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TUESDAY, Oct. 9, 2012 (MedPage Today) — High levels of the satiety hormone proneurotensin may raise the risk of obesity-related diseases, researchers found.
Increasing blood levels of proneurotensin were tied to a higher risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and death, Olle Melander, MD, PhD, of Skane University Hospital in Malmo, Sweden, and colleagues reported in the Oct. 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
But the relationships were significant only for women, who also had an increased risk of breast cancer with higher levels of the hormone, the researchers wrote.
Proneurotensin is a precursor of the neurotensin hormone, a 13-amino acid peptide secreted with food intake and shown in animal models to promote satiety.
Yet little is known about its role in obesity and obesity-related disease in humans.
So Melander and colleagues measured fasting plasma levels of proneurotensin in 4,632 patients in the population-based Malmo Diet and Cancer Study at baseline between 1991 and 1994. In general, women had significantly higher levels of proneurotensin than men.
They looked at disease outcomes through January 2009, with a median follow-up ranging from 13.2 to 15.7 years depending on the disease.
Overall, they found that the risk of several obesity-related diseases rose significantly with each standard-deviation increase in proneurotensin levels.
Women also had a significantly higher risk of breast cancer with higher levels of proneurotensin, and a higher risk of total mortality, which the researchers said was driven by cardiovascular death.
Melande and colleagues noted that the interaction between gender and proneurotensin was significant only for incident cardiovascular disease, so they couldn't exclude the possibility that there's a relationship between proneurotensin levels and other adverse outcomes in men as well.
One reason the relationship may be more powerful in women is because estradiol upregulates expression of neurotensin, so women have a higher lifetime exposure to the hormone, the researchers wrote.
They also noted the seemingly paradoxical nature of the relationship between a hormone that signals fullness and an increased risk of obesity-related disease. Some might expect that high levels of the hormone would convey less overeating and subsequently less disease, they wrote, but that's not the case.
The exact explanation remains elusive, they said, but it may be that high levels of proneurotensin are a sign of neurotensin resistance.
The study was limited because it didn't correct for multiple comparisons and because it lacks a replication cohort, the researchers wrote.
Additionally reviewed by Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN


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Luxury 2 Bdrm Maisonette with Sea View2
Size65 m²
Floor No.6(with elevator)
- Kitchen
- Indoor fireplace
- Air conditioning
- Internet/WiFi
- Balcony/terrace
- Towels
- Elevator in building
- Family/child friendly
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The apartment lies very close to the port of Piraeus. Only 200 m away from the apartment is the docking of the Cruise Ships, thus it is suitable for tourists who are cruising. Moreover the apartment is very close to the docking of the boats which are travelling to the Aegean and Argosaronik gulf islands. 1.5 km away , it is the Marina Zeas, Pasalimani and Mikrolimano. Peiraiki beach which is an ideal place for romantic walks, is located only 1000 m from the apartment.
150 m away from the apartment there are bus stations from where the buses are leading to the most areas of Attica. The line 843 leads in less than 10 minutes to the boats for most islands, to metro (line1 Piraeus station) and to suburban railway (Piraeus station). The same line 843, meets in 3-5 minutes in the port of Piraeus the bus line X96 which leads to the international airport of Athens, Eleftherios Venizelos.
The line 040 leads in about thirty minutes to the Acropolis museum and to the Syntagma Square in the centre of Athens. The line 049 in 25-35 minutes is leading to Omonoia Square in the centre of Athens as well. Finally the line A1 is leading in less than 40 minutes to the most beaches of the south suburbs of Athens.
House rulesThe guests in general must respect the property. Smoking is not allowed. Pets are welcomed upon prior arrangement. For everything you might need, I am 24 hours a day on call. The keys will be delivered upon arrival and I will personally explain you everything you need to know for the apartment.
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Contact person was on time at the apartment, training was short (without forgetting important) and friendly.
Very nice apartment, simply furnished but functional.
Had (unfortunately only two days) a very good time in a pleasant environment.
To Athens and tavernas and bars all to reach the beach, Einkaufsmöglichskeiten, tram on foot.
With great pleasure again.
Kontaktperson war pünktlich an der Wohnung, Einweisung war kurz (ohne wichtiges zu vergessen) und freundlich.
Sehr schöne Wohnung, einfach eingerichtet aber zweckmässig.
Hatten (leider nur zwei Tage) eine sehr schöne Zeit in angenehmer Umgebung.
Strand, Einkaufsmöglichskeiten, Strassenbahn nach Athen und Tavernen bzw. Bars alles zu Fuß zu erreichen.
Sehr gerne wieder.
I have been in the flat for 5 nights. The situation of the flat is okay. It's a little bit far to the centre but therefore it is really quite and there is an other centre/big streets with a lot of stores really near. Still, it doesn't take too long to get to the centre (Akropolis). Wheter you can take the bus/metro and it takes you 10-15min or you take a Taxi, which is also not expensive and only takes 10mins.
The elevator is helpful, the balcony is a nice place to sit and the room are also clean and well furnished. The wifi Router is directly next to the bed but still it is slow or sometimes not even usable.
All in all it was a great stay in Athens and I would totally recommend this flat.
Apartment address has been entered inaccurately - as Merarchias 0, 185 35 Pireas, Greece.
The search for appropriate address it took approx. 20 minutes. and another call in roaming to the host, who gave the correct address 2as Merarchias 19.
Adres mieszkania podany został nieprecyzyjnie - as Merarchias 0, 185 35 Pireas, Grecja.
Poszukiwanie właściwego adresu zajęło ok. 20 min. i kolejny telefon w roamingu do gospodarza, który podał właściwy adres 2as Merarchias 19.
Beautiful apartment to relax. Close to a supermarket and public transport. Many shops close by for shopping. Good advice from the host to find a restaurant.
Bel appartement pour se détendre. Proche d'un supermarché et des transports en commun. Nombreux magasins tout proches pour faire du shopping. De bons conseils de l'hôte pour trouver un restaurant.
