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So Apparently the Key to Good Health is Horse Semen?
Hokitika – Shots of horse semen are just one of the items on the menu at the Hokitika Wildfoods festival, which is being held in New Zealand next month. For those who think the natural taste might be too unpleasant they can choose cherry, licorice or banoffee pie flavour. Lindsay Kerslake, a race horse owner from Christchurch, thought of the idea after he heard about people drinking bull's semen. "Horses are pure testosterone. They have hardly any cholesterol, so the idea is you knock it back and feel like a stallion yourself," news.com.au quoted him as saying. "You'll have as much zizz as a stallion for a week afterwards." He added that he is "pretty confident tests will explain how and why it makes you feel so good, but that's still being worked on." He said he had not tried the product himself but assures people it is safe as it is being collected using an artificial vagina and stored in the same formula used by breeders. "You often hear from a female perspective that semen has an awful alkaline taste, so we thought we'd better make it more user-friendly," TNT Magazine quoted him as saying when discussing the added flavours. "Think of it like a milkshake."
It's not bad enough that every food that tastes good is bad for you and everything that's good for you tastes like crap. Now the key to feeling good is to swallow horse spunk? Yeah, no thanks. I mean, I can barely choke down a salad and the only way I'll eat a Brussels sprout is if you cover it bacon. I draw the line at taking facials from Super Saver, thankyouverymuch. If the price of poker on feeling like a stallion and producing a decent amount of "zizz" is having millions of equine sperms swimming around in my gut, I'll happily grow old, lethargic and shoot blanks the rest of my life. And I don't care how much Kool Aid they mix into it. Like Jules Winnfield says, sewer rat might taste like pumpkin pie, but that don't mean I'm going to swallow its baby batter. Or something like that.
I will say this though. It would be worth going to the Wildfoods festival, just to meet the chicks who buy the shots straight up, with no flavoring. Now they'd be keepers. @jerrythornton1


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Can't we search some webcam sites? Just a thought. (p.s. I just googled this, let the LE search her computer for any links to this. I am not paying money for that!)
I don't think Casey worked at all. I think she was party girl/mooch. She didn't have expensive things, she partied all the time. Heck, when I was 21/22, that was all I wanted to do. And yes, I was young and stupid.

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ESN – International Exchange Erasmus Student Network is an organisation working not only with students all over the world, but also cooperating with other student organisations and education institutions as schools!
If You are foreigner, who is currently studying in Lithuania, or Lithuanian, who already spent semester or two abroad by Erasmus exchange program – we kindly ask you to join SocialErasmus initiative "Erasmus letters" and write a letter-essay about Your Erasmus experience!
All the letters will be publicized on our ESN Lithuania web page ( http://www.esnlithuania.org/ ) , what means, that they will be reachable for everyone – for students, who still have doubts - to participate in this exchange program or not, for teachers, who could use Your letters as teaching tool, for pupils, which we are not able to involve to "Erasmus in Scools" project by coming to their school and etc.
Write a letter-essai and make people believe, that ERASMUS, and exchange programs at all, can be benefitial for the individual, local society and all the world! ;)
Examples You can find in http://www.esnlithuania.org/ -> SocialErasmus -> Erasmus letters
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· Letter-essay have to be written in English (you can also add the version
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· Next to your letter you have to add your photo
· Send your letter to your ESN section SocialErasmus coordinator (http://www.esnlithuania.org/content/coordinators)
· some information about yourself/ about your choice to study in Lithuania/ your opinion about Lithuania now and before coming here/ the cultural differences of your country and Lithuania/ ERASMUS mobility chances/ your language abilities and in general the importance of multilingualism. (Lithuanians write about the country they were during their Erasmus)
· Why ERASMUS exchange program (or other exchange programs) is useful? How it helps to go towards one world idea?
ESN Lithuania was founded in 2003 with ESN Vilnius University becoming the first section. At the moment we unite 12 sections working in 13 different higher education institutions all across the country including Vilnius, Kaunas, Šiauliai and Klaipėda. There are around 400 volunteers in the country working under the principle "students help students" aiming to improve the quality of intercultural exchange via various international and national projects marked with one and the only ESN star. Erasmus Student Network is one of the biggest interdisciplinary student associations in Europe, founded in 1989 for supporting and developing student exchange. It includes over 13,000 members in 36 countries present in over 400 universities across the continent.


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Get Your First Look At The Season Finale of ARROW
By Merrill Barr on May 8, 2014
Last night, Arrow pulled off a feat in its penultimate episode of the season, when Slade's army of super-powered convicts ambushed the citizens of Starling City and created all out chaos that perhaps even the Arrow won't be able to stop. After freeing himself from the depths of their exploded tunnel, Oliver and Laurel went their separate paths to fight against the Deathstroke army in their own way. For Laurel, it was running into Sarah, learning who she really was and giving her the strength to fight. For Oliver, it was obtaining the stolen Mirakuru cure from Sebastian (who stole it from Slade after he stole it from the S.T.A.R. Labs courier) and testing it on Roy after learning Amanda Waller had cordoned off the city and was preparing to level it at dawn in order to keep Slade's army from getting loose.
