Flip Phone with Dual Display: Samsung Galaxy Golden

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After introduced in South Korea, Samsung launched Galaxy Golden in India. It is first of its type. The device comes with dual display and named Galaxy Golden. The device originally introduced in August at South Korea. The smartphone comes with price tag of Rs. 51,900 in Indian market. Flipkart is taking pre-order below the declared price.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8bLJ8rXwJ_I/Um9XFml0zII/AAAAAAAAAdg/oXHYujwKl1c/s1600/galaxy-golden-launch-big.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy Golden" border="0" height="277" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8bLJ8rXwJ_I/Um9XFml0zII/AAAAAAAAAdg/oXHYujwKl1c/s1600/galaxy-golden-launch-big.jpg" title="" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ndtv<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The device featured with two 3.7-inch Super AMOLED displays, one of them is on the inside and other is outside of the top-half. The device is powered with a dual-core 1.7GHz processor and running on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS, 16 GB internal storage with 1.5 GB RAM is available inside the device.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The camera of 8 megapixel is available at rear side and camera with 1.9 megapixel is available at front facing side. For better power back up, a battery of 1820mAh is fitted in-side the device. The numeric display of 3x4 is also available for keypad lovers. The phone also comes with FM radio. Smartphone comes in Golden colour. The connectivity option like Wi-Fi, GPS/A-GPS and Bluetooth is available for better and clear connectivity. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to Mr.Vineet Taneja Country Head, Samsung Mobiles & IT “At Samsung, we are committed to making lives easier and smarter for our customers and GALAXY Golden does exactly that. With its innovative dual display and premium golden finish, GALAXY Golden brings together the best of touch and type experience on a smartphone. This specially crafted device is aimed at consumers seeking seamless integration of stunning classic design and functionality to make their lives more efficient”.</span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">Technical specifications:</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Display: Dual display of 3.7-inch Super AMOLED</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Processor: Dual-core 1.7GHz processor</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Memory: 1.5GB RAM and 16GB internal memory</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Camera: 8 megapixel rear and 1.9 megapixel front facing</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Connectivity: Wi-Fi, GPS/A-GPS and Bluetooth</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">OS: Android 4.2 Jelly Bean</span></li><li>Price: Rs. 51,900</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/100638775997274345522" rel="author"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anil Swami</span></a></div></div>

dual display samsung Flip Phone with Dual Display: Samsung Galaxy Golden

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The Chupacabra Speaks !!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hola and a Feliz Martes to you all.  The Chupacabra here, and I have a few things to say to all of you Chupacabra haters.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQ_I9KoOgQSlJAYv1SsLumGIl-RjOh1Cxr-v1epTjGKl2WyJFzxoNeFFlxNGj6So40si8iWEbaSnjvNggPI0d_hq0VHlGBIQMuG1lXybDxEIIgLsJK71xi8FnJOrFtmuDlaGm3CmGXDKQ/s1600/chupacabra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQ_I9KoOgQSlJAYv1SsLumGIl-RjOh1Cxr-v1epTjGKl2WyJFzxoNeFFlxNGj6So40si8iWEbaSnjvNggPI0d_hq0VHlGBIQMuG1lXybDxEIIgLsJK71xi8FnJOrFtmuDlaGm3CmGXDKQ/s400/chupacabra.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />What the hell is your problemo?<br /><br />Why you be hating on the Chupacabra so damn much?  And another thing…<br /><br />How come Jay and Matt had a <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/10/27/walking-down-a-wicca-wonderland-with-rev-james-smith" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><i>Wicca priest on their radio show</i></span></a> in order to dispel all of the misconceptions and hurtful comments about the Wicca religion, and yet, they ignore me…<br /><br /><i>The Chupacabra.</i><br /><br />Frankly, it’s not fair.<br /><br />Sure, I am an animal that sucks the blood and flesh from goats, but that doesn’t mean that you have to call me Chupacabra…the goat sucker.<br /><br />I am much more than that, and I have feelings.  My name is Jorge Hernandez!!  Damn Glad To Meet You!!<br /><br />Y’know?<br /><br />I have always wanted to be able to go along and get along with you folks.  All I ever wanted from you was a few scraps from your cena table so that I could feed my family.<br /><br />Sure, I may not be the most handsome pirate at the Cinco de Mayo Ball, but maybe if you could have looked past my crazy eyes and razor sharp teeth dripped in rabies, you would have noticed that I have a huge heart full of warmth and compassion.<br /><br />But no…<br /><br />When I initially showed up at your backyard barbeque and heroin transaction party in order to secure food for my family, all I ever got was…<br /><br /><i>“Ewwwwwwwwww, a goat sucking freak of nature….RUN!!”</i><br /><br />Fuck you.  I’m better than that.  I am Jorge Hernandez, and I don’t take no stinkin’ government handouts nor ill-gotten giveaways from the Mexican drug cartels.  I, much like the entrepreneurial can collector in the U.S., go door-to-door looking for my family’s next meal.<br /><br />However, as I roamed from yard to yard, and hacienda to hacienda in search of tables scraps for my wife and cinco niños, my name unfairly became synonymous with dirty, low-life goat suckers…aka, The Chupacabra.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7D1Qw3Yl0YBYPRZf60d2zX8GtZYBy9oPfAChlzQw40QDOrmftQmndexJuiR5g__e3izhixRbcL6umcjcVfue4eNdymjRSdTF79spBI4DU6FjAvPPM28OYTYxPZvWU-btrRqmgl_CNcFlG/s1600/Juan+Direction.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7D1Qw3Yl0YBYPRZf60d2zX8GtZYBy9oPfAChlzQw40QDOrmftQmndexJuiR5g__e3izhixRbcL6umcjcVfue4eNdymjRSdTF79spBI4DU6FjAvPPM28OYTYxPZvWU-btrRqmgl_CNcFlG/s400/Juan+Direction.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I am sorry that it has come to this, but ever since you have locked your trash cans, electrified your fences, and put a Mexican contract out on me, I, Jorge Hernandez, have been forced to wiggle through your high tech fences, break through the walls of your tin shacks, and get the damn food out of your un-refridgerated refrigerators by means of frightening and menacing you all.<br /><br />In fact, I find it funny that you smart humans surround your 200 peso tin shacks with 5,000 peso electric fences.<br /><br />When I come home with <i>your</i> food for <i>my</i> family, my wife will ask, <i>"Jorge?  What's for supper?"</i><br /><br />I always respond...<br /><br /><i>"A big platter of irony, that's what!!"</i><br /><br />I did not want it to come to this, however…<br /><br />In addition to feeding my family, my wife Ana is six months pregnant with our sixth child…Our youngest, Luis, needs new corrective shoes, and our oldest, Juan, needs dinero in order to attend a tryout session in Mexico City next month for the Mexican boy band, <i>Juan Direction</i>.<br /><br />You see?<br /><br />I am but a simple hound dog of Mexican society with large paws, sharp teeth, and a huge heart.  I just want to get along, and get a little help from you all.<br /><br />Is that so wrong?<br /><br />My name is Jorge Hernandez, and I’d rather just inconspicuously garner the scraps of your wealth, say thank you and move on, and not continue to be deemed a diabolical and “mysterious” caricature and freak of nature promulgated by cable TV.<br /><br /><i>¡Salud!,</i><br /><br /><i>Jorge Hernandez</i><br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattmaniws" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">My Facebook Page</span></a></div>