Beautiful appartment, clean, confortable... In a very good location in Athens, i highly recommand!!! George was very accomodating and friendly. Thank you very much :-)
Excellent apartment and location. Everything was as it was seen on website! Thank you
We have been welcomed by a friend of George at the airport. He drove us to the appartment when it was already in the evening. The moment we came we were surprised by the service of all the things that were present in the appartment. The tools in the kitchen were very complete. Sugar, coffee,tea and the supplies were present and ready for using. A little garden at the backsite was complete and looked very charming. The only thing was that cats made it also to a place of there own, so you could smell as soon as you opened the door.
We enyoied it very much.
Thank you for the great hospitality.
Our stay in Athens was excellent. The apartment meets all the conditions: the photos are accurate and representative. No surprise.
The area is very nice and you can magner there, drinking ... 20 minutes from the center (040 bus) which is 5 minutes walk from the apartment.
George thank you for your help and for sure we will return!
Notre séjour à Athènes était excellent. L'appartement répond à toutes les conditions : les photos sont exactes et représentatives. Aucune surprise.
Le quartier est très agréable et on peut y magner, boire... 20 min du centre (le bus 040) qui est à 5 min à pied de l'appartement.
Merci George pour ton aide et c'est certain, nous reviendrons !
After a week in this flat, 5 adults (parents and three grown up "kids"), we just have positive words to say about the flat and the host. We are pretty active travellers and we found the the flat well situated to be a good starting point for excursions in Athens and the neighbourhood. The flat is well equipped, very clean and the hosts responds quickly on any questions. If you need a large flat with more than two bedrooms, you don't need to hesitate about this alternative. But remember Athens is a big city, there's a lot of cars and a lot of noise, this flat is not quiet, but probably one of the better places to stay at.
We stayed 4 people in George's apartment for a long weekend in Athens. I only have good things to say about the flat and George as a host. The flat is very modern and luxurious. There is everything you need from kitchen supplies to bedsheets and towels. Bedroom and living room was very comfortable to stay in. We enjoyed the view to Acropolis from the balcony. The location was perfect - right in the center and walk distance to the main sightseeings and interesting spots. Only a few minutes cab drive to clubs and evening restaurants.
George was a great host who welcomed us with a bottle of wine and tips to Athens. We had a easy and smooth communication over email and he was always polite, friendly and ready to help if needed. We will definitely stay in this flat next time we visit Athens.
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If you've never heard of it, there a website called Kickstarter where you can support projects you're interested in. These projects may include things like Android game consoles, eInk watches, and more.
Each Kickstarter project represents the hopes and dreams of at least one person. Will that Kickstarter project become a media sensation? It's impossible to know how it's going to go before money starts rolling in – or doesn't. So let's take a look at some awesome Kickstarters to watch.
The Up And Coming
PrusAL 3D Printer
Have you ever wanted a 3D printer? Did you want to build it yourself? If yes, then PrusAL is the project for you. It is focused on the creation of a modular do-it-yourself 3D printer that is affordable, easy to build and capable of high-quality printing. It's a niche solution, but the goal is only $12,400. The creators seem realistic about their audience.
Have you ever wanted your lighting connected to the Internet? Okay, maybe not – but think about it. Internet connected lights could be controlled remotely, making it possible to turn them on at night while you're away (to deter thieves) or turn them off (because you're forgetful). Spark will also be able to turn on your lights automatically when you come home and use your lights as a silent alarm clock. Spark's goal is a hefty $250,000 but they've made about a quarter of that so far.
Bonus Round: CyberGhost Save The Internet Campaign
Our reward's partner CyberGhost is hosting their Save The Internet campaign on IndieGoGo. It's goal is to raise $100,000 to help CyberGhost expand its services. Though the goal is $100,000 the company has a number of tiers listed based on the funding received. If they receive $400,000 they'll offer their basic VPN service for free, without ads, for one whole year.
PC gamers have been using the keyboard to control movement in games for decades, but that really the best way to do it? Wasdio thinks not. This controller replaces the traditional WASD movement scheme with a broad joystick that sits in the palm of the user's hand. Want to move forward? Push forward. Want to strafe left? Push left. And so on. Replacing WASD movement is a huge task but the demo video is convincing. The goal is $175,000.
The Contenders
This NFC adapter for iOS devices is on the bubble. It may very well be over by the time you read this and, at about $70,000 of its $80,000 goal with a few days left, it's very near its funding. I'll bet that it makes it. Projects that come near their goal usually meet it.
This music docking station for smartphones and tablets has a neat idea. Instead of connecting via the headphone jack or using Bluetooth it simply amplifies the sound already emitting from a device. That lets Freakvibe work with any existing smartphone without a length setup or connection process. I think it's a good idea but the project currently sits at a bit over 10% of its $90,000 goal.
Interstellar Marines: Prologue
It doesn't appear that this game project will make it. The goal of $600,000 is impressive, but so is the game, which appears to be everything a shooter fan could ask for. This is a new franchise, however, and it doesn't make a strong appeal to nostalgia. Without that to bring in gamers the sizeable funding goal was a definite long shot.
LA Game Space
LA Game Space is asking for $250,000 to turn an abandoned warehouse into a video game workshop. The "game space" would serve as an open forum and community for digital artists and developers. It's a cool project, and its creators are offering an awesome game pack full of weird indie titles to anyone who supports the project. Currently it's sitting at about a quarter of its goal.
This fresh image editing software focuses specifically on one feature – undoing and redoing edits. Current editors require that undo/redo functions be performed chronologically, which means you can't undo something five steps back without undoing the other four. Ormr frees itself of this restriction. Not everyone seems excited, however, as its well short of its $50,000 goal with little time left.
Wish is a new take on an old-school command line interface. It offers a number of advanced features like syntax highlighting, multiple syntax windows, tab completion and search. Oh, and it's for Windows. It's a pretty crazy idea, but it appears well executed. Unfortunately the goal of $25,000 may be also be a wish. The project has made about 10% of that so far.
The Winners
Sad day! We have no winners to report in this edition. The only two projects which completed within our publishing deadline lost – by a lot. Hopefully we'll have better luck next time.
The Losers
Awesome Controller
I'm sad, and surprised, that this project turned out to be a loser. If successful, Awesome Controller would have been an adapter that made it possible to use new wireless controllers with old consoles that only had wired options. The goal of $15,000 was modest, but perhaps it was too modest, as they only made about $2,500. It seems that many gamers didn't take the project seriously.