The last hope for the citizens of Starling now rests in Oliver's hands in the Arrow season finale "Unthinkable."
Something worth noting in these images is a lack of John Barrowman's Malcolm Merlyn, whose fate was left uncertain at the end of the last episode, when Thea shot at him after deciding she wouldn't go with her now-confirmed biological father to safety from the attacking convict army.
Let's be honest, there's really only one way to sum all this up:
Are you guys pumped for the Arrow season finale? Who do you think will make it through to the confirmed season three? Who do you think won't? Sound off in the comments below.
Arrow airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on The CW.
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text: University Libraries About the Libraries Lecture Series University Libraries/LIS Lecture Series Spring 2013 Speaker: Char BoothInstruction Services Manager & E-Learning Librarian at the Claremont Colleges Library "Quixotic Ferocity: Confronting the Library Crisis Narrative" Thursday, March 7, 1:30-3:00 pm School of Education Building Room 120 In this talk, Char Booth takes on the ever-present "Libraries in Crisis" narrative. As she describes in a recent blog post, "Quixotic ferocity (i.e., idealistic determination, visionary stubbornness) is the impulse that has long motivated the unarguably daunting work of organizing/preserving cultural memory and facilitating its access, which is as given to change, deprioritization, and disaster as any greater good. It is also the quality that we most need to cultivate among those who are entering the field." Char Booth is the Instruction Services Manager & E-Learning Librarian at the Claremont Colleges Library and also serves as an ACRL Immersion faculty member. In her work she explores the integration of education, technology, and design in library services. Prior to her work at Claremont, she served as the E-Learning Librarian at the University of California, Berkeley. She began her career in librarianship as the Reference & Instruction Librarian and Communications Bibliographer at Ohio University Libraries. She holds a Masters of Education in Computer Education & Technology degree from Ohio University, a Masters of Science in Information Studies degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.A. in History from Reed College. About The University Libraries/LIS Lecture Series The purpose of the University Libraries/LIS Lecture Series, inaugurated in 2005, is to bring lectures or seminars on topics that encourage dialogue about the issues, trends, and developments in librarianship and higher education to an audience of librarians, library staff and information studies students at UNC Greensboro. Topics are related to the Librarian and Information Science profession or the Libraries' services and collections. The events are jointly funded by LIS and University Libraries. A planning committee including representatives from the University Libraries and the Library and Information Studies Department plans these events. Kimberly Lutz is the current chairperson of the committee. Our thanks to Dean of University Libraries Rosann Bazirjian for initiating the formation of the committee. Speaker Archives Department of Library and Information Studies Feedback, Comments and Suggestions


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Mutsy- Also anxiety does affect your resting heart rate. The anxiety resting heart rate makes the heart beat above the norms when there is no activity.
However, if you find any abnormalities with the rhythm of your heartbeat, you should see a cardiologist so that he could perform an echo to determine if you have any form of heart disease.
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Starting this week, players who purchase Madden NFL 15 via the Xbox One's dashboard or Xbox.com will have the game downloaded and primed for play as soon as it premieres on August 26. Microsoft announced at Gamescom last week that Forza Horizon 2 and FIFA 15 will also feature digital pre-loading, and Sony will offer similar options for future PlayStation 4 releases.
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London Olympics bronze medallist Gagan Narang missed out on one of the five automatic qualification spots for the Rio Games when he finished sixth in the 50m Rifle Prone event at the 51st ISSF World Championships being held at Granada, Spain. Gagan finished 7th in qualification with a score of 625.5 and could improve by only one spot in the finals, eventually missing the quota place by a margin of 0.6 points.
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Nabarun Singh, another student of the school, clinched a gold medal in the Senior Team category and one bronze in the youth category, Rajiv.
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my mother had not lost both her parents when she was a child (17)
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It's Monday. And, you're either going to love me or hate me for this, but I really thought that Monday could use a little pick me up. I'm sorry to do this to you. And yet, not really. There is simply too much deliciousness going on in these brownies to not share them with you. Especially on a Monday.
Last weekend my hubby requested cookies, but before I could make some I saw these brownies on Rachel's blog. I decided to make them instead, knowing that they would be better then any cookie he had been hoping for. I was so right.
Fudgy brownies topped with crisp and chewy chunks of cookie dough with melty chocolate chips throughout – Rachel you are brilliant! These are definitely our new favourite brownie.
