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Posted by R. Berg on May 19, 2006
In Reply to: He also serves who stands and waits posted by Smokey Stover on May 18, 2006
: : : : I wonder if anyone knows the origin and correct version of "He also serves, who stands and cooks". I have been told that it is "He also serves who stands and waits".
: : : : I thought it was an expression from the First World War but I am told it is from the Second World War.
: : : : Does anyone know which is correct and its origin.
: : : "They also serve who only stand and wait", is a line from Milton's Sonnet 26, 1673, and that's the origin.
: : : It was used in both WWI and WWII; referring to the wives/mothers/friends who waited for their loved ones to come home.
: : : The "only stands and cooks" line is a rather feeble pun - deriving from the 'one who serves and waits' being a waiter in a restaurant.
: : It has also been adapted as "WE ALSO SERVE" for the motto of the Dickin medal, known as "the animals' Victoria Cross", instituted in 1943 (another WWII connection) and awarded to animals that have shown gallantry and devotion to duty in war. It has been awarded to carrier pigeons, dogs, horses, and at least one cat. It is a British decoration but has awarded to animals of many other nationalities, including most recently several dogs involved in the destruction of the World Trade center in 2001.
: I remain in awe at the breadth and depth of Victoria's knowledge, but perhaps she might wish to rethink the phrasing of her last sentence. It seems to say that a) the World Trace Center was destroyed in 2001, and b) that several dogs contributed to the destruction. What a thought! SS
The WTC *was* destroyed in 2001. The verb "involve," as I'm sure you know, is so versatile it has hardly any boundaries. ~rb
- They also serve... Smokey Stover 19/May/06


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Along Parallel Lines: A History of the Railways of New South Wales
Railways have played an immense part in the history of New South Wales. The parallel lines extended as the population grew and themselves made possible new settlement and new industries. Railways crossed the mountain barriers that surround Sydney and opened up both the vast hinterland and the northern and southern coasts. Railways joined every part of New South Wales to Sydney in a distinctive, centralized pattern. They also joined New South Wales to the neighbouring colonies and states.
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It's a big night for video games. We've got Spike TV's 10th annual Video Game Awards airing live at 9pm ET/ 6pm PT, hosted by Samuel L. Jackson. Some of you may tune in to see which games and developers win top honors. I bet a lot of you are going to be most interested in the pile of world premiere trailers and game announcements expected during the show.
But there's more!
There will be a second-screen sister show to the VGAs running online starting an hour before the Spike broadcast. It's called VGA All Access, and one of the reasons I'm telling you about it is because I'll be on it. A bunch of times, even! I'll be providing some analysis, expertise and who knows what else, as will IGN's Casey Lynch, the lone wolf known as Cliff Bleszinski, a bevy of VGA winners and presenters and more.
So if you'd like to watch the VGAs with me on a second screen nearby, go to vga.spike.com and click the All Access tab. The second-screen show starts at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT. They'll be doing red carpet for the first hour. I think I'll be on right near the end of the first hour.
We'll also be embedding a stream of the VGAs themselves, which you'll be able to watch right here at Kotaku. I have no inside knowledge about which games will be announced, but with any luck, we're just a few hours away from knowing about games the caliber of Skyrim and Batman: Arkham City which were both announced in years past on Spike's show.


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Is sleep a result of the fall?
Thanks for a most interesting question.
The Lord Jesus Christ, who was declared to be without sin (Heb. 4:15), apparently needed sleep (Luke 8:23). This one example encourages the conclusion that the original man and woman in their state of innocence also required sleep and were provided with this biological mechanism for the purpose of renewing their physical strength and refreshing their minds. According to this line of reasoning, sleep would fall into the same category as digestion or a similar biological function not brought on by the fall into sin. Nevertheless, since Scripture does not make any direct statement concerning sleep's relation to the fall, we have to acknowledge that there is much we do not know about creation (Job 38:4).
But it is clear that the fall has now affected virtually all of life, including biological functions. Genesis 3:17–19 tells of the curse placed on mankind by which hard work would bring exhaustion, a condition that both demands sleep and disturbs it. From time to time the Bible describes people who had troubled sleep or even insomnia (Gen. 31:40, Dan. 2:2, 6:18). David complained to the Lord about sleeplessness, and another writer gave thanks for restful sleep (Ps. 6:6, Ps. 127:2). Clearly, guilt, shame and worry often make sleep difficult. Out of the fall came illness and injury, also contributors to anguished sleep. It is worth noting that Jesus did not allow sleep to keep him from prayer and that he admonished his sleeping disciples for their weakness of flesh (Mark 14:32–42).
Therefore, I would say that imperfect sleep as we know it today is indeed a product of the fall. God in his common grace has allowed all men some benefit from sleep, but overall mankind, at least beyond childhood, does not sleep well.
How wonderful, then, is the special, saving grace of God in Jesus Christ. Having been justified by faith in Christ, we have peace with God and generally a peace that passes all understanding (Phil. 4:7). The person who is right with God can expect to sleep reasonably well and reap the original benefits the Lord intended. "I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety" (Ps. 4:8).
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Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has accused the Vatican of adopting a "calculated, withering position" on abuse in the wake of a judicial report that accused the Holy See of being "entirely unhelpful" to Irish bishops trying to deal with abuse.
During a parliamentary debate, Mr Kenny said an independent judicial investigation into the handling of clergy sexual abuse in the Diocese of Cloyne "exposes an attempt by the Holy See to frustrate an inquiry in a sovereign, democratic republic as little as three years ago".
"And in doing so, the Cloyne Report excavates the dysfunction, disconnection, elitism and the narcissism that dominate the culture of the Vatican to this day," he said.
The Cloyne Report, published last week, found that Cloyne Bishop John Magee, a former secretary to three popes, paid "little or no attention" to child safeguarding as recently as 2008. It said he falsely told the government that his diocese was reporting all allegations of clerical child sexual abuse to the civil authorities. It also found that the bishop deliberately misled another inquiry and his own advisers by creating two different accounts – one for the Vatican and the other for diocesan files – of a meeting with a priest-suspect.
The report accuses the Vatican of being "entirely unhelpful" to bishops who wanted to fully implement the 1996 guidelines, "Child Sexual Abuse: Framework for a Church Response".
Mr Kenny said that "this calculated, withering position" was "the polar opposite of the radicalism, humility and compassion upon which the Roman Church was founded."
He said that "the Irish people, including the very many faithful Catholics who – like me – have been shocked and dismayed by the repeated failings of Church authorities to face up to what is required, deserve and require confirmation from the Vatican that they do accept, endorse and require compliance by all Church authorities here with, the obligations to report all cases of suspected abuse, whether current or historical, to the state's authorities."
Referring to a tendency identified in the Cloyne Report to put the rights of accused clerics ahead of victims, Mr Kenny said "clericalism has rendered some of Ireland's brightest, most privileged and powerful men, either unwilling or unable to address the horrors" of abuse.
He said this "Roman clericalism must be devastating for good priests, some of them old, others struggling to keep their humanity, even their sanity, as they work so hard, to be the keepers of the Church's light and goodness within their parishes, communities and the human heart."
Mr Kenny said the Church needs to be "truly and deeply penitent for the horrors it perpetrated, hid and denied".
Jesuit Fr Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, rejected criticism of the Holy See in an interview with Vatican Radio. Emphasising that he was speaking in a private capacity, he said that much of the criticism failed to take into account the efforts of Pope Benedict XVI and other Church officials to prevent future cases of child sexual abuse and to address past cases with openness and determination.
