Australian researchers have discovered that dietary fiber from carbs and other sources extends good health while aging.
Scientists from the Westmead Institute for Medical Research conducted a decade-long study of successful aging. They defined the term as being able to avoid: chronic disease, cancer, dementia, depression, heart disease, stroke, and respiratory ailments.
The findings from the study were published in The Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. The lead author of the paper claims, "…the relationship between carb intake and healthy aging was significant…" Those who ate proper amounts of dietary fiber avoided most chronic pitfalls of aging and remained most healthy overall.
The diets of 1,609 participants aged 49 and above were studied. The scientists factored the peoples' intake of total carbs, fiber from carbs, total fiber, and sugar. After a 10-year follow-up, the results were surprising. Those who had the highest intake of fiber or total fiber had an almost 80 percent greater chance of living a healthy, long life.
Those who had the highest sugar intake levels were more apt to suffer from diabetes, high blood pressure, and dementia. The researchers reported that cereals and bread are good for our diet, as long as there is sufficient fiber content.
We've all been taught to count carbs. The problem is that our food labels are misleading. The total number is not as important the "net" number of carbohydrates.
Take the total number on the label under the carbohydrate listing. For example, 20 grams. Subtract the listed amount of fiber, let's say it's 5. Your net carbs will be 15. You want that number low, but you want a high fiber count. Fiber carbs are not fattening—you can digest them!
Non-fiber carbs are fattening because they're not as filling, not easily digestible, and mostly turn into sugar.
Also, beware of sugar alcohols such as sorbitol, maltitol, and lacitol. They appear to keep the sugar content down on the label, but they don't in reality. They can metabolize into sugar. Additionally, those sugars can be listed as fiber content, but they are not. Labelling laws are lax and loopholes are discovered and used widely in our American food industry. The good news is, however, we are learning more about nutrition and healthy living every day. Live long and eat fiber!
One of the latest trends amongst celebrities and health connoisseurs is to get wrapped like a sandwich and detoxify!
Saunas have long been recognized as a tool for detox and relaxation. Deep sweating has a bazillion proven health benefits. While sitting in a sauna, surely, you will sweat, big time. In addition to healing advantages, it creates a wonderful feeling from endorphins that release naturally.
Also, your core temperature rises. This, in turn, increases blood circulation, which can speed up the body's natural healing process. Using heated infrared wraps, however, increases core temperature—but you don't sweat like you would in a sauna.
This relatively recent trend takes sauna sessions to a whole new level. Clients are now, instead, wrapped in infrared sauna blankets. They lie in a makeshift bed, get burritoed up, and their core body temperature rises. There's no sweating like in a sauna.
Founder of a new East Coast wrap facility, Ms. Berlingeri, explains that "Your body uses sweat as a way to cool down." When the air is hot, you tend to sweat out minerals. But if the body isn't trying to cool down as much, the amount of sweat decreases.
In a controlled environment, where the air is not hot, but your core body temp is raised, the detox reaction will be different. Berlingeri, along with others promoting the fad, claim that toxins are still released, but from a different source. She argues that water molecules vibrate, pulling toxins from fat cells.
Whether you like them or not, their skin looks gorgeous. There are bunches of celebs who endorse the infrared wrap as a viable detoxification method. The session is aptly nicknamed an "urban sweat lodge." Native Americans understand the benefits of deep sweat, but who knows if chiefs of yore would find this method legitimate.
Nonetheless, celebrity figures such as: Selena Gomez, Demi Moore, the cast of Orange is the New Black, and all of the Kardashian clan have partaken in the wrap—many of whom endorse the process as a method for attaining improved inner and outer beauty.
Raising core body temperature will, of course, fight off some evils. After all, that's what a fever is all about, right? Whether wrapping yourself in an infrared blanket will burn away fat is something else to consider.
This technology was originally devised in France to help fuse broken bones. After many trials, it was discovered that the process burned a lot of calories. But that's because the body was tricked into thinking it had a fever.
This is not a fix for weight loss. In fact, it may not be safe for those who suffer from high blood pressure. On the other hand, if one is hydrated properly before and after, who's yet to say if this isn't a remarkable, healthy, newfangled way of detoxing?
Author ThrivePosted on June 7, 2018 Categories Get Thrive Beauty Trends & Aging, Get Thrive Mind Body & BalanceTags detox, endorphins, fat, healing, sauna, sweat, toxins, wrapLeave a comment on What Do Detox and Wraps Have in Common?
Summer Is Coming – Exercises To Lose That Belly Fat!
Summer is fast approaching and winter's belly fat is still flopping around the mid section in all its miserable glory. Feeling the heavier side of wobble is disheartening, especially when reaching for that swimsuit. Don't give up, determination, healthy eating and exercise will prevail.
This is where it gets interesting! Many people have been doing the exercise all wrong. Workouts have either been sporadic or involve tummy crunches and lunges in desperation to squeeze that fat away. The crunches are ideal after the pudge starts to slide off, as it will help tone muscle. However, before concentrating on toning up, there is a crucial kind of exercise to do for at least 30 minutes a day: high impact.
Elevating the heart rate moves oxygen and blood into our muscles, which in turn work more efficiently. Noticing the difference in your mobility and stamina will happen over a couple of weeks. Once muscle productivity and stamina increase due to heart rate elevation, fat will start to burn off.
The Tracy Anderson Method. Its difficult to stay motivated with the same old run, swim or cycle ride, so try something new, dynamic and that the Hollywood stars are hooked on. Tracey Anderson, a dancer turned weight loss/fitness trainer, has come up with an exercise routine that will get the heart pumping, whilst concentrating on smaller core muscles to lengthen and give definition. Tracey, TAM, has video streaming classes, which are amazing, motivational, exciting, and well worth the monthly fee.
