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My Thunderbolts roster11
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|Active dry yeast
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|Warm water
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
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|1 Teaspoon
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Combine milk, sugar, salt and butter in a saucepan; scald, then cool to lukewarm.
Stir in yeast mixture, then add 3 cups of the flour, beating very hard, until smooth and creamy.
Cover with a tea towel and place in a warm spot.
Let rise until light and bubbly, about 1 hour.
Mix in egg and enough of remaining flour to make a kneadable dough.
Knead well, cover again, and let stand in a warm place until double in size, about 1 1/2 hours.
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Mr. Rollins, whose clients also included Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, David Letterman and Lenny Bruce, scouted talent and helped develop acts.
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When Heirs Fight Over Assets With Sentimental Value
Robin Williams's widow and children are in the middle of a fight over his personal effects. Such wrangling is hardly uncommon.
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Herman denied such an offer was made.
"No truth to that story," Herman wrote Tuesday in an email to the AP. "First Lance heard of it was today. He never made any such contribution or suggestion."
Tygart was traveling and did not respond to requests from the AP for comment. USADA spokeswoman Annie Skinner said Tygart's comments from the interview were accurate. In it, he reiterates what he told the AP last fall: He was surprised when federal investigators abruptly closed their two-year investigation into Armstrong and his business dealings, then refused to share any evidence they gathered.
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Ben Roethlisberger is expected to return to action this weekend when Pittsburgh plays San Diego. Roethlisberger has been out since Nov. 12. According to the Post-Gazette the nine year veteran's condition has improved his range of motion. In that Nov. 12 contest against Kansas City the Steeler quarterback injured his shoulder and ribs. This would not be the first time that Roethlisberger played while injured. Even at less then 100 percent he represents a substantial upgrade over Charlie Batch who led Pittsburgh to a win in Baltimore last week. While Pittsburgh will have back their quarterback they could be without one of their cornerbacks for an extended period of time. Ike Taylor will not play this weekend after suffering a hairline fracture in his lower right leg. Cortez Allen will replace him at the cornerback position.
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Devart was the GOLD sponsor of Annual Conference of Polish SQL Server User Group
Devart was the GOLD sponsor of the SQL Day | Annual Conference of Polish SQL Server User Group, which was held on the 11th – 13th May 2015 in Wrocław, Poland.
We would like to thank the organizers and speakers for the wonderful conference! Our special thanks to Maciej Pilecki and Katarzyna Nieradka for the assistance and warm welcome. We have had a great chance to meet new people, exchange views, and present our software products to the wide audience. Read the rest of this entry »
How to specify parameters in a report through the command line
dbForge Studio for SQL Server gives you an oppurtunity of automating the variety database management processes. One of them is specifying parameters in a report making use the command line.
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Since RAD Studio XE7 Update 1 was released, the ETTracker.dll library was added to installation. Its purpose is obscure, but its presence in the installation caused serious problems for Windows XP users when installing RAD Studio XE7 Update 1. Read the rest of this entry »
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One of the best ways to gather information about SQL Server workloads is to capture trace information. In this article, we will look at how to use SQL Trace and Server Events Profiler for tracing SQL Server activity. You can use this information for auditing, monitoring and troubleshooting SQL Server performance. This article is intended for DBAs who need to collect information about workloads running on SQL Server for analytic purposes. Read the rest of this entry »
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Using SDAC in Direct Mode for access to SQL Server from iOS and Android platforms doesn't significantly differ from the one on Mac OS X or Windows platforms. Let's see how this works in a sample below for RAD Studio XE7. Read the rest of this entry »
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In the press conference after his team beat Baylor to advance for the Final Four, Kentucky Coach John Calipari asked, "Is the floor going to be raised (in the Super Dome)? Does anybody know?" When was confirmed that the floor would, indeed, be elevated a couple of feet above field level for the games, Cal said, "That makes it harder. When they raise that floor, now it becomes a little harder. So a team that doesn't shoot a whole lot of threes has an advantage." Kentucky, while being a very good three-point shooting team, hasn't had to rely on the outside game all year, so, in theory, the raised court should work in their favor. As if they needed another advantage. The Wildcats already field the most skilled group of athletes in college basketball, a group that plays as selflessly as any in recent memory, and one that has put on its best performances when it counts the most: in this NCAA tournament. "This team hasn't been rattled all year," Calipari said. "We've had teams come a...