He also said it was unfair to criticise the Church for failing to insist on mandatory reporting in a country that had not deemed it necessary to make it part of civil law.
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Editorial - High court made right call on pollution
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
May 3, 2014
It was great news for the Adirondacks, and the eastern U.S. in general, that the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rule to make Midwestern power plants do what they should have been doing since the Clean Air Act of 1990 - clean up their act.
The Adirondacks have long suffered from an acid rain epidemic caused by these plants' sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide fumes. Many high-elevation spruce and fir forests were destroyed, and federal research showed that more than 700 lakes and ponds in the Park - more than a quarter of them - had become too acidic to support their native life by 1990. If not for the Clean Air Act and subsequent regulations, acid rain might have wiped out brook trout, the Park's iconic native fish.
Gains have been made since then, but the pollution is still enough to be a problem and the polluters clearly haven't done all they can to stop it.
While Adirondack waterways and forests are on the rebound from acid rain, many fish still contain mercury from Midwestern plant emissions, and the state Department of Health continues to recommend against eating even small quantities of certain fish caught here. This is not an environment-vs.-economy issue. Fishing tourism is a huge part of the economy in the Adirondacks, and if companies wipe out fish by the pond-full and make it so anglers can't eat their catch, they're not just killing animals and plants they may not care about (although we do); they're killing jobs.
Elsewhere on the East Coast, particulates and other aspects of the Midwest pollution have worsened smog and led to more asthma and other lung concerns.
These plants' defenders say President Obama's administration has used the EPA to wage a "war on coal," supposedly forcing the shutdown of aging, coal-fired power plants to enable solar and wind power. It might be OK to pivot into an energy policy debate if the amount of air pollution wasn't so massive and so damaging, but it is. That's undeniable. The victims of that dumping deserve justice, and trying to politicize this is simply a dodge.
We're not talking about the kind of fuel that goes into these power plants; the issue here is the air pollution coming out. Coal-fired plants can be clean enough with things like smokestack air "scrubbers," these companies have had 24 years since the Clean Air Act, the intent of which was to phase out the dirtiest plants. Instead, however, many companies found a loophole by hybridizing old plants.
Critics also say EPA rules drive up electric prices for consumers, since the power companies will pass their expenses down. But what about all the other industries with safety standards to meet? Right now, a big reason coal-fired power is often cheaper than cleaner electricity sources is because it's been allowed to get away with not fully dealing with a serious public health hazard. It's another way for companies in America to socialize risks while privatizing gains.
Adirondack Council spokesman John Sheehan, an advocate against acid rain since the 1980s, said this Supreme Court decision "is something we'll all see as the beginning of the end for this problem in the Adirondacks." We hope so. It should permanently seal the concept that the federal government has authority to regulate serious interstate air pollution. If the court had gone the other way, it may well have led to a reversion: more pollution and less corporate responsibility for the consequences of actions.
In the end, this comes down to a childishly simple truism: It's not fair to dump your garbage on other people.


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Capstone Mining Announces TSX Acceptance of Normal Course Issuer Bid
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, December 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Capstone Mining Corp. ("Capstone" or the "Company") (TSX: CS) announced today acceptance by the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") of the Company's Notice of Intention to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid ("NCIB"). Pursuant to the NCIB, Capstone proposes to purchase through the facilities of the TSX and other Canadian marketplaces, from time to time over the next 12 months, if considered advisable, up to an aggregate of 34,014,871, being approximately 10% of the public float of its common shares, as of December 21, 2012. Purchases may commence through the TSX on December 31, 2012 and will conclude on the earlier of the date on which purchases under the bid have been completed and December 30, 2013. As of December 21, 2012, Capstone had 381,507,382 issued and outstanding common shares.
BMO Nesbitt Burns will be appointed as the brokerage firm responsible for making purchases of common shares under the NCIB on behalf of Capstone. All purchases made pursuant to the NCIB will be made through the open market through the facilities of the TSX and other Canadian marketplaces and in accordance with the rules and policies thereof. The purchase price paid for all common shares will be the prevailing market price at the time of purchase. The Company will purchase a daily maximum of 271,787 common shares, representing 25% of the average daily trading volume of 1,087,151 common shares subject to certain prescribed exemptions.
The Board of Directors of Capstone believes that, depending on the trading price of its common shares and other relevant factors, the proposed purchases represent an attractive investment opportunity, are in the best interests of the Company and are a desirable use of corporate funds. All common shares purchased by the Company pursuant to the notice will be cancelled.
About Capstone Mining Corp.
Capstone Mining Corp. is a Canadian base metals mining company, preferentially focussed on copper, with two producing copper mines, the Cozamin copper-silver-zinc-lead mine located in Zacatecas State, Mexico and the Minto copper-gold-silver mine in Yukon, Canada. In addition, Capstone has two development projects, the large scale 70% owned Santo Domingo copper-iron-gold project in Chile in partnership with Korea Resources Corporation and the 100% owned Kutcho copper-zinc-gold-silver project in British Columbia, as well as exploration at properties in Canada, Chile, Mexico and Australia. Using its cash flow and strong balance sheet as a springboard, Capstone aims to grow organically through continued mineral resource and reserve expansions, exploration, and through acquisitions in politically stable, mining-friendly regions. Additional information is available at http://www.capstonemining.com.
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This document may contain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation and "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this document and Capstone Mining Corp does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements, except as required under applicable securities legislation.
Forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance and reflect Company management's expectations or beliefs regarding future events and include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the estimation of mineral reserves and mineral resources, the realization of mineral reserve estimates, the timing and amount of estimated future production, costs of production, capital expenditures, success of mining operations, environmental risks, unanticipated reclamation expenses, title disputes or claims and limitations on insurance coverage. In certain cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "outlook", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved" or the negative of these terms or comparable terminology. In this document certain forward-looking statements are identified by words including "scheduled", "guidance", "plan", "planned", "estimated", "projections", "projected" and "expected". By their very nature forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, risks related to actual results of current exploration activities; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of mineral resources; possible variations in ore reserves, grade or recovery rates; accidents, dependence on key personnel, labour pool constraints, labour disputes; availability of infrastructure required for the development of mining projects; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities; and other risks of the mining industry as well as those factors detailed from time to time in the Company's interim and annual financial statements and management's discussion and analysis of those statements, all of which are filed and available for review on SEDAR at http://www.sedar.com. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward looking statements.
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Serious Reads: Yes, Chef, by Marcus Samuelsson
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When I was a high school student in New York City, I would save my pennies in anticipation of Restaurant Week. I would scour menus and websites, make lists of potential destinations, and finally head out for a few indulgent feasts. I had some amazing meals and some disappointing meals, but my general rule was that I didn't like to try the same place more than once. Why waste time when there are dozens of worthy restaurants to explore?
I can remember only a couple of exceptions I've ever made to this rule, and one of them was midtown hotspot Aquavit. Well, hotspot is a bit generous—when I first had lunch at this Swedish restaurant helmed by chef Marcus Samuelsson, I remember exactly six other customers in the dining room. Three of them were my friends. But the food was incredible, eye-opening. I had no conception of Swedish flavors and dishes, but was taken with the fresh dill, the perfect execution of salmon and tender potatoes, the tiny but incredibly flavorful yuzu dessert. I can still remember the tastes of that meal.
