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What the rest of us call "cohabitation," or in some circles "living in sin," the Palin family calls a "trial marriage."
That's exactly what abstinence-promoter Bristol Palin and her boyfriend, 21-year-old Gino Paoletti, are doing in a home she purchased in Wasilla. "Bristol and Gino are crazy about each other," a source told The National Enquirer. "They've talked about getting married, but they think it's a good idea to get a feel for living together before making it official." They'll be sleeping in separate bedrooms, I trust?
Gino and Bristol's "trial marriage" will apparently be an element of her upcoming Lifetime reality show, "Bristol Palin: Life's A Tripp." In past interviews, Bristol has referred to her beau as "a good guy, a family guy and a Christian." High praise for a guy whose Facebook page has allegedly been scrubbed clean of references to "n***ers" and "idiots of Alaska," which is what he called the Palin fam.
We'll have to wait until "Life's A Tripp" airs for a peek into whether the "trail marriage" in their home — paid for by Bristol's rounds on the abstinence-preaching circuit ($262K in 2009 from the Candie's Foundation, in fact) — will work out. In the meantime, this Gino character had better brush up on Palin-doublespeak and hypocrisy … before he's forced to speak to the press about another angel surprise.
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A native of Fort Carson, Colorado, Gonsalves attended the University of Arizona, graduating in 1984 with a bachelor of science in business and an Armor Branch commission. During more than 30 years of service, he has commanded tactical units at every echelon from platoon to brigade and served in key positions on both the Army and Joint Staffs. His assignments have included duty in Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and the United States.
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Me Against Them - Poem by Vathalia Mae
Chances of winning this chess game are slim,
For i am but me and many are them.
Walking a straight line in a perfect circle,
Chancing this love which is now only a hassle.
Im Numbing the pain
Looking selfishly for my own personal gain.
Looked straight into the eyes of hate,
Said my timing was a little too late.
Hesitation brings forth thirst,
When impulse choices lead me to my worst.
I grab a bottle then open myself,
I will only look upon my sorrows merely until the morrow.
Not exactly what is good for my health,
But I feel this was a life I couldn't borrow.
Opened my eyes saw the end,
Looking back then I realized you were my truest friend.
Opened myself up to rage,
Now my life burns and the blisters are a constant reminder.
Suddenly I'm feeling a little strange, was my life always on a set timer?
Looking through these dead eyes,
I spy upon my personal demise.
Swaying back, too and fro,
I then look down and here I go.
Tumbling down this lonely road
, I glimpse at a hope of one day cracking this code.
Chances of winning this chess game are slim,
For I am but me and many are them.
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Your words are just stunning...for I am but me and many are them. Very clever choice of words, and I love this poem :) goes on my poem list :))) Keep writing. (Report) Reply
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Vathalia very powerfull emotions they burst out from your words (Report) Reply
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I'm sarcastic, funny and have been described as (by my niece) "warm and squishy". Yeah, I'm a teddy bear. I will never claim to be the knight in shining armor. If the armor isn't dented and dirty then they've never been in a fight (its one of my tattoos) and can't handle themselves when some pressure is put on them.


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Barack Obama, Meet Sisyphus
Posted on Apr 5, 2010
Toward the end of the health care battle, a beleaguered Obama staff member sent me an e-mail that ended with the words: "Sisyphus was a sissy compared to what we've been through!"
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Alas for President Obama, this will not be the last moment that invites comparisons with Sisyphus. His health care victory marked the beginning of a new phase in the administration's political struggles, not a final triumph.
It is still, of course, an enormous achievement, and it alters the political terrain in ways that are favorable to Democrats. By creating new facts on the ground, health reform complicates the Republicans' task.
Already, the GOP's early calls to repeal the bill look problematic. The insurance reforms in the bill are widely popular, and even its tax increases (a large share of which hit the very wealthy) are tied to benefits that would flow to Americans in the middle- or lower-middle range of incomes.
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Moreover, the Democrats' ability to hold together and pass health reform may encourage some Republican senators to seek compromises on other issues rather than stand aside yet again and thereby limit their impact on final outcomes.
But the outlines of the next phase of this year's election argument are becoming visible.
Sophisticated conservatives have begun to argue that Democratic proposals across a range of issues are designed to make the United States more like Europe. Without shouting the word "socialism," they claim that programs to guarantee greater economic security (such as the health reform) and to impose more stringent rules on finance and banking would make the American economy less entrepreneurial and less inclined to risk-taking.
Countering these arguments will require progressives to insist that their program is entirely within the American tradition, an effort to restore some of the security and predictability that defined the economy before the erosion of employer-provided benefits that began in the 1980s.
They will also have to make a strong case that the new rules on finance are not aimed at reducing genuine private risk-taking. Their purpose is to end a system that allowed a small number of financiers and firms to make fortunes by taking enormous risks in full knowledge that taxpayers would ultimately be forced to cover their losses. Reform is designed to reduce the exposure of taxpayers and those outside the financial system, not to create a risk-free private economy.
The trickiest political problem confronting the administration and its allies is rooted in rising concern about the deficit. Here, Republicans will be able to engage in their own kind of risk-free politics. As the party out of power, they can condemn deficits, attack "big government" in the abstract, and oppose tax increases—all at the same time, and without facing the consequences of how their policies would work in practice.
And because any plausible policy for dealing with long-term deficits will necessarily involve tax increases of some sort, Obama and the Democrats are looking at an unpalatable election-year choice. Endorsing substantial tax increases now would be politically suicidal, but failing to do so opens Democrats to charges from deficit hawks that they are not serious about the red ink.
