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Nonviolent Video Games For Kids
10 Video Games That Leave the Violence Behind
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10 Video Games That Leave the Violence Behind
Any parent would be hard-pressed to find a child who doesn't find playing video games a popular pastime. But you can't assume that every game your child wants to play will be "kid friendly." With doctors linking violent video games and aggression, it would be wise to consider Entertainment Software Rating Board ratings, referrals from other parents you trust, and a true evaluation of the content — before buying your child the game he's been badgering you about. To cut down the time it takes to do your homework, Circle of Moms members share 10 nonviolent video games that still ensure hours of fun.
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oscar15394823 44 weeks
Rocksmith - a music "game" that uses a REAL guitar and teaches you how to play it. No violence, but not dorky (like a couple of the games listed in this article. . . ).
Horace15148913 1 year
LOL. Portal 2 has PLENTY of violence. The focus is just not violence.
Adam15143879 1 year
So I saw this list and found that 5 of the 13 contained non-violent areas. All of the contain vilence. Sure it ranges from mild to sadistic, but hey if this is what passes for non-violent these days then that's A-Ok. Just so parents aren't mislead: Kingdom Hearts - kill things with a key Sword. Portal 2 - Complete puzzles while dodging machine gun fire and trying to out smart a sentient machine bent on killing test subjects. Mario Kart - Shoot objects at other players. Mine Craft - Hack and Slash animals while trying to evased zombies, creepers and skeletons.
Matthew15057718 1 year
Well... surprised... #1. DS Games are mostly safe, DS are rather good consoles. BUT. There are instances of 'sexting' that goes on as DS's have a 'chat' program and a camera also they are easy to take into places like bathrooms. Working at GAME we had a DS that contained images. #2. Lego games... .easily the best ones to give to a kid, #3. Spyro, Comes with minifigures that are characters in game and also save progress to take to a friends house (Multi-platform as well) #4. Jak and Dexter. #5. Ratchet and Clank. #6. Gran Turismo (The racing sim not to be confused with Grand Theft Auto the shooting one). #7. Ridge Racer. #8. Wipeout. Also remember to simply look at the age rating... Games 12 and under are good, might have to take a look at the content but it's mostly peril like the character might be attacked and have stars knocked off but no bloodshed, 15 is getting into blood being spilt, mild language MAYBE some stronger words. 18+ Is obviously anything goes, Headshots, gore, F bombs, Sex, Nudity, it's all good... hence why you don't buy your brat COD77:The Wrath of the last guys boyfriend. 18 rated games are rated 18 for a reason by people who know a heck of alot more about the content than you will, Playing GTA you get many kids playing it and you have to wonder how many of them have wondered into the strip club or picked up a hooker... Would you let your kids walk into a strip club? Shoot at cops with a bazooka? Yes ok it might not cause them to shoot up a school... agreed... but you're telling me when a 12yo kid is cussing me out for shooting him after he shot at me that's not wrong? I wont have spoken and I'll get a earful of abuse from some little turd who then starts screaming at me like a little girl when I spend the next 10 min hunting him and his little friends down until they quit, hey, I just wanted a quiet drive...
Chris14754181 1 year
First: Context. As a gamer since I was 1 (Atari 2600), I have a soft spot for kid-safe or other generally edifying video game lists. I think providing this resource empowers parents, as unless you are a gamer there's a bewildering amount of choices out there which leaves the uninformed stuck between having to invest time and/or money to personally make sure games are appropriate or by shutting them off completely. Neither of those are optimal. So excellent job as far as the intent goes. My concerns are along a similar line as @Gruntman11. Based on some of the game selections, I'm not getting a good grasp on what the real intent here is. Even though buckets of blood aren't being spilled, there are still some more mature themes (and by "mature" I mean situations which are difficult for kids to understand or to provide satisfying answers to for said kids, not "rated M for Mature" content). Some alternate suggestions to explore. These try to walk the line of being genuinely good and interesting games while being interesting for kids. However, like with any game the opportunity for frustration is there so going through it with the kids is always a good idea. For brevity, I've only included a few suggestions. There are many more, but these are solid ones that should have broad appeal and be interesting to both parents and kids. Scribblenauts Unlimited [Wii U] You are Maxwell and you have the ability to "write" objects into existence. You are called upon to resolve the difficulties of others by almost any means within your power and imagination. A review to get you started: http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/17/scribblenauts-unlimited-review This game is awesome, especially if you've never experienced previous iterations of Scribblenauts. Kids who don't want to play can still actively participate by helping to suggest ways to solve the problems. - The "Lego" series of games (Batman 2 and Lord of the Rings are the most recently and top-rated). [Wii, 360, PS3] 2 player co-operative. Constant puzzle solving, requiring active participation by both players. And actually, while the gameplay and everything is kid-safe, the puzzles can be challenging. My wife and I have spent 30 minutes trying to get past a location a couple of times because we didn't think to use the available abilities. Rock Band 3 [Cross platform, but I have experience with the 360] Gamification of rock instruments (guitar, bass, piano, drums, mic) allowing you to interact with songs in a new way. A whole band can play (along with a total of two additional harmony singers). There's no-fail mode, so you can play without needing to worry about your kids (or you) causing the group to fail the song. You will likely want to review and consider the lyrical content of the songs prior to your kids performing them, especially if they are singing. Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (360) The best Pac-Man game in existence (in my opinion). Single player, but the rounds are timed so controller swapping is easy. Fruit Ninja [360 + Kinect] Alert: Bushels of fresh fruit inbound, and all your limbs are swords. That is all. Peggle [Cross-platform] Digital pachinko with lush visuals,constant positive feedback, and easy-to-understand goal. 2 Players, turn-based. "Katamari" series of games [360, PS3] The King of the Cosmos has caused some stellar catastrophe, and it is up to the prince to restore stars by rolling up various things using the Katamari. Caution: This game is unapologetically and unreservedly Japanese. There's nothing inappropriate, but the feel of the game is completely foreign and may cause bewilderment. Thanks for taking the time to post this list. Have a grand day. PS. Also, I agree with his assessment of Sonic '06 and suggested alternates.
