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- Outstanding fitness exercise that can be done in the comfort of your own home
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- Size: 60cm/23.62in(L)
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The Power Twister bar is excellent for working both the upper and lower portions of the pectoral muscles, as well as the biceps. There are several movements you can do to isolate these muscles. It's important to maintain disciplined control with all movements, never compromising the exercise with excessive speed or lazy form. The Power Twister bar is not adjustable; therefore do only the number of repetitions you feel safe performing. Exercise routines are only suggestions based on average performance. It's up to you to add or subtract sets or repetitions according to your body's capabilities.- Hold the Power Twister bar at chest height, with the bar almost touching your chest, and arms extended out to the sides.
- Flex the bar as you bring your hands together, and hold for a count of 10.
- Slowly release the bar, bringing your arms back to the outstretched position where you began.
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- Add an extra challenge: begin in the original starting position, as above, with arms outstretched.
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05-23-2011- Other Thoughts: This item arrived quickly and I was surprised at how tough it was to bend. But after working with it for a couple week I clearly am getting stronger and am now happy that it has so much resistance, I had one of these years ago that eventually snapped in the middle so I have no idea how long this will last.
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05-04-2011- Other Thoughts: This is some of the best money I've spent in the last year fro any kind of fitness equipment. I have lower spine problems and arthritis in one shoulder, which makes it difficult to use dumbbells or bar weights. Even weight machines pose a problem. I bought the twister on the recommendation of a friend with similar issues. I am happy to say that I haven't experienced any negative imapct using the twister and I get a good workout with it. I just received the 64 cm twister and I have ordered the 65 cm one as well. The 64 cm is probably about a 40 lb resistance and doing one movement produces a burn. My workouts have decreased in time but increased in benefits. The twister is great.
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04-06-2011- Other Thoughts: I had a cheaper three way adjustable one from Walmart that I could crank out 120+ reps with. I picked up the box and was pleased with the heft. I got it out of the box and was so happy, I actually had some resistance again. 45 reps straight gave me a good pump.
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01-19-2011- Other Thoughts: I had a specific purpose for this piece of equipment. No other would do, and I could not find it anywhere else. In short, I am a very happy customer.
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On June 23, for 1 minute and 15 seconds the earth shook, knocking down homes built of adobe and wood. Fortunately for residents of southern Peru, the disaster struck in the afternoon when most people were outdoors, reducing significantly the number of victims. However, for the people on the coast, the worst was still to come. In the coastal city of Camaná, a tsunami that followed the earthquake claimed lives and devastated fishing communities. "The earthquake hit while we were working in our small vegetable gardens next to the sea … After the shock, we continued working. It was 15 minutes later that people started to run and shout: 'The beach is coming over, the beach is coming over!' What followed was like the end of the world. Three huge waves, like snakes, rose up between 10 and 30 meters and entered inland, destroying everything. Animals were dragged by the water, homes shattered in a thousand pieces, people ran terrified while others fought to reach dry land..." recalled one Camaná resident. Around 2,000 people who lost everything live now in settlements of tents and plastic sheeting, dependent on humanitarian aid. Vegetable gardens next to the sea are useless for farming and the water is full of rubble, making fishing impossible. But the worst illness affecting the population is the psychological impact of the disaster. With each aftershock, people run and are panic-stricken fearing another tsunami. "A natural disaster reminds us that we are human beings, that we are vulnerable," explains Germán Casas Nieto, psychiatrist in charge of MSF's mental health program in Camaná. "After a huge disaster like this one, it is paramount to offer psychological support to help them get over the situation and prevent severe post-traumatic stress disorders." Testimonies collected in Camaná on July 5, 2001"I was under the rubble and thought I was going to die." "After the earthquake, I continued with household chores. All of a sudden, I heard people shouting. I didn't have time to go out and see what was happening. A huge wave came over and flooded everything. Water was dragging me away. I cried out asking for help. I heard my neighbor shouting as well. I tried to stand up and run when a second wave pushed the house over me. I was under the rubble and I thought I was going to die. The water was very strong and dragged everything away. But I managed to get out and look around. Everything was destroyed. In the distance, I saw a neighbor with her child in her arms. I thought she was lucky for being able to save her son. But I didn't have time to start walking when another wave knocked me down again. I shouted, asking for help. I didn't have the strength to fight against the water. I don't know how I managed to get out. I saw my neighbor again. Her son was not in her arms anymore. I took off my trousers, the same ones I'm wearing now, and managed to reach my family." — Cristina, 21. She lived in "La Calderona," a farming community by the sea. She managed to survive the tsunami. Her neighbor, lost her three and five year-old sons, who were dragged away by the sea. She's now in a hospital in Lima, unable to come to terms with the loss of her children.