In the short term, Democrats can argue reasonably that raising taxes or slashing programs before the economy has recovered would be bad policy. And they can assert that the commission Obama has named to grapple with the deficit will clarify the trade-offs between tax increases and program cuts. This, in turn, will open the way for a more rational argument about deficits.
It would be nice if things worked out this way. But between now and then lies an election campaign likely to be characterized more by anger than reason, and in which the opposition has the advantage of not being in charge at a moment of great discontent. Sisyphus would understand. And Obama will have to get used to it.
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By John, April 5, 2010 at 9:56 am Link to this comment
Obama's great victory in Health Care Reform is a victory for the Insurance and Pharmaceutical companies. And a failure at passing what this country really needs: Single Payer. I don't view it as a success at all, and ten years from now few people will.
His upcoming Bank reforms are too little too late. We will see another great recession or depression in the next decade-perhaps sooner.
Sure he's better than a McCain/Palin administration but tell that to the Afghanistan civilians he is killing every day. tell that to our troops who are dying for corporate access to markets.
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It was the Repubicans which initiated the huge Federal deficits under Reagoon in the 1980's. The purpose for the deficits being to dole out the bond proceeds, used to finance the debt, to the CORPORATE WELFARE KINGS with the interest and principle paid by individual taxpayer. It finances the Pentagon for the purpose of protecting the interest of the CORPORATE WELFARE KINGS worldwide. Simply put, it's a protection racket and it should be prosecuted under the RICO act for being illlegal.Simultaneous with Reagoons engineered deficts are the corporate tax cuts. A sweet deal, receive loan proceeds and have other the interest and principle. THE COMMISSION's purpose will be to indict the entitlement as the reason for the debt not the Pentagon and the CORPORATE WELFARE KINGS which is where the proceeds of the Treasury debt goes, not to entitlements.
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CLEVELAND—Design professionals will find a world of color at their fingertips with the new Sherwin-Williams ColorSnap Studio iPad app. ColorSnap Studio blends the best of Sherwin-Williams color inspiration tools—the ColorSnap® smartphone app, the online Color Visualizer, plus the Explore Color functionality—into one iPad app offering all the ease-of-use of a tablet including high definition, as well as pinch, zoom and swipe features.
"We are seeing the iPad used more for client consultations, so designers and architects are seeking apps that can help make their jobs easier. ColorSnap Studio brings our popular color tools together making it easier than ever to bring designs to life, anytime and anyplace," says Jackie Jordon, director of color marketing for Sherwin-Williams.
ColorSnap Studio users can access the same functionalities as the ColorSnap smartphone app, which makes it easy to find the closest-matching paint colors to those captured within an image and to fine tune-colors using the lightness, saturation and hue features. But now, they can also use the Color Visualizer tool, which was previously only available for desktop use, to experiment with thousands of color combinations. Applying color and trying different colors is easier than ever with no edge-masking required. Touch the color and simply use a finger to "finger-paint" it onto the image. It is a quick and easy way to show clients different options using the iPad app.
READ: Design guru Stacy Garcia forecasts the coming color trends for the fall of 2012.
Taking advantage of iPad technology, ColorSnap Studio offers more benefits for professionals:
"We're now in an era of open branding where design companies can use digital technology to accelerate business growth and engage clients in the color selection process," says Amy Hamm, director of client services, Resource. "We created this new iPad application, in partnership with Sherwin-Williams, to take full advantage of the technology and shareability that tablets provide while simultaneously creating an interactive experience with the Sherwin-Williams brand."
ColorSnap Studio users have access to Explore Color functionality, enabling them to find colors for their projects, whether they wish to search the Sherwin-Williams palette by color family, color name, color number or color collection. They can browse, adjust, save and even share favorites from the iPad.
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Macchinetta features fair trade 100% organic beans sourced from Colombia and Ethiopia and roasted locally in Melbourne. Our qualified baristas produce a quality of coffee that is of the highest standard and presentation. We encourage our baristas to practice their latte art skills and to release their 'inner Italian'.
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Located on Level 1, landside in International Departures in Terminal 1, our newest Macchinetta is serving up breakfast, lunch, dinner until late. Enjoy our Italian inspired menu including house made pizza, lasagne, paninis, focaccia, salads and dolce (sweets)! Our menu is complemented with a selection of wine, beer, spirits and of course serving our own blends of Macchinetta coffee.
Macchinetta T3, Melbourne Airport
Located on the Mezzanine Level in Virgin Domestic Terminal 3. Macchinetta provides a selection of pastries, muffins and sweet things baked onsite in our kitchen along with fresh sandwiches and wraps to go and our own blends of Macchinetta coffee.
Macchinetta T2, Melbourne Airport
Located airside in International Departures in Terminal 2, Macchinetta offers a warm and inviting space with plenty of room to relax, eat, drink and read a newspaper or magazine before boarding those long-haul flights. Centrally located to all departure gates, reducing your travel time to board. Enjoy our Italian inspired menu including house made pizza, lasagne, paninis and pastries.
Serving breakfast , lunch, dinner and snacks until late. Our menu is complemented with a wide selection of wine, beer, spirits and our own blends of Macchinetta coffee.
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July 30th, 2012 (8:16 PM). Edited July 30th, 2012 by Pokemon Trainer UV.
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Easily a very underrated game and a really lengthy RPG for the DS. I'm sure that a lot of you have heard of Devil Survivor or the Persona Series, but have you heard of Strange Journey? What this game features is:
*An 80 hour plus adventure with a really epic story
Heck, I wasn't even done with all of the side quests by the time I hit 80 hours.
*3 Endings based on your Morality by the end of the game
*A Morality System based on choices you make in the story
*Recruit over 300 demons using demon negotiation
*Demon Fusion to create more powerful ones
*Classic RPG gameplay with an added flavor of Demon Co-op
*Animated and very detailed Demon Sprites
*And EPIC MUSIC
Emphasis on the epic music part, just listen to this!:
When I played this game, I found it pretty hard to believe that it was for the DS due to the awesome amount of content in it!