Gruntman11 1 year
Wait, Portal 2 is "non-violent" and so is Kingdom Hearts? Well, okay I get what you mean by "non-violent." No gore, guts, or extreme violence. However, the Portal games contain quite dark and morbid humor, and one of the most sadistic and demented antagonists ever, GLaDOS. Also, for the sake of your kid's sanity do NOT buy the Sonic game pictured in this article, (Sonic '06). It is one of the worst, if not the worst, in the series. I'm talking 0 star material. Instead opt for Sonic Colors or Sonic Generations.
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By guest blogger, Alison Gaylin
This is a big month for me because I have two books coming out. HEARTLESS, my new standalone, launched in the states September 2, while TRASHED – which came out a year ago in the US – launched in the UK September 4.
Unlike Alafair Burke, who posted here recently, I was never asked to make any changes to "Britishize" the book, which is set in L.A. and features a reluctant supermarket tabloid reporter who uncovers a grisly series of Hollywood murders. But what makes it feel like a new book to me is the cover. Check it out; TRASHED's British exterior is markedly different.
Not to jump into the whole "lipstick on a pig" dialogue but please look at this cover and tell me if any man would be caught dead carrying TRASHED to a checkout counter. (And don't forget to factor in the chapter headers, which all feature sweet little striped satin hangers hovering over them).
I'm not surprised – LBD is a chick lit oriented imprint whose name says it all – and I actually think their covers are adorable. But I'm fascinated by all of this from a marketing perspective. A British friend assures me that chick lit is still huge in the land of Bridget Jones, but here's the thing. I'm hoping I can fulfill my end of the deal. I'm hoping that the murders in TRASHED aren't too gruesome, that there's enough romance and shoes and pure girly fun to live up to what the cover promises. Over the next year, my other four books will be coming out – four months apart – on the LBD imprint. I can't wait to see what their covers look like – I know they'll be miles away from my US covers. That's fine with me. I just want British readers to buy my books, and read them. Cover to adorable cover.
How important is a cover to you? Have you ever bought – or not bought – a book based on the jacket it's wrapped in? (I sort of hope the answer is "yes," because HEARTLESS's cover is pretty great.)


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Every now and again I come across a cookbook which makes me go 'ahhhhh' – big happy sigh. A cookbook that is a delightful reprieve from the hundreds and thousands of recipe books that are pumped out each year. Having written a few cookbooks myself I know the intense amount of effort involved. Writing a cookbook is HUGE. I recently heard it likened it to having a baby. It begins with the book idea [conception]; then the writing, editing, more editing, and a lengthy production process [pregnancy]; and then the book is released [the baby is born]. During this time you live and breathe 'the book', every waking moment you are consumed by it. And then you hold that physical book in your hands, and you are like WOW, I did this.
Having this deep understanding of what it takes to write a book, this new cookbook recently stood out to me. Limited Edition Cookery is written, styled, edited, produced and distributed by Auckland-based food writer Laura Faire. You have probably come across Laura's scrumptious weekly column in the 'Escape' pullout of the Sunday Star Times. Or maybe you have her first book 'Now is the Season'. Beyond writing the recipes and styling the food, Laura was part of every single stage in the production of this book. Sharing a similar passion as I have for the environment and protecting it, Laura has ensured every detail is as Eco as possible. The book is certified carboNZero, the paper stock from managed tree farms and recycled sources, and the words and images printed with vegetable based inks and citrus cleaners. The attention to detail is beyond the call of duty of most established publishers. It is more like a limited edition art print than an everyday cookbook. In fact each book includes its own hand-written [by Laura herself] print number inside the cover. Mine is 247/1000. Only 1000 copies were printed and every single book is personally signed by Laura.
In Laura's own words, '… I have created this book. I have touched each page personally and wrapped the final book in its paper wrapper… this is a labour of love, of quality and care. And the materials used in this book are clean enough to be added to your compost and then spread through the garden. So even if this book doesn't sell it will be good for the planet.'
