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Stocks opened higher on Tuesday, but disappointing results from Citigroup and TD Ameritrade raised concerns about the financial sector as earnings season gets into full swing this week. What should investors expect from markets? Bob Doll, vice chairman and global chief investment officer of equities at BlackRock, shared his insights.
"Earnings will be quite good—the question is, will they be better than expectations by enough to push the market higher?" Doll told CNBC.
Doll said the markets expect earnings bottomline to be good, but there needs to be more evidence of topline growth for stocks to sustain a move upwards in the next few weeks. However, he believes this will be the case.
"There will be more revenue improvement in the fourth quarter reports than there were in the third, than there were in the second—so the progression is in the right direction," he said.
Meanwhile, voters in Massachusetts will be electing a new senator on Tuesday, which could derail Democrats' dominance in Washington and scuttle their top priority of sweeping health care reform. Regardless of the outcome, Doll said the election result will give stability to the markets.
"Markets hate all the uncertainty created from 'we don't know what legislation's going to be...' [so] it's got to be a positive for the markets and that will help," he said.
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I've heard many gurus, marketers and publishers brag about their social media followers. They'll say things like, "Isn't it great … I've got 10,000 fans on Facebook" or "I have more than 15,000 followers on Twitter." Then I'll ask them how many free e-newsletter subscribers they have. And they'll reply, "I haven't had time to build a list yet. I don't have an e-newsletter."
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The agreement will give Lockheed Martin exclusive rights to supply light (4x4) and medium (6x6) tactical wheeled vehicles directly to military and government markets in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The agreement also will enable Lockheed Martin to pursue international sales via the U.S. Government's Foreign Military Sales program.
"This type of vehicle fulfills an urgent need by the U.S. military's rapid reaction forces for a highly mobile, tactical vehicle system that meets the expeditionary requirements of the modern battlefield," said Frank C. Meyer, Lockheed Martin Systems Integration Owego president. "Our Owego team has a 40-year heritage of integrating complex systems for ground and airborne platforms, including the design and manufacture of military vehicle production lines. This expertise, coupled with the versatility and proven reliability of the HMT design, creates great value for our customer."
Rex Smith, chairman of HMT Vehicles Ltd., said, "We are very proud indeed that Lockheed Martin has selected our vehicle to head up its thrust into the military truck market and wish the company every success."
An expeditionary transport that exceeds NATO's tactical vehicle standards for all-terrain travel and provides superior air transport mobility, the vehicles are currently in service with British Armed Forces. High mobility transport vehicles are manufactured for the worldwide market by HMT Vehicles' sister company Supacat Ltd., based in Dunkeswell, United Kingdom.
"Lockheed Martin will manufacture the vehicles in New York using subassemblies sourced primarily from U.S. suppliers," said Meyer. "Production will include installation and integration of custom mission payloads, including electronic warfare, command and control, logistics, security, medical and fire control support."
The vehicles Lockheed Martin will produce consist of a common platform design in two configurations: a 4x4 vehicle of 8,800 lbs curb weight, and a 6x6 vehicle of 10,120 lbs. Each vehicle has a superior weight-to-payload ratio and can tow up to 8,800 lbs. As a prime artillery mover, the vehicles can tow the M777 155mm lightweight field howitzer.
Marketed as the LM4x4 and LM6x6, each vehicle has a range of up to 380 miles, and can achieve a top speed of 80 mph for rapid movement in battlefield environments. An auxiliary fuel tank provides additional range.
The LM4x4 vehicle will provide U.S. forces with a military truck transportable by light and medium-weight air carriers. Unlike other similar-sized tactical vehicles in the U.S. military inventory, the low cab configuration enables internal transportation or external sling-loading by CH-47 and CH-53 medium-lift helicopters. The vehicle also can be carried by C-130 transport aircraft.
Superior all-terrain capability is the result of a unique, long-travel air suspension system applied to each of the large diameter wheels to absorb shock, a low vehicle center of gravity and a rigid space-frame chassis to prevent payload twist. The chassis also can be height-adjusted to suit different terrain and speeds.
The light LM4x4 vehicle and the medium LM6x6 vehicle will offer ISO-standard twist locks for rapid payload interchangeability. These unique features will allow NATO and U.S. forces to carry a wide variety of existing shelters and payloads. Other firsts include chassis-access panels and spare parts commonality across both variants to simplify maintenance. Light armor protection options and the ability to mount self-defense weaponry provide increased force protection.
Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin employs about 130,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services.
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From ABC News:
ABC News has learned a Chicago-area man has been charged with plotting a terrorist attack.
Sources say the man is accused of planning to use firearms and explosives to attack a specific mall in Rockford, Ill. The alleged plan was to target this mall during the holiday shopping season.
The suspect is being described as a "lone wolf" style terrorist and is not believed to have ties to any organized terrorist group.
MSNBC says that the attack was to take place in Rockford, Illinois, and get this piece of information:
The FBI has been aware of the plot and has been monitoring him closely, Williams reported. The plan was allegedly ideologically motivated. No other details were released, but authorities said the arrest eliminated the risk of the attack being carried out.
Ideologically motivated? That could mean virtually anything.
Drudge reports that a press conference is forthcoming.
Hot Air and Stop the ACLU are also following this.
Update: Now we know what the vague term "ideologically motivated"means: the guy wanted to "commit acts of violent jihad." That doesn't sound ideologically motivated to me. It sounds to me like this guy was religiously motivated.
Update II: Drudge has more information on the suspect: he's a 22-year-old Chicago man, Talib Abu Salam Ibn Shareef. CBS2 Chicago identifies him as Derrick Shareef. He also wanted to use grenades to kill innocent people while they were Christmas shopping with their families:
He was apprehended after meeting with an undercover agent in a Rockford store parking lot to trade a set of stereo speaksers for four hand grenades and a handgun, the U.S. Attorney's office said.
Shareef was charged with one count of count of attempting to damage or destroy a building by fire or explosion and one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, authorities said.
Shareef allegedly planned to set off the grenades at the CherryVale Shopping Mall, near Interstate 90 and Interstate 39 on Rockford's east side. The mall has about 130 retail stores and is owned byy a Tennessee-based company, authorities said.
Update: III: The Smoking Gun has the 11 page affidavit
Update IV: Sensible Mom responds to the characterization that Shareef was a "lone wolf" without any ties to terrorists or terrorism:
Although reports suggest that Shareef (He don't like it, Rock the Casbah, Rock the Casbah) was not associated with any terrorist group, I not buying it. What Mosque does he "pray" at? What Islamic "charities" has he donated to? Does he have roomates? Who are his family members associated with? Let's get at least those basic questions answered first.


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When Typhoon Fengshen hit on Sunday (Saturday in Hawaii), he said, "The wind was howling and it was raining massively all around." He was due to leave but flights were canceled.
He was staying at his sister's house in Makati when the electricity went out, he said. "We had not yet heard about the severity of the damage."
Unfamiliar with the home and in the dark, he said he lost his footing and fell down 13 steps, hitting his head "not only once but several times. Luckily, I didn't lose consciousness, but I knew I was severely injured by the amount of blood over me, gushing from a head wound."
His family took him to the emergency room at Makati Medical Center, where he used to go on rounds as a child with his father, also a doctor.
"I feel so blessed that I didn't have more severe injuries," he said.
"But I could play the piano for you right now," added Camara, a classical pianist, who scheduled a news conference today at the former St. Francis Medical Center to discuss the medical benefits of live classical music before surgery.
