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Udinese - No Sanchez deal
Udinese say that no club has yet agreed a deal with them to sign Chilean ace Alexis Sanchez.
Last Updated: 01/07/11 10:40am
Udinese say that no club has yet agreed a deal with them to sign Chilean ace Alexis Sanchez.
European champions Barcelona have been heavily linked, although their bid falls short of the Serie A club's €50million (£45.3m) valuation.
Sanchez has ruled out a move to big-spending Manchester City, saying he would rather stay at Udinese than make the switch to Eastlands.
Serie A rivals Inter Milan are also interested in the talented 22-year-old, although no one has come up with a deal to tempt Udinese.
The club have no qualms with settling on a transfer fee for Sanchez, stating they would love to have the youngster among their ranks next season.
"There are no definite agreements regarding Sanchez," sporting director Fabrizio Larini told Gazzetta dello Sport.
"We have no need to sell the forward, who is improving and can still do better.
"If no agreement is reached, we would be happy (to keep him)."
Larini revealed Inter had enquired about the player earlier this year, but questioned whether they would now be able to afford him.
"Inter asked us about the player back in January," added Larini. "But we did not even begin any type of negotiation because we wanted to keep him at least until June.
"At that time his value was different to what it is now and it has now become difficult for the Nerazzurri to compete.
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People often wonder after they get their website up and running why it isn't pulling in sales from day one. Usually it's because they are too busy to write blog posts or don't get around to hiring someone else to do it. Either way, not writing anything is a mistake, because getting the words out to potential customers is essential for success. Whether writing a short facebook entry or a longer newsletter is your choice. The goal is to pull them to the website, where the heavy work is done to convert them into customers.
Our job is to do that heavy work. We create the text that not only optimizes the site with key words for SEO, but is strategized and placed in a way that turns prospects into customers. See the post about Purposeful User Flow published a few weeks ago.
Wikipedia says "Inbound marketing is the promotion of a company or other organization through blogs, podcasts, video, eBooks, newsletters, whitepapers, SEO, physical products, social media marketing, and other forms of content marketing which serve to attract customers through the different stages of the purchase funnel."
I couldn't have said it better!
So, get to work writing and finding visuals for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and the like, depending on where your potential customers hang out. It's worth the time and money to hire someone to help you (and you can track how it's doing using your analytics). Pick out subjects that you know well that will position you as an expert in your field. Use catchy titles and action verbs. Find a "voice". You should see increases in traffic and sales in no time!


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1999 Jeep Cherokee SUV - Consumer Review
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Vehicle1999 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4dr SUV 4WD
ReviewJust turned 50,000 with no real
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Entertainment & Performing Arts
The Kids in the Hall
Introduction to The Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy
It was the winter of 1984, and a particularly nasty blizzard was heaping abundant quantities of snow upon the frozen streets of Toronto, Canada. TTC streetcars were backed up on all major routes, cabs were nowhere to be seen and frankly, if you had nothing better to do, you were best to stay home plopped in front of the TV under a blanket and near a space heater.
But some of us did have something better to do on this night. Something that made brave comedy aficionados like ourselves venture out into the fray, trudging through six-foot snow banks, past entombed vehicles that wouldn't be dug out until morning. We were on a mission. Our oasis lay deep within the hipster strip of Queen Street West, in the laugh-filled cabaret bar known as The Rivoli.
On this night, like so many Monday nights of late, The Rivoli's small but functional stage had been commandeered by five young men - Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson – who were going about the hilarious business of fulfilling their weekly residency, performing comedy as The Kids In The Hall. As Carson the bartender took drink orders and kept a snooty eye out for any suburban tourists, the Kids would put up a new show every week, creating characters on the fly until they had developed an original sketch comedy aesthetic that, while clearly informed by Monty Python, Second City, Theatresports, and Saturday Night Live, also reflected the anarchic punk rock spirit of their time and place in mid-1980s Toronto. As a witness to these early days, as a rock musician on the scene, and former classmate of two of the Kids when they were studying at Second City, I can attest to the insurgent atmosphere of these early performances, their comic energy was as youthful as any punk rock band, only this was the spirit of rock and roll manifested as sketch comedy.
Of course, these Kids were already young adults, averaging in their early 20s. Their misleading name had been borrowed from one of the pioneers of TV sketch comedy, Sid Caesar, who would legendarily refer to his writers as "the kids in the hall," if only to blame them when a joke stiffed or gag bombed. But while the name had history, it was also filled with a necessary sense of self-deprecation, an early clue of what would become an outsider ethos. These guys weren't the establishment in the big room; they were the young punks in the corridor, waiting in the wings for their big break, well aware that the only way to get it was to take it.
Here comes the full disclosure part of the book. My name is a clue, Paul Myers, while I am a writer and musician, my brother is famous comic actor/writer Mike Myers. Mike had come out of the Second City school of comedy, and as his brother, I was eager to try my hand at sketch comedy shortly after he had made himself something of a legend at the Second City Workshops. Naturally, I enrolled in the Workshops myself, and it was here that I first met Kevin McDonald and David Foley, who knew of my brother and had struck up a friendship but lost touch after I dropped out, realizing that lightning rarely strikes twice in one household. Concurrently, my girlfriend at the time had recently graduated from York University, and a former theatre student there named Scott Thompson had invited her to see his comedy troupe, The Kids in The Hall. Imagine my surprise to see my friends Dave and Kevin in "Scott's troupe." From that point on, I was a regular supporter of Kids in The Hall. And that was why I had braved a Toronto winter's night not fit for man nor beast to take my place in the Rivoli audience, week after week.
As Toronto thawed, the buzz around The Kids In The Hall likewise heated up, and by the following year they were hot enough to attract the attention of Saturday Night Live impresario Lorne Michaels, who stunned fans of the troupe by hiring away McCulloch and McKinney as writers, effectively disbanding them in the process. It seemed like the end, just as it was starting to take off. We the fans were left scratching our heads. Was all hope lost for our favourite local troupe?
But as it turned out, you couldn't keep them apart, and Bruce and Mark missed the comfort of their own team, so they reunited, and began putting on shows once more at The Rivoli. Only this time, there was a new solidarity offstage, which was funneled into their hunger to push the envelope onstage. Eventually, Lorne Michaels came to the realization that the entire five-man troupe was worth more than the sum of its parts and, by 1987, his company, Broadway Video, began actively developing an HBO pilot for The Kids In The Hall. The Kids went to New York to toughen up their chops, and when they returned, they had earned their own television series, which debuted on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 1988, and HBO in the U.S. The series would run until 1995. They were not ours anymore; they belonged to English-speaking comedy fans everywhere.
But since they taped The Kids In The Hall in Toronto, they managed to take their Rivoli fanbase with them for the tapings, only now we were in the bleachers at the old CBC Studios on Mutual Street. For the fans, these events were always a party, even if the Kids themselves appeared to be running around the whole time, working like dogs to make last minute changes to scripts or attending to elaborate costume adjustments. And yet, a convivial atmosphere prevailed, and between set ups, you could always spot a few Kids pumping themselves up off the set, and dancing to Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet, who provide live in the studio warm up music for the tapings. This three-man guitar combo not only wrote and performed the troupe's theme song "Having An Average Weekend," they created the interstitial cues used on the series, and provided the show's signature sound. That sound would influence the sound of many a comedy show to come, including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report. What we couldn't know, back in that studio before the series had debuted, was whether this party would translate to anyone in the rest of Canada, let alone the rest of the world.
Of course, it turned out that their brand of humour traveled very well indeed, and today, The Kids In The Hall has left a lasting influence on not just the comedy of their peers, but on subsequent generations of sketch comedy, including Mr. Show with Bob & David, The State, Kroll Show, Broad City, Portlandia, Key & Peele, and Inside Amy Schumer. Meanwhile, back home in Canada, many of today's homegrown comedians cite the Kids as a reason to feel good about making regionally specific comedy that doesn't always pander to American export values.