"I fear the sea will come over again." "The earthquake hardly damaged my house. When I was cleaning the rubble, I heard my sons shouting. I didn't have time to go outdoors. The sea came over my house and I could hardly grab a beam to avoid being dragged away by the water. I could see my pigs, lambs and cows being dragged away by the water. I cried out for help and thought I was going to die. But one of my sons managed to get me out of the water. The animals and a vegetable garden were everything I had. I hoped to offer my children some education so that they could have a better life. But the sea has taken everything away. Only two pigs and a cow are left. The worst of it all is that our family is being pulled apart. My husband does not want to leave the rubble of our house. And I fear the sea will come over again. My children are very important for me. I worked very hard so that they can study. I don't want them to live as I did, abandoned in the street when I was six." — A 42-year old mother of five. She lived in "La Deheza" community, taking care of her cattle and farming her small vegetable garden. The psychological impact of the disaster has revived traumatic experiences from her childhood, plunging her into a severe depression. "The beach came over and took away everything we had." "After the earthquake, we saw the sea go backwards. This put us on alert. A while later, the beach came over and took away everything we had. Our boats, fishing nets, homes... Fortunately, we haven't lost any relatives. But we have no livelihood. We've lost our tools. On the other hand, the sea is full of rubble and fishing is not possible. What are we going to do? How are we going to earn our living?" — Camaná resident |
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September 9th, 2013 01:22 PM #11
I like Quintessa in theory, but I doubt I would ever actually use it or recommend it to someone. Does Tess work as a nn for Temperance?
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My name is Tressa, and I had a friend who fondly called me Contessa.
I like the sound of it, but I don't like that it's a title. I certainly do like it better than most other title names though.proud aunt to
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I agree about the title thing. It has a charming sound, and several sweet nns (Connie, Tess/Tessa... she could probably pull Estey out of it, too), but it sounds just as title-ey as Prince, King, Count, or Viscount would. There's also Quintessa?
Honestly, though, I do like it. I think Benton, Arwen, and Contessa sound cool together.Lise
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I like Tessa but Contessa reminds me of a snobby woman.
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chairman I want change the subject a little bit you who oversaw hearing this week and regarding the General Services Administration another video as you have seen.
Hasn't surfaced from a conference in Crystal City Virginia and when he ten which I showed.
The general services administration and its.
Federal acquisition service and we.
Being handed out these these -- that noise makers and and chanting -- to rhythms it was a news -- absurd looking thing.
It cost taxpayers a lot of money one of 77 conferences that have now surfaced since Las Vegas fiasco is this.
An agency that is indeed of an overhaul.
Well absolutely and again since I became chair.
We held the first hearing in -- -- Federal building -- two blocks from the White House empty for fifteen.
And started an investigation of GSA is the biggest property owner -- well in the world that it the holes that.
All the properties and buildings and trust for the American people.
We knew that there administrative -- expenses has soared 300% we've been trying to find out where.
Then we came where -- inspector general and other information gathered to see these conferences that we're wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on the latest one that those were drum sticks actually -- -- -- -- -- handed to me yesterday they cost the taxpayer.
Dollars another 35000.
Dollars -- Picture frames that we're going after these agencies at least under my committee's jurisdiction.
One at a time and trying to get rid of the waste.
The that and sometimes fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars and I understand that the bigger problem with the GSA is not these kinds of conferences but the huge expenditures that we're saying from empty buildings that agency is sitting -- -- -- That global conferences are wasting millions but the billions.
Like these we we turn that building around in one year.
With costing taxpayers.
Eight million dollars a year vacant for fifteen years.
And we now a thousand people will work there and we'll have revenue for the taxpayers.
On Monday will be in Miami we've got we've gotten three hearings and empty buildings in Washington DC the nation's capital.