At the time, in that empty dining room, it seemed that Aquavit was flying dangerously under the radar. Maybe it was; maybe I was just oblivious to the New York restaurant scene. But since then I've followed Chef Samuelsson's career closely, intrigued by his mixed background and inventive dishes, waiting for his fame to arrive. And in the past few years, as he first won Top Chef Masters, cooked a state dinner for President Obama, appeared at charity and cooking events, and then opened a new restaurant in Harlem to great fanfare, his time has certainly come.
His memoir Yes, Chef is, in a word, gripping. An Ethiopian refugee adopted by Swedish parents at the age of 3, Samuelsson grew up the only black kid in his neighborhood. He thought he might be a professional soccer player—in fact, he banked his entire future on the sport—until he was cut from his travel team for being too small. Forced to re-route his plans, he capitalized on his love of home cooking by attending a post-high school culinary program.
Samuelsson realized that he was more serious, and more talented, than many of his classmates. He worked part-time at good restaurants near his school while still taking classes; soon after graduation, he began to travel. In the next few years he would take stages and jobs at restaurants in Austria, Switzerland, France, and finally at Aquavit in New York. At each restaurant he proved his talent, keeping his head down and dealing with chefs' brutal tempers, and was quickly promoted. When he took over as Executive Chef at Aquavit at the young age of 24, the restaurant started to get noticed.
As his success grew, Samuelsson was presented with more opportunities. Backers were interested in helping him start a new restaurant—Red Rooster, in Harlem, a reincarnation of an old soul food joint in the neighborhood. The restaurant has proved incredibly successful with its high-low appeal: soul food seasoned with Ethiopian flavors, prepared with Swedish technique and presented with little pretension. Samuelsson makes a point to connect to the surrounding neighborhood, hiring locals and living only blocks from his new flagship.
Much of the book is dedicated to detailing Samuelsson's relationships with family members, other cooks, and the places he lived throughout his burgeoning career. He is an incredible storyteller and writer, with an inspiring story to tell. He also has important things to say about race: in the kitchen, on television, in Sweden, and in the United States. Rarely have I seen a chef so articulately express such nuanced views on a highly politicized topic while maintaining an open, understanding, and humble tone. Yes, Chef is the pinnacle of chef memoirs; Samuelsson conveys his passion for food and details his long and driven journey to the top, while still recognizing and considering the broader impact of his work.
About the Author: A student in Providence, Rhode Island, Leah Douglas loves learning about, talking about, reading about, and consuming food. Her work has also been featured in Rhode Island Monthly Magazine.
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Answers about Funds Availability
Select from the following questions about when funds are available after deposits and deposits placed on hold.
- A friend wrote me a check to repay a small debt. The bank that the check is drawn on has released the funds, but my bank is still holding the funds. Can it do this?
- How long can the bank place a hold on government checks (e.g., social security and treasury checks)?
- Can the bank place a hold on a payroll check?
- Can the bank place a hold on deposits made in cash?
- The bank placed a hold on a cashier's check that later turned out to be fraudulent. Aren't cashier's checks supposed to be honored immediately?
- I opened a new checking account, but the bank will not let me withdraw my funds immediately.
- A friend says that her bank never places a hold on her deposited checks. My bank always puts a hold on my checks. Aren't all banks supposed to use the same availability schedule?
- Are there exceptions to the funds availability (hold) schedule?
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MADRID, Spain — Despite having only a few days to play together, the Generation adidas team got their tour off to a great start with a 2-1 win over Real Madrid Castilla, Real Madrid's reserve side, on Thursday morning.
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Sporting Kansas City's Teal Bunbury and Columbus Crew midfielder Dilly Duka notched goals in the first half, and the Merengues' Salinas pulled one back in the second.
Real Madrid controlled the early going, keeping the MLS side pinned in their own half. But after weathering the initial storm, the GA midfield began to settle down and regained control of the match.
With solid play from midfielders Amobi Okugo and Duka, the GA side began to pick out the forward line, and the tandem of Bunbury and New York striker Juan Agudelo started to create problems for the Madrid defense.
The first goal came in the 22nd minute. A deep run from Houston's Danny Cruz on the left flank resulted in a low driven cross into the area. Agudelo flicked the ball onto the feet of Bunbury, who calmly slotted his shot past Real Madrid goalkeeper Isaac.
The GAs' second goal came 15 minutes later, this time being generated on the right side of the field. Bunbury received the ball wide and after getting past several defenders, whipped a cross into the area. A clearing attempt by central defender Jaime landed at the feet of Duka, who placed his driven shot low and just inside the right post to give the GAs a 2-0 lead heading into halftime.
Real Madrid made two attacking changes at the break, bringing on Poley and Salinas. The GA side inserted Chicago goalkeeper Sean Johnson in place of Toronto's Stefan Frei.
The second half started as the first one ended, with the GAs keeping the pressure on Madrid for the first 20 minutes. But none of the good chances were converted.
After both teams made more changes, the game lost its flow, and Real Madrid were able to get back in the game. They pulled back a goal in the 68th minute, taking advantage of a poor defensive clearance. Salinas latched onto the loose ball, dribbled past several defenders and struck a low shot past Johnson.
The GA team next plays on Tuesday, against Rayo Vallecano at the City of Fútbol in Madrid.
Real Madrid Castilla: 1-Isaac, 2-Capote, 3-Jorge Casado, 4-Pablo Gil, 5-Jaime, 6-Merchán, 7-Raúl Ruiz (15-Morata 72'), 8-Jordi (17-Josep 72'), 9-Cristian (16-Salinas 46'), 10-Fran Rico (14-Poley 46'), 11-Javier Hernández
GA: 0-S. Frei (1-S. Johnson 46'), 15-A. Wiseman, 24-I. Opara(23-J. Mcinerney 61'), 22-B. Shea, 26-J. Hall, 33-A. Okugo, 21-B. Husidic, 13-D. Cruz(18-L. Gil 72'), 11-D. Duka(16- C. Bone 59'), 25-T. Bunbury, 20-J. Agudelo(P. Marosevic 54')
Shots on goal: RM 3, GA 4
Saves: RM 2, GA 2
Corners: RM 6, GA 2
Fouls: RM 7, GA 21
Cautions: Shea 86', Husidic 88'
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias
AR # 1: Daniel Carrasquilla López
AR # 2: Emilio Borja Belmonte


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NEA President Dennis Van Roekel: failing children is unconscionable
Latest poverty report should serve as a wakeup call
WASHINGTON - September 14, 2011 -
The U.S. Census Bureau released new figures showing the highest level of people living in poverty in the United States since 1993. According to the report, 15.1 percent of the population, or 46.2 million Americans, lived in poverty in 2010, compared to 14.3 percent in 2009. The Bureau also reported that the number of uninsured rose from 49.0 million in 2009 to 49.9 million 2010.
Among children under the age of 18, the poverty rate jumped to 16.4 million, or 22 percent, in 2010. The main reason for the alarming poverty rate is joblessness.
"Every day in America, more and more children are going to bed hungry and waking up not knowing where their next meal is going to come from or where they're going to sleep at night," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "This is a troubling trend that keeps me up at night, because failing our children—the most vulnerable in our society—is unconscionable. This is America. We're better than that."
"As I visited schools across the country this week during NEA's Standing Strong for Students Back-to-School Tour, I heard firsthand from educators about the devastating impact that unemployment is having on our communities, our schools and students. Unemployment isn't just an economic issue – it's an education issue. Children can't learn if they're hungry. They can't learn if their family can't afford to see a dentist or a doctor. They can't learn if they're anxious, nervous or have low self-esteem due to living in poverty."