He said he was in the Makati hospital overnight Sunday and discharged Monday afternoon after 24 hours of observation.
"All around me were victims of the typhoon, most of them car-accident victims."
The typhoon's toll was estimated at more than 200 killed and hundreds more missing on shore. However, more than 800 passengers and crew of a ferry that capsized during the storm are still missing off the island off Sibuyan.
Camara said he received great medical care in his first experience as a patient and that now he knows how his patients feel when he injects them around the eye for surgery and reassures them.
"My head hurt a million times over and the surgeon kept saying, 'It's OK, it's all right.' I consider myself a gentle surgeon and I'm going to be even more gentle.
"But in relation to everybody else, I deeply feel for families who lost loved ones, people who lost homes, people who need medical supplies, clothes and medicine."
An Aloha Medical Mission board member and past president, Camara said he's encouraging everyone to help the group with donations to purchase medical and other emergency supplies for the devastated country.
Dr. Ramon Sy, also a former Aloha Medical Mission president, said Hawaiian Airlines has offered to deliver supplies. He said the Philippine Medical Association of Hawaii is working with the organization, donating volunteers, supplies and money. An Aloha Medical Mission group returned last week from Ilocos Norte and Laguna, Philippines, missing Typhoon Fengshen's 93 mph winds, heavy rains and landslides, he said. More than 100,000 people were evacuated.
A medical mission won't be sent there until the damage is fully assessed, Sy said.


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"It's that time of year, when everything is love, love, love. We think that should be year round, but we'll cave in and ask you to make something for someone you love for this challenge. This could be your partner, a friend, a child, a parent, anyone you love. (Even yourself!) Of course, it could be related to Valentines Day, but it does not have to be that literal." (Courtesy of Just Crafty Enough)
I decided to make my project for my very favourite little boy - Logan of course!
He's been setting up the reading nook that I made for him for another Iron Craft challenge last year and asked if I could get him a large pillow. Why yes! I could even do one better and MAKE him a pillow!
I found a great pattern for a big pillow in one of my vintage quilting books and got to work.
What do you think?
Big, bold, comfy and perfect for a little reading nook. And I got to practice my mitered corners on that middle plaid strip. That was no picnic, but they worked! :D
Here's a photo of those corners. Iron Craft always gives me an excuse to try something that I normally would say I didn't have time for. Mitered corners definitely fit on that category. I didn't do too badly with the matching up the block pieces either. I did a new technique with the 2 triangle squares using a grid and sewing diagonals that worked really well to get nice uniform squares.
What's most important though is that Logan loves it. I ran upstairs with his new pillow and proudly displayed it in his reading nook. Yay!
*** To see all the love-ly projects from the Iron Crafters, please check out the Flickr Group.


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So its been a while since i posted a blog! My apologies, I have a lot going on in my life at the moment :)
Recently got married May 31st, and am now… 6 months pregnant with baby #2! On top of all that our business TruSelf Organics has been keeping us very busy!
Today on my Instagram page I posted a picture of a delicious breakfast I cooked for baby love and I. Here is what Ive been cooking for our main breakfast meals lately…
Cream of Buckwheats with chia seeds, fresh organic pina y frescos :) Cream of Buckwheat is both gluten free and wheat free (yes i know, disregard the "wheat" in the name, its confusing) but it is pretty easy stuff to digest and with this baby getting bigger by the hour, Im starting to run out of room in there for food AND a baby!
Its also a PERFECT starter food for your young baby who is now ready for solids…please don't buy that gerber crap. Its GENETICALLY MODIFIED and just full of filler ingredients that are hard for your little ones tummy to breakdown and digest.
Pretty breakfast :)
Ditched the flowers and added some raw almonds…before i devoured it i thought i should take another pic. Pictured are the ONLY vitamins I take.
So before I let the day go by any longer, I thought Id share with you what it was exactly that I posted earlier :)
Here is the recipe:
2.5 Cups organic cream of buckwheats
.5 cups purified water (or milk/cream..please use RAW!!)
handful of chopped strawberries and pineapple
sprinkle of chia seeds
crushed raw almonds
topped with local fresh butter
local raw honey
1. Boil water
2. add in wheats and turn burner to low
3. add in fruit and chia seeds
4. stand there and stir…and stir…and stir until its thick (abt 10min)
5. serve in bowl, top with butter, honey and almonds
Do it up however you want! This recipe is really easy and…i just had a MARVELOUS thought… adding in raw cacao powder maybe even fresh raspberries. Totes doing that tomorrow! mmm…now I'm hungry again. Story of my life!
So there you have it! A simple recipe any one can make. Even if you have NO cooking skills at all. Just don't burn the heck out of it cause it makes a big ass mess to clean ;)
For more info on how to eat, what to eat and some good recipes, download my ebook. Check it out for yourself here.
Have a wonderful day you BEAUTIFUL people.
Yes, you really are beautiful….dont forget that shit either.
Love and Light,
In todays society where it is easier and more convenient to get processed food than nutrient dense super foods, one has to take personal responsibility for their actions. And by actions I am talking about what you eat, what foods you buy, and how you take care of yourself and your family.
I posted today a 15 second instagram video of baby love and her morning ritual, making smoothies! I had several of my followers (which are amazing btw) ask for the recipe to the smoothie we made together!
Yes liver, to me anyways is unpalatable but I knew it was so important to have this "superfood" in not only my diet but baby loves diet as well, I did my research and eventually came across Liver Pills. THANK GOODNESS I FOUND THEM!
Did you know?
TruSelf Organics detoxifying facial mask in conjunction with a plentiful reserve of naturally derived vitamin B12 is the best way to combat ANY form of acne.
The benefits of including this superfood in your diet are endless. The main reason we take this supplement is because it provides our bodies with the essential vitamins, minerals, proteins, and fats that are essential to healthy brain function and development.
The specific fatty acids that are needed in order for humans to maintain healthy brain function and growth are EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid), DHA (docasahexaenoic acid), and AA (arachidonic acid) and Vitamin B12.
Vitamin B12 is so essential to the human body.
If you are B12 deficient you might be experiencing a whirlwind of health issues ranging from behavioral issues (ADD/ADHD), panic attacks, anxiety, depression, numbness or tingling in limbs, and loss of memory just to name a few...
In order to have a reserve of this essential vitamin in your body you must get it straight from the source. This means NOT SUPPLEMENTING YOUR B12 WITH SYNTHETIC, LABORATORY MADE B12.
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To recap on why including Liver is essential in your diet I have taken the following information from google.
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Lots of Love and Blessings,
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J.E.R.F- JUST eat REAL food
Hi beautiful people!
Today I thought I would talk about eating local, supporting local hardworking farmers and how eating clean foods can reduce your skin sensitivity, acne and other skin issues.
No Farms = No Food. Plain and Simple.
It seems obvious but yet hundreds of thousands of people still shop at giant commercial food chains.
This is all fine and dandy but do you REALLY know where your food comes from?
Like seriously, have you seen the farm, the conditions of the farm or met the farmers who grew the food you just bought? Probably not but if so, KUDOS to you!
{this picture always makes me laugh}
{Monsanto hard at work, killing us, our food, our land and our water supply}
Purchasing foods from a large food chain may be cheaper, but how much cheaper is it when the food you eat makes you sick which makes you have to go to the doctor and get on expensive medicine? It seems like an oxymoron to me...
When you buy non-organic foods UNLESS you know the exact source of the foods, most of the time its GMO (genetically modified or genetically engineered) and covered in round-up, agent orange, herbicides ect... This, in my personal opinion has been a leading cause of cancers, diseases and a plethora of other health, land and water issues.
