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Like all true diabetics I went onto the internet trying to find a "recipe" for low carb bread. Anywhere and everywhere I went ads popped up for Julian Bakery and the absolute natural thing to do was, at some point, click on one. My first thoughts were to look at the ingredients to see if I could re-create a bread of my own. Pretty much my working life had been dealing with food in one way or another. The ingredients, which may have looked Greek to many, looked very high carby to me. Their Smart Carb #1 original ingredients listed as: Fresh Ground Whole Grain Wheat, Sprouts of Kamut, Spelt, Rye, Lentils, Sesame Seeds, Millet, Quinoa, Amaranth, Ground Flaxseed, Wheat Bran, Oat Bran, Eggs, Undenatured Whey Protein Isolate (90%), Chicory Root (Inulin Fiber), Wheat Gluten, Yeast & Sea Salt. Other breads listed Teff, Brown Rice Flour, (and many more) all extremely high in carbohydrates.
The first thing I did was visit the Bob's Red Mill website and make a chart of the carb content in 1/4 cup of each ingredient. Please See Here (How lucky am I that I live in Portland, OR the home of Bob's. I have been there and what a spectacular place). I then took an educated guess as to the amount of each ingredient that might be in the breads' compositions and came to a far different conclusion as to the stated carb counts on the nutritional labels.
For additional reading to see the numerous ways the Julian Bakery has been lying to you:
- Defense Nutrition LLC vs Julian Bakery Lawsuit Being sued for over $506,000.
- Falsely Labeled Paleo Protein Bars The Julian Bakery is being sued by their co-packer.
- Two Newest Julian Bakery Lawsuits Explained.
- Julian Bakery's Continued Pathological Lying Explained.
- More Evidence Of Heath Squier's Pathological Lying
- Another Julian Bakery FDA Warning Letter
- Are You Being Duped And Do You Like It?
- Does Paleo Money Trump Paleo Ethics?
- Julian Bakery Paleo Protein Bars Being Sold On Craigslist
- Solution Of The Julian Bakery Debacle: Let Hong Kong People Use Their Tastebuds
- Julian Bakery Moldy Paleo Bars
- Heath Squier's Psychopathic Behavior
- Mr. & Mrs. Narcissistic
- FedEx vs Julian Bakery Sued for over $241,000 Court Docs available.
- My Googled Website Terms For Heath Squier & The Julian Bakery
- Julian Bakery Paleo Protein Bars Being Sold On Craigslist
- Julian Bakery Lying Again: This Time About Their "New Mud Pie" Paleo Wraps
Here is a YouTube Video of my own Moldy Paleo Bars.
Late Breaking News. A giant of the shipping industry has had to sue Julian Bakery for $241,274.27 Court Docs here FedEx vs Julian Bakery
The FDA has stepped in…again. This time with a warning letter http://1.usa.gov/1t2SH7N regarding…you guessed it…more falsely labeled breads. They have four Paleo breads and two Carb Zero breads that are now under suspect according to the FDA. So, let's hope the Julian Bakery Paleo Breads are all but toast.And yet more moldy bread uploaded by Palak Q in Lombard, IL on 11/15/2013
Where do I start? Both the bread had mold on ALL the slices! I opened the package the same day it arrived, so it's not that it was sitting in my refrigerator or anything. I almost puked when I saw mold in the bread I had a few bits of. See pictures I posted.
Conclusion: DO NOT BUY!
Now, if this many people have posted pictures of moldy Paleo Bread on Yelp how many people do you think have actually ordered and received moldy Paleo Bread?
Speaking of moldy Paleo products these are the Julian Bakery's newest #epicfail. Moldy Paleo Protein Bars. One from Amazon and one from Yelp. Click on either picture to get that up close and personal. BUT WAIT… THERE'S MORE Julian Bakery Moldy Paleo Bars
The quote below is during the Heath Squier Panic of 2012 in answer to questions about why Julian Bakery had changed their Smart Carb breads.
"Our diabetic customers were experiencing sugar spikes after eating the breads; we had to change it due to liability issues; thus, the Original will not be offered; a comparable bread is the Amazing Sourdough. It is low carb, low in calories, and the texture is extremely similar to that of the Original #1 with just a hint of a sourdough taste." Notice, now he was telling people a comparable bread was the Amazing Sourdough. What an utter crock. I also had this bread lab tested and it was nearly as bad. Please see Other Personally Glucose Tested Products
I had a total of five Julian Bakery breads tested and all failed miserably. Please see Five Julian Bakery Breads vs Lab Results Compared Side By Side The consequences: As I said, of the original 21 breads produced, none are currently being sold. They have developed six new products and God help the people who are eating them. I guess my question might be: Why would anyone want to support Julian Bakery by buying anything from them when they have literally made millions and millions of dollars off the backs of diabetics and the low carb community, let alone pay 10.00-12.00 for a tiny 6 inch (yes I measured it) loaf of bread?
They had developed a total of 21 breads deleting some, changing names, and adding new ones. They did not make one low carb product but boy oh boy they sure knew how to make millions of dollars hawking on the internet.
Regarding Whole Foods Market: It took five letters, five bread tests, and about nine months but I finally (at least) got this company's products out of their Pacific Northwest regional stores where I live. As of this writing they have not been taken out of any other regions. Shame on you Whole Foods Market
UPDATE: Julian Bakery breads are again back in my region of Whole Foods. I wrote a sixth letter yesterday September, 24th, 2013 to Pete Bourgeault and Venus Lewis and all six letters may be read here. 6 Letters To Whole Foods They are in order as written. John Mackey the head honcho at Whole Foods wrote a book not long ago entitled Conscious Capitalism. Conscious Capitalism?…Are you kidding?…I don't think so.
Julian Bakery has gone back to using some original very high carb ingredients in their 2 best selling breads including: Kamut, Spelt, Rye, Lentils, Millet, Quinoa, & Amaranth. I suspect the carb counts may again be incorrect. Check daily as the ingredients change often. Several weeks ago I copied and pasted: Teff, Millet, Amaranth, Kamut, Quinoa, Spelt, and Brown Rice Flour. If the ingredients are always changing why would you trust their "Verified Lab Results"?
Now, I totally understand that there are people, who for health reasons of their own, want to eat low carb breads but there are other companies which I will explain to you on another page that serve the same purpose and these companies have not bilked, cheated, and made millions from the diabetic and low carb communities.
Another deceptive practice used by Julian Bakery: On their website they use reviews submitted years ago when their products were riding high…and high carb, to sell today's skunky products.
If you want to read real reviews go to Yelp. This is one of the best and funniest videos I have ever watched. I had streaming tears when I was finished with it. Title: Julian Bakery Sponge Or Bread http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdDfF4hXfj4 As of the date of this writing there are over 429,000 hits to this video and actually many more as other people have posted this same video elsewhere on the internet. Yeah!
My bottom line: Though of course I can laugh with the best of them, this has been, and is, very serious business for me. The effects of Diabetes are accumulative and that is anything but funny.
Julian Bakery lied through their teeth for years about the carb content in their breads but I can say this with absolute certainty, their internet marketing is very, very, good and…bad on them. Complaints Filed With The BBB-Rating D+. Update October 12th, 2013: Julian Bakery has now been downgraded to an F by the BBB. Notice these complaints were made in a very compacted period of time and that Heath is saying due to their increase in business…blah, blah, blah. This had absolutely nothing to do with his increase in business and everything to do with the fact that the FDA had come after him. He was trying to get his new Paleo Breads out, he had to stop production of his falsely labeled breads, and he had to come up with new formulas for his bad breads all while continually trying to process orders. In other words-Heath Squier was in full blow panic mode.
I also want to add here that the FDA did its job. I do not know if I had not had their help, that I could have accomplished what I did. So, though I would not take my hat off very often to any government agency, in this case, my hat goes off to the FDA.
Heath Squier and his company Julian Bakery have now begun selling their "Paleo Wraps" using a manufacturing company in the Philippines. However, there is a patent pending on these coconut wraps. Improv'eat has been making and offering them under the brand name "The Pure Wraps" for several years. Along comes Julian Bakery who has been forced to cease producing their signature bread products, and is now going to cut Improv'eat and their "Pure Wraps" off at the knees by violating a patent. Heath and Todd Fitts, owner of Improv'eat and home of "The Pure Wraps" spoke on December 3rd, 2012. Heath apparently seemed rather panicky and wanted Todd's company to make and private label a duplicate of "The Pure Wraps" for Julian Bakery telling Todd they would buy by the pallet load and wanted pricing. Todd politely told him that they did not private label at this time but he could check back next year and that there is a pending patent for these coconut wraps. Heath continued to express interest in buying wholesale from Improv'eat knowing they would not have Julian Bakery's brand name on them.
Just posted Thursday June 27th by Todd Fitts on Pure Wraps Facebook page: "Received a letter from another company claiming they and the USDA have a patent that covers The Pure Wraps coconut wraps. Interestingly, we have a pending patent on making coconut wraps and have found another company has violated our patent".