Burn60 is a full body high impact workout lasting 60 minutes. Increasing endurance, speed, and strength, they claim that a person will see a difference in two weeks with an average of 500-900 calories burned each class. They are currently only based in California, USA but you can stream their workout videos . Burn60, is fun and will test you to your limit.
A combination of music and high impact routines produces Pound. A unique way to combine physical and emotional influence to get a person fit. The 45-minute class uses a specially designed lightweight drumstick (called Ripstix) as a prop to combine yoga, Pilates, cardio and muscle conditioning to music. Kirsten Potenza, co-creator of Pound says "its about how your body feels not just about the way it looks".
This is a fun, highly energetic workout that will get hearts dancing, the wobble melting away and the mind happy.
Pilates is a great way to strengthen core muscles as well as improving posture, strengthening abs and back muscles. Combining posture and high impact exercise is the perfect combination.
Trampoline workout. Find that inner child and go jump on a trampoline. This exercise for adults is fun, gets the heart pumping and the muscles jumping into shape. LEKFIT has fabulous online classes, and there is no need to even leave the living room.
Author GetThrivePosted on May 15, 2018 Categories Get Thrive Fitness NewsTags belly, exercise, fat, lose, Pilates, summer, swimsuit, trampoline, weight, workoutLeave a comment on Summer Is Coming – Exercises To Lose That Belly Fat!
Is Butter Bad for Your Health?
A research team from Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy recently conducted a study on butter. It was funded by the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and collected data from over 600,000 people from 15 different countries. The findings suggest that butter may not be as unhealthy as we've been led to believe.
Study senior author Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian explains, "…butter should neither be demonized nor considered back as a route to good health." In essence, the doctor is adding a disclaimer to the statement "butter is fine." It doesn't provide any real nutritional or health benefits. But, if eaten in small quantities, it doesn't appear to create any significant rise in the risk of heart disease.
Butter is fattening. Per tablespoon, the delicious dairy-derived spread contains 100 calories, 11 grams of fat, and 7 grams of saturated fat. It's the saturated fat that's dangerous to heart health when eaten in abundance. There are other fats and oils that have just as many calories, but contain the "good" fats. Furthermore, butter contains a minimal amount of nutrition. But no doubt, butter is yummy.
The study found that eating butter was not associated with heart disease when consumed in small portions. However, it warned that on all other counts, butter is still a high-fat, high-calorie food.
When talking health-wise as a spread, you still have a large variety of tasty options that are better than butter. Any monosaturated fat product is going to be healthier. Foods offering omega-3 fat sources are also good choices. A short list includes: flaxseed, coconut, and extra virgin olive oil, peanut and/or almond butter, salmon, and avocado.
Unhealthier choices than butter include any product with hydrogenated or even partially hydrogenated oils. These contain trans-fats, which can ultimately be deadly. More than minimal amounts of sugar and starches can be worse for you than eating butter. High saturated fatty foods such as red meat, dark poultry meat and certain cheeses are also in the unhealthier than butter category.
Treating yourself to a teaspoon of butter on a warm roll or melting a small dollop in the pan to scramble with your egg whites is fine. Keeping the bad fats at bay (or to an extreme minimum) will not affect your overall health—especially if you eat mindfully and exercise habitually.
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Belly fat is an uninvited guest that can lead to some pretty horrid health problems. Banish the muffin top and start to feel fit and fantastic with these simple steps.
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Last month I did a review of the 1byOne Portable wireless speaker, and I am back today reviewing a pair of wireless earphones for running and/or working out in the gym. First impressions are great when unboxing the 1byOne Bluetooth 4.1 workout in-ear headphones, which come inside a nicely presented packaging box along with two sets of different ear tip sizes, two sets of ear hook sizes, a nice-looking carrying pouch, a user guide and a charging USB cable.
The 1byOne wireless in-ear headphones flat cable drapes comfortably around the neck and can be adjusted to size.
Overall, these wireless earphones have a sleek design with a small LED indicator and a micro USB port hidden under a flap on the right earphone.
The microphone and control buttons are inline so you can conveniently volume up and down, pause a song or answer a call that's coming in.
The middle button is multi-functional and allows you to power on and off, and pair the earphones, answer or reject a call, as well as pause and play music.
The two buttons on either side of the middle button (+ and -) are the volume controls as well as the skip forward and back buttons.
The 1byOne Bluetooth 4.1 earphones have a nice weight to them, feel comfortable to wear for hours and stay snugly inside the ears when working out (the ear hooks sit inside the ears instead of looping over your ears).
The 1byOne Bluetooth 4.1 workout in-ear headphones have a top notch quality build and offer a rich bassy sound, fit securely inside your ears and feature voice prompt when powering on and off and pairing. These wireless earphones are feature apt-X HD and 6th generation CVC technology which produces high-fidelity bilateral stereo sound and clear sound when talking on the mic. The inline controls and battery level indicator for iOS are also neat features not many Bluetooth earphones have. You can pair up to two devices, talk and play on the earphones for 7 hours with 180 hours standby time thanks to Bluetooth 4.1 connectivity (10 meter or 30 ft wireless range). Check out the 1byOne Bluetooth 4.1 workout earphones with Mic. You can get the 1byone Wireless In-Ear Headphones from Amazon US and Amazon UK also.


