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Favorite whacking: A whopping 62.0% of those polled loved the Tony-goes-psycho-on-Ralphie murder scene. Maybe it was the lack of blood n' guts in this season's storylines that turned viewers off. I mean, what's a mafia show without whacking, right? To put things in perspective: Second place was stolen by the death of Cosette the annoying dog at the hands of Chris' buttocks (18.0%).
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) � The University of Texas System Board of Regents on Monday selected a former president of the University of Alabama and Texas Tech University as its finalist to lead the newly created University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Monday.
Guy Bailey, a sociolinguist, resigned as president of the University of Alabama in 2012, just two months after taking over. He stepped down to care for his ailing wife, who died in September. Bailey had spent four years as president of Texas Tech and during an earlier stint in the state was the provost of the University of Texas at San Antonio.
"He has experience being a president and chancellor, he's experienced with both academic and health institutions, and he's operated at a very high level and had a great deal of success over his career," board Chairman Paul Foster. "He rose to the top."
Texas law requires the finalist's name to be made public at least 21 days before a president is selected. Bailey was expected to visit the university's campuses in the Rio Grande Valley in the interim.
Regents had previously approved combining the University of Texas-Pan American and University of Texas-Brownsville, as well as plans for an associated medical school. The new university's first class will begin in the fall of 2015. The border region of South Texas has long been considered underserved and the resources of the combined university are expected to help address some of those shortcomings.
"This is the first new university in the U.S. in the 21st century," Foster said. "For us to be not only creating a new university, but one with a medical school, is a huge challenge ... We think we've found the right guy."
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Renee Fink got a kick out of the Rogers-Herr Middle School student who politely asked the Holocaust survivor on Tuesday to make sure her talk lasted until the end of the school day, which was 2:20 p.m.
Whether intended or not, Fink, 76, honored the request with a spellbinding tale about how she survived the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands as a child, and the seventh-graders and guests packed into the school's auditorium enjoyed every minute.
The school's sixth-and eight-graders watched Fink from their classrooms via a live Internet stream.
For nearly two hours, Fink shared the story of how she was whisked away on the back of a bicycle by a stranger at age four to escape Nazis who had orders to kill Jews.
Separated from her parents by design, Fink was taken to live with a Dutch Catholic family until the war ended in 1945.
"It was very difficult for Jewish children to survive the Holocaust," said Fink, who had turned eight at the end of the war.
Her parents were not as lucky.
They eventually were sent to a Nazi death camp, where they died, victims of the madman Adolf Hitler's murderous regime.
"I didn't know, and my parents didn't know, that we would never see each other again," Fink said
In spite of the war and being separated from her parents, Fink, an only child, has fond memories of living with the Dutch family, which consisted of eight children and their parents.
Fink refers to the Dutch children, all dead now, as her brothers and sisters. Their parents became her parents, she said.
The family put itself in great danger by allowing her to live with them because the Nazi's routinely murdered and imprisoned people found helping Jews.
Fink, with her dark hair and dark eyes, was kept mostly out of view so she wouldn't stand out among the other children with their blond hair, blue eyes and other Nordic features
"For them, it was just the right thing to do," Fink said. "They couldn't imagine not doing the right thing. It was just that simple."
Throughout her talk, Fink wove in messages about bullying and urged students to do what's right when they see such incidents occurring.
"Stand up when you see an injustice," Fink said.
On occasions when the Nazis came to the Dutch family's home, Fink said, the family would sometimes sit her in a corner and put a dunce cap on her head to hide her hair.
The family would pretend that she was a little crazy and the Germans would show little interest in her.
Other times, the family would put Fink in a separate bedroom and tell the Germans that she had tuberculosis.
"The Germans were cowards and they ran every time," Fink said.
Even though food became scarce and times were hard, she said that she found the period after the war tougher.
She came to America in 1948 with her grandmother and eventually went to a family that she said mistreated her.
"They didn't want me and they could not give me back," Fink said.
More than 6 million other Jews and millions of others died during the Holocaust, or Shoah, as Fink prefers to call it.
Sharon Halperin, daughter of two Holocaust survivors and a founding member of the Chapel Hill-Durham Holocaust Speakers Bureau, reminded students that there are still people who believe Jews are lying about the Holocaust or exaggerating the number of people who died.
"I want you to listen really hard," Halperin told students. "It's not just so you can remember what you hear because, unfortunately, there are people in this world who say the Holocaust never happened."
By hearing Fink talk, Halperin said students can bear witness that the Holocaust did indeed occur.
"You're here today to say 'No, that's not true. The Holocaust happened. I saw and I heard a survivor,' " Halperin said.
She said survivors are becoming rare and will be more so in the years to come.
"We have a rare opportunity, it's a gift," Halperin said. "You're going to see and hear a Holocaust survivor and that's going to be increasingly rare in the days, months and years to come because these Holocaust survivors are getting older and more frail."
Students listened carefully to Fink throughout her presentation, hanging on every word.
"It was very informative and it taught me a lot of things I would never have thought about," said seventh-grader David Madzivonyika. "I hope to meet another Holocaust survivor someday."
Madi Jakes, also a seventh-grader, said she enjoyed Fink's presentation, which included photos of her parents, grandparents and her rescue family.
"I thought it was amazing," Jakes said. "I can't even think about how difficult it must have been."
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The fresh faces of the next generation quickly learned the soles of their feet as they hit the cold concrete and then chilly Capitol marble floors can speak right to the ears of politicians. "If they're going to keep cutting higher education, we're going to fulfill our own stereotypes and we're going to end up being the barefoot state everyone makes fun of," says U of L student Olivia McMillen.
This year, Governor Steve Beshear proposed drastic spending cuts. For the 12th year in a row, higher education is taking a hit of 6.4%. It was enough for hundreds of students from the state's eight universities to put their foot down Tuesday afternoon at the capitol. "Every time there is a cut there is a direct correlation to tuition hikes," says U of L Student Body President Kurtis Frizzell. "There's going to be higher tuition, there's going to be increased fees and that's what we need to prevent."
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Yes, 'bad' hair days and high humidity go hand in hand for those with straight hair. It's no mystery that the first hygrometers that measure humidity in the air were made of hair. Hair contracts in higher humidity and expands with lower levels. May your 'frizzies' be minimal. Drier air is in the forecast with lower humidity.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post7385416092341727560..comments2015-08-01T11:10:11.810-07:00Comments on Activist Post: Demand a Plan to Stop Smart firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post-21942339078571563462013-01-28T19:05:30.836-08:002013-01-28T19:05:30.836-08:00It is my strongly and firmly held belief that only...It is my strongly and firmly held belief that only organic guns should be like, even allowed. We have to make them (guns and military-style weapon shoot-people thingies) so only people who love people can grow them. Nice people only, growing guns! Then there would be no killing and no crime. And we could all be safe.