-- Monday we're gonna go to -- courthouse vacant for five years costing the taxpayers millions.
A year to maintain sitting there -- we're gonna have this top this wasted every agency -- activity it activity of government at that takes us.
Hearing after hearing after hearing why are these government properties could the private sector do something with these empty properties quickly we've got about 22 yeah on the work that.
And the worst part was they intimidated the private sector from even coming to our hearing.
And even.
The TSA officials we've got rid of the first hear that guy on the hot -- now the second -- wouldn't show up because they're involved in the second lay -- -- layer of scandal.
But we're not gonna stop or not gonna let out real quickly -- at a time intimidating the private sector.
-- that we could get any of that people who do this professionally Belden property management large scale.
To come in and testify -- so intimidated.
-- intimidated by GSA.
It's horrible but -- we're gonna find a way.
Congressman -- thank you very much for your timers and following that -- -- more about that this kind of intimidation thank you sir.
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Nothing like running a hit piece disguised like a news story. If we are going to use phrases like "West, the south Florida Republican who has made headlines nationally for his fiery tea party rhetoric..." why don't they use the same type in describing his opponent like, "Democratic opponent Patrick Murphy who was arrested for being drunk and disorderly and abusive to police?"
Mitt should be doing this.
Way to go Col. West!!! Wish you success!!!
I have had 24 hours to digest what happened yesterday, and Col. West is on to something.Too many solid Republicans were defeated and something doesn't smell right.Grayson being re-elected is beyond the pale!It is reasonable to explore the reasons.
I am SO sick of our side capitulating and conceding way too early. Good grief, Charlie Brown! Good for Col. West and Godspeed. It's about time we stop taking it in the shorts and fight back. They count on us rolling over and we're much too accomplished at it. Here in San Diego, the mayoral race and a House rep race are so close and there are a couple hundred thousand absentee ballots being counted.. and the pubbie mayoral candidate conceded! Doh! Luckily, the House Rep candidate, Brian Bilbray demanded a count. Yes! Fingers crossed. We must fight. Always!
Exactly #4. I sent this to a bunch of my political friends early this morning and I believe it even more right now.A few predictions.You will see a number of "suicides" or "accidents" in the current administration staffing. Some information has has drifted down a bit too far and the people who were unfortunate to learn that info must be erased. If I were a low level Obama staff, I'd stay out of small parks and such. Memories of Vince Foster spring to mind.All of this ammo you guys are buying will suddenly dry up. Much like Hitler, gun 'control' will become a mantra with these clowns.The elite in the Republican party will begin to beat the TEA Party about the head and shoulders and blame them for the losses. As I said before, Romney wasn't my first choice, Romney wasn't my second choice, and quite probably, Romney wasn't even my third choice... but for some reason, Romney was selected and I backed him... but something is odd here.Finally, for now anyway, something doesn't smell right here. Democrat enthusiasm was low and conservatives were hyped but yet, Romney pulled in virtually the same numbers McCain did in 2008 despite him drawing huge crowds in the multiple thousands and Obama drawing tens of people. I don't know how to correlate that properly in my brain. The game has been changed and we weren't informed of the new rules. Something nasty is running in the background and we are sinking into darkness. I hope we are not repeating the "Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire."
What are the chances he actually gets this though? Do you really think they will comply? Doubtful.
I seriously suspect widespread voter fraud in this election.
Way to go Col. West! As the saying goes, these liberal fools are messing with the wrong Marine!I have to agree with posters that Republicans do not usually split their votes and vote for Republican governors and Representatives, and then vote for a Barack Obama. The machines were rigged, as more than a few reported. Furthermore, the bussing of large number of "Somalis" to polling stations indicates that Obama and his minions were fixing the election in Ohio.The 30 plus Republican governors need to take control of their elections, do away with early voting and allow only justified absentee voting, and go back to reliable paper ballots, AND require ID. Holder can go to prison for his role in Fast and Furious. Ditto for Obama and Hillary in Benghazigate.It is time for Republicans and the House and American Conservatives to have no mercy and take no prisoners.
If he were a dim, the media would be saying he got lynched.
May God bless him, and his efforts.
Lt Col West is retired Army, not USMC. All the branches of the service have gutsy guys like him... for now anyway.
