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Disney Returns To The Hundred Acre Wood! Bring Winnie The Pooh Home On Blu-ray & DVD October 25th (Review + Printable Coupon)
A Little Bit About Winnie The Pooh On Blu-ray & DVD
Disney returns to the Hundred Acre Wood with "Winnie the Pooh." Featuring the timeless charm, wit and whimsy of the original featurettes, this all-new movie reunites audiences with the philosophical "bear of very little brain" and friends Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo – and last, but certainly not least, Eeyore, who has lost his tail. "Ever have one of those days where you just can't win, Eeyore?" asks Pooh. Owl sends the whole gang on a wild quest to save Christopher Robin from an imaginary culprit. It turns out to be a very busy day for a bear who simply set out to find some honey. Disney's all-new "Winnie the Pooh" movie is inspired by three stories from A.A. Milne's books in Disney's classic, hand-drawn art.
"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you." ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
(Pictured Above: Pooh Gets A Note)
Blu-ray ™Bonus Features:
Exclusive bonus short "Mini-Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Balloon" – In this charming short, Pooh comes up with a daring plan to get a hold of some honey by fooling a group of bees.
"The Ballad of Nessie" - The animated short film included in the theatrical release is the heartwarming tale of how Nessie found her new home in the Loch Ness.
"Winnie the Pooh and His Story Too" – A fun and informative behind-the-scenes look at the film, designed for the whole family. Hosted by John Cleese (narrator of the film), and with occasional help from Pooh himself, this featurette explores Winnie the Pooh's history from his beginnings as a character in a book, to his continued life in the movies. The filmmakers reveal how they worked to keep the look of the characters and settings in this movie consistent with their first appearances on-screen in1966. Pooh, being a bear of very little mind, finds much of this confusing, but the Narrator and the filmmakers make it all clear to Pooh – and you!
Deleted Scenes introduced by directors, Stephen Anderson and Don Hall – 5 deleted scenes including "The Tummy Song," ""Rabbit's Friends and Relations," "Original Eeyore Intro," "Original Tigger Intro" and "Pooh Searches for a Tail"
Sing-Along with the Movie – Follow the red balloon and changing word colors to seven song lyrics featured in the film.
Disney Song Selection – "Winnie the Pooh Theme Song," "The Tummy Song, "A Very Important Thing To Do," "The Backson Song," "It's Gonna Be Great," "Everything is Honey" and "The Winner Song Finale"
DVD Bonus Features:
"Mini-Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Balloon"
"The Ballad of Nessie"
Deleted scenes introduced by directors, Stephen Anderson and Don Hall – 3 deleted scenes including "The Tummy Song," ""Rabbit's Friends and Relations" and "Pooh Searches for a Tail"
The adorable bear that I (as so many did) came to know and love as a child, is back and better than ever, in the all new Winnie The Pooh on Blu-ray & DVD (available in retailer's everywhere on Tuesday, October 25, 2011). Both of our children LOVE the more recent releases from the Winnie The Pooh series (Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie has been playing repeatedly in our house over the last few weeks). B has been a long time fan of Pooh Bear (it was actually his nickname when he was a baby), while the princess has a certain affinity for the bouncy antics of Tiger.
Because they have enjoyed Winnie The Pooh so much over the years, I just knew that they would fall in love with this new film as well.... and I was right! The movies modern soundtrack had the whole family humming along, while the timeless storyline, illustration and animation (stunning on Blu-ray) kept us all engaged and routing for this friendly bunch from the Hundred Acre Wood.
After the movie was over, the Sing-A-Long bonus feature(with a bouncy red balloon that follows along with the on-screen lyrics to help the kids keep up with the song) kept the good times rolling long after the movie had ended, as they both sang and danced around the family room!
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood for your next family movie night, this is one that the entire family is sure to enjoy!
Disney's Winnie The Pooh will be available at retailer's Nationwide on Tuesday, October 25, 2011. Available online at http://www.amazon.com/
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Now recent moment tha Apple has introduce tha Apple iphone 6s – Apple Next Generation iphone, the Super New 6s Latest model for user yet professional life. Since Many "S" versions of Apple that we have seen and experienced earlier, the iphone 6s have brought a greater innovation that will revolutionize the smartphones in a better way. On your marks In Canaada Coming to you Apple iphone 6s – Apple Next Generation iphone, the Super New 6s, the new Apple iPhone 6S is about to receive the biggest hardware update of all Apple versions. More speed, more memory, a new screen and a better camera. The latest version of the predecessor is now called Apple's next generation iPhone, which is by far the best.
Revolutionized in the wisdom that Apple's competitors will consider it a good idea and will surely develop their own variations there of. Active noise annulment with devoted mic, Siri natural language instructions and dictation, I Cloud cloud service, Twitter and Facebook integration, MP3 Apple Lossless player, MP4 H.264 player, Audio/video/photo editor, Document editor, Games downloadable. as an example, one can refer to the developments earlier to the Apple iPhone 6s, like Siri voice control, Bluetooth 4.0 and the fingerprint sensor revolution. Equipped with Force Touch, pressure-sensitive technology, the display can gauge how hard we press which results in different functions. 6s is supposed to be in development stages with the biggest speed enhance. the integrated processor of Apple iPhone's 6s would be an A9 CPU made by Samsung, the cores are still unknown but according to Bloomberg it is produced using the 14nm process. Also, another new and most welcomed update is that iPhone 6s will have two gigabyte of RAM instead of just one. Apple A9 chipset along with 2GB of RAM will help all the app junkies, Apple iphone 6s's cache in turn, would be significantly less forced to close apps in the background and to restart later, if we want to use them again.


America's role in the Last Days: Do we have a date with destiny in 2012?
This is a brief clip from the 2 hour long seminar Babylon Rising: And The First Shall Be Last. Chapter 4 explores the concept of "One Nation Under God" and asks the question, "Which god are we talking about?" Looking at some of the iconography in American symbols, it does not appear that we are talking about the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but rather the gods, Osiris, Gilgamesh, Apollo and Zeus. Does America have a role to play in the Last Days? Will we be the ones responsible for raising Babylon up from the ashes and resurrecting the Antichrist? Find out in Babylon Rising: And The First Shall Be Last - now available in print, DVD and MP3 formats.


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Candidate's use of Grove Field parking lot generates complaints
State Rep. Liz Pike held fundraiser at home near airport
By Dawn Feldhaus | September 11, 2012 12:00 am | comments
A board member of the Concerned Citizens in Action recently expressed frustration about supporters of State Rep. Liz Pike parking at the Grove Field Airport parking lot, during a political fundraiser.
The event was held Aug. 25, at the home of Pike and Neil Cahoon, located near Grove Field. The dinner also raised money for the campaigns of Ed Orcutt and Julie Olson.
During the Sept. 4 Port of Camas-Washougal Commission meeting, Richard Hamby referred to an email sent May 21 from Port Executive Director David Ripp to Pike. In it, Ripp requested that Pike make other arrangements for parking.
"I am concerned about the port providing free parking (akin to a service) for a political fundraiser," he said. "Providing a service, including the right to use property at less than fair market value or on a discriminatory basis, is considered a contribution to a campaign under WAC 390-05-210.
"I don't think that this one instance necessarily rises to the level of a campaign contribution, but I also don't want the port to be put in a position of letting political campaigns use property on a discriminatory basis, such that it might become an issue in the future. I also don't want the port to be in the position of defending a Public Disclosure Commission complaint that a public entity should be reporting the fair market value of parking as an in-kind contribution to a political campaign. (Unfortunately, I've seen PDC complaints on more trivial matters)."
Pike replied, "Ok."
She was not available for comment by phone, prior to press deadlines. In an email sent Friday to the Post-Record, Pike said she had "rectified this situation to the satisfaction of all parties concerned."
Ripp said Pike paid the port $50 for the use of the parking lot and apologized for not finding parking for her guests elsewhere. The payment occurred the Monday or Tuesday after the event, he said.
"It is the port's concession that everything has been resolved on this issue," Ripp added.
During the Sept. 4 port commission meeting, Cahoon called Hamby a "political watchdog."
Hamby, of Washougal, said he "happened to be driving by the airport the evening of the event."
"I was surprised to see Neil out in the front of the Grove Field parking lot, waving traffic in off of the highway and directing them to park," he added. "I was also surprised to see an organized shuttle service, shuttling people from the Grove Field parking lot to their event."
Pike, a Republican, was appointed on Aug. 23 to serve in the 18th Legislative District Position 1 State Representative seat. She is a candidate for the State Representative Position 2 seat against Democrat David Shehorn in the Nov. 6 General Election.
The CCIA was formed by local residents in 2007, to encourage greater accountability in government.
Dawn Feldhaus