Im super big on purchasing food that has been grown by hard working farmers that live in the same town as I do!
A great way to start doing this is to check your area for local farmers markets. They are usually on the weekends so more people have the opportunity to shop at them. I know where we live, there are a TON of farmers markets all year long.
Have you ever tried farming? Gardening? Its hard work! It is a serious time commitment and requires endless dedication to the land, animals and the people.
Some items we always source from our farmers markets are:
If you are like baby love (my daughter) and you cant go just a few months of the year with blueberries, cherries and other fruits, the easiest way to save them is with a vacuum sealer! This way you can enjoy the fruits and veggies of your choice all year long!
As you can tell from the slide show, baby love is heavily involved with the community, farms and agriculture where we live. Kids LOVE nature. It is natural for them to be outside, enjoying what God (or whatever you believe in) has given us. I highly suggest getting your children outdoors more and let them touch, taste, see, and smell the world and all its blessings!
So...Im sure some of you may be wondering what to do if you have no access to locally grown foods and farmers markets?
If you cant seem to find a farmers market in your area, try looking for and buying regional brands. This too helps keep the money you are spending every week (or day) on the food you consume in the area in which you live!
How can clean/local eating help clear my skin?
This is an amazingly powerful subject in my opinion. As you may know I am also the owner/ creator of TruSelf Organics a skin and beauty care company.
Skin is my thing! I did not always have clear skin though. It was a work in progress for me that was made easier with clean eating and products, like TruSelf Organics that contained simple yet natural and extremely effective ingredients!
I too struggled with bad skin, rashes, eczema, and the lack of knowledge on how to eat clean.
BUT! An old dog CAN learn new tricks.
This New Year is the perfect time to retrain your ways of eating and living. It's the perfect time to educate yourself on products that may be causing your skin to break out.
With this being said here is a list of foods and ingredients you must eliminate out of your diet and stop putting onto your body in order to achieve clear healthy skin and a healthy body that will last you:
Just to name a few....
You make think "well SHIT! Thats all I have in my cupboard right now!"
It's ok. Just start by recognizing what is holding you back from a healthy body and clear radiant skin.
TruSelf Organics skin and beauty care products do not contain ANY harmful ingredients. We actually do the opposite with our products. Our goal is to source the highest quality, most natural yet powerful ingredients that work with your body instead of working against it.
Did you know? The average American woman lathers over 500 different chemicals on her body before walking out the door each morning?
With that and a poor diet, no wonder so many people suffer from health issues and bad skin. It's a double whammy on your precious body!
Start today by loving yourself, eating clean and using TruSelf Organics to reach your optimum health and to achieve clear, radiant skin.
I hope this blog post finds you well :)
If your interested check out my most recent youtube video of our visit to a local farm where we got to bottle feed baby lambs and goats!
Lots of love, blessings and positivity!
xoxo AMANDA xoxo
What I believe...
Part of what Nutritionists teach is true.
Part of what Doctors teach is true.
Part of what Personal Trainers teach is true.
What I believe is...no way is the "standard" way.
I take bits and pieces of credible information to create a total lifestyle plan for myself.
I believe in awareness of the mind, body and soul. When you have awareness you possess perception and perception alone will resolve all your problems.
I do possess a Bachelors degree of science but I am not a certified nutritionist, trainer or doctor.
I practice what I preach and my personal results have been so life altering that I feel it is necessary to share it with the world. You cannot argue with results and the results I have seen in my own personal life have been so beneficial to my overall health, physical and mental well-being I want to share my knowledge with all who want to take the time to listen/read what I have to say...and to those of you who follow me, THANK YOU! I do this all for you guys. To try and make this world healthier and happier one person at a time.
Sure you may take some of my advice to your doctor and have your doctor say that "I am crazy. I don't know what I'm talking about." But then do this for me....ask your Dr. to pull up his/her shirt. Most doctors are more unhealthy than you, yourself! You have to take things with a grain of salt.....Drs are important in my opinion when emergency medical intervention is necessary, otherwise, our bodies were perfectly designed and created to fix themselves! That's why we have an immune system, that's why we have these amazing brains and hearts. They work. Let them do their job.
My fiancé and I conduct our own personal research as well as we seek out the information we are looking for through credible sources such as:
• Weston A Price Foundation
• Dr. Mercola
• Paul Chek
• Sean Croxton (JERF)
Every single person is different. We all possess different physiological chemistries. That is why I tell everyone whether it be via YouTube, Instagram or email, to tailor these workouts and "suggestions" of how to eat and live to ones own needs.
What works for me, might not work for you.
I do not follow a set standard or practice, that is why I have not pursued an education in nutritional health, physical health ect... I do not believe in one particular practice. I believe in using all the resources I have to make the best choice possible.
I want people to learn how to listen to their bodies so you can give your body what it needs!
Most importantly I want people to learn how to LOVE THEMSELVES.....that is truly my mission and goal. To teach and preach self love.
xoxoxo SMM xoxoxo
My ebook is FINALLY here and ready for download!
I have put countless hours, love, and dedication into providing you with the most informative info out there in this 60+ page ebook.
I cover 18 in depth topics and debunk many nutritional myths along the way.
Below I have provided you with the exact table of contents list that you will find in your copy of The Love Yourself Lifestyle!
Table of Contents:
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: You Are What You Eat
§ Reading Labels
§ Hydrogenated Oils
§ Processed Sugar
Section 4: Food Additives
§ Artificial Sweeteners
§ Artificial Dyes
Section 5: Preservatives
§ Nitrates
§ Proply Gallate
§ Sulfites
Section 6: Genetically Modified Food
Section 7: Microwaves
Section 8: BPA
Section 9: What Is Real Food?
§ Whole Foods
§ Unprocessed Foods
Section 10: Healthy Meat
§ Antibiotics in meat
§ Conventional farming vs. Organic farming
§ Farm raised vs. Wild raised seafood and fish
Section 11: Fats
§ Saturated Fats
§ Monosaturated Fats
§ Polyunsaturated Fats
§ Cholesterol
§ Essential Fatty Acids
§ Fats to avoid
Section 12: Grains
Section 13: Glycemic Index
§ High Glycemic
§ Low Glycemic
Section 14: The Love Yourself Diet
§ Hormones
§ Leptin
§ Insulin
Section 15: You Are What You Drink
Section 16: Knowing What Your Body Needs
§ Short term response to consuming too many carbohydrates
§ Long term response to consuming too many carbohydrates
§ Correcting the problems associated with consuming too many carbohydrates
§ Short term effects of consuming too many fats/proteins
§ Long term effects of consuming too many fats/proteins
§ Correcting the problems associated with consuming too many fats/proteins
Section 17: Loving Yourself
Section 18: The Choice Is Yours
You will receive the following BONUS material:
I have had several of my followers email me and as I LOVE being able to communicate with you one on one, I cant return all your questions. A lot of what most people are emailing me about, the answers can be found in my ebook!
Many customers tell me this is ebook is now their mini nutrition, health and fitness bible!
SO what are you waiting for? Download your copy today and start living a life of self love and happiness!
Organic Easter Baskets
So many of us are preparing easter baskets for our kids family or friends this Easter season. When I stopped to think about what I was going to put into my daughters easter basket this year it hit me that I refuse to put nasty GMO Cadbury eggs and giant fake sugar loaded chocolate bunnies in her basket. I wanted to put all natural, organic DYE FREE and ARTIFICIAL COLOR FREE treats in it. Your probably thinking well...she's a kid and it comes once a year, why not let her eat crap for 1 day?