In 10 counties checked in Colorado, there were more voters than actual listed residents--checked numbers of voters against census numbers. Nevada is being cited for illegals. All of the swing states had malfunctioning machines. And, last by not least, Jeb Bush is being pushed as the one who should have been in to beat obama but is now being pushed for 2016, along with Rubio.
I'm grateful that George W was in office on 9/11 but I will never vote for another Bush.
Perhaps that whiz investigator Issa could investigate this too.
I think in every swing state there were massive shenanigans. The RATS had re elect offices in every swing state to register voters and basically have them bussed in to live there establish residency and vote early and then move on to another state and vote early also.Ask any programmer about how easy it would be to rig voting machines to register a vote incorrectly. One I talked to said you could make every third vote go for another candidate, or if you wanted to really cover yourself you could say have all the presidential votes go for the expected winner in your state and have the votes go to the RAT senator.
Thank you, Col. West -so disappointing when people concede too readily -here in Riverside county, they discovered about 170,000 uncounted ballots - the votes contained within some of those ballots could affect the Congressional race here in our district (Mary Bono Mack against Raul Ruiz) - Mary had not conceded yet when these votes showed up
Lots of tough talk on this site but the time to be tough is on election day. Fewer Republicans showed up to vote for Romney than for McCain. We lost because we failed to turn out. It is hard to believe that there are more registered Republicans than Democrats when they keep trouncing us.My son lives in West's old district and was upset that redistricting meant he could not vote for him. I admire West's tenacity but it is a losing battle. Somehow the trash keep coming out on top.
This article was my tiny ray of hope this morning. I am still staggering from the loss which I cannot understand. The crowds for RR were amazing and I knew the fraud would be great. Then I hear the the turnout was low. What? I can only conclude that millions of votes were destroyed, either by the machines or some other mechanism. I have been mystified over the years as to why our elected republicans never mention or fight the fraud. I then can only conclude that they are in on this to some degree. How did John McCain get re-elected?
I suspect nationawide voter fraud also. Donald Trump needs to off that 5 million to potential whistleblowers. Next option, impeach for Benghazi.
When you look at the month leading up to the election and you see HUGE audiences at Romney's appearances, and small, sometimes half-empty arenas at obama and biden's rallies....it does lead you to wonder.
SEIU, the sons of ACORN, and Soros, are still in the game.
I have been saying this all along...something is not right! Too much momentum in Romney's last few months, too little in Obama's. How did they fix the vote? Chicago Axelrod? They did, I really believe!! Why would well respected Rasmussen and Gallup be so wrong??? Something is indeed rotten in Denmark!! In battleground states, the "fix" was in!! Look to see which ethic group was pollster judges without any opposite party attenting alongside. ACORN in any other name is just as vile!
Remember the complaints in some states, during early voting, where electronic voting machines were used that the screen would say 0bama when Romney had been selected? Election officials blamed it on the voters by saying the touch screens were very sensitive and the voters were touching the wrong area of the screen? Reported a couple of times on election day too.Suppose those machines, out of all the thousands tampered with, were accidentally left in a "test mode" where the fraudulent results would be displayed to assure the tamperer, I mean "technician", the fraud was properly taking place. Do this on a say, 1 in 10 to a 1 in 20 basis and there's your missing 10 million Romney votes. Wasn't some Spanish company involved in this? Aren't the machines maintained by SEIU operatives, oops I mean "technicians"?Just supposing.
#20, I challenge that. In my very Republican Precinct we had the largest turnout for early voting ever AND on election day. This was true all around the country. Massive turnout at compared to Democrats.
So what happens if it's found that the machines were rigged for fraud? Does the district hold a new election? Are the people who constructed the fraud indicted? Is there even an investigation?And what about other fishy districts? Will there be any curiosity at all?


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Dumb Traditions
It was interesting how the bench incident in the Canada-U.S. game on New Year's Eve just sort of disappeared.
Canada, knowing Chris DiDomenico was taunting the U.S. bench after a goal just as Jimmy Hayes had done the same to the Canadian bench earlier, certainly didn't want any investigation, one that might have got Stefan Della Rovere suspended for his actions.
