiest places in Islam, the Saudis are at once a terrorist state and "ally" of the United States. Deceived by the illusion of friendship and cooperation, Americans do not see the reality outside the cave--that the world's richest country with the largest oil reserves, is actively financing jihad against America while we suppose them to be a staunch ally in the region. As Chandler warns, the Saudis are financiers, active participants and "cheerleaders" for radical Islam. While the Saudis and the jihadists they train dream of a caliphate that stretches across Europe and some day across North America, we finance those dreams and buy their bullets. Chandler warns of the dangers lurking right here at home, where terrorists cells planted years ago await further instructions from a shadowy enemy controlling a large terrorist network sworn to destroy this country. If we do not listen to experts like Chandler then in a sense, we deserve what is coming.
The Fifth Column--Gramsci Socialists and Their Useful Idiots
No one knows exactly the origin of the term "fifth column," but Chandler cites several historical examples of "fifth columns"-dedicated, clandestine--waiting in the wings to wreak havoc on the enemy. They wait to rise up, working behind the scenes, lying in wait, ready to attack or sabotage or weaken the structure of a city, a country or a society. Not by frontal assaults do fifth columns prove their worth, but by intrigue, subtle maneuvering, and deception. Chandler's book exposes the uncomfortable but indisputable fact that there is an active "progressive" (socialist) fifth column in the United States. It is well-financed, discreet, motivated, and, one might say--legitimate, or respectable, at least to all outward appearances. It is a group of fellow travelers, "progressives," "marxist-leninist-communists, " spelled in small type, and their "useful idiots" (as Lenin would say) including some well meaning protestors, activists and decent Americans who have no idea that they are being manipulated by more sinister forces. As Chandler teaches, these are not your classical "rise up and throw off your chains," violent revolutionary Marxists. Socialism has become more subtle, more sophisticated, more urbane. It has long since evolved from defeating capitalism through violent confrontation to gnawing at its innards through subtle conversion or subversion if you will, of the host society. Gradually, socialists realized that liberal western democracies with a strong religious grounding and tied together with common beliefs, traditions, and values--culture--could not be attacked from without. The sinews of religious tradition, especially, were simply too strong to overcome. In fact, modern day socialist thinkers believed that religious values were the biggest obstacle to the spread of socialism. For socialism to succeed it had to transform society from the inside out; it could never conquer a strong democracy such as the United States by force of arms, violent overthrow, or even by direct assault on the culture. If socialism were to succeed at all, it must work from within, transform, and eventually replace, the values, customs and beliefs which bind together a strong society. In short, it could only attack and defeat a country like the United States slowly, imperceptibly, comprehensively, and above all, culturally-by convincing us to abandon that which made us great in first place. Norman Thomas, co-founder of the ACLU held that: "The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But under the name of `liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." As Chandler's book illustrates, this eerily prophetic statement is being played out before our eyes in the United States.
Shadow World reminds us-and most Americans need reminding-that socialism did not dry up and blow away with the collapse of the Soviet Union. In fact it morphed, and adapted, because old-fashioned Marxist Leninist doctrine had proved an historical failure. Classical Marxist doctrine could not bring down a strong democracy with strong religious roots. In time, socialists adopted the thinking of Antonio Gramsci, an Italian socialist, who lived a short but influential life--a portion of it in spent as a political prisoner under Mussolini. Gramsci's prison writings found fertile soil in the minds of modern day American socialists who run innocuous sounding "charities," political cover organizations, labor unions, and church groups; organizations like ACORN, the ACLU or National Lawyers Guild, or big money radicals like George Soros. Chandler tells how Gramsci's writings have influenced thousands of untouchable and now-tenured "progressive" [sic-socialist] college professors across the country ("teachers of destruction" in the book) who were radicalized in the 1960s, and now seek to influence thousands of young Americans who will carry the banner of Gramsci socialism into the next century. Intent on changing America by attacking its fundamental beliefs, economy, values, religions, concepts of marriage, attitudes about human life, and even its national sovereignty; intent on turning it into something it was not, they seek to transform the United States into a secular humanist, socialist state, whose sovereignty and constitutional rights are gradually ceded to international organizations like the United Nations, the World Court, and the International Criminal Court. As Shadow World illustrates, Gramscian theory-that capitalist democracies may be defeated by controlling mass media, mass organizations and public education and transforming society gradually from within--is being implemented by the fifth column American progressive movement today. Chandler's work will not be popular among certain presidential candidates, socialist politicians, or left-wing, big money power brokers such as Soros who spent millions of his personal fortune trying single-handedly to defeat George Bush in the last election. It will not be popular with socialist-progressive think tanks and "policy institutes" like the Institute for Policy Studies whose agendas subvert our country's interests and home and abroad and seek to erode and subordinate our individual rights to the power of the State, in the name of the common good. Chandler names names, details their organizational structures, their agendas, and the people who run them. As Chandler warns, not everything in our country is what it appears to be. Gramsci socialism--which works from within to erode our freedoms, change our values, and subordinate our national sovereignty-is subtly transforming our country every day. Chandler exposes the shadowy progressive-socialist movement in the United States to the harsh sunlight outside the cave. One has only to consider the incessant attack on our religious traditions, the ACLU's endless legal assault on the Boy Scouts, the movement to redefine the concept of marriage, the rise of the culture of death, to know Chandler is right. One has only to consider the incessant criticism of the United States whenever it fails to consult the United Nations on any foreign policy decision, the pervasive political correctness that stifles dissent, the shouting down of any college speaker who espouse any views to the right of radical, the propagation of class warfare, and the movement to redistribute wealth, to know that our society is inching slowly, irreversibly down the path of secular humanism and socialism. The sinews of common religion, traditions, values, language and political institutions that strengthened us and made us the world's greatest superpower, gave us the strongest economy in the world and made us a beacon of liberty and hope are fraying. Chandler's book tells us why, and outlines perhaps the greatest threat to our society--the one from within.
