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If you watched Real Time With Bill Maher the other night, you heard the story about Starbucks using crushed bugs to create the pink color in its strawberry drinks.
You can relax now if you are a patron of Starbucks because the coffee vendor has decided to remove the bugs, according to The Seattle Times, opting to replace them with a plant-based substance.
Starbucks now bug-free | Editorials | The Seattle Times.
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Life is full of surprises
Well, haven't you ever felt that?
When you expect something to happen, it may not always end up the way you wanted it to be. Which may be a good thing or a good thing disguised as a bad thing.
Yes, I am one of the people who believe that everything bad thing happens for a reason. Even something small like forgetting to take the house key and climbing 3 floors up to get it only to notice that I had also forgotten my wallet. (Happened too many times, you know?)
Now, what does that have to do with giving up?
I somehow made up my mind to think that I didn't need help with anything. Don't get me wrong, I love giving orders around to my mom, sister, cousins and the Hero of my life (Yes yes my husband) and am sure Tigger (my son) will also be made to do a lot of running around in the name of helping his mom.
But, you see, these are for menial tasks like, please get me that bottle of water, don't do it this way, just go and do this instead of that. Such things. But when it comes to asking for help, especially with taking care of my almost 7-month-old son, I absolutely, honestly, fail at it. And the only reason for it, as I have come to understand, is because of my EGO! Surprise… Now how can ego be a bad thing to me? Well read on…
Every time I found myself physically tired of caring for the baby since he was born, I just couldn't work up the mindset to ask my mom for help. And if she did it herself, I would plainly refuse her help in the pretext of wanting to get to know the baby better.
When the physical exhaustion was becoming easier to ignore, the sleepless nights started playing with my mind and making me a momster (Yes, that should by now be a legit word!) I started overreacting, over analysing and all other over adjectives that are never good for a mom's brain. But, I was still refusing help. And did I stop there? No. I started blaming everyone else for who I was becoming.
It wasn't until recently, that I realized why I was refusing any help. I just had this huge Ego about being a self-sufficient person. I wanted the world to applaud me for doing it all on my own. If not the whole actual world, I at least wanted some sort of exclamatory sentences from relatives, friends and colleagues. And I got them aplenty. But was it worth it all? Not one bit after a few days. So, why even bother acting all high and mighty and refusing help. Yes, I finally realized I was just being pretentious and that I must give up my EGO and ask for help.
Now, if I hadn't been refusing help, do you think I would have realised how big my Ego was? Or that it's important to self reflect once in a while to know what kind of human being we are becoming. Especially when there is a tiny human to influence right.
EGO – Skip the E and let it GO!
Well, I did start asking for help, but did I receive it? Now, that is a topic for another blog post another time,
So, DO YOU DARE TO REALIZE AND LET GO OF YOUR EGO? Drop in your comments so we can have a discussion about it. Afterall, mommying is easy when you talk about stuff, right?
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PER SERVING (8 fl. oz.): 30 calories, 2.5g fat, 180mg sodium, 2g carbs, 1g fiber, 0g sugars, 1g protein -- PointsPlus® value 1*
"Luscious Taste... Smart Choice... The preferred taste alternative... We took out the sugar, but left in the delicious flavors of vanilla and almonds for our customers who prefer no added sugar."
Yeah, the name is kinda long. (We call it "UVAB" around the HQ.) And sure, it sounds kinda weird. (Vanilla flavored... but not sweetened?!) Trust us: Try it once, and you'll be hooked. The natural sweetness is enough, and the subtle vanilla taste keeps things flavorful. YUMMY!
The Flavor - Sure, other things factor in... but at the end of the day, if it doesn't taste good, we're not gonna bother. This tastes GREAT. It's rich, creamy, and WAY yummier than skim milk. Speaking of that stuff...
The Calorie Count - This nutty milk has less than half as many cals as skim milk, which is just one more reason to choose it. Need another? Keep reading.
All Natural - If you try to stay away from the artificial, this stuff is safe to sip...
Shelf Stable - This may seem like a silly thing to appreciate, but when you use as much Almond Breeze as we do, it's nice to be able to stash 10 cartons in the pantry -- there's always another nearby. (Oh, who are we kidding? We have a CLOSET devoted to our nonperishables.) UVAB also comes in refrigerated cartons, but those are harder to locate than the shelf-stable boxes.
This nondairy beverage is a pretty popular partner -- there aren't many foods it doesn't get along with. Here are a few extra-fun pairings... and one not-so-nice one!
Super Friend! Old-Fashioned Oats - Our lives changed forever the day we made our first Growing Oatmeal Bowl, which is a serving of oats (1/2 cup) prepared with twice the recommended amount of liquid (1 cup water and 1 cup UVAB) and cooked on the stove for at least twice the suggested time (10 minutes or more). A packet or two of no-calorie sweetener, a dash of salt, and a drop of vanilla extract join this duo on a pretty regular basis!
Tasty Trio! Fiber One Caramel Delight Cereal + Gerber Apple Mini Fruits - Of course our beloved milk swap goes well with cereal, but adding freeze-dried fruit is a great way to zazzle it up a bit. This sweet, cinnamon-y, apple-icious breakfast combo is a great way to start the day!
Super Friend! Hershey's Sugar Free Chocolate Syrup - To make an AMAZING (and large!) low-cal glass of chocolate "milk," just stir 2 tablespoons of the syrup into a cup of the Breeze. (Add a Splenda packet and serve over lots of crushed ice, if you like!) Mmmmmm! And only 55 calories and 3.5g fat (PointsPlus® value 2*).
Nemesis! Instant Pudding Mix - Much like its half-sister soymilk, you can't use Almond Breeze to make pudding from the instant mix. Luckily, we figured out a way around that... Check out our recipe for 45-calorie, 5-minute puddin' made with UVAB!
Cherry Bomb Iced Mocha - Here's a super-yummy, kinda-fancy cold coffee drink! Pssst... For the basics on making all sorts of guilt-free coffee beverages, click here!
Slurpable Split Shake - Almond Breeze is FANTASTIC in shake recipes; this sundae-inspired sipper is particularly decadent!
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My So-Called Latte - An oldie but a goodie! This calls exclusively for Almond Breeze... How else are you going to make a 25-calorie latte?!
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- And of course, we have the best bowl of cold cereal ever right here. It's huge, it's full of good things, and it tastes GREAT when made with Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze.