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ATLANTA (AP) — In some versions of a March 7 story about a legislative debate over Georgia's gun laws, The Associated Press reported erroneously on the qualifications that would be necessary to legally carry a gun under a bill approved by the state House of Representatives. Residents would need a license to carry a firearm, not a driver's license, to bring a gun into a bar, church or college campus if the bill becomes law.
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Ga. lawmakers deal with guns, HOPE and other bills amid key deadline to pass legislation
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ATLANTA (AP) — People with a license to carry a firearm could bring their guns in bars, churches and college campuses under legislation given initial approval Thursday by Georgia lawmakers just ahead of a critical deadline.
The frantic day of voting came on what state lawmakers call "Crossover Day," the 30th day of Georgia's annual 40-day legislative session. Under internal rules, any bills not approved by at least one chamber of the General Assembly by Thursday were at risk of failing for the year. There are some exceptions to the rule.
House Republicans voted 117-56 to approve legislation expanding the places where people can carry guns. The legislation now heads to the state Senate. Under the plan, school administrators could arm their employees, a move that Republican backers say would deter attacks on school. It would also allow people who have received voluntary inpatient care at a mental hospital or substance center to receive a license to carry a weapon. Right now, judges have discretion over whether to issue licenses to those applicants.
Judges would be required to check whether applicants have received involuntary treatment and could refuse to issue licenses in those cases.
"... Until our government can unconditionally ensure our safety, I will fight for your right and my right to protect ourselves and our family," said Rep. Larry O'Neal, R-Bonaire, the House majority leader. "And as long as bad guys have guns, I'll fight for good guys to have guns."
Democrats urged lawmakers to reject the bill, referring to recent massacres in Colorado and Connecticut.
"I have a hard time understanding why we are responding to a series of tragedies by expanding the likelihood of danger," said Rep. Karla Drenner, D-Avondale Estates. "....Carrying a gun makes one more likely to be shot. Policy should be based on facts, not on rhetoric or assumption."
Among education bills, House lawmakers voted to lower grade requirements for those seeking HOPE grants to attend the state's technical colleges. Two years ago, state lawmakers raised the grade point average to 3.0 to address what was then a decline in lottery revenues that fund the HOPE program. Since then, the technical college system has seen a notable decline in enrollment as students lost access to the grants.
The plan passed Thursday would return the qualifying grade point average to 2.0. The bill now heads to the Senate and is likely to pass since it has bipartisan support and the backing of legislative leaders and Republican Gov. Nathan Deal.
Supporters say an increase in lottery revenues allows for the change and the move could benefit several thousand students at an estimated cost of $5 million to $8 million annually.
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This was not the couple's first argument. Tustin police had intervened on several occasions when arguments had escalated to physical confrontations.
On this particular Sunday morning Kevin decides to defuse the situation by going out and getting a couple of burgers from the local Jack in the Box. However, instead of going to the outlet across the street from his apartment, he drives to a Jack in the Box more than fifteen minutes away.
This spur of the moment decision will change his life forever.
At 01:35 am, warm burgers in hand, Kevin arrives back at his apartment. His first concern is that the door to the apartment is ajar. He enters and calls out Dianna's name. The only noise he can hear is what he later describes as a snorting or snoring sound coming from the bedroom. He enters the bedroom to find his wife lying on the bed among a tangle of blood-stained sheets.
Dianna Green had been raped, strangled and hit on the forehead with a blunt object. At first, Kevin thinks his wife has been shot in the head, but it later turns out that the object she was hit with contained a nail or a bolt which caused a bullet-like entry wound to the middle of her forehead.
Kevin checks to see if his wife is still alive. She is. Barely. Police and ambulance arrive within minutes and Dianna is transported to hospital. Doctors detect a faint fetal heartbeat, but Dianna's head injuries are so severe doctors believe that an immediate caesarean section would endanger the lives of both mother and baby. Twenty-four hours later, doctors remove a baby girl from Dianna, but are unable to save her. Dianna lapses into a coma.
