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That initial weight loss is water weight. Not to dismiss it as 'just water weight' because its essential. Your body is recovering from inflammation, but further weight loss will be slower. Just stick with it. Good luck!
This is my first journal post on the forum. I've been keeping a 2-3 time per week Primal journal personally however. Mainly thoughts on why I started, why I am continuing, just sorting the emotional to understand myself better. It kind of goes along with the Fit Soul Fit Body I began reading the other night. I might transfer them here. Or just continue both. I keep a food journal of MyFitnessPal.com. More user-friendly (to me) than fitday.com. Plus I have been using that one for a while and I like it.
I have been Primal for 2 full weeks now. I lost five pounds in the first week then it seems to have stopped. My problem is I keep getting on the scale. I need to stop that. I did notice my belly seems to have shrunk a bit. When I slide my hand down the usual "bump" isn't as prominent. Yay!! I begin the fitness portion today, using the TRX straps I have and a couple of yoga DVDs. Problem is we are moving in 2 months, and pack-out is in 2 weeks. So I need to remember to put the straps and DVDs in the car so the movers don't take them. Our weights will be gone, so Chris won't be thrilled. Maybe I can get him to use the straps. Or he can just go to the gym. And the treadmill will be sold soon. I can't wait for warmer weather, then I will actually want to get outside. I hate the cold with all my being.
Now that I am getting better with eating (I've been quite good with this and am loving it for the most part, though I think I eat chocolate too often, but it's the good 71% or more dark chocolate) I feel ready for the next step of fitness. I find that I do miss baking, but I don't miss eating what I bake. Well, except for maybe chocolate chip cookies. At some point I will be ready to make those again as a treat once a month or so. Not Primal, I know, but I am okay with that. It's part of that 80/20 Mark talks about in the book, and I've been 95/5 since this began. And I like that. So my cookies once a month will be okay. As long as I bake only 1/2 the recipe and give them away to my neighbors. My neighbors always love me as I always give away my baked goods.
Okay, goals:
~First, no more muffin top!
~Do a real push-up within a month.
~Spend more time outdoors, even in the miserable cold. No problem in the late spring, summer and early autumn.
~Run/walk a Disney race, no more than half marathon distance, maybe one of the relays. No more marathons for me. Make it MY goal, not someone else's race.
~Look good naked! For me. For my husband.
~Have a body a rockstar would love.
~Hear someone say, "Wow, she looks great for her age" or something similar.
~Wear a bathing suit (bikini?) on our cruise in November/December. And feel confident about it!
Last edited by Kris C; 02-20-2011 at 03:42 AM. Reason: spelling errors. Oops!
That initial weight loss is water weight. Not to dismiss it as 'just water weight' because its essential. Your body is recovering from inflammation, but further weight loss will be slower. Just stick with it. Good luck!
Primal Living since Jan 4/11
Thanks Prariedog. I figured it was a water weight thing. Though I was hoping for a more noticeable weight loss. But I suppose that's not as important as the getting fitter, being healthier aspect. Certainly weight will be lost as fat leaves, but some of the weight will turn to muscle and I know that. But numbers on a scale, no matter how we know better than to count on that, still make for a great motivator. I am trying to remind myself that it's about the long term and how my clothing fits and how my body changes shape.
Thanks for reading!
I just started a journal as well. Looks like we started going primal about the same time.
I hear you on the chocolate chip cookies. While I have had no carb cravings of any sort (72% dark chocolate has been a tremendous help at times), I have wondered when the lure of homemade chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven will strike. I never made them often because I would eat them all.
Good luck. I'll keep looking for your journal entries!
Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on. ~George Bernard Shaw
Starting Weight (1/3/2011): 189
Current Weight: 173
Goal: To be in the best shape ever by age 50! (5/11/2012)
Hi Eva! I am convinced that chocolate chip cookies are the answer to world peace! Seriously, I think it's just the smell of homemade cookies; that smell brings about thoughts of warmth and the perfect cozy home life we all wish we had.
Okay, so Monday was a total wash! Two restaurants in one day. Lunch was in Trier after a very cold walk around one area of the city looking at old Roman ruins. Too cold for me so I didn't enjoy it one bit. Too bad. At the restaurant I ordered the baked potato and salad dish. Translation issues caused this, plus the very limited lunch menu. (Few open places as it was Monday.) The plates were HUGE! I ended up with 2 baked potatoes on my plate with a salad that consisted of lettuce, shredded carrots, corn and shredded beets. I ate the lettuce (and the delicious dressing, oily and mustardy) and some of one baked potato with tons of sour cream on it. Too much food, really. Dinner was at Macaroni Grill on base. We were dining with a friend who was passing through on his way to Afghanistan. I ordered chicken marsala and left the pasta to the side. I ate only the chicken. I was okay. Oh, and 3 glasses of wine over 2 hours. I slept terribly and now am tired and have a headache. Today is a new day.
So far I've had two scrambled eggs with spinach and feta, all cooked in yummy butter. I plan on a salad with tuna in the afternoon and tonight I have to cook a whole chicken before it goes bad. I spent $15 on that bio chicken (germany's word for the organic free range chicken; it has great color and is absolutely delish on its own. Take that Purdue!).
I've started up with yoga again. I've always enjoyed the feeling I have during and after yoga. Yesterday was a Rodney Yee Power Yoga, which is both yoga and cardio, but not so cardio that I lose form (I hate those ones). Today I am not feeling up to it due to the lack of sleep but I plan on using the treadmill, plugging in the ipod and walking a bit later, after school time with the kiddos. Tomorrow will be a yoga day again.
More later...
Starting weight: 168 lbs
Current weight: 168 lbs
Goal weight: whatever makes me look strong and healthy!
Current goal: No More Muffin Top!!
a real pushup, a real pull-up, weekly sprints
Visit my journal: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread76206.htmlKris' Place for Primal Rantings...because everyone else thinks she's nuts
The first part of the day went well, but with a houseguest who wants me to bake, the PM turned to shit. Here it is:
B: 2 scrambled eggs with spinach and feta, prepared in BUTTER!
L: 1 can of tuna with organic mayo on 2 romaine leaves. Yum! Should have added a touch of vinegar though.
D: Chicken is out for tonight, so a can of sardines, because I am a bit hungry, I need some fat (packed in olive oil!) but don't need too much food.
S: And this is where it took a bad turn. Well, 80/20 right? I've been 90/10 or better since the beginning, and I am quite proud of myself for truly accepting this WOE as my life now. So, I baked M&M cookies for the houseguest. I did input the recipe onto myfitnesspal.com and so I have a breakdown of the recipe's nutrition (or lack of). So, I am allowing a total of 4 cookies, that's between dough tastes and 2 real cookies. I may have had less than that, so I am doing well.
