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Our Mothers, Our Friends
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Going Green
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Danger In The Kitchen!
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March 9, 2014 Each month, my business column offers insight into a career topic specific to women in the workplace. The name of this monthly feature is, Career Talk For Women. more »»
Lots To Love In 'Lincoln'
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Three Books
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March 8, 2014 Dunkirk Dave, my friend, I thank you for giving us hope, but the jig is up. We're still waiting for that early spring you predicted while you were gobbling pumpkin pie last mont. more »»
'Wait Until Dark' Will Scare Your Socks Off
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Tammy Snyder, President Of International Ordnance Technologies
March 6, 2014 Each month, my weekly business column features a respected leader in our region who has been in their career long enough to have learned a lesson or two worth sharing. more »»
'Broad City'
March 6, 2014 Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer have painted New York City in a sea of colors that I can't get enough of. more »»
Generations Change; Teens Do Not
March 5, 2014 It has been nearly 30 years since my then-teenage older children kept my column-writing hopper filled with fresh ideas. more »»
You Can't Get In The Game From The Bleachers
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What a shame – this guy can't get any traction, yet someone as flawed as Bachman has surged to the two spot. As a nation we are in trouble because good candidates – at all levels are seemingly shunned. All to often the dreck floats to the top.
^ replace "nation" with GOP
Tim is all done. nice guy, never got off the ground. Hoping Perry gets in to keep Bachmann out.
I think Pawlenty would make a great nominee on paper. The problem with our country is that it's all about media hype and right now it's Bachman as top dog. Democrats can't say it's just Republicans with that problem. The media fell in love with Obama. Now look where we are. I hope that Iowans have a surprise for the country by supporting a candidate with some credibility and that won't make themselves look like a damn fool during the debates. Any candidate can have slick website. Give me somebody who can obliterate Obama during the campaign debates.
i bet herman cain would smoke barack.
I won't drop out until at least 14 months before the election!
I already fell asleep when I saw T-Paw's face. Not sure what the article was about…………Oh No, just fell asleep again as I wrote T-Paw……………………………
Too bad all we care about is flash over substance. Bachmann is a nut. T-Paw any day over her.
Might as well get a box of talcum powder to run for the nomination, would be every bit as exciting as TPaw but without the baggage.
T-Pau might have been believable if he had not tried to convert himself from a relatively sane Republican (now an oxymoron) to a tea bagging right wing zealot. He and his fellow flip-flopper the Mittster, just cannot be taken seriously, especially in a Republican party which is in the process of forming a circular firing squad.
Maybe if Tim could play basketball or have a wife that people magazine loved or had a hippie mom who met a groovy guy from Kenya or a brother in law who coached basketball or daughters who went to a private school while he preached about public schools or flip flopped on raising the debt ceiling or could JUGGLE he would be higher in the polls. Sorry though grandpa, he's not. We got that cool guy and now we're screwed. Guess what counts ain't what people magazine thinks is presidential material.
Yea but Tim gets in hockey fights Herman. Doesn't that impress the heck out of you?
Bush was the opposite of all you wrote. Look where that got us.
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It looks like I am going to get my wish, at least for one night.
Mark Sanchez and Greg McElroy are banged up. We know about Mark's injury obviously, and McElroy, according to Brian Costello of the NY Post, re-injured his knee, reported as a mild knee sprain. With that, combined with the fact that Geno Smith is likely to sit, and Matt Simms gets the start against the Philadelphia Eagles.
The McElroy injury is what likely brought on the signing of Graham Harrell. Harrell should be the backup to Matt Simms tomorrow night. This should be Simms' chance to shine, and if he plays well, it could be the end of the Greg McElroy era with the New York Jets.
You guys know how I feel on this personally. I think that Simms should get a chance to play in the regular season, but that is not likely to happen. So, Simms gets his chance to hang on to the third string job.
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Today was a busy day in the NHL. The day before teams are able to make offers on free agents. Moves were made, players were bought out, and all before the fireworks even started.
The Dallas Stars acquired Tyler Seguin, Rich Peverley, and Ryan Button in a trade with the Boston Bruins. The Bruins got Loui Eriksson, Joe Morrow, Reilly Smith, and Matt Fraser in return. This is a good trade both ways, the Stars lost out on getting Vincent Lecavalier who signed with Philly, so they went out and got two centers in a deal that benefits the team well. Seguin has potential, maybe Dallas is exactly what he needs to get to his ceiling. Peverley will bring depth at the center position and Ryan Button, a defenseman who has no NHL experience at age 22.
The Bruins ended up with Loui Eriksson who had scored 26+ goals three seasons in a row before this shortened season. Eriksson is a scorer that could be very dangerous in Boston. Joe Morrow was sent from Pittsburgh to Dallas in the trade for Brenden Morrow, and now from Dallas to Boston. He's a young defenseman with tons of upside. Reilly Smith just finished his rookie season after being a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award the year before, and played well in his year in Dallas. The numbers weren't there, but Smith has the potential to be a really good player in a short time. Matt Fraser has played well at the AHL level, but hasn't broke out yet in the NHL, scoring only one goal in the first of eleven games.