Mimix Controller And NanoQ Copter
This pairing of an innovative motion controller with a tiny, inexpensive quad-copter looked like a heck of a good time. A lot of people agreed and pledged a total of almost $95,000 to the project, but the goal was a jaw-dropping $230,000. That's a lot to ask for development of what's essentially a toy. Perhaps the creators will come back with a more realistic goal.
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Would you be interested by this project?
A smart fork that tracks how fast you eat! :D
there are many interesting project today
kickstarters are sad
Why? There are some awesome projects and ideas. What makes them sad?
Some interesting ideas to support
Nice idea. Also the Ormr software looks great
Agree, I have signed up and look forward to get it


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Talking diplomacy in Syria, Obama goes to Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — With opposition to military action growing among Americans and lawmakers, President Barack Obama is heading to Congress on Tuesday with fresh hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough that would allow Syria's government to avert U.S. missile strikes if it surrenders its chemical weapons arsenal.
Obama had planned to use the meetings with Democratic and Republican senators to personally lobby for his plan of targeted strikes against Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces in retaliation for last month's massive chemical weapons attack outside of Damascus. Instead, he signaled in interviews ahead of his trip to Capitol Hill that new diplomacy involving Russia and others could eliminate the risks of a repeat chemical attack without requiring an American intervention.
The president will also address the American people from the White House Tuesday night. Aides said he still planned to press the case for congressionally-approved military action, while also noting potential diplomatic progress.
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Fire crews were called to the end of Ebsworth Close about 2.10pm on Sunday, and arrived to find a fire stretching about 100 metres by 80 metres.
It took firefighters about 90 minutes to extinguish the fire, which reached a height of 15 metres. No property was damaged.
Police have now been called in to investigate after a pipe and a bottle containing fluid were found at the scene.
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Calls from Joe Lieberman help force Amazon and EveryDNS to dump Wikileaks
The war against Wikileaks is gaining momentum. We must defend Wikileaks, Julian Assange and free speech. I read now that Paypal has joined the offensive. Perhaps we should all close our paypal accounts.
Two US technology companies in the land of the free have kicked Wikileaks off their servers. Amazon and EveryDNS claim it has nothing to do with pressure, Wikileaks simply violated "customer agreements." * Calls from the right wing, pro-Zionist hawk Joe Lierberman telling them to "take the material off line" has nothing to do with the decision we are supposed to believe. Can you imagine the truth that lies hidden about the US/Israeli dealings in the Middle East. Who is responsible for the assassination of all those Iranian physicists I wonder?
The world's Bourgeois is after Wikileaks and Assange. Osama bin Laden is no longer their most wanted. Eric Besson, the French industry minister has called for the government to take "measures" to bar all companies from hosting Wikileaks. Besson says the site "jeopardized diplomatic relations" Italy's foreign minister called the leaks the "911 of diplomacy."
You have to admire and respect Assange. He replies to this worldwide assault on freedom led by the US capitalist class saying that him and his staff has had death threats and they have taken "appropriate precautions to the degree that we are able when dealing with a superpower."
What you get at Wikileaks
So much for all the yuppie entrepreneurs that lead the Internet revolution. Amazon has the nerve to deny it has "bowed" to pressure. It wouldn't matter to me what they said; they're lying. Assange himself put it more accurately, and much more diplomatically than I, saying that Wikileaks had placed some servers "in jurisdictions that we suspected suffered a free speech deficit in order to separate rhetoric from reality. Amazon was one of these cases." Assange is being very nice here, a "free speech deficit". I didn't know Townsville boy's could be so polite.
The divisions between the world's capitalist class are widening a bit. This is the problem for the US. Recep Tayyip, Turkeys prime minister is not pleased, "Those who throw slanders at us for things we didn't do will be crushed by their own slanders. They will be destroyed." he says.
They are also trying to portray Assange's motives as purely personal and motivated by grandeur: "Mr. Assange relishes being US enemy number one." Writes Daniel Dombey, the FT correspondent in Washington. It is beyond their thinking that someone could be motivated by a sense of decency or the desire for the truth to be heard. Even if they thought that, they would deny it as the world of the capitalist class is one of deception and lies. And even if they are right and he cherishes being the US enemy number 1, they are wrong in opposing the truth. Assange and his staff have received numerous death threats. What pressure must they be under being hunted by the US government? I was an active, and aggressive defender of workers rights on the job and I got paranoid at times, worried about them following me and firing me for my activity. What must it be like for people like Assange? Anyone who hasn't taken the time should read about the massive pressure people like Huey Newton, Martin Luther King or Malcolm X came under through their activities in defense of the working class of this world, two of them giving their lives and the other his life as a consequence of our enemy's offensive.
One US diplomat compares diplomatic secrecy to the journalist's right to protect sources or lawyer client privilege. But in the era of their war on terror, the lawyer client privilege is a thing of the past just like the journalist's right to protect her source. And while we're mentioning terrorism, the federal government which is waging economic terrorism against its own citizens along with federal employees is ordering those same employees to not download the Wikileaks cables.
As I write I desire to be involved in some major effort to defend Wikileaks. Not only that, we can be sure that within their rotten system there are millions that want to pull the vail from the face of the market. In fact, the French bourgeois are the world's leaders in banning vails but not his one, the one that covers the face of their system and the rottenness of it.
And where's the pope and the world's religious leaders? Where are the Union leaders here in the land of the free? In our struggle against the present offensive of capital that will no doubt intensify as their assault does we will use the internet more an more. We can only imagine what Lieberrman and all the other thugs in Congress will be doing. They'll be accusing striking workers and fighting youth of terrorism and shutting down the internet sites through which so many communicate these days. They will also be putting youth and workers' leaders in jails. The US jails are full of political prisoners.
Wikileaks needs financial help but also open public support. Wikileaks should be supported for weakening the forces that destroy our jobs, livelihood and futures. We should do what we can to help the truth come out. Assange had only released 667 of the 251,000 documents in Wikileaks' possession as of Friday. This terrifies the crooks in the US Congress and their counterparts around the world. They are worried what the hell will turn up next.
