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Most Americans remember to brush their teeth regularly. Their pets' pearly whites, however, don't always get the same kind of attention. It is back to school again – so why not schedule a check up for both of you? According to the American Veterinary Dental Society, by the age of two, 80 percent of dogs […]
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Summer is a time to enjoy spending time with your family, two and four-legged. Keep in mind that the same things that bother you about summer, like the sweltering heat and influx in insects, also bother your pets. Take precaution and protect yourself and your pets this summer so everyone can have fun in the sun.
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Burma's censors monitor Internet, newspapers - and poets
The regime has watched the media more closely since last September's uprising by monks.
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Saw Wai is a Burmese poet known for his love songs. His eight-line Valentine's Day ode, about a brokenhearted man in love with a fashion model, was a particularly tender one. But there was one problem.
If read vertically, the first word of each line formed the phrase: "Power Crazy Senior General Than Shwe."
The senior general himself, head of Burma's (Myanmar's) military junta, could not have been amused. The head of the censorship board was urgently called to the capital; the weekly "Love Journal" has been shut down and copies of the offending edition were yanked from newsstands.
Saw Wai is now in jail, where apparently he will spend Feb. 14 in isolation, behind bars.
Extreme government censorship is as much a part of life in today's Burma as rice and pagodas. Everything from TV programs to newspaper ads goes through a rigorous vetting board. But the junta is fighting a losing battle against a population hungry for information, armed with tools ranging from transistor radios to sneaky editors and myriad ways to bypass blocks on Internet sites.
Since last September's monk uprising, the censorship has increased. And criticism of the ruling junta is not all that is wiped out – so is most bad news, including reports on natural disasters and defeats of the national soccer team. Even good news can be cut if it's about countries out of favor with the government.
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Visual Analysis: Dimensions of Rage
Added May 26, 2011 at 06:21PM EDT by Olivia Gulin.
Rage comics now include a much wider range of emotions than simple anger. Where do they all line up?
Visual Analysis: Rickroll
Added May 24, 2011 at 03:10PM EDT by Olivia Gulin.
Just how many people has Rick Astley promised to never let down throughout the years?
Visual Analysis: Bodies on the Floor!
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According to Google Images data, Australia's latest craze "planking" is the most popular photo meme that involves people lying on the floor, surpassing Lying Down Game (UK) and Playing Dead (S. Korea).
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Added May 16, 2011 at 02:53PM EDT by Don.
Sometimes we find a piece of content entertaining because of it's amazing production value, exceptional writing, or spectacular performances. These are the recipients of Oscars, Grammys, and other distinguished awards reserved for what we consider quality works of art. But entertainment is mired in complexity, and sometimes we find amusement in what is obviously a horrid creation.
Visual Analysis: Shock Sites
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Don't click links coming from people in any of these countries.
Visual Analysis: Advent of the Ponypocalypse
Added May 10, 2011 at 07:29PM EDT by Olivia Gulin.
Sure, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is popular now… but haven't rainbows, unicorns, and over-the-top cuteness always had a special place online?
Retrospect: OBL in the Media
Added May 04, 2011 at 04:07PM EDT by Brad.
As a both political and fundamental religious figure whose radical messages were broadcast around the world, Osama bin Laden certainly made himself an easy target for mockeries online as well as parodies and satires in pop culture.
Take a brief look at how Osama bin Laden has been portrayed in the Western media and on the web.
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Added May 02, 2011 at 02:42AM EDT by Chris Menning.
If you use Tumblr to any extent, you're no doubt aware of the large number of blog subdomains that begin with "F Yeah."
I caught up with Ned Hepburn, the creator of the very first "F**k Yea Shark" to see if we could pinpoint why it has become such a success.
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Metairie Man Dies After Being Struck On I-10 Wednesday Morning
A Metairie man walking along I-10 westbound near Veterans was struck and killed by a car after he tried to cross the right lane Wednesday morning.
Louisiana State Police say 34-year-old Henry Daigle, III died at the scene. Toxicology results on Daigle are pending an autospy.
Impairment and speed are not considered as factors in the crash. The driver of the 1998 Saturn SL that hit Daigle submitted to a breath test which found no alcohol in her system. She also submitted to a blood test that will be analyzed by the State Police Crime Lab.
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Archive | March 29, 2012
Contributing Writers: Passionate about Personal Finance?
March 29, 2012
Empower4u is looking for all contributing writers with a larger than life passion about personal finance. The launch of empowertheconsumer.com will be the site for contributing writers to showcase articles, investigative pieces, books, guides and educational tools, etc. on personal finance matters. The site will not be a blogger platform site, as this site will […]
Despair in Supreme Court decision over Obamacare
March 29, 2012
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March 29, 2012
Mark Rubio endorses Romney and the endorsement made breaking news on the Drudge Report and Fox News. The Drudge Report sent announcements leading up to the Mark Rubio endorsement. The first term Florida Senator is a rising Republican icon, and and his endorsement came under speculation of Romney choosing Rubio as the VP Running mate. […]


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- Economist, University career, father, investor, researcher, history buff, silver life master at bridge, editor, author, cinephile, and dancer teacher/participant.
I joined OS in July, 2012.
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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan has a population of 250,000 people and is home to the largest university in the province (25,000 students). It is 1,000 miles North of Denver, a 1,000 miles East of Vancouver, Canada, and 750 miles South of Santa's workshop at the North Pole.
Tink finds purrfection
Looking for love in all the wrong places has recently caused Tink to restrict his love quest to those of his own species.
Through KittieMingle.com, Tink has now found his cat's meow.