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Why septic tank treatment is important?
Why septic tank treatment is important? Because there can be serious ramifications if your septic tank is not pumped regularly. This is also an important topic because many are not aware of this. It's highly doubtful that homeowners have jarring concerns about their septic system. However, having a clogged issue in your septic system isn't something that a homeowner would want, because it can lead to serious problems such as not being able to use your toilet, sink or tub. No water will be able to go through the pipes because of all of the debris. Depending on how much debris clogged within the pipes, they may burst. In addition, the blockage can also lead to a horrible smell in the house. Septic cleaning from a septic tank service will cost a fortune. So here are some reasons you need to have your septic system pumped regularly.
A clogged drain or sink is usually inventible.
Landscaping brings out the beauty in any environment it is presented around. Beautiful landscaping, no less, creates a welcoming aura that is nearly impossible to ignore. Using landscaping services for businesses is great for attracting new clientele, because of its appealing presentation to the eye—people tend to correlate sense compassion to how well grounds are cared for, and often make crucial decisions off something that may seem trivial to some. However, studies have shown residents of retirement communities believed attractive landscaped grounds were a significant factor (48.5%) and essential (50.5%) to nearly 100% of residents. Landscapes have a profound effect on the mind, specifically emotions where many people report feeling lethargic or depressed around a poorly designed or nonexistence landscape, whereas a bright landscape design brought about positive feelings and improved negative moods significantly.
If you own a home, than you likely already know why your roofing space is so very important. Roofing matters quite a bit, as it protects your home from a variety of outside forces, from hail to rain to snow and even more. When your roofing is in need of roofing repairs, hiring the types of roofing services that are needed is important to do as promptly as is possible. A leaky roof, for example, can cause a great deal of extensive structural damage to your home if left without being repaired. The scope of the leak is also likely to grow, eventually necessitating a much more expansive and expensive roofing repair than would have otherwise been necessary in the first place.
Here in the United States, heating and cooling systems are hugely important – something that the average HVAC company is well aware of. In fact, more than half of all homes – up to two thirds of them, to be just a little bit more specific – incorporate air conditioning systems. And almost all homes having heating systems – in some parts of the country, it's even illegal to rent a home that doesn't include heat, as a lack of heat can all too easily prove to be dangerous where winters are long, cold, and frequently brutal.
Are You Preparing to Renovate a Kitchen or Bathroom in Your Home?
The number of products offered by the local flooring company can be overwhelming unless you walk in with a plan. Knowing, for instance, that you want an inexpensive vinyl plank flooring in your laundry room allows you to only look at those products. Time that is spent in other parts of the flooring company display room will not help you find the products that you need for that laundry room space. In contrast, if you go into a display area knowing that you are looking for traditional hardwood flooring you will be less likely to waste your time in the section of the store that only has laminate flooring or vinyl flooring.
From area rugs to whole room carpets, there are a number of products offered by the flooring companies in many cities. And while it may be tempting to consider ordering these items online, it is often in your advantage to make sure that you have an opportunity to see and to touch the flooring that you want to install in your home.


Whether your an expert Nissan mobile electronics installer, Nissan fanatic, or a novice Nissan enthusiast with an Nissan, a Nissan light bulb size guide can save yourself a lot of time. When you need to replace the headlight, turning signal or parking light bulb on your vehicle, finding out what the replacement size you need can be a time consuming task.
The Modified Life staff have put their heads together to provide our visitors with a free replacement bulb size guide for your Nissan 240SX, Nissan 200SX, Nissan 300ZX, Nissan 350Z, Nissan Altima, Nissan Armada, Nissan Frontier, Nissan Maxima, Nissan Murano, Nissan Pathfinder, Nissan NX, Nissan Pulsar, Nissan Quest, Nissan Rogue, Nissan Sentra, Nissan Stanza, Nissan Titan, Nissan Versa or Nissan Xterra.
If you can't find the car light bulb sizes for your vehicle on Modified Life, please feel free to post a light bulb size guide request on this page and we'll do our best to find you the diagram, schematic or information you need to replace your Nissan light bulb.
I'm looking for running light and fog light bulbs for a 2009 Nissan Maxima. Help? Thanks!
The center console (The P R N D 2 1 does not light up any more) light on my 2004 Nissan Sentra has gone out. Is there a replacement bulb? If so where do I get it? Or will it be easier to take it to a Nissan dealer?
What size hid bulb for a 2010 Nissan Altima???
Can I have the bulb size guide for a 2002 Nissan Altima with HID?
Please provide a bulb chart, inside and out for 2011 Nissan Frontier King Cab V6 SV. Thanks!
Hi, im looking for a 1990-1996 Nissan 300zx Twin Turbo interior bulb guide. I see it listed on your info above, but dont see it anywhere on the site! Thanks in advance! Dave.
I need to know how to get the cover off for the inside dome light on a 2004 Nissan 350Z? I am assuming the bulb is show as it is working fine on one side. I see no visible way to replace the bulb so any help?
Betty, if you look closely at the clear lens portion of the dome light, most late models cars have a small notch where you can insert a flat head screwdriver to pry open the clear lens out of the light housing. Some do not have a notch but the lens can be pried open. Just take your time so you do not crack the lens. If you do not see a place to pry the lens off, there's also a possibility that you may have to remove the entire light housing to get to the bulb itself. Hope this helps. Good luck with your 2004 Nissan 350Z map light bulb replacement.
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As I watch the World spiral out of control, I often ask myself, how could we let things get to this point? The majority of Americans have lived in Safety and Abundance for their entire lives. With our good nature as a Nation, we have shared that Grace, with hundreds of millions of people Around the World.
It saddens me to think that the adage that 'No Good Deed Goes Unpunished' has truth. There is a growing sense of Dread propelled by Senseless Violence, both Physical and Psychological. People are have become predisposed to hurting themselves and one another.
Surely it's not possible to infuse over 300 million America Citizens with a sense of purpose. Although, up until recently we've done it better than any nation throughout our long History. Societies Worldwide have gone Dark, some never had the chance to reach Enlightenment. The GRACE of Universal Awareness imbued in the soul, makes us a Loving Species, willing to give our lives to Protect Others from the Darkness. This Grace is being Snuffed out by Hate.
We have become a Nation without Norms. A Patchwork of desperate characters with one purpose alone ... The Self. We barely have the desire to speak the same language, no less have the same purpose. The glue that has always kept us together have been mores and NORMS.
If this is Modernity, You Can keep It!
If this is Progress ... Be Gone!
It's not that I'm Old Fashioned mind you, Fashion and Behavior are not synonymous, or validate one another. With One you have choice, the other is thrust upon you like a sagging pair of pants.
I witness bad behaviors each and everyday, by large swathes of the population. Disrespect for authority is now Fashionable. Little do they know that giving your seat on a bus, or train to a senior shows Character.
This new species of humans thinks that Character is built by the Consumption of Intangible Things. Sorry, you will not find a Box of Character on Ebay, Facebook, Amazon or SnapChat.
The Spring that keeps the Human Clock in tune, and on time can only be found Within.
Money doesn't buy Civility, or Common Sense. Only the evolution of the Human Mind and Heart, presents true opportunity to become better at all things.
Nonsense, has replaced Common Sense. Hatred is making a big Comeback.
I have always viewed Life with Optimism and Hope.
After all, it's the Very Purpose of Life Itself.


First of all Alice's Bear Shop characters are from the adventure story books written by Rikey Austin. Furthermore they are wonderful bears, cat, dogs and other creatures. Finally Rikey Austin got together with Charlie Bears and these are her words: "Now we are about to begin the biggest adventure of all. Alice and all of her friends will be relaunched by the wonderful team at Charlie Bears". You will be delighted to know that all the Alice's Bear Shop bears will fit the special designed clothes. Alice's Bear Shop Teddy Icky is a floppy teddy bear character with lots of flexibility. You wonder what he is up to in the story book.


Earlier this year, Walmart raised the starting wage for more than 100,000 of its employees. This move reportedly cost at least $1 billion to implement, though the long-term costs could potentially be far worse.
For instance, recent reporting by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette revealed that Walmart plans to soon lay off 1000 employees at its home office in Bentonville.
This revelation comes only months after Walmart simultaneously shut down five stores across the nation for alleged "plumbing problems," thus putting 2,500 employees in an extraordinarily precarious predicament.
By choosing to boost "the living standards of its employees by the smallest of fractions," argued Durden, Walmart crippled "the cost and wage structure of the entire ecosystem of" individual stores "that feed into it," which in turn led to "a tidal wave of layoffs for said" stores.
When either government or businesses raise the minimum wage, it skyrockets costs.
To compensate, businesses then layoff workers.
So yes, some workers wind up with a more livable wage, but at the cost of a bunch of other workers winding up with NO WAGE at all!
It is a frustrating effect, but it is part of economics 101 — a class that minimum-wage-championing liberals really ought to take!