June 26th, 2013 Todd Fitts and Heath Squier spoke, with Todd reminding Heath once again of the pending patent for coconut wraps, the first being the above December 3rd, 2012. Heath told Todd that Julian Bakery could have them made in the US instead. Heath also asked for a licensing agreement from Todd and then had the audacity to ask Todd to buy his wraps from Julian Bakery. What??? Why on earth would Todd Fitts buy from Heath Squier and Julian Bakery when Todd owns the patent? A very good question indeed. Todd said he would get back with Heath soon and that Improv'eat would need to protect their employees, those in the Philippines involved in making "The Pure Wraps" and Improv'eat itself. If needed, he would seek legal remedies under the patent laws.
Now forward less than a week to July 1st, 2013 and Todd gets confirmation that Julian Bakery is contacting stores who have been carrying "The Pure Wraps". Julian Bakery, in an email to a store who has been selling "The Pure Wraps" said, "You might as well order them from us as the other company is looking to buy them from us". This store forwarded the Julian Bakery email to Todd asking: "Todd, Is that the case? If not I want to call these people on their misinformation". Now I ask you, why would a company (Improv'eat) having rights to a patented item, buy from Julian Bakery who does not have a production license from Improv'eat to make anything?
Take a look below at what a difference a little over two and a half months make. How do you go from the first picture and get to the fifth picture in two and a half months, producing what is probably hundreds of thousands of Paleo Wraps and dealing with the people and rampant bribery and corruption in the Philippines? Heath uploaded a video on April 30th with his "new" Paleo Wraps and the three stated ingredients are the same three ingredients as "The Pure Wraps" including the Himalayan Salt which Heath subsequently does not now tout. Now Heath says his Paleo Wraps only have two ingredients. Does Heath think somehow that by dropping the Himalayan Salt that he is no longer violating Todd's patent? What are the odds that the wraps are the same size at 7 ¼ x7 ¼ inches? The only difference I can see is that Heath packages 7 Paleo Wraps for $9.00 (1.29 ea.) and Pure Wraps packages 4 at 4.29 (1.07 ea.) What are the odds that the Paleo Wraps are the same weight (14g) as "The Pure Wraps"? Are Heath's early coconut Paleo Wrap pictures his own or are they actually pictures of Improv'eats "The Pure Wraps? Sure makes one wonder.
- January 7th, 2013 Cauliflower www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW595gdPToU
- February 2nd, 2013 Cauliflower www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z65DNbN-gNo
- February 5th, 2013 Cauliflower www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4ipx-g4BgA
- April 30th, 2013 Coconut 2013 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih7SdynZzE8
Julian Bakery went from using cauliflower in their round, dark, and ugly Paleo Wraps in January and February to the final good looking Paleo Wrap at the end of April. His first "Verified Lab Results" were submitted to Medallion Labs on April 29th, 2013. Then the lying weasel took out the Himalayan Salt and had another test done on September 29th, 2013 so his wraps wouldn't be "exactly" like the Improv'eat wrap.
Heath Squier and the Julian Bakery have been in business raping the low carb and diabetic communities since 1990 and the first three videos indicate this is the best product they could come up with?… on their own until…they found Todd's company Improv'eat, and were denied private labeling? What did Heath Squier do? Why, he supposedly hiked on over to the Philippines and had his own coconut wraps made. Who cares if Todd has a pending patent? Nothing has ever stopped Heath from bilking anyone before-why would he have any qualms about bilking Todd Fitts and Improv'eat? Well, it appears he doesn't have any qualms. Can you see now why I call him Bernie Madoff? It seems once a crook always a crook.
Given the long shelf life of "The Pure Wraps" Improv'eat did not want anything leaching into their wraps so they made their packaging biodegradable non-GMO cellulose. In English: there are no plastics with phthalates or dioxins (these are baddies) that could potentially contaminate the wraps. Is it possible Heath copied this too or did he just not know about it? Perhaps when Heath reads this he will copy their packaging too.
Julian Bakery has uploaded literally hundreds if not thousands of videos over the years, let alone saturated the internet with its false advertising.
The Paleo Wraps began selling nationwide near the 1st of July with the Paleo Cereal to follow shortly. Heath boasts over 200,000 customers & brags about being in 30,000 stores.
Heath Squier or Bernie Madoff Take your pick-I see no difference.
Ronald Reagan famously said, "Trust but Verify". At the signing of the INF Treaty, his counterpart Mikhail Gorbachev responded: "you repeat that at every meeting," to which Reagan answered: "I like it"…I like it too.
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Catawba scored four times in the first to take the lead. John Neese (Summerfield, NC/NW Guilford HS/Guilford Tech) singled home the first run and Hohn followed with a three-run homer. That would by the lone damage off Pfeiffer starter John McDaniel (Mocksville, NC), who tossed three innings. The Falcons closed the gap with single runs on a JT Pope (Mebane, NC) double in the second and a solo home run from Aarin Sharpe (Winterville, NC) in the fourth.
Corey Parker (Kernersville, NC/Glenn HS) put the Indians up 5-2 with a single in the fourth before Pfeiffer got two in the fifth to pull within a run. Carlos Badillo (Gurabo, PUERTO RICO) and Zach Pou (Winston-Salem, NC) led off with doubles, but Tribe starter Nathan Furr (Albemarle, NC/W. Stanly HS) got out of the frame with the lead.
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$21,165 Base Price MSRP
$29,995 As Tested MSRP
Model Lineup: "Jeep Wrangler Sport ($22,045); Sahara ($27,245); Rubicon ($29,245); Unlimited Sport ($25,545); Unlimited Sahara ($29,945); Unlimited Rubicon ($32,745)"
Standard Engine: 3.8-liter ohv V6
Engine Options: 202-hp 3.8-liter ohv V6
Standard Transmission: 6-speed manual
Transmission Options: 6-speed manual; 4-speed automatic
Basic Warranty: "3 years/36,000 miles"
Assembled In: "Toledo, Ohio"
Model Tested MSRP: "Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4WD ($29,245)"
Standard Equipment: "cloth upholstery, air conditioning, locking front and rear differentials, disconnecting front antisway bar, rock rails, tow hooks, 115-VAC and 12-VDC outlets, 368-watt AM/FM/CD/MP3/Sirius seven-speaker stereo, cruise control, folding removable rear seat, tilt leather-wrapped steering wheel, 17-inch aluminum wheels and LT255/75R17 BFG Mud-Terrain tires"
Options As Tested: none
Standard Safety Equipment: "dual front airbags, tire-pressure monitor, anti-lock brakes, traction control, electronic stability control with rollover mitigation"
Optional Safety Equipment: seat-mounted front side airbagsDestination Charge: $750
The Wrangler comes in the familiar two-door version and a four-door model called Unlimited. The four-door Wrangler Unlimited doesn't completely change the character of the Wrangler but makes it more practical for many. It's more comfortable and convenient, offering more cargo and rear-seat passenger space and a higher tow rating. Still, the traditional two-door Wrangler has its charms and virtues. It is the classic. We enjoy all of them. Jeep Wranglers can take you places you've never been before.
The 2011 Wrangler has moderate changes, including a revised interior. The three-piece hard top has larger windows and is offered in body-matching paint on 2011 Wrangler Sahara models. New features have been added to the option list for 2011, including heated leather seats, power heated mirrors and Bluetooth streaming audio.
2011 Jeep Wrangler and four-door Wrangler Unlimited are offered in Sport, Sahara and Rubicon trim. All Wranglers have a 3.8-liter V6 engine, which develops 202 horsepower and 237 pound-feet of torque. Fuel economy is an EPA-estimated 15/19 mpg City/Highway for all models and both transmissions.
Four-wheel drive is standard, along with four-wheel disc brakes with ABS and electronic stability control. A 6-speed manual comes standard, a 4-speed automatic transmission is optional. The 6-speed manual fits the Wrangler's personality, but the automatic is more convenient.
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Vehicles that can match the Wrangler's off-highway performance cost many times more (Land Rover's LR4 and Range Rover, Mercedes-Benz's G550) or can be used only in more open areas where size is not a consideration (Ram Power Wagon, Ford SVT Raptor pickups). If you want decent off-highway four-door performance with more comfort and don't need the Jeep's extreme gearing, Nissan's Xterra might be your solution."
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A 6-speed manual is standard, a 4-speed automatic transmission is optional ($825) on all Wrangler models. A three-piece modular hard top called the Freedom Top ($735) is available for all Wrangler models. Half-metal doors with locks for the soft top are a no-cost option on the Sport. (All New Car Test Drive prices are Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Prices, which do not include destination charge and may change at any time without notice.)
Wrangler Sport S ($24,245) and Sport S Unlimited ($27,745) add power windows, locks and heated mirrors, and remote keyless entry, cruise control, leather-wrapped steering wheel, and aluminum wheels.