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Gals in Cleats, with Lipstick
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was established shortly after the USA entered WWII. Five hundred major league players, as well as thousands of minor league players, served in the military during the war. This caused many minor league men's teams to disband. Al… Read full post »
Top 10 Things I Always Wanted to Say: Open Call
1. I have a lust for writing. It's almost orgasmic. But wait, there's something running down my leg. Perhaps it's ink?
2. Writing is a weaving of words into a literary patchwork quilt.
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Rhinos Party Hearty
In the early 1960s' some astute and action-oriented Canadians noticed a disturbing increase in the number of dishonest and untruthful politicians, both in power and in opposition. In 1963 in an effort to improve the well being of Canadians and to bring Peace, Order and Good Government to Canadi… Read full post »
Frozen: Wrath of the Snow Queen
The winter of 2013/14 has been an abomination for many in North America. Places not accustomed to receiving snow, ice, and freezing temperatures have experienced these conditions for the first time. As an indication of the severity of the cold this winter, 90% of the Great Lakes are covered… Read full post »
Thoughts of Summer Gone
Six long months from now my two grandsons may once again be outside enjoying a cold treat.
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Are You Coming Out To Play?
Much to my grandson's surprise, he saw Bambi's mother when he looked out the window of their condo in Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Hard to decide who was more surprised.
Pay It Forward: Make the World a Better Place
Perhaps I am too naive to be let out in public but I have long thought that the concept of Pay It Forward has great merit. In today's society, individual greed, corporate greed, apathy, bigotry, uncaring attitudes, and self-serving governments are commonplace. These scenarios often lead to pov… Read full post »
The Siren of Dance
After scraping myself off the pavement from being run over by the divorce bus, I was searching for something to fill a big void in my life. One day, sitting alone in my now sparsely furnished abode, I remembered that I had always enjoyed music, and maybe, just maybe, moving… Read full post »
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A Canadian Writer's Journey
A Canadian Writer's Journey
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Enchanted by Quotes
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The Craft of Writing
My quest to better understand the craft of writing and to improve my writing has led me on a most enjoyable journey of discovery.
I have a lust for writing. It's almost orgasmic. But wait, there's something running down my leg. Perhaps its ink?
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On the evening of September 29, 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri, Myrtle Bennett shot her bridge partner husband, John, after he was unable to bring home a makable four spade contract. She called him a 'bum bridge player' and he slapped her several times and overturned the bridge table. The
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CCNY Professor Wins Award for Book on Burning Man
Each summer, tens of thousands of people camp in Nevada's Black Rock Desert to create the countercultural phenomenon famously known as Burning Man, an arts festival named after its spectacular bonfire of a forty-foot tall wooden and neon sculpture of the "Man." More than 50,000 faithful attendees establish "Black Rock City," a temporary metropolis dedicated to community, art, "radical self-expression," and a gift economy. Campers depart seven days later, having left no trace whatsoever.
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The follow-up novel to the blockbuster Sideways, the basis of a major motion picture, tracks the continuing story of Miles Raymond and his buddy Jack.
It's seven years later. Miles has written a novel that has been made into a wildly successful movie, and the movie has changed his life. Jack, contrarily, is divorced, has a kid, and is on the skids. Phyllis, Miles' mom, has suffered a stroke that's left her wheelchair-bound and wasting away in assisted living. She desperately wants to live with her sister in Wisconsin. When Miles gets invited to be master of ceremonies at the International Pinot Festival in Oregon, he hatches a harebrained road trip. With Jack as his copilot, he leases a handicapped-equipped van, hires a pot-smoking Filipina caretaker, and, with his mother's rascally Yorkie in tow, they take off for Wisconsin via Oregon's fabled Willamette Valley.
This is a road novel for the smart set and wine lovers, and it is anything but predictable.
©2010 Loose Gravel Press (P)2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
"Better, richer than Sideways." (Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter)
"Rex Pickett shows that his gift for creating wildly funny scenes is quite intact.…The book is laugh-out-loud funny." (New York Journal of Books)
"Had me alternately laughing and crying through this hilarious, heartbreaking, and ultimately moving meditation on fame, friendship, and family. Vertical managed to break my heart and then put it back together again, piece by piece…and should abolish any lingering doubts whether the author just got 'lucky' with Sideways. This is a work to be both admired and savored like the great Willamette Valley Pinots Miles exults over." (Forth magazine)
"Disappointing intenionally depressing"
Pretty good considering lackluster material.
Jack and Miles excessive bacchannal.
Too many three and four syllable words. Could have saved time by euthanizing his mother in the first third of the book. Basically this is an author that was embarrassed by the success of Sideways and the movie, feels he doesn't deserve the success and writes a book that ensures he will never have to write about these characters again. Pickett writes a personal novel never failing to point out what an immature, emotional, alcoholic wreck he has made of his life. He used the characters of Jack and Miles and a sequel to a popular book to bait and switch readers. I feel like a fool finishing the book. No wonder Knopf rejected the book and he had to self publish.
"Too much unrefined sex"
No, like every other sentence had talk of miles ejaculating it seemed like.
In this book no favorite. Brick is good, but miles seems like a completely different person from the miles in "sideways". As does jack. But miles is particularly unlikeable. He's sex obsessed. Treats everyone badly. And especially says mean things to his mom.
Just wayyyyyy to much sex going on with super hot young chicks and miles. Seems like the author is living vicariously thru miles. And it's told in a way that comes off as creepy. Not sensual.
Or maybe I'm missing somethjg?
I didn't think sideways did. But I welcomed a new novel with miles and jack. Ultimately I didn't like the direction the characters lives had taken.
A dissapointment. Seems a contrived plot to facilitate another road trip.
The characters aren't consistent with sideways and too much sex not portrayed very sexily.
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It was a perfect September afternoon to dedicate the 53-acre Denny Dobbs Park, located off Ga. Highway 212, across from Oak Hill Elementary School. Here, the man of the hour Denny Dobbs, left, chats with Newton County Commissioner Mort Ewing and Georgia House Rep. Bob Lane, R-Statesboro, who was the guest speaker for the event.
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Russian opposition figures: Sergei and Anastasia Udaltsov
The BBC looks at some of Russia's key opposition figures.
Continue reading the main story Sergei and Anastasia UdaltsovThey have recently become known as the "revolutionary couple" of Russian politics.
