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the Fat Story
How we got fooled
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Cardio Facts&Fallacies
How we all got Fooled, and. . . . .
how we're still dancing to the wrong tune
because of bad science
The first scientific indictment of saturated fat came in 1953. That's the year a physiologist named Ancel Keys, Ph.D., published a highly influential paper titled "Atherosclerosis, a Problem in Newer Public Health." Keys wrote that while the total death rate in the United States was declining, the number of deaths due to heart disease was steadily climbing. And to explain why, he presented a comparison of fat intake and heart disease mortality in six countries: the United States, Canada, Australia, England, Italy, and Japan. The Americans ate the most fat and had the greatest number of deaths from heart disease; the Japanese ate the least fat and had the fewest deaths from heart disease. The other countries fell neatly in between. The higher the fat intake, according to national diet surveys, the higher the rate of heart disease. And vice versa. Keys called this correlation a "remarkable relationship" and began to publicly hypothesize that consumption of fat causes heart disease. This became known as the diet-heart hypothesis.
However plenty of scientists at the time were skeptical of Keys's assertions. Jacob Yerushalmy, Ph.D., founder of the biostatistics graduate program at the University of California at Berkeley, pointed out in a paper in 1957 that while data from the six countries Keys examined seemed to support the diet-heart hypothesis, statistics were actually available for 22 countries. And when all 22 were analyzed, the apparent link between fat consumption and heart disease disappeared. For example, the death rate from heart disease in Finland was 24 times that of Mexico, even though fat-consumption rates in the two nations were similar.
Keys's study had observed only a correlation between two phenomena, not a clear causative link. So this left open the possibility that something else — unmeasured or unimagined — was leading to heart disease. After all, Americans did eat more fat than the Japanese, but perhaps they also consumed more sugar and white bread, and watched more television.
Also nobody at the time suspected that there might be more to the widely promoted vegetable oils than was initially thought. The relationship between Omega-6 and Omega-3 was yet to get the attention it needed.
Despite the apparent flaws in Keys's argument, the diet-heart hypothesis was compelling, and it was soon heavily promoted by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the media. It offered the worried public a highly educated guess as to why the country was in the midst of a heart-disease epidemic. "People should know the facts," Keys said in a 1961 interview with Time magazine, for which he appeared on the cover. "Then if they want to eat themselves to death, let them."
The facts were not really facts but a hypothesis based on seriously flawed science.
Trio of saturated fats
Although more than a dozen types of saturated fat exist, humans predominantly consume three: stearic acid, palmitic acid, and lauric acid. This trio comprises almost 95 percent of the saturated fat in a hunk of prime rib, a slice of bacon, or a piece of chicken skin, and nearly 70 percent of that in butter and whole milk.
Today, it's well established that stearic acid has no effect on cholesterol levels. In fact, stearic acid — which is found in high amounts in cocoa as well as animal fat — is converted to a monounsaturated fat called oleic acid in your liver. This is the same heart-healthy fat found in olive oil. As a result, scientists generally regard this saturated fatty acid as either benign or potentially beneficial to your health.
Palmitic and lauric acid, however, are known to raise total cholesterol. But here's what's rarely reported: Research shows that although both of these saturated fatty acids increase LDL ("bad") cholesterol, they raise HDL ("good") cholesterol just as much, if not more. And this lowers your risk of heart disease. That's because it's commonly believed that LDL cholesterol lays down plaque on your artery walls, while HDL removes it. So increasing both actually reduces the proportion of bad cholesterol in your blood to the good kind. This may explain why numerous studies have reported that this HDL/LDL ratio is a better predictor of future heart disease than LDL alone.
All of this muddies Keys's claim of a clear connection between saturated-fat intake, cholesterol, and heart disease. If saturated fat doesn't raise cholesterol in such a way that it increases heart-disease risk, then according to the scientific method, the diet-heart hypothesis must be rejected. However, in 1977 it was still a promising idea.
That was the year Congress made it government policy to recommend a low-fat diet, based primarily on the opinions of health experts who supported the diet-heart hypothesis. It was a decision met with much criticism from the scientific community, including the American Medical Association. After all, officially endorsing a low-fat diet could change the eating habits of millions of Americans, and the potential effects of this strategy were widely debated and certainly unproved.
Billions of our tax dollars were spent trying to prove the diet-heart hypothesis. Yet study after study has failed to provide definitive evidence that saturated-fat intake leads to heart disease. The most recent example is the Women's Health Initiative, the government's largest and most expensive ($725 million) diet study yet. The results, published last year, show that a diet low in total fat and saturated fat had no impact in reducing heart-disease and stroke rates in some 20,000 women who had adhered to the regimen for an average of 8 years.
But this paper, like many others, plays down its own findings (!!) and instead points to four studies that, many years ago, apparently did find a link between saturated fat and heart disease.
So let's get this straight : they did not like the results of their own quite extensive study, so they point to other studies from the past that apparently (rightly or wrongly) did find a link (!?!?)
Because of this, it's worth taking a closer look at each. of those studies :
The Los Angeles VA Hospital Study (1969) This UCLA study of 850 men reported that those who replaced saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats were less likely to die of heart disease and stroke over a 5-year period than were men who didn't alter their diets. However, more of those who changed their diets died of cancer, and the average age of death was the same in both groups. What's more, "through an oversight," the study authors neglected to collect crucial data on smoking habits from about 100 men. They also reported that the men successfully adhered to the diet only half the time.
The Oslo Diet-Heart Study (1970) Two hundred men followed a diet low in saturated fat for 5 years while another group ate as they pleased. The dieters had fewer heart attacks, but there was no difference in total deaths between the two groups.
The Finnish Mental Hospital Study (1979) This trial took place from 1959 to 1971 and appeared to document a reduction in heart disease in psychiatric patients following a "cholesterol-lowering" diet. But the experiment was poorly controlled: Almost half of the 700 participants joined or left the study over its 12-year duration.
The St. Thomas' Atherosclerosis Regression Study (1992) Only 74 men completed this 3-year study conducted at St. Thomas' Hospital, in London. It found a reduction in cardiac events among men with heart disease who adopted a low-fat diet. There's a major caveat, though: Their prescribed diets were also low in sugar. (!!)
And as we now know, sugar increase free radical activity and thereby more inflammation and as consequence a raise in LDL cholesterol to fight inflammation and repair arterial damage.
In 2000, a respected international group of scientists called the Cochrane Collaboration conducted a "meta-analysis" of the scientific literature on cholesterol-lowering diets. After applying rigorous selection criteria (219 trials were excluded), the group examined 27 studies involving more than 18,000 participants. Although the authors concluded that cutting back on dietary fat may help reduce heart disease, their published data actually shows that diets low in saturated fats have no significant effect on mortality, or even on deaths due to heart attacks.