Living healthy and eating right is a WAY OF LIFE not just a random decision. I want my daughter to be able to make the right choices when she is old enough and on her own. When is there a better time than now to instill these priceless values within her?
Being a parent is about giving your kids the right tools to succeed in life and the tools they need to live a healthy happy life. It starts and ends with us, the parents.
This easter my daughter is getting an all natural easter basket with organic goodies.
Here are some alternatives to the traditional easter basket treats that are going in Laylas basket:
I am going to be adding a few more things to her basket but this is all the "candy" she is getting and im sure it will last a pretty long time.
Sugar beets are one of the #1 items that are GMO this is why I chose organic candies because I do not want her eating things that throw off her genetic expression. This is important to pay attention to in young children as they are still growing and their genes are continuously expression themselves and changing.
The most expensive item was the chocolate eggs, but I have a special plan for those so I paid extra for them.
To each their own. I do not judge others who do not choose to do the "healthy lifestyle" living but this is the best way to live I feel and I want to share my journey with you all!
The Valiant Vegan?
The vegan diet is one that has not been around for very long. Vegan diets started in the United Kingdom with the birth of the Vegan Society roughly 50 years ago.
Traditional Diets have been around since the beginning of time.
I just want to put it out there that I recommend a traditional diet but do not "look down" to people who choose to be vegans or vegetarians. Today I am just going to share the reasons I choose to partake in a traditional diet.
Some vegans that I have spoken with have said that they feel humans are not designed to eat meats.
We all have hydrochloric acid in our stomach, that's what helps break down our foods. This acid, HCL, is not found in any herbivore. Thus proving that we humans are more designed to eat meat.
The handful of vegans I have spoken with tell me that when they are practicing this diet, they feel great!
They probably do feel great. For years even! That's because they are walking around in a adrenaline euphoria.
This is from the body's lack of protein. Once the body enters a state of protein deficiencies the process of gluconeogenesis begins to occurs. That's just a big fancy word for cortisol level (stress hormones) that rise to catabolize proteins to feed them to your brain. This process in return causes a release of adrenaline.
Too much adrenaline will cause adrenal fatigue over time. Hence the reason vegans may feel good for so long but then have a whirlwind of health issues down the road.
Most Americans do not have the genetics strong enough to deal with this type of diet.
I would recommend if you do choose to try veganism out, make sure your body is getting enough animal protein before you try it.
The diet I feed my family and myself is classified as a traditional diet. This means we eat butter, raw milk, cheese, animal meets and organ meets.
Yes we are normal people and eat "normal" foods like chips and cereal bars ect..but my fiancée and I are very cautious with what we put into our mouths and our daughters mouth as well. We just try to avoid anything that is processed, non-organic, not "alive" and GMO'd.
To each their own!
Do what works best for you. I know we are all different I just wanted to shed some light on veganism and vegetarianism that I feel most practicing dieters don't know about these diets.
I am partial to a traditional diet but sometimes don't feel like eating a heavy dinner. So the other night I made a semi vegan dish, and it was delicious!
It was nice to try something different for dinner and it was so tasty I wanted to share it with you all!
Wintery Butternut squash with curly Kale.
1 lg Butternut squash
1 bunch curly kale
3 stalks green onions
cayenne pepper
olive oil
1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Cut squash in half and compost the seeds and guts.
3. Line a baking sheet with foil (or parchment paper)
4. Lay cut squash flesh side down onto baking sheet
5. Put into over for 30 minuets or until skin dimples and is golden brown
6. Peel skin off squash
7. Cut up kale and onions, mix them into squash
8. Add olive oil and salt and pepper,
9. Serve with parmesan cheese on top!
This is the first time I made this vegan dish and I felt the squash (by the time I was done peeling it) was not hot enough to make the kale soft, so I put it into a sautée pan and heated it through.
Even though my daughter didn't try this dish, Justin my brother and I loved it!
Like I said earlier, to each their own! If a vegan diet seems to be a good fit for you and your family, do what works for you. I just recommend you to pay close attention to what your body is telling you it needs.
When my fiancée Justin tried to be a vegan, he felt good at first then after a year he started to have major health problems and teeth problems as well due to being nutrient deficient.
Through this article I am hoping to make you aware of the dangers involved with harsh non-traditional diets, but also to encourage you to do what works best.
Remember to love yourself always. Happy eating all!!
Picky Eaters!
Answer this for me...Do you have a picky eater in your family?
If you answered yes, I might be able to help take the "icky" out of your picky eater!
Lets face it, the majority of a parents day revolves around food. When you have a picky eater in the house mealtime is anything less than pleasant. Not only is it frustrating it can sometimes be worrisome if you feel your child's pickiness is leading to nutrient deficiencies. This is a common problem in a lot of households.
So...what do you do?
While I may not possess a PhD, I do have some amazing info to share with you!
Here are some things I have learned along the way that have helped me avoid pickiness in our daughters eating habits:
• Breastfeeding can prevent pickiness (yes, research has suggested this)
• In early childhood, pickiness is more of a control issue (the "NO" and "MINE" stage as I call it)
• Introducing little Lucy to foods the rest of the family is consuming (very mashed up of course) as soon as she's ready.
• If something you have prepared has turned up a nose or two, give it a break and try serving it in a few weeks (taste buds are always changing)
• Don't put a value on foods...like dessert (as we all probably have done a time or 10 by saying things like "if you eat all your dinner you can have ice cream for dessert!")
• Offer a small sweet dish along with dinner as it puts the control back into the child's hands by letting them choose when they can eat their apple slice with honey on it or a small serving of yogurt.
• Limit the amount of snacks kids are getting
• Limit the amount of milk because this makes kids feel full
• Take into consideration that your child may be having issues with the foods they are eating like acid reflux or an allergy, this can really make children uncomfortable when eating certain foods.
• Eat at least 1 family meal a day. Studies have shown this helps teenagers deal with peer pressure...so start eating together now and build up a family tradition!
No matter what age, trying to get your kids to eat epic wholesome food is never "easy".
Here are 5 ways to get kids into healthy eating!
1. BE A ROLE MODEL! Set an example for your kids
2. Take kids to your local farmers market, or to a farm. Have them see where good wholesome tasty food comes from and all the hard work that goes into farming. Our kids are our future!
3. Prepare smoothies or shakes
4. Add broth to just about everything you can. Broth is one of the most nutrient dense food you can feed your family.
5. Make kids your mealtime helpers (if age permits)
Bye Bye Lays greasy chips! Helllooooo nutrient rich and tasty Kale chips!
(below is a photo of my daughter happily enjoying the kale chips she helped me make!)
So there you have it! Some easy and fun ways to get kids involved with eating good foods and some helpful ways to take the "icky" out of your picky eater :)
Blessings All,
Super Model Momma
Hey all! Im Amanda! A believer, wife, mother and a Love Yourself Lifestyle coach. Welcome to my blog. Enjoy!
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Sicilian Orange & Mandarin Body Hydrate Oil / Rejuvenating Face Cream / Active Face Hydrating Gel
My skin is dry. How dry is it? It's so dry that it makes the Kalahari look like the Everglades. It's so dry, that it makes the Gobi look like the Ganges. It's so dry, that I'm going to be flayed for Sham-wows. The lizard-leather shins and cracked elbows do not appeal. What to do?