Why is this concept so hard for people to understand? People don't want to hurt people, guns want to hurt people. But organically grown weapons, I think not, people.

Okay, here's what I really think, I've said it elsewhere:

I've lived many places and put together many a "bug-out bag" or survival pack. They were all different, depending on where I was at the time, what resources I had at the time, a gazillion variables. But here's my favorite: an AK-47, a web belt and pouch containing an AK bayonet (survival knife), three 30 round mags and an extra box of 20 rounds, a Bic lighter, a mini-Maglite in the custom pistol grip of the AK (optional). These, you can carry on the run.

That's about it.

Sure, I assume I'll be wearing clothes suitable to the environs and season (whether a bikini...or boots, jacket with gloves and hat in pockets, etc.). I assume time will be very short (we're talking "bug-OUT!," not a camping trip) and I'll stuff some food in my pockets and grab a pre-filled canteen off the rack on my way out the back door. Maybe I'll have a pocket water filter in my safari pocket. But, I'll be running.

And sure, time permitting, I'll stuff a backpack with whatever else I can think of, fishing line, a tent, MREs, a cute camp stove and little cook tablets, but if there's insufficient time...

An AK, ammo, knife, lighter. Why:

If you have to run, you're running from something. A natural disaster itself is usually over relatively quickly. If it doesn't kill you and yours, what you are then probably running from is potential enemies. Marauders, scavengers, foreign troops, wild animals (yes, even Fido--turkey jerky or Granola bars might hold feral dogs off for a few minutes, an AK with a bayonet and a Bic will turn them into breakfast).

By no means do I suggest becoming a marauder yourself (though you'll be sufficiently equipped). What you will be is an armed survivor, of value to small survivor communities both as a hunter, and for defense. Both may be critically needed by any small community. If they trust you, they will feed you and house you and let you hoe vegetables.

Make yourself worthy of their trust. Don't rush into the chaos of civilization's collapse armed with only a Swiss Army knife, fishing line, and Granola Bars. You'll be no more valuable to them than the next gun-fearing idiot with a Leatherman and a bright orange backpack full of organic oatmeal.

Be useful. Be worthy, be armed, be dangerous. Make yourself of value when TSHTF. I guarantee you there won't be enough of your type on hand.

Heroes will be in short supply.Average Joe firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post-28600910285945905432013-01-28T18:58:04.094-08:002013-01-28T18:58:04.094-08:00This is a great compromise that upholds our Second...This is a great compromise that upholds our Second Amendment rights, and helps to prevent our guns from being used by other people against us or against other people. This is something that actually would have prevented what happened at Sandy Hook. The technology might not be good enough yet, but once they develop a system which is cheap and capable of correctly identifying the authorized user 99.99% of the time quickly, and there is no way for the government to remotely disable it, no sane gun owner should be against this. Andrewhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post-12122449872707154192013-01-19T08:19:11.919-08:002013-01-19T08:19:11.919-08:00 Julie, many thanks for your great article. It sho...
Julie, many thanks for your great article. It should not come as much of a surprise that someone would plagiarize parts of your superior works. It might be prudent to make comment over there (just for the heck of it). All the best, and thank you very much for all of your super in-depth articles. Lilyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post-83191103262619899542013-01-17T10:35:59.404-08:002013-01-17T10:35:59.404-08:00I wrote this article and have just found an articl...I wrote this article and have just found an article at http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/16/smart-guns-being-developed-that-only-shoot-in-the-hands-of-authorized-users-but-is-the-tech-up-to-snuff/

(THE BLAZE) which appears to me to be paraphrasing parts of my article - there are 46 comments so far, so it seems a popular website and they make for interesting reading. I hope to see those comments increasing, to show the government that it won't be possible to introduce smart guns. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post-83140057803193808912013-01-17T08:22:39.655-08:002013-01-17T08:22:39.655-08:00So, let me get this straight.....just because they...So, let me get this straight.....just because they can give James Bond a smart gun in a Hollywood movie.....our elected bozo politicians think all guns should have this supposed technology. What!?