The recipes are fresh, seasonal, and simple with a touch of professional from Laura's experience as a chef in top Auckland restaurants [these days she is a food writer and stylist, and mother of 2 young children]. The book is sectioned into the seasons so you can easily turn to the season of the moment and find a recipe to suit the produce and weather. With autumn upon us I am looking forward to trying the Broccoli & Rocket Soup, and Saffron-Infused Cauliflower Rice, and below I have shared Laura's Autumnal Date & Apple Cake – or as aptly called in the book – A Date with a Honey & Apple Cake. I love Laura's little stories to accompany every recipe, as any reader of Laura's Star Times column will agree, she certainly has a wonderful way with words.
Throughout the book there are little surprise pages, one with a small packet of 'bee blend' seeds to sow in your garden and grow wild flowers to feed the bees. Another page has a postcard with a recipe to post to a 'beloved friend'. I want spill the beans on all the surprises so to leave you to discover the lovely pages of Limited Edition Cookery. A cookbook that I will treasure and use throughout the seasons. You can check out more pages from Limited Edition Cookery HERE. Thanks Laura for making such a memorable and visually delicious book to hold.
Recipe reproduced with permission from Limited Edition Cookery by Laura Faire. I added the Date Syrup Frosting as an afterthought, it would be lovely on any spiced-apple type cake.
1 cup chopped pitted dates
1 1/4 cups water
2 apples
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup date syrup [or Honey]
125 g virgin coconut oil OR butter
2 free-range eggs
1 1/2 cups white spelt flour [OR 1 cup rice flour + 1/2 cup tapioca flour]
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground allspice
70g ground almonds [approx. 1/2 cup]
pinch of salt
3/4 cup date syrup
2 Tbsp virgin coconut oil
Variation: I have also made little mini cakes with this recipe by 3/4 filling muffin cases and baking for 30 minutes until golden and springy.
After a 5 year break [to start a family] and many requests later I have decided to start up my popular cooking workshops again – kicking off in Term 2. If you are interested in coming along I would love your feedback so to tailor the workshops to what you want to learn. I have put together a short 2-minute survey HERE.
*The workshops will be based in Nelson, HOWEVER, I am looking into some Saturday workshops around New Zealand later in the year so please indicate your location in the survey if you are interested.
Laura's book looks and sounds lovely…what a creative and original way to present a book. And a gorgeous looking cake too!


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Rachel Is Ready for Her Makeover
This month, we hear from Rachel, who will tell us about the process she is going through right now.
Rachel, 55, works full time and is head deaconess for her church. One of 10 children who all have type 2 diabetes and have been overweight for years, she comes from a family ridden with diabetes and its complications.
Rachel says she has been heavy all of her life, her normal weight being about 220 pounds. It wasn't until she weighed in at 236 pounds at her doctor's office that she got really concerned.
Rachel understood the relationship of weight gain to type 2. She knew she had to lose weight for better management of her diabetes. She'd been to diabetes-management classes but couldn't seem to put what she'd learned into action.
The Diabetes Makeover
Rachel wanted to make changes but didn't have the strength to do so on her own. Then she received a telephone call from Becton-Dickinson. They offered her the opportunity to take part in their Diabetes Makeover program.
She agreed, understanding she'd have to do the hard work for herself, but she'd get guidance and support from the healthcare professionals in the BD program.
Rachel worked with a team of healthcare providers that included a physician, a nurse/CDE, a registered dietitian/CDE and an exercise physiologist. Interestingly, she also met with a professional organizer. We usually think of an organizer as someone who can help us manage our house, our closets or our office—but our weight? The organizer taught Rachel how to organize her everyday activities and her schedule so she had time for her new program in her daily life.
Rachel now eats breakfast every day and takes time to make healthier food choices. She says that eating small snacks between meals helps her to manage her hunger and keeps her from overeating at mealtimes. She now goes for walks and checks her blood glucose regularly. She has found time to take care of herself, and thus far she has lost 16 pounds.
Rachel's Problem
"I wasn't taking the time to care for myself. I knew what to do, but I couldn't fit it into my life."
Rachel's Reason
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What Was in Rachel's Way?
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Rachel's Method
"I worked with a team of healthcare professionals to design a program just for me. What helped me the most was working with a professional organizer who helped me put my program into practice in my daily life."
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"Candidates who support the constitutional rights of law-abiding gun owners and sportsmen prevailed in up and down ballot races yesterday," said Chris W. Cox, chairman of NRA-PVF. "These exceptional numbers are an indication of the solid support and influence of the Second Amendment and the NRA on voters."
NRA-PVF actively campaigned across Virginia and other key states to secure the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners. In Virginia, Steve Shannon, candidate for attorney general, was the only statewide candidate to actively campaign on a gun control platform. He lost by double-digits. In New Jersey's gubernatorial race, NRA-PVF urged NRA members and gun owners to vote against 'F'-rated Jon Corzine. He was also defeated.