We froze them pretty much right away just so they wouldn't be so easily accessible. The only problem is, now they're sitting in our freezer just waiting to be nabbed anytime a craving hits. Which happens often. It's a good exercise for my willpower. That's the power of a good brownie for you – it builds strength of mind.
Make them tonight. Perk up your Monday. I can guarantee you will not be disappointed.
- Cookie Dough
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
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- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 3 oz bittersweet chocolate
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- Cream together butter and sugars, in a large bowl. Mix in egg and vanilla. Add baking soda, baking powder, salt and flour; mix well. Stir in chocolate chips until evenly distributed. Set aside.
- Place butter and chocolate in small saucepan set over medium-low heat, stir constantly until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth; remove from heat. Whisk in sugar, egg and vanilla. Whisk in cocoa and salt. Stir in flour until evenly combined.
- Scrape brownie batter into an 8×8 inch baking pan that has been lightly greased and lined with parchment paper; smooth top. Top with chunks of cookie dough, as evenly as possible. Bake at 350ºF for 25 minutes, or until cookie layer is set and lightly browned.
- Let cool completely before removing from pan to slice.
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Hurray for my daughter, Martha's amazing poem. I was so taken with it that I just had to take it to my drawing board and make it into a joint effort, forever captured.
It's a wonderful moment, Sam x
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I wanted to keep some WordPress plugins on my local installation of WordPress that did not end up on my live server: mostly debugging tools (for example: 1, 2 and 3). I could have essentially added them to git ignore but let's look past that. Luckily there's a fairly painless way to do so on a local machine (this is written from the vantage of a Linux terminal):
- cd into your .git directory typically resides your base directory (note dotfiles may be hidden).
- From your .git directory cd into the info directory.
- Use the text editor of your choosing to edit the file "exclude" in the info directory.
- Add the specific paths that you wish to exclude.
- Here's what my exclude file looks like for the aforelinked plugins to be excluded:
# git ls-files --others --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude # Lines that start with '#' are comments. # For a project mostly in C, the following would be a good set of # exclude patterns (uncomment them if you want to use them): # *.[oa] # *~ plugins/debug-bar plugins/debug-objects plugins/debug-queries


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Major financial services firm Citigroup recently reported its financial results for the first fiscal quarter of 2013, and chief executive officer (CEO) Michael Corbat predicted that the company would reach a common equity tier 1 (CET1) ratio of 10 percent by the end of 2013, according to a statement.
Citigroup stated that at the time the financial figures were released, it had generated a CET1 ratio of 9.3 percent in its efforts to comply with the Basel III regulatory regime.
Banks based in the U.S. are readying themselves to comply with these capital requirements, which have not yet been finalized by the nation's regulators. The government agencies in charge of the country's Basel III interpretation had previously set an adoption date of January 1, 2013, but called off this timeline near the end of 2012. Since then, these entities have yet to establish a new timeline for implementing the regulatory regime.
"Our capital strength again improved during the quarter with the Tier 1 Common Ratio increasing to an estimated 9.3 [percent] on a Basel III basis," Corbat said during a conference call with investors. "It is critical that Citi be viewed as an indisputably strong and stable institution and we made progress towards that goal."
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text: Author: Ruth Rendell Ruth Rendell is crime fiction at its very best. Her first novel, From Doon With Death, appeared in 1964, and since then her reputation and readership have grown steadily with each new book. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer. In 2013 she was awarded the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for sustained excellence in crime writing.Her books are translated into 21 languages. Latest Book


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OPINION COM(2005) 115 final – 2005/0042 (COD) |
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On 2 June 2005 the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under Articles 152 and 153 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the
Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Programme of Community action in the field of health and consumer protection 2007-2013
COM(2005) 115 final – 2005/0042 (COD).
The Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption, which was responsible for preparing the Committee's work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 23 January 2006. The rapporteur was Mr Pegado Liz.
At its 424th plenary session, held on 14 and 15 February 2006 (meeting of 14 February 2006), the European Economic and Social Committee adopted the following opinion by 130 votes to two with one abstention.
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· to protect citizens from risks and threats which are beyond the control of individuals;
· to enable them to take better decisions about their health and their interests as consumers;
· to mainstream health and consumer policy objectives across all Community policies.
· protect citizens against health threats;
· promote policies that lead to a healthier way of life;
· contribute to reducing the incidence of major diseases;
· make healthcare systems more efficient and effective;
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Eye Care America Volunteers Work to Raise Awareness and Provide Care through Month-long Campaign
SAN FRANCISCO – An estimated 26 million Americans have diabetes, with the number expected to significantly grow in the future. If current trends continue, 15 percent of American adults ? or more than 37 million Americans ? will be living with diabetes by the end of 2015. One serious consequence of this disease that affects many people is vision loss or blindness due to a condition called diabetic retinopathy. According to the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet, diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults between the ages of 20–74. In 2005-2008, 4.2 million people with diabetes 40 or older were diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy, and of these, nearly 700,000 had advanced diabetic retinopathy that could lead to severe vision loss.