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Abraham Ravaud, dit Abraham Remy, Abraham Remi ou Abrahamus Remius, né à Remy (Oise) en 1600 et mort en 1646, est un poète français néolatin, professeur au Collège royal.

Il est connu surtout pour ses poésies latines, qui furent remarquées par ses contemporains pour leur verve et leur pureté de style. On admira tout particulièrement sa description du château de Maisons-Laffitte, commandité par le président du parlement René de Longueil, ainsi que sa Bourbonide, poème en quatre chants sur les guerres de Louis XIII. Il publia par ailleurs plusieurs romans pastoraux et traduisit de l'espagnol les Sept Livres de Diane de Jorge de Montemayor. On lui doit aussi des traductions du latin et du grec, celle des Pieuses Récréations d'Angelin Gazet et celle des Amours de Clitophon et de Leucippe d'Achille Tatius.

En 1643, Abraham Remy entra au Collège royal, où il succéda à Jean Grangier et fut titulaire de la chaire d'éloquence latine jusqu'à sa mort survenue trois ans plus tard.

Publications
 Heroica Ludovici XIII, Francorum et Navarraeorum regis, libris quatuor distincta, 1621
 Borbonias, sive Victoriae Ludovici XIII, justi ac triumphantis, contra rebelles, ab anno 1620 ad annum 1623, 1623
 La Diane de Monte-Mayor nouvellement traduite d'espagnol en françois par Abraham Remy, enrichy de figures, 4 vol., 1623
 Les Amours d'Endimion et de la Lune, 1624 Texte en ligne
 Les Amours de Clitophon et de Leucippe, trad. du grec d'Achille Tatius, 1625
 La Galatée et les adventures du prince Astiages, histoire de notre temps, où sous noms feints sont représentez les amours du Roy et de la reyne d'Angleterre, 1625
 L'Angélique, 1626
 Poematum selectarum libri duo, 1631
 Les Pieuses Récréations d'Angelin Gazée, de la Comp. de Jésus mis en françois par le Sr Remy, 1633
 Hymne spirituel sur les principaux mystères de la théologie et religion chrétienne, dédié à Monseigneur l'illustrissime et révérendissime évesque de Beauvais, 1634
 Daphne, sive Triumphus virginitatis, 1643
 Maesonium, Renati de Longueil, senatus Parisiensis praesidis, 1643
 Pugna Rocroyana, ad sereniss. Principem Ludovicum Borbonium Enguiensium ducem, 1643
 Poemata ad Christianissimum regem Ludovicum XIV, 1645

Sources
 Pierre Larousse, Grand Dictionnaire universel du , vol. XIII, 1875,
 Louis-Gabriel Michaud, Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne, vol. XXXV, 1823,

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Poète français du XVIIe siècle
Poète néolatin
Traducteur français du XVIIe siècle
Professeur au Collège de France
Nom de plume
Naissance en 1600
Naissance dans l'Oise
Décès en 1646

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"I am a Hindu", I said.
She gazed at me as if seeing a caged animal. She could not understand what I was talking about….
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Lucifer's Aimee Garcia on Ella's Special Moment With... Daddy Morningstar: 'It's Such a Simple, Lovely Scene'
By Matt Webb Mitovich / June 2 2021, 1:34 PM PDT
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The following contains maybe one spoiler for Lucifer Season 5, Episode 14.
One of Lucifer Season 5's most touching moments was a small one tucked into the middle of Episode 14, before God bid his sons and Earth adieu.
In the brief yet weighty scene, forensic scientist Ella Lopez (played by Aimee Garcia) is puzzling over a case (as well as questioning some life choices) when God (guest star Dennis Haysbert) happens by her lab at the LAPD.
Ella was established early on to be a person of faith (wavering though it has been over the years), so there is a certain, say, ironic beauty to the fact that she enjoys this one-on-one consult with the man upstairs, though she only knows him to be the father of LAPD consultant Lucifer Morningstar.
"I can tell you're struggling with something. Is there anything I can do to help?" her uniquely attuned visitor asked. Ella sighed, "Not unless you can smite the darkness out of me."
"It's not about getting rid of it, it's about accepting it," Daddy Morningstar explained. Ella, though, insisted, "Mine's different, deeper…. It attracts me to bad people." In fact, she went so far as to posit, "I think maybe I'm a bad person."
But God by any name knows quite differently. "My child…. The darker the darkness, the brighter the light," he attested, cradling her beaming face with his hand. "You, Miss Lopez, shine so very, very brightly. I can see it all the way from Heaven." (Metaphorically speaking, Lucifer's mortal dad surely meant.)
The magnitude of the exchange, even with Ella oblivious, is not lost on Aimee Garcia.
"Ella had a crisis of faith a couple seasons back, so to meet her 'rock,' to meet her North Star — but not know that it's him, and yet she's still in awe — was so cool," Garcia shared with TVLine. "It was fun to see Ella not understand that he's God, and yet she definitely sees a light" in him, just as she did with Charlotte during Goddess' time in Los Angeles. In that regard, "Ella has a bit of a spidey sense!" her portrayer notes.
Penned by Lucifer vet Chris Rafferty, "It's such a simple scene, and that's what I love about the writers," Garcia continues. "[Co-showrunners] Joe and Ildy and the writers give Ella these small scenes, but they're just so lovely."
It also doesn't hurt to have a downright heavenly scene partner.
"Dennis Haysbert is physically very imposing, his voice has such a baritone deepness to it, and he has such gravitas, and I'm like this little bee skipping into the scene…," Garcia observes with a chuckle. "Our essences are also very different, and it was fun to see that juxtaposition.
"I mean, Dennis is wonderful and lovely, and such an A-class actor," she adds. "It's not very hard to look into his eyes and be in that place with him, and have your eyes start glistening. He made it so easy."
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Fortune Green is a small area in West Hampstead, London Borough of Camden.