"I was disappointed that we didn't find something more definitive," says Lee Hooper, Ph.D., who led the Cochrane review. If this exhaustive analysis didn't provide evidence of the dangers of saturated fat, says Hooper, it was probably because the studies reviewed didn't last long enough, or perhaps because the participants didn't lower their saturated-fat intake enough. Of course, there is a third possibility, which Hooper doesn't mention: The diet-heart hypothesis is incorrect.!!
Ronald Krauss, M.D., won't say saturated fats are good for you. "But," he concedes, "we don't have convincing evidence that they're bad, either."
For 30 years, Dr. Krauss — an adjunct professor of nutritional sciences at the University of California at Berkeley — has been studying the effect of diet and blood lipids on cardiovascular disease. He points out that while some studies show that replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats lowers heart-disease risk, this doesn't mean that saturated fats lead to clogged arteries. "It may simply suggest that unsaturated fats are an even healthier option," he says.
But then again the polyunsaturated fats may turn out to be not that healthy at all. All new research seems to point to a trio of dangerous foodstuffs : polyunsaturated fats, refined carbs and transfats.
But there's more to this story: In 1980, Dr. Krauss and his colleagues discovered that LDL cholesterol is far from the simple "bad" particle it's commonly thought to be. It actually comes in a series of different sizes, known as subfractions. Some LDL subfractions are large and fluffy. Others are small and dense. This distinction is important.
A decade ago, Canadian researchers reported that men with the highest number of small, dense LDL subfractions had four times the risk of developing clogged arteries than those with the fewest. Yet they found no such association for the large, fluffy particles. These findings were confirmed in subsequent studies.
Now here's the saturated-fat connection: Dr. Krauss found that when people replace the carbohydrates in their diet with fat — saturated or unsaturated — the number of small, dense LDL particles decreases. This leads to the highly counterintuitive notion that replacing your breakfast cereal with eggs and bacon could actually reduce your risk of heart disease.
Which notion is not that crazy at all. The small dense LDL particles are the ones that get everywhere in places where the larger ones cannot. If you need more small dense ones there is obviously a need for your liver to make those. The need is probably necessitated by the amount of inflammation caused by the diet of carbohydrates and polyunsaturated fats.
Dr. Krauss:. "But the majority of healthy people seem to derive very little benefit from these low-fat diets, in terms of heart-disease risk factors, unless they also lose weight and exercise. And if a low-fat diet is also loaded with carbs, it can actually result in adverse changes in blood lipids."
While Dr. Krauss is much published and highly respected — he has served twice as chairman of the writing committee of the AHA's dietary guidelines — the far-reaching implications of his work have not been generally acknowledged.
"Academic scientists believe saturated fat is bad for you," says Penny Kris-Etherton, Ph.D., a distinguished professor of nutritional studies at Penn State University, citing as evidence the "many studies" she believes show it to be true. (Please take note : this is a distinguished professor(in what???) who cites as evidence "many studies" that she believes to be true.
And we have to accept this as scientific???) It seems to be more a statement of faith than a scientifically proven fact.
But not everyone accepts those studies, and their proponents find it hard to be heard.
Kris-Etherton acknowledges that "there's a good deal of reluctance toward accepting evidence suggesting the contrary."
2004 Harvard University study of older women with heart disease.
Researchers found that the more saturated fat these women consumed, the less likely it was their condition would worsen. Lead study author Dariush Mozaffarian, Ph.D., an assistant professor at Harvard's school of public health, recalls that before the paper was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, he encountered formidable politics from other journals.
"In the nutrition field, it's very difficult to get something published that goes against established dogma," says Mozaffarian. "The dogma says that saturated fat is harmful, but that is not based, to me, on unequivocal evidence." Mozaffarian says he believes it's critical that scientists remain open minded. "Our finding was surprising to us. And when there's a discovery that goes against what's established, it shouldn't be suppressed but rather disseminated and explored as much as possible."
Perhaps the apparent bias against saturated fat is most evident in studies on low-carbohydrate diets. Many versions of this approach are controversial because they place no limitations on saturated-fat intake. As a result, supporters of the diet-heart hypothesis have argued that low-carb diets will increase the risk of heart disease. But published research doesn't show this to be the case. When people on low-carb diets have been compared head-to-head with those on low-fat diets, the low-carb dieters typically scored significantly better on markers of heart disease, including small, dense LDL cholesterol, HDL/LDL ratio, and triglycerides, which are a measure of the amount of fat circulating in your blood.
In a new 12-week study, University of Connecticut scientists placed overweight men and women on either a low-carb or low-fat diet. Those who followed the low-carb diet consumed 36 grams of saturated fat per day (22 percent of total calories), which represented more than three times the amount in the low-fat diet. Yet despite this considerably greater intake of saturated fat, the low-carb dieters reduced both their number of small, dense LDL cholesterol and their HDL/LDL ratio to a greater degree than those who ate a low-fat diet. In addition, triglycerides decreased by 51 percent in the low-carb group — compared with 19 percent in the low-fat group.
This finding is worth noting, because even though cholesterol is the most commonly cited risk factor for heart disease, triglyceride levels may be equally relevant. In a 40-year study at the University of Hawaii, scientists found that low triglyceride levels at middle age best predicted "exceptional survival" — defined as living until age 85 without suffering from a major disease.
According to lead study author Jeff Volek, Ph.D., R.D., two factors influence the amount of fat coursing through your veins. The first, of course, is the amount of fat you eat. But the more important factor is less obvious. Turns out, your body makes fat from carbohydrates. It works like this: The carbs you eat (particularly starches and sugar) are absorbed into your bloodstream as sugar. As your carb intake rises, so does your blood sugar. This causes your body to release the hormone insulin. Insulin's job is to return your blood sugar to normal, but it also signals your body to store fat. As a result, your liver starts converting excess blood sugar to triglycerides, or fat.
All of which helps explain why the low-carb dieters in Volek's study had a greater loss of fat in their blood. Restricting carbs keeps insulin levels low, which lowers your internal production of fat and allows more of the fat you do eat to be burned for energy.
Yet even with this emerging data and the lack of scientific support for the diet-heart hypothesis, the latest AHA dietary guidelines have reduced the recommended amount of saturated fat from 10 percent of daily calories to 7 percent or less. "The idea was to encourage people to decrease their saturated-fat intake even further, because there's a linear relationship between saturated-fat intake and LDL cholesterol," says Alice H. Lichtenstein, Ph.D., Sc.D., who led the AHA nutrition committee that wrote the recommendation.
What about Krauss's findings that not all LDL is equal? Lichtenstein says that her committee didn't address them, but that it might in the future.
Anybody with a little bit of a scientific mind, an eye for inconsistences and an awareness of the many confounders (or contributing factors) in any kind of research, cannot but be quite uncomfortable with the way the outcome of all the research into the contribution of saturated fats to or well being or to our healthproblems has been and still is being , manipulated to serve a different agenda.
I think it is quite unconsciable the way this academic community makes a farce of the scientific process and has been endangering longterm health prospects for millions of people and at the same time wasting billions of dollars in order to waste more in an overburdened healthcare system