Each year during the month of November, the American Academy of Ophthalmology recognizes Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month in order to bring awareness to the public about the vision problems that can occur for patients who have not been diagnosed or are not actively controlling their diabetes. In fact, a simple eye exam can help prevent unnecessary vision loss caused by diabetes. Through EyeCare America, a public service program of the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, thousands of volunteer ophthalmologists throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico are providing eye exams at no out-of-pocket cost to people age 65 and older.
Diabetic retinopathy is caused by changes in the blood vessels of the retina. In some people with diabetic retinopathy, blood vessels may swell and leak fluid. In others, abnormal new blood vessels grow on the surface of the retina.
The only way to diagnose and treat diabetic retinopathy is through an eye exam with an ophthalmologist, an eye medical doctor. In its early stages, diabetic retinopathy usually has no warning signs. Over time, however, the vision blurs and everyday tasks become more difficult, and once lost, vision does not usually return. Left untreated the disease can lead to blindness. In fact, the World Health Organization estimates that after 15 years of diabetes, approximately 2 percent of people become blind, and about 10 percent develop severe visual impairment.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends that everyone who has been diagnosed with diabetes make an appointment with an ophthalmologist. The earlier diabetic eye disease is diagnosed, the better the chances of avoiding vision loss.
"Diabetes is a devastating disease that can not only rob individuals of an active life, but can also steal their eyesight if left either undetected or untreated," said Richard P. Mills, MD, ophthalmologist and chairman of EyeCare America. "By connecting people with EyeCare America's free eye exams, volunteer ophthalmologists are helping to put an end to the unnecessary vision loss that so often accompanies this disease."
Free examinations through EyeCare America are available for people who:
For more information on the program including how to receive an eye exam, please visit: www.eyecareamerica.org.
About the American Academy of Ophthalmology The American Academy of Ophthalmology is the world's largest association of eye physicians and surgeons — Eye M.D.s — with more than 30,000 members worldwide. Eye health care is provided by the three "O's" – ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians. It is the ophthalmologist, or Eye M.D., who can treat it all: eye diseases, infections and injuries, and perform eye surgery. For more information, visit www.aao.org. The Academy's EyeSmart® public education program works to educate the public about the importance of eye health and to empower them to preserve their healthy vision, by providing the most trusted and medically accurate information about eye diseases, conditions and injuries. Visit www.geteyesmart.org to learn more.
About EyeCare America Established in 1985, EyeCare America, a public service program of the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, is committed to the preservation of sight, accomplishing its mission through public service and education. EyeCare America provides year-round eye care services to medically underserved seniors and those at increased risk for eye disease through its corps of nearly 7,000 volunteer ophthalmologists dedicated to serving their communities. More than 90 percent of the care made available is provided at no out-of-pocket cost to the patients. Since its inception, EyeCare America has helped more than 1.5 million people. EyeCare America is a non-profit program whose success is made possible through charitable contributions from individuals, corporations and through the support of organizations such as Genentech and the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc. More information can be found at: www.eyecareamerica.org.
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The residents of Bangalore enjoyed a taste of Formula One action on Tuesday as McLarens Lewis Hamilton took to the streets of the India city in his 2008 world championship-winning MP4-23. Over 40,000 fans lined the temporary track to watch the show and witness the unique sight and sound of a Formula One car up close, ahead of the countrys inaugural race next month.
Its incredible, explained the British driver. Ive visited India many times over the last couple of years and its never been more exciting to be here than now: the inaugural Indian Grand Prix is only weeks away and you can really feel the growing passion of the people and the excitement levels continuing to build.
Vodafone has been supporting our team and Formula One for many years and theyve always brought Grand Prix racing to the people: getting to drive my Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 car on Indias public roads today was an incredible experience and I really hope it gave people a taste for the incredible spectacle of Formula One.
Theres no better way to experience F1 than up close, so I think todays event was a huge success. Next months Indian Grand Prix is going to be a fantastic event for our sport, but also for the whole Indian nation, who are incredibly passionate about sport."