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from the urls-we-dig-up deptWhile there are a lot of debates going around about the wisdom of genetically modified organisms, a bunch of food scientists are working with edible concoctions that aren't GMOs. Traditional breeding of naturally-occurring varieties of fruits and vegetables can still produce some pretty amazing results. And ultimately, consumers are voting with their purchases -- which is creating all kinds of food innovations. Here are just a few examples.
- This is a fascinating video on some of the latest in apple breeding -- "apples of the future" are on the way! There are apples that don't brown after their cut, apples that have as much vitamin C as oranges, apple trees that have no branches without pruning, etc. [url]
- The pork technology behind McDonald's McRib was originally meant to create a faux pork chop. Instead, McDonald's created a "restructured meat" that took the form of a boneless backrib. [url]
- Super broccoli is a variety of this vegetable that could reduce cholesterol -- without any genetic modification. Other super vegetables could have enhanced levels of vitamin D, calcium or omega-3 fatty acids. [url]
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Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers clad in yellow shirts and hats are quickly amid the debris and anguish from hurricanes on the East Coast, flooding in middle America or wildfires in the West. Southern Baptist missionaries carry the Gospel to both remote and urban areas in the Far East, the Mideast, Eastern Europe and Africa and Latin America. Southern Baptist church members volunteer at pregnancy crisis centers and food pantries across the United States.
But who are these people?
An array of print and online resources available through the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee demonstrate Southern Baptists' heart and numerous ways of sharing new birth in Christ in their communities and states, across the nation and throughout the world.
Two brochures Meet Southern Baptists and A Closer Look that provide basic information about Southern Baptists are available as free downloads as well as full-color print pieces that can be ordered at a very minimal cost-recovery price here. In addition to PDF formats, the brochures also can be read online here and here.
Many Southern Baptist churches and other congregations interested in cooperating with the SBC request these resources, said Roger S. Oldham, the Executive Committee's vice president for convention communications and relations.
"I have been in numerous meetings where pastors and members of various groups have been complimentary of the brochures and have asked how to order the brochures," Oldham said.
Some churches place the brochures alongside other materials where visitors can easily pick them up. "We are aware of a number of churches that routinely order the brochure for use in their new member training classes," Oldham also noted.
Meet Southern Baptists is a practical explanation of the Southern Baptist Convention and its entities. Whether someone is seeking more information on Southern Baptist life or is searching for a concise way to explain the Southern Baptist Convention, Meet Southern Baptists is informative and thorough.
The brochure explains such facts as:
-- Southern Baptists are a diverse group of autonomous churches united by a love for the Gospel and by a "confessional consensus," The Baptist Faith and Message.
-- Southern Baptist missions and ministries begin locally and extend globally.
-- Southern Baptist causes are funded by local churches' gifts through the Cooperative Program, a key channel of cooperation that has proven its viability for nearly 90 years.
-- The Southern Baptist Convention is comprised of 11 ministry entities, one women's auxiliary missions organization and an Executive Committee that exist "for the express purpose of assisting churches in the ultimate goal of advancing the Gospel."
-- The purpose of the convention, summed up as follows: "It is by the Gospel, because of the Gospel, and for the Gospel that the Southern Baptist Convention exists; so it only makes sense that everything about Southern Baptists is tied directly to the Gospel."
A Closer Look delves into various facts, and some common misconceptions, about the Southern Baptist Convention. If a church member is curious about Southern Baptist life, for example, this is an effective resource. It offers an in-depth look at the SBC's annual meeting, its entities, the Executive Committee and the Cooperative Program, exploring such questions as:
-- What is a motion?
-- What is a resolution?
-- Who is a messenger?
-- How do I become a Southern Baptist?
-- Is my church autonomous?
-- Where does Cooperative Program funding go?
Also available for download at sbc.net's About Us tab are specific brochures about the SBC's International Mission Board, North American Mission Board, LifeWay Christian Resources, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, GuideStone Financial Resources and the convention's six seminaries.
While helping local churches, Oldham also noted, "We also use the brochures to help members of the secular media gain a better understanding of who we are as a convention, and as a network of cooperating Baptist churches, associations and state conventions.
"Much confusion abounds even within our churches. We are not a top-down hierarchical 'church' as are many Christian denominations; we are a network of fully autonomous churches that voluntarily cooperate together for the Gospel," Oldham said.
In addition to the brochures, the Cooperative Program is given visual life through seven videos available for free download on the SBC website at CP Videos.
Videos that range in length from two to three minutes are:
-- The animated CP Rant explaining the Cooperative Program and the scope of what it does. Set in a conversational style, the video is intensely engaging yet practical. It answers prevailing questions among young evangelicals about CP and was detailed in a Baptist Press story in April. (Video produced by Louisiana Baptists)
-- For Others showcases the magnitude of the work that can be accomplished for the Kingdom when people work together. It is from a child's perspective, amplifying the fact that anyone can be a part of worldwide outreach through the Cooperative Program. (Video produced by Innovative Faith Resources)
-- Pass the Plate highlights the power and influence that a tithe can have. The video exhibits how a tithe to the local church transforms into CP missions -- in each state and in the nation and world. (Video produced by Innovative Faith Resources)
-- The 1% Challenge recaps key statistics about the Cooperative Program and explains what the SBC-wide "1% CP Challenge" is and why it's important. This video challenges a viewer to "be the one." (Video produced by The Resonate Group)
-- From You to Eternity is an engaging, highly visual presentation of the Cooperative Program, describing what it is, how it works and why it exists. (Video produced by the Missouri Baptist Convention)
-- Empty Hands demonstrates the devastating effect that an empty offering plate can have on missions. It also shows the impact that a full offering plate can have through CP. (Video produced by Innovative Faith Resources)
-- Imagine is from a child's perspective highlighting the ratio of Southern Baptists to Southern Baptist missionaries. It highlights what could be accomplished through the Cooperative Program if every Southern Baptist tithed. (Video produced by Innovative Faith Services)
Additional resources and information about the SBC entities, how to become a Christian, daily devotions and various other resources may also be found online at sbc.net.
Compiled by Baptist Press intern Myriah Snyder, BP general assignment writer/editor Diana Chandler and BP editor Art Toalston.
Copyright (c) 2014 Southern Baptist Convention, Baptist Press www.BPNews.net


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That much should seem obvious if you're paying attention, especially since the second part of the video featuring a shocked anchor comes from this. The first part is some jackass with iPod earbuds and a shitty microphone doing a lousy job of pretending to be a reporter.
We've been sent this twice now (and, in fact, from two different versions on YouTube, so we don't even know what the original source is). It's obviously making its way around the Internet this morning, and you should feel bad.