Kooky......La-La land mentality......yeah, okay. I sure don't want me one of those smart guns, when the police or whomever can shut them down with a RF signal. I think I would rather just settle for an old fashioned stupid gun, because it will work everywhere when I need it. We are looking at the attempted disarming of the nation.....and the beginning of the death of our freedoms. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post-15763628074728684572013-01-16T13:01:58.269-08:002013-01-16T13:01:58.269-08:00YES, Big pharma is the MAJOR KILLER!! But you won&...YES, Big pharma is the MAJOR KILLER!!
But you won't see any of that on the CORPORATE IDIOT BOX (TV)
SMART GUNS = STUPID SOLUTIONS
Looks like they have had this in the works for a while!!
A clever way, to take your ability to protect yourself away, while you THINK you still have the 2nd Amendment! AND CHIP YOUR ASS AT THE SAME TIME!!
"STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE!" email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post-72193935755744375192013-01-16T05:26:51.713-08:002013-01-16T05:26:51.713-08:00Interesting but smarter Big Brother is always ahea...Interesting but smarter Big Brother is always ahead in curtailments.- Just follow Feinstein support of Israel and tell her that as Americans are facing "terrorism" as Israel does,
so let American people be armed as jewsih settlers email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post-67426199762198599382013-01-16T00:42:06.044-08:002013-01-16T00:42:06.044-08:00Anonymous @ 2:31 is right on, please see this: Th...
Anonymous @ 2:31 is right on, please see this:
The History of Gun Control: http://youtu.be/1pKasF6l3y0 (in the doc, one sees that even registration is a horrible idea, all the easier to find you, m'dear)

@Abinico - right on again - let's disarm big pharma - no joke, they're soft-killing us.

Lilyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post-36596794517963698502013-01-16T00:27:26.740-08:002013-01-16T00:27:26.740-08:00Kennesaw Georgia ....a little town just north of A...Kennesaw Georgia ....a little town just north of Atlanta passed a city ordonace requiring home owners to keep a hand gun handy in thier home , advertised it on television telling everyone who listened that if they decied to break into thier homes that they would be met with opposition ....(1980) ....hasn't been a single burglary , rape ,loss of life or agression since....( you see , prior to this , there were an average of 6 burglaries a month , one agression and 1 murder a year !)email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post-1334790165270397152013-01-15T20:45:24.561-08:002013-01-15T20:45:24.561-08:00Medical industry kills about 200,000 yearly - just...Medical industry kills about 200,000 yearly - just sayin maybe that ought to be a priority.abinicohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post-63535364882970363502013-01-15T20:12:05.457-08:002013-01-15T20:12:05.457-08:00These men are traitors. Obama isn't an America...These men are traitors. Obama isn't an American!!! Nobody finds all these coinicedences a little too convient? I must be a firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post-9598729273357380652013-01-15T14:31:12.890-08:002013-01-15T14:31:12.890-08:00I have learne, Anything this Administration says ...I have learne, Anything this Administration says is good and right is just the opposite If they say do it. Then Dont do it. They have an agenda at that agenda is CONTROL. The only reason they want our guns is to control us. Think about it people. If this was about saving lives then alcohol would be illegal. It kills more children and people in general every day. Children killed by drunk drivers. Worry about a government that wants to disarm firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post-29092038053012944152013-01-15T12:07:53.407-08:002013-01-15T12:07:53.407-08:00Hmmm, a gun that the government and criminals can ...Hmmm, a gun that the government and criminals can shut down. You would have to be truly stupid to own a smart firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post-41296424621308517332013-01-15T10:37:45.487-08:002013-01-15T10:37:45.487-08:00All these gun safety innovation are totally missin...All these gun safety innovation are totally missing the point that the only people committing violent crimes with guns are the criminals, people fried on anti-depressants, and local and state sponsored goons (police). The criminals will just keep the guns that they already have, so all this biometric, smart gun crap is useless against them. People fried on anti-depressant will just find another way to wreak havoc (like running over people with a pick-up truck). And we already know that this tech will not affect how the police do business. So, who is this tech really targeting? The law abiding citizen of course.