One has only to look at post Christian Europe, where few attend church, marriage is considered irrelevant, euthanasia is widely accepted, and the countries of Europe have ceded their national sovereignty. One has only to consider that France prevailed upon one third of the signatories of the European Constitution to drop their references to "God," or "Christ," or a "Supreme Being," in their own constitutions and agree to a new European Constitution which grants sovereignty to a European secular humanist government. One only has to see the paralyzing fear of their own Muslim populations which renders Europe unwilling to fight terrorism and afraid that a simple cartoon will set off religious riots, to know that the Gramsci socialists have won in Europe. And one has only to observe the decline of that once great European culture to know we are next.
Chandler's years of research, investigation and documentation of the threats to our society have resulted in the most comprehensive work to date on the real threats facing this country in the world today. And he should know whereof he speaks. Chandler's credentials are impeccable and make him uniquely qualified to warn us. Dr. Chandler, who holds a doctorate in political science from George Washington University, is not merely an intellectual with an opinion on foreign affairs like so many talking heads in the mass media. A retired Vietnam veteran and Air Force Colonel, Dr. Chandler has extensive experience in intelligence analysis, defense strategy, and nuclear weapons deployment which few can boast. He has served at the highest levels of the Defense Department, the Strategic Air Command, and NATO Europe, and received the Defense Department's Meritorious Service Medal. He has advised the White House; the Departments of State, Defense, Energy, and Justice; and the Central Intelligence Agency. During the Cold War he served as strategic analyst in the Air Force "Skunk Works" Strategy Division and as a nuclear weapons planner. Dr. Chandler has written numerous articles and several books, including
The U.S. Propaganda Campaign in Vietnam (1981); and Tomorrow's War, Today's Decision on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Few posses his depth of experience and knowledge, or are as uniquely qualified to warn us of the dangers facing this country. And we need to listen to such voices. Whether they be geopolitical, religious, or cultural, our adversaries are real--not illusions--and bound by a common desire: to challenge our power, subvert out culture, undermine our values and destroy the country as we know it.
In the end, we can awaken from our slumber, walk into the light and confront the truth behind the threats outside our cozy cave. We can remain strong militarily; resolve to fight the War on Terror that will last for generations--but about which no one wants to hear. We can expose and confront the creeping socialism that pervades our society and which seeks to wear down our resolve by the grist of constant attacks our every institution--until one day we surrender our freedoms our values, and our sovereignty. If we listen to Robert Chandler and confront the threats that face us, we can save ourselves and our country.
Most of us lives in being will never know how America will look fifty or a hundred years from now. We should care for the sake of ourselves, but most importantly for the sake of our children and grandchildren. If we do not heed Chandler's warnings, then America may look like a far different place. Whether the change comes from the geopolitical forces arrayed against us, the jihadists, or our own internal socialist movement; whether we become a second rate world power subordinated to the United Nations or the will of a new superpower, whether our kids learn religion only from textbooks and churches and synagogues become museums, whether our grandchildren speak Farsi and bow to Mecca five times today as required by the government, or whether we become the United Socialist States of America--all because we refused to see the light and take control of our own destiny--is still within our power to determine. If our freedom, our power, our wealth, and national identity become a distant memory because we failed to keep the faith with past generations who fought to preserve this great country, then don't blame Robert Chandler. Because we were warned.
Posted 30 November 2008 - 10:52 AM
My copy of The Chief Culprit. Stalin's Grand Design to Start WWII which I ordered back in January, just arrived this month. I started skimming thru it and noticed the chapter on Mobilization (for war) is very interesting and relevant to our present time.
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Posted 17 December 2008 - 11:37 AM
Amazing, how a book can be so terrible and yet so good. The topic matter - the brutality and inhumanity of the Communist machine, brought down to the personal and visceral level - can be emotionally tough reading.
What saddens me most is that these atrocities documented were so recent, and on such a horrific scale, but so few of my peers know or care anything about it.
Plug yourself into an iPod and get a Latte. Everything's fine.
I fear we are doomed to face repetitions.
Posted 18 December 2008 - 02:54 PM
I am currently about 1/3 of the way through Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago.
Amazing, how a book can be so terrible and yet so good. The topic matter - the brutality and inhumanity of the Communist machine, brought down to the personal and visceral level - can be emotionally tough reading.
What saddens me most is that these atrocities documented were so recent, and on such a horrific scale, but so few of my peers know or care anything about it.
Plug yourself into an iPod and get a Latte. Everything's fine.
I fear we are doomed to face repetitions.
Even the much lauded Nuremburg Trial was a half measure. For every Nazi leader who went to the gallows, many others went free. We didn't even punish most of the known Nazis who were not German. Far be it for us to, for example, go into Jerusalem and roll up one of the earliest examples of Islamonazis.
