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Isn't this about the time that the "To Catch a Predator" guy shows up?
Whatever. Like she's seen any action in the last three decades. She should have walked up and paid them.
As a straight someone who used to sneak away in parks with girlfriends during high school to steal a shag, I'm confident in saying that way more straight people have sex in parks than semi-closeted gays cruising bathrooms.
Would the West-Seattle grandmother have been as shocked to find a straight couple having sex in a park? Doubtful. Would it have made the news? No way, José. The story seems more a testament to her homophobia (or KOMOs) and shock than she might have to explain what "gay" means to her grandchild, rather than about the grand "problem" of gay people or straight people fucking in parks.
Geez louise. I work in a park and this stuff NEVER happens here--well, at least during the daytime when I'm at work. I'm not saying I *want* it to happen, but from all the news accounts you'd figure I'd have at least run into somebody doing something!
But at least we have shirtless joggers and sunbathers. . .
I wonder if people are ever going to stop writing that "shocked -- shocked!" thing that's so annoyingly ubiquitous these days? Maybe when they also stop writing "I threw up in my mouth a little bit"?
I'd like to throw up in your mouth, twee.
twee, that'll happen when people stop including gratuitous ECB and Mudede slams in their posts.
This is almost as shocking as people using cell phones at the airport...
What they did in Johnson City, TN was horrible with the photo line up in the newspaper identifying the park sex dudes by name and address. However, enough is enough and maye something much less severe would have the desired effect. Get a room or do it in a van! That granny should get herself a good digital camera with great zoom capabilites, start taking pics of the guys going in for sex, putting up their faces on a website, and maybe label it "Perverts of Westcrest Park" of something. Just that alone might clean it up.
Are there no Adult video stores with "preview" booths it Seattle? That's where all the closeted gays go for hook ups around here.
The woman says the park is more like a motel for gay men. There have been three times now while walking the trails with her dog she's caught men in the act...The third time, her 3-year-old grandson saw it too.Come on, I think this lady has issues. It looks like the men have a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy. Isn't that protected by the 4th Amendment?
The mayor of Fort Lauderdale is taking some political hits because of his stance against public sex--thinking, probably, that this would be like saying you support puppies and sick children with cancer. He was wrong.
Some people can't separate their private fetishes from public discourse. Take gun control, for example. And please.
I have to agree with clarkj @3 - parks are wonderful places ...
Reasonable expectation of privacy, at noon in a public park? What kind of park, again? PUBLIC PARK. Go fuck somewhere else.
Dan's being reasonable here, but too many others are trying way too hard to defend the indefensible.
And the notion that more heterosexual sex is going on in public parks and restrooms than same-sex action (regardless of how people "identify" themselves) is laughable. Nobody really believes that.
Only sick straight Christians would want to have outdoor sex in a park. This is yet another example of the perversion of Christianity.
Jews simple would never think of having sex outdoors in a park. Judaism is the world's most open religion to gay men. Even Orthodox Jewish men can be gay and are loved and accepted.
If she saw men fucking twice before, in the same park, why was she taking her grandson for a walk there?
Fnarf, meet me at Volunteer Park in one hour. Bring a plunger.
If only there were some sort of gay-specific bars in the Seattle area where gay men could meet each other. Ah, well.
Look, it's not an issue of being shocked or not. It's just unpleasant if you're out on a walk by yourself, with your dog, with your child, with your mother, etc., and encountering public sex. It's also unpleasant to encounter someone strung out on whatever drug when you're walking down the street. It's unpleasant to to smell urine when walking past certain alleys. And it's unpleasant to step in dog shit on the sidewalk. None of these things shock me. They are just unpleasant things, and so let's get the park mungers indoors or in fenced-in munger parks (cf. dog parks), let's get the drug addicts some treatment, let's make public toilets available to the toiletless, and let's beat senseless people who fail to clean up their dogs' shit.
i think touring @11 is being facetious, fnar @ 11. right, touring?
i meant "fnarf @14"
i doubt a 3 year is scarred from seeing public sex unless grandma reminds him over & over that what he saw was bad.
i can't remember a goddamn thing from when i was 3.
4? that's different.
I think my first real memory is from when I was 3.
My main point was that the woman kept coming back again and again - the last time with her grandson. This is like a 6,200 acre park so it was almost like she went in seeking a controversy. These are not necessarily exhibitionists. They want to be visible enough to hook up but most would much rather do their thing completely hidden from view but out in public. Personally I see nothing exciting about having sex in public but some find it very exhilarating and they become so addicted to it they often miss work, school, and life at home with their family and kids. There are sex addiction programs to actually help these people.
Or ... maybe she's older and she likes to go by places with flowers and nearby bathrooms ...
You don't know.
I don't think Grandma needs to present any reasons for why she wants to visit a public park.
Poe, I'm not really a plunger man; I prefer my 50-foot rotary snake with clog-busting screw action.
Gay forest sex? I am totally schlocked!!!!11!one!! meh
Really, there's nothing like a fine Turkish carpet or a bed, even.
There's some middle ground here, unfortunately it's covered with used condoms and shitty toilet paper from the idiots who use the park for sex but don't clean up after themselves!!! I'm a gay man and have no problem with park sex in a huge park like Westcrest, with many secluded areas to hide and screw around in. I DO have a problem with the disgusting mess and filthy litter left behind, though, and can only imagine what a straight person coming upon said mess must think...something along the lines of "Dirty faggots..."
But, Granny, it's an excellent observation made by others that it flies in the face of common sense that you would walk through that same area of the park again, especially with the kid along. C'mon, Myrtle, you'd had this horrific experience TWICE before, so you went back and risked seeing it a THIRD time??? Methinks you are looking for trouble. Westcrest IS a huge park and the activities that so offend you are pretty well confined to the section you seem obsessed with traversing.
My advice to the boys in the trees is clean up your mess, you're fouling your own nest and creating problems for yourself.