Meanwhile in Toronto, Mikhail Grabovski was bought out by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Grabovski had a cap hit of $5.5 million, and was owed $6 million the next two seasons before his salary went down for the next two seasons. Grabovski never fit the system Randy Carlyle brought to Toronto and it seems he's just a victim of bad placement. Grabovski was not very happy after hearing the news today and made it clear that he was not a fan of Coach Carlyle. Grabovski will be a good edition to many teams, and I expect him to be somewhere rather quickly.
Danny Briere signed a 2 year deal with the Montreal Canadiens. The deal is worth $4 million a season. Briere decided to go home to play and turned down bigger numbers from Nashville and New Jersey. It's not always about the money, and that is respectable. Briere's numbers have dipped the last two seasons, and he's 35 years old now. I do believe he can play at a 60 point level at least until this contract is finished.
Dallas made more moves solidifying the center position by adding veteran center, and former captain of the Edmonton Oilers, Shawn Horcoff. Horcoff will be 35 in September, but should still give Dallas added depth and be able to play third line minutes. The Oilers received defenseman Philip Larsen and a 7th round pick in 2016. Larsen struggled this season, but he brings depth to the Oilers blue line. It's a bold move for Dallas, but they aren't giving up much. Horcoff has a cap hit of $5.5 million, and is owed $4 million this season, and $3 million the following season.
Daniel Alfredsson has narrowed down his list of teams now to the Ottawa Senators, Detroit Red Wings, and Boston Bruins. Alfredsson is 40, but is still capable of putting up points and playing good minutes. You have to think that he would like to stay in Ottawa, but when two contenders like Boston and Detroit come knocking on your door, it might make you think for a second. I would be surprised to see him leave the Senators, but if he wants to win, and sees a better chance of doing so with Boston or Detroit, it may happen.
Claude Giroux and the Flyers agreed on an eight year extension worth over $64 million. Giroux is a dangerous offensive player, and will leading the Philadelphia Flyers for an extra eight seasons. This season would have been the last of his current contract.
Keith Ballard, who was bought out by the Vancouver Canucks earlier this week, signed a two year deal worth $3 million with the Minnesota Wild today. The Wild help their defense out with the signing, and just hope he can stay healthy.
The New Jersey Devils finally re-signed Patrik Elias as well. The contract is for three seasons and is worth $16.5 million. Elias is the franchise leader in regular season and playoff goals, assists, and points. He has spent his entire 17 season career in New Jersey, and it looks like he'll finish it there.
The Ottawa Senators extended Jack Adams Award winning coach, Paul MacLean for another three years as well today. MacLean coached a banged up Senators team all season and even got into the second round of the playoffs.
Tomorrow will be another busy day in the NHL as free agency starts. Teams will finally be able to make offers to players. It's like Christmas morning.
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Baker will be available for Monday night's game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field.
Wood is 1-3 with a 2.25 ERA in 24 relief appearances with the Cubs this season. He has struck out 21 batters and walked 10 in 24 innings.
Baker returns to the Cubs after missing the last 15 days with a left groin strain. He played in three games with Triple-A Iowa on a rehab assignment and batted .300 with one double, one triple and one RBI this weekend against Round Rock. Baker is batting .368 with seven doubles, one home run and 14 RBI in 31 games for the Cubs.


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Mental disorders are among the strongest predictors of suicide attempts and
suicide deaths. But which disorders are the culprits? Depressive disorders,
right? Wrong, a new study has found. The answer is anxiety disorders, impulse
control disorders, and substance use disorders.
The lead investigator was Matthew Nock, Ph.D., an associate professor of
social sciences at Harvard University. The senior investigator was Ronald
Kessler, Ph.D., a professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School.
Results were published online March 31 in Molecular Psychiatry.
Between 2001 and 2003, Kessler and colleagues undertook a formidable
challenge—determining the status of Americans' mental health. Their
assessment, called the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R), was
based on detailed interviews with more than 9,000 Americans representative of
the American population. The first and major results from the survey were
published in 2005 (Psychiatric News, July 15, 2005). Now Nock,
Kessler, and several other Harvard colleagues have analyzed NCS-R material and
determined which mental disorders are the strongest predictors of suicidal
The researchers used responses from some 5,700 participants in the NCS-R
survey for this particular study. The cohort included all NCS-R participants
who had had a DSM-IV Axis I disorder at some point in their lives as
well as a subsample of the rest of the NCS-R participants. Each participant
had also reported whether he or she had ever had any suicidal ideas or had
ever made any suicidal plans or attempts and, if so, when. The researchers
then looked to see whether there were any links between having had a
particular mental disorder and subsequently contemplating suicide or making a
suicidal plan or attempt, while taking other mental disorders into
A major depression was the strongest predictor of suicidal ideation, they
found. Individuals who had had a major depression were more than twice as
likely to think about suicide as those who had not. But once these individuals
were thinking about suicide, a major depression did not significantly predict
whether they would make a suicidal plan or attempt suicide. However, anxiety
disorders, impulse control disorders, and substance use disorders did.