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Artifact – A material object of a culture such as a tool, an article of clothing, or a prepared food. Cultural Practice – A pattern of behavior accepted by a society. Cultural Product – A tangible (e.g., a painting, a cathedral, a mosque, a piece of literature, a pair of chopsticks) or intangible (e.g., an oral tale, a dance, a sacred ritual, a system of education) aspect produced by a cultural group. Culture -- Learned behavior of a group of people, which includes their belief systems and languages, their social relationships, their institutions and organizations, and their material goods such as food, clothing, buildings, tools, and machines. Natural resource -- A productive resource supplied by nature (e.g., ores, trees, arable land). Primary Source -- An account of an event by someone who was present at the event. Secondary Source -- An account of an event by someone who was not present at the event. Sinew – A thread or cord made from uncured animal tendon. Pre-Visit Activity: Review the Historic Indian tribes of Ohio: - Shawnee - Miami - Iroquois - Wyandot - Delaware
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Teslagrad is about a boy caught up in an ancient conflict set in the city of Teslagrad on the continent of Chroma. The technology of the Teslamancers will enable him to make his way through the abandoned Tesla Tower using magnetism and electricity to overcome obstacles. For the situations where science won't suffice, he is also equipped with an awesome glove designed for punching stuff which is quite satisfying.
The gameplay consists of some wonderfully fresh game mechanics and challenges; sometimes the route through is not always obvious and will require some imagination as well as skill. There is no dialogue or text but the beautifully hand-drawn, steampunk-inspired visual style does enough on its own to convey the story.
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5 comments:
- Elaine and Shawn said...
Two words....SO JEALOUS!!!!! I remember those delicious crabs!
- August 8, 2008 at 7:17 AM
- Joni said...
I think you and Carter are ready for the "Deadliest Catch". LOL
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- lyndsay said...
Those pics. are adorable! I would love to go crabbin'. Remember in Destin all the crabs and we held some in the basement and it stunk so bad. fun times!
- August 9, 2008 at 2:27 PM
- B E T H said...
Did I forget to mention Carter and I ARE going to be on the deadliest catch...they just saw my post and immediately phoned to say they want us...they think a baby on the show will appeal to mom's everywhere! :) Lyndsay, I don't remember the stinky crabs...but I'm getting old and I've had a baby and my mind isn't as sharp as yours, you're still young and sassy and cool!
- August 9, 2008 at 11:13 PM
- Roxanne said...
Lyndsay, I remember the stench! ...and Beth, I think you don't because this was the summer you stayed in Texas
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After two divorces, I'm not sure marriage is for me.
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I saw an article recently that addresses this topic – a man's checklist for a wife.
"Beauty? Brains?" it asks. "A good cook – or good in bed?"
Those questions are a good start. I think they'd be at the top of most men's checklist for a wife.
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- Looks. I'm not saying she has to be an absolute scorcher. She doesn't have to be Hollywood starlet beautiful. But she has to be extremely attractive to me. It's a mistake to pretend that looks are secondary in a wife. Come on, you've got to wake up next to her every morning. If she's not hot to you, you're in for a long, miserable ride.
- Commitment to marriage. If I ever marry again, I want it to be forever. I'm not interested in changing wives as often as some people change cars. Marriage is hard. It can be miserable at times. But a good marriage can also be the greatest thing in the world. I'd want a woman who understands that marriage isn't always a joy ride and can handle the bumpy, scary parts.
- Intelligence. I'm no rocket scientist, and I'm not looking for a woman who is. But we have to be roughly on the same intellectual plane. I'd prefer a college graduate, but a degree isn't a necessity. Mainly, I'd like a wife who can carry on a conversation about current affairs and ideas.
- Physically fit. I'd like a woman who has a regular exercise routine (and watches her diet) before we get married. In other words, she practices preventative maintenance. I don't want a woman who is beautiful on the wedding day and balloons up a few years later – then spends the rest of her life trying to get back in shape.
- Spiritually similar. I'm a Christian. I think faith is important to have a firm foundation in life. I don't want a woman who is overtly religious. But I want someone who is grounded spiritually and shares the same general outlook on faith and life as I do.
- A good mother. I'd prefer that the woman's kids are grown. But I still think it's important how she relates to them. If a woman has a bad relationship with her adult kids, I think that's a red flag about her character.
- Not needy. I'm not interested in being a daddy figure to a woman. I don't want to provide for her every need and soothe her feelings all the time. My wife would need to be secure in herself and independent to a large degree.
- Someone who doesn't have a meddlesome family. I fear the crazy, controlling mother-in-law. But I also fear siblings who would bend my wife's ear and offer opinions and judgment about our marriage. My wife would need to be free from unhealthy emotional ties to her family.
- Wise with money. I've written about financial infidelity. I think money can cause more problems in a marriage than any other issue. I need a woman who understands the general concept that you don't spend more than you have. If she's a shopaholic, I wouldn't even think about marrying her.
- A golfer. OK, I'm only being half-serious. But I love golf. It's a relaxing outdoor activity that you can play even when you get old. A woman wouldn't have to be a great golfer to be my wife. But she would have to at least understand my interest in the game and not resent the time I spend on the course.
Even if you're in no hurry to marry, it's good to think about the qualities you'd want in a wife. Why? Suppose you meet someone and there's instant chemistry. You could get too involved too quickly if you don't have a wife-to-be checklist to consult. The greatest sex in the world is no predictor of a successful marriage.