Then to boot, we turned a blind eye to Soviet war criminals. We did this in the immediate aftermath of WW2, and thereafter.
If "the West Won the Cold War" then we ought to have done some war trials. Well, I guess it was more along the lines of the Treaty of Versailles - not really a Western win, more of a draw.


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By Michelle J. Mills
Many of us remember the legendary So Cal food critic Elmer Dills. He died
in 2008, but not before his son, Peter Dills, was firmly on a food path of his own.
Peter Dills is continuing his father's legacy by giving people recommendations
about where to dine, while also expanding our knowledge of food and drink in
general. He covers restaurants and happenings from Laguna to Ventura, on
radio, TV, the Internet and in print.
Dills not only gives advice and shares his opinions, he encourages radio listeners
to call his show with their own restaurant reviews. He also fields questions and
will do research when necessary to provide answers. Dills often brings experts
into the studio as well to share their knowledge.
Dills manages Robin's Wood Fire Barbeque restaurant in East Pasadena.
Q. What makes someone a food critic?
A. I don't know how many food critics are left. I'm more of a food adventurer.
On my show, we talk about food, hospitality and, of course, restaurants and
what makes them authentic. People are looking for 'what does this guy know
that I don't know?' Am I foodie? Yes. Are there people that get to go eat out
more often than I do? Yes. But I do my research on what is authentic and not.
Q. What makes a meal good?
A. It's got to have value, especially the way things are now. Value can be $45 for a steak;
I'd rather pay a little bit more and be happy with the meal than go somewhere where the
steak is $20 and not really good. Now if I'm spending $65 for a steak, it had better be really good.
Q. What is your favorite meal?
A. Shellfish — king crab, lobster, shrimp. My favorite dish would be king crab legs. Expensive.
Q. Tell us about your father and growing up.
A. My dad was a CIA operative; the whole restaurant reviewer was a front, a cover, at least at first.
He was in the CIA for 20 years. After the CIA, he kept doing restaurant reviews for real.
Dad lived in Germany in the late '50s. I was born in Greece and we moved to Maryland just
outside of Washington, D.C. for two years, and then we moved here in 1970 to Pasadena and
I've pretty much lived here my entire life.
I worked for Jurgensen's grocery store and I learned about fine food, wine, cheeses, dry-aged beef.
In my early 20s, I got to be a food snob because I was eating really good food. By the same token,
I probably went out to dinner with my dad a thousand times.
Q. Were you ever in competition with your father?
A. When you're younger, you agree with everything your parents say, but I know as I got older
I had some different opinions on things. It's not competition, though. I'm just trying to follow
him and give people information.
Q. What are your plans for the future?
A. I want to do more traveling. Traveling is a little different than eating in restaurants. In a
dining review, I am reporting what I find out, giving the information back to the readers
or listeners. When you're traveling, it's a bigger dynamic. You don't even have to get into
your opinion, you just come back and say here's what the dollar is, here's where to stay,
is it expensive, and is the food good as a whole. When you're doing a travel story, it's more
of a brushstroke, a generalization.
Q. What is your ultimate food adventurer goal?
A. The thing that I'm still striving for is getting to where my dad was. When my dad said you
gotta go, people went. I'm still not at that point. I want them to say, 'Peter Dills said we've
got to go.' But maybe I'm already there, I'm not sure.
You can find all things Peter Dills at www.peterdills.com and follow him on Twitter @kingofcuisine.
"Dining With Dills" airs at 6 p.m. Saturdays on 790 KABC radio and is livestreamed through his website.
The "Dining With Dills" television show airs 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays on Charter Channel 101.
It is also on PBS SoCal — check TV listings for times.


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7 U.S. Code § 2286 - Termination of committees
The Secretary shall terminate any advisory committee upon a finding that any such advisory committee—
(1) has expended funds in excess of its estimated annual operating costs by more than 10 per centum or $500, whichever is greater, without the prior approval of the Secretary pursuant to the provisions of section 2285 of this title;
(2) has failed to file all reports required under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act or this chapter;
(4) is responsible for functions that otherwise would be or should be performed by Federal employees; or
Source(Pub. L. 95–113, title XVIII, § 1806,Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1042; Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, § 1116(a),Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1271.)
References in Text
The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in par. (2), is Pub. L. 92–463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended, which is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
1981—Pub. L. 97–98substituted provision relating to termination of advisory committees for provision relating to advisory committee charter requirements.
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Amendment by Pub. L. 97–98effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 ofPub. L. 97–98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 of this title.
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December 2012 Sky from the Keeble Observatory
Astronomers used to puzzle over whether our home planetary system is unique, or
if planets are commonly to be found orbiting other stars. We always suspected that
we were not alone; we now know that planets are a common byproduct of star formation.
Last month's column identified just a few of the planetary discoveries recently
in the news, but you should know that our current list of suspected planets is in
the thousands, with the number confirmed at 852! For the current best catalog of
confirmed exoplanets, check out the site maintained by the Paris Observatory at
So, just how do we go about finding these planets? There are three key techniques,
two of which rely on how gravity works in particular, and how forces work in general.
