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As a specialty editor for the nutrition and healthy eating guide, Katherine Zeratsky helps you sort through the facts and figures, the fads and the hype to learn more about nutrition and diet.
A Marinette, Wis., native, Katherine is certified in dietetics by the state of Minnesota and the American Dietetic Association. She has been with Mayo Clinic since 1999.
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Other areas of interest include food and nutrition for all life stages, active lifestyles and the culinary arts.
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If I switch to a vegetarian diet, will I lose weight?
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Not necessarily. A vegetarian diet is not inherently a weight-loss diet but rather a lifestyle choice.
It is true, however, that adults and children who follow a vegetarian diet are generally leaner than nonvegetarians. This may be because a vegetarian diet typically includes less saturated fat and emphasizes more fruits, vegetables, whole grains and plant-based proteins — foods that are more filling and less calorie dense.
But a vegetarian diet isn't automatically low calorie. You can gain weight on a vegetarian diet if your portion sizes are too big or if you eat too many high-calorie foods, such as sweetened beverages, fried items, snack foods and desserts. Even some foods marketed as vegetarian can be high in calories and fat, such as soy hot dogs, soy cheese, refried beans and snack bars.
The basics of achieving and maintaining a healthy weight are the same for vegetarians and nonvegetarians: Eat a healthy diet and balance calories eaten with calories burned.
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- Duyff RL. American Dietetic Association Complete Food and Nutrition Guide. 4th ed. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons; 2012:28.
- Whitney E, et al. Understanding Nutrition. 12th ed. Belmont, Calif.: Thomson Higher Education; 2011.
- Sabate J, et al. Vegetarian diets and childhood obesity prevention. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2010;91(suppl):1525S.
- Zeratsky KA (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. June 5, 2012.


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My time at First Methodist has come to an end. I packed up my office this week during off hours. I brought two highly skilled individuals to help the moving process.
The most difficult part of that process was finding a place to store 500 books. Fortunately, a good friend had a vacant room in their home and let me stack boxes of obscure monographs there. I learned a tremendous amount at First Methodist – much about leadership, people and their spiritual desires, and (above all) about myself. I was afforded opportunities there that I otherwise would never have been given. I had moments of success, failure, and everything in between…all in three and a half years.
Over the last two years, I encountered some specific struggles in ministry I had not experienced up until that point. Some I handled well. Others not so much. I learned a lot about myself in that process. I also learned a very important lesson: some situations have nothing to do with me whether I'm personally affected by them or not. I found my ability to correct those situations is limited. I'm sure I'll reflect on my time there over the next several years. I am extremely thankful for that time. I'll take the lessons I learned there into future ministry. I imagine some day I'll be having coffee with a church staff member or another pastor and I'll hear myself say the words, "When I was at First Methodist…"
Over the last three years, I began to collect sayings and tape them to my computer monitor…tacky, but necessary. Some days I followed them to the letter. Other days I failed to follow them at all. I thought I'd share them with you. You might find it interesting that there is not a single Bible verse listed. Nor is there a well-known theologian quoted. Maybe they will mean something to you, too. If so, why not tape them to your computer monitor?
Hereafter, if you should observe on occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their Due, and confess more fault than you can justly be charged with, you will only become the better for it. Criticising and censuring almost every one you have to do with, will diminish friends, encrease Enemies, and thereby hurt your affairs. - Benjamin Franklin to John Paul Jones, July 5, 1780
The greatest need of my congregation is my own personal holiness. – Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Most unsolicited feedback is for the sender. – Harvard Business Review Article
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. – Plato of Athens (apocryphal)
In the end, everything will be okay. If it's not okay, it's not the end. – Playwright Carolyn Myers

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The head of Venture Kamloops is stepping down after three years in charge.
Dan Sulz sent an email to VK staff Tuesday morning saying he was giving five months' notice that he would be leaving the executive director's position.
Coun. Nelly Dever, who sits on the Venture Kamloops board, hadn't heard the news late Tuesday afternoon. But she checked her emails, and found one from board president Paula Presta confirming Sulz's pending departure.
"I haven't heard a thing. All I know is they were looking at some interpersonal matters. And we have a board meeting on Monday," she said.
She then read from Presta's email that stated Sulz had tendered his resignation. In it, Presta noted Sulz had been at Venture Kamloops for three years and solidified its role in the community.
"He's looking for a new challenge and it was his decision to tender his resignation," said Dever. "We are going to begin recruitment for a replacement as soon as possible."
"I've met with Dan several times. He's extremely ambitious. I can see him wanting to move on to bigger things. He's got so much energy and so much talent."
Mayor Peter Milobar said he's not on the board, but he had heard some talk about potential personnel changes at Venture Kamloops.
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Bail revoked for Irish father who raped daughter for ten years as judge apologizes- VIDEO
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IrelandNorth | Jan 27, 2013, 01:14 PM EST
Don't pretend to understand the need to go public? This case should have been heard in camera, like all family law cases. Smacks of vindictiveness to me. Smacks of a media circus to me. And not a little celebrity victimhood. All memory is reconstruction. We all face our own karma in the end.
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eiriamach | Jan 26, 2013, 09:45 AM EST
It looks like the Irish judiciary is finally hearing the strong voice of Irish mothers, girls, and single women. Deo gratias!