We all need to find out don't we?.
*Financial Times 12-04-10 Wikileaks Battles to Stay Online
Also: US Counts Cost in Week of Leaks
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Why Assange Should Go Free
By Joseph Zrnchik (Reporter)
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If Nazi Germany, Iran, China, Russia, Venezuela, Cuba or Saddam's Iraq had documents transferred to an American journalist living abroad, and the journalist decided to publish the material on the internet to expose the crimes of the above named countries' regimes, would any U.S. politicians be calling for that journalist's death?
If China decided to invade a country and every single premise upon which the aggressive war was based proved to be in error, and lies regarding WMDs had been exposed through the most intrusive international weapons inspection programs in the history of the world , and a complete accounting for 99% of all proved no stockpiles, would the U.S. be negotiating with China on how to allow a third country to render the American journalist to China?
Imagine if the lies China then used to execute an illegal invasion were based on Cheney's One Percent Doctrine, that being a doctrine that says even if another country has only a one percent chance of carrying out a terrorist attack against China, China has the right to conduct and invasion, occupation, and replacement of that nation's government.
Imagine if all of China's reasons to invade were proven to be wildly overstated by China's own intelligence services and the costs to that nation were wildly understated while being hidden from their citizens, would the U.S. conclude that China's secretiveness and security should be respected?
And, for once, please don't bring up 9/11. The secret documents have already exposed that there was no connection between Saddam and al Qaeda, 9/11, or bin Laden. In fact, the intelligence documents prove that Bush's bedfellows, the Saudis, were the culprits not only behind 9/11, but also are main source of terror in Iraq. Now let me ask you this question: As a nation, are we better off or worse off to know this actual fact, that fact being it is the Saudi's whom are our enemy. The only ones who want this fact hidden and are better off for having it hid are the elite who are in bed with the House of Saud.
Meanwhile, the State Department cables show that there had been even more lies being forged by the ruling class for another false casus belli, that being the blaming of Iran for attacks against U.S. soldiers by Iran. It seems Americans want, in fact need and demand, to be lied to.
Now imagine China engaged in deception and disinformation operations to fool its own citizens so as to be able to garner mass public support for a world-wide campaign to engage in terror and military strikes against Christian nations because some terror group from a Western nation engaged in a terror strike against China. While attacking Christian nations, let's say China decided to conduct regime change in Mexico and overthrow their government to install a pro-Chinese government that allowed military bases for China and was anti-American to its core. Isn't this exactly what we are doing to Iran through Iraq?
Let's imagine the U.S. then began to protest these moves as aggressive and hostile, and while the U.S. was allowing U.N. investigators to monitor its military to prove the U.S. was not going to attack China, China decided to fund terrorist groups of the variety that America has unleashed on Iran, groups like the MEK and Jundullah whom then begin to carry out a national terror campaign. While this is going on, imagine China began assassinating American scientists whose expertise was considered great economic and strategic assets.
Now imagine if China's ruling elites were all heavily invested in the defense industry and it was apparent that war was in their economic interest at the expense of the rest of the nation. Would the U.S. be charging an Australian with treason for pointing such facts to the world and the Chinese people? The paradigm the U.S is establishing is straight out of Orwell's 1984. It seems it is true that those whom control imperial power who seek to manipulate the masses so that indeed war is peace, freedom is slavery and most importantly, ignorance is strength. Libertarians have held that all government is inherently alike when push comes to shove. It seems this maxim tenet is proving to be a tenet in the new world order. Americans show be embarrassed that our rulers feed us such waste and we clamor for more.
It defies belief that our media refuses to allow citizens to the opportunity to expose and comment on the criminality of our government. The partnership between the media and the government goes far beyond any model Goebbels could have envisioned let alone implement. The voluntary manipulations of seamless filtering, self-censorship, media manipulation, framing of debate and outright execution of disinformation and propaganda campaigns directed against the American people through a centralized media conglomeration are something that could never be centrally directed. It model works because those whom control it are acting in unison toward the exact same goals, that being the domination of economic, political and social order.
Future generations of Americans will look back on this episode of American history and wonder why we destroyed their future. Hey will wonder how an country supposedly steeped in the tradition of self-government could not have seen such disaster coming. We have allowed our government to turn us into little children whom believe whatever lie the grownups profess. We believe their every promise and worship them through the eyes of little children seeking to believe in their omnipotence and infallibility. And, they have played us like suckers. One would think grown-ups would seek to put away their beliefs in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. But, it seems as the world crumbles around us, a crumbling caused by a refusal to acknowledge the fact that we turned our backs on the responsibility of being an informed, as opposed to propagandized citizenry.
Why is it that Americans want to think the paradigms put in place by our elite have any semblance to reality? The institutions and power we have allowed to collude against us and limit our debate, and thusly our very thought processes and perception of reality, have not been organized by a supreme being, but were the result of elites sitting together deciding on how best to maintain wealth, power and privilege.
It would only take an opening of our eyes to see the truth, which is why our elite and those who seek to continue to clutch on to the child-parent relationship between themselves and government see Wikileaks as such a threat. Americans should think of Wikileaks as Reality Government since "Reality TV" seems to hold so much facination for so many.
Our founders thought of government as fire. They found it to be a useful servant, but a terrible master. Yet, we allow politicians who have lied to us so grotesquely for so long to now be the arbiters of life and death mete out punishment based on the crime of Americans' eyes being opened to the inner workings of our government.
To read the Wikileaks documents one needs a strong background in history, philosophy, economics, psychology, government and current events to correctly understand the implication of our representatives lying to us, to each other and to themselves. But, how can any foundation be built on such nonsense. We attack countries that did nothing to us while using the attacks upon us that were funded by our own allies to blame others in an effort to foment more armed conflict that has already destroyed most of our middle class wealth. Then we insist our government maintain the right to lie to us and protect this prerogative so strongly that we demand that those telling the truth be executed. An Iraqi official stated, "America's problem is that its friends are friends with its enemies, and its enemies are friends with its friends. In such a state of cognitive dissonance we attempt to build a coherent foreign policy while ideological paradoxes create schizophrenic constructs. Moreover, it seems we have developed a unique talent for existing in such a world as this even though such a reality can only be held together through violence, lies and thought control.