Again, not feeling overly hungry ever, and my energy is up. My only issue is not getting in the walk I was hoping for. It was only a treadmill thing anyway as it is freezing outside. Tomorrow AM is yoga, and I will walk as well. I've been feeling great waking at about 5:30 or 6AM. I love mornings. And I have been getting up after not going to bed till about 10PM. Unheard of 4 weeks ago. I used to go to bed, and nearly fall asleep, at 8PM, and it took the alarm to jar me from my sleep at 6-ish. Not anymore. I LOVE PB! I am really feeling like I am making a huge change in my health and well-being, physically and mentally. Who knew this would happen? I sure didn't. I am getting back my interest in life again! No need for anti-depressants hopefully ever again!
Starting weight: 168 lbs
Current weight: 168 lbs
Goal weight: whatever makes me look strong and healthy!
Current goal: No More Muffin Top!!
a real pushup, a real pull-up, weekly sprints
Visit my journal: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread76206.htmlKris' Place for Primal Rantings...because everyone else thinks she's nuts
February 23, 2011
The USDA Food Pyramid made me fat! Well, not on its own, but I had that realization in the shower just before. I got fat eating crap, junk food from vending machines between classes and alcohol and not enough activity. Add in a pregnancy, stressful marriage at the time, baby born, job and classes, no time for the kids and making a real dinner so stopping for fast food, and I got fat. Then we moved to Spain, I quit smoking, stopped drinking as much, began running. Eventually I added in yoga. I was out and being active. I was eating "better" especially since there were no fast food places, no place for a quick stop for food. And I was trying to be more Food Pyramid-like in my diet, though it was far from perfect. But with all these changes, I was still fat! Yes, I lost some weight and inches, but not that much. Sure, my health was better, my cardio was certainly improved, but I was still fat!
USDA, the government, tells us we should be eating mostly carbs, grains (whole grains!), bread, rice, pasta. And I was! I didn't get as many fruits and veggies as they tell us to, but I was trying to get at least 2 each day, mainly in the veggie form. Dairy, meats, fats, they tell us not as much, and I was following that advice. And I was/am still fat.
I am glad I've stumbled upon Primal Blueprint. Actually, I am glad I bought the Reader's Digest, read the Gary Taubes article about why we get fat and how to not be fat (20 calories a day?!?! Seriously??!?), saw the reference to PB, and bought that in minutes. The science made so much sense to me, then add in personal experience that showed the conventional wisdom didn't necessarily work, and I was all in. I know there are people who have done the "right" thing and are healthy, strong, fit, thin. But for most of us, it's just not true. I know some fat people who have just given up or who truly believe they can't afford the better food and choose money over health. I know the government makes it easier for people on food stamps and other assistance to buy foods that are slowly killing those people. Yes, our government is slowly killing its population, probably knowingly, and it doesn't care. I know Michelle Obama is trying to do the right thing by encouraging healthier habits in food choices and activity. She has to follow the USDA guidelines in her PSAs and official positions due to her official position. I just wish people would see otherwise.
I am hoping my goal of making the People magazine weight loss issue will show others that it can be done. And truly without gimmicks. So many of the people chosen follow Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig or some other money making scheme. For them it often isn't just about changing their diet but following some commercial. Slim Fast, too! I want to show people (and People) weight loss and strength can be achieved with delicious foods, a bit of exercise, but not overblown workouts that take hours, and fun. That would truly be a no-gimmick success story.
Starting weight: 168 lbs
Current weight: 168 lbs
Goal weight: whatever makes me look strong and healthy!
Current goal: No More Muffin Top!!
a real pushup, a real pull-up, weekly sprints
Visit my journal: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread76206.htmlKris' Place for Primal Rantings...because everyone else thinks she's nuts
Hi Kris,
I like your attitude. I'm sure you will do great.
Every time I start getting obsessive about the scale I make myself go back and re-read one thread. It's by Batty in the Odds and Ends section and it's title is "To My Fellow Grokettes". I highly recommend taking a look at it.
BTW, you mentioned working on your push ups. Can you do a pull up? If not, you would be welcome to join the Worldwide Pull Up Challenge of 2011, also found on the Odds and Ends section.
thanks Paleobird Robin! Can't do a pull-up wither, I don't think. I don't have anything to do a pull-up on right now. I was thinking of getting a bar to put in the doorway after this move, but living in base housing I am not sure if I would be allowed. Once we move and I can get set up I want to start the first level of the PB Fitness stuff Mark has online. I've watched the YouTube clips so I am ready. Wish I could be in a place as nice, green and sunny and warm. One day again.
Lunch was a great chicken salad. Sweet butter lettuce, homemade Caesar dressing and warm chicken. LOVE that free-range organic chicken. FLAVOR! Who knew chicken could have flavor and be juicy? And it had color too! Just like the egg yolk of organic free-range eggs. Good day so far!!
Dinner? Yeah, don't know about that yet. Probably more chicken with a side of green beans and bacon. Why not?
And this morning was a short yoga session again. It felt great. Maybe a treadmill walk later today. It is too cold outside for anything else.
Starting weight: 168 lbs
Current weight: 168 lbs
Goal weight: whatever makes me look strong and healthy!
Current goal: No More Muffin Top!!
a real pushup, a real pull-up, weekly sprints
Visit my journal: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread76206.htmlKris' Place for Primal Rantings...because everyone else thinks she's nuts
When I began the PB plan, back on Feb 6, I went in with the idea that for the first 2 weeks I would concentrate on the diet only. I would add fitness later, just to keep things more simple. And it was great. I devoured this website, read the book in days, scoured hte forums for more info and advice, and generally stuck with the food plan. I feel like it's now natural (and wasn't it always?) to eat primally. I don't know that I've got it just right; I doubt I am perfectly primal at all. I know this because sometimes I do get really hungry. But that's okay, I am doing quite well. I am bugged that in keeping my carbs below 100g nearly every day, and often below 50g, I haven't lost more weight. I log all my food, just for the carb count, a bit for calorie intake as well as I am curious about that. I know adding in fitness will help more.
I have begun fitness. I am not doing PB fitness right now but I like the philosophy. I have been doing yoga because I like it and it keeps most depression symptoms at bay. I need to walk more, or run, but I don't care for the treadmill and I HATE the cold. It is just COLD here and I hate feeling cold with every ounce of my being. No enjoyment whatsoever. I would like to restart Couch to 5K again, and maybe do a half marathon in January again. But slow! Well, I've always been a very slow runner, more of a run/walker, and I like it that way. Hopefully sun and warmth are coming soon. I can't wait until we get stationed somewhere warm again.