Thank goodness I discovered Organic Apoteke products. The Rejuvenating Face Cream and Active Face Hydrating Gel samples did not allow evaluation of the results of extended use, but were not unpleasant after a single application. The Body Hydrate Oil—Sicilian Orange & Mandarin—definitely addressed my dermal crevasses to sealing and healing effect. The Sicilian orange oil contains vitamins A, B, C, and E, and is a reputed anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory. Vitamins A and E increase repair and regrowth of the skin. This potion also contains carrot and coconut oil. The carrot oil increases the manufacture of natural body oils, and coconut oil is rich in antioxidants.
Organic Apoteke products are made in England and conform with ECOSERT standards: 95.4% of the ingredients are organically farmed, and 98% of all ingredients are of natural origins. Few things smell as good as a freshly-peeled orange. Given its range of applications, hopefully a whiff of me with orange oil will be more reminiscent of a crate of clementines than industrial cleanser. Regardless, it's a relief to have my skin transformed to a texture closer to the orange tree's blossom than its bark.


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Driving Like An Asshole – Two Can Play That Game!
Look, I know sometimes people are running late to an appointment, or have a once of a lifetime booty call with their 3rd cousin (I live in the South, I won't judge). This may cause you to not use the best judgment and feel the need to speed down the freeway. Fine. Whatever. I see that every day. But pay attention, just because you want to speed, change lanes quickly and recklessly, doesn't mean I'm going to do the same to help you out. What I will do is much more fun though (For me at least).
First the backstory. As I was driving into work this evening as I usually do, I was confronted with two semi-trucks driving in the right lane. They were going slightly less than the speed limit (68ish?), and I decided that I would like to pass them. I got in the left lane (This is a 2 lane each way highway), and start to pass them doing somewhere between 70 and 75 MPH, which is slightly faster than the posted Speed Limit of 70MPH.
As I start to slowly pass the first big rig, I notice that the car that was maybe a quarter to half mile behind me when I started my overtaking maneuver was now getting in the left lane behind me and catching up rather quickly. Yes I know you can see where this story is headed, but shut up I'm telling it anyways.
The guy pulls up right behind me, starts tailgating me. RUDE! I take a look at my speedometer, I'm doing 74 MPH, in a 70MPH zone, and am only about halfway past the first of the two trucks. I hate tailgaters. It's a VERY VERY unsafe thing to do. Especially on the part of the freeway we were on. Every week there is some new splotch on the freeway from a deer/raccoon/armadillo/something that got hit. If shit jumps out in front of me I'd be hitting my brake and end up with the tailgater in my back seat. Not my idea of fun. Luckily for me I am insured, have uninsured motorist coverage, and drive a used clunker sort of car that won't be missed if someone else slams into it.
So there I am, about halfway done passing the first truck, an asshole behind me (Obviously he's an asshole, since he was wanting to be all up in my ass, hahaha jokes), and I'm not very pleased about the situation, when not even 5 seconds after he has nearly put his bumper up my tailpipe, he flashes his lights at me.
Are you fucking kidding me? Where the fuck do you want me to go asshole? I'm next to one truck, that is following behind another truck, and you're 1 foot from my rear bumper? What the fuck is your problem?
This obviously angers me, as it would anger any one. I do highly believe that you should treat others how you would like to be treated..but in the extend that if you want to be an asshole to me, I will gladly play your game. Of course that means I slowed down my rate of passing the first semi truck. I didn't want to go the same speed, as that would be obstructing the flow of traffic completely (Even though there were no cars for at least a mile behind us).
As I clear the first truck and start to catch up to the second one, I'm figuring the extra minute I made him wait was enough, and I could speed up a bit more to get out of his way. Mainly because I really didn't like being next to large trucks with someone that close to my ass. If he rear ended me I could easily spin into the side of the large trucks…or in front of them. That would not be a fun experience at 70MPH.
I start to speed up to overtake the second truck when Asshole shoots from behind me, cutting off the first truck and tries to pass me on the right to be able to cut me off and nearly rear end the other semi. *CLICK* Anger mode engaged!
I speed up to keep him from doing this. I decide his behavior is ridiculous, and uncalled for, and he is a hazard to everyone on the road. I take my sweet ass time passing the second truck. So much so that the trucks have time to catch up to another slower than the speed limit car in the right lane. Which gives me yet another vehicle to slowly pass. The entire time Asshole is riding my ass, drifting out of his lane onto the shoulder a bit to look around me/flash his headlights in my side view mirror…just being a complete dick.
After about 5 or so minutes of super slowly passing the slower traffic in the right, I do eventually get over and let the asshole by. This is mainly because after a few minutes I started to calm down and realize I should let this asshole get as far away from me as possible since he's most likely going to cause an accident eventually, and I rather not be involved.
I make sure to speed up and flip him the bird as he passes me to let him know he can go fuck himself, and he speeds off reaching well over 90MPH as he flies down the freeway in front of me. My only hope is that I managed to make him late enough to cause him problems, or that he loses control of his fast flying late 90's Toyota and crashes in a ditch, hurting himself (And not others..just himself).
Now some of you are probably think I handled that wrong. Or I should have done something different. I should have been the better person, or made him stuck behing me longer. Whatever your stand point is, I did what I did and I don't regret it. There was no one in the persons car that appeared to be needing any sort of emergency assistance. I could see no reason he was in a hurry. If he would have not flashed his lights and tailgated, I probably would have passed the trucks faster as I know I hate being stuck behind someone.


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The 5th grade classrooms are located in the middle school wing of the building. Students have lockers for their belongings, and become familiar with middle school routines, although their classes are self- contained, and their schedules are separate from the middle school.


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Internet Affiliate Marketing for Newbies
Internet Affiliate Marketing
Internet affiliate marketing is this type of straightforward approach to introducing products for your clients as well as becoming taken care of it; the actions are quicker to understand.
If you start with a coach, it's even more convenient because they will supply the products, apparently a few marketing guidance and product sales pages written for you.
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Regular visitors
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Pop superstar Taylor Swift has told her millions of fans that Bethells Beach in Auckland is the most beautiful she's ever seen.
The tourism industry says it's the type of exposure money can't buy.
"We are in New Zealand on one of -- not one of -- the most beautiful beach I've ever been on in my life," she said.
The west coast Auckland beach was one of several New Zealand locations Swift used in her 'Out of the Woods' music video.
This morning the singer tweeted a behind-the-scenes clip of the making of the video to her 70 million Twitter followers, and in it she doesn't just heap praise on the beach.
"These are the most elaborate sets I've ever seen and I think they have such amazing access to incredible trees and plants and things in New Zealand," she said. "I mean, that's all I can come up with to explain why the forest sets are so good."
Tourism New Zealand says since it was uploaded this morning the video has already had 500,000 views and that has potential benefits for the tourism industry here.
"Certainly someone of her scale, 74 million Facebook fans, choosing to come down here on holiday with her family before Christmas -- money can't buy authentic endorsement from a superstar," says Tourism New Zealand marketing manager Andrew Fraser.
It's an endorsement Tourism New Zealand will be hoping to cash in on for some time yet.


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Want to save money? Want to help the planet out? Try one of these green-friendly bottles recommended by Time.com. Single use PET plastic bottles are not the best way to get your water. For one thing, you would not want to refill a PET plastic bottle to reuse it as a drinking bottle because over time the stress placed on the bottle makes it more likely to leach harmful chemicals (like endocrine disruptors) into your water. So not only are these chemicals endocrine disruptors (that means bad for your body's natural hormone production), but they also add a bad taste to the water. Read More
2 thoughts on "Green friendly water bottles"
Use glass water bottles. They don't affect taste.