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Photo by Hailey Tucker, courtesy of the One Acre Fund blog. One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the tools and financing they need to grow their way out of hunger and poverty.
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Part-Time Faculty - Business Office Systems and Support (North)
San Jacinto College
Houston, TX 77049
Job Code125626535
San Jacinto College
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Part-Time Faculty - Business Office Systems and Support (North)
Teaching Business Office Systems and Support related course work.
Applications for part-time faculty positions are accepted on a continuous basis and reviewed if openings become available. These positions are not current vacancies. Instructors employed as part-time faculty are not entitled to all the rights, privileges, and benefits of regular, full-time employees. Part-time faculty are hired on an "as needed" basis and will work for the duration of time specified by the respective course. A portion of teaching assignment may be evening classes and possibly weekend classes.
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MTV has launched a new interactive, anti-slavery campaign inspired by a winning entry in its "Against Our Will" project on the college network, mtvU.
"The Backstory" contains a series of dance videos that show how women can be trafficked into prostitution and immigrants into forced labor.
Rapper Talib Kweli and dancers from Ailey II have joined the campaign which features choreography by Ailey II's artistic director, Troy Powell, and music scored by Kenna.
"The Backstory" can also connect to users' Facebook accounts to develop a more personalized storyline.
"Backstory" aims to show users how anyone can become a trafficking victim, while also showing how to fight the traffickers.
Powell said: "Ailey II is honored to provide the visual embodiment of these powerful backstories of human, labor and sex trafficking. This is the first time we have participated in an effort such as this one, and it is rewarding to be able to bring awareness to such a worthy cause.
"We hope to move viewers to take action and share what they have learned with their friends and networks."
'Backstory" grew out of the winning entry, from four students at James Madison University, in mtvU's "Against Our Will" challenge, which asked students for innovative ways to use the internet to highlight the problems of modern-day slavery.
The "Against Our Will" campaign aims to encourage students to take a stand against human trafficking. It works with Polaris Project, Free the Slaves and Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS).
New gun laws must include taking guns away from those that beat the dog next door with a pipe & fired two shots from his car with a child inside it. Search and seize !
W.A.S.P. = Wealthiest Americans Socialist Party and they hide behind the G.O.P. acronym ! They spread the wealth among themselves !
My condolences to the families of the victims and to the families of this unstable murderer.
Thank our creator that this life and the pure evil that pursues those that love good is only finite then the infinite exists due to the evil ones were only finite.
I truly liked Mitt Romney's comments during the 3rd and last debate ; about really liking the way Barack sharply stepped up his drone mapping & attacking program. (:~)
President Obama gave the leadership of Iran until March 2013 to comply with the U.N. and I.A.E.A. To cease and desist with tbeir underground nuclear plant and comply with inspections ! (:-)
I find it funny that one of these groups backing this is a christian right group,
The god of their bible actually says slavery is ok and has rules on how to treat slaves.
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Our winemaking team has the philosophy that great wines are made in the vineyard not the winery and that the members of the teams are custodians rather than creators of quality. Our winemaking team, strongly believes that to make wines with complexity and elegance, the first step is getting the vineyards right. Once harvested the winemaking team use the differences in vineyard expression to their advantage. The winemakers spend enormous amounts of time tasting the wines and perfecting blends. Our yeast and oak philosophy is simple, they should add to the complexity and balance of the wine, they shouldn't dominate it. In both cases the selection of strain or oak type depends on the characters and structure naturally found in the fruit.


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Heynckes hails 'hungry' Bayern after Madrid win
Tuesday 17 April 2012
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FC Bayern München showed "passion, lust and hunger" according to Jupp Heynckes as they won 2-1, but José Mourinho is confident Real Madrid CF can turn the semi-final around.
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Jupp Heynckes, Bayern coach
If the score is 1-1, it is always possible for you to concede a goal when you are pushing for the win. You are hoping for it to end in at least a 1-1 draw or that you somehow score another goal. Altogether it was a deserved win. Madrid started out well in the first ten to 15 minutes but then we took command. We played that very cleverly and pulled through in the end.
We delivered the things I had asked for yesterday. We showed passion, lust and were hungry for success, which is exactly what you need in the Champions League semi-finals. My players did just that today. Madrid are a classy team, you don't win against them without any problems and I'm very satisfied with our overall performance. After they made it 1-1 Madrid played quite well for ten minutes, then we took control and you could see the power and passion of my team. In Madrid we need to score a goal rather than try to park the bus.
The equaliser was played very well by Madrid, they are perfect on the counterattack. You cannot really blame anyone in that instance, everything went so fast. But we could have been better positioned earlier in that move.
The winning goal is what Mario Gomez is all about. He needs crosses, he anticipates them very well and he was just in the right place for that goal. He played a great game today, he ran a lot, tried to win every ball and was very strong. But the best player on the pitch today was Franck Ribéry.
José Mourinho, Madrid coach
It's our first defeat in the Champions League [this season] but it's not one that leaves me with negative feelings. We lost away from home in a good game. It was a typical Champions League semi-final. We didn't deserve to lose but we did. Football is like that.
We have the second leg to come and it's not like we have to make a historic comeback; what we have to do is very achievable. It's very hard to win a tie with just one result over two legs, a result that puts you directly into the final after one match. If we win at home 1-0, 2-0, 3-1 we are there. I am optimistic we can return here to play in the final.
We let in the first goal in a dead-ball situation. We then equalised and tried to win from there, but in the later stages it appeared the game was over; both teams were tired and there were a lot of mistakes. It looked like it was going to be a draw but what can you do? We are in April and our team has been playing demanding games, where they are always obliged to win. It's normal that you might have a player not at the top of his game at this time.
I think my team is in good condition to respond well [in the second leg]. Our fans are also going to play a part just as the Bayern supporters did here. We have little time to prepare for the game but on Wednesday the team will be ready. I don't know what type of game awaits us in the second leg. We always play to win, home and away, so let's go for it.


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I know that it's been very quiet here the past week, but there was so much to do at Blizzcon I just didn't have the time to throw up even the shortest post! Anyhow, now that I'm back at home with a mostly function brain, I thought that I'd give you some of my thoughts on what we learned and what I did over the weekend. One thing that I am not going to do in this post, however, is go over what are very early stages of the new druids talents or talk about what Blizzard should, or should not, have done with the next expansion. To the former, I think it's far too early to even feel panic. I'm not thrilled with what I saw in much of the druid tree, but I'm also not going to decide that the world is ending for my class over a five minute mock up that I saw of my new talents. It just doesn't seem the best use of my time.
