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4:20: Blogging While Smoking Vol 1
by, 10-23-2012 at 08:54 PM (6147 Views)
Yo yo yo it's 4:20, folks. It's been a while since the Great Blueski has sauntered over to the wrestling world's blogging side and I'll be honest I've been waiting for a subject that interested me enough for me to drop an epic... still f'n waiting yo. So instead of writing a well structured and researched piece of writing... I'm just going to run my gums y'all. So there's been a few changes around here, folks. People are beefing over views and all that and long time bloggers are leaving. Hell there seems to be about a thousand regular bloggers on here now lol. It's all good though. Listen the Great Blueski isn't trying for a mega amount of views or a title belt that says EWN Top Blogger or some shizzy... I just like talking bollocks about wrestling while smoking a Natty McPhatty after a stressful day making dollars in the real world. I mean it's not like Ryan Clark is gonna pay us is it? So don't take it so seriously, folks. It's supposed to be fun. Okay let's get this bollocks talking started... smoke em if you got em, folks.
Well it looks like TNA is going to shoot a month of TV in the UK; just as I eloquently made a case for in an earlier blog... hey I'm hoping this means someone from TNA is reading my blogs lol. The reason I hope they're reading is because I want a job...yep... I wanna lay down for Dixie night after night after night lol. Sorry I had to use that line. I used it in real life and I swear down I saw tumbleweeds rolling past in the distance it got such a non-reaction. So I thought I'd drop it on you grapple fans and try and get at least one lol off it. Speaking of Dixie, folks, you remember that whole Claire Lynch/AJ angle (like you could ever forget that POS right?) Well the way I see it, ladies and gentlemen, AJ Styles did the time (he got socked in the mouth by Dixie's hubby) but he never got to do the crime!!! If I was AJ I'd be demanding some 'compensation'.
Joking aside I think this extended UK taping is a big move for TNA. I know that the people at Challenge (where TNA airs in the UK) were blown away by the Bound For Glory numbers and I'm hoping this has opened up their eyes to the true potential of the product. Not just TNA but wrestling in general. To be honest I'm not a fan of Wrestletalk TV or whatever it is that follows Impact on Challenge, I've watched it a couple of times and it does absolutely nothing for me even if they have an interesting guest. I don't like the set up, the host or the sidekick. Sorry lol. But I love that they are dedicating blocks of programming to wrestling fans. Now would be the time for a British promotion to bend the ear of challenge TV and try and fill that hourly slot themselves. Step up Len Davies when you're needed, sir.
Now Len, me old mucker, there probably isn't going to be much money in a Challenge deal for you at first but in the long run it could be a gold mine. Especially as it might let you cosy up with TNA and start some sort of working relationship. More importantly look at it as free advertising. The more fans watch TNA on Challenge the more will become aware of your product and it should increase your live gates and online DVD sales. With the umbrella association RQW has going on with 1PW and SAS wrestling the show you pitch to Challenge doesn't even have to be in the format of an episodic wrestling show. Each week can just be a simple studio job presented by one man introducing highlights from the best matches of the week (or even from four weeks earlier to take the pressure off production) that took place on shows under the RQW umbrella. If they think they can keep the Impact viewers watching after Impact ends Challenge would probably let you run an RQW infomercial for an hour every week. They know they have more chance of keeping wrestling fans tuned in with that than by switching back to reruns of Bullseye. That's why Wrestletalk is on now. It's cheap and it's rough but it's got bleed through potential.
I also wonder if Challenge has thought about trying to purchase or licence some of the old World Of Sport wrestling catalogue. For me it's the perfect median between the wrestling aspect of Challenge and the classic game show aspect, which, for everyone outside the UK, is all Challenge plays other than Impact, Explosion and Wrestletalk TV. A lot of the people who tune into Challenge for the likes of Bullseye and Play Your Cards Right are of a generation who still see 'American' wrestling as too poncey and flashy and gimmicky and miss the days of cauliflower ears and missing teeth as brawny Brits went two out of three falls in smoke filled town halls up and down the country. Or they just miss Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks (Loch Ness in WCW), Kendo Nagasaki and their peers. Other than Impact the facts are that Challenge appeals to a mature demographic. I think Challenge should look at putting some World Of Sport on to draw these older fans back towards the product. W.O.S would make a great lead in show for Impact. W.O.S followed by Impact followed by RQW. Advertise it as the Past, The Present and the Future of wrestling ... all in one place, all on one night, back to back!!!!!
Hey it's just a thought....
Okay moving on from TNA momentarily... so Booker T got hacked by the KKK a few months ago. This story shocked the hell outta me y'all. I didn't even know Michael Hayes could use a computer lol. Another lame wrestling joke I dropped in the real world and got absolutely no reaction too. I mean come on, I drop a Michael Hayes/racism joke and people are stony faced but they'll laugh at Two and A Half Men? Wtf is the world coming to? Next thing they'll be putting the world title back on Jeff Hardy and redesigning the damn belt again- oh wait.
The 'E needs to work something out with their announce teams in the wake of the Jerry Lawler heart attack. No offence to Jerry but his best work was the late 90s he's still using the same tired one liners now that were cliché back then. And this might get me some heat but I really don't give a damn about JR anymore. Don't get me wrong, folks, both Jerry and JR are legends and I have utmost respect for them... hell they can come over, drink my beer and f*** my sister anytime. I just don't feel them on air anymore. Wrestling is all about suspending the audiences disbelief and the two of them can't seem to suspend their own long enough to even think about addressing mine. They sound a little bored by the current product. I haven't mentioned Cole cos to me he's always sucked (except as an out and out heel but even as a heel I think he's more suited to being a manager or authority figure rather than a commentator) JBL doesn't seem to be the answer either, short term or long term.
Who does that leave? I read a story on here that Joey Styles was teasing returning to the announcing desk... we'll have to wait and see. Personally I'd like to see Road Dogg given a shot at doing a bit of color. He's got the gift of the gab and he's quick and witty with it too. Although after watching Are You Serious you'd probably think I was mad for thinking that. That show sucks more ass than a leech with a crevice fetish. That could just be me but every time I watch I'm just waiting for it to be funny. And it never seems to be. Even at 4:20, folks. How can a show showing funny clips be so damned unfunny even at 4:20? Hey it could just be me y'all. I laugh my ass off at Botchmania but this is just a bit meh.
So what else was a talking point over brewskis at Blueski's lately? Well we all got a bit excited over the Stone Cold/ CM Punk WWE 13 hype video the other day. Cats were texting each other at work, man. Normally we're only texting during work hours if someone's been shot or kidnapped, you feel me? Last wrestling related text I got at work was Macho Man passing. That's how serious a text at work is. I don't know about you folks but my peeps were hyped after that. I've got to admit after I watched I thought that was a stellar teaser by the 'E. This teaser to me means either that Austin is feeling better than he has in a while after his recent surgery and maybe considering one more match or it means that the 'E is giving serious consideration to having him return as an authority figure for Punk to buck against. Or it could just be a video to hype the new game, I don't know. I just think it was done well. Real well.