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SarahinLA | Jan 25, 2013, 12:35 PM EST
palmeiras, I am not proud, I am very proud. Ireland is a great place to visit for a week or two, to catch up with family and old friends, but I could never liver there again. The archaic thinking that permeates society there would drive me over the edge. The gombeenism, evidenced this week by the Healy-Raes and judge Carney, would drive me to drink excessively.
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palmeiras | Jan 25, 2013, 12:15 PM EST
SarahinLA, if you are ashamed of your Irish connections, that's your decision; but are u proud of your "great" adopted country. Vietnam, Iraq and many other murderous invasions. Also, today is the 40 th anniversary of Roe v Wade. What a gift your new country gave to the world. Now, go watch your violent movie and make sure all your 7 guns (national U.S. average) are fully loaded.
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Searlit | Jan 25, 2013, 12:11 PM EST
Thank God this man is finally in
custody! These kind of horrors
happen all over the world. There
are sick people everywhere. It's
very sad that nothing was done about this abuse for 40 years! What a great Taoiseach, Enda Kenny!
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SarahinLA | Jan 25, 2013, 10:44 AM EST
Reading and hearing about the way this poor lady was treated in relation to her repeated rape by her sick father makes me ashamed to have Irish connections. I heard last night that this lady, when a young lady, filed a report with the police (garda), but there is no record of this complaint. She was treated at a hospital in Ireland for a sexually transmitted disease while very young and no-one at that hospital saw fit to report it. The old practice in Ireland of 'turning a blind eye'. Then this judge, having sentenced her father to 12 years, with 9 suspended, granted him bail to appeal. Disgraceful justice. The judge then, influenced by public opinion reversed his decision and confined the man to custody.This is akin to Herrod's treatment of Jesus in the bible. On top of all this, those gombeen people called Healy-Rae are making fools of Irish people globally. Not a good week for Ireland. Many of them are living seventy years in the past. I am glad I escaped.
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The issue is one of more than two dozen on the docket for a week of pretrial hearings that began yesterday in the war-crimes tribunal at Guantanamo.
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The "breakthrough," however, has been a long time coming. Like many auto technologies, the first versions were tested in the mid-1800s without ever gaining much traction. Although materials and engineering are better now, today's engines work in a similar way. Fresh air is pumped into a chamber under high pressure, and then released into "combustion" chambers where the air forces down pistons and turns the wheels.
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Despite their drawbacks, compressed-air cars (you can see a line developed by the firm MDI) are cheap, straightforward to design, and demand little in the way of exotic technology or infrastructure. That, at least, has been enough to convince Peugeot that an affordable compressed-air car offers another alternative to today's hybrids.
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Pussy Riot Could Be Free Under New Amnesty Bill
Reports are coming in that
Pussy Riot
may soon be free
Weve just spoken to Pyotr Verzilov, husband of imprisoned member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who is confirming the rumors about both members, Nadya and Maria Alyokhina, being freed under the amnesty bill being submitted by the Kremlin to parliament to mark the Russian constitutions 20th anniversary on Thursday. Nadyas father Andrei has also been able to confirm this from reliable sources.
Its from the Kremlin and official already, they will be freed, Pyotr told us today. Though he added, We do not know yet when this will happen, because it is unclear when the bill will be voted by the Duma and how fast it will be applied to...
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The Return of Beastie Boys and GoldieBlox
When GoldieBlox
pulled the parody
of the
Beastie Boys
' song "Girls" from
their toy commercial
, I thought that would be the end of it. I was wrong. The Beastie Boys
have now sued the toymaker
for copyright and trademark infringement and demanded a jury trial.
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Bob Dylan Sued for Racism
A Croatian community association
in France is suing
Bob Dylan
and the French version of Rolling Stone magazine for racism.
Dylan, of course, was at the vanguard of the artistic wing of the Civil Rights movement, so it may seem impossible that anyone could accuse him of such a thing. But the Croatian group appears not to have appreciated comments made in Rolling Stones cover interview of Dylan from this September.
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Ex-Lostprophets Release Statement
The other members of
have released a statement after the
legal events
of last week.
Earlier this week, we learned that the allegations of child sexual abuse against Ian were true, and that he would not be contesting them in court. Until then, we found them extremely difficult to believe and had hoped it was all a mistake. Sadly, the true extent of his appalling behaviour is now impossible to deny.
Many of you understandably want to know if we knew what Ian was doing. To be clear: We did not. We knew that Ian was a difficult character. Our personal relationships with him had deteriorated in recent years to a point that working together was a constant, miserable challenge....
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Reports: Three Arrested at The Casualties Show
Three were
arrested at the
The Casualties
show at the Marquis in Denver for "calling out Jorge's sexual assault" and
have had their bond set
at $100.
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Beastie Boys "Girls" Now Involved in Copyright Lawsuit
I made a comment in
the news post
about the
Beastie Boys
' song "Girls" being used in a pretty awesome commercial, that it was one of the rare times the band has allowed this to happen. Looks like I spoke too soon. According to
a lawsuit filed
by Goldieblox, "the Beastie Boys have now threatened GoldieBlox with copyright infringement. Lawyers for the Beastie Boys claim that the GoldieBlox Girls Parody Video is a copyright infringement, is not a fair use and that GoldieBlox's unauthorized use of the Beastie Boys intellectual property is a 'big problem' that has a 'very significant impact.'"
Is that "fair use"? To answer the question, a judge will be looking at the four factors of fair...
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Tim Lambesis' Wife Files Civil Suit
is reporting that Tim Lambesis' (
As I Lay Dying
) wife is seeking
two million dollars
in a civil suit.