I'll never forget visiting them on the Toronto set of their 1996 feature film debut, Brain Candy. Dave had gone to Hollywood and had been somewhat estranged from the troupe but as he played his scenes with the others, here in the abandoned brewery that served as their soundstage, it was heartening to see the ice melt just as it had back in the blizzard days of The Rivoli club. Scott's brother Dean had committed suicide just weeks beforehand, and I could sense he using his comedy brothers to focus his energies on something more creative. Bruce was pacing, paying attention to the little details and keeping the team moving forward. Marriages were breaking up, and life in general was too out of control for them to handle. The film flopped, and it would be years before they started playing together again. And every time they did, I came out to see them, and it was always memorable. Even on the 2015 tour, older, wiser and with better grown up coping skills, the Kids remain a high wire act, tenuously perched on the edge, where all the best comedy tension lives.
I am thrilled to be able to share their story with you now, as much of it as they can remember, direct from the source, in the first ever authorized biography of the Kids In The Hall. So get yourself a beverage, cue up some records by Shadowy Men on A Shadowy Planet, find a comfortable place to read, and come having eaten; we have a lot of ground to cover.


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Last week, after two months of negotiations, the GM board voted against the alliance.
Explaining the pull-out, GM's chief executive, Rick Wagoner, said the benefits were skewed towards Renault-Nissan and not GM.
A GM statement insisted that the decision to stop alliance talks was unanimous, despite board member Jerome York resigning.
Reports that GM was seeking compensation surfaced at the recent Paris motor show when executives were reported as saying they wanted an equalising contribution from Renault-Nissan - perhaps in billions of dollars - to make up for the difference in savings.
The GM board concluded that the framework required by Renault-Nissan would disadvantage shareholders, saying: "The structure included the requirement to sell a substantial equity stake in GM at no premium, along with preferential rights, which could have had the effect of foreclosing GM from entering equity alliances with other [manufacturers]. Renault-Nissan made it clear they were unwilling to pay any premium in any of these areas."


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It's too simple to suggest that men are sex mad and women can take it or leave it. Libido is individual. Yes, there are plenty of women with a high sex drive and many men with a low libido. But in general do men want sex more than women? Apparently so.
Plenty of research suggests that men have a higher desire for sex and a more straightforward attitude to sex. Women's libido seems a bit more complicated.
So what are the differences?
1. Sex plays a more significant role for men
Studies seem to suggest that sex plays a bigger part of a man's life than a woman's.
In 2001 researchers led by psychologist Roy Baumeister analysed 150 articles and studies on sexual behaviour and found that men want more sex than women do, they think about sex more often, they have more sexual fantasies and they masturbate more often than women do. The study concluded without doubt that men have a stronger sex drive than women.
"I like to think that sexual desire is a little like height or physical strength, most men are taller and stronger than women, but there are some exceptions," says Professor Frederick Toates, author of 'How Sexual Desire Works: The Enigmatic Urge'.
"Many men identify themselves as the sexual male, whereas it's not as emphatic in women," says sex and relationship psychotherapist Mary Clegg. "I think we give unconscious clues in society about the role of men as breadwinner and patriarch whereas women take a softer role. These roles are present in the sexual script too - it's been like that for generations."
2. Men think about sex more
When you catch a man lost in thought he may well have sex on his mind. It's a cliché, but it is also true that in most cases men do think about sex more often than women. There's a lot of research which backs this up. Whether or not it's every 7 seconds, as urban myth would have us believe is hard to say. One study in the Journal of Sexual Research suggested that sex is on young men's minds almost 19 times a day, but young women think about sex around half as much, almost 10 times a day.
3. Different orgasm experiences
Men and women have different bodies and how they experience desire is different. For a man it's pretty obvious when they get turned on they get an erection, and the end result is usually ejaculation. It isn't as obvious to know when a woman is turned on and when, or if, she orgasms.
It's a big IF as orgasm isn't always a given when a couple has sex.
A 2015 survey for a women's magazine suggested 57% of women experience an orgasm when having sex with their partner most or every time. The 2,000 or so women surveyed said that their male partners had an orgasm 95% of the time.
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Evan Copley is an American academic and musician[1] who has published several theory textbooks, including Harmony: Baroque to Contemporary. Copley's numerous compositions include symphonic, choral, band, keyboard, and chamber music works. In February 1990, his Ninth Symphony was premiéred, and in 1986, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcast Copley's motet, "In Thee, O God, Do I Put My Trust" on 350 radio stations and 40 television stations. His Third Piano Concerto was premiered in 1988 by Daniel Graham and the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra. Also in 1988, Copley was named UNC's Distinguished Scholar of the Year. In the summer of 1991, Copley was named composer-in-residence at the Breckenridge Music Institute. Copley received his MM and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan State University.
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The Human Rocket
The Butt-Kickers of the Fantastic
Posted by Matt Duarte at 3:37 PM
Thought Bubbles: Guardians of the Galaxy, Nova, Opinion/Editorial
I really hope they don't get canceled. Those are two of the few marvel books that are consistantly great to read.
They will come back, but relaunched with #1's so they can charge $4.
This is how Marvel works.
Both books have been Marvel's best titles though.
I'm pretty sure Marvel will have at least one cosmic book after the Thanos miniseries. Maybe they can combine Nova and GotG together with one or the other as a back-up.
Looking at the first scan, I could only think: "what visor"?
I'm not sure these series are published around here, I look around. I remember Nova from New Warriors, and I remember no mention of the "Nova Corps". Is that a new thing? Then again, it's been ages and I don't know nothing about the character before NW.
I'm thinking Nova might lose his title and be spotlighting in Secret Avengers with odd cameos in the cosmic books from now on. Hope not, but seems likely. That would leave room for Gurdians or some other ensemble cast cosmic title to fill the void. Or an Inhumans book. I'd love that, but it seems unlikely.
Star-Bolt? did you mean Star-Lord?
@Grifter: Good catch. You have no idea how many times I proof read this article, and I somehow missed that mistake in all of them. Fixed it just now.
glad to be a regular reader :-)
These two titles have been the most consistently enjoyable Marvel titles over the last two years: better than Daredevil; better than Captain America; better than Thor; better than Fantastic Four; better even than Incredible Hercules. Even the storyline I thought weakest - Drax and Phyla-Vell go to Oblivion - turned out to actually be pretty damn good when I read it again in trade. Since neither seems to be selling 25k a month, I can't say I'm surprised they're "going on hiatus", but I'm still pretty devastated. At least we get what will likely be a fun miniseries out of their demise in the Thanos Initiative.
It's interesting that, much like Ghost Rider, these small series seem to go out with an event bang rather than a whimper. Better than nothing, I guess.
Of course we need to clear these books out of the way for the 11th Wolvie book, 7th Spidey book, 10th X-Men book or umpteenth Avengers book....
Then you get comic fans who cry about wanting fresh and new stories...what about these two books?
I give up.... Here's hoping Thanos' event will be good...but man this like a kick to the nether regions to me....
I think Im simply mirroring sentiments already said - but these are two titles that deserve to continue in the future as they have been incredible from their very first issues.
I know that Nova may not come back as there has been rumour of his being part of the heroic age and maybe having something to do with the avengers so I dont expect Nova to return (though would love if it did)..
but Guardians should not be cancelled, not as it is, not with the world of potential before it.
Nova was boring that's why it was cancelled
It's funny. I love these books, and Nova definitely deserves an ongoing series. However, I found that both books suffered during the Annihilation Conquest & War of Kings tie-ins. During Conquest, Nova spent half a year fighting the technarch virus while being chased by Destroyer & Gamora. That REALLY bogged down the series, distracting from the main premise of one man being the only policeman for the whole galaxy. Restarting the Nova Corps & the whole Ego storyline really ground the story down to a standstill. It had good moments, like when Quasar merged with Richard Rider, but those were few and far between.