My advice to Granny is avoid the cruisy part of the park, explore the many other acres of lush flora and fauna and stop creating problems for yourself. Oh, and if the kid ever asks about what he saw (unlikely at best) just tell him it's as much a part of Nature as the flora and fauna we all love.
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The three vendors started with the same basic Net-native software-as-services formula, and each recite a refreshing message of solutions that are "cheap, fast and easy." All tout benefits that include the following: -- Faster deployment. Instead of taking the time to purchase, customize and implement the hardware and software required for a traditional CRM solution, Net-native customers simply log into the application via the Web -- Cheaper implementation. Companies pay a monthly, per-user subscription fee to access the Net-native application -- a cost that is both predictable and typically lower than the cost of traditional software. With a traditional solution, customers pay for the CRM application, the hardware to support the application, and IT staff to manage the application and customer support contracts; they also face future upgrade costs -- Lower risk. With no overhead investments, and a faster time to implement, customers can afford to try a Net-native application -- Ease of use. Net-native vendors relieve IT staff of having to learn and manage another complex application, and Net-native vendors stress that their Web interfaces are easy for end users to navigate and require little training; and -- Real-time, synchronized data roll-up. Because the data in Net-native applications is always synchronized and available in real time, customers can more quickly manipulate the data to generate accurate reports. Although Net-native companies are quick to evangelize the benefits of the Net-native model, potential customers may perceive some drawbacks, including lack of customization; lack of integration with other systems; data-ownership issues; security and privacy concerns; connectivity and performance issues; and lack of offline data synchronization. Some of these issues, such as security, are more perceived than real. Because Net-native vendors have built their services to run over the Internet, their reputation is tied to providing a secure infrastructure. If they couldn't guarantee a secure service, the vendors would quickly be out of business. The three vendors have also worked to negate some of customers' other issues with Net-native solutions. For example, all three have recently introduced offline data-synchronization functions, as well as enterprise editions with integration and customization capabilities. In addition to sharing common Net-native traits, Salesforce.com, Salesnet and UpShot have other notable similarities: -- All entered the market targeting a specific part of the CRM puzzle -- sales-force automation -- and promising that their services would efficiently zero-in on sales-management issues; -- By emphasizing how quick and easy their solutions are to deploy and use, these vendors threw their approach into sharp contrast with many traditional CRM applications that required expensive, time-consuming installations -- and often were overkill, as far as corporate sales executives were concerned; -- After launching basic SFA products, these vendors have added more robust SFA services and, in some cases, additional CRM capabilities; and -- After successful initial forays into large corporations via departmental sales, vendors are setting their sights on expanding their footprints to encompass wider-ranging implementations in large accounts. When it comes to adding additional CRM functionality to their original SFA services and developing a CRM strategy, each of these vendors, however, has a different vision: -- Salesforce.com believes that companies want more than just a standalone SFA application, and is developing a one-stop CRM suite; -- Salesnet believes the best-of-breed strategy is the best route to CRM success, and has concentrated its energies on an SFA application that fits into a best-of-breed CRM solution; and -- UpShot falls somewhere in between the other two. Although the company espouses a best-of-breed philosophy with plans to partner outside its core competencies, it has actually developed some CRM functionality in-house. Despite their differing CRM strategies, Salesforce.com, Salesnet and UpShot offer similar services and remarkably similar pricing, and all three promise fairly comparable benefits. 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Everything is under investigation in New Orleans, Louisiana and Washington DC, not least the New Orleans Levee Board, directly responsible for the bursting levees and rampantly corrupt--apparently spending taxpayers money on a casino, a private airport for its planes, and a private dock for its boats. In this story at Canada Free Press "Congressman, now Senator David Vitter [says] "corrupt, good old boy" practices were apparent in the New Orleans Levee Board just one year before the collapse of regional levees."
More here in a radio presentation by Charles Goyette about the jobs for the boys, and the political plums awarded to the political hacks on the Levees Board--a reward for raising money and getting their friends elected.
Why is it that people still want government in charge of anything important?
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Linsay, the singly-named writer for Comics Anonymous, caught up with Howard Chaykin at the London Super Comic Con and had a nice chat about the many projects he is working on right now. We all know Chaykin is doing variant covers for Garth Ennis's The Shadow, and Dynamite is re-releasing a collected edition of his own The Shadow: Blood and Judgment as a trade paperback, but he has a lot more going on than that:
right now as we speak I am writing a video game which we cannot discuss as although I'm very excited about it as I've signed an NDA. I'm about to start the artwork for the sequel to Black Kiss, a genuinely disgusting comic book that I did when I was in my late thirties when I was genuinely disgusting and now that I'm post-disgusting I have decided to re-explore the concept of what it would be like at my age to dabble in my own disgust.
Black Kiss will be published by Image, and Chaykin goes to some lengths to discuss just how disgusting it is, and how it ties in with his love of musical comedy. On top of that, he is working with Matt Fraction on another comic, to be published by Icon, that also has a show-business connection. And he takes a moment to ruminate on his long career in comics:
The high points of my career started in the 80s and ended in the 90s so I'm well passed my prime and perfectly comfortable with the idea that I've been coasting on that but never not doing quality work. Just the audience passes you by, the audience has other ideas and other issues. Since that time I've done nothing that I'm ashamed of. I did plenty of work I'm ashamed of before that but nothing since. I did some shit stuff because I didn't know what the fuck I was doing. Inadequacy is often its own reward. I did the Star Wars comic in the 70s and if I'd have know It was going to be as big a hit I would have done a better job."