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Lettuce Prey

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjUHlXtw-K2rNdX35XBzaJ05dd_-eU1LxiH2xtJrfpWT2fVg9YpJXpbIVUBjACJU0SoWWgEiJwScjFja9MW-_dYKAel5A8i3aTe5_5nsUzDesOneQQJWrBiepMqu0-C8egvqvWBXw2iQ/s1600/Lettuce+Prey.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjUHlXtw-K2rNdX35XBzaJ05dd_-eU1LxiH2xtJrfpWT2fVg9YpJXpbIVUBjACJU0SoWWgEiJwScjFja9MW-_dYKAel5A8i3aTe5_5nsUzDesOneQQJWrBiepMqu0-C8egvqvWBXw2iQ/s320/Lettuce+Prey.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Let us pray that the wages of production and nonsupervisory manufacturing workers will finally be able to keep up with the price of lettuce over the long-term.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztlo8JZCYe7BW4wIapZ_srx6VR_wkbqjeaM6wJPx9DRzS2_RjJXjRKXDtakxUpSA9rnLq9lqDG-_chGnj-kSrIYdeReFe3d7OHOH1-4iIS1a3QvOk5uln41BbhtgtAuFVgl4qwhKmzkk/s1600/Martyrs.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztlo8JZCYe7BW4wIapZ_srx6VR_wkbqjeaM6wJPx9DRzS2_RjJXjRKXDtakxUpSA9rnLq9lqDG-_chGnj-kSrIYdeReFe3d7OHOH1-4iIS1a3QvOk5uln41BbhtgtAuFVgl4qwhKmzkk/s320/Martyrs.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Let us also pray that the remaining 12 million manufacturing employees (down from nearly 20 million in the late 1970s) will not soon be replaced by even more automated systems and outsourcing.<br /><br />And lastly, let us pray that <a href="http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3899">SNAP benefits will be cut for all participants in November 2013</a>. May this new era of American manufacturing employment provide all that we could possibly ever want or need and may we remain recession-free well into the distant future.<br /><br />In Ted Cruz' name we pray. Amen.<br /><br /><b>October 26, 2013</b><br /><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/how-washingtons-crucifixion-of-ted-cruz-made-him-a-tea-party">How Washington’s “Crucifixion” Of Ted Cruz Made Him A Tea Party Saint In Iowa</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>DES MOINES, Iowa — As an audience of 600 Republicans awaited the arrival of Sen. Ted Cruz Friday night at the Iowa Events Center, conservative Christian activist Steve Scheffler came to the podium to give thanks to God for the Tea Party savior — and plead for more principled conservative leaders like him willing to “be crucified for their belief system.”<br /><br />The ballroom full of amens that followed went a long way toward explaining why Cruz — fresh off a failed crusade to dismantle Obamacare that resulted in a 16-day government shutdown and a political disaster for his party — has been greeted with such adoration by Tea Party crowds in recent days.</i></div><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://www.bls.gov/data/#prices">BLS: CPI Database</a><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CES3000000008">St. Louis Fed: Average Hourly Earnings of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees: Manufacturing</a><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?id=MANEMP#">St. Louis Fed: All Employees: Manufacturing</a>

Lettuce Prey

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Monday, Monday

<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.archidose.org/wp/">A Weekly Dose of Architecture</a> Updates:</span><br /><br />This week's dose features the <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/10/28/clifftop-house/">Clifftop House</a> in Maui, Hawaii, by Dekleva Gregorič Arhitekti:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/10/28/clifftop-house/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Oct13-28.jpg" title="This week's dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The featured past dose is the <a href="http://www.archidose.org/Jun07/04/dose.html">Centro das Artes | Casa das Mudas</a> in Calheta, Madeira by Paulo David:<br /><a href="http://www.archidose.org/Jun07/04/dose.html"><img border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/Jun07/04/image02.jpg" title="The featured past dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />This week's book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/10/28/discovering-architecture/"><i>Discovering Architecture: How the World's Great Buildings Were Designed and Built</i></a> by Philip Jodidio (L):<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/10/28/discovering-architecture/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/jodidio-discovering.jpg" title="This week's book review" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2004/08/30/great-buildings-of-the-world/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/time.jpg" title="This week's book review" /></a><br />(R): The featured past book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2004/08/30/great-buildings-of-the-world/"><i>Great Buildings of the World</i></a> by Time Inc.<br /><br />: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">American-Architects <a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/pages/50x50">Building of the Week</a>:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.american-architects.com/projects/43114_Blaffer_Art_Museum">Blaffer Art Museum</a> in Houston, Texas, by WORK Architecture Company:<br /><a href="http://www.american-architects.com/projects/43114_Blaffer_Art_Museum"><img alt="this week's Building of the Week" src="http://www.american-architects.com/files/projects/43114/images/BlafferArtMuseum2.jpg" title="Current Building of the Week on american-architects.com" width="640" /></a>

Monday, Monday

A Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates: This week's dose features the Clifftop House in Maui, Hawaii, by Dekleva Gregorič Arhitekti: Th...

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Republican extortionist Renzi gets 36 months

<br /><div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYuy-mLWvopE96Tdfy7kP9Sn8WCsoeXBzMi8SmE2YM0hoRlthTYrQTtnvln5lJwYYTK0zoMqGc1Qdwc5N7vaHGm1Zh_ImS1svC3T_-SRbzgaAEsbVyUr1AncvmzA22B3JCPk_lV-8W4ka/s1600/DSCN0374.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYuy-mLWvopE96Tdfy7kP9Sn8WCsoeXBzMi8SmE2YM0hoRlthTYrQTtnvln5lJwYYTK0zoMqGc1Qdwc5N7vaHGm1Zh_ImS1svC3T_-SRbzgaAEsbVyUr1AncvmzA22B3JCPk_lV-8W4ka/s400/DSCN0374.jpg" width="365" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Congressman Rick Renzi (who represented District 1, including Payson) was sentenced today to serve 36 months in prison following his June conviction by a federal jury in Tucson, Ariz., for extortion, bribery, insurance fraud, money laundering and racketeering. Renzi’s co-defendant, James Sandlin, was also sentenced today to serve 18 months in prison for his role in the extortion, bribery and money laundering scheme.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth A. Strange of the District of Arizona, Special Agent in Charge Douglas G. Price of the FBI’s Phoenix Division, and Special Agent in Charge Dawn Mertz of the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) made the announcement following sentencing by Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Bury.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Renzi, 55, of Burke, Va., and Sandlin, 62, of Sherman, Texas, were convicted on June 11, 2013. Renzi was found guilty of 17 felony offenses including conspiracy, honest services wire fraud, extortion under color of official right, racketeering, money laundering and making false statements to insurance regulators. Sandlin was convicted of 13 felony offenses including conspiracy, honest services wire fraud, extortion under color of official right and money laundering.</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“Mr. Renzi abused the power – and the corresponding trust – that comes with being a member of Congress by putting his own financial interests over the interests of the citizens he had sworn to serve,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Raman.  “He fleeced his own insurance company to fund his run for Congress, and then exploited his position for personal gain.  Mr. Renzi’s conviction and today’s sentence demonstrate the Justice Department’s commitment to fighting corruption at the highest levels of government.”</b></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“Former Congressman Renzi disregarded his oath to uphold the law, ignoring the interests of the people he was elected to serve in favor of his own interests,” stated First Assistant U.S. Attorney Strange.  “The sentences imposed today reinforce the fundamental principle that no one, including an elected official, is above the law.”</b></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“When our elected officials betray the trust of the American people it strikes at the very core of our democracy,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Price.  “The sentencing of former Congressman Rick Renzi illustrates the commitment by the FBI and our law enforcement partners to investigate and prosecute corruption at all levels.   Today’s sentencing is a reminder that when a public official violates the public's trust they will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”</b></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“The public expects its elected officials to be honest, to be trustworthy and to show respect for the law," stated IRS Special Agent in Charge Mertz.  “Those in public office should be held to a higher standard and are not exempt from criminal prosecution.  The prison sentence imposed today should serve as a wake-up call to other public officials who believe there are no consequences for betraying the public trust.”</b></span></span></span><br /><br /></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>         According to evidence at trial, Renzi, then a member of Congress from Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, promised in 2005 to use his legislative influence to profit from a federal land exchange that involved property owned by Sandlin, a real-estate investor.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>        At the time, Sandlin owed Renzi $700,000 in future payments from their business dealings, and Renzi threatened proponents of the land exchange that he would not support it unless they purchased Sandlin’s property in Cochise County, Ariz.  When they refused, Renzi promised a second proponent of a land exchange that he would support the exchange if they purchased Sandlin’s property.  According to an agreement reached in May 2005, Sandlin was paid $1 million in earnest money, out of which he paid $200,000 to Renzi.  Just before Sandlin received the $1.6 million balance owed on the exchange, he paid an additional $533,000 to Renzi.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>        Evidence at trial further showed that from 2001 to 2003, Renzi engaged in insurance fraud by diverting his clients’ insurance premiums to fund his first campaign for Congress, and he subsequently sent false letters to his insurance customers and provided false statements to various state regulators who were investigating his activities.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>        This case was investigated by the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation.  The prosecution was handled by Trial Attorneys David Harbach and Sean Mulryne of the Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Gary Restaino and James Knapp of the District of Arizona.</b></span></span></div></div>