I'd love to see both books (especially GotG) return after Thanos Initiative, but if Nova & the Guardians are going to be in these new Annihilation events, make them a CORE part of the story, and not just some inconsequential subplot. It's just dull when the Guardians are playing peacemaker between the Kree & the Inhumans; make it the Kree at war with the Guardians to the death. It's dull when Richard Rider is powerless & sidelined while Gladiator massacres a bunch of novice Novas (off-panel of course, which makes it even more boring.)
question what are your views on the GL 57 cover. there is a debate going on at Rokks site which seems that a lot ofpeople are saying it is not
Wasn't there a very recent interview with Bru on CBR where he inadvertently indicates that Nova's would have a solo book, which is why he can't use Rich all the time?
Deeply upsetting to see both books being on "hiatus" (cancelled). Cosmic Marvel has been head and shoulders above domestic marvel. Both have had almost constant events - Annihilation, Civil War, Annihilation:Conquest, Secret Invasion, War of Kings, Dark Reign, Realm of Kings, Dark Reign (Still) and now Heroic Age and Thanos Imperative but the cosmic events have always been better. They draw in stories and create a character network rather than a reliance on cross-overs. If anything, I hope they cancel the almost constant "other universe" Marvels like Iron Man Noir. The books have had engaging characters and deeply enthralling plotlines, whereas the GotG had an overarching feel to it sometimes. Nova just kept moving at a pace you'd expect from the Human Rocket (well except the Techarchy thing which was a LITTLE too long, but only a little). It's a shame to see such good books being cancelled. I feel this spells doom for 2007-reborn cosmic marvel after the Thanos Imperative. Well, let's hope it goes out with a bang.
Sadly they are gone and removed from everything on the Marvel website. I am a Nova follower since the 70's, he was cool. The New Warriors built him back up, the relaunch a Nova series, I collected it, it was awful. The bring him back, and he is awesome....... GotG, they been chugging all along, not the greatest, but entertaining. They had alot more to be able to go....was hoping they would get there!
And to respond to what someone wrote above, Cannonball, they made him a strong toon, with a strong growing up background with Cable ad X Force and they have turned him into a mess.......so Marvel will do the same to Nova, sadly.
Here is to them not doing that. But..................here is the the 11th, wolverine title, the 13th Iron Man....the 60th Spider Man, the 7th hulk etc....what F'ing idiots
Since the mid-1990's been a follower of Guardians of the Galaxy. Have all the issues now, both series including the first appearance of the team "Marvel Super Heroes # 18" and was totally siked to see the series make a come back with most of the Infinity Watch as a cast. Nova had grown so much as a character as well, never was my favorite especially back in New Warriors but has really really grown on me enough that I now own all issues of the recent series as well as the mini from Annihilation.
Bringing back Thanos and Quasar has been pivital to my "sticking around" with these series and even though Thanos Imperative has been a little slow and dissapointing so far (Only have read up to issue # 2) it has its moments of Zen as well. I am a little shocked that they put Nova and Guardians on hiatus for this series after the rigerous come along issues of the past three or four mini series.
What propabably ticks me off the most about the current status of these two series is:
A: Dark Quasar went from looking like regular Quasar to looking like basically a bumpy faced Nightcrawler in Ignition all of a sudden, What is with the blue skin???
B: While it is great to have Thanos back, he has really been the sole focus so far of this story arch aside from Cancerverse which personally is not much of an interesting storyline, it reeks of Marvel Zombies basically and the Rift could have been used to really pull together some Original Guardians of the Galaxy loose ends instead. We have a wealth of characters from the alternate 31st century series that could really give these current aged heroes a run for their money to protect their continuity and heck in the end just move them to a 2010 Planet or Knowhere and deconstruct the 31st century timeline completely. This whole Council of Galactic Guardians is interesting but totally unexplained and totally a bit of a mess to leave hanging.
C: Adam Warlock aka Magus or vice versa BETTER NOT BE FREAKING DEAD AGAIN! Just really not cool to revive him yet again to waste him in a such a bad way! There better be some Infinity Gem magic by the end of the series going on.
D: What happened to Epoch, Eon's child and guidance counselor to the Protector of the Universe? Did Wendall's discorporation make him forget about "it"? Is "it" still "studying" on some alien library world???? What about the Starbrand and Kayla B.??? Loose ends here, very frustrating in spite Thanosy goodness. I think after this series they need to revamp the series's and get back to their absolute roots. Nova rebuild the corps, and the Guardians need more Time Jolt character expansion. Rancor and the Mutants of Haven for a bout anyone? Talon and Krugar could coordinate their mystic lackings until they fix Adam Warlock? Something. Anything would be worthwhile.
Ok, so here's my reprisal for above:
Out of Thanos Imperative the ONE and ONLY cool thing that we got from that series was the mysterious Infinity Sword. As far as I know, that thing is still in the Cancerverse and Thanos ain't no dummy, and he sure as heck didn't leave Nova and Star(gay)Lord to get crunched either, so the question is: HOW LONG ARE DNA GONNA MAKE US WAIT TO GET THEM BACK.
What's next Conquestarators? Seriously, a $5 comic book half of which is about the most powerful cosmic heroes being really bad at team-play and making them weaker because they are a team SUCKS! Rocket and Groot, eh, it is what it is, but seriously ticked off half my $5 goes to this secondary storyline over more actual action and adventure Marvel Cosmic style.
I just don't get what's happened here, with Annihilation it started this grand run of cosmic books, by realm of Kings there was so much to work with and frankly it was hard to even keep up, BUT at least it was building and going somewhere, at this point I just don't get it, 4 issues, half of each issue are just pointless IMO and it's like they introduce and update characters just to kill them off in the end!?!
We need an Infinity Gauntlet style adventure introducing a new character that gives Thanos a run for his money for a change, even with the Infinity Sword. We need Adam Warlock, Gamaora, Drax, Moondragon, & Pip to find their way back to the mainstream universe with some universal grand scheme to rule the galaxy or something for the betterment of all, and explore what that means for the Kree and Shi'ar when it turns out they are untouchable. Something with mystery but interwoven with the familiar as well.
Bring back the Stranger and have him shake up some quadrants with a mass relocation of different species, mixing populations together on various planets and creating ultimate chaos that can't be undone and just needs to be given order, Earthbound heroes could take a hiatus from Earth to assist, in a sort of Spacelike Iraqi Freedom type of adventure... heck I'd buy some heroes biting it on the side of a road by Alien Insurgants. Something, anything! PLEASE!
Nova corps, Luminals, Star Jammers, Imperial Guard, SpaceKnights, Raptors these are all groups that can be used to create a latticework of interstellar masterwork! Let's get the game into high gear and really kick it into this century!
That is all for now, and yea, Make Mine Marvel...still...
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Despite the clearly biased moderator, Pence remained presidential, poised, controlled with good responses. Kaine looked desperate, and the moderator proved that the media is absolutely abandoning neutrality to support the liberal agenda over reporting.
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Over the last year Barnet's Conservative Council have consulted residents on changes to libraries including cutting £2.85m from the library service from a budget of around £4.8m - a cut of 60%! Over 3,800 residents responded to the consultation with 97% opposing library closures.
The Barnet Tories have now published a revised cuts plan for the Library Service with the following proposals:
- Library staff cut by 46% - with the slack to be picked up by volunteers
- Staffing hours cut by 70% - with many Libraries left completely unstaffed at times
- Library floor space shrunk by up to 88%
- Childs Hill, Mill Hill, East Barnet & South Friern Libraries to be run by volunteers as "partnership libraries"
The cuts in staffing hours mean libraries will be unstaffed for much of the time and students under the age of 16 will be excluded, with homework support only available at six "core" libraries.
