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We live in a litigious world and, more importantly, one filled with scam artists and cry babies looking for any stupid excuse to blame their mistakes, problems or minor shortcomings on large companies or the government. People will sue at the drop of a hat these days, but what are the dumbest lawsuits of all time? From spilled coffee to a Michael Jordan lookalike, the dumb legal cases on this include some pretty funny, if absolutely crazy claims.
One man on this list tried to sue HIMSELF and then talk the government into paying the rewards he owed... himself. Sometimes though, it isn't the large companies being sued, they're the ones doing the suing. Viacom even sued a dead woman in connection with illegal downloads. Because that makes sense.Here are fourteen stupid court cases that will make you want to sue the pants off of someone instead of, you know, "working." They may be sill lawsuits, but many of these plantiffs actually managed to win their case and collect some major cash in the process. All those dollars may just be the best reasons to actually go to court. Check out the stupidest cases in recent history below!
A Couple Got Sued Because Of The Emojis They Used In A Text
An Israeli couple had to pay more than $2,000 for an apartment they never rented thanks to an emoji. No, seriously.
The couple contacted a landlord they found online about their interest in an apartment. During their text conversations, the couple used various smiley faces, as well as other emojis like a champagne bottle and a peace sign. Because of this, the landlord thought the couple was sincerely interested and took his property off the market.
Except they weren't, and when they backed out, he took them to court for the month's rent he lost. And a judge ruled he had every right to do so. "Although this message did not constitute a binding contract between the parties, this message naturally led to the Plaintiff's great reliance on the defendants' desire to rent his apartment," he said in his ruling.
Woman Sues Starbucks for Using Too Much Ice
A Chicago java lover got fed up with her watered-down iced coffees from Starbucks, and decided to sue the company over it. The court documents brought on behalf of Stacy Pincus state, "Plaintiff alleges that…Starbucks has engaged in the practice of misrepresenting the amount of Cold Drink a customer will receive. As a result of this practice, Starbucks' Cold Drinks contain significantly less product than advertised, by design and corporate practice and procedure."
Getting jipped on your "cold drink" is no laughing matter. The complaint argues that standard practice at Starbucks is to fill a venti-sized container until just above the head of the siren on the logo, then fill the rest with ice. That means customers are getting somewhere around 14 ounces of coffee instead of the 24 ounces that fit in the cup.For their part, Starbucks says that customers can always ask for less ice.
Beer Guzzler Sues Fosters for Convincing Him Their Beer Was Australian
New York resident Leif Nelson is suing Foster's beer for deceiving them. Apparently, all of their ads featuring kangaroos and the Australian flags misled him to believe that his beloved beer was being brewed down under. In fact, Fosters is brewed in Ft. Worth, TX, and has been since 2011.
Nelson says that he'll resume drinking his favorite beer when they properly label the cans, and stop falsely advertising their beer as Australian.
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Hellmann's Owner Sues Competition for Using the Word 'Mayo'
Mayonnaise. You eat it. You love it. You can't eat sandwiches/live without it. But do you really know it?
According to Unilever (Hellman's parent company), federal regulators specifically define mayonnaise as a spread that contains eggs. Which is why they're not happy that a competitor is trying to pass off an egg-free version as the real stuff. The nerve!
Hampton Creek's "Just Mayo" uses plant products instead of chicken eggs in its spread. Unilever contends that by calling their decidedly non-mayo product "Just Mayo," Hampton Creek is participating in false advertising and stealing the market share that is rightfully Hellman's.
"Consumers and cooks have an expectation that mayonnaise should both taste and perform like mayonnaise. Just Mayo does neither," the complaint states. BURN.
Hampton Creek CEO Josh Tetrick doesn't think it's a big deal. "Today it's mayo, tomorrow it's a cookie ... next year it will be pasta," he said. "Maybe we'll see big cookie and big pasta lawsuits against us next."
Careful Tetrick, big mayonnaise is a $2 billion industry. This food fight's about to get real (mayo).Source: Fox News


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Alice in Chains, Little Mix & John Fogerty Bound For Top Five on Billboard 200 Chart
Industry sources forecast "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" might sell around 60,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, June 2.
Rock band Alice in Chains are set for their highest charting album since 1995, as The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here might start in the No. 2 slot on next week's Billboard 200 chart.
Industry sources forecast the album might sell around 60,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, June 2.
Alice in Chains was last in the top two with its self-titled 1995 set, which debuted at No. 1 on that year's Nov. 25 chart. It would be their final studio release with singer Layne Staley, who died in 2002. The band regrouped in 2009 for a new studio effort, the No. 5-peaking Black Gives Way to Blue, with new singer William DuVall. Their latest album is their first since Black.
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British female pop group Little Mix are aiming for a top five entry with its debut set, DNA, which might move around 45,000. Meanwhile, John Fogerty's all-star collaborations album, Wrote a Song For Everyone, is also heading for a 45,000 start. That figure should place the title in the top five, giving the veteran rocker his highest-charting album (and first top 10) since 1985's Centerfield hit No. 1.
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A very important public consultation is taking place in Camden on the future of the Tavistock Place 'cycle scheme'. This runs along some side streets well away from the main roads in central London.
Under normal circumstances putting the words 'cycle scheme' in quotation marks would herald a critique of a mad, bad or pointless project of the sort which we see too much of in Britain. But on this occasion I use the quotation marks because, while this consultation is primarily about a high-quality scheme, it is about more than cycling.