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Q: How to enable the input that was attached by datePicker ui?(JQuery plugin) $('#date_arrow_from, #date_from').click(function() {

        $('#date_from').attachDatepicker({
            rangeSelect: false,
            yearRange: "2011:2012",
            firstDay: 1
        });

        $('#date_from').showDatepicker();

    });

http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/ - I am using something like this, but the problem is that when I click on the input I can't write anything, the keypress event is blocked, how can I unlock the input to be enabled?

A: Looks like you need to set constrainInput option to false
http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/#option-constrainInput

When true entry in the input field is constrained to those characters
allowed by the current dateFormat.
Code examples initialize a datepicker with the constrainInput option specified.
$(".selector" ).datepicker({ constrainInput: false });

Edit
While the above was marked as accepted I agree with @Edd Morgan that you should try and take advantage of the built in input validation (I always do when I'm using it).  To specifically allow dates in the ISO 8601 format you can change the datepickers dateFormat string very easily and the demo below has a good list of examples.
http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/#date-formats
$(".selector" ).datepicker({ dateFormat: "yy-mm-dd" });

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Leadership is an important process shaping collective movement in some species. Recent work has demonstrated that experienced or motivated individuals can emerge as leaders, and provides insight into the mechanisms by which this occurs. Ultimately, leadership depends upon the effectiveness with which would-be leaders can entrain followers, and while the properties of leaders have received much attention, less is known about the factors that affect the propensity of their groupmates to follow them. Here the roles of experience and state (hunger) in shaping leader and follower behavior were investigated using shoals of sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). A first experiment revealed that individuals trained to approach a target could entrain and lead their naïve groupmates out of a refuge towards it, and that they did so more effectively when they (the trained fish) were food-deprived. In the second experiment the hunger level of the trained fish was held constant, while that of the naïve fish was varied. Here, leadership by trained fish was only apparent when the hunger levels of the naïve group members were intermediate. When naïve fish were recently fed they took a long time to visit the target and their arrival times were not affected by the presence of a trained individual. Very hungry groups recruited to the target most rapidly, but again with no evidence of influence by their trained groupmates. These experiments demonstrate that leadership in animal groups depends not only upon the state and experience of the leader but also upon that of the potential followers.


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18 LISTSComically ViolentA few of the most brutally violent, shockingly gruesome, horrifically gory moments from comics books and graphic novels.
Violent Deeds by Batman Villains
Hyper-Violence by Female Superheroes
Violent Moments in Hellboy Comics
MCU Scenes More Brutal in the Comics
Total Gore in Frank Miller Works
Brutal Moments in Vertigo Comics
Accused of Heinous Crimes
Marvel Kids Are Always at It
When Hulk Was Defeated So Very Soundly
Batman, What Have You Done?!
WTD Scenes Too Graphic for Television
The Bloodiest Things Carnage Has Done
Awful Acts by The Punisher
Give Them a Hand
Gory Moments in Image Comics
Spider-Man Is a True Survivor
Brutality in Captain America
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Superheroes Who Were Falsely Accused Of Heinous Crimes
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Almost every comic book vigilante worth mentioning has found themselves wrongly accused of a serious crime at one point or another - heck, Spider-Man gets it on a daily basis from the Daily Bugle! But there's a difference between being declared a public menace and having a superhero falsely accused of a truly heinous act, and that's something that has only happened to a select few.
To be entirely fair, it's not unheard of for a superhero to snap and do something horrible - Hal Jordan once wiped out the Green Lantern Corps, and Jean Grey went around eating suns for a while. However, when a hero is accused of crimes against humanity, it's usually the result of a classic frame-up, leaving them to try to clear their name and continue saving the world at the same time.
The Flash Was Charged With The Slaying Of The Reverse-Flash
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Having already slain one of Barry Allen's brides via time-travel, the Reverse-Flash showed up again in The Flash #323 to repeat the trick - only, this time, the Flash was ready. Allen ran backward in time to intercept his long-time foe, but when he caught up to him, he stopped the Reverse-Flash so suddenly that he perished as a result.
This led to a lengthy storyline known as The Trial of Barry Allen, in which the Flash took the stand to defend himself on charges of slaying a man from the future. With self-defense difficult to prove in the case of time-travel, Allen actually ended up convicted and spending significant time behind bars - before he escaped to the future himself to lay low for a while.
Bruce Wayne, But Not Batman, Was Suspected Of Slaying His Girlfriend
At the end of the Bruce Wayne: Murderer? arc, the Dark Knight returned to his mansion to find his girlfriend, Vesper Fairchild, deceased under suspicious circumstances. The Gotham City PD immediately placed Bruce Wayne under arrest, but when jail proved too frustrating to handle, Batman broke out and decided to give up his Wayne identity altogether. He became a caped crusader full-time as he attempted to solve the mystery in Bruce Wayne: Fugitive.
Though it took some time, Batman was eventually able to uncover enough evidence to prove that assassin David Cain - father of future Batgirl Cassandra Cain - had slain Fairchild, under orders from President Lex Luthor. Deciding that the Wayne persona was worth holding on to after all, Batman cleared his own name and went right back to living his double-life.
Captain America Was Framed For The Slaying Of Thunderbolt Ross
Photo: Marvel Comics
General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross has spent much of the modern era of comics as the Red Hulk, making him practically invulnerable - but he got depowered just in time to be taken out by an unknown assailant in Captain America Vol 9 #6. Taking Thunderbolt off the board was only part of the plot, however, and the rest of it involved framing Steve Rogers for the crime.
Aided by a clandestine group of women warriors known as the Daughters of Liberty, Cap escaped prison and set about clearing his own name - only to find more success than he could ever imagine. Not only did Rogers discover that the villain known as the Foreigner had slain Ross, he eventually learned that the cadaver was a fake and that the former Red Hulk was actually alive and helping the investigation from behind the scenes.
Squirrel Girl (Yes, Squirrel Girl) Was Once Framed For Terrorism
Of all the many superheroes to be framed for heinous crimes, the least likely suspect is probably the lovable Squirrel Girl - and even more so given that the charges in question were domestic terrorism. But that's exactly what happened to Doreen Green in Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #20.
Frequent foe Melissa Morbeck set numerous zoo animals loose on a rampage through New York, and then told the media and police they were under Squirrel Girl's control (which, to be fair, is one of Squirrel Girl's superpowers). Fortunately, the NYPD was soon bombarded with text messages from some of the Marvel Universe's best and brightest - including Iron Man, Thor, and Hulk - attesting to Squirrel Girl's goodness, and so they turned their attention to the real culprit.