Hi Andreas! I drink out of a glass when I'm at home for that very reason, but when I'm on the go I want something a little more durable. I'm always concerned that with a glass bottle I might drop (I'm kind of a klutz like that) and break it.
Stainless steel is a great option because it also doesn't effect taste and is really durable too.


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Fight for Refugees
One of our proudest legacies as Americans is welcoming refugees to our communities. For decades, we've provided a safe haven to families who have nowhere else to turn.
Yet while families are fleeing ongoing conflict in Syria and violence and extreme food insecurity in South Sudan, the Trump administration is blocking refugees from entering the US, and cutting funding to refugees around the world living in camps and settlements.
During the worst refugee crisis of our time, America must continue our tradition of welcoming refugees into our communities.
Sign your name now to show that you stand with refugees and families fleeing violence and persecution. Pledge now to fight for:
- Supporting refugees around the world with life-saving aid
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The Kestrel USB data transfer cable 0785 allows wired communication between any model in the Kestrel 5000 Series and Windows/Mac computers with a USB port. The cable can be used with Kestrel LiNK software to install firmware updates and upload logged data from a 5000 Series meter. Communication between cable and meter is optical so does not compromise the Kestrel water-tight seal. Cable length is 3 ft ( 915 mm) and data transfer speeds are up to 230 Kbps. The cable weighs just 2 oz (56 gm) so is convenient to carry around.
Compatible with Kestrel 5000 Series meters
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The bedroom is a place in your property where they count on to find the ideal type of relaxation and comfort achievable. Also this furniture is created up of light wood and wrought iron so it is not that heavy or costly. If you want to save yourselves from such conditions, on the internet shops are the ideal spot to shop from. The beauty of modern contemporary furniture is that you can choose far more sophisticated and understated pieces, of which there are many, if you do not want to go all out with wacky modern chairs, sofas and accessories.
Ultimately, wooden furnishings is the normal furnishings style that most offices go for. Contemporary furniture uses light, durable wood rather than heavy, strong wood that does not make it too heavy. Luckily, modern trends in furnishings design have permitted an limitless selection of elegant furniture pieces in shades of wood, metal and plastics.
Several furnishings shops across the country sell contemporary furniture at discounted and reasonably priced rates. With higher concentrate on saving space, there is contemporary furniture that is multipurpose in use, like a sofa that serves as a bed as nicely. These furnishings things are most preferred by individuals because of their luxurious and stylish designs.
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Financial services companies looking to exploit Robotics Process Automation (RPA) are finding it difficult to progress deployment beyond proof of concepts because established measures of performance do not provide the precision to be confident of delivering the potential business benefits.
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The Geography of the Commute
Transit use is fraught with perils . . . one delay of a connection can cause a worked to be . . . fired.
It is a common misperception that low-income populations are transit-dependent or typically do without a car because it is too expensive. While much larger proportions of low-income populations use a mode of transportation other than a personal automobile to commute to work, a majority of them still use a personal automobile. In this edition of the Periodic Atlas, we looked at commuting as it relates to people of color and low-wage workers using the most recent reliable Census data as well as data from the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LEHD-LODES).
Commute Mode by Race and Income
Generally, commute mode shares in the Portland metropolitan area are similar to most other regions in the United States where commuting by automobile (driving alone or carpooling) forms the dominant share of commuting. Across all races and ethnicities, populations in poverty commute by transit and walking to a greater extent than their peers not in poverty. White populations not in poverty have the lowest share of commuting by transit. Meanwhile, African-American populations have the highest share using transit (19%) with African-American populations in poverty using transit to get to work at a rate (33%) twice that of any other population group. The differences in commute mode by race/ethnicity and poverty status are important for understanding commute patterns considering the level of racial/ethnic and class segregation in the Portland region.
Figure 1: Commute mode by race, Hispanic origin and poverty level, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro MSA
Source: IPUMS-USA, University of Minnesota, www.ipums.org: American Community Survey 2015 5-year estimates: Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington Counties, workers 16 and older, and employed outside of the home.
Notes: Dashed line = moderate reliability. Solid line = low reliability. Poverty defined by 150% of federal.
Employment and Commuting
Commuting is also impacted by where employers locate. Employers make location decisions for many reasons. Some employers prioritize their location for their employees while others put the priority on transportation access for freight or customers. Inevitably though, employees will commute to a job from all over the region regardless of the transportation amenities available.
To examine this effect, we used LODES data to identify the Census tracts with the highest density of employment with high proportions of low-wage workers employed there. To have comparison cases, we selected employment tracts based on their dominance for a particular kind of work. The following analysis focuses on the Census tracts that contain the airport, the Central Eastside Industrial District (CEID), the Fred Meyer Distribution Center (FMDC) in Milwaukie, Washington Square Mall (WSM), and Vancouver Mall (VM). For each location, we analyzed the proportion of low-wage (earning less than $1250/month) workers located within three, six and ten miles (straight-line distance) of the Census tract as well as the various transportation options leading to and from these locations.
Table 1. Proportion of Low-Wage Workers by Distance
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. 2016. LODES Data. LongitudinalEmployer
Household Dynamics Program. http://lehd.ces.census.
Washington Square Mall and Vancouver Mall
WSM's tract contains nearly 12,000 employees while VM's tract contains around 6,700. That the tract is retail-centered was reflected in nearly 30% of employees being classified as low-wage. Nearly half of low-wage WSM workers live farther than ten miles away compared to 40% of VM workers. However, a much larger proportion of low-wage workers live close to VM. This is likely an effect of the Columbia River presenting a barrier to workers in Oregon seeking employment in Washington. Both malls act as transit hubs presenting employees with relatively easier access to jobs from nearly any direction. However, for WSM, transit options diminish precipitously south and west of the mall while the same is true north and east of VM.
Thirteen percent of the nearly 30,000 jobs in the airport tract were classified as low-wage. Table 1 shows that, generally, low-wage workers live about the same distance from work as all other workers with only a slightly higher proportion living beyond ten miles.
Transportation to and from this tract is extremely limited. Only the MAX Red Line goes to the airport and the closest bus lines are along NE Killingsworth Street west of NE Eighty-Second Avenue and on Columbia Boulevard west of NE Forty-Seventh Avenue. This leaves many of the businesses in the tract completely inaccessible by transit, and walking from transit to any of the employers requires traversing streets laden with freight traffic and often lacking sidewalks.
Central Eastside Industrial District
The CEID contains nearly 17,000 jobs. This tract is a highly exceptional case in that over three-quarters of low-wage workers employed in this tract live within ten miles of work. This is likely due to its centralized location in the region even when considering housing costs in nearby neighborhoods would make it very difficult for such workers to live nearby. A third of the workers employed in the CEID live within three miles, the most expensive housing locations in the city.
Transportation to the CEID is convenient for most travel modes. Most cross-town bus lines in the city go through the tract or at least stop in downtown leaving riders a relatively easy walk from work. Parking, however, is in very short supply here.
Fred Meyer Distribution Center
The FMDC is another industry-heavy tract with around 10,000 jobs. This tract had the highest proportion of low-wage workers living more than ten miles away. Like the airport tract, transit options to this location are sparse with one bus line going through it. However, this bus line has half-hour waits between buses during peak morning hours heading toward downtown and then changes to one-hour waits. Headed away from downtown, the shorter waits occur in the evening. Workers south and west of the tract have virtually no transit connections to work. Walking is also difficult as the tract is surrounded by highways and the Clackamas River.