Lying on the south-west side of the Finchley Road, Hampstead town council decided to build its overflow cemetery there in the 1840s. A guide to Hampstead Cemetery, with short biographies of selected grave occupants and maps of their location and illustrations of the more prominent monuments, was published in 2000.

It now lies in the London Borough of Camden as a ward. The ward has existed since the May 1978 local elections and was redrawn in May 2002. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 11,740 and is associated closely with West Hampstead, evidenced in the joint Fortune Green & West Hampstead Neighbourhood Plan adopted by Camden Council in September 2015.

Nearby places
 Childs Hill (to the north)
 Frognal / Hampstead (to the east)
 West Hampstead (to the south)
 Kilburn (to the south-west)
 Mapesbury (to the west)
 Cricklewood (to the north-west)

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Districts of the London Borough of Camden
Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Camden


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Assaulted and threatened by group in my neighborhood. How do I convince myself I'll be safe?
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A couple years ago a group of teens/young men approached me in a parking lot, a few blocks away away from my home, and tried to rob me. I was completely took by surprise, and in my panic I freaked out and fought back, which unfortunately only made them more violent and aggressive towards me. I walked away from that incident very upset but did not let it bother me for too long, thinking it was random and I wouldn't run into them again.
A few months later I was walking near the same parking lot and that group recognized me and chased me in a car and then assaulted me. What was really concerning is that there were more people in their group that time. I filed a police report but unfortunately the police couldn't find them.
If anyone can give me some advice on these specific thoughts, which are still causing me anxiety and depression:
-For months I had no clue that this group of people wanted to fight me/attack me...I don't know how badly they wanted to hurt me, and it's upsetting to think that someone out there wanted to inflict serious violence on me: what can I tell myself to convince myself these people couldn't have seriously harmed me?
Part of me wants to believe that these were just hot headed young guys trying to act tough, but the fact that they took it so far the second time, and that they used a car to follow me, tells me that these people might be criminals and were actually trying to seriously hurt me. Because it was a group, I know I couldn't have protected myself, and that is why I'm still anxious - I felt defenseless, and even knowing that I could call 911, I feel scared that I would be alone and no one could help me in time.
-The other thought that causes me major anxiety is this: If I did go back to my normal routine, what would happen if I saw them again?
Part of me believes I would have a serious panic attack or go into a rage and do something wrong. The stronger part of me tells myself I should stand my ground and call the police ASAP, but I have HUGE anxiety about how those people would react, because even if some of them got arrested, I was afraid one of the people in the group would've gotten away and then that person would harass me really violently for calling the police on them.
If anyone's been through something similar (i.e. harassed by thugs who don't know when to stop), and could give me some advice so that I can think logically again, I'd really appreciate it! I used to feel like these things only happen to rough people, but I was just at the wrong place at the wrong time and it's consuming me so much, especially when this type of thing does not happen in my neighborhood. It's very overwhelming to think about, and makes me feel like I'm unsafe, even though this thing is not common in this area.
One would hope these young idiots have grown up and had families/got jobs. Maybe one or all are now locked up, in prison or mental health facilities.
Time goes by, people have children and grow up, move, nothing much stays the same and so hopefully this experience is over and will never be repeated. I'm sorry it happened to you, a couple of my relatives have been beaten up and did nothing wrong, just someone didn't like them or were jealous of them, who knows? it is a very sad thing and i am thankfully i have never been physically hurt.
You could carry an alarm. We have small personal alarms here that people walking at night use, and they are extremely loud.
karl7
firstly terry i want to say you struck me as very brave standing up to them in the first place.
over the years i myslef have had some thugs assault me when there was no provocation whatsoever. some pathetic people think they get a name for themselves and achieve some status.....sad and pathetic really......i try to avoid those areas where these people congregate.
Tawny said:
Thanks for your response. It has been more than 5 years since the first incident. I think I would have been over it by now, but because it happened near where I live, I always had my guard up in case I ran into them again, as I know that they live in the government funded housing down the road from me.
Because these people were just acting straight up thugish, I put it into my head that they wouldn't have any regret or guilt and wouldn't be afraid of attacking me a third time, but like you said, who knows, they could have just been acting like tough guys, but in reality they could have other prioities that would make them think twice about breaking the law/going to jail. I hope that those people do realize that they what they did is illegal and that what they did would have got them in serious legal trouble. Knowing that they're thugs, it's hard to say if they would consider these things, but I suppose even the dumbest of the dumb know that they can end up in prison for assaulting people. It's disappointing knowing that criminals live near me, but I guess at the end of the day, they're the losers, because they're facing criminal charges. Hopefully they are aware and afraid of that, because I wouldn't want anyone else to be harassed by these people and go through what I did.
karl7 said:
Thanks a lot. Just want to clarify that Terry is a pseudonym, in case there are any concerns about identity etc.
I totally agree with what you said - These people harassed me and were angry that I didn't stand for it, so they attacked me to seem "tough". It's all that fake, wannabe gangster mentality that lots of dumb young men have in them. Hopefully they're matured and aren't as violent and reactive now, but it's hard to say what people like that turn out, when even as teens/young men they have temper tantrums.
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Because of your name you'll forever be Santa Claus when I read your posts.
As for feeling safe. Well no one is safe and you shouldn't live thinking you are because you'll be lying to yourself. I don't walk down dark alleys or in gang zones. It's not safe and you can't expect the police to keep you safe. They're law enforcement and not bodyguards. Everything we do has a calculated risk so just becareful.
We should be able to do anything and go anywhere but that's just not the case. Since you don't know if people will abide by the laws or decide to break them makes them extremely dangerous and unpredictable.
Sucks you live around those tyoe of people.
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Turkey's Military Presence in Qatar 'Emergency' for Gulf States, UAE Diplomat Says
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Turkey's military presence in Qatar contributes to negative polarization in the region and poses an emergency to the Gulf nations, Anwar... 11.10.2020, Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Turkey's military presence in Qatar contributes to negative polarization in the region and poses an emergency to the Gulf nations, Anwar Gargash, the UAE minister of state for foreign affairs, said.
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Doha earlier in the week to inaugurate a newly completed Turkish military base, where he said Turkish soldiers in the region contribute to regional stability.
"The Turkish military presence in the Arab Gulf is an emergency ... It reinforces polarization, and it does not take into account the sovereignty of states and the interests of the Gulf countries and its peoples," Gargash said in a tweet.
The top diplomat went on to dismiss Erdogan's claims of contributing to regional stability as inconsistent with Turkey's role in the region.
The military base hosting some 5,000 Turkish soldiers represents the increasing affinity between Ankara and Doha in recent years. The two countries back the same sides in the region's conflicts in Syria and Libya.
Qatar has been subjected to a blockade from its Gulf neighbors since 2017 due to regional tensions and its geopolitical agenda.


