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It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Some of you will already know me, but for those who don't - I'm a qualified dietitian, specialising in sports nutrition.I have a habit of prowling the threads and answering people's nutrition/diet questions!
I do offer a pay-for service, but I've also launched a blog/facebook site and wanted to let you know that I'm happy to write articles on specific topics/answer some general questions if anyone has anything they're particularly interested in. For free!
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Great blog! It's so refreshing to find something really informative that hasn't been dumbed down. I'll be following with interest
Really good, will keep an eye on it as I get down to my proper running weight targets
Hi Sarah - great blog!
This isnt remotely a nutrition question but i am just wondering if you could possibly advise me as to how you got qualified or what you consider would be the best route to take? For info i am legally qualified but love my fitness (and my food!) and i would love to retrain in the next couple of years as a sports nutritionist. its what i find interesting and would adore to have a career in.
Any help/guidance would be really appreciated! thanks so much.
Great blog Sarah! I'll follow with interest
Thanks for the feedback! It seemed to make sense to put everything together in one place, as a lot of the questions I answer crop up time and again
I've just posted a new post on runner's tummy if you'd like to take a look!
Trixee - my route to qualification isn't one taken by many people. I first qualified as a dietitian. It's a protected title (unlike 'nutritionist' which is, as yet, not fully regulated), and the course is designed to enable graduates to work within the medical profession, so there's quite a degree of clinical application involved - lots of anatomy, physiology, medicine, etc. From there, I chose to specialise in sports nutrition by doing this course. It's geared towards people working in sport/nutrition, and I can highly recommend it. It's very much based on science and current evidence, so you can be sure the knowledge and skills you develop are of the highest standard.
There are other options, often delivered by companies that train people in the fitness industry. These are of varying quality, so choose carefully if this is the route you go down. The main thing is to ensure that the qualification is of a high standard and delivered by people who know what they're talking about! Having an interest/passion in the topic is important - you'll be more likely to keep yourself up to date in the research/evidence, which is key to being able to advise well!
I hope that helps! Let me know if you want any more information
Hi Sarah,
Saw this thread about the 5:2 diet that seems to be everywhere and would be interested to get your thoughts on it
Can I run a marathon fuelled by chocolate and cheese?
I'll definitely be following this blog, thanks Sarah.
I'm making a list! All requests will be answered
Caz - I won't write a post for yours. The answer is yes *
*but there are better options
HI Sarah - great blog!
I like to use food (preferably natural) rather than gels etc for running and am doing the Brighton marathon in April so practising what to eat during the run over the next few long runs. However, how long does it take for the body to absorb food rather than a gel (obviously longer), but I'm not sure how to pre-empt becoming low on fuel and hitting the wall. At the moment I make my own flapjack using oats, honey, dates and chia seeds and do sometimes use Nakd bars. Is it just trial and error as everyone is different???
Much appreciated!


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» Shania Twain Comeback?
Is Shania Twain on the comeback trail?
She tells The Calgary Herald when her contract in Las Vegas is up later this year, she's thinking about hitting the road again on a full-scale tour.
Shania says, "I think I'm going to do more," come the end of the deal at the end of the month. "I guess it's just something I'm enjoying more now than I have in a long time. Vegas has been a really good transition for me to get back onstage again, and I guess I'm enjoying it."
She also says she's "getting her ducks in a row" for a new album, which would be her first since 2002, and she's not worried about trying to compete with the current crop of artists on country radio. She plans to just do her thing and let the chips fall where they may.

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A close look at the future of the LEC
Questions revolving around the Law Enforcement Center (LEC) in Brainerd may soon be answered since the Crow Wing County Board is expected to make a decision on its future on Dec. 11.
The future of the LEC has been in limbo for years. The LEC, built in 1978 with 26,400 square feet of space, was part of the 2004 downtown campus building plan which envisioned a new LEC connected to the jail, which was designed to accommodate it down the road. The new LEC would go up in the public parking lot across from the historic courthouse on Laurel Street in downtown Brainerd. The idea was to tear down the old LEC and create a parking plaza in its place.
However, the county board then decided eight years ago to follow through and build the Crow Wing County Judicial Center and the Community Services Building, and hold off on building a new LEC.
Leaving an even older, space restrictive building.
Crow Wing County Sheriff Todd Dahl said there are misconceptions in the public about where the sheriff's office is housed and about the cost of a new LEC. Dahl said people think that the sheriff's office is housed at the new jail, and it is not.
The sheriff's department has 67 of its full-time equivalent employees housed in the old LEC, located next to the historic courthouse. The sheriff's jail staff of 60 full-time equivalents is housed at the new jail. The sheriff's department at the LEC houses a lobby, dispatch center, and offices for administration, support division, patrol division, boat and water division, investigators, evidence room, emergency management and specialty units, such as the Crow Wing County Tactical Team. It also has storage areas, locker rooms and a conference room.
"It's run down and is more than 30 years old," Dahl said of the LEC. "We've made due with what we have, but times have changed and we have more staff and more calls and we need to look at our future. We are now on the new 800-megahertz system and looking at dispatch consolidation, like all the agencies are doing and we'd like to be the central hub."
Sheriff Operations Lt. Dave Fischer said the existing LEC wouldn't be able to be a future central hub because the building would not be able to handle it.
Reid Thiesse, county's facilities manager, said the sheriff's office is asking for a new 47,252-square-feet LEC and a 36,732-square-feet garage. Thiesse said the facility needs study shows that the proposed building would be at capacity in 20 years.