"The Census poverty report should serve as a wakeup call to all of us—policymakers and elected leaders of all political stripes, Republicans, Democrats, Independents, from Capitol Hill to the White House and state houses across America. We need to protect the social safety net that keeps millions of families from falling further into poverty, and we should demand that politicians work together to put people back to work right away," concluded Van Roekel.
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I was golfing this past weekend and got to thinking… I think that some people honestly enjoy the huge golf course hotdog at the turn as much as they do the game itself!
Did you know that the average hotdog has between 180 and 250 calories (not including the bun) and pack an average of 15 grams of fat? Let's face it, the majority of people who play golf ride a cart instead of walking the course. Then, we tend to load up on highly artificial foods such as hotdogs, soda and chips.
Golf is supposed to be about enjoying nature and challenging ourselves, so why do we fill our bodies with junk that will make us feel lousy and zap our energy?
So, next time you head out to golf; why not bring some healthier options?
Here are some suggestions that will leave you satisfied:
· Coconut water is a great all natural drink that has electrolytes and lots of nutrition. You can find coconut water in almost any supermarket these days. It does have calories so drink one and move on to water. Think of it as natures own Gatorade.
· Fruit is another great option. It refreshes and has fiber which keeps you fuller, longer. Apples and bananas travel well and frozen red grapes are just fun to eat.
· Trailmix – there are so many great varieties of trailmix (you can even make your own blend at home).
· Meat sticks – beef jerky and turkey sticks are a good source of protein that don't pack on the calories.
· Nuts – nuts are a great source of healthy fat! Just don't overdo it as nuts can quickly add too much fat to your day. Experts say that a palm full of nuts is the right serving.
· Protein bars – these used to taste pretty bad but nowadays, you can find so many delicious options.
· Snack packs of fruits and veggies – have you seen the individual servings of fruits and veggies in the supermarket? These are portioned correctly and very refreshing. I've seen carrots with a bit of ranch dressing or humus, apples slices with caramel dip – there are all sorts of options – check your grocers produce section.
· Pack a PB & J on wheat bread or even a sandwich with lean turkey or ham.
Well, there you have it!
Happy snacking!
If you have any other great ideas, feel free to make a comment!
Till next time!
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2013 Fall New York Fashion Week: Monique Lhuillier
2013 Fall New York Fashion Week: Monique Lhuillier
Monique Lhuillier held nothing back for Fall '13, showing a collection filled with sumptuous fabrics and decadent details. The designer kicked off her runway show with a Winter white story, highlighting floral-printed sheath dresses and trousers paired with vivacious colour-blocked furs. However, it's no surprise that the main event was Lhuillier's evening-wear segment — in addition to showing the stunning floor-length gowns we're used to seeing, the designer switched up her routine with an array of brilliant red-carpet-ready dresses in shorter tea lengths featuring sheer tulle and intricate lacework. It's no wonder the designer has celebs and fashion girls alike fawning over her gorgeous wares.
- Trends: Shorter, tea-length gowns, brocade, decadent embroidery, coloured fur.
- Colours: Emerald, white, gold, black, purple, scarlet red.
- Shoes: Sexy lace, wrap, and cut-out sandals and heels from Lhuillier's new shoe line.
- Who Should Wear It: The red carpet A-list ladies like Marion Cotillard, Kerry Washington, and Gwyneth Paltrow.
- Editor's pick: The black strapless shorter-length gown with gold detailing was made for award season.


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Ricky Tomlinson has revealed when The Royle Family cast get together for their one-off specials, it feels like they've never been apart.
The 73-year-old actor plays dad Jim Royle in Caroline Aherne's hit comedy, and their recent Royle Family special, although not adored by critics, drew in more viewers than Call The Midwife, Doctor Who and Downton Abbey.
Ricky said: "It's weird because we don't see each other from one year's end to another, but when you walk on set it's as though it was only last week that we worked together. And it's funny because if someone's sitting in Jim's chair and I walk past, they get up."
His latest TV project is Great Night Out, a comedy drama about four football-mad mates and the long-suffering women in their lives, in which he plays the landlord of their local pub.
And Ricky gets on equally well with his younger Great Night Out co-stars, describing them as "good kids".
"I got talking to them. One of them had been a boxer as a young man, he knew all the sorts of villains from Soho and that. It was lovely, in my break I would go and sit with them and have a laugh. It was a nice job."
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Minor in Commercial Record Production
Available to music production and engineering majors, the commercial record production minor immerses the student in the most current innovations in record production, recording, and mixing, using in-depth analyses of emerging creative, technical, and entrepreneurial processes as they become present in contemporary popular music. This expansion of the music production and engineering curriculum is designed to address new media approaches in record production and to provide historical insight into the background surrounding these new media approaches. This minor will focus on adaptive critical music thinking as it prepares the student for a career in the record industry of the near present and moving into the future.
This minor is only available to music production and engineering majors.
There are no entrance requirements for this minor. Students must follow the regular declaration of minor procedure as outlined in the Registration Guide. This minor is managed by the Music Production and Engineering Department.
Upon completion of a minor in commercial record production, students will:
- gain a historical perspective and understanding of the popular music recording industry and the technological innovations used by popular music record producers, engineers, and programmers, from 1979 to the present;
- facilitate both analog and digital forms of emerging creative musical expression via recording techniques, mixing processes, and distribution methods;
- apply adaptive critical music thinking to emerging music styles, languages, techniques, and processes;
- understand innovation as a process inherent in modern popular music and music distribution; and
- articulate and apply the intellectual potential and creative possibilities of popular music record production.


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War veterans struggle to find civilian employment
Military job fair to be held Wednesday in Sacramento
Thousands of American troops are returning home, only to struggle in the job market.
A job fair called Hiring Our Heroes in Sacramento on Wednesday will be exclusively for veterans, guard and reserve members, and military spouses.
Experts say veterans experience about 5 percent higher unemployment than the general population.
However, one person who counsels combat veterans said young soldiers are especially hard hit.
Twenty-nine percent of returning vets younger than 24 years of age are unemployed, according to Jeff Jewell, director of the Sacramento Vet Center.
Jewell said vets need help in translating their military training and experience into job resume terms that civilian employers can understand.
"Take the job of gunner on a Humvee, it does not exactly translate to civilian work," he said. "But things that do translate are discipline and teamwork. These are folks who show up to work on time and make excellent employees."
The newly appointed deputy director of the California Department of Veterans Affairs agrees.
"They bring great value to employers," said Keith Boylan, an Iraqi War veteran. "They're team-oriented, mission-driven and they understand the chain of command. They know how to adapt in some of the harshest of conditions."
The job fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Clarion Inn and Conference Center, 1401 Arden Way in Sacramento.
The event is free, and active duty military members are also welcome.
The event is sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Sacramento Metro Chamber, the Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service, the California Committee of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the American Legion, NBC News and other local partners.


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Mountain View joined a growing list of Peninsula cities Tuesday night that plan to ban single-use, carry-out bags beginning in April.
The city council voted 5-2 to adopt an ordinance outlawing their use as well as a related environmental impact report. The ban applies to all retail businesses that sell clothing, food and personal items directly to consumers. Restaurants and charitable nonprofits like Goodwill are exempt.
Several of the council members cited concerns about the environment as their primary reason for supporting the bag ban.
"This is basically about our waterways, which are being clogged by plastic bags. This is about islands of plastic in the ocean. This is about serious costs to the city every year to clean up our waterways, to keep trash from entering our creeks," said Council Member Ronit Bryant.