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Letter to Eugene V. Debs, 8/11/12. Writes that having a referendum on the J. Mahlon Barnes matter is a "fraud" and an "outrage." Tells Eugene V. Debs that the only reason the referendum went through is because many of the comrades thought Eugene V....
Omens-spirits as messengers
Ghosts; Messengers; Homicides;
Aaron L. Rue collected a legend from Lottie Haddix pertaining to Lottie seeing her deceased mother right before her sister was murdered.
South, Mary n.d
Death; Travel; Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 -- Death and burial
Letter to Theodore Debs and Gertrude Debs, n.d. Says that she is writing to let Theodore Debs and Gertrude Debs know that she and her mother are thinking of them. Writes that she and her mother both know what kind of loss Theodore Debs and Gertrude...
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Copy of letter from Eugene V. Debs, 06/26/1913. Asks that Thompson tell him if the United Mine Workers of America is led by a bunch of crooks what does that make Mother Jones and John Brown out to be since both of them gets paid by the...
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Letter to Eugene V. Debs, 06/17/1926. Says that it has been several months since he saw Eugene V. Debs in Tacoma, Washington. Remarks that while attending a meeting at which Kate Richards O'Hare recently spoke that he found out that George Brewer...
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Letter to Eugene V. Debs 5/5/21. Says that he knows on Mother's Day Eugene V. Debs will be thinking about the memories he has of his own mother whose "love and gentleness have been instilled" in Eugene V. Debs Writes that it is her spirit, the...
Peck, Helen 1926-11-08
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Letter to Theodore Debs, 11/8/1926. Writes that Theodore Debs has been in her thoughts ever since Eugene V. Debs's death. Says that she will never forget how kind Theodore Debs was to her mother when someone close to her died. Remarks that her...
Junior Vincent
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Carly Platt's transcribed interview of Larry Platt about Junior Vincent. According to Platt, Vincent was an only child who was dressed like a girl by his mother until he was sixteen. People thought he was gay because of this. After his mother died,...
Ed Gein
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Barbara Birchfield's transcribed interview of Mary Tudor about Ed Gein. According to Tudor, there was a man in Wisconsin who killed women and made lampshades out of their skin. When he was caught, they found a human heart boiling on the stove.
John Coleman's transcribed interview of Kathie Buhr about Ed Gein. According to Buhr, there was a man who was butchering women and selling their meat to other people.
Austin Wathen's transcribed interview of Phil. According to Phil, Ed Gein lived in Wisconsin and used to dig up fresh graves. He dug up the graves so he could eat the hearts and livers from the bodies. Phil also told some jokes about Ed Gein.
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Letter from Eugene V. Debs, 06/26/1913. Says that he agrees with what Brown has said about the Senate's investigative committee. Writes that he does not understand why Brown, Mother Jones, C. H. Boswell, W. H. Thompson, or Fred Merrick was not...


Buying a house is an important decision and when you lay your eyes on a house that meets all your requirements, it is probably one of the most brilliant moments of your life. But pause just for a minute to see whether the house will bring you true happiness in your life or burden you with problems. Even though it is hard to believe that a house can affect your well being, just know that whether or not you believe in gravity, it exists. Likewise so do the principles of Feng Shui.
Once you�ve found the house which fulfills your basic requirement of area, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, price, etc. check out the intangible factors. These intangible factors are those that influence the energy that comes into the house and how well they harness it.
There are several pointers that need to be taken into account when buying a house through the eyes of feng shui. The ideal thing to do would be to hire a feng shui professional but given below are some basic points that will help you gauge whether the house will prove to bring good fortune and happiness to you.
Firstly purchasing a brand new house is a good option but if it has been pre-owned then find out why the previous owners vacated it. If they left to move into a bigger house or moved for other good reasons, this is a positive sign. If the previous owner went bankrupt or suffered any misfortunes, then you may consider the possibility of the house having brought ill fortune to him/her.
How does a house bring ill-fortune? It is simply the way it has been positioned and designed in a manner that has absorbed harmful energy and not positive good chi. Beginning with the position of the house- where is it located? A house located at a dead end or a road leading directly to it is not good. A house between two straight roads is again unfavorable. Any direct view of a place of worship, cemetery, hospital, a sewage treatment plant is also unacceptable.
See that the house is not overshadowed by huge buildings or structures on either side of it. The houses/structures on either side should not have sharp angles pointing at your house. The plot of the land should be such that the rear is slightly raised than the front. Make sure the house sits correctly midway to the plot � a little towards the front is alright but definitely not towards the rear. Other factors regarding the outside area include no big trees or poles directly in front of the main door or a driveway that leads directly to the front door.
Moving along to the interiors, watch out for toilets, kitchen, dining area, bedroom or staircase located bang opposite the front door or even a direct view of these on entering. Spiral or scissor-style staircases should best be avoided. The kitchen or dining area should not be located right above or below any bathrooms. Bathrooms or kitchen in the center of the house is unacceptable as these areas require good ventilation. A bedroom should not be located over a garage, bathroom or an empty space.
A fireplace or a stove (an open flame) in the northwest portion of the house is a strict no-no. A bathroom or a storeroom in the southwest portion is just as inadvisable. The southwest portion is relevant to the woman of the house as the northwest is to the man. Both the above mentioned points should be highly regarded as they will directly affect the man and the woman of the house. Apart from this, make sure that the house is ventilated well, not dark and is free of funny odors.
It will be hard to find a house that has been built on the exact rules of feng shui. But understand that most feng shui flaws can be corrected with the help of a professional. Meanwhile if the house clears most of the pointers mentioned above, you might have just found your home sweet home.