If a new LEC is not built, Thiesse said a new roof and parking lot is greatly needed and would cost around $200,000. Thiesse said the LEC's mechanical system, that runs 24-7, is run down and would need to be replaced, as well as the windows.
Thiesse said it'd be more cost efficient to heat and cool a new LEC, compared to the existing LEC.
Fischer said the county also will have to upgrade its server equipment, which currently is housed in the LEC basement, which was the old jail, and it would cost about $75,000.
"There is $1 million in equipment in here and it shouldn't be housed in here," said Fischer. "We haven't upgraded it yet because we're not sure what will happen to the LEC."
Space is also a concern at the LEC. Fisher said many of the deputies have to share a work station.
Dahl believes now is the time to build a new LEC.
"This is a unique opportunity that has come about where taxes would not be affected and the interest rate lowered considerably," said Dahl. "We also are going to refinance anyway in the county. None of us want for our taxes to go up and that is why it's so unique."
Mike Carlson, county accounting and finance manager, said the county will have its first opportunity to refinance its 2004 general obligation bonds related to the current facilities in 2013. In late 2013, when the county anticipates refinancing $31.4 million of bonded debt, Carlson said he believes the county will be able to get a significantly lower interest rate, saving the county about $4 million.
"This is a one-time opportunity to use this refinancing structure in the county's long-term strategic capital planning and it will manage taxes," said Carlson.
The proposed refinancing would keep the debt service levy flat and only increase the length of the existing capital improvement bonds by one year. Carlson said the county's general obligation bonds would extend through 2025 versus the current 2024 retirement date after refinancing that includes the construction of a new LEC. Along with the estimated $7 million in bond proceeds, Carlson said the county also has about $8 million in unassigned fund balance that can be committed towards helping to pay for the new LEC. Carlson said there are no other large capital projects in the works at this time.
If the project is not approved and no improvements are made to the original LEC, Carlson said taxpayers would most likely see a decrease in their taxes related to county debt service payments in 2015 as refinancing savings would produce a one-time step down of the county's debt service levy. The estimated debt service levy reduction in 2015 would be approximately $450,000 or equivalent to 1.3 percent of the county's overall levy. This would equate a tax savings of $5.65 for homestead valued at $150,000 or $23.49 for commercial property valued at $300,000.
Carlson said the county has seen a decrease in its levy for three years in a row as he anticipates 2013 to be the third year of this negative county levy trend.
Wold Architects Engineers estimated constructing a new LEC that would cost anywhere from $7 to $15.3 million, while adding on and remodeling the existing building could cost $13.2 million.
Dahl said the reason why the range in building a new LEC is so broad is to give county commissioners more options when deciding what to do with the LEC.
Fischer said, "We've downsized this project so it won't cost as much. We asked for what we believe we need."
The county board is expected to adopt its final levy and budget Dec. 11., so a decision on the LEC is expected at that time.
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Time zone debate renewed at statehouse
There's renewed debate brewing in Indiana over time zones. Some Hoosiers want the state to switch to Central time.
Petitioners at the Indiana Statehouse say they aren't out to turn back the hands of the clock. They accept Daylight Saving Time, but want something else.
"By our geographical location, we are most definitely in the Central time zone," said Jim Disney, Central Time Coalition.
Disney and the coalition want to make that time zone change happen.
When lawmakers pushed Daylight Saving Time in 2005, advocates said Indiana belonged in the Eastern Time Zone, because business flowed east from Indiana. But six years later, Central time advocates say Eastern time is hurting us - literally.
"Those kids start school at 7:30. They were at bus stops at 6:45, an hour-and-a-half before the sun rose," Disney said.
Advocates for the change say that exposes students to crime at dark bus stops. Two-hour winter school delays cost taxpayers $59 million a year, they say. If schools started in daylight, the sun would have more time to help work on roads, cutting delays.
"With Indianapolis trying to position itself as a logistics hub, we really need to have our clocks set to the center of the nation, not one of the coasts," said Andy Ray, a manufacturer's representative.
"A lot of my work is on the east coast. East lines up better time wise for me," said Dennis Keyes, who is for staying in the Eastern time zone.
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Expert's like UIndy professor Matt Will agree. Indiana's ties to New York are stronger than to Chicago. But Central time zone advocates will take it back to the legislature this year.
Efforts to move to the Central time zone failed in the last statehouse session, when the plan died in committee.


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St. Petersburg guard Gabe Moton finally made his college decision, signing with Air Force last week.
Moton is the county's second public school player from this year's senior class to sign with a Division I program, joining Clearwater's Okaro White (FSU). Moton picked Air Force over offers from Cornell, Denver, Tennessee-Martin, Tennessee Tech and West Point.
This past season, Moton averaged 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game and led the Green Devils to a district title and berth in the Class 6A region finals.


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The University of Colorado at Boulder Friends of the Libraries spring "Treasures" event will feature a talk by Philip Charles Sneed, producing artistic director of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, on Sunday, March 9.
Sneed will give a lecture titled "Hamlet in Vladivostok, Act I," at 2 p.m. in Eaton Humanities Building room 150. The talk is free and open to the public.
Sneed initiated a cultural exchange program with the Maxim Gorky Theatre of Vladivostok, Russia. Six projects have been presented as a result of the program, including a bilingual "Hamlet" in Russia in which Sneed played the title role.