Another underrated game is:
Dementium 2 is a great Horror FPS for the DS. It runs at a smooth 60 FPS, and it has really great graphics!
It isn't as scary as Amnesia or other horror games, but I certainly had a scare while playing it! Give it a rent, since you'll probably finish it in 2 hours.
Another pretty underrated game is Madagascar for the Gamecube. It may be movie based, but I thought it was a marvelous platformer!
But that's for another time... anyways, I hope that you guys give these games a try, as I mentioned above, they are pretty underrated, and not exactly well known. Sorry for the flashy post...
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We spend a whole lot of time writing this blog and we love it. And we really, really want to keep doing it. But summer is here and school is out and it is all kids, all the time. Unless we pay babysitters and camp registrations, we will not be doing much writing this summer.
And our beloved MommyLand has turned into a sort of full-time, unpaid job. So we're trying to figure out how to make it a full-time, sort of paid job. We know. We're crazy, right? We're mommies. By definition, that means we work all the time and never get paid. But this is MommyLand and anything is possible! So we choose to be like the Pointer Sisters. We have a new attitude! We are going to get out there and promote our blog! And make a little money! And that is more exclamation points than we have ever used before so… Can! You! Feel! The! Enthusiasm?!
Thanks again for reading these rants and for sharing them with your friends. We really appreciate your support. If you have any thoughts or suggestions for us as we try to put on our big-girl-blogger-pants, please get in touch with us. As you no doubt know - we're making this up as we go along and need all the help we can get.
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Police speak out against texting while driving
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SAN ANTONIO — Police Officer Jonathan Esquivel said he always had a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to texting while driving.
As a traffic officer for the San Antonio Police Department, Esquivel, 31, didn't need to see more proof of the devastation distracted driving can cause.
But his memory loss is a constant reminder. So is his slight limp.
Standing alongside local and state law enforcement officials, Esquivel spoke Monday morning about the firsthand knowledge he never wanted to have. He shared his story as part of a joint news conference outside the Institute of Texan Cultures to support the Texas Department of Transportation's Talk, Text, Crash campaign.
While on duty in February 2012, Esquivel was hit by a driver who police said had just sent a text message while traveling about 50 mph. The collision broke Esquivel's neck, ribs and pelvis, and damaged his brain. Esquivel was hit so hard, he was nearly flung across a median on Loop 410 near Summit Parkway on the Northwest Side.
The driver, Shad Christopher Modesett, 42, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He awaits trial.
"This all could've been avoided," Esquivel said. "The guy could've pulled over."
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Whether it means launching more education campaigns or writing up more citations, Esquivel said, law enforcement officers and drivers themselves need to do more to prevent similar tragedies.
SAPD Chief William McManus reiterated Esquivel's call to action. But he specifically targeted the Texas Legislature, saying more legislation is needed to crack down on drivers.
Last year, almost 20,000 people were seriously injured and 505 people were killed in distracted driving crashes statewide, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.
McManus called crashes involving cellphones "100 percent preventable."
"Every other car you see, they're texting while driving," McManus said. "I would like to see cellphone use banned completely."
In San Antonio, texting while driving is illegal. Texas has banned cellphone use while drivers are traveling through school crossing zones and for drivers younger than 18.
Despite those laws, many newly licensed drivers still take the risk, said Brittany Muller, a soon-to-be senior at Johnson High School.
Muller, co-president of the school's Smart Driving Club, called distracted driving "a big issue by far" for students.
"The kids don't realize how important it is not to do it," Muller said. "They don't think it could happen to them."


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Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential securities fraud at Polycom, Inc. ("Polycom" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: PLCM).
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On July 23, 2013, the Company announced that its President and Chief Executive Office, Andrew M. Miller ("Miller") had resigned on July 19, 2013 after Polycom's Audit Committee of its Board of Directors found "certain irregularities" in Miller's expense submissions.
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It was about midnight Monday when a zoo ranger spotted a young black bear scaling the 10-foot-high chain-link and barbed wire of the Knoxville zoo's perimeter fence. A neighbor had alerted the zoo a bear had been seen in the Chilhowee Park area, zoo spokeswoman Tina Rolen said today.
A zoo ranger headed to the park area near its herpetology building and close to Chilhowee Park's East Tennessee Discovery Center. The ranger saw the bear — described as a youngster weighing maybe 150 pounds — in Chilhowee Park. That's when the bear scaled the fence into the zoo.
The ranger quickly called other zoo rangers and staff members, Rolen said. The first thought was to check the zoo's own group of four captive black bears which lounge in the natural habitat Black Bear Falls in another section of the park. Zookeepers quickly counted bear noses and discovered that none of their bears were out and about for an evening stroll.
So zoo rangers and staff members began an early morning search of the park's 53 acres...When zoo officials determined there was no roaming bear on the grounds, they opened the zoo.
Rolen said zoo staffers speculate the animal likely scaled a fence out of the park unseen.
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Harold Ford, an ambitious young congressman, might break with fellow Democrats. Derrick Max, 38 and intense, is a true believer representing corporate interests.
There are more familiar names in the debate over Social Security — Bush and leaders of Congress, for starters — but lesser-known figures also have a lot to say about what will happen. These six are all men, though women such as Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, a Republican, also play important roles.
Their voices reflect one reason the debate about overhauling Social Security is so contentious: A wide range of people is involved in shaping the system's future, and they have priorities that conflict and sometimes collide. Even those who support Bush's idea of creating individual investment accounts want different approaches.