There is no coherent business plan for the Library Service, and we are worried that these latest proposed cuts will mean many libraries are not sustainable in the future
The plans were be discussed at a special meeting of the Children, Education, Libraries & Safeguarding Committee on Monday 12 October at 7pm, Hendon Town Hall, and have now been referred to the Full Council meeting on 20 October.
If you love your local library help us take your views to the council by signing our petition!
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A man's affair with his family's housemaid leads to a dark consequences. Eun-yi is hired as an au pair for Hae-ra (pregnant with twins) and her rich husband Hoon. Eun-yi's primary task is watching the couple's young daughter, Nami. Eun-yi is eager to connect to Nami, who gradually warms to her. Hoon begins to secretly flirt with Eun-yi, enticing her with glasses of wine and his piano playing, and they eventually begin a sexual relationship. Despite the affair, Eun-yi is still warm and friendly to Hoon's oblivious wife, Hae-ra. She even expresses enthusiasm and delight at the progress of Hae-ra's pregnancy.
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Free your mind - how an ancient meditation technique can give you an edge
Performance coach Jack Black has been using mindfulness as a transformational tool for 25 years. He tells Katie Byrne why the ancient meditation technique gives his clients the competitive edge
There are many misconceptions about meditation, but perhaps the most persistent one is the idea that it softens our competitive edge and slows us down. It's a misconception that motivational speaker, Jack Black, meets head-on. For the last 25 years he's been teaching harried executives how to harness the practice to become harder, better, faster, stronger. Slow coaches need not apply.
"There is a notion that mindfulness is a very passive thing," he explains. "My approach is very dynamic. It's about getting into a relaxed state and then using the mind in a whole range of ways."
The Glasgow-born performance coach, who is leading a seminar in Dublin this upcoming weekend, calls these tools and techniques "mind gymnastics", and he believes they are critical in today's workplace.
Black's approach is solution-based. "It's always within the context of tools," he explains. This toolbox includes everything from honing intuition to mapping goals.
According to Black, there are four characteristics that define successful people. These include futurism, or how you see your future ("most people limit themselves"); the ability to access the creative side of the brain and an attitude of positivity.
"Someone who is really mindful of their own thoughts doesn't contribute negative comments because they know it takes away the drive, passion, clarity, creativity and resourcefulness of colleagues and people around them," he adds.
The final characteristic is the capacity to manage stress - this one he learnt the hard way.
During his early 20s, Black (inset) lost three people close to him from what he believes were stress-related illnesses.
"It all happened within a fortnight," he recalls. "I realised it was the stress that killed them and that really shook me up."
During the same period, he collapsed in a hairdressers. He was running a side business alongside his work as a social worker on Glasgow's council estates and it wasn't unusual for him to work 60-70 hours a week.
"Nobody talked about stress back then," he explains, "especially in the macho culture of Glasgow. But I realised this could be my first and last warning so my motivation to find out how to manage stress was absolutely massive."
His research was largely out of the local library. This was, after all, the 1980s - pre-internet and decades before the mindfulness movement.
As he searched for relaxation techniques that would help him manage stress and cope with demanding schedules, he came across the Silva method, a self-help programme designed by José Silva.
The mental training method employs relaxation techniques to rewire the subconscious mind and access higher brain functions.
"I discovered that the only way to create a state of homeostasis, or complete balance, comes from a relaxed body and a relaxed mind," he explains. "This is what we now call mindfulness."
Black went on to work for the Silva group before setting up his own organisation, Mindstore, in 1990. He now has 50pc of UK FTSE 100 companies on his client list.
He's also a regular visitor to Ireland and here he reveals some of the tools he'll be sharing at his course next weekend.
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First you have to bring the body into a relaxed state. In the East they have something called 'mudras', which is placing the fingers into certain positions. Another ancient relaxation technique is to place the tip of the tongue behind the front two teeth.
These practices will slow the brain down into an alpha rhythm and this state will lead to expanded awareness during which the left and right brain are more integrated and your creativity and intuition increases.
To access intuition, once you've relaxed the body, just ask yourself the question and ask for a clear 'yes' or 'no'. The other option is to imagine a traffic light - green is go and red is stop. Ask yourself 'Should I do this?' and then imagine looking at the traffic light.
The other option is to feel the palm of the hand - usually the left hand is very good for this. Ask yourself the question and see if you can detect a warm feeling or a cold feeling. Cold is no, and warm is yes.
There is usually an increase in anxiety as a deadline approaches so be careful not to tell yourself that you can't do it. Make sure the conversation you have with yourself is a positive one.
Say to yourself 'I'm going to do this and I'm going to do it to the best of my ability'. A week before the deadline, go somewhere private and get into a seated position and become aware of the body. Think about what it is that you want to create and see what comes into your consciousness. Then gently open your eyes and write down whatever comes up.
Find a quiet space, become very calm and then imagine the meeting going the way you want it to go. Start doing this a few days beforehand.
On the day itself, it's absolutely critical to turn up early and find a place where you can get into a relaxed state. You have to talk yourself into it rather than dreading meeting your boss and thinking 'he's not going to give me a raise'. People often talk themselves into asking for less than they really want so the first thing is to stop processing the fearful thoughts and tell yourself that you're going to ask for what you are worth.
After all, your boss can only say no. People run scenarios - little rehearsals - in their minds. We need to stop running the ones where it goes wrong and start running the ones where it goes well.
Here we need to change viewpoints and become mindful of thoughts. A client recently told me that he doesn't like Sundays because he associates the day with his childhood and bad television like Songs of Praise and not doing his homework.
People build up these negative associations with Sundays and it's even worse if they are in a job that they don't enjoy.
So we need to work out in advance what time on a Sunday that the anxiety comes and how we're going to deal with it. It's also helpful to review the high points of the week on Friday evening - not the low points.
Employees are checking out from lunchtime on Friday, in their work flow, conversations and thought patterns. On the other hand, leaders in the organisation, such as CEOs and accountants, tend to have really bad patterns of behaviour and are often at their desks until 7pm.
Here I would suggest that on Friday, at a given time, everybody stops and gets together. Have a glass of wine, a bottle of beer, a tea, a coffee and just wind down and talk about the working week. If your work force are having amazing weekends, then you will have extraordinary weeks.
* Jack Black's course, 'Extreme Mindfulness', takes place on May 28 in the Westbury Hotel Dublin: 9am to 5.30pm. For information see Mindstore.com
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Indian food in a quaint setting
Indian cuisine in north-central Phoenix has never been better! This fabulous Indian restaurant is particularly well known for its terrific puffy breads, especially the bhatura; and for its spicy-tasteful (not spicy-hot) dishes.
Veg-lovers will find plenty of bread and rice to go with Indian stews (such as the okra-filled Bhinidi); eggplant delights (such as the magnificent Bengan Bhartha); Mushroom-based dinners (such as the Bhaji, with onions and tomatoes), or the Masala; and, of course, Taste of India's amazing and delectable treatment of potatoes, chickpeas, and lentils.
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The days are short and cold. The lists of year-end and holiday chores are endless. Rich food and befogging beverages abound. Sounds like it's time for a nap. At least that is the...
NEW YORK The days are short and cold. The lists of year-end and holiday chores are endless. Rich food and befogging beverages abound.
Sounds like it's time for a nap.
At least that is the hope of two young entrepreneurs who are heading into their first holiday season as proprietors of MetroNaps, a space-age snooze station that opened this year at the Empire State Building.
For $14, sagging shoppers and weary workers can put their feet up for a 20-minute power nap in a dimly lit space filled with seven sleep pods, which look like surplus from the set of "2001: A Space Odyssey."
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One-third of an hour may not sound like much, but a brief midafternoon nap can be just the thing to make the rest of the day productive. A 2002 study by Harvard University researchers found that subjects who napped were better able to process information and learn new skills than those who stayed awake.