In this case, Meggan Lambesis is asking $1 million for emotional distress and $25,000 in medical expenses to date, in addition to $75,000 for future medical expenses and $1 million in punitive damages. The suit also seeks attorneys' fees.
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Lady Gaga Concert Brings Fine for Russian Concert Agency
The Russian agency that helped throw a
Lady Gaga
concert in St. Petersburg
has been fined
because the show "promoted homosexuality and alcohol consumption."
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Roy Harper Charged With Sex Offenses
BBC is reporting
that folk singer
Roy Harper
has been charged with sexual abuse of a child.
Folk singer Roy Harper has been charged with sexually abusing a girl from the age of 12. The 72-year-old is due before Hereford Magistrates' Court on Monday accused of nine counts of sexual assault. West Mercia Police said the offences are alleged to have been committed in Herefordshire between 1975 and 1977 and relate to one victim.
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Missing Pussy Riot Inmate is Now at a Tuberculosis Hospital
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, the
Pussy Riot
member, has
reportedly turned up
at a hospital in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk.
"She was in good condition. She said her conditions were OK," Verzilov said by phone. "She's not sick right now, shes just having procedures and tests related to the hunger strike." Verzilov added that conditions at the hospital were satisfactory. Although the facility does treat tuberculosis, it functions as an ordinary hospital. The activist had been missing for 24 days, after she was abruptly moved from a camp in Mordovia, where she had been serving her sentence. She told Verzilov that during the time of her disappearance, she had been kept from...
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Small Tim Lambesis Legal Update
that Tim Lambesis (
As I Lay Dying
) is now set to appear before Judge Aaron Katz on Wednesday, November 13th at the North County Superior Courthouse in Vista, CA for an "
arraignment on information
" hearing.
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Alleged Assault By Punk Band
Trigger warning: Sexual assault discussed very bluntly. A guest-post on
alleges that the author was sexually assaulted 16 years ago by the lead singer of
The Casualties
When I came out that next morning, 16 years ago, the band was gone, my wallet was stolen, and I was left a shirt by the band as if it were some sort of consolation prize. The irony of the bands name, and me being a CASUALTY in my own right, was not lost on me. All these years later and every time I write those words, speak them, re-live them, I choke back vomit. I remember how The Singer smelled, tasted, his jagged rotten teeth, his worn leather skin, how the band argued about not cutting their hair...
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Being Moved to Camp in Siberia
Pussy Riot
member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who went "
" last week, is being sent to a prison colony in the depths of Siberia,
according to her relatives and lawyers
Tolokonnikova's husband Petya Verzilov says that he's received "100 percent reliable" information that indicates that Nadya is being moved to a prison in the Krasnoyarsk region, which is four times zones and 2,000 miles from Moscow.
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (Pussy Riot) is Reportedly Missing
Reports are
coming in
that imprisoned
Pussy Riot
member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been missing since Oct. 21 following a prison transfer.
Tolokonnikova's father and husband said they last knew her precise whereabouts on Oct. 21, when she was suddenly taken from her prison colony in the Russian republic of Mordovia and moved without explanation from Russian officials. "No one knows anything," her father, Andrei Tolokonnikov, said by telephone from Moscow. "Theres no proof she's alive, we don't know the state of her health. Is she sick? Has she been beaten?" Tolokonnikova, 23, was moved after launching a hunger strike to protest horrific prison conditions. She had also written an open...
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Greg Ginn Loses Flag Lawsuit
is reporting that Greg Ginn has lost
his lawsuit
and Henry Rollins.
Black Flag founder Greg Ginn has lost his lawsuit against FLAG, the spinoff band featuring founding singer Keith Morris and longtime bassist Chuck Dukowski. While FLAG which also features OG members Dez Cadena and Bill Stevenson, and Descendants guitarist Stephen Egerton has been out destroying shows like this Redondo Beach Moose Lodge thrasher, Ginn has reformed his own Black Flag unit (this one still called Black Flag) and hit some festivals here and there. Henry Rollins isn't involved in either, but somehow he was named in the lawsuit.
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Tim Lambesis Trial Update
Tim Lambesis of
As I Lay Dying
had his
preliminary hearing
yesterday to determine whether or not there was enough of a case to take to trial. There was and he'll be back in court on October 22nd for an arraignment where the actual trial date will be set. Also, a lock box full of all kinds of steroids and supplements were
in his home, along with $12,000 cash.
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Sky Ferreira and DIIV's Zachary Cole Arrested
Sky Ferreira
and Zachary Cole (
) were
early Saturday morning in Saugerties, New York. Ferreira, whose debut album releases next month on
, was arrested "on misdemeanor charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance and resisting arrest." Smith was "charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, one count of possession of stolen property and one count of aggravated unlicensed driving, all misdemeanors. He was also charged with the violations of unregistered motor vehicle, driving without insurance, unlicensed driver, and having an inadequate exhaust system."
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Modern Life Is War Drummer Flips Off Police, Starts Chase, Gets Arrested
Tyler Oleson, drummer for
Modern Life Is War
, was
on Saturday for allegedly leading Marshalltown, IA, police on a short chase which caused a collision with a squad car. Oleson was initially charged with alluding criminal mischief in the second degree for intentionally slamming on his brakes; aggravated assault for trying to run an officer off the road; and OWI first offense. The investigation is ongoing. The band will not be
cancelling or postponing
any of its upcoming shows.