Amid forces pulling in different directions, Bush has scored few gains. "Corralling all these cats is difficult to do," says Stephen Moore, a Republican activist.
"I'm having a hard time seeing how all this works out," says Peter Orszag, an economist in the Clinton White House. "To make reform really plausible, you need to bridge the gap between the White House and the AARP — and right now those two entities have perspectives that do not overlap."
Here's a guide to the six key figures who will help determine whether Bush's plan leads to a historic overhaul or a fatal stalemate.
John Cogan: The president's professor
Former secretary of State George Shultz invited over a few Stanford colleagues in April 1998 to meet George W. Bush. The Texas governor discussed foreign policy with provost Condoleezza Rice, who would become his secretary of State. He talked about taxes with professor John Taylor, who would take a senior post at Treasury.
And he began a conversation about Social Security with John Cogan.
"We spent three hours talking about domestic policy and foreign affairs over tea and cookies," Cogan recalls. Bush, then running for a second term as governor but eyeing the White House, was interested in Cogan's view that individual accounts could let workers accumulate wealth and have more control over their retirement. Bush already had been considering the concept.
Their conversation has never stopped. After Bush was elected president in 2000, Cogan led the task of producing Bush's first budget. In 2001, Bush appointed him to a Social Security commission that drew up options to add the accounts to the system.
Though he eschews the spotlight, Cogan, 57, remains a key adviser. "He has very close relationships over time with the president," says Leanne Abdnor, who also served on the commission.
Cogan, an economist who worked for President Reagan and the elder President Bush, is unpretentious and pragmatic. "Success would be a combination of personal accounts plus curbs in future benefits," he says. "They go hand-in-hand." He's argued against Bush advisers who say there's no need to take some painful steps.
"I give my advice," he says, "and sometimes it's taken and sometimes it's not."
Bill Novelli: The seniors' lobbyist
Bill Novelli, balding and bespectacled, is a mild-mannered man.
But as CEO of the AARP, the 35-million-member organization of seniors, Novelli commands the 800-pound gorilla in the debate over Social Security. Its opposition to Bush's plan looms as a chief hurdle to getting something done. A group called USA Next, which backs Bush's plan, calls the AARP "the boulder in the middle of the highway to personal savings accounts."
The AARP has hosted dozens of town-hall meetings, generated thousands of e-mails to Congress and bought full-page newspaper ads that call Bush's plan risky. "If we feel like gambling, we'll play the slots," one says. A $5 million round of radio and TV ads will target younger Americans.
The effort aims not only to defeat Bush's plan but also to rebuild the AARP's credentials with members and Democratic officeholders disgruntled about its decision to back Bush's Medicare drug-benefit plan. Some members burned their AARP cards in protest. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi hasn't met with Novelli since 2003.
"They have a long way to go to build up confidence," says Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y. His 71-year-old mother was among those irate.
Novelli, 62, has led the AARP for five years after a dazzling career in public relations. He's increased the group's ad budget from near-zero to nearly $75 million a year and focused its attention on corporate-style "branding."
He says Social Security doesn't face a crisis, just a problem that could be fixed with a mix of less drastic steps than Bush proposes. "Nirvana in my mind is that the president's concept of taking accounts out of Social Security doesn't fly; it just crashes and burns," he says.
"One scenario is nothing happens, and that's likely."
Bill Thomas: The House chairman
Bill Thomas won't sit for an interview or a photo. He doesn't see the need to cultivate reporters, or Democrats, or his fellow Republicans. Or even presidents.
The Ways and Means chairman supports the idea of individual accounts but has his own ideas about how to fund Social Security. Even before Bush outlined his plan, Thomas suggested it would be a "dead horse" on Capital Hill — not because it was too ambitious but because it wasn't bold enough.
"You people propose," Thomas said at a forum in January sponsored by National Journal, gesturing toward former White House officials. "The Congress disposes."
Thomas argues that Bush's approach of financing the new accounts with payroll taxes hurts competitiveness and job creation. He has floated the idea of a value-added tax — a levy on consumption rather than wages — to finance Social Security and Medicare, the health care program for the elderly.
Bush, who boasts about his credentials as a tax-cutter, seems unlikely to embrace creating a new one. But Thomas' views can't be ignored: his panel controls Social Security and tax legislation. It is "hard to imagine" that a bill he doesn't support could pass, economist Peter Orszag says.
Thomas, 63, a former political science professor who was the first in his family to go to college, is brainy and mercurial. In a House where GOP discipline is renowned, he stands out as stubbornly independent and more than willing to rile friends and foes.
Still, the California Republican delivered for Bush in his first term on tax cuts and a prescription-drug plan under Medicare.
He's got a personal motive for action this time: With term limits, it's the end of his tenure as chairman and an opportunity to leave his mark on something big.
Sen. Lindsey Graham: The Senate dealmaker
He's been in the Senate for only two years. He's not in the leadership. He's not even on the committee that oversees Social Security.
But Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina — probably best known for pressing President Clinton's impeachment in the House — is the driving force in the effort to forge a bipartisan deal on Social Security. He is hosting meetings with a handful of Democratic senators.
At 49, Graham has a folksy manner and a compelling personal story. His mother died at age 52, his father one year later. Graham was 21, the first in his family to go to college.
"That survivor benefit check made a huge difference," he says. His aunt and uncle, who took him and his sister into their home, are in their 70s now and dependent on their monthly benefit checks.
"My aunt and uncle worked in that cotton mill, they busted their ass for 44 years," he says. "This is not money somebody gives them. This is money they earn. The question is, are we going to be innovative so that money can realize its full potential? Are we going to make sure that money is securely taken care of and will be there? And the answer is we're failing."