For instance, individuals who were thinking about suicide and had had
bipolar disorder were over twice as likely to make a planned suicide attempt
as individuals without this illness. Those who were thinking about suicide and
had posttraumatic stress disorder or a conduct disorder were more than twice
as likely to make an unplanned suicide attempt as those who had not had these
conditions. And individuals who were contemplating suicide and had had alcohol
abuse or dependence were almost three times more likely to make an unplanned
suicide attempt as were individuals who were contemplating suicide, but who
did not have such a history.
"Results suggest that the onset of suicidal ideation is best
predicted by depression, but depression does not predict further progression
to suicide attempt," the researchers concluded. "Instead,
disorders characterized by anxiety/agitation (for example, posttraumatic
stress disorder) and poor impulse control (for example, bipolar disorder,
conduct disorder, substance disorders) emerged as the strongest predictors of
which ideators make suicide plans and attempts.... Future research must
further delineate the mechanisms through which people come to think about
suicide and progress from suicidal thoughts to attempts."
Other recent studies have produced similar results. A Finnish study found
that anxiety combined with conduct disorder predicted suicidal attempts or
completion (Psychiatric News, June 5). A study reported in the
January Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease found a link between
anxiety symptoms and suicidal thoughts or attempts even when depression was
considered. That study's cohort included some 2,800 psychiatric
The NCS-R was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, National
Institute on Drug Abuse, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and John W. Alden Trust.
An abstract of "Mental Disorders, Comorbidity, and Suicidal
Behavior: Results From the National Comorbidity Survey Replication" is
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I have read a letter in The Enquirer this week ("Republicans showing hypocrisy on IRS") comparing the current IRS scandal to issues under George W. Bush involving the NAACP and the All Saints Episcopal Church. Those organizations are 501c3 organizations, the tea party is a 501c4 organization, and according to tax law are legally able […]
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In regard to the Lockland student prank issue, I was appalled to read that many of the parents actually supported their children in conducting this criminal activity against the school that has prepared them to live in a civilized society. The district and community have a wonderful teachable moment for these parents – send them the […]
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Arizona passes another foolish law. HB 2281 "prohibits a school district or charter school from including courses or classes that either promote the overthrow of the United States government or promote resentment toward a race or class of people." Nothing wrong with the overthrow of the United States' government part. But promoting resentment toward […]
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Here are two stories I read in The Enquirer on Sunday. A 12-year-old student in New York was arrested and taken out of her school in handcuffs for writing on her desk. A nurse in Texas was arrested and is is going on trial for reporting an incompetent doctor to the medical board. Stories like […]
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Wisener Takes Big Buck In Houston County!
This buck was killed in the Arbor–Shady Grove area in Houston County by Kevin Wisener. Wisener lives in Lufkin, Texas and is a building contractor listed with the BBB, specializing in metal houses, metal buildings, horse barns, hay barns, RV covers, solar and electric gated entryways, fabricated livestock pens, and much more.
Wisener has been hunting in the Houston County area for twenty years. Wisener's father-in-law is James R. Pyle, whose father, Herschel Pyle, was one of ten Pyle brothers,who were born and raised in Houston County. Wisener said, "Five of them, including Hershel, served in the armed services during World War II, with my father-in-law, serving in the army during the Vietnam era, exposed me to whitetail deer hunting in Houston County. My father-in-law taught me the difference between shooting a bow target, and learning how to successfully hunt and kill whitetail and elk."
The Pyle family have been well renown as avid hunters and fisherman from the 1940s until present day. "I am forever grateful to my forefathers, veterans, and men of God, who gave their lives for me to enjoy present day freedoms," Wisener added, "such as my right to bear arms and hunt in this great country of USA." The Pyles have always upheld Houston County as a producer of Big Bucks, and that has been proven through the years by their kills as well as Wisener's two Houston County Pope and Young bow kills.
This particular buck would almost always go nocturnal right at the start of bow season, for the last two years. "We actually thought he was killed by gun hunters last year, because we didn't get him on camera again, until June of this year," said Wisener, "I had never seen him in real life until Wednesday, October 26, 2011, at 7:15 am."
Wisener explained that he had a doe and spike enter a buck forage food plot with the doe whipping the spike off. A few minutes later, a 14″-wide young 2 1/2-year-old 8 point entered the plot and began chasing the doe in circles. Wisener was positioned 10 yards off the food plot in a SMZ zone (Streamside Management Zone) 26 feet up in a lock on deer stand, when Key Ring (a name Wisener's daughters gave the buck for having unusual kickers of his g2's, that she said Wisener could hang his keys on) emerged from behind him out of nowhere.