Mountain View is one of 24 cities in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties that signed on to develop a regional approach to outlawing plastic bags and encouraging the use of reusable ones. San Mateo County took the lead role in preparing the environmental impact report.
"Life can go on very well without single-use plastic bags," Bryant said.
The report concluded that an ordinance would have beneficial to less-than-significant impacts. Of the estimated 592 million plastic bags that are used in Mountain View each year, 95 percent would be eliminated. Reusable bags are expected to absorb 65 percent of that total.
Vice Mayor John Inks and Council Member Tom Means, however, questioned whether a ban was the best way to address pollution caused by plastic bags blowing into storm drains and creeks.
"I don't know if government should be in the role of saying, 'Here's one size that fits all and if you don't like our preferences, tough, you have to follow that,'" Means said. "I think it's a little intolerant."
Inks recoiled at the idea of limiting a person's choice at checkout, even though he has used canvas bags for the past 20 years.
"I don't use plastic bags very much, but I kind of resent the fact that some people are now trying to tell me that, depending on what I buy, I don't have the choice and other people don't have the choice," Inks said.
Council Member Jac Siegel, however, said the ordinance was a "good start" to solving a complex problem.
"This isn't a perfect solution, but just because a solution isn't perfect doesn't mean you do nothing," Siegel said.
Like Bryant, Siegel said the ban boiled down to protecting the environment.
"I think that the devastation on wildlife is just unacceptable," he said. "Animals don't know what plastic bags are. They eat it and they die a horrible death, and this includes birds, mammals, fish and who knows what else."
The reaction was similarly mixed among members of the public who addressed the city council on the topic. Most supported the ban on environmental protection grounds while a handful rejected it as intrusive.
"I don't think it's too burdensome on people to ask them to use reusable bags," Dave Paradise said. "I've been doing it and I see more and more people doing it all the time. It seems like a totally reasonable thing to do."
But resident Don Ball said he wanted to see more studies on the health impacts associated with reusable bags, which can reportedly harbor harmful microbes if not properly cleaned.
"We have all these studies that say what happens to the environment," Ball told the city council. "We have no studies that say what happens to the public health. And I think that's a mistake."
Similar to other cities that have adopted a bag ban under the joint effort, Mountain View's ordinance is scheduled to take effect April 22, Earth Day. Recycled-content paper bags will be available for purchase at 10 cents each, but that cost will climb to 25 cents on Jan. 1, 2015.
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The FBI is probing hack attacks on celebs after nude photos of Scarlett Johansson were leaked onto the web last night.
"The FBI is investigating the person or groups responsible for a series of computer intrusions involving high-profile figures," Laura Eimiller at the Federal Bureau of Investigation office in Los Angeles told AFP.
She refused to name any of the celebs involved "due to the pending nature" of the inquiry.
Nude photos and videos of High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens were pinched from her email account and distributed online in March. She was reported to have gone to the feds over the incident.
Celeb tittle-tattle site TMZ said at the time that about 50 actors and musicians, including Johansson, were the victims of a gang of hackers who were targeting phones and computers looking for titillating photos and gossip.
"What traditionally was called computer intrusion can nowadays mean anything from compromise of a desktop, a laptop, an iPad, a phone or really any device with which one can access personal information via the internet," Eimiller said last night.
Sophos Security's Graham Cluley said celebrities deserved privacy on their personal phones and emails as much as anyone else, but the hacks should teach everyone an important lesson in security.
"If you must take nude photos of yourself, don't leave them on your phone or store them in your email," he said. ®


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Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Reform,
Democrats Denounce GOP Political Agenda
Yesterday's Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act was a victory for all Americans. This landmark legislation is putting health care decisions in the hands of Americans rather than insurance companies. Millions are already benefitting from this legislation: insurance companies can no longer discriminate against those with pre-existing conditions, young adults can stay on their parents health care plan until age 26, and the prescription drug 'donut hole' is closing. It's disappointing Republicans have scheduled yet another a vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act, without any plan to replace it with an alternative so that Americans can keep the benefits they're already receiving. Instead of continuing to be the party of 'no,' I hope Republicans will work with us as we continue to implement the Affordable Care Act so that health care is affordable and accessible for all Americans.
Yesterday the House took unprecedented action by holding a Cabinet official in contempt for the first time in history. This was a blatantly political, partisan stunt that Republicans rushed to the House Floor without making any attempt to reach an agreement to avoid such a vote. It continued Republicans' pattern of choosing confrontation over consensus on nearly every issue we have address. And it wasted time that should have been spent working to create jobs. I was proud to join fellow House Democrats in a walkout in protest of this unprecedented vote.
Today the House passed a long-term highway bill that gives businesses and our infrastructure sector the certainty it needs to grow and create jobs. Although this agreement should have been reached many weeks earlier, Republicans wasted time and put jobs at risk. The bill that passed today also included a measure to prevent 7.4 million students from seeing their student loan interest rates double.
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Through the 2011 NBA Draft, Florida Gators forward and 2011 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year Chandler Parsons will be keeping fans up-to-date on his Path to the Draft via a weekly blog entry exclusively here at OGGOA.
In Chicago, IL preparing for the 2011 NBA Combine, Parsons got in touch with us on Monday to submit his first entry while relaxing at the suburban home of former Florida big man and Chicago Bulls starting center Joakim Noah.
Noah, who was relaxed and focused between games of the Eastern Conference Finals, is about an hour away from the city where Parsons will work out for all 30 NBA general managers from Wednesday until Saturday.
After I spoke to you on Monday, I spent the rest of the week continuing to workout in Los Angeles, CA, doing the same stuff and working on my conditioning. David Lee actually came out there and was working with all of us, and the trainer and I were just putting on some finishing touches and sharpening a few things up before I left.
I headed over to Oklahoma for my first workout, which went really well. The Oklahoma City Thunder invited 12 players to the Sunday workout and split us up into two groups of six. They held it at 9 a.m. on the day the team played game seven [of the Western Conference Semifinals].
Right when I got in there Saturday, there was a room in the hotel where a bunch of people who work in the front office for the Thunder interviewed me. [They asked] typical questions about my game, upbringing and childhood – basically every question you could imagine they were asking just to get to know me better. There were also a lot of questionnaires and surveys and a background check.
On Saturday night before the workout, the GM [Sam Presti] took me to dinner. There were 12 players there, and I was the only one to go to dinner, so that was pretty special.
[EXPAND Click to expand and read the remainder of Parsons's Path to the Draft.]Sunday was everything else including a psychological test and physical tests. They looked at my vertical [jump], height, [wingspan], the size of my hands and legs, did balance testing and a shuttle run. You do everything possible testing-wise and then you actually go on the court and do a hour workout with their player personnel staff.
The workout was at 9 a.m., and I had a flight already scheduled right out of there to Chicago. I ended up getting in around 10 p.m. on Sunday and just checked into my apartment. [Monday] morning, I woke up at 8:30 a.m. and started doing just everything I'm going to do at the combine this week.
I did spot-shooting at 18-feet and from three-point range, worked on catching and shooting on the move, and did four-spot one-dribble pull ups going each way. I also had a little conditioning and some ball handling drills mixed in to stay sharp. That lasted until 11:30 a.m. I grabbed lunch, came back at 3:30 p.m. and lifted with E'twaun Moore from Purdue, who is also with my agent [Mark Bartelstein].