Wrangler Sahara ($27,245) and Sahara Unlimited ($29,945) add body-color flares, 18-inch alloy wheels, monotube shocks, 115-VAC outlet, air conditioning, Sirius satellite radio, power windows and locks, remote keyless entry, Infinity stereo, and tube side steps. The Soft Top is standard. A hard top in black or body color ($980) is optional along with the Freedom Top ($735) or the Dual Top Group ($1,625) with both the Freedom Top and the Soft Top.
Sahara options include automatic climate control ($155), two-tone leather heated front seats ($700), and a navigation system ($1,845) that includes 6.5-inch touch screen, GPS navigation, Sirius Traffic and CD/DVD audio. Also: a limited-slip rear differential ($295), a 3.73:1 axle ratio ($50) to replace the standard 3.21, an engine block heater, remote start, Premium appearance (silver trim inside and out), and the trailer tow package.
Wrangler Rubicon ($29,245) and Rubicon Unlimited ($32,745) is the model for serious off-roading. A combination of Sport and Sahara-grade pieces, it also gets an electric-disconnecting front antisway bar, the Rock-Trac heavy-duty transfer case, a heavy-duty front axle, locking front and rear differentials, a 4.10:1 axle ratio, rock rails, LT255/75R17 BF Goodrich Mud-Terrain tires on alloy wheels and other equipment intended for the serious off-roader. The Rubicon offers options similar to other models.
Safety features that come standard include dual front airbags, tire-pressure monitor, anti-lock brakes, traction control, electronic stability control with rollover mitigation. Seat-mounted front side airbags for torso protection are optional ($490)."
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"The Jeep Wrangler is one of the most widely recognizable vehicles in the world. Most important, Wranglers have always had a distinct family resemblance to the original Jeep of World War II fame.
Up front you'll find the classic round headlamps, Jeep's seven-slot grille, and a front bumper with integrated fog lamps. The upright windshield is slightly curved for better aerodynamics and reduced wind noise. It can be folded down to rest on the hood for true open-air motoring, but that is not a simple chore as it once was. Likewise the doors can still be removed, but check your state's rules about driving with no side mirrors.
Along the sides, many Wranglers have assist steps under the doors to make climbing in easier, and fender flares that are bolted on, so they can be easily taken off for repair or replacement. This generation Wrangler may look as square as the first Jeeps, but not a single panel on it is completely flat. Remember that before you start fabricating add-ons.
The standard soft top is relatively easy to remove and install. The Sunrider soft top slides back half way, like a huge sunroof over the front seats. The optional three-piece modular hard top (Freedom Top) has two front panels that easily pop on and off like a T-top, and can be stored behind the rear seat. The third panel over the rear seat can be removed separately and stored in the garage.
For 2011 the windows in the hard top are notably larger, helping driver vision and passenger claustrophobia. On Sahara models the top can be ordered painted to match the rest of the bodywork.
Under the body, there's a boxed frame with seven crossmembers. Wide-spaced frame rails cradle the fuel tank between the wheels. Skid plates protect any vulnerable bits, and tow hooks are standard."
"For 2011, nearly every part of the interior has been updated, but you can still hose out the floors (the carpet is easily removed) after a day in the mud. Door panels have new surfaces, armrests, storage nets (nets drain better than pockets), and door pulls that won't break fingernails. The center panel controls have been moved closer to occupants for an easy reach, omni-directional air vents, and a lockable center console; some models offer a 115-VAC power outlet.
Wranglers have traditionally been known as compact inside. The comfortable high-back front seats are surrounded by more shoulder and hip room than previous-generation models, and the removable rear seat provides more shoulder, hip and leg room for each of the two passengers. There's also more space behind the rear seat, which folds to provide nearly twice the cargo capacity as before; with the rear seat removed the two-door has 61 cubic feet of cargo space, more than many midsize SUVs.
The Unlimited is larger. The Unlimited offers more than 80 cubic feet of cargo space with the rear seat folded flat. The headrests flip back, so they don't need to be removed, making it easy to switch between cargo and rear-seat-passenger modes. In the rear seat, the Unlimited offers 1.6 more inches of leg room and a whopping 12 inches more hip room than two-door models. The Unlimited can seat three in the back seat. The reason: Rear passengers in the two-door Wrangler sit between the wheel wells, while in the Unlimited they sit ahead of the rear axle.
Instrumentation is clean and simple, against a background of dull (neither flat nor gloss) plastic. Solid square buttons look good and are easy to understand and operate. There's a new steering wheel with integral cruise and audio controls. The materials have more feel and texture yet remain easy-to-clean plastic that works well in the utilitarian Wrangler.
The Wrangler is available with heated leather seats, upgraded USB input, Bluetooth streaming audio, power heated mirrors, multiple power outlets, and automatic temperature control. All have additional noise abatement measures but don't think of a Wrangler as a car.
The optional 368-watt Infinity sound system comes with seven speakers, including a subwoofer. That might seem a lot for a Jeep, but it translates to decent sound with no top. The upgrade includes Sirius satellite radio, good for keeping up with the news when out in the boonies. Located under the sound system controls are big climate control knobs, with buttons for available power windows above that.
Between the seats are the shift lever, a short four-wheel-drive lever, two cupholders, emergency brake handle, and a locking center console that's wide and deep, if not long. The locking glove box is big and there's a convenient grab handle above (it also helps direct the air bag, so don't remove it). This is a Jeep, after all, so the grab handle will be used on bouncy roads, or where there are no roads at all.
The Freedom Top modular hard tops feature sections that easily lift off and can be secured behind the rear seat. The larger section over the rear seat can also be removed but cannot be stored in the vehicle; you'll have to leave it in camp or at home. We found storing the two roof panels eliminates most of the cargo space: Cargo space is not unlimited in the Unlimited. We couldn't fit four carry-on-sized bags behind the rear seat. And watch out for any Wrangler's hard top rear window; like many hatchbacks it rises on its own when opened, and may whack you on the chin (or forehead, or nose) if you forget to step back."
Driving Impressions
"If you've never owned or driven a Wrangler, you might think it's twitchy, choppy and generally crude. But it's a relative thing. Your family sedan would feel no more at home on a muddy, rutted track deep in the woods. Relative to earlier versions, today's Wrangler feels quite civilized.
Compared to the last-generation Wrangler (pre-2007 models), the wheelbase is longer and the front and rear tracks are wider, the chassis has been stiffened and the suspension redesigned. All these things yield significant improvements in the ride and handling, but still, on city streets, the Wrangler can be bouncy, and out on the freeway it can feel squiggly over pavement changes. On rougher surfaces the driver needs to pay attention to keep the Wrangler going in a straight line, though on dirt it's directional stability is decent and you're more likely to steer only for major course changes.
That said, we drove the Wrangler at speeds up to 85 miles per hour on the open freeway and, when the pavement was smooth, it was stable and surprisingly quiet with the hardtop. Handling is predictable if not thrilling and it goes where it's pointed. If the road was even mildly rough, the ride will deteriorate. The brakes are adequate.
However, it's important to note that the various models, Sport, Sahara, Rubicon, have completely different tires and the Sahara and Rubicon have better shock absorbers. Sport and Sahara have what amount to all-season passenger car tires, while the Rubicon has light truck tires with an aggressive tread; tire pressure will make a major difference in how each rides and handles. On low-speed trails, we frequently make do with less than 10 psi. But you need to air up when you get back on the road.
Electronic stability control is standard on Wrangler, with hill-start assist and trailer sway control. The safety equipment, including the airbags, has been tuned and calibrated with Wrangler's mission in mind so that, for example, an off-angle hill doesn't deploy a side airbag.
The 3.8-liter engine is an overhead-valve V6 just like it was 45 years ago. Modern electronics help it make 202 horsepower and 237 pound-feet of torque, but the Wrangler is not light (50 percent heavier than the 45-year-old CJ) so acceleration is moderate and fuel economy in the teens. The optional 4-speed automatic transmission will change between third and fourth gear a lot on hilly highways unless you switch off overdrive because there isn't enough torque to run the top gear uphill.
The 6-speed manual transmission is the better choice. It's lighter than the automatic, offers two more gears for better performance, has reasonably good shift feel and clutch effort for a truck, and the Rubicon has a switch that allows you to use the starter in gear as you might on a trail.
The Rubicon also uses a different transfer-case with a deeper low-range ratio of 4:1 rather than the standard 2.72:1. This lets the Rubicon go slower with the engine running, and deliver more torque to keep the tires turning in deep mud or sand.
The easiest way to drive a Rubicon over rocky terrain is with the front antisway bar disconnected and without using the brake of clutch: Gearing and engine braking will limit downhill speed, and if gearing doesn't get you up an obstacle and it stalls, put one foot very lightly on the gas pedal and turn the key to let the starter do the work.