Some of Sneed's previous affiliations include The Foothill Theatre Company/Sierra Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, San Diego's Old Globe Theatre and multiple seasons with the Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He is president of the Shakespeare Theatre Association of America.
A light catered reception will follow the program.
Sneed will present the second part of his talk, "Hamlet in Vladisvostok, Act II," on Tuesday, March 11, at the University Women's Club luncheon in the University Memorial Center. Cost of the lunch is $15 and reservations must be received by March 4.
The Friends of the Libraries event is co-sponsored by the Camera newspaper. Pay parking is available in the Euclid Avenue Autopark or in lot 380 adjacent to the Eaton Humanities Building and Macky Auditorium.
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| January 7, 2013 | Style & Beauty The Latest
TRULY LOCO: This layered hair fiasco was Ricky Martin's way of coping with the death of waistlong '80s manes.
NATURAL LOOK: Before the hair-extension craze inspired three-foot-long tresses, Paris Hilton looked like the girl next door.
PERMANENT WAVE: Jennifer Lopez once wore loud, proud curls.
THINGS REMEMBERED: Vanilla Ice was a high-top fade pioneer, complete with head engraving.
ORANGE YOU GLAD IT'S NOT THE '90s? Brenda K. Starr shows off an early spray tan—while wearing a white Barbarella-inspired ensemble.
MILLENNIUM STYLE MUSCLES: Madonna wrestled with finding a happy bicep medium.
The thing about beauty trends from the last two decades is they aren't ancient enough to be retro, yet they're old enough to be humorously outdated. Although we can ask, "What were we thinking?" the horror is we actually remember.
For example, we can lambast poor Vanilla Ice for his high-top fade, but almost every guy who watched the exploits of Kid 'n Play in the House Party movies mutilated his hair. And remember when everything was millennium this and Y2K that? Garish makeup combinations and frightfully orange spray tans became prevalent as women hoped for a pop of color while wearing all those shiny, silvery fashions that just screamed faux-future.
Since the '90s and '00s, spray tan technology has vastly improved, as have hair extensions and keratin treatments. Even Madonna's veiny, muscular Ray of Light arms went the way of the beeper. As she said at last year's Golden Globes, "I'm not really doing Pilates anymore. I'm just dancing."
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originally published at AmercanThinker.com ~ http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/08/the_anti-american_president.html
Obviously something is rotten on Pennsylvania Avenue; no intelligent American president would do the things Obama has done. There has been talk of his inexperience1, incompetence2, or just plain stupidity3 to explain his Bizarro-administration. However, Obama is not incompetent; he is an intelligent anti-American president. Obama is not a failure at his job — his job is the failure of our country.
Liberty-minded folk have several reasons why we assume another person is incompetent rather than malicious. One reason is our belief that a person is "innocent until proven guilty"; another is the natural presumption others are similar to ourselves. Unfortunately, these ideas have been coupled with a pair of dangerously pragmatic moral equivalencies foisted upon us all: "Who am I to judge?" and "They couldn't possibly mean that." As long as there is any possibility that Obama is just in over his head and doesn't mean what he says and does, many will excuse him on those grounds.
Every American must judge Obama and his ideas and understand he does mean what he says, and realize there is no excuse, save one — Barack Obama is an anti-American in thought and deed.
Obama gets dreams from his socialist4 father. His mother was a fellow traveler5. Obama lived in anti-American Indonesia6 as a child. Later, granddad decided Obama needed a Communist mentor7. O got into Harvard on the recommendation8 of anti-Semitic Khalid al Mansour, an adviser to Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal. In college O chose his friends9 carefully — "the more politically active black students, foreign students, Chicanos, Marxist professors and structural feminists." As a professor he taught10 Marxist Saul Alinsky tactics, and as a constitutional scholar he believed that there are fundamental flaws11 in the Constitution, such as restraint on governmental power. As a community organizer and counsel he pushed12 sub-prime mortgages which helped buckle our economy.
He's a trench-mate with voter-fraudsters ACORN and quasi-commie SEIU. He had house parties and sat on boards with an unrepentant, revolutionary13 communist, William Ayers, who probably ghostwrote one of O's autobiographies14. He attended the social-justice church of Jeremiah Wright, where he was preached at on collective salvation15 and black liberation16. Illinois state senator and communism-lover Alice Palmer17, picked O as her chief of staff. As a U.S. senator, he had the most leftist18 voting record. His wife's only source of American pride19 came in her 40s as a result of O's own success. He was endorsed by the Communist Party in 200420, and in 2008 Obama got CPUSA's endorsement again, basically running on the CPUSA platform21. (And yes, CPUSA have endorsed him again22 for 2012!)
And this was before the campaign and presidency. Does his bio reflect incompetence or something more sinister? Does his journey sound like one of an all-American or an anti-American?
In his own words, during the campaign:
Sept, 17 200723 to SEIU:
"[Y]our agenda's been my agenda[.]"
November 200724 to ACORN:
"I've been fighting alongside ACORN on issues you care about my entire career."
December 200725 addressing ACORN and other community organizations:
"[W]e're going to be calling all of you in to help us shape the agenda, We're going to be having meetings all across the country with community organizations so that you have input into the agenda for the next presidency of the United States of America."
January 5, 200826 to SEIU
"I've been working with the SEIU before I was elected to anything … We are going to paint the nation purple with SEIU. SEIU, I'm glad you are with me. Let's together change the country. SEIU! SEIU!"