Kevin remains by her side.
With very little evidence recovered from the crime scene and no signs of a forced entry to the apartment, police investigators zero in on Kevin Green as the prime suspect. They ask him about the volatile nature of his marriage to Dianna. Had he ever struck his wife during an argument?
On the night Dianna was attacked did she deny him sex?
Yes. But it wasn't a big issue.
Nevertheless, did they argue about that?
What did they argue about?
Something and nothing. It was just a trivial argument. One of many.
They don't believe him. Police investigators are relentless. The questioning goes on for several hours. They are convinced Kevin brutally attacked his wife after losing control. They think he raped her and then bludgeoned her with a piece of wood. Unfortunately, there is no direct evidence, and the detectives have no other suspects.
The young Marine doesn't realize it, but the circumstantial evidence is piling up against him.
They ask him if he attacked his wife after losing his temper. No, he didn't. Did he rape her? Absolutely not. Kevin remains calm and answers every question thrown at him. Police are becoming frustrated. They believe that he didn't use the local Jack in the Box across the street from his apartment, but chose to drive to one fifteen minutes away to create a timing alibi. Conveniently, they say, he was gone for more than half an hour, rather than the couple of minutes it would have taken to cross the street, thereby giving an "intruder" time to enter the apartment and attack Dianna.
Detectives ask Kevin if he knows of anybody else who might be responsible.
No. But he did see a black man in the parking lot close to his apartment around the time he left to get the burgers. He saw the same man about to get into a van when he returned. The man appeared to hide his face as he passed him. Unfortunately, Kevin gives police a generic description that could fit any young black man. Investigating detectives do not believe him, but with no hard evidence they are unable to charge him.
The investigation grinds to a halt.
Dianna has sustained severe brain damage which affects her memory. She also struggles to string a sentence together and requires constant medical care, which includes extensive speech therapy sessions.
Despite suffering severe memory loss, just three months into her recovery, Dianna drops a bombshell. She contacts police and tells them she has now remembered what happened the night she was attacked. She tells detectives that she was beaten and raped by her own husband, Kevin.
Police immediately arrest Kevin Green and charge him with assault with a deadly weapon and the second degree murder of his still-born daughter. He is taken into custody, but it will be almost a year before the case comes to trial. Despite accusing her husband of battery and rape, it appears that Dianna is still suffering from amnesia and aphasia - a loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words.
Kevin Green's defense team, shocked by Dianna's condition, request that an independent psychiatrist evaluate her mental state.
The request is denied.
Dianna testifies that she and Kevin got into a fight when she refused him sex because of her pregnancy. Neighbors remember hearing the couple fighting on the night of the attack. It is also noted that the couple had heated arguments on numerous occasions during their seven-month marriage. Dianna tells the court that Kevin hit her with a key retractor which caused the blunt trauma injuries to her head, and then he raped her. The prosecution use Dr Martin Brenner, a psychiatrist, to confirm that Dianna Green is a reliable witness.
The prosecution present forensic evidence suggesting that Dianna was brutally raped and produce semen samples found at the scene. Unfortunately, DNA profiling will not become available for another seven years so the sample cannot be used to link anybody to the crime. The only evidence that in any way connects Kevin Green to the crime is his wife's testimony, and it is very persuasive.
The jury deliberates for ten hours, and on November 7, 1980, Kevin Lee Green is found guilty of the second degree murder of his unborn child, the attempted murder of his wife, and assault with a deadly weapon. He is sentenced to 15 years to life.
Kevin is incarcerated in Soledad Prison where he continues to proclaim his innocence. He requests and passes a polygraph test. It makes no difference.
In 1982, two years into his sentence, his appeal reaches the district court. The conviction is affirmed. Kevin petitions the Supreme Court of the State of California but gets no response.
By 1984, knowing he is innocent but with appeals and petitions going nowhere, he is on the brink of suicide. His lowest moment comes when he learns that he is to be dishonorably discharged from the USMC. Discharged Marines are ineligible for any veterans benefits and often encounter difficulty in securing gainful civilian employment. It is the final blow. Kevin remembers the moment he decided to accept his situation. 'I couldn't do it anymore. I couldn't keep fighting,' he recalls. 'It dawned on me that I needed to get on with my life.'
