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Okay, let's mention a name right at the beginning, because odds are you won't see it mentioned much elsewhere on this site -- or other big media sites for that matter: Mark Sanford. Who? Oh, yeah. Remember now? That governor people were talking a bit about a day or so ago?
The events of the last 48-plus hours demonstrate one of the cardinal rules of politics: Like entertainment, careers can be made or destroyed because of timing.
Not to be callous, but had Michael Jackson died on Monday (or Tuesday, at the latest), there's a good possibility that Sanford isn't facing impeachment talk, a career in tatters and the reality of becoming a national joke.
On the contrary, had Michael Jackson died two or three days ago, Mark Sanford might still be on the "mentioned" list as a potential 2012 GOP presidential candidate. Seriously.
Why is this?
Well, as suggested above, it's all in the timing: Hardly any media outside of South Carolina is talking about Mark Sanford the DAY AFTER MICHAEL JACKSON DIED!!!!
It would have been the same on Monday. In an alternate universe where Jackson died on Monday, the "Sanford is missing" narrative would have never made it to the national press -- or at least certainly not to the same level of interest.
Sanford's office would have figured out how to keep the local media at bay (hey, they've reportedly been doing it successfully since December when The State newspaper first acquired copies of e-mails between the governor and his Argentine beauty).
Without the additional scrutiny of the national media, Sanford's office might have bought itself enough time to create a cover story on his whereabouts. Who knows? The Appalachian Trail story might have survived. The Associated Press might not have been asking Jenny Sanford where her husband was -- and she wouldn't have said, "I don't know," a response that helped spark the national frenzy.
Now, back to our real world: Jackson's dying on Thursday has created a completely different ripple effect. It actually gives Sanford something of a breather. The primary people he has to deal with now are his family, friends, advisers and -- most likely -- local media but not national types. Michael Jackson will be the story through at least the weekend, as the media overloads on the passing of a cultural icon, the likes of which hasn't been seen since at least James Brown and more likely Elvis Presley or John Lennon.
Jackson was an international musical sensation with fans literally from nations in the West, the East, Christian, Jewish and, yeah, Muslim too.
That last fact is important as well. While Mark Sanford is happy that the American media is paying attention to something else, so too are the hardliners in Iran. As the Jackson story broke late Thursday afternoon, his death -- like his life -- became a worldwide phenomenon. But, as a result, it was the first time in nearly two weeks that "#Iranelection" (or a related topic) wasn't in the Top Ten of Twitter topics on the popular social media site.
Sad as it is to contemplate, if the Ahmadinejad regime wanted to move harshly against the protesters, it might well do so with impunity. This is currently a moment when the world isn't watching. It's caught up with the passing of an entertainment/cultural legend.
Mark Sanford might take a bit of grim satisfaction that he isn't the subject of much media coverage today because of the passing of an entertainment legend. Many people in Iran might just be cursing the timing.
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How well do you know the Code? Think you can spot violations the original installer either ignored or couldn't identify? Here's your chance to moonlight as an electrical inspector and second-guess someone else's work from the safety of your living room or office. Can you identify the Code violation(s) in this photo?
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Our three winners this month were: Don Ganiere, a project manager for Halm Electrical Contracting, Inc., Ottawa, Ill.; Troy Houston, a facility engineer with Babcock & Wilcox in Barberton, Ohio; and Mike Fox, an electrical foreman with the Indianapolis Public School System.
They identified the following violations associated with this free-hanging box installation.
The box is not supported as required by 314.23(A) or (B). Although boxes not exceeding 1,650 cubic cm (100 cu in.) can be raceway supported [as per 314.23(E)], the raceway must have threaded entries or hubs identified for the purpose. The box must also be supported by two or more conduits threaded wrenchtight into the enclosure or hubs, and each conduit shall be secured within 900 mm (3 ft) of the box, or within 450 mm (18 in.) of the box if all conduit entries are on the same side. This box does not have threaded entries or hubs, nor do the conduits enter on just one side of the box.
The conduits entering the box are not securely fastened in place within 3 ft of the box, as required by 344.40(A) for rigid metal conduit (RMC) or 358.30(A) for electrical metallic tubing (EMT).
As per 314.40, metal boxes shall be corrosion-resistant (i.e., well-galvanized, enameled, or properly coated inside and out), made of a proper thickness and size, and properly grounded.
Other sections of the Code worth reviewing include: 314.28 and 314.72(E).
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Try to buy an Atom-based mobile Internet device (MID) or ultramobile PC (UMPC). Seriously, try Froogle or Pricegrabber and see if you can find an Atom-based MID or UMPC in stock anywhere. Without some serious digging, you're going to come up empty-handed, and this is true even for MIDs like the Archos 9 that were hyped in blog posts by gadget enthusiasts. As it stands in 2009, the much-ballyhooed MID/UMPC form factor is a total flop, despite the fact that Intel has been touting it as a core part of its mobile vision since 2007.
Ars teamed up with retail channel data provider Dynamite Data to do an availability check across the online retail space for Atom-based MIDs and UMPCs. We went through a "MID Purchasing Guide" that Intel gave us and came up with very little to show for it, which suggests what many have suspected all along: the MID/UMPC is a solution looking for a problem.
Chapter I: The ghost page
But before we get to the data, take a look at the page that prompted this investigation. It's Intel's list of MID/UMPC products intended to showcase what the company's technology can do. But if you wanted to buy any of those products, you'd be out of luck, because everything there is based on Intel's old McCaslin platform (pre-Atom) and is out of production. So the MID is such a low priority at Intel that the company hasn't even updated this page.
Ars spoke to Intel Mobility Group VP Shane Wall, and sprung this ghost page on him. He was a little surprised to see that it was so out-of-date, and said he'd get right with marketing to get it updated.
We then told him that we had been looking everywhere for an Atom-based MID or UMPC in the channel, but had come up empty handed. Our Google-fu is pretty strong, and we had come up with nothing. Wall assured us that the MID, which is a form factor that includes the UMPC but that also includes portable media players and a range of other mobile, Internet-connected devices, is still a priority for Intel.
"MIDs are very much alive and well," said Walls, "and are still are very central to our strategy in the mobile handheld space. And we have a roadmap that certainly goes beyond 2012."
Intel's current MID platform is Menlow, which is also the platform used in netbooks. So from a hardware perspective, a MID is essentially a more expensive netbook that comes with no keyboard (and that's probably a big part of the problem).
Walls told us that Intel has over twenty currently shipping MIDs in the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. So we asked Walls if he could get us a list of them. A day later, the list arrived, and I went shopping.
Chapter II: the search
Intel's "MID Purchasing Guide" was all of two slides, and for the US MIDs, here's the complete list:
- Archos: 9" Tablet
- Clarion: MiND
- Fujitsu: U820
- Panasonic: U1 Toughbook, H1 Toughbook
- UMID: m1
- Yukyung Viliv: S5, X70EX
There were a few more products listed for other regions, many marked as "coming soon."
We sent the guide over to Kristopher Kubicki, the lead tech guy at Dynamite Data, and he ran channel availability and price checks on all of the items—or, the ones that he could find, at least. Most companies that monitor the retail channel use surveys to gather their pricing and availability data, but Dynamite Data actually spiders the product webpages of a long list of e-tailers and scrapes the information from them. This lets the company track price and availability info in real time, so the data that Kris sent back today is up-to-the-minute.
The Archos 9" tablet is not yet on the market, despite the fact that the gadget press has been drooling over it since the start of this year. Recent rumors put the UK launch date in October, but nobody knows when (or if) it will hit US shores.
The Clarion MiND is an interesting case, because 23 retailers list it in stock, but the price varies wildly from just over $200 to over $600. As with every other asset in the world (stocks, real estate, etc.) such severe price volatility indicates low volumes.