Anyhow, let's get on to talking a bit about the con, should we?!
The People
Every year one of the best things about Blizzcon is getting to meet new, and old, friends. Honestly, for me, Blizzcon is more about the people that it is anything else. They could have announced the Hello Kitty meets Thrall expansion, and I'm not sure it would have changed my Blizzcon in the slightest. The people are amazing. I love the meet ups, I love the random runs ins on the street. I love that the guy where we had dinner the last night came over sporting a Horde Tattoo and thanked us for being awesome. There is just something magical about the environment in Anaheim that weekend, and 100% of it has to do with the people that are there.
I did not get to run into everyone that I wanted to over the weekend, but I did get the chance to chat with some truly amazing folks. And of everything else that happened during the con, it was the connections that I got to make that were truly the highlight of my trip! I got to chat with the Flavor Text ladies, Pewter, Hamlet, Jasyla and the Apotheosis gang, Lissana, Oestrus, Ophelie, Lodur and Tart and the list just goes on and on. I didn't even include in there the time I got to spend with my guildmates or other favorites that I have in the community! If I wasn't watching a panel I was looking for someone to chat with. It was truly an amazing experience.
The Costumes!
Always one of my favorite parts of Blizzcon, without fail! It amazes me what people can do with some creativity. I love every costume. I can spend hours just snapping pictures, and in fact I was extremely disappointed that they seated us early because it took away from prime costume time! However, that did not stop me from finding our seats and then marching myself right back outside to get as many pictures as I could! You can find my entire Blizzcon photo album here.
Hey look! He's not even a crab in the morning before he gets his coffee (as I accosted him with my camera for a picture – truth be told he was probably like "FUCK, I just want my damn coffee, get that shit out of my face!). Sadly, I forgot to ask him why heroic Rag drains my soul on a nightly basis, but such is life.
As for the Mist of Pandaria announcement, I feel sorta of "whatever" about it. It doesn't excite me, it doesn't disappoint me. It just is. I think that it looks beautiful. I don't mind the pandas. And I think a lot of people in the community have gone off the deep end prematurely at the announcement. Wait to see what it is before you decide that your WoW world has ended! Artistically, it looks like it's going to be one of the most gorgeous expansions we've seen. And a lot of the features that we've seen look to be pretty interesting.
I know that there is a lot of talk about the Pokemon invading WoW feature being added. As you may know, I am an avid non-combat pet collector. I am currently sitting at 183 non-combat pets. And for me this new announcement feels…overwhelming. I've never played Pokemon (I've asked Brade to pick up the newest one at work for me so I can get a feel for what it is), but the thought of having to level all of those pets is intimidating to me. I'm sure I can just do a few, right? Anyhow, most people that know me thought I'd be very excited. But right now, that is not the case. Perhaps it will warm up on me.
As for the pandas themselves – no, I am not irate that I cannot make my druid a panda. I did get a chance to play the demo that they had up, and I will say that both pandas and monks were a lot of fun. And the scenery is just amazing. You don't have to believe me, but it's all true! The only thing that I was the most disappointed by was that I couldn't jump from the top of the training tower and experience my "bouncy" racial. Hopefully they will remedy this most important thing before the game launches and goes live!
Druid Changes
HAH! FOOLED YOU! I'm not really going to talk much about this, I mostly just wanted a chance to use this awesome picture.
As I said above, I am not going to analyze the five minutes of early boarded talents that we've seen. Mostly because they are likely not final and will change. I'm not thrilled with many of them, and more than that the concept of what many of them push us to do (not heal so that we can shapeshift and do something other than healing). But I'm going to stay optimistic and have faith that Blizzard will do right by their shifty friends 🙂
On Starcraft and Diablo
I have never played Diablo before. However, I let Brade convince me that I should try the demo this year. I stood the (amazingly fast) line, and sat down to see what D3 had to offer. I opted to play a witchdoctor and I am going to only say this about my experience: not only will I be purchasing any playing D3, I have purchased both the original Diablo and D2. I started the play through of D2 last night, and outside of not quickly grasping some of the basics, it is a lot of fun. I'm very much looking forward to D3 and finishing up D2.
As for Starcraft, well, I stood in this line as well. Only my experience was much different. Having played the SC2 campaign (but no multi-player) I thought I'd be fine. I was not. For starters, you get a full 30 minutes on the starcraft machines. And they screwed up seating us and Brade and I were two tables apart. So I was alone. I have never played a zerg campaign. I spent most of my time wondering why the hell I couldn't build anything. It took me probably 20 minutes before I realized I had to morph my larva things into new creatures. I got Kerrigan killed twice because I had no clue what I was doing (and being separated from Brade, could not ask for help). And, frankly, spent 30 minutes feeling like a complete idiot. Unlike my Diablo experience, my Starcraft experience did not leave me wanting to immediately go out and purchase the new campaign.


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Hi, Yesterday I read in a thread your post about the Knize Ten new looking bottle (and packaging!). In that post I did not see an answer from anyone to your comment?! Do you perhaps already know why they changed the bottle and packaging (no logo on the right hand down side!). I just bought a bottle online (50 ml) and it looks the same you described in that post........On the interenet I cannot find anything about a new bottle/packaging. On the contrary, on some sites I read that the packaging never changed since 1925.........I was wondering about all this as I don't hope it's again a (re)reformulation and a watered down version from the previous Knize Ten (I know it's not a fake). On google images you hardly see this packaging only the old one. Same for the bottlewhere normally "Toilet Water" is not written in the middle on the glass bottle, but completely below. By the way, I also saw bottles with a way wider cap.
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"I've got a lot of living to do."
That's a direct quote from 71-year-old Dale Flanagan, a Kansas City resident who has a renewed outlook on life following a health scare on April 6, 2010.
Flanagan loved to eat greasy fried foods such as chicken, French fries and cheeseburgers. The salt shaker was a regular dining companion, and Flanagan slathered butter on rolls, baked potatoes and toast. He didn't stop to think of the consequences his diet choices might have on his health.
Flanagan was on the job at KC Drive Away where he delivers cars purchased at auction that early spring Tuesday morning in April. He was in a company van, being driven from the office to get a vehicle for delivery. Flanagan was busy transferring numbers onto a daily worksheet and chatting with the van's driver when suddenly his hand became immobile, along with other disturbing physical symptoms.
"I couldn't write, move my right side or talk," recalls Flanagan. "I was aware that something was terribly wrong but couldn't communicate anything to the driver."