Gravity is an attractive force. It's what keeps the Earth orbiting the Sun, or the
Sun orbiting in the Galaxy, or you firmly planted on Terra Firma. Newton's
so called 3rd Law of Motion tells us that when the Sun pulls on Earth,
Earth also pulls on the Sun with a force of equal magnitude but opposite in direction.
Newtons' 2nd Law tells us that the acceleration of either Earth or Sun
is inversely proportional to their masses.
If the exoplanet orbits in or near the plane of the sky, the tug that planet exerts
on the star can cause its apparent proper motion (relative to the background "fixed
stars") to wiggle with the same period as the planet's orbit. Obviously, this is
easier for nearby stars since the actual deviations in the trajectory are small.
It should also be clear that a massive planet orbiting close to a low mass star
will give the best opportunity to find a planet. This is known as an observational
bias, a point we'll return to shortly.
If the plane of the orbit is nearly along the line of sight, the planet's tug will
cause periodic changes in the line of sight velocity which we can detect with a
spectrometer by looking for a Doppler shift in the wavelengths of light. The fractional
shift in wavelength is directly proportional to the radial velocity, and we can
use this information to determine the size of the orbit and in turn the mass of
the planet. Again, the observational bias favors detection of massive planets orbiting
close to the star.
This observational bias means that many of the planetary systems we discover don't
look like ours, with smaller planets close to the star and the massive gas giants
far away. Rather they have very massive planets in orbits so close that their periods
are measured in days or even hours. But we are beginning to find, as our technical
skills are refined, that there are also a lot of systems which look more and more
like our home.
A third technique which lends itself to survey work is that employed by the Kepler
probe. It examines a small but rich region of the sky and monitors thousands of
stars for periodic dimming of the light we receive. This is taken as evidence for
a planet passing between the star and our telescope. From the amount of light blocked
and the period of the orbit we can also get an estimate of the mass of the planet
and its physical size. If we know mass and radius, we can calculate density and
determine whether the object is rocky or if it's a low density gas or ice world.
Lunar phases for December: Last Quarter on the 6th, at 10:31 am;
New Moon on the 13th, at 3:42 am; First Quarter on the 20th,
at 12:19 am; Full Moon on the 28th, at 5:21 am.
Mercury returns to the predawn skies through mid-December, but will be low on the
east-southeast horizon and likely lost in ground clutter. Better opportunities are
there for seeing Venus and Saturn. Saturn rises about 3:00 am, and will be about
20 degrees above the horizon as the Sun rises. Venus is about two hours behind Saturn,
but will be much brighter and lower. If you manage to see both of them, extending
an imaginary line through them toward the horizon will help you find Mercury. Jupiter
graces the evening sky, and is visible all night, near the Pleiades in the constellation
As we noted above, planets are "wanderers" so we cannot expect them to repeat their
configurations from year to year. The "fixed stars" are predictable. Here's how
the December constellations were described in 2007:
Looking overhead at mid-month, about three hours after sunset, finds the constellation
Andromeda at zenith. It's not an impressive or terribly bright asterism, but is
noted for the presence of the Andromeda Galaxy. Two million years ago the light
you see from this relatively nearby galaxy, much like our own, left to come to Earth.
We see our own galaxy in cross section as the faintly luminous Milky Way, stretching
from east to west, with a distinct bow towards the north. The stars making up this
band are typically hundreds to thousands of light years away – a factor of over
a thousand smaller than the distance to Andromeda.
The constellation Cassiopeia is to the north, in the plane of the Milky Way. It
looks like a crooked M. To the west-northwest, Cygnus the Swan now looks like its
other namesake, the Northern Cross. Deneb is the bright star at the top of the cross,
about 40 degrees from the horizon. To the northwest is Vega, at about 18 degrees,
and Altair is a little lower and to the west. When these were high in the sky, we
called them the Summer Triangle. Now we bid them adieu until late spring.
Rising to the east is Orion, which will dominate the winter starscape. Above Orion
is the familiar cluster of the Pleiades, about 55 degrees from the horizon and climbing.
A special note, that the Geminid meteor shower should peak early in the morning
of the 14th. For several days around that date, you can expect to see
up to 75 "shooting stars" per hour. For best viewing, get to a dark site away from
city lights.
Copyright 2012
George Spagna


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FORT WAYNE – Indiana, Purdue, Ball State and Saint Francis brought in talent for the programs' futures on national signing day.
Here is a look at who the Hoosiers, Boilermakers, Cardinals and Cougars added to their rosters Wednesday, the first day high school players could sign with college programs:
The Hoosiers brought in the program's highest-ranked class since recruiting rankings started.
Indiana coach Kevin Wilson signed 22 players, five from the state, including Homestead receiver Isaac Griffith. The Hoosiers, who went 4-8, 2-6 in the Big Ten last year, were ranked No. 41 by Rivals.com, No. 51 by Scout.com and No. 42 by 247Sports.
IU focused on beefing up a defense that gave up 35.2 points and 463.5 yards per game by bringing in 13 defensive players (six linemen, four linebackers and three defensive backs). The haul includes safety Antonio Allen from Ben Davis and defensive end David Kenney from Pike, who are both rated four-star prospects.
The Hoosiers' other four-star recruits were athlete Rashard Fant and defensive tackle Darius Latham.