We revel in being able to hold two opposing beliefs, that being that government is our servant while also seeking for it to be master. We want the rule of law, yet we insist that this rule be maintained by imperial edicts, elite lawlessness, torture and murder. We want to know the truth about matters that are inconsequential, but we remain willfully ignorant of matters that involve trillions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of lives. We extol the virtues of self-government yet elect elites who constantly subvert our interests. We know we are lied to about everything, but hold on to these lies with the fervent hope of a dying man who has just found religion. We complain about corporate crooks and crooked politicians and then believe every lie they utter as they walk away with trillions of dollars of taxpayer money. Then, when someone tells us the truth about such crimes we call that person a kook and his label his accurate assessments as radical and ridiculous. We know that our current situation is unsustainable and yet we continue to elect the same people to do the same things while expecting a different outcome. We continue to hold on to a status quo that is obviously taking us over a cliff and leading to our ruin. We laugh at accurate predictions for the future in which the outcomes were demonstrably inevitable and a mathematical certainty, yet we continue to take the word of charlatans whose predictions, prescriptions, and assessments have proven to be the fantasy of a bizarre-world and ideology of a dystopia. Our crimes are always legitimate and others legal actions become illegal attacks upon our nation. The incongruence seems to know no limits.
At such a point, when reality can no longer be discussed, we hold on to our false reality as it slips through our hands. We seem not to understand why things are getting worse while we listen to the demagoguery of the Limbaughs and Hannities, and the envy and discontent of Obama and Hillary.
The last desperate act of a falling empire is to try to kill its way to utopia. If we can kill those who expose us, oppose us and refuse to support us, we will eventually be happy and prosperous again. Yet, we refuse to accept that by striking out at reality we are only delaying an outcome that will not get better with denial and time. So, as we plan Assange's imprisonment and murder, there are realities that we need to accept for which killing the messenger will only make matter worse.
Our hypocrisy has placed us in so many conundrums regarding this issue that books will be written by the hundreds. Some in the media are suggesting we should self-censor so as not to create a situation in which the government is censoring us. The absurdity is overwhelming.
If society becomes afraid to use a free-speech medium, regardless of its type, for fear that it government might begin censorship, it is no longer a free-speech medium. If we, or Assange, should begin to be selective about what we publish on the Internet for fear it could become restricted, then we ourselves will have become the ones who render it useless as a disseminator of free speech. We are the very messengers we will have killed. It makes one laugh that someone's answer to this problem would be to electively stiffle dissent so that you won't be restricted non-electively? It is an issue such as this from which revolutions are born. Such a position wouold clearly be the end of free press. Why would Americans through away a right for whcih we would be willing to die by the millions?
Please feel safe to let go of this immense paranoia under which you must endure so unhappily. Freedom of speech is alive and well in today's technology-oriented society, and we, and Assange, will always find a way to overcome institutionally imposed restrictions as the state is a slow-moving and inept doofus that can only rely on force, lies and ignorance.
The U.S. government has proven itself so incompetent that it can't even keep its most secret communications from making front page news. How do you expect it could ever restrict the internet without turning us into a complete totalitarian state that the citizenry would want to smash. When this occures I hope the first official act of the new republic will be to punish its former leaders.
Saturday Feb 5th, 2011 1:30 AM
The WikiLeaks.org website has moved again and now appears to be hosted within walking distance of the CIA's headquarters.
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For the past 25 years, Stolzenbach has served a variety of enterprises in the Internet and telecommunications industries, including Intelsat, Hughes Network Systems, Spacenet and the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative. He has been integrally involved in the rollout of a wide range of consumer- and business-facing broadband and multimedia technologies, including DIRECTV, HughesNet broadband services, and the Connexstar family of satellite Internet terminals.
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funny how closely the world media, "appropriate lefty radicals" and corporate media fawn over Assange, like he's in like flynn.
Hosting the WikiLeaks.org site within such close proximity of the CIA headquarters is surprising given that earlier this year, WikiLeaks asked the CIA to stop spying on it, though it will presumably be helpful for the CIA's WikiLeaks Task Force (WTF!)
The recent hosting history for http://www.wikileaks.org can be viewed here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Sunstein
All your protests for wikileaks are Making the Demons in Langley howl with joy.
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"Conspiracy Theories" and government infiltration
Sunstein co-authored a 2008 paper with Adrian Vermeule, titled "Conspiracy Theories," dealing with the risks an possible government responses to false conspiracy theories resulting from "cascades" of faulty information within groups that may ultimately lead to violence. In this article they wrote, "The existence of both domestic and foreign conspiracy theories, we suggest, is no trivial matter, posing real risks to the government's antiterrorism policies, whatever the latter may be." They go on to propose that, "the best response consists in cognitive infiltration of extremist groups",[21] where they suggest, among other tactics, "Government agents (and their allies) might enter chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups and attempt to undermine percolating conspiracy theories by raising doubts about their factual premises, causal logic or implications for political action."[21] They refer, several times, to groups that promote the view that the US Government was responsible or complicit in the September 11 attacks as "extremist groups."
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"Sunstein and Vermeule also analyze the practice of secret government payments to outside commentators, who are then held out as independent experts; they suggest that "government can supply these independent experts with information and perhaps prod them into action from behind the scenes," further warning that "too close a connection will be self-defeating if it is exposed."[2"
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BELTON — It's the classic conundrum of life in America: Security or freedom. Except in the case of Bell County's phone system, where it's security or convenience.
The county's Technology Service Department updated the Commissioners Court on the anti-intrusion methods being considered to protect the county phone system.
The decision to adopt anti-intrusion measures came after Bell County's phone systems were penetrated by an unknown number of hackers on two separate occasions.
The first attack, which started Nov. 30, targeted a weak password on an extension in the Road and Bridge Department. Cracking the four-digit password gave the hacker, or hackers, access to the phone's automated menu system and allowed them to route calls to the Caribbean island nation of Grenada through Bell County's switchboard.
Jim Chandler, director of Bell County's Technology Service Department, told commissioners that before the attack, many county employees used their phone extensions as system passwords.