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System design Engineer ( opitcs | physics | metrology | geometric optics, optics bench design, and laser optics)(#110213)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Job Title:</b> System design Engineer<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Location:</b> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Duration:</b> Fulltime<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Job description:<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal">The candidate will be responsible for developing techniques for accurately and rapidly measuring color and flux from high-brightness LEDs.  Various test and measurement equipment will be integrated using Labview or equivalent programming.  Test equipment may include devices such as a SMU, high-power laser, spectrophotometer, and stepper-motor driven stage.  Integration may include design and fabrication of simple electronic circuits, development of test algorithms in Labview and/or Matlab, and optimization of the test procedure.  The candidate will then be responsible for data collection and analysis from a variety of LEDs.  Candidate will also participate in the design of a prototype manufacturing tool.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Preferred Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Candidate should have a PhD, or MS/BS with research experience, in physics, applied physics, electrical engineering, or a related field.  Training should include geometric optics, optics bench design, and laser optics.  Experience with data acquisition and analysis software such as Labview (preferred) or MATLAB is required; C programming is a plus.  The candidate should have courses or experience with semiconductor design and processing.  Laboratory experience should include optical bench setup, lasers, oscilloscopes, and other bench top test and measurement equipment.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Minimum Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Doctorate (Academic) with at least 5 years of experience. <o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">OR<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Master's Level Degree with at least 6 years of experience. <o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">OR<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Kindly send in your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com<o:p></o:p></b></div></div></div>

System design Engineer ( opitcs | physics | metrology | geometric optics, optics bench design, and laser optics)(#110213)

Job Title: System design Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Fulltime Job description: Responsibilities: The candidate will be resp...

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Green Mountain coffee fair trade bzzagent campaign!

<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><img alt="" src="https://img.bzzagent.com/image/gmcFT.jpg?Type=activity&Activity=8733263768&Campaign=9406330341&Uid=1264101&token=43865a36d2c2687871c1bdfa791cbf00" /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>I absolutely love coffee and was super psyched when I got into this bzzagent campaign!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>You ever have a cup of coffee that just doesn't taste right!?</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>Just makes you want to pour it out and start all over, whether it be the sweetener you use for the coffee, cream or the flavor of the coffee itself it can make your cup of coffee dreadful!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>Green Mountain coffee is the best ever and you don't have to go to a fancy coffee shop to get it either, you can make it in the comfort of your own home and enjoy it in front of the fireplace or even outside!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vDLJVx0lRmU/Um7sjm2qTiI/AAAAAAAAKa8/FmCCaMcvc4k/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vDLJVx0lRmU/Um7sjm2qTiI/AAAAAAAAKa8/FmCCaMcvc4k/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></span></i></a></div><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>I was sent three continent blend for this campaign and couldn't wait to try it, hello it's coffee and I love it!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x6ifiEkuAFo/Um8uqakK-OI/AAAAAAAAKbU/nGtG7GPxVU4/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x6ifiEkuAFo/Um8uqakK-OI/AAAAAAAAKbU/nGtG7GPxVU4/s320/13+-+1" width="251" /></span></i></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>You can even add a dollop of whip cream and a swirl of caramel if you'd like or some cream or even milk! </i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bdndATxf1Kk/UnBDE5Plc1I/AAAAAAAAKcM/JATjEo00ETY/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bdndATxf1Kk/UnBDE5Plc1I/AAAAAAAAKcM/JATjEo00ETY/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></span></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Great coffee, was a bit stronger than I'm used to but it tasted very good along with some vanilla almond milk and a dusting of Truvia!</span></i></div><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>Tastes great no matter what you use in it!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>Facts:</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>Fair trade certified</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>Every coffee bean is checked for quality</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>Tastes so good!</i></span></div>

Green Mountain coffee fair trade bzzagent campaign!

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Richmond Times-Dispatch's non-endorsement for Virginia governor 2013 - UPDATED

<blockquote><i>"This marks, we believe, the first time in modern Virginia that The Times-Dispatch has not endorsed a gubernatorial nominee."</i> -- Richmond Times-Dispatch (October 20, 2013)</blockquote>In an editorial that laid it on the line, the <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinion/our-opinion/our-choice-for-governor-in-none-of-the-above/article_6a2c5e41-20f3-561a-a25d-52eedf4741f3.html"><i>Richmond Times-Dispatch</i></a> refused to endorse Democrat, Republican, or Libertarian for Virginia's 2013 gubernatorial race. That news ricocheted around the internet as citizens woke on a Sunday morning, met with raised eyebrows and mild surprise from some while others nodded in solemn agreement.<br /><br />This has, indeed, been an odd election year in Virginia.<br /><br />The <i>Times-Dispatch </i>notes many of the issues in question and the final results are the same: they are not comfortable endorsing. Indeed, they note:<br /><blockquote>In the past, <i>The Times-Dispatch</i> has endorsed candidates with varying degrees of enthusiasm. We find it impossible to endorse any of the 2013 candidates with even minimal zeal.<br /><br />Elections make voters complicit in the government they receive. If we would not urge a family member to vote this way or that, then we have no business recommending Cuccinelli, McAuliffe or Sarvis to our readers.</blockquote>Interestingly, the <a href="http://m.dailyprogress.com/opinion/editorials/bill-bolling-for-governor/article_38a77d40-3930-11e3-91a7-001a4bcf6878.html?mode=jqm#.UmPLvqcRC4E.twitter"><i>Charlottesville Daily Progress</i></a>, finding itself in the same boat, endorsed Lieutenant Governor <a href="http://www.billbolling.com/">Bill Bolling</a> as a write-in candidate, noting, "Do the write thing. Put Bill Bolling’s name on your ballot on Nov. 5. Virginia needs him."<br /><br /><b>UPDATE October 28, 2013:</b> Another newspaper refused to endorse in the 2013 gubernatorial election. On Sunday, the <a href="http://www.newsadvance.com/opinion/editorials/article_b051cb8e-3dbd-11e3-bb5b-0019bb30f31a.html"><i>Lynchburg News & Advance</i></a> wrote, "<span class="paragraph-0">Put simply, not one of the three candidates for governor of Virginia deserves the office or has made a strong case that he is the best candidate. Not one of them, neither Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Republican Ken Cuccinelli nor Libertarian Robert Sarvis." And more.</span><br /><br /><span class="paragraph-0"><b>UPDATE October 31, 2013:</b> A third major Virginia newspaper has refused to endorse in the 2013 gubernatorial election. Is this unprecedented? The <i>Roanoke Times</i> editorial on Thursday noted, "... </span>an endorsement carries with it the credibility of this institution. When a candidate who receives our support visits ridicule or even shame on the commonwealth, we share in that disgrace."<br /><br />Then in a stunning reminder of the <a href="http://m.dailyprogress.com/opinion/editorials/bill-bolling-for-governor/article_38a77d40-3930-11e3-91a7-001a4bcf6878.html?mode=jqm#.UmPLvqcRC4E.twitter"><i>Charlottesville Daily Progress</i></a>' endorsement of Lieutenant Governor <b>Bill Bolling</b> as a write-in candidate, the <i>Roanoke Times</i> added, "<span class="paragraph-0">Those who cannot in good conscience vote for the official candidates should consider writing in Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling."</span><br /><br /><span class="paragraph-0">With five days left until election day, 2013 continues to be one of the oddest in my memory.... </span>