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China fears and global growth doubts grip markets
Markets will be watching for China's next move as signs of a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy stack up, raising expectations it will act to stoke growth.
A trader works inside a booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, August 21, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
A looming snap election in Greece and a closely watched conference hosted by the Federal Reserve in the United States are also likely to keep investors on their toes next week, in particular as they look for hints on when the U.S. will raise interest rates.
Fears that Chinese growth is weakening, dragging down the global economy with it, are already hammering commodities and world stock markets.
Both tumbled on Friday after a survey showed Chinese manufacturing slowed the most since the global financial crisis in 2009 – adding to other worrying clues about the country's health, including its falling exports.
China devalued the yuan earlier in August, by pushing its official guidance rate down 2 percent. The central bank has said there was no reason for the currency to fall further, but investors are also bracing for further interest rate cuts.
"It will be all eyes on the Chinese authorities for any further policy support steps, alongside the People's Bank of China yuan fixings and trading swings," analysts at Investec Economics said in a note to clients.
China is also widely expected to relax reserve requirements ratios for its banks again in the coming months, a measure intended to spur lending by reducing the cash they need to hold. It is trying to keep its economy on course to grow 7 percent in 2015 – its slowest pace in a quarter of a century.
"We continue to expect a total of 100 basis points of reserve requirement ratio cuts by end-2015, with the first cut likely to take place within the next two weeks," economists at Standard Chartered said.
The cash reserves ratio has already been cut three times this year.
EYES ON FED, GREECE
By the end of next week attention may shift away to the Rocky Mountains, where policymakers are due to gather from Aug. 27-29 for the Fed's conference of central bankers, finance ministers, academics and financial market participants in Jackson Hole.
Fed chair Janet Yellen is not expected to attend, raising the prospect that other Fed officials may be more tight-lipped about the likelihood of the first rate increase in almost a decade, some analysts said.
The prospect of an increase as soon as September receded this week as the Fed released minutes of July meeting. They gave no clear signals as to the timing of such a move – which would affect markets across the world and could cause more pain for emerging market assets, already being hit by China's woes.
Fed policymakers are still concerned about the weakness of the global economy, the minutes showed, but they were also more confident about US growth prospects.
Further clues on both matters should be gleaned from data releases this week, including second-quarter gross domestic product figures for the United States, due on Thursday.
Quarter-on-quarter GDP growth in the period is expected to be revised upwards to 3.2 percent from 2.3 percent, according to a Reuters poll.
In the euro zone, investors will also be looking at an German economic sentiment survey due on Tuesday for a better idea of the scope of the bloc's recovery.
Preliminary August consumer price readings for Germany and Spain on Friday will provide further insight into how effective the European Central Bank's bond-buying efforts have been at warding off deflation.
But the spotlight will mainly fall once again on Greece, where Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has resigned. That opened the way for early elections after he secured much-needed funds from the country's third international bailout program.
The current Greek government aims to strengthen its position in the election after accepting a rescue deal it once opposed. But that creates more uncertainty for markets already on edge over whether Greece will deliver on promised reforms and get its economy and banks back on track.
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Do you love avocado? Avocado is a very popular "superfood" at the moment, filled with nutrients and good fats. It is also creamy and delicious, and can be used in sandwiches, salads, and omelettes – […]
Apple's Upcoming Announcement: Watching TV With Siri?
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Warren Buffett's 10 Inspiring Tips For Young People
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Sayhuite Stone: An Ancient Hydraulic Scale Model of The Inca Empire?
About 47 kilometers east of the city Abancay, in southern-central Peru, lies the archeological site of Sayhuite or Saywite, described by historians as a center of religious worship for Inca people, who held rituals and ceremonies for the worship of water. The site's main attraction is a big granite block whose upper surface is ornamented with complex and mysterious figures resembling a three-dimensional relief map of an ancient city.
The Sayhuite Stone is about two meters long and four meters wide. The rock is carved with more than two hundred figures of geometric and zoomorphic shapes, mostly felines, reptiles, frogs, and serpents, that are sculpted into the likeness of a topographical hydraulic model, complete with terraces, ponds, rivers, tunnels, and irrigation channels. The relief map is on the upper surface of what appears to be the bottom half of a huge boulder. The rock is located on top of the hill called Concacha, where it is believed to have been transported since it is not a natural outcrop.
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Many scholars and scientists believe that the Sayhuite Stone is a scale model of the Inca empire, and its various regions are represented by the carved figures of animals and other motifs. For instance, the jungles are represented by land animals such as monkey, iguana, jaguar, etc. while the coastal areas are represented by animals like pelicans, crab, shrimp, octopus etc.
While the precise meaning and purposes of this relic remains a mystery, some researchers believes that Sayhuite Stone was used as a scale model to design, develop, test, and document the properties of water flow for irrigation and other water projects, and to instruct ancient engineers and technicians in the concepts and practices of the craft. The rock also appears to be modified several times with new material, either altering the paths of the water or adding new paths altogether. The experiments might have been carried out by pouring actual water over the stone or even liquid mercury, as researcher Dr. Arlan Andrews suspects. There are notches carved along the edge of the stone to allow the liquid to pour out.
Watch this video of Dr. Arlan Andrews testing out the model by pouring water over it.
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Sketch of the Sayhuite Stone showing the various carved figures. Photo credit: www.lithos-graphics.com
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FlechaNorte December 7, 2016 at 10:22 AM
It seem to be a mold to cast different gold figures and parts
Kaushik Patowary December 7, 2016 at 8:33 PM
That's an interesting theory.