"We allow people to do more with their day," said co-owner Christopher Lindholst, 29. "There's a natural tendency to be drowsy in the afternoon, but we know that Americans are chronically sleep-deprived. People are leading busier lives, and sleep is the first thing that gets compromised."
Occupying a 24th-floor office space, MetroNaps has had steady business since its May opening, he said.
Lindholst said the company is scheduled to open its second location soon, in the international airport terminal in Vancouver, B.C.
MetroNaps' custom-built napping stations resemble lounge chairs with their leg rests extended. Nappers can adjust their leg elevation to reduce cardiac strain, and a spherical hood can be pulled down over the upper body for greater darkness.
Headphones pipe in ethereal electronic music that induces a trancelike state. After 20 minutes, the back of the chair vibrates and lights come on in the pod.
"I wake up early every day," said frequent customer Janet Rhew, 22, a special-education teacher whose students are preschoolers. "I just find that by early afternoon, after the kids leave, I'm pretty exhausted. It's 20 minutes, and I'm good to go."
Co-owner Arshad Chowdhury came up with the idea for MetroNaps while working as an investment banker. In a business notorious for brutal hours, he saw co-workers fall asleep at their desks or sneak off to the bathroom to take a nap.
"There is an unfortunate and outmoded notion of napping," said Chowdhury, 28, referring to the perception that napping is a sign of laziness. "Our biggest challenge was to repackage napping. We had to reinvigorate it with a new style."
Sleep specialists say Americans have been getting less sleep ever since Thomas Edison who took frequent catnaps invented the light bulb.
A 2001 survey of 1,004 adults by the private National Sleep Foundation in Washington found that 31 percent of Americans get less than seven hours of sleep a night, the minimum amount recommended by sleep experts.
And 40 percent said drowsiness interferes with their work anywhere from a few days a month to almost every day.
James Maas, a Cornell University psychologist and author of the book "Power Sleep," said lack of sleep can lead to impaired cognitive functioning, accidents in the workplace and an increased risk of heart attacks.
"The main problem is that people do not see sleep as a necessity," Maas said. "They look at sleep as a luxury. But to be blunt, sleep deprivation makes you stupid, clumsy, and it can shorten your life."
Still, naps are not a panacea for every yawn. There's no substitute for the seven to nine hours of nighttime sleep that most adults require, Maas said.
And too long a nap can leave a person feeling groggy and disoriented, according to James Wyatt, laboratory director of Sleep Disorders Center at Chicago's Rush University Medical Center.
That's because the brain descends into deep sleep after about 15 minutes, the factor that led MetroNaps to establish its 20-minute schedule five minutes for relaxing, 15 minutes for napping.
Long naps, Wyatt noted, also can set someone up for trouble falling asleep at bedtime.
And napping definitely is not for insomniacs, he said. That will exacerbate sleeplessness.
"Napping is the last thing you should do," Wyatt said. "You should get the insomnia treated."
Why a 15-minute nap feels so rejuvenating remains a mystery.
"We can't explain it fully," Wyatt said. "It resets the counter a little bit lower. And you do get quite a bit of bang for the buck."


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On Feb. 29, Liu Fei, chief representative, and Nancy Hu, operations manager, ASTM International China office, worked with ASTM training partner BRISEA International to hold a meeting with the Environmental Standards Institute of the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China, regarding the standards development system, standards application and training.
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You raised some valid points, and I appriciated the notice towards the video gaming communities, much the way that some gamers just waste their lives, others such as me have found great friends through these communities. In summary, video games aren't bad as a whole, but simply bad as to how the player uses the time playing, some play by themselves just to kill time, whilst others have found the balance between playing and real life and merged them together.
I now have the erge to go to the gym now...
I'm insulted, and not for the reason you might think.
First off, I can agree with most of your points, but you're not specifying your audience. Not everyone who is a gamer has that problem. In fact, very few do. At least, this is what I've noticed from myself and my gamer friends. We never reject "real life", nor think that video games are anything beyond games. What kind of person would? They're just another form of entertainment. Do people freak out when they realize that they spend a large amount of time reading? No. It's entertainment. Books are full of stories, characters, and events that we love. We might find ourselves wishing that those adventures never end, or that we could do the same things as the heroes and villains. But the vast majority of us know that this simply cannot be. The exact same thing applies for video games.
Now let me tell you why I'm personally insulted. You assume that simply being alone makes you miserable and that no one enjoys it. You have claimed that in order to properly "enjoy life", you either have to game with lots of people, or not at all. A lot of people think along similar lines. But this is false; terribly so. A number of people, including myself (hence the personal insult), are not social people. Introverts, people with Schizoid Personality Disorder, and other likes them simply do not feel comfortable, at rest, or happy when in social instances. That's why we think our lives are great by reading, playing video games, or other solitary activities. We still have friends, and we don't destroy our lives.
What I'm trying to say is, you need to say what audience you are preaching to. Your message, while admirable, is just too biased, one-sided, and insulting to some. You really need to say that this is for those who were addicted. I've achieved enlightenment on something as well, so I can understand your fervency, should it exist. But mine was on perspectives. Everyone will view something differently. Everyone will not believe everyone else or accept them if they try to make them see their perspective. I know this sounds obvious, but that's because I can't exactly explain what I was enlightened on. That defeats the purpose of enlightenment.
I'm not rating you down just because I disagree and am upset about what you're preaching. Your animation was good, the sound quality superb, and you presented your information quite well.
Cool story bro. I've felt similarly at various times throughout my life. you have to understand that at some point you started playing games for a reason. Mine was that real life sucked. Once i got to a certain age though, i realized that i had a degree of control over the way my life would progress. It is difficult as the first generation dealing with virtual achievements and moderating our time spent playing video games.
You are not alone though, as exemplified in the PAX shout-out toward the end of your film. Part of social interaction is shared experience, and so many of our peers have lived their childhoods and early adult lives in much the same manner as you describe. I agree with a lot of what you said, and I'm sorry you feel like it took so long to come to this realization. Take heart in the fact that you have identified this problem and have taken steps to deal with it. Your life is far from over.
Although many immature viewers will see this as an attack on video games a la Jack Thompson, it is really about what we choose to devote our finite time toward, be it relationships, skill-building, or other leisure activities. Taking the time to create a film like this is an actual achievement and you should be proud. Please continue to produce increasingly well thought out and developed projects like this one.
Sanctimonious, melodramatic, and phenomenally pretentious. The animation is adequate, hence my award of half a star. Yes, âEU~over-gamingâEUTM can have negative consequences, but the presumption that ANY attempt to play a video game without some real-life social aspect is wrong, is just inane âEU" who are you to say that, for example, playing Skyrim in single-player mode constitutes a waste of a personâEUTMs life? You are you to determine value in what other people do? Who are you to say that the ONLY thing of value, the ONLY truly worthwhile endeavour in human life, is the dogged pursuit of popularity?
To quote Shakespeare, âEUoeTo gild refined gold, to paint the lily, to throw a perfume on the violet, to smooth the ice, or add another hue. Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light, to seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, is wasteful and ridiculous excessâEU. Games are virtuous in their own right âEU" they provide entertainment and escapism for those who want it. To decry such activities are a waste of human life is to decry the lily as insufficiently colourful. Yes, gaming conventions are wonderful things and bring people together, which is a good activity in itself, but it isnâEUTMt the only worthwhile activity.
IsnâEUTMt it enough, just enough, to enjoy games for their own sake? You found that, after thirty years of gaming, you were overweight and divorced âEU" is it really justified to blame this on gaming, or is it a convenient scape-goat for your own failings? If your excessive gaming drove your wife (or husband) away, whose fault is that? If your sedentary lifestyle diminished your health, whose fault is that? In the end, the answer is obvious: you are to blame. You lambaste the culture of lonely gaming, but in reality you have no one to blame but yourself. Without games, youâEUTMd blame TV. Without TV, youâEUTMd blame alcohol. Without any sort of luxury, youâEUTMd blame the government. Scape-goats, every one, for your own self-destructive behaviour.