"When we see channel pricing all over the place that indicates that it's not moving," Kris told Ars. Such price swings also suggest that the device may be near the end of its life, so the manufacturer just isn't putting any more of them into the channel.
The Fujitsu LifeBook U820 had the second best showing, in stock at 63 out of 77 retailers. But the retailers where it was listed as out-of-stock or discontinued included names like Amazon, Newegg, and Buy.com. Importantly, the U820 doesn't really qualify as a MID, since it's actually a netbook with a rotating touchscreen that can be used in tablet mode.
The Panasonic U1 Toughbooks were the clear winner in our Menlow MID channel availability contest: in stock at 97 of 130 locations. The Toughbook H1 was pretty much absent from the channel, listed as out-of-stock at a number of outlets.
The UMID m1 and Yukyung Viliv are available only at Dynamism, which is a specialty importer. So they're absent from the normal US retail channel.
What all of this means is that if you want to get your hands on an actual Atom-based tablet MID—and not just a netbook that can transform into a tablet—then the $2,500 to $3,000 Toughbook U1 is your only option. Ouch.
Chapter III: the future(?)
Intel's official line is that the MID is a work-in-progress, and that they're pleased with the results so far. "In terms of design wins," Intel's Walls said, "it's what we had hoped it would be at this point. And in terms of volume it's above what are internal targets are."
Regardless of where Intel has set the bar internally, the retail channel situation makes it clear that the MID is an idea whose time has not yet come. But Intel still claims to be convinced that the MID will soon have its moment. The MID was name-checked at the recent Intel Technology Summit as one of Intel's main mobile market segments, and Walls made a valiant effort to get us to look not at where the MID is, but at where it's headed with the upcoming Moorestown platform.
"Where are we in the MID story? We're in the beginning of that. The initial class of devices that we could address are UMPC, the next class is dedicated media and gaming machines. The next is the smartphone space, where the volume is at."
Excuse us, but did he say gaming?
We pressed him on it, but all Walls would say is that Intel has no products that he would preannounce. But, he quickly amended, "the full Internet" includes online games, which are flash-based. (There's that "full Internet == Adobe Flash" thing again. Intel had better milk this before the ARM port is done.)
Walls told us that in-browser, flash-based gaming is taking off in Korea and China. We were happy to take his word for that and move on, because we really wanted to hear more about this idea of a Moorestown-based mobile gaming device.
"Obviously we have a pretty good graphics part in there that we could take advantage of, and over time we'll see people taking advantage of that weith specialized devices that will emphasize gaming," Walls said.
So there you have it: Intel expects that at some point, someone will make an Intel-based gaming portable. And maybe they're right, but the real question is, will anyone actually be able to buy one?


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More than deadlines to meet and clients to satisfy, the pressure to look good is far more intense these days. Women hanker after hourglass figures and men need to be Greek Gods. It is no wonder that every second person on the street is on a weight loss diet. Weight loss diet is the topic of conversation in public places, private parties, on buses and cabs, by the beach and the dinner table.
Before you fall in to any form of weight loss diet, few issues need to be sorted out. Embarking on a diet to lose weight doesn't mean indiscriminate slashing of calories. It is true that you need to cut down on the calories but at the same time, you cannot compromise on your nutritional intake.
Getting rid of unwanted extra pounds is never easy but many of us make is harder than it really is. Skipping meals and radically cutting calories will yield temporary results but you can achieve long term weight loss if you choose a slower approach. Basically, you need to eat to lose weight.
People go to great lengths to diet. Although there is disagreement on how to lose weight most effectively, nearly everyone wants to do it. From the skinny to the hugely obese, the desire to lose weight is one of the biggest common factors for almost all Americans. Yet there are few people who approach it in the correct way. They try fad diets, exercise programs, supposedly effective weight loss pills, and all kinds of other trends. None of them take the simple step of eating to lose weight. If you eat to lose weight, you will, and that is that. Why make it difficult for yourself?
I know you're probably thinking that eating is what added the extra pounds in the first place. However, the kinds of foods along with a lack of exercise are more of a source of trouble than the actual act of eating. When you eat to lose weight you will find that you can take in more food and feel satisfied throughout the day.
There are several commonsense strategies to eat to lose weight. Although designing the perfect diet to lose weight can be a science, eating to lose weight is easy. You do not have to perfectly calculate how many carbohydrates, how much fat, how much fiber, and how much sugar you can have. You simply eat healthily. When you eat to lose weight, you reduce your portion size, eat much fiber is possible, cut down on fatty foods and sweets, and drink plenty of water. Combined with a healthy exercise routine, you will be losing weight in no time. Who wants to count calories when you can make things simple for yourself? All it requires is self-control and some perseverance. Everyone can do that in order to eat to lose weight, can't they?
There are representatives from all the food groups in an ideal weight loss program to ensure that all forms of nutrients enter your body. So there are actually not many don'ts in a weight loss diet. However, you need to maneuver clear of junk, fried and fast foods, chocolates, candies, cakes and aerated drinks.
So how do you eat to lose weight? The first thing you want to do is slow down. You are more likely to overeat if you scarf your meals down too quickly. You have to give your stomach enough time to tell your brain that it is full. I know it sounds silly but it does take time to process this information.
Choose whole foods. When you eat to lose weight, you are best off picking foods that are not processed. The more stuff that is done to the food, the more fattening it is likely to be. Natural foods are best and they take a little longer to eat. Raw veggies and fruits have to be chewed well and this takes more time than ingesting a piece of cheesecake.
You should not only eat to lose weight but drink to drop pounds as well. You have probably heard about the eight glasses of water each day so I won't lecture. Water is life and in your diet to lose weight, water should be the backbone. Water flushes out the toxins from your body and revitalizes you. Deprive your self of water and you will soon find your entire mental as well as physical states in mess. Drinking a nice, hot cup of tea can be as satisfying as a couple of cookies but it won't add the pounds.
It is important to remember that many beverages can work against your weight loss efforts. If you eat to lose weight but drink as if you don't have a care in the world, you probably won't see very good results. Instead of drinking a glass of apple juice, just drink the apple. The sugar content in the juice is really concentrated and it's almost like eating three or four apples.
In order to curb your appetite you might want to consider eating a handful of almonds about 20 minutes before your next meal. This is a great way to eat to lose weight because your brain is being told that you are receiving nutrients. Remember that you need to nourish your body in order to keep the pounds at bay.
Of course, when he first decide to eat to lose weight, it can be a little bit difficult to really make things work. You see, the biggest pitfall of this strategy is that it is so easy to trick yourself. You can convince yourself that this one snack doesn't matter, that one treat is alright, or that your portion is smaller than it is. Deciding to eat to lose weight requires constant vigilance. You have certain luxuries when you use this strategy – you do not have to count calories, measure things out, or stick to a rigorous plan. Instead, you have to always apply your common sense and be honest with yourself. This can be a lot harder than it sounds or else everyone would be doing it. Nevertheless, you really have to try it. Learning to eat to lose weight is the best lifelong strategy for dieting. Otherwise, you'll be in a constant struggle of binge and purge. As soon as you lose weight, you will be tempted to go off your diet again. Then you will gain the weight again and have to start all over.


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Elephants, the largest animals on land, have two major kinds of species; African and Asian elephants. African elephants are larger than the others. They may be as high as three and a half metres (12 feet) and their weight reach around six tons (12,000 pounds). Their fan-shaped ears are two metres (6.5 feet) long and one and a half metres (5 feet) wide. As you can imagine, with such a giant body, you can't keep an elephant at home as a pet.
What makes an elephant especially different is his trunk. This long trunk, similar to a garden hose, includes fifty thousand muscles. What you have read is right: "50,000" muscles! Its nostrils are at the tip of this trunk. Elephants use their trunks to put food and water into their mouths, to lift things and, of course, to smell. This trunk is capable of holding four litres of water. They either squirt this water into their mounts and drink it or spray it on their bodies.