He studies computers and earns a degree.
Kevin continues to maintain his innocence, but over the years he becomes a model prisoner. He works as a warden's secretary, giving tours of the prison to college students and organizing Christmas parties. Jerry Smith, spokesman at Soledad Prison said, 'Kevin had a very good rapport with both inmates and staff and it was built on respect,'
Kevin quickly realizes that he is never going to admit to something he didn't do, even if he has to serve out the full sentence. 'I never considered admitting guilt as a possibility.'
In 1996, after serving 16 years, Kevin's luck changes. Detectives from Tustin and Costa Mesa are working on a batch of unsolved murders which go back as far as the seventies. They link the killings and sexual assaults against several women aged between 17 and 31 to a single perpetrator, named as former Marine, Gerald Parker, also know to police as the 'Bludgeon Killer'. With DNA profiling now available detectives discover that the semen sample found at Kevin Green's apartment also matches the DNA of Gerald Parker. They have their man.
Fortunately, Parker is incarcerated in a local prison and detectives quickly set up an interview with him to discuss the twenty murders they have linked to him.
Although confronted with irrefutable evidence, Parker refuses to cooperate until detectives mention the Kevin Green case. Parker tells detectives that as a former Marine himself it has always bothered him that he did this to a fellow Marine.
Apparently, being in the USMC for seven years was the only good thing he ever did in his life. He offers a full confession.
Gerald Parker was the black youth that Kevin Green saw loitering outside the apartment on the night of the attack.
In his testimony to an Orange County Grand Jury, Parker said, 'Out of all the murders and the crimes that I committed over the years that was the one that bothered me the most.'
He is sentenced to death. As of February 9, 2015, he is still on death row awaiting execution. With California suspending capital punishment for an indefinite period, it is more than likely that Gerald Parker will eventually face a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
Kevin had the judgement overturned and after receiving $650,000 in compensation, he gave Dianna $50,000 for the legal fees she had incurred whilst suing him.
Despite the DNA evidence and Gerald Parker's confession, Dianna still insists that her husband was in some way involved. While she concedes that he may not have struck the 'final' blow she still says that Kevin raped and beat her that night and got everything he deserved. She also says that if Kevin had not left the door open when he went out none of this would have happened.
For his part, Kevin feels that while he lost sixteen years of his life it was nothing compared to the damage Dianna suffered during this ordeal. She has lost most of her hearing, most of her sense of smell, and has trouble writing or articulating a thought. Despite her continuing animosity towards him, Kevin Green has consistently excused his former wife's attitude, accusations and actions over the years. He understands that she is angry, frustrated and bitter and concedes that she was as much a victim of the system as he was.
One of the first things Kevin did after his release was to visit the grave of his unborn daughter to tell her that he did not kill her.
He moved to Missouri to be closer to his family and has since remarried. In the years since his release he has spent much of his time talking to law classes and criminal justice conventions about his case. He hopes that prosecutors and investigators will focus more on the facts rather than trying to achieve unrealistic targets.
To this day, Kevin Green believes that well-intentioned family members and investigators planted suspicions in his ex-wife's head. It was these false memories that cost him sixteen years of his life.
Dianna D'Aiello and Kevin Lee Green
Victims of the system
Information and pictures courtesy of:
On the case with Paula Zahn: 'Painful Memories'
Los Angeles Times
Tustin Police Department
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Gallery New World Stages, located at 343 West 49th Street, today announced the upcoming opening of ELEMENTS IN RED: Works On Canvas. This exhibition features 40 paintings and will be on view through March 31, 2013, only.