Flanagan's colleague quickly returned to the office, where she placed a 9-1-1 call; the paramedics arrived within minutes. Flanagan, who says for a split second he recovered feeling in the right side of his body, was taken to Research Medical Center and wheeled into the ER, where the stroke team immediately went into action.
"My whole body felt like a dead weight when I got to Research Medical Center's ER," says Flanagan. "Even though I couldn't talk to the doctors and nurses, I sensed they knew what was happening."
Flanagan was having a stroke and time was of the essence. Consulting neurologist at Research Medical Center, Iftekhar Ahmed, MD, wanted to give Flanagan tPA, a drug that when administered within three hours of having a stroke can help break up blood clots. Dr. Ahmed, the medical director of Midwest Stroke Care at Research Medical Center, was recognized recently by an international society of neurologists in Nice, France, for his work in the area of strokes and has worked with hundreds of patients like Flanagan.
Flanagan's wife, Deanne, arrived at Research Medical Center and signed a permission slip that authorized Dr. Ahmed to give her husband tPA. Within an hour, Flanagan was talking and was able to move his right leg and arm. Once Flanagan was stabilized, Dr. Ahmed ordered a battery of tests for his patient. He discovered a severe blockage in Flanagan's carotid artery and called in Joe Cates, MD, a Kansas City Vascular and General Surgery surgeon at Research Medical Center.
Dr. Cates operated on Flanagan and showed him the substance that was blocking his artery. That visual made an impact on Flanagan, who immediately vowed to practice healthy eating and exercise.
"The best thing anyone can do if they're experiencing the warning signs of a stroke is to get to your nearest accredited stroke and heart attack center," stresses Flanagan, whose daughter is a registered nurse at Lee's Summit Medical Center and is helping her dad understand the importance of good health.
Flanagan, his wife, daughter and family were pleased with the proactive treatment their husband and father received at Research Medical Center, the only healthcare facility in the Greater Kansas City area to receive the Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure/Stroke/Coronary Artery Disease Triple Gold Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. Fewer than 20 hospitals nationally have received this recognition.
Now Flanagan, a proud grandfather, enjoys playing ball with his grandchildren and is back to a normal schedule of work and activities. "I get out on the golf course and take walks with Deanne," says Flanagan, who has lost 10 pounds since the April stroke. "I even like the lighter version of a meatloaf my wife prepares and don't miss the salt shaker."
Flanagan plans to lose another 25 pounds, maintain his ideal weight, and make his friends and family aware of the importance of a healthy lifestyle.
"There's a lot I still want to do in life," says Flanagan.


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Late last year, a British hen named Gertie stopped laying eggs. She then started crowing like a rooster, and suddenly her entire appearance seemed to morph into a male. So just what is going on here?
Gertie is one of two hens kept by Jim and Jeanette Howard from Cambridgeshire in England. According to Mrs. Howard, both hens produced fewer than average eggs over last winter. Gertie then stopped laying eggs completely, and things got seriously strange when she started moulting her feathers.
Mrs. Howard explains her suddenly robust physique:
"I thought Gertie came out of that really well. She grew back lots more feathers - she was quite straggly before - and I also realised that she had filled out quite a lot. Gertie looked very healthy."
It seems though that she wasn't simply filling out at last - instead, she was actually taking on a more masculine physique. Soon after, she developed the neck wattle of a rooster, and her comb became much larger. Her behavior changed too, as she started marching around the coop precisely as one might expect a rooster to. Mrs. Howard explains:
"Then a few days later I heard her try to crow. She wasn't very good at it at first, but she's progressed nicely and now she really goes for it. I'm not really sure whether Gertie has actually changed sex, but to all intents and purposes she's now a cockerel."
Veterinarian Marion Ford thinks she knows what happened here. Something in Gertie's feed - most likely a form of fungus - acted as a synthetic hormone for Gertie, causing her to suddenly develop male characteristics. This sort of thing isn't unheard of, but it's only about a 1 in 10,000 chance. Ford explains:
"An increase in testosterone will result in a hen growing an extended comb, exaggerated wattles, and cockerel-like behaviour including strutting and crowing."
That said, even that may not explain everything. As Patrick Morgan explains in Discoblog, Gertie's transformation doesn't quite fit with the latest research on chicken hormones:
These changes may be only outward, or phenotypical, with Gertie remaining a genetically female chicken. The fact that hormones might be the cause of Gertie's outward sex change is especially weird in light of recent research that shows that a chicken's cells are either inherently male or female, regardless of the hormones involved. So how did hormones interact with Gertie's "inherently female" cells to make her look and act like a male? We're not sure.
Whatever is actually going on here, Jeanette Howard says it's simple enough as far as she's concerned:
"I shall have to stop calling her Gertie now and start calling him Bertie."


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Dell has contracted three Taiwanese manufacturers to supply it with PCs based on AMD processors, the Asian press has claimed.
According to Chinese Language newspaper Economic Daily News this past weekend, Asus, Quanta and Hon Hai Precision (aka Foxconn) are all developing AMD-based systems for Dell. Their specialisms suggest the PC giant is buying desktops, notebooks and servers, respectively.
Dell has traditionally been an Intel-only house, and is the only major Wintel systems vendor to hold out against AMD. Some observers claim Intel makes it worth Dell's while, but Dell is canny enough to play the two chip makers off against each other to ensure it always gets the most favourable terms.
Every so often, Dell drops hints it might launch AMD-based systems, much to the joy of AMD fanboys, but somehow never quite manages to do so. This month it began selling boxed AMD processors, seen by some as a change of heart - or a bulwark against any fall-out from AMD's legal challenge to Intel. AMD accuses its arch-rival of deliberately attempting to harm its business, a charge Intel refutes.
And of course Intel now has a second exclusive customer: Apple. The Mac maker's decision to turn to Intel for its x86 chips could be seen to weaken Dell's bargaining position, though in reality the scale of its processor purchasing activity dwarfs Apple's. ®


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Christopher Carlson's "feedbox" noise machine is guaranteed to drive roommates and neighborhood dogs crazy, but it's undeniably clever.
this prototype noise machine was built for a lab assignment in music 250a – physical interaction design for music at stanford university's center for computer research in music and acoustics (CCRMA).
the task was to construct a mini-instrument that is "off the breadboard."
my general goal in this class and in my personal work is to make a devices that are deeply expressive and allow performers to explore new or unconventional sounds. since i have always loved feedback, i took this lab as an opportunity to test out some ideas for generating and controlling it.
the materials in the instrument include: 4 piezo discs connected to rings of aluminum foil, a mini amplifier (hacked to enable toggle switch control for power), an aluminum foil pad connected to the hot lead of the audio input to the speaker, and the aluminum enclosure (with holes drilled for the wiring from each piezo and to the user's hands).