Legal | A judge denied a motion for acquittal and a new trial in the case of Michael George, the former comic book store owner and convention organizer convicted of killing his wife in 1990, dismissing the defense's argument that there was insufficient evidence for conviction. George is serving a life sentence. [Detroit Free Press]
Publishing | DC Comics announced last night it will shut down its message board in early March as part of an overhaul of the publisher's website that will include Facebook-hosted commenting and integrated Twitter feeds. [The Source]
Creators | About 15 people threw eggs at Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks as he spoke on freedom of speech at the University of Karlstad. Vilks has raised the ire of some Muslims with his cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammed. Vilks told the audience, "Insults are part of democratic society. If we begin censoring ourselves, it will mean undermining freedom of speech in the long run. I don't think that the problem is that artists are too provocative but that we are not provocative enough." None of the eggs hit the cartoonist, and the protestors were removed from the room. [UPI.com]
With the announcement this week that Dynamite Entertainment has acquired the rights to do comic books starring the Shadow, the New Jersey comics company has become the home for a majority of pulp heroes in comics. Although an argument could have been made that DC Comics held that title when it was publishing its now-canceled "First Wave" line, with this latest announcement the Shadow joins other proto-comic heroes like Zorro, the Phantom, Dracula, the Lone Ranger, Sherlock Holmes, Buck Rogers, the Green Hornet and others in Dynamite's line.
While this isn't the first time that multiple pulp icons have been under one comic publisher's roof, it's by far the most concentrated in some time. Although most weren't created in comics, pulp characters have a long history bouncing around from numerous publishers over the years. The Shadow, for instance has been published by Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Archie and even a newspaper strip that's run off and on through the years — and his pulp brethren can claim similar paths over time.
The notable absences to Dynamite's de facto pulp line are tied up — or have been until recently — by other publishers. DC's rights to Doc Savage, the Avenger and Rima The Jungle Girl are currently unknown, while Tarzan resides at Dark Horse, and Moonstone, another pulp-inspired comics publisher, publishes stories about the Spider and the Domino Lady.
But with the potency of Dynamite's line-up so far, it casts a potentially long shadow (no pun intended) on the comics industry and what's possible. Imagine a pulp line firing on all cylinders, perhaps even a crossover at some point or even a Justice Society-style team-up.
Update: And today Dynamite announced they'll be making comics starring another pulp hero, The Spider.
In my debut CTN column, I raved about Justice Inc., a two-part prestige format series DC put out in the late 1980s, written by Andrew Helfer and drawn by Kyle Baker. The book starred a long-forgotten pulp hero known as the Avenger. That comic was actually a spin-off of another comic Helfer and Baker were doing at the time, which was also based off of a pulp hero, although in his case he was far from forgotten. I'm talking, of course, about The Shadow.


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View down to the base camp during the Thursday evening carry.
We went straight up from camp to the trail that connected between Mendoza Saddle and the Aid Station.
Jim at the Virginius Saddle after the Thursday night carry.
Not so great evening light for photos, but great views non-the-less.
The runners drop down that gully on the way to Governs Basin Aid Station
Just a little colors around Mt. Sniffels.
We woke at first light and Roch prepared coffee for all of us. Thanks!
Base camp
First light hitting the mountains.
Jim, Roch, and Dan discussing the best way to get all this crap up top.....
Do I need to bring this water?
The morning started under clear skies.
Base camp with Sue making her way up.
Almost up to the trail.
Looking over towards Mendoza Saddle and the mountains behind Telluride.
Approaching the pass now.
Looking towards Telluride from the aid station.
What a huge pack.
Glenn operated the radio
The rest of the crew.
Jim running to the top
There is not a lot of space to have an aid station. Time to get organized.
The porta ledge served as a nice table
Supples stored underneath.
Putting up the shelter
Allen arrive after coming up from the Governs Basin side.
He was very excited to be up here.
Basically all set up now.
Communication tent.
Jim ready to take on the runners.
nice views. Not a good sign that clouds were already building by 9am
Time to wait for runners
Allen decided to spend to some time making a message in the snow for the runners.
Jim was the master cook
The shelter waiting for runners.
Lots of clouds by 11am
We were all waiting to see the first runner come of the Mendoza Saddle
Roch not happy that the rain hitting Telleride is coming our way. No runners yet...
Awaiting the rain storm.
The first runners came though in a rain storm and this continued for a while.
Jared Campbell
More rain in the distance
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Darcy Africa
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John Hart
Ted Mahon
Donnie Haubert
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Mark Oveson
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Chad Piala and Garry Harrington
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Leah Fein
Megan Finnesy
Scott Olmer
Blake Wood
Loren Wohletz
Brian Murray
Chris Gerber
Ken Gordon
John Sharp
Brad Koenig
James Ficke
Lance Johnson
Clouds starting to roll in.
Luckily they dissapated
Waiting for the last of the runners as it began to get dark
Nice light on my drive back to NM on Sunday morning.


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13 reviews | 4.3 out of 5
It's a solid table and chair set. The finish is way darker than what they have pictured so don't think it's going to look anything like the advertisement other than the styling. If you have power tools I'm sure this would go together faster but I only had hand tools. With hand tools it took approximately 8 hours to assemble so it's not "EASY!". Both the table and chair seats have parts stapled to their bottom. You have to remove these industrial strength staples and it isn't easy. This method of packaging is absolutely awful and should be changed. The assembly instructions for the chairs are written in a fashion that will have you stripping the wood screws on the support struts. Take the seat and set it upside down on a workbench or table with the back of the seat facing the edge. If you are using the table you just assembled remember to put a cloth or something under the chair seat to prevent scratching the surface of the table. Attach the chair back to the seat and tighten all the bolts. Then install the front chair legs and support struts and tighten the front chair leg bolts. Now put in the wood screws for the struts with the chair legs already bolted firmly into place.
All pieces included - all hardware was there. Easy put together. Nice set. Finish is a little strange, but good purchase for the money!!
Really simple to put together. The instruction were clear and easy to follow. Took about 2 hours to put 6 chairs & table together. If your looking for a simple country but solid built dinning table & chairs I highly recommend.