2013 gubernatorial election Bill Bolling Daily Progress Lynchburg News and Advance Richmond Times-Dispatch Roanoke Times Virginia Richmond Times-Dispatch's non-endorsement for Virginia governor 2013 - UPDATED

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One Year Ago This Afternoon

Sandy's approach to the Delaware Valley was largely "known" by October 25th and 26th, with most guidance suggesting impact across our region. What had not been completely settled was where the storm's center was going to come ashore -- modeling was still varying in specific landfall points...but that was immaterial given the size of the storm. By Saturday and Sunday, most modeling was suggesting a South Jersey landfall point for the storm as it continued north and then northwest towards us.<br /><br />Sunday afternoon (which was the 28th), the local National Weather Service office released this powerful statement that underscored the impact of what was coming in.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqd20NaJldflA1gM_gTAeFJpb5wgrX7LukiueHBRcoSlGgMwCOIhhWIh1KgalPTMcwgBDPzVSDmW_-ObPDF8qNdJP23zYQAOz2l6fzlbiseqAgAlJk_Gc1gMSYXm3o6qOFaXZdqwPsSaIg/s1600/102713-SANDY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqd20NaJldflA1gM_gTAeFJpb5wgrX7LukiueHBRcoSlGgMwCOIhhWIh1KgalPTMcwgBDPzVSDmW_-ObPDF8qNdJP23zYQAOz2l6fzlbiseqAgAlJk_Gc1gMSYXm3o6qOFaXZdqwPsSaIg/s400/102713-SANDY.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Sandy was still about 24 hours away from its maximum fury being felt across the area. However, a year ago today the first bands of the storm were pushing in from the east in advance of the storm, despite the center of <a href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2012/al18/al182012.public.026.shtml?" target="_blank">Sandy still being east of the Carolina coastline</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVILAlRoPF3juQYxG4SLhACDrCwWg7UGAhvWKLoq1z_lN35TtIKNCZgcD5tM7FPgpGIaBj2E-8mePkMVYq_jgcqJdF1VuQRJLRpzwIpRf-aPbN10uRG0oyXrPQpvuVw-QyCqcw-kV0tBj/s1600/102713-SANDY3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVILAlRoPF3juQYxG4SLhACDrCwWg7UGAhvWKLoq1z_lN35TtIKNCZgcD5tM7FPgpGIaBj2E-8mePkMVYq_jgcqJdF1VuQRJLRpzwIpRf-aPbN10uRG0oyXrPQpvuVw-QyCqcw-kV0tBj/s400/102713-SANDY3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Here's another image of Sandy from Sunday morning as it spun northeast through the Atlantic. The size of the storm is remarkable already at this point -- covering real estate from Maine to just north of the Bahamas, from the Carolinas east to Bermuda.  The storm would only grow in size over the next 24 hours before it made landfall...but Sunday (one year ago) marked that final day of preparation for many along the East Coast as Sandy approached.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwLaPDkKUVMIJCfEpkHREnlHOXDqD7BY6qfVSlv6-lxizW0JOTGxNK8MAXgP9Z8BcYrRWh4Ki53YDpIS1gMr6yohg984oK-IjHPDDA7JE-reklYcAvs6mYapdkVY0PvCOt-nPPE_1mbi5/s1600/102713-SANDY2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwLaPDkKUVMIJCfEpkHREnlHOXDqD7BY6qfVSlv6-lxizW0JOTGxNK8MAXgP9Z8BcYrRWh4Ki53YDpIS1gMr6yohg984oK-IjHPDDA7JE-reklYcAvs6mYapdkVY0PvCOt-nPPE_1mbi5/s400/102713-SANDY2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />

NWS past weather Sandy One Year Ago This Afternoon

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Old Orchard Juice Review and giveaway!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pvIBzW6EdTM/Um7ZpADl-KI/AAAAAAAAKag/xqMb8TRNKtk/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pvIBzW6EdTM/Um7ZpADl-KI/AAAAAAAAKag/xqMb8TRNKtk/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I don't know about you but when I have breakfast I want something sweet and delicious to drink and <a href="http://oldorchard.com/">Old Orchard</a> juices sure are yummy, and best of all kids love them too!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>They come in many varieties such as:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pineapple orange</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Berry blend</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Apple cherry </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Apple</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Apple passion mango</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Blueberry pomegranate </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Apple strawberry banana </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Grape</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pineapple</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> And more!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I was sent some coupons for review to try out their new fruit and veggie juices but silly me bought the wrong juice!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Oh no!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I will buy them myself and tell you how they taste!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>They offer the fruit and veggie ones in these tasty flavors:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Strawberry banana</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Peach mango</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And blueberry pomegranate </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sweet facts:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Full serving of vegetables and fruit</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>No artificial preserver actives, colors or sweeteners </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>No added sugars</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>100% vitamin c</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Enter below to try fruit and veggie frozen drinks for yourself!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Good luck on the giveaway!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div id="pgt255627588pgt" class="pgtContainpgt"><a href="//giveawaytools.com/giveaway.php?sk=255627588" rel="nofollow" target="_BLANK2">Entry</a><script type="text/javascript" src="//giveawaytools.com/wid/embed.php?sk=255627588"></script><a href="//giveawaytools.com/giveaway.php?sk=255627588" rel="nofollow" target="_BLANK2">-Form</a></div>

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Ten takeaways from the African Storybook Project Colloquium in Stellenbosch recently