Surprisingly, an elephant can even pick up a tiny pea seed with its trunk – which can lift such huge things – break it in its mouth and eat it. It is really amazing that such a huge animal can accomplish such delicate operations. This "multifunctional" trunk can be used as a long finger, a trumpet or sometimes as a loudspeaker.
Besides that, elephants use their trunks to spray water on themselves to have a shower or throw dust on themselves for a dust-bath. Yet, new-born elephants fail to use their trunks. They sometimes even step on their trunks and fall down. We may find this amusing but surely these little babies do not like it. A mother elephant accompanies her young elephant for twelve years. During the first six months, she teaches the baby how to use its trunk and she never becomes bored doing this.
On both sides of their mouths, elephants have two long sharp tusks. These tusks help them to protect themselves. Also, an elephant uses one of these tusks to dig holes in the ground and find water.
The teeth of these animals – which chew fibrous plants – wear out easily. For this reason, our Lord has given them a very important characteristic: Every worn-out tooth is replaced by another in the back row.
One full-grown elephant can eat 330 kilograms (726 pounds) of plants everyday. This amount is equal to six small bales of straw. Everyday, elephants spend most of their time feeding themselves.
Now, let us give you another interesting piece of information about elephants. Have you ever thought how these huge thick-skinned animals cool themselves? As you might imagine, elephants cannot sweat because of their thick skins. Instead, they cool themselves with the help of the water and mud they see around. Of course, elephants have other methods to freshen themselves. For example, they use their ears as fans and cool their bodies with them. The thin blood veins on their ears also cool them and cause overall refreshment.
Another feature of elephants has surprised hunters and zoologists for a long time. What astonished them was the rumbling of elephants' stomachs. While rumbling, elephants' stomachs make very loud noises.
Yet, what is astonishing is not the loudness of these noises but the way elephants control them. In fact these noises have nothing to do with digestion. The elephants make these noises to detect the location of their friends. More surprisingly, in the face of a danger, they all of a sudden become silent. Once they sense the threat is over, they start making noise again. Thanks to this method, elephants can communicate with one another even from four kilometres away.
The migration stories of elephants have always astonished zoologists. These animals with their giant ears and huge bodies migrate in the dry seasons and always follow the same paths. What is even more interesting is that they clean up garbage such as chips of wood they find on their way.
Since elephants are animals that spread over vast areas of land, it is essential that they establish strong "communications" between them. Elephants do not owe this communication to their sharp sense of smell alone. Beside this, Allah has created an organ on their forehead, which makes a hoarse noise. Thanks to this organ, elephants talk to each other with a secret, coded language other animals fail to understand. These hoarse noises elephants make can reach very long distances. For this reason, this special noise that elephants make is ideal for long distance conversation.


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Isabella was Fletcher Christian's first cousin. The Curwen lineage is an ancient and noble one which can be traced back to pre-Norman times. Curwens represented their county in Parliament for 18 terms from 1371 onwards. They held the posts of Knights of the Shire and High Sheriffs who played a major part in the bloody border wars.
Isabella Curwen was born on October 2nd 1765, the only child of Henry Curwen of Workington Hall who died when she was thirteen, leaving her the heiress of the estate and huge mining interests. John Christian, her cousin, was made her guardian and later became her husband. It was John who bought for her the island on Windermere which was named Belle Isle in her honor.


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FONTANA – Before the start of Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway, track president Gillian Zucker responded to criticisms of the two-mile track by saying it had "character."
Dale Earnhardt Jr., who slipped into second behind winner Kyle Busch after a wild finish, had a somewhat different view of the venue that hosted its 24 th Cup event.
"I think it's great," Earnhardt said after the race. "Do everybody a favor, whoever owns this track (International Speedway Corp.) and pave the back straightaway. If you pave – there's some real bad bumps, we all saw on it on TV. It probably doesn't cost much to pave the two lanes that we race in and that would really cure any complaints that I got.
"I think the corners are perfect. I wouldn't pave anything or change anything about the turns. This is really right in the ballpark,right in everybody's wheelhouse."
Zucker said the track problems may be "problematic," but it will be up to the NASCAR competition department to determine whether changes will be made.
By virtue of his runner up finish, Earnhardt moved into the Cup points lead, 12 ahead of Brad Keselowski. Earnhardt has five top10 finish on the season, one more than Keselowski, who finished a season-low 23 rd.
Marines on deck
There was no military flyover at the track, the first time in several years, but the U.S. Marines were represented, thanks to the Armed Forces Foundation and NASCAR.
A dozen Marines from Camp Pendleton attended the race through an initiative called "Troops to the Track," which involves active duty, wounded service members, veterans and military families. They were recognized at the pre-race meeting, given a tour of the Cup garage, a meet-and-greet with Aric Almirola and pit road access during driver introductions and the National Anthem.
"Troops to the Track is an opportunity for all of us at NASCAR to express our appreciation for those who serve or have served our country in the US Armed Forces," Marcus Jadotte, NASCAR vice president of public affairs and multicultural affairs.
Glick Award
The late Mickey Thompson, who popularized stadium off-road racing among his many accomplishments in life, was named winner of the Shav Glick Award presented by the Justice Brothers before the start of the race.
The award, named for the longtime L.A. Times motorsports Hall of Fame writer who passed away in 2007, recognizes a personality who made valuable or distinguished contributions in California.
The 2013 nominees included George Follower, Tom McEwen and Chris Pook and Mickey Thompson. Ed Justice, Jr., president and CEO of Justice Brothers, made the presentation to Colleen Campbell, Thompson's sister, during pre-race ceremonies.
The panel awards include Bill Center; Jim Short; Mike Harris; John Zimmerman and Doug Stokes.
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The military has halted flyovers at NASCAR events due to budgets, but Fontana fans were treated to a flyover by helicopters from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's department and Riverside Police in honor of officers killed in the Christoher Dorman manhunt last month. – Danica Patrick finished 26 th, her best finish since Daytona. "I felt better at the end of the race than I did in qualifying. So we made big improvements. We all want better than 26 th and that's what we had today and it will be better next time." – Kurt Busch posted the first two-race top-five finish for Denver-based Furniture Row Racing, finishing fifth. He apologized to brother Kyle for pushing him wide on the final restart, but also said, "I am going for the win with this Furniture Row Chevrolet SS and I am not going for anything less."


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My Vermont summer is rapidly coming to a close, and with that, I am happy that I finally made it to one of the most elusive places on my list: the roof of Bicentennial Hall on the Middlebury College campus. The looming presence of the building is one that I know very well, but its top floor is another story.
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Great Plains Zoo's Baby Giraffe Gets New Name
The Great Plains Zoo
and Delbridge Museum of Natural History is pleased to announce that the Reticulated Giraffe calf born in September has been named "Gerald."
Last month, the Zoo launched a contest to name the giraffe calf. During a week-and-a-half period, 61 names were submitted. Over the two weeks that followed, the public was invited to vote for their favorite name. In the final days of the contest, Zoo officials saw a surge in voting, but the race remained a dead heat between two names: "Gerald" and "Stelten." When the contest became too close to call, Zoo officials decided to hold a run-off election to determine the winner. Over 1,600 votes were cast in the contest, with "Gerald" coming out on top.
The winning name was submitted by Katie Palmer, 5, and Addie Palmer, 3, daughters of Steve and Gretchen Palmer of Rapid City. They submitted the name "Gerald" in honor of their grandpa, who brings them to the Zoo.
"They wanted to get involved because they love animals and they thought the name 'Gerald' sounded like a good name for a giraffe," said Gretchen Palmer.
For their efforts, Katie and Addie had an opportunity to meet a giraffe up-close, and talk to the Zookeepers who care for the Zoo's giraffe herd.