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Fudoh: The New Generation (1996): Cool Kiddie Crime
Fudoh: The New Generation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Directed by iconic cult favourite Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer , 13 Assassins) and starring Shôsuke Tanihara (Sky High) and Riki Takeuchi (Riki is well known to most Yakuza film fans, he has been a regular player in most 'straight to video' Yakuza tales. He also played the teacher in Batoru rowaiaru II: Chinkonka aka Battle Royale II as well as co-starring in all the Dead or Alive films)
Cover of Dead or Alive (Unrated Director's Cut)
The 'Readers Digest' version of the plot is as follows:
When Riki Fudoh is a young boy, his Yakuza father kills Riki's brother to escape death himself. It seems that Riki's dad committed a heinous crime against another Yakuza crime lord and rather than pay the penalty himself, blames it on his eldest son.
Riki never tells his father that he saw him kill his brother, but as he gets older he becomes the head of a juvenile gang that is comprised of his fellow high school mates.
The gang may be made up of children, but the criminal acts they participate in are very grown-up. Under Fudoh's tutelage they are carrying out a systematic assassination of several local Yakuza bosses.
Riki Fudoh is ruthless in his pursuit of crime. At the start of the film he kills one of his teachers for failing to pay what he owes. Working as a loan shark is just one of the many ways that Riki increases his power as a kiddie Yakuza.
Riki Fudoh gets help from a giant of a boy who pretty much volunteers to join Riki's gang. He gives the huge lad a tour of his "training" facilities where very young children train in pairs with guns. One stands and shoots the gun while the other one provides a steadying brace. It is with this wide ranging age group of children that Riki plans to take over the local crime scene and to ultimately take on his father.
Fearing for his life Riki's dad calls in outside help.
Fudoh: The New Generation is an atypical Takashi Miike film. In film circles he is known as the director who isn't afraid to show the 'under-belly' of Japan. He shows characters on film that other directors would never dream of showing.
Fudoh is no exception. Riki's two bodyguards are female high school students. At least they both look female. One is actually a hermaphrodite whose speciality is shooting darts from her vagina. The same 'girl' also stands up to urinate against a fence post. Such dexterity is to be admired.
Miike is also famous for using gallons of blood in any violent scene where most directors would use a pint. In one scene one of Riki's body guards dispatches a local crime lord who is in the back of a police car. She serves him a cup of coffee which has been laced with poison. The crime lord begins to spew blood from his mouth. So much blood that it fills the back of the car and comes out in a four foot wave when the door is open. Typical Takashi Miike.
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Finally A Remake That Lives Up To The Original: Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai (2012). (jpfmovies.wordpress.com)
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Boy Scouts' Final Stand, Rally on Wednesday
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Scout Delegates Vote Next Thursday in Grapevine, Rally on Wednesday to Welcome Delegates
After the successful efforts back in February to delay the BSA Executive Council's attempt to change the Boy Scouts membership policy, the out-of-touch BSA leadership has now put forward a resolution that is even more troubling than the proposed policy in February. The proposed resolution would allow open homosexuality in the Boy Scouts and would foster it on boys in all scouting units. The resolution will be voted on by the BSA delegates at the May 22-24 National Annual meeting in Grapevine, Texas.
This incoherent policy was proposed in spite of the fact that the vast majority of Scouts and parents are supportive of their current membership policy and want to see the Scouts continue to stand for their timeless values. In fact, BSA's own official survey shows that a supermajority of respondents support the current, time-tested membership policy. And as mentioned, the proposed policy would force all chartered scouting units, including the 70% chartered by churches, to facilitate open homosexuality in their program.
We implore the delegates voting next week in Texas to affirm Scouting's current membership policy.
Help take a stand in Texas, join us for the Save Our Scouts Rally:
WHAT: A "Friendly, Courteous, and Kind" Demonstration to welcome delegates to the National Annual Meeting and encourage them to support the current membership policy.
WHO: Parents, Scoutmasters, Scouting supporters, Eagle Scouts, Pastors, and others concerned about the Boy Scouts. Wear your BSA uniform if you have one.
WHEN: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm (any amount of time you can participate is great). Signs will be provided.
*Press availability at 3:15 pm
WHERE: On the West side of sidewalks adjacent to Bass Pro Drive near the intersection of Texas 26 in Grapevine, Texas. Click here for map.
*Press conference/availability to be held at a private rented area in Uncle Bucks Steakhouse 2501 Bass Pro Drive, Grapevine, Texas 76051
Please RSVP for the Rally on Facebook.
In addition to the Rally, we still need your help to take action:
Read and share the OnMyHonor.net "Open Letter to BSA Delegates: Ten Reasons To Vote No"
Email the BSA in support of their current membership policy.
Encourage Texas' U.S. Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn to publicly support the Boy Scouts current policy, as over 60 state officials including Gov. Perry and Lt. Gov. Dewhurst have done. Contact Senator Cruz's office at 202-224-5922 and Senator Cornyn's office at 202-224-2934.
Take a stand for the Scouts and sign the Save Our Scouts Petition.
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Kyle Rudolph and Harrison Smith have been sharing the same football field since 2008, when Rudolph joined the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Smith was already there as a redshirt freshman.
Rudolph recalled the start of their friendship.
"You know, it's funny Harrison and my relationship started with a fight in training camp my freshman year," Rudolph said. "Harrison played outside linebacker and I was playing tight end, and you know we were obviously both freshmen at the time. Harrison was a redshirt freshman and I was a true freshman and we were both trying to prove ourselves, that we belonged.
Rudolph was asked how practicing against a player like Smith, and a No. 1 defense like the Vikings have, can improve his play.
"He definitely makes me better as a player, and he makes Sundays a lot easier for me because the guy I'm going against on Sunday is usually not as good," he said.
Rudolph was taken 43rd overall in the second round of the 2011 draft while Smith went 29th overall in 2012. Rudolph said he really didn't envision being teammates with Smith in the NFL.
That 2012 Senior Bowl also featured new Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins, along with Super Bowl-winning QBs Russell Wilson and Nick Foles.
It's good news for Rudolph that Cousins is considered one of the best QBs when it comes to using tight ends. FiveThirtyEight noted that from 2015 to '17 Cousins threw 256 passes when two tight ends were in the formation and averaged 10.24 yards per attempt, nearly a yard better than No. 2 on the list, Detroit's Matthew Stafford.
It also bodes well that the Vikings brought in offensive coordinator John DeFilippo. He comes from Super Bowl champion Philadelphia, which ran the third-most plays with two tight ends in the NFL last season.
Still, Rudolph, who is 100 percent healthy after battling ankle injuries last season, said the offensive system is staying fairly consistent from that of Pat Shurmur, so far.
On the defensive side of the ball, Vikings line coach Andre Patterson talked about the impact of losing Tom Johnson but adding Sheldon Richardson.
A lot of the focus has been on how Richardson and the other interior defensive lineman, Linval Joseph, can really improve the inside pass rush. But Patterson said they might be just as effective helping the edge rushers such as Everson Griffen and Danielle Hunter.
While Patterson pointed out that Hunter had a great camp and Brian Robison continues to take on a more veteran teaching role, the coach also has been impressed by some of the younger players.
Sid Hartman can be heard on WCCO AM-830 at 8:40 a.m. Monday and Friday, 2 p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. • shartman@startribune.