So, the husband said he was going to do this with me. And he did for about a week, if that. He came home just a bit ago for a quick bite to eat, then grabbed a handful of M&Ms. He had pasta when we went out the other night. He's pretty much just going with the usual stuff. And that's fine with me, really. This WOE/WOL is for me, not for him. And I am trying to get the kids to eat more like me for their long term health (and since I make most of their food, that's easy). But they all still like pasta and bread, and I am not 100% convinced that all grains are bad. They just aren't fitting in with my life right now. I do believe they aren't great, mainly as the bulk of our diet, but I don't know that they need to be completely cut out for everyone. I think the PB way is just more healthy as it encourages REAL food, all the healthy things like veggies and protein from meats, not a long list of ingredients that make up frankenfoods.
Anyway, I need to figure out why my weight loss has stalled after 2 weeks. I know fat loss has stalled too as my clothing isn't fitting any differently. My calories aren't outrageous (about 1300-1500 per day). Of course, fitness will help and I will begin seeing some changes soon enough, especially as I increase my abilities. I just want to be lean and strong NOW! Well, who doesn't want things right away, huh? I have to say, though, that this is the longest I've ever stayed with a program of any sort, and PB has been the most convincing thing I've read in a long time. I know it's a long-term thing, not a sprint to the finish. I just need to keep that in my head. So far, for once, I have.
Today's food:
B: 2 eggs over easy, 1 cup spinach sprinkled with feta (maybe 1 tbsp), 4 slices bacon (can't wait to move and find a store with "good" bacon), all cooked in BUTTER!! Butter rocks!
L: Sweet butter lettuce with 5 cherry tomatoes, roasted chicken and skin (maybe 1 cup), homemade caesar dressing
D: plan on salmon with BUTTER, haven't decided on veggies, maybe asparagus, possibly green beans. *Screw the plan! I didn't feel like making salmon so I made deviled eggs instead. 2 HB eggs, mayo and relish.*
Snacks: I had about an ounce of parmesan chunks, I am sure I'll have 3 squares (1 serving) of the Intensely Dark Ghirardelli 72% dark chocolate. Because it's yummy!
And all my beverages are water. I don't drink anything else, haven't in a long time except some wine sometimes. White wine (I know red is "better" but I don't like red wines, and believe me I have tried a number of them; well, I do like a cold sweet red wine).
*32 carbs for the day, but 1683 calories. Stupid macadamias. That's why I don't eat them often.*
Last edited by Kris C; 02-24-2011 at 11:11 AM. Reason: add dinner and carb/calorie info
Starting weight: 168 lbs
Current weight: 168 lbs
Goal weight: whatever makes me look strong and healthy!
Current goal: No More Muffin Top!!
a real pushup, a real pull-up, weekly sprints
Visit my journal: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread76206.htmlKris' Place for Primal Rantings...because everyone else thinks she's nuts


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A potent antiwar diatribe that's also the primary film example of Argentina attempting to exorcise its 1982 Malvinas/Falklands War demons, "Illuminated by Fire" is a watchable if none-too-penetrating analysis of the traumatizing effects of a war largely forgotten.
A correction was made to this review on Sept. 27, 2005.
A potent antiwar diatribe that's also the primary film example of Argentina attempting to exorcise its 1982 Malvinas/Falklands War demons, "Illuminated by Fire" is a watchable if none-too-penetrating analysis of the traumatizing effects of a war largely forgotten. The first Argentine feature about the Malvinas to be even partly shot in situ, pic spends time on impressive combat footage that could have been spent exploring political and psychological nuances, and is more valuable as testimony than drama. One of the year's higher-profile pampa productions, the pic should be a hot property in selected offshore locations.
Since its early September release "Fire" has raised temperatures and debate in Argentina, where, until recent years, the pic would have been politically impossible to make.
A phone call to journalist Esteban (Gaston Pauls) about the attempted suicide of a man who fought beside him in the war leads the journo to visit the man, now in a coma. Esteban flashes back to 1982, during the military preparations by the Argentines for the Malvinas, and his own desperate phone call to his mother prior to departure.
Pic flashes back to well-render the tedium and discomfort of the Argentine soldiers on a godforsaken lump of rock in the south Atlantic during the months-long wait for the arrival of the English forces. Esteban and buddies Vargas (Pablo Ribba, the man in the coma) and Juan (Cesar Albarracin) — callow youths all –are living in a foxhole in mud, rain and sub-zero temperatures. The "long live the fatherland" speech from their lieutenant is rendered brutally hollow by the first demonstration of Brit air power — it's pretty clear the local boys will have no military answer.
The histories of Vargas and Juan emerge through lengthy trench conversations: Vargas argued with his g.f. soon before leaving and didn't say goodbye properly to his parents, while Juan has a small son. Viewers learn next to nothing about Esteban.
The only remotely comic scene in pic has three deciding to "attack" separately — until viewers realize they intend to catch, kill and cook a sheep. But as Vargas is getting rid of the carcass, he is caught and punished in the most humiliating way. This signals the beginning of the psychological end for him — credibly, there is no hint of any "Private Ryan"-type heroism anywhere to be seen.
When the increasingly desperate boys are dispatched to the front, there's a terrifically lensed, no-expense-spared night-time combat sequence replicating the decisive battle on Mount Longdon. This lasts more than 20 minutes, and sees the heroes effectively reduced to cannon fodder. Sound work, lensing and tech effects are tops throughout this exhausting seg.Finally back in the present, Esteban decides to return to the islands in an attempt to close the psychological circle. Moving final scenes were shot on the Malvinas, where much war residue, including mines, still litters the ground.
Pic doesn't have much to say about the psychology of war that a thousand Vietnam movies have not already said as well, but it's good on this particular war –including such info as the fact that300 Malvinas vets are known to have committed suicide (more than died in combat), about the government's insistence that combatants commit to a pact of silence following the defeat, about how the military committed to an unwinnable war. Significantly, one "thanks to" credit goes to Nestor Kirchner, Argentina's current president, showing how far things have come.
Dramatically, however, there's too little happening in the present-day sequences. Perfs are fine, though as the emotional core of pic, Pauls lacks interest and is too impassive. Tech credits are superb, with art direction by Graciela Fraguglia standing out.

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Marieta Maglas
Latina Time - Poem by Marieta Maglas
This game is the way in which slaughter becomes an end in itself.
Acta est fabula plaudite
The play has been performed; applaud!
Surely, less obvious ways exist
The Darkness seeks to manipulate us into its service.
Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea.
The act is not guilty unless the mind is also guilty.
Once all of them have won a very special princess prize,
the game is over....
and they will never buy another one.....
Alis grave nil.
Nothing is heavy to those who have wings
And maybe we cannot understand what's going on,
but we can understand that the players
skillfully hide behind the walls....
They think....
Cessante ratione legis cessat ipsa lex.
When the reason for the law ceases, the law itself ceases.
We seek escape from reality, we undermine our self-esteem.
Maybe we are unable to see them, but we need to talk about this.
And maybe they do not trust us when we tell them to come to us if they need
to talk....