In short, your diatribe is at best an insult to everyone who doesnâEUTMt rabidly aspire to popularity, and at worst just an embarrassing glimpse into your own self-loathing.


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Saturday, June 14, 2014
Olentangy River at Tuttle Park
240 W Oakland Ave
Columbus, OH 43201
Join MORPC, Hero USA, FLOW, ODNR, REI and Columbus Recreation and Parks Department for the kick off of Riverfest On Tour! as we paddle the newly restored Olentangy River from Tuttle Park to Downtown. Participants will experience the free flowing waters of the river after the removal of the 5th Avenue Dam. We will make a couple of stops along the paddle to examine the new riverbanks and the stormwater wetlands that have been created to help clean up the water running off the surrounding neighborhoods. Come learn how you can help protect this awesome resource in the heart of the city and experience the Olentangy Water Trail.
Riverfest On Tour! aims to educate the public about the vital role waterways play in the region. Riverfest activities are free of charge. For more information visit our Riverfest event page.


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Beckham to Barcelona and 7 Big Transfers That Never MaterializedJuly 29, 2013
Beckham to Barcelona and 7 Big Transfers That Never Materialized
When Mick Jagger sang 'You Can't Always Get What You Want,' he probably wasn't referring to the plight of professional football clubs.
Yet, in a summer when Arsenal missed out on Gonzalo Higuain, Chelsea failed to secure the services of Edinson Cavani and Real Madrid watched Neymar join their arch rivals, The Rolling Stones' famous refrain takes on a sporting poignancy.
Sometimes, transfer deals that seem to be edging on certainty fall through, with players getting cold feet, rival clubs offering a little extra cash or extraneous circumstances getting in the way.
Here's 10 high profile deals that were never completed, starting with David Beckham's Spanish sojourn…
Leave your uncompleted transfer suggestions in the comments and follow Ryan Bailey on Twitter.
David Beckham to Barcelona
When Sir Alex Ferguson launched a boot in the direction of David Beckham's highly marketable face after a 2003 FA Cup defeat to Arsenal, the megastar midfielder's days at Manchester United were numbered.
Many suspected Beckham would continue his career in Spain, and it looked as if he would be heading to Barcelona when the Red Devils accepted a "conditional" offer of £25 million (via The Guardian).
The "condition" was Joan Laporta's successful election to club president a few months later, continuing the Spanish tradition of presidential candidates basing their campaign on the promise of a megastar signing.
Beckham, however, never intended to work out personal terms with the Blaugrana and told The Guardian he was disappointed with Laporta for using him as a "political pawn" in his election campaign.
A few weeks later, of course, he became a Galactico at Real Madrid.
Steven Gerrard to Chelsea
Even though he was an Everton fan growing up, Steven Gerrard has been on the books at Liverpool ever since he was nine years old.
In 2004, however, the Daily Mail reported that the Anfield hero had agreed terms on a £30 million move to Chelsea. Yet the move was allegedly "derailed" when "intolerable pressure" was placed on his family by angry Liverpool fans.
The following summer, Gerard once again expressed his wish to leave Anfield, with the club confirming he had turned down a new contract after they had rejected a £32 million offer from the London side (via the BBC).
The next day, Gerrard mysteriously had a change of heart, with the BBC reporting that he had accepted the £100,00-a-week contract he had snubbed 24 hours previously.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Arsenal
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has played his way across some of the biggest teams in Europe, but has never graced the Premier League with his inestimable talents.
But when the Swede was a precocious 16-year-old at Malmö FF, he came very close to joining Arsenal. Ibrahimovic visited the London Colney training ground and was even pictured in a personalised Arsenal shirt.
However, the relationship between Arsène Wenger and the talismanic striker broke down when the Frenchman had the audacity to request that he have a trial.
"No way, Zlatan doesn't do auditions," he told The Sun when he later explained the awkward situation. Remember, Zlatan was only 16 at this point.
Instead, Ibra joined another club who were famous for nurturing young talent, becoming a double league title-winner at Ajax.
Diego Maradona to Sheffield United
The most famous person to pull on a Sheffield Utd jersey might be Sean Bean in When Saturday Comes, but that could have been different if the Blades had pulled off a coup to sign Diego Maradona.
According to the Daily Mail, manager Harry Haslam spotted a 17-year-old Maradona at Argentine Juniors in 1978, but couldn't afford the £200,000 asking price.
Instead, they invested £160,000 in River Plate's Alex Sabella, who managed eight goals in 76 appearances. They were relegated to the fourth tier in 1979.
Zinedine Zidane to Blackburn
In the summer of 1995, Blackburn were riding on a wave of success, with owner Jack Walker having bought them the Premier League title the previous season.
Manager Kenny Dalglish had spotted the talents of a young man in Bordeaux named Zinedine Zidane, and approached Walker expressing his interest to sign him. In response, as per MSN Sport UK, the self-made millionaire is reported to have said: "Why do you want to sign Zidane when we have Tim Sherwood?"
And that's how Blackburn missed out on one of the greatest players of all time.
Incidentally, Rovers also had rotten luck in 2008 when they were set to sign Robert Lewandowski. The Pole's visit to the UK to sign a contract was thwarted by volcanic ash clouds, and he ended up at Lech Poznań instead.
Robinho to Chelsea
Robinho's powers may have gradually faded as his European career has progressed, but the Brazilian was one of the most highly sought-after talents in the game in 2008.
On the final day of the 2008 summer window, the tricky forward was expected to seal a move to Chelsea, having emphasised his desire to move from Madrid to London in the days leading up to the deadline.
"It would be a dream for me to work with Luiz Felipe Scolari, who is one of the best coaches in the world," he told the BBC.
However, Manchester City were formally bought by the Abu Dhabi United Group on deadline day, and as an immediate signal of intent, they stole Robinho from under the Blues' noses with a £32.5 million bid.
Even after the deal had gone through, a confused Robinho told journalists that he was happy to have signed for Chelsea, before correcting himself.
Alan Shearer to Manchester Utd
Blackburn fans may feel bitter about losing out on Zinedine Zidane, but the Karma Gods of Football dealt them a fair hand during their nineties heyday by delivering Alan Shearer.
The striker caught Sir Alex Ferguson's attention in 1992, but he later explained in Four Four Two that the Manchester side failed to strike when the iron was hot:
There was interest from Manchester United, but I was told I had to wait three or four weeks for them to get the money together. I felt if they really wanted me then they would come and get me immediately.
Shearer opted to join Blackburn Rovers for a British transfer record £3.3 million instead, duly winning the Premier League with the Lancashire side and scoring 112 goals in 138 appearances.
The BBC claim United showed interest in signing Shearer again in 1996, but the Geordie opted to join his hometown side Newcaste Utd for another British transfer record fee of £15 million.


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The U.S. should adopt San Francisco\'s Healthy Food Incentives Ordinance nationwide, aka the Happy Meal ban
PRO (3 assertions)
1) Did you know that last year, Americans spent over $156 billion on McDonald's food?
2) A poll was done by TheStreet, a newspaper, to see how many of the readers thought passing a bill that bans Happy Meals. A whopping 92.3% of the 194 voters though the bill a bad idea, while just 7.7%, or 15 voters, thought it could help fight childhood obesity.
Reasoning/Evidence: This is a clear form of bribery. How is it right at all to dupe children into wanting Happy Meals because of a toy? This is clearly wrong. Younger children who are uninformed of the hazards and unhealthiness of Happy Meals do not know how they are hurting their bodies. Their focus is the toys, not the healthiness of the meal. The Center for Science in the Public Interests says that the toys in children's Happy Meals are making them obese. They threatened to file a law suit against McDonald's, charging that the fast food chain "unfairly and deceptively" markets the toys to children. "McDonald's marketing has the effect of conscripting America's children into an unpaid drone army of word-of-mouth marketers, causing them to nag their parents to bring them to McDonald's," CSPI's Stephen Gardner wrote to the heads of the chain in a letter announcing the lawsuit.