Seda Peker studied Economics and Bureau Management at Bilkent University between 1989-1994 and graduated from Vocational School Of Computer Technology and Office Management. Starting from 1994 she worked for multi-national companies including Schlumberger and Initiative Media as an executive assistant. She completed a certificate programme between September 2003-September 2004 on "Professional Diploma in Marketing -Stage II" given by Chartered Institute of Marketing in London. She is the administrative coordinator of Human Rights Law Research Center since November 2005.


The Black Dog Freehouse has provided a unique niche in the area of Old Strathcona and the City of Edmonton since 1992 by providing an atmosphere unseen elsewhere. Since its inception, the Black Dog has maintained an equilibrium between its cutting edge promotions and its traditional roots. It has always been a haven for all walks of society regardless of stature. It is a place where young and old; suits and shorts can relax and enjoy themselves - free from the stigmas attached to most bars.
The Black Dog features the Wooftop Patio, Edmonton's only 2nd level, garden setting, full service patio that overlooks Whyte avenue. The recent addition of an enclosed second level adjacent to the patio provides an alternate Black Dog experience through all seasons. The Underdog is a lower level room that offers an intimate and relaxed atmosphere - perfect for those who are looking for some place special. This room is available for private functions and features a separate entrance, stereo system, large screen HDTV with DVD and surround sound and, of course, a full service bar.
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Perception, movement and the relationship between the viewer and their surroundings are central themes within Olafur Eliasson's (b. 1967) practice. The Danish-Icelandic artist often uses raw materials, such as light, air and water to generate monumental site-specific environments. Underpinned with an advanced architectural knowledge, Eliasson creates multi-faceted compositions across a range of mediums to explore the profound layers of phenomenological experiences. A large-scale installation at Lune Rouge, Ibiza, draws inspiration from the mesmerising motions and shapes of schooling fish, a phenomenon which simultaneously seems both static and fluid.
Continuing a recurrent interest in geometry, the sculpture Spherical space comprises of a complex stainless steel framework, a circular, globe-like structure featuring intersecting lines and forms. Two of these metal builds are arranged one inside the other, connected by countless triangles of aluminium and hand-blown yellow glass. At the core, a single bulb projects an intricate pattern of shadows into the gallery, produced by the intertwined materials. Mimicking the movement of a shoal of fish, the composition gives the appearance of a constant flurry of motion. Even slight activity alters the perceived alignment of the whirlwind of shapes, creating an illusion of infinite flux and change.
A interest in the fundamental questions of how the body sees and experiences space is at the centre of Eliasson's installation. Spherical space offers an opportunity for engagement with forces that dictate the world. The interlaced structures go beyond geometry, the shapes and lines also have a strong relationship to nature, drawing upon root systems, cellular and crystal forms. From the inauguration of two public exhibition rooms in 2015, Lune Rouge continues the philanthropic mission of Art Projects Ibiza to promote culture throughout the island, contributing to an innovative programme showcasing both established and emerging artists.
The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden reopens on 3 June with a total of 18 new artworks installed across 19-acres of the garden and Walker Campus.