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This morning I woke up and it was November. How is this possible? I haven't been hiding from you I promise, just super busy creating. This "dark" time of the year my gears going as far as creating new designs is concerned.
Where have I been hiding? Why haven't you heard from me in such a long time? Busy working! Working on making my second annual open house even more fun than the first one. A tall order, because we had a blast!
So bear with me, I will try to share it with you as I go along. This week is the final sprint and all I have for you is this little sneak preview!
For details on the Open House you can head over to my Facebook page! Hope to see you there!
Time did fly this year.
I missed you at JAC now I see why.
Love the preview, lovely pieces!
Thank you Carina! After next week I should have a little more time to spend with you on the JAC! I have so many ideas right now and it is pretty exciting when they turn into reality!


For DFDS Seaways and Stena Line: from the E6/E18, coming from Mosseveien or the north: follow the E6 towards "Oslo/Oslo Sentrum" until you see a road sign with a ferry symbol and the names "København" and "Frederikshavn". Continue in this direction until you reach a large roundabout above the E6. Keep left at the roundabout and continue to follow the signs to the ferries.
For Color Line: if you are approaching from the south on the E18, follow this road past Sjølyst and the small boat harbour on your right. Follow the signs for Hjortneskaien, Kiel/Hirtshals. If you are approaching from the north on the E6 follow this road through the city centre to Festningstunell, and from here follow the signs for Drammen on the E18. When you get to Oslotunnell, follow the signs for Hjortnes/Ferry to the port.
Oslo central station is the main train station in Oslo. From here there are connections to far away destinations Trondheim, Bergen, Stavanger, Stockholm (Sweden), Gothenburg (Sweden) and Copenhagen (Denmark), as well as several local and regional destinations in southern Norway and Sweden. You can walk to the port from the train station. This takes approx. 15-20 minutes.
Bus no. 60 takes you between the port and the central station/Oslo S. the bus departs approx. every 20 minutes and the journey takes about 5 minutes.


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Christy Clock
Print Manager, Toyota Creative and Print Services
If you've been in a Toyota or Lexus showroom in the past decade, you've undoubtedly seen some of Christy's work. For the past 11 years, she's served as manager of Callahan's Toyota print advisor team, creating printed materials for Lexus Marketing, Toyota Marketing, Corporate Communications and other business units.
Christy and her team's efforts have helped Callahan save Toyota more than $27 million in printing costs through smart purchasing practices.
Christy has worked in the graphics and print field for more than 30 years, including 15 years in New York City at Smith Barney and Goldman Sachs.
A California native, Christy loves animals and has three cats and two rabbits at home.
Christy and her team's efforts have helped Callahan save Toyota more than $27 million in printing costs.


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UiSettings

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        com.google.android.gms.maps.UiSettings

Class Overview

Settings for the user interface of a GoogleMap. To obtain this interface, call
 getUiSettings().

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        <nobr>

            boolean</nobr>

        <nobr>
        isCompassEnabled()</nobr>

Gets whether the compass is enabled/disabled.

        <nobr>

            boolean</nobr>

        <nobr>
        isMyLocationButtonEnabled()</nobr>

Gets whether the my-location button is enabled/disabled.

        <nobr>

            boolean</nobr>

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Gets whether rotate gestures are enabled/disabled.

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            boolean</nobr>

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        isScrollGesturesEnabled()</nobr>

Gets whether scroll gestures are enabled/disabled.

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            boolean</nobr>

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        isTiltGesturesEnabled()</nobr>

Gets whether tilt gestures are enabled/disabled.

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Gets whether the zoom controls are enabled/disabled.

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Gets whether zoom gestures are enabled/disabled.

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Sets the preference for whether all gestures should be enabled or disabled.

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Enables or disables the compass.

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Enables or disables the my-location button.

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Sets the preference for whether rotate gestures should be enabled or disabled.

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Sets the preference for whether tilt gestures should be enabled or disabled.

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Enables or disables the zoom controls.

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Gets whether the compass is enabled/disabled.

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Gets whether the my-location button is enabled/disabled.

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true if the my-location button is enabled; false if the my-location
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Gets whether rotate gestures are enabled/disabled.

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true if rotate gestures are enabled; false if rotate gestures are
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Gets whether scroll gestures are enabled/disabled.

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true if scroll gestures are enabled; false if scroll gestures are
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Gets whether tilt gestures are enabled/disabled.

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Gets whether the zoom controls are enabled/disabled.

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Gets whether zoom gestures are enabled/disabled.

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Sets the preference for whether all gestures should be enabled or disabled. If enabled, all
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Enables or disables the compass. The compass is an icon on the map that indicates the
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Enables or disables the my-location button. The my-location button causes the camera to move
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Sets the preference for whether rotate gestures should be enabled or disabled. If enabled,
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Sets the preference for whether scroll gestures should be enabled or disabled. If enabled,
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Sets the preference for whether tilt gestures should be enabled or disabled. If enabled,
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Enables or disables the zoom controls. If enabled, the zoom controls are a pair of buttons
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 By default, the zoom controls are enabled.

Parameters

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          true to enable the zoom controls; false to disable the zoom
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Sets the preference for whether zoom gestures should be enabled or disabled. If enabled,
 users can either double tap/two-finger tap or pinch to zoom the camera. If disabled, these
 gestures have no effect. This setting doesn't affect the zoom buttons, nor does it restrict
 programmatic movement and animation of the camera.

 By default, zoom gestures are enabled.

Parameters

          enabled
          true to enable zoom gestures; false to disable zoom gestures.