The table and chairs are nice - what we could put together, at least. We were sent some of the wrong hardware, some hardware was missing, and for one of the chairs we received two identical legs instead of a left and a right. So we only have 5 functioning chairs until/unless they send us the one we need. What a mess. For the cost, there should not be this many problems. Buyer beware.
I needed a small but expandable to large dining table. This set seems to be a good value for the money. The pieces are heavier than expected and feel very substantial and sturdy. It was easy to assemble, very well packed, no damage in shipping and no missing parts, although it has a couple of tiny flaws but nothing serious. My only complaint is the actual color. The description says Cottage Oak but it's more of a brownish red. The difference in color could be because it is made of Rubberwood and not Oak. Unbelievable shipping time, it arrived within 24 hours of placing my order.
The table is sturdy and looks so nice! It's a great size and the chairs fit around it nicely. One of the chairs had 2 scratches on the back piece and the packaging was a bit too much - we're still vacuuming up little styrofoam bits, which static-clinged to the furniture EVERYWHERE. I can't give it 4 stars because for the price, it's perfect!!!
I am extremely disappointed in the color of this country oak set. Your picture showed a nice oak color which I thought would be perfect in my oak floor and cupboard kitchen. It is definitely a cherry wood reddish color. Sticks out like a sore thumb in my oak kitchen.
I would have returned it but my husband already had put the table together and didn't want him to have to take it apart. Repackaging looked impossible. I think you should obtain a new picture for your ad and call it cherry wood, not oak.
Received this table set the next day via FedEx Ground. Excellent job by FedEx ground in getting this 235lb shipment to me in 24hrs! The table was easy to assemble. The chairs were time consuming to assemble and required wood glue on the stringers for a solid assembly. There was a packet of parts and the 2 wood stringers attached to the bottom of each chair base in such a way that was next to impossible to remove. Required 2 prybars to get the plastic retaining strap off. The table and chair set does appear to be of reasonable quality and may hold up over the long run.
Easy and perfect!
We had a set similar to this for many years and gave it away when we recently moved -- big mistake! I searched for a different set, thinking that I wanted something a little more contemporary and upscale. After weeks of looking I realized that we really loved the old one and ended up replacing it with this one which is essentially the same. I'm happy with the purchase (although my husband was not thrilled that he had to assemble it and even though it was not difficult, it was time-consuming). We will enjoy for many years to come!
The set seems good, although one chair is a bit wobbly.
The table was spacious and fits six people comfortably.


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This is the best place to spend your holiday while experiencing the Bentota village life. This cozy apartment is located in the village, which is only 1.5KM away from the beach and around all other attractions.
As this is a two bedroom apartment, our maximum occupancy is four adults and it is only if you book as a group. Otherwise, we allow our guests to book private rooms and the apartment is not shared. Both bedrooms are equipped with mosquito nets and ceiling fans and have private bathrooms with hot water supply.
This is the perfect place for family with children, group of friends, a couple or a solo traveler to stay and explore the hidden beauty of Bentota. We do have a television and a DVD player in the living area.
For the breakfast, we provide bread, jam, butter and eggs with all required amenities for self catering including a refrigerator.
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MEXICO, Mo. (AP) _ Two men are dead following a crash involving a semi in eastern Boone County.
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Validation of the cancer needs questionnaire (CNQ) short-form version in an ambulatory cancer setting
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The short-form Cancer Needs Questionnaire (CNQ) is a self-administered cancer-specific questionnaire designed to assess patients' needs across several domains. The purpose of this study is to further evaluate its internal consistency and construct validity, in a group of ambulatory patients with cancer. Four hundred and fifty patients with a variety of cancer types participated. Factor analysis reproduced five domains: psychological; health information; physical and daily living; patient care and support; and interpersonal communication needs. Cronbach's α coefficients ranged from 0.94 to 0.77, indicating substantial consistency across items grouped in the five domains. A priori predictions regarding convergent and contrasting groups construct validity were explored using bivariate relationships between domains of the short-form CNQ, the EORTC QLQC-30 and Beck Depression Inventory (short-form), with support provided for most of the predictions. The current study provides supportive evidence that the short-form CNQ is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing the needs of patients with cancer in an ambulatory care setting.
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So long, Moe's.
Less than a year after opening in Amarillo, Moe's Southwest Grill is closing its doors.
The Atlanta-based Tex-Mex and burrito franchise shared a building with Donut Stop at Interstate 40 and Georgia Street since April 2006.
"Friday will be our last day," Moe's manager Teresa Harris said.
A new tenant, Baker Bros. American Deli, has leased the space and plans to open in May.
"Moe's just couldn't make a go of it," property owner Randy Sharp of Mays Investments said. "When they called to tell me, they said they had good crowds at lunch, but not at dinner."
Moe's home office could not be reached for comment.
Sharp said he has high hopes for Baker Bros., a chain of fast casual restaurants headquartered in Dallas.
The restaurant specializes in deli sandwiches, salads, baked potatoes, pizza and soups, franchise owner Joe Lewis said.
He and his brother, Greg, who also operate Popeyes restaurants in Amarillo, are opening a second Baker Bros. American Deli later this year at The Forum at Soncy, at 34th Avenue.
But opening the 2,800-square-foot Georgia Street location is their first priority.
"As soon as our permit is approved by the city of Amarillo, we'll gut the space and remodel," Lewis said.
Baker Bros. will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. serving lunch and dinner.
Offerings range from the Texas Star sandwich - roast beef smothered in barbecue sauce, topped with bacon, melted cheddar and red onion on a toasted farm bread roll - to Kowloon, an Oriental salad with mixed greens, chicken, crunchy rice noodles, toasted almonds, red, yellow and green bell peppers and topped with mandarin oranges.
Deli sandwiches will be made to order, and pizzas are topped with everything from sliced pepperoni to spinach and artichoke hearts.