Featuring the works of Diego Anaya, Azure Bourne, David Cappella, Diane Churchill, Christina Ernst, Muriel Taub Glantzman, Eleanor Goldstein, Rivky Grossman, Brandon Scott Hughes, Leon Nicholas Kalas, June Kosloff, Dorothy Krakauer, Guillermo Lorente, Cesar Persi Narvaez Machica, Desiree Maldonado, Denise Martinez, Justin Masi, Joan Mellon, Pamela Mijal, Qinza Najm, Math-You Namie, Mark Nilsson, Petra Nimtz, Nuria Rabanillo-de la Fuente, Carol Radsprecher, Corinne Rendinaro, Francesco Ruspoli, Deana Sobel, Johan Wahlstrom, Joyce Yamada,
The exhibition includes New York City artists, as well as, artists from parts of Europe, South America and the Middle East. The call for art began over a year ago inviting artists to submit paintings, oil and acrylic on canvas and covers the concentrations of abstract, figurative, landscape, representational, still life and pop art.
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We will pay for years for rallying behind the army - for considering it "part of us" and that "we are the ones who sent them," not the government.
Should the Bosnian Serb commanders have been brought before the International Criminal Court in The Hague for shelling Sarajevo? It seems that most of Israel's liberal community thinks so. A decision would be made on whether the circumstances permitted shelling; a court is needed to investigate such things because national communities do away with "permitted" and "forbidden" when it comes to the other side. Should the view that senior Israel Defense Forces officers be brought to trial be supported? In Israel the people supporting a trial for the shellers of Sarajevo will refuse to extradite Israeli officers to The Hague.
Our liberal community lacks the courage to draw a red line between itself and the actions in Gaza, to its detriment. We will pay for years for rallying behind the army - for considering it "part of us" and that "we are the ones who sent them," not the government. The lack of distinction between the government and the common people stems from the lack of moral criticism of the army and a point of departure that morality is a luxury - a view that needs to be dropped, as should other impediments.
Now that the elections are threatening to raise Avigdor Lieberman to the status of national leader, it is worth remembering: The tone is set at the top.
For example, the Second Lebanon War was investigated for a long time - all those things that "worked out for us" or "did not work out for us." The alleged war crimes carried out in that war were not even mentioned in the Winograd Report. Wiping out a neighborhood in Beirut, the killing of toddlers at Qana, the use of cluster bombs - none of this was investigated. Revulsion from the war turned into revulsion about the failure.
The attitude toward Haim Ramon characterizes the way the war was swept under the rug and paved the way for the Gaza atrocity. His calls to raze villages in Lebanon went by without protest. On the other hand, he was reprimanded for a kiss he forced on a female officer. No one is demanding an investigation into his role in the Gaza war or his fiery public statements on the need to continue striking mercilessly.
It's not the street that sets the tone. The street adopts, as part of its ethos, whatever the government and the army do. This is a good explanation for our moderates' helplessness after the war. On the face of it, they support the war, partly as a way to improve their political standing in relation to the right. But then they are surprised when the "moderate general" does not rise in the polls. The one who improves is the one who barked, "Get them!" As if there were a difference.
When our artillery bombs children, and the government and all its spokespeople ask us to regard these acts as a "victory," and when the moderates can't create a counter-discourse in time and are dragged into supporting the war as if they were unaware of its results, the smoke rises in the figure of Avigdor Lieberman. It rises in his racist ad, "Lieberman knows Arabic," to teach you that Arabic is not actually a language that one needs to know, but a fist.
Where does this ethos of thugs come from? Out of the old order, except that in the past these types of expressions were not part of the recognized system. Statements like "He knows how to talk with the Arabs the language they understand," were normally kept behind closed doors. One hand did unacceptable things, and the other dished out verses of condemnation by Nathan Alterman.
Meanwhile, there is no shame. If the war in Gaza is nothing to be ashamed of, reflecting the collective identification with our heroic army, why would Lieberman's supporters be embarrassed to support him? Lieberman is the racist logic taking over our lives, the thinking that we are allowed to do anything to them because they are not allowed to do anything to us. We are the masters. These are the results of the war and the elections.
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AMES, Iowa -- Take Grandpa's barn, an 8' by 8' slab of plywood and mix in the can do spirit of an Iowa 4-H youth and you've got yourself a tourist attraction.
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Courtney Hackett's grandmother will have a blue ribbon Log Cabin Block to display on her garage in Wayne County. Hackett, a 13-year-old member of the Washington Willing Workers, has the exhibit on display in the Home Improvement section of the building. She said she hopes her quilt gets the movement started in her county.