Through this contest, the Zoo raised over $1,700. All proceeds will go directly to benefit the animals at the Great Plains Zoo, a non-profit organization.
"People were really interested in our baby giraffe, and we had a great response to this contest," said Elizabeth A. Whealy, President and CEO of the Great Plains Zoo. "We are very grateful for the generosity of everyone who participated and we look forward to watching 'Gerald' grow into a tall, graceful giraffe."
"Gerald" and his mother "Libby" can be seen daily in the Zoo's Giraffe Building.
The Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the last admission at 4 p.m. Visit the Zoo online at www.greatzoo.org or call 605-367-7003 for more information about the Zoo and Museum.


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Somehow, I have a feeling this post will strike an unpleasant chord with many readers, as I know people who take their diet soda very seriously. I am not one who has ever been a soda addict, caffeine addict or sugar addict (at least not in drink form). Ideally, I would try to stick to water, but I find myself drinking ice tea or low-fat chocolate milk (post-workout) and even the occasional coffee. I try to stay as far away from soda as I possibly can for countless reasons. Mainly, I don't get any satisfaction from drinking the bubbly, sugary drink with artificial colors and flavors. If anything I feel more sluggish and my stomach is upset from the carbonation. I end up more thirsty than I was before indulging in the beverage and since my stomach is filled with so much air, eventually I'm back to being hungry too.
The main complaint I have with diet soda is their claim that it makes you think it is somehow "healthy" because the word "diet" comes before it. The fact is diet soda still has artificial sweeteners which, although haven't been proven to be harmful, are still best avoided. Just because the FDA hasn't stepped in doesn't mean the product is a good one! Saccharine was banned in Canada and other countries because lab tests with animals found that it was linked to bladder cancer; the FDA has chosen to remove warning labels due to inconclusive evidence as to the effect it has on humans. Aspartame is a high profile, artificial sweetener that is highly controversial. Aspartame was discovered as a sweetener while researching anti-ulcer drugs. The scientist spilled some on his hands and realized it had a sweet flavor, so now it's in many diet drinks, water packets and other sugar-free items. There are many, many names for aspartame and claims have been made that it contributes to anything from cancer to psychiatric problems in humans. The jury is still out on this one as well, but in my opinion it isn't worth the risk.
Another point to be made is studies have found that people who drink diet soda are not healthier in any way. Reducing the food energy intake of sugar in soda doesn't imply that person will have a lower food intake overall or lead to weight loss. An independent study also found that 48% of the 9,000 people in their test group were at higher risk for weight gain and elevated blood sugar levels. The diet soda merely increased the person's desire for sweet foods.
Overall, I think it is best to avoid soda in general. If you have to have it every once in a while that's fine and dandy, but don't justify your indulgence by telling yourself it is "healthy" and do your best to try and limit your intake as much as possible.
Best idea for soda drinkers? Create your own soda! Combine sparkling water (not club soda-too much sodium) and your favorite 100% fruit juice. This is a great way to wean you off of the artificial crap and still get a taste of the bubbly stuff. Sparkling water is hydrating and the NYTimes reported it can help keep calcium in your bones.
For a drink like this, pour glass half full with 100% juice of your choice and half full of sparkling water.
To make things more fun or fancy, try using frozen berries or fruit instead of ice cubes!!


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[quote=LauraA;31466]'97 TJ....after breaking three out of four motor mounts on our old Corolla, we decided it might be time to step up.
The Wrangler is pretty much stock, except for skids, 30" ATs, Rancho 5000 shocks and a Rancho steering stabilizer. If the Jeep doesn't go where we want, we walk.
Old Peep's Jeep
And after 6 decades, no one has come up with a more nimble or capable 4wd.


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Derby Day is approaching and you are going to have some friends over for a party; what to serve? Maybe you don't want to grill because it is still snowing outside. So, how about a real Kentucky tradition: Burgoo. It probably started as a hunters stew originally containing squirrel, rabbit, venison, turkey or any wild game with a combination of vegetables.
"Bedtime!" I announced with a feigned attempt to hide my glee.
"But mom! What about dinner?"
Seriously. Why do they insist on eating three times a day? And how, after twenty-one years of parenting, do I still occasionally forget to feed them?
FOP Forum
I saw an ad in the Oldham Era recently about an open meeting and attended the Fraternal Order of Police question and answer forum at the community center on the evening of Feb. 10.
The meeting I attended must have been different for the one described in a letter to the paper by Bobbie Nelson. She said Judge Voegele acted like a bully. I didn't see anything of the kind. He acted fine, but did object when the FOP leader said there would be no television cameras allowed, which I thought was the right thing to do.
Several years ago I vacationed in southern Florida. Thousands of people were there relaxing and seeking a good time. One night, while walking down one of the brightly lit streets in Naples, I passed a Western Union office. It was deserted except for the clerk and a woman. She had a telegram in her hand and was crying her heart out. It reminded me that even in the land of good times and seas breezes, hearts can still be broken.
We are nearing the end of the 2014 Regular Session, and, much like the week before, controversy hangs over the House because of procedures used to pass Kentucky's road plan and how to pay for it.
On Tuesday, members of the House Committee on Appropriations and Revenue received a revised version of Governor Beshear's proposed road plan and budget less than 15 minutes before the start of the meeting, meaning legislators had only a few minutes to review a document more than 220 pages long before a vote was called.
Since long before I was elected Mayor, the City of LaGrange has required that every business purchase a business license if they transact business in the city limits. The revenue generated from this fee helps pay for the services that residents and businesses rely upon. It isn't contingent upon whether a business maintains an office here or whether the business was conducted in the city on a single day or every single day of the year. No one is singled out, no one pays a higher or lower rate because of the particular business they are in.
Have you ever wondered about the people who heard Jesus speak and didn't believe? They saw him heal the blind and said it was from Satan. They saw him heal the lame and they said he did it on the Sabbath. He raised Lazarus from the dead and they said he must die. How can you stand in front of the Son of God, see him do unbelievable miracles and not believe? That is the power of sin. We all struggle with it all of our lives.
A friend of mine used to constantly mumble to herself, "Fret not". We tend to blame our troubles and our worries on the circumstances of life,on what someone else has done to us. The truth of the matter is that most of our inner unhappiness results from our fretting ourselves.
Oh, for Pete's sake! Another bra went missing. While packing for our trip, I made a last minute decision to toss my strapless model into the suitcase. Three times I rifled through my underwear drawer, but the rarely worn item had vanished.
I considered that it could have gone into hiding as it most likely felt under-appreciated, and perhaps a little forlorn. Strapless bras are intended to push things upward into an impressive display of cleavage that makes all their hard work and effort worthwhile. However, there is no glory to be had for my poor ol' strapless.
On the 45th day of the legislative session, the House finally passed its budget bill. This leaves us in the Senate only 13 days to work on the budget, present it in a committee, and vote on a Senate version. Thirteen days, less than two weeks, and if we take 13, our power to veto is lost.
The children lined up in the cafeteria of a religious school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. A teacher made a note, "Take only one, God is watching." At the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies. A boy wrote a note, "Take all you want, God is watching the apples."
At the recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting, virtually every Republican of any stature stepped to the microphone to regurgitate their conservative credentials.
One cannot be too conservative for the CPAC. Try as they might, I doubt that any candidate is actually conservative enough for this group. In spite of every speaker banging the drum of conservative rhetoric, none are truly worthy.
When county government is running smoothly and there are no real issues to talk about in an election campaign, the only choice apparently left for opponents is mudslinging and character assassination.
A letter in last week's Oldham Era from Bobbie Nelson accused me of acting like a bully in public, at fiscal court meetings seen on Channel 25 and at a recent meeting of the local Fraternal Order of Police.