The incident began Saturday night when Oleson, who was driving alongside a marked patrol car on Center Street, basically flipped off the officer, said Marshalltown police Sgt. Melinda Ruopp. The officer...
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Black Flag Co-Founder Sues Ex-Bandmates
Black Flag
co-founder Greg Ginn and SST Records
are suing
, along with Henry Rollins, alleging Rollins and Keith Morris attempted to patent the Black Flag logo, and name in September of 2012, thus committing fraud.
He sued his 1979-mid 1980s bandmates Friday, seeking an injunction against their current tour, which kicked off in May and will stop in Los Angeles (pending this case) for FYF Fest on August 24. The suit describes the alleged infringement of the logo and name "Flag" as "a colorable imitation" that's "likely to cause confusion, mistake or deception among consumers."
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Bad Religion Guitarist Files Report That Wife Attacked Him With Clothes Hanger
Bad Religion
's guitarist, Greg Hetson,
has filed reports
that claim his wife is "unstable and violent," "attacked him with a clothes hanger and hockey equipment," and "stole $18k from a joint bank account."
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Former American Idol Contestants Are Suing
Ten former American Idol contestants are
suing the show
(for 25 million dollars) for the allegedly racist policies set in place by its producers.
The group claims they were unjustly kicked off the show because of their race, accusing producers of orchestrating a cruel and inhumane scheme to juice ratings by allegedly digging up their criminal histories after they were accepted on the show in order to embarrass them in TV segments. According to their lawyer, James H. Freeman, they were treated unfairly by the producers. Freeman also says their arrest histories were obtained illegally, and the practice was used to find dirt only on black singers. None of the contestants, Freeman says,...
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Puddle of Mudd Singer Arrested for Alleged Vandalization
Puddle of Mudd
singer Wes Scantlin
was arrested
after allegedly vandalizing his neighbor's property.
TMZ shot footage of Scantlin leaving the police station Wednesday night. On the way out, Scantlin defended himself, "My neighbor vandalized my house so I had to take action." He also mentioned the sledgehammer ... but was mum on the buzz saw.
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Piracy Falling in Norway
A new report by
Norwegian researchers at Ipsos
claims that
piracy has fallen in that country
thanks to "viable alternative sources."
For example, music piracy has fallen from 1.2 billion songs in 2008 to 210 million last year. About 60 million movies and TV shows were pirated last year, compared to 125 million and 135 million five years ago. In short, access to paid content, whether via streaming or a la carte services, is slowly whittling away the impetus to pirate.
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Tim Lambesis Blogs On Recent Events
Tim Lambesis (
As I Lay Dying
) has
a blog about recent events surrounding his arrest, his faith, and the future.
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Hostage Calm Fan Assaulted in Carolina Bar for "I Support Same-Sex Marriage" Shirt
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Hostage Calm
fan named
was assaulted at a bar in North Carolina yesterday by another patron. The conflict centered around Alex's "I Support Same-Sex Marriage" T-shirt that has been the
other drama
as well. We have a statement from Alex, which you can read an excerpt from below and fully in the replies, and we've also reached out to the band for a statement. We'll update this post when we hear something back.
I spoke up, because who you love has nothing to do with your religion or your political views. The guy was not happy. I went to smoke another cigarette and told the guy to leave...
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Ex-Save Ferris Band Members Sue Lead Singer
Former members of
Save Ferris
are suing singer
Monique Powell over allegations that she falsely promoted an upcoming show as a "Save Ferris Reunion" ... without the rest of the band's permission.
Former SF members Brian Mashburn, Eric Zamora, Bill Uechi, Brian Williams, and Evan Kilbourne have now filed a lawsuit against Powell -- insisting she has no right to perform under the Save Ferris name. The band wants her to pay unspecified damages for falsely promoting a reunion show. They also want a judge to block her from using the Save Ferris name ever again.
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Update on Ian Watkins Sexual Assault Case
You can read an update on
' singer Ian Watkins case from this week
. He will
go on trial
later this year accused of 23 sexual offences involving children including two charges of raping a baby.
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As I Lay Dying Frontman Tim Lambesis Released From Jail
As I Lay Dying
frontman Tim Lambesis has been
on bond from the San Diego County Jail. In related news, the band has
their European tour dates.
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Tim Lambesis Switches Lawyers
Some new details on Tim Lambesis's case
have surfaced
, and he has switched lawyers.
Lambesis' next court date is currently scheduled for June 10th. At the bail hearing last week, Lambesis was accompanied by a new laywer, Thomas Warwick after originally being represented by Anthony Salerno. No word on why Salerno was let go, as he initially saved Lambesis from a potential life sentence. Salerno, in an interview alleged Lambesis was being set up as Lambesis' brother-in-law is a sheriff deputy. Lambesis new lawyer, Warwick claimed at last week's bail hearing that steroid use clouded Lambesis' judgement.
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Maria Alyokhina (Pussy Riot) Begins Hunger Strike
Maria Alyokhina, of
Pussy Riot
, went on hunger strike yesterday. An interview with her from prison can be found
need a lot of time. I dont have a problem trying to explain, it helps me see the situation clearer, but clearly propaganda is doing its dirty job. At any encounter people tend to take a negative view on the situation. Everyone I speak to in person changes their opinion after a single conversation. And people become fascinated with the story, showing real and honest interest. There are a lot of people who actually do want to change the country for the better, who admit they have no rights and feel lost.
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The Cato Institute's Tad DeHaven on the need to address problems within the Postal Service.