The Wrangler Unlimited is a different animal. The ride is significantly smoother thanks to a wheelbase that's 20.6 inches longer and it carries four more gallons of gas, extending trail range. The downside is an Unlimited weighs about 200 pounds more and needs an extra six feet of space to execute a U-turn on the street or get around a tight obstacle on the trail. Six feet may not sound like much on the street, but it's huge on a black-diamond trail.
All Wranglers are 4WD and all are EPA-rated 15/19 regardless of transmission or model. No sane person buys a Wrangler with fuel economy in mind but the Unlimited's extra weight and size may negatively affect it, and higher cruising speeds have a greater-than-normal effect since aerodynamics are not the priority here. For anyone planning to use a Wrangler as intended we would recommend the shortest (highest numerical) axle ratio available."
"The Jeep Wrangler is one of the most capable off-highway vehicles available today. Its four-wheel drive system offers no-road capability and its convertible body style offers open-air fun. The Unlimited body style has greater cargo capacity, making the Wrangler more practical. You'll give up a lot of ride and handling prowess, as well as fuel mileage, but the Wrangler is fun.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Sam Moses drove Wrangler models up the Rubicon Trail, through San Francisco and around Lake Tahoe; Kirk Bell reported from Chicago; G.R. Whale drove Wranglers across the Rubicon Trail, Moab, and Angeles National Forest."
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HARTFORD — Before Dashawn Revels was convicted of murder and sentenced to 55 years in prison in 2011, a Connecticut judge allowed the jury to hear testimony from a witness for the prosecution who saw the shooting at night from 265 feet away in her fifth-floor apartment.
The witness, Fidelia Carrillo, didn't see the shooter's face but identified Revels as the killer later the same night, when New London police drove her by Revels and shined the cruiser spotlight on him as officers detained him. She said he was wearing the same clothes as the killer.
Two years later in a courtroom, Carrillo misidentified an intern from the public defender's office as the shooter as he sat next to Revels during a hearing on whether to allow Carrillo's identification as evidence.
The state Supreme Court is now mulling whether Revels' murder conviction should be overturned. But the justices are taking the case a step further by considering whether Connecticut should join other states and abandon a balancing test created by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1977 and used by judges nationwide to determine whether to allow eyewitness identifications as evidence.
Flaws in the test have been revealed by scientific research over the past three decades that shows how unreliable eyewitness identifications can be, and the result is judges are using a bad method to decide when to admit identifications into evidence, defense lawyers and psychologists say.
"There's growing indication that eyewitness identifications can be problematic," Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Richard Palmer said in December when the court heard Revels' appeal, which is one of three cases in which the court is considering witness identification issues.
The Innocence Project, a New York-based national legal group that has won the exonerations of more than 300 people based on DNA tests, says 75 percent of those people were wrongfully convicted, at least in part, by mistaken witness identifications.
The Innocence Project, the American Psychological Association and the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association are urging the Connecticut Supreme Court to devise a better method than the U.S. Supreme Court test, which came in a case named Manson v. Brathwaite.
"What we're really concerned with is preventing wrongful identifications," said Karen Newirth, a senior fellow at the Innocence Project in Manhattan.
States replace test
New Jersey and Oregon already have replaced the test, and Massachusetts is considering doing the same.
The balancing test is used in cases where judges find that police were suggestive when witnesses identified suspects. When judges make that finding, they then must determine whether the identifications are still reliable by considering the witness's certainty, the accuracy of the description and other factors.
The biggest problem, defense lawyers say, is that studies show those factors can be corrupted by suggestive actions by police, rendering the test invalid.
"The test has a very perverse result," Newirth said. "The Supreme Court basically directed trial courts to balance suggestion against (witness) reliability. What we know is that suggestion inflates confidence. It inflates people's recollection of how good their attention was."
Police suggestive?
Revels' public defender, James Streeto, says New London police were extremely suggestive when they drove Carrillo past a detained Revels and shined the cruiser spotlight on him. But the judge ruled that Carrillo's testimony nonetheless was reliable.
"It may be the most suggestive identification that I've ever seen," Streeto told the state Supreme Court in December. "In fact, it may be the most suggestive identification possible."
Prosecutor Mitchell Brody defended Carrillo's identification. He said she saw a man with a red cap and camouflage jacket shoot the victim, 20-year-old Bryan Davila, and that's exactly what Revels was wearing.
Although there were other men at the scene wearing red hats, Revels was the only one wearing a green and black camouflage jacket, Brody said.
Denied being gunman
Revels, now 25, of New York City, was arrested shortly after the shooting about a mile away in another part of New London. He told police that he was with a group of men who got into an argument with Davila, but he denied being the shooter.
Carrillo told authorities the suspect was clean-shaven, but Streeto said Revels had a goatee or light mustache at the time. Streeto also said Revels tested negative for gunshot residue, police never found the gun and a motive was never established.
Prosecutors claimed that Revels confessed to the shooting during a police interview, but Streeto denies the allegation. Streeto said it's not clear from the recording of the interview whether Revels said "I shot back" at Davila or "we shot back" at him.
It's not clear when the Connecticut Supreme Court will rule on the three witness identification cases.
Revels' mother, meanwhile, is hoping her son gets a new trial as soon as possible.
"Literally it's a nightmare," Celina Sostre, of New York City, said. "It's very hard. It's a waiting game. ... I believe in my son. What more can I say?"


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There's something about royalty that fascinates us. Princess Diana and Prince Charles repeatedly captured the world's attention. In the United States we watch with interest the doings of Queen Elizabeth, even though our founding ethos is grounded in overthrowing monarchical rule. It may be that the lives of kings and queens represent a fairy-tale-like imagining of the good life that we just can't help dreaming about. For peasants in biblical times, the notion of a benevolent, kindly king who has the good of the people at heart and who would hear their cries for justice and act upon them may have held just as much attraction. When one's life is a constant struggle, believing in a powerful king—who could with a pen stroke or a wave of the hand make everything go well for the little ones—fuels hope and gives a reason to keep plodding on.
It is not surprising then that Christians would think of Jesus as such a king, or of God in royal terms. Today's feast has a double edge to it, as is brought out in the readings. Jesus is king, but in a most anti-imperial way. In the Gospel we see Jesus on trial before Pontius Pilate, who is the extension of the imperial arm in Palestine.
Unlike the Synoptic Gospels, in John Jesus does not remain silent before the Roman governor. Rather, Jesus seems to be the one in power, as though he were conducting the trial of Pilate. Throughout their exchanges, Jesus does not directly answer Pilate's questions. Ironically, the latter ultimately condemns himself by his own responses to Jesus. Pilate takes on a mocking tone as he jibes at Jesus about being a king: What kind of king is handed over by his own people and doesn't have an army to defend himself? Pilate also ridicules any nationalistic hopes of the Jewish people for self-rule. This mockery continues in a subsequent scene as Pilate's soldiers drape a purple cloak over Jesus, place a thorny crown on his head and imitate the greeting given the emperor, "Ave Caesar!"
When Pilate queries, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus shifts the discussion away from himself as king and speaks instead about his "kingdom." By using imperial language to speak of God's realm where love and fullness of life reign supreme, Jesus subverts kingly expressions of power that exploit and abuse others. By his actions and words he has undermined monarchical systems of authority and obedience. He calls his followers "friends" and invites them into a community of beloved disciples in which the leaders are the first to wash the feet of those least regarded.
Later in his interrogation of Jesus, Pilate boasts of his power to release Jesus or to crucify him, but Jesus reminds the Roman ruler that he would have no power over him unless it was given to him from above (19:10-11). Moreover, Jesus already has declared to his disciples that no one has power over his life, he himself lays it down freely (10:18). Pilate has no desire to hear about this kind of "kingdom," and does not understand the anti-kingdom message of Jesus. Pilate is fixated on forcing Jesus to admit his claims to being a king so that he has ground on which to eliminate this supposed rival with pretensions to his own throne. Jesus will not give him that satisfaction and simply points out that it is Pilate who is using that kind of language, not Jesus. Jesus speaks of his mission not in terms of a conquering king, but as one who testifies to the truth. All it takes to belong to this kingdom where truth reigns is to listen to his voice.


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If you've seen one of those tiny pico projectors, chances are, Texas Instruments' DLP tech is inside. And their latest version, the mHD DLP Pico, may be the first to squeeze into a cellphone that's not humiliating to use.
The new, low power chipset drives an optical module that's 20% thinner and 50% smaller than TI's last pico projector, which was notably 20% thinner than its predecessor.
Resolution has taken a hit in this smaller form factor, dropping from DVD quality to 640x360. But the system claims a 1000:1 contrast ratio (that's LCD monitor territory) and a wider color gamut thanks to RGB LEDs. Of course, brightness will probably still be the chief issue.