....about those who become their victims......
Sed ipse Spiritus postulat pro nobis, gemitibus inenarrabilibus.
But the same Spirit intercedes incessantly for us, with inexpressible groans.
Comments about Latina Time by Marieta Maglas
E.j. Langley (1/30/2016 1:49:00 PM)
Are we inherantly good or evil? The Darkness seeks to manipulate us into its service is a very good line. Thanks for the poem. (Report) Reply
Thabani Khumalo (12/26/2015 5:44:00 AM)
Sed ipse Spiritus postulat pro nobis, gemitibus inenarrabilibus.
But the same Spirit intercedes incessantly for us, with inexpressible groans. (Report) Reply
Shah Surja (11/30/2015 2:28:00 PM)
Sed ipse Spiritus postulat pro nobis,
gemitibus inenarrabilibus.
But the same Spirit intercedes
incessantly for us, with inexpressible
groans. (Report) Reply
David Wood (8/28/2015 6:49:00 AM)
A lovely poem with good use of metaphor. Its thought provoking deep and emotional. Lovely. (Report) Reply
val Rogers (7/26/2015 7:38:00 AM)
Pen Anthony (7/15/2015 10:53:00 AM)
Ken E Hall (6/24/2015 5:26:00 AM)
This game is the way in which slaughter becomes an end in itself. Deep poem with mankind and I see into the first line that mankind's end to live is animal slaughter..Quoting Einstein 'One day will come when the killing of animals will be seen as tantamount to murder' being a vegetarian as I am it seems plausible...'.about those who become their victims......Every living thing needs to live life without cruelty alas this will never be...The poem is very well written and the mind can go down different paths...regards (Report) Reply
Daniel Brick (6/23/2015 11:16:00 AM)
In English (sadly the only language I can speak besides a reading knowledge of Latin) L-A-T-I-N-A refers to the countries and peoples of Central and South America, the term Hispanic is also used but many have Indian and African heritage as well. In any case, the word you want is the name of the language - simply LATIN in English. I sense the background to this poem was the barbaric practice of gladiatorial games: THIS GAME IN WHICH SLAUGHTER BECOMES AN END IN ITSELF. That of course is your metaphor for the self destructive practices, habits, customs, etc. that damage our humanity. In English you can take the word HUMAN and by adding a single E at the end transform the word into a statement of our challenge that is to be not just human but HUMANE. Your poem thoroughly investigates how we fail to be HUMANE. And it's a sad story, but your poem is a vigorous counter-attack of the Spirit against malign forces that continually pull us down - if we let them. You're summoning us to rise to our highest spiritual state of being. (I read in your Bio you contributed poems on the theme of BEING! !) (Report) Reply
Chinedu Dike (5/23/2015 1:51:00 AM)
Piece of great elegance, well articulated and insightfully penned with conviction. A lovely poem indeed. Thanks for sharing and do remain blessed. (Report) Reply
Simpa Omoluabi (5/20/2015 3:54:00 AM)
Ramesh T A (1/6/2015 2:19:00 PM)
Always when the prize is won the spirit of game also ends in hiding! Charm of victory too goes away into nothingness in reality! (Report) Reply
Kitdor Halari Blah (2/15/2012 3:47:00 AM)
Federico del Corazón (12/29/2011 2:29:00 PM)
Luz Hanaii (7/18/2011 7:15:00 PM)
Very spiritual and wise, loved it. thanks for inviting me. (Report) Reply
Madeleine Clarkson (5/9/2011 12:10:00 PM)
great poem love the way fit latin into it. great write (Report) Reply
Madeleine Clarkson (5/9/2011 12:09:00 PM)
great poem love the way fit latin into it. great write (Report) Reply
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Samantha Smith (4/20/2011 10:37:00 AM)
Don't know if i'll ever learn to write something so meaningful like you do.. it's awesome! ! (Report) Reply
Mary Thomson (4/20/2011 9:42:00 AM)
very interesting poem. i really enjoyed. you selection of words are excellent. (Report) Reply
Mary Thomson (4/20/2011 9:40:00 AM)
I gave this poem a 10. Provocative and balanced. (Report) Reply
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CROSS KEYS - Some Allegheny Township residents are asking supervisors to install a guardrail along a section of Maple Hollow Road.
Ivana Magill of 1137 Maple Hollow Road presented supervisors Tuesday with a petition containing 52 signatures in support of a guardrail near Mcintire's Gun Shop.
Magill reminded supervisors that she asked two years ago about a guardrail at that location after losing control of her vehicle, which left the road and went over an embankment.
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Township residents want a guardrail on Maple Hollow Road.
"We're not the only ones in our family that rolled our vehicle down that bank. My grandfather did, too," Magill said.
Supervisor Chairman David Burchfield Jr. and Township Engineer Christopher Dutrow said they recalled Magill's request.
"My recollection is that it didn't meet PennDOT's guidelines," Dutrow said.
Because vehicles leave the road for various reasons, guardrails are only installed when warranted and justified, according to information posted on a PennDOT website.
"Guide rail warrants are based on the premise that a traffic barrier should be installed only if it reduces the severity of potential crashes," the website states.
PennDOT District 9 Safety Press Officer Anthony Scalia said that because Maple Hollow Road is a township road, it would be up to the township and its engineer to review PennDOT's guidelines and consider the options.
"We'll take another look at it," Burchfield told Magill.
Mona Magill, who was riding in the vehicle with her sister, Ivana, when the crash occurred, said Wednesday that she hasn't forgotten the event.
"We rolled over that day, and the roof of the vehicle was caved in by 4 inches," Mona Magill said.
Ivana Magill, who collected petition signatures from residents in Maple Hollow who agreed with the request, also offered a cautionary warning to supervisors.
"You're going to wait until someone gets killed, and then you'll say, you wish you would have put up a guardrail," Ivana Magill said.
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Incorporating the same sensor technology used in the NASA Mars Mission, the EasyBloom Plant Sensor from PlantSense helps even the most novice gardener select the right plants for their garden and rescue unhealthy plants from an untimely death.
Consumers in the US spend over $21 billion each year on new plants, nearly a third of which die within the first 12 months. The EasyBloom aims to prevent this by determining which plants will thrive in a specific spot in your yard or home. The internet-enabled, gardening device also helps to diagnose ailing plants so you can bring them back to health. The system works in two modes: Recommend mode for presenting a set of plants that will thrive in a specific location, and Monitor mode to be told what is going wrong with a plant with visual cues on how to fix it. By placing the EasyBloom Plant Sensor anywhere in your garden for 24 hours it will record environmental factors, such as soil conditions, sunlight, moisture and temperature. Following that time, the device is plugged into the USB port on your PC and the EasyBloom website will analyze your conditions and recommend plants that will thrive or will tell you what is wrong with a dying plant.