Figure 9. A comparison of two commutes from SE 136th Ave and SE Division St
Highlighting Two Scenarios
We also looked at possible transit commutes that workers living in the area of SE 136th Avenue and SE Division Street may face when trying to get to their jobs in the airport or Fred Meyer Distribution Center tracts. This location had a concentration of workers for both work places.
Workers trying to get to jobs around NE Eighty-Second Avenue and NE Alderwood Road, face a nearly ninety-minute commute that requires them to transfer twice on transit. Around twenty minutes of their travel time is spent waiting at the transfer points. At the end of their journey, they are faced with a three-quarter-mile walk from the Target in Cascade Station along a road where the sidewalks disappear before they reach their destination. If they miss a transfer, they have a fifteen-minute wait for the next train. This trip is similar if done at 8:00 a.m. or 8:00 p.m. While this area is near the airport, it is not well served by the Airport Max line.
Workers starting their commute to the FMDC at 8:00 a.m. also face a trip that will take over ninety minutes and two transfers. Unlike their airport tract peers, nearly half of their travel time is spent waiting for buses (forty-five minutes). If they tried to get there at 8:00 p.m., though, the bus from Clackamas Town Center would no longer be running.
Figure 10. Commuters to many of the commercial and industrial jobs in the PDX tract face heavy-traffic streets and long walks wherever they disembark.
Understanding the Cases
Transit use is fraught with perils. As workers live farther from work, their chances of having to transfer buses or trains increases. One delay of a connection can cause a worker to be late to work. This can lead to them being fired since low-wage industries are often less amenable to tardiness among their employees. Transit also takes time. A low-wage worker living close to work may not experience much time difference between transit and driving but living ten miles or more from work creates considerable time differences. Low-wage industries also tend to use night-shift labor more than other industries. Transit schedules often do not coincide with night-shift schedules leaving workers to either find a different mode or wait hours for a bus.
Walking to work or walking from a transit stop can present many difficulties. Many locations around Portland lack sidewalks or convenient and safe places to cross busy streets. This presents a higher possibility of a person walking to work getting injured or killed by a driver.
Driving can severely strain a low-wage worker's budget, but it also provides them a quicker and more convenient way to get to and from work and any other obligations they need to get to. As we see from the cases we presented here, driving may be the only reasonable way for low-wage workers to get to work.
Race and ethnicity also matter. Many populations of color and low-income populations are concentrating east of NE Eighty-Second Avenue, but low-income African-American's dependence on transit presents a much larger problem when they move east of NE Eighty-Second Avenue. In this area of the region, their high rates of transit usage will be difficult to maintain, but so will their budgets if they switch to driving. Racial discrimination in the labor market may also mean they face a greater likelihood of being fired over tardiness related to missing a bus, and a more difficult time finding a job after such an instance. We must always remember there is an intimate linkage between housing, jobs, and transportation and we must always consider what that linkage means as economic and racial segregation still exist in the region.
Steven Howland is a Ph.D. candidate in the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University with a research focus on poverty, low-income labor, and transportation equity.


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Michael Sanders
"I'm a College of Technology alumnus, and have worked for the college for 21 of the 26 years I've worked for Purdue. I'm a strong believer in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute and of Purdue's Statewide system, and am eager to grow the South Bend location so it can continue to meet the needs of both students and the Michiana community."
Sanders served as director of Indiana Careers at Saint Mary's College from 2004-07, and from 2002-07 was assistant professor in the department of business administration and economics.
Sanders previously worked on the West Lafayette campus from 1984-2002, where he was director of undergraduate programs at the Krannert School of Management, and head academic adviser in the College of Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology.


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With your help, I'm looking to raise money to have an operation in America that will help get me out of my wheelchair and get me walking a bit too.


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Powerful new tools like the ones used to make Monsters vs.
Aliens give filmmakers unprecedented power to manipulate imagery and create immersive cinematic experiences.
Images courtesy DreamWorks AnimationHigh-end filmmakers aren't just making movies these days. They're building virtual worlds before shooting a single frame of film, using digital tools that blur the lines between animation and live-action, virtual sets and physical soundstage, photorealistic cartoon characters and motion-captured human beings.
Over the past few years, digital moviemakers have mastered new technologies and learned to micromanage massive teams in order to bring complex collaborative visions to the screen. The goal: to create truly immersive movies that knock the socks off even the most jaded moviegoer.
"Every technological advance in filmmaking points directly to something like Star Trek's holodeck, where you don't go in and watch the stories — you are actually in the bar or you're climbing the rock or whatever is there," said Phil "Captain 3D" McNally, the stereoscopic supervisor, who handled the 3-D elements in DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs. Aliens, which opened Friday. "That's lucid dreaming as realized by Star Trek technology. If you have a choice between watching a movie and going on the holodeck, I guarantee you'd be going on the holodeck."
As with earlier advances — from silent films to "talkies," from black-and-white to color and from sound to surround sound — the new technological tools at moviemakers' disposal are changing not just what audiences see and hear, but the way directors and their crews work.
Movies of the Future
Pointing toward a new model for world-building in big-budget features, director Steven Spielberg finished filming actors earlier this month and handed the baton to producer Peter Jackson. The digital environment for Tintin and its sequel will be constructed over the next 18 months at New Zealand's renowned WETA Workshop.
A Christmas Carol
Motion-capture pioneer Robert Zemeckis won novelty points with Polar Express and added 3-D to the mix for Beowulf (pictured). In November, he steers texture-mapped human actors, led by Jim Carrey, toward a 21st-century spin on the Charles Dickens classic.
Reputed to be a detail-obsessed control freak, David Fincher pushes technology with each new movie. Teaming with visual-effects wizards at Blur Studio for Goon, the famously meticulous director will likely spawn a comic book hero unlike anything seen before.
Unlike previous 3-D cartoons, Monsters vs. Aliens was conceptualized from the get-go as a story designed for depth.
"When I worked on Chicken Little and Disney's Meet the Robinsons, the movies were created first in 2-D, then put it through a process of adding depth, which to me is like saying, 'Here's a painting, now turn it into a sculpture.' That's not the same as sculpting," said McNally.
The teams working on Monsters vs. Aliens authored, designed and filmed every frame in 3-D, giving the filmmakers extraordinary ability to manipulate the imagery audiences will see. During a screening of clips from the movie earlier this year, DreamWorks chief Jeffrey Katzenberg said using the new tools was like having the entire production team suddenly begin communicating in Russian.
"It's a whole new language," Katzenberg said of the powerful new tools at filmmakers' disposal. "It's going to have to be learned and taught."
Katzenberg, a major cheerleader for 3-D moviemaking, showed several clips from Monsters vs. Aliens. Scenes produced early in the process, as filmmakers were getting their first taste of the new digital tools, used the 3-D in a more gimmicky way, Katzenberg said. As the animators grew accustomed to the new way of working, they created scenes that were more subtle and muscular.
Aiming to fool the human eye with seamless tricks of perspective, Monsters was created using a new set of tools and systems that calibrated on-screen depth perception with unprecedented precision. The advances spell the end of cardboard cutout-type characters, promises McNally, who sees 3-D storytelling as one more pit stop along the road toward a hyperintensive viewing experience.
"Stereoscopic vision has been an obvious next step for a long time but until now, analog projectors prevented 3-D from working in anything more than an experimental way," he said. "You still have to wear the glasses, but we're at a point now where the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and that only became possible because of innovations in digital cinema and the RealD projection system."