Apr 18, 2012
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The United States post office faces drastic downsizing and call backs -- -- losing five billion dollars in the past twelve months boss.
Rural community is then major opponents of any cuts in service because they depend on the Postal Service a great -- more than the rest of us.
-- -- the haven from the Cato Institute joins us now from Pennsylvania.
-- -- That they all the print -- and so I I I think I'm criteria that its rural community is that really oppose any downsizing.
Of the Postal Service so we all have to pay.
-- identifying this is they this interest group correctly.
There's multiple interest and certainly of roller America is a particularly large interest and therefore the politicians in Washington who represented -- districts.
Our -- eleven opposed whether it's Democrats or Republicans to any sort of downsizing.
It's gonna make life a little bit more complicated in those areas.
However that gets to the problem with the Postal Service it's supposed to run like a business yet at the answers the 535.
Politicians collectively known as congress and Stuart I think you and I would agree.
Congress is incapable of running a hot dog stand.
But so.
Now what are we gonna do.
We -- someone on the show yesterday -- -- he's a critical look Postal Service he says look you gonna lose 200 billion dollars in the next ten years.
The alternative is drastic cuts in the postal -- it was literally closing thousands of post offices.
And dropping a 10050000.
-- you've got these two extremes.
I don't expect to -- that to happen so what are we gonna do keep on kicking the can down the road and subsidizing the Postal Service is that what's gonna happen.
I think that right now US taxpayer does not subsidize the Postal Service.
That cannot continue either we're gonna move towards -- Asian or taxpayers are gonna be on the -- and I think this whole issue with with rural America.
Let the market decide may -- folks in -- America okay getting -- two days a week three days a week one day a week maybe they're willing to pay more.
That's the problem we don't have a market Stewart so it's hard to say.
What people what value they place.
What price they're willing to pay this is the 21 century with the technology you have with the Internet -- -- We are subsidized.
-- -- you know I don't wait wait just does not -- but uploaded to yet is that.
But is that the kind of sentiment is required in congress took caught the Postal Service lose privatize it let markets rule.
I put politicians -- not gonna do that's the net.
And and that's the problem -- if you wanna corollary.
Look at entitlement programs Social Security Medicare these -- major problems that need to be addressed now the post office need to be addressed now but there's no incentive in Washington.
The incentive in Washington is the short -- concerns of the squeaky wheel addressing that and putting these problems off the future somebody else to deal.
I'm almost at a time I want you -- best guess is you'll best guess that we subsidized bailout the Postal Service would direct taxpayer money you thing that's gonna happen.
I think at some point that that will happen however I think.
Two generations from now it will be privatized because the -- you see happen on those funds all day.
Are gonna need this whether they live in New York City are out in Timbuktu my aunt had two generations from now on dead and maybe even you.
Tad -- from the Cato Institute thanks for joining us we appreciate.
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November 26, 2005, Wilmington, Ohio - DePauw, ranked 19th in the coaches' poll and 22nd by D3hoops.com, improved to 3-1 with a 78-47 win over Hanover in the opening night of the Fred Raizk Memorial Tournament. The Tigers advance to Sunday's 4 p.m. title game against Wilmington. Hanover dropped to 2-1 with the loss.
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In every land and every generation there have been men whose overriding priority is acquiring power over others. They've espoused dogmas of many kinds, such that one cannot easily find an ideological thread to connect them all. But in one respect they've been entirely consistent: They've all labored to increase the power of governments over those subject to them.
The success of their efforts has varied from nation to nation. Now and then they've triumphed completely; in several places, their grip on power has yet to be seriously threatened. Even in the United States, they've made inroads far deeper than those of us who love freedom like to admit...and most of us are at a loss to comprehend or explain how that came to pass.
I've begun to think that habitat might provide the answer.
The concept of habitat as a locale whose characteristics conduce to the flourishing of particular species can be extended into the realm of abstractions. If a particular set of ideas must be established for persons whose livelihood depends on the widespread acceptance of those ideas to flourish, those ideas constitute a non-geographic sort of habitat: an ideological foundation which, when established among a populace, will permit persons whose ambitions they favor to rise in prosperity, prestige, and influence.
This sort of habitat is unlike the natural sort in a critical way: Those who desire to exploit it can take action to construct it.
There are many directions in which I could take this concept, but the one in which I have the greatest interest is the slow erection of a habitat for socialist premises and Big Government in the United States.
A country as large as the U.S. makes room for many sorts of ideas, and thus for communities dedicated to them. As early as the 1820s, persons such as Robert Owen and John Humphrey Noyes built communes -- proto-communist states -- within America's borders. Those, of course, were entirely voluntary communities; their members were free to depart at any time. Nevertheless, they constituted a womb for the embryonic theories they expressed in practice...theories which persons of more abstract bent, such as Marx and Engels, would develop to their full malignancy shortly thereafter.
It's not perfectly accurate nor entirely fair to those early utopians to call them socialists or Communists. They had a vision of a "good society" that they hoped to achieve by departing from the prevailing norms. Why they thought they could improve on conditions in the larger society around them isn't easy to determine. Though their experiments failed to provide the results they sought, the ideas they germinated did not fail to find supporters and promulgators.
A period of general prosperity is a tough one for promulgators of radical doctrines. When people are happy with their stations in life and the fruits of their labors, selling them on the notion that the society that made their advancements possible is wholly incorrect in its premises is almost impossible. Yet throughout the nineteenth century, socialist ideas kept a fingernail grip on just enough minds that when conditions for their dissemination became more favorable, there were dedicated, energetic promulgators available to spread them.