The U.S. meanwhile, didn't want tournament officials trying to figure out with American player on the bench stuck his stick in DiDomenico's face. That player might also have been suspended.
So both countries chose silence, and the tournament directorate just let it vanish. Fair enough, I suppose. Rick Nash was once able to hook a referee with his stick in an IIHF tournament and get away with it.
But here's one issue worth exploring. Where in the world did this dopey tradition of a parade to the bench for high fives all around after every goal begin?
It's childish. Watching NHL players do it like they were peewee players is laughable. What ever happened to the great tradition of the game in which a goal was scored, there would be a celebration near the net, and then they'd just line up and drop the puck again?
Having teams skate right in front of the opponents bench after a goal is simply taunting on a team-wide scale. Moreover, in a heated game, you're just asking for trouble. Basically, you're allowing teams to celebrate twice - once in a little hug session, once with a fly-by for high fives at their bench.
It's the dumbest tradition in hockey, and hockey doesn't need this stupidity. Bobby Orr never did it. The great Oiler teams of the 1980s never it. Where it came from isn't clear, but I wish it would disappear as fast as it came.


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Shanghai's most famous street market, Xiangyang Road Fashion and Gift Market, was shut down this week. The market was famous for its cheap, designer knock-offs and was hugely popular with locals, as well as tourists for many years. More recently, the government began to crack-down on forgeries on behalf of the foreign investors and businesses that they were trying to attract to the country, and the market crowds dwindled somewhat. Immediately after the close, some vendors moved to neighboring buildings and streets, but the area will never be the same again. The Chinese government plans to redevelop the area to have a metro line and, possibly, ultimately turn it into a residential sector instead of a commercial one.


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'Mad cow disease' killed man of 39
9:20am Saturday 5th May 2012 in News By Anna Roberts, Crime reporter
A FATHER has died after getting "mad cow disease" from childhood medical treatments.
Daniel Sands, 39, was killed by Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) after being given growth hormones as a youngster.
The brave father, who lived with his wife, Julie, and son, Andrew, went from a gregarious man to someone who could not even feed himself.
Mrs Sands, bravely talking to The Argus about her husband's ordeal, described how the illness "turned his brain to jelly."
She has spoken out about CJD because she wants people to be aware the illness – which hit the headlines in the 1990s – still existed and could be contracted in ways other than a "dodgy burger."
Only 66 people are suspected to have died of CJD via medical treatments since 1990, an Edinburgh University medical study reported.
Mr Sands knew he could contract the killer illness but thought it was so minimal it would not affect him.
In the United States, out of nearly 8,000 people who received growth hormones in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s, just 26 are believed to have contracted CJD.
Mr Sands'wife Julie, 43, said: "He thought getting CJD was a minor risk. But people should be aware of it. It was horrendous.
"I would be sat next to him and he would suddenly fall asleep. We were on holiday and he got worse. He deteriorated very quickly."
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are sister prion diseases (like mad cow), transmissible, infectious by medical
equipment, (scopes, etc.) dental and eye equipment, blood, urine, feces,
saliva, mucous Doctors frequently misdiagnose AD and sCJD one for the other. The symptoms and
neuropathology are almost identical. AD epidemic = 6 million US victims, new case every 69 seconds.
"The prion-like behavior implicated in Alzheimer's disease also suggests that it may be transmissible like mad cow disease."
""Our findings open the possibility that some of the sporadic Alzheimer's cases may arise from an infectious process," senior author Claudia Soto said in a statement in October. "
Amyloid plaques are found in the brains of BASE mad cows, chronic wasting disease deer, and AD and sCJD victims.
Discovery of the fourth US mad cow makes clear the pathway of risk - how AD (and other prion disease victims) get infected:
Many aging asymptomatic dairy cows enter the food chain even though they are actually sub clinically infected with BASE - atypical Bovine Amyloidotic Spongiform Encephalopathy. (Three of the four US mad cows were afflicted with the atypical BASE strain.)
The UNTESTED BASE infected dairy cows, which end up in huge
industrial mixing vats of hamburger, each containing meat from
50 to 100 animals from multiple states and two to four countries, may be the route of human
prion disease infection (AD). http://www.organicco
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The potentially BASE infected hamburger is distributed in supermarkets and fast food restaurants coast to coast.