The buck approched the 8 point buck in a proud offensive posture, and caused the 8 point and the doe to run off. Key Ring walked to where they were standing, smelt the ground, took a couple bites of oats and turned and followed the 8 point and the doe. "Thinking my opportunity to get a shot at him was over, I tried a desperation grunt call, with a bleat call right behind it. To my surprise, he turned around and took eight steps toward me, and turned broad side to me looking for more action," explained Wisener. After not seeing what he was looking for, Key Ring turned and looked back toward the 8 point and doe. The buck looked like he was about to leave so Wisener drew back his bow as the deer began to walk away in a circle.
"When I calf bleated with my mouth, he stopped and I placed my 40-yard pin in the middle of his body above his vitals, knowing my arrow would drop him," said Wisener. Wisener knew the buck was 46 yards away, from range finding objects around the food plot the day before. Wisener heard his arrow hit and Key Ring ran off 50 yards and stopped. Wisener did not know where he had hit the deer, and was not sure that the shot was successful until the buck began twitching his tail very fast.
Twenty seconds later after looking proud and alert toward the 8 point and the doe, Wisener noticed him rock side to side, just like an elk sometimes does when they are successfully shot with a bow. Five seconds after his first rock from side to side, he rocked again, and lowered his head about ten inches then raised it in full alert attention toward the 8 point and doe only to fall dead instantly. "
"I immediately thanked Jesus for allowing me to even see a beautiful creation of his much less harvesting it. I am forever grateful for the goodness and mercies, He has shown me in my life. I texted my wife and daughters, as they were on their way to school, to tell them of the incredible hunt, and then tried to keep telling myself this wasn't a dream," Wisener explained. 46-yard shots are not normal for whitetail bow hunters, but Wisener had just been on a Colorado Elk hunt, having practiced for months with his bow sights still set up to 70 yards. Wisener said, "I had confidence in hitting the buck if he didn't hear and squat below the shot."
Wisener explained that he does not think the deer really ever new what hit him. The two-blade mechanical Rage Broadhead completely passed through the bucks heart and lay on the ground unbent or damaged. Wisener finished by stating, "Houston County has always had some huge bucks, and I'm so grateful God has allowed me to kill one such as this. The unofficial gross score is 167 2/8″ and 153 as a main frame 8 point."


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75-year-old Jackie Mason is still in one piece after his 48-year-old GF allegedly attacked him last week in his New York apartment -- telling TMZ, "I'm okay."
As we previously reported, Mason called the cops early Friday morning -- claiming he and his girlfriend Kaoru Suzuki-McMullen had gotten into a heated argument ... and she turned violent, scratching and bruising him.
But yesterday in NYC, Jackie didn't look much worse for wear -- telling us he was okay after the 911 incident ... but he couldn't comment further.
FYI -- the woman in the clip is NOT Jackie's GF.
Jackie is awesome. I hope he reads this. This is what you get for messing with the young chicks, lol.
Ralph Kramden LOL! Oh wait wasn't he buddies with Dom Wrinkles?
From the tapes:
Jackie: You better clean my toilet or else your not getting any of my money.
Girlfriend: I don't care about your money anymore, your a fat dried up old nasty man, and your showed me your putz and it looks nasty to. I don't like your hair color either.
Jackie: I going to have the door man throw it out you stupid cU*nt, give me my phone.
Girlfriend: No you can't have it, I'm going to leave, get away from you old man, quit grabbing at me, I'm leaving.
Jackie: OWWWWWWW, you scratched with those big nails that I paid for, your going to get it now, I'm going to call 911, your going to regret not doing the cleaning now.
911 dispatcher: 911, what is the emergency.
Jackie: Wa Wa Wa Wa Wa my girlfriend attacked me, (crying now), I'm the famous actor Jackie Mason, and she attacked very bad I got proof. Wa WaWaWAWAWAWA !!!!!!
911: Okay we are going to send emergency personal to the address shown at **** ******* okay?
Jackie: YEESSSSS, please hurry she is crazy WaWAWAWAWAW !!!!
See ya September 22 in Westbury, NY !!!
what's going on with all these older men getting crap beat out of them by their women. don corneilius davey, jones, larry king
He's such a nice guy in real life. But, there is no fool like an old fool..I hope he's learned his lesson. I wish him well.
Get out of here, Jackie Mason was 75 eight years ago!!!! If this old coot is not being truthful about his age, what else is he stretching on?
Get out-of-here!!! Jackie Mason was 75 eight years ago. If he isn't being truthful about his age, what else does may he be stretching in his story. What kind of guy calls the cops on a woman. He doesn't look physically hurt. He could have left, she could have left, were he and the woman living together? If they were living together, you can't immediately throw someone out who has no where else to go, unless of course, there is violence. Or in this case, a claim of violence. In my opinion, there is more to this story than meets the eye, including the fact that he shows no signs of injury and is probably an old, manipulative, stingy, weasel, lol, but yeah, I think that. A great reason one shouldn't live with someone, unless you're sure...