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When TheCall was invited to come to Uganda our intent was to join with the leaders and the people of the great Ugandan Church in a gathering of fasting and prayer to confess our personal and national sins, to pray for God's blessing on the nation, and for a great spiritual awakening among her youth. Personal and national repentance among Christians and prayer for spiritual awakening has been the core focus of TheCall since her inception.
TheCall had no knowledge at the time, of the Uganda homosexual bill and the controversy surrounding it. TheCall was unaware that our genuine intent to encourage the Ugandan church in prayer would thrust us into an international controversy.
TheCall, in 2008, mobilized thousands to pray and fast in California that marriage would be upheld between a man and a woman, believing this to be God's design for the good of society, family, and children. TheCall belief and intent has never been about promoting hatred toward the homosexual community as a whole or towards individuals who identify as LGBT. We have always sought to offer a message of love and redemption to those with same-sex attractions, though at times our communication could have been expressed more effectively and graciously. In this aspect, we humbly seek your forgiveness if we had not communicated God's righteousness and mercy adequately.
Now recently, TheCall has been wrongfully marked and vilified as an organization promoting hatred and violence against homosexuals and as one that supports the Uganda bill as currently written. To the contrary, we have never made a private or a public statement of support for that bill. Though we honor the courage and stand with the stated purpose of the many Church leaders in Uganda who are seeking to protect the traditional and biblical family foundations of the nation, we have serious concerns with the bill as presently written, especially in terms of some of the harsh penalties for certain homosexual behaviors or offenses. Sadly, many around the world are identifying TheCall with these aspects of the bill. Our concern is not to avoid the controversy the bill is stirring up, but to give an accurate representation of biblical values and the heart of Christ for all humanity. Though TheCall is not afraid to take a clear stand on biblical truth on matters of sexuality, we are deeply concerned that TheCall ministry would not wrongfully reflect the character of Christ, and we do not see the character of Christ reflected in some key aspects of the language of the current bill.
Therefore TheCall, though continuing to be held in Uganda, will not promote this bill. In fact, we challenge the Church of Uganda to join with Christians around the world, to first examine our own moral failures, confess our own lack of love, and from that heart seek to establish true biblical standards, reflecting compassion for those struggling with same-sex attraction and equal justice for criminal offenses committed by heterosexuals or homosexuals. We believe this also reflects the heart and intent of the Christian leaders of Uganda.
In releasing this statement, we want to take this opportunity to reiterate our deep love for the homosexual community and, as followers of Jesus, our commitment to oppose all hatred and violence directed towards that community.
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All rooms are comfortably furnished to create an atmosphere of home. Each room has its own bathroom. It is possible to provide baby needs (must be ordered in advance), hairdryer, iron, and ironing board. Wireless Internet access is provided throughout. For a fee, pets are allowed.
Ski and bike storage is provided. Kids may use the playroom with toys and outdoor playground with sandpit. You can spend pleasant moments in the relaxation centre with a sauna, whirlpool and enjoy a massage.
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So you've been having some pain trying to put IntelliSense into your frequent CAML (Collaborative Application Markup Language) files. For every new XML file you create, you have to go to its properties and then point to the target schema located at ../TEMPLATE/XML/wss.xsd.
If you don't know what I mean, usually, in order to display IntelliSense in an XML file opened through Visual Studio, we must link the XML file to an XSD. This is done by going to the file properties and linking to the XSD every time we open the XML file in Visual Studio.
One way to avoid having to link to the XSD every time, is to add the file(s) to a Visual Studio project. However, what if you create CAML files so frequently that you don't want to add them to a Visual Studio project every time?
The best solution would be to load the XSD whenever a new XML file referencing it is opened; and I have the steps to do that!
Under the Schemas folder of the Visual Studio installation folder (Ex: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Xml\Schemas), there is a file named Catalog.xml.
Reference wss.xsd from it by adding the following tag:
Make sure that href is pointing to the correct location of the wss.xsd file.
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Cabinet approves construction of third line between Itarsi and Nagpur
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for construction of third line between Itarsi and Nagpur at an estimated cost of Rs.2,449.91 crore and expected completion cost of Rs.2,882.94 crore.
The 280 km long railway line is expected to be completed in five years.
Besides facilitating the travel, industries in and around Itarsi-Nagpur route will have additional transport capacity to meet their requirements. Hoshangabad, Chhindwara and Betul districts of Madhya Pradesh and Nagpur district of Maharashtra will be covered by this line.
Itarsi-Nagpur route is a BG double electrified line serving passenger as well as Goods traffic from North to South. The line capacity utilization of the section is saturated and running of additional Mail/Express and Goods traffic over the section cause detention to the trains. On this route Teegaon-Chichonda project has already been sanctioned. To cope up with the local demands and to have smooth movement of goods traffic, it is essential to construct 3rd line on Dharakoh-Maramjhiri Ghat Section (12.75 km) and balance on the Itarsi-Nagpur section (267 km).


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Pedro Morales - Victim
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On December 24, 2010 the body of Pedro Morales was discovered in a ditch along a low-maintenance road in rural Ford County, Kansas.
Investigation revealed Morales died from a single gunshot wound to the head.
A Governor's Reward is being offered in the amount of $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for this crime.