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The Obama administration has reversed its stance on offshore drilling in some locations. In March, the president supported expanding offshore drilling, but the White House has decided not to open up new areas of the eastern Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic seaboard to drilling for at least seven years. "As a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill we learned a number of lessons, most importantly that we need to proceed with caution and focus on creating a more stringent regulatory regime," U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said.
Environmental groups and many Democrats appreciated the move. But the oil industry and many Republicans said the ban would hurt domestic oil production, possibly cost jobs, and hurt the economy in the long term. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said the decision makes the U.S. even more dependent on foreign countries for our energy.
"This announcement from the Obama administration today will undoubtedly send more economic capital and even more jobs overseas, in the wake of those oil rigs that already left our waters for Egypt, the Congo and Nigeria during the 'arbitrary and capricious' moratorium on deepwater drilling," he said.
Incoming Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has also opposed the ban.
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It's time we create some necessary space for the already suffering soccer community.
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text: Please Register or Log in to Remove this Advertisement! TORONTO -- Henry Burris threw three touchdown passes to rally the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a wild 36-24 win over the Toronto Argonauts in the East Division final Sunday afternoon. Burris cut Toronto's half-time lead to 24-17 with a late TD strike, then led Hamilton to a 27-24 advantage heading into the fourth. After watching Argos star quarterback Ricky Ray tear it up in the first half, Burris outduelled Ray in the second to lead Hamilton to its stirring victory. Burris drove Hamilton to set up Luca Congi's 23-yard field goal to go ahead 27-24 entering the fourth. Burris's 14-yard TD strike to Greg Ellingston capped a 68-yard march to open the second half that made it 24-24. Burris was especially cool when Hamilton took the ball at its own 38 with 6:55 remaining. He marched the Ticats to the Toronto 14-yard line -- including hitting Bakari Grant with a key 25-yard completion on second-and-19 -- to set up Congi's 20-yard field goal to make it 30-24 with 1:14 remaining. Toronto took over at its own 35 and Ray took the Argos to the Hamilton 44 before the hosts turned the ball over on downs with 53 seconds remaining. Marc Beswick rounded the scoring by recovering Chad Owens' punt return fumble in the end zone on the game's final play. Hamilton advances to the Grey Cup game next Sunday in Regina against either the Calgary Stampeders or Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Ticats haven't won the CFL title since '99. Burris's heroics came before a raucous Rogers Centre gathering of 35,418 -- that included embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford -- for the first East final between the longtime rivals since '86. That's the largest attendance in the facility for a CFL game since more than 50,000 watched the Argos beat Calgary in the 100th Grey Cup game last November. Much like Toronto's historic Grey Cup win, the atmosphere inside Rogers Centre on Sunday was electric -- and loud as fans didn't waste anytime getting into it well before the opening kickoff as horns blared loudly. Ticats supporters, who clearly outnumbered their Toronto counterparts, chanted their traditional "Argos Suck" refrain while the Double Blue faithful countered by yelling "Let's Go Argos." Hamilton will head into the Grey Cup game on a roll, having won 11 of its last 15 games. The Ticats also continued Toronto's home woes as the defending Grey Cup champions were 4-5 at Rogers Centre during the regular season, the first time in CFL history a team had finished first in a division with a losing home record. Spencer Watt, with two, and Zach Collaros had the touchdowns for Toronto. Swayze Waters had a field goal and three converts. Andy Fantuz had Hamilton's other two TDs. Congi booted two field goals and three converts. Burris's four-yard TD strike to Fantuz cut Toronto's half-time advantage to 24-17 but Ray was the story. The 11-year veteran was sensational, completing 17-of-20 passes for 279 yards and the two touchdowns as Toronto ran just four times for seven yards. Burris was 10-of-19 passing for 144 yards with two TDs and an interception as Hamilton rolled up 176 nets yards. Ray's 59-yard completion to Andre Durie put Toronto at the Hamilton one-yard line, where Collaros punched it in at 8:05 of the second to put Toronto ahead 21-10. Ray then drove the Argos to the Hamilton 21-yard line before settling for Waters' 28-yard field goal at 12:20 for the 24-10 advantage. The contest began inauspiciously for Durie, who fumbled the opening kickoff and it was recovered by Hamilton's Frederic Plesius at the Argos' 35-yard line, setting up Congi's 16-yard field goal just 3:24 in. Ray countered with an eight-yard TD strike to Watt at 6:50 but Burris found Fantuz with a seven-yard touchdown pass to put the visitors ahead 10-7 with 49 seconds left in the first. Ray found Watt on a 30-yard TD strike at 1:36 of the second. NOTES -- Rookie defensive back Delvin Breaux, receiver Onrea Jones and running back Chevon Walker were among Hamilton's pre-game scratches. One of Toronto's scratches was receiver Romby Bryant . . . Hamilton coach/GM Kent Austin has enjoyed playoff success at Rogers Centre before, leading the Saskatchewan Roughriders past Hamilton 43-40 as their starting quarterback in '89 before hoisting the Grey Cup in victory as the Riders' head coach in '07 . . . . This marked the first time ever Burris and Ray had gone head-to-head in a division final . . . Linebacker Brandon Isaac and defensive back Evan McCollough were members of Toronto's Grey Cup-winning squad last year. http://www.ticats.ca/article/tiger-cats-36-argonauts-24


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4 Recent Films That Are Accidentally Sequels to 80s Movies
Pretty in Pink/The Woodsman
Hey remember, James Spader in Pretty in Pink? Oh, sure you do. It was the Spaderman at his Spadiest. He was Steff McKee, Andrew McCarthy's best friend and complete douchebag. He was the rich obnoxious kid who hit on Molly Ringwald, but got rejected. The creep who then harassed Molly mercilessly and tried to break up her romance with dreamy Andrew McCarthy. By the end of the movie Andrew sticks with Molly and tells Spader to piss off. Yay! But what ever happened to Steff?
So What Happens Next?
In character: Full blown d-bag.
Y'know, you could kind of say this about any James Spader performance, but the next stop? Pedophilia. You can see Steff living his rejection over and over again. He wanted 16-year-old Molly Ringwald (who looked 12 at the time) but he just couldn't have her. This rich privileged lad who could have everything could never have her. And as the years flew by and his mullet faded from fashion, he obsessed on it until he only thought of little girls like Molly. Seducing, luring, and ultimately exorcizing his demons - just like Kevin Bacon, the pedophile trying to start a new life in The Woodsman. One important distinction though. Kevin Bacon's character seems kind of full of remorse and is consequently less creepy than Spader's character in Pretty in Pink. Maybe I just wrote this so I could say James Spader is actually creepier than a pedo. Yes.
Out of character: James Spader is creepier than a pedo.