Reasoning/Evidence: Obesity has enormous economic impact. Obesity causes many diseases, which leads to spending even more money on health care. The U.S. is currently in an economic crisis, and we need to cut spending to meet budgets. If we can stop the preventable illnesses, the U.S. would not be in so much debt. Obesity can be avoided by eating the right foods. If one eats McDonald's every day, they are not helping our crisis at all. Once they are obese, the chances of getting a deadly disease is much higher. If those who cannot afford insurance become obese, then the U.S. will have to spend more money to pay the hospitals where they are treated. Therefore, we should avoid these horrible paths and instead live healthy lifestyles. The cost of obesity in US is estimated to be $117 billion a year, a large majority of this coming from fast food. This sum includes the direct cost of treatment and indirect costs associated with loss of work time and productivity. The direct health care cost of childhood obesity in US alone is estimated to be $14 billion per year. The costs of treating problems associated with childhood obesity are continuing to grow. Annual hospital costs were estimated to be $127 million between 1997 and 1999. Compared to the annual costs recorded between 1979 and 1981, this represents increase of $35 million per year. As the prevalence of childhood obesity continues to grow, it is almost certain that the overall cost of treatment will continue to grow. This will, in turn, drive further increases in the cost of health care in the affected regions.
Reasoning/Evidence: Being obese increases a child's risk for some serious childhood medical problems, including asthma, heart disease and high blood pressure, sleep apnea and breathing problems, bone conditions, such as hip problems, gastro-intestinal diseases, and psychological problems, like poor self-esteem and depression. During the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States and rates remain high. In 2010, no state had a prevalence of obesity less than 20%. Thirty-six states had a prevalence of 25% or more; 12 of these states had a prevalence of 30% or more. It has been estimated that 1 in 3 children will be born with diabetes. Obese children are more than twice as likely as non-obese children to have diabetes. Overweight adolescents have a 70% chance of becoming overweight or obese adults (this increases to 80% if one or more parent is overweight or obese).
In children who are overweight, between 25 percent and 40 percent will have the metabolic syndrome that sets the stage for diabetes and heart problems. A cheeseburger Happy Meal with fries and a Sprite at McDonalds has 640 calories and 24 grams of fat. This is over twice the calories many children should be eating in a day. The average serving size for burgers, fries, and sodas has more than tripled since the 1970s. Rates of obesity in America have increased steadily over the last 30 years, a time period that has witnessed an explosion in numbers of fast food restaurants, vending machines and convenience stores. A study by the University of California at Berkeley (2009) determined that, for children at least, easy access to fast food outlets increased the risk of obesity. A fast food restaurant within a tenth of a mile of a school increased the risk of obesity in ninth graders by 5.2 percent.
CON (3 assertions)
1) Did you know that an estimated 17% of young people aged 2-19 years, or 12.5 million children, are obese and about an equal number are overweight, according to the Centers for Disease Control?
2) Did you know that a childls Happy Meal, consisting of a cheeseburger, fries, and a soda, is 840 calories? This is 360 calories away from the amount that an average 4-8 year old should eat.
San Francisco's Healthy Food Incentives Ordinance -- Chain restaurants no longer will be able to give away free toys with Happy Meals and other children's meals that don't meet the city's strict nutritional standards. They are that the meal wonlt be allowed to sell with a toy if the food and drink in the meal contain more than 600 calories, more than 640 milligrams of sodium and if less than 35 percent of the calories are derived from fat (less than 10 per cent from saturated fat), except for fat contained in nuts, seeds, eggs or low-fat cheese. In addition, the meals must contain a half-cup or more of fruit and three-quarters of a cup or more of vegetables. A breakfast meal must contain at least a half-cup of fruit or vegetables, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Reasoning/Evidence:If we have the right to choose what to say, if we have the right to choose what to wear, why can't we choose what to eat? One of the fundamental ideas for our country is freedom. Freedom is the right to choose and make decisions for yourself. If we can't even choose what to eat, as you can see, it is undermining democracy by not to let us choose what to eat. It is our right as citizens of the United States of America to choose how we will lead our lives, including what we eat. McDonald's revamped its Happy Meal choices in 2004 by including soda alternatives such as 1 percent milk with a meal of hamburger, cheeseburger or chicken nuggets and fries, and offering an option of replacing the fries with sliced apples served with low-fat caramel sauce. In 2006, McDonald's began advertising a version of its Happy Meal that included chicken nuggets and the apple slices, marketed as Apple Dippers because of the caramel sauce. It hasn't advertised Happy Meals with burgers and fries since then. The result is that 88 percent of customers know about the meal's fruit option, according to the company. But only 11 percent of kids meals are ordered with apples instead of fries.
Reasoning/Evidence: Because the happy meal came with a small fries, a small drink, and a small hamburger or chicken nuggets with the toy, by feeding children the smaller portions, it was helping them from choosing bigger portions that could potentially make them overweight. When they could buy the meal with the toy for the same money as a meal twice the size (and twice the calories) for the same amount of money, if the toy was gone, the children would turn to the bigger portions, and higher amounts of fat and calories. Therefore, by banning the toy, the children are actually becoming more unhealthy. Before the ban, McDonald's customers could buy the toy for $2.18 without having to buy a Happy Meal. That option no longer exists: Parents must buy the Happy Meal to access the 10-cent toy option. That means San Francisco's law is likely to result in the sale of more unhealthy children's meals and make more money for McDonald's.
Reasoning/Evidence: Happy Meals definitely benefit the economy. McDonalds uses the toys as an incentive to buy their food. According to the Wall Street Jounal, Happy Meals make up about 10% of McDonald's sales. As you may know, McDonalds is one of the biggest chains restaurants around the world. If they aren't allowed to have an incentive for people to buy their food, then their business will go down, effecting the worldwide economy. If other businesses are allowed to use incentives for people to buy their food, and McDonalds isn't allowed to, it would simply be deemed unfair. Also, there are millions of jobs created for poor people and others who couldn't get a job any other way. In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion. The cost of a Happy Meal is around $3 to $5. Every year, McDonalds sells around 2.5 million happy meals. This adds up to about 10,000,000 dollars just from happy meals. Now add that to all the other chain restaurants that sell kid's meals. That is millions and millions of dollars every year! These profits would never have been achieved without the toys. The toys are the motivational item that makes kids want to buy the meals. Without the toys, children will not be enticed to eat more kid's meals. This will negatively affect the fast food places and our U.S. economy. That's more money than Americans spent on video games, movies, recorded music, books, magazines, and newspapers-combined. They make up one of the biggest sectors of the American economy.
And in these hard times, closing down a large contributor to our economy is certainly not sensible. McDonald's annually trains more new workers than does the U.S. Army. 1 in 8 Americans has, at one point in their lifetime worked behind the counter at McDonald's. Without Happy Meals and the toys as incentives, over 1/4 of the American population would be unemployed. That means that out economy would collapse, no one would make money, and we'd fall in to a deeper recession. No one wants that. This ban is harming the U.S. and its people.


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DIY Lip Natural Scrub — Exfoliating, moisturizing and yummy
If the weather's too hot and you don't hydrate enough, your lips will chap. If the weather's too cold and you don't moisturize, your lips will also chap. Come to think about it, even if it's not that hot nor not that cold, there's always a tendency for your lips to chap. Bummer!
Sounds like you? What you need to do is exfoliate and moisturize your lips on a regular basis. Chapsticks and lipbalms definitely work in giving you the extra moisture you need but there's an even better way for you to do both the exfoliating and moisturizing with one product. And, that's exactly what we will show you today!