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A Beginner's Guide to Clearing, Cleansing, and Charging Crystals
Written by Teketa Shine — Updated on September 19, 2018
Sun or moon
Using a larger stone
Using smaller stones
Why is cleansing important?
Many people use crystals to soothe their mind, body, and soul. Some believe that crystals act on an energetic level, sending natural vibrations out into the world.
Crystals often travel long distances, from source to seller, before a purchase is made. Each transition exposes the stone to energies that may be misaligned with your own.
And when used for healing, these stones are said to absorb or redirect the negativity you're working to release.
Regularly cleansing and recharging your stones is the only way to restore your crystal to its natural state. This act of care can also reinvigorate your own sense of purpose.
Read on to learn about some of the most common clearing methods, how to align a crystal with your intention, and more.
1. Running water
Water is said to neutralize any negative energy stored inside the stone and return it back to the earth. Although natural running water — like a stream — is best, you can also rinse your stone under a faucet.
Whatever your water source, ensure that your stone is completely submerged. Pat dry when complete.
Approximate duration: 1 minute per stone
Use this for: hard stones, such as quartz
Don't use this for: stones that are brittle or soft, such as selenite, kyanite, and halite
2. Salt water
Salt has been used throughout history to absorb unwanted energy and banish negativity.
If you're near the ocean, consider collecting a bowl of fresh salt water. Otherwise, mix a tablespoon of sea, rock, or table salt into a bowl of water.
Make sure that your stone is completely submerged, and allow it to soak for a few hours to a few days' time. Rinse and pat dry when complete.
Approximate duration: up to 48 hours
Use this for: hard stones, such as quartz and amethyst
Don't use this for: stones that are soft, porous, or contain trace metals, such as malachite, selenite, halite, calcite, lepidolite, and angelite
3. Brown rice
This method can also be used to draw out negativity in a safe and contained setting. It's especially beneficial for protective stones, such as black tourmaline.
To do this, fill a bowl with dry brown rice and bury your stone beneath the grains. Dispose of the rice immediately after the cleansing, as the rice is said to have absorbed the energy you're trying to eradicate.
Approximate duration: 24 hours
Use this for: any stone
4. Natural light
Although ritual cleansing is often centered around certain points in the solar or lunar cycle, you can set your stone out at any time to cleanse and recharge.
Set your stone out before nightfall and plan to bring it in before 11 a.m. This will allow your stone to bathe in the light of both the moon and sun.
Prolonged exposure to direct sunlight may weather the stone's surface, so make sure you return for it in the morning.
If you're able to, place your stone directly on the earth. This will allow for further cleansing. Wherever they are, ensure they won't be disturbed by wildlife or passersby.
Afterward, give the stone a quick rinse to remove any dirt and debris. Pat dry.
Approximate duration: 10 to 12 hours
Use this for: most tumbled stones
Don't use this for: vibrant stones, such as amethyst, in sunlight; soft stones, such as celestite, halite, and selenite, that may be damaged by inclement weather
5. Sage
Sage is a sacred plant with a multitude of healing properties. Smudging your stone is said to clear inharmonious vibrations and restore its natural energy.
a firesafe bowl
a lighter or matches
loose or bundled sage
If you're unable to smudge outdoors, make sure you're near an open window. This will allow the smoke and negative energy to disperse.
When you're ready, ignite the tip of the sage with the flame. Transfer the sage to your nondominant hand and firmly grasp your stone and move it through the smoke.
Allow the smoke to envelop the stone for about 30 seconds. If it's been a while since your last cleansing — or you feel the stone is holding onto a lot — consider smudging for an additional 30 seconds.
Approximate duration: about 30 to 60 seconds per stone
6. Sound
Sound healing allows a single pitch or tone to wash over an area, bringing it into the same vibration as the tone.
This can be accomplished using chanting, singing bowls, a tuning fork, or even a nice bell. It doesn't matter what key the sound is, so long as the sound emitted is loud enough for the vibration to fully encompass the stone.
This method is ideal for collectors who have a large volume of crystals not easily inventoried or moved.
Approximate duration: 5 to 10 minutes
7. Using a larger stone
Large quartz clusters, amethyst geodes, and selenite slabs can be great tools for clearing smaller stones.
Place your stone directly inside or on top of any of these stones. It's thought that the larger stone's vibrations remove the inharmonious energies found in the resting stone.
8. Using smaller stones
Carnelian, clear quartz, and hematite are also said to have an overall clearing effect.
Because these stones are typically smaller, you may need to have more than one on hand to successfully clear other stones.
Place the clearing stones into a small bowl, and set the stone you want restore on top.
9. Breath
Breathwork can also be an effective cleansing method.
To get started, hold the stone in your dominant hand. Focus on your intention for a moment and deeply inhale through your nostrils.
Bring the stone closer to your face and exhale short, forceful breaths through the nose and onto the stone to bring the stone to its highest vibration.
Approximate duration: about 30 seconds per stone
Use this for: small stones
10. Visualization
Although this is considered the safest way to clear stones, it can be intimidating for some. The more in tune you are with your sense of self, the easier it may be to redirect your energy to the stone you want to restore.
Take a few minutes to ground and center your energy, then pick up your stone and visualize your hands filling with white, radiant light.
See this light surround the stone and feel it growing brighter in your hands. Envision the impurities flushing out of the stone, allowing the stone to shine brighter with renewed purpose.
Continue this visualization until you feel a shift in the stone's energy.
Approximate duration: about 1 minute per stone
How to program your crystal
Although crystals are said to have innate healing properties, taking the time to set an intention for your stone can help you connect with its energy and restore your own sense of purpose.
You may feel comfortable holding the stone in your hand as you meditate, or placing it on your third eye. You can also lay back and allow the stone to rest on the corresponding chakra, or area of body that you wish to work with.
Envision the stone's energy merging with your own. Speak to the stone — silently or verbally — and ask for assistance in working through your current endeavor.
Thank the stone for its presence then spend a few minutes in meditation.
How to activate your crystal
If your stone feels heavier than expected — like it's lost its shine — it may benefit from a little energetic activation.
Try lending it some of your own energy by speaking to it, singing to it, or sending it some vital life force energy through your breath. A little interaction can go a long way!
If you have plans outside, consider taking the stone out with you. Many people find that allowing the stone to soak up natural energy at the park or beach has a powerful effect.
You can also create an activation grid by surrounding the stone with its more energetic counterparts. Popular choices include ruby, clear quartz, apophyllite, kyanite, selenite, and carnelian.
You can use whatever stones you're drawn toward. Just make sure they fully surround the main crystal so that it can completely bask in their vibrations.
How often do I need to cleanse my stones?
The more often you use a stone, the more energy it collects. A good rule of thumb is to clear all of your stones at least once a month.
If an individual stone is feeling heavier than usual, go ahead and cleanse it. You don't have to wait a designated amount of time between clearings.
What is the best method for clearing stones?
Find a method that resonates with you and your practices. What works best for you may not work as well for someone else, so pay attention to what feels right.
How do I know when a stone is cleansed?
The stone should feel energetically and physically lighter to the touch.
What should I do with my stones after they've been cleansed?
Find mindful places to keep your stones. If you can, keep them near windows or plants so they can absorb this natural healing energy. Otherwise, place the stones around your home, office, or other space in a way that aligns with your intentions.
When we care for our crystals, we're caring for ourselves. We're allowing energy that's inharmonious with our lives and intentions to leave in a peaceful and healing manner.
Taking these small measures allows us to be more mindful in our interactions with the stones, with ourselves, and with others.
A natural born intuitive, Teketa Shine is known for her deep connection with the crystalline kingdom. She has worked intimately with gemstones for the past 10 years, moving between spiritual communities in Florida and New York. Through classes and workshops, she encourages healers of all levels to find and validate their own intuition by connecting with their chosen stones. Learn more at teketashine.com.
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Shrek Forever After (2010)
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The once hideous ogre Shrek (Mike Myers) is now living a good life with wife Fiona (Cameron Diaz) and his three children. But he soon has a meltdown in front of them and his friends during his kids' birthday party. He suddenly wants to be a real ogre like he was before he ever met Fiona. So he turns to devious dealmaker Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohrn) for help. At first, Shrek lives the life he once lost and everything is good. But he soon finds out that he has been set up by Rumpelstiltskin, who now rules the land with an iron fist. Teaming with friends Donkey (Eddie Murphy), Fiona, and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas), Shrek is in for the fight of his life as he tries to get his life back before time runs out. Written by Blazer346
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Rumpelstiltskin: Once upon a time a long time ago, a king and a queen had a beautiful daughter named Fiona. But she was possessed by a terrible curse. By day, a lovely princess; by night, a hideous ogre. Only true love's kiss would lift her curse. So Fiona waited in a tower, guarded by a dragon, until the day when her true love would arrive. But as the days turned into years, the King and Queen were forced to resort to more desperate measures.
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The final chapter in the SHREK series recalls that familiar term "Be careful what you with for". I too was careful at what I wished SHREK FOREVER AFTER would be. After the disappointing SHREK THE THIRD, the bar isn't set high for this supposedly final chapter. It's never going to compare with the superior first two, but if Dreamworks Animation really wanted to conclude their beloved property with this, they might as well give it all that it has. SHREK FOREVER AFTER, while certainly more elaborate than its immediate predecessor, is not the most original of the series, but if this is really a happily ever after for Shrek, at least he went out on a good note rather than a disappointing one.
The story is basically IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE with Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) trading places with George Bailey. Shrek's life couldn't be better: he has his loving wife Fiona (voiced by Cameron Diaz) and three kids, best buddies Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss (Antonio Banderas) are current visitors, he's got his swamp back, and above all his days as the flesh-eating ogre are way behind him. But everyday of the same day-to-day rituals can get too routine for our big green ogre. If only he could wish he could be that flesh-eating ogre again! His wish is granted when he meets the crafty Rumpelstiltskin (voiced by Walt Dohrn), but it at a terrible catch. Before you can say "Happily Ever After no more!", Shrek is trapped in a depressing alternate universe where he was never born and none of his pals know who he is.
The real treat of the premise of FOREVER AFTER is that it gives us a chance to warm up with these characters again and recall why we loved them in the first place, and then find out a few new reasons to like them all over again. We already know these characters and we have met them before, and this might just serve as a reunion after the occasional slog of the previous follow-up. Unlike its immediate predecessor as well, this one actual has a storyline instead of the simple premise to be used to hang pop culture reference and in-jokes. It's not a great storyline and certainly not anything original, but it's a step on the right direction. Director Mike Mitchell has at least put Shrek right back on track, and not a moment too soon. If this is really the series' finale, the creators have at least done a credible job at reminding us of the appeal that these characters. In a way, SHREK FOREVER AFTER is a satisfying conclusion, if not a grand one.
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Alle für einen – Prügel für alle (Originaltitel: Tutti per uno… botte per tutti) ist ein komödiantischer Italowestern mit Anleihen bei Alexandre Dumas' Die drei Musketiere. Der von Bruno Corbucci inszenierte Film in italienisch-deutsch-spanischer Koproduktion wurde im deutschsprachigen Raum am 9. August 1974 (in gekürzter Form) erstaufgeführt.