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YG Announces "The Fuck Donald Trump Tour"
The hip-hop artist, YG, has announced a North American tour, called the "Fuck Donald Trump Tour," for September through December. RJ, Kamaiyah and Sad Boy will be joining select dates of the tour, as support. You can check out the dates, details…
G-Eazy Announces "The Endless Summer Tour" with Logic
The hip-hop artist, G-Eazy, has announced a co-headlining North American tour with Logic, called "The Endless Summer Tour," for June and July. The tour will be in support of his album, When It's Dark Out. YG and Yo Gotti will…
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ASAP Ferg Announces "Bestcoast Connection Tour" With YG
The hip-hop artist, ASAP Ferg, has announced a co-headlining North American tour with YG, called the "Bestcoast Connection Tour," for this November. He will be touring in support of his latest album, Trap Lord. You can check out the dates,…


A capital account deficit means your company has no money for you.
U.S. law allows for four forms of business organizations: sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability companies and corporations. A sole proprietorship is a business owned by one person. Many small service enterprises, retail stores and professional practices are operated as proprietorships. The owner is the legal owner of its assets, is legally liable for its debts and is entitled to all the earnings of the proprietorship. From an accounting standpoint, however, the business is treated as a separate entity from its owner.
The balance sheet of statement of financial position reports the financial position of a business, including a sole proprietorship, at a specific point in time. The financial position of a sole proprietorship is shown by the amount of the assets held, its liabilities and the amount of the owner's capital. The balance sheet of a sole proprietorship indicates the name of the business, the name of the statement and the date of the statement. It can be drawn in horizontal or vertical format.
The statement of financial performance, also known as the income statement or trading account, reports the results of earnings activities for a specific time period, such as a month, quarter or year. The net income of the sole proprietorship is the excess of revenues over expenses for that time. If expenses exceed revenues, the sole proprietorship incurs a net loss. Revenues are the increases in owners' capital from the sale of goods or the performance of services. Other types of revenues include interest, dividends and rental income. Expenses are the costs incurred in the course of carrying out the business.
The statement of changes in owner's equity serves as a link between the balance sheet and the income statement by explaining the changes that took place in owner's equity or capital during the period covered. The statement shows the beginning amount of equity, the events that increased it, i.e., new investments and net income, and the events that decreased it, i.e., net loss or withdrawals.
The fourth financial statement of a sole proprietorship is the statement of cash flows, which describes where the cash came from and where it went during the period. It also shows how much cash was on hand at the beginning of the period and at the end. This information is crucial to the sole proprietor because good cash management is essential for the prosperity and eventual survival of the business.
Roberts, Stacey. "Financial Statements of a Sole Proprietorship." Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/financial-statements-sole-proprietorship-14717.html. Accessed 23 April 2019.


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We reported about Fusion Garage tablet named Grid10, a 10 inch tablet with Grid OS a few days ago. The same company also released new Smartphone named Grid4running on the same OS. The Grid OS is a customized version Android so the Smartphone can run Android apps too apart from its own apps.
The Smartphone looks cool in design, the device powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon processor features 4″ WVGA TFT screen , 512MB RAM and 16GB of built-in storage. Other specs on the Grid 4 include quad-band GSM, tri-band 3G (with HSDPA), 5MP camera with LED flash 720p video recording, a VGA secondary camera and a microSD card slot. For connectivity the device has VGA secondary camera and Grid uses microSIMs for a change.
Fusion Garage claim they've completely redefined the way you use a touch screen with a "completely gesture-based and button-free" UI. Anyway, it is yet to be known that this Smartphone will meet the companies expectation in the market, now we can't say anything based on its eye-catching design. The price of the Grid4 Smartphone is now available for now but expected to hit the by the end of this month.


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Patients recording clinical encounters: a path to empowerment? Assessment by mixed methods
Glyn Elwyn The Preference Laboratory, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
Paul James Barr The Preference Laboratory, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
Stuart W Grande The Preference Laboratory, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
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Archives|THE 1994 ELECTIONS: VOTERS MINORITIES; Many Blacks See Betrayal In This Year's Campaign
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THE 1994 ELECTIONS: VOTERS MINORITIES; Many Blacks See Betrayal In This Year's Campaign
By ISABEL WILKERSON NOV. 10, 1994
November 10, 1994, Page 00004Buy Reprints The New York Times Archives
The defeat of the Democrats was a bittersweet loss for many blacks, long considered the most loyal of Democratic voters. It came after a campaign that left many saying they felt they were the underlying issue, where talk of welfare overhaul and the death penalty seemed aimed at them and where both parties seemed to compete to be the toughest on those topics.
"Race was at the heart of this election," said Roger Wilkins, a professor of history at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. "There is a fierce anti-black and anti-immigrant undertone to this switch to the Republican Party. The message was, 'Let us take this country back and make it a white country -- a white male country -- again.' "
Feeling betrayed by their own party and ignored by the other, many blacks said they had chosen to stay home in disgust and silent protest. Today, political analysts were saying that a more enthusiastic showing of black voters might have affected the outcome of several races, including the defeat of Gov. Mario M. Cuomo in New York.
With some notable exceptions -- like the tight victory of Senator Charles S. Robb of Virginia, attributable in part to heavy black support -- blacks appeared weary and resentful of the Democrats' recent attempts to distance themselves from black causes.
"It was absolute disgust," said Robert Smith, a professor of political science at San Francisco State University. "Everyone from Ph.D.'s to garbage workers are saying, 'This was white folks' business.' They're going to make their decisions and make it among themselves.' "
The outcome appears to be devastating, experts say.
"Yesterday was an utter disaster for the black agenda," David Bositis, senior political analyst at the Joint Center for Political Studies, said of Tuesday's election. "Black America has lost its place at the table in the 104th Congress. The black agenda will be nonexistent."
No members of the Congressional Black Caucus lost, but they will be operating in a Democratic minority for the first time in the group's history. "The black caucus is weaker and more diminished than at any time since founded in 1971," Mr. Bositis said.
Overnight, the caucus has lost three House committee chairmanships: Ron Dellums on Armed Services, John Conyers on Government Operations and William Clay on Post Office and Civil Service. It has lost 17 subcommittee chairmanships and is likely to lose staff resources.
"It was bad enough to be a minority in a majority," said Professor Smith. "Now they'll be a minority within a minority with a majority that is hostile."
Women, people of Hispanic descent and other groups will experience a similar loss of influence and committee positions in the new Congress. "They're going to have virtually no influence in the House of Representatives," Mr. Bositis said.
Robert Starks, associate professor of political science at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, said: "It's as if we don't even exist in the whole scenario. We need to start thinking of ourselves instead of falling on the knife for the Democrats every election and getting nothing for it."
The sense of alienation has renewed the debate over alternatives to the two-party system and the need to reach out to Hispanic, gay and other minority groups.
"People are talking independent party," said Mary Frances Berry, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. "Some people have given up on political solutions and are following black nationalists like Louis Farrakhan."
Whatever happens, it is clear, many said, that blacks who have voted Democratic just as faithfully as they went to church every Sunday may have to rethink their political strategy. "The black community is going to have to do some soul-searching about where it is going and what its relationship will be with the Democratic Party," Mr. Bositis said.
The disillusionment with the Democrats and the traditional church-going values of many blacks could also create an opening for Republicans so inclined. Kay Coles James, Secretary of Health and Human Resources for the Commonwealth of Virginia and a former Bush Administration official, said of the Republicans: "They must continue to march into the African-American community where I believe a warm reception for the principles and values would be received."
In fact, J. C. Watts, a black former football player at the University of Oklahoma, won a House seat in the Fourth District as a Republican running in a predominantly white area in the Bible Belt.
There are parallels, political scientists and historians said, between white impatience now and the backlash against blacks as Reconstruction ended, when the Republicans were dominant and Jim Crow laws took effect.
"During Reconstruction, whites began to see black people doing things that threatened whites' sense of themselves," Professor Wilkins said. "There was a very powerful reaction to neuter blacks in all ways. We have been the midst of a similar movement since 1968. It hasn't run its course."
The current turnabout has caught blacks off guard. "After the civil rights movement, we thought we had won the war," Professor Starks said. "But to whites, it was simply a skirmish. Whites are saying, 'Sure, you won the battles of the 60's, but we won the war.' "
Blacks are now looking for alternative leaders regardless of party. Professor Wilkins said: "If Colin Powell ran as an independent, or in the unlikely event he got the Republican nomination for President, black people would desert the Democratic Party in droves."
Professor Wilkins said he was recently at a cocktail party with well-connected black Democrats when General Powell's name came up. He said there was unanimous excitement over the prospect that the General would possibility run for President in 1996.
But then Professor Wilkins asked a more difficult question. "What if General Powell ran as Vice Presidential running mate with Dan Quayle?"
He said a prominent black Democrat who has been in at least one Presidential administration answered quickly. "In a minute I'd vote for them," the Democrat said.
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Welcome, Bienvenidos, Bienvenu, Benvenuti, Willkommen!
It feels like a Eurovision Song contest intro, but I would truly like to Thank You for taking time to visit my website and join me on the journey of my life!
I was born on 22 November, date of St Cecilia, Patron Saint of Music, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Central America.
Adopted and brought to this lovely country, UK, at almost 4 years old, speaking only Spanish, I have often wondered in awe at the remarkable sequence of events that conspired to bring me here, and the meaning of it all. Events revealed to me that it was, quite literally, my voice, that was the key, and that gradually gave me the opportunity to realise through music, which showed me my identity, what is so deep within me, that I would like to share with you and the world.
Please enjoy and continue to accompany me on the path that destiny has chosen for me!
Thank You, Gracias, Merci, Gentile Grazie, Vielen Danke!
x Cecilia x
Stefan Drechsel says of Cecilia's performance of "Fools of Love":
Cecilia was born in Honduras and has been living in England for almost all of her life. You can hear some Latin American roots in her voice blending with her English personality. When she sang with headphones on, I could listen to her voice without any music around. I simply felt taken by her charming and warm voice. I also came to realise something else. I felt that the inspiration was also coming from the song. Two years back I did not see how optimistic and uplifting the song is. Thanks to Cecilia I do know now.
Roger Limb, former composer of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, known for his work on the international TV series, DR WHO, and one of whose unmarketed songs, 'The Light of Love', you'll find on her Cecilia Delgado CD, says:
"When I first heard Cecilia sing I thought..., 'Wow, she's got it, she can do it, she's a natural. And now she's singing better than ever, and I'm so pleased she has chosen to sing one of my songs."