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Salaries are set by local education authorities and vary from region-to-region but typically range from £12,000-£16,000 for general teaching assistants. Career progression to become a Higher Level Teaching Assistant is possible after several years experience. This brings increased responsibility in the classroom and salaries from £16,000-£20,000. Top up allowances are usually provided for all teaching assistants who work with SEN pupils.
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Well, okay so that's not exactly breaking news but an important subject with substantial long run consequences. It also happens to be the topic of a new book that John Bogle is currently working on.
From this recent Morningstar interview with John Bogle:
Speculation Dwarfing Investment
High Turnover
"...the most actively traded stock today, everyday, is the SPDR, the Standard & Poor's 500 exchange-traded fund. And it turns over at about 10,000% a year. 10,000% a year! And I think 25% is a high turnover."
The Financial System
"Well, the idea of our financial system, our capitalistic system, was a system that directs capital to its highest and best uses, the best companies, the best growth prospects, making the best products at the best prices."
That's the idea of the financial system but...
"Well, in a typical recent year, ...our financial system has directed around $200 billion a year into initial public offerings and additional new public offerings and then additional offerings of company stock--$200 billion. We trade $40 trillion worth of stocks a year. So, that's 200 times as much speculation as there is investment."
Bogle adds that, by definition, this doesn't enrich anyone but the croupier in the middle. He also points to the turnover in the SPDR ETF and the ratio of trading to initial public offerings to show how extreme this has all become. Other measures reveal the same.
In some other posts, I've pointed to the average holding period of stocks as another indication (a measure that has gone from several years to more like a few months).
When it comes to a vital system more of some activity is not necessarily better. Proportion matters. I think it's more than fair to say the tiny proportion of investment compared to an ever larger amount of speculation is now more than just a little out of balance.
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I've been wanting to get healthier and lose some weight recently, but haven't been able to get up the motivation.
Then last week I watched this video from Blogilates where Cassey talked about DietBet. She set one up for her fans and it starts January 3rd.
The way it works is you create an account and sign up for a game. The bet for this game is $30. The goal is to lose 4% of your weight in a month and if you win you split the pot with the other winners! There are already 850 people signed up and the total pot is up to $25,500! I'm really excited to start getting healthier and I think the bet combined with the large community participating in this bet will really help keep me motivated!
I plan on blogging about this experience a few times throughout the month. I really hope it goes well!
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Ramen Gallery Takumen – Special Cheese Ramen Say What?!
Six different ramen from popular eateries all the way from Japan are featured right here at Ramen Gallery Takumen. We are all familiar with the ubiquitous tonkotsu broth, but this restaurant will open your eyes to more than what you already know about ramen. Originally kicked off as a online ramen store, they go to great lengths just to recreate the original authentic flavours in their first physical branch on our island.
Ramen Gallery Takumen has recently introduced the new hype in Japan, Ramen with Cheese from Due Italian. The restaurant has won the Bib Gourmand of Michelin Tokyo for 3 consecutive years with their rich chicken broth and special homemade noodles. The Special Fromage (Cheese) Ramen ($18.90) consists of noodles in a hot bath of savoury chicken broth, topped off with a layer of creamy fromage. Stir in the melted gooey cheese and enjoy the result of a rich, milky broth that is unlike any other you've tried. Some might find it a tad too oily though. Instead of the usual marinated chashu, the chef has decided to go all the way by using parma ham that elegantly sits on the edge of the bowl. Personally, I love my bowls of traditional ramen, but this unique rendition didn't disappoint.
One of the crowd's favourite – Special Bigiya White Shoyu Ramen with Yuzu ($19.40) also won the Bib Gourmand of Michelin Tokyo for the past two years. This is yet another special soup base boiled using fish and chicken, combined with an interesting citrus flavour. The light broth ends with an addictive bonito flavour. This broth wasn't right up my alley, but my dining partner found it refreshing. The soft ramen noodles is made using whole wheat flour, which went well with the tender chashu. If you're a fan of eggs, you should definitely order the well-cooked ajitama to complement your ramen.
For sides, we ordered the Iberian Dumplings ($7.80 for 6) – pan-fried gyoza stuffed with Iberico pork, which are a staple in Japanese cuisine. The skin of the dumplings were very thin and smooth, but I would have preferred the them to be more crispy. Additionally, the filling itself was to our liking – juicy and flavourful. Dip the dumplings in the tangy acidic sauce, and you're all set for a burst of flavours in your mouth.
Ramen Gallery Takumen, which is located at Raffles Place, has limited seating and was expectedly packed with businessmen on a weekday afternoon. If you're planning to get your ramen fix, you may pop by the other 2 outlets scattered around CBD as well.