The Udaltsovs: Key Facts
- Sergei Udaltsov formed radical left-wing youth group AKM in 1998
- Arrested around 100 times for organising unauthorised protests
- Detained 4 Dec 2011 and went on hunger strike
- Anastastia Udaltsova came to prominence during his detention
Born in 1977, Sergei Udaltsov is one of the leaders of the left-wing, unauthorised opposition - as opposed to the political parties officially registered by the authorities.
Anastasia Udaltsova, a year younger than her husband, was formerly his press secretary but became significant in the protest movement in December 2011 after he was arrested on the day of the parliamentary elections because of an unauthorised protest.
Sergei Udaltsov went on hunger strike while in custody. A speech at the second mass rally on 24 December was recorded and shown on big screens and it was not until early January that he was released from jail.
He has been involved in Russian politics since he established the radical left-wing Red Youth Avant-garde (AKM) in 1998. He later joined Left Front, an umbrella organisation for left-wing youth groups, and rose to become its informal leader.
In recent years he has organised and led numerous "Days of Rage" against the authorities, some of which were sanctioned but most were not. He has been arrested around 100 times.
Although he and his colleagues have tried to register an official political party, their application has been rejected several times. Now, he hopes to register the party under more liberal laws promised by outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev.
Sergei Udaltsov addressed protesters at an opposition rally on 6 May - the eve of President Vladimir Putin's inauguration - and was arrested by police who stormed the platform.


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Still in love with my Asics GR4's
I still am like in shock. After spending at least $500 on various Nike's, all top end models and suffering from:
SEVERE Achilles Tendonitis BURSITIS ( I mean who the fuch gets Bursitis, I didn't even know what it was.) CRAMPS, ACHES, PAINS of various degrees One of my tennis buddies who is like a rabbit said I should try ASICS and for once in my life I listened. I owe this dude a life debt. I just gave 3 pairs of Nike BF's and 1 pair of Vapors to Goodwill and feel like I ought to sue Phil Knight. Crappy shoes, not only that, the sole is gone after a month. |
I have GR4s, and have also found the Yonex shoes to be very comfortable as well.
Yup, I am lovin' them too. Great support and comfort.
Yep, I tried Nike, Adidas and Price, but none of them really gave me a 100% satisfaction rate.
The GR3 and GR4 are great shoes :) |
I played in my red/black G4s tonight again. I have about 10 hrs on them...they'e fresh!! Love em.. Need another colorway though.
Bursitis tends to recur, and when the bursa is inflamed it can become infected, often leading to surgery. I doubt the Nikes caused this problem. You should avoid playing on consecutive days.
I've got the black and red ones. Might pick up a pair of the grey and orange ones too, they're fly.
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text: Charley and Jack pressure fellow student Fancourt to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.


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The Viswa Mahavidyalaya at Kanchi was established with the benign Blessings of Their Holiness Pujyasri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamiji and Pujyasri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamiji and it attained the status of Deemed University in 1993. Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya, formed under the aegis of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam Charitable Trust in 1993. The University has a campus in Poonamalle, Chennai, housing an ayurveda College, research centre and hospital. The University has a unique focus on integrating traditional knowledge with modern scientific practices with a global outlook. he Mahavidyalaya offers presently programmes in Sanskrit and Traditional Sastras. In modern education, it offers UG and PG courses in various branches of Engineering, and PG courses in Computer Application and Management Studies. Bachelor.s degree in Ayurvedic Medicine, keeping with the original Ayurvedic tradition is offered in a constituent unit of the Mahavidyalaya. It offers Ph.D programmes in all disciplines. In keeping with the above vision, the emphasis in planning and development of the Mahavidyalaya is the blending of traditional wisdom of our land with modern science (technology) towards an integrated programme of higher education.
Constituent Schools
Location - It is located in a sprawling complex of 50 acres at Enathur, at a distance of about 4 Kilometres from Kanchipuram and 65 kms from Chennai.
Hostel - The University campus has two hostel buildings for boys. The University campus has two exclusive hostels for girls. Resident wardens provide complete and personalized attention. Facilities in the boys and girls hostels include: comfortable and well-ventilated rooms, peaceful and pollution-free surroundings, dining and mess facilities, telephone & internet access, common room with facilities, indoor and outdoor games, round-the-clock security and resident wardens
Computing & Web Centre - The web centre has high end servers and is connected by ERNET's 2MBps connectivity link Leased Line. Internet connection is available campus wide, through the campus network, to enhance research and teaching activities. The Computing and development centre has high end client systems which are used by staff and students for research and development activities.
Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi International Library - Established in 1995, housed in Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Diamond Jubilee mahal is a unique facility in the University. Spread across an area of 7,500 sq. feet occupying spacious accommodations in three floors, the library provides an ideal ambience for reflection and study. The library plays a vital role in supporting teaching learning and research through lending. Reference and enquiry services there are around 200000 books ,current periodicals and expanding range of electronic services including over 1,000 tapes and CD ROMS of which the library dedicates a deserve a collection of books to the IT World and subscribes to over 100 specialized national and international journals. One unique feature of this library is the collection of rare and ancient manuscripts and palm-leaves, more than 6000 in number all micro film and preserved in air-conditioned rooms, benefiting to high quality research in sanskrit and various fields of modern science and technologies
Research - The University actively promotes Research & Development in all its departments, under The Dean, Research & Development. Ph.D. programmes are offered in all the departments of the University. The Department of Sanskrit and Indian Culture alone has produced more than 25 doctoral degrees. A large number of researchers are pursuing their doctoral research programmes through various departments.
Placements - The University produces more than 200 Qualified Professionals in the form of Engineers every year in the various branches and Masters in Business Administration and Computer Applications. The placement department organises - A) Final Project Placement Programme (Project Duration 8-10 Weeks) The final project is done by students as a full-time hands-on training project on-site to help the students gain an insight into an organization environment in applying theoretical inputs to practical work situations, enabling a smooth transition into the corporate world. B) Campus Placement Programme (Course scheduled for completion in May) The campus placement programme helps match the requirements of the corporates with the talent from the University and provides as a launch pad for the young graduates to kick-start their careers.