"I think people in Amarillo will be very receptive," Lewis said.
Lewis expects to hire about 25 hourly people.
"Some of the Moe's employees have agreed to come on board," he said.
Rosemartha Cates, owner of Donut Stop, said she was sorry to see Moe's close. "But I welcome our new neighbor," she said.
Cates isn't worried about the few months of remodeling.
"It'll be great having workers over there," she said. "They'll come in to buy doughnuts."
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Is Sugar Toxic?
Children grow up on sugar – who doesn't remember the joys of a big chocolate cake or an ice cream? And even as adults we continue consuming sugar as a big part of our diets. But while we know it's not very healthy, because it is highly processed, and we also know that it causes weight gain, we've never stopped to think about how bad sugar really is for us. Lately there has been a lot of talk about sugar and experts have likened it to poison for our bodies. Here's why.
A video called 'Sugar - the Bitter Truth' by Robert Lustig, an expert on pediatric hormone disorders, has been viewed over 14,00,000 times. That is a remarkable number of views for a 90-minute talk on the nuances of fructose biochemistry and human physiology. He uses the word toxins or poison no less than 13 times during the lecture in addition to the 5 references of sugar as 'evil'.
By 'Sugar' Lustig means not only the granulated white stuff we add to our coffee and desserts but but also high-fructose corn syrup, which has already become without Lustig's help, what he calls "the most demonized additive known to man." If Lustig is right, it would mean that sugar is also the likely dietary cause of several other chronic ailments widely considered to be diseases of Western lifestyles — heart disease, hypertension and many common cancers among them.
While most nutritionists will tell you that you should stay away from fat, excess salt, excess sugar, and your diet should comprise of fresh fruits and vegetables, the claim that an ingredient as beloved as sugar could be harming us and our children sounds absurd.
This brings us to the next question – Is sugar as bad as Lustig says it is?
It very well may be true that sugar and high-fructose corn syrup, because of the unique way in which we metabolize fructose and at the levels we now consume it, cause fat to accumulate in our livers followed by insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. This in turn, triggers the processes that lead to heart disease, diabetes and obesity. They could indeed be toxic, but they take years to do their damage. It doesn't happen overnight. Until long-term studies are done, we won't know for sure.
Though research is inconclusive on this, it maybe that what Robert Lustig says about Sugar and high fructose corn syrup in his lecture could be true. Sugar maybe even worse than what Lustig makes it out to be.
Whatever the truth about sugar, we know that it does us more harm than good and if we make a conscious effort in cutting down its intake in its highly processed form and instead consume it in more natural forms like in fruits, we will be leading far healthier lifestyles.
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A real kid pleaser! These are made with brownie mix so couldn't be easier. This recipe adapted from one found on a brownie mix box back in the early '90's. Be sure to use the 21.5 oz size box of brownie mix (store brand is fine); otherwise they will be too runny. This recipe can be doubled.
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- 1 (21 1/2 ounce) package fudge brownie mix (MUST USE THIS SIZE PKG)
- 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup M&M's plain chocolate candy
- Heat oven to 375°F; Lightly grease or spray cookie sheet.
- Stir together by hand dry brownie mix, flour, oil, water and eggs in a large bowl.
- Stir in candies.
- Drop a couple of inches apart onto cookie sheet.
- Bake 12 minutes or just until set and tops are dry-- careful not to overbake.
- Let stand 2-3 minutes before removing from cookie sheet; cool completely on wire racks.
- Makes about 30 medium size cookies.
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I'm not sure what happened, but these did not turn out right for me at all. The picture has a great texture to it, and mine turned out completely flat. I followed the directions, so I don't know what went wrong. I'm not giving it any stars because going by the picture a good cookie CAN be made with this recipe. It just didn't work for me.
these were delicious. they were soft and chewy and very easy to make. my kids loved them. a definite keeper. thanks


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Rihanna was spotted leaving her hotel in Manchester, UK. The singer wore a pair of Rag & Bone Moto pants from the Spring/Summer 2013 collection with some sandals and a crop top.
These aren't necessarily jeans, but I have been waiting to see who would be the first to get caught in these. They are my favorite piece from the collection along with their khaki version. They are called moto, but I also get this trekking through the wild feel, i.e. for lack of a better reference, Bear Grylls' pants. They are just an awesome pair. You can click here to purchase Rag & Bone from their website.
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STORRS, Conn. — Louisville vs. Connecticut sounds like a great game. Unfortunately, the schools' basketball teams don't play each other until January.
Tonight, the 20th-ranked Louisville football team (6-1, 2-1 American Athletic Conference) travels to East Hartford to face the winless Huskies (0-7, 0-3) in what is less than a marquee matchup.
''I told our players, 'Let's not look at their record, let's worry about ourselves,'?'' Louisville coach Charlie Strong said. ''We need to go up there and get started well and get going good.''
The nationally televised game (8:30, ESPN2) provides another showcase for Louisville's quarterback, Heisman Trophy candidate Teddy Bridgewater. The junior has completed nearly 74 percent of his passes, has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 20 consecutive games, including 23 touchdown passes this season, and has just two interceptions.
He'll be facing a UConn defense that has been giving up 35 points and 400 yards per game.
Connecticut has not won since upsetting the Cardinals in three overtimes last November at Papa John's stadium. The Huskies have gone 0-8 since.
''It feels like forever,'' said Huskies linebacker Yawin Smallwood, the Worcester native who leads the team with 79 tackles this season. ''This is a great opportunity for us to go out there and showcase what we have. We haven't done that a lot this season.''
UConn again will start freshman quarterback Tim Boyle, who has thrown five interceptions and has no touchdown passes since taking over the starting duties from junior Chandler Whitmer.
Interim coach T.J. Weist, who is 0-3 since taking over after the firing of Paul Pasqualoni, said he's not wedded to the idea of using Boyle. Redshirt freshman Casey Cochran was moved into the backup role this week after Whitmer suffered a hand injury in practice.