Ramen Gallery Takumen
Address: 66 Circular Road, #01-01, Singapore 049420
Opening Hours: Mon-Thurs, 11.30am-3pm, 5.30pm-10pm. Fri, 11.30am-3pm, 5.30pm - 12pm. Sat-Sun, 11.30am-3pm, 5.30pm-9pm
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text: Keithley Instruments Inc. of Cleveland has expanded its business presence in southeast Asia by enlarging its Singapore office and opening two new offices in Malaysia for direct sales and support of its electrical test and measurement solutions. The company says more than half of its sales currently come from outside the US and it can work more effectively with its Asian customers from the new offices. . . . Horsham, Pa.-based Avo Photonics, a manufacturer of photonic and microelectronic packaging, assembly and test solutions for the communications, military/aerospace and medical/industrial markets, has added 500 sq. ft of Class 100 clean space to its existing 6000 sq. ft of Class 10000 space to meet the design and manufacturing demands of advanced medical product makers. . . . IntraLens Vision Inc. of Lake Forest, Calif., has changed its name to ReVision Optics Inc. as it targets the refractive surgery market and the treatment of presbyopia, or the inability to focus on near objects after the age of 40. The company also announced that femtosecond laser maker IntraLase Corp. of Irvine, Calif., has developed specialized software to allow ReVision to produce customized corneal flaps that will assist eye surgeons in injecting ReVision's intracorneal vision-correction lenses, now undergoing clinical trials in the US. As part of this agreement with ReVision, IntraLase will acquire full rights to the name IntraLens. . . . Austin, Texas-based Molecular Imprints Inc., (MII) a manufacturer of nanolithography systems and developer of imprint lithography technology, today announced that President and CEO Norman Schumaker has retired. Mark Melliar-Smith, the company's chief operating officer, has been appointed CEO. MII has also named John Doering as its new vice president of marketing. Doering most recently worked as global director of strategic marketing at ASML, a manufacturer of photolithography systems.


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Consumer Protection Bills Sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Jones Clear Major Hurdles
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An important package of strong consumer protection bills, sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, passed through their respective houses of the Legislature, clearing a major hurdle toward passage.
"When I took office in January, I vowed we would work to strengthen our consumer protection laws," said Commissioner Jones. "I applaud the authors of the bills I am sponsoring, which protect the rights of consumers and expand the opportunity to purchase and keep insurance. I will continue to work toward ensuring these important pieces of legislation win final passage and become law in order to protect the consumers, vulnerable seniors, and hard-working families of this state."
The package of Assembly bills includes:
AB 52, which would give the Insurance Commissioner the power to reject excessive health insurance rate increases by requiring health plans and insurers to seek approval from state regulators prior to raising health care premiums, copayments, or deductibles, passed on a vote of 44-27. The bill is jointly authored by Assembly Judiciary Chair Mike Feuer and Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee Chair Jared Huffman and now moves to the Senate.
AB 315, which would incorporate provisions of the federal Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Protection Act into California law relating to the business and taxation practices of surplus lines of insurance, passed on a vote of 78-0. The bill is authored by Assembly Insurance Committee Chair Jose Solorio and now moves to the Senate Insurance Committee. The bill is an urgency measure and must be enacted by July 21, 2011, to avert federal preemption of California's surplus lines of activities.
AB 624, which would extend the sunset date to January 1, 2017 on an on-going tax credit program for insurance companies, corporations, and other taxpayers that invest in Community Development Financial Institutions certified by the Department of Insurance's California Organized Investment Network, passed on a vote of 75-2. The bill is authored by Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez and now moves to the Senate.
AB 689, which would require insurance producers and insurers selling annuities to have reasonable grounds to believe their recommendations are suitable for seniors and consumers and to adopt a comprehensive regulatory process at the Department of Insurance to enforce this new standard, passed on a vote of 79-0. The bill is authored by Assembly Budget Committee Chair Bob Blumenfield and now moves to the Senate Insurance Committee.
AB 793, which would prohibit unscrupulous insurance professionals from participating with, employing, or making referrals to an individual involved in the sale of reverse mortgages with the sole purpose of selling insurance policies and annuities in order to provide further financial protection to seniors, passed on a vote of 70-0. The bill is authored by Assembly Banking and Finance Committee Chair Mike Eng and now moves to the Senate Insurance Committee.
AB 999, which would protect consumers from excessive premium rate volatility that has characterized the long-term care insurance market by modifying the long-term insurance premium rate development process, passed on a vote of 42-33. The bill is authored by Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee Chair Mariko Yamada and now moves to the Senate.
AB1416, which is the annual omnibus bill for the Department of Insurance and makes minor and technical changes to various code sections, passed on a vote of 75-0. The bill is authored by the Assembly Insurance Committee and now moves to the Senate.
The package of Senate bills includes:
SB 51, which would implement broader protections for California consumers in the large group, small group, and individual markets by conforming California law to the federal medical loss ratio and rebate requirements as well as to the federal prohibitions against annual and lifetime dollar limitations on essential health benefits, passed on a vote of 25-15. The bill is authored by Senator Elaine Alquist and now moves to the Assembly.
SB 599, which would protect consumers from being unwittingly enrolled in life insurance "retained asset accounts" by ensuring that beneficiaries have an opportunity to decide how they want their life insurance proceeds paid, passed on a vote of 37-1. The bill is authored by Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Christine Kehoe and now moves to the Assembly.
SB 621, which would prohibit disability insurance policies from containing discretionary clauses that give discretionary authority to insurers to determine eligibility for benefits or coverage insofar that these clauses give so much power to insurance companies that they can easily justify their denial of benefits in court even when the medical evidence overwhelmingly supports the case of the disabled policyholder, passed on a vote of 37-0. The bill is authored by Senate Insurance Committee Chair Ron Calderon and now moves to the Assembly Insurance Committee.
SB 684, which would provide another level of protection for businesses by making workers' compensation policies more transparent, requiring that these policies be subject to California law, and prohibiting the practice of unfiled collateral agreements often used by insurers to gain the advantage in arbitrations of disputes, passed on a vote of 23-13. The bill is authored by Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett and now moves to the Assembly Insurance Committee.
SB 712, which would incorporate the essential elements of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Model Law relating to Property and Casualty Actuarial Opinion into California law to ensure that the Department of Insurance retains its NAIC accreditation status, passed on a vote of 39-0. The bill is authored by the Senate Insurance Committee and now moves to the Assembly.