No one likes to be controlled. Do you know anyone who likes it? Do your children, employees, spouse or friends thank you for trying to be totally in charge of their lives? Striving for control does not endear you to anyone. In fact, it usually gets the opposite reaction. The harder you push, the more they rebel. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. In your face or behind your back, you receive a big dose of "you can't make me."
As we came in from yet another snowstorm, work on the floor of the Senate centered on cleaning up statutory language, fixing some areas of recent laws as well as safety and protection for our youth from new nicotine products. Wednesday morning, thousands of Kentuckians gathered along Capitol Avenue to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March on Frankfort. It was a cold and blustery March 5 when Dr. King led 10,000 others in a march up to the front door of our Capitol in support of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act.
"It is so weird that your parents are just lying in the middle of the floor like that."
I didn't think it was weird at all. My mom and dad often cuddled on the floor while watching TV, but my friend Jackie saw it differently.
"I can't imagine my parents ever lying on the floor," she continued, "let alone hugging each other."
"I'm sorry," I stated, unsure of what else to say.
Anyone who knows me knows that I love my dogs as if they were my children.
Troy and I have owned dogs all our lives and have rarely been without at least one dog at home to greet us after a long day's work. Being a pet owner is one of the joys in my life, but it can also bring heartbreak.
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Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will not hand in transfer request
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will not be handing in a transfer request, according to Sky sources.
Last Updated: 27/08/13 11:03pm
However, despite the chances of an Old Trafford exit receding with this latest development, some issues between the England star and the club remain unresolved.
Rooney was left "angered and confused" about his position at Old Trafford after manager David Moyes hinted the striker would not be his first choice this season, while he continues to be unhappy at claims at the end of last season from Sir Alex Ferguson that he'd submitted a transfer request.
He has though told friends he will not disrespect the club, the manager, the team or the fans by asking for a move.
Chelsea have failed with two bids for the England star and looked set for a third with manager Jose Mourinho saying on Monday night that Rooney had 48 hours to decide his future.
Following United and Chelsea's goalless draw, Mourinho said: "We are not so silly as to try to get a player from a big club, a club that doesn't sell what they don't want to sell; we are not so silly as to try to do something if somebody didn't start it.
"The person that started the story has to finish the story. For the good of everyone it is time to finish the story. One way or another he has to say 'I want to leave' or 'I want to stay'."
It has been reported that Chelsea have players such as Anzhi Makhachkala's Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o on their radar and when asked about how long Mourinho was willing to wait before moving onto other targets, the Portuguese said: "Twenty-four hours, 48 hours."
Rooney looked determined on Monday night to cast aside the ongoing uncertainty over his future with a stirring display against Chelsea after making his first start in the United XI for four months.
His every move was cheered by the United faithful and Moyes, who has insisted throughout the summer that he would not sell the striker, said: "I was very pleased with his performance and I was very pleased with the reaction from the crowd.
"I think Wayne has a positive mind at the moment. I don't think he needs to change. I think his performance said enough. I think his actions showed what he thought."
Mourinho added: "Rooney was a real professional. He played for his club, played for the club that pays him, tried to win, tried to score. He was fantastic.
"After that, if he wants to leave, he has to say - or he decides now that he doesn't want to leave anymore. But I praise him. He played a fantastic match in these difficult circumstances.
"They gave him fantastic support, it was good, it was nice - very English."


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Impressions gathered from viewing 24 of 26 training camp practices over the course of 21 days:
— Not long after camp opened, Lane Kiffin offered a preemptive strike, musing about the importance of the offseason program in light of the fact that his two best players weren't even participants.
Cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha walked into camp on time, signed his exclusive free agent tender and was so good he looked like a bargain at $9.7 million.
Defensive end Derrick Burgess put on eight to 10 pounds of muscle working out on his own, showing up only to the mandatory minicamp, and was essentially unblockable. Raiders tackles found themselves getting nothing but air or simply being shoved aside by one of Burgess' perfectly sculpted arms.
Defensive coordinator Rob Ryan is flopping sides with Burgess now and then, moving him from his more familiar left side to the right. The idea is to get him an a single blocker from time to time, rather than the double-team plus a chip treatment he has received so often the last two years.
The truth about training camp defense is it is can be extremely deceiving because there is no actual tackling. Tackling only happens to be the most important thing about defense.
But there was no mistaking what Asomugha brought to pass coverage and Burgess brought to the pass rush. If health is not an issue, and Asomugha's sore foot is at least a little troubling, the Raiders have two cornerstone defensive players to help build a viable defense.
— Training camp restrictions being what they are, there is no way to know for sure if the Raiders have repaired the gaping hole in the middle of their defense which opposing runners ran through repeatedly in 2007.
They should be better, but how much better? Do they go from giving up an embarrassing 4.8 yards per carry to the 4.0 range, or could they actually do even better and be above average.
Two reasons for optimism _ Tommy Kelly's brief but dominating appearance against the San Francisco 49ers, and the presence of Gibril Wilson at strong safety.
Kelly has a ways to go in terms of conditioning, as witnessed by his feeble yet comic attempt at taking a lap the other night after being called for offsides. Kelly was collapsing the 49ers line almost single-handedly, but to do that for four quarters he will need more stamina. Rehab from knee surgery put him behind, and Kelly needs to catch up.
The Raiders aren't paying him all that money to be a part time player.
Wilson has been a guy who plays bigger than the 210 pounds or so he weighs, and his presence in the box will be a welcome one in a division featuring LaDainian Tomlinson, Larry Johnson and whoever is the Broncos runner of the week.
— More optimism regarding the run defense _ linebacker Thomas Howard looks a little bigger and a little meaner without sacrificing the speed and ability that makes him one of the NFL's best pass coverage linebackers. He and Kirk Morrison are intent on shedding their reputation as pass defenders who give ground against the run.
They need to be much, much better than a year ago. The two or three series they play against a hard-nosed Tennessee running game will be a good litmus test.
— The Raiders brought a lot of pressure during training camp, which makes aggressive amateur defensive coordinators salivate with the possibility of more blitzing.
Much of the additional pressure was to prepare JaMarcus Russell for what the Raiders think he'll see. Kiffin could have been sandbagging, but more likely he was telling it like it is the other day when he was addressing Stanford Routt's role as a nickel back and said, "We're not very complicated on third down, our defense. We don't blitz very much so he doesn't have to do very much."
— The play of Raiders' offensive tackles makes it a tough call, but there may be some help for Burgess in terms of a natural rush. Jay Richardson, a decent point-of-attack player as a rookie and tall enough to take away passing lanes, has had some success getting deeper into the backfield. Kalimba Edwards has practices where it looks as if he will fit nicely into the Chris Clemons role as a situational rusher.
— The resurrection of Terdell Sands to be the kind of inside force he was as a part-time player in 2006 is still far from complete. Sands conceded he went into an understandable funk last year after the death of his mother and let his weight get out of control.
He is lighter this year _ how much, no one will say _ but he has already had a knee drained and is missing practices. It's tough to get into shape that way. Sands will probably continue to back up Gerard Warren, who through most of his career has been either impressive or invisible _ sometimes from one week to the next.
— In early practices, sixth-round pick Trevor Scott looked like he might be a wasted pick. Later, he looked like he might be a find. Line coach Keith Millard beams like a proud papa when Scott's progress is the topic.
Yet you see Scott in person and it's almost alarming. He physically resembles Stuart Schweigert, and in fact doesn't look much bigger. Listed at 255, Scott, in truth, is slightly under 250. He won't be 260 until next year at the earliest.
— When camp started, Michael Huff looked liberated to be at free safety and making the occasional play with the kind of anticipation the position requires. The plays became more infrequent as time went on.
It's nearing make-or-break time for Huff to justify his No. 7 overall selection in 2006, and it's a tossup as to which way it will go.