Pfft, more of the same.Nemetron 2000http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post-54177989252553688742013-01-15T08:42:37.147-08:002013-01-15T08:42:37.147-08:00Good luck on smart guns. LOL They'll be compe...Good luck on smart guns. LOL They'll be competing with the other 300m guns. Only from the govt could a half baked idea like this firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811593327276272802.post-54093144645481712042013-01-15T07:02:44.917-08:002013-01-15T07:02:44.917-08:00Arent we now living in the movie Judge DreddArent we now living in the movie Judge email@example.com


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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' induction Friday as the new chancellor of the College of William and Mary comes with no pay and no power but makes him part of a lineage that includes giants of American and British history.
More than three centuries ago, when British King William III and Queen Mary II granted a charter to the college, they decreed that one "eminent and discreet" person be chosen to serve a seven-year term as chancellor.
In pre-revolutionary times, 13 English clergymen held the post - all were either the archbishop of Canterbury or bishop of London, according to the college's website.
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Infinity Blade Dungeons is the next installment of Epic Games' Infinity Blade series, but instead of being a sequel to the last two games it actually acts as prequel. For those of you who watched the new iPad (iPad 3) keynote, you will also realize it was one of the games Apple showcased to show off the power of the new iPad. As such, there is no doubt that it will be a stunning game!
Although we have seem some miscellaneous gameplay footage of Infinity Blade Dungeons in the past, Joystiq has managed to get their hands on the game early to give us a preview of what it will actually be like when it ships to the public. You can see for yourself how amazing Infinity Blade Dungeons looks in the video below:
The gameplay style in Infinity Blade Dungeons almost resembles Diablo, where you take an overhead perspective of your character while you hack and slash at the swarms of monsters in your way. There is also a cool mini-game where you will forge all of your weapons that you wish to use in the game
Currently there is no release date for Infinity Blade Dungeons besides the fact that it will be some time this year. We will keep you updated if more information is revealed about this heavily anticipated game. Until that time please stay tuned and leave your thoughts in the comments section.


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Lawyers from the LGBT Clinic at the Cornell Law School have filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights. The complaint alleges that the Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES failed to protect a transgender student from discrimination.
The Cornell Clinic filed the complaint on behalf of 18-year-old Kaleb Carthen. Kaleb is in the nursing program at the Ithaca BOCES. Designated female at birth, Kaleb has identified as male for the last two years.
Lyndsey Marcelino is one of Kaleb's lawyers. Marcelino says one of Kaleb's teachers would refer to Kaleb as he-she or it.
"When Kaleb is in clinical rotation in the community the teacher will out Kaleb and say that he was born female," says Marcelino.
Kaleb and his mother brought their concerns to school administrators. When the problems continued, they turned to the LGBT clinic at Cornell for help.
"It just seemed from the administrators that they were not going to admit any wrong doing and that they were just going to keep doing what they were already doing which wasn't working," says Marcelino.
After the lawyers met with school officials they felt the school wasn't taking the issue seriously enough and failed to correct the teacher's actions.
The Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights is reviewing the complaint. If they decide to investigate and find violations of civil rights law, the office will work with both sides to resolve the situation.
TST BOCES Superintendent Jeffery Matteson says now that the school has received a formal complaint in writing they will start their own investigation.
"We want the same thing for this student that we want for all students. And that is to be successful in their program so they can be successful in life," says Matteson.
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The only way is British - read Westerham family's blog on buying only British for a year
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The Bradshaw family from Westerham have started 2013 with the resolution to only buy British made products.
They have agreed to blog regularly at thisiskent.co.uk
We will be following them on their journey over the next 12 months to find out if it is possible to live as a truly British family.
"We are the Bradshaws, a normal family living in a two-bed-semi in the small town of Westerham in Kent.
Emily is a teacher in a local school and mother to our son, Lucan, who is 2 & 1/2; years old.
I am James (Dad) and work in the city 'for the man' in an attempt to keep this happy home running smoothly.
We are, I am sure, a typical British family - with all of the trappings, ambitions and needs common to the majority of our fellow Island dwellers.
However, this year we decided to see how British we really are as a family and how that affects the way we live.
Starting on January 1 we committed to buy only British goods and services.
This means that anything we consume, wear or use will come from either British manufactures or brands.
Two weeks into our journey to buy only British and we have had to face some of the boring stuff to get us started.
This included reviewing all of our finances and household service providers against our Britishness scale.
Those services that were not offered by British companies are going to have to go.
Thankfully, things like our mortgage, water, gas and electricity were already provided by British companies.
As too was most of our banking, apart from Emily's personal bank account.
She was not too happy when I told her that she had to move from HSBC.
But on the 2nd of Jan we all schlepped down to Bromley to open an RBS account for her, before closing the old one.
At least now we can say that all of our basic household bills are now entirely British.
While in Bromley town centre we decided to do some post-Christmas sales shopping.
After an hour wandering aimlessly up and down the high street we decided to give up.
What we quickly came to realise was that buying British on a modern British high street was going to be difficult (if not impossible).
A sad mix of the usual names selling 99.9% products made in the Far East or in Eastern Europe.
We have also done our first supermarket shop at Waitrose, in which we faired a little better, but it was obvious that we could not buy as we usually would.
Interestingly, John Lewis, who own Waitrose, actually have a policy of supporting British produce.
Ultimately, I do think that the enormity of our task has not yet dawned on us. The things we are going to struggle with are some of the more basic items.
I mean, where do you buy British toilet rolls?
This is a question we are going to have to ask ourselves in about a week's time.
Perhaps some rationing will have to be imposed!
We have a bit of a buffer, as we are still living off a well stocked multi-cultural larder and our general household supplies are well stocked for the time being, but this is going to change very quickly.
I think that the high street and the supermarket can realistically only account for 30% of our British goods, so we will have to look at alternative sources.
We have, through our growing network on Twitter, been put in touch with a company called Kent Veg Box who are able to supply an entirely British selection of fruit & vegetables and even meat & fish.
Our first order has arrived and is fantastic!
I suspect that the internet, more generally, is going to be our main resource for buying British goods and produce moving forward.
It seems to be niche/smaller manufacturers that provide British alternatives to the everyday products that are generally imported from abroad.
It is still early days, and while these are our initial impressions of what our year has yet to hold, I am sure that we are in for a few surprises (both good and bad) and certainly a change in our usual lifestyle in store. Whether these changes are positive or not and whether this lifestyle can be maintained long-term is yet to be seen.