Transport Facilities - Transportation is available by university bus: From Kanchipuram to Enathur (4kms) and From Kanchipuram to Chennai
Bank Facility - Indian Bank has a full-fledged branch at Enathur, right opposite the University campus. All major Nationalized Banks have their branches inside Kanchipuram town (at a distance of about 5 kms from Enathur). ATM Facility is also available.
Sports - In keeping with its vision of all-round personality development, the University emphasizes and keenly encourages students to participate in sports and games. Facilities and equipment are available for all major sports. A Physical Education Director leads the staff for training/coaching students. A gymnasium on campus helps the students stay fit.
Medical Centre - A medical centre is functioning on the campus to provide the required medical care to students and faculty, and for meeting any emergency/ first-aid medical needs.
Online Certificate Course in Sanskrit - Info - http://kanchiuniv.ac.in/sansonline


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Product Placement is a practice done in shows where a company will pay for a real world product to be displayed prominently, or have a character using.
The concept of Product Placement is a practice often used in the production of some shows that bolsters the income of a series. Some of the time, the company that owns the show also has interests in the product that is being advertised on-screen. These do not include commercials. What separates these from regular commercials is that it takes place during the actual story. The idea is that if a certain character is shown using an item or eating a certain food type. The fans of that character may be spurred to also purchase this item.
The practice of an on-screen ad is done through a prominent character often using a product and the name of the brand is always clearly shown. The most common is from food products and drinks that are actually being sold in the real world. A character may drink from a soda or bottled drink and the logo is clearly seen. These ads rarely ever make it to the US market, and the ads are removed when shown in America.
More often in manga and anime a product is parodied. A logo on a soda can, store front, or electronics device will be similar, but with a noticeable difference to the name or logo. That is what separates Product Placement and Product Parody.
In the Neon Genesis Evangelion, the character Misato Katsuragi is almost exclusively shown drinking YEBISU brand beer from the can. This is also seen in the manga adaptation of the series, but with a far more detailed label. Pages of the manga are on display in the YEBISU Beer Museum in Shibuya, Japan, along with pages of other series it's company products have appeared in.
In Black Lagoon from Rei Hiroe, the Bacardi rum brand is mentioned by name in the zero chapter as the characters Revy and Rock engage in a drinking contest. They call for the bartender Bao to bring all the Bacardi he has. The bottle isn't actually seen in this section, but the label is partially displayed in the anime edition of this scene. Later in Episode 2 of the anime, Dutch is using a can of Heineken as an ashtray, but in the manga the beer was labeled as "Lion Heart".
In the Vol. 1 Ch, 2, Rasta Blasta Pt. 1, Revy is hit in the face with a pint of Haagen Dazs vanilla ice cream. The logo is shifted with the dimensions of the container but easily read. This wasn't shown in the anime.
In the Girls Bravo anime series, the Honda logo as well as many of their brands of motorcycles are shown in Episode 7. In the story, Koyomi has been commissioned to find a husband for Maharu. Kirie has the idea of attracting men to vet by taking over for the models displaying three Honda motorcycles. A picture of Kirie in the Honda dress she wears here is later seen as a poster of Kosame in the first episode of the second season.
The anime series Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion had some of the most prominent on-screen adverting for an anime series. Through the entire first season, it was rather common to see the logo for the Pizza Hut company to be seen and every time a pizza was shown in the anime the box top is clearly visible to the audience clearly with the Pizza Hut logo. No other brand of pizza is ever seen. One of the stars of the Code Geass anime, C.C., is obsessed with pizza and is frequently eating it.
In the second season, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, a particular brand of pizza that was being seen in the series was also being sold to the real Japanese market at the same time. It had small pigs in a blanket ringing the crust.
Another major sponsor of the Code Geass anime was the Japanese internet search company Biglobe. When a character is using a computer, the Biglobe logo is often clearly seen.
Most of the advertising never made it for the airing of the anime in America. All the Pizza Hut logos were removed and wasn't even present in the DVDs. However, the Biglobe Search logos remained.
In The Beach Stars manga series by Masahiro Morio. The Hiroshima based company known as the Molten Corporation (株式会社モルテン Kabushiki-gaisha Moruten) has a sports brand of volleyball that is the only one seen to be used in the series. The brand name is often displayed clearly. Their brands of volleyball and basketballs have been used in various Olympic games since 1984.
The popular Japanese sport drink Pocari Sweat frequently appears in the pages of this beach volleyball series. The product has a light grapefruit flavor and is advertised as an "ion supply drink" that's meant to supplies electrolytes lost through sweating.
In Evangelion 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone movie, that is a re-imagining of the original Neon Genesis Evangelion, the practice of product placement is much more bold than the original. The YEBISU beer is still present, but included is Kirin Beer brand lager. The cans are shown using digital labeling that allows for far more detail than the original hand drawn animation. An image of Misato holding this updated beer can is displayed in the YEBISU company museum in Shibuya, Japan. Dorito's brand chips are also prominently displayed.
In Evengelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, Ryouji Kaji is seen giving Shinji a can of UCC COFFEE coffee milk. UCC brands are the only vending machines shown in this scene.
In the Sora no Otoshimono manga adaptation, the fabric spray Febreze appears briefly on one of the pages in the later chapters of the more recent volumes. Mikako Satsukitane is seen using it as she talks with Tomoki and his friend.
In the Tiger & Bunny anime series, the concept of heroes being sponsored by corporations plays a prominent role. Some of the heroes even have the company's logos printed on their suits the way some modern athletes would have on their uniforms. Many of the real world companies that are advertised in Tiger & Bunny include BANDAI, Pepsi, SoftBank, and many others.