Okay, you all know the story of E.T. A lost alien who crash lands in northern California and is befriend by a sweet little boy, his older brother (never to be heard from again) and his little sister (destined to descend into a whirlwind of sex and drugs until finding her true calling of executive producing horrible movies)*
*I might be blurring the actor with the character again.
And it's a good thing ET finds that nice suburban family because our government is after him! By the end of the movie, the kids must dupe Federal agents and escape in order to help ET get home. All this alien wanted to do was get his shit together for a phone call and then wait for a ride. Why you gotta harsh his mellow, g-men? If he doesn't get home, he dies.
I mean, clearly, he's no threat? You can kick his ass with a refrigerator door.
So What Happens Next?
The aliens From Close Encounters are so embarrassed right now
Well, maybe I'm projecting, but what happens next is, ET goes home, says hi to all his buds, and then starts planning his revenge on that planet of complete assholes who messed with him when he was just minding his own business. Over the next 30 years ET explores the science of DNA technology to create the bad ass he could never be. He sends us, the Cloverfield monster.
And just like in E.T., the more you look at the Cloverfield monster the more ridiculous it appears.
What? You don't think he could? This is a guy who can call deep space with a Speak n' Spell. He can do whatever he wants. How about a little goddamn respect?
And sure E.T. took place in Cali, and Cloverfield falls from the sky in New York, but that just makes sense. Its like when the bully makes you watch him kick the crap out of someone else first. The little Cloverfield spider babies (clovettes?) are parasitically impregnating all of the east coast and they'll gather more and more steam until it wipes out all of California.
But what about Eliot you say? Eliot was nice. ET wouldn't hurt Eliot. Maybe not. But last I checked Eliot doesn't get killed in Cloverfield. He's not even in it. I mean, I think he's not in it. With all that shaky-cam shit I threw up and stopped watching in the middle.
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On Carnival's website they have a set of 7 day sample menus:
1)on days one and three they say they serve NEW YORK STEAK
2)on days two and seven they say they serve ROASTED PRIME RIB OF BEEF
3)on days four,five and six they say they serve FILET OF BEEF
The only way to get a good steak on board is at their Steakhouse and you have to pay EXTRA.
Stateroom Quality :Check the mattress!! Ours had a dip in the center you could'nt sleep.
Service Staff Quality:they made us forget what we were eating,they were almost all of them EXCELLENT
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So, are you folks ready to roll with Jacques Reeves, two nice 2nd year talents in Glover Quin and Brice McCain, two huge '?s' in Fred Bennett and Antwaun Molden, and draft choice(s) X and/or Y?? Are you amped about what that group can do for the Texans in 2010? I hope so because, with Wednesday's news that the Texans will let Dunta Robinson make his exit, that's what we're looking at as of this entry.
We can assume there might be a lower level veteran free agent CB signing to bolster the secondary as well. I mention a lower level signing because if they were going to spend serious money on a free agent CB, I would think it should have been Dunta. He is generally regarded among NFL observers as the best unrestricted free agent CB that will be available on the market. The Texans could have held on to Robinson by designating him their franchise player for a second year, either to retain his services in 2010 or to seek value in trade for another team's procuring those services. Of course, that would have cost owner Bob McNair something on the order of $12 million. Instead, the Houston Texans chose to let their best cornerback walk out the door and into a FA market on March 5th that ESPN's Adam Schefter predicts will be "robust" for D-Rob. By the way, the team stands a chance of receiving nothing (zero, zilch, zip, nada, the empty set) in return for such a commodity. Maybe they'll receive a compensatory draft pick, but that would not be awarded until the 2011 NFL Draft, if at all.
Yes, your Texans have elected to let Dunta walk, with virtually no return on their six-year investment in him, in a year when there likely will be no salary cap to limit most teams' spending in free agency. They're a higher revenue team in an uncapped year, and the Texans begin this off-season with their least amount of current salary obligations for players under contract of the last several. A year in which they just gave their Head Coach a hotly debated new contract through 2012 and also raised the price of admission yet again. The Texans enter this season with Playoff expectations considered a given, and their achieving anything less will be considered complete failure in most corners of the football universe. And they do so having just jettisoned one of the more compelling players ever to have worn the Texans uniform in their brief existence.
My immediate reaction: Uhhh boy
Now I know many Texans Fans have seen this news and think that the Texans made the right move… the best move for their immediate and longer-term future. Some feel that Dunta wasn't very good at CB last year and can easily be replaced and/or upgraded… maybe even by one of the players already in house. Others may have been perturbed by Robinson's act last year – his brash protest at being franchised and his holdout deep into training camp, which definitely hurt the team. They now contend that he's not a 'team player' and doesn't have the value that D-Rob would claim he has to this franchise. Then many Fans have lost all concern for Robinson, with zero tolerance for his "Pay me, Rick" shoe stunt to open the season… especially after a brutal season/home-opening loss to the NY Jets, and with him on the books for nearly $10MM for one season. Many such Fans will be saying, "good riddance," upon seeing or hearing the reports.
I've made it clear on this here FanBlog that I am NOT among that group of Fans. Personally, I think many fans gave Dunta a bad rap for his off-field actions last season. Thus they overstate his negative plays and underrate his importance to the team. D-Rob made a number of impact plays last season, but not many talk about those. Why? Because he wanted a long term deal, shot his mouth off and decided to sit out camp? Okay, granted, that was certainly not a smart play by Dunta. However, it did come after he busted his tail in a rehabilitation program most of us couldn't even imagine to come back early from the devastating leg injury that had put his career in serious jeopardy in the first place. And most of his teammates loved him for that and for how he played once he did join them. For instance, our rising star LB, Brian Cushing, mentioned Dunta right along with DeMeco Ryans among his mentors on the team. Guys like Bernard Pollard, Eric Winson and Ryans still brought up D-Rob as one of the tone setters for the team. His Head Coach, Gary Kubiak, still spoke of Dunta as one of the leaders and key players on this team and a guy he counted on throughout the contract squabble and during the season.
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Dunta Robinson is certainly not one of the top-5 CBs in the NFL but, in my humble opinion, he was the best, most complete defensive back the Texans had on their roster. They are not a better team today without #23 in the mix. Say what you will, but Dunta covered the opposition's top target every week for 16 weeks and did so respectably more often than not. Though some will disagree with that statement, if you ask me, they would be wrong. He got beat some, sure… badly a few times even. That happens to the best of them. Dunta was also penalized more than almost any DB in the League in '09, and that was definitely a big concern going forward considering the dollars involved in keeping him. I've seen all the "advanced statistics" on the web for Robinson's performance, so I don't need those rattled off to me. I watched the games. Dunta Robinson was one of the keys to the Texans D down the stretch of the season, and his play was on an upswing to end the season.