The period approximately from 1880 to 1900 saw a downturn in the fortunes of rural communities, at least in comparison to those of the rapidly industrializing cities. Though the records don't compel one conclusion over another, it's possible that the most important aspect of the economic tensions of those years was a nostalgia, among farm communities, for the time before the industrial surge -- a time when you didn't have to worry about how you'd "keep 'em on the farm," because the farm was essentially all there was. Rural families experienced significant "losses" to the centers of industry, where the prospect of quick riches glittered, while coping with the recognition that their own labors could not match the opulence available from the enterprises that clustered in the urban zones. Resentment, exacerbated by the inexcusable favoritism shown by Washington and the state governments to certain industries and the captains thereof, swelled.
That period saw the emergence of the Progressives, whose chief public face, William Jennings Bryan, was personally responsible for the largest political realignment yet observed in American history. But Bryan was little more than a poster boy for a set of ideas that were finding the resentments of the rural populace fertile soil from which to flower.
A few names:
- Edward Bellamy
- Jeremy Bentham
- Lincoln Steffens
- Jacob Riis
- Upton Sinclair
- Richard Ely
- Colonel Edward House
- Herbert Croly
- Charles Sanders Peirce
These were the major promulgators of the socialist / Big Government ideas which, after careful laying of groundwork by the Theodore Roosevelt and Wilson Administrations, would burst forth from FDR's New Deal as a replacement doctrine for traditional American conceptions of individual freedom.
Convenient crises -- the Panic of 1906; World War I; the Great Depression -- played a part in this progression, beyond all question. But the ideas had to be "waiting in the wings," already well established in a sufficient number of Americans' minds and favorable to the ambitions of energetic, opportunistic men, to exploit them. That idea-foundation provided just enough habitat for the earliest acolytes of the Omnipotent State to flourish and expand.
We've come a long way downhill since those critical decades. Today, the suggestion that there should be any topics, any areas of enterprise, or any venues of human interaction deemed off limits to the State is considered "controversial." Property is now considered conditional. A man's body is a thing to be regulated and "protected" by political force. Even freedom of speech is widely regarded as a charming vestige of a primitive time: something our forebears could tolerate, but which our "more complex era" cannot afford. In all things, the needs of the State come first -- and woe to him who thinks to stand in its way.
We stand upon the threshold of a complete rejection of the concept of individual freedom.
Amidst all this, we who love freedom speak of a vulpine "political class," no member of which can be trusted. We orate that it must somehow be removed from the levers of power, so that persons who genuinely love freedom and appreciate the importance of objective law can get to work at restoring those blessings. More openly than ever, sincere Americans, men of good will, mutter about the probable necessity of a Second American Revolution, aimed at deposing the current ruling class and restoring the Constitution in full and literal effect.
But wait: hearken first to Bertrand Russell:
Those who have seized power, even for the noblest of motives soon persuade themselves that there are good reasons for not relinquishing it. This is particularly likely to happen if they believe themselves to represent some immensely important cause. They will feel that their opponents are ignorant and perverse; before long they will come to hate them...The important thing is to keep their power, not to use it as a means to an eventual paradise. And so what were means become ends, and the original ends are forgotten except on Sundays.
Let's imagine for a moment that a revolution were to take place. Imagine further that it were to succeed in deposing our current political masters. Given the assumptions and ideas prevalent among Americans generally, what would most likely follow?
It could be worse, of course:
In the end, the French and Dutch electorates voted No to the new [European] constitution. One recalls the T-shirt slogan popular among American feminists: "What part of 'No' don't you understand?" In the chancelleries of Europe, pretty much every part. At the time of the constitution referenda, the rotating European "presidency" was held by Luxembourg, a country slightly larger than your rec room. Jean-Claude Juncker, its rhetorically deranged prime minister and European "president," staggered around like a collegiate date-rape defendant, insisting that all reasonable persons understand that "Non" really means "Oui." As he put it before the big vote, "If it's a yes, we will say 'on we go,' and if it's a no we will say 'we continue.'"......For his part, the architect of the constitution -- the former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing -- was happy to pile on: why, even if the French and the Dutch had been boorish enough to want to vote no to the constitution, they would have been incapable of so doing, as the whole thing was designed to be way above their pretty little heads. "It is not possible for anyone to understand the full text," declared M. Giscard....The point is that his ingrate subjects had no need to read beyond the opening sentence: "We the people agree to leave it to you the people who know better than the people." [Mark Steyn, America Alone: The End of the world as We Know It
Europe, the majority of whose nation-states are nominal democracies, has proved utterly unable to shake off its masters, despite the well-established opposition of the majority of ordinary Europeans to them and their socialist-superstate scheme. The Old World has had longer to marinate in socialist and superstate ideas, though one might well wonder why the proximity of the largest failed socialist superstate in history hasn't dampened their affection for them. What those ordinary Europeans fail to grasp is that their demands on their governments, jointly and severally, constitute a demand for exactly what's being done to them. The ideological habitat of contemporary Europe is immensely favorable to authoritarianism, socialism, and the Omnipotent State, and ferociously hostile to freedom, capitalism, and national sovereignty.
And that is the direction in which the United States of America is headed.
To destroy a species, or even to compel it to relocate, one must destroy its habitat. When the habitat exists in the minds of men, there is one and only one way to do that: ideological warfare.