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Saint Ange
Saint Ange | |
Saint Ange film poster
Directed by | Pascal Laugier |
Produced by | Christophe Gans |
Written by | Pascal Laugier |
Starring | Virginie Ledoyen Catriona MacColl Lou Doillon Dorina Lazăr |
Music by | Joseph LoDuca |
Distributed by | Rogue Pictures (US) |
Release dates
Running time
98 minutes |
Language | French English |
Box office | $5,164,229[1] |
Saint Ange, also known as House of Voices, is a 2004 French-Romanian horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier. It is Laugier's feature film debut.[2]
In 1958, Anna, a young cleaning woman, is sent to spruce up the abandoned St. Ange orphanage in the French Alps region. In fact, she has been sent there because she is pregnant, but she keeps this a secret from others. She then discovers that Judith is the only orphan who still lives there, a young woman who acts like a child, locked up in her own memories. As she begins her cleaning duties, Anna begins to experience strange things such as hearing the footsteps and voices of children down the hallways. Meanwhile, her co-worker, a cook named Helenka, does not hear a thing, and begins to worry about Anna's state of mind.
As time passes, Anna begins to suspect that St. Ange holds a dark secret. Convinced that Judith's memories hold part of the answer, Anna coaxes her into helping uncover the sinister secrets that lie under the orphanage. [2][3]
According to Christophe Gans, the film was shot both in French and English. The Canadian DVD has both cuts of the film.[4]
- Virginie Ledoyen as Anna
- Lou Doillon as Judith
- Catriona MacColl as Francard
- Dorina Lazăr as Helenka
- Virginie Darmon as Mathilde
- Jérôme Soufflet as Daniel
- Marie Herry as Marie
- Éric Prat as Le responsable des services sociaux
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External links[edit]
- ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&id=_fSAINTANGE01
- ^ a b "Saint Ange - Feature film, fiction". Unifrance. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
- ^ "Saint Ange". Moria - The science fiction, horror and fantasy movie review site. 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
- ^ Interview with Christophe Gans
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We found a program that explained explains the seven main reasons some children have difficulty learning to read. The program is "Easyread by Oxford Learning Systems". This is an online program that helps struggling children learn how to read. (It has a 96 percent success rate as well as a guarantee) It is especially optimized for dyslexic children and highly visual learners.
This program has helped our two children by using lessons that are less than 15 minutes per day, four to five days per week. I wholeheartedly recommend this program!


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I wrote a blog once that urged comic artists to try writing their own books. I held back a bit on what I said--Punk Rock Jesus hadn't come out yet, so I didn't feel like I had the proper authority to really speak up.
Since then, there's been a lot more discussion about the etiquette of publishers toward their freelancers, the recent rise of creator owned books, and the effects of Hollywood moving into comics (or vice versa). And as friend of mine at Newsarama pointed out recently, I'm one of a few guys who's found a middle ground--not only because I'm writing and drawing my own book, but because my OGN is partially owned by DC Comics.
Certain events of the last year have created new concerns within our industry. Do you still need to work for big publishers if you want to "make it"? Do they deliver a better product than creator owned books? Are the Big Two treating creators as fairly as they've always been? Between the rise of digital comics and comic-based movies, are creators getting their fair share? Are comic companies adapting properly to the changing landscape?
Whatever the answers to these questions might end up being, two things are becoming clear to me.
1. Now is the best time in the HISTORY OF COMICS to be doing a creator owned book.
2. Being a writer as well as an artist gives you more power, which is helpful in these uncertain times.
Frank Miller is a successful artist/writer combo. So is Paul Pope. Mike Mignola, Jeff Lemire, Bill Watterson, Will Eisner, David Lapham...the list goes on. And there are a ton of indy artist/writers that also put out a good product, although many will tell you that they don't make a lot of money doing it.
So if we know it's possible to be a writer/artists combo, why don't more artists try it?
The truth is that most attempts at being a combo fail. No one wants to be the artist who mills away for years writing (what he thinks will be) his opus, only to have it end up a laughable failure. But I think most of these attempts fail because artists don't respect writing as an individual craft--rather they think that being in comics for long enough means they've developed writing skills simply through osmosis.
Which is bullshit. And it's disrespectful to your medium. Just because you can stand on a hardwood floor doesn't mean you know how to build one.
What are other reasons not to write? Maybe you have no desire to write. Maybe you don't think you'll be good at it. Maybe you have a family and bills that prohibit you from taking the time to pursue it properly. Or maybe you feel like the industry's attitude against writer/artist combo is too steadfast.
Some of these are good reasons. But even if you don't think you want to write, the benefit of being a artist/writer combo deserves your consideration. Don't you owe it to yourself and to your family to try make the most out of your career by wearing two hats instead of one?
My first argument is to commit to one book. Over the past 7 years and in my spare time, I've read 7 books on writing and screenplays. And while I'm no expert, I've managed to have success with Punk Rock Jesus. What does that tell me? It says that it's possible to read 7 books on writing and manage to produce something (at least) average to most comics. You might not be Mark Millar, Ron Marz, or John Arcudi on your first try, but that's okay--you're not looking for excellence, you're looking for proficiency. It's possible to pull off a decent OGN if you're willing to learn the fundamentals.
Here's a list of books I've read about writing. I suggest you pick one and read it. If you finish reading and still have no interest in writing, then that's fine--I guarantee your storytelling will have improved, as well as you ability to recognize a good/bad script. But if the book is even marginally interesting to you, then you might have the chops for a decent OGN.
Screenplay by Syd Field
Good Script, Bad Script by Thomas Pope
The Comic Toolbox by John Vorhaus
Making a Good Script Great by Linda Seger
Save the Cat by Blake Snyder (this is a popular one lately)
Story by Robert McKee
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
I have a movie screenplay approach to my writing, which isn't necessarily the best way. In fact, you might disagree with some of the things you'll read, and that's fine. The reason I recommend the screenplay approach is because it's more efficient: you can view/dissect 4 movie plots in an afternoon, whereas a novel can take weeks to read. And I feel comics have more in common with movies than any other medium.
OGN vs FREELANCE
Working as a freelance writer for a publisher, from what I'm told by my writing friends, can be really hard and unfair. Writing's hard enough, but pleasing a publisher makes it a lot harder. Here's a list of problems you might encounter while working with a publisher:
-You're hired to write X, but then X changes halfway through. And you don't get paid extra for rewrites.
-You submit an idea when suddenly a bigger writer comes along, sees it, likes it, and takes it for his own.