All of my Chicago workouts are with my trainer Josh Oppenheimer and strength coach Ryan Thompson. I worked out with them in Chicago before I went to Los Angeles. Josh is a great guy; he's really intense.
Over the next few days I will basically just be getting a lot of reps up – because you know exactly what they're going to be doing at the combine. There's nothing competitive this year. It's just basically all shooting, two-on-one/three-on-two fast breaks and a whole interviewing process where every team there that is interested will interview you.
I will go through a whole bunch of tests, go to the hospital and get X-rays, ultrasounds and all sorts of tests to make sure my body is right and I don't have any injuries. The next couple of days I will be rehearsing those things while keeping my conditioning, working on my all-around game and working on my shuttle run and vertical.
My agent has said that tons of teams are very interested in me, so I'm going to have anywhere from 12-16 workouts. I've already done Oklahoma City, I have the combine this week, and then I got invited to a group workout – the only group workout – in Minnesota. It's where the top 24 prospects get invited and all 30 NBA GMs can come and watch you.
Go Gators,
A group workout of only the top 24 prospects? That does sound like Chandler's prospects are being taken very seriously.
found the current list of participants via this link: http://www.examiner.com/nba-draft-in-national/minnesota-timberwolves-organizing-massive-draft-workout-for-may-23-24
Congrats Chandler. Make the Gator Nation proud.
CP-Work on your John Hancock. Looks like signature back in 4th grade. 1st Rd guys don't sign check scratch.
I would take him on the Celtics in a heart beat. We need an athletic big who can run the floor.
Makes you wonder if Presti will target him since we really need a backup for Durant…..God I hope to have a Gator on the Thunder!!!!!
Chandler Parsons was never a teammate of Joakim Noah's…
Hey CP – remember all these flights around the country. Won't be long before "scheduling" a flight is a distant memory.


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Picture-perfect, this sumptuous and very festive main dish makes a showy presentation on the Thanksgiving holiday table. Adorned in black sesame seeds, these 12 striking globes rise up from a rosy pool of seductive cashew sauce and entice the inquisitive palate.
To ease the holiday stress, have the cooked brown rice ready and make both the tornadoes and the sauce the day before. Stored them separately and assemble the dish shortly before serving. Briefly warm the tornadoes in a 350-degree F. oven and the sauce on the stovetop.
Presentation is everything with this dish. It's so simple, yet makes these sesame coated balls look amazing. Hunt for long sprigs of rosemary to poke into each "tornado." I just know that when you bring this dish to the table, you'll hear some very pleasing ooohhs and aaaahhhs.
Present the tornadoes on a recessed platter that will hold a pool of sauce and allow you to garnish the edges. If you can't locate black sesame seeds, roll the tornadoes in toasted or natural sesame seeds and they will still make an awesome main dish.
Yield: Makes 12 balls; 8 to 12 servings
8 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stems discarded, caps cut into quarters
1 onion, chopped
1 tablespoon tamari
1 1/2 teaspoons dried tarragon
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup pitted kalamata olives
3 cups cooked short-grain brown rice
1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely ground
1/4 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground pepper
1 cup black or regular sesame seeds
12 long sprigs fresh rosemary, for garnish
6 cherry tomatoes, cut in half, for garnish
1. To make the tornadoes, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 17 1/2 x 12 1/2-inch rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
2. Combine the mushrooms, onion, tamari, and tarragon in a large, deep skillet. Add water and cook and stir over medium-high heat for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the mushrooms are cooked and the onion is softened and transparent. Add 1 or more tablespoons of water as needed to prevent burning.
3. Transfer the mushroom mixture to a food processor and add the olives. Process until smooth and creamy, stopping occasionally to scrape down the work bowl. Spoon the mixture into a large bowl.
4. Add the rice, oats, walnuts, salt, and pepper and mix well. Pour the black sesame seeds into a deep, medium bowl.
5. Using your hands, form the mushroom mixture into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Roll each one in the sesame seeds to coat well. Place the coated balls on the prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes.
Cashew Cream Sauce
2 1/2 cups vegetable broth
1/4 cup unsalted tomato paste
1 to 2 tablespoons tamari
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
Pinch cayenne
1/2 cup cashews, finely ground
2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
Freshly ground pepper
1. To make the sauce, combine the vegetable broth, tomato paste, tamari, garlic, garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, marjoram, and cayenne in a 2-quart saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Decrease the heat to medium and simmer 1 to 2 minutes.
2. Add the cashews, whisk and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, or until the sauce has thickened. The sauce will continue to thicken upon standing. Add extra vegetable broth to thin the sauce as needed. Before serving, stir in the lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
3. To serve, spoon the sauce into a large, deep platter and arrange the tornadoes over the sauce. To garnish, poke a rosemary sprig into each tomato half and push them into the tops of the tornadoes, so they stand upright.
Note: If not serving immediately, refrigerate the tornadoes and sauce separately. Warm the tornadoes in a preheated 350-degree F. oven for 12 to 15 minutes before serving. Heat the sauce in a saucepan over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes.


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Teen charged in MBTA driver attack
Transit police still searching for other suspects
An 18-year-old has been arrested and charged in connection with the attack of a a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus driver last weekend.
The driver was beaten by a group of 15 to 20 teenagers during his bus route in Dorchester on Saturday, police said.
Albert Galloway, 18, of Roxbury was arraigned on assault & battery, assault & battery with a dangerous weapon, wrongful interference of a bus and fare evasion charges Wednesday. He was arraigned and held on $15,000 bail.
A group of young people boarded the Route 16 bus on Columbia Road early Sunday morning and started to punch the driver.
The incident, which happened around 1:15 am, started as a fare dispute with a female passenger.
"The female passenger threw the pass at the operator and a group wouldn't let the bus move forward," Transit Police Superintendent-in-Chief Joseph O'Connor said.
O'Connor said some members of the group attempted to board the bus and pull the driver out of the window. "The operator was punched several times and members of the group fled."
The 53-year-old MBTA driver was not seriously injured.
If you know the identity or the whereabouts of other individuals involved this incident, contact the Transit Police Criminal Investigation Unit at 617-222-1050.


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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Yes, 2014 is an absolute total disaster just waiting to ignite. In "Doomsday poll: 87% risk of stock crash by year-end" we analyzed 10 major crash warnings since early this year. Since then, more incoming bogies raced across our radar screen. Ticking time bombs from Congress, the Supreme Court, sex, carbon emissions, Big Oil, NSA, IRS, Tea Party austerity. Relentless. Mind-numbing.
So many are tuning out. Denial. Truth is, bubbles are everywhere. Ready to blow. The evidence is accelerating, with only one obvious conclusion: Max 98% risk at a flashpoint. This 2014 crash is virtually guaranteed. There's but a narrow 2% chance of dodging this bullet.
Here are the 10 bogies, drones targeting markets, stocks, bonds and the, global economy:
1. Bubble With No Name Yet triggers the biggest crash in 30 years
All three of the big worldwide financial bubbles that have blow up in the last three decades have "been fueled by the Fed keeping policy rates below the nominal growth rate of the economy far too long," says global strategist Kit Juckes of the French bank Societe Generale.
The three bubbles: The Asian Bubble in the early '90s, Dot-com Bubble of the late '90s and what Juckes calls the Great Big Credit Bubble that triggered the 2008 Wall Street meltdown.