Google it, there is more, so much for every ones favorite actor: Lots of cover up, at age 25 he became an ordained Rabbi
Born June 9, 1931, that makes him 82 years old
THE GAL PAL accused of giving Borscht Belt legend Jackie Mason a domestic beatdown says the comic turned into a sourpuss when she told him she was two-timing him.
Kaoro Suzuki-McMullen, 48, told the Daily News that the sultan of shtick launched into a jealous rage when she mentioned she was going on a date a TV bigwig.
"I'm a single woman. I should be able to go out with whoever I want," she claims she told Mason, setting off the Friday morning lover's quarrel at his midtown pad that ended in her arrest.
Suzuki-McMullen said Mason threatened, "I'll throw you out of here," in one breath then begged her to stay in another.
"I've never seen him like that before," she said. "He told me I was the love of his life. We never fought before."
The TV executive Suzuki-McMullen did not return calls or email seeking comment.
Cops said Suzuki-McMullen, who had been dating the funnyman for about six months, got rough with Mason when he tried to boot her from his apartment about 6 a.m. Friday. Officers arrested her when they noticed scratches and redness on the wrists of her senior citizen boyfriend.
Suzuki-McMullen said it was best that she was the one arrested.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/jealousy-set-jackie-mason-girlfriend-article-1.1054195#ixzz1qzs1Q7lM
barrack obama should be charged with treason impeached and sent to prison
Hey, I knew the guy who dated his chinese girlfriend. Old fart is impotent. He collects girls panties and bras in his bedroom. Whacky isn't it?


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That's the Vegan Black Metal Chef. This video was emailed to us by five awesome people so even though it's a little long and black metal has some terrible, nightmarish associations, we must post it. This dude is obviously awesome and hilarious and not a creepy racist sociopath so in solidarity we scream: CILANTRO!!
∞ posted at 12:38 by laurahooperb
It's Friday, which means it's time for this week's charmingly lunacy-tinged link-o-rama! »
Awwww! I know it's the Daily Mail (UGH) but just read this story about Louie the obstacle-course-mastering pig and then close the tab. It's a good story!
This week we're still serving our U.S. citizens terrible lunches, while they're getting huge full meals in other countries. Hot-stuff vegan Ted Leo talked to Eater about his awesome eating life, answering the idiotic question: "So do you consider yourself a strict vegan then or a little more 'a la carte' with your vegan choices?" by stating that, "Yeah… I wouldn't say I was vegan if I was a la carte." We love a man with principles. And a few eye-wrinkles, swoon. Or how about an athlete: Richard Adams went vegan after one visit to the animals at Farm Sanctuary, and now competes in crazy -lons/-thons to raise money for them!
Classic FDA/USDA recalls this week. First, cilantro sold under the labels Nature's Reward, Ocean Mist, Tanimura & Antle, and Queen Victoria is being recalled because, oopsie, it's all full of salmonella! Thanks, Sabor Farms of Salinas, Calif.! Second, "All Toxic Waste® Brand Nuclear Sludge® Products All Flavors And All Sizes" have been recalled because of elevated levels of lead! Who would have thought? At least the whale meat in Japan is free of lethal contaminants! Probably local, too, unlike every fish served at nearly every Bay Area restaurant, whoops. I wonder what ol' Michael "don't eat a lot of meat! unless it's me, in which case, every week is Meat Week!" Pollan would say about eating insects—aren't they totally local and sustainable? Well, one out of two. Chefs in London won't be using shark fins in their dishes anymore, so there's one win this week.
If you're concerned about food for moral issues, definitely take a look at Salon's guide to egg labeling—it's informative! Megan Rascal's scary pig cartoon is helping a vegan mom teach her kid about preventing animal cruelty. This Government Office of Accountability report on the F.D.A.'s total ineffectiveness at enforcing the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act, despite being totally unsurprising, is really depressing, what with the egregious animal abuse inspectors aren't stopping and all. Neat! It's neat how in April 2010 a company working through Outdoor Adventures "euthanized," meaning brutally murdered, somewhere between 70 and 100 sled dogs they no longer had use for post-driving-tourists-around-on-sleds season. Guess they didn't need them for the Iditarod! Chinese families don't need the pet rabbits they're buying in celebration of the new year, the Year of the Rabbit, but they're buying them anyway! Hey, just like dumbasses in the U.S. at Easter, only the article about it is full of racist puns as well as rabbit jokes. Mutts, though, Mutts is funny. Let's read this 1996 interview with Patrick McDonnell and actually laugh.
[photo via the Daily Mail]
∞ posted at 15:39 by seriousmeaveness
From the vegetarian artislovely comes this recipe for Mexican Fiesta Soup, which looks delicious and seems totally appropriate for a blustery spring day.