"[I]f somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can, it's just that it will bankrupt them…under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket."
May 16, 200828 in Oregon:
"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK…That's not leadership. That's not going to happen."
June 3, 200829 in St Paul Minnesota
"This was the moment — this was the time –when we came together to remake this great nation"
July 13, 200830 to La Raza:
"[W]e rise and fall together as one people…And together, we won't just win an election — we will transform this nation."
October 12, 200831 to Joe the Plumber:
"I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."
October 30, 200832 at the University of Missouri, Columbia:
"We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America[.]"
How many Marxist groups will he share agendas with before it's apparent? How many times will he say he wants to change, remake, or fundamentally transform America before we believe he wants to?
Almost everything Obama says and does is a scripted, controlled, and choreographed event. The man causes relentless instability, yet it is all planned. We know where his ideas come from: the George Soros-funded, Hillary Clinton-founded Center33 for American Progress and Joel Rogers' Apollo Alliance34 with help35 from its ex-Weather Underground co-founder36, Jeff Jones, among others37.
As president he's appointed the following foxes as hen house guards:
- A former SEIU member,38 who kind of agrees with Mao…Ron Bloom as manufacturing czar.
- A former commissioner39 of Socialist International, eco-profiteer, and CAP board member…Carol Browner as global warming czar.
- An ACORN defender40 and Obama's private attorney41…Robert Bauer as ethics and transparency czar.
- A revolutionary communist42…Van Jones as green jobs czar.
- A power-lusting control freak43 longing to delimit choices…Cass Sunstein as regulatory czar.
- An anti-capitalist Chicken Little44 peddling junk science…John Holdren as science czar.
- A man45 who thinks terrorists represent the legitimate needs and grievances of ordinary people…John Brennan as counter-terrorism czar.
- An anti-Israel "poverty breeds terrorism" theorist46…Susan Rice as U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
- A woman47 who believes that Congress can abridge free speech and another48 who thinks the court of appeals is where policy is made…Elena Kagan & Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court justices.
- An SEIU VP, activist for the Working Families Party, and political director for Bertha Lewis, the head of ACORN's New York chapter…Patrick Gaspard as director49 of the office of public affairs to help push the president's agenda.
- A man50 who gives guns to drug cartels while allowing them to smuggle drugs in, who refuses to protect our borders while litigating any state which tries to defend its own as he turns a blind eye to voter intimidation…Eric Holder as attorney general.
- A woman51 worried about white right-wing extremists while she has Grandma groped at the airport…Janet Napolitano as homeland security chief.
- A woman52 who proposes that the U.S. has the right to protect "Palestine" from Israel…Samantha Power as a foreign policy adviser.
SEIU president and Marxist Andy Stern53 and the AFL-CIO's Dick Trumka54 are/were two of the most frequent White House guests. Obama directs NASA's chief, Charlie Bolden, to perform Muslim outreach55. The EPA will handle56 cap and trade after Congress said no. The borders won't be secured until O gets amnesty57 for millions of potential voters with no allegiance to America. O imposed a drilling ban58 for oil, then said the judge could fly a kite59 when the judge lifted the ban. Brazil purchased60 some of those rigs, and Obama wants to be a big consumer61 of Brazil's oil. His administration may have facilitated62 the murder of a border agent and is trying to suppress63 second-amendment rights, as a result.
His Tea Party mockery64 65, the takeover66 of industries, the contortions67 of Obamacare, the slow response68 to BP's oil spill, the tens of thousands of new regulations69, the aggressive deficit spending, the Fed's printing sprees, bowing to and borrowing from anti-Americans — all are part of the blueprint. Even his petulance, arrogance, constant golfing, and "let them eat cake" attitude are part of the plan. Obama understands how grating such behavior is to any American who doesn't worship strongmen. His glaring70 at Netanyahu after throwing Israel under the bus71, his browbeating72 the Supreme Court during the SOTU, and of course, his Mussolini-like poses73 with his chin74 touching the ceiling are all calculated to intimidate some into a cult of personality and alienate others. And he has done so much more. 75 76 77 78 79 80 81
Obama has never stood for individualism, capitalism, or liberty. Everything he does has the reek of statism, collectivism, and tyranny, but not because he is an incompetent bumbler — though he may be in many areas, sans TOTUS — it's because he is a statist and a collectivist and the citizens of our country naïvely gave the reins of power to a tyrant.
To paraphrase the Wizard of Oz, an honest Obama would say to us, "Oh, no, my fellow world citizens, I'm a very good anti-American president. I'm just a very bad American president."
Boyd Richard Boyd blogs as the Cold Hearted Patriot at www.catwyp.com and is the author of America Vs. Anti-America. E-mail: email@example.com. Twitter: @ColdHartPatriot.