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I have a push-ups question...
Doing our work out (Insanity) we do lots of push-ups they always do them from Plank Position (so that you balance on hands and toes, not knees)
I am not quite there for strength so I think that doing them with my knees on the ground and keeping good form is better than having not as good form or only doing 1 or 2 in the correct "plank" position.
What do you think? As you build your fitness level, better to do them with knees on the ground but correct arm and body position or only do 1 or 2 in the correct "plank" position but struggle with correct form?
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I would strive for the correct position. If you are not in the correct position then injury would be more likely.
IMO I would do what you could in the plank position and then go to on the knees to finish.
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I LOVE insanity but I one thing I think is missing from Shaun T's videos are alternate ways of doing things until you build your strength to the level that he's at. He suggests to stop when things are too difficult....Personally I prefer to keep going, slow down and modify the exercise making it easier so I can build my strength / endurance.
Using knees is fine - you might not be working the same areas that Shaun is focusing on but like you said you will have good form and you will still build strength on your arms. I suggest starting off in the position that he suggests and then dropping down to your knees (maybe with extended arms and not plank) when you find that your form is suffering....and maybe even go back to plank if you can.
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That is what I do. I try to do it the way I am supposed to, take breaks as needed, but sometimes I can keep going just not at the level he does.
I agree, I wish that they had "alternative" options for some of the exercises. If the people on the video are exhausted and they are in top shape, how am I going to do it when I am trying to get into shape
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exactly this - and that was my thought when doing p90x and insanity. Goodness - they are fitness pros who do that all day, every day, and are paid for it. i'm a squishy mom who doesn't sleep and is squeezing in workouts between making meals and cleaning bottoms and trying to avoid the toys/kids on the floor.
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I do Insanity as well. I do as much as I can in plank form and then drop to my knees to finish the rest. As long as I'm moving my heart rate stays up & I'm burning fat and gaining muscle. You'll notice as you go on that you'll get stronger and stronger and do more and more in plank position. Hope that helps!
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i also do as many as i can in plank (only one or two right now!), then drop my knees down for the rest.
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Do them on your knees with good form. Over time do this with your knees further back (so they aren't directly under your hips) to increase your strength. You can also try doing them off the edge of a couch. Put your feet on the couch and hands on the floor. Creep further off the edge of the couch over time (eg start with a lot of your legs leaning on the couch and extend out in the following days).
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I would do them as others said in plank position than drop to your knees. Or if they don't time you pause and do some more in plank, then pause again.
At taekwondo I have to do them in plank position. so if we are doing a lot of them (i had to do 50 the other night) I will take a few short pauses, usually after 10 or so. My arms were still dieing at the end though. If you want to build strength even faster strap your baby on your back and try to do some pushups . Just a few weeks ago I was doing the beginning class with ds2 on my back in my mei tai and would do squats and pushups with his extra 25+ pounds. My pushups were in good position but I did not bend my elbows much because if I went down too far I couldn't get back up! Now he sits by himself so that I don't have to do this anymore and I am very greatful!
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"Pasta, ground beef, chili, corn and hot sauce - that's right, the chili favorites all baked into a casserole! If desired, freeze in an airtight casserole dish and heat when needed."
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macaroni, cooked
1 (15 ounce) can
chili with beans
1 (15 ounce) can
sweet corn, drained
1/2 pound
ground beef, browned and drained
2 tablespoons
hot sauce
1/2 cup
chopped onion
1 tablespoon
chili seasoning mix
1/2 cup
shredded mozzarella cheese
This was a great recipe. I made three changes, but it turned out great. 1. I added a can of Kidney Beans 2. I added a can of Tomato Sauce (this is MUST for this recipe) 3. I used more cheese about 2 cups (we like cheese) a mix of Mozt. & Cheddar Also, for the Chili Seasoning, I used a Tablespoon of the Chili Seasoning Mix II from here, it was great!. I also whole wheat macaroni noodles. I find that they give the noodle more flavor and texture.
There are too many better recipies on this website to bother with this one -- it's all right, but mostly too heavy and not tasty enough.
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This was really good. We put more cheese on top when we cooked it. Got to have a lot of cheese.
This was good, it certainly fed my husband and I for days afterwards, which was nice. I made the recipe as written but really felt like it was missing something. Other reviewers mentioned adding tomato sauce, which I think would be a good idea. I added salsa to each plate of leftovers I had and loved it that way. I'll mix it in with the original dish next time.