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Introduction to evidence and answers
Without a doubt, Christianity is under attack. It has always been under attack ever since its inception when unbelievers killed Jesus and persecuted the church. In fact, the truth of God has been under attack since the creation of the world when the evil one entered the Garden of Eden and contradicted God's word bringing death. From then to now, God's word has been under constant attack, and Christians have been killed all over the world. In the 20th century alone, more Christians were killed for their faith than in all other centuries combined. In the Sudan, three million Christians have been killed in the past 30 or so years at the hands of Islam. Many Muslim run countries are persecuting Christians heavily by killing them if they do not convert to Islam. The United States is moving closer and closer to removing Christian influence from society altogether. It has been attacking Christianity in its media for years--portraying Christianity in a negative light at almost every opportunity. The Ten Commandments are being removed from courts. Laws are being passed to prevent Christian activities in public events. Even the word "Christmas" is being replaced by "Seasons Greetings." In Canada, legislation has been considered that would make the Bible qualify as hate literature because of its condemnation of homosexuality. This could result in the police arresting pastors for simply preaching God's word. Is the United States far behind? Is more serious oppression soon to follow? The momentum against Christianity is gaining speed.
In this pluralistic society where cults abound (i.e., Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses), where relativism has taken deep root, where the universities teach liberalism, and where evolution theory and atheism are growing, the absolute claims of Christianity are being met with increasing hostility. Unfortunately, the average Christian is very ill-prepared to meet the present battle let alone the more difficult future ones. Therefore, it is necessary, not recommended, but absolutely necessary that the Christian learn how to defend the truth of God's revelation and carry that truth into society and into politics. If he doesn't, he will eventually lose the freedoms granted to him and become the prey of the secular lions.
This section "Evidence and Answers" is intended to help the Christian with documentation and answers to difficult questions so that he/she can more adequately and easily defend the truth. Remember, we have the truth; and we cannot hide it under a bushel. Christianity is not something that we do on Sundays. It is a way of life. It is the truth that the world needs in order to obtain forgiveness of sins and escape the coming judgment. Therefore, Christians should be determined to know how to defend it better and how to carry it out into the world in order to "make disciples of all nations . . . " (Matt. 28:19). The goal of this section, and all of CARM, is to help you do just that.
I hope that this information is helpful to you and is an encouragement to you as well. Do not let the lies of the secular overwhelm the truth of the sacred. Stand up and fight for the truth. Be loving and kind but be strong and unyielding in your fight against sin and in your proclamation of the truth of Jesus.
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Member of the "Civilian Initiative to Protect the Iraqi Constitution," Vian al-Sheikh told Aswat al-Iraq the initiative was organized to take place in front of Iraq's Foreign Ministry building in Baghdad, in protest to the violation of Iraq's sovereignty by Iraq's neighboring states.
The initiative has taken place in protest to the Iranian and Turkish bombardment of the border areas of Iraqi Kurdistan, under justification to chase the anti-Tehran PJAK and the anti-Ankara PKK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) forces in the area.
"Iraq's Foreign Ministry's Undersecretary, Mohammed al-Haj, has received the demands of the protestors and demonstrators, in front of the Ministry's building, who promised to hand them over to Foreign Minister, Hoshiar Zibary," the correspondent reported.
One of the demonstrators, Maysoun Umar, told Aswat al-Iraq: "the demonstration was organized by the Civilian Initiative Demanding an Immediate halt of the Turkish and Iranian aggressive assaults and to respect the Iraqi border points by the two neighboring states."
The demonstrator Raad Abbas said: "the motive of our demonstration is to inform the Iraqi Foreign Ministry that the aggressive attacks on northern Iraq are rejected and we demand the Iraqi government to take a firm attitude towards the violations against the Iraqi sovereignty."
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Take a look at your lawn and think about next spring. If you want a healthy, beautiful green lawn next spring, you need to start planning for it soon. The next several weeks are the time to take a soil test, develop a liming and fertilizer plan, and learn more about seeding and weed control.
By September it's time to begin renovating existing cool-season turfgrass lawns or establishing new ones.
Cool-season turf grass such as tall fescue is the most commonly used grass in the Richmond area. It looks good in the spring, early summer, and fall but can go dormant in the heat of summer unless irrigated.
The Henrico Extension office has two programs coming up soon that can help. "Establishing a New Lawn, Renovating an Old One" will be the topic of an evening seminar offered Wednesday, Aug. 8, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Henrico Extension Office at 8600 Dixon Powers Drive. And on Saturday, Aug. 11, a SMART Lawn Care Field Day will be held at the Extension office from 8:30 a.m. to noon with vendors demonstrating lawn-care rental equipment and products followed by a comprehensive seminar on year-round lawn care. Registration for both free programs is requested at 501-5160.
"Cool season grasses grow best when temperatures are cooler and rainfall is more reliable," explains Henrico Extension Agent Karen Carter. "That makes the period between mid-September and the end of October an excellent window of opportunity for the successful establishment of new grass."
"You can go outside the window," she adds "but you're taking the chance that conditions are not going to be as good."
Plus seeding by the first part of October helps ensure that new grass is well-enough established to tolerate weed control products that get applied in late October and November.
Start with a soil test. "You need the information provided by a soil test to match fertilizer and lime to the needs of your grass," says Carter.
Aerating your lawn is also a good idea in the fall. A core-aerating machine pulls plugs of soil out of the ground and deposits them on top of the lawn. The process relieves soil compaction and improves water infiltration and air exchange for the roots.
"Aerating is a good idea every year, even if you aren't putting down new seed," says Carter, "and it's a must if you're going to overseed."