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– and meeting her anonymous donor
My name is Pia and I am 47 years old. 12 Years ago I had Oliver who is a donor child as a single mom. I have a son, Mathias, from a previous marriage. When I got pregnant with Oliver, it was with the help of an anonymous donor. Despite of this, Oliver and I met Oliver's donor in 2017.
How everything started
My ex-husband and I had Mathias in 1997 when I was 25 years old. I have always had the wish of having two children. This was however not a wish that my ex-husband and I shared as he had four children from a previous relationship. When we divorced 7-8 years later, the thought of having two children resurfaced and for three years I considered whether I should have a child alone. It is a big decision and I won't deny that. Which is why it had to be considered really well. There was of course the question of whether I could handle it alone but I knew that it was what I had to do. So 12 years after having my first child, I had my other child, Oliver.
Sceptics and the process
During the process, I met people who were sceptical. The first person I met was my previous doctor where it was clear that she did not think it was ethically correct to have a child by yourself and she did not want to give me a reference. It is only 12 years ago and I changed doctor the day after.
I was searching for information about insemination and donor children online and then I looked for a new doctor – and luckily I found a good one. My previous doctor had started a case against me because she still believed that it was not appropriate, but it was dropped quite quickly. At my new doctor, I was inseminated five times without getting pregnant and I was close to postponing it. But the sixth time I contacted Liza (Diers) and was treated without hormones, which did the trick.
My friends and family have supported me throughout the entire process but they have also asked critical questions like "Are you sure you can handle this?", "are you ready to start from scratch again?" and "how are you going to handle this financially?". It was good to get these questions because I had to consider everything. But I knew that I could do it. My ex-husband travelled a lot with his job so I had been used to being alone a lot. I was never in doubt of whether to do it or not, but I could actually doubt about the timing, but not whether it was the right choice or not. And yes, I have been met by the question, "Do you think it is ethically correct to have a child as a single woman?", and my answer is: Yes. For me it was about finding out for myself whether the need of a man was bigger than my need to have a good life and be happy with what I did.
About Mathias's and Oliver's relationship
Mathias thinks it was cool to get a little brother. He was 12 years old at that point. It was actually Mathias who cut Oliver's umbilical cord. In many ways you can say I have two only children. Of course there have been times when Mathias has found Oliver irritating – as brothers often feel, but today they have a very strong bond. It probably also has to do with the fact that it has always just been us three – and then my mum who lives nearby who has helped us a lot. It has meant a lot with all the help from both family and friends.
"Why does your dad never pick you up?"
It is normal for children to ask questions and the question about why his dad never comes to pick him up is a question that Oliver has been asked by other children. When someone said "You don't have a dad" the kindergarten teachers said "Everyone has a dad and so does Oliver." But this is actually not true in Oliver's case. He doesn't have a dad, because 'dad' is a title you need to earn and it is a relationship more than a genetic condition. But I understood the problem in kindergarten and how it could be difficult to explain so we called Oliver's donor 'donor dad'.
About anonymous and open donors
When I decided to have a donor child I was sometimes asked "Why don't you just go out one eveing and find yourself a man instead?" But I could never do that. Just because I have met the man it doesn't mean that I know him and I would want to know that it has happened in the correct way with the right person. With a donor everything is controlled and these days it is not easy to become a donor as the donor is required to go through both interviews and tests. I chose an anonymous donor for which I have several reasons.
My considerations at the time were based on the fact that when Oliver turned 18 he could meet his donor and that this of course could be a concern and simultaneously a choice with big expectations. So I decided not to give him the choice – until it actually was possible for Oliver to meet his donor.
Getting to know Oliver's donor
I have a childhood photo of the donor and when I showed it to my mum she said "Oh how adorable Oliver looks. But I have never seen that jersey before." There is no doubt that I was curious, but I had and have no regrets about my choice of an anonymous donor.
Later on, I joined donor groups because I knew there was the possibility of being able to track down half siblings if Oliver felt like he wanted to one day. In the group I was asked whether I wanted to be put on a list in regards to donor siblings and I didn't want to do this but I felt like it was comforting to know that it was there. Likewise, there was a list with the donors where you could be added if your anonymous donor chose to become an open donor. I also declined to being on this list.
In 2017 I was contacted by the administrator from one of the Facebook groups who asked me whether I was in contact with Oliver's donor. She also wrote that she had his contact details if I ever wanted to have them. A new law had been implemented that gave donor children the possibility of getting their donors' contact details if they wanted to. I needed to digest this information first. He didn't know we existed. But afterwards I was curious and this was annoying because I was going against what I had been thinking this whole time. But I decided to write him and let him know that I had received his contact details and that Oliver did not know anything yet. I wanted to know what type of person he was. He was sweet and sent photos of himself and his children and after a few months I felt like I had gotten a good impression of him so I told Oliver that he could meet his donor. Oliver was ten years old.
I asked him "Do you remember that you have seen a childhood photo of your donor? Now you can also see him in real life." I could see that Oliver was considering what this meant but he ended up saying that he didn't want to. And that was completely fine – it should be for his sake and not mine.
When a month had passed, he brought up the donor again. Oliver has three freckles on his ear that I don't have and he pointed at them and said "I would like to know if my donor also has three freckles here. And I would also like to know if he does any sport." Oliver is a gymnast and I told him that we could ask him about it – so we did. He didn't have the freckles and he did not do any sport in a serious way so Oliver's instinctive answer was "Well, then I got it from you, Mum."
After corresponding with him for some time, Oliver wanted to meet him. I chose to meet somewhere neutral. We talked to him and it went well and Oliver even got some souvenirs to take home with him. When we got back we spoke about him and Oliver said "He looked like Father Christmas." And he did in many ways because he has a big beard. After the meeting we have corresponded with him but we have not seen him since that day. For Oliver, it was enough to hear and see him and I don't think the need for it would have been there if the possibility had not been there.
For me, nothing has changed after meeting Oliver's donor. I of course considered whether I forced him into something at the time but I felt like he deserved to know. Another thing I considered was how he would react later in life, if he found out that I had that information. But these days he very rarely asks about it but he knows that the possibility is there.
Learn more about open donors
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Q: How do I loop through a file and remove all lines that fit the condition? I have a huge file. I've tried with other software, and it didn't work. So I want to make a custom script.
However, I just cannot work it out myself.
I want to delete every line in a file with the following condition: if "[" in line:
File in question is a .txt file with about 14,000,000 lines. I would prefer something fast.
I've tried other similar functions on this page, but I couldn't find any that would fit my requirements.

A: Instead of deleting, you can pretty easily make a copy of the file with only the desired records.
in_file_path = 'xxxx'
out_file_path = 'yyyy'

with open(in_file_path, 'r') as fh_in:
    with open(out_file_path, 'w') as fh_out:
        for line in fh_in:
            if not '[' in line:
                fh_out.write(line)

If you want to go even faster, you can read and write in binary mode and check for b'[' in the line.

A: Use the readline method of the file object inside a while loop. So while you are in the loop get all lines that do not fit the if condition and store into into a data structure.
Later open a new file and write th entire structure to the new file

A: Try this. This is a simple read and write of a file:
with open("sample_file.txt", "r") as reader:
    new_file = []
    for line in reader:
        if "[" not in line:
            new_file.append(line)
    with open("new_file.txt", "w+") as writer:
        writer.writelines(new_file)

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tdeWe recognize that we are collective agents of history and that history cannot be deleted like web pages. We know that we gather this afternoon on indigenous land and we follow the lead of the first peoples who despite massive genocidal violence have never relinquished the struggle for land, water, culture, their people. We especially salute today the Standing Rock Sioux . . .
The struggle to save the planet, to stop climate change, to guarantee the accessibility of water from the lands of the Standing Rock Sioux, to Flint, Michigan, to the West Bank and Gaza. The struggle to save our flora and fauna, to save the air—this is ground zero of the struggle for social justice.
Such an incredible and beautiful and inspiring day! CSUSM colleague Sharon Elise spoke at the Rally at the San Marcos Civic Center. The walk to Palomar College was much, much slower than expected, because the crowds were so very much, much larger than anticipated! Thousands and thousands!!
The above poster, WE THE PEOPLE, was created by artist Shepard Fairey as part of a series of 3 posters, and all were distributed widely.
It was a great day, all over the world!
Fabulous. Thank you for marching, for caring, for being human.


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Konopielka – powieść Edwarda Redlińskiego z 1973 roku. Powieść jest zaliczana do nurtu chłopskiego w literaturze polskiej.