They got some guys that I think can be difference makers for them across the defensive line and at the linebacker position and then in the secondary, said Steve Wiltfong, 247Sports national writer. It's a really good class on the defensive side of the ball for Indiana, and that is obviously what they need.
Darrell Hazell brought in 23 players in his first recruiting class after taking over for the fired Danny Hope after the Boilermakers went 6-7, 3-5 Big Ten last year.
Hazell added 13 players to the 10 that had committed to Purdue under Hope.
The Boilermakers added Bishop Luers defensive back TyVel Jemison, and they hung on to one of the class' biggest prizes – Terre Haute South Vigo quarterback Danny Etling.
Etling is the only four-star recruit in the class, which is ranked No. 55 by Rivals.com, No. 61 by Scout.com and No. 62 by 247Sports. The 6-foot-3, 218-pound Etling threw for 1,505 yards with 11 touchdowns as a senior.
Etling enrolled early at Purdue along with defensive end John Strauser and running back David Yancey.
They hit a home run at the quarterback position. Wiltfong said. He's the best quarterback in the state, and he's one of the best quarterbacks in the country in my mind. He'll have a chance to compete, because coach Hazell is not going to be loyal to anybody. And him getting in there early and getting in spring ball, he'll have a chance to get in front of that new staff and show them what he can do.
Ball State
Fresh off a 9-4 season and its first bowl appearance since 2009, the Cardinals signed 21 recruits from nine states – Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri, North Carolina, Florida and Oklahoma.
The list of signees includes 10 defensive players and nine offensive or defensive linemen – and seven players from North Carolina alone, where head coach Pete Lembo coached at Elon University and still has strong recruiting roots.
Ball State's class is ranked No. 98 by Rivals.com, No. 85 by Scout.com and No. 109 by 247Sports.
Notable are 6-foot-7, 337-pound all-stater Haris Vrabac from Warren, Mich., the largest recruit; 5-9, 167-pound defensive back David Moore from Butler High School in Matthews, N.C., who played on USA Today's third-ranked team and whose teams went 57-2 in his career; 6-1, 199-pound Jack Milas of Arlington Heights, Ill., the lone quarterback to sign; 5-9, 171-pound Teddy Williamson of O'Fallon, Mo., the lone running back signed; and 6-4, 234-pound all-state tight end Calvin Blanks from Terre Haute North.
We are excited to welcome this outstanding group of student-athletes to Ball State, Muncie and to the Mid-American Conference, Lembo said.
We have added a lot of talent to our roster with this class, but perhaps more importantly, we are surrounding ourselves with some terrific leaders and charismatic personalities, Lembo added.
Saint Francis
Eleven athletes from northeast Indiana were part of the 24 players who have committed to extend their football careers at Saint Francis.
Josh Spitnale, a kicker and punter for Class 5A state runner-up Snider, heads the list of local players who will be freshmen next season for the Cougars.
Other local athletes who have committed: Caleb Brown, offensive lineman, Angola; Seth Coate, wide receiver, Homestead; Taron Grahm, wide receiver, North Side; C.J. Jackson, quarterback, North Side; Nolan McMahon, kicker, Homestead; Yeshwa Moore, defensive back, South Side; Elliott Nelson, defensive back, New Haven; Thomas Nolan, tight end-defensive end, South Side; Jason Nicodemus, running back, Churubusco; and Tyler Zaegel, offensive lineman, Carroll.


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According to a recent study, the Yukon has the highest number of bike commuters in North America, at 2.6%. It's one of the coldest parts of Canada. What's your excuse, everywhere else? Too warm for ya? [Harvard Business Review]
Bike Commuters in the Yukon Are Better Than You
Pending approval Kwame Opam


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10 U.S. Code § 8914 - Twenty to thirty years: enlisted members
Source(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 550; Pub. L. 96–343, § 9(b)(1),Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1128; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, § 515(b),Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2753.)
|Revised section
|Source (U.S. Code)
|Source (Statutes at Large)
|10:948 (1st sentence).
|Oct. 6, 1945, ch. 393, § 4 (1st sentence); restated Aug. 10, 1946, ch. 952, § 6(a) (1st sentence), 60 Stat. 996.
|Aug. 10, 1946, ch. 952, § 7, 60 Stat. 996.
The words "now or hereafter", in 10:948a, are omitted as surplusage. The words "computed under section 8925 of this title" are substituted for the words "active Federal service", in 10:948, and "active Federal military service", in 10:948a, since that revised section makes explicit the service covered. The words "be retired from" are substituted for the words "will be placed on the retired list of", in 10:948. The words "completed a minimum", in 10:948; and "the period of", "be subject to", "period of", and "now or after August 10, 1946", in 10:948a; are omitted as surplusage.
1994—Pub. L. 103–337struck out at end "A regular enlisted member then becomes a member of the Air Force Reserve. A member retired under this section shall perform such active duty as may be prescribed by law until his service computed under section 8925 of this title, plus his inactive service as a member of the Air Force Reserve, equals 30 years."
1980—Pub. L. 96–343struck out "regular" before "enlisted members" in section catchline and substituted in text "an enlisted member" for "a regular enlisted member", "A regular enlisted member" for "He", and "Air Force Reserve. A member retired under this section" for "Air Force, and".
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–343effective with respect to retired pay payable for months beginning after Sept. 8, 1980, see section 9(c) ofPub. L. 96–343, set out as a note under section 3914 of this title.