"If a phone number was 933-5000 the password was 5000," Chandler said. After the attack, an auto-update program was implemented that required county employees to strengthen their phone system passwords.
By exploiting this weakness, the hackers were able to place outgoing calls that appeared to be coming from, and were billed to, Bell County. The attack went on until the morning of Dec. 2 and resulted in a $27,000 phone bill.
Precinct 1 Commissioner Richard Cortese said it was his understanding the messaging feature the hackers exploited had "been turned off at one point."
It may have been, Chandler said, but the phone system recently "went through 18 software upgrades so it could receive maintenance. It's possible that one of those upgrades restored default settings."
A second incursion into the county phone system occurred Dec. 13. While it remains unclear if the two attacks were related, they both employed similar methodology.
The second attack also involved someone defeating the voicemail password on a different phone, Chandler said.
After gaining access to the voicemail system, the hackers "used the 'forwarding voice message' feature to leave an actual message on the phone and then forward the voice message to an international number" also located in Grenada, Chandler said.
He updated the commissioners about the results of an internal investigation into the Dec. 13 attack and a presumed attack Dec. 27.
"After reviewing our logs, we determined that the Dec. 13 attack only lasted about 20 seconds and cost the county 50 cents," Chandler said.
"There also was no third attack. We looked at our logs and realized that it was a legitimate call."
After the Dec. 13 attack, the Technology Services Department limited the forward message feature to be able only to send messages to county extensions.
Precinct 2 Commissioner Tim Brown asked why the feature wasn't disabled completely.
"It's used a lot by county employees," said Claire Turner, a technology services employee who was present at the meeting. She provided the example of a phone call that comes in to one county commissioner's office when, for whatever reason, it needed to go to another.
New security features
The new security features presented ranged from mildly intrusive, behind the scenes processes that restructured how the county addresses long distance access, to a plan that would create one single listed phone number for Bell County.
"It'd be like Scott & White or a large corporation," Chandler said. "If someone called in, they'd have to either talk to an operator or go through an automated menu to find the department they want."
The idea of installing what Chandler estimated could be up to "six or seven menus" on the county phone system before callers could speak to an employee was not warmly received by commissioners. "We'd have to have a huge bank of operators," County Judge Jon Burrows said. "It's just not practical."


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"If I had the chance, I would want to meet his family and look them in the face and tell then how sorry I feel about what happened."
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posted on 24 May 2013, 23:59 (Posts: 122; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
LG L7 II Dual (P715)
predator93 has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review
I upgraded to this phone from Optimus Black since this phone has comparatively more RAM (768 MB as opposed to 512 MB), bigger battery and dual sim functionality.
On reality this phone is slightly smoother when compared to optimus black(thanks to Jellybean) and I get an average battery life of 2.5 days which is almost a day more than what I got out of Optimus Black.
But despite this phone being a dual core, it can't record 720 p videos. The Multimedia and gaming performance is actually worse than Optimus Black (Adreno 203 < PowerVR SGX530).
The native player cannot play 720 p videos, but using a third party application can solve this issue (1080 p video is strictly a no go).
The camera is good in strong lighting conditions, In low lighting conditions it could have been better.
For the price I bought this phone (Rupees 14100 or 255 USD) it is a very good phone for those who are not into heavy gaming.
As a phone it doesn't disappoint with good call quality and a neat dual sim implementation.Build quality 7/10Reception 9/10Call quality 9/10Internet 8/10Multimedia 8/10Camera 9/10UI speed 8/10Everyday usage 9/10Text input 10/10Display 8/10Battery 10/10
- 1. Android 4.1 out of the box
- 2. Great Battery Life
- 3. Above Average Camera
- 4. Good Call Quality
- 5. Good Dual Sim Implementation
- 6. FLAC support out of the box
- 1. Occasional Lags
- 2. Not suitable for gaming or high resolution media playback.
- 3. No 720 p video capture
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posted on 14 Feb 2014, 19:06 (Posts: 0; Member since: 13 Nov 2013)
Great Against It's Competitors
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The Lg L7 II is a wonderful Phone for it's price i've bought it from a while the size is great it isn't that big the screen is good also the camera as well the most thing that astonished and ammazed me is the battery life it's so wow really and that's the most strong point that made me bought it when i fully charge it it last's a week with me without charging it !! it's performance isn't that great but still it's a great deal for it's price as you can compare it to the desire 300 and the galaxy core and for me it's better than them.Build quality 8/10Reception 8/10Call quality 9/10Internet 8/10Multimedia 8/10Camera 8/10UI speed 8/10Everyday usage 8/10Text input 8/10Display 9/10Battery 10/10
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posted on 01 Feb 2014, 07:32 (Posts: 0; Member since: 01 Feb 2014)
Nice one
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Nice smartphone.Best for its price.Fast processor,great camera,amazing screen and a very chap price make this phone best for everyday usage.It can even play heavy games very smoothly and it's battery can last for a lot.I recommend it.Build quality 8/10Reception 9/10Call quality 9/10Internet 8/10Multimedia 8/10Camera 8/10UI speed 9/10Everyday usage 8/10Text input 9/10Display 9/10Battery 9/10
- 8 mp camera
- Dual-core processor
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- 2460 mah battery
- NFC support
- Android 4.1.2
- Plastic feel
- Lags sometimes but almost never
- There is not 720p video
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posted on 18 Oct 2013, 08:42 (Posts: 0; Member since: 18 Oct 2013)
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I bought this 4 days ago. The battery is excellent. And the call either is good, no problem experience. The only thing that got me crazy is when I'm connected to the wifi.. When I'm texting, gaming, reading e-book, and etc., The screen often hanged, ...Build quality 10/10Reception 3/10Call quality 8/10Internet 5/10Multimedia 7/10Camera 5/10UI speed 5/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 7/10Battery 6/10
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Yeot – Korean Traditional Confectinary (Part 3)
Yeot is a variety of hangwa, or Korean traditional confectionery. It can be made in either liquid or solid form, as a syrup, taffy, or candy. Yeot is made from steamed rice, glutinous rice, glutinous sorghum, corn, sweet potatoes, or mixed grains. The steamed ingredients are lightly fermented and boiled in a large pot called a sot (솥) for a long time.