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Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church, a small church in rural Pike County, Ky., reportedly did just that.
The issue began this summer, after the daughter of the longtime church secretary and clerk, who is white, led a worship song at the church with her fiancee, who is from Zimbabwe. The pastor at the time, Melvin Thompson, said the two couldn't lead worship again.
Thompson later stepped down, citing health reasons. But that wasn't the end of it.
The Kentucky Herald-Leader reports:
In early November, Thompson proposed the church go on record saying that while all people were welcome to attend public worship services there, the church did not condone interracial marriage, according to a copy of the recommendation supplied by the Harvilles.
The proposal also said "parties of such marriages will not be received as members, nor will they be used in worship services" or other church functions, with the exception of funerals.
The recommendation "is not intended to judge the salvation of anyone, but is intended to promote greater unity among the church body and the community we serve," the copy supplied to the Herald-Leader read.
Truly shocking and indefensible.
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There used to be this great game show on TV: "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?"
The premise of the show was to determine whether or not the average adult could answer questions based on a typical elementary school learning curriculum. Contestants would attempt to correctly respond to ten questions.
Along the way, the presumably well-educated adult could solicit the help of one of several pint-sized counterparts, dubbed, "classmates."
As a television program, it provided viewers with a slew of hilarious situations, and forced dozens of adults to admit that they were, "not smarter than a fifth grader."
In the two- and-a-half years that the show was on, only two people won the top prize of $1,000,000—one of them being a former Nobel Prize winning physicist.
What does all of this have to do with you?
Well, given the results of a recent, nationwide survey, quite a lot, actually.
The survey took an in-depth look at the habits, preferences, and lifestyles of 100 centenarians (people age 100 and older) and measured them against 300 baby boomers (aged 50-55) to pinpoint the differences and similarities between each group.
Looking at the outcome of the seventh-annual "United HealthCare 100@100 Survey" report, may cause baby boomers to ask themselves a rather curious question: "Am I healthier than a centenarian?"
To help you answer this question for yourself, try (honestly) answering the following queries:
Do I consistently eat a balanced diet complete with plenty of fruits, vegetables, lean proteins and complex carbohydrates?
The connection between sound nutritional choices and good health has been scientifically proven countless times, but this message appears to have had more of an impact on the most long-lived members of our society than on those we consider to be 'middle-aged.' 80 percent of centenarians reported that they maintain a healthy diet almost daily, while only 68 percent of boomers were able to agree with that same statement.
Do I get eight hours of sleep every night?
Catching Zs for the recommended seven or eight hours each night has been linked to many positive health outcomes such as: reduced levels of stress, better cardiovascular health, and a decreased risk for depression. Yet only 38 percent of boomers say they get the suggested amount of sleep, compared to 70 percent of centenarians.
Discover 4 more things that affect how well you age…
10 Things That Make You Feel Old–And What To Do About Them
How the World's Oldest Person Spent Her Last Day
The Secret to a Long Life? It's Not What You Think
Are You Healthier Than a 100-Year-Old? originally appeared on AgingCare.com.


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This mashed cauliflower recipe is a tasty alternative to the traditional potato dish. Toss in dill (or your favorite fresh herb) and a nice sharp Cheddar cheese and you have a creamy delicious Easter side dish that's excellent alongside ham or lamb. Your family will love it!
Mashed Cauliflower with Dill and Cheddar
Serves 4
1 medium head cauliflower
1 tablespoon cream cheese, softened
1 cup sharp white cheddar, grated
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 teaspoon fresh dill, chopped
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Garnish with sliced green onion, optional
Bring a stockpot of water to boil over high heat.
Clean and cut cauliflower into small pieces. Cook in boiling water for about 6 minutes, or until well done. Drain well, patting with paper towels if necessary; do not let cauliflower cool.
In a bowl with an immersion blender, or in a food processor, puree the hot cauliflower with the cream cheese, Cheddar and butter until almost smooth. Stir in dill and season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with diced green onion. Serve hot.