-You finish a plot, but are then told you can't use certain characters because another writer wants to use them.
-You have to write plots that you don't like--plots sometimes invented by people who don't know what they're doing.
-Someone might chang your dialog without telling you. And you don't find out until it's on the stands.
-You're ready to get started, but the publisher puts it on hold. Or artist X spends too much time on Twitter and not enough time hitting his deadlines, the bastard.
These problems are mostly avoidable if you're doing your own stuff. Even if you're not as good as a professional writer, the grueling editorial process imposed on most writers might be enough to give you an edge.
While publishers have the most money, the best creators and the best distribution/advertising, they're still LIMITED from doing whatever they want. Batman brings a lot of money into DC, and while they want to have the best Batman stories possible, a writer can't do anything he wants with the character. They need Batman to be relatively unchanged, because merchandizing and movies necessitate it. That's obviously why comic "deaths" aren't usually permanent, and we all know it can lower the quality of the books. Now when Captain America dies, some of us just shrug. That's the cost of the "limiter" on comics--it keeps us from telling the Shakespeareanly-epic stories that freelancer writers are capable of.
In a way, a major publisher is like BMW--they've got a recognizable brand, a long history, and more capital than a "do-it-yourself-er" in a garage. BMW can afford to spend $100,000 to make sure the sound of the locking mechanisms isn't too loud. They even makes some of the best engines--some are so fast, that they even put a limiter to make sure it doesn't go over 200 mph.
Now why would BMW add a limiter? Why build an amazing engine and then stop it from reaching maximum performance? The reason is this: adding the proper brakes, suspension and other gadgets that allow a car to go over 200 mph safely would make that car too expensive. In other words, BMW wants to make an impressive car, but they know it's not practical to make it go "full tilt".
So what's Punk Rock Jesus?
PRJ is a custom car built in a shed by a single mechanic, me. While it might not compete with BMW, it does have some of the same parts (same paper, drawing supplies, DC distribution, and a DC editor). I also have the help of a BMW caliber designer (me the artist). And while I don't have the normal pit-crew BMW has (DC colorist, writer, inker, or the recognition of a character like Batman), I also don't have a limiter so I'm relatively free to make the car as fast as I want (I can create any character, subject, background, kill anyone at will, etc). At the end of the day it might not be a Z4, but my car just might beat it in a drag.
Sometimes I think it's better to be a combo artist/writer on a "C" level book than an artists on an "A" level book.
As I said before, being a writer gives you more power. Even if your script isn't at Scott Snyder level, at least it's YOURS. Tons of artists talk about doing their own thing one day, but you actually DID IT. You'll gain new readers, do more interviews, be invited to more shows--a writer/artist combo is way more likely to get comped at a convention because for the same price, they're flying in both the writer and the artist--YOU.
Yes, being on Batman is also great, because Batman is giving you a boost. But it's easy to forget that Batman is going to outshine you, and many people won't give your art the attention it deserves. That doesn't happen when you're doing your own book.
In my opinion, artists who have been in comics for decades but OWN NOTHING are irresponsible. After years of toiling away on your craft, dragging your ass to shows, pouring thousands of hours of sweat into pages and commissions, you never found the time on the side to do even ONE 4-issue miniseries that you own?!
Shame on you. Even if you didn't want to write, you could have owned something with a writing friend.
Owning something that turns into Hellboy is unlikely, of course. But ownership of your characters pays off in lots of little ways. Maybe a second edition will make you some extra cash. Maybe the European editions will make you more. Maybe you've got enough of a hit to get more money for a sequel. Maybe you saved your process sketches and can sell a sketchbook on the side. Or maybe it won't get made into a movie, but the option money alone could pay for a mortgage.
With the digital age of comics, writing and drawing your own stuff is easier than ever. Big publishers are nervous about the options small press and self-publishing offer--and they should be, especially when you see what some of these guys are getting on Kickstarter! Even if you decide writing isn't for you, I just wanted to write this post and encourage you to give it more thought.
Good luck.


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Friday, May 6, 2011
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Albany Herald
DONALSONVILLE -- Jakhari Martin didn't walk to first base. He didn't run.
He floated.
And Seminole County floated with him, right there in the clouds.
That's how it feels when you win this way, this incredible, improbable way. That's how it feels to survive, to breathe again -- to grab back a season that was almost lost.
"It felt great, felt awesome ... I don't know what to say. I'm speechless,'' said Martin, whose grand slam lifted Seminole right into today's survivor-take-all game against Savannah Christian, one of the top Class A teams in Georgia.
It took nine innings and the grandest slam of Martin's career for Seminole to save its season with a 15-9 win against the Raiders, who won the first game of the best-of-three series, 3-0, on Friday and then led 4-0 early and 7-6 going into the seventh of the second game of the first round of the Class A state playoffs.
But Seminole just kept coming back, back, back -- until Martin's shot cleared the left field wall in the top of the ninth to break up a 9-9 tie.
"It's a miracle, a miracle,'' said Chris Brown, who hit the first pitch he saw in the seventh far beyond the right field wall -- a two-run blast that broke a 7-7 tie to make it 9-7.
There were heroes everywhere.
The Indians had scratched for a run to tie it in the seventh when Dee Virgin walked, stole second and scored on Justin Burke's just-in-time single to center.
Savannah went to its fourth pitcher of the day, and Brown met Jonathan Chamblee's first pitch with a vengeance, sending Seminole to a 9-7 lead.
But the Indians couldn't hold it -- although they didn't lose it either.
After a couple or errors and a close call at the plate gave SC two runs to knot it up in the bottom of the seventh, the Indians ended the inning with a bang-bang play at the plate to send the game into extra innings. SC had runners at first and third and Eric Davis was dancing off first, trying to draw a throw. Burke, Seminole's third pitcher of the game, chased him back and then whirled and threw out Tyler Oglesby at the plate.
The game, the score and every stomach at Seminole stayed knotted until the top of the ninth when the Indians loaded the bases with one out for Martin, who worked the count to 3-2 before hitting his first high school home run.