4 tomatillos, peeled and rinsed
2/3 cup fresh cilantro leaves, packed, rinsed well
2 garlic cloves minced
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
1 small white onion, diced
1 jalapeno, diced, plus more sliced for garnish (optional)
1 teaspoon ground cumin
One 28 1/2-ounce can whole peeled tomatoes (about 8 tomatoes), drained and crushed
3 ears corn, quartered
4 cups vegetable stock
1/2 ripe avocado, pitted, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
Nonstick cooking spray
Freshly ground pepper
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place tomatillos on a small rimmed baking sheet. Roast in oven, turning once midway through, until they are softened and slightly charred, about 25 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool slightly. Transfer to the bowl of a food processor; add cilantro, one garlic clove, and lime juice. Process until smooth and combined; set aside.
2. Lightly coat bottom of a large nonstick saucepan with cooking spray. Add onion, remaining garlic clove, and diced jalapeno; cook, stirring occasionally, over medium heat until onion is softened, about 7 minutes. Add cumin, tomatoes, corn, and chicken vegetable stock. Bring liquid to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer until vegetables are tender, 12 to 15 minutes.
3. Remove from heat; stir in 3 tablespoons reserved tomatillo mixture, and season with pepper. Add sliced avocado. Ladle into serving bowls; garnish with jalapeno slices, if desired. Serve with remaining tomatillo pesto
Your Vegansaurus knows that some of you have issues with cilantro, so for you we recommend substituting some tarragon, a pinch of rosemary, maybe a pinch of thyme—all fresh!—and a couple extra garlic cloves. Try it and see!
[photo from Whole Living via artislovely]
∞ posted at 15:15 by time-for-naps
» Why cilantro can die in a car fire (for some)
The New York Times tackles the cilantro divide, and why it inflames passions on either side. As a certified cilantro hater, comparing the flavor to soap doesn't quite cover how it tastes to me. More like engine degreaser. But restaurants love garnishing food with handfuls of the stuff, even though, as it turns out, many of us from entirely European ancestry have a genetic aversion to the taste.
The Oxford Companion to Food notes that the word "coriander" (cilantro's alias for when it's trying to sneak out of the country on another passport) comes from the Greek word for "bedbug" based on how its smell reminded them of bedbug-infested clothing. I have no idea what that might smell like, but it sounds totally delicious.
Bottom line, if you're cooking for other people or if you own a restaurant, please, for the love of Morrissey, make the cilantro garnish optional or leave it out. It's fine and necessary as a spice used sparingly in Indian food. But picking out individual leaves of unwanted garnish isn't my idea of a good meal. My brain registers it as poison, and now I have the New York Times to back me up. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Anyway, let's take a poll. Where are you on the cilantro divide? Love it, hate it, or don't understand what people like me are on about?
[Pic from I Hate Cilantro]
∞ posted at 08:02 by stevesimitzis
Mission Street Food: Vegan Night »
I just got back from MSF's vegan night, and I think it's safe to call it a success. The food was great, every table was filled, and even the meatmouths seemed to be enjoying themselves. Well done, no hard feelings, and let's make this a monthly affair, okay?
Our table ordered three rounds of vegan burgers on flatbread (with tangy shaved fennel), the broccoli rabe, the roasted tomato stew with artichoke, and the smoky eggplant tostada with caramelized brussels sprouts. I was actually expecting the combo of brussels sprouts and tostada to be fundamentally flawed but it just worked. (They were kind enough to leave off the cilantro, which is not actually a food item and was originally cultivated by the Khmer Rouge as a means of torture—all true, cilantro is just that evil). And the tomato stew with artichoke? I'm artichoke-obsessed but it's nearly impossible to find them in a restaurant setting without cream or butter involved. So THANKS GUYS.
All in all, I was impressed by the mix of flavors. If you noticed that I avoided everything on the menu that was Asian-inspired, that was indeed on purpose. Between the cult-run restaurants and the old school fake-meat-o-rama places, there's A LOT of Asian-inspired vegan food out there. I'm much more excited by Mediterranean and European flavors, or really anything that doesn't involve shiitake mushrooms or seaweed. I understand that I'm crazy and plenty of vegans love Asian food, and MSF gave us a bit of both.
So yeah, well done, the venue is a bit grungy but we're all about the local flavah, and I'm hoping for a rerun next month. Is it a date? Does this mean we're dating?
(Pic courtesy of Rajesh! Thanks!)
∞ posted at 08:05 by stevesimitzis
Unexpected vegan finds! »
A few places in town that are surprisingly vegan-friendly.
1. Pork Store—two locations: one in the Haight; one in the Mission. This is how much San Francisco wants you to be happy: it gives you a diner called the Pork Store and throws a really nice, garlicky tofu scramble on the menu, the "Vegan Delight." From my numerous times sitting at the counter at the Haight location, I can tell you they use different pans for the tofu.