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1mHYRTqX4UZefr2nRYl-NbvRnR3lTs8SEuo4YTVQZJPgn1nyZWj6gEe5MFv5akAHe2XCJccSxjeYmV6goliqIz63iJ_YRLDG49jJnIFnaiy83CVz7u1dKuHyQwGKOXLY_YrLUxqlbxk/s1600-h/image%25255B7%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CZgJSNnpDAjiFYja0KlEfa-dVy5RSiDjZTcdkLcGZ8o61ntlJfs4fmKBSiuU84SOr6FEP1iGSsuetwgqzDZA97UQrZbK5mFmfV47NqHrP_YICTTAY7CDrYZA8pwKBjh1IQViLOucCa8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></span></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The African Storybook Project is well under way to scale up the availability of free reading material for African children in Grades 1-3 through the digital medium. (I have written about this project<span style="background-color: white;"> in </span><a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/search/label/African%20Storybook%20Project" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white;">previous </span>posts</a> on the SchoolNet blog.) It is planned that the African Storybook website that will house this collection of stories will be released in early 2014. This post serves to highlight the African Storybook Colloquium which was held at Stellenbosch University on 17-19th October 2013. This Colloquium introduced the African Storybook project, its stories and pilot sites (Uganda. Kenya and South Africa) and its international partners to our South African and other African universities with the intention of providing a basis for the development of a collaborative research framework for the project. The Colloquium was organised by Bonny Norton from the University of British Colombia and Tessa Welch the project leader of Saide’s African Storybook Project. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was privileged to attend this colloquium in Stellenbosch and these are my ten take-aways from this event.  There were 40 participants at the Colloquium from 6 African countries, 10 Universities and 5 research and development projects. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesVgN07htNNfiZ-QD15OKrtDbcS0QjJGt49PYuTMy4UChHoQI5are6wmH9KlWqn6s05TQGXe6IArkK_ChETAb0frTCZFe-zgwIQqI5WTW8P4_Ora_jinZyy21zsl4oIIFukdukjEdoc8/?imgmax=800" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesVgN07htNNfiZ-QD15OKrtDbcS0QjJGt49PYuTMy4UChHoQI5are6wmH9KlWqn6s05TQGXe6IArkK_ChETAb0frTCZFe-zgwIQqI5WTW8P4_Ora_jinZyy21zsl4oIIFukdukjEdoc8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. The opening keynote was an absolute highlight for me. It was given by Brent Kaulback, the Assistant Superintendent of the South Slave Divisional Education Council in the Northwest Territories of Canada: <a href="http://www.ssdec.nt.ca/">http://www.ssdec.nt.ca/</a>. Brent called his session ‘Creating Futures’. He gave such insight into the communities found in the North West Terrirotoes and showed how they are capturing history through the creation of e-books. These e-books impact dramatically on children’s reading. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9m84aUtq_f0vtac6-q0qx_-ZXoqFgZMBbTKSzB_jiPptH3dM1LYiCfbG2jTAU1hqV6xqob3iiBytT0lcRQ7Tfgguzd2T7lxd_O9sVLMbA8gGw7sXzA630VZLf1es9JjSC1iZ_wrQelrE/s1600-h/image%25255B14%25255D.png"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. The three country co-ordinators for the African Storybook project from Uganda. Kenya and South Africa gave very interesting input on what they are doing in their respective country pilots with regard to story acquisition.   </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. I loved the various discussions on ‘What is digital storytelling?’, versioning and chunking a story, what is suitable content for children, and using stories for literacy development. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. It was fascinating to hear what the different SA universities, African Universities and global partnerships are doing in researching literacy. Each representative from the various universities gave a 5-10 minute talk on their roles at their respective institutions.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcoNZ1fEAbnvkHAoq5H1g9AjLkUhsy5m5S2CHJ8gEaX-IidT3yvUH5ppc1XR6V3vRFRbMlJheLuBsyxkYT4zIgLXH49t5VDYtydICrwVd3dNatpjBzabhBNpOMlHGa1BMRWhnyo16v7jQ/?imgmax=800" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcoNZ1fEAbnvkHAoq5H1g9AjLkUhsy5m5S2CHJ8gEaX-IidT3yvUH5ppc1XR6V3vRFRbMlJheLuBsyxkYT4zIgLXH49t5VDYtydICrwVd3dNatpjBzabhBNpOMlHGa1BMRWhnyo16v7jQ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="260" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. I really enjoyed Elinor Sizulu’s public lecture on ‘Why I write for children’. Elinor Sisulu is the founder of the Puku Children’s Literature Foundation – <a href="http://www.puku.co.za/">http://www.puku.co.za</a> and she is also the author of the award-winning children’s book ‘<em>The day Gogo went to vo</em>te’. It was fascinating listening to Elinor reminsicing events from her childhood that led to her passion for children’s literature. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtJkeI6__SMMQyejSwupfz4-EDZJdBwBrd7yB72O3u3s1Bx1VvJakYkHFPFUzf7DQA0BkvB7FQ87-hTw4rgT_qIZ8GNoNSr2noxTwkDNq-lgZV-bRAf-8ozkvkVy46CvXl_SQElOM-Y8/s1600-h/image%25255B4%25255D.png"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. One of the presentations was given to us via Skype by Suzanne Romaine from Oxford University. Suzanne emailed her presentation to Tessa who clicked on the slides as Suzanne elaborated on them. Suzanne is well known for her paper entitled ‘Keeping the promise of the Millennium Development Goals: Why language matters’. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gXPMIhxIdPWD8h5v-AIGCC375eHXeuhqEW1ew0E75lwAgsMEhGGuIsd06pTuIY67WgswxeYRw0AR0Fy6F5Bf8XN-LVkXvxIa5eXrnV2WZ6QJ7kV-7yse-o4PGbcwztiMemApe7ia7o4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="365" /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. It was interesting to hear about the work of the different research and development projects regarding Literacy development. </span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Danielle Melville from the Mandela Centre of Memory: Danielle Melville: <a href="http://www.nelsonmandela.org/">http://www.nelsonmandela.org/</a> joined us via Skype. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carole Bloch and Arabella Koopman represented PRAESA and Nal’ibali: : <a href="http://www.praesa.org.za/">http://www.praesa.org.za/</a>.  </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Xolisa Guluza: represented the Nelson Mandela Institute for Education & Rural Development, Univ of Fort Hare: <a href="http://www.ufh.ac.za/faculties/edu/NMiRED.html">http://www.ufh.ac.za/faculties/edu/NMiRED.html</a> </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jenny Katz and Femi Otujala represented Molteno Institute for Language & Literacy: <a href="http://www.molteno.co.za/">http://www.molteno.co.za/</a> </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My presentation (representing SchoolNet SA <a href="http://www.schoolnet.org.za/">http://www.schoolnet.org.za/</a>)   fell under this section. I reported back on the Digital Storytelling Course that SchoolNet  ran on behalf of the African Storybook Project, and I showed the wiki where all the stories from the course are currently stored. <a href="http://africanstorybookproject.wikispaces.com/">http://africanstorybookproject.wikispaces.com/</a></span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-LBmDfjn6mHTbQOQ1fn6Oxyklm6iPN6aQ6tLaO2VQBblUe4EfNkN7ELAVnl34wclWEL6LP4eDzZcR7YQWpYutY4bNeZKghXbI51nVnt2YqSWJ8G8sJ8y5U3hsQPPdA3SrWIgx4Vusnxw/?imgmax=800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="63" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-LBmDfjn6mHTbQOQ1fn6Oxyklm6iPN6aQ6tLaO2VQBblUe4EfNkN7ELAVnl34wclWEL6LP4eDzZcR7YQWpYutY4bNeZKghXbI51nVnt2YqSWJ8G8sJ8y5U3hsQPPdA3SrWIgx4Vusnxw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72lwKDTiFinot-5qQHrMfEfEfrMXhUvCLS4rEytXngtem55x8zf9da5l1dUe92BVValyT3ywVByvxoyCmImlLB_jT3_FrEKPtRjdCKC9CviugnImW4j_N_m-uirPZScMensxFfTpzoaA/s1600-h/image%25255B24%25255D.png"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Bonny Norton highlighted a new tool, Scribjab (<a href="http://www.scribjab.com/">http://www.scribjab.com/</a>), which is a multilingual tool to create and share digital stories in 2 different languages. I really want to explore this tool.  </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-5-bpKoV9svl5AWibjOt7VSOr8I37iUW_KqnpL3e58l944BmUlOWXZrdBC2Vd-pqBcPuGlXSFG4DkuDkOXYW2g7Fx3L4M7lb6jLzielm9D2Rcy1fE8rAgrYIGCALy356av_kbEa3MSSE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Bonny Norton from the University of British Colombia and Tessa Welch the Project Leader from Saide led the Colloquium with such ease and efficiency, pulling together all the threads into a usable framework. The last session concentrated on developing a research framework from the various issues that had been highlighted during the Colloquium.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 400px;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCpP0WJZ5oIo_qj84CvFt6nnUPO_WTDaQZd7navl9JHjq2r2hiq1nGFX_XMttZe6ArlxGGhkw3TzZcnAHuCkiQzg5zaAUBO_3PIQr81TJQ1oHy2ZE25n3JYtoevgDC0NgKHAg7jJ3Bqgs/s1600-h/image%25255B17%25255D.png"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3e8TYBGt7ftiLZoUxawbkqQqSRmfc0VFqTzLFOIT6LRrWvzHUk5Sn2SKx2wBMi4aBDbkQY5CcH15ndN-FyEU-ZrfDOtj1fwf4_Cee_v5BlDfqdrjc0VpgtjvyBpJNxhREWCi9ZQvs1Qs/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></span></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzer3oQFcIEEjEpqg1G3OUiXlTH8l9ZNp5TO8075oC7OZIV_jNfc9b44LL-xZHDLlWdtKjHdOBwtmAdgSgb6wnGadU0avegiuaU3BMtJvTL_Uh6StInaeUqxNPXa4XFMrXT-X-xzcRCTo/s1600-h/image%25255B21%25255D.png"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5STuzlKLylJORt2I5eJt5DgxxIybaIzKLcWT-2pTCktZQYYCYY2UyDYsCyJfGdnwSWyPOqtvBLOHfwkoXRRcMXYKis6P9gS-_1YlRYsU8clIaVjO2SJdJtAV9tI_7tYqWxgx8ugyU-M/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="107" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. Last but not least – the beautiful surroundings in the beautiful town of Stellenbosch made our stay very memorable.  We were accommodated in the various guest houses in the town - what a privilege to dwell amidst such beauty.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 400px;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIISOLT15eS0E9-FUZD3LImxkSZsa7ui13JA1xNkNiUCVKSwLbwh40uWFUeXL8XNWRsWVIHmQ2ZYiEJrON6-7wdgnuulpWcLXHIhqeXdZPz4q7cVfd0behW4oBAfGrBFgyHyBzDxs6VU/s1600-h/image%25255B35%25255D.png"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwnCWAVY-XGHpR2HyLaKlvialbwjuGFVHhm4PSIu70mSRHZvx7vtk1dncEvsMnU1ZbTqdKHY1wMqOloxb7DVAiXcrbznDpaT2GumBsNXkoNbQCaCrCn6En4HtvTUCVuNo3uuNYcCcMd4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="198" /></span></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XFPaK5meynZY7aA5Ikc4H9rQrQ7MutjqvAvyrTn5wv1Viw8_WrlgW4ZwwfcZEqHBJRnA_VzHpBJW6HplMTqU0gp6bHfs_Nlsan09l_eAYsmDpHnjR41gqZs8PsUk4OP5NcR4jeShSAs/s1600-h/image%25255B36%25255D.png"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpwsLdNLPqLkCMvtvrnuMymbbP0Ws11YHExd0NNg-iA4Ohvx0pcMMTOLIMgVE4L_wgW3qjtKsZLfXljTx52rQm9QFUD29eRFhir8Z3-hoM1HZzS2nmEzeQpQ8KzOOzATPO-N2kVs5phQ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="219" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