Follow the SON rule when it comes to fertilizing your lawn and add one pound of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet in September, October, and November. Your soil test will tell you if phosphate and potash are also needed.
For more help, consider registering for the SMART Lawns program, available until the beginning of September. Under the program, specially trained Henrico Master Gardeners perform a soil test on your lawn and provide you with a Nutrient Management Plan. They'll also measure your lawn to aid you in applying the right amount of fertilizer and other lawn care products that have application rates specified as "per thousand square feet."
The registration form for the SMART Lawns program is online, and the cost is $20.
Henrico to offer Christmas tree recycling
Citizen Staff Reports 12/22/2014
Henrico residents can recycle their Christmas trees after the holidays at one of several locations in the county.
From Dec. 26 through Jan. 11, trees will be accepted at the following spots:
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Citizen Staff Reports 12/15/2014
CVWMA curbside recycling collection and trash collections will have a one day delay in collections Dec. 25-26 and Jan. 1-2. There will be no collections on Dec. 25 or Jan. 1.
Curbside recycling collections Monday through Wednesday will be on regular schedule. Red Thursday and Red Friday curbside recyclers will have a one day delay in collection services Dec. 25-26. Blue Thursday and Blue Friday curbside recyclers will have one day delay in collection services Jan. 1-2. Containers should be placed at the curb by 7 a.m. on collection day. All Friday collections will take place on Saturday. > Read more.
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) will host a candlelight vigil of remembrance and hope Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. at the University of Richmond, outside the Cannon Chapel. The public is invited to attend and join MADD to honor victims of impaired driving crashes, while helping to remind the community to be safe during the holidays. > Read more.
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Was anyone asking for an extra-large helping of Larry the Cable Guy this Christmas? If so, you can thank Santa Claus for Jingle All the Way 2.
If not, you can be like the rest of us and curse Santa for his folly in creating such a film. Santa, we neither wanted nor needed this.
A follow-up to the much-derided 1996 Christmas film Jingle All the Way, Jingle All the Way 2 isn't so much a sequel as it is an odd kind of remake, offering a few original twists on the original's dad-vs-dad holiday showdown, but also copying large chunks of the original without alteration. > Read more.
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Weekend Top 10
Several holiday performances take place this weekend in Henrico including "It's a Wonderful Life" and Theatre IV on Tour's "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" – both at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen. The Central Virginia Masterworks Chorale will perform Vivaldi's "Gloria" at River Road Church, Baptist and the Virginia Repertory Theatre will present "Santa's Christmas Miracle" at the Children's Theatre at Willow Lawn. A fun annual tradition, now in its 14th year, will be at SkateNation Plus in Short Pump – Chabad of Virginia's Chanukah on Ice. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Frontier will resume Sioux City flights
Frontier Airlines says it will resume flights into the Sioux City airport beginning this summer.
The Sioux City Journal reports Frontier in June will begin flights three days a week between Sioux City and Denver.
Denver-based Frontier will return to Sioux City six years after it pulled out of the market.
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So, tomorrow would have been the big day. This time tomorrow I would have been a married man on my way to my honeymoon destination or already there but naturally life got in the way and we decided to go our seperate ways. I can say that was one of the toughest decisions in my life but life does go on no matter what. *shakes head* Enough of me talking so smart like, it just isn't me *laughs softly*
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In 0.1.x PackageKit had a restriction it could operate on only one package at a time. This sucked for a multitude of reasons, the main one being that to install a few packages you had to wait for the preceding one to finish. In an ideal world, we could still query a software list while […]
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The hottest chili pepper on Earth is the Naga Viper, a pepper grown in a greenhouse flanked by snow and freezing weather, and beats out the likes of peppers that are grown in India and Mexico, according to Fox News.
A chili farmer from northwest England was able to cross three of the hottest varieties of pepper to create the Naga Viper, according to the report, which cited Guinness World Records.
"It's painful to eat. It numbs your tongue, then burns all the way down. It can last an hour, and you just don't want to talk to anyone or do anything. But it makes you feel great," Gerald Fowler told Fox News.
The pepper hit 1,359,000 on the Scoville scale, which measures the chili's level of capsaicin, the chemical that is responsible for the numbing, burning sensation in peppers. By comparison, the next hottest pepper—the Bhut jolokia—peaks at around 300,000 and police-grade pepper spray ranks around 5,000,000 on the scale.Jalapenos rank between 2,500 and 3,000 on the scale.
Ironically, the new Naga Viper grows in cold weather and is "hot enough to strip paint," he told the Metro.
"Our Naga Viper has been tested as the hottest chilli in the world, although we are still in the process of ensuring that what we have will be consistently the hottest," Fowler said on his website http://www.chileseeds.co.uk/chilli_sauces.htm. "Warwick HRI, who have an established name in the testing of chilli heat levels, say that it is the hottest chilli they have ever tested, using the World Standard dried chilli testing protocol."