This was a quick and easy way to use up some leftover Boilermaker Tailgate chili. I didn't use the chili seasoning because my chili was plenty seasoned and I didn't need the ground beef because there was already plenty in my homemade chili. My boys tore this up, there was nothing left but tomato residue. I served this with the normal taco toppings, only using my Zesty Ranch dip in place of regular sour cream. This was wonderful because not only did my family love it, but we're now done with the leftover chili!
We really liked this!! I believe it could have more cans of chili in it only because we are big chili fans here! I will make this again!
This was pretty good, but I made a couple of changes. I used a mixture of cumin/corriander/chili powder in a 1:1:1 ratio (about 1/2 TBLSPN. of each for me!) instead of the seasoning mentioned here. Also, I found that adding more hot sauce made it even more yummy! It's great that you can freeze this and eat it later! Thanks for posting it.
Solid dish. But I don't agree with the "ready in 30 mins" label, because that assumes that you've already cooked the pasta and browned the meat. Doesn't that time count?!
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U.K. seeks to reform date stamps on food packaging
Sep 15, 2011
In the U.K., families throw away over 5 million tons of perfectly good food every year. The U.K. government thinks "sell-by" dates are to blame.
What's in a name: Corn sugar vs. corn syrup
Sep 13, 2011
A court case in California over the rebranding of corn syrup to "corn sugar" highlights the increasing concern over obesity in the U.S.
Scotch whisky exports up 22 percent from 2010
Sep 12, 2011
Despite the global recession, Scotch whisky exports to the rest of the world were worth more than $2.8 billion in the first half of the year. But it might not be because of financial woes that more people are drinking up.
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Sep 5, 2011
Embracing its new home, the brand is turning to celebrities to help boost sales.
Guinness hopes to make a splash in U.S. beer market with new lager
Sep 1, 2011
The Irish beer maker is stretching its brand and launching a new dark lager. But that move could be risky.
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Aug 5, 2011
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Aug 4, 2011
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Geoffrey came to Chattanooga in 2010 from Albany, N.Y., where he spent one and a half seasons as the Box Office Manager for the Tri-City ValleyCats, a Single-A Affiliate of the Houston Astros. He was responsible for administering all single, season, corporate and group ticket inventory and ticket sales revenue. He also has professional sports experience as the Tournament Director for the Dan Duquette Sports Academy in Hinsdale, Mass.
The Selkirk, N.Y., native earned his Bachelor's Degree in Sport Management from A.A.C.S.B. accredited Western New England University School of Business in 2009. During his tenure at Western New England University Geoffrey served as President of the Sport Management Association, whose objective is to provide internship and volunteer opportunities within the sports industry for all of its members. Geoffrey earned his M.B.A. in the UTC College of Business in December of 2013.
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American Idol Season 11 runner-up Jessica Sanchez hasn't been slowing down one bit since finishing in second place behind Phillip Phillips. She's been jet-setting around the country to sing the national anthem at major sporting events, and she's amping up for the American Idol summer tour as well.
Jessica's long-time vocal coach and mentor Robert Talon, who has known Jessica since she was 9 years old, recently spoke up about why he believes the singer is a rising star.
"When it comes to talent and image, she's got it," he told Inquirer Entertainment. "I have yet to see another undiscovered person with Jessica's talent in the years I've been working with her. She's truly a diamond in the rough... It is the infancy of her career and the whole world now gets to come along for the ride!"
Robert, who reportedly grew closer to Jessica's family during the tumultuous American Idol experience, says that his only concern for Jessica is that she hopefully has someone close by to help her remain grounded.
"We've seen this scene played over and over in Hollywood — fame easily goes to one's head if not managed right," said Robert. "There's got to be one stern individual in her circle who'll be able to tell her 'No!' when needed."
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CORRECTION: The White House issued a correction for the quote President Obama gave on prospects for a debt deal.
Their goal significantly diminished but their urgency unabated, President Obama and top congressional leaders resumed their search for a deficit compromise in an unusual Sunday night session at the White House.
The talks resumed in the Cabinet Room shortly after 6 p.m. with the participants in sports casual clothes but their talking points in midweek form and well polished from the Sunday morning talk shows. When the meeting was announced last week, the president was still pressing for "a grand bargain" that would produce $4 trillion in spending cuts, take the first step toward tax reform, and begin reining in entitlement spending.
But House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, bowed to the will of his conservative caucus on Saturday and ruled out anything that ambitious, blaming Democratic demands for tax increases and urging that the two sides adopt the more modest spending cuts outlined in the talks that Vice President Joe Biden had been leading in recent weeks.
The president signaled his sense of urgency when a reporter asked him if he can get a deal done in the next 10 days. He responded, "We need to."