He backs individual investment accounts but also calls for changing the way benefits are calculated to curb them for the middle class and affluent. He would raise the amount of wages subject to the payroll tax from $90,000 to as much as $200,000. That's an idea Republican congressional leaders reject.
Graham says he gets quiet encouragement from the White House. In a sign of how difficult the road is, Democrats meet with him furtively. "We've got to keep changing rooms" to flummox reporters, Graham says ruefully.
Harold Ford: The Democrat
Advocates of overhauling Social Security are struggling to find Democrats who are willing to talk to them. One tantalizing target: Harold Ford.
The young Tennessee congressman is willing to challenge the Democratic leadership. Last month, he helped form the Congressional Savings and Ownership Caucus — a cousin to Bush's pitch for an "ownership society." He has introduced a bill to open a savings account for every newborn with a government stake of $500 and incentives for savings. Bush's former Treasury secretary, Paul O'Neill, is plugging a similar plan.
"I'm excited about individual accounts, outside of Social Security, because most wealth in this nation is generated by investment income," says Ford, 34. Behind him is a photo of his father, who represented the 9th congressional district before he did. "For people who work — and 94% of the people in my state earn under $100,000 a year — it's hard to grow wealth."
That said, he hasn't signed on to Bush's plan. He says personal accounts should be in addition to, not part of, Social Security. But he's willing to discuss controversial steps such as raising the retirement age and lifting the ceiling on taxable earnings, which is now $90,000.
Republican activist Stephen Moore calls Ford "the prototype Democrat" Bush must win over. "To me, he is kind of a weather vane here: If he's pointing in the 'yes' direction, I think he does bring other Democrats with him."
If Ford plays a role, it could have payoffs for him. Next year, he plans to run for the Senate in Tennessee — a state Bush carried with 57% of the vote in 2004. "My party has to be very careful not to be perceived as the 'no' party on this," Ford says.
Derrick Max: The corporate rep
His office is cramped and windowless, and his filing system seems to consist of stacking papers in wide circles on the floor. But Derrick Max, a rumpled man with a gravelly voice, runs two business groups: the Alliance for Worker Retirement Security and the Coalition for the Modernization and Protection of America's Social Security, or Compass.
"You can get to members of Congress in two ways: Talk to them on Capitol Hill with lobbyists or have their constituents energized and talking about it back in their districts," Max says.
The alliance works inside the Beltway. Compass aims to generate grass-roots support, including turning out supporters when the president visits. The groups plan to spend more than $20 million this year on ads and organizing.
They are financed by a who's-who of business and trade associations, including the National Association of Manufacturers, the Business Roundtable, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Securities Industry Association.
Some of the alliance's member companies have been picketed by the AFL-CIO, which accuses Wall Street of lobbying for individual accounts in hopes of gaining a windfall in managing them. They are targeted, the AFL-CIO's William Patterson says, because "Derrick Max seems to have been given the ball by the administration" to lobby for corporate America on the issue.
Max dismisses the protests as inconsequential, though the alliance has removed the list of members from its Web site. He says manufacturers and other labor-intensive businesses, not Wall Street, are the ones most affected by Social Security changes, especially any prospective increase in the payroll tax.
"When the Social Security tax goes up in America, they don't go up in China," he says. "And unlike a lot of corporate taxes, you pay it whether you're profitable or not."


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Salted Caramel Shortbread
I've been on something of an extended "vacation" post-Guatemala. Seriously. Guatemala spoiled me – just a little bit. I've been m.i.a. from the kitchen and temporarily preoccupied with other interests and endeavors (like this). I can't help it! I have a tendency of becoming completely and irrevocably consumed in spurts by the things I love.
But that isn't to say I've forgotten about you, loyal and lovely readers, whoever you are. This is still my first baby, after all.
Over the course of my self-taught expedition within the realms of my kitchen, I've come to find that there are recipes and then, there are recipes. The former, we love and bookmark or save to use again another day in the indeterminate future. The latter, we love, post up on our fridge as a daily reminder, and get badgered by our friends for. Because, dear readers, those kinds of recipes are just that good. And, yes, you've guessed correctly. This is one such recipe. If you love caramel, you are in for a real treat. This is one of those true-to-saying, "taste of heaven," kind of desserts that are over-the-top decadent but so appropriately-portioned that it feels like a fleeting memory of one of your most amazing life experiences. Just a month ago or so, I went skydiving for the very first time and for any of you that have ever partook in such an exhilarating enterprise, I'm sure you know that the mind-numbing fear and subsequent ecstasy are so very short-lived. After free-falling for a minute or so and then floating back to reality, you realize that you're left with an adrenaline buzz (or hangover, in my case) that somehow manages to get you hooked for more. Don't know what I mean? Make this. I swear, this salted caramel shortbread has a remarkably similar effect.
Salted Caramel Shortbread
Adapted barely from Erica's Sweet Tooth
Makes 36 servings/cute little bite-sized squares
I can't emphasize enough the importance of good quality flaky sea salt, or fleur de sel, in this recipe. It makes a world of difference and adds so much dimension to an otherwise simply good dessert. It's an indispensable classic ingredient for French confectionaries that elevates them, caramel in particular, to whole new heights.


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The unprecedented assault on workers' rights now spreading across the country betrays our nation's commitment to serve the common good and defend the dignity of work. But the National Labor Relations Board has recently taken a small but important step in leveling the playing field for workers.
From Wisconsin to Ohio to New Hampshire, political leaders have demonized unions and stripped workers of basic rights that give them a voice at the bargaining table. Teachers, nurses and first responders are the victims of an ideological agenda that hurts hardworking Americans who simply want a voice on the job.
This is nothing less than a moral failure that undermines values at the heart of our democracy and diverse faith traditions.