"The last time I hit a home run I was in the rec league,'' said Martin, who knew he got all of it right away. "It felt like it when I hit it. It felt like it was going. I was just trying to get on base. I was scared, nervous during the game. I didn't want our season to end. But I wasn't scared when (I was hitting in the ninth).''
That season is alive and well.
"That was a long, long game,'' said SC coach Carl Carter, who is closing in on 500 career wins. "We had our chances and we hit the ball really well, but they made the plays. That's a good team, a real good team. They came back (in the second game). They've got a real good team, and you've got to play your best to beat them.''
Seminole tacked on a couple of runs after Martin's slam, and Quan Johnson slammed the door, pitching two perfect extra innings to get the win.
But it was costly. Sam Buczek, one of Seminole's top players and one of only two seniors, left the game in the eighth with an injured oblique and likely won't play today. He does everything for Seminole.
Buczek started the second game and went five innings, giving up four earned runs. He didn't walk anyone and struck out three, and brought the Indians to life with a two-run homer to center in the third inning to close to 4-2.
"That was big. We were down,'' Seminole coach Truette Johnson said. "After losing the first game and then when they went up 4-0 in the second game, we were down. But they kept believing. This is a resilient group. That's why they don't feel pressure.''
There will be pressure today when the two teams meet at 1 p.m. They combined to use nine pitchers in the second game Friday, and with Sam Buczek out, Johnson will have to juggle like a circus act. Sam Buzcek not only pitches, but he's the No. 1 catcher. Burke is the other catcher, but he will have to pitch.
"I will throw all day if I have to,'' said Burke, who threw two innings Friday. "I'll do whatever I have to do for us to win.''
That's the attitude at Seminole.
"I believe in this team,'' Brown said. "We never stop believing we can win. That's why I love this team.''
That love and faith in each other has paid off all year. The Indians (23-3) had not lost to a team in Georgia this year until Oglesby, a tall, tough righthander who is ranked in the Top 30 pitchers (all classes) in the state, shut them down on two hits in the opener. He struck out 11, including the last six to give SC (21-7) the upper hand in the series.
It didn't faze the kids from Donalsonville. They snapped back like a bungee to take the second game, scratching to get a 5-4 lead with a three-run fourth inning that was highlighted by three bunt singles, including a beauty by Colby Hunter that brought in two runs when Davis couldn't hang on to the throw at first as Hunter hit the bag.
Buczek had an RBI single to score a run, and Burke brought in a run with a grounder that scored a run from third on a heads-up play.
It's been like that all year for the run-and-fun Indians, who run all the time.
"It's all about the green light,'' Burke said. "We've got the green light and when we turn it on nobody can stop us.''
They're still alive and running.
Well, floating ...
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Posted By Mark Sisson On July 24, 2013 @ 8:00 am In Recipes | 383 Comments
Bulletproof coffee [7] has taken the paleo world by storm. Not me, though.
Don't get me wrong. I'm all for people dropping grass-fed butter and coconut/MCT oil into their high-quality coffee, blending it all up into a high-octane mug of frothiness, but I just can't get into it. If we're talking coffee additives, I prefer my butter in the form of cream. That's me. I definitely see the appeal of it, though, and I'm sold on the merits of the drink and its components. It's just not for me.
However, the idea of adding non-traditional fatty food items to coffee intrigued me, so I decided to explore other options. Eventually, I landed on eggs.
Why eggs [8]?
Egg yolks are excellent emulsifiers. There's the egg yolk lecithin, a famous emulsifier, plus several different egg yolk proteins with emulsification properties. Good yolks are prized by top chefs around the world primarily for their emulsifying ability. Egg yolks smooth out sauces, salad dressings, and relations between bitter enemies like oil and water. That's right: egg yolks are the great unifiers of the food world. Throw some olive oil [9], lemon juice, salt [10], and pepper [11] into a bowl, whisk it all together, and you'll have a lovely stratified bowl of fluids of different shades. Oh, they might appear to blend together into a dressing for a second or two, but once you look away, the old immutable divisions will rear their heads and the dressing will disappear. Add an egg yolk or two, though? You'll get a silky smooth salad dressing that remains so for time immemorial.
If you don't have a blender but still want a smooth, creamy coffee drink, hand-frothing an egg yolk with a fork or whisk will get you there. Hand-frothing butter and coconut oil requires vigorous labor and may not even achieve full emulsification.
Eggs are incredible sources of micronutrients. While I love grass-fed butter [12], cream, and coconut oil [13], they aren't exactly micronutrient-dense. The best butter contains beneficial nutrients like vitamin A, omega-3s [14], vitamin K2 [15], and butyric acid [16], while coconut oil is a unique source of medium chain triglycerides, but for the most part we eat those foods because they are sources of stable, healthful saturated fats [17]. They provide energy. Egg yolks, on the other hand, are baby bird building blocks. They contain everything you need to build an entire working animal from scratch – all the vitamins, minerals, protein, and fatty acids that make life work. And, if you get a pastured egg – which you should if you know what's good for (and your omelets) – your yolk will be supercharged, with extra choline, vitamin E, vitamin A, vitamin K2, omega-3 fats, vitamin D, and beta-carotene from all the bugs and greens the chickens ate.
I love eggs, particularly the yolks, and enjoy adding them to everything. They're a solid, dependable, go-to breakfast item, they're good for you, and they taste great. What more can you want? That's why they ended up on my list of foods I couldn't live without [18], and that's why they ended up in my coffee. In the end, I just love eggs, and since I already add them to just about everything, I figured "why not coffee?"
Are there any potential problems with adding eggs to coffee?
Oxidation springs to mind. Not only are you subjecting egg yolks to heat, you're also whipping oxygen into them. It seems like the perfect storm of lipid oxidation, no?
I'm actually not too worried. First of all, the coffee really isn't very hot. It's well under boiling.