Temporary Early Retirement Authority
For provisions authorizing the Secretary of the Air Force, during the period beginning Oct. 23, 1992, and ending Oct. 1, 1995, to apply this section to an enlisted member with at least 15 but less than 20 years of service by substituting "at least 15" for "at least 20", see section 4403 ofPub. L. 102–484, set out as a note under section 1293 of this title.
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One year ago Tuesday, Hurricane Sandy, perhaps the largest Atlantic storm ever, began its path of destruction in New York City. It ultimately killed almost 300 people across seven countries. In the United States alone, the fierce storm left an estimated $70 billion in damage in its wake, the second-costliest storm in U.S. history.
Substantial money and effort has now gone into rebuilding the areas most devastated by the storm. The truth is, however, that many other areas of the world, including in the United States, are just as vulnerable to intense flooding.
Existing flood protection in most countries is simply not fit for this purpose. Even in our native Netherlands, a world leader in flood management, roughly one-third of the defenses is sub-standard.
The combined impact of climate change, subsidence, urban growth and socio-economic change mean that average global flood losses could rise dramatically if no adequate risk reduction measures are implemented.
A new global agenda to enhance flood protection infrastructure is badly needed. This must be started now.


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Discriminating Against Recovered Addicts Is Just Wrong!
Jennifer Ginsberg: Six years ago, Jessica Gianfrocco was convicted of heroin possession. She served her time and has been on the straight and narrow ever since. Because she failed a routine background check, however, she has now been banned from volunteering at her daughter's elementary school. She has enlisted the support of the ACLU and is suing the Cranston, Rhode Island, school department for discrimination.
Rita - I don't lock my children away, I just don't tell them it's okay or acceptable to drink/drug. I am not "naive" and know that of course they will encounter these things and we have had an open conversation about sex/drugs/drinking since they were toddlers.
And BTW smoking pot when you were younger doesn't make you a great mom. I have more respect to the people who stood by their beliefs and didn't partake.
This case is about a felon who wants the rules bent for her. It is about a person who made the choice to use heroin which is just insane in the first place. That type of person is NOT who I would use a role model for my children.
"She probably has an amazing story about her road to recovery"
I prefer the stories and role models like my own - a woman who grew up dirt poor and chose NOT to use drugs and better herself and put herself through college and not commit crimes. Those are the stories I want my children to hear. Those stories about strong people who strive to do better - not those who do drugs, commit crimes and then want everyone to praise them for finally behaving themselves like they should have in the first place.
It's really great that some people make it through hard times and situations in life and never use drugs and drink. But for those who do make those bad decisions it is really great to hear a story about how they recovered and have been able to do great things since they have been clean and sober. I totally disagree with some of you and I think all parents and childeren would benifit from hearing more stories about how people can over come addiction and become great people who enjoy and want to spend their free time with their kids. Gives those who are still fighting addiction hope! Sure this woman made a bad decision but surly none of us can say that we never made a single bad decision. And personally I don't want my childeren growing up to think that just because they do make a bad decision they can't get back on track! When my two daughters who are now 3 years old and 5 months old get old enough to understand I will explain to them all about thier fathers battle with drugs and alcohol and how he got clean and sober! I will also teach my childeren to understand that just because you make a bad decision doesn't mean youre a bad person.
Usually I don't article on blogs, but I want to say that this article extremely forced me to complete so! Thanks, really nice article.
To Leah, When a person is a true addict the drugs no longer make them high, they take them to get through the day without life threatening withdrawls. Its no longer a choice but a must. Of course if they knew the drug would do that to them they wouldn't have ever started in the first place. Addiction doesn't care what colour you are or how much money you have.
"It's no longer a choise but a must"
Nope - it was a choice in the first place - there is absolutely no argument against it. Additionally it IS there choice to continue using just as it would be their choice to quit, go to rehab, etc.
"Of course if they knew the drug would do that to them they wouldn't have ever stated in the first place"
Once again, wrong. EVERYONE know what drugs will do to you - they just CHOOSE to try them any way.
I have been volunteering at my daughters school for the past 2 years.My criminal check has come back fine. Now, I just received a letter that I am denied for what I did in my college years….mind you no drugs, weapons. Nope, a fake Id back when I was 16 1992 trying to obtain alcohol. Loud ordinance ticket when I was 17 1993 at a house I lived in college. Speeding ticket at age 21 - year 1996. I guess there won't be hardly any volunteers in N.C. public school system since they are going to deny great community people with speeding tickets and fake Ids from 14 years ago. I though we are trying to make a change in the school system, not destroy it by denying great parents who want to better their children education. I guess I will have to resign PTA, no more field trips and tell the teachers I will not be volunteering because the state thinks I am a threat for bad college judgment 14 years ago. Once again, no drugs, no arrests.
Background checks are a wonderful tool and they serve their purpose. Sometimes those in charge get tunnel vision and overlook what's right in front of them. The town I live in resembles a cross between a Norman Rockwell painting and an LL Bean catalog. Every morning you see the mommies with their perfect hair and make-up standing outside the school holding their coffee mugs waving goodbye to their kids. Those same mommies can be seen on the weekends drinking themselves sick and doing more drugs than you would expect to see in a dive bar. People just don't expect it because of the area. These are the same people who volunteer in the classrooms and chaperone dance class, field trips, etc. They are able to pass a background test because they've never been arrested for anything.