Amid this bad news is a glimmer of hope. The NLRB has recently changed rules on the timing of union elections. Though a relatively minor rule change, it restores fairness to a process that is tilted heavily in favor of employers who often delay union votes by months or even years with excessive litigation. Irresponsible companies that stall to prevent workers from voting to form a union frequently retaliate against employees with threats and intimidation. In fact, during organizing campaigns more than a third of employees simply fire workers who are pro-union.
Without clear rules about the timing of elections, workers who want to form a union often never even have the chance to vote. The NLRB rule change simply makes sure workers have the right to vote in a timely manner without unnecessary delays. But don't be surprised if some CEOs and political leaders oppose this change or any step that helps empower workers.
The sad reality is that many of the same CEOs who eviscerate workers' rights have awarded themselves generous bonuses. Elected officials who rely on political contributions from corporate lobbyists take away basic rights for workers even as they lavish the wealthiest Americans with tax breaks.
In the name of fiscal responsibility, many governors and members of Congress are proposing extreme policies that target workers, families, children and the elderly. The result is an America where the middle class is squeezed, the rich get richer, and the most vulnerable are left behind.
As a Catholic bishop, I'm proud to stand with diverse faith leaders whose religious traditions teach that workers must have an effective voice in ensuring safe working conditions, just wages, reasonable benefits and the right to unionize without intimidation. Faith communities have long been on the front lines in the struggle for worker justice. Dorothy Day of the Catholic Worker movement, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar Chavez and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel were all inspired by their faith to support working conditions consistent with human dignity.
Today, Pope Benedict XVI, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Protestant clergy and Jewish leaders support the vital role unions play in helping to build a fair economy built on shared prosperity. Politicians who claim the family values mantle will have to answer to the faith community when they target workers' rights that have helped generations of Americans achieve economic security.
At a time when state legislatures across the country pass anti-union legislation and corporate profits are soaring, this pragmatic ruling from the National Labor Relations Board is a victory that should help inspire a renewed commitment to worker justice.
[Gabino Zavala is an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and board president of Interfaith Worker Justice.]
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text: You are here: Home > Cooking Basics > Tava > Misal Misalby Tarla Dalal 20 Aug 2010 You are not signed in. Please sign in to access your cookbooksExisting members click here to sign inNew visitors click here to sign up Please sign in to create shopping lists! Misal Pav Video Added to 353 cookbooks This recipe has been viewed 39297 times A traditional Maharashtrian snack. Add your private note Misal recipe - How to make Misal Tags Tava Preparation Time: 10 min.   Cooking Time: 10 min.   Total Time: 20 mins     Serves 4. Show me for servings Ingredients 100 gms moong (whole green gram) sprouts100 gms sprouted hara vatana (dried green peas)1/2 tsp chilli powder1 bowl jaggery (gur)4 to 5 tsp tamarind (imli) water2 tbsp oil salt to tasteFor serving chopped tomato chopped onion chopped coriander (dhania) Method Boil both the sprouts.Heat the oil in a tava, add the sprouts, chilli powder, jaggery, tamarind water and salt and cook for a few minutes.Sere hot with tomato, onion and coriander. Other Related Recipes Accompaniments Anardane Te Phudine ki Chutney Carrot Garlic Chutney Chilli Garlic Chutney Coriander Garlic Chutney ( Kebabs and Tikkis Recipes) Fresh Garlic Chutney ( Non- Fried Snacks ) Hari Chutney Low Calorie Green Chutney, Hari Chutney – Diabetic Friendly Mint and Coriander Chutney Mint and Onion Chutney Mint Chutney, Pudina Chutney Sukhi Lehsun Chutney ( Mumbai Roadside Recipes ) Sweet Chutney, Quick Sweet Chutney RECIPE SOURCE : Tava Cooking


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Avs get crucial road win over RangersMar 18, 2012 - 5:10 AM
Coming into Saturday's action, the Avs were clinging to a one-point lead over three other teams for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Now, they sit in the seventh spot with a one-point lead over Los Angeles and San Jose, both of which won on Saturday.
Gabriel Landeskog scored the winner in the second period and Matt Hunwick lit the lamp in the first period for the Avalanche, who have won four of their past five games.
"We have no control over what the teams behind us do," said Hunwick. "We just have to take care of our business and getting five out of six points on this trip is huge."
The Rangers have seen their once comfortable lead for the top spot in the Eastern Conference and the Atlantic Division fall to just two points as the resurgent Penguins have won 11 straight games while the Rangers are just 5-5-1 during the same stretch. The Penguins also have a game in hand on New York.
Mats Zuccarello had the lone goal of the game for the Rangers, who got 17 stops from Henrik Lundqvist in the loss.
"Their goalie saved the day for them," said Lundqvist. "He played really well, they played really well as a team. We did too, but we just came up a little short."
With the game tied in the second, Landeskog gave his team the lead halfway through when Ryan Wilson blasted a shot on net from the outside of the left circle that Landeskog tipped between the legs of Lundqvist.
Varlamov made the lead stand up with a flurry of saves over the final 30 minutes, as he stopped 10 in the second and 16 in the third, helping the Avs kill off a pair of Rangers power plays in the third period.
Ryan McDonagh took a tripping call with 1:08 to play to put the Rangers a man down and Paul Stastny sealed the win with the empty-netter with 14 seconds left.
The Rangers took a 1-0 lead 10:43 into the game as a pass from the mid-right boards by Dan Girardi was tipped in by Zuccarello in front of the net.
The Avalanche, though, tied the game just over four minutes later when Hunwick got the puck in the Rangers zone and went up the middle, going outside-inside on a defender and tipping the puck past Lundqvist while off-balance for just his third goal of the year.