''We're not going to be locked into Tim if he's not producing the way we want,'' Weist said. ''That's a tough decision because we made a decision to play a true freshman. We've also made decisions to play other true freshmen, so we're not treating him any different from that standpoint. It's just that from any offensive standpoint, he's got the keys to the car, so he's got to make plays for us.''
Boyle will be facing a stingy Louisville defense that has recorded 27 sacks this season, has forced 17 turnovers, and has revenge as a motivation.
''Last year, they came in and stole one from us,'' said defensive end Marcus Smith. ''We want to return the favor.''
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|Oxford, England, UK (1993)
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Softpress Systems is a software publisher with its headquarters in Witney in Oxfordshire, UK. The company was founded in 1993. Originally the developers of a print-publishing application called Uniqorn. Development of Uniqorn ended after Apple discontinued printing support for its QuickDraw GX component.
The company initiated development of Freeway (currently version 7) in 1996, a DTP(Desktop publishing)-style website creation program. Freeway is an HTML generator, as opposed to an HTML editor, allowing users to design in similar ways to DTP applications rather than work directly with code. There is a Pro - professional - version and Express version - focused towards home and small business users. Softpress also develops Exhibeo, an easy-to-use creation tool for web galleries and showcases.
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(Teaneck, NJ) On June 4 at 4pm, New Jersey Republican State Senate candidate, Kenneth Del Vecchio, is doing the unthinkable for a Hollywood filmmaker: he is premiering THE LIFE ZONE, a psychological thriller about abortion—a film, which turns out to be PRO-LIFE. This certain controversial flick premieres at Hoboken International Film Festival - in Teaneck - one of the nation's largest film festivals, which Del Vecchio founded and chairs.
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THE LIFE ZONE, written and produced by Del Vecchio, a veteran filmmaker of over 15 movies and best-selling author (novels and legal books), stars Academy Award and Emmy nominee Robert Loggia (Scarface, Independence Day, Big), Blanche Baker (Emmy winner; Sixteen Candles), Lindsey Haun (Broken Bridges, Shrooms, "True Blood"), Angela Little (American Pie Bandcamp, My Boss's Daughter), Eric Etebari (The Lincoln Lawyer, An Affirmative Act, "Witchblade")
The controversial premise of THE LIFE ZONE: three women have been kidnapped from abortion clinics and are being held for seven months—until they all give birth. The film, which appears to cut right down the middle, examining the topic from both sides, offers a powerful, anti-abortion climactic twist.
Del Vecchio and the cast invite pro-lifers and pro-choicers to come to this historic event. Tickets can be purchased online on the Tickets & Schedule page of the HIFF website: www.HobokenInternationalFilmFestival.com , or by calling (973) 310-3912.
Kenneth Del Vecchio is a Republican candidate for State Senate in District 38. The New York Times, in writing about his Renaissance Man accomplishments, wrote: "As usual, Mr. Del Vecchio was larger than life." Kenneth Del Vecchio is a former judge, former prosecutor, and an attorney who has tried over 400 cases. He's the author of some of the nation's best-selling legal books (a series of criminal codebooks published by Prentice Hall and ALM), as well as a best-selling criminal suspense novelist. In addition, he's the founder and chairman of Hoboken International Film Festival…And, he is a critically acclaimed filmmaker who has written/directed/
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OK as a mildly comic cross-country hymn to all things Canadian, "One Week" addresses its oft-repeated central question — "What would you do if you had one week to live?" — by giving us a protagonist…
OK as a mildly comic cross-country hymn to all things Canadian, "One Week" addresses its oft-repeated central question — "What would you do if you had one week to live?" — by giving us a protagonist…
Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" hit the jackpot, nabbing the people's choice award at the 33rd annual Toronto Intl. Film Festival.
A film about the pressures and consequences of upward mobility and ordinary adolescence. Intense perfs by Rory Culkin and Alec Baldwin are standouts in a movie that brims with vivid supporting turns.
Another legendary 1970s-era concert sees the light of day through the miracle of technology in the joyously funky docu "Soul Power."
Delivers a formulaic-sounding conceit with enough unpredictability and downplayed sentiment to earn heartwarming emotions.
The true-life saga of a South Boston tough guy is told with assured, sensitive style by tyro-actor-turned-director Brian Goodman in "What Doesn't Kill You."
Following the more outre concepts of several features including "After Life" and "Nobody Knows," writer-helmer Hirokazu Kore-eda seems to be scaling back with the writ-small "Still Walking."
"American Swing" memorializes "the poor man's Playboy Mansion," the late-'70s/early-'80s Manhattan sex club Plato's Retreat.
One of the more bizarre illustrations of racial injustice under apartheid is dramatized in "Skin."
Packing a high-caliber performance by Jim Sturgess and enough thrills to start a theme park, "Fifty Dead Men Walking" is a classic about the Irish "troubles."
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Lessons From Moore, Oklahoma Tornado (whispers of "Andrea" within 2 weeks?)
Fast Facts
- A rating of EF-5 has been given to the tornado that affected the Newcastle, south OKC, and Moore areas in McClain and Cleveland Counties.
- The tornado had.a path length of approximately 17 miles and was on the ground for approximately 40 minutes from 2:56 PM – 3.26 PM CDT.
- The preliminary maximum path width is 1.3 miles.
Photo credit above: "This Tuesday, May 21, 2013 aerial photo shows a residential area of Moore, Okla. destroyed by Monday's tornado. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds." (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez).