More information about these bills can be obtained by visiting this website: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html.
The California Department of Insurance, established in 1868, is the largest consumer protection agency in California. Insurers collect $310 billion in premiums annually in California. Since 2011 the California Department of Insurance received more than 1,000,000 calls from consumers and helped recover over $469 million in claims and premiums. Please visit the Department of Insurance website at www.insurance.ca.gov. Non-media inquiries should be directed to the Consumer Hotline at 800.927.4357. Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf (TDD), please dial 800.482.4833.


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Top Vegan Sources of Immune-Boosting Zinc
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Zinc is one of the most critical nutrients needed for maintaining a strong immune system. It's also imperative for digestion and utilization of carbohydrates like grains, vegetables, fruits, and sugars as well as protein foods.
It helps to ensure healing from wounds and burns and supports healthy prostate function in men. It is necessary for healthy blood, bones, brain, heart, liver, and muscles. If you haven't already guessed, adequate zinc is essential for great health.
Some of the symptoms of a zinc deficiency include: acne, a small appetite, brittle nails, growing pains or stunted growth in children, diarrhea, difficulty conceiving children, frequent colds or flu, hair or nails grow slowly, loss of sense of smell or taste, prostate disorders or impotence in men, sleep disturbances, and slow-healing wounds or injuries.
There are many plant-based sources of zinc. Here are some of the best ones:
Beans/Legumes, including: black beans, chickpeas, kidney beans, navy beans, pinto beans, Romano beans, etc.
Beets and beet greens
Brazil nuts (other nuts too but Brazils contain higher amounts)
Dark leafy green vegetables
Nuts and nut butters
Pumpkin seeds
Seeds like pumpkin and sunflower seeds
Sunflower seeds
Whole grains and breads
Be sure to eat fermented foods as well since zinc tends to become more bioavailable during the fermentation process. These foods include: miso, tempeh, sourdough breads, fermented vegetables, sauerkraut, seed and nut cheeses that are fermented, and non-dairy yogurt.
Adapted from The Life Force Diet by Michelle Schoffro Cook, PhD, ROHP.
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This EF 40mm f/2.8 STM Lens from Canon is a welcome addition to Canon′s line-up of EF lenses--a light, inconspicuous "normal" lens. At a featherweight 4.6 oz, this is one of the lightest lenses in the EF family. It′s less than one inch long, so it will never draw unwelcome attention to you when you′re shooting in public. A bright f/2.8 maximum aperture allows you to shoot under pretty much any lighting conditions, and the sophisticated lens configuration, including one aspherical element, guarantees high image quality from the center to the edge of the frame. The optimized coatings used in constructing the lens greatly reduce ghosting and flare, and deliver superb color balance.
STM functionality provides quiet, smooth and continuous autofocus during video operation (continuous video autofocus only when used with the Canon EOS 70D, Rebel T4i and T5i). The circular aperture formed by 7 diaphragm blades combined with the wide aperture can give you beautiful bokeh--the out-of-focus background areas of your images. This 40mm lens will give you a view equivalent to 64mm when used on a camera with an APS-C sensor, and is able to focus as close as 11.81".
- Newly developed STM technology for smooth and quiet continuous AF while shooting video (continuous video autofocus only supported with EOS 70D, Rebel T4i and T5i cameras).
- Lightweight and unobtrusive 4.6 oz lens is less than one inch long.
- Bright f/2.8 aperture is effective in low light situations and provides shallow depth of field focus control.
- High image quality from the center to the periphery thanks to its advanced lens configuration including one aspherical element.
- Optimized coatings that minimize ghosting and flare while providing exceptional color balance
- A circular 7-blade aperture for beautiful soft-focus backgrounds
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Knife possession sentencing quarterly brief: January to March 2016
Quarterly statistical release on trends in cautioning and sentencing of knife or offensive weapon possession offences.
The report is released by the Ministry of Justice and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
This bulletin presents key statistics describing the trends in the number of offenders receiving cautions and convictions, and in the prison population for possession of knife offences in England and Wales. This bulletin does not cover all knife crimes (offences involving a knife) as published by the Office for National Statistics.
The information presented combines all three types of knife and weapon possession offences; possession offences of having an article with a blade or point in a public place or on school premises; possession of offensive weapon without lawful authority or reasonable excuse in a public place or on school premises and offences of aggravated possession of a knife or offensive weapon.
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English Translation of Hadith
Hazrat Abdullah bin Masud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH), the truthful and the receiver of the truth informed us, saying, "The creation of you (humans) is gathered in the form of semen in the womb of your mother for forty days, then it becomes a clinging thing in similar (period), then it becomes a lump of flesh like that, then Allah sends an angel who breathes the life into it; and (the angel) is commanded to record four things about it: Its provision, its term of life (in this world), its conduct; and whether it will be happy or miserable. By the One besides Whom there is no true god! Verily, one of you would perform the actions of the dwellers of Jannah until there is only one cubit between him and it (Jannah), when what is foreordained would come to pass and he would perform the actions of the inmates of Hell until he enter it. And one of you would perform the actions of the inmates of Hell, until there is only one cubit between him and Hell. Then he would perform the acts of the dwellers of Jannah until he would enter it."
[Muslim Book 33, Chapter 01, Hadith # 6930].