McNally figures the end game for filmmakers is pointing toward the kind of "lucid dreaming" anticipated by Star Trek's "holodeck" technology and hinted at for decades by videogame makers. McNally said he thinks the movie-going experience will increasingly resemble gaming environments in years to come.
"I think the future of cinema is probably going to come from people who play 3-D games and grow up to become filmmakers," he said.
In fact, the creators of the Resident Evil 5 videogame utilized the same cameras favored by director James Cameron as he shoots his highly anticipated Avatar. The technology allows the filmmaker to manipulate computer-generated 3-D environments in and around actors, turning a single session of motion capture work into an endlessly tweakable scene.
For years, Cameron has championed his Titanic follow-up, a futuristic sci-fi epic set for December release, as a Hollywood game-changer that blends 3-D, motion capture, live action and digitally rendered story elements with unprecedented photorealistic detail.
Rick Carter (Artificial Intelligence: AI, The Polar Express) designed the futuristic universe in which Avatar takes place, a process he calls a "huge undertaking."
"It's like creating real cities," he said. "There's infrastructure and planning and communication and vision and technical know-how. I went down to New
Zealand 13 times in 2007 getting both the virtual and physical parts of the set, and then figuring out how to meld them together. I've never encountered anything like that before, and from what I've seen, Cameron delivers a truly grand vision."
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's reverse-aging plot is widely cited as an example of how new technology can bring previously unfilmable stories to the screen.
Photo courtesy SonyTo organize such a massive project — Avatar reportedly will cost about $300 million — Cameron and his collaborators stepped outside the traditional production pipeline sequence to take a nonlinear path toward what Carter describes as "the movie-scape."
"People who do digital effects are being invited earlier into the process to construct how this movie is going to be made," Carter said. "Cinematographers who figure where a camera is, how it moves and how it might be lit are now coming up through the computer rather than through a photographic medium. Instead of looking at a performance now, editors look at the capture of the person and tabulate all of that information while trying to keep the emotion going. Everything is shifting. "
For Watchmen production designer Alex McDowell, virtual environments now play a critical role in a number of disciplines. "The big premise of immersive design, whether it's videogames or architecture or animation or film, is that in each of those areas, world-building is the core idea," he said.
McDowell is especially bullish about today's "pre-visualization" tools, which give moviemakers an early look at films in progress. In place of the static sketches, concept art and hand-drawn storyboards that traditionally provided a general sense of a film's direction before shooting began, 21st century pre-vis tools enable real-time playback of movie sequences in rough draft mode.
"By creating a 3-D virtual production space, you can work with your fellow filmmakers in a very descriptive, data-rich, virtual representation of the film before you even start making it," McDowell said. These virtual environments often become just as important as the story itself.
After he become a "pre-vis" convert while working on David Fincher's Fight Club, McDowell created the futuristic environment for Minority Report working off a two-paragraph concept summary from Steven Spielberg. Delving into the futuristic city's "interior logic," McDowell came up with the vertical-drop flying taxi that featured prominently in one of the film's most memorable sequences.
That sort of creative magic will only become more common as digital effects wizards get involved earlier in the moviemaking process.
"For me," McDowell said, "it's about creating a machine that both contains and triggers narrative. At the beginning of a film, these new tools allow us to set up a kind of test-control space where you throw ideas in and test them against the logic of the storytelling."
Citing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as a case study in technology-enabled storytelling, McDowell said: "We're all moving towards an arena where it's going to become less and less important whether you call it 'animation' or 'live action.' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was probably 30 percent animated in the end. Watchmen is maybe 70 percent live action and 30 percent green screen. Everything is absolutely in flux right now."
No matter how deep the 21st century filmmaker's bag of tricks, digital sleight of hand won't rescue weak performances or lame dialogue. Despite elaborate green-screen backdrops painstakingly scanned into existence by hundreds of visual-effects techies, The Spirit flopped.
Real actors performed in real Vancouver soundstages, but production designer Alex McDowell says roughly 30 percent of Watchmen took place against a digitally generated backdrop.
*Photo courtesy Warner Bros.*Some concerns inevitably arise about this new way of making movies. Carter points out that a new generation of filmmakers who have "spent their entire lives in front of computer screens" might lack the real-world savvy that burnished old-school movies with a certain lived-in luster.
There's also the matter of over-planning. "There's a little bit of a fear that this sort of process takes the spontaneity out of filmmaking, but I think it actually allows more freedom," said McDowell, co-founder of the 5D Immersive Design Conference slated for October in Long Beach, California. "We can take a photograph of an actor, cut and paste it into a 3-D environment, light the environment to match the actor, adjust the colors in both, and do all of that in an hour. We can say, 'Hey lets see what it looks like if we ramp up the purple in the set and ramp down the purple in the costume,' then do it in Photoshop with a couple clicks on a mouse.
"The way we make movies now is much closer to the beginning of film, where you just had a very small group of people in a room with maximum creativity. We creative types can enter into a new partnership with the technologists and say, we know your box can do this thing, so let's push it. Let's get it to do the next level of creativity, rather than simply achieving a technological milestone — the best water or most realistic hair or whatever."
So what's it all mean for the movie fan who's laid out $10 or more for a ticket?
DreamWorks' McNally predicts an ever-escalating succession of mind-blowing spectacle.
"The way movies are heading is not necessarily toward realism, but toward sensory input," he said. "Our base level for what we were trying to achieve 10 years ago is now just like the starting point. Each time you finish one of these movies, the base line goes up another step."
Additional reporting by Lewis Wallace.
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Last week, the world was shocked and awed when Emeritus Professor Harold Lewis resigned from the American Physics Society because of their anti-scientific position regarding the global warming scam. This week, another prominent scientist, Royal Professor Claes Johnson from the Royal Institute for Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, dropped another daisy cutter on the climate junta when he announced that he would have resigned from Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, had he only been a member, which he should have been if there only had been some justice in the world. Professor Johnson's hypothetical resignation is a great loss to the Academy, as well as a great embarrassment. The Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences used to be famous for selecting the winners of the Nobel Prizes in the physical, chemical and medical sciences every year (see picture), but after Professor Johnson's hypothetical resignation, those Prizes have been seriously devalued. The question is whether anybody really would want them anymore. Will the Swedish king really want to continue participating in the award ceremony after this scandal? And how many more non-members will resign from the Academy, after Professor Johnson has set the snowball rolling?
So what caused Professor Johnson to take the desperate step of leaving (had he been a member) a prestigious and influential position in the Academy? Professor Johnson is objecting to the Academy's endorsement of the fully unscientific and unproven concept of a fictional "green-house effect", which is the foundation of the entire AGW-scam (a matter on which he recently expressed disagreement with the Lord Monckton himself, who is for once seriously at fault). The Academy has forever disgraced itself by supporting such nonsense and superstition! Professor Johnson writes:
I don't want to be member of such an Academy. Is there really nobody among the 175 [real members] who has similar hesitations?
Besides Claes Johnson, will enough members and non-members take a stand against the Lysenkonistic corruption that got its hold on the organisation, so that it can recover some of the respect it had before this ignominy? Or will future Nobel prizes have no more value than something you find in a cereal box?
I want to personally contribute to fighting the corruption of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. Although I am not formally eligible for a membership in that organisation, there is something else I can do in spite of a considerable personal cost:
I hereby announce that if I had been awarded the Nobel Prize by the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, then I would return it!
Corruptio optimi pessima