Juckes warns that we're now trapped in the fourth megabubble fueled by the Federal Reserve in the last 30 years, since the rise of conservative economics. He calls this one, the Bubble With No Name Yet. OK, we invite you to send in your nomination to name the new bubble. But whatever you call it, do it fast, it's close to popping, like the Asian, Dot-com and Credit crashes the last 30 years.
2. Marc Faber's Doomsday warning on Bernanke's disastrous QE scheme
Faber laughs at Bernanke's remark that the economy would be strong enough later this year so he could take his foot off the gas, that is begin "tapering, or scaling back it's stimulative quantitative easing (QE) program later this year." Yes, laughed.
According to BusinessInsider.com, "embracing hyperbole," Faber "suggested that QE would basically be a part of everyday life for the rest of our lives," adding that back in 2010 in the early days of Bernanke's disastrous experiment, Faber warned "the Fed's headed for QE99."
3. Economy is already crashing, GDP will get even worse in 2014-2016
Over at Huffington Post Mark Gongloff warns: That "dramatic downgrade of U.S. economic growth in the first quarter revealed the economy's lingering weakness, exposed the folly of Washington's austerity obsession and slapped the Federal Reserve's newfound optimism right in the face." And with politics deteriorating, it'll get worse.
Gongloff piles on the bad news about 2014: GDP "grew at a 1.8% annualized pace in the first quarter ... revising down its earlier estimate of 2.4% growth ... The first quarter's dismal growth was at least better than the 0.4% GDP growth of the fourth quarter of 2012. But it was still far from healthy, and economists don't see it getting much stronger any time soon." And that's real bad news for the markets going into 2014.
4. Precious metals: 'Going dark! Economic cycles point downward'
That's the headline flashing red warnings. After reviewing 20 cycles tracked by 20 other experts, GoldSeek.com concluded: "There are many cycles that suggest a stock-market correction or crash is near ... Preparation is important. You still have a little time remaining before the 'window' closes!"
Traders heading for the exits: "Unsustainable trends can survive much longer than most people anticipate, but they do end when their "time is up, at the culmination of their time cycles." They analyzed more than 20 cycles: "Nearly unanimously point to tectonic shifts in the months and years ahead."
Yes, they hedge on the timing but the ticking time bombs are loud, close. And "the precious-metals crash, starting in April of 2013, was the first warning of what is coming globally."
5. Gross warns: 'Ponzi Scheme! Tipping Point! Credit Supernova!'
Bond King Bill Gross admits, "QE must end." Trillions of cheap money "has distorted incentives and inflated asset prices to artificial levels." But now Gross says "the Fed plan may be too hasty."
What? Hasn't his firm made enough money off Bernanke's cheap money printing? So he's blaming "lower growth on fiscal austerity," even as Bernanke keeps blowing up the Fed's balance-sheet bubble by trillions under the delusion he's America's savior because our dysfunctional Congress failed?
Gross shifts, makes no sense: Just four months ago he warned the Fed is blowing a Credit Supernova, a new monetary bubble that would implode Bernanke's arrogant risky experiment putting America's future at great risk by bankrolling a Wall Street Ponzi Scheme and blowing a huge financial bubble.
Now, like an addict who can't stop, Gross writes in his Tipping Point blog that QE will run to 2015. Earlier it seemed like the Bubble With No Name Yet should be renamed the Bernanke Bubble. But now, with Gross and Pimco's $2 trillion at stake here, maybe we should call it The Gross Bubble.
6. Cycles happen. We're now in the 5th year of a typical 4-year bull rally
Everyone on Wall Street, Main Street and Washington keeps forgetting the fundamentals of market cycles. Please remember: Investors Business Daily's Bill O'Neill, author of "How to Make Money in Stocks," says market cycles average 3.75 years up, nine months down.
But "averages" are old data, not future facts. Happy talk won't restart a bull. And more warnings won't puncture an old bubble. Cycles have lives of their own, move up and down when they damn well feel like it. That's nature.
7. Political wars guarantee intense volatility through 2014-2016 elections
Sorry, folks, but if you're an investor hoping America's political internecine wars will improve in the near future, just don't invest. The war between Congress with it's abysmal 10% approval rating and the president, the war between the Dems, GOP and the tea party, is going to get even worse, upsetting markets and the economy even more.
Why? Just add in the intensifying anger after the Supreme Court's decisions over same-sex marriage issues and gays, add in the growing anger over abortions, Obamacare, gun control, food stamps, the new voter suppression pushed by GOP governors, plus more threats by conservatives and the tea party to dig in their heels and fight to overturn everything and increase austerity too.
This is all bad news for investors, just as America's 30-year bond bull is ending.
8. Employment futures weak as pensions drain states, municipalities
Any "jobs recovery is years away in most cities," says USA Today. And in reviewing famed analyst Meredith Whitney's new book, "The Fate of States," she warns that "excessive pensions crowd out both liberal goals such as education spending and tax cuts that conservatives want."
Yes, pensions for retirees at state and municipal levels are preventing recovery. Corporate pensions are also a big problem, widening America's inequality gap: Drug company McKesson's CEO has been boss for 14 years, but will retire with a $159 million pension, while the income of America's average wage earner has stagnated for 30 years.
9. Investors brains are so distracted, in denial, they won't get out in time.
A Bubble With No Name Yet is still a bubble. But, Americans are too distracted, too numb, too in denial to hear the warnings. Reminds me of my headline back on March 20, 2000. "Next crash, sorry you'll never hear it coming."
But the crash hit. The economy tanked. The recession lasted 30 months. Wall Street lost over $8 trillion of our retirement money. In the first decade of the 21st century, from the 2000 dot-com crash till 2010 disaster Wall Street's had a negative inflation-adjusted performance. Today Wall Street's returns are just barely beating inflation. No wonder investors feel cheated by Wall Street's casinos.
10. Economics is killing the economy, but like coke addicts we won't stop
Nobel economists like Joseph Stiglitz, environmental activists like Bill McKibben, George Soros and the Institute for New Economic Thinking, politicians like Al Gore and other modern thinkers all warn us that traditional economists (and the banks, businesses and government agencies they work for) are addicted to bad economic theories, And they're sabotaging America's future.
The theories, yes, and also the bad statistics traditional economists use to mislead America: The worst offender, GDP is a narrow, misleading measure of America's long-term growth. And second, our obsessive focus on short-term numbers, daily stock closings, quarterly earnings, annual returns, is stunting America's long-term growth.
Bottom line ... Societe Generale strategist predicts biggest bubble in 30 years ... Hong Kong's Dr. Doom predicts QE forever ... GDP economy already crashing ... precious metals "point downward, going dark" ... Gross screaming about Bernanke fueling Wall Street's Ponzi Scheme, a Tipping Point igniting a Credit Supernova ... O'Neill's reminder, in the 5th year of a 4-year bull rally ... political wars guarantee increasing volatility through 2014-2016 elections ... state, local, corporate pensions killing job growth ... investors distracted, numb, in deep denial ... classical economic thinking is killing America's future ... tick, tick go the ticking time bombs ... place your bets at Wall Street's casinos ... the risk is only 98% in 2014 ... or is it 100%?


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Delaware County Emergency Services director Ed Truitt said a blown transformer at the county prison had the facility on backup power Monday night. He said it was just one of many spots around the county where whipping winds have also toppled trees and power lines, leaving thousands in the dark.
He says the Brandywine Creek near Chadds Ford and the Chester Creek near Chester have held their own and major flooding hasn't happened.
In Chester County, officials say a branch of the Brandywine near Downingtown also hasn't caused serious flooding and property damage that residents had feared that Sandy would bring.