Lesson : as mentioned above in Surah Luqman Ayat 28. "creation of you all and the resurrection of you all are only as (the creation and resurrection of) a single person" This Hadith deals with the problem of fate in which Faith is essential. What it means is that Almighty Allah already knows about every person, whether he will be pious or impious, whether he will go to Jannah or Hell. He has already recorded all this. But it does not mean that man is absolutely helpless and is deprived of will and power, as is believed by some deviant sects who have gone astray. Fate is in fact a manifestation of the Knowledge of Allah and it has nothing to do with the will and intention of a person. Allah has not created man as a helpless creature, but has endowed him with the freedom of will and action, because in the absence of these two qualities, there would be no justification for his trial. He could only be put to test if he was granted not only the ability to choose between good and evil but also the freedom to act. For this purpose, Almighty Allah, has clearly indicated to man both the paths and granted him freedom to choose whichever he likes. He has also told him the ultimate end of each. The Noble Qur'an says: "Verily, We showed him the way, whether he be grateful or ungrateful". {76}Surah Al-Insan [Man]: Ayat 3) "Then whosoever wills, let him believe; and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve". {18} Surah Al-Kahf [The Cave] : Ayat 29). But by mentioning this Hadith in the chapter relating to the fear of Allah, Imam An-Nawawi has warned that we should be fearful of Allah, pray for His Help, and an auspicious end of our life. He has advised us to adopt whatever means are available to us. In other words, we should make Faith and piety a way of life because one can find the means and resources according to one's capacity. Since nobody knows the result of his endeavors, one should leave it to Allah and rest assured that He Who has created him with a purpose will also create the ways and means to attain it. He who adopts piety, the ways to piety will open for him; and he who adopts evil, the ways to evil will open for him. A Muslim should never go towards evil at any stage of his life, lest his life comes to an end suddenly and he is deprived of the reward of all the good deeds he has done during his life and consequently he is consigned to Hell rather than Jannah. May Allah save us from a bad end and such actions which lead one to Hell.


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On Saturday, September 24, 2011, the Fox Valley Genealogical Society will hosts its 18th annual fall conference in Naperville, Illinois. This year's theme is "Building a Better Pedigree" and features the one and only, Christine Rose.
Ms. Rose will present the following lectures:
- Genealogical Proof Standard: Building a Solid Case
- Local Land Records in Depth
- Avoid the Crooked Path! Genealogical Problem Solving
- "Solving" the Problem Onsite in 25 Hours of Less!
The event will take place at Grace United Methodist Church, 300 E. Gartner Rd., Naperville. The cost is $35 for members ($40 for non-members) before September 9th, and includes breakfast and lunch. There will be door prizes, a silent auction, and quilt raffle.
The conference brochure and registration form can be downloaded here. You can also register online here.
Christine Rose is the author of some books I own, including Courthouse Research for Family Historians: Your Guide to Genealogical Treasures and Genealogical Proof Standard: Building a Solid Case. Although I am not a member of FVGS and do not live in the area, I am seriously contemplating attending this conference to hear Ms. Rose's lectures.


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Simone We cannot find any significant literary characters with the first name Simone.
Latin Simone - a song by Gorillaz
Simone - a song by Donna Lewis
Simone's Battle (Shane Swenson) - Simone has created a fantasy world to protect herself from the harsh realities of this world. The problem is her fantasies are as nasty as the world she is trying to escape and now she must defeat the worst of both worlds to reclaim her relationship with her father and save them both from losing the only happiness they have found since her mother's death. Recommended for ages uncertain.
Simone: Das Regenbogendrachenmadchen (Miroslava Drastig) - German Edition. An besonderen Tagen, wenn die Sonne die Regentropfen bescheint, kann man ihn sehen: Den Regenbogen. Und dort lebt Simone, das kleine Regenbogendrachenmädchen. Gemeinsam mit ihrem Teddy spielt und tanzt Simone durch die bunten Streifen des Regenbogens, und wenn es müde ist, legt es sich im Regenkreis schlafen. Recommended for ages 5-8.
Famous People Named Simone - Simone de Beauvoir (French philosopher); Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira (Brazilian singer); Simone Signoret (French film star); Nina Simone (African American musician/activist)
Famous People Who Named Their Daughter Simone - Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock, wrestler/actor); Geraldo Rivera (journalist/TV personality)
Simone de Beauvoir (9 Jan 1908 -14 Apr 1986) - Born in Paris in 1908 to a bourgeois family, Simone de Beauvoir was well-educated, intellectually precocious and, as her father is said to have claimed, "she thinks like a man!" Simone studied philosophy at the Sorbonne and went on to write her highly influential feminist-existentialist masterpiece, "The Second Sex" (1949). The work details women's subjugation and systematic oppression in society as purposefully constructed by the collective patriarchal hierarchy. However, existentialism believes that existence precedes essence, so women need only to reject the conscripted roles they are called upon to serve (by men, obviously). Simone de Beauvoir argues that one is not born "a woman" (as defined by societal expectations). Rather, women have the capacity, the capability and (most importantly) the choice to reject her confinement and choose freedom instead. Women must take this responsibility for themselves and transcend beyond the "female" playbook given to them by a society whose sole intent is to keep women limited to second place as "the second sex". Can we get an Amen, sistas?


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Mean Shift Clustering
>>> from mlpack import mean_shift
This program performs mean shift clustering on the given dataset, storing the learned cluster assignments either as a column of labels in the input dataset or separately.