One thing as a natural born heel I would have liked to have seen is CM Punk step up in Austin's face and tell him something like 'Look Steve, you used to be the man but now you're just an old man. Take the bad look off your face or the Best in the World will slap it off. You must have been drinking today huh? Coming in here and acting like a badass. Pffft. Don't try and deny it I can smell it on you, Austin. You disgust me. You're just a blowhard, bitter, pathetic old drunk.' I'm not saying he should have said those words exactly but I just think Punk could have been a bit more heelish, you know? But then this was just the 'E teasing and dipping their toes in the water. Hopefully they'll be pleased with the reaction it got and more will follow.
It could be a sweet angle. Too sweet even, folks. With Paul E around as well hopefully he'll nudge them in the direction of Raven and Funk from ECW. Those promos in the day were intense and Punk and Austin have that same kind of chemistry. Damn man even talking about it just makes me want to see these two jump off.
So something else we've been talking about over brewskis at Blueskis is Ryback... lol psyche... nah it's BFG obviously. I personally thought it was an awesome PPV, worth every last cent lol. Did I like every result... no. Does that make the PPV suck... hell no. I thought it was a stacked card and none of the matches disappointed. I thought Al Snow and Joey Ryan had a good match and was surprised that Blueprint came back to side with Joey.
Don't get me wrong I thought he'd do a run in at some point but I didn't see him and Joey coming. Interesting. I didn't see Devon and Aces & 8's coming at all. Man, TNA and Devon; my hats off to you cos you sold a cynical old dude like me on that one hook line and sinker. I genuinely thought Devon was going to either take a legends deal with WWE and semi retire or basically he was going to take time out and focus on the training school. I thought he was done and dusted. My woman called it as soon as he appeared. Straight away she said 'That's Devon.' Damn man for me it was a good PPV. And A Dub and Jeff had an excellent match. Definitely worthy of the BFG main event and I've got to admit going into it I was sceptical cos I just don't rate Jeff Hardy. To me he's like anti charisma. But then I'm not a fourteen year old girl. Nor did I used to be lol. I really don't think I'm his target audience uno.
The only real beef I had is Jeff taking the belt off A Dub. And I don't mean beef as in I'm pissed off cos the guy I like more didn't win, I mean beef as in I just think the timing of taking it off A Dub was all wrong. I thought when A Dub took the belt off Bobby, after it looked like they were building towards Bobby keeping it all the way to BFG and then doing the job for James Storm, I thought they had a long term vision for A Dub with the belt. I know CM Punk has the shirt and the gimmick but I personally think Austin Aries is the best in the world right now. I don't know, I'm just hoping they don't turn A Dub into another Samoa Joe where most of the time the company hasn't got a clue what to do with him cos he's more over than they want him to be. One interesting bit of conversation came up when talking about Jeff taking the title... is this because Matt is in Aces & 8s and this is going to lead to a betrayal angle and Aces & 8s taking the World title? Hmmmm. The Great Blueski doesn't like the idea of Matt being around the TNA world title even in theory folks.
Well... 4:20 is officially over, folks; I'm down to the roach. Make sure y'all go out and vote. On a side note, I don't know if anyone else watched the Presidential debates but am I the only one that thought they could have took a few tips from pro wrestling to hype them up a bit? I wanted to see Romney flipping over tables and going blue in the face screaming 'Obama... I'm coming for you... I'm talking your title. Count the days, Obama, count em down!!!!' Of course Big O could have just come back cool calm and collected and said 'Don't sing it, Mitt, bring it, Mitt'. They could have even opened up the debates with a First Lady Battle Royale. Is Barbara Bush still alive? If so she's winning that battle hands down. She's scary old girl that one. George Bush Snr is a tougher S.O.B than me cos it takes a hell of a level of testicular fortitude to run through that. I'd rather go into machine gun fire buck naked doing a handstand.
Anyways folks... that was the Great Blueski blog... if you liked it let me know, share your thoughts below and next time I drop a blog on here it might even have a point! Holla holla holla. Peace!


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2 to 4 million men affected by low testosterone each year
Testosterone is an androgen, a male sexual hormone. The technical name for testosterone deficiency, or "Low T," is hypogonadism. It affects an estimated 2 to 4 million men in the United States and is more common in older men over the age of 65, although it can occur at any age.
Only about 5 percent of men with hypogonadism are being treated, said John Lovett, M.D., of Urology Associates of Southeastern North Carolina. "Men often think that a loss of libido is a normal part of getting older, or they are too embarrassed to tell their doctor," he said. "Frequently it's a wife who suggests going to the doctor."
According to the Mayo Clinic, hypogonadism occurs when the body is not able to produce normal amounts of testosterone due to injury or disease to the testicles or pituitary gland, which controls the testicles.
Lower levels of testosterone are associated with aging, with the typical male losing about
1 percent a year after age 30.
Lovett's colleague, Peter Zeman, M.D., said symptoms of hypogonadism include low energy, low sex drive, depression, a feeling of being worn out, and in some cases, weight gain.
"Diabetes can contribute to low testosterone, as can obesity," said Zeman.
Low levels of testosterone can also affect muscle mass and strength, as well as bone density. Men with abnormally low levels of testosterone could be at risk of osteoporosis. Low testosterone has also been associated with cardiovascular disease.
Gerald Merrell, a physician's assistant who works with Lovett and Zeman, said a diagnosis starts with a clinical history and a physical exam. "Then we do baseline labs," he said, with blood tests typically done in the early morning when testosterone production is at its highest.
Normal levels of testosterone range widely, depending on a man's age and health. However, a level between 200-300 nanograms per deciliter (ng/dl) could be considered low, and below 200 ng/dl could be considered deficient.
"If we get a test result of below 300 ng/dl," said Lovett, "we'll do more laboratory work to rule out other causes of low testosterone (such as a problem with the pituitary gland)."
Erectile dysfunction can be associated indirectly with low testosterone.
"If someone isn't responding to Viagra, Cialis or Levitra, the cause might be low testosterone," said Zeman.
Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) can be accomplished with topical gels, injections, patches and injectable, slow-release pellets, according to Zeman.
Some drug company marketers hype testosterone replacement as a way for aging men to recapture their youthful vitality.
However, according to the National Institute of Aging, it is unclear that testosterone supplements or replacements can help men maintain strong muscles and bones, sustain robust sexual activity or sharpen memory.
In March, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism released a study showing little evidence that TRT improved physical functioning in otherwise healthy older men with low-normal levels of testosterone. Lead author of the study, Kerry Hildreth, M.D., from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, said men in the study showed some improvement in muscle mass and strength, but not physical functions such as flexibility or endurance.
Hildreth said the study did not include men with deficient levels of testosterone, e.g., below 200 ng/dl, or who were ill.