Handlung
Nahe der mexikanischen Grenze, zu Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts, geht der junge Dart zu den Texas Rangers. Zusammen mit seinen Kollegen McAthos, Portland und Aramirez beschützt er die amerikanisch-mexikanische Linie und entdeckt, dass der Geschäftsmann LeDuc in Verhandlungen mit dem mexikanischen Präsidenten Ortega illegal an Schürfrechte gekommen ist. Den Rangers gelingt es, die dunklen Machenschaften des Böslings zu verhindern. Dabei gelangen sie u. a. in ein von karatekämpfenden Chinesen bevölkertes Dorf, begegnen einer deutschen Zirkustruppe und spielen trickreich Karten.

Kritik
Das Lexikon des internationalen Films stellt fest: "Als Parodie auf Italowestern geplante Prügelkomödie. Zumindest in der deutschen Verleihfassung ein Film ohne Witz und Verstand." Joe Hembus attestiert einen der "wenigen gelungenen Versuche aus der Endzeit des Italo-Westerns, das Genre mit einem Witz zu bilanzieren"; der Film berste vor schrulligen Käuzen und einer Menge absurder Gags. Die italienischen Kritiker sahen endlose Schlägereien und ein Schwanken zwischen Vulgarität und Humor.

Anmerkungen
Die Endtitel kündigen eine nie realisierte Fortsetzung an unter dem Titel Ancora botte per tutti, amigos.