Treść
Akcja toczy się we wsi Taplary na Podlasiu (w okolicy Suraża), otoczonej lasami i bagnami, niedostępnej i tworzącej własny świat zamknięty na wpływy z zewnątrz. Mieszkańcy żyją zgodnie z rytmem natury, są nieufni wobec obcych i niechętni wobec wszystkiego co nowe. Pewnego dnia do wsi wraz z przedstawicielami lokalnych władz przybywa młoda "uczycielka". Zostaje ona przydzielona na kwaterę w domu Kaziuka Bartoszewicza, jednego z gospodarzy, a zarazem narratora powieści. Wraz z nią przybywa nowoczesność w postaci prądu, radia itp. Wszystkie te zmiany mieszkańcy, żyjący dotąd w symbiozie z naturą, przyjmują niechętnie, podobnie jak narrator Kaziuk. Wkrótce jednak Kaziuk zaczyna okazywać coraz większe zainteresowanie jej słowami, a przyczyną tego jest rosnąca erotyczna fascynacja, jaką nieświadomie odczuwa wobec tej kobiety. Paradoksalnie starania nauczycielki pozostałyby jałowe, gdyby nie owa namiętność. Po wyjeździe nauczycielki to Kaziuk staje się rzecznikiem postępu i nowoczesności – to on jako pierwszy podczas żniw wychodzi na pole z kosą, a nie z sierpem, jak nakazywał obyczaj. Na oczach gromady pęka stare, a rodzi się nowa kultura.

Opinie o utworze
Powieść Redlińskiego krytykowano, zarzucając jej parodiowanie literatury nurtu wiejskiego, a nawet naigrawanie się z chłopskiego losu. Niektórzy dopatrywali się w niej parodii Siłaczki Żeromskiego. Inni widzieli mistrzowsko ukazany obraz społeczności lokalnej. Faktem jest, że taka wieś jak Taplary w latach siedemdziesiątych XX wieku, w czasach mechanizacji rolnictwa, raczej nie mogłaby już istnieć. Autor, ukazując świat w krzywym zwierciadle, tworzy obraz idealny kultury chłopskiej, aby pokazać jej nieuchronny koniec i poddanie się kuszącej cywilizacji miejskiej.

Ekranizacje
Na podstawie powieści w 1981 roku powstał film o tym samym tytule w reżyserii Witolda Leszczyńskiego.

Przypisy

Polskie powieści obyczajowe
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Berlin 1984 - We were on a family holiday touring Germany and had been down to Munich and Berchtesgaden. We were travelling up north and came to a major fork in the road. One road led to Berlin and it was decided that we would try to get into East Germany. Our first destination was Hof which was on the border.
We camped overnight and joined the queue in the early morning to go through the custom post. The guards examined my car inside and out, under and over. I had a CB Radio in the car in those days and the guards took an interest in it much to the dismay of my wife. "We're going to end up in prison" she observed. However the gurad took out a pad and wrote me an official licence to use the "telefoon" in East Germany !
We drove slowly alongside a moving endless belt on which was all our belongings. A big blonde women came and checked our money and we were cleared to proceed. The whole operation had taken well over an hour.
As we drove north the road surface deteriorated and the car was jumping from bump to bump. The foam padding we used as a base in the tent fell off the roof rack and disappeared into the trees. Then the roof rack came adrift and I had to tie my old jeans round the end so that it did not damage the roof of the car. We stopped at a roadside cafe where we had borscht and ghoulash ! We drove on to a small village where we stopped briefly. We were surrounded by people who saw our red car, assumed we were from the West and came to shake our hands !
We eventually arrived at the Campingplatz in Berlin Smockwitz quite late in the day and began to sign in. "Oh Nein" we were told, we had to sign in, in Berlin to register our presence in East Germany before we could camp. We set out up into Berlin seeing for the first time the golf ball on a stick, the Fernsehturm, which stands out and is the ideal way to guide oneself into the city.
THE WALL IS ON OUR LEFT SIDE AND THE FERNSEHTURM CAN BE SEEN IN THE CENTRE IN THE MIST
We arrived at the huge glass building, signed in and made our way back to the camp and were glad to get the tent erected and to be able to eat. We had Bulgarians on one side with bottles of wine and a West German on the other. He was there to meet his girl friend who was east German. The Bulgars sang and danced on until the early hours while our west German watched "Dallas" on his portable TV. I set up my CB Radio and because it was sideband contacted people on the south coast of England who sent me a QSL card (proof of transmissions) when we arrived home !
We spent a couple of days exploring in Berlin and watched the west Germans over the Wall which wound round the Brandenburger Gate. We also saw shops which were practically empty of items. We parked near the Berliner Dom, had coffee, then walked into Alex square to have an ice cream which was just frozen milk and water.
We had just finished when on the car radio came the news that a Korean jet had been shot down which might cause an international incident. We decided to leave Berlin and drove west, through the Magdeburg corridor where the road was bordered by wide open fields for security purposes. We went through a similar search to get out of east Germany..
We enjoyed the daring mission to East Berlin but saddened that we decided to leave because of the incident involving the jet. one thing we noticed while in Berlin was that most people were either in uniform or were briefcase carriers.........
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Madhouse (1990)
Kirstie Alley as Jessie
John Diehl as Fred
Bradley Gregg as Jonathan
Alison La Placa as Claudia
Jessica Lundy as Bernice
Dennis Miller as Wes
John Larroquette as Mark
Robert Ginty as Dale
Denis Lewiston
Michael Jablow
Leslie Dixon
Written and Directed by
Tom Ropelewski
Some people are too polite to say "no" to anyone. They smile bravely and grind their teeth and put up with the most astonishing impositions, all because they're afraid of confrontation. Such people exercise an almost magnetic attraction for their opposites: the kinds of people who make a lifestyle out of imposing, out of "dropping in for a few days" on people they hardly know. "Madhouse" is a comedy of gradually escalating insanity, about those two kinds of people.
The film stars John Larroquette and Kirstie Alley as Mark and Jessie, a couple of low-key, happily married suburbanites, who want nothing more in life than the freedom to live in peace - and comfort, of course. Then Mark's long-lost cousin Fred drops in. They haven't seen each other in years, not since they were in high school together, but, what the heck, Fred (John Diehl) and his wife Bernice (Jessica Lundy) happened to be in the neighborhood and thought they'd visit for a few days - especially since he just got fired and they're broke.
This visit is just about barely manageable, even though Mark and Jessie have to surrender their own bedroom to the newcomers. But then, just when Fred and Bernice are about to leave, Bernice turns out to be pregnant, and it's a tricky pregnancy - one of those cases where she has to be suspended in a harness of straps and chains for several months and can't be moved, especially not out of their house.
Meanwhile, the house is also terrorized by their cat - a mean-looking gray alley cat who has several lives and delivers one of the movie's best jokes when it inhales a controlled substance and goes berserk on the lawn.
At about the same time Mark and Jessie are assimilating the news that the cousins are staying for months, another visitor arrives: Claudia (Alison La Placa), Jessie's sister, a Joan Collins clone who has just moved out from, or been thrown out by, her billionaire Arab husband. She arrives with countless dresses and shoes, sets up an occupying force in Mark's study, and serves as a microcosm of all that is most peculiar about that Southern California lifestyle made up in equal parts of conspicuous consumption, the cult of youth and absolute faith in all things psychic.
"Madhouse" is a cross between two genres - the Unwanted Visitor Movie ("Uncle Buck" is another spinoff) and the Inexorable Destruction Movie, which "The Money Pit" belonged to. We see the suburban household gradually growing out of control, as more and more people and animals move in, including the handyman neighbor (Robert Ginty), who can fix anything, except this.
Alley is hot at the box office right now, after the success of the recent "Look Who's Talking," but this movie doesn't have the same magic. What she proves here is that she's better in believable roles than in slapstick constructions. Larroquette has the right kind of shambling good nature to anchor the movie and provides a needed center for all the crazies who whirl around him, and the rest of the cast is all right, too, I suppose - they try their best to give the material all the help they can.
And yet the movie is mostly merely pleasant. On a few occasions it's very funny, but it never quite goes over the top and gets the big laughs it is obviously aiming for. It's more of an in-flight movie, or something to look at on cable. Even the 90-minute running time is a giveaway; this one has already been trimmed to fit into its time slot.