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Because of a lockout-shortened season, the Coyotes cannot afford to get off to a sluggish start. After all, they only have 48 games to make an impression.
"Usually, you can kind of creep your way into the season with some exhibition games and a longer camp, but it is what it is," goaltender Mike Smith said Sunday. "We have to be ready from the drop of the puck when the season starts on Saturday."
Phoenix opens on the road next Saturday against former Coyote Ray Whitney and the Dallas Stars, before coming home the following night to host the Chicago Blackhawks at Jobing.com Arena.
With the Coyotes scheduled to play 48 games in a condensed period of time, including seven back-to-back contests, the team recognizes how imperative it is to get the kinks and rust out during their one-week training camp.
"There's going to be a lot of hockey games all wrapped in a short season," said Smith. "There's no excuse for not being ready, because we have had four months to get ready for the season. We're very excited."
While expectations will be elevated this season given the Coyotes' recent run of success, Smith said he and his teammates are just thrilled to be back on the ice playing the game they love.
"There's some energy in the air now that the season's back," said Smith. "Everyone's getting geared up for a short camp and an early start to the season.
"I say early, but really it's been a long time coming."
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- Mike Ribeiro, Phoenix Coyotes center - Thursday December 5The biggest takeaways from Wednesday night's game against Calgary.
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These are the worst most uncomfortable shoes ever!!!! DO NOT BUY these are horrible the back strap repeatedly falls off I don't know why but the odd way the back strap clasps on to the shoe just doesn't work its just useless and the extra rough and hard fabric rubs miserably on the top of my feet... I wished I never bought since it was final sale I'm stuck with them. Too bad cuz they are cute, one good thing is the crocs footbed is comfy
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You'd think conservatives would get their act together-
after losing the health care debate,
then after the Supreme Court threw out the Arizona immigration law,
or at least after folding in 2011 on their self-created debt ceiling fiasco that got the US credit rating dropped,
or after losing to Obama AGAIN,
or after folding on their self-created fiscal cliff at New Years
...but here again during a hearing,
where the person being interviewed is at a disadvantage - where showing any disdain for accusers who are politicizing a tragedy only works against the person testifying...the conservatives STILL come off looking petty and childish!
I just think it is pitiful that Fox and conservatives politicized this tragedy immediately last year. Fox became the Bengazi channel. While they spent months saying "Obama deserves zero credit for killing Bin Laden because he is distant from the battle" they suddenly made the reverse argument here, during the election trying desperately to link Bengazi somehow to a failure in the White House.
The pitiful losers still can't wise up. We are on to you. Wave your flags and pretend you are patriotic. Thinking people know better.
roflcopter.....do you think you might try and explain to these 4 dead American's families why you feel we need to give the negligent people responsible for the death of their loved ones a pass on this.....and make them feel....what's the term....Oh yeah, it really doesn't matter now, I'm surprised that American citizens have gotten to a point that they can just give those responsible for this tragedy a wink and a thumbs up for their part in it. Sad day.....