What if keeping D-Rob is the difference between the D continuing to improve as it did through the 2nd half of the season or going through another early season adjustment phase that could cost the Texans another Playoff appearance?? I wonder if Mr. McNair would spend that $12MM if we knew that was case. Well, we'll never know, and it doesn't much matter now that the die is cast. I might be off base, but I think the uncapped year presented the Texans a unique opportunity to keep Dunta while they continued to develop the talent behind him and secure an eventual replacement. Heck, it's not my money. Plus, look at the possible savings they could have by not necessarily paying Owen Daniels, Bernard Pollard, Rashad Butler, and other similar RFAs 'what they are actually worth'. It's about looking at the whole picture in my mind, and that picture looked better with Dunta Robinson in it. How can we as Fans truly determine a player's value in this type of environment anyway? As I mentioned in a response last entry: A player is worth what the market dictates at that moment in time. I concur with many pundits that Dunta is the top FA corner on the market this year. Regardless what Texans Fans think and despite the economic uncertainty around the NFL, there are teams willing to pay him accordinigly. Yet the Texans let Robinson walk without anything to show for his time in Houston except the money they decided not to spend on him. I believe there was a better resolution to be made of the situation for both sides. Still, I ride with my team and hope for the best in their decisions going forward. It surely will be interesting to see the rest of this off-season's developments, as if we weren't tuned-in to the fullest already.
I do have some major questions though:
* Will the Texans wisely spend some of those salary savings on D-Rob elsewhere, possibly with a significant free agent addition?
* Does the added salary space mean DeMeco finally gets the new contract that we all know he rightly deserves?
* Will the Texans invest more to finally get their pass-rush where it needs to be and help out that Dunta-less secondary?
* How drastically does this development alter the team's approach to the 2010 Draft, if at all?
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I must say, I wonder how we'll all feel when we see Robinson's #23 (or whatever number) making plays for another team this season. And make no mistake, he WILL be making big plays for some team in 2010. Maybe we'll see him somewhere along the road. Might that come in the Playoffs? Maybe he'll be lined up across from our boys for the Redskins, or maybe even the Cowboys this season. What if it's the Titans?? Lemme guess… you're thinking, 'Throw it right at him!!' That may very well be the move, but how about when they run a WR hitch or a wide zone play and D-Rob knocks one of his former teammate's you know what in the dirt? Hmmmmm…
So how do YOU feel about the news, Texans Fans?
I've written plenty on the topic, and we have a bunch of new fodder for discussion with this latest development. We're looking for your takes on the situation. What are your thoughts now that the first big off-season domino has dropped for the hometown squad? What possible courses of action do you see the Texans taking in light of Dunta Robinson's departure? Let us know what you're thinkin'!


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Recall data for: 2011 FORD FIESTA
NHTSA Campaign Number: 12V488000
Manufacturer Campaign Number: 12C26
Make: FORD
Model: FIESTA
Year: 2011
Manufacturers Involved: Ford Motor Company
Begin Date Of Manufacturing: 20091103
End Date Of Manufacturing: 20120921
Recall Type: V
Potential Number Of Units Affected: 154604
Date Owner Notified By Manufacturer: 20121026
Recall Initiator: MFR
Manufacturer Responsible For Recall: Ford Motor Company
Date Report Received By ODI: 20121005
Date Added To File: 20121005
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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number: 208
Defect Summary:
Ford is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 Fiesta vehicles, manufactured from November 3, 2009 through September 21, 2012. The vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, "Occupant Crash Protection." The passenger side curtain air bag will not deploy in the event of a side impact collision when the front passenger seat is empty. Although the side curtain air bag system was designed to suppress the side curtain air bag under this scenario, that information is not explained in the owner's guide for these vehicles as required by FMVSS No. 208.
Consequence Summary:
An occupant in the right rear seating position will not have coverage from the side curtain air bag in a side impact collision when the front passenger seat is empty, increasing the risk of injury to the right rear occupant.
Corrective Action:
Ford will notify owners and dealers will reprogram the vehicle's software free of charge so that it no longer suppresses the passenger side curtain air bag when the front passenger seat is empty, and consistent with the description in the owner's guide. The safety recall began on October 26, 2012. Owner's may contact Ford at 1-866-436-7332.


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Randall County's all-Republican Commissioners Court will welcome two new faces to its ranks at the first of the year. Two veteran hands — Bob Karrh in Precinct 1 and George "Skip" Huskey in Precinct 3 — have called it quits, prompting vigorous GOP campaigns to find their successors.
The Precinct 1 contest to be decided in the May 29 primary has produced five contenders for the seat Karrh has held since 2000. And of the five, Amarillo chiropractor Todd Gray has emerged in a close call as the top challenger for the Republican Party nomination.
As many of the challengers in this precinct have done, Gray has been involved at the municipal level in Lake Tanglewood, where he serves as an alderman and mayor pro tem. Gray has a long list of civic involvement as well, including work as past president of Camp Cactus, an organization dedicated to helping children affected by the AIDS virus, and as an emergency coordinator in Lake Tanglewood.
Gray articulates a clear policy on such issues as how to conclude work on the historic courthouse in Canyon; he believes Canyon City Hall presents the best option for the county in finding a suitable occupant for the 1909 courthouse structure. Gray exhibits extensive knowledge of Amarillo and Canyon economic development agencies and vows to maintain an active partnership with them in efforts to bring additional business and industry to the county.
The four other candidates in this race — Christy Dyer, Kyle Black, Robert Hulsey and Charles Aycock — all are fine folks. Todd Gray, though, is the best choice for Randall County Precinct 1 Republican voters.
The Precinct 3 primary contest presents a much clearer choice for Republicans.
Retired extension agent Bob Robinson has earned the GOP endorsement for the seat Skip Huskey has occupied since 1989.
Robinson served for 41 years as an extension agent with the Texas AgriLife Service — and is a part-time agriculture professor at West Texas A&M University. He has knowledge acquired through working with 66 counties in Texas. He knows the intricacies of county government. Robinson has served on the Tri-State Fair Board. He would be an excellent fit for the Commissioners Court.
Robinson is running in the GOP primary against Canyon lawyer Chuck Hester (who also serves as Canyon city attorney) and local businessman Hardy Bill Coffman.
With no Democrats seeking other office, Randall County Republicans can fill these seats with two quality individuals. They should endorse Todd Gray in Precinct 1 and Bob Robinson in Precinct 3.


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Fifty years from now, fan with retro Higuain t-shirt has no memory of Messi
A group of fans sitting in a London cafe in 2064 have no idea who Lionel Messi is, Back of the Net's Paul Watson reports...
Despite displaying an almost aggressively encyclopaedic knowledge of football history, four fans sitting in a cafe in District 7996 [Shoreditch] were completely stumped when the name Lionel Messi was mentioned.
An intense debate over the relative merits of Red-Shirted Business Concern 1 [Manchester United] and Blue-Shirted Business Concern 2 [Chelsea] segued into a discussion about the greatest player of all time.