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Maternity Alternative Payment Program: As alternative payment methods are tested and spread throughout the country, determining ways to align hospitals and physicians both clinically and financially are key goals. For a commercial population, maternity care provides a high volume opportunity to consider alternative payment methods. Additionally, published data on hospital performance suggests wide variation in C-section ratios with the mean level of performance far in excess of optimal levels. This project is designed to reduce C-section ratios and better align incentives in a two-pronged approach: Project goals are to: 1) provide evidence-based quality improvement training with appropriate measurement, and 2) standardize payments for hospitals and physicians regardless of the type of maternity care provided. Physicians are currently paid a fixed rate for either vaginal or C-section deliveries. This program will calculate a "blended rate" for hospitals that aligns incentives with physician payments. Using both incentives and QI support, the program will reduce avoidable C-sections and test new models of payments between hospitals and commercial health plans. The project is developed in partnership with the Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH) and the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Plus, there's another murder in Storybrooke! Does Regina have blood on her hands?
If you thought Once Upon A Time's winter finale was bananas — and, to be fair, it really was — just wait until you see what's cooking in Storybrooke for the show's Jan. 6 return! According to the official description for the episode, titled "The Cricket Game," Regina (Lana Parrilla) is "accused of murdering one of the town's most beloved fairytale characters." And you'll never guess who comes to her defense…
Emma (Jennifer Morrison)! Yes, Regina's former mortal enemy is apparently the only one in town who "senses that she may be innocent."
Regina's troubles continue during a flashback to the fairytale land, as Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Charming (Josh Dallas) plan her "public execution in order to rid the land of her murderous tyranny." (Whoa, dark much?)
Of course, we know Regina isn't actually executed, so it'll be interesting to see how she wiggles her way out of that one.
Meanwhile, in present-day Storybrooke, Charming and Snow celebrate their long-awaited reunion — clearly unaware that Cora (Barbara Hershey) and Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) are lurking in the shadows, plotting their next move.
To sweeten the pot, the good people at ABC have released a whopping 26 images from the winter premiere, so check 'em out!
Oncers, what do you think will happen next? Are you excited to see Regina and Emma on the same side, or do you miss watching them at each other's throats? Browse all the new photos and drop me a comment with your thoughts!
WATCH: Once Upon A Time Interview With Captain Hook & Season 2 Spoilers!
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Colin O'Donoghue (Hook) became a series regular for the last 9 episodes of season 2 — before ABC ordered 9 more. I am growing increasingly sure that Colin O'Donohgue's Hook dies in episode 13. At Vancityfilming.com, look for an article entitled "Once Upon A Time to get out of a Hole". Jorge Garcia (the giant) will be there too. He kills Hook.
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These photos are amazing, and have made the wait for the rest of the season so much harder. With Regina being accused of murder, it seems likely that Cora will be behind it all. A coworker at DISH and I have been trying to figure out who the victim will be, and how Emma will protect Regina. It will be nice to see her working to save Regina, considering she did protect Henry the first half of the season. With a long wait still ahead, I am really glad that I can watch the first half of the season using my DISH Hopper. It helps that I have 2,000 hours of recording space, so I don't risk missing any of my favorite shows. I also love that with the Whole-Home DVR, I can start watching in one room, and finish watching in another. This helps when my husband arrives home and wants to watch the game over the latest fairytale drama. It will be sad to see a character die just so Cora can frame her daughter, though I am interested to see it play out. It seems like with Cora and Hook in Storybrooke, things will be getting interesting very fast.


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Residents Raise Objections to Tompkins County Jail Expansion
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
The Tompkins County legislature held a public information meeting yesterday in connection with a plan to spend nearly a million dollars to add seven beds and a new recreation area to the County jail. Over two dozen residents opposed to the expansion attended the session.
40 people attended the meeting of the Tompkins Legislature's Public Safety Committee. The session was called to present information and respond to questions on the County's plan to renovate the County Jail.
Opponents of the jail project say the expansion is further taxpayer investment into a broken, racist justice system. They say the County should be investing in alternatives to incarceration instead building more cages.
Lawmakers are considering spending $900,000 at the jail to replace a little-used indoor recreation space with a sheltered outdoor facility and add seven beds to reduce inmate board-out costs. The move is expected to save the county nearly $140 thousand dollars annually.
Tompkins County Administrator Joe Mareane says the County is investing in other initiatives to help keep the jail population down. Mareane pointed to the county's day reporting program for people on probation, high spending levels on public defense, mental health, and youth programs. He also used county contributions to a bail assistance programs and special courts for high risk offenders as other examples of where the County invests to keep people out of jail and help rehabilitate them.
Supporters of the project say the current conditions in the jail are unsafe and inhumane; many of those inmates boarded out are youth and women who are cut off from family while they are sent to jails out of the area.