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2 http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/02/president_incompetent_1.html
3 http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/08/how_stupid_is_obama.html
4 http://www.politico.com/static/PPM41_eastafrica.html
5 http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/barack_obama_red_diaper_baby_1.html
6 http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=187813
7 http://www.aim.org/aim-column/obamas-communist-mentor/
8 http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/08/obamas-benefact.html
9 http://www.brutallyhonest.org/brutally_honest/2008/10/barack-obama-admits-i-chose-my-friends-carefully.html
10 http://usactionnews.com/2010/03/saul-alinsky-strategy-was-taught-by-obama/
11 http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-constitution/2008/10/27/id/326165
12 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/4413546/This-is-the-sub-prime-house-that-Barack-Obama-built.html
13 http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2169
14 http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298382-1
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16 http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/03/the_real_agenda_of_black_liber.html
17 http://www.theobamafile.com/_associates/AlicePalmer.htm
18 http://nj.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/
19 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331288,00.html
20 http://theobamafile.com/_obamunism/CPUSA.htm
21 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/cpusa-and-obama-platforms-are-identical
22 http://weaselzippers.us/2011/06/30/communist-party-usa-throws-its-support-behind-obama-democrats-in-2012/
23 http://www.examiner.com/right-side-politics-in-national/obama-and-seiu-flashback-obama-seiu-s-agenda-is-my-agenda
24 http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/obama-voter-fraud/2008/09/22/id/325456
25 http://www.dakotavoice.com/2009/09/candidate-obama-to-acorn-you-will-help-shape-the-agenda/
26 http://www.examiner.com/right-side-politics-in-national/obama-and-seiu-flashback-obama-leads-seiu-chant
27 http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_110308/content/01125106.guest.html
28 http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-wpxs1Re-8vx2Zk5xnYygW1W67w
29 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D912VD200&show_article=1
30 http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/07/obamas_remarks_to_la_raza.html
31 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZcEHLr4gBg
32 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cqN4NIEtOY
33 http://keywiki.org/index.php/Center_for_American_Progress
34 http://romanticpoet.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/the-apollo-alliance-its-beginning-its-coalition-and-its-ties-to-legislation/
35 http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/jeff-jones-co-founder-weather-underground-wrote-stimulus-bill/blog-145881/?page=2
36 http://www.theobamafile.com/_associates/JeffJones.htm
37 http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/10/why_doesnt_everyone_know_jan_s.html
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45 http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=35968
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47 http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/65600
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Hello, I'm new again to FD, so thought I'd try a discussion board to find some positive feedback and encouragement. I tried this a yr ago and quit. I'm basically the same weight, 206.6 today!! Ideally I'd like to be 155 but that seems unrealistic. I'm 56 yrs old, have a desk job, high stress, no significant other to encourage or exercise with. Recently have shoulder problem, had a cortisone injection so nursing that back to health. I am an emotional eater - if lonely or down and also boredom is dangerous LOL On the other hand, I have low energy and tend to feel like "why bother, nobody really cares"?? I know I need to snap out of it and dig deep!! I'm hoping I find someone to communicate with a couple times a week
To all those out there struggling, you're not alone, let's try to stay on track & positive with each others help
I understand completely. I don't "work outside the home", and what little housework I do is all of the excercise I get. I'm a good 60 pounds overweight (more, if I consider what I used to weigh back in the good old days before 3 children). I just discovered FitDay while searching for something totally unrelated on Google. I am SO excited about it - the logs are fun, the reports are great, and they count housework as calorie burning - fantastic! I'm sure at some point the fun may wear off, but that may not happen very soon because I have OCD. It's driving me to log my food and dishwashing as soon as I complete it. Then I sit in front of the screen wondering what else I can do on the site. (So I looked at the forums.) In other words, I don't have a life.
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Audio Pro has clearly focused on making the LV2e a crowd pleaser. It has opted for a warm sound signature with deep bass and heaps of midrange. The result is the speakers have a cinematic quality where sound is thunderous yet detailed and focused on emotion rather than out and out accuracy. This makes for a highly flexible system that is equally happy across genres applying grit and aggression to dance, rock and hip hop yet treating classical music and jazz with a lighter touch.
Equally impressive is the volume the LV2e generates. The system totals 100W, but the drive from each speaker is such that it would easily overpower higher wattage devices - most notably docks with their narrower output. Of course this touches upon another strength of the LV2e: stereo separation. Given the speakers are not connected to one another they can be positioned anywhere you can stretch to a mains socket and indulge even the biggest stereo junkie (admittedly one of my weaknesses).
Flaws? While the LV2e produces truly room shaking sound the bass can cut back at maximum volume. This tends to apply only to the most bass heavy tracks though and everything else holds together remarkably well. Audio Pro recognises this as it offers a wireless matching sub for the LV2e, appropriately called the 'LV SUB', which also lets the system play an additional 10db louder. At £550 and given the LV2e's superb overall performance it would be a luxury.
All of which brings us to price and the LV2e's biggest challenge: Audio Pro itself. The LV2e costs £700 which is by far the black mark against the system as a whole, but such is the elegance of its wireless system and level of performance it is a cost worth paying. Against this is Audio Pro's own aforementioned WF100 Wireless Transmitter and RX100 receiver bundle, the latter of which has the same integrated Burr Brown DAC, costs just £150 and brings identical functionality to any speaker system. Armed with this the remaining £550 could buy speakers of arguably even better quality and to the exact size and specification you desire.
As such the Audio Pro LV2e is a premium system, but it remains one that is dangerously easy to fall in love with.
The beauty of Audio Pro's LV2e is in its simplicity: two compact lossless, wireless speakers with integrated DACs and barnstorming performance which pair with a USB dongle that can transmit any audio source. No drivers, no secondary software and no configuration. Combine that with the clever zonal system which allows Sonos-like functionality switching audio between multiple sets of speakers in different locations around the house and you have a product you can easily build around. The fly in the ointment is Audio Pro's own wireless transmitter and receiver bundle which offers the same functionality at a fraction of the price and lets you choose your own speakers. Then again it would be churlish to deny the LV2e is an exceptional wireless speaker system.