"It makes sense for men with clear deficiencies and symptoms related to low testosterone to discuss testosterone replacement with their health-care provider," she said.
Hildreth urges caution in the use of testosterone.
"Testosterone supplements have been shown to increase blood counts and can also stimulate the prostate gland. This can worsen symptoms in men with enlarged prostate glands and potentially promote the growth of prostate cancers," she warns. "Testosterone supplements can also affect the liver."
Other studies have shown that the use of testosterone in otherwise healthy men can soften and reduce the size of testicles.


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'We love football in the South. They love football here. We're going to get along'
EUGENE, Ore. - Oregon Duck fans went to Knoxville in 2010 and brought home a win.
Tennessee fans are in Eugene this week hoping their Volunteers can return the favor.
The two 2-0 teams meet at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Autzen Stadium.
"We're a team that's totally capable of getting destroyed by 50 points by y'all," said Vols fan Jon Hodgdon. "But we're also a team that's totally capable of beating y'all."
Richie Micklo is rooting for the former.
"I'm a big USC fan and a season ticket holder, and I gave my tickets away today so I could come up here and watch Oregon beat down on an SEC team," he said.
Vols fan Nick Tate actually welcomes that opportunity.
"We like it. We like to be the underdogs," he said. "We're ready to win."
Duck fans are confident Oregon will walk away victorious.
"We're absolutely going to destroy them," said Robby Cunnie. "And it's good to beat up on an SEC team every time."
"It'll be close," Vols fan Steven Willins said. "But it'll be a lot of points on the board either way."
Win or lose, fans are excited.
"Once a Duck, always a Duck," said Jeffrey Boen. "It's great to see everyone out there supporting their team."
"We love football in the South. They love football here," Hodgdon said. "I think we're going to get along."


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The Regnum Christi Movement offers its members some guidelines of a gospel-based spirituality as an ideal of Christian life. The spiritual path that Regnum Christi members walk mainly consists in knowing, loving, imitating, and proclaiming Christ. This is the path and these are the goals.
Below, we offer some resources that can help nurture the spiritual life of Movement members and of any Christian.
Daily Prayer 2013-10-20
Listen to podcast version here.
Luke 18: 1-8
Then Jesus told them a parable about
their need to pray always and not to lose heart.
He said, "In a certain city there was a
judge who neither feared God nor had respect for
people. In that city there was a widow who kept
coming to him and saying, ´Grant me justice against
my opponent.´ For a while he refused; but later
he said to himself, ´Though I have no fear of
God and no respect for anyone, yet because this
widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so
that she may not wear me out by continually
coming.´" And the Lord said, "Listen to what the
unjust judge says. And will not God grant justice to
his chosen ones who cry to him day and
night? Will he delay long in helping them? I
tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And
yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he
find faith on earth?"
Introductory Prayer: Lord Jesus,
my Creator and Redeemer, everything good comes from you. You
are the one source of peace and happiness. Thank
you for bringing me into existence and insuring I
received the inestimable gift of the faith. Thank
you for accompanying me in every moment. I am
grateful for your mercy and love and wish to respond
more generously to you in my life.
Petition: Lord, allow me never to tire in my
life of prayer.
1. The Widow,
the Powerless: In ancient Israel, widows were often powerless.
Back then, women did not earn money; that was
the man's obligation. So when a woman's husband died,
to whom could she turn for support? She depended either
on her sons or on other Israelites to fulfill
her needs. Christ uses the image of the widow
because he has compassion on the person who is needy.
Everyone is needy in his own way. Everyone has
virtues he needs to acquire, and sins and vices that
need to be cast out. It takes a humble
person to realize his inability to acquire these virtues
on his own and to resort to begging our Lord
for his grace. Do I see my need for
Christ in the battle for virtue, or do I work
as if he played no role?
Cry to Him Day and Night: This reminds us
to pray constantly. We can't reduce our relationship with
God to a one shot deal. It isn't something we
acquire once and for all and then move on
to the next goal in life. We are to call
out to him without ceasing, for our life is
meant to be in continual dialogue with him. We were
created to have a personal relationship with Christ, to
seek his will, and then to put it into
action. Everything we say, think and do should flow from
our continual friendship with him.
3. The Judge, the Unjust: The judge was indifferent
to the widow's distress. This was an injustice. He
had as much a duty to listen to her
as he had to listen to anyone else. Have I
ever been indifferent to a person I had the
duty to serve? The judge finally heard what she was
saying because she persisted. God wants us to be
persistent. He is showing us that we must beg
him for his grace. It is as if he treats
us as a parent who says, "If my child
really wants this from me, he will beg until I
let him have it." God wants us to realize
we are completely dependent on him. He knows what we
need before we ask. However, he waits until we
turn to him in prayer and in this way
increases our desire for what we request.
Conversation with
Christ: Christ Jesus, you are the way, the truth, and
the life. Allow me to live a life completely
dependent on you. Turn my prayer into a union of
hearts, where I beg you for your love.
Resolution: I will make an
act of humility before our Lord in the Eucharist.
The daily meditation is a service of Regnum Christi that offers people a Gospel reflection through e-mail. You can view the weekly meditation on this link or listen the podcast version here.
If you would like to subscribe or send a gift subscription, please fill out this form.


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While Congress did not let us fall over the "fiscal cliff," our paychecks have already taken a dive.
During the eleventh hour, Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to prevent costly income tax increases for most Americans. The legislation also halted the expiration of certain tax credits and aid, such as unemployment benefits.
However, individuals who earn more than $400,000 and families with more than $450,000 of income can expect an income tax increase. People at those income levels will now pay a top rate of up to 39.6 percent in income taxes.
Payroll tax holiday expiration
While most people will not see a rise in income tax rates, they can expect to pay more in payroll taxes. In 2010, Congress implemented a payroll tax holiday that reduced payroll taxes in an attempt to help stimulate the economy. Payroll taxes fell by 2 percent for both wage earners and self-employed individuals. The holiday expired at the end of 2012 and has not been renewed by Congress.
As a result, an individual who earns $50,000 can expect to pay approximately $1,000 more in taxes, and an individual who earns $100,000 can expect to pay about $2,000 more in taxes for the new year.
Squeeze the most out of your paycheck
We have no control over what Congress does. However, we can take control of our paychecks. Making certain adjustments can ensure you get the most from each paycheck. Here are a couple of tips.
- Check your withholdings. Adjust your withholdings to break even at tax time. While it may feel great to get a tax refund, you are essentially allowing the government to use your money "interest-free." Use the Internal Revenue Service's withholding calculator to make certain you are withholding the correct amount. Then, apply tax savings toward your financial goals.
- Use an FSA. If your employer provides a flexible spending account, or FSA, take advantage immediately. Participating in an FSA will allow you to pay medical or child care costs with pre-tax dollars. For example, if you set aside $50 from each paycheck into an FSA and you are in the 25 percent tax bracket, you can save approximately $16 toward qualified spending, since you are also saving on payroll taxes.