County Legislative Chair Martha Robertson encouraged those concerned about incarceration practices to also extend their efforts to the town and village courts, to Albany, and to other counties. She promised attendees that the legislature would pursue their concerns.
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How To Cook Pork Asado (Asadong Baboy)
Asado in Spanish (a'saðo) means grilled meat. In the Philippines asado means sweet and salty braised marinated pork.
- 1 kilo pork
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups soy sauce
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 piece bay leaf
- 2 cups water
- In a Large bowl combine soy sauce, garlic, salt and pepper
- Add the pork in the mixture and marinade for at least 1 hour
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In McAllen, the largest cadet class is now sworn in and gearing up to join the McAllen Police Department pushing their force to full staff.
17 cadets were selected out of more than 130 applicants and they are now on their way to becoming police officers. Before that happens, they have to go through the police academy which is a 20 week program that will instruct the cadets and prepare them for the state Peace Officer Licensing exam.
Even if all 17 cadets pass the state exam, Police Chief Victor Rodriguez says the department will always have the need for more officers on the street.


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As the rather young brand is facing "adolescence", Toyota is planning a full line-up overhaul – beginning with 2015, when the Japanese automaker's third US brand would reach its 12 years anniversary.
According to Doug Murtha, vice president of Scion sales, the company will continue to offer five different models, but without saying which would be discontinued, he disclosed that three of them would be all-new.
"Beginning in November in Los Angeles, we're going to show the first of three new products that will come to market within a 24-month period," Murtha said. "Beyond that, there are no real specifics on what's going to sunset and what's going to stick around."
"There's been a little wait involved," he said. But, new additions underline "the company's commitment to not be done with the experiment, to put some resources behind it and continue what we started 11 years ago."
After it was introduced in 2003, the brand's sales peaked at 173,034 cars in 2006, but now the aging model line-up, consisting of xB wagons, xD hatchbacks, and tC and FR-S sport coupes dropped to only 68,321 units in 2013.
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Sequencing study reveals low levels of microbes in lab reagents that can create big problems for some microbiome studies.
Sequencing study reveals low levels of microbes in lab reagents that can create big problems for some microbiome studies.
The Internet search giant joins a number of other companies offering cloud computing and genome storage.
A newly described method linearizes circular chromosomes in yeast and caps them with telomeres to mimic natural chromosomes.
Researchers create a phylogenetic tree of insects by comparing the sequences of 1,478 protein-coding genes among species.
Analyzing data from a large twin study, researchers have homed in on how host genetics can shape the gut microbiome.
The genitalia of mammals and reptiles develop from two different tissues, but the structures share common genetic programs and molecular induction signals.
Researchers have developed a technique for determining the species of snake responsible for a bite by sequencing genetic material from the fang marks.
Parents of children with the fatal genetic disease Niemann-Pick Type C are taking an active role in research to understand how mutations associated with the disease may protect against Ebola.
In Chapter 1, "Fossils and War," author J.G.M. "Hans" Thewissen describes the difficulties of conducting field research in a conflict zone.


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In the early 1980s, Orson Welles found himself in a career quandary. He was celebrated around the world as being one of the greatest filmmakers who ever lived – but no one wanted to put any money into the various proposed projects he hoped to produce and direct. Meetings with Hollywood power brokers and European financiers inevitably steered into gushy praise for "Citizen Kane" but stopped abruptly whenever Welles tried to raise interest or cash for a new work. The reason for this reluctance was genuine: for better or worse, Welles had a reputation of creating productions which either remained unfinished or were tied up in legal limbo. And the relatively few films he made during the 1960s and 1970s that managed to be completed and released turned out to be commercial failures.
Desperate to get momentum going, Welles set up shop in his Los Angeles home to create test footage for a feature based on the writing of Isak Dinesen, the Danish author whose work Welles brought to the screen in the 1968 feature "The Immortal Story." Between 1980 and 1982, Welles self-financed and shot 20 minutes of film designed to be seen by potential backers.
Whether any would-be moneybags ever saw the 20 minutes of "The Dreamers" is unknown. What is known is that very few people have ever seen the extant footage in its entirety. To this day, it remains a mysterious and elusive coda to Welles' turbulent career.
I recently had the uncommon good fortune to receive a video copy of the extant footage from "The Dreamers." Viewing it places me in the rare company of Welles scholars such as Joseph McBride, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Peter Tonguette and Jaime N. Christley. But while these esteemed writers expressed praise for "The Dreamers," I have to be the odd man out and detail why this ambitious project was doomed to failure from the beginning.