— The whole strong side linebacker issue makes for interesting reading, being that it's a starting position and all, but the truth is the winner will be the first player off the field when its time for nickels and dimes.
That's why the Raiders didn't make a serious run at Takeo Spikes, who wound up in San Francisco. They'd rather pay the veteran's minimum for an Adam Archuleta than invest another half-million or so into a player who would be an ideal strong side linebacker but spend too much time on the sidelines to justify the money.
Not saying it's right, and in fact it probably isn't in this case.
— DeAngelo Hall is going to catch some heat, both from opposing quarterbacks as well as the home fans. Teams are still going to avoid Asomugha, and Hall will be there for the taking. He will also occasionally make a break on the ball and make a big play, and has a knack for being in the area when balls are deflected.
If you're expecting a shutdown corner, guess again. There are precious few of those around.
— Routt has had an excellent training camp. He could have been miffed by Hall's acquisition but instead has appeared to elevate his performance in practice.
Now it has to carry over into games. One of Hall's strengths is he forgets when he just got beat and it doesn't prevent him from coming back to make a play. Routt has had a habit of letting the failures which come with the territory affect him for the rest of the game.
Routt will need to be at the top of his game, because things get extremely thin after that at cornerback.
— Bad break for Tyvon Branch, with his right thumb encased in a cast. He could still end up being a defensive contributor at some point during the season, if his goal line hit against the 49ers' Cam Colvin is any indication.


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"Final Nail In The Coffin Of This Country": Another Year Of Wild Attacks On The Health Care Law
After waging an epic misinformation campaign during the debate over the Affordable Care Act and throughout the year following its signing, right-wing media have continued attacking the health care law, claiming that it is the "final nail in the coffin of this country" and that it "makes everyone a slave." As the two-year anniversary of the health care law approaches, Media Matters looks back at the right-wing media's latest attacks on health care reform.
America Will End And We Will Become Slaves [1]
Democrats Are "Mediscar[ing]" Americans [2]
The Health Care Law Includes Rationing And "Death Panels" [3]
Health Care Waivers Are "Political Corruption" [4]
The Contraception Mandate Is An "Attack On Religious Freedom" "For Population Control" [5]
FLASHBACK: Previous False, Apocalyptic Health Care Predictions From Right-Wing Media [6]
The Right-Wing Media's Unhinged Health Care Attacks Enter The Second Year
Rush Limbaugh Claimed Health Care Reform Law Is "The Final Nail In The Coffin Of This Country." On the April 26, 2011, edition of his show, Rush Limbaugh claimed that Democrats "are hiding and delaying the final nail in the coffin of this country till after 2012, and that's Obamacare. And that is the final nail in the coffin. In the country as we've known it. Once that implements in full, then all kinds of your freedoms -- our freedoms are in that great peril. Economic and others." [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 4/26/11 [7], via Media Matters]
Limbaugh: "Health Care Is The IV To Total State Control Over A Population. Hitler Knew It." On the May 18, 2011, edition of his show, Limbaugh claimed the health care reform law is "the eventual end of private sector health insurance companies." Limbaugh continued:
LIMBAUGH: It is well known -- authoritarians, totalitarians throughout history have known -- controlling the health care of a society is -- that's like the IV. You go in the hospital, they put an IV in your arm, it's there in case they need to get in, in an emergency to do something else, they've already got the pathway in. Health care is the IV to total state control over a population. Hitler knew it, the Nazis. It's one of the first things that they tried. That will be the Media Tweak of the Day. Although it's nothing new. We've said it before. [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 5/18/11 [8], via Media Matters]
Fox Regular Jonathan Hoenig: Health Care Reform Law "Makes Everyone A Slave." On the November 14, 2011, edition of Fox Business' now-defunct show Freedom Watch, regular Fox News guest Jonathan Hoenig claimed:
HOENIG: For decades [the health care system] has been dominated by programs like Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP. And all this proposal does -- all Obamacare does is essentially put the coffin in the private health care industry in this country. It establishes health care as a right, which makes everyone a slave and ruins it for all. [Fox Business, Freedom Watch, 11/14/11 [9], via Media Matters]
Fox's Gretchen Carlson: "Can The President Scare The American People Into His Plan For Saving?" On the April 15, 2011, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson claimed that "there's [also] concern about whether or not President Obama is stoking some fear in some of the comments he's been making." Fox & Friends then aired a segment of an ABC News interview with Obama while on-screen text accused Obama of "Playing on the Public's Fear." Later, Carlson asked: "Can the president scare the American people into his plan for saving?" After playing portions of Obama's interview, Carlson asked, "So will fear sell you on the idea of raising taxes?"
[Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/15/11 [10], via Media Matters]
Fox's Neil Cavuto Repeatedly Asserted Democrats Are Using Health Care "Scare Tactics." During the May 7, 2011, edition of his show, Fox News host Neil Cavuto stated that "Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius" was "taking scare tactics to a new level" by calling out "the Republican plan to deal with Medicare." Fox contributor Charles Payne agreed that "Democrats continue to use these scare tactics" against GOP Medicare plans. [Fox News, Your World, 5/7/11 [11], via Media Matters]
Fox's Chris Wallace: "Scare Tactics In Politics Are Nothing New." During the May 11, 2011, edition of Fox News' Special Report, guest host Chris Wallace adopted the GOP talking point that Democrats are using "scare tactics" to protect programs such as Social Security and Medicare. From Fox News' Special Report:
CHRIS WALLACE (guest host): Scare tactics in politics are nothing new. Entitlements such as Social Security and Medicare have long been the subject of such attacks. Tonight, chief Washington correspondent Jim Angle reports on what Republicans say is another example of Democrats saying one thing and doing another.
JIM ANGLE (Fox News correspondent): Freshman Republicans are complaining that Democrats are violating a pledge from President Obama not to demonize proposals tackling big problems such as Medicare, including the proposal from Republican Paul Ryan. [Fox News, Special Report, 5/11/11 [12], via Media Matters]
For the truth about how Republicans' Medicare plans could negatively affect seniors, click here [10].
Sean Hannity: "Death Panels Are Inevitable." On the January 11 edition of his radio show, Sean Hannity claimed:
HANNITY: [W]hen government has to instill austerity measures, i.e. Greece, i.e. other places in Europe, what happens? The people rebel, they get angry. They feel like they have had the, you know, the floor pulled out from under them. "Where's my retirement?" They don't have the money, they overspent. "Where's my health care?" You have to wait six months for that X-ray. "Where's my - I'm sorry you're too old to get that hip replacement." All these things are happening in Europe. Why would they not happen here? "You're talking about death panels again, Hannity." Death panels are inevitable. [Premiere Radio Networks, The Sean Hannity Show, 1/11/12 [13], via Media Matters]
Wall Street Journal: Advisory Board Could Lead To "Political Rationing Of Care For The Elderly." In an April 20, 2011, editorial, The Wall Street Journal wrote that the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) created in the health care law could lead to "the political rationing of care for the elderly, as now occurs in Britain, or else the board will drive prices so low that many doctors and hospitals drop out of Medicare." [The Wall Street Journal, 4/20/11 [14]]
Fox's Andrea Tantaros Fearmongered That Medicare Board Is "Going To Lead To Rationing." On the April 21, 2011, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Fox News contributor Andrea Tantaros stated:
TANTAROS: If I were a senior, I would be extremely disturbed by what the president is proposing. He's actually proposing ... an independent panel -- 15 bureaucrats, 15 government-appointed officials -- this is these "rationing boards" we've heard about, who are going to make decisions about how to limit individual expenditures from Medicare patients.