You say "The LV2e costs £700 which is by far the black mark against the system as a whole... Against this is Audio Pro's own aforementioned WF100 Wireless Transmitter and RX100 receiver bundle, the latter of which has the same integrated Burr Brown DAC, costs just £150 and brings identical functionality to any speaker system. Armed with this the remaining £550 could buy speakers of arguably even better quality and to the exact size and specification you desire."
Not really...you still need a power amplifier, which could eat £150-200 out of the £550 savings you indicate.
Well, I have been researching wireless speakers as I'm looking to buy some, hence reading this. And I have listened to a bunch of them. I view proclamations of 'top class system' and 'superb audio performance' with skepticism. The Audio Pro are 'superb' - REALLY??? Not IMHO!
I have heard these and while not awful, they are far from 'superb'. The bass is limited and loose, the upper end hardens up on female vocals, particularly when you turn the volume up and they fail to excite - not bad, just not great if audio quality is what you care about. The Dynaudio Xeo are much better; and yes - they cost more. There is also the Moos Mini Aero which look like they could be sensational, possibly better than the Xeo. Again, costs more, but then the really good stuff usually does.
My point here is that 'superb' should only be reserved for worthy products. Based on what I heard, the Audio Pro are worthy of 'decent' but definitely not 'superb'. If you want superb you need to look elsewhere.
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50 Cent is taking his hunger relief campaign straight to the Internet. The altruistic rapper has teamed up with the United Nations World Food Program to feed one million children this week, and he's using Facebook to achieve his goal.
Here's how it works: For every person who 'likes' Fiddy's Facebook page for his energy drink Street King, a child will get fed in the world. If he gets a million likes by Sunday, 50 will donate an additional one million meals.
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Thoughts on Christmas and Santa
Monday, December 10, 2012Filed under: christmas
My question to yall out there is this: Do you do the whole "Santa" thing with your kids or do you plan on it if you don't have children yet? I guess more specifically, does Santa leave gifts for your little ones to open Christmas morning and whatnot. It's TOTALLY a personal choice and I can absolutely see valid points to both sides of this argument, but I'm just curious to see what the majority of you think out there. (and no, this is not meant to spark some huge controversy, I promise)
So, where do you stand on the Santa debate?
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We don't have children yet, but hope to very very soon; that's actually what I asked "Santa" for this year. My husband and I both agree that Santa will play a role in our celebration of Jesus and his life but want our little ones to know "the reason for the season". Great post!ReplyDelete
I am in the same boat as you - we have a little one to celebrate Christmas with this year. We will definitely be doing the Santa bit with him, but making sure he knows the whole meaning for the time of year.ReplyDelete
Christmas will be much more special now :)
I totally agree with you! Remembering the 'reason for the season' is the most important, but Santa is one of my favorite and best memories of my youth! Now that we have a baby, I can't wait until we get to make cookies to leave for Santa and carrots for his reindeer! ;) My husband's parents told him there was no Santa - and he still feels sad around this time of year...SO sad to me - because Christmas was always my favorite time of year and makes me SO giddy!ReplyDelete
I currently do not have children but when i do I think I will do a bit of both! I believe both are impotant, in different ways of course. Jesus is the reason for the season and is so important to me that my children know that. However I think santa is important too. They are kids and the deserve that fun and 'whimsy' during their childhood.ReplyDelete
I think really hard part will be when to tell the truth about santa. That is will be tough.
I think it is so important to include the "Santa" element for young children, but keep the focus on Jesus' birth, just like you said.ReplyDelete
Believing in Santa is not something I would want to take away from Owen or deprive him of. I also don't want him to be the kids no one likes at school because they're always ruining it for the believers.
I saw something last year around this time that we considered doing for Owen. It was to give 3 gifts each year, each with a specific meaning or "theme"
It's a neat idea, but we just decided to buy him what we feel like he needs and we'll add in more meaningful "activites" and such when he is old enough to understand.
I'm 26 and my brother is 21 & our mom still gives us presents from "Santa"... I hope to do the same one day when I have a child.ReplyDelete
Oh, I can't wait to see what everyone says!! We are definitely incorporating Santa into Christmas...I agree that there's something magical about it for kids (and adults)! I found an amazing letter on Pinterest that explains to children that Santa is NOT real when they ask and are old enough to answer it...have you seen it? If not, I can send you the link...it's a great way to transition (which will be many years away for both of us!)ReplyDelete
Eli will be visited by Santa, but we are definitely trying to not make Christmas all about gifts. He's only 13 months this year, but next year, when he's old enough to understand what's going on, we plan to implement the four presents rule when it comes to his Santa haul: one thing he wants, one thing he needs, one thing to wear, one thing to read. We're trying to make Christmas more about the experiences of the holidays, like Christmas Eve service, baking cookies, dinner with the family, skating, Christmas carols, etc. and less about gifts.ReplyDelete
I totally agree with you! Since this is our first year as parents, we have started thinking about these same traditions and how our family will celebrate Christmas. I cannot imagine not incorporating Santa, but at the same time I really want to keep things in perspective, focus on the real meaning of Christmas and not go overboard on gifts and material things. I know it will be tough since I love buying things for Campbell, but it's a goal I've set for myself! :)ReplyDelete
I am with you on the meaning of Christmas... but I have so many beautiful memories of growing up and the excitement and magic of santa. It would be hard to not extend the tradition to our kiddos. But I always try to focus on the true meaning of Christmas and the importance of family.ReplyDelete
I'm 30 in the spring and I still get presents from Santa.ReplyDelete
There is something so magical about Santa and the imagination of children.