Yeot boiled for a shorter time is called jocheong (조청), liquid yeot. This sticky syrup-like jocheong (or grains syrup) is usually used as a condiment for cooking and for coating other hangwa, or as a dipping sauce for garae tteok, white cylindrical tteok.
If boiled for a longer time, the yeot will solidify when chilled, and is called gaeng yeot (갱엿). Gaeng yeot is originally brownish but if stretched (as taffy is prepared), the color lightens. Pan-fried beans, nuts, sesame, sunflower seeds, walnuts, or pumpkin can be added into or covered over the yeot as it chills. Variations of yeot are named for their secondary ingredients, as follows
Types of yeot :
- Ssallyeot (쌀엿) – made from rice
- Hobangnyeot (호박엿) – made with pumpkin, local specialty of Ulleungdo
- Hwanggollyeot (황골엿) – made from a mixture of rice, corn, and malt.[3]
- Kkaeyeot (깨엿) – covered with kkae (깨, sesame)[4]
- Dangnyeot (닭엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and chicken[5]
- Kkwongnyeot (꿩엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and pheasant meat[6]
- Dwaejigogiyeot (돼지고기엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and pork[7][8]
- Haneuraegiyeot (하늘애기엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and haneulaegi herb[2][9]
- Boriyeot (보리엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with barley
- Maneullyeot (마늘엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and garlic[10]
The word yeot as slang
In modern times the Korean phrase "eat yeot" (엿 먹어라) has a vulgar meaning, comparable to using the word 'fuck' in English. The phrase originated from the middle school entry exams scandal of 1964. One of the multiple choice questions asked in the exam: "Which of the following ingredients can be used instead of yeot oil (엿기름, i.e. barley malt) to make yeot?" The correct answer was diastase, but another one of the multiple choices was mu juice, which many people argued was also a correct answer. The parents of the students whose grades suffered from this result held demonstrations and protests in front of government education bureaus and offices, holding up yeot made with mu juice and yelling to the officials to "eat yeot".


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The large number of audience, however, is not close to surpass the number of viewers who watched the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997.
The royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton drew huge ratings Stateside. The event, which was aired live by 11 U.S. networks between 6 and 7:15 A.M. EST on Friday, April 29, drew a total 22.8 million viewers and 18.6 million households, according to Nielsen Media Research.
As it had been predicted, the figure is higher than that of Prince Charles and Princess Diana's (Prince William's parents) wedding, which drew 14.2 million households in 1981. However, the ratings are not close to set a national TV record.
By comparison, about the same number of people watched "American Idol" performance show this week (22 million), and 28.9 million watched President Obama's inauguration. American viewers were apparently also more attracted to Princess Diana's funeral which drew 33.2 million viewers in 1997.
Meanwhile, NBC's "Today" and ABC's "Good Morning America" got rating boosts from their royal wedding broadcasts. The nuptials between now Duke and Duchess of Cambridge drew more than 9.6 million total viewers for "Today" from 7-9 A.M. It marks the show's biggest single-day audience since November 8, 2000, the day after George H.W. Bush was elected president.
"GMA", anchored live by Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters, averaged 8.7 million viewers from 7-9 A.M. It marks the network's most-watched morning telecast in nearly 20 years, since at least September 1991.
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During his guest appearance stint at T.I.'s concert, he made use of the time to give the audience a sneak peek of his second single.
Kanye West has previewed a new song that will appear on his upcoming album "808's & Heartbreak". During a guest appearance at T.I.'s Los Angeles concert on Friday, October 3, the rapper showed the audience a taste of his "Heartless".
West initially assisted T.I. on the song "Swagger Like Us" and went on with his equally new single "Love Lockdown". He then previewed "Heartless" that contains "how could you be so heartless" within the lyrics, before stopping abruptly saying that he didn't want it to end up on YouTube.
"Heartless" allegedly will be the second single of West's November 25 album "808's & Heartbreak".
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Sometimes decorating for a bridal shower can feel just as time-consuming as planning the wedding! It's hard to believe bridal showers take as much time and attention to detail, especially when it comes to the bridal shower décor.
Sometimes decorating for a bridal shower can feel just as time-consuming as planning the wedding! It's hard to believe bridal showers take as much time and attention to detail, especially when it comes to the bridal shower décor.
A growing trend that we're obsessed with has to be fun décor hanging from the ceilings. We love the idea of beautiful items hanging for the ceiling that gives the bridal shower a pretty touch. Guests at your shower will love all of the thought you put into the décor and the ceiling decorations will certainly surprise them.
Decorate With Paper Lanterns
Paper lanterns have seen a comeback in the home décor world. The best way to add this trend to your bridal shower décor is to gather many lanterns and hang them in clusters above the dinner table.
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They featured a line of these mobiles hanging across a drink station. Just pick your theme colors and easily create this for your bridal shower.
Parasols from the Ceiling
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Incorporate Your Theme Into the Ceiling!
Jessica Claire featured this ceiling décor idea made with buttons. The event had a cute button theme and had an adorable button garland draped from the ceiling.
The detail in stringing buttons on a string may be time consuming, but end look will be totally worth it!
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Nellore region is a forte for Mega fans from ages. Their movies do exceedingly well in the region. Mega Power Star Ram Charan's upcoming movie Yevadu had registered a record here. The movie is sold for a record 1.95 Crore to Leela Mohan Reddy in the Nellore region. This is a record so far in this region for any movie. The movie is currently in being shot in Vishakapatnam.
Samantha and Amy Jackson are playing the female leads in the movie. This eagerly awaited action entertainer also has Allu Arjun and Kajal Aggarwal in important roles. Dil Raju is producing the film. Devi Sri Prasad is composing the music. The film is expected to hit the screens in summer, 2013.


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I would like to show you a couple of the pretty vintage pieces that I picked up at La Sirena on my trip last week. The first is a reproduction advertising piece that I just had to have, love everything about it. The second is this small chalkware sheep. I don't know much about it - I expect it was from a series of collectible animals, Noah's Ark or a Nativity set. I have this thing about small sheep figurines - having grown up in Scotland - ha! Do you like it?