Remember: your choice, your future!
Kemberley Washington is a certified public accountant and a business professor. Subscribe to her personal finance blog at Kemberley.com or follow her on Twitter.


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WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. - Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano has let contracts lapse for two of his personal drivers.
June West, a spokeswoman for Ficano, says they drivers are law enforcement officers who had served Ficano in the Guardian Building and provided security for events.
"There is no time table to say when they will be replaced but I can tell you it won't be very long. Security is a significant issue. He is a top elected official in county," said West.
Ficano has been under criticism for his choice in drivers after making sweeping budget cuts to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.
The man Ficano wanted on the job was a retired sheriff's deputy who already had a pension. He could make an extra $55,000 a year protecting Ficano. Some including the county commissioners questioned the decision.
WATCH: Ficano under fire for personal driver
Facing across-the-board cuts, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy said the layoffs in her office and their effects on the public's safety is something that makes every day like "triage."
"I just don't have the people ... I can't clone people," Worthy said during a March press conference. "Every day is like triage, trying to figure out which is more important."
WATCH: Ficano defends cuts at Prosecutor's Office.
Worthy said she isn't in a "feud" or "dispute" with County Executive Robert Ficano, but said she doesn't understand where his numbers are coming from. She said she's even filed FOIA requests to find out where the numbers are coming from and how they are calculated.
The battle over budget cuts in the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office is now being taken up in the courts.
Worthy's chief of staff, Donn Fresard, took the stand on March 27, at a hearing over a request for legal action by Worthy to stop the cuts.
Fresard said the budget cuts imposed by Ficano has the office down by dozens of necessary lawyers. MORE: Wayne County prosecutor wants legal action to halt cuts
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What's Baking January Round Up
This month, I had the privilege of hosting the What's Baking challenge. I chose a theme to encourage people to "Try Something New For the New Year". I hope that the other bakers enjoyed the excuse to make something they have never tried before. In no particular order, here are what the other bakers made:
Carrie from Carrie's Sweet Life made Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bread
Catherine from Pursuing Domestic Goddness-ness made Cheese Souffle
Ange from The Tiny Tyrant's Kitchen made Pistachio Cake
Cara from The Boys Made Me Do It! made Coconut Madeleines
Lindsey from Our Share of the Harvest made Gluten Free Breadsticks
Stephanie from Brownies and Blondies made Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Jade from The Mess Pot made Warm Apple Bread Pudding
Jessica from The Jey of Cooking made Cinnamon Chip Bread
Dani from Cloud 8 1/2 made Cinnamon Rolls
Heather from Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks made Cranberry Orange Scones
And last but not least, I made Mini Whole Wheat Bagels
Be sure to watch for the What's Baking recipes coming in February. Dunne' from With a Cherry On Top will be hosting. She has selected a theme of "Baked with Love". We will all be making an item that would be appropriate for a great Valentine's Day menu.
5 Responses to "What's Baking January Round Up"
All of these baked goods look so yummy! Can't wait to see what you all bake up in February!
Thanks for hosting, Jen! And for the kick in the pants to get over my fear of yeast 🙂 What a fun challenge.
Thanks for hosting!
this is a cool concept. your bagels looked to tasty. I want one of Dani's cinnamon rolls right now!
I should know better than to read your blog at work! All of this looks amazing…I need to get baking soon and steal some recipes from you!


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Bite off more than you can chew and chew like buggery!
Maybe he accompanies you on the afternoon drive to school to pick up the kids, or perhaps he helps you get through your weekday afternoons at work, but 612 ABC Drive presenter Tim Cox is known to many as the jovial mate who's always up for a natter and a chuckle. The man behind the microphone is every bit as affable in person, full of amusing anecdotes and infectious optimism. Although he's been thrown some serious curve-balls over the course of his 20-plus-year career – think power blackouts and unplugged cables – Tim's professionalism has seen him pick up some of the industry's highest accolades, including 2009 ABC Broadcaster of the Year and the 2011 Keith Welsh Award for an Outstanding Contribution to Journalism. The Weekend Edition popped in to the ABC studios to chat to Tim about career highlights and weekend essentials.
Describe yourself in ten words …
Gregarious. Short. Funny (looking). Talkative. Inquisitive. Loved. Fortunate. Incredibly fortunate.
What's a typical day like for you?
Busy! Up early, absorbing news, getting my son off to school and then work (radio stations are nothing like what you see on TV or in the movies – we are all way better looking – it's pretty calm, with as much pre-show collaboration as working solo, and the quiet of the studio always surprises visitors) and home again. There's a lot of talking and a lot of reading.
What do you love most about your job?
Pretty much all of it – and if it goes wrong, as sometimes happens, no one gets hurt … and I get to come back and do it again the next day.
What is your most beloved Brisbane suburb, and why?
I manage to find something I like in each suburb I get to, but I really like cross-cultural, higgledy-piggledy West End for its … cross-cultural higgledy-piggledyness.
If we rummaged through your grocery bag what would we find?
You'd find coffee, avocadoes, nice bread, mangoes when they're in season and lamb (for five-hour treatment by my wife, Barb).
What five things complete your week?
Friday shows conclude with a 20-minute sports panel – my favourite way to complete that part of things! And if the rest of the week has involved some live music or theatre, drinks and/or dinner with friends, a swim and finding something new to do in Brisbane, then that is a good week.
The last time something took your breath away was … seeing Bruce Springsteen's tour-opening show in Brisbane. I'm a latter-day fan but was stunned at how powerhouse it was.
What has been your most memorable moment on-air?
Being there – and describing – when the Beaconsfield mine rescue came to an end.
And off-air?
Introducing the Blind Boys of Alabama – to around 15,000 people – onstage at Byron Bay Bluesfest last Easter.
How do you like to start your weekend?
With a walk to the local shops for the papers and (really wonderful) fresh bread. My son and I try to let my wife sleep in while we creep out and go on a boys' adventure, with bird-watching. But we prefer it when she comes along, too!
What's your favourite thing to do on a Saturday morning?
Get home from that walk and spend some time with the papers, breakfast and a couple of 'uncompromising' short blacks.
How do you like to unwind?
Musically! There's music on at home pretty much from sunrise until bedtime. New stuff, old stuff, online radio, very little talk – my weekdays are for talk, I guess.
What are your essentials for a well-spent weekend?
Some time doing as much (or as little) as possible with my family, some friends, music, rugby and a crossword.
What's something you've been meaning to do on the weekend but haven't got around to yet?
I keep hearing how good Kelvin Grove Markets is … maybe this weekend?
What's your favourite thing to do on a Sunday evening?
It's not my favourite thing but Sunday evening always involves folding the washing!
What are you looking forward to next weekend?