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Hey ladies... as a high risk pregnancy with other medical issues, have you found that you struggle even more with fatigue?? Being tired was part of my illness before I got pregnancy, but I could usually fight it enough to stay up during the day. The past few days I am finding this nearly impossible... I can't fight THIS tiredness.... I struggle waking up... and today, I even took a 4 HOUR nap!!! Anyone else in this boat??? Any tips??? Thanks and the best to you all brave mamas!
EXTRA exhaustion? BEYOND tired?
DH & I (married 08/08/09), suprisingly expecting�TWINS 12-08-11!! (but probably November)
"Faith is being sure of what you hope for." -Hebrews 11:1
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I 'm high risk due o diabetes...and yes, I am exhausted! I'm only 6 weeks and I am very tired all the time, I feel like I can always go down for a nap. My coping mechaniss are my 6 yr old son and husband. I am always doing something for them so I can sleep as often as I like, though my hubby does give me time for naps. Praying for the best for us all.....
Mama of Isaiah who will be 7 on May 2...pregnant and diabetic, praying for the best
The combination of pregnancy with narcolepsy and mito means I sleep up to 14 hours a day. I've tried to sync up my naps with my toddler's and that works pretty well, but then I'm out by 9-10pm. I'm not working anymore, but I used to stay up late to work on my books, and now I can't stay up any later than my son and can't concentrate even when I do get a little time. Last time, I ended up putting my project on hold for almost a year because I didn't have the energy to work on it and end up with any sort of coherence. Really sucks this time around, because I'm almost finished with a book and can't focus enough to get to the end.
∑ f(CxA)=R(12/09)+L(12/11 water baby)+E(5/8/14)
3x HG survivor
(*writing blog*) (vegan lactation cookies) (*vegan cooking blog*)
26 weeks with diabetes, hypertention (both well controlled before preggo and during) and celiacs disease. Baby is doing great... but man do I sleep alot. 14 hours today alone. The meds for my hyperemesis don't help me stay awake either... those alone cause me to sleep roughly and hour or two when i take them.


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By Jennifer Merin
WeNews film critic
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
English social worker Margaret Humphreys heroically confronted a scandalous injustice. Her story in "Oranges and Sunshine" is part of a rich array of October movies, on subjects from kidnappings and plastic surgery to basketball.
(WOMENSENEWS)--October brims over with femme-centricity in cinema.
A prime example is "Oranges and Sunshine," opening Oct. 21. This truth-based drama is about Margaret Humphreys, a Nottingham social worker who discovered a scandalous injustice kept secret for decades: the British government had transported 130,000 children -- most of whom were orphaned, but many who'd just been placed in temporary care by impoverished parents -- from the United Kingdom to Commonwealth countries. There they were institutionalized, given new identities and forced into virtual enslavement. Some were only 4 years old when they were shipped away.
There's nothing gimmicky about this dramatization, which shows Humphreys withstanding threats to her safety and assaults to her character, and taking a heroic stand in making the truth known far and wide, reuniting thousands of families and punishing those responsible.
Playing Humphreys, Emily Watson is superb throughout. The scene in which she quietly but relentlessly confronts monastics guilty of beating and raping their charges is particularly stunning.
Kidnapping is also the subject of "Martha Marcy May Marlene," writer-director Sean Durkin's gripping first feature that opens Oct. 28. It's about a young woman (played by Elizabeth Olsen, the younger sister of Ashley and Mary-Kate) who has been held captive and is brainwashed by an abusive cult. She manages to escape and return to her family, but she struggles -- dangerously so -- to discern her real memories from those induced by the cult. The film is psychically alarming and brilliant.
On a lighter, bouncier note, "Mighty Macs," is director Tim Chambers' feel-good, girl- centric sports drama that opens Oct. 21. Based on a true story, the plot follows the career of Cathy Rush (played by Carla Gugino) who became head basketball coach of an all- girls Catholic College and pushed her team towards their first national championship.
It was the early 1970s and athletics were considered unladylike, especially by the
college's conservative administrator, Mother St. John (Ellyn Burstyn). But she is inspired by Rush and circumstances to have a miraculous conversion into the team's chief booster. Rah rah!