I think the key point here is that this woman is a FORMER addict. She has been clean and sober for six years. Her crime was a non-violent one, and should have no impact on her ability to volunteer (as would, for example, someone who had committed a crime like embezzlement). By refusing her the chance to help out, the school is sending the message that no matter how hard you try to clean up your act, you'll continue to be punished for the mistakes of your past. Great thing to teach our kids.
I am a 50 yr old mom who was diagoised with cancer2004, the drput me on narcotics for my severe pain that was caused by the dr via surgery (nerves etc).I have been on the narcotics for 7years and I am physically addicted, the dr said I will neverget off them. Problem, I made a so called friend who worked at a new chool district,(2004) she told the whole school I was ignored for everything I asked to do in the way of volunteering, I was so discriminated , everybody scattered-WORSE, My son is bullied made no friends in the past three years, what hypocrires to take it out on an 8 yr old child. But now it seems they are not going to get away with this now more!
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I cannot believe some of these comments. Leah and Anna.. i wish I never took the time to read them because its sad theres so many people that can think like you.If you havnt been there then you have no idea whats its like. You really need to educate yourself on addiction.. Go sit in an AA or NA meeting, it would be really good for you, you will meet some the nicest and most caring people you ever will in your life. You are the kind of people that just make people suffering feel worse then they already do. Good luck educating your children when you find out they are experiencing with drugs because I highly doubt they will be interested in listening to your views on it. Recovered addicts should be educating kids in schools everyday, they will listen to someone who has gone through it and dosnt want to go back. Nobody chooses to be a drug addict, most start at a really young age because other kids are doing it and then they realise they can escapse their problems in life, maybe this person lost a parent at a young age and seen no point to life anymore, or got presribed opiates (painkillers) after an accident and became dependant on them, heroin and the pills the doctors are prescribing are all the same thing. You should take 10 seconds and have a look at yourself, try working on being a better person like Jennifer is doing.
you people making the ridiculous comments should lock your kids inside if you dont want them around a person like her. Most people you see in a day are recovering addicts and you would never know. Just recently a school teacher in my town was found in the school parking lot passed out in his car with a needle in his arm and bottles of pills..so hide ur kids!! haha
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The growth of the cloud is, however, just one side of the coin. In order for hosted email, cloud platforms and cloud based data centres to grow, the whole IT sector has to change and adapt, to radically re-think the way it does business.
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It might sound over dramatic, but consider these big impacts that cloud computing is having on the IT sector right now:
Data centres (and data) are growing exponentially
The explosion of data is a wheel that looks set to keep on turning forever. As new cloud based data centres allow data to be stored more cheaply, more efficiently and more securely, businesses are able to embrace new ways of working that rely more and more on high data traffic. This in turn means more data… bigger data centre… and so the cycle continues. Whilst most people start off their cloud journey by dipping their toe in the water with a hosted email service such as Hosted Exchange 2010, before long the lure of more efficient data management convinces them to turn to the cloud for most, if not all, of their IT needs.
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When I first made baby food for my daughter, the results were aesthetically delightful: smooth little circles of pale gold, beige, green and bright red (peach, applesauce, peas, beets) frozen so prettily on a cookie sheet covered with waxed paper.
As she got older I blended the fruits and veggies more coarsely and sometimes added meat. Peas, carrots and bacon. Chicken, rice and green beans. Beef, potato and peas. Frankly, these gloppy little puddles looked more like something you'd buy at a joke shop and leave on the rug near the cat's bed.
One day I got the idea to stir-fry chicken livers and blend them with rice and carrots. My first reaction was anything but earth-motherish:
"Good grief," I said out loud. "It looks just like Alpo!"
Even if the mixture was gross-looking, I felt happy to know exactly what was going into my child's food. Yet I was equally motivated by cost: I was a single mom, living at that time with my mother and stepfather, and trying hard not to be a financial burden.
It was much cheaper to throw local fruits and veggies (some from our own garden) into a blender than to load the shopping cart with those cute li'l Gerber jars.
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Northern Cheapskate blogger Christina saw the same light. As the working mom of one boy, she had often purchased the jarred stuff. Her next pregnancy resulted in twins -- and stay-at-home-mom status.
"Store-bought baby food became an even greater strain on my budget. So I got creative and started making my own," she wrote in a guest post on the SC Johnson Family Economics blog.
To some, this may sound as daunting as making your own furniture. But Christina's article, "Save money and time by making your own baby food," offers soothing tips for newbies:
- You probably already have most or all of the equipment you need. Particularly useful are a slow cooker, a vegetable steamer and a food processor. (A blender worked fine for me.) Note that these items are often available in thrift stores.
- Baby foods need not be complicated. "They're usually just a fruit or vegetable and water," she writes.
- As the child grows, start mashing up whatever the grownups are eating that night.
Seven ounces of applesauce for $1: Wonder how much of that is water?
Four ounces of mac 'n' cheese for 55 cents: Surely you could do better by pureeing your own leftover pasta.
Does the "save time" part sound unlikely? It isn't. You can do batch cooking for babies the same way you do for adults. That's where a slow cooker is particularly handy, baking sweet potatoes and squash or simmering chicken and vegetables while you're off at work or busy at home.