2. Q—One of only a few places on Clement Street to get non-Asian food, Q is an adorable restaurant: good for brunch, good for dinner, good for dates, good for anything. For brunch they have a tofu scramble, which they call "Hippy Heaven" and for dinner/lunch they have a grilled vegetable cornucopia called the "Ultimate Vegan Grill." They also, quite notably, serve tater tots.They have an amazing wine list and serve sangria, so if you really don't want to eat, you can always just get drunk. None of us will judge you (too much).
3. Casa Mexicana I (in the Castro) and II (in Noe Valley)—we love burritos at Vegansaurus! If you can't take the greasiness of El Farolito or the long waits at Papalote, Casa Mexicana is a local taqueria chain (I'm certain they're affiliated with some other taquerias in town, but have no evidence) with some tasty vegan options including lard-free beans, vegetarian rice and tofu ranchero; blocks of tofu covered in wonderful red sauce. Here's what you do: you get a tofu ranchero burrito with refried beans, add avocado. You go to to the salsa bar, you add roasted tomato salsa and more cilantro. You love everything about life right at that moment.
[photo via yelp]
∞ posted at 15:07 by mariadiaz-deactivated20130202


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I kinda love how wasted these two look. Robert Pattinson always looks like he's half a beer away from throwing up on some one's shoes.
Kristen Stewart looks like she got a little too stoned in the limo on the way to the show.
Also, I hope she did her own hair, otherwise her hairstylist is really ripping her off.
Kristen Bell looks really cute here, but Hayden Panettiere looks amazing!
Maybe a little too spray tanned, but I don't even care. She's so pretty.
wow, this is so gorgeous!
Then you must go to Juan Juan salon in Beverly Hills and ask for Janelle.
The woman is a color GENIUS. I brought in a picture of what I wanted, and she matched it perfectly. Now, I already knew she was the best, because she's pretty well known. But she took my hair, which was a) dull b) lifeless c) three different colors and turned it into gorgeous awesome brilliance. And you know the best part? It doesn't even look dyed. It looks natural, which I'm pretty sure is key in getting your hair done. It's not overdone, and the highlights are the smoothest caramel tones you have ever seen, not brassy at all. Watching her work just blows my mind. She's an artist. She is amazingly precise with everything she does and of course, she mixes the color herself. This woman doesn't just dye hair, she gives you your dream hair. You can bring in a picture, and she will duplicate it.
I went in with way-too-light roots that went for a couple inches sharply transitioning to a deep dark brown, with the last 4 inches of my hair being a lackluster dull black. Instead of stripping all the dark out and doing it that way, she darkened the roots matching the overall color. Then she added in the highlights which brought it all together. She does what's best for your hair, only another reason to love her.
The only downfall of this is, now I'm going to be addicted. It's expensive, but it's worth it. I'm already thinking about 6 months down the road of going lighter. Just because I've always wanted to see what it'd be like, and I completely trust that she will make it work. She gives you hair that works for you, not hair that overpowers you. I was squealing as I walked to my car (which by the way, if you go, park at Saks 5th across the street because, let's face it, in Bev Hills there's never a place to park). I take pride in my hair, and now I have even more reason to.
It's true, Juan Juan is amazing! They do great extensions too. Check out examples of their work on MopShots. :)


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We love Katy Perry's subtle pink and blue streaked hair.
THE STYLE Tight tendrils with hints of pink and blue
WHERE A sighting in London
WHY WE LOVE IT Katy Perry is no stranger to wacky hairstyles, but there was something subtle and refined about these pastel highlights. The take-away? Working in a few streaks of colored extensions is a fun, simple way to jazz up any style.Read MoreLess


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After multiple public speeches.. hours petitioning.. speaking with business owners.. paperwork… speaking with doctors…. nurses.. ect… my first internship with the Sierra club last fall, and continued work with the Salem Beyond Coal Campaign has paid off. The port of Coos Bay has ended the proposal for a coal export terminal. YAY.
We did it! The coal trains will not be coming past my university, through my city and more importantly through the homes of the wonderful people I have gotten to know and worked with these last 9 months.
We will continue to work against the coal exports in the PNW because our water supply, health and future climate will still be impacted. But it is great to know that the first port proposal has ended. SUCCESS.
It is a terrific feeling knowing that it did not take crazy activism but just ensuring the community knows what is happening and has the opportunity to voice their opinions. Beautiful.


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A blog for art and fanart. Hope you like it.
Apple goes retro
(Source: anonoart)
Quick doodles made during class
Porcelain BJD made by me : 3 Face up by anasommer on flickr, aka candidacomchapeuzinho here on tumblr
Old custom, more pics on my flickr
Apple White!
Apple White!
I made some doodles with pen and ink. I liked them so much I though I'd share.