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- AnnaVallance said...
That is a cute little sheep. I have a large stuffed one, her name is Sophia and she has been with us since the girls were little. I also have a very old pottery sheep bought at a thrift store. You never know what is going to appeal.
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i have a large collection of petite chalk-ware sheep----my parents had sheep when I was young--remember taking the newborn lambs into our basement to keep them warm and feed them.
love them---
{the repro sign is cute too}
- March 20, 2011 at 10:53 AM
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MISFIRING Wanderers are on two strikes – and Dougie Freedman is desperate to avoid registering a third for the first time in his Reebok tenure.
Even though goals have flowed relatively well this season, the Whites boss admits he has too often found himself explaining away dropped points because of a failure to take opportunities.
The club drew a blank against Derby, albeit in a gritty draw, but then went back to their wasteful ways against Brighton last weekend.
Freedman has never managed a Bolton side that has gone three games without a goal, leaving him calling for a more cold-blooded approach in front of goal against Yeovil tomorrow.
"I think back to that stage of the season where I seemed to be talking about missed chances all the time," he told The Bolton News.
"We'd played Yeovil at home, Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich, and we were getting too many draws – it looked exactly the same last Saturday and we don't want to be getting back to that.
"We need to be more ruthless with our finishing and if we're going to get anywhere, we need to get that way fast.
"Critics are always going to be there in football because everyone wants to win every game.
"The important thing is that we don't take this game lightly. This game is just as tough as it would be away at Leeds or Derby."
Wanderers wasted a bucket-load of chances in their home meeting with Yeovil, and required Alex Baptiste to bail them out with a late equaliser.
"When I think back, I was sitting back in the first half and wondering how we weren't winning. It was wave after wave of attack," Freedman recalled.
"It looked like only a matter of time so to scramble a point with a late goal, it was difficult to take. It was a very strange game.
"I think Yeovil are a little bit different to when we played them, and so are we personnel-wise, our mindset is better.
"I watched them play at Wigan the other night and they played well against a good side.
"Down there they are strong as well. They have a home crowd who get right behind them and have no real expectations. No matter what the result is, or how they are playing, they tend to get behind their team.
"It is a small pitch and difficult environment to play in. I don't think there is much margin for error, we need to be at our absolute maximum to get a result."
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The Scot scored a winner for Leeds United in Somerset back in 2008 but also ended up on the losing side playing for Southend United a year later.
And he has warned his side that despite the Glovers' lowly league position, they will not have things easy.
"I've played down there before and it's a tight pitch," he said. "The middle of the pitch isn't great either because of the weather down there recently.
"They are a get-up and get-at-you team and they have got a manager who's very experienced. He's been around this level for a long while.
"We've got a decent away record this season – definitely better than last season – and we need to try and continue that."


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Trader Joe's: The Trendy American Cousin
It's a small grocery chain that moves into abandoned retail stores in second-rate locations. Parking is all but impossible. There's not a deep selection in the cramped aisles, and you'll be lucky to spot a national brand on the shelves.
Welcome to Trader Joe's. About all this 210-store U.S. chain shares with Germany's Aldi Group -- besides being owned by a trust created by Aldi co-founder Theo Albrecht -- is its rigorous control over costs. But where Aldi carries such basics as toilet paper and canned peas, TJ's, as it's known, stocks eclectic and upscale foodstuffs for the wine-and-cheese set at down-to-earth prices.
It's a phenomenally lucrative combination, analysts say. Sales last year were an estimated $2.1 billion, or $1,132 per square foot, twice that of traditional supermarkets, according to the Food Institute, a nonprofit research group in Elmwood Park, N.J. The Monrovia (Calif.) company would not talk to BusinessWeek, but its Web site notes that while the 37-year-old chain quintupled its store count from 1990 to 2001, profits grew tenfold.
"What's unique about Trader Joe's is that there's no competition," says Willard R. Bishop Jr., who heads his own consulting firm in Barrington, Ill. TJ's develops or imports many of its own products from sources it has developed over decades and sells more than 80% of them under the Trader Joe's brand or a variant thereof: Trader José, Trader Ming, and Baker Josef are a few. In states where it can, it sells discount wine and liquor. The latest rage is its own Charles Shaw label of California varietals, affectionately known as Two-Buck Chuck for its $1.99 price tag in California (it's $3.39 in Ohio stores).
It's not all about value pricing. Trader Joe Co.'s products have a definite feel-good bent. The company promises that products with the TJ label won't include genetically modified ingredients. After complaints from animal-rights activists about the way ducks are slaughtered, it stopped selling them. Ahi tuna is caught without nets, its dried apricots are unsulfured, its peanut butter is organic -- and has no trans fats to boot. And what about those Ghirardelli chocolate-covered dried blueberries, $3.99 for a 10-oz tub? TJ's notes that you can get your choco-fix and your antioxidants at the same time.
One place where TJ's has never stinted is with its employees. Besides above-union wages and generous bonuses (pay for entry-level part-timers starts at $8 to $12 an hour; first-year supervisors average more than $40,000 a year), TJ's contributes an additional 15.4% of each worker's gross pay into a company-funded retirement plan.
The company got its start when Joe Coulombe was trying to figure out how to protect his three Southern California convenience stores, called Pronto Markets, from the onslaught of 7-Elevens in the 1960s. He loaded the stores up with hard-to-find gourmet items and low-priced wines, and cherry-picked food manufacturers' discontinued and overstocked merchandise, which he peddled at steep discounts. Coulombe sold the renamed Trader Joe's in 1979 to the family trust established by Theo Albrecht, and he retired in 1988.
The ever-changing closeouts turned shopping at TJ's into somewhat of a treasure hunt. Now, the closeouts are mostly gone, but with its wide selection of unique products and a friendly staff (they're the ones in the funky Hawaiian shirts), it remains that today. For most people, shopping is a chore. Trader Joe's makes it recreation.
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William "Bill" Riley Galloway, 93, husband to the late Ruby Hunt Galloway of 414 Hesse Highway, Walhalla, SC, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at his home.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, November 17, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Davenport Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Oconee Memorial Park.
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