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I have tried to diet a few other times in my life but I could not stick to the diet. Once you put a general plan together all your numbers including A1C and daily blood sugars will fall into better and more predictable levels. Who would have thought I could eat healthy food that I do not have to prepare that I actually like? Why am I gaining weight?? Basically, you eat your calories between 10am-6pm only.
More than half of all people in the U. Approximately 5 percent of people in the U. This is the equivalent of more than four cans every day. There are ways of sourcing products with less solid fat or empty sugars. You might not think of raking as exercise, but it builds upper-body strength and burns calories quickly.
Lunge into the movement to work your lower body as well. A post shared by Collin Wasiak collinwasiak on May 5, at 6: Take the time on a low-key weeknight to make something special and healthy.
Cooking for just half an hour will burn up calories, helping you keep your evening calorie balance in check. It's the fit way to socialize," says Kaltwasser.
Here's one from fitness competitor Wasiak: A great way to burn calories and boost strength is to bring a forearm grip to work and whenever you have a moment, do a set of squeezes. Do this exercise times per day and you'll have way better grip strength, which also means better gym performance.
Plus, of course, more calories burned every day. Cycling is a great way to make your lower-body stronger. It makes your heart and lungs stronger too. Hit the road for a bike ride after dinner. It doesn't have to be hard, either! You might not even break a sweat. Instead of doing your usual straight-set workout, try supersetting two exercises back-to-back, resting only after you finish both moves.
OK, we didn't say they'd all be fun. But washing floors is a great way to work your core, upper body, and lower body and will help you add more movement to your day.
The fresh air will give you energy, and you'll be more ready to work hard when you return. In the winter, the extra sunlight will also be good for your mood. Bowling is a fun activity to do with friends while you burn calories at the same time.
Unfortunately, if you load up on nachos and beer while you play, this doesn't count as calorie-burning. Beach volleyball is a great lower-body workout. Many variants of mead have been found in medieval recipes, with or without alcoholic content.
Though less prominent than in the north, beer was consumed in northern France and the Italian mainland.
Sugar , unlike today, was considered to be a type of spice due to its high cost and humoral qualities. Even when a dish was dominated by a single flavor it was usually combined with another to produce a compound taste, for example parsley and cloves or pepper and ginger. Common herbs such as sage , mustard , and parsley were grown and used in cooking all over Europe, as were caraway , mint , dill and fennel. Many of these plants grew throughout all of Europe or were cultivated in gardens, and were a cheaper alternative to exotic spices.
The richer the host, and the more prestigious the guest, the more elaborate would be the container in which it was served and the higher the quality and price of the salt. Wealthy guests were seated " above the salt ", while others sat "below the salt", where salt cellars were made of pewter, precious metals or other fine materials, often intricately decorated. The rank of a diner also decided how finely ground and white the salt was.
Salt for cooking, preservation or for use by common people was coarser; sea salt, or "bay salt", in particular, had more impurities, and was described in colors ranging from black to green. Expensive salt, on the other hand, looked like the standard commercial salt common today. The term " dessert " comes from the Old French desservir , "to clear a table", literally "to un-serve", and originated during the Middle Ages.
The numerous descriptions of banquets from the later Middle Ages concentrated on the pageantry of the event rather than the minutiae of the food, which was not the same for most banqueters as those choice mets served at the high table.
Banquet dishes were apart from mainstream of cuisine, and have been described as "the outcome of grand banquets serving political ambition rather than gastronomy ; today as yesterday" by historian Maguelonne Toussant-Samat.
Cooking times and temperatures were seldom specified since accurate portable clocks were not available and since all cooking was done with fire. At best, cooking times could be specified as the time it took to say a certain number of prayers or how long it took to walk around a certain field.
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The Middle Ages , p. See also The Appetite and the Eye: Visual aspects of food and its presentation within their historic context. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. Sicily" in Regional Cuisines of Medieval Europe , pp. Medieval Food — academic articles and videos The History Notes website tells the story about the food and drink in the Middle Ages Le Viandier de Taillevent — An online translation of the 14th century cookbook by James Prescott Medieval cookery books at the British Library — Learning resources on the medieval kitchen How to Cook Medieval — A guide on how to make medieval cuisine with modern ingredients The Forme of Cury — A late 14th-century English cookbook, available from Project Gutenberg Cariadoc's Miscellany — A collection of articles and recipes on medieval and Renaissance food MedievalCookery.
Medieval Academy of America. List of cuisines Lists of prepared foods. Retrieved from " https: Medieval cuisine Historical foods.
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Must be among the lowest paid workers in Mexico.
Just to be fair...the analysis of Truthout.org..
"These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports and omit reporting of information that may damage liberal causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. "
Well, you won't find anyone on this board more conservative than I.
And, I have walked those camps and they made me sick.
Go walk the camps, then tell us your impression.
Dave and Juanita of Rancho Cielito Lindo would collect donations for the children of these very poor farm-working folks. As my kids grew, we took donations to both 'porkypig' at San Quintin.... and to 'jrbaja' at La Barca, who helped other areas of Baja.
seriously? soliciting donations for exploited farm workers children employed by the Rodriguez family....and continuing to patronize their businesses? does that sound right to you?
Yes I have been at the camp in San QUintin. Not as you describe though. Seemed to be 2 groups of people...full time workers that lived on-site in nice housing, on-site medical, on-site school, etc...can't speak to the on-site store but there was one. And the part-timers who were bussed in. They were obviously less paid and lived off-site...but there was a roving doctor they could see in the fields.... If you have not been there,, you can request a tour for your selves.. an impressive operation.
you obviously didn't bother to read the story, or choose not to believe it. thats fine too.
"Before April 3 of this year, the laborers earned 70 pesos for a work day that consisted of harvesting 45 buckets of cucumbers and 35 of tomatoes, plus cleaning five rows. After the wage increase of 15 percent, the owners increased the workload in Los Pinos. Now the workers are required to pick 60 buckets of cucumbers, 50 of tomatoes and clean six rows."
From the article...They must be doing something right...In August 1999, Ernesto Zedillo came to inaugurate a cluster of housing for workers and a vegetable packing plant.
In March 2009, while visiting Baja California, Felipe Calderon landed on the airstrip of Rancho Los Pinos to join the Rodriguez brothers at a family party. And in November 2013 Enrique Peña Nieto delivered the National Export Award to the Rodriguez brothers for their accomplishments at San Quintin.
And you are striving to believe the worst. Visit the place before you condemn them.
Did I not use the right words?
Juanita delivered clothes and other supplies to the small children who needed them [whose parents could not afford to buy or get].
Once again I am calling you out!!!
Have you visited the camps???
I can answer that without knowing you.
Defending the P-nche Rodriguez gang tells me you have not set foot in the camps.
You know why we quit?
Because we got word that those "on high" did not appreciate us checking out their turf.
How long did he spend down in the pits?????
As stated above (guess you have reading comprehension problems) I have been to Los Pinos farms and packing plant. From your response sounds like you really have a problem with people who have airplanes. Had you done some better with your life, you may not have been so hyper critical and jealous.
Sure you have been there Norte, and those slave masters, at "Los Pinos farms," sure treat their workers wonderfully? We should all want to be workers at "Los Pinos farms."
It's pretty well documented most if not all those Mexican farms, treat the workers as working slaves, who work for slaves wages, and if the employees live on the farms, they get ripped off again, especially when buying food, and other necessaries. This way the employers, could keep their workers indebted to them, and keep them working.
Usually, anybody claiming how wonderful the farm workers are treated, are doing propaganda for the farms, and the others, are just extreme ultra conservatives, who automatically side with the employers, and management, especially if the workers happen to be immigrants, or have dark skin.
Some question if "Mexico Bias Fact Check" is incompetent, dishonest, or both.
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Introduction: women and property, women as property
Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay
1 Disjuncture in law and practice: women's inheritance of land in Latin America
Carmen Diana Deere and Magdalena León
2 Changing the meaning of marriage: women and family law in Côte d'Ivoire
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Lina Abou-Habib
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Fiona Archer and Shamim Meer
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April, April, April! A month filled with a grueling 8 hour Professional Engineering exam, free festivals abound, outdoor adventures, various get-togethers with friends (Game of Thrones kick-off party, bridal shower, girls night) and mucho moolah in our pockets from Airbnb hosting. Oh, and a massive decrease to our piggy bank from the down payment on our new condo. Talk about conflicting emotions!
Despite closing on our new condo this month, we are under budget. Big surprise! Definitely not a fan of the closing costs, wire transfer fees, and other random expenditures that kept popping up, but this further enforces why we save for the unexpected.
1.) Nomadic lifestyle. Our future plans don't include staying in one place forever. Because of this I don't believe we will ever be in the situation where we won't be paying monthly for a roof over our head. We may keep this place for 30 years and completely pay off our mortgage in that time, but I doubt we will live it in for all those 30 years. Therefore our expenses need to reflect those monthly housing costs we would incur if we were renting.
2.) Conservative is my middle name. Actually my middle name is my Granny's maiden name, but that's another story…yay for creative parents! I would rather track everything as an expense and be on the conservative side than go the other way. This detailed expense tracking ultimately tells us how soon we can live off our investments and be financially independent. One of my biggest fears is thinking we are set to go, pulling the trigger, and then years later finding out we didn't save enough to support our lifestyle.
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Back to the fun stuff and what went down in April. What a social month filled with celebrations, themed get-togethers, and nights out with the girls! On a less social note, Mrs. Doodlepop spent 8 hours locked up in a gymnasium taking the Professional Engineering exam with a focus on Industrial Engineering. She will find out if she passed in May. Fingers crossed!
Free events were everywhere this month with two different street festivals full of performers and beautiful art. We also volunteered at the Fort Worth Food & Wine Festival and were in turn given free tickets to their signature event: delicious food from top chefs in the North Texas area paired with exceptional wines, craft beers, and spirits. What's not to love?? Maybe the rough hangover the next day, but the food was incredible. Tickets for this event started at $125 per person so needless to say we were extremely happy to get tickets for free!
Outdoor adventures included camping with two other couples which made for fun times around the fire and our first use of pie irons. How have I been camping for so long and never heard about these amazing contraptions? Pretty neat. We also got out on the river with our inflatable kayaks! Highly recommend if storage space is an issue or you are looking for a cheap, yet quality solution to kayaking.
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The month of May will be filled with fun, friends, and family! This is a big travel month for us that will be spent bouncing around the state of California as well as a pair of bachelor/bachelorette parties. Basically we bought a condo and now we're running away from it. Just kidding! But nesting will have to be saved for June.