When the baby is ready for solids, start with very finely pureed foods. As they grow you can start leaving in a little texture; ask your pediatrician when baby is ready. You can freeze the mixtures in ice-cube trays, then pop them out and store in a freezer bag or container. Or just freeze it in very small containers from the start.
- Don't forget to label the bags! ("Is this peach or yam?")
- When cooking veggies for grownups, save and freeze some of the cooking water in case your baby food needs diluting. (See "chicken livers, rice and carrots" above.)
- Scoop out a spoon of everything before you put dinner on the table. Otherwise there may not be any leftovers to puree.
- Your baby's palate is a tabula rasa, so don't sweeten fruits or add salt to veggies. They taste bland to you because you're used to eating apple pie and French fries.
Believe me, you won't want to be there any more than the baby does. To say nothing of the rest of the people in line, who will glare at you as though yours is the first child in the history of the world to melt down at the grocery store. At that point you'll be wishing you'd made your own baby food, even if it did look like Alpo or fake barf.
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thebitterfig said...
Well, dude never actually ate a baby (that we know about).
Anyhow, here's this orc, he knows he's toast. He knows he's failed as a warrior, beaten by an old Dwarf using cowardly tactics (from the orc's point of view). So he's honestly grateful when the Dwarf shows him the respect of allowing him to die with honor. He probably thinks it's because Pappa Dwarf is too softhearted to just cut him down, but he's thankful to die in battle, since it allows him to reclaim in some small way the dignity taken from him when he was captured.
With orcs, the great thing is that it isn't just about *whether* something happens, either death, life, battle, heck probably even farming, but the fundamental truth that *how* something happens matters just as much. Process is as important as results. That's why I love orcs.


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How long has it been since you've been drawn in and captivated by a railroad's television commercial, one that makes a strong point and yet is entertaining and, yes, enjoyable? I went so far in one of my first columns for Trains to write that to most people, "railroads are big, impersonal, faceless entities that wake you up at night when you don't want to be romanced by a whistle and block your way home as 170 cars roll by at 15 mph." The point I was making is that railroads do a poor job relating to the public, and their failure could come back to bite them.
Now I come in praise of Norfolk Southern for its captivating commercial appearing in recent weeks on CNN, Fox News, and other channels. "City of Possibilities" is cute, warmhearted, and captivating, while packing a powerful message that comes at the conclusion.
It begins with a boy and his dog in his bedroom, playing with model trains. Before dad turns out the light, he loads a final hopper car with marbles. With the boy asleep, his imaginary world wakes up. The NS model locomotive begins moving with the marbles. Dolls and slinkies climb out of the toy chest and go to work on toy tractors to build a bedroom city. The dog is bewildered. Before you know it, the bedroom is filled with marvelous activity. You see toy containers being hoisted onto flat cars. Through all this roars that NS freight train, while the voiceover says, "Wherever trains go, the economy comes to life. Norfolk Southern: one line, infinite possibilities."
What I've just written hardly does justice to this marvelous animation, created for NS by its ad agency, RP3 Agency of Bethesda, Md., and by The Mill of New York, a producer of computer-generated graphics. Go here to see for yourself.
The triumph of "City of Possibilities" is that it marries the fascination that children have with trains with the importance of railroads in our real daily lives, and does so in a manner that will draw in viewers young and old. Well done, Norfolk Southern. NS presently plans to air this commercial through November 11 on CNN and Fox News and through December 30 on PBS' Washington Week. Like the bedroom with the sleeping boy, it may be revived next spring. — Fred W. Frailey
Did you notice the heralds of the "fallen flag" roads on the toy chest?
I agree wholeheartedly. It draws the viewer in with a kid and a dog, and goes on to make its point in a direct by subtile way.
Plus you have to watch it several times just to see everything that's happening.
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Excellent' well done ad. It is well timed too with Christmas coming.
Excellent!!! Well Done NS and it's media partners. Love the toy story theme.
I miss it the first time I watched, but clever idea to have all the fallen flags on the front of the toybox. Clever way to honor the heritage of the NS>
Great job--thanks, Fred, for the alert. There's also a 30 on the lampshade for their 30 years...
I especially appreciated the "heritage" toybox with two N&W and Sothern heralds each but with the Keystone properly at the top... at least that's what I saw.
I agree, I really love this TV advert, see it a lot on the TVs in the hotel I work at, looks good in high-def digital cable.
Youtube has a collection of railway adverts, from the stand point of passenger trains British Rail and private Japanese railways have some real good ones.
NS may have the "best" commercial running, but I have noticed that CSX, BNSF, and UP also are running TV commercials. Railroading has great visuals. The commercials I have seen are all colorful and very positive. It's about time the railroads marketed themselves. Most of the commercials I see are on CNBC, which suggests that they are trying to reach investors more than shippers.
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;Yes, I saw this commercial online. Very creative, goes well with the Christmas shopping season. I noticed the "fallen flag" roads on the toy chest too. I would say most railroad commercials are targeted for opinion makers as well as investers.
Seeing this at the end of the election season with all the requisite horrible, debillitating and negative ads, this is such a refreshing look. It kind of restores my faith that there is something out there besides self centered, corrupt politicians. Great job NS and I hope we see more like it from other railroads.


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