There's little point to debating what income tax rates should be. There's even less point to carping about "too much regulation." We will not liberate this country by accepting the totalitarians' premises and then haggling over details.
But are enough of us properly armed and motivated for a true combat of ideas?


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Oct 16, 12 | 12:01 am
By David A. Keeps
They want you to sleep with them. And they'll do almost anything to make sure that you do. They are...hoteliers trying to win your business.
It used to be that a hotel could secure travelers' loyalty by providing the cornerstones of comfortable lodging: a great location, well-appointed rooms, dining and entertainment options and doting service.
But those days are long gone. Today's savvy 21st-century travelers routinely check out beach conditions via webcam, are accustomed to interiors decorated by celebrity designers and expect concierges to be quicker than Google and more discerning than Yelp.
Nabbing their allegiance is no easy feat.
As a result, hotels have been steadily upping the ante in trying to entice guests. Some pile on extra high-tech gadgetry to lure the geek-minded to their properties.
Others rely on showy design elements (peekaboo bathrooms), luxury amenities (1,500-thread-count linens), retro appliances (record players with a selection of vinyl), customized services (on-call butlers) and personal touches (nightly poems left on your pillow) to woo you.
Oh -- and your little dog too: some hotels have started to offer weekends of "pet pampering."
Now, we love imaginative indulgences as much as the next traveler, but some of these offerings are more head-scratchers than head-turners. We've scoured hotel offerings and discovered some hip trends you might like and some that are pure hype.
Check them out before your next check-in.
At beach clubs throughout the world, cabanas provided a place to stay by the water but get out of the sun. You could relax in the shade, have a drink and maybe play a game of gin rummy.
Now these little canvas enclosures have been upgraded to mini nightclub VIP rooms that offer full bar and restaurant service day and night. Renting for premium prices, they even boast Wi-Fi and widescreen TVs - because really, why should you have to watch a $12 in-room movie in your room?
Call us purists, but here's how we see it: pools are for swimming. Nightclubs are for dancing. Isn't it bad enough that most hotels have piped-in music that can't quite drown out the sound of kids splashing and screaming? Is anyone other than a synchronized swim team going to choose a hotel because it offers underwater surround-sound?
Thread count, the biggest hype in the bedding industry, is like SPF: when you reach a certain number, you should be covered. In terms of weaving, the best bedsheets are made from single-ply yarns and max out at a count of 400 threads per square inch.
Anything over that is probably made from two-ply yarns and is no more comfortable or luxurious -- in fact, these high-thread-count sheets are likely made from inferior fibers that feel heavier. If you want real luxury, choose a hotel that makes its beds with freshly ironed linens that are actually made from linen.
Good hotels have always provided high-quality down pillows for guests and alternatives for those who are allergic. It's a simple choice, really: feathers or foam. Unless, that is, you're staying at a hotel with a pillow menu. Because for some, sweet dreams are made only from a customized selection of Tempur-Pedic pillows, neck rolls, body huggers and buckwheat-and-lavender-filled cushions.
A chocolate on the pillow is a lovely gesture. A card with tomorrow's weather forecast and an in-room breakfast menu is thoughtful. But finding a poem on the bed is one step beyond. It makes us want to grab a pen and write a response: "Thanks for the candy, thanks for the card, please skip the poems, you're trying too hard."
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The transaction was flawless. The product was delivered as described and on time. This is a high quality piece of furniture and it went together without an issue. Just follow the directions and you won't have an issue. I was a little concerned that this would be one of those particle board products, however, it was far from it. It's a solid hardwood product and quite heavy but strong. I had a small crack and chip on the top front molding which I didn't notice until after it was put together. The warranty people were great and shipped me a new top with no questions asked. I just had to provide them with a picture of the defect. All an all, these people are great and I would not hesitate to purchase another product from them. Thanks for the great customer care you folks provided us.
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Makes for an elegant display combined with my 65" smart TV.
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The APW Wyott HFW-12 1/2 size one pan drop in hot food well is the perfect way to keep all of your signature menu items piping hot and ready to serve at your buffet line! This food well holds one 12" x 10" steam table pan full of delicious pasta, steamed vegetables, or succulent meats at safe temperatures.
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My 3yo loves this kitchen; we thought the kitchen came with plenty of accessories; there are pots and pans, foods and dishes. For the price this is defiantly a high quality kitchen with ...Read complete review
My 3yo loves this kitchen; we thought the kitchen came with plenty of accessories; there are pots and pans, foods and dishes. For the price this is defiantly a high quality kitchen with a lot of accessories. Usually a play kitchen doesn't have any accessories and you have to buy them separate. We loved the noise effect of the stove; it was funny my toddler thought it was a real frying pan and hurried and tossed her food in. The frying sound or water bubbles are so realistic and a lot of fun with the lights that flash through the pot and pans. The kitchen comes in 3 parts and is very easy to put together, took us about 20-30 min; the one thing I wished was pre-drilled holes, but if you have an electric screw driver, this is a piece of cake. Very sturdy product and too cute for a little girl. This is a hit in our house and my toddler has prepared many meals for us and countless of hours of play. We are glad we decided on this product and defiantly recommend it to all our friends. This kitchen is for ages 2 and up and just perfect for my 3 year old and her imagination. Step2 always has great products and this didn't disappoint either.