"The Dreamers" is based on two stories by Dinesen (who is best known for her memoirs "Out of Africa"). The focus belongs to the late-19th century opera diva Pellegrina Leoni, who loses her singing voice in fire. Unable to accept a life without music, she fakes her death and disappears on a lengthy adventure where she transforms herself into different personalities as her surroundings change; encounters with aristocrats, peasants, the down-on-their-luck and children were part of her travels. Welles, who was to play the supporting role of the diva's Dutch-Jewish confidante and guardian angel, projected the film would cost about $6 million, which was quite a sum for that period (remember that "Heaven's Gate," which sank United Artists in 1980, cost $40 million).
Welles collaborated on the screenplay of "The Dreamers" with Oja Kodar, a Croatian actress who starred in his "F for Fake." During his latter years, Kodar (born Olga Palinkas and renamed by Welles) was the great filmmaker's companion, muse and artistic partner. The plan for "The Dreamers" was to cast Kodar as Pellegrina Leoni, and perhaps this is where the project sank.
There were two key problems in having Kodar entrenched as the star of "The Dreamers." First, she had no box office value or name recognition, and it was highly unlikely anyone would finance a somewhat pricey movie with a total unknown in the leading role. Second (and this is where I depart company with those who admire "The Dreamers"), Kodar was miserably miscast. Welles instructed her to speak her lines in a seductive whisper, yet her sing-song line readings were totally without emotion. That she had a fairly thick Croatian accent rather than the Italian accent required of the role was another matter – she sounded like Bela Lugosi's Yugoslavian cousin and offered as much vibrancy as a Romero zombie. Kodar's beauty cannot be denied, but her glaring dramatic limitations were so pronounced that it is impossible to wonder what Welles was thinking by banking on her.
"The Dreamers" consists of two sections lasting about 10 minutes each. The first is in black-and-white and is supposed to take place in a monastery where Welles' character recounts the circumstances that put the story in motion (just how the Jewish character wound up in a monastery is not clear). The camerawork is tight, filling the screen with Welles' bulk while the heavily shadowed background masks the actual location of filming (probably Welles' living room). Welles is made up in a long white beard, a prominent nose, oversized eyeglasses, a large black hat and a billowing black coat with a severe white costume. He also speaks in an on-again/off-again accent that places improper emphasis in his pronounciation (the city Venice becomes "Veniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice" via his lips). Sad to say, it is thoroughly ludicrous to behold – and anyone who groaned over Welles' excesses as an actor have more than ample ammunition here to justify their grousing.
The ten minutes of Kodar's footage, however, is in color. Though some of it is in tight close-up of her illuminated eyes while shadow encases the rest of her face and the scene (again, Welles used darkness to hide the poverty of the test footage location). A few minutes were shot outside in a garden. Peter Tonguette, in his invaluable essay on "The Dreamers" published in Senses of Cinema, quotes Welles scholar and respected film journalist Bill Krohn, as saying: "I am moved as I am by very few things in cinema every time I see the garden fragment. It's like that great Bob Dylan song or that great Beatles song that you can't get enough of."
It is? Not for me, unfortunately. All I see is the costumed Kodar sleepwalking her leisurely way across the grounds, whispering lines with a hushed and unsteady voice which sounds as if she is saying the words phonetically and is nervous of mispronouncing them. There is a nice tracking shot of Kodar, but so what? It is nothing remarkable, and the poor sound recording (one can easily hear the whirr of street traffic in the distance) is more than distracting.
Kodar and Welles wrote nine drafts of the screenplay, but their efforts were in vain. "The Dreamers," as with several other Welles projects, was unproduced by the time of his 1985. Kodar bravely announced she would make the film in honor of Welles, but nothing came of that. She eventually directed two movies, "Jaded" (1989, in which she starred) and "A Time for…" (1993, in which she was not on screen). She is also credited in co-writing the screenplay of "The Big Brass Ring," a 1999 movie based on another unrealized Welles effort. According to the Internet Movie Database, Kodar has not been involved in post-Welles filmmaking beyond these few works.
In 1994, Peter Bogdanovich reportedly planned to make "The Dreamers." That never happened. In 1996, the rights to the Dinesen source material was purchased from Kodar by Andy Howard, who was Welles' business manager during the final years of his life. To date, Howard has not brought "The Dreamers" to full fruition.
The 20 minutes of fragmentary footage currently resides in the Munich Filmmuseum. It has been screened in a few festivals and Welles retrospectives, and bits of it were included in the documentary "Orson Welles: The One-Man Band." To date, the entire surviving footage has never been released on DVD, although the segment included in "Orson Welles: The One-Man Band" was part of the recent Criterion DVD of "F for Fake." Copies of the footage have been circulating quietly among Welles completists, unknown to even the most rabid of bootleg fanatics.
In a way, there is good fortune that "The Dreamers" is so obscure. Welles' talent was without peer and it is best for those who love his work to celebrate his many deserved triumphs and not be bothered by this small, shabby post-script to his career.
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