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Perhaps it was Miuccia Prada who lit the fuse earlier this year, when she sent Victoria's Secret models down her fall 2010 runway in Milan with va-va-voom bouffants to complement their capacious cup sizes; maybe it was the relentless ubiquity of Kim Kardashian's fasten-your-seatbelt curves or a collective cultural genuflection to the majesty of Christina Hendricks' zaftig Mad Men redhead. Whatever the spark, the bombshellthat overtly sexy specimen whose kittenish pulchritude was personified by '60s-era Brigitte Bardotis hot again. Witness, for example, the surge of hair volumizers and lash enhancers on the market: Right now, when it comes to beauty, bigger is better.
Platinum blond Jean Harlow was the first woman to be given the artillery-derived epithet when she blew audiences away in the 1933 film Bombshell, and the signifiers for drop-dead sex appeal have changed little since then. From Rita Hayworth's famous hair-flip in Gilda to pretty much any of Scarlett Johansson's cleavage-costarring red-carpet trots, the bombshell components are unmistakable: tousled mane, smoldering eyes, pillowy lips, and "try me if you dare" attitude. Forget microminis and body shimmer: This is sexiness with mystique, and it takes a grown-up kind of confidence to pull it off.
"Real glamour is timeless," says Guess cofounder Paul Marciano, a man who knows a thing or two about the subject, having handpicked the likes of Claudia Schiffer, Carla Bruni, and Anna Nicole Smith to star in the brand's ad campaigns over the years. Indeed, the "Guess girl" has become an instantly recognizable icon: Whether she's flirting with a cowboy or cavorting in Capri, her image taps into both retro European film-star allure and sun-dappled Old Hollywood optimism. Marciano and I are sitting in a blossom-filled garden in Florence, Italy, where he's launching the aptly named new Guess perfume, Seductivea scent that opens with the "false innocence" of pear and jasmine before it goes in for the kill, like a classic femme fatale, with orris and cedarwood.
"My starting point for the Guess aesthetic has always been the Italian beauties of the '60s," Marciano says, waving his hand into the Florentine ether as if to indicate that such creatures are still abundant heretasting gelato, frolicking in fountains, perhaps even standing rapt before the mother of all bombshells in Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, which hangs in the Uffizi just streets away. "To me, Sophia Loren is the ultimate: sexual, but always classy; sensual, but intelligent. I respond to women like Bardot and Jane Fonda in Barbarellathose who appear to embrace their sexuality and enjoy life. I don't get how a man can be attracted to that flat-as-a-table, skinny-as-a-stick look," he says with a sigh. "I personally think that women should look like women."
Later that night, I ponder his words over a colossal bowl of pasta. If this bold, vivacious embrace-life-and-liquid-eyeliner type of beauty is so much more closely aligned with what a real woman looks like than your standard runway model, then what would it take for a real womansuch as myselfto become a bona fide bombshell? While I'm not one to put anything out therethe necklines of most of my dresses border on the ecclesiasticalI can't help but admire the warm, flirtatious sensuality of the Bardot archetype. Perhaps it's time for me to heed the call of my own inner siren.
I decide to seek out an expert. For aspiring pinups, Hollywood makeup artist Alexis Vogel is the queen bee of bombshells: She created her devoted client Pamela Anderson's signature look, and has worked her sexpot-Svengali magic on everyone from Latin lovely Shakira to Avril Lavigne. When she's not making celebs photo- and red-carpet-ready with lashings of lashes or managing her new Alexis Vogel makeup range, Vogel heads a "glam squad," which makes house calls to anyone in the Los Angeles area who desires a full-blown vixen makeover. (The sessions are so extensive she even goes through women's closets and purges frump.) Her transformationsmany of them posted on her website, Makeupbyalexis.comare extraordinary. This is a woman who can turn anyone into a megawatt man-slayer. Thankfully, she's available to take my call.


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How do you find a doctor you can trust? Maybe I watch too much tv but I've heard some real horror stories when it comes to breast surgery. And almost all the nightmares were done by so called highly recommended surgeons. So how do you know if you've found a kook with a fake license or a reputable surgeon?
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I have been wondering the same thing and friend of mine suggested I start with my primary care physician, get recommendations and go from there. I have a few names and also some from my insurance provider now to do some research on. I'm not really sure how to go about researching but it does help to know a doctor I know recommends someone.
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This is an excellent question and one that has been a hot topic lately. Tara Reid, for example, just admitted in an interview that she just assumed her surgeon was good because he was from Beverly Hills. An important thing to remember is that anyone can call themselves a cosmetic surgeon, but it takes additional training and testing in order to become a board-certified plastic surgeon. In order to find out if your surgeon is board-certified, you can check the American Society of Plastic Surgeons website (http://www.plasticsurgery.org/). Only board-certified plastic surgeons can become members. Additionally, I would recommend checking out local reviews, each surgeon's before and after pictures, and make an educated decision. It's probably also wise to have consultations with multiple doctors. I hope this helps!
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I just read an article about the importance of real patient stories that I think you may find helpful. It was nice to read some in-depth stories about people who have had plastic surgery for a multitude of reasons. Like the article states, real stories don't take the place of qualifications, training, and experience, but it definitely helps in a world where everyone is an expert!! Make sure to do your research and don't be afraid to ask a bunch of questions such as...