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'Survivor: Blood vs. Water' crowns a sole survivor
***SPOILER ALERT*** This article reveals the ultimate sinner of "Survivor." If you don't want to know, don't read it.
As the curtain prepares to drops on a very entertaining season that had us considering the social implications of playing against or with your loved ones, we join the final four - for now - survivors after last week's brutal tribal council.
Ciera tells Monica that she didn't mean the stuff she said about Monica being a lap dog, and everyone agrees it's just a game. Wow, how civilized of them.
Ciera is certain that whomever comes back in the game from Redemption Island will be on her side. Tyson knows his biggest chance of going to the finals is with Gervase and Monica. He is certain of Gervase's loyalty, but less so of Monica's so he engages her in conversation, letting her touch his hidden immunity idol and telling her that she can take it home to her kids after the game because he won't be playing it.
Monica thinks she's in a win-win situation, able to go with Tyson and Gervase or with Ciera and the Redemption Island returnee - either her mom, Laura, or Tina or Hayden. Either way, she says, she's sitting pretty.
Meanwhile, back on Redemption Island, Hayden arrives and gives Laura the good news that Ciera won the immunity challenge, and tells them how they tried to turn Monica. Hayden says if it comes down to Tyson, Gervase or Monica, he'll vote for Jeff Probst.
It's the final duel. Win and you re-enter the game; lose and you head to the jury. Hayden likes his chances against "two grandmothers." Tina and Laura are stoked for the competition.
It's an endurance challenge. It involves a balance board and a vase. Using one foot while balancing on the other, they must keep the board steady and even, keeping the vase standing. It looks painful.
Surprisingly, Laura, who has been a challenge god, struggles to keep her balance, but eventually gets the hang of it. After 15 minutes she almost loses it again, but somehow recovers, and Hayden suddenly drops his vase.
Laura asks Tina to let her win, and Tinas says no way. Tina's vase has barely moved while Laura's vase seems to wobble violently every few minutes. Tina starts to struggle, but it is Laura's vase that crashes to the ground.
Laura is upset because she has told her children to finish strong, and she didn't. Ciera tells her it's OK. Laura has taught her to be strong and how to be a better woman and mother. She didn't fail, and that cheers Laura a bit.
Tina gets the clue to the hidden immunity idol and tucks into her blouse. She's keeping it for herself.
Back at camp, Tina is thrilled to be back and she's hoping she can convince Monica to join her and Ciera. Tina and Ciera search for the idol, but Ciera says there's a chance Tyson already found it.
Tina gets in Monica's face and says the jury is going to be brutal to her. Ciera tries to convince her that if she makes a big move, the jury will respect that and she just might win.
Monica doesn't yet know what direction she'll take.
Today's challenge involves holding a table level with a rope while gathering and lining up blocks. If the table tips and the blocks drop, they must set them up again, and if they had a block in their hands, they have to put it back and reset the blocks before trying again. What makes it even more difficult is that the blocks are some distance from the table. To win, they have to have 10 blocks standing.
Everyone starts out about the same, but it is Tyson who masters it and finishes first to win immunity. He's pleased, but he needs to consider not only this vote, but the one afterward.
Tyson, Gervase and Monica talk about whether Tina or Ciera will go next. Gervase thinks he would have a better chance against Tina and Ciera is the bigger threat. Monica wants to get rid of Tina because she's tired of Monica bullying her, and says that Tina hasn't been involved in voting out any of the jury members, which will make her popular with them. Tyson says for them to make the decision. Monica and Tyson get into a heated argument. Monica later tells the camera that she's tired of being bullied and that perhaps Gervase needs to learn that if you want someone to help you, you better be nice to them.
Monica then talks to Ciera and Tina about voting off Gervase. Monica promises that she's going to be the one who makes the decision about who goes home, and it will be for her benefit.
Probst launches right in, asking if Monica feels pulled from both sides. She does. At first she says she knows what it must feel like to be a No. 1 draft choice, but later she says she feels like she's dying inside. Monica says that tonight, it's about her. Gervase says that really frightens him.
And then it's time to vote. Probst asks if anyone has the hidden immunity idol, and if they do, it's the last night to play it. Tyson gives the idol to Gervase, and he's safe. Ciera is voted off.
The votes are revealed for the camera, and Monica, as it turns out, voted with her alliance, casting her vote for Ciera. Monica now feels like she was blindsided. Tyson wouldn't have given Gervase the idol if they had been convinced of her loyalty - completely forgetting that she gave them ample reason to doubt her. Now she's going to weigh all of her options. But there's still one more challenge to tackle and they say they area ready for it.
They better be. Today's challenge involves racing through a maze to collect six bags of puzzle pieces. They can collect two at a time, and then run up a long, tall staircase, drop the bags on their table and slide down a water slide. When all the bags are collected, they solve the puzzle, which gives them a clue to unlocking a combination and releasing a victory flag.
Tyson wins in a close one and is guaranteed a place in the finals.
Tina talks to Monica about creating a tie vote, casting their ballots for Gervase. Assuming that Gervase and Tyson vote for Tina, it doesn't seem to benefit Monica to create a tie. Monica seems a cert to go to the final, and going there with Tina would not be a good idea. But Monica isn't happy with the boys for playing the idol.
If it is a tie vote, Tina and Gervase would have to make fire, and Tina is confident she could win that challenge.
Tina admits she had two choices - win immunity, which she didn't, and work Monica. Probst says that it seems the alliance was over when Monica checked Gervase as they both were running up the stairs. Monica said she was putting Gervase on notice because he admitted talking smack against her.
The votes are cast and counted, and Tina is voted out. There will be no fire building. Tyson, Gervase and Monica are your final three.
The last day dawns and the survivors are treated to a delicious breakfast. They toast each other with orange juice, and Monica swears they will be good friends forever.
Monica is happy that she did it without her former football player husband, and she could win it all. Gervase says he's come full circle, returning to a game that he played 13 years ago and that looks nothing like it looked before.
Thankfully, we aren't subjected to the traditional walk of snuffed torches, and instead, we get right to it.
We start with opening statements, and Gervase is first.