Tornado Tracks Streak Across Oklahoma. Here's an excerpt from NOAA's Environmental Visualization Laboratory: "The rotation of tornadoes creates a distinctive signature in radar data, and can be used to estimate the track that the system takes over land. This image shows the rotational velocity of the systems that passed over Oklahoma on the afternoon of May 20, 2013. A single cohesive structure can be seen to cut across seven counties, with Moore directly in the middle…"
From Alerts Broadcaster (issued Tuesday morning):
Our Worst Fear Confirmed: A Violent (Urban) Tornado. The tornado that formed west of Moore, Oklahoma yesterday went from EF-1 to EF-5 strength within 10-15 minutes, responding to favorable conditions aloft (powerful wind shear coupled with an explosively unstable atmosphere). Tornado Watches were posted roughly 2 hours ahead of time, Tornado Warnings issued by the OKC NWS at least 30 minutes in advance. The problem? If you don't have a basement or underground shelter the odds of surviving a direct hit from an EF-4 or EF-5 are small – even well constructed brick and mortar homes can be scraped down to foundation with an EF-4′s 180-200 mph winds.
* Death toll stands at 24, although I expect this to go up as recovery efforts continue today. Hundreds are injured; many residents still missing. As many as 20,000 residents of Moore are homeless.
* 30 square miles impacted by moderate to extensive tornado damage.
* This may top Joplin as the most expensive tornado in U.S. history. The May, 2011 Joplin tornado came in at $2.8 billion. I expect the 2013 Moore tornado to be comparable, probably $2-3 billion in total damage. There's a good chance this will be America's most expensive tornado on record.
Moore Damage Path. Yesterday's mile-wide path is in green, the 1999 EF-5 path is in red, the 2003 tornado in blue. KFOR.com has a good interactive map here.
Close-Up Of Damage Path. Again, the green-shaded area shows yesterday's track, a wider path than 1999 and 2003. Thousands of homes and businesses were impacted. Fewer than 1 in 10 Oklahomans have basements or storm shelters – bedrock makes it costly to excavate. Some have storm shelters, steel and concrete-reinforced closets and garages, but an EF-4 can be unsurvivable if you can't get below grade, below ground.
Ground Zero. Here is an aerial map with path superimposed, showing where some of the most destructive (and deadly) winds hit, including Plaza Towers Elementary School, where loss of life was high. Photo credit: BBC, AP, Google.
Plaza Towers Elementary School. The before/after imagery is stark. This tornado will reignite the debate over school safety and the need for reinforced shelters in all public buildings. Photo credit: AP.
Moore Medical Center. Damage is significant at Moore Medical Center; most operations have been shifted to other nearby medical facilities. Photo credit: AP.
Damage Swath. Here are before/after aerials from subdivisions west of Santa Fe Avenue. Photo credit: AP
War Zone. As meteorologists we're trained to think clinically, like doctors. Look at the data, evaluate the models, make a prediction. Leave emotion out of the mix. But you can't look at these images (as a parent, as a human being) without being heartbroken. The damage is consistent with an EF-4 or EF-5 tornado. Photo credit: AP.
More Imagery. Here is a before/after comparison of homes in a neighborhood east of South Eastern Avenue.
* before the tornado hit several Oklahoma City TV meteorologists encouraged people in the direct path of this tornado to "drive away". The reality: if an EF-4 strength tornado is approaching and you don't have a basement or shelter your odds of survival are small. Statistically it's better to get into your vehicle and try to outrun the tornado. The problem: as good as Doppler radar is it can be difficult estimating the intensity of a tornado, even 10-15 minutes in advance. We can see rotation, even a hook echo, but is it an EF-1 or a monster EF-5? Unlike hurricanes, where we can see satellite imagery and estimate strength, tornadoes are much more difficult to predict in advance: track and ultimate intensity.
Wednesday Risk. No moderate threat today, a slight risk of storms capable of hail and damaging straight-line winds from Detroit, Columbus and Cleveland to Pittsburg, State College, Buffalo and Rochester. An isolated tornado can't be ruled out in and near this region tomorrow, but probably not the scope and severity of the tornadoes that have struck the Southern Plains in recent days.
Summary: It's our worst fear as meteorologists: a large (urban) tornado. One glaring problem: "tornado fatigue". As a nation we are still issuing too many tornado warnings (at least that's the consensus among most private meteorologists I know). Nobody wants to miss a tornado – that's the cardinal sin, so NWS issues warnings on just about every rotating thunderstorm they find on Doppler. The FAR or false alarm rate is still hovering near 70%. Stated differently, 7 in 10 tornado warnings produce NO tornado. This leads to apathy ("they're crying wolf!") and when the big tornado does materalize, when our worst fears are realized, many residents simply aren't ready to take the measures necessary to protect their lives.
In a hurricane you have days to prepare; a tornado: 5-30 minutes. The average lead time, nationally, is 13-15 minutes. Last year I proposed new terminnology, leveraging "Alerts" (for rotation based storms) and "Tornado Emergencies" (for confirmed tornadoes on the ground moving into urban areas). This is a reflection of land-use trends and suburban sprawl. Tornadoes that would have hit farmland 10-30 years ago are now hitting subdivisions. As metropolitan areas expand the probability of a direct strike from major tornadoes goes up steadily over time. Last year I wrote an article for Huffington Post, recounting a severe storm conference, where a well-respected structural engineer/meteorologist predicted that, within our lifetime, a single U.S. tornado will hit an urban area, even a downtown, with over 1,000 fatalities from a single twister. Yesterday was a reminder (to me) that his prediction may not be as far-fetched as it sounds. It's land-use, statistics and probabilities, another unpleasant symptom of expanding metropolitan areas.