I'm going dolphin- and whale-watching off Moreton Island (a birthday present from Barb) and really looking forward to it!
What are you reading at the moment?
An ever-present mountain of magazines and I'm just dipping a toe into Haruki Murakami's 1Q84.
What inspires you?
Someone I will never meet, living a life of quiet sacrifice or bravery looking after someone in need, who will share their story on the radio. Being trusted with that is indescribable.
What was your childhood dream?
It would have been to score a match-winning try for the North Sydney Bears … probably whilst calling it for radio.
What has been your greatest achievement?
I don't know that I've had it yet. I did an all uphill half marathon (walking) that was as exhausting as it was exhilarating.
What is success to you?
Personally, it's making good men out of my sons – one is just about there, the other is still a wonderful work in progress. Professionally, it's meeting someone who says 'I loved that thing on your show' that made a dark time brighter or gave them a reason to see the world differently.
What are your words of wisdom?
They're my mum's: Bite off more than you can chew and chew like buggery!
Only a local would know … Musgrave Park Pool is Brisbane's best place to swim. It's old school – definitely not an 'aquatic centre' – and it's cheap and simple.
Perk up … Any ride on the CityCat – easily Brisbane's best transport.
Relax … My wife and I love the walk around the Kangaroo Point riverfront and cliffs … where there may also be ice-cream, en route.
Dine … They do a great breakfast at Bungalow 4171 in Hawthorne and Rouge Coffee just near work in South Brisbane, and dinner at Ortiga is incredible (and a special treat).
Indulge … I'm not into massages and I cut my own hair, but show me a music shop and I will indulge!
Shop … I'm a sucker for a well-stocked newsagent and Brisbane's terrific independent bookshops.
Catch-up … Home! We moved a little while ago into a place with a big back verandah and sitting out there with friends and a beer is unbeatable.
Be inspired … GOMA and Queensland Art Gallery. I have no artistic talent whatsoever but am in awe of genius and daring.


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Oprah Winfrey honoured with Presidential Medal of Freedom
TV mogul and actress Oprah Winfrey has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom award from U.S. leader Barack Obama. The accolade was established by former U.S. president John F. Kennedy 50 years ago to honour "individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors".
President Obama praised the media titan for promoting the message of "you can" and pulling herself out of poverty to rise to the top of the entertainment industry.
Winfrey was feted alongside country singer Loretta Lynn, jazz musician Arturo Sandoval and former U.S. President Bill Clinton at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday (20Nov13).


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Even though I can cook on my covered deck when it's bad weather, I decided to use Mark Bittman's foolproof method for roasting salmon in olive oil and herbs, and I roasted the salmon in my toaster oven. I don't know exactly what inspired me to brush the salmon with a spicy blend of soy sauce, wasabi, and agave nectar, and then garnish with lots of sliced green onions, but the results were great.
Brush the top side of salmon with the soy-wasabi-agave glaze, then put back in the oven for 3-5 minutes more, or until the fish feels barely firm to the touch. Don't overcook, underdone is better than overdone in this recipe.
Roasted Wild Salmon with Soy-Wasabi-Agave Glaze and Green Onions
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1 or 2 pieces wild salmon with skin (I used a piece that weighed exactly one pound)
3 T + 1 tsp. olive oil
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1 T soy sauce (I used Tamari)
1 T agave nectar (I used dark agave)
1 T wasabi horseradish (or use a smaller amount if you have pure wasabi)
3-4 green onions, sliced into thin slices
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Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
More Wild Salmon to Savor:
Wild Salmon Roasted in Olive Oil and Herbs with Tomatillo, Black Bean, and Avocado Salsa from Kalyn's Kitchen
Grilled Wild Salmon with Preserved Lemon Relish from Simply Recipes
Broiled Wild Salmon with Mustard, Mint, Parsley Sauce from Kalyn's Kitchen


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Demonstrating a more global strategy, Brazilian beauty company Natura Cosméticos agreed to buy a 65% stake in Emeis Holdings, owner of Australian luxury beauty brand Aesop, in early January 2013. The AUD $68 million acquisition should be finalized on April 30, 2013, and upon closing, Natura and Aesop will continue to operate as independent companies but will share regional expertise, which could lead to Aesop potentially entering the Brazilian market and Natura expanding internationally.
Emeis operates under the Aesop brand name throughout Australia, Asia, Europe and North America, and its annual revenue is estimated at AUD $68 million. The Aesop brand has more than 60 stores in 11 countries, while Natura has operations in Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and France.
Going forward, Aesop will continue to be run by its CEO Michael O'Keeffe and will remain headquartered in Melbourne. However, Natura's investment will support Aesop's current management team in its efforts to accelerate the expansion of the brand to new markets. And following the close of the transaction, Aesop founder Dennis Paphitis will remain involved with the company as a creative consultant.
According to Natura's CEO, Alessandro Carlucci, the investment in Aesop is consistent with the company's long-term strategy of aligning with world-class brands. And Aesop's O'Keeffe says, "We are excited to partner with Natura, a company with similar brand attributes and a culture dedicated to improving the lives of its people and the communities where it operates. This is a perfect fit with tremendous potential."
Natural raw materials from the Amazon rain forest have started to gain headway in the laboratories of L'Oréal's Brazilian subsidiary, leading to further research on their value and potential uses for beauty and personal care products. L'Oréal currently uses oils and fibers of cupuaçu, babaçu, açai and pracaxi in its products, and has started studies on the cosmetic properties of the ingredient sugarcane bagasse.
According to L'Oréal scientific communication director Patricia Pinaud, the company plans to invest in the research of new cosmetic ingredients through its new research and innovation center, due to be inaugurated in mid-2014 and located on Bom Jesus Island in Rio de Janeiro. "Brazil has abundant natural resources and a wide range of ingredients that can be used to manufacture both prestige and mass market products," she said.
The latest data show that L'Oréal invests more than €700 million annually in research and innovation, with more than 600 patents registered and 3,700 experts working in research centers in France, the U.S., India, China and Japan. The new R&I facility in Rio will focus on hair care products, as the segment accounts for about half of L'Oréal's revenue.
"Research undertaken in Brazil can be used in several countries," noted Pinaud. "We are currently searching for species that are more resistant to the sun to be used as natural ingredients in Brazil, India and Asian countries, where the skin and hair are more exposed to heat and direct sunlight."
Multi-brand retail chain The Beauty Box is O Boticário's latest undertaking in the Brazilian beauty market, with more than 60 carefully selected local and international brands for sale on its shelves, including Shiseido, Dior, Artdeco, OPI and Lancôme. Experts say O Boticário's new strategy is set to compete with Sephora for a share of the beauty retail market by offering a wide range of beauty brands newly launched under one roof in Brazil.
"O Boticário has taken a new step in establishing itself as a major player in Brazil's beauty scene with a new business model," said O Boticário president Artur Grynbaum of the launch. "The Beauty Box caters to the needs of an increasingly demanding and socially aware consumer market that is always up to date with the latest trends."