TI's latest pico hardware is planned for production starting in Q2 of this year, and I wouldn't be surprised if it popped up in some handset at MWC this week. [SlashGear]


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- Serves 6 as a brunch main course
- 6 English muffins
- 3 cups 1-inch broccoli flowerets (from about 1 bunch)
- 6 ounces Canadian bacon
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 4 hard-boiled large eggs
- 1 cup coarsely grated Jarlsberg cheese (about 4 ounces)
- 2/3 cup chicken broth
- 3 uncooked large eggs
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
- Split muffins. In a large baking pan dry muffin halves, uncovered, at room temperature 12 hours. (Alternatively, dry muffin halves in a 250°F oven 1 hour.)
- Butter a 13- by 9- by 2-inch baking dish (about 3 quarts).
- In a large saucepan of boiling salted water cook broccoli until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes, and drain in a colander. Refresh broccoli under cold running water and drain well.
- Coarsely chop bacon. In a heavy skillet cook bacon in oil over moderate heat, stirring, 3 minutes. Drain bacon well on paper towels.
- Chop hard-boiled eggs. Arrange muffin bottoms, split sides up, in one layer in baking dish and sprinkle evenly with hard-boiled eggs, bacon, broccoli, Jarlsberg, and salt and pepper to taste.
- In a small heavy saucepan bring broth to a boil. In a bowl whisk together 2 uncooked eggs and lemon juice. Whisk half of broth in a stream into egg mixture and whisk mixture into broth remaining in pan. Cook mixture over moderately low heat, stirring, until thickened (do not let boil). In bowl whisk together remaining uncooked egg, cream, milk, and salt and pepper to taste and whisk in lemon mixture in a stream until combined well. Pour custard slowly and evenly over muffins in baking dish.
- Butter muffin tops and quarter them. Arrange muffin pieces on top of custard, buttered sides up. Chill pudding, covered, at least 1 hour and up to 12. (If chilling pudding 12 hours, bottom muffin layer will develop a custardlike consistency.)
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Bake pudding in middle of oven until custard is set, about 30 minutes.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories529
- Carbohydrates35 g(12%)
- Fat32 g(49%)
- Protein27 g(55%)
- Saturated Fat17 g(85%)
- Sodium597 mg(25%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat3 g
- Fiber4 g(15%)
- Monounsaturated Fat10 g
- Cholesterol319 mg(106%)


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text: HomeEvent CalendarMenusOn TapHistoryPlan An Event Many of our pubs and hotels are open with limited capacity. Other parts of McMenamins remained closed at this time as we carefully reopen step-by-step following state guidelines. Upcoming Events see all events Oregon Wine Month Sunday, May 31 The saga of the seven stories Just wait 'til you check out this cool spot, the loftiest place to play pool and drink a beer in all the land. Step inside and have a gander up, waaaaay up — this hidden room behind the Bagdad Theater's screen stretches an incredible seven stories from floor to ceiling! From 1930s vaudeville behind-the-scenes area to 1970s arthouse and hippie hangout, this place has a great history. We renovated it from top to bottom to become Hawthorne's most happening spot to play a round or two of 8-ball, relax before or after a movie or just stop by for a beer. And don't miss the huge 20-by-20-foot mural depicting the various tales, characters and memories from the Bagdad since its opening in 1927, painted by our own McMenamins artists. Back Stage Bar allows pets at our sidewalk seating only. This hidden room behind the Bagdad Theater's screen stretches an incredible seven stories from floor to ceiling! But before your eyes wander way up, have a look at the 130-year-old cherrywood bar, which was salvaged from downtown Portland's iconic Lotus Cardroom upon its closing in 2016. Crafted in the 1880s by the Brunswick Company in Chicago, the bar was shipped to America's West Coast by a rather circuitous route at sea: around Cape Horn in South America. After an illustrious time spent at the Lotus, we claimed it as our own, replacing the bar in Back Stage in October 2017. The bar removed from Back Stage is likely to resurface in a future McMenamins project. In all -- from 1930s vaudeville behind-the-scenes area to 1970s arthouse and hippie hangout -- this place has a great history. We renovated it from top to bottom to become Hawthorne's most happening spot to play a round of 8-ball, relax before or after a movie, or just stop by for a beer. And check out the 20x20 ft. mural by McMenamins artists depicting the various characters and memories from the Bagdad since its opening in 1927. Read More All of May Oregon Wine Month Sunday, May 31 All month 21 and over at Oregon Locations Menus Menu Beverage Happy Hour & Specials Happy Hour Served Daily 3–6 p.m. & 10 p.m.–close Drink specials 3–6 p.m. & 10 p.m.–12 midnight No substitutions, additions, or to-go orders We offer Northwest-style pub fare that incorporates the freshest seasonal ingredients from local and regional growers and producers (including Tillamook® Cheese and Ice Cream, Pleasant Valley Pickles, Sheridan Fruit Company, Country Natural Beef and many others). We make everything onsite, including pizza, soups and more. Weekly specials round out our menus – ask your server for details. Gluten-free buns available! These light, crisp, locally made products are available for an additional charge with hamburgers and sandwiches – just ask your server. Please note: Although the bun is gluten-free, our kitchens are not. All Ales Wine Cider 5th Floor IPA Alambic "13" Brandy Aval Pota Whiskey Billy Whiskey Black Rabbit Red Edgefield Apple Cider Frank High Proof Rum Hammerhead Hawthorne Kölsch Herbal Liqueur No. 7 Hogshead Whiskey Joe Penney's Gin Longshot Brandy Monkey Puzzle Whiskey Morning Dew Brandy Pinot Gris Pinot Noir Pomegranate Cider Pot Still Brandy Ruby Ale Terminator Stout Three Rocks Rum Three Rocks Spiced Rum White Owl Whiskey White Rabbit White Rabbit Pilsner For years, this cavernous space, which reaches an altitude that still may be the highest in Portland's Southeast district, was never meant to be seen by the watchful eyes of countless audiences on the other side of the proscenium. On performance nights, it was a place of orchestrated pandemonium, the nerve center for the machinations of the Bagdad's vaudeville productions: lights, sound effects, curtains, sets, backdrops, and acres of rope, rigging and catwalks... Read more from behind the scenes — literally — at the Back Stage Bar. Hold your Private Event at Back Stage at Bagdad! Meetings Social Events This former behind-the-scenes Bagdad Theater staging area now hosts parties and private events. Reserve one of two upper rooms (or both if you like!) for groups up to 50 – each space boasts a pool table along with dining tables and seating. Or rent the Backstage Bar itself during off hours. A full catering menu is available for groups of 15 or more upon request. After your event, guests may wander a few steps to Greater Trumps to enjoy a cigar and tumbler of scotch, or around the corner to the Bagdad Theater & Pub to take in a movie. Contact our sales team to inquire or book your event. Get Started Here


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Some studio execs must have thought they'd died and gone to Hollywood heaven.
Heavy-hitter cast. Check.
Famous director. Check.
Big-name writer. Check.
Box-office ka-ching. Not so fast.
The minds behind the would-be thriller "The Counselor" — including writer Cormac McCarthy and director Ridley Scott — forgot one thing: a script anyone would care about or, heck, one that makes much sense. Rarely has so much effort and star power been expended with so little result.
The ubiquitous Michael Fassbender is an El Paso lawyer who is always simply addressed as Counselor. This Man With No Name seems to lead a charmed life with a sexy fiancee, Laura (an underutilized Penelope Cruz), sharp clothes, cool car, and presumably a bedroom full of high-thread-count sheets under which he and Laura make gloriously passionate love, which is how the movie opens.
For some reason — financial concerns are vaguely referred to — Counselor decides to get involved in the illicit cross-border drug trade through his club-owner friend Reiner (an oddly coiffed Javier Bardem) and one of Reiner's contacts, Westray (Brad Pitt). Of course, this decision backfires after the murder of a courier — in a totally improbable way that seems lifted from the game of Mouse Trap — for which the cartels blame Counselor.
Now, neither Counselor nor any of his associates are safe. Meanwhile, Reiner's latest girlfriend, the stridently sexual Malkina (a woefully miscast Cameron Diaz) — who's so vixen-like and dangerous that she keeps cheetahs as pets — is more than just arm candy and has secret motives of her own. She loses cool points, though, with her supposedly arousing acrobatics on the windshield of Reiner's car. The display ranks as one of the most unintentionally comic scenes of the year. Cameron, for the love of all that is ("Showgirls," please stop).
The only intriguing thing about "The Counselor" is the border setting, though it has nothing new to say about the culture or the politics of the region. And, as with the West Texas-set FX series "The Bridge," it was mostly filmed elsewhere, so even that's a cheat.
There's little suspense or any sense of tension, even though Fassbender gives it his all as a man pushed to breakdown, and actors like Panamanian singer Ruben Blades try to elevate McCarthy's banalities to poetry.
"The Counselor" is ultimate proof that just because an important writer ("No Country for Old Men," "The Road") and a vaunted director ("Alien," "Black Hawk Down," "Thelma & Louise") collaborate, it doesn't mean the results will be remotely watchable.