We always celebrated Jesus' birth, and were involved with church pageants so we KNEW the reason for the season.
Our church also did a great job of explaining WHERE Santa came from, with the story of St. Nicholas.
I want to have my children sing Happy Birthday to Jesus before we do presents on Christmas...one day :)
We plan on doing both! I could not imagine doing Christmas without Santa and the fun things that come along with it.ReplyDelete
It drives me crazy that K's school doesn't allow anything with Santa on it! or Christmas trees. Same for Halloween and Easter. No pumpkins, witches, bunnies, eggs. Ridiculous haha
I'm totally with you. I plan on doing it all. Explaining the reason for the season + Santa fun! The tradition was so much fun for me I couldn't imagine not doing it for my little peanut!!ReplyDelete
I don't have kids but I fully intend on incorporating Santa into Christmas when the time comes (I still get presents from him!). I plan on talking about Saint Nicholas and how he was a gift giver. I have friends who don't do Santa because they don't want to take away from the real reason for the season, and it kind of makes me sad because I have so many wonderful childhood memories associated with Santa.ReplyDelete
I married a pastor and Santa still visits our house! There are so many great ways to teach our little ones about the true meaning of Christmas, but there is something so special about this "magical" time of year that St. Nick brings, too. Just a fun tradition (like Easter egg hunting) I think!ReplyDelete
I'm a preacher's daughter and we always had Santa! I have now have a 5 year old and we celebrate Santa, but more importantly the true meaning of the season. We talk a lot about the reason we celebrate, participate in church activities, and have a happy birthday Jesus party!ReplyDelete
We will definitely do Santa! As long as Avery is grounded in the reason for the season and how important Jesus is to us as Christians, Santa can definitely be great for children. It was so magical when we were little. I also don't like the 4 gifts thing, just my two cents. Seriously, what fun is that? Load up the gifts. It's the only time of year where you can indulge like this!ReplyDelete
I grew up having Santa come and I don't plan on changing that with my own children. I totally think kids can have the whole fun part of it. However, I think elf on the shelf takes it too far. If you want a good way to incorporate the real Cheistmas story to your kids, look upmTruth in the Tinsel. It's awesome and follows the advent calendar.ReplyDelete
I don't know why I feel so strongly about this, BUT I DO! I feel like Santa is an important part of a child's life and we absolutely intend for our kids to believe in Santa! We also want our children to understand that Christmas is because of Christ. It isn't about us and how much WE can get for ourselves, but it is about Jesus being born to save us. I have come across some really great articles that I think will guide us into how we will approach this one day. These are my favorites!ReplyDelete
I have three children and we do the whole Santa thing with them. I think there is something quite magical about it! We most DEFINITELY focus on the reason for the season though and on Christmas Eve we celebrate by having Jesus a Birthday Party. We do balloons, make a cake and all! It's just a good reminder for them what Christmas is all aboutReplyDelete
I say incorporate Santa while you can. Most children, and I say this with 8 years of teaching experience don't believe past 3rd grade if you're lucky. At this age, is when they are able to fully comprehend Jesus and appreciate Christmas more than a small child under the age of 5 would ever comprehend!ReplyDelete
Looks like I'm the lone lady here that isn't doing Santa :) I grew up with Santa and always loved that part of my childhood. My family was not a church-going, Christ-believing family. I married a man who grew up in a home that was incredibly Christ-centered and they did not incorporate Santa at all. It's been a hard decision for me to come to, to not have Santa be a part of our child's life, but I really understand and agree with my husband in why we won't do it. The biggest reason being that Christmas is truly only about Jesus and Advent was started as a great expectation to his birth and what it would mean for the world, not for the great expectation of Santa coming. Secondly, we want to be truthful in everything we tell our children, and we don't ever want to intentionally give them a reason to question the things we've told them. How can we expect them to believe in God - who they can't see but Mom and Dad say he's there - when they find out that Santa was just for pretend?ReplyDelete
With that said, Santa adds a fun element to Christmas and there's no doubt that children love him ;)
With my daughter we focus on the real reason for the season, BUT we have Santa. I love the "magic" that Santa brings. I want my kids to believe in Santa. I have many fun filled memories of Santa and I turned out ok : )ReplyDelete
We will be doing Santa this year as well. Growing up though, Christ was always the center. We did the Avent wreath and calendar. Then on Christmas Eve, we made birthday cake for Jesus and sang Happy Birthday to him. It made it fun and put the meaning of Christmas in the forefront.ReplyDelete


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Reflecting continuing improvement in the California economy, revenues from the tax programs administered by the State Board of Equalization (BOE) increased by 7.1 percent in fiscal year 1998-99, yielding a record $35.53 billion for state and local government. Fiscal year sales and use tax revenues only grew by 6.6 percent to reach $30 billion, announced Dean Andal, Chairman, BOE. Revenues from the tax programs administered by the BOE provide essential services for California's citizens, from education and health care to transportation infrastructure and natural resource management.
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Ranchi, March 22: Union home secretary R.K. Singh today visited Chak village in Manatu, met local residents and laid the foundation stone for transformers in the Palamau block that is etched in popular imagination as the home of ruthless zamindars and is now a Maoist den.