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Jose Reyes reported to camp Friday and predictably was asked about the trade that sent him from the Miami Marlins to the Toronto Blue Jays this offseason.
And he made a pretty shocking revelation.
Reyes told reporters that he had dinner with Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria a couple days before the blockbuster trade that sent him, lefthander Mark Buehrle, righthander Josh Johnson, second baseman Emilio Bonifacio and catcher John Buck to Toronto. At that dinner, Loria told Reyes to "buy a nice house in Miami," according to CBSSports.com.
McNeal: Blue Jays lack little after offseason makeover
Reyes had signed a six-year, $106 million contract less than a year earlier after being heavily recruited by members of the Marlins' front office, including Loria. Buehrle, who signed a four-year, $58 million contract with the Marlins before the 2012 season, also has claimed he was lied to about his future before he was dealt.
Speaking to reporters, Reyes added that he feels sorry for Marlins fans and for slugger Giancarlo Stanton — one of the few remaining star players in Miami.
The Marlins' most recent fire sale began last summer with the trade of shortstop/third baseman Hanley Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers and continued this past offseason with the huge trade with the Blue Jays. Closer Heath Bell, who signed a three-year, $27 million deal with the Marlins before the 2012 season, was shipped to the Arizona Diamondbacks in October.


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MIAMI - Florida Gov. Rick Scott stopped at The Miami Herald Thursday for an interview with the newspaper's editorial board, and talks about a recent poll showing him trailing former Gov. Charlie Crist in a hypothetical gubernatorial matchup in 2014.
"You know, there's a poll every day," Scott told Local 10's Michael Putney. "There's one put out yesterday that has my approval at 47, but here's a poll that matters -- November 2014, and what people are going to say is did this governor do what he said he was going to do."
Crist was favored by 50 percent while Scott was preferred by 34 percent in a survey of 1,000 registered voters conducted March 13-18 by the Quinnipiac (Conn.) University Polling Institute.
Scott also talked about his $2,500 across-the-board raise for teachers, as legislators decide how the money will be distributed.
"I'm confident that they believe the same way I do that our teachers have done a great job," said Scott. "We're number sixth in education quality in the country."
Most state lawmakers want teacher pay raised by merit instead of a lump sum.
Scott also addressed stricter gun control laws in the state. The same Quinnipiac poll found 91 percent of registered voters want background checks on gun sales and 51 percent want stricter gun control laws.
"As you know, I believe in the Second Amendment," said Scott. "Also, I'm proud that our state has a 41 year low in our crime rate."
Scott wanted to talk jobs, too, after Florida's unemployment rate dipped to its lowest level in more than four years.
"We're at a 3.3 percent drop in unemployment in two years, second biggest drop in the country," he said.
During his meeting with the editorial board, Scott discussed transforming the state's Medicaid program
He said: "What I did is, I sat down with Secretary Sebelius the first part of January and Marilyn Tavenner who runs Medicare and Medicaid and I let them know how important the waivers were to us and we talked about how much flexibility in whatever they are going to do. The waivers that we received are significant to us. Historically, Medicaid has been growing at three and a half times our general revenue. So, we have got to come up with a system that, one, the taxpayers can afford and, two, we can provide access to good quality healthcare. Both of these things, you have to try and do, which is not easy. We got the waivers and that is going to help us a lot."
Scott mentioned how tourism and home prices have increased in the state, a testament to his state of the state slogan "It's working."
Copyright 2013 by Local10.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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International Comparisons of Infant Mortality Rates, 1994
The United States infant mortality rate ranked 25th among selected countries* in 1994. The 1994 US infant mortality rate of 8.0 per 1,000 live births was nearly twice as high as the number 1 ranked country, Japan, with a rate of 4.3. The 1997 preliminary U.S. infant mortality rate was 7.1 per 1,000 live births. Following are the mortality rates of the top 37 countries: Japan, 4.3; Singapore, 4.3; Hong Kong, 4.4; Sweden, 4.5; Finland, 4.7; Switzerland, 5.1; Norway, 5.2; Denmark, 5.5; Germany, 5.6; Netherlands, 5.6; Ireland, 5.9; Australia, 6.1; Northern Ireland, 6.1; England and Wales, 6.2; Scotland, 6.2; Austria, 6.3; Canada, 6.3; France, 6.5; Italy, 6.6; Spain, 6.7; New Zealand, 7.2; Israel, 7.8; Greece, 7.9; Czech Republic, 8.0; United States, 8.0; Portugal, 8.1; Belgium, 8.2; Cuba, 9.4; Slovakia, 11.2; Puerto Rico, 11.5; Hungary, 11.6; Chile, 12.0; Kuwait, 12.7; Costa Rica, 13.7; Poland, 15.1; Bulgaria, 16.3; Russian Federation, 18.6.
* Includes countries that reported infant mortality rates to the World Health Organization Rates are per 1,000 live births Note: Rankings are based on more than one decimal place Source: National Center for Health Statistics Prepared by March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center, 1998
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4) Checking In
Midwives, your special day of recognition happens every year on May 5, the International Day of the Midwife. Although you will be recognized and celebrated by millions of mothers, families and other members of your communities, this might be a good opportunity for you to stop and take stock of your work. Celebrate yourselves! Think about all you do for others, think about the impact you have on health statistics, on the emotional health of those you serve, women's empowerment and self-esteem, and the safety and well being of mothers and babies everywhere. Think of the changes you have compelled the medical world to make: increasing rate of midwife-attended birth, an emphasis on VBAC, less routine use of episiotomies, better support of breastfeeding, decreased circumcision rates, family centered birth being made increasingly available in hospitals, more choice, respect for alternatives to mainstay interventions, and much, much more. Think of the impact your work has had on the future of the human race. Think of the example you set with the qualities you value:
wisdom, compassion, knowledge, patience, respect and flexibility, for instance. This year's International Day of the Midwife emphasizes the midwife's role in primary care. You are the first source of help, advice and protection. Evidence shows that preventive care provided by midwives results in fewer maternal and neonatal deaths. You are the first line of defense, the safety net, the pair of loving hands that safely eases a woman and baby through the life-altering passage of pregnancy and birth. Go ahead and give yourself all the commendation you deserve. Put your feet up on May 5 and say to yourself, "I have made a difference in the world and I'm proud of myself." And for those of you who will be catching babies that day--well, your actions speak even louder than words. Happy midwifing. Happy International Day of the Midwife.
- Cher Mikkola, E-News editor
5) Meet Finnish nurse Minna Jestila from Hammerfest, Norway
I am a student in the Master of Nursing and Health Administration program at the University of Oulu in Finland. My major is nursing science and my minor is clinical nursing sciences. I'll finish my degree between 1999-2000 when my research work is completed.