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Police facing questions in Cleveland rescue
In the wake of public outrage over the killings, a panel formed by the mayor recommended an overhaul of the city's handling of missing-person and sex crime investigations.
This time, two neighbors said they called police to the Castro house on separate occasions.
Elsie Cintron, who lives three houses away, said her daughter once saw a naked woman crawling in the backyard several years ago and called police. "But they didn't take it seriously," she said.
Another neighbor, Israel Lugo, said he heard pounding on some of the doors of the house in November 2011. Lugo said officers knocked on the front door, but no one answered. "They walked to side of the house and then left," he said.
"Everyone in the neighborhood did what they had to do," said Lupe Collins, who is close to relatives of the women. "The police didn't do their job."
Police did go to the house twice in the past 15 years, but not in connection with the women's disappearance, officials said.
In 2000, before the women vanished, Castro reported a fight in the street, but no arrests were made, Flask said.
In 2004, officers went to the home after child welfare officials alerted them that Castro had apparently left a child unattended on a bus, Flask said. No one answered the door, according to Flask. Ultimately, police determined there was no criminal intent on his part, he said.
Castro, 52, was well known in the mainly Puerto Rican neighborhood. He played bass guitar in salsa and merengue bands. He gave children rides on his motorcycle and joined others at a candlelight vigil to remember two of the missing girls, neighbors said. They also said they would sometimes see him walking a little girl to a neighborhood playground.
Tito DeJesus, an uncle of Gina DeJesus, played in bands with Castro over the last 20 years. He recalled visiting Castro's house but never noticed anything out of the ordinary, saying it had very little furniture and was filled with musical instruments.
"I had no clue, no clue whatsoever that this happened," he said.
Also arrested were Castro's brothers Pedro, 54, and Onil, 50.
On Tuesday, a sign hung on a fence decorated with dozens of balloons outside the home of DeJesus' parents read "Welcome Home Gina." Her aunt Sandra Ruiz said her niece had an emotional reunion with family members.
"Those girls, those women are so strong," Ruiz said. "What we've done in 10 years is nothing compared to what those women have done in 10 years to survive."
Many of the women's loved ones and friends had held out hope of seeing them again,
For years, Berry's mother kept her room exactly as it was, said Tina Miller, a cousin. When magazines addressed to Berry arrived, they were piled in the room alongside presents for birthdays and Christmases she missed. Berry's mother died in 2006.
Just over a month ago, Miller attended a vigil marking the 10th anniversary of Berry's disappearance.
Over the past decade or so, investigators twice dug up backyards looking for Berry and continued to receive tips about her and DeJesus every few months, even in recent years. The disappearance of the two girls was profiled on TV's "America's Most Wanted" in 2005. Few leads ever came in about Knight.


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Tonight in Toronto Capitals coach Adam Oates will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame alongside Joe Sakic, Mats Sundin and Pavel Bure.
The Winter Classic has been flushed down the toilet and formal negotiations have been few and far between.
Let's get this straight.
All of that "cautious optimism" created by the NHL's 50-50 proposal on Tuesday was washed away in a one-hour meeting involving NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and players' union chief Don Fehr on Th
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Creamy Filet Mignons With Peppercorns
19 Oct 2009
|2 Tablespoon
|Dijon mustard
|3 Tablespoon
|Worcestershire sauce
|5 Drop
|Green peppercorns/Pinch red cayenne pepper
|2 Tablespoon
|3 Tablespoon
|Olive oil
|3 Tablespoon
|Fillet mignon
|6 (3/4 Inch Thick)
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|Whipping cream
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|To Taste
In a small bowl, combine ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and green peppercorns or cayenne.
Melt butter with oil in a large skillet.
When butter foams, add meat.
Cook over medium-high heat 1 to 2 minutes on each side or until lightly browned.
Remove meat from skillet.
Add brandy.
Deglaze skillet by stirring to dissolve meat juices attached to bottom of skillet.
Add ketchup-mustard mixture and cream; mix well.
Return meat to skillet.
Season with salt.
Cook over medium heat to preferred doneness.
Place meat on a warm platter.
Spoon sauce over meat.
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