Those sounds you hear are the sighs of relief from Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake. "Runner Runner" is no longer 2013's worst thriller.
Our counsel: Skip 'The Counselor'
Some studio execs must have thought they'd died and gone to Hollywood heaven.


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"It was just impossible for me to get together an application that would be worthy in the period of time they provided," Breslin said Thursday... "You have to be able to do things in due course and good time, and to do it correctly instead of just rushing it because you had a deadline that was too short to begin with as far as I was concerned," Breslin said. "I had a plan in my head that I had to get onto paper . . . All of that needs time and you can't do that overnight."And a very interesting line towards the end:
But Mangano spokesman Brian Nevin noted that the other developers had completed their presentations on time.
[Breslin] said that if he is approached by the winning developer, he would consider a future role in the site.


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The Shamrock Pasta Supper will be held on Friday, March 21 at the St Gregory CCD Center, 1043 Stafford Ave, Bristol from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.; tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for children ages 6-12, 5 and under are free. Food will be prepared by Emily's Catering. Tickets will be available at the door.
The Shamrock Run and Walk will be held on Saturday, March 22 at the ChippensHillMiddle School, Bristol. Registration fee is $22 for adults, $25 after March 15, and $5 for children.
You may register at the pasta supper or go to www.ctshamrockrun.com to register.
Both events are to benefit St. Vincent DePaul Homeless Shelter.
Your participation in either event will help support the needs of those less fortunate.


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Sunday, May 8th, was the 66th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day).
Over 1,159,000 men and women served in the Canadian Armed Forces during the Second World War (1939-1945), and 44,093 lost their lives.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that "Leading up to that historic day, hundreds of thousands of Canadians left behind their families, friends and hometowns for the battlefields of Europe to defend the fundamental values that all Canadians cherish dearly - freedom, democracy, the rule of law and human rights. Hundreds of thousands of other Canadians laboured tirelessly on the home front to produce the war material needed by our soldiers in uniform as well as by our allies".
There are some records online for the Second world War, and they are located at -
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/war-dead/index-e.html - There are members of the Canadian Armed Forces who died in service between 1939 and 1947, including those killed in action, those who subsequently died of injuries related to service, and those who died as a result of accident or illness while in service.
All other records are held by the Library and Archives Canada, and are not available for online access due to privacy laws.
www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar - For a history of Canada in the Second World War, this is an excellent website covering The Battle of the Atlantic, The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, The Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Dieppe, to name just a few of the battles.
www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/sub.cfm?source=collections/books/bww2 - You can search the Remembrance Book online, and the people are listed in the year in which they died.
www.museedelaguerre.ca/cwm/exhibitions/chrono/1931crisis_e.shtml - The Museum of War in Ottawa is a great place to go to when you are in Ottawa. They have extensive displays for you to check, and a exhaustive number of Second World War vehicles that can mean a great deal to your family history if your ancestor was in the Second World War.


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by Mary Gulivindala
I have been renting a house for the last three years. During this time I often receive mail addressed to previous tenants who used to live here, so Joan Lutz, if you're out there, your mail is still coming here years later. It is not uncommon that junk mail and letters addressed to others are mistakenly found on my floor when I walk in the door daily.
Recently I had a rude awakening. As I was bending down to pick up the bulk mass mailings of weekly supermarket fliers, along with my monthly State Farm solicitation, and the weekly Land's End and L.L. Bean catalogues, which increased during the holiday season, I saw an unfamiliar magazine. Immediately I thought Joan Lutz. But no, it was addressed to ME, and it was AARP! AARP is the acronym for the American Association of Retired Persons!!
Well, after the initial shock, I went on an emotional roller coaster ride which lasted at least a long 15 minutes. First came denial. This is a mistake. I am not old enough to be a member of AARP. That's the magazine for old people; senior citizens are age 65 and up, and I'm only 45. At this point I don't even accept or identify myself as being middle age, so you can imagine my ego's horror of being on a senior citizens' mailing list.
Next came anger. How could they possible get my name and address? Who does the fact checking to see just how old someone is? I have a current valid driver's license and a Social Security card. Google those or just my name, and all kinds of facts appear confirming my age, which once again does not fall into the senior citizen population.
After taking a breath and finding my way to the couch to sit down before I slumped my way down the wall to sit on the floor surrounded by my bulk junk mail, I began to bargain with the Almighty. "Dear God, I know I'm a sugar addict, and Oreos are not a proper breakfast meal. I don't sleep enough, but how can I when you put all the funny Comedy Central shows on late at night?
"I know I rarely exercise, (no excuse), but I will start to eat properly, get eight hours of sleep nightly and start to run three miles a day, even outside in the cold, AND be a better person in all areas of my life if you would please not allow premature literature to cross my path again, spiraling me into an insecure, vain, Botox-wanting desperate woman. Please, God; I promise."
So I sat on my couch in a stupor. While sitting there, I noticed a feeling of heaviness entering my spirit. The best description would be that a gray cloud floated into my mind and soul. The feeling of "why bother?" The "it's all down here from now" went creeping into my psyche, and I realized I wanted to close the blinds, turn off the phone, pull the covers up over my head and grab the Oreos. Depression was seducing me. I know depression; it's friends with the Oreos.
In the AARP magazine, I expected to see ads for old age retirement homes, discount coupons for eye glasses, definitely Ibuprofen advertisements and perhaps and article on ballroom dancing. So as I was sitting on the couch, I decided to take a look at the magazine. Michelle Obama was on the cover, and she looks great, not a wrinkle. (Oh, maybe there will be coupons for Botox inside.) An article, "2011's Best Places; the GOOD LIFE FOR LESS! Page 46" and "6 Months to a New Job — and a Fat Paycheck," which confused me because I thought the whole idea of retirement was NOT to work, but my interest was piqued. I like those topics, and I want that information, so I looked inside the magazine. The first picture I saw was a beach at sunrise with three surfers headed to the water and a bowl of raisin bran, my favorite cereal, with the slogan, "I am taking the board out of retirement." WHAT?
There were articles on " Have Fun, HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT PANCAKES," "Save Money, THE CHEAPEST TIME TO FLY IS" and "Feel Great, IF YOU WANT TO LIVE LONGER," and this was only page eight! Flipping through, I was shocked to see articles on actors I love, such as Jane Lynch, Gene Hackman and Viola Davis. Not quite my peers but identifiable. And then reality hit. The Miralax advertisement, an article, "Save Your Eyesight," and an ad to "Fight Advanced Prostate Cancer." This was scary stuff for me. Unfamiliar territory, but I reminded myself that's life.
So I read on and decided I liked this magazine. This is good stuff. This is living. These Seniors have it going on. A few health hurdles, but they don't act like victims, as I do. I ruminated for a bit, looking at the big picture, and came to the conclusion that this was a wake-up call, an opportunity to take care of myself . Now sitting up with an attitude adjustment, acceptance entered my thinking.
I am on my way to AARP land. It doesn't seem like a bad place to be. I felt encouraged, even excited, about making healthy changes in my life. After the emotional roller coaster ride, I realized I went through the Kubler-Ross model of the "Five Stages of Grief." I experienced them all and actually have extra pep in my step, a new attitude, a banana in my purse and a smile on my face.
"Life coach" Mary Gulivindala is the founder of Blue Print Life & Wellness Coaching in Chestnut Hill.


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Over the last few months leading ladies have leapt to the defence of Hitchcock whose reputation has been tarnished in a drama based on the experiences of Tippi Hedren, who starred in The Birds and Marnie.
According to The Girl, the BBC drama in which the Hedren is portrayed by Sienna Miller, Hitchcock subjected the former model to sexual harassment and physical abuse including threatening her with broken glass.
In one scene the director lunges at Hedren and his attempt to kiss the actress borders on an assault.
Her rejection, the drama alleges, was avenged by Hitchcock ordering a propman to send a dummy bird crashing through a phone booth, shattering Hedren with glass.
But this version of events is disputed by Tony Lee Moral, the author of three books on Alfred Hitchcock including one on the making of The Birds, who interviewed both former leading ladies and others who worked with the director.
"There were six of us Hitchcock blondes, and it's like we all were married to the man at one time or another and we all have a different take on him," said Eve Marie Saint, who starred in North by Northwest.
"Each actress was at a different stage of their life, we were different ages, some married, some not. My experience with Hitch was one of utter respect, warmth, friendliness and humour, and North by Northwest was a glorious time in my life."
"Hitchcock was a gentleman, he was funny, he was so attentive to me, with the character, and he cared about everything my character Eve Kendall wore. He had an eye for the specifics of the character."
Doris Day, who starred in The Man Who Knew Too Much with Jimmy Stewart, was equally unstinting in her praise.
"He was just Mr. Hitchcock, wonderful, a great director and a good friend. I loved working with him."