I grew up in Kemi, Finland, a town of 26,000 inhabitants. Eleven years ago when I was nineteen, I moved from Kemi to Oulu, which is a good-sized city of 110,000 residents and which has the largest university in Finland. For the last ten years I have been working, studying and taking care of my family.
My husband, three children and I moved to beautiful Hammerfest, Norway last year. Hammerfest is the northernmost town in the world. I'm working there as a head nurse in a small maternity house. We have about six hundred patients a year. My ward is a complex ward. We have three rooms for patients who are giving birth. In addition we have four beds for patients who are having problems during pregnancy and need observation. The remaining twelve beds are for mothers who have already had their babies.
We want to support mothers and their families during their pregnancy and birth (we are a Baby-Friendly Hospital). Our midwives work quite independently. We call the doctors only if a mother has a special obstetrical reason that requires assistance.
My ward is a very international one. We have two Swedish midwives, two who are Finnish, and one from Nigeria (a man!). One midwife from Germany will join us soon. The rest of the midwives and other personnel are from Norway (eight midwives and seven staff nurses).
I like to encourage my staff to get to know the women we serve and treat them as individuals. I would like to help them see how important birth is to each family. Feelings and empathy are very important in this job.
I don't know how long we will live in Hammerfest. As I gain more leadership experience I would like to aim for eventual participation in an international research team.
For the full version of Minna's story, see the fall issue (September) of Midwifery Today.
6) Fighting the Odds: Working in Chile by Ann Davenport
A very strong middle class has been well established in Chile for many generations. In recent years it suffered what was a very repressive military regime. Many of those who are now in positions of authority and decision making were teenagers or university students when their aspirations, goals and idealistic dreams of youth were literally taken from them. Many people we know personally were taken from their homes and thrown in jails, tortured, given passports with the words "terrorist" stamped on it, and sent out on a plane to other countries in the middle of the night. These same people now hold such positions as the regional director of health programs, or director of the state level of educational curriculum development, or director of the local health clinic, or bank officer in charge of small business loans, or they direct Ministry of Health projects for adolescent health or women's health programs. Added to this is the very established phenomenon about being quiet and polite under any circumstances--don't raise your voice, don't wave your hands around, don't stand out in a crowd, and under no circumstances, don't question authority.
Another critical aspect of "behaving yourself" is the importance of appearances. This is a middle class who are losing their grip because of economic crises, but don't want anyone to notice. So they carry wooden models of cellular phones, they live in condominiums in a beautiful neighborhood with no furniture inside the house, they have bank defaults on their credit cards at alarming rates, and they do not want to appear to be suffering. So, when we asked college educated women about attending a homebirth center for their prenatal care and birth, again and again they would say "Natural childbirth? Are you crazy!? Why would I want to lower myself to biology? Why would I want to settle for a midwife when my insurance would pay for a doctor?" Or, "My doctor told me that if I have my baby vaginally, the muscles there will never be the same, and I would be floppy, and probably my husband would want to find someone else then who had a tighter vagina!"
And of course, the name of the private clinic, the name of "your" ob/gyn and the size of your bikini scar for a cesarean operation are all status symbols. Not only among the women who live in metropolitan areas such as Santiago, but even more so in the small cities around the country. This is a generation of women who want to distance themselves from their mothers or grandmothers who "had to have their baby" at home or with a midwife. It's "second class."
(Editor's note: Because of space limitations, we were unable to print Ann's entire story. She and another midwife had planned to open a homebirth center but were confronted by the problems she speaks of above. Now they are working in the province of Quillota on the serious problem of adolescent pregnancies. They were asked to do research about it and design a project for educating young people about how to prevent pregnancies and STDs, etc. Ann comments: "We discovered that everyone wants something to be done, but no one wants to be the one responsible for doing it. Or even for hiring us to design and implement a program. So we have a great project for training midwives, teachers, teenagers and parents about reproductive health matters, and nowhere to go with it. It's been a very frustrating year for us, but we are made hopeful by the enthusiasm of some wonderful midwifes we have met who are dynamic and committed to changing health for the better for mothers and babies in Chile.")
Read Ann's in-depth article on maternal healthcare in Chile in the fall issue (September)of Midwifery Today.
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8) Switchboard
An important court hearing will take place on 11th May.
Mme Suzanne de Bearn, a midwife of fifty years' practice, will be appearing before the High Court in Bordeaux, France. The prosecution appealed against her acquittal in 1997 of the charge of running an illegal health establishment: illegal not because of any failure on her part, but because French law, while not criminalising homebirth, recognizes only the larger hospitals as appropriate places for childbirth.
Your support and that of people whom you inform, will help Mme de Bearn in her personal battle to keep her birth centre alive. From a wider perspective, the outcome of her case will determine the future of independent, family-oriented, non-interventionist birth centres throughout France.
Please visit her site at http://www.ctanet.fr/birth-freedom
Mme de Bearn was midwife to my three babies. I cannot adequately express my gratitude for her simple and unintrusive help. Her birth centre at Sarlat is the perfect expression of support and security and the joy of a newborn baby. While the political significance of these legal forays is immense, my predominant thought is that the Maison de Naissance at Sarlat is a shining example of all that is right with the world, and that its destruction must be prevented.
- Alison
IXMUCANE, a midwifery-run women's health and birth center in Guatemala, was started 18 months ago with three main intentions:
1) Provide quality full scope midwifery care to underserved women
We have received a small grant for this work and are eligible for more. The program is designed to be economically sustainable, however, and we expect it will reach that goal within the next six to eight months.
The work with the traditional midwives is very powerful and after 10 months we have established a close working relationship with them as well as the local Minister of Health. We are beginning to coordinate our efforts to improve maternity care in rural communities and demonstrate that the midwifery model is affordable, effective, essential.
There is a position open now for another midwife to join the project. We need a seasoned midwife, fluent in Spanish, who is above all dedicated to midwifery activism as well as quality care. Helpful but not essential are skills in project design, community building, and networking.
The job is located in Antigua Guatemala, 45 minutes from the capital, in a beautiful colonial tourist town with an international community and a great lifestyle. There is ample time every three to four months to travel. Salary is negotiable (not competitive by North American standards), the work is very rewarding and there is possibility for profit sharing/buy in for the committed solid midwife who wants to go deep with this work. I want a partner, not an employee.
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For more information on maternity care and midwifery in Guatemala, read the article "One Step At A Time" also at the web site. Contact Jenna Houston CNM Ob/Gyn NP email address firstname.lastname@example.com
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The current layout features Sarah Connor.
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I have often said that the S&P futures contract is "the tail that wags the dog known as the U.S. stock market." That is generally true, but sometimes it's more evident. Now is one of those times, so it behooves the short-term trader to keep close watch on the futures. For our purposes, I will highlight the March E-mini, as it's more widely followed and more widely traded than the larger S&P futures contract.