The input dataset should be specified with the 'input' parameter, and the radius used for search can be specified with the 'radius' parameter. The maximum number of iterations before algorithm termination is controlled with the 'max_iterations' parameter.
The output labels may be saved with the 'output' output parameter and the centroids of each cluster may be saved with the 'centroid' output parameter.
For example, to run mean shift clustering on the dataset 'data' and store the centroids to 'centroids', the following command may be used:
>>> mean_shift(input=data)
>>> centroids = output['centroid']
input options
- input (numpy matrix or arraylike, float dtype): [required] Input dataset to perform clustering on.
- copy_all_inputs (bool): If specified, all input parameters will be deep copied before the method is run. This is useful for debugging problems where the input parameters are being modified by the algorithm, but can slow down the code.
- force_convergence (bool): If specified, the mean shift algorithm will continue running regardless of max_iterations until the clusters converge.
- in_place (bool): If specified, a column containing the learned cluster assignments will be added to the input dataset file. In this case, --output_file is overridden. (Do not use with Python.)
- labels_only (bool): If specified, only the output labels will be written to the file specified by --output_file.
- max_iterations (int): Maximum number of iterations before mean shift terminates. Default value 1000.
- radius (float): If the distance between two centroids is less than the given radius, one will be removed. A radius of 0 or less means an estimate will be calculated and used for the radius. Default value 0.
- verbose (bool): Display informational messages and the full list of parameters and timers at the end of execution.
output options
The return value from the binding is a dict containing the following elements:
- centroid (numpy matrix, float dtype): If specified, the centroids of each cluster will be written to the given matrix.
- output (numpy matrix, float dtype): Matrix to write output labels or labeled data to.


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The Paradox of Free Will
Free will is an illusion. We are ignorant of what goes on when our minds make a choice/decision and from this ignorance we get the feeling like we freely made whatever choice we made..
Here is the paradox of free will: often individuals report a clear feeling of freely choosing what they choose, and yet they are hard pressed to state that they could have/would have chosen differently at that time and place… they might go as far as to acknowledge that if the clock be rewound they would make the same choice again for all the reasons they made that choice the first time through. When we think about what we have done in the past, we can't really identify a single decision that could have gone differently… but (and here is the paradox) when we think about the actions of others we imagine differently… that guy didn't have to rob the bank, my child didn't have to neglect his homework, my spouse could have called me to let me know they were running late. Funny how we are certain that other's could have used freedom that we know for ourselves doesn't ever really exist.


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I decided that I've been in a bit of a style rut lately so I decided to purchase this crop top in mirrored neon digital print from Motel Rocks. Daring to bare that tiny section of my waist did feel pretty adventurous, but as my Topshop Joni Jeans are so super high-waisted it didn't really matter too much and I actually enjoyed sporting a crop top for a change. It is supposed to be SUMMER after all?
However, the weather in the UK can be a little deceiving so I teamed this cropped number with an oversized cardigan and boots to avoid having too much skin on show! Before I invested in this top I wasn't really sure about the crop top trend, but I've come to the conclusion that they are pretty versatile. I particularly love the amazing print of this crop top and the longer sleeves did make me feel slightly less exposed...
I'm off on holiday in less than two weeks so I'm looking forward to teaming it with high-waisted denim shorts and a flash of my Orly neon pink nail polish in Oh Cabana Boy!
What I'm wearing:
Crop top- Motel Rocks
High-waisted Jeans- Topshop
Necklace- Dorothy Perkins
Nails- Orly in Oh Cabana Boy
Boots- Topshop
Cardigan- Topshop (old)
Mini Shopper Bag- Zara
Motel have tonnes of crop tops and great summer buys available here and by entering 'Sarahsstylestatement' at the checkout you will receive a 20% discount off your order! Make sure you check out their sale too as there's some great bargains to be had and it ends on Sunday.
Happy Shopping!
Let me know if you have dared to invest in a crop top this season?


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Code breakers show off cheap way to tap mobile calls
Hackers have shown how mobile GSM calls could cheaply be intercepted and decrypted into plain text format using a radio card scanner, a laptop, some Open Source software tools and a codebook table that together converts radio frequency waves into machine readable code.
The potential GSM vulnerability was revealed during a presentation at the recent Hacking at Random conference in The Netherlands.
During the pitch security researcher and hardware hacker Karsten Nohl detailed plans for cracking standard GSM cell phone encryption, known as A5/1, and said he would be making the results available for anyone to use.
The scheme works by pre-generating all the encryption keys used in GSM into a codebook table that can be quickly and easily looked up on the fly.
"It's been known that GSM is weak theoretically but the security barrier has always been high because of the compute power that is needed to create a code book table," Ian Meakin, VP Marketing at Cellcrypt explained.
Use of something called Rainbow Tables has condensed the maths needed to create a code book table. The distribution of the compute operation needed across a peer-to-peer grid of around 80 PCs kitted out with Nvidia grahics cards is estimated to be able to crunch the job in around 3 months.
Meakin said there is a need to recognise the gravity of the situation. "This development is worrying. It marks a massive lowering of the bar for criminal organisations to illegally tap mobile phone conversations."
He estimates that an intercepted call could be recorded and decrypted within 30 minutes or so, should a code book table become available.
This development suggests a mass availability of cheap systems that can crack GSM calls within a 6-24 month timeframe, Cellcrypt has suggested.