Kim Novak, the star of Vertigo, also defended the director. "Hitchcock is one of the great directors and one to be studied. He was a perfectionist, he didn't make any short cuts."
Others to defend Hitchcock included Virginia Darcy, who was the set hairdresser during the filming of The Birds and Marnie.
"You had to take Hitch with a pinch of salt," she said.
"Tippi was an innocent from New York. I don't think she could handle herself then, she had never done a movie in her life, never been around a studio, never knew a director, she only knew guys who were photographers."
The BBC drama has also come under fire from Nora Brown, the widow of Jim Brown, assistant director on both The Birds and Marnie, who was interviewed by Gwyneth Hughes, who wrote the screenplay.
He had agreed to be interviewed on the understanding that it would be an affectionate portrayal of Hitchcock.
Interviewed in The Daily Telegraph, she said: "He had nothing but admiration and respect for Hitch, understood his clever Cockney sense of humour and thought the man a genius," she said.
"If he was here today, I doubt that he would have any negative comments. He would be saddened by the image portrayed of his friend and mentor."


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GratteCenne is a community to explain how to save money and sharing tips. GratteCenne makes partnerships with companies to provide coupons and samples to its members.
We also have some contests which the most active members will win some prizes at the end of the month.
The word "GratteCenne" in french mean's "cheap person" but despite this meaning we offer great deals and savings to our community members.
Our new website, which will be released soon, has a crisp and clean layout we expect the logo to be the same. Since we are working in partnership with companies we want to play with the name and the logo design, when people listen to the name they know right a way that the web site is about saving money and we want them to associate the name with a good image, not a "cheap" one.
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Our main audience is anyone wiling to save money wisely and companies we partner with to offer great deals to our members.
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Make sure to use at least a bit of green in the logo (either in the name or icon) to reflect one of the core values of the website : Saving Money
We'd like to have a slogan under the logo, however we haven't come up with one.
We'd like to have one suggestion with the icon at the top and one with the icon on the left.
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"Everyone at Cruz Pedregon Racing is really excited to have such an experienced crew chief like Wayne Dupuy on our side heading into the 2007 season," Cruz Pedregon, owner/driver for the team, said. "His reputation on the NHRA circuit is unmatched, and he is highly regarded by everyone that knows him. His ability to tune both Funny Car and Top Fuel machines is what impressed me. We had a successful year in 2006, but always try to assess how we can be more competitive and consistent for the next event or season. As part of that process, we have to evaluate each person involved with our team to determine if changes need to be made, and we were so fortunate that Wayne was available to join our operation for next year, as we're definitely aiming for the championship. We've also added an assistant crew chief, Kevin Butterfield, which should strengthen our whole team. Our entire Advance Auto Parts race team welcome Wayne and Kevin to our racing family, and we look forward to working with both of them to create winning race cars in the coming season."
Decorated crew chief Wayne Dupuy, 43, brings a lifetime of tuning experience to the Cruz Pedregon-owned Funny Car operation. The son of retired NHRA Director of Competition Lynwood Dupuy, Wayne first attended drag races as a youngster when his father owned and operated racetracks in Baton Rouge, La., Atlanta, and Houston. Once he became old enough to compete, Dupuy began bracket racing Top Sportsman Motorcycles. By the mid-1980s, the intricacies and challenges associated with tuning race cars took over, and Dupuy found a home on the working end of a wrench. He first assumed the role of crew chief on an alcohol-powered dragster. A year later, he graduated to the elite ranks of Top Fuel racing, where he worked the bottom end of the dragsters of NHRA legends Connie Kalitta and Gene Snow. Literally working from the bottom up, Dupuy was a crew chief soon. Guiding the likes of K.C. Spurlock, Cory McClenathan, Phil Burkart Jr., Todd Paton, Jim Epler, Cristen Powell, Johnny Gray, Darrell Russell, Morgan Lucas and, most recently, Doug Herbert. Dupuy has helped every driver he's worked for achieve personal-best elapsed times and top speeds. He has celebrated numerous victories along the way and watched many of his drivers collect top-10 finishes in the standings in both the Top Fuel and Funny Car classes. Proving his commitment to being the best tuner possible, Dupuy even earned a competitor's license in both nitro-powered categories so he could further comprehend what his drivers were trying to tell him about their four-second, 330-mph passes down the quarter-mile. Dupuy is married to Tressa, and has three children: daughter Jessica, 21 (married to Cruz Pedregon Racing crew member Nick Langley); Hillary, 19; and Zachary, 13. The Dupuy's currently live in Jacksboro, Tex, but are relocating to Brownsburg, Ind., near the team's headquarters, for the start of the 2007 season.
"I am extremely honored to be asked to be a part of such a successful racing team like Cruz Pedregon Racing," Dupuy stated. "Their commitment to success and the professional way they operate their team were two deciding factors for me in making the decision to join them for the 2007 season. Cruz has won a championship in the past (1992), and I know that he's really anxious to put his name on that Championship trophy again next year. We have already begun preparing for January's test sessions in order to make his car faster and more consistent, and those two elements will surely add up to wins. I want to thank Cruz and his entire team for the opportunity to utilize my skills and talents in order to help them win races and compete at the highest level next season."
Cruz Pedregon Racing and other elite teams of the NHRA POWERade Series will have the first opportunity to begin preparing for the 2007 season at the first of three optional showcase pre-season test sessions, to be held January 19-21 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Pre-season action moves from Nevada to Arizona as the professional teams continue to tweak off-season changes at Firebird International Raceway in Phoenix, Ariz., on January 26-28. The final of three optional events that allow professional drivers and their teams the chance to test their rides before the season officially kicks off will see the NHRA warriors return to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on February 2-4. The first NHRA POWERade Series event will take place February 9-11 with the NHRA Winternationals, to be held at the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona (Calif.).


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Tone Your Trouble Zones
Denise Crew
How the Workout Works
We asked FITNESS readers for the figure fixes they wanted most, then turned to top toning specialists for their ultimate slimming moves. For a total-body makeover, do all the exercises on these pages. Or pick and choose a few to target specific problem areas. Whether you do the all-over or a la carte workout, add a one-minute jog or jump-rope blast between sets to burn big calories. Perform the plan twice a week on nonconsecutive days to give your muscles mending time.
What you'll need: A set of 3- to 8-pound dumbbells, a resistance band, and a straight-backed chair
Denise Crew
Shape Cleavage: Bra-Strap Lift
Targets shoulders and chest
- Holding one end of a resistance band in each hand, palms facing in, stand tall with feet shoulder-width apart so that both feet are placed securely on middle of band.
- With palms facing each other, raise extended arms (keep elbows slightly bent) forward until they are parallel to ground and thumbs point upward.
- Slowly lower arms to start position.
- Do 3 sets of 12 to 15 reps.
Trainer: Holly Perkins, New Balance fitness ambassador and ExerciseTV trainer
Denise Crew
Shape Cleavage: Cross-Chest Press
Targets chest
- Holding one end of a resistance band in left hand, stand with right hand on hip and feet wide apart, left foot placed firmly on other end of band.
- Bring left hand by upper left side of chest, palm facing chest, elbow tucked close to ribs. (Band should be taut; if it's slack, feed more length under left foot.)
- Keeping left hand close to body, press band across chest aiming just beyond and slightly above right shoulder. (Your torso will rotate slightly as you continue to press and extend left arm out fully across chest.)
- Slowly return to elbow-tuck position.
- Do 10 reps. Switch sides; repeat. Do 3 sets per side.
Trainer: Holly Perkins
Denise Crew
Stop Muffin Top: Rockette Plank
Targets abs and obliques
- Start on ground in full push-up position, balancing on hands and toes, hands directly below shoulders, legs extended directly behind you so that body forms a straight line from head to heels.
- Bend right knee in to chest and bring it across body to left side.
- Then extend right leg so that right foot is out to side of left leg.
- MAKE IT EASIER: Remain with knee bent, skipping the extension.
- Bend right knee in toward chest, and bring right leg back to start.
- Switch legs and repeat to complete 1 rep.
- Do 3 sets of 6 reps.
Trainer: Brett Hoebel, creator of the RevAbs workout DVD set
Denise Crew
Stop Muffin Top: Push Kick
Targets abs, butt, and legs
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, elbows bent, hands in loose fists by chest.
- Bend right knee 90 degrees as you bring it up in front of you at hip level.
- Press right heel forward, foot flexed, as you lean torso back slightly until right leg is completely extended at hip level.
- Bend right knee to 90 degrees again as you straighten up posture.
- Repeat push kick without lowering right leg to ground.
- MAKE IT EASIER: Return to standing on both feet between reps.
- Do 6 to 10 reps. Switch sides; repeat. Do 3 sets per side.
Trainer: Brett Hoebel
Denise Crew
Nip Hips: Speed Shuffle
Targets hips
- Position yourself belly-down on a sturdy chair so that hips rest just above edge of seat, and grasp chair legs with both hands.