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"Excellent workshop! I learned a lot of relevant information."
"Good speaker- I love the way Ken relates real life experiences into the program."
"Great program. Ken held my attention all day."
Dates/Times: Thursday & Friday, May 1&2, 9:00AM - 4:00PM
CEUs: 1.2 (12 contact hours)
Instructor: Ken Buck
Cost: $249 (or $229 if enrolled in the program)
Location: UW-Superior Campus Yellowjacket Union 203
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Chanel: Dragon Rouge Allure Laque for the Perfect Red Lip Review, Swatches, Photos
Chanel Dragon Rouge Allure Laque
Chanel: Dragon Rouge Allure Laque for the Perfect Red Lip
Chanel Dragon Rouge Allure Laque ($32.00) is one of the most stunning shades of red I've ever had the pleasure to wear. I'm absolutely in love with the vibrancy, subtle shimmer, and opacity. There are eight lovely shades available — you can see a full list here.
The Rouge Allure Laque formula is satiny, smooth, and very pigmented. (Lighter shades seem to go on more semi-opaque, though.) Dragon is inspiring. It's just that kind of color to me! It wears well, and it leaves behind a very nice stain even as it fades after eating (I managed five hours of amazing wear before eating).
It's also very easy to apply straight from the tube, despite being such an intense shade. The applicator is doe-footed, but it's modified – it's grooved and fits against the lips really well. The finish is high shine, slightly glossy, and such rich, vibrant color. Even though $32 is pricey (at least, for most) for a lip product, the fact that this is basically a lipstick and gloss in one, has intense color that requires no work to achieve… I think it's well worth it.
Love, love, LOVE. I'm definitely going to check out the other shades and see which other ones I have to get!
- Product: 29/30
- Value: 8/10
- Ease of Use: 5/5
- Packaging: 4/5
Recommendation: If you're looking for a way to indulge, Rouge Allure Laques may be a way to go. Chanel lip products rarely disappoint me, but this one not only met my expectations but INSPIRED me!
Availability: Nordstrom
See product photo and swatch…
Dragon (left), Ming (right)
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Best Employee of the Month
As the kitchen door opens, a young man neatly dressed in a chef outfit emerges carrying a bowl of warm spaghetti and wearing a wide smile of self-confidence. Although he began cooking only six months before, he carries himself like an experienced cook.
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AnthroCommunity is the information and educational resource hub for everything related to the Anthro Community and Gallery here on DeviantArt. It's a place to network, share, participate in contests, get the latest news, meet new people, get exposed, and socialize with others of the same interest! So hit the join button and join the Anthro Community! We welcome all!
General Information
The Community
-art type: (digital, painting, sketch, linart, 3d, fursuits, etc)
-cost (Currency or ) : (just a range)
-more info: (link to your journal with more information)
-examples: (2 example images from deviantART)
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Anthro Conventions & Costuming
One of the many facets of the Anthro Community is it's Artisans and convention goers. While this is a huge part of the "furry" fandom, conventions and costuming have become a popular medium for artists and appreciators to meet and share similar interests in life outside of the internet.
Convention & Costuming Resources
#AnthroConvention is a brand new channel on dAmn for con-goers and the curious alike to share ideas, network, and talk about anything and everything convention related. This room offers an open art share, open critique and links to fabulous resources on the web. Most importantly, the Anthro Community now has an awesome tool to use for getting live tips and advice from fursuiters and fursuit makers on every aspect of costume design and construction like no other place.
Why go to a Furrycon?
So you want to Make a Fursuit?
Find out who's who with WikiFUR
Complete Convention List
Submissions: What we mean by 'Quality'Over the last several months since we opened the gallery for submissions, there have been enough questions as to what we mean by "quality" of art within our Submission Guidelines to warrant a closer look at the subject. Just what does "quality"? look like? How is it measured? When submitting artists continue to ask why everything they submit gets declined then we haven't been specific enough. Our submission guidelines will be updated soon to be more specific. So in the meantime, to help clarify: Here is what we mean by "quality".
Quality :
a high level of value or excellence, or how well or poorly something is. Quality is a measuring word. The AnthroCommunity group seeks to feature Good Quality work or better. There are certain aspects of every artwork that affect the quality of the presentation. Some aspects describe low quality while others, high quality.
Please make sure you take a look at our Sumbission Guidelines first. There are a number of reasons why your art could've been declined but some of the main reasons are 1) your artwork was submitted into the improper gallery or 2) your artwork doesn't meet the quality standards which will result in a decline of your artwork to the group. If you have any questions, feel free to send the group a note!
Anthro Community Feature & Chat Events!
Date: June 19th, 2015
Time: 4pm PST/ 6pm CDT
Event Type: Critique Session
Channel: #CommunityRelations
Host: KovoWolf
Anthro Challenge Each Month!
Anthro Challenge is a contest for the community to participate in and there is one held each month! So if you missed one month do not fear, there will be another one the following month with a new theme and a new challenge!