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Forgive me, readers. It's been six years since my last confession, by which I mean a column for the Henrico Citizen. I took some time off from column-writing to pen a novel, never believing it would be published. But the historical novel, entitled The Outer Banks House, was published by Crown in June of 2010. I made the whole business look too easy, I'm afraid, for now my eleven-year-old son believes that he too will be a published author, most likely in the next couple of years. My son has other grand visions for himself as well. He wants to be a professional tennis player when he grows up. He wants a pool in the big backyard of his big house and a menagerie of pets that I would never let him have. I told him that authors don't make very much money, barring those best-selling novelists like Stephen King and John Grisham. I told him I've thought of starting my own "Occupy Publishing House" movement, to try to draw attention to the 99 percent of published authors who don't make enough to support even themselves, much less a family. But my pep talks don't seem to sway him away from the activity of writing. My son spent a good part of his life watching me write my novel. He watched as I revised it for both my agent and for my editor. He was there when I opened the first delivery of hardback books from the publishing house. He often met my readers at book-signings and read a few of the e-mails I received. Ah, the writing life. So glamorous. I wouldn't think that watching someone write would be very interesting. I might equate it with watching someone brush their teeth or cut their fingernails. But he must have found something intriguing about the process, for he now writes fiction pretty much any chance he gets. "I'm going upstairs to write," he'll announce when he gets home from school, or from playing outside with friends, or from tennis practice. He writes more than I do these days, if you want to know the truth. Whole chapters, day after day after day. My son writes like he talks, which it to say, a lot. I recently read the first chapter of a book that he's writing about three young boys who stumble upon a forgotten zoo. I was amazed at his pacing, his use of dialogue, his subtle humor. And he has other ideas on the back-burner, including a children's book about border collies (based upon our own crazy border collie Toby). He wants to write scripts for a kids' Saturday Night Live. I have secretly congratulated myself on having had such a marvelous effect on my first-born offspring. Because of me and my success, my son likes to write! It's basic parenting knowledge: model the behaviors you wish to see in your children. Read so that your children will want to read, that kind of thing. But perhaps it's not me at all. Perhaps a love of writing is a part of who he is. He doesn't seem particularly interested in my (a published author's!) feedback. He's just content to write for the love of writing itself. It flows naturally from him, a gift from the gods. I didn't learn the passion for writing from my parents. But they showed me the value of hard work and persistence. They imparted the value of a good education. I chose the writing life on my own. In the same vein, my son might one day be a published author, but I would never take the credit for such an accomplishment. It would be his passion and his hard work and persistence that brought about his success, certainly not mine. Perhaps the only thing I've given my son is the courage to face the blank page, and the knowledge that there are readers out there, waiting on a well-told story. Diann Ducharme is the author of The Outer Banks House and is a wife, mother of three children and owner of one border collie. Her column will appear in the second issue of the Henrico Citizen each month, and you may also find her at http://www.diannducharme.com where, she blogs about the writing life. |
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Virginia Blood Services (VBS), the sole supplier of blood for more than 20 hospitals throughout the state of Virginia, is in need of blood donors to help replenish the local blood supply over the holidays.
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The region's two premier youth soccer organizations – the Richmond Kickers and Richmond Strikers – have partnered to create Richmond United, a cost-free U.S. Soccer Development Academy program designed to serve the most talented players in the region. The arrangement marks the first time in U.S. Soccer Development Academy history that two member clubs have united their respective Academy programs.
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"It took us a while to adjust to their style of play," said head coach Julie Woodward. "They execute a good game plan, however, I was really pleased with our energy and work ethic at the end of the second half and overtime. [Brianna Smallidge] made an unbelievable save to keep us alive and Steph[anie Verdoia] got on the end of [Taylor] Ritzman's cross for a great goal to finish the game."
As both teams played great defense, and with very little offensive output on either side, Gonzaga (5-3-0) outshot Seattle U only 4-1 in the first half, as the score remained 0-0 at the halftime buzzer.
Each team picked up their offense in the second half, as the Redhawks took six additional shots to Gonzaga's 10 in the second period, but it was still not enough to score for either side, and the contest remained 0-0 at the end of regulation.
As Verdoia was the only player to take a shot in overtime, she took one shot in the 95th minute that was saved by Gonzaga goalkeeper Susan Brown. However, in the 97th minute, with an assist by Taylor Ritzman (Holladay, Utah), her second shot of the overtime period was too much for Brown and it sailed into the net to take the victory for the Redhawks.
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This was the first of four straight road games for Seattle U, as they will play Pac-12 powerhouses Oregon (Sept. 14) and Oregon State (Sept. 16) next weekend, and will round out the road stretch at Portland on Sept. 21. They return home for their final non-conference match, hosting Utah Valley at 12 p.m. on Sept. 23.
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The Great Falls Animal Shelter said it is nearly empty after two days of free adoptions.
People lined the front desk of the shelter this past Tuesday and Wednesday, looking to adopt one of the shelter's 60 cats and dogs for free.
Along with the free adoption, the animals were also spayed or neutered, vaccinated and city licensed and tags free of charge.
Shelter Sidekick volunteer Laura McElhinney said after the adoptions only two cats and one bunny were left.
"We were saying 'Yes it's possible,' but you still have that little 'Yeah, you know, we're going to just get as many out as we can,' but to actually hit that goal we're kind of astonished really," McElhinney said. "It just feels great that that many animals found a new home."
The free adoptions were made possible by an anonymous donor.