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5 reasons why cutting Social Security is irrational...

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_main_image/CuttingSocialSecurityisIrrational102813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Article image" border="0" class="imagecache imagecache-article_main_image" height="240" src="http://www.nationofchange.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_main_image/CuttingSocialSecurityisIrrational102813.jpg" title="article image" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>By Paul Buchheit</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/">nationofchange.org</a></b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Even for Congress. They, and others who apparently don't study the facts, believe that Social Security is a government handout. But 'entitlement' means that people who have paid into a program all their lives are entitled to a reasonable return on their investment. A better definition, as pointed out by <a href="http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18268-social-security-pumps-$2-into-us-economy-for-every-benefit-dollar-spent">Mark Karlin</a> at Truthout, is a "mandated retirement savings plan."</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Cutting this popular and well-run and <i>life-sustaining</i> program would be irrational. There are many reasons for this.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1. Americans Have Paid For It Throughout Their Working Lives</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>As of 2010, according to the <a href="http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412660-Social-Security-and-Medicare-Taxes-and-Benefits-Over-a-Lifetime.pdf">Urban Institute</a>, the average two-earner couple making average wages throughout their lifetimes receives less in Social Security benefits than they paid in. It is the same for single males and same, by now, for single females. One-earner couples get back more than they paid in.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2. It's a Small Benefit, But Most Seniors Depend On It</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The average Social Security benefit is less than <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/04/05">$15,000</a> a year, but most of our <a href="http://truth-out.org/news/item/16213-social-securitys-explosive-injustices">seniors rely</a> on this for the majority of their income. Even the <a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/dont-cut-social-security-double-it">second richest</a> quartile of Americans depends on Social Security for over half of its retirement income.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>3. It's Been Well-Run for Over Half a Century </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The poverty rate has <a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11023-ignore-the-deficit-hawks-social-security-is-easy-to-fix">decreased</a> dramatically over the past 50 years, in large part because of the benefits of the Social Security program. </b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><br /><div class="imgcontainer" style="margin-bottom: 16px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span> </div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Social Security is running on a <a href="http://ssa.gov/oact/TRSUM/index.html">surplus</a> of $2.6 trillion, it's funded until <a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/dont-cut-social-security-double-it">2037</a>, it <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntharvey/2013/01/07/social-security-rerun/">cannot</a> run out of money, it <a href="http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/lesson-for-reporters-social-security-does-not-add-to-the-budget-deficit">cannot</a> contribute to the deficit, it has <a href="http://www.nextnewdeal.net/deficit-hawks-we-people-know-best-social-security">lower</a> administrative costs than private sector 401k retirement plans, and it's wildly <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/158834/economy-entitlements-iran-americans-top-priorities.aspx">popular</a>.</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>  </b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>On top of all this, a report by the <a href="http://www.aarp.org/politics-society/advocacy/info-09-2013/social-security-strengthens-us-economy.html">AARP Public Policy Institute</a> found that Social Security stimulates the economy, adding more than $1 trillion to the U.S. economy each year as recipients spend their benefits on goods and services.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/why-big-bucks-donors-dont-want-president-obama-champion-social-security">Dean Baker</a> calls Social Security "perhaps the greatest success story of any program in US history."</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>4. The Free-Market Alternative Doesn't Work</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The free-market alternative is everybody for them. That's fine for people with good jobs and retirement plans. But stunningly, the number of private sector workers <a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/dont-cut-social-security-double-it">covered by a pension</a> with a guaranteed payout has dropped from 60 percent to 10 percent in a little over thirty years.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Americans are <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/many-americans-accumulating-debt-faster-than-theyre-saving-for-retirement/2013/10/23/b7a9c85e-3b3e-11e3-b6a9-da62c264f40e_story.html">going into debt</a> faster than they're saving for retirement, and those able to put something aside often make <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/05/01/it_s_a_401_k_world_and_it_sucks.html">wrong choices</a> with their money.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> Financial experts, who generally speak for the people with enough money to hire a financial expert, tell us to have $200,000 to $300,000 in personal retirement <a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/dont-cut-social-security-double-it">savings</a>. Most Americans have about a tenth of that, less than <a href="http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=5175">$25,000</a>.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>5. Redistribution Has Moved Retirement Money from the Middle Class to the Rich</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tax Expenditures -- subsidies from special deductions, exemptions, exclusions, credits, capital gains, and loopholes that move <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2012/04/13/opinion/sunday/0415web-leonhardt2.html?ref=business">tax money to the richest</a> taxpayers -- are <a href="http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/UploadedPDF/412404-Tax-Expenditure-Trends.pdf">estimated</a> to be worth up to <a href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/julyaugust_2011/features/20000_leagues_under_the_state030498.php">8 percent</a> of the GDP, or about $1.2 trillion.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>That alone is more than enough to pay for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_United_States_federal_budget">Social Security</a> ($883 billion).</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Because of this misdirected revenue, government has been forced to <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-social-security-adds-budget-deficit-161813776.html">borrow from Social Security</a> to fund its programs. Most notably, <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/26-1">George W. Bush</a> took our retirement money to pay for his two wars and his tax cuts for the rich.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>This last reason, more than any of the others, reveals the overwhelming unfairness of cutting Social Security. In effect, the middle class is being told to <i>replenish its own savings account</i> after those savings were passed along to the military and the super-rich.</b></span></span>