A Survival Plan For America's Tornado Danger Zone. Here's an excerpt of a timely story from The New York Times: "The horror confronting residents and emergency workers probing the tornado wreckage in Oklahoma is unimaginable for those of use elsewhere. Collapsed schools, disintegrated homes, crushed cars and more. The main focus should be on aid. But it's worth beginning a conversation about ways to live safer in such hazard zones given that this storm season is just getting under way and that big regions of America's tornado hot zone have deep vulnerability resulting from runaway growth and a human tendency to discount threats that have a low probability but disastrous potential. (The same issues are driving exposure to danger in hurricane zones.)…"
Photo credit above: "The rubble of a destroyed neighborhood lay mixed together where it fell Tuesday, May 21, 2013 a day after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds." (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
What Happens When The TV Meteorologist Has To Take Cover? I've wondered this many times myself: "what happens if the tornado approaches the TV station?" Go down with the ship? Here's a clip from NBC News and mashable.com: "A massive storm generated several tornadoes on Sunday in the Midwest, hitting Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. The tornado in Kansas got so bad that news station staff at the NBC affiliate TV station in Wichita, Kan. had to leave in the middle of a live broadcast to take cover. In the dramatic video, the channel's meteorologist JD Rudd is talking about the extreme weather in front of a radar image of the storm when, after a few seconds, producers tells him it's time to leave…"
Hurricane Season Comes With Plan For Better Forecast. This story comes as something of a relief; I'm sick of talking about the ECMWF (European) weather model. It's time for the U.S. to step on the gas and retake the lead in weather modeling. Here's an excerpt of a Jason Samenow article at The Washington Post: "…The summer and fall hold the possibility of big storms but also steps toward better forecasts. An infusion of Sandy-related dollars from Congress will help the National Weather Service upgrade two supercomputers that are used in virtually all U.S. weather predictions. That, in turn, could close what some have called an embarrassing gap between the primary U.S. and European computer models. The European model has generally been more adept at forecasting the paths and intensities of major storms, and that pattern held in October when the it projected the lethal westward turn by Sandy even as the early U.S. model showed it drifting to the east harmlessly, toward open ocean…"
Tropical Whispers. The GFS forecast, valid midday Wednesday, June 5 shows a possible tropical depression or weak tropical storm approaching south Florida. Confidence level: very low, but the models continue to hint at development in the tropics. We'll keep an eye on what may evolve into "Andrea". Image: WSI.
Are There More Tornadoes Because Of Global Warming? The short answer is "probably not", but the data set is somewhat unreliable (plenty of noise in the data). Increases in water vapor and instability in a warming world MAY be at least partially offset by a decrease in wind shear (as northern latitudes warm faster than southern laitudes), but the research is still preliminary. Dry areas are getting drier, wet areas wetter, with a causal connection to spikes in flooding rains and even hurricane intensity. But the link with (severe) tornadoes is not obvious, at least not yet. Minnesota climate scientist Greg Laden has more in this comprehensive post at scienceblogs.com: "There are good reasons to believe that global warming leads to more storminess, but the exact nature of that transition is unclear and hard to measure. Part of the reason for this difficulty is that a given type of storm may become more likely under certain conditions caused by climate change, while a different kind of storm may become less likely, with the "storminess" overall increasing but doing so indifferent ways across time. Also, the most severe, and thus possibly the most important, weather events are infrequent so it is difficult to see changes over time with any statistical confidence. I address many of these issues hereand here…"
Image credit: this frame-grab from the 1986 Brooklyn Park, Springbrook Nature Center tornado courtesy of KARE-11 and tcmedia.com.
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It is extremely rare to find a Art Nouveau era 14K gold bangle bracelet with such large and high quality peridot stones, as well as a lovely seed pearl floral design, much less in such pristine condition! It is very obvious, looking at it from all aspects under magnification, that it was very lightly worn during its time, and it has since been stored in a jeweler's vault (Belonged to the jeweler's mother, original owner - so provenance date is correct). This stunning piece is antique, late nineteenth century (1898), with very clear Art Nouveau era motifs (curling leaf from nature, scrolls, peridot stones).
This exquisite 14K gold clamper bangle is bezel set with three round, faceted peridot stones, "each .85 carat and measuring 6mm across. Each one is AAA quality, a fancy, intense green with excellent clarity and deep saturation", to quote the graduate gemologist whom appraised them.
Weight of the bracelet is 25 grams or 16.075 dwt (pennyweights).
Back of one of the leaves is hallmarked 14K, as well as marked with the overlapping letters "T" and "C" for the fine jewelry artisan who handcrafted this magnificent piece.
Along with these amazing peridot beauties, the front of this bracelet boasts a very feminine floral leaf design, appointed with 62 genuine, creamy white seed pearls.
Inside circumference of bracelet is about 7" inches. Bracelet has an oval opening. Top or front of bracelet measures 8.3mm wide or approximately 3/8" of an inch. Back of bracelet is 5.7mm wide or approximately 1/4" of an inch.
This Art Nouveau hinged bangle bracelet is supplied with a locking clasp along with a 14K gold safety chain for security. This extremely fine, all original bangle is crafted from solid 14k yellow gold and has fully tested as such. The safety chain also tested positive for 14K gold.
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Today's daily sketch, still has the kick from yesterday so i wanted to try another design, please dont mind the background lol
Eva 02, is that you?
Based off of Black Lotus of Accel World?
Absolutely love this design.
Evangelion inspired? Loving the badass-ness of it all. Instant fave :3
Reminds me of Z.O.E, awesome work : )
Could someone tell me if the blades slide forward or swing down?
This look like a EVA-02
who needs hands when you got red blades
very cool!
Really reminds me of Tron and Warframe. Both of which are good things. Very impressive work.
rating C > so so > and yet not low rating > on my scale from A to E.
this one is a bit bizarre and more fractal than most of your other works. Great work but still, a bit too, 'alien' is all I can think of.
this is awesome, i would love to see this guy in a movie, he would totally kick ass in every direction
lol itll be like a turtle when it will fall ^^
Very "Zone of the Enders"
awesome concept would make a nice boss for a game'
Inspired by Neon Genesis Evangelion? Boss design, just gonna have trouble navigating in marshlands lol.
That smoke coming off the blades is awesome.
This robot's natural enemy: soil.