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Lafayette Announces 2014 Schedule
July 7, 2014
EASTON, Pa. – Lafayette field hockey head coach Jennifer Stone announced the team's 2014 schedule Monday. The team will play seven home games on the newly resurfaced Rappolt Field this fall.
Lafayette Athletics, as a partner in the mission of the College, provides an incredibly effective learning experience for student-athletes through competitive NCAA Division I athletics. Lafayette sponsors 23 varsity sports with more than 600 student-athletes.Mission Statement | Leopard Tradition | Staff Directory | Feedback
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Home-schooled students in Virginia could participate in public school sports under the so-called "Tebow bill" that has passed the House of Delegates and was awaiting action by a Senate committee this week.
Delegates voted 56-43 for House Bill 1442, which was slated to be heard by the Senate Health and Education Committee on Thursday. The bill, sponsored by Del. Robert Bell (R-Dist.58) of Albemarle, would require public schools to allow home-schoolers to participate in sports and other extracurricular activities.
Many parents who home-school their children support the legislation, which is nicknamed for NFL quarterback Tim Tebow, who played football for his local high school while being home-schooled in Florida.
"I should be able to choose whether my kids play sports or not," said Brad Foster, the father of five athletic home-schooled boys in Culpeper.
Currently in Virginia, no student who is being educated at home can join a public school sports team during the regular season. Families with home-schooled athletes like Foster's must find other ways to participate in sports or opt out of playing sports completely.
Virginia has more than 32,000 home-schoolers, including about 8,000 at the high school level, according to the Virginia Department of Education.
When the House voted on HB 1442 on Jan. 31, Republicans generally supported the legislation and Democrats mostly opposed it.
Del. Jennifer McClellan (D-Dist. 71), of Richmond, was among those who opposed the bill.
"The public school system is not an a la carte menu that you can pick and choose what you want to participate in," McClellan said. She said the "Tebow bill" raises a "matter of fairness."
— Paige Baxter, Capital News Service
A House subcommittee has rejected the Senate's proposed constitutional amendment that would allow Virginia governors to serve two consecutive terms starting in 2017.
Virginia is the only state that does not allow governors to serve consecutive terms. Fourteen states have no gubernatorial term limits; 27 have a two-consecutive-term limit; and four limit governors to two consecutive or nonconsecutive terms.
While the proposal had bipartisan support in the Senate — 16 Democrats and nine Republicans voted for it — when the Senate resolution "crossed over" to the House, it ran into trouble.
The proposed amendment was assigned to the House Committee on Privileges and Elections. On Monday, that panel's Constitutional Amendments Subcommittee recommended tabling the bill, killing it for this session.
Two identical House proposals met a similar fate in the same subcommittee.
— Shelby Mertens, Capital News Service
The House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee will consider a proposal to approve, but delay implementation of, a bill seeking to prevent injury or death from falling soccer goals.
A Health, Welfare and Institutions subcommittee unanimously recommended that Senate Bill 933 be passed with a re-enactment clause. That means that even if the bill wins approval this year, the General Assembly must vote on it again in 2014 before it can take effect.
The bill, known as the Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act, would require parks, schools, youth clubs, soccer organizations and any other organization that uses a movable soccer goal to take action to ensure goal safety and prevent accidents.
SB 933 also would require that only tip-resistant movable soccer goals could be sold, made or distributed in Virginia after July 1, 2014.
Under amendments added by the subcommittee last week, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation would organize a stakeholders' work group to study the issues of movable goals, player safety and referee responsibility. The group would help determine whether legislation should be passed to address such issues.
The subcommittee's decision comes in response to opponents' contention that SB 933 would impose unnecessary costs on many sports leagues and have unintended consequences.
Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R-Dist. 27), of Winchester, who sponsored the bill, was amenable to the recommendation by the subcommittee.
"The legislation is not really meant to impose a burden or financial burden on leagues. It is prospective. It applies going forward," Vogel said.
The bill comes almost five years after a fatal accident involving a boy from Stephens City, a town in Frederick County, which is in Vogel's Senate district.
On May 7, 2007, Hayden Ellias, 10, was killed during a soccer scrimmage when a soccer goal fell over on top of him.
"Ignorance to the danger [of soccer goals] is still widespread at all levels. Everyone must be educated about the dangers so that they can be empowered to take action when they encounter unsecured goals," Hayden's mother, Mary Ellias, said in testimony to the House subcommittee.
The Senate voted 33-6 for the bill in January.
— Blake Belden, Capital News Service
The Senate on Monday unanimously joined the House of Delegates in passing a bill that requires women to be notified of dense breast tissue in mammogram results.
Senators voted 40-0 for House Bill 1778, which had been approved 98-0 by the House on Jan. 25. The legislation now goes to Gov. Bob McDonnell (R).
Springfield Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Dist. 41) introduced HB 1778, which "clarifies the conditions under which a mammography services provider must notify a patient of dense breast tissue."
This bill also changes the current wording of the mammogram notification letter that is provided to a patient.
"I think this additional language is a commonsense step in the right direction for women's health," Filler-Corn said.
Under HB 1778, doctors interpreting a mammogram X-ray will have to notify the patient if they find that she has heterogeneously dense or extremely dense breast tissue. Physicians would make such a determination based on nationally recognized guidelines, including the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System of the American College of Radiology.
Dense breast tissue is not uncommon in women and it can make it more difficult to find cancerous cells on a standard mammogram.
"Many of the procedures that women will go on to have after consultation and notification from the mammogram about the dense breast tissue can be life-saving," Filler-Corn said.
— Kristen Smith, Capital News Service