1. Is the doctor board certified?
2. Are they a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons?
3. Does the doctor have admitting and plastic surgery hospital privileges?
4. Does the doctor use a board-certified anesthesiologist?
5. Does the doctor have specific consents for photographs?
6. Does the doctor have any disciplinary or malpractice lawsuits?
7. Does the doctor have before and after photos?
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Politically incorrect: News Ltd knocks out The PunchPUBLISHED: 15 Mar 2013 09:59:00 | UPDATED: 18 Mar 2013 08:24:40PRINT EDITION: 15 Mar 2013
Chris Jenkins
News Ltd has knocked its opinion-focused website The Punch on the head, with plans to disperse Punch-branded content throughout its digital networks.
Readers were informed of the move in a post on the website on Friday morning.
"After four years of excellent fun and great conversation, this is the final post we'll be publishing on The Punch," the post says.
New Ltd launched The Punch in 2009. Later the same year Fairfax relaunched TheNational Times masthead as an online-only publication to rival The Punch.
"Punch posts will now be published under the new brand Punch Breaking Views across News Limited's huge digital news network," the post on The Punch website says.
Political commentary has been a mainstay for both The National Times and The Punch. But recently there has been some quarters questioning the public's appetite for endless political punditry online.
Eli Pariser, co-founder of Upworthy, touted by some as the world's fastest growing media website, told United States website Business Insider last week that traffic to his site grew after it broadened its focus beyond politics.
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Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply.Norman Borlaug
All sorrow has its root in man's inability to sit quiet in a room by himself.Blaise Pascal
Las Vegas was and is a hard town that will make you pay for your inability to restrain your desires.... If you have a weakness, Las Vegas will punish you.HAL ROTHMAN
Man's inability to communicate is a result of his failure to listen effectively.Carl Rogers
Practically everyone now bemoans Western man's sense of alienation, lack of community, and inability to find ways of organizing society for human ends. We have reached the end of the road that is built on the set of traits held out for male identityadvance at any cost, pay any price, drive out all competitors, and kill them if necessary.Jean Baker Miller
One of the most devastating experiences in human life is disillusionment. Of course there are some illusions the disillusionment of which is healthy. It takes two things to bowl over a tree a heavy wind outside and decay inside. Much of the moral wreckage is caused by inner cynicism a disgust with life's futility, an inability to see sense in it. A person in that mood is an easy mark for the next high wind.Art Sisson
Really a great deal of intolerance for their being stuck in the water and their inability to change.Richard Fisher
All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.Jean de la Bruyere
The sum of a man's problems come from his inability to be alone in a silent room.Blaise Pascal
The common dogma is fear of modern knowledge, inability to cope with the fast change in a scientific-technological society, and the real breakdown in apparent moral order in recent years.... That is why hate is the major fuel, fear is the cement of the movement, and superstitious ignorance is the best defence against the dangerous new knowledge. ... When you bring up arguments that cast serious doubts on their cherished beliefs you are not simply making a rhetorical point, you are threatening their whole Universe and their immortality. That provokes anger and quite frequently violence. ... Unfortunately you cannot reason with them and you even risk violence in confronting them. Their numbers will decline only when society stabilizes, and adapts to modernityG Gaia
The real stumbling-block of totalitarian regimes is not the spiritual need of men for freedom of thought; it is men's inability to stand the physical and nervous strain of a permanent state of excitement, except during a few years of their youth.Simone Weil
Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past fiveJohn Updike
Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.John Updike
In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries.Ezra Pound
What [Nietzsche] calls slave morality is to him purely spite-morality; and this spite-morality gave new names to all ideals. Thus impotence, which offers no reprisal, became goodness; craven baseness became humility; submission to him who was feared became obedience; inability to assert ones self became reluctance to assert ones self, became forgiveness, love of ones enemies. Misery became a distinctionGeorg Morris Cohen Brandes
The concept of boredom entails an inability to use up present moments in a personally fulfilling way.Wayne Dyer
Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past fiveJohn Updike
Depression is the inability to construct a futureRollo May
The inability of those in power to still the voices of their own consciences is the great force leading to change.Kenneth Kaunda
The inability to make a decision has often been passed off as patience.Unknown
Inability is a disaster; patience is bravery; abstinence is a treasure, self-restraint is a shield; and the best companion is submission to Divine Will.Ali bin Abu-Talib
All the inducements of early society tend to foster immediate action; all its penalties fall on the man who pauses; the traditional wisdom of those times was never weary of inculcating that "delays are dangerous," and that the sluggish man the man "who roasteth not that which he took in hunting" will not prosper on the earth, and indeed will very soon perish out of it. And in consequence an inability to stay quiet, an irritable desire to act directly, is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.Walter Bagehot
Yes, in my life, since we must call it so, there were three things, the inability to speak, the inability to be silent, and solitude, thats what Ive had to make the best of.Samuel Beckett


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Prospects For Democracy
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky breaks new ground by presenting his evaluation of the "Prospects for Democracy" in the world today. Beginning with a broad review of democratic theory and political history, he argues that classical democrats such as Thomas Jefferson would be shocked at the current disrepair of American democracy. The enormous growth of corporate capitalism has already devastated democratic culture and government by concentrating power in the hands of the wealthy. And the future looks no brighter.