Let's make a natural lip scrub that will leave your lips soft and kissable in no time.
Tools and Ingredients
- Small mixing bowl
- Tablespoon
- A container to store your lip scrub in
- Organic coconut oil – 1 tbsp
- Organic honey – 1 tbsp
- Organic brown sugar – 2 tbsps
You can use any type of container you like. You can be as creative with it as you want but make sure that it has a lid or cover so your scrub stays uncontaminated.
Let's get mixing
1. Put the coconut oil inside your small mixing bowl. What we want is a more solid coconut oil and not the runny, liquid-y consistency. Remember that coconut oil tends to liquefy when it's too hot so it might be a good idea to store it where it's cool (just cool, not cold) ahead of time.
2. Put in the honey and the sugar. Mix it together using your spoon. We still want the sugar granules to be there so maybe take it a little easy on the mixing. Once you have a rich and thick consistency, and once everything looks blended together (sugar granules still visible), then you've done a good job.
3. Transfer your lip scrub mixture into the container that you chose. It's important for you to label it with the exact date that you made it so you'll know if it's still good to use or not.
Remember that natural DIY skin care recipes don't include stuff to preserve your mix or concoction. That means that they have a shorter shelf life compared to commercial ones. Despite this, they're still good for your skin and non-toxic (meaning you can eat them when you get hungry..kidding!).
Pout and Apply
So we get to the yummy part. When it comes to applying the lip scrub, you don't have to do anything else like wet your lips and etc. Just apply an ample amount of scrub on your lips and then gently move your finger back and forth, or in a circular motion.
Let the scrub sit for 1 minute and then rinse it off with warm water and a washcloth. Your lips should feel really soft and smooth afterwards.
How often?
The answer to this question will depend on how chapped your lips are. You could do it as often as needed. Your lip scrub is going to last you a good two weeks (if you keep it refrigerated) so it's your call on how often you want to use it during that time.
Bonus idea: A Tasty Treat for your Friends
If you pick out a really pretty container and then wrap around a bow, colorful strings, or put some stickers on it, it can be a great gift for a friend. It can even be a party favor on your next birthday party (if you can make a bunch for all your guests). The key is to be creative with the container.
Here are a few container ideas that you may want to check out:


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Empowering deserving military families with educational support and opportunities.
I overpronate and am a walking golfer. Any suggestions?
Welcome Baseball
Runners world magazine says for pronation one should look for the following in shoes:
•Wear shoes with straight or semi-curved lasts
•Look for motion-control or stability shoes with firm, multidensity midsoles and external control features that limit pronation
•Use over-the-counter orthotics or arch supports
I only reference them since runners obviously put much more stress on their feet and ankles than golfers, but their tips have relevance to the footwear.
I will defer the recommendation to the FJ Staff as to the shoe with the most appropriate last.
I also pronate when walking and or running. I just bought the DNA's and they do not seem to let me feet curve, give these a try
Same here as Runchr. I've had the DNA's for a few months, they have been awesome. The other I would recommend (and I own) are the XPS-1s, incredibly stable.
Randy that is a really good set of suggestions!
Wear Shoes with:
A. Stability or motion control features.
B. Arch support and firm midsoles.
C. Deep heel cups.
Our suggestion is XPS-1 or D.N.A.
The most stable shoe in our line is the XPS-1 via our MyJoys program. It features a 3D viscoelastic GelCollar that wraps around the ankle to prevent excess movement inside the shoe as well as a dual-density fitbed for in shoe comfort and support. A lightweight fiberglass support bridge also provides additional arch support.
D.N.A. also features a deep heel cup and Foam collar to keep the ankle stable. The dual density FTF fitbed of the D.N.A. provides ample cushioning and arch support.
I have severe overpronation and have custom full length orthotics so I need to remove the stock footbeds and put my orthotic in. The DNA didn't fit me as the included footbed is very thick at the back so it just didn't fit right when this was removed and replaced with my orthotic. The M Project just plain didn't work as the narrow sole just allowed my foot to roll in .
The Contour Series however is excellent. It supports well and is the most comfortable shoe that I have ever worn. Am very happy with it.
I second the thoughts on the Contour Series, (NOT Contour Casuals). They are great shoes however I don't have the pronation problem.


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Fishermen in West Bengal are facing problems in coastal areas as well as in different rivers to go fishing. The fishermen are not getting permits from the appropriate authorities though they have applied for permits. Fishermen say they are harassed by Marine authorities.
Paramashish Ghosh Roy has more on the story.


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A Mumbai-based film financier was arrested by the Chennai police for allegedly 'threatening' to take away the life of the manager of superstar Rajinikanth's Raghavendra Educational Trust (RET).
The office of RET is situated at Teynampet, Chennai. The manager of the Trust recently lodged complaint with the Teynampet Police Station alleging that Sushil Gupta, a popular film financer hailing from Mumbai, had threatened him with 'dire consequences' in a case relating to the loan of Rs.2.5 crore that the Trust had reportedly taken.
Based on the complaint, Assistant Commissioner of Police Ashok Kumar and Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajaran took up the case. Ravi, the Police inspector at the Station, registered the case and conducted investigations into the complaint and found Gupta guilty of threatening the manager of the Trust.
Gupta was arrested by the police and was remanded to judicial custody. Later, he was shifted to the Puzhal Central Prison.


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It's been a couple of months now since I joined an elite group here in the community. I was wondering who is close to being the next FJA?I know we had site problems for a week but it's time for somebody else to join our "Little Group". Who's next????
There must be a couple people close. I hope to see some new FJA's soon.
I still think it would be neat if we could tell exactly what number of Ambassador we were and when we achieved it.
Hmmmmmmmmm. Not really sure, Outigers idea is a good one,perhaps have a list of "Pending Ambassadors" perhaps ones within 500 points of said achievement.
I'm in! I'm and Ambassador... Oh, sorry. Had a flashback.
New Ambassadors seem to come in waves but I haven't seen a lot of "newbies" quickly climbing the numbers. Pretty tough when Devin doesn't have an idea.
Jlawton1 I have a very good idea of who will be next. If I were to put money on who the next ambassadors would be, I would go with pulplvr, toddL and golfdoc1...not to be outdone by a newer member joshgiano, who has come on strong in my tenure here.
Appreciate the good words, Devin. I'm working on it.
Tiger, I can tell you the first 2 ambassadors were, but I don't remember after that.
The road is not easy, but that is what makes it reserved for the best of the best. Appreciate the encouragement and support of the FJC. We will get there soon and join the ranks of the Ambassadors!
I thought I was in or around the top 10 for achieving FJA.
There was no catching Eric from the start he had.
I believe I was #50. this is still by far the best forum out there!
I think I'm the latest at 51
Well I was 1 and Eric was 2 the next day if I remember.


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Rajapattai the upcoming big December release boasts itself of being the most expensive Vikram film with a 40 crore budget. Earlier it was confirmed by media giants Sun Pictures that the rights to the flick had been purchased by them as they gladly announced, "Rajapattai is a Sun Pictures release Vikram fans get ready for this one it would probably a Christmas release."
But now they have opted out of the project altogether, while the latter part of the story might still hold true. The Sun COO Sembian Sivakumar just announced "PVP releasing Rajapattai, Best Wishes to Rajapattai team." Rajapattai is being produced by PVP Cinemas who are now left in a dilemma in search of distributors. It can be recalled that theater owners came down hard on Sun Pictures recently demanding them to re-settle the financial accounts in favor of the theater parties. The matter still needs to be dealt, which is said to be the main cause behind this unexpected withdrawal by the Sun people. The Rajapattai crew is currently shooting two songs in Italy with hot faces Shriya Saran, Reema Sen and Telugu girl Saloni adding to the glamorama.
Hope the Rajapattai team wont delay things beyond Christmas.