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Not a good product, it doesn't come with screw holes you have to just punch through the plastic hoping you get it in the right spot and not have to make multiple holes. The ...Read complete review
Not a good product, it doesn't come with screw holes you have to just punch through the plastic hoping you get it in the right spot and not have to make multiple holes. The plastic is so stretched (from making it) that you can see through it and it looks horrible. We also didn't get all of the extra pieces it says it comes with so I will be complaining tomorrow since today is xmas. The pot and pan tip over on the noise making burner, just not sturdy at all. My kids are 3 and 4 and they played with it for about 10 mins and then ran to do something else. I actually didn't want to buy this one, I ordered online and tried to order the Step2 lifestyle legacy kitchen but when I scrolled down I thought I seen it in pink but really it was this one that I ordered. my kids have played with the other one before thats why I had planned on buying it but thought it would be better in pink (since its for my daughter) its my fault I ordered the wrong one but its set up and just sitting in the room untouched. I'm so mad at myself, so hopefully but writing this review you dont make the same mistake and buy this one. Spend an extra $30 and get the Step2 Lifestyle Legacy kitchen, trust me it is WAY better, so much fun!!
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By Jess mom of a 2 yr old
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Comments about Step2 Prepare and Share Kitchen Set - Pink:
Included a little bit of everything so I didn't have to buy extras. Has all the play utensils, pots, pans, toy food, cups, and a coffee pot. The stickers to decorate the set are easy to assemble.
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By Grandma Ann
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My Granddaughter loves her kitchen set! She made me cookies in her oven! It brings me joy to see her happy!
Excellent couldn't be better
By Sandy
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My granddaughter is really tough on her toys but this product is made so well she will get plenty of use out of this without wrecking it.
My 2 year old grand baby loved it!
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My grand baby loves to cook with pretend food, plates, ect. She loved the interactive stove top. It was simple to put together and the stickers were easy to follow. Great gift for a two year old.
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I was very hesitant about putting this kitchen set together with nothing more than screws into plastic via a screwdriver. I was 5 months pregnant and got this while my husband was away since it was something on a whim my daughter picked out while we were at the store looking to spend her birthday gift card. I found that it would have been better to have had additional help. The directions were simple. I have honestly never just put screws into plastic toys before, so I was hesitant and found it somewhat cumbersome for some of the angles as my pregnant belly got in the way. I would've preferred my daughter to have picked a more gender neutral kitchen look, but she opted for the pink. It's cute and I love that it encourages her to mimick and use her own imagination while "working" in her kitchen.
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My 13 month old daughter loves this kitchen. It is very compact making it perfect for playing in the living room.
A great realistic kitchen for girls!
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Easy to put together, bright and colorful. Comes complete with pots n pans, silverware, dishes, and cell phone. Also a pretend working burner that makes realistic cooking sounds.
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By Busy momo
from Toledo, Ohio
About Me First Time Parent, Working Parent
Very cute kitchen. My 2 year old daughter loves it. It is very sturdy. It comes with a lot of accessories which she really likes. It was kind of a pain to put together. The instructions were not very clear. You had to make ur own holes in the plastic which I did not like. My box was also missing a piece which I did not realize until it was all put together. I kept it anyways. Could not keep my daughter away from it. Now that it up I love it just wish it made more interactive sounds.
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About Me Parent Of Two Or More Children, Working Parent
This was easy to put together and my daughter just loves it. She enjoys cooking pretend food for us and even her teenage brother pretends with her. It's fun to watch them play!
Love it!!
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About Me Education Oriented, First Time Parent, Working Parent
Very cute. Keeps my little one busy for hours! Worth the price too.
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The Torre Saracena hotel is located on a cliff on the Amalfi Coast, a few kilometres from Amalfi and Positano, provides panoramic sea views from restaurant and guest rooms. It is one of the few hotels with a magnificent view and owns a private cliff that can be reached by a few small steps. To make your stay more pleasant, we organise excursions by boat, which also include trekking on the mountains.
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- Total number of rooms - 23
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This is a sustained fingercrack and a great climb. Its often toproped but I found it to be a fine lead. Its rock is rather polished from TR traffic.
Its on the main wall of neat and cool left of the overhang and right of the dihedral the crack looks awesome splitting the face.
Nuts, smaller cams.. you'll figure it out.
Guidebooks and posts in various locations all reference the polish this climb has received from top rope traffic. I led it this Saturday; never having done it before I can't compare to some earlier state, but it really didn't seem polished, or at least it didn't seem harder than the grade would suggest. A very enjoyable and well protected climb.
This one has been loved smooth from all the ascents. Good polished fun.
I thought this route was better than neat & cool.
This route didn't seem polished at all to me. Awesome finger locks. Great route!
Led it this past Friday, and it was a great and varied route, with tremendous texture on either side of the crack. Wish it could've gone on for another pitch.
Croft is my rolemodel! Thanks for the cool pic!
Great climb, felt more 5.10 than some of the other stuff in the Bluffs.
A little polish might not be that bad, sharp crystal finger locks kind of hurt...
I think the polish is on the feet. Particularly near the crux there are some rather shiny ones.
Locker fingers. A bit polished from all the traffic but, the gear is solid so go for it!
One of the best climbs in the Smoke Bluffs area. Not that polished - still good friction, and great fingerlocks and gear. A must-do.
I slipped at the crux stance while resting and blew the onsight... But! I wouldn't say it's polished, just not great happy feet. The Zip is much better at 10a tho.
Locker fingers, bomber gear, sustained width. Get some.