He tells the jury that he used the best of old school and new school strategy. He owns blindsides that he says he orchestrated, and he hopes the jury will be impressed by how he played the game.
Monica says she knows they think she was dragged along like a puppy dog, but that's not true. She participated in the alliance but she has less blood on her hands and she turned down opportunities to go against her alliance because she thinks she had the best chance in the finals if she was sitting with Tyson and Gervase.
Tyson says he knew from the start that he would be targeted and decided to just have as much fun as he could until he was voted off. That changed when his girlfriend, Rachel, was voted off in an attempt to knock him out, but he chose not to take her place on Redemption Island. He wanted to win for her. None of the moves were personal, they were all strategic, and he hopes they know that.
The jurors now get to address the three. First up is Vytas, who says Tyson played the game well, getting him and Aras before they could get him. He promised Tyson that he would not vote for him to win, and he was sticking with that. He doesn't think Gervase or Monica deserve it, so he doesn't know who to vote for.
Katie says that Tyson said he didn't do anything out of malice, but he did. When she was voted out by drawing rocks, Tyson pointed to the jury and told her that her seat was over there. Tyson says he did regret that. It was the emotion of the moment and he's sorry.
Caleb asks Gervase what his big play was, and he says that it was voting out Aras. He also says he was behind the big moves but let Tyson take the heat. Caleb asks Monica why he should vote for her, and she says she is proud of staying and fighting and doing it on her own. Winning would be a badge of honor, proving she wasn't just Brad's wife.
Ciera asks Tyson why he doesn't think of himself as a villain. He says it was all strategy. His girlfriend thinks he's a hero. She asks Gervase if he ever was going to vote off Tyson and he said yes, but the timing was never right.
Laura tells Monica that she doesn't know who she is. She wants Monica to tell her something about herself to show her vulnerability. Monica says people think she's boring and a puppy dog on a leash, but that she fought so hard, all 100 pounds of her, because this is her time.
Tina asks for one word descriptions of themselves. Monica is generous. Gervase is honorable. Tyson is fun loving.
Hayden asks Tyson if he had the hidden immunity idol when they drew rocks, and he says yes. He was one step ahead of him again, Tyson says, and Hayden laughs. Hayden then says he loves Monica and Brad, but Monica came off as being fake. Monica turns on the quavering voice again and says she feels like she's been targeted the entire time. "Have you all never met a nice person," she asks? What is their goal in keeping punching her? Hayden says he doesn't want to do that, but he wants to know who Monica is. Monica suggests they have dinner and talk after the game, and Hayden says he would love to do that.
Aras congratulates the finalists. He asks Gervase to pretend Aras could vote only for Tyson or Monica. Who should he vote for? Gervase says Tyson because he's a great player and had everyone digging up the beach looking for a hidden idol that Tyson already had found. Monica also chooses Tyson, saying he was a charging horse for 39 days. Tyson picks Monica, who had Tyson's back from the start. She acted sort of like a spy for them and she made a big move.
With all the questions asked, it's time to vote for a winner.
And the sole survivor is Tyson. Monica gets one vote, Gervase none.
Excellent season, folks. See you in 2014 for Season 28.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- With tough decisions looming to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, House Speaker John Boehner made it clear Friday that he's leaving it to President Barack Obama to make the first move. In an address Friday afternoon, President Barack Obama said raising taxes on wealthiest Americans must be part of deficit reduction plan but says he is "open to compromise" and "new ideas." Obama says he will refuse to accept any approach that "isn't balanced." In the speech, which was his first public comments since the election, he said that Congress should pass a bill that would prevent Bush-era tax cuts from expiring for all but the wealthiest Americans. He said lawmakers from both parties need to work together to tackle the nation's fiscal problems. The president plans to invite congressional leaders of both parties to the White House next week for talks on how to avoid the fiscal cliff. Lawmakers face a Jan. 2 deadline to reach an agreement. Obama has been adamant that taxes have to be raised on wealthy Americans -- a sticking point with Republicans who say it would hurt job creation. Boehner declined to provide specific proposals to avert the set of tax increases and automatic spending cuts due to hit in January that economists warn could cripple the economy. The Ohio Republican said he's unwilling to raise tax rates on upper-income earners and any deal should revise the tax code to lower rates and eliminate some tax breaks. "I'm proposing that we avert the fiscal cliff together in a manner that ensures that 2013 is finally the year that our government comes to grips with the major problems that are facing us," Boehner said in a news conference Friday at the Capitol. He said cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps, known as entitlement programs in Washington-speak, have to be part of the equation. Boehner also indicated that raising the debt limit, which the government will reach sometime in the spring, should be part of any negotiations. But pressed for more details beyond that framework, he said he didn't want to limit ideas to address the problem. He punted to Obama. "This is an opportunity for the president to lead," Boehner said as he opened his appearance. He repeated a version of that phrase four times during the 11 minutes he spoke. "This is his moment to engage the Congress and work toward a solution that can pass both chambers." Boehner said he and Obama had a brief and cordial conversation earlier this week on the need to avert the fiscal cliff. The president planned to address the matter Friday afternoon in a statement from the White House. Obama faces a tough, core decision: Does he pick a fight and risk a prolonged impasse with Republicans or does he rush to compromise and risk alienating Democrats still celebrating his victory? Many of his Democratic allies hope Obama will take a hard line. Republicans warn that a fight could poison efforts for a rapprochement in a bitterly divided Capitol and threaten his second-term agenda. Obama has been silent since his victory speech early Wednesday morning, but Capitol Hill Republicans have filled the vacuum with vows to stand resolutely against any effort by the president to fulfill a campaign promise to raise rates on family income over $250,000 to Clinton-era levels. "The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners," Boehner said. "We know from Ernst & Young, 700,000 jobs would be destroyed. We also know that it would slow down our economy." A lot is at stake. A new Congressional Budget Office report on Thursday predicted that the economy would fall into recession if there is a protracted impasse in Washington and the government falls off the fiscal cliff for the entire year. Though most Capitol-watchers think that a long deadlock is unlikely, the analysts say such a scenario would cause a spike in the jobless rate to 9.1 percent by next fall. Some analysts believe that the fiscal cliff is more like a fiscal slope and that the economy could weather a short-term expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts and that the government could manage a wave of automatic spending cuts for a few weeks. But at a minimum, going over the fiscal cliff would mean delays in filing taxes and obtaining refunds and would rattle financial markets as the economy struggles to recover. The CBO analysis says that the cliff - a combination of automatic tax increases and spending cuts - would cut the deficit by $503 billion through next September, but that the fiscal austerity would cause the economy to shrink by 0.5 percent next year and cost millions of jobs. The new study estimates that the nation's gross domestic product would grow by 2.2 percent next year if all Bush-era tax rates were extended and would expand by almost 3 percent if Obama's 2 percentage point payroll tax cut and current jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed were extended as well. All sides say that they want a deal and that now that the election is over everyone can show more flexibility than in the heat of the campaign. On Thursday, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., hinted Democrats might show some flexibility on demands to increase the top income tax rate from 35 percent to 39.6 percent for upper-income earners - provided the middle class doesn't bear the burden by curbing tax breaks to pay for it. "If you kept them at 35 it's still much harder to do, but obviously there is push and pull and there are going to be compromises," Schumer said. "The president's view, my view and the overwhelming view that we ran on, and succeeded on, and the exit polls show that the American people agreed with us on is let the rate go to 39.6 for the highest-end people." The current assumption is that any agreement would be a multistep process that would begin this year with a down payment on the deficit and on action to stave off more than the tax increases and $109 billion in across-the-board cuts to the Pentagon budget and a variety of domestic programs next year. The initial round is likely to set binding targets on revenue levels and spending cuts, but the details would probably be enacted next year. While some of that heavy work would be left for next year, a raft of tough decisions would have to be made in the next six weeks. 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J. Upton back; Freeman, Heyward close to returning
CHICAGO -- Freddie Freeman's smiling face on Friday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field was exactly what Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez hoped to see before a game against the White Sox to start the remainder of the regular season.