Singh's visit ' being considered one of the most high-profile ones to a red turf after Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh's Saranda recce ' was kept under wraps till yesterday evening.
After arriving at Ranchi's Birsa Munda Airport in a special flight this morning, he air-dashed to Chak, over 250km from Ranchi.
"Chak holds strategic importance for anti-Naxalite operations, as the area happens to be a transit route for armed rebels who sneak into either Jharkhand or Bihar. Forests in Urur, Kamlanagar and Balahi provide safe route to rebels," said a senior police officer, welcoming Singh's visit.
"The home secretary went to a CRPF picket in Chak, where JAP jawans are also deputed. Later, he laid the foundation stone of two transformers in Chak and Manatu for which district administration has earmarked about Rs 2 lakh under the Integrated Action Plan (IAP)," Palamau deputy commissioner Pooja Singhal told The Telegraph.
Singh also met district officials for an hour at the picket and discussed anti-Naxalite strategies, besides reviewing plans to set up nine proposed police stations in the district.
Singhal told the secretary that while land hurdles for setting up the police stations had been solved, 40 acres were also provided for setting up group headquarters of the CRPF along the national highway between Manika and Satbarwa.
Villagers, meanwhile, complained to Singh about poor electricity, road and health infrastructure. When Singh enquired, district officials assured him that doctors from primary health centres in Manatu would visit twice Chak health sub-centre twice a week from now on.
After returning to Ranchi in the afternoon, Singh held a review meeting with the state police brass. He said, "I am satisfied with ongoing anti-Naxalite operations in Jharkhand the Centre will send more security personnel to the state."
In 2009, Maoists had blown up Manatu and Chak middle schools where security forces used to camp. Chak Bazaar was closed between October 2009 and April 2010 following a Maoist diktat, while SP Anup T. Mathew's bodyguard was killed during a rebel attack in May 2010.


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Chelsea secure crucial victory over Liverpool
LONDON (AP) -- Eden Hazard and Samuel Eto'o scored first-half goals as Chelsea came from behind to secure a 2-1 win over title rival Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday.
After Martin Skrtel put the Reds in front from close range at Stamford Bridge after only four minutes, Hazard hit back in the 17th with a superb strike. Eto'o gave Jose Mourinho's team a decisive lead from Oscar's back pass in the 34th.
Third-place Chelsea trails leader Arsenal by two points and Manchester City by one point.
Liverpool is six points adrift after slipping to a second consecutive loss.
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Last week, we reported on a Lifeway Research survey that revealed that the majority of evangelical pastors in America believe in creationism, as told in the bible, but that they were divided about how old the earth was. Fundamentalists like Ken Ham and Bryan Fischer argued that these pastors should know better than to believe that the earth is older than 6,000 years.
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On Friday, October 16, 2009, the IUP Small Business Development Center, along with the IUP Office of Workforce Education and Economic Development, will be conducting a program entitled "Manufacturers' Forum: Innovation for Survival and Profit" at the Crimson Event Center.
The program will run from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and include a lunch.
The focus of the program is on developing processes to foster and nurture innovation within manufacturing firms. The target audience for this program is small manufacturers and IUP personnel who are interested in this subject.
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The purpose of this research was to determine if there were relationships between four interviewer-centric variables and the level of interview structure interviewers applied to their interviews. The survey was designed to elicit individual respondent behaviors and attitudes related to these four variables, as well as ascertain the level of structure they employed. The four independent variables were: the desire on behalf of interviewers for flexibility; the perceived importance of interviewer training; the self-confidence of interviewers in their own skills; and the amount of training respondents had received. The dependent variable was the level of interview structure. Selected scales in the survey were designed to determine level of structure as defined in the research literature. The survey instrument was a Likert-type five-point electronic questionnaire, and participation was invited from over 2000 human resource practitioners across Canada, with the final completed surveys comprising 230 respondents (test power = .999). Results of multiple regression analysis indicated that desire for flexibility (p=.000) and perceived importance of training (p=.000) were statistically significant with a negative (inverse) relationship to structure. Interviewer self-confidence (p=.151) was not statistically significant and had no measurable impact on structure. For amount of interviewer training, post hoc tests indicated interviewers with the largest amount of training (75+ hours) were significantly (p=.014) more in favor of structured interviews than were those with much lower levels of training. Therefore, the first, second, and fourth null hypotheses were rejected, and the third null hypothesis was retained. Implications are that some interviewer-centric factors do have an effect on interview structure. Recommendations include further study of factors that may impact employment interview structure.
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Rain on the way for central Indiana
The leading edge of a developing storm system is bringing rain into southwestern Indiana now. Our rain chances will increase overnight.
In addition to rain, low clouds and fog will be issues overnight and Wednesday. Temperatures will be nearly steady or rise slowly overnight into the middle 50s. Temperatures will eventually reach the lower 60s late Wednesday. Expect off and on showers on Wednesday, so keep the umbrellas handy.
The strongest part of this developing storm system will arrive on Halloween. We are expecting heavy rain, with 1-2 inches possible. In addition to the heavy rain, severe winds are also possible. Winds will be sustained 30mph+ at times and wind gusts will be even stronger. We will keep you updated on this still developing storm system for Halloween.
There will be a break from the rain on Friday, but a few showers mixing with sleet are possible on Saturday. The drier day this weekend will be Sunday with sunshine and highs in the 50s.