The company said it increases the threat level of air interface attacks as a call passes between a mobile handset and the carrier's base station, and proves the case for software like that produced by Cellcrypt which provides for end-to-end mobile encryption.
Cellcrypt's software sits on Nokia N series and E Series mobiles and Blackberry devices to encrypt and decrypt at the end points and secure mobile voice communications, just as other enterprise end point messaging devices are protected against virus attacks and spyware.


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But there's just something about having this amazing little granddaughter in the house that seems to so easily distract me from what needs to be done. All it takes is a smile from her and suddenly nothing else seems so important. The sound of her laughter to make me forget what it was I was supposed to be doing.
It's time, though, to get back to writing, both here and in my professional life.
There is so much I want to write here. So many posts already formed inside my head. I may have taken a break from writing about adoption these last few months but there was no break at all in living the reality of adoption.
And since the birth of my granddaughter, that reality has come at me time and time again. But it hasn't been some big thing barreling after me. Instead it's been the little things. Like someone standing a few feet away and randomly hurling pebbles at me. Once or twice and it really wouldn't hurt. But after a while the sting becomes almost unbearable.
That's been my life these past six months. Little things hitting me, over and over again, bringing the pain that is adoption.
Little things that I believe those of us who are not adopted take for granted to the point that we don't even carry memories of such experiences.
Little things that go against the adoption belief that taking a newborn baby from his or her mother and handing them over to a stranger to raise causes no harm, no loss, no grief.
Little things that have driven home, more than ever, just what I did to my oldest son all those years ago when I gave him up for adoption.
There have been so many times when I have held my granddaughter close, looked into her eyes, and been so thankful she didn't have to suffer the loss of losing her mother in the first few days of her life. Thankful she wasn't taken from her family and placed into the care of strangers.
I hold her tighter, kiss her more when I think of everything she could have lost if adoption had become a part of her life. If she had been stripped of a heritage, a history that was hers the minute she was born.
And in those moments, there is always the harsh realization that when I walked in to the hospital nursery and placed my oldest son in the arms of his adoptive mother, I did to him the very things I am thankful my granddaughter never had to know.
And how do you make sense of that? How do you live with the knowledge that you are thankful your granddaughter will never know the loss your first born child suffered through adoption?
I know what happened all those years ago. I know the lies, the coercion, the manipulation that existed to make sure I gave away my healthy, white, baby boy to a couple willing to pay good money for him. But that doesn't change what it feels like to cuddle my granddaughter as close as I possibly can because I am horrified to think of what it would have done to her if her mother had done what I did to my own child . . . to relive, over and over again, that moment when I pulled my son away from me and placed him in the arms of woman he didn't know, left him alone with his loss while I turned away and walked out the door.
It's a mind game that plays so cruely, becomes one of those little things that is thrown at me time and time again until the sting becomes almost too much to bear.
And yet it doesn't stand alone.
I mean, that would just be too easy, right?
Because there are also those things, as I said, that I truly believe those of us who are not adopted take for granted.
I saw it on Christmas Eve.
It was my turn this year to host the dinner for my large, loud, wonderful, Irish side of the family.
Think busy and lots of noise. Laughter and conversations that overlap one another. Also think of a family proud to be Irish, raised to respect family and about as close and crazy as anyone could get.
Then throw in to that mix the newest family member . . . my granddaughter. She wasn't just the new baby. She was the new "Grady" – our family name. She was passed around, held, loved. By parents and grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
Oh, she was one of us, you know. She was a Grady. An Irish girl. Maybe she'd be a painter, a writer. Maybe a sculptor or fashion designer. She cried and sounded exactly like one of her cousins when she was a baby. She smiled and looked just like her dad.
It was the start of what she will always know, always have in her life. Of those things she will take for granted because that's just how it is. That's normal. It's what happens. You get together with family and they start talking about who you take after, look like, act like. It's not even a second thought to them either. It just is what it is . . .
- - You have your grandpa's nose - -
- - When you sing you sound just like your great-aunt - -
- - You have your mom's green eyes - -
- - You inherited your painting skills from your uncle - -
And it doesn't just end with family gatherings. It's there . . . always there.
We just don't see it or recognize it if we have never missed it.
But I see it so much now. Over and over again is the reality that all my granddaughter has is all my oldest son never knew.
Those little things . . . simple things . . . that become so important in creating our identity, our connection to who we are through who came before us.
Normal things for so many that adoption takes away.
Takes away on top of the loss that already exists.
To see it . . . to live it now . . . I just can't even imagine where I ever was, what I ever thought when I gave my oldest son away to such a life.
What is "better" about a life that begins with loss in the arms of a stranger? About growing up never having what so many don't even think twice about because, to them, it's such a normal part of life that they don't even realize how it plays into creating who and what they become.
Adoption, even so-called successful open adoptions, start with a terrible loss and continue with taking away from children what they should just always know, count on, take for granted. There is nothing good in that. Nothing "better" about it.
Every child deserves what my granddaughter knows in her life, what my son was denied in his.
Deserves to have, if at all possible, the life, the family, they were born into.
Adoption is not a loving option.
It is an act.
An act that separates a child from his or her family, takes from them what is normal, natural in the process of growing up.
An act that should not be encouraged, praised or hoped for. But instead recognized as something that no child should ever have to experience unless there is no other option. No other way to give them the life they deserve in the family they were born in to. Give them the "little things" that nobody should ever be denied.


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