Freeman, who jammed his thumb in a game against the Reds just before the All-Star break and couldn't play in the All-Star Game, took his first swings since getting hurt. He didn't start the game, but did run through some pregame swing drills and took batting practice -- the results of which will likely determine whether he'll be in the lineup on Saturday afternoon.
"Freddie Freeman just came out of the batting cage and had a big smile on his face," Gonzalez said before the game. "This was the first time he's swung the bat since the injury on Saturday, so he's going to take some [batting practice) and hopefully he'll be ready to go [Saturday] afternoon."
Joey Terdoslavich took Freeman's place at first base on Friday night, with Evan Gattis getting the start at designated hitter. The Braves also got good news about star right fielder Justin Upton, who sprained his left calf last Friday against the Reds while running out a ground ball to shortstop. Upton returned to the lineup against Chicago and said he feels good.
Similar to Freeman and Jason Heyward -- who also strained his right hamstring last week against the Reds -- getting last weekend off plus the four days during the break was enough time off to help speed up the recovery process.
"Those days of rest, coincidentally, were coming up right after [Sunday's game] and I had a good amount of time to rest," Upton said. "I ran yesterday back at home and I felt good, so I feel like I'm ready to go. I was starting to get some hits and we had a little break, but the rest was needed. We're ready for this second half and personally I think I'm ready, too."
Heyward said he's also making progress thanks to the added days off for the All-Star festivities. He didn't start on Friday, replaced by Jose Costanza in left, but Heyward didn't rule out a return this weekend against the White Sox.
"This is the best I've felt [since getting hurt]," he said, before going through running exercises and batting practice for a second straight day. "I ran [Thursday] and I felt it a little bit. That's enough to say, 'OK, not just yet,' but it's been getting better every day, improving. [I've] got to be smart about it, but I'm really close. Every day it feels better once I get to the field and get loose. It feels that much better, so soon … real soon."
The Braves did lose center fielder B.J. Upton for an extended time last weekend when he landed on the 15-day disabled list with a right adductor muscle strain, but overall they have to feel somewhat fortunate the rash of injuries happened before the scheduled time off.
"If there is anything [such as] having injuries at a [good] time, I think the All-Star break was about as good as you could plan," Gonzalez said. "We didn't plan it, but it was as good of a break as you can get, a lucky break."


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- Calories: 144.2
- Total Fat: 7.9 g
- Cholesterol: 5.0 mg
- Sodium: 344.5 mg
- Total Carbs: 9.9 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
- Protein: 9.3 g
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1 portabella mushroom, 4-5" in diameter
1/2 T olive oil
3 T bottled marinara/other tomato-based sauce
3 T shredded fat free mozzarella
1 tsp reduced fat grated parmesan
fresh basil, if you have it
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Preheat oven to 425. If mushroom has a stem, slice it off close to the cap (reserve for soups or sauces). Brush the cap with olive oil and place stem side up on a rimmed baking sheet or pan. Sprinkle light;y with salt and pepper. Spread 3 T of spaghetti sauce on each cap and top each with 3 T of mozzarella cheese. Sprinkly with fresh basil and/or parmesan cheese. Bake 15 minutes, or until the mushrooms are hot and the cheese is lightly browned.
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Consumers are confused about the cost of life insurance, overestimating its cost by nearly three times, a report from LIMRA and the LIFE Foundation found.
The 2012 Insurance Barometer Study, released Wednesday, asked respondents to estimate the annual cost of a 20-year, $250,000 level-term life policy for a healthy 30-year-old consumer. Respondents estimated such a policy would run them about $400 per year, but the report put the cost at around $150.
"If someone offered to sell you a gallon of milk for $10.00, you would likely choose to spend your grocery budget on other necessities, knowing that the actual cost is closer to $3.50," Marvin Feldman, president and CEO of the LIFE Foundation, said in a statement. "If people think that something is too pricey, they often won't give it a second thought."
The truth is, Feldman continued, life insurance is cheaper than ever before, and costs have fallen by about 50% over the past 10 years.
Almost one-third of respondents said they needed more life insurance, but 83% said they hadn't purchased or increased their coverage because it was too expensive.
"Owning life insurance is fundamental to a family's financial security, and our industry needs to do more to help educate people about the true cost of protecting their loved ones," Feldman said.
It seems some groups are at least aware that they need coverage. More than a third of women say they don't have enough coverage, compared with 26% of men. Young respondents, who were more likely to overestimate the cost of insurance by seven times, also feel they're underinsured. Among those under 25, 41% say they need more coverage, and 36% respondents between 25 and 44 agree. Key minority groups are also underinsured. Forty-two percent of African Americans and 37% of Hispanics say thye need more coverage.
While a majority of people said they hadn't purchased coverage because it was too expensive, the top reason for not buying life insurance was simply that they had other financial priorities. The survey found consumers are more worried about paying their mortgage or rent or losing money on investments to shop for life insurance. Half of respondents said having enough money for a comfortable retirement was a higher priority than buying life insurance.
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