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Pot plants popping up in protest

<div class="main_image"><img alt="Article image" class="imagecache imagecache-article_main_image" height="240" src="http://www.nationofchange.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_main_image/GermansPlantingCannabisAroundCities102813.jpg" title="article image" width="400" /> </div><div class="main_image"><h1 class="times-thin" id="art_headline" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 48px;"></h1><div class="author times"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>By Christina Sarich</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><br /><div class="source times"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://naturalsociety.com/cannabis-plants-germany-protest/" style="color: #4f4f50;">Natural Society</a> / News Report</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><br /><div class="published"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> Published: Monday 28 October 2013</b></span></span></div><div class="published"><a href="http://nationofchange.org/"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>nationofchange.org</b></span></span></a></div><div class="published"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span> </div></div><div id="bodycount" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>In the small, university town of <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2372554/Cannabis-plants-spring-German-town-campaigners-plant-thousands-seeds-protest-demonisation-drug.html">Gottingen, Germany</a>, a handful of autonomously acting ‘Flower Children’ have decided to rogue-plant cannabis seed in the hundreds of thousands as an act of defiance against the ‘demonization’ of a plant that has been proven to treat multiple ailments. To put it in simper terms, citizens are planting cannabis plants randomly throughout the town to <i>really</i> show officials what the people want.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The pro-marijuana supporters point to Germany’s restrictive laws, and many comment on the plants abilities to do more than just get people high. Police continue to pull the plants up, no matter where they sprout, and often mistake non-cannabis plants as the work of the activists. They have been told to be vigilant about removing anything that looks like cannabis.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> This form of guerilla gardening is nothing new. Another activist gardener, <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la.html">Ron Finley</a>, decided to start planting fruit, vegetables, and herbs in abandoned public spaces like lots, traffic medians, and along curbsides in LA as a means to improve his own neighborhood and provide food and community to his fellow people.</b></span></span></div><div id="bodycount" style="clear: both;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Though the pot-planters are meeting resistance with the local police in Germany, they are successfully demonstrating a form of protest through the appearance of multitudes of cannabis plants that are popping up all over the town. This causes discussion among the residents and causes the people of Gottingen to ask ‘why not pot?” <a href="http://naturalsociety.com/marijuana-and-cancer-relationship-destroy-cancer-cells/"><b>Why is marijuana illegal</b></a>?</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>There are thousands of peer-reviewed medical journals that point to the efficacy of cannabis as a healing plant, so the activists’ questioning of the current demonization of the plant are not unfounded. The healing plant has been shown to help those with osteoporosis, <a href="http://www.europeanneuropsychopharmacology.com/article/PIIS0924977X13001958/abstract">depression</a>, nausea, headaches, insomnia, and has been shown to <a href="http://naturalsociety.com/non-stop-seizures-halted-medicinal-marijuana/">treat untreatable seizures</a>.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The <a href="http://naturalsociety.com/cannabis-marijuana/"><b>marijuana and cancer</b></a> connection is especially strong, with countless studies showing how the plant can beat cancer.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The cannabis plants that appeared at the police station in the German town were removed immediately, but they are still popping up all over parks, and gardens elsewhere in the city.</b></span></span></div>

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<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NiiUFq2gOZU/Um7QrLhbnUI/AAAAAAAAKaA/-6baC0I9SMg/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NiiUFq2gOZU/Um7QrLhbnUI/AAAAAAAAKaA/-6baC0I9SMg/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></a></div><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://www.yvesrocherusa.com/control/main">Yves Rocher </a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Whether your going out with a bunch of friends or with your honey you wear some sort of makeup whether it's blush, lipgloss, mascara or eye shadow to feel fancy, am I right?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Well I got a very colorful review from yves rocher makeup for you!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In the photo above I was wearing a purple eyeshadow and loved the color it wasn't too dark and shimmered on my eyelids making them look ever so beautiful!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I was sent an assortment of eye shadows for review and couldn't wait to swipe them on my eyelids and try them!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Was wearing a bronze color in this photo:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Loved the color and went along great with the sweater I was wearing!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XYqCf2WCuC0/Uls5MgB9v9I/AAAAAAAAKPM/VZuK1Dl7Y5s/s1600/20130927_152649.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XYqCf2WCuC0/Uls5MgB9v9I/AAAAAAAAKPM/VZuK1Dl7Y5s/s320/20130927_152649.jpg" width="240" /></a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In this photo I'm wearing a light blue eyeshadow and absolutely love the color it looks fantastic on me and it's not too dark.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFukHIO3opIVT5LJTBQukcnWF07jwBPcifSNO2uukjlSJZbpACnNga7kWGchC34NvMMVZAL9fK_FP4gKE0P5rGkfjs7vCdi11KIvxmU1T2MNBp8_ZEVLhsmXNdPIwMxjYcB_LcXGHrVY/s1600/20131106_125408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFukHIO3opIVT5LJTBQukcnWF07jwBPcifSNO2uukjlSJZbpACnNga7kWGchC34NvMMVZAL9fK_FP4gKE0P5rGkfjs7vCdi11KIvxmU1T2MNBp8_ZEVLhsmXNdPIwMxjYcB_LcXGHrVY/s320/20131106_125408.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Some colors don't look right whether it's too dark of a color or too light.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I have a light skin complexion and love blue eyeshadow, brown or even purple. My eyes are brown</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> so they bring out the colors of my eyes and with mascara they pop out even more!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I still have many eye shadows to test out so will be updating!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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<div style="background-color: white;">Sen. Bernie Sanders is raising the alarm about greedy billionaires like the  <strike style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.890625px;"><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2011/10/bombshell-kochs-sold-oil-equipment-to.html" style="color: #336699;">Benedict Arnold</a></strike> Koch brothers trying to cut our Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Because their greed knows no limit, they want more for themselves.<br /><br />We received an email from Bernie that we thought we'd share with you:<br /><blockquote>They're at it again. </blockquote><blockquote>Billionaires like the Koch Brothers, Pete Peterson, Stanley Druckenmiller and others are leading the charge to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. </blockquote><blockquote>If they succeed, millions of senior citizens, working families, disabled veterans and children will suffer. We must not allow that to happen. </blockquote><blockquote>Today, the middle class is disappearing, real unemployment is extremely high, poverty is increasing and working families throughout the country are struggling to keep their heads above water economically. Meanwhile, the gap between the very rich and everyone else is growing wider and wider and the wealthiest people and the largest corporations are doing phenomenally well. </blockquote><blockquote>We must not balance the budget on the backs of working families, the elderly, the children, the sick and the poor. </blockquote><blockquote>As Vermont's senator, I have the honor of serving on the Budget Conference Committee which will be negotiating a new federal budget over the next few months -- and where I am fearful that a deal could be struck to slash Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits. </blockquote><blockquote><a href="https://teamster.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://caf.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2%26c=aQsw3tIOFnxpop08Xau3ZjVH3RGaJD3v" target="_blank">As the founder of the Defending Social Security Caucus, please stand with me, our friends at Social Security Works and our coalition partners in demanding; "No grand bargain in exchange for cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits."</a> </blockquote><blockquote>Let's be clear. Despite right-wing rhetoric:<ul style="background-color: white;"><li>Social Security is not going broke. According to the Social Security Administration, Social Security has a surplus today of $2.8 trillion and can pay out every benefit owed to every eligible person for the next 20 years.</li></ul><ul style="background-color: white;"><li>Social Security has not contributed to the deficit. Social Security is funded independently by FICA taxes which are paid by workers and their employers.</li></ul><a class="buttonthing" href="https://teamster.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://caf.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2%26c=26YuB4UzYGhHBKb3QANTLklE39OdngJ8" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Sign this petition.</a> </blockquote><blockquote>The so-called chained-CPI, which recalculates how COLA's are formulated, is not a "modest tweak." If the chained CPI went into effect today, a senior aged 65 would receive $658 a year less in Social Security benefits when he/she is 75, and $1,100 a year less at age 85. Further, the average disabled veteran would lose tens of thousands of dollars in benefits over his/her lifetime. </blockquote><blockquote><a href="https://teamster.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://caf.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2%26c=P5gEI205klVWPxZZYFMWIElE39OdngJ8" target="_blank">Please stand with me today and demand that Congress and the President oppose any grand bargain which cuts Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits.</a> </blockquote><blockquote><br />When one out of four U.S. corporations pay nothing in federal income taxes; when Bush's tax breaks for the rich remain in place for many wealthy Americans; when the U.S. spends almost as much as the rest of the world combined on defense, there are much fairer and economically sound ways to address the budget than cutting programs desperately needed by the most vulnerable people in our country. </blockquote><blockquote><a href="https://teamster.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://caf.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2%26c=4Etw6IQzVgW8pu8KEYXPlUlE39OdngJ8" target="_blank">Please stand with me and Campaign for America's Future in protecting the future of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits.</a> </blockquote><blockquote>Let's go forward together. Thanks for your continued support. </blockquote><blockquote>Sincerely,<br /><img alt="Bernie Sanders" src="https://teamster.org/exchweb/img/clear1x1.gif" /><br />U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders</blockquote></div><span style="background-color: white;"></span>