Second, coffee is a rich source of antioxidants – you know, those things whose primary job is to prevent oxidation. Whereas bathing fragile fats in a boiling bath of water might promote oxidation, coffee is essentially an antioxidant-rich broth. Marinating meats in herbs [19], wine [20], and citrus juice seems to prevent oxidation, and I'd bet that coffee can have similarly protective effects. Drinking coffee sure protects LDL particles from oxidation via incorporation of coffee polyphenols into said LDL particles [21]; why wouldn't coffee polyphenols frothed up with egg yolk offer similar protections to egg phospholipids?
Third, the actual blending/frothing only takes place for a few seconds. It's relatively short-lived, probably not long enough to be a problem.
Fourth, the vitamin E in egg yolks is there to prevent oxidation. It's quite good at it [22]. Coincidentally, this is why you should get pastured eggs if possible. The yolks of pastured eggs contain upwards of four times the vitamin E found in standard battery egg yolks.
What about raw egg white's tendency to bind biotin? Raw egg whites have the well-publicized ability to bind biotin (found in the yolk) and prevent its absorption. Luckily, the binding ability of avidin begins to break down at 158 ºF (70 ºC) and is almost completely degraded at 185 ºF (85 ºC). Since coffee is ideally brewed with water running between 190 and 200 ºF, the finished product should be able to keep avidin from binding your biotin.
But why eggs and coffee?
I stumbled upon something I had never heard of until recently – Vietnamese Egg Coffee – and decided to experiment in the kitchen.
Now, let's get right to the recipes themselves. As you'll see, they're not all that complex. You're basically just adding eggs or egg yolks to coffee. Still, though, read on to see exactly how I did it.
I did a little playing around with this and tried several different recipes. In the end, I think I came up with a solid recipe. Ingredients:
First, I brewed the coffee (35 grams of coffee beans – I used a light roast, single-origin bean) in a French press. Dumped the grinds in, added about 350 ml of water, gave it a quick stir, covered it, and let it sit for three minutes. Meanwhile, I separated the yolks from the whites. Once the coffee was ready, I dumped it in a blender, set it to "low," and dropped in the yolks. After a few seconds, I added a teaspoon of sugar [23] and a pinch of salt [24] (around a quarter teaspoon) and let it blend a bit more. Then, I poured it, admired the head of foam, and got to drinking.
I tried fewer yolks and found the brew too thin. I tried more yolks and found it to be unnecessary. Three yolks was perfect. If you want to switch things up, you can add something a little sweet like I did. I added my usual teaspoon of sugar, plus a quarter teaspoon of Himalayan sea salt. Honey, maple syrup, or stevia should all work well, too. The salt may sound odd, but trust me: it just works as long as you use a little sweetness to counterbalance it.
Think of this as a whole foods-based protein shake. Ingredients:
I started by beating the eggs together, whole, as if you were making scrambled eggs. You could also blend them. For a 1 cup dose of coffee, I did two whole eggs. Once the eggs are beaten or blended, slowly drizzle in the coffee. You don't want to cook the eggs. You want them to stay creamy. If you're really concerned about the avidin in the raw white, dump the coffee in to ensure maximal heat exposure. Otherwise, just drizzle.
I think a higher egg:coffee ratio (using a large shot of espresso, for example) for a stronger coffee flavor would work really well. Also, two eggs in this recipe created a nice and creamy concoction. I suspect three eggs might even be better.
Again, I added a little sweetener plus some salt. It made the coffee taste a bit like a liquified custard. Really, really tasty.
I also tried out a few other additions to the brews, to see how they meshed with the eggs. Consider adding these:
In the course of research for this post, I ingested five eggs plus five extra yolks along with several cups of moderately strong coffee. I don't know if it was just an excessive amount of coffee or if the caffeine was potentiated by the phospholipids in the yolks, but I felt like I was under the influence of… something. Although it was a good feeling, a productive feeling, to be sure, I could see it getting out of hand if taken too far. This is potent stuff. A cup or two is probably ideal, at least for me.
Don't worry about a little sugar, even the white stuff. The amount I added, a teaspoon, is just four grams of sucrose. And, if you use an actual food like honey [28] or maple syrup [29], which have different (improved) metabolic effects compared to plain white sugar, the potential downsides of ingesting sugar are lessened even more. Besides, you can always use a non-caloric sweetener like stevia, which has its own set of benefits [30].
Since writing this article a few weeks back, I've begun rotating egg yolk coffee into my morning routine. I don't have it every day, but do have it several times a week, particularly if I have a busy day ahead of me where optimal productivity is required. Whole egg coffee seems to work well pre-workout, boosting energy, motivation, and providing a nice source of branched-chain amino acids [31] for the training ahead.
What about you, folks? Want to give this a shot? Ever tried this yourself? Got any tips to improve my recipes? If you do try it, let me know in the comment section how it works out!
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[21] Drinking coffee sure protects LDL particles from oxidation via incorporation of coffee polyphenols into said LDL particles: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17823423
[22] quite good at it: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10804454
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[28] honey: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-honey-a-safer-sweetener/
[29] maple syrup: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-paleo-cod-liver-oil-sunflower-butter-mead-maple-syrup-pectin/#axzz2XBwZeLYK
[30] which has its own set of benefits: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/stevia/
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Gaston Sen. David Hoyle says the Revenue Department has aggressively targeted small businesses that have tried to follow the law. The Charlotte Observer reported the co-chair of the finance committee planned a hearing Wednesday.
Revenue Department officials say they are enforcing the law. They say they are trying to do a better job to make sure taxpayers understand the laws.
Hoyle says one example of the problem is a bakery that sells gourmet bread. La Farm Bakery must charge 7.75 percent tax if it sells the bread at the bakery in Cary. The tax is 2 percent if the bread is sold at a grocery store.
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Body identified as woman missing from Davenport, Iowa
The Hennepin County Medical Examiners has confirmed the identity of the body found last Saturday in Ravenna Township. The body is that of Carrie Elaine Olson, 29, of Davenport, Iowa. She was reported missing more than three months ago.
The Dakota County Sheriff's Office and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are continuing their investigation into what happened to Olson. The cause and manner of her death remain under investigation.