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Effect of Low-Protein Diet and Inulin on Microbiota and Clinical Parameters in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Increased Adiposity Enhances the Accumulation of MDSCs in the Tumor Microenvironment and Adipose Tissue of Pancreatic Tumor-Bearing Mice and in Immune Organs of Tumor-Free Hosts
High Oleic Acid Peanut Oil and Extra Virgin Olive Oil Supplementation Attenuate Metabolic Syndrome in Rats by Modulating the Gut Microbiota
Dietary Intakes Are Associated with HDL-Cholesterol in Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
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A Narrative Review on the Potential of Red Beetroot as an Adjuvant Strategy to Counter Fatigue in Children with Cancer
by Maria C. Swartz 1,* , Kaitlyn Allen 2, Rachel R. Deer 3 , Elizabeth J. Lyons 2 , Michael D. Swartz 4 and Tom Clifford 5,6
Department of Pediatrics-Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-1124, USA
Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-1137, USA
Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, The University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, 1200 Pressler St., Houston, TX 77030, USA
School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK
School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE2 4HH, UK
Nutrients 2019, 11(12), 3003; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11123003
Received: 15 October 2019 / Revised: 4 December 2019 / Accepted: 6 December 2019 / Published: 7 December 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Important Aspects of Nutrition in Children with Cancer)
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Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a debilitating adverse effect among children with cancer and a significant barrier to physical activity (PA) participation. PA interventions are effective at reducing fatigue and improving both quality of life (QOL) and functional outcomes in children with cancer. However, 50–70% of children with cancer do not meet PA guidelines. Thus, adjuvant methods are needed to increase PA participation. Given the growing interest in the use of beetroot juice to reduce exercise-induced fatigue, our narrative review evaluated the potential use of beetroot to improve PA participation to counter CRF and improve QOL. Our review of 249 articles showed a lack of published clinical trials of beetroot in children and adults with cancer. Trials of beetroot use had been conducted in a noncancer population (n = 198), and anticancer studies were primarily in the preclinical phase (n = 40). Although results are promising, with beetroot juice shown to counter exercise-induced fatigue in a variety of athletic and patient populations, its use to counter CRF in children with cancer is inconclusive. Pilot and feasibility studies are needed to examine the potential benefits of beetroot to counter CRF, increase PA participation, and improve QOL in children with cancer. View Full-Text
Keywords: neoplasms; beetroot; betalains; exercise; childhood cancer; pediatric cancer; fatigue; nutrition neoplasms; beetroot; betalains; exercise; childhood cancer; pediatric cancer; fatigue; nutrition
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Swartz, M.C.; Allen, K.; Deer, R.R.; Lyons, E.J.; Swartz, M.D.; Clifford, T. A Narrative Review on the Potential of Red Beetroot as an Adjuvant Strategy to Counter Fatigue in Children with Cancer. Nutrients 2019, 11, 3003.
Swartz MC, Allen K, Deer RR, Lyons EJ, Swartz MD, Clifford T. A Narrative Review on the Potential of Red Beetroot as an Adjuvant Strategy to Counter Fatigue in Children with Cancer. Nutrients. 2019; 11(12):3003.
Swartz, Maria C.; Allen, Kaitlyn; Deer, Rachel R.; Lyons, Elizabeth J.; Swartz, Michael D.; Clifford, Tom. 2019. "A Narrative Review on the Potential of Red Beetroot as an Adjuvant Strategy to Counter Fatigue in Children with Cancer." Nutrients 11, no. 12: 3003.
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How to humiliate a "statesman".
Poor Mittens, it seems that he was being played all along by Herr trump for all the world to see.
I say serve him right. This is what happens when you are so greedy for power that you cheapen yourself and forget about your core principles. (Assuming, of course, that you had any.) If you call a man a "phony and a fraud", why would you want to work for him?
From all accounts trump is going to choose the big oil guy as his Sect Of State (Another Russian connection. Where will it end?) And most us thought that Mitt was a lock for the job. Silly us, we forgot how petty and vindictive trump can be. I am guessing that he didn't forget all the the things that Mitt said about him.
Here is what one writer, Lindsey Ellefson , wrote for Mediaite:
"Since news broke Saturday that President-elect Donald Trump is likely to appoint Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, political observers and commentators have fallen into two camps.
The first camp consists of those who are shocked that after considering the whole dog and pony show that surrounded him for weeks, Mitt Romney won't get the nod.
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The second camp is comprised of people who are shocked that there are people who are shocked Romney won't be Secretary of State.
The second camp is the more reasonable camp. The second camp is the one that will weather Trump's presidency best because it is full of people who are already able to differentiate between manipulative spectacle and sincerity.
What Trump did to Romney was the equivalent of rubbing a puppy's nose in its pee on the carpet before forcing the little dog outside to sit on the cold porch while you clean the wet patch. You want that puppy to know he caused you to be annoyed and to do a little bit of extra work. You want the little rascal to get very intimately acquainted with what made you so annoyed. Before you toss the pup out into the cold, you just want to humiliate him a little bit and reclaim your superiority. After all, for the brief second the tiny dog was using your expensive carpet as a toilet, wasn't he the one with the power?
Okay, now it's time to swap a few actions into the above scenario. Instead of a puppy peeing on the carpet, we have Romney giving a barnburner of a speech against Trump and then mocking him for months afterward, until Trump actually won the election. Instead of a momentarily-perturbed owner rubbing the doggy's nose in it, we have Trump getting the former governor of Massachusetts to jump through shameful hoops and pose sheepishly for photo ops during a bunch of incrementally more humiliating meetings as he waited to learn his fate as a statesman." [Source]
Somewhere in one of his many homes the poor guy must be looking at his wife and saying: " I can't believe I let him play me like that. "
Don't worry, Mitt, I can assure you that you are not alone. There are millions of Americans and a guy named Chris who are feeling the same way that you do.
*Pic from salon.com
dinthebeast said...
Romney was never, ever going to get a job from Trump, and if he even for a minute thought he was going to, then we dodged an even bigger bullet than it seemed at the time in 2012.
-Doug in Oakland
It's hard to figure out what Mittens was thinking, assuming he was really entertaining taking the secretary of state job. I mean, yeah, okay, maybe he'd like doing the job of secretary of state, traveling everywhere and negotiating with world leaders and all. But under Trump? Worst boss in the world! A malignant narcissist who thinks he knows everything about everything, but really only knows how to erect tacky buildings and cheat suckers out of money.
And it's not like Romney needs to ever work again. The guy is loaded. Maybe not as wealthy as Trump (although Trump is widely assumed to inflate his net worth, because he is an arrogant liar), but still filthy rich. I get why the rest of the awful circus freaks in the Trump Cabinet would have accepted their jobs, but why in hell would someone with Romney's great private sector career options volunteer to put himself through that nightmare? He's intelligent enough he should know better than that, and yet ...
Whatever. Trump did him a favor not nominating him.
Lilacpr said...
You guys, see? He knows what he's doing! He does! Mittens would never in a million years be a good Sec of State! Trump just wanted to see him 'perform' how he'd ho about it! And he failed! But he got the chance! He's just not cut out for the job and Mr.T (ima call him Mr.T or the big T from now on okay:D ) wanted him to realize it, and he did! Genius! I like this man!
"It was an honor to have been considered for Secretary of State of our great country. My discussions with President-elect Trump have been both enjoyable and enlightening. I have very high hopes that the new administration will lead the nation to greater strength, prosperity and peace."
Tillison is Trump's pick for Secretary of State, and his going to explain his conflicts of interest sometime in January and not in a press conference this Thursday. Honestly, is anyone surprised? Merry Christmas!
Pay to Play said...
"he is going to explain his conflicts of interest sometime in January"
That will be easy - he is quitting his job at Exxon. Voila, no conflicts of interest.
It's not like he would be a Secretary of State whose family runs a foundation that takes billions of dollars from foreign governments. That would be crazy!
Oh no Pay to Play, I should have written my sentence with a little more clarity, Trump will explain his conflicts of interest sometime in January than originally scheduled for this Thursday in a press conference. I wasn't writing about Tillerson as it's a given his stepping down as CEO of Exxon and depends on confirmation from the Senate.
However, that's still not right just because you voted for Trump. I expect that kind of behavior from because he consistently said who he was and people mistakenly took for authenticity. You are supposed to demand more from your candidate and not settle. It's not just your job to vote him and say whatever. Expect more, in the words of Target.
Russian hacker hoax is the end of the fake news media.
No one believes a word they say anymore.
Liberals literally want to destroy the planet because the Russians don't agree with us on gay marriage or Syria.
John Molesta said...
The wiki Emails influenced the election by providing facts about Democrat party corruption.
Real Americans know our democracy only works when voters know nothing!
Paradoctor said...
Make Russia great again!
Polar Penis said...
Certain types of cookies are better for shipping than others. Flakey and fragile cookies like macarons, Florentines, and cream-filled sandwich cookies will probably be damaged in transit no matter what. Opt for sturdier cookies like chocolate chip, sugar, and gingerbread.
C.S. Lewis said the end will have come when we no longer believe in God but still believe in the Devil.
We knew the deep state monster existed but it took Trump to bring it out of the shadows.
"This is what happens when you are so greedy for power that you cheapen yourself and forget about your core principles."
Ah, Field; how mighty magnanimous of you to finally, after all this time, call out the crooked corporate media for becoming a propaganda machine for the Democrats. About time you've called them out for their race-bating narratives, driven by pure greed, begging for Hillary's support, as exposed by WikiLeaks.
Oh, wait. My bad. This is yet another copy-paste anti-Trump hit piece which doesn't mean anything to anybody outside of your shrinking echo chamber. Doubtful you even pasted a WL piece here at all.
Apologies.
Prediction: After taking office, Tweety Trump will in very short order be at war with his cabinet. Even if he intends to relegate himself to Tweeter In Chief and leave the governing to others, he will not be able to resist throwing his weight around at inopportune times and will become a major irritant and a useless idiot to these Generals and CEOs who do not habitually suffer fools.
"Tweety Trump will in very short order be at war with his cabinet..."
Lance Cuckstrong, isn't that infinitely better than, "Crooked Hillary will in very short order by at war with Russia..."?
Here we have a guy who couldn't be more anti-war if you paid him $10 billion to be more anti-war, and 90% of all smears against him have to do with him having some type of war. LMFAO
It's like some of you folks never bothered to look past a CNN headline before rendering a final verdict on Trump.
What part of "prediction" do you not understand Josh? Or are you the only one allowed to speculate? Anti War? No doubt you noticed that China is flying nuclear armed planes around in response to his dumbass tweets. We will see how anti-war Tweety Trump is.
Trump will declare war on the first person who insults him on Twitter.
He is that petty.
Yisheng is a genius said...
I'm waiting for Trump to tell everyone shit is really sugar so it'll be easier to know when I'm dealing with a whooteemoo.
So, if China is so cunty that they'd declare war over stupid Tweets, that's obviously Trump being pro-war? LMFAO. The stupid never stops.
I guess we can safely say that Obama going on late-night comedy shows is what created ISIS (and not Hillary arming them)?
Nidal Hassan said...
The left could have had another generation of unchallenged power if they hadn't doubled down on importing rapists and murderers.
That's not a stretch Doc. He already has them believing that Obama is not a citizen.
Wingnuts are not that smart.😏
Ivan Beatinov said...
Well, the recount efforts are over and the good news is that Donald Trump actually gained votes. Another benefit was the discovery of massive voter fraud in Michigan, where 37 percent of the precincts in Detroit tabulated more ballots than the number of voters tallied by workers in the poll books. Oh snap! In nearly 60% of Detroit precincts, an official recount could not be conducted because either there were the wrong number of ballots or the seals had been broken on the ballot boxes. In about 20 Detroit precincts, ballot boxes opened during the recount had fewer ballots than poll workers had recorded on Election Day. In other precincts, recount workers found evidence of ballots being counted more than once, in fact as many as 6 times!
Can you believe it? The Russians must have infiltrated the election boards in Detroit, thwarting the recount effort that could have given Hillary the Presidency!
The normalization of whooteemooizm in the US, is the beginning of the end of the US as a world leader.
Ivan, have a vodka on your supreme leader.
Cornquesha said...
Remember, Russia is our mortal enemy for some reason and Saudi Arabia is a trusted ally because shut up.
Juan Chinga said...
Imagine if 30 million Russians were here illegally and the President personally told them they should vote in American elections.
That would be crazy!
Good Riddance said...
Michelle Obama reading to some kids today chides Santa for having been a smoker, then recommends children listen to Chris Brown.
38 days.
After this month, Democrats will never be able to claim that they care about voter disenfranchisement ever again, without merciless mocking.
KANYE WEST: Lemme be a part of your cabinet
TRUMP: What position did you have in mind?
KANYE WEST: Kanye West
Yet more disturbing conflicts of interest for Crooked Donald are coming to light. He's got a new development in the Philippines, and therefore a very obvious profit-based reason for sucking up to mass murderer Roderick Duterte (in addition to the lilkelihood Trump just agrees that vigilantism is a good solution for crime).
From Newsweek:
"One thing, however, is clear: The Trump family has an enormous financial interest in keeping Duterte happy. Trump Tower at Century City in Makati, Philippines, is on the verge of completion, with potential buyers having placed deposits on at least 94 percent of the condominiums, according to Century Properties, the Trump Organization's business partner there. During the U.S. presidential campaign, Trump's sons Donald Jr. and Eric traveled to Makati to shovel some dirt in a ceremony to celebrate the structural completion of the building; a photograph of the two men shoveling alongside top Centuryy Properties executives was posted on the building's website."
When you have nukes you can be as cunty as you damn well please. Even if Tweety out-cunts them he is playing a dangerous game (and hasn't even yet taken office and cannot be bothered with security briefings) and so cannot hardly be said to be anti-war. And while blowing pussy farts at China and demanding a new deal on his terms he at the same time plays kissy face with Putin giving him Ukraine and maybe a couple of European countries besides.
So what was it again that you don't like about Trump?
*Should be Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Duterte said...
Johnny Wang said...
No one complaining about Trump's conflicts of interests bitched this hard about Pelosi's insider trading. Or, for that matter, Hillary's foundation accepting billions in donations and her husband accepting multi-million dollar "speaking fees" from foreign countries while she was the sitting Secretary of State.
Podesta lost his phone in a DC taxi: TRUE
Podesta's password was "p@assw0rd: TRUE
Podesta clicked on phishing links: TRUE
Russian Hackers: Zero evidence
Making tweets is not fucking war.
Holy fucking shit.
Things I don't really like about Trump:
1) He's about as anti-science as they come, a climate change denier, a vaccer, repeats this nonsense about "clean coal," and doesn't seem to have any drive whatsoever to advance America's STEM standing, which, thanks to watering it down so people like Yisheng can (supposedly) graduate using ebonics, is behind most of the developed world.
2) Simply building a wall to solve America's illegal immigration problem is unrealistic and just a political buzz term.
3) Pence is everything I stand against as a skeptic.
4) Might end up hurting free trade by imposing high tariffs on imported goods.
5) His ego puts Obama's to shame.
Things I like about Trump
1) Tells the truth about America's "rigged" system of media and the DNC, which, as was proven by WikiLeaks, is nothing more than a propaganda machine for Democrats*
2) Is intentionally provocative to spite the sissified PC culture
3) Doesn't need to be beholden to lobbyists and donors
4) Didn't make the world's largest arms deal to create ISIS; didn't take 20% of his campaign funding from a country that actually treats women how America's feminists pretend America does
5) He likely WILL do something about ISIS (drive-by, not a war though; no occupation)
6) He isn't part of the establishment politicians and the status quo, of which Obama--supposedly also not--may have been America's A#1 example of an establishment guy
7) Didn't rig the RNC against his many opponents
8) Stayed on his message despite having more working against him than any politician in American history. His own party, the other party, media, etc.
9) Might actually reform taxes to make it fairer for everyone!
*Even IF Russia hacked the DNC--of which there's zero evidence--we should be thanking them. What Russia supposedly did was what our own fucking journalists should be doing: Uncovering collusion and corruption and telling the TRUTH about it. But what is our media doing? Participating in it so that Hillary will notice them.
Tweets are about all he can do right now. What he will do after he takes office remains to be seen.
System is rigged talking point he stole from Bernie Sanders. Media is rigged? Why because Bernie Goldberg says so? Typical right wing whining. If the media is biased against you that is on you. Not the media.
Arms deal with ISIS? Why because Julian Assange says so? Bullshit.
Can't be bought? Doesn't need to be bought. He is self-bought.
Didn't rig RNC? You don't think he would if he could? They hated his guts because he came out of nowhere and proved to be better at being them than they are.
Stayed on message? Other than the wall and persecuting Muslims he had no message.
It's all conjecture, all we know at this point is that we are stuck with him. Let's see how he does.
"If the media is biased against you that is on you. Not the media."
So, if an entity supposedly devoted to impartiality and honesty abandons those principles and targets people they feel are political enemies, it is the fault of those considered political enemies?
I guess Ray Rice's fiancee shouldn't have opened her big fucking mouth. It's not his fault he hit her; it's hers.
"Why because Julian Assange says so? Bullshit."
Julian Assange has a record of impeccable honesty and impartiality; and was, in fact, a hero of the progressives when he was releasing documents about corruption in Afghanistan, which were used by you people to lambast Bush.
Suddenly, though, because a Democrat is corrupt, Assange is dishonest and apparently made up the documents. But, hey, you've preemptively set the standard with the comment I quoted above. It's not Assange's fault you're implying he's a partisan liar; it's his fault.
"Didn't rig RNC? You don't think he would if he could?"
Two different topics. 1) The FACT that he did not. 2) Your pure speculative guess that he would have.
"Stayed on message? Other than the wall and persecuting Muslims he had no message."
You cuckolds who only read headlines from corporate media to pretend you're making up your own minds are just too sad. Trump's messages/platform has been fucking CONSISTENT since the 1980s.
"Let's see how he does."
Well, that's the message from people like me. Let's wait and see. From people like you, he's Herr Trump and Hitler and racist and a white supremacist and already a warmonger. LOL You can't have it both ways, Lance. You're either going to wait and see or you're going to keep spewing propaganda which presupposes Trump is X.
Anyone with any sense would be biased against the right wing agenda of class warfare, American Exceptionalism, theocracy, science denial, hatred of Mexicans, Muslims, gays, and a special hatred for Obama. It isn't like the mainstream media invented fake news against the right wing. Quite the opposite, the NYTimes was at the forefront of the Hillary email server story and the Uranium-One story. If the mainstream media is biased against the right wing, talk radio and the internet is biased against liberals. And no doubt Breitbart will be elevated to Pravda status if that makes you feel any better.
Assange's impeccable honesty is a lot more peccable now because his assertions that Hillary armed ISIS is in no way backed up by the evidence he has presented. If weapons provided to rebels in Libya and Syria ended up with ISIS, or weapons provided to Iraqi fighters who when confronted by ISIS ran like hell and left the weapons behind, that is not the same as say, Iran Contra.
Two different topics? Actually 3. 3) the FACT that he couldn't rig the RNC if he wanted to.
It wasn't me dressed up like a Nazi and screaming Heil Trump. The message sent was received loud and clear by the racists and white supremacists. Consistent since the 1980s? Trump hasn't been consistent since last week. climate change, Obamacare, the generals, torture, the NYTimes, even Obama himself and locking up Hillary. Trump is in la-la land. As a matter of fact we can have it both ways, we know what we expect to happen, we (and you) will see what happens, we have no choice.
"Assange's impeccable honesty is a lot more peccable now because his assertions that Hillary armed ISIS is in no way backed up by the evidence he has presented"
You seem to be missing the point on Assange anyway. 1) Assange is a front for Wikileaks. He literally lives inside of the Ecuador embassy in London and couldn't go on hacking campaigns if he wanted to. He no longer even runs the WL site. They monitor his Internet and outright cut it if they think he's up to no good. 2) It's about the information, not the person delivering it anyway. 3) There are over 30,000 Clinton emails, not just four like mainstream liberal media wants you to believe, and when put in context with the Podesta emails, they paint a VERY clear picture that Clinton was the single greatest force in overthrowing Libya, the big force in Syria, and thus the actual cause of the migrant crisis. She made the world's largest arms deal ever with Saudi Arabia. And Saudi Arabia's government funds ISIS.
Extra point: 4) In ten years of releasing documents, Wikileaks has NEVER got it wrong. Never.
Clinton KNEW that ISIS was being basically created by the Saudis and Qataris. What did she do? She armed them anyway. Why? Because they gave her MILLIONS OF DOLLARS and supported her presidential ambitions.
Trump might be a piece of shit. Despite the guy lavishing praise on the VAST MAJORITY of all Muslims and Mexicans, he could even be a racist (although Mexicans aren't a race, and Islam is a fucking ideology, you brainwashed stooges). But he's not a corrupt fucking warmonger who promotes terrorism.
Admitting Hillary Clinton is evil doesn't mean you love Trump.
Hillary is evil? Yeah she did some stupid things with her emails and maybe the foundation. I don't think she is evil but I can't say for sure. Selling arms to the Saudis is more likely helping allies protect themselves against Iran than to create ISIS. No doubt some of those weapons made their way to ISIS but this still doesn't fall into the same category as selling arms directly to Iran. As for how the Saudis treat women that wouldn't change whether Hillary took their money or not. As for Libya the Arab Spring was the driving force there, for a long time we stayed out of it (right wingers like Gingrich were screaming what a pussy Obama was) then we intervened to prevent a bloodbath (No not now goddammit Gingrich screamed). But we never had troops there and no Americans were killed. Same with Syria, the Arab Spring was the driving force there too. Yeah we wanted to overthrow Assad so we eventually armed the rebels even though there were significant numbers of jihadists amongst them. But they were winning, what we didn't count on was Russia being the game changer. There is nothing in the emails released by Wikileaks that shows anything different. But Assange is doing interviews all over the place painting Hillary as selling weapons to ISIS (not actually saying so just using Hillary and ISIS in the same sentence to leave you with that impression). Whatever, Hillary was made to order for Trump's no substance all abuse style and so we are stuck with him. I expect the Trump administration will be a catharsis for white-centric America at first, but when their clean coal jobs don't come back and the filthy rich continue to get filthier and richer they will eventually come to realize that they have been played. Time will tell.
Islam is an ideology? Why because Flynn says so?
Mexicans aren't a race? Anyone that doesn't speak American is a race, as any Neo-Nazi will tell you.
"they're rapists and some I assume are good people" (but fuck them all anyway) is lavishing praise? But yeah like everything else Trump is all over the place from one day to the next. Someone wrote an article in Vanity Fair or someplace, I forget the term she used but the point was that him going from one extreme to the other was calculated to make voters lose their sense of equilibrium. I liken it more to professional wrestling where you can't even tell who is supposed to be a good guy or a bad guy anymore, but they always know what button to push to elicit precisely the desired response from the dumbass audience.
It doesn't matter if there's any change or not and Hillary taking their money. Lance, just imagine if white nationalists were donating to Trump. Holy shit. I can't image how much smoke you'd have coming out your ears about it. Saudi Arabia is not our ally. Government's been lying to us about that for many administrations now. They're among the largest human rights violators on the planet. This isn't the first time they've armed terrorists. And the ONLY REASON Clinton dealt with them was to get their money and support (don't forget: Saudi Arabia's government has controlling interests in America's corporate media. LOL You can't make this shit up!)
The "Arab Spring" was a crock of shit.
"(not actually saying so just using Hillary and ISIS in the same sentence to leave you with that impression)"
I don't know if you're a progressive anti-gun ideologue, but I'm sure you know them. It's perfectly acceptable, and apparently logical, for them to blame gun shows for school shootings. Because a person might have gotten a firearm from a person who got a firearm from another person who got a firearm from the gun show, gun shows are thus bad. It's an even more direct path here. Hillary armed a heinous terrorist nation for profit; they thus armed ISIS. How are you letting Hillary off the hook?
I'm CONSTANTLY amazed at how anti-gun you progressives are for Americans, but don't have a mumbling fucking word to say about the fact that we're the world's largest arms dealers, and grew exponentially larger under President Obama and Secretary Clinton.
How 'bout some consistency on the things in which you folks pretend to believe passionately?
"Islam is an ideology? Why because Flynn says so?"
Huh? Islam is a fucking religion, Lance. Why are you so cunty lately? Trump Derangement Syndrome? Religions are--wait for it--IDEOLOGIES, not RACES! This is kindergarten-level shit. Why would you willingly whore away your intellectual honesty just to take jabs at people? Religions are objectively ideologies, not fucking races of people.
"Anyone that doesn't speak American is a race..." pure meme-fodder hyperbolic nonsense. Mexicans-as-a-race is something driven by your side of the aisle, not neo Nazis. It's the progressives who label Mexicans as a "race" every time they call someone racist for opposing ILLEGAL immigration.
And I don't wanna get too much into your "equilibrium" article. But as someone with two degrees in an actual hard scientific discipline, not the humanities' sciences, I'd love to know the objective criteria by which this whole "equalibria" balanced conditions postulate comes from. To the best of my knowledge--and I look forward to you correcting me, as I admittedly don't know a lot about it--this is some half-baked postulate cooked up, bereft of actual studies and evidence, and accepted as gospel in the soft liberal arts of western universities.
Basically, it's someone's opinion that video games can make you kill if Tony the Tiger can sell cereal, and therefore there's an equilibrium--a balance--of the sort of stuff we can ingest in a broad social context to remain balanced people. But look no farther than this site to debunk it. Field, for instance, is a dyed-in-the-wool black-power progressive liberal who wouldn't even try to subject himself to the other side of life unless he's seeking to tear it down. I wouldn't qualify him as someone without equilibrium; he's just an ideologue. Being an ideologue is the default balance for tons of people. These are people who, ironically enough, don't need dog whistles. It's just the opposite end of the spectrum finds a monster in every closet because ingesting THE OPPOSITE VIEW throws off their equilibrium.
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Goodbye 2016.
The Joseph Goebbels effect.
The trump/King show, and the con game.
Acknowledging our history.
"America's greatest problem: The Negro."
Holiday wishes.
Free the Rockettes.
One more for Rushmore?
The fix was in.
Does your president-elect use the N-word?
Living in wingnut-world.
From Russia with love.
OPEN THREAD THURSDAY.
The reality show cabinet is still taking shape.
Trump Tower shuffle.
Operating from a "fact-free environment".
Vlad gets his man.
The crazy train has left the building.
Captain America?
President- elect Pinocchio.
Blow at his best.
When "membership has its privileges."
My lying eyes.