What does that mean? They're going to decide what programs you can have, and what programs you can't, what's going to be the most cost-effective. This is going to lead to rationing. Just look at England. It always does. If you start to cut payments to doctors, cut payments to hospitals -- which is what the Obama plan does - eventually, doctors start to not want to treat Medicare patients. It's a very, very scary prospect, what the president's proposing. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/21/11 [15], via Media Matters]
Big Government: Obama's "Proposal To Decrease Healthcare Costs ... [Is] Rationing." An April 25, 2011, post on right-wing blog Big Government claimed that the Obama administration's "proposal to decrease healthcare costs ... [is] rationing." The post claimed that the IPAB will likely "limit healthcare costs by reducing access to physicians, restricting choice of treatments, [and] restricting access to medication and technology." [Big Government, 4/25/11 [16], via Media Matters]
For the truth behind the falsehood that the Independent Payment Advisory Board created by the health care law will lead to rationing, click here [17].
Fox's Eric Bolling: Health Care Law Waivers Are "Blatant Cronyism." On the May 11, 2011, edition of his now-defunct Fox Business show, Eric Bolling asked: "So, do you think it's a coincidence that 20 percent of the new Obamacare waivers are for gourmet restaurants, nightclubs, and fancy hotels in Nancy Pelosi's district?" He continued: "[S]eriously, the left has absolutely no shame, blatant cronyism. Really? Really? Come on." [Fox Business, Follow The Money, 5/11/11 [18], via Media Matters]
Gretchen Carlson Asked If Waivers Are "Political Corruption." Previewing a segment on the health care waivers on the May 18, 2011, Fox & Friends, Carlson asked: "Political corruption or just simply coincidence?" [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 5/18/11 [19], via Media Matters]
Hannity: "Why Does The Word Corrupt Come To My Mind?" On the May 17, 2011, edition of his Fox News show, Hannity said: "There were 204 brand new Obamacare waivers that were granted in April. Thirty-eight of those 204, or 20 percent, came from, let's see, Nancy Pelosi's district. What does that tell you about, first of all, all the companies wanting waivers, some companies granted waivers, a lot of unions have been granted waivers, and then Nancy Pelosi's district is one of the biggest beneficiaries of waivers for health care? What is your reaction to that?" Hannity also said:
HANNITY: Why does the word corrupt come to my mind when I hear that there's any waivers for any person anywhere? I mean, you know, I understand why McDonald's wanted a waiver, I understand why some companies want it. But, you know, the idea that some people are going to be subjected to this law, you know, it seems like this may even hit the equal protection clause by the time this is all said and done. [Fox News, Hannity, 5/17/11 [18], via Media Matters]
For the truth about the phony health care waivers controversy, click here [18].
Wash. Times' Jeffrey Kuhner: "Profoundly Immoral" Contraception Proposal "Is Essential To Forging A Pagan Society." In a July 21, 2011, Washington Times column, Jeffrey Kuhner called the Institute of Medicine's recommendation that health insurance plans should cover contraception without cost to the consumer part of "Obama's culture of death," which he claimed was "essential to forging a pagan society based on consequence-free sex." From The Washington Times:
The proposal is profoundly immoral. Contraception violates the natural moral order. It decouples sexual intercourse from its main purpose: procreation. It entrenches the hedonistic ethic that sex is about recreation and individual gratification. It strikes at the very heart of a functioning, self-renewing civilization - having children and perpetuating one generation to another. This is why practically every major religion and most cultures have rightly believed that birth control, pornography, homosexuality and adultery are wrong. They threaten the basic institution of society: the traditional family. The family existed before the state; its importance transcends the state. Hence, our ancestors understood that moral standards must be upheld, not demolished. The breakdown of the family inevitably leads to social collapse. [The Washington Times, 7/21/11 [20]]
Fox's Greg Gutfeld: Contraception Is The Left's "Way To Eradicate The Poor." On the July 20, 2011, edition of Fox News' The Five, co-host Greg Gutfeld said: "If you're talking about free birth control, who is going to use free birth control? The people who can't afford it. So the left has figured out a way to eradicate the poor. And it's by eradicating the poor." [Fox News, The Five, 7/20/11 [21], via Media Matters]
Andrea Tantaros: "A Lot Of This Is For Population Control. This Has Nothing To Do With Women's Health." On the February 8 edition of Fox News' Hannity, Andrea Tantaros claimed:
TANTAROS: Well don't forget, Nancy Pelosi thinks birth control is stimulative. These were comments that she made. And a lot of this is for population control, Jehmu [Greene]. This has nothing to do with women's health.
GREENE (Fox News contributor): Population control?
TANTAROS: Yeah, this is what liberals are doing. [Fox News, Hannity, 2/8/12 [22], via Media Matters]
Gretchen Carlson: If Contraception Mandate Is Enforced, "Your Rights Could Be Taken Away Down The Road." On the February 9 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Gretchen Carlson claimed:
CARLSON: What you brought up earlier is very important to this discussion which is this is about religious freedom.
STEVE DOOCY (co-host): Absolutely.
CARLSON: And just imagine if there was another religion that was being attacked. I mean, I think that's the way to look at this whole thing. Your rights could be taken away down the road.
On-screen text during the segment stated, "Trumping religious rights?":
[Fox News, Fox & Friends, 2/9/12 [23], via Media Matters]
For the truth behind the right-wing media freakout about the contraception mandate in the health care law, click here [24].
FLASHBACK: The Right-Wing Media Have A History Of False, Apocalyptic Health Care Predictions
Glenn Beck: "This Is The End Of Prosperity In America Forever ... The End Of America As You Know It." Telling his radio audience, "You must not allow this to pass," Glenn Beck stated in November 2009 that "they're going to get past that 60-vote barrier. And they'll get there by people like [Sen.] Joe Lieberman, who's a reasonable guy and has good intent. You'll get past it by people like that, who say, you know what? Look, we got to be reasonable; we have to have a debate. And then Harry Reid will go for the 51 count and he'll pass this thing. And it will be a nail in the coffin of America." Beck added: "You must -- must get on the phone in your districts. You must wake everybody up you know. This is the end of prosperity in America forever if this bill passes. This is the end of America as you know it." [Premiere Radio Networks, The Glenn Beck Program, 11/19/09 [25], via Media Matters]
Beck: "The Health Care Bill Is Reparations. It's The Beginning Of Reparations." On the July 22, 2009, edition of his radio show, Beck claimed that "none of [Obama's] bills are about what he says they're about. The health care bill is reparations. It's the beginning of reparations ... the medical schools will get more federal dollars if they have proven that they are putting minorities ahead." [Premiere Radio Networks, The Glenn Beck Program, 7/22/09 [26], via Media Matters]
Radio Host Jim Quinn: "You Are Going To See Insurrection. You're Going To See An Uprising." On January 13, 2009, radio host Jim Quinn predicted that "if they pass this thing, you are going to see insurrection. You're going to see an uprising. People are just not going to take this. I mean, your taxes are going to go through the roof. It's going to be a bloodbath when people find out how much this is going to cost and for the first four years, they're not going to get anything." [Clear Channel, The War Room with Quinn & Rose, 1/13/10 [27], via Media Matters]
Neal Boortz: "Obama's Health Care Plan Is Going To End Up Killing People." On the June 17, 2009, edition of his radio show, Neal Boortz claimed, "Obama's health care plan is going to end up killing people ... especially among the ranks of the elderly, there's going to be people who die." [Cox Radio Syndication, The Neal Boortz Show, 6/17/09 [28], via Media Matters]
Fox's Peter Johnson Jr: Health Care Reform Is "The Government Deciding Who Will Live, Who Will Die." On the June 25, 2009, edition of Fox & Friends, guest host Peter Johnson Jr. claimed that a line from a health care town hall by Obama referencing evidence-based treatments "was the most disturbing quote of the night. President as social engineer, president as bioethicist, the government deciding who will live, who will die. You're too old, you're too young. ... Is that what this plan is about? To save money by killing old people?" [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 6/25/09 [29], via Media Matters]
Brian Kilmeade: Health Care Reform Will "Devastate" Health Care Research And Innovation. On the August 13, 2009, edition of his radio show, Brian Kilmeade responded to a caller asking about the effect of the bill on "medical research and stem cell research." Kilmeade claimed it was a "great question and we know the answer. The answer is devastate it. It will take the entrepreneurship and the industrialness [sic] out, and the creativity out of the biotech business." [Fox Radio Network, Brian and the Judge, 8/13/09 [30], via Media Matters]
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Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack is an explicit attempt to prevent legitimate users from using a service by some malicious users of the Server. Such an attack can be launched by sending continuous requests to the server for a particular web resource.