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See all the glamorous looks and learn how to easily recreate them at home
The Golden Globes are a great way to kick off awards season. We love watching stars like Angelina Jolie, Kate Winslet and Jennifer Lopez get all glammed up. But who says these styles are just for the red carpet? Not us. Use our tips to recreate these hair and makeup looks for yourself. (No reason celebrities should be the only ones looking fab.) Bonus: There was only one major hairstyle disaster of the night -- can you guess who? See her photo revealed at the end.
Review and Giveaway: Sheer Organic Shine by Kiss My Face
There are some lip glosses that I just don't expect much out of, especially tinted ones. But I was very pleasantly surprised when I tried out each color of the Sheer Organic Shine from Kiss My Face.
These glosses are actually quite pigmented and have a lovely minty smell. They also have a slight tingling sensation on the lips, but it isn't unpleasant. I'm assuming it's due to the peppermint oil in the ingredients.
My personal favorite right now is the Garnet shade - it gives me a great red tint without being overwhelming, and stays on a decent amount of time. I never find any gloss that lasts forever, but this one is about average in that regard, which is pretty much all I expect out of a gloss.
I want one of my readers to try these out, too. So I'm giving away all four colors that I have to one lucky winner. Enter now, and I'll draw the winner's name on 1/30/09. I promise I'll be prompt about it, I know I have a tendency to forget. Good luck!
New Post at Beautiful! Fabulous!
Come visit us over at the online community, Beautiful! Fabulous! It's a great group of women who are incredibly knowledgeable in so many things.
And while you are there, check out my article Controlling Oily Skin Without Cakey Powder!
Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual Winners!
Congratulations to our five winners of Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual! I know you will all love it. I've sent each of you emails, and I'll make sure the books go out ASAP! Congratulations!
Fuschia Now: Spring 09 by Estee Lauder
I think the Fleur de Lys Shimmer Powder up there is gorgeous, don't you? Part of Estee Lauder's Spring 09 collection called Fuschia Now. You can wear this shimmer powder alone or over makeup, and it is supposed to deliver a sheer color to the skin.
Along with this beautiful pressed powder compact, we have their Signature Silky Eye Duo in shades of Indigo and Aubergine and the gorgeous Signature Hydra Lustre Lipstick in Rich Berry, Pure Color Nail Laquer in Fuschia, and Pure Color Gloss in Fresh Berry.
I've seen these in person at the Estee counter at Nordstrom, and they are just as gorgeous as they are in this photo. Go check them out and let me know if you purchase any!
Help Me! Nars Duo in Blade Runner
This is a swatch of NARS Nars Eyeshadow Duo in Blade Runner. I'm having a heck of a time with it. I bought it last fall, and it's been sitting in my makeup basket just waiting for me to use it. I tried it last year, and just couldn't get a decent look with it. I tried again today, and it was just a big huge mess.
I'm not sure what possessed me to buy this combo, as I don't normally wear a lot of this particular shade of brown. I'm good with greens, though, so I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
I tried to find any kind of tutorial online, but didn't come up with anything. So, how would you wear it? I'm desperate for ideas!
Absolutely Fabulous Giveaway: Karmin Titanium Hair Iron from MyHairstylingTools.com!
MyHairstylingTools.com is sponsoring a giveaway with Daily Dose of Coffee, and this is an amazing contest! They are giving away one Karmin Titanium Hair Straightening Iron to a lucky winner! And you get to choose between pink, blue, or black.
If you don't know about the Karmin, here is a great description:
I don't know about anyone else, but an excellent flat iron can make or break my entire hairstyle. I rely on high end styling tools to help me cope with my crazy hair, and this one really fits the bill.
Introducing an amazing breakthrough in technology; The Karmin Professional Titanium Flat Iron. This straightening iron takes the amazing benefits of ceramic heat, ionic technology and combines them with Titanium.
Product Features:
- Ultra hard, mirror smooth titanium plate surfaces
- Negative Ions and Infrared Heat (removes static) for Silky Shiny Hair.
- Ion field technology (seals in natural oils)
- Micro-porous technology (locks in moisture)
- Won't damage hair like other straighteners.
- Straight-Curl-Flip-Style
- Unparalleled Infrared heat for deep, long lasting straightness.
- Micro Chip Temperature Control Infrared Heat, Flash Quick Heating.
- Variable temperature settings for all hair types. The maxium temperature is 200°C (410°F) , and the minium temperature is 80°C (176°F).
- Tangle-free 3 meter, 360° swivel cord.
And not only that, but I have some amazing coupon codes for you too. Enter BLOG25 for 25% off the Karmin Titanium Hair Iron at MyHairstylingTools.com, as well as BLOG10 for $10 off a $20 purchase. And if you can't find something to spend $20 (or $10, as the case may be) on this site, contact me immediately so we can do some serious shopping!
The contest is open to US and Canadian residents only, please. Good luck!
More About That Bra of Yours...
I've talked before about how important really good undergarments are. If you haven't made it to Nordstroms for a fitting, Women's Health has a great article to help you choose the right one. Head over and check it out at Find Your Best Bra.
They also had a fascinating survey recently, and I had to laugh at some of the results. 700 men answered a survey on menshealth.com, and here are the responses:
Celebrity fantasy partner:
Please note: Jennifer Aniston beat out Angelina Jolie
28% of the 866 respondents chose Jessica Alba
18% - Jessica Biel
15% - Scarlett Johansson
13% - Jennifer Aniston
11% - Angelina Jolie
Sexiest part of a woman's body:
42 % of the 902 respondents chose BUTT
21% - Anywhere around the belly button
20.6% - Arch of the back
12.6% - Back of the neck'
1.4% - Arch of the foot
1.1% - Ear lobes
0.7% - Back of the knees
Sexiest form of foreplay:
51.9% of the 902 respondents said taking a bath or shower together
18.7% - A back rub
15.6% - Talking dirty
7% - A candlelit dinner
6.8% - X-rated movie
Sexiest cocktail a woman can order:
27% of the 849 respondents said martini
18% - Margarita
16% - Beer
16% - Tequila shot
12% - Champagne
11% - Vodka and tonic
Sexiest scent a women can wear:
30.1% of the 861 respondents said something sweet, like vanilla
26.1% - A fresh beachy scent
25.7% - Floral scents, like rose and jasmine
10.6% - An exotic musk
7.5% - A citrus scent, like grapefruit
When it comes to spicing up your sex life…
43% of the 703 respondents used sex toys
30% - Whipped cream
15% - Blindfolds
12% - Handcuffs
Sexiest place for a woman to have a tattoo:
48% of the 783 respondents said lower back
22.3% - Ankle
14.5% - Butt
15.2% - Shoulder
The biggest turn-on:
35.1% of the 871 respondents said undressing a woman
33.2% - Having her strip for you
31.7% - Having her undress you
Best background music for makeup sex:
40.1% of the 833 respondents chose Barry White
34.9% - Frank Sinatra
25% - Al Green
Sexiest thing for a woman to wear to bed:
24% of the 915 respondents said one of your button-down shirts and nothing else
17.9% - Just panties
17.3% - Sleeveless T-shirt and panties
16.1% - Nothing
14% - Bra and panties
10% - Satin teddy
Women's Health promises us a new year with more of a focus on fashion and beauty. I'll keep my eye out and see if they have any goodies that you can't miss!
Lazy Sunday Music: Human by the Killers
I've long been a fan of the Killers, and I can't wait to get the new album.
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