Another one of my favorite sayings is that "one gap begets another." That's what we saw on Monday when the market sold off sharply, in the process filling last Friday's gap in the futures from 1492.25 to 1500.00 (there was no equivalent gap in the cash). Then on Tuesday morning (here's the part about one gap begetting another), the futures shot back up, in the process creating another gap in pretty much the same spot as the one from last Friday that had been filled on Monday. That new gap in the futures was 1493.50-1498.75. Again, if you were looking for a gap in the SPX (cash index), you wouldn't have found one, because it didn't occur in the cash, just the futures....818 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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Goss shot a 76 on Saturday and is currently in a four-way tie for 42nd.
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The indices barely budged today, which made for very slow trading but that isn't all bad. Although breadth was a little weak and volume light, there was underlying support, and the market closed strong and there wasn't as rush to the exits. It would have been nice to see a few pockets of hot action, but there were more than 300 new highs again and the bears sure didn't manage to make any progress.
My biggest fear is that this market is going to bore everyone to death if it doesn't liven up soon. Flat action is very healthy but there should be more speculative interest under the surface. When we don't have aggressive trading of select names it is an indication of disinterest and that can eventually lead to greater selling.
I don't want to sound too negative because the market continues to do nothing wrong. This is perfectly healthy action and there isn't any reason to anticipate a sudden collapse. We need to keep on chugging along and keep finding new trades. The time to be more bearish will come, but today isn't the day.
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Hi Friends!
Time for another Fitness Friday and I'm super excited about it this week for several reasons:
1) I did some awesome workouts this week!
2) The hubby has jumped onboard the workout wagon and has been working out with me all week!
3) I did my first vlog about a plank workout!
So, let's recap those workouts shall we?
Jan 6th-3 mile run.
I did the whole run without stopping, in 27:42. I ran outside because it was so freakin' nice out! Shorts in January? When does that ever happen?! When I got home, I took down all the outdoor xmas lights (because I'm an awesome wife) and then I did some planks, including my first ever 3 minute plank!
3 min plank
2 min plank
1 min plank
Jan 7th– rest day….it was Saturday and I was busy enjoying the day 🙂
Jan 8th– Got up early and made up a tabata workout to do with the hubby!
It looked like this:
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This workout was challenging. Hubby remarked multiple times that he "hates Dr. Tab" 🙂 Loved it! Another option would be to do all the exercises once and then start over and do the whole cycle 8 times.
Jan 9th– Did a killer stair workout. I visited the reservoir where I used to row on the crew team in college. It's called Hoover Reservoir and at one end is Hoover Dam (not THE hoover dam) but it's still pretty impressive. There are stairs that run up both sides of the dam, 98 stairs. And after I saw Lindsay run them last week, I knew I had to get myself out there and do it too.
I headed over after class and ran the set of 98 stairs 15 times. I didn't stop in between so it took me about 20 minutes and my legs were SHAKY by the end. When hubby got home from work, he couldn't believe I went without him, so we put the dogs in the car and headed back over and ran them 10 more times!
So, 98 stairs 25 times = 2450 stairs plus there was another set to get to the 98 so we're just gonna go ahead and call that 2500 stairs! My calves were BURNING the next day.
After the first round of stairs I came home and did some planks: 2 ½ min plank, 1 ½ min plank, 1 min plank.
Jan 10th– Rest day. I wasn't feeling 100% and my calves were super sore from the stairs.
Jan 11th– Hubby and I made up a circuit workout in the basement using the treadmill and rowing machine that we have, along with some dumbbell exercises.
It looked like this:
Here's a shot of what our setup looked like. Excuse the mess, and note Hubby passed out on the weight bench after we were done!
Afterwards, I did an intense plank workout. I started thinking about all the different kinds of planks and plank exercises you can do and I just strung a bunch of them together:
And look! I made my first vlog about this plank workout! I had quite the time getting the video camera up high enough so that you could see me. Check out my setup:
After I was done, hubby came home and informed me that we have a tripod, so I'll probably just use that next time 🙂 But this was fun!
Anyways check out the video if you feel so inclined. Hubby says the intro is too long, sorry about that…still workout on this whole video thing. You can skip through the beginning to get to the exercises if you want!
Eeeep! So there ya go! Let me know if you try it out! I know my form's not 100% perfect- but I was too worried about talking to the camera! I'll get better 🙂
Jan 12th- Hubby & I did another slightly modified version of one of my fav 100 workouts. It'd been a couple weeks since i'd done it and i missed it! And it was fun introducing it to hubby, although he complained about how many leg exercises there were 🙂 I did modify it a bit to make it leg focused since my arms were tired.
This is what it looked like:
And that's a wrap. A week's worth of workouts in the Bean household.
A couple more things to point out:
1. I fixed the button on the right sidebar so you may subscribe to The Lean Green Bean via email if you'd like…just click the button that looks like an envelope.
2. I've added a button so you can easily follow me on Pinterest. Just click the button on the right sidebar
3. Speaking of Pinterest, I added one Pin It button in today's post (under the tabata workout) but I'm not quite advanced enough to figure out how to put it under every workout. But if you ever see a workout or a recipe you really like here on The Bean, and you use Pinterest, I'd love it if you pinned your favorites to your boards! You can install the Pin It button on your toolbar (directions here) to make it super easy for you to pin stuff from any website you might be on throughout the day!
Whew, I'm exhausted. That's enough for today!
Happy Friday friends 🙂
Today's Workout:
Put together a 25 min Tabata workout for hubby & I, inspired by this one from Lindsay.
Doing only 4 exercises per tabata and repeating them really made this workout go by quickly.


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JFK at AU: University Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Historic Speech
"I have [therefore] chosen this time and this place to discuss a topic on which ignorance too often abounds and the truth is too rarely perceived—yet it is the most important topic on earth: world peace."
These were the words of President John F. Kennedy on the occasion of American University's commencement exercises in June of 1963. The nation's Commander in Chief visited campus to congratulate AU's graduates, to encourage them to serve as agents of peace, and to announce that the United States would stop testing nuclear weapons and work for a comprehensive ban treaty.
During the speech, one of Kennedy's most famous, the president announced that the Soviets had expressed a desire to negotiate a nuclear test ban treaty and that the U.S. had postponed planned atmospheric tests. Just months earlier, in October 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis, a 13-day confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union and Cuba, had brought the world closer to nuclear war than any in our history. On the heels of those uneasy moments, Kennedy's address offered hope to the world. Written by long-time advisor Ted Sorensen, it was considered groundbreaking in its pursuit of global peace.
"A Strategy of Peace" is remembered as one of the finest and most inspiring commencement addresses ever delivered. Kennedy's words ring as true today as they did 50 years ago as we continue building peace for all time.
This year, AU celebrates the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's speech and the profound impact it had on the university and the wider world. A series of events will mark the anniversary. We invite you to explore our special website focused on the anniversary, learn about the importance of the speech then and today, participate in upcoming events, and share your thoughts through our Twitter hashtag #AUJFK50.