- Squeeze glutes and extend legs directly behind you, feet together, toes pointed, so that they are parallel to ground.
- Separate legs a few inches, then quickly bring them inward, stacking right foot just above left. Quickly separate legs again, then switch, bringing left foot atop right to complete 1 rep.
- Do 3 sets of 12 reps.
Trainer: Amy Bento, owner NRG Fitness in Norwalk, Connecticut, and star of 10 Minute Solution: Tone Trouble Zones
Denise Crew
Nip Hips: Step-Up to Dead Lift
Targets hips, butt, and legs
- Stand facing a sturdy chair and step left foot onto seat so that left knee is bent 90 degrees.
- Hinge forward at waist to grasp seat back with both hands.
- Next, press through left heel to straighten left leg so that back is parallel to ground and squeeze glutes to lift right leg behind you.
- Step down with right foot to return to start.
- Do 10 reps. Switch sides; repeat. Do 3 sets per side.
Trainer: Amy Bento
Denise Crew
Zap Back Flab: Palm-Up Row
Targets upper back
- Holding one end of a resistance band in right hand, stand with feet hip-width apart, left foot placed on other end of band so 6 to 12 inches of band extend from under foot.
- Take a giant step back with right foot so that left knee is bent about 90 degrees, right leg is slightly bent. Put left hand on left thigh for balance.
- With right palm facing forward, draw right elbow directly back to bring right hand by rib cage. Hold for 1 count.
- Lower right arm.
- Do 15 reps. Switch sides; repeat. Do 3 sets per side.
Trainer: Holly Perkins
Denise Crew
Zap Back Flab: Band Pull-Down
Targets shoulders and upper back
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, holding a resistance band with both hands, arms extended directly overhead, so that palms face forward and there's 1 foot of space between hands. (The excess band hangs to side of each hand.)
- Keeping arms straight, pull band out to sides and down until hands are at shoulder level and center of stretched band touches collarbone.
- Slowly raise arms to start.
- Do 2 sets of 15 reps.
Trainer: Cathe Friedrich, creator of the STS (Shock Training System) DVD series
Denise Crew
Turn Mush to Muscle: Arm Extension with Leg Balance
Targets triceps, abs, and legs
- Holding a dumbbell in left hand, arms by sides, stand on right leg with left knee bent so that left shin is nearly parallel to ground behind you. (MAKE IT EASIER: Stand with both feet on ground.)
- Bend left elbow to bring dumbbell in front of left shoulder.
- Slowly press dumbbell overhead, then bring it above head toward right. Next, bending left elbow, bring it by right shoulder, palm facing out to right side (as if tracing an arc over your head).
- Reverse movement, slowly lifting dumbbell up and over head to side and back down to left shoulder.
- Do 10 reps. Switch sides; repeat. Do 3 sets per side.
Trainer: Bonnie Smith, The Sports Club/LA in Boston
Denise Crew
Turn Mush to Muscle: Kickback and Hammer Curl
Targets biceps and triceps
- A dumbbell in each hand, stand with feet shoulder-width apart and bend at hips so back is nearly parallel to ground.
- Keeping elbows by sides and palms facing in, bend left elbow to bring dumbbell to left shoulder and extend right arm behind you.
- Reverse motion, extending left arm behind you as you bend right elbow to curl dumbbell to right shoulder, to complete 1 rep.
- Do 3 sets of 8 to 12 reps.
Trainer: Bonnie Smith
Denise Crew
Cinch Spill-Over: Alphabet Superman
Targets lower back, butt, and hamstrings
- Lie facedown on ground with arms by sides, raising them a few inches off ground so that palms are facing forward, thumbs pointing up.
- Lift chest and feet off ground a few inches, squeezing glutes.
- In lifted position, use arms to form letters, holding each pose for 3 counts: First bring arms out from hips at 45-degree angle (to form an M); then move out to sides at shoulder level (to form a T); then bend elbows about 90 degrees (to form a W); lastly extend arms diagonally overhead (to form a Y).
- Reverse movement (forming Y, W, T, M), then lower chest and legs.
- Do 3 sets of 6 reps.
Trainer: Brett Hoebel
Denise Crew
Cinch Spill-Over: Twisting Jackknife
Targets abs and obliques
- Lie faceup on ground with legs extended and arms diagonally out to sides, palms down.
- Lift left leg straight up as you simultaneously crunch up and rotate torso left. As you do this, bring extended right arm up and across body so that right hand reaches to outside of left ankle. Lightly push off ground with left palm to get up.
- MAKE IT EASIER: Push off with left forearm for extra support.
- Lower to start. Switch sides and repeat to complete 1 rep.
- Do 3 sets of 5 to 10 reps.
Trainer: Brett Hoebel
Denise Crew
Tighten Tush: The Platypus
Targets butt and inner thighs
- Lie facedown on ground with upper body propped up on forearms, hands close together in front of face, palms down.
- Flex feet and press heels together.
- Keeping heels together, bend both knees 90 degrees so that they slightly point out to sides, then squeeze glutes to lift knees 2 inches off ground.
- From here, slowly pulse legs an inch or two upward, leading with flexed feet, 4 times.
- Maintaining bent-leg position, lower knees to ground.
- Do 4 sets of 4 reps.
Trainer: Paul Thrussell, instructor of Buff Ballet Booty at Canyon Ranch Miami Beach
Denise Crew
Tighten Tush: Arabesque
Targets butt
- Stand facing the back of a sturdy chair, and place hands on top of seat back for balance.
- Raise right knee in front of you, drawing big toe of right foot up left shin until right knee is at hip level.
- With right toe touching left knee, turn right knee out to right side.
- Keeping an upright posture, extend right leg directly behind you as high as you can.
- Pulse right leg up 4 times, trying to lift leg higher each time.
- Lower right leg to start. Switch sides and repeat to complete 1 rep.
- Do 4 sets of 4 reps.
Trainer: Paul Thrussell
Denise Crew
Resize Thighs: Sumo Sit-Down
Targets butt and inner thighs
- Pressing palms together in front of chest, straddle the seat of a chair so that legs are wide with feet planted on ground on either side, toes turned slightly out.
- Lower into a squat, briefly sitting in chair, then jump up and out of the squat to bring feet together in front of chair as you stand up.
- MAKE IT EASIER: Remain in straddle position, pulsing up and down to get in and out of seat.
- Jump back, opening legs wide to return to straddle position.
- Do 3 sets of 10 reps.
Trainer: Amy Bento
Denise Crew
Resize Thighs: Firewalker
Targets hips, butt, and outer thighs
- Stand with feet hip-width apart and tie a resistance band snugly around ankles (over socks is best) or shins, holding the excess band in your hands.
- Bend knees slightly, then, maintaining slight squat position throughout, take 8 small side steps to the right.
- Take 8 side steps to the left.
- Repeat for 1 minute.
Trainer: Cathe Friedrich
Denise Crew
Trim Calves: Hit the Gas
Targets calves
- Holding a resistance band with both hands, sit in a chair and extend left leg directly forward.
- Loop center of band around arch of flexed left foot and pull band handles toward ribs so that band is taut as you sit upright.
- Alternately flex then point foot for 1 minute.
- Switch legs; repeat.
Trainer: Michele Olson, PhD, FITNESS advisory board member
Denise Crew
Trim Calves: Ballet Bridge
Targets abs, butt, and calves
- Lie faceup on ground, knees bent, feet flat and palms down by sides.
- Squeeze glutes and raise hips so that body forms a straight line from shoulders to knees.
- Rise up on tiptoes. Hold for 1 count, then lower heels.
- Do 2 sets of 12 reps.
Trainer: Michele Olson
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Motley Crue singer Vince Neil has completed requirements of his Las Vegas drunken driving sentence.
Court officials and Neil's lawyer, David Chesnoff, say a Las Vegas judge declared the DUI case closed Tuesday. The 50-year-old rocker didn't appear at the hearing in person.
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Neil served 10 days of a 15-day jail sentence in February, another 15 days of house arrest, paid a fine and completed drunk driving and victim impact counseling.
Court spokeswoman Mary Ann Price says Neil also made a $500 donation to Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Neil pleaded guilty in January to driving drunk in his Lamborghini last summer near the Las Vegas Strip.
He faces arraignment Monday on separate misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct charges after a casino showroom confrontation with an ex-girlfriend on March 24.
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Also called air heaters, these units face extreme heat and high speeds, making effective machine maintenance difficult. SKF can make it much easier with our advanced range of industrial air handling solutions.
Maintenance products
Keep your bearings running longer for less with SKF maintenance products
SKF Explorer performance class bearings
A new standard of excellence in bearing performance
SKF condition monitoring products, services and software
Solutions to get a programme off the ground or take it to the next level
Centralized lubrication systems
Optimal lubrication – automatically