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October 29th, 2013 Forecast

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjmUBMc6lhZDsBdkb4ZRV8c1WSB1s7iXnGu9Od6cggQNRfLz6wIZEy8vLs3JSgGSR3_aQ_vJ26nbI8fnrBMiy2NnIUSf8Ku3Ai9f6NjDEz7sP42T-1xJwoZMTtkpcKU7JNY7FD3_jwBQ/s1600/7dayphilly-1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjmUBMc6lhZDsBdkb4ZRV8c1WSB1s7iXnGu9Od6cggQNRfLz6wIZEy8vLs3JSgGSR3_aQ_vJ26nbI8fnrBMiy2NnIUSf8Ku3Ai9f6NjDEz7sP42T-1xJwoZMTtkpcKU7JNY7FD3_jwBQ/s400/7dayphilly-1.gif" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With a few clouds in the sky tonight, temperatures won't drop to levels quite as cool as they did last night.  Many of the suburbs will be in the 35 to 40 range, but Philadelphia should only bottom out in the low 40s (as compared to 39 last night).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There will be a brief step-back in temperatures for Tuesday due to a cooler northeast flow off the Atlantic.  Puffy cumulus clouds will likely bubble up due to the extra moisture from the ocean.  The northern and western suburbs should see more sunshine than the southern and eastern suburbs.  Highs in Philadelphia will reach the mid to upper 50s with most of the suburbs in the mid 50s.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We should get back to 60 for Wednesday, but a disturbance in the upper atmosphere could spawn a spotty shower or two during the afternoon.  Our next cold front will approach by Thursday night into Friday, and out ahead of it we should warm up to around 70 for Halloween.  The weather looks great for trick-or-treating as any rain should hold off until we're sleeping.  The first half of Friday looks showery, but it looks like we'll dry out late in the afternoon.  Cooler air will slowly build in for the weekend, so the second half of the weekend will be much cooler than the first.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIS6QwKRhdddvjFxLW23MCW-wvSS8gTblXnZbtkDpU0fztr6XWVHHP-6ULZWh36gM_E6gm3qRPpdDcgaXCXOlC5cvpOEnsCQjVIb9A4qUlWzxP1waliesSK3PBNQlpHMlKsmhoM3TFk8/s1600/7dayphilly-2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIS6QwKRhdddvjFxLW23MCW-wvSS8gTblXnZbtkDpU0fztr6XWVHHP-6ULZWh36gM_E6gm3qRPpdDcgaXCXOlC5cvpOEnsCQjVIb9A4qUlWzxP1waliesSK3PBNQlpHMlKsmhoM3TFk8/s400/7dayphilly-2.gif" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tuesday Planner</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wake-Up:  42 degrees, Cool Start</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lunchtime:  52 degrees, Mix of Sun & Clouds</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">P.M. High 57 degrees, Cooler</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sunrise 7:27 AM</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sunset 6:02 PM</span>

daily forecast October 29th, 2013 Forecast

With a few clouds in the sky tonight, temperatures won't drop to levels quite as cool as they did last night.  Many of the suburbs will ...

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Litlsquirts natural fruit juice review!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hagWXI81lFs/Um6v0473BLI/AAAAAAAAKZY/1FKsT6Tb4Oc/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hagWXI81lFs/Um6v0473BLI/AAAAAAAAKZY/1FKsT6Tb4Oc/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ever wonder what's in your juices that you and your kids consume on a daily basis at breakfast time?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It's time to rethink your drink people, most drinks have an average of a days worth of sugar in them which we all could cut back on very easily by switching just one drink a day with litlsquirts whether it be soda or sports drink!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i><a href="http://www.litlsquirts.com/">Litlsquirts </a> sent me some of their flavorful spring waters for a review!</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>I couldn't wait to try them!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>I opened them right away and took a taste from each one of them!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>I couldn't believe how great they tasted, and it tasted just like one of those junk drinks we all secretly love!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Blueberry apple: </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>absolutely loved the taste, to me it tasted like a grape juice without all those nasty chemicals that our bodies don't need!great flavor and a juice that kids will love!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Raspberry apple: </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>great taste! Tasted just like juicy juice !</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Blueberry lemonade: </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>delicious blueberry flavor with a hint of lemon on the tip of your tongue!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Facts:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Less than 90 calories per bottle of fruity goodness </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Portion controlled </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Made with clean and pure Maine spring water</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Low in sodium</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Great for kids</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Naturally sweetened </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>When I came across these drinks I just knew I had to try them because not only are they healthy but they are flavored and that's what I love especially when it's water because sometimes plain old water can get pretty boring and tasteless!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Loved that they aren't too sugary and are the perfect size for grabbing one on the go!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Links:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Website:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://www.litlsquirts.com/">http://www.litlsquirts.com</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Facebook:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LitlSquirts"><i>https://www.facebook.com/LitlSquirts</i></a></div>

Litlsquirts natural fruit juice review!

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