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More than 1,000 siblings of Ohio University students traveled to Athens Feb. 13-15 via chartered, chaperoned buses for the annual Siblings' Weekend acti
vities. Siblings came by bus from eight cities. Trips are sponsored by alumni chapters as scholarship fund-raisers. Here, junior Gina D'Achille greets brother Gabe from Pittsburgh.
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[Video Link]. "A lot of people die. Just so you know."—Dan Lucal. (via Casimir Nozkowski)
[Video Link]. "A lot of people die. Just so you know."—Dan Lucal. (via Casimir Nozkowski)
Unsolicited images of dongs have become a sad part of life as a modern human. We can block senders after the fact, but what about those pesky genital faxes? Now there's an answer.
Anna Christova snapped this fantastic street art project called "CTRL+X," which paints items tagged with graffiti to look as if they've been selected and deleted in Photoshop, revealing the default transparent layer. Below is the before photo:
Acting coach Bob Menery is not a professional sports announcer… yet. Watching him talk gives me the same weird sensation as seeing Mel Blanc do Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny. Below is an older video of Menery experimenting with "the voice."
The Fader Stealth Quadcopter from TRNDlabs packs incredible flight performance into a package small enough to land on your phone screen, and it's available now in the Boing Boing Store.The Fader's six-axis gyroscope module gives it perfect balance in the air. This makes the onboard 720p HD camera all the better for shooting amazing flight […]
Although fully autonomous vehicles aren't yet allowed on public streets, they are poised to dominate the roads in the not-too-distant future. But before that happens, Apple, Google, Uber, and other companies now investing in self-driving tech are going to need talented developers that can account for the dizzying array of factors at play when a […]
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With RSA and Mobile World Congress going on, when you go to conference do you use Wi-Fi? Whether it is a conference, or simply taking advantage of a coffee shop or airport hot spot, if you leave your phone enabled to connect wirelessly, then it is too easy for a hacker to hijack your connection with a WiFi Pineapple, Firesheep, or plant another "hot spot" router to which you automatically connect. Hello man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack! At Black Hat, I watched hundreds of "security-minded" people get their connections hijacked by Itzhak "Zuk" Avraham, otherwise known as @ihackbanme. Instead of doing something nasty to the smartphone, like redirecting it to a site tainted with malware, Zuk, founder and CEO of Zimperium, helped raise the awareness of even security pros about how hijacking can happen in instant.
"With the recent reports of attacks on Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and NY Times, it further demonstrates that everyone is a target. Mobile devices have become a lucrative asset to hackers due to BYOD unmanaged security," stated Zuk. "'Bring Your Own device' (BYOD) in the workplace continues to rise, without a foreseeable change of direction in sight. It is estimated that 81% of employees now use at least one mobile device for their work-related tasks. This trend exposes enterprises to a host of security risks which can't be ignored, yet most organizations have not even begun to address these risks."
So at the Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona, Spain, Zimperium introduced its newest mobile security product zIPS along with the zIPS console. zIPS is "the world's first on-device Mobile Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) to protect organizations from a variety of cyber security threats such as spear-phishing, cyber espionage, Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) and worm-based threats on mobile. The solution provides real-time visibility for mobile devices, which is based on an innovative behavioral analysis engine."
About 130,000 IT professionals currently use zANTI, the killer Android app that allows even the clueless to hack and pwn like a pen tester. Almost immediately upon launching the world's first Pentesters's Cup, more than 100,000 hackers-gone-wild competed by using zANTI. Zimperium also previously introduced zDefender and zCore to stop mobile malware. In the summer of 2012, Zimperium added Kevin Mitnick, another hacker who thinks like hacker, to its advisory board. At that time, Mitnick told me, "Mobile security is still trying to catch up with the security issues affecting corporate servers and personal computers. The smartphone is the new target-rich environment. It's similar to hacking an un-patched Windows XP system in today's world."
Mobile malware jumped up 185% last year. In this BYOD world, enterprises face mounting security risks such those to network and data security. "If even one infected mobile device connects to your enterprise network, it could jeopardize the security of the entire network and all data. You could end up compromising the network, leading perhaps to drastic network failures and, worse, loss of confidential and proprietary data," Zuk said. As mentioned previously, man-in-the-middle attacks are the "weapon of choice" for hackers. Other risks include eavesdropping for espionage, jailbreaking that would allow malicious attackers to execute commands or to install tainted apps; and spear phishing, which is supposedly the favorite foot-in-the-door method by Chinese army hackers. Zimperium warned that if you open a maliciously coded email or PDF via your smartphone, the attacker "can then intercept and access all data in your phone."
Recently at the Israel Mobile 2013 Conference, Zimperium won the "Start-up of the Year" award for its Mobile Security Suite. "We are honored to win the prize and relieved that mobile cybersecurity is receiving the attention it so desperately demands," Zuk said. "Enterprises and governments are exposed to daily mobile security threats. As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile and 'Bringing Your Own Device' more common, the risks and reports on breaches are mounting."
If you are interested in trying out zIPS, then contact Zimperium to join the private-beta program.


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The Future of Netflix: Secure?
AKIE BERMISS: Netflix getting knocked off the throne of online streaming? I don't think so. Take it from a guy who knows! I haven't had a television for over a year. Any kind of home-viewing of movies or television shows is done from my computers. As such, I have Netflix *and* Amazon Prime. I rent movies from iTunes at least once a week. And recently, I've even begun thinking about getting a HULU+ membership. From all that, I can tell you one thing for certain: when it comes to streaming Netflix does it best, makes it the most available, and has the best potential for growth.