In spite of this dark assessment, Chomsky maintains that any hope for democracy rests ultimately with you and me - on whether we can shake off our political malaise and build a democratic future. The fate of democracy is not yet fixed, he says, but "unless people here and in other rich societies can recapture and revitalize" our lost traditions of liberty and democracy, "the prospects for democracy are indeed dim."
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members, made up from parents of past and present Members of Saffron Seals.
We are a competitive club, we compete in the Essex Swim League and Essex Mini League, which operates much the same as a football league. There is also the opportunity for swimmers with relevant times to participate in Open Meets allowing swimmers to qualify for County level swimming.
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Judith over at Merlin's Magickal Mistress is having an uber-cool giveaway for gaining over 100 followers on her blog. There are some really pretty things to find there. Garnets *drool* and witchy bracelets, and "diamonds"....oh my.
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I see why you like the shiny things. I have a mountain size crush on the charm bracelet!
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Thanks for the heads up! I'm now mesmerized by shiny. :P
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UW-Eau Claire's pre-professional study programs prepare you to transfer to another institution for the completion of a professional degree, or prepare you for graduate study after obtaining a bachelor's degree. Pre-Engineering is not a major, however students work with advisors in the Physics department on their program plan. The specific requirements of professional schools vary considerably so you should obtain current catalogues from the schools in which you are interested. A pre-professional adviser at UW-Eau Claire will then help you plan an appropriate curriculum.
Pre-engineering program
The UW-Eau Claire Pre-Engineering program usually consists of four semesters involving beginning science and math courses and basic intro courses that all schools require, such as English composition and general education courses. You will typically take between 15 and 17 credits per semester ,so at the end of four semesters you will have approximately 64 college credits. At that time, you will transfer to an engineering school to finish the specialized course work required to obtain a degree in your chosen engineering field.
Physics-Engineering Dual Degree program
UW-Eau Claire's dual degree program allows students to earn two bachelor's degrees — a physics degree from UW-Eau Claire and an engineering degree from either UW-Madison or the University of Minnesota. Students spend approximately three years at UW-Eau Claire and then approximately another two years at either UW-Madison or the University of Minnesota. For more information about creating an appropriate degree plan for this program, contact the dual degree academic adviser via the contact listed at the bottom of this page.
Competitive edge
The strong reputation of the physics program attracts many top students from throughout
the Midwest, which means you will share classrooms with motivated students who are ready to take on challenging projects. In addition, on average UW-Eau Claire's pre-engineering students perform better academically at UW-Madison than those from any other Pre-Engineering program in the state. In recent years, most students from UW-Eau Claire maintained their grade point averages after transferring to UW-Madison.
Each pre-engineering student is assigned a faculty adviser from the UW-Eau Claire Physics and Astronomy department (or Chemistry department for chemical engineering). These advisers provide individualized attention to students and are available to answer questions about engineering programs, courses and other concerns. They also have up-to-date information on the admission requirements of regional engineering schools.
Facilities and Research
Physics students have access to outstanding facilities, such as the Materials Science Center, Casey Observatory, L.E. Phillips Planetarium, an optics research lab, surface science research labs, thin-film research lab, electron microscopy lab, electronics lab, machine shop and a 24-inch computer-controlled telescope at Hobbs Observatory. In addition, students have the opportunity to participate in summer research experiences at prestigious sites throughout the country.
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The House and Senate bills that would extend the payroll tax cut each contain a provision that would increase the fees (known as g-fees) that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac charge for guaranteeing mortgages. The increased revenue would go directly to the Treasury. The American Banker has a story today that suggests there is support in the private sector for this increase because higher g-fees will enable private securitizers to compete more effectively with Fannie and Freddie, and thus may bring back the private securitization market that has been essentially moribund since the financial crisis in 2008.
Would it were true. At the margin, the theory is correct. Higher g-fees do indeed make it more likely that the private sector can compete with Fannie and Freddie, but sad to say this is highly unlikely to happen until a large number of additional obstacles—many of them in the Dodd-Frank Act—are cleared away. In testimony that I gave on November 3 at a hearing in the House Financial Services Committee, I listed nine impediments to the revival of a private market securitization market, in addition to the difficulty of competing with Fannie and Freddie. These include the high conforming loan limits at Fannie and Freddie (and now there are even higher ones for FHA that Congress adopted only a few weeks ago); the fact that Fannie, Freddie, and FHA are exempted from the risk-retention requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act; the threat that risk-retention poses to a "true sale" under accounting rules; and the effect of the Volcker rule on the ability of securitizers to hedge their risks. For a complete discussion of these and others, see the testimony here.
In addition, the American Banker article did not mention the most troubling part of the legislation—that it turns Fannie and Freddie into sources of funds for the government, estimated at $38 billion over ten years. That means, sadly, that if Congress is ever to do anything to eliminate or privatize Fannie and Freddie it will be necessary to find substitute funds or expense cuts of an equivalent amount. This is not impossible—there are some possibilities—but it makes the task much more difficult.
The bottom line is that with this provision in the tax cut extension act, Congress is in danger of cementing Fannie and Freddie into place as a permanent source of government revenue.


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