GLADSTONE'S air quality has improved dramatically since the beginning of the week and it's all thanks to Tuesday night's much-needed rain.
A total of 11.4mm was recorded at the Radar Hill and Gladstone Airport radars up to 9am on Wednesday.
This helped a number of Gladstone-based air-monitoring stations to record remarkable decreases in PM10 and PM2.5 airborne particles.
PM10 particles are generated by a wide range of natural processes and human activities, including windblown dust, industrial processes, motor-vehicle emissions and fires.
PM2.5 particles originate mainly from combustion processes such as motor-vehicle emissions, industrial boilers, solid-fuel heaters and fires.
PM10 airborne particles are less than 10 micrometres in diameter and PM2.5 are less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter.
There was significant drops in airborne particle levels at the Targinie and Boat Creek stations with a 87.55 per cent and 85.08 per cent decrease in PM10 particles respectively and a respective decrease of 94.85 per cent and 93.47 per cent for PM2.5.
These locations had recorded PM10 and PM2.5 particles considered to be in the 'poor' or 'very poor' range.
WASHED AWAY: PM10 and PM2.5 airborne particles, caused mainly by the recent bushfires, have significantly reduced.
A Department of Environment and Science spokesperson said bushfires could cause an increase in PM10 and PM2.5 particles.
"On December 3 elevated concentrations of both PM10 and PM 2.5 were recorded. The particles would have included soot and ash from bushfires, as well as windblown dust due to the dry conditions," they said.
"Rainfall will reduce the concentration of particles associated with bushfire by both extinguishing the fires that produced the smoke particles and by dampening the ash so that it cannot be easily windblown.
"Raindrops will also remove particles from the air as they fall to the ground."
DES said the recent rainfall was also associated with a change in wind direction to the southeast, bringing "relatively clean air from over the ocean and directing smoke from any remaining fires away from Gladstone".
While the Targinie and Boat Creek stations recorded poor and very poor air quality levels prior to the rain, the Clinton, Auckland Point, South Gladstone and Boyne Island stations all recorded levels considered to be in the 'fair' or 'good' range.


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Togo: Revenue Office launches nation-wide campaign against corruption
(Togo First) - The Togolese Revenue Office (OTR) launched on May 7, a sensitization campaign to fight corruption within the institution.
The campaign is organized in partnership with the High Authority for the Fight against Corruption and Related Offenses (HAPLUCIA).
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[Date "2015.8.22 "]
[Round "NA"]
[White "kasmersensei"]
[Black "HPlovecraft"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Board "9830119"]
1. e2-e4 c7-c5 2. Nb1-c3 Nb8-c6 3. f2-f4 e7-e6 4. Ng1-f3 Ng8-e7 5. d2-d3 d7-d5 6. g2-g3 g7-g6 7. Bf1-g2 Bf8-g7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bc1-d2 a7-a6 10. a2-a4 b7-b6 11. Qd1-c1 Bc8-b7 12. e4-e5 Ne7-f5 13. Nc3-e2 h7-h5 14. c2-c3 Ra8-c8 15. Nf3-g5 Bg7-h6 16. h2-h4 c5-c4 17. d3-d4 Nc6-a5 18. Qc1-d1 Na5-b3 19. Ra1-a2 Qd8-d7 20. Ne2-c1 Nb3xd2 21. Qd1xd2 Nf5xg3 22. Rf1-f3 Ng3-f5 23. Rf3-h3 Bb7-c6 24. Qd2-d1 b6-b5 25. a4-a5 b5-b4 26. cxb4 Rc8-b8 27. Bg2-f1 Qd7-a7 28. Nc1-e2 Rb8xb4 29. Ng5-f3 Rf8-b8 30. Qd1-c1 Rb4-b3 31. Bf1-g2 Qa7-b7 32. Ne2-g3 Nf5xg3 33. Rh3xg3 c4-c3 0-1
[[[1. e2e4 c7c5 2. Nb1c3 Nb8c6 3. f2f4 e7e6 4. Ng1f3 Ng8e7 5. d2d3 d7d5 6. g2g3 g7g6 7. Bf1g2 Bf8g7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bc1d2 a7a6 10. a2a4 b7b6 11. Qd1c1 Bc8b7 12. e4e5 Ne7f5 13. Nc3e2 h7h5 14. c2c3 Ra8c8 15. Nf3g5 Bg7h6 16. h2h4 c5c4 17. d3d4 Nc6a5 18. Qc1d1 Na5b3 19. Ra1a2 Qd8d7 20. Ne2c1 Nb3xd2 21. Qd1xd2 Nf5xg3 22. Rf1f3 Ng3f5 23. Rf3h3 Bb7c6 24. Qd2d1 b6b5 25. a4a5 b5b4 26. cxb4 Rc8b8 27. Bg2f1 Qd7a7 28. Nc1e2 Rb8xb4 29. Ng5f3 Rf8b8 30. Qd1c1 Rb4b3 31. Bf1g2 Qa7b7 32. Ne2g3 Nf5xg3 33. Rh3xg3 c4c3 ]]]
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