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You can now tweak the server to prevent Denial-Of-Service attacks by configuring request limits and monitoring maximum number of connections per virtual server. Configuring some of these values may affect the server's performance.
To configure request limits for the server, click Configuration > Virtual Servers > Server Settings > Request Limits. Configure the parameters listed in the following table.Table 7–4 Configuring Request Limit
Request Limits
Enable/Disable request limits for this virtual server. Request limits option is disabled by default.
Maximum Connections
Maximum number of concurrent connections allowed for this virtual server.
Maximum RPS
Maximum number of requests allowed from a client per second.
RPS Compute Interval
The time interval in which the average request per second (RPS) is calculated. Default values is 30 seconds.
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Determines what condition must be met in order for a blocked request type to become available again for servicing.
silence — Refused requests must fall to zero (over a subsequent interval) for service to resume.
threshold — Refused request rate must fall below RPS threshold for service to resume.
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My Letter to HIV: A Letter From Elaine Henderson
Dear HIV,
I know I blamed everything on you in the beginning and it took some time for me to accept my responsibility in how you came into my life. I could not move on without realizing that all you did was seize the opportunity that I gave you, you walked through the door that I left open. Had I been more careful I would have never had to meet you. But, you're here now and you'll live on my terms, you will not govern the path of my life even though you have to be a part of it. You will not stop me from having relationships, you will not keep me from having fun and you will not take me down. I have made it my mission to keep you away from as many people as the sound of my voice or the stroke of my pen will reach. We will defeat you one day, those of us who speak out have been called for such a time as this. I will continue to educate and advocate, I will march and I will pray until you are just a lesson in the history books. It won't be long now and I see you shivering with fear as your demise is in sight, you and all of your little opportunistic friends.
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After a week of speculation, Sacha Baron DID arrive at the 2012 Oscars dressed as his new fictional alter-ego Admiral Aladeen - aka The Dictator - and promptly caused a scene on the red carpet.
The funnyman was carrying an urn supposedly holding 'the ashes of Kim Jong Il'.
See the incident below.
During his interview with host Ryan Seacrest he dropped the ashes on the E! News presenter, before he was seemingly bundled away by security.
He said it was the dead North Korean dictator's "dream to come to the Oscars and to be sprinkled on the red carpet - and on Halle Berry's chest again".
[Related story: Crystal and Clooney's surprise kiss]
[Related gallery: The latest red carpet photos]
Prior to this, Cohen said he was wearing an outfit designed by John Galliano, but "socks from Kmart" because: "As my friend Saddam Hussein once said to me 'socks are socks - don't waste money'".
He also said: "Death to the west".
Oscar producers performed a U-turn and allowed Cohen to appear at this year's award ceremony dressed as his General Aladeen character, following a prior snub.
Earlier this week it emerged Cohen wanted to appear in character at the ceremony. Oscar bosses have strict rules about plugging films at the event, so, according to Deadline.com, they told Cohen they would take away his ticket unless he dropped the stunt. He was due to appear because he starred in nominated film 'Hugo'.
He then appeared in character in a video online and said: "On behalf of the nation of Wadiya, I am outraged at being banned from the Oscars by the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Zionists.
"While I applaud the academy for taking away my right to free speech, I warn you that if you do not lift your sanctions and give me my tickets back by 12pm on Sunday, you will face unimaginable consequences."
He berates them for not nominating films like: "classic Wadiyan films such as 'When Harry Kidnapped Sally', 'You've Got Mailbomb' or 'Planet Of The Rapes'".
He adds: "On top of all of this, I paid Hilary Swank $2million to be my date and she will not refund a penny. My Sunday calendar is now as empty as a North Korea grocery store.
"But whatever happens, I still plan to attend director Brett Ratner's afterparty since it's impossible to catch herpes twice. Death to the West, death to America and good luck Billy Crystals - fantastic!"
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Before starting the program, I read some of the criticism out there to get an idea of what I'd be in for and what to be cautious of. Kim Leeder wrote a great article at In the Library with the Lead Pipe: All Dressed Up with Nowhere to Go: A Survey of ALA Emerging Leaders , where much of the problem sounded like unmet expectations of the day-long program itself, as well as the reach and scope of the projects. I have to say those involved in the program really listened to former EL class concerns, because some of these issues were addressed, and some changes were clearly made. And I am very excited about the project I am working on, which is creating a collection development policy for videogames in libraries. I think this project will not only be interesting and even fun, but have a lot of reach, too.
We got some fantastic information on leadership from Maureen Sullivan, Peter Bromberg, Leslie Burger, and Keith Fiels. Andromeda Yelton, another Emerging Leader, has a great write up of what we learned on her blog:
The main takeaways, as Andromeda notes, are:
- Be scared everyday (and have a drink in your hand)
- Be generous
- There is no spoon
- Relationships
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Vault: 9.575 (3/2/2012)
Bars: 8.65 (2/6/2011)
Beam: 9.525 (2/12/2011)
Floor: 9.675 (3/16/2012)
All-around: 36.675 (2/19/2011)
2012: Was a regular competitor for the Bulldogs on vault, beam and floor ... Scored a personal best of 9.575 on vault to place seventh on the event against Towson and William & Mary ... Placed seventh on floor with a 9.575 at George Washington ... Had a career-high 9.675 on floor at a quad meet hosted by Towson.
2011: Competed all-around for the Bulldogs in four meets and on at least two events in every other meet … Placed fourth on floor at Springfield … Third on beam with a season-high of 9.525 and fourth all-around at the Bulldog Invitational … Scored a personal best of 9.5 on floor and third all-around at the home meet against SCSU.
High School: Has represented her home country of Singapore three times, with the first coming at the 2007 World Championships … Finished 19th in the all-around competition at the 2008 Pacific Rim Championships … Competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India.
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WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- The Pentagon has beefed up its biggest "bunker buster" bomb so it can destroy Iran's most heavily armed and protected nuclear site, U.S. officials said.
The administration believes the enhanced Massive Ordnance Penetrator, the Pentagon's largest conventional bomb, will decrease the chances Israel will launch a unilateral bombing campaign against Iran, at least for this year and maybe next year too, the officials told The Wall Street Journal.
This would buy more time for the Obama administration to pursue diplomacy after Iran holds elections in June.
It could also give the West more influence in diplomatic efforts to persuade Iran to rein in its nuclear program.
Israel and Iran had no immediate comment. Jerusalem maintains it reserves the right to attack Iran. Iran maintains its nuclear program is solely peaceful.
The upgraded MOP, a precision-guided, 30,000-pound behemoth, is designed to destroy Iran's deep-underground Fordo uranium-enrichment plant south of Tehran, near the holy city of Qom.
Fordo was previously seen as largely immune to U.S. or Israeli military strikes, officials said.
But the bulked-up MOP features adjusted fuses to greatly enhance its ability to penetrate into soil, rock and concrete, the Journal said.
The "smart weapon" also has improved guidance systems to improve its ability to precisely hit the plant and minimize collateral damage, the newspaper said.
And it has high-tech equipment to help it elude Iranian air defenses.
The upgraded MOP hasn't been dropped from a plane yet, the Journal said.
"Hopefully we never have to use it," a senior U.S. official told the newspaper. "But if we had to, it would work."