Raven Queen
I didn't quite like her design, so I made my own. Hope you like it.
For a magical school far far away, they sure have a common fire alarm. I can only imagine their local fire department.
For a magical school far far away, they sure have a common fire alarm. I can only imagine their local fire department.
A concept doodle for a wedding series I plan on doing within the next few days hopefully. :3
A concept doodle for a wedding series I plan on doing within the next few days hopefully. :3
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Blondie Locks
My favorite so far ♡
Blondie Locks
My favorite so far ♡
What I though when I first saw the illustrations and webisodes (and the leaked pics of the dolls) for Ever After High was, precisely:
"Yay! Monster High bodies!!!"
Then: "Jesus! Their round faces!"
Then: "Wait. They have the same face sculpt?"
Then: "YaY! Cupid is there in the opening!!!"
Then: "Why is Snow White's daughter blond?"
Then: "Who's this generic rich girl supposed to be? Oh, probably Belle, from the Beauty and the Beast, cause of the roses theme. LoL sunglasses crown thing wtf"
Then: "This Raven Queen doll looks like Amy Lee…"
Then: "Cute Mad Hatter girl ♥"
Then: "OMG superperfect Goldilocks!!!"
Ever After High seems interesting to me, but not as much as Monster High. I think the story is a little too obvious comparing to mh. As for the characters' designs, Madeline Hatter, Blondie Locks, Cerise Hood and the queen of hearts girl are well done. They are recognizable and interesting. Madeline has cute teaspoon earrings and a teacup hat, a good combination of colors and a crazy colored hair that resembles mh hairs. Blondie is simply the cutest thing, with her classic lolita style. Cerise is pretty, and she's the only one of the whole cast so far to have straight hair (and I took a good while to notice that her hair is actually long, not short, and is inside her cape. You can see it if you look carefully). The queen of hearts is very well made as well, and I really like her heart shaped hair, styled through a large crown.
Cinderella's daughter is ok, but she kind of looks like Giselle, from Enchanted. I liked her colors, the flower motif, and especially her little shoe earrings, however, at the ceremony thing, her fancy dress, which is very beautiful, is also pretty generic (it could belong to any princess), and has a little roman thing going on with those golden leaves decorations that doesn't seem to fit Cinderella. But, as I said, Ashlynn Ella is ok for me.
I like Bo Beep, she's kind of a sexy version of Bo Beep, but she's ok. I like that she's candy-colored.
That lilac and black girl with twin tails next to the queen of hearts is supposed to be the cheshire cat girl. How in the world did the cheshire cat have a human daughter is a complete mistery, but she looks nice anyway.
There's a variety of pretty backgrounders with nice hairstyles and stuff. I wish they could have dolls at some time in the future.
The guys, which are almost all princes, also have the exact same face, only the hairstyles and colors change. Only the frog prince is a little bit more different from the others. And Dexter, although referred to an awkward nerd, is actually just a pretty prince like all the others, the difference is that he wears glasses.
Apple White is pretty, I like her dress, her accessories and everything (her purse > u < ). But her blond hair… I understand that mattel doesn't want people to confuse EAH with the Disney Princesses, but making Snow White blond is the most obvious choice when trying to create a "new" version of Snow White. Her hair didn't have to be black, but at ;east dark-colored, to contrast with the white skin. Honestly, Apple White looks like a Barbie doll that's wearing red instead of pink. And it all could be fixed if she had a dark-colored hair. But her skin is really lighter than everybody else's (except for Cupid's, of course), which I like.
Raven Queen is completely unappealing and uninteresting for me. The only things about her that I actualy like are the upper part of her hair and the feather collar. The rest is generic and the only evil-queenish thing about her outfit is that it is purple and black. If you color the same look differently, she could become a neutral princess. The only personal looking part of her look, that feather themed collar, if painted white, for example, could be the swan princess collar or something like that. I can see that the whole point of her character is that she doesn't want to be the evil queen of the story, but everybody is dressed according to the position they are expected to have in their fairy tales. Therefor, Raven shoud have a really evil-queen looking outfit, with evil-looking shapes as well as evil-looking colors, and not only an all purple dress. Also, I think she could look very nice if she was blond with purple locks, or had light colored hair, but that's just a though.
And the most poorly done of all the designs, for me, is Briar Beauty. She's just not a princess. Her skin color is pretty and her hair has nice colors, but its style looks too much like Apple's hair. Her clothes look like normal clothes for any generic rich girl doll. The roses motif can very easily get confused with beauty and the beast's Belle (a character that would have much more reason to have roses in her look than sleeping beauty). And, finally, that sunglasses crown thing. It doesn't even make sense and reinforces her generic rich girl look.
I'll probably post some fanart of most of the characters, and I'm gonna get those designs revamped.
And someone is probably gonna get offended, but remember, this all is just my opinion, you don't have to agree and I'm not trying to change your mind. This is just the way I think.
Pictures from here.


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