After the names of Pele, Diego Maradona, Cristiano Ronaldo and Phil Jagielka were bandied around, the table fell silent when a stranger suggested Lionel Messi.
Messi, the table was told, had played for Argentina towards the start of the millennium and for a period was very highly-regarded, but future man Gary, wearing a retro shirt with Gonzalo Higuain's face on it, was cynical as to whether Messi had ever existed.
"[Lionel Messi] couldn't been much of a player," Gary told FourTwoThreeOne [FourFourTwo].
"Must've been a real flash in the pan, I bet he only won three or four Ballon d'Ors. Certainly no Martin Demichelis.
"Wait, was he the one who was always throwing up?"
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The City of Hoboken, Hoboken Chamber of Commerce, and Hudson County Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a meeting from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Hoboken High School, 800 Clinton St.
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(NAPSI)—There's helpful news for volunteers and programs looking for an opportunity to fight hunger. That's good news for those in need of aid.
A new map has been created to help identify the level of hunger in a particular area, the programs active in the region and places where volunteers are needed.
Research provided by the group Feeding America indicates that hunger exists to one degree or another all throughout the country. For example, more than 16 percent of Californians live with what's called food insecurity.
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In Florida, it's thought that just over 17 percent of people there are food insecure. Even in Iowa, the breadbasket of America, more than 12 percent of people go to bed hungry.
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There was a common refrain over the last 24 hours from those who came to the defense of former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson, who was cut by the team Friday because of off-the-field concerns.
"He doesn't have a record."
Not correct. In the original NJ.com story published minutes before Jackson was cut, we detailed a 2009 arrest in Los Angeles. Here it is again:
Despite his connections with reputed gang members and police interest in talking to him in connection with two homicides, Jackson's supporters say he has otherwise comported himself as a model citizen.
Through court records, however, NJ.com uncovered a previously unreported arrest that occurred in September 2009. Jackson was pulled over for having illegally tinted windows, police said, and during the course of the traffic stop, officers said they discovered marijuana in the vehicle.
Jackson was arrested for possession of marijuana while driving, disturbing the peace and operating a car with materials that obstruct or reduce a driver's view, according to court documents. The marijuana and illegally tinted windows charges were dropped as part of the plea deal and Jackson pleaded guilty to a disturbing the peace charge in April 2010.
Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the LA City Attorney's office, added some more detail about how the plea deal went down.
"Per our files, he entered a no-contest plea to one misdemeanor count of disturbing the peace in April 2010," Mateljan told NJ.com in an email. "The other two charges were subsequently dismissed a year later following proof of completion of a diversion program agreed in a plea deal."
It's not clear if the Eagles or the league knew about the arrest, because both refused to comment to NJ.com, but the NFL didn't announce any discipline at the time and there were no news reports about it.
The league also declined to comment Friday when asked if Jackson faces any discipline for the arrest.
People close to Jackson contacted for Friday's story -- a few of whom refused to go on the record -- said they hadn't even heard about it.
While NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell hasn't shied away from suspending players for arrests under the league's personal conduct policy, would he do it for an arrest that occurred more than four years ago?
Jackson could be in danger of sanctions for his more recent -- but not criminal -- actions. Jackson appeared to flash gang signs in a game against Washington Redskins last season, and he appears to have done so several times in photos on social media.
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I refer to a comment on a report "NGOs push government to verify use of pig blood in cigarette filters," (The Jakarta Post, June 30). So, it is better to stop smoking if you are a Muslim or a Jew. It's also better for your health anyway.
The next time you light up a cigarette you may be puffing a filter that contains pig's blood. Recent Dutch research found that pig hemoglobin was being used to make filters of cigarettes more effective in blocking harmful chemicals before they enter the smoker's lungs.
Simon Chapman, a professor at the University of Sydney said that this was one of the 185 industrial uses of a pig that the Dutch research had identified.
Chapman was quoted by Australian AAP news agency saying, "I think that there would be some particularly devout groups who would find the idea that there were pig products in cigarettes to be very offensive.
The Jewish community certainly takes these matters extremely seriously and the Islamic community certainly do as well, as [so] would many vegetarians.
"It just puts into hard relief the problem that the tobacco industry is not required to declare the ingredients of cigarettes ... they say 'that's our business' and a trade secret," said Chapman. One cigarette brand in Greece was a confirmed user of pig hemoglobin in its production process.
Considering that Jews and Muslims consider the consumption of pork opposed to their core beliefs, this new research finding is sure to shake a few feathers.
As a smoker of the Jewish or Islamic faith you would like to know if this ingredient is used in processing your cigarette, but tobacco companies do not provide these details.
In voluntary disclosures of contents of their products they include "undisclosed processing aids" and these are said to be, "not significantly present in, and do not functionally affect, the finished product".
So in effect there is no way for you to know what really goes into the
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Isabella Rossellini helped a young American kestrel—rescued after a June storm blew it from its nest near New York City's Central Park—fly away home. The actress, who hosts an upcoming TNT documentary on the park's fauna, is a nature lover: "I live near Central Park," she says, adding that she has taken bird-watching tours. She costars in next month's film The Impostors; her feathered friend is likely headed south for the winter.
TV's latest proud parents? Nope, just another dry-cleaning problem for Spin City's Michael J. Fox. In this scene, to air Sept. 22, guest star Conan O'Brien catches a runaway carriage after passerby Fox's pursuit of it plunks him in the Central Park Zoo sea lion pool.
She left her famous boots at home, but Nancy Sinatra, 58, stood tall at L.A.'s House of Blues for her first performance in two years. Her repertoire included "These Boots Are Made for Walkin' " and her father's hit "Nice 'N' Easy." The concert benefited the Heart of a Child Foundation, which funds research for congenital heart defects.
Count her in: The Duchess of York and Count Gaddo della Gherardesca—a 49-year-old Italian aristocrat said to be her new beau—spent a day at the races in Siena, Italy, where they cheered on riders in the annual Palio horse race from a perch in a nearby palazzo.
Seinfeld carries on: Would that be a purse or a "European carryall" (Jerry's preferred terminology) on the hip of Bill Cosby, strolling in New York City?
Jason Patric and sweetie Christy Turlington dressed appropriately for the L.A. premiere of the black comedy Your Friends & Neighbors.
Pedal pusher Kathleen Turner spun her wheels in New York City while shooting a scene for Prince of Central Park, a family adventure film.
Sorry, gals, but another Kennedy is officially taken: Douglas Kennedy, 31, a FOX News reporter and the 10th of Ethel and Robert F. Kennedy's brood of 11, wed schoolteacher Molly Stark in Nantucket, Mass. Uncle Ted (right) was best man; cousin John Jr. couldn't make it, but his big sister Caroline did.
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