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Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Concept announced
May 20, 2016 by westyphotography
Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Concept announced:
Latest collaboration features nod to One-77 and Vulcan
The Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Concept is set for its public unveiling tomorrow at the Villa d'Este concours d'elegance in Italy. Prior to its launch, Aston has shared a set of images of the car, which is the latest collaboration of the British manufacturer with the iconic Italian design house.
The Vanquish Zagato features lights that echo those on the track-only Vulcan, while the front end of the car and wingmirrors has hints of One-77 about it. Developed and engineered in Gaydon, it's the latest of five cars produced in partnership with Zagato, the first of which, the DB4 GT Zagato, was built in 1960.
The bodywork on the Vanquish Zagato has been produced entirely using carbonfibre, utilising large single piece panels in order to try and reduce shut lines. The Aston Martin DB11's bonnet takes a similar approach, albeit using aluminium and featuring a large single piece front clamshell.
>Read our Aston Martin DB9 GT review
Zagato's trademark roof, complete with its 'double bubble' design returns. At the rear is a retractable spoiler, while the bladed LED lights from the Vulcan have also been utilised, although in a slightly different shape. The car features quad exhausts and a carbon splitter.
Dynamically, the Zagato concept is different. It uses Aston's own 5.9-litre V12 engine, but with 591bhp rather than the standard 568bhp. The adaptive dampers have also been returned to be stiffer and sharper.
Inside the Vanquish Zagato features a combination of leather, carbonfibre and anodised bronze as well as quilted pattern stitching on the seats.
Aston Martin's Zagato concepts traditionally transform into road cars. Back in 2011 we drove Aston's V12 Zagato, praising it for its noise, balance and engagement. Just 101 were built, making it almost as exclusive as a One-77. If the Vanquish concept does become a reality, expect it to be just as exclusive and likely just as exciting.
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