HOWARD MEGDAL But Blockbuster is precisely the comparison here. Netflix was first; that won't give it a permanent stranglehold on the market. The question, at a certain point, will become: who do you trust to do it in a more customer-friendly way? The company that gave us the Quikster debacle? Or the company that has already laid waste to traditional publishing? Continue reading
Posted in News & Politics Tagged Amazone Prime, cable television, Entire Series, GoogleVideo, HBO, LilyHammer, Netflix, Original Programming, ROKU, streaming content, Watch Instant, web series, webisodes, youtube 39 Comments
The Future of Radio
NAVA BRAHE: As an old college radio station alumna (Kingsborough Community College's WKRB), I went through a period where I was deluded enough to think I could have a career in radio. That was during the mid-8os, just after MTV signed on, and "Video Killed the Radio Star". I met a lot of great people, many of whom I've reconnected with thanks to social media, and I had a damn good time. Did I ever work a day in the business? No.
CHRIS PUMMER: Radio is dying because it sucks. Because the great local disc jockeys aren't as local, which means they aren't as great. Continue reading
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Rogers Communications and Toronto Sports
NAVA BRAHE: For those of you not familiar, Rogers Communications is Canada's cable television, high speed Internet and mobile phone behemoth; and they own the Toronto Blue Jays. To add insult to injury, unlike the American cable and wireless behemoths, Toronto based Rogers has their tentacles in every province. That would be akin to Cablevision or Comcast on some serious steroids. Last week, they announced their intention to tender a $1.3 billion offer to The Ontario Teachers Pension Fund, the majority owners of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Toronto Raptors, for their stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE). MLSE owns the Leafs, the Raptors and the AHL Toronto Marlies. If the bid is accepted, Rogers would own every Toronto sports team, with the exception of the CFL's Toronto Argonauts. Rogers also owns SportsNet, the regional cable sports channels that, in Toronto, broadcast the majority of Leafs and Blue Jays games. And they also own SkyDome – to me it will always be SkyDome – but it was renamed "The Rogers Centre" a few years ago. Suffice it to say, when I got wind of this proposed buyout, my head almost exploded. Continue reading
Keith Olbermann's Suspension
ALLISON REILLY: With Olbermann returning to the Countdown on Tuesday, what was the point of his suspension? He was gone for two whole episodes, hardly anytime for any sort of "moral of the story." Quite frankly, Olbermann's suspension was just a slap on the wrist to exercise the facade of punishment, but not exercise any rule enforcement in particular.
JEREMY FUGLEBERG: MSNBC suspended Keith Olbermann last week, and frankly, he deserved it. To put it simply, he broke the rules. The host/anchor of his own show on the increasingly Left-ish cable channel donated some money to a number of Democrat candidates, some who appeared on his show in close proximity to his donations. Campaign donations are basically banned by NBC News, with which MSNBC is affiliated. Continue reading
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The State of TV
THOMAS DELAPA: Dazed and discontented viewers may well ask who took the "vision" out of television. It's become our national id, where egos rule. But in an increasingly insular, home-theater society that wants its TV and MTV, nobody today is yelling "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going take this anymore." Resistance seems programmed to fail. Like Chauncey Gardiner, the numbed voyeur of Being There, Americans like to watch.
NAVA BRAHE: Howard, I'll give you The Daily Show, but I will not concede my belief that after The Sopranos finished, TV ended; at least for me.
JASON CLINKSCALES: I love television. I probably love it more because I'm the one who pays the cable bill, but I love it nonetheless. What I don't love is how we talk about television. Continue reading
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Leno/Conan: The Last Late Night War
EMILY SAIDEL: The Leno-Conan debacle presents a soap opera whose main plot is the failed experiment of short-term planning. David Carr at the New York Times intelligently questions the continued relevancy of this television format and the changing styles of television viewing. But the core of the issue was short-sighted vision, compounded with a lack of understanding of the changing television environment.
HOWARD MEGDAL: The fascinating part of the Leno/Conan debacle, for me, is less about the serious series of miscalculations made by NBC, and more how within a few years, few people will understand at all the resonance of "The Tonight Show" at all. Continue reading
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Antiviral Drugs and Vaccines – Ep. 723
Antiviral Drugs and Vaccines – Ep. 723
Record date: May 16, 2012
Holly Basta, a research assistant at the Institute for Molecular Virology at UW-Madison, explores the use of vaccines and their effectiveness. Basta uses computer modeling to research Rhinovirus C, a virus found to be common in asthmatic children.
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-to support delivery of services
-to support the communication of clients
Tech act
Rehab Act
defines AT services as any service that directly assists one with a disability in the selection or use of assistive technology.
Stated that AT devices enables some to:
-have more control of their lives
-participate more fully in life
-interact better w/ others
-benefit from basic things others take advantage of
Addressed requirements of state vocational rehab agencies for those seeking employment or independences. .
Calls for a "range of services and devices which can help"
Describes eligibility for rehab engineering services.
Subjective: clients level of attention and participation
Objective: sepcific data regarding performance
Assessment: interpretation of S and O
Plan: recommendations for future
-External evidence from published research
-Internal evidence from evaluation of client and family/willingness/preferences
-internal evidence from examination of clinician preferences, professional competencies, etc.
curriculum or natural based
integrate oral and written language
focus on meta activities
preventative intervention
Do statment: the client will correctly produce /s/
condition: in the initial position of words
Criterion: 90% accuracy
Goals must be:
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Teachable
Clinician Directed: drills, modeling, using operant procedures (least natural)
Client Directed: setup in environment and wait for client to initiate behavior
hybrid: combination of both (most natural)
Uses operant procedures:
Antecedent: clinician provides a model
Behavior: client responds by producing a target behavior
Consequence: Clinician provides reinforcement or feedback/correction.
1. focused stimulation
2. milieu teaching
3. script therapy
